Daily Archives: November 16, 2019

2019-11-16: News Headlines

Refuse Fascism Bay Area (2019-11-16). Trump/Pence #OutNOW – East Bay Organizing Meeting. indybay.org People's Cafe | 61 Shattuck Square | Berkeley, CA…

WSWS (2019-11-16). Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third. wsws.org Trump's unprecedented pardoning of war criminals highlights the authoritarian character of his administration.

United Nations (2019-11-16). UN film festival encourages young people to promote peace, dialogue and empathy. un.org Demonstrating empathy, humour and intelligence, a group of young film-makers have been recognized for their short videos, which tackle the weighty issues of discrimination, intolerance and misogyny in a creative and entertaining way, at a ceremony held at UN Headquarters.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2019-11-15). Atlantans hold back-to-back anti-racist protests. workers.org Donald Trump chose Atlanta to launch "Black Voices for Trump" on Friday, Nov. 8. That 2020 election appeal was rebuffed by all but a few residents of this majority Black city. Rejecting Trump's white supremacy, Atlanta, Nov. 8. In order to gather the 400 people reported on the front page . . . | Continue reading Atlantans hold back-to-back anti-racist protests at Workers.org

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-15). "Bolivia does not exist": Neocolonial rule reasserted by racist 'General's Coup'. peoplesworld.org On Nov. 10, Bolivia's President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically, Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy, egged on for 13 years by the United States government. Having won re-election for the fourth time, Morales faced an open insurrection from his opponent—former President Carlos …

WSWS (2019-11-15). Leaked emails reveal Trump aide Stephen Miller's fascist politics. wsws.org Emails published by the Southern Poverty Law Center show Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser in charge of immigration policy, espousing racist views and promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi publications.

Fight Back (2019-11-15). LA rally marks 25 years since racist California Prop 187. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On November 9, hundreds rallied in downtown Los Angeles at Los Angeles State Historic Park to mark 25 years after the defeat of the racist California Proposition 187. California Proposition 187 which was commonly referred to as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative, was a 1994 ballot initiative initiated by the Republican Party with then Republican Governor Pete Wilson attacking mostly Mexican immigrants. Prop 187 called for a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibited the undocumented from using non-emergency health care, public education and other services in the State of California.

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-15). PLO Official: International Community Must Defend Palestinian Human Rights. imemc.org Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said, on Friday, that the international rules-based order founded on the principles and values of international law is under real threat by the rise of unilateralism, isolationism, and racism, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA). …

WSWS (2019-11-15). The Spanish election crisis and the treachery of Podemos. wsws.org With its anti-worker policies, the "left populist" party Podemos allows the neo-fascists to grow by posturing as the only opposition to a corrupt political establishment.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-11-15). "Crime Against Democracy": U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia. globalresearch.ca Bolivia's legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the "The OAS is in the service of the North American empire" and that he "could not understand" how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia.

Staff (2019-11-15). Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Tax Returns to Remain Secret. truthout.org President Donald Trump late Thursday asked the right-wing Supreme Court to block the Manhattan district attorney's subpoena for his tax returns, arguing that he is "absolutely immune from all stages of state criminal process while in office." | Trump's 179-page petition (pdf) to the Supreme Court represents the final stage in the president's effort to stop Manhattan prosecutors from obtaining eight ye…

Staff (2019-11-15). Corporate Media Whitewashes Its Role in Lula's Imprisonment. truthdig.com The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released to an adoring crowd of hundreds of union members and social movement activists who had maintained a camp outside the police station where he was held, shouting "good morning," "good afternoon" and "good night" to him for 580 consecutive days. | The Supreme Court had previously ruled, on April 5, 2018[md…

Fight Back (2019-11-15). UNF SDS says 'No Nazis at UNF' again. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – The University of North Florida's (UNF) chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a banner drop on November 13, condemning recent Neo-Nazi propaganda that has been posted around campus. The hand-written banner read, "Neo-Nazis not welcome here." | On November 5, UNF's student newspaper released an article of students finding multiple Neo-Nazi flyers around campus that read, "It's ok to genocide subhumans" and "The struggle never ends. Join the F.K.D." FKD stands for Feuerkrieg Division, a splinter group of the paramilitary extremist group, Atomwaffen Division which has been linked…

Hannah Gais (2019-11-15). Demands for Stephen Miller's Resignation Grow Following SPLC Report. splcenter.org Leaders of several Democratic caucuses became the latest voices demanding the resignation of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller after an SPLC investigation showed, through leaked emails, his affinity for white nationalism.

Staff (2019-11-15). Justice for Rodney Reed: Millions Urge Texas to Halt Execution Amid New Evidence of His Innocence. democracynow.org The Supreme Court considers Friday whether to take up the case of Rodney Reed, an African-American death row prisoner in Texas who is scheduled to be executed in less than a week for a murder he says he did not commit. On Thursday, Reed's family braved the cold to camp outside the Supreme Court for a vigil asking the justices to help halt the execution. Millions of people around the country have joined their cause in recent weeks amid mounting evidence that another man may be responsible for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old white woman. In 1998, an all-white jury sentenced Reed to die for Stites's…

Staff (2019-11-15). "This Is My Home": Meet the Lead Plaintiff in the Supreme Court Case to Save DACA. democracynow.org On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from three lawsuits demanding the Trump administration preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The Obama-era program has granted protection from deportation and a work permit to at least 700,000 undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children. The court's conservative majority appeared poised to side with President Trump in ending the program, while some of the court's liberal justices seemed skeptical of Trump's efforts. In September 2017, the Trump administration announced it planned to terminate DACA, arguing the program…

Staff (2019-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2019. democracynow.org Two Killed as 16-Year-Old Student Opens Fire at L.A. County High School, El Paso Walmart Reopens, Three Months After Massacre by Racist Gunman, House Speaker Pelosi Accuses Trump of Bribery, an Impeachable Offense, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine to Testify She Felt Threatened by Trump, Chile to Hold Referendum on Rewriting Pinochet-Era Constitution, Chilean Protesters Mark Anniversary of Police Killing of Indigenous Activist, Mon Laferte Holds Topless Protest Against Chilean State Violence at Latin Grammys, Indigenous Bolivians Protest as Interim President Orders Evo Morales Silenced, Israel Resumes Bombing as…

Liza Featherstone (2019-11-15). My Friend's Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help! thenation.com My Friend's Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-11-15). Amnesty International Amplifies Clemency Demand for Rodney Reed as Supreme Court Considers Taking Up Case. commondreams.org As the Supreme Court debated whether to take up the case of death row inmate Rodney Reed, Amnesty International on Friday demanded that Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott grant clemency to Reed days before he is set to be executed despite mounting evidence that he did not commit the crime he was convicted of two decades ago. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Susan Price (2019-11-15). Bolivia: When the US supports it, it's not a coup. greenleft.org.au Latin America Alan MacLeodIssue 1245 Bolivia 2019 coup in BoliviaNovember 15, 2019Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not ho…

Eds. (2019-11-15). Behind the racist coup in Bolivia. mronline.org Sunday November the 10th, at approximately 4pm (eastern standard time) the democratically elected president and vice president of Bolivia, Evo Morales and àÅlvaro García respectively, were forced to resign from power. | Source

Ed Sykes (2019-11-15). New Tory resignation sheds light on unchecked Islamophobia crisis in the party. thecanary.co A new Tory resignation has shed further light on the Conservative Party's Islamophobia crisis. And this is a crisis everyone in the UK needs to know about before they vote on 12 December. | Comments that "would be illegal" elsewhere: | On 14 November, the BBC reported that "a Conservative association deputy chairman has re…

Kerry-anne Mendoza (2019-11-14). The tweet that shows just how cynical Rachel Riley's 'war on antisemitism' has become. thecanary.co Rachel Riley does the numbers on Countdown. But she's also appointed herself witchfinder general in a campaign to silence critics of Apartheid Israel with false accusations of antisemitism. (Full disclosure: she has dedicated a lot of that time smearing The Canary.) This is why we were somewhat shocked to find her promoting the views of an alleged antisemite. Why? Because…

Pablo Ros (2019-11-14). Apoya a los 'Dreamers' mientras el Tribunal Supremo decide su futuro. peoplesworld.org Si el Tribunal Supremo emitiera un fallo en contra de los Dreamers, la decisión sería nada menos que una traición de los jóvenes americanos inmigrantes por su propio gobierno. Al aplicar para obtener el estatus DACA, muchos jóvenes inmigrantes proporcionaron información personal que en teoría podría usarse en su contra si volvieran a encontrarse indocumentados …

Peter Maass (2019-11-14). Peter Handke Won the Nobel Prize After Two Jurors Fell for a Conspiracy Theory About the Bosnia War. theintercept.com The Nobel jurors relied on two books that defend Handke by citing a theory that the Serb genocide of Muslims was a myth created by a PR firm.

Staff (2019-11-14). White Nationalists Are Running the White House. therealnews.com The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch report on the leaked emails of Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller shows the deep connections he has to racist white nationalists.

Staff (2019-11-14). Spain's Far Right Wins Big, But Left Coalition Still Possible. therealnews.com Spain held its second parliamentary election this year last Sunday, and the anti-immigrant and nationalist Vox party doubled its representation. But the vote might not resolve Spain's political impasse.

Max Blumenthal (2019-11-14). Golpe en Bolivia fue liderizado por dirigente cristiano paramilitar, fascista y millonario — con apoyo extranjero. thegrayzone.com Luis Fernando Camacho, el líder del golpe en Bolivia es un multimillonario de extrema derecha que emergió de los movimientos…

Fight Back (2019-11-14). World Federation of Trade Unions condemns coup in Bolivia. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) General Secretary, George Mavrikos, against the coup in Bolivia. | The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) condemns the coup against the elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales. | We denounce, in the eyes of the world working class, the dirty role of the USA and the Organization of American States (OAS) as well as the reactionary forces of Bolivia that have organized the fascist coup. | That coup against the people of Bolivia confirms that imperialism acts ruthlessly. In Bolivia, almost the same metho…

Meagan Burrows (2019-11-14). Trump Administration Forgoes Petition to Supreme Court in Jane Doe Case. aclu.org For more | than two years, the ACLU has been fighting a Trump administration policy that | prevents unaccompanied immigrant minors in federal care from accessing | abortion. We had previously won in the lower court, securing a preliminary block on | the policy. And last week, the Trump administration chose not to challenge that | ruling and ask the Supreme Court to review the case—a real victory in our fight | for justice for the Janes. | We first filed | the case in Octobe…

teleSUR (2019-11-14). Rohingyas Turn to Argentinian Justice System over 'Genocide'. telesurenglish.net A Rohingya organization has filed a complaint in Argentina over alleged crimes against the Rohingya group in Myanmar, defense sources told EFE on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Myanmar Urged To Release Rohingya Held for Traveling | "With today's legal case, we are urging Argentina to help us in our struggle, and to investigate those guilty of atrocity crimes," the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (Brouk) said in a statement. | The organization said…

Monica Moorehead (2019-11-14). 'Harriet' — A powerful depiction of the legendary abolitionist. workers.org Institutionalized bigotry, be it racism, gender oppression or LGBTQ2S+ oppression, has impacted every sector of U.S. society. The form may vary, but the intent is the same — to promote racial, patriarchal and other divisions to keep the bosses and bankers in power and the multinational working class powerless, with . . . | Continue reading 'Harriet' — A powerful depiction of the legendary abolitionist at Workers.org

Jonathan Cook (2019-11-13). Anti-semitism bandwagon rolled out again. dissidentvoice.org For a few months over the summer the British corporate media largely lost interest in smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-semite. Maybe they had begun to worry that the constant drum-beat of the past three years was deadening the public's sensitivity to such claims. But an election is now weeks away, and the …

Hatewatch Staff and Brett Barrouquere (2019-11-13). Neo-Nazi Group NSM Faces New Upheaval After James Hart Stern's Death. splcenter.org The leadership of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) has been thrown into chaos again following the death of self-described civil rights activist James Hart Stern.

Jeet Heer (2019-11-13). Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created. thenation.com Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created…

James Wright (2019-11-13). Media hacks lionise a vicar with some serious skeletons in his closet to smear Jeremy Corbyn. thecanary.co The corporate media spent 13 November reporting on a man who'd heckled Jeremy Corbyn with typical right-wing smears. But people quickly pointed out that this man had also previously expressed 'Islamophobic' and 'homophobic' views.Anything to smear Corbyn: Reverend Richard Cameron heckled Jeremy Corbyn, shouting the right-wing smear that he's somehow a "terrorist s…

Staff (2019-11-13). Headlines for November 13, 2019. democracynow.org Televised Impeachment Hearings Begin Today, Right-Wing Senator Declares Herself President of Bolivia, Turkish President Erdogan Visiting Trump at White House, Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments over DACA Program, Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Case of Mexican Teen Killed by U.S. Border Agent, Supreme Court Clears Way for Sandy Hook Families to Sue Gun Manufacturer, Federal Court Rules Warrantless Searches of Phones at Airport Are Unconstitutional, HHS Probes Google's Program to Collect Healthcare Data of Americans, U.S. Government Detained Record Number of Migrant Children in 2019, SPLC: Stephen Miller Sought t…

Hatewatch Staff (2019-11-13). Evangelical Franklin Graham Addresses Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group's Event. splcenter.org Influential evangelical leader Franklin Graham has continued his anti-LGBTQ associations by speaking to a hate group that brands "trans" activists as guilty of harming children.

Staff (2019-11-12). Forgetting About Greensboro Keeps Us Unprepared for White Supremacist Violence. therealnews.com Jacqueline Luqman talks with Rev. Nelson Johnson, one of the survivors of the Greensboro Massacre, about how knowing this history of white supremacist violence might have better prepared us for what we face today.

Max Blumenthal (2019-11-12). Bolivia coup led by Christian fascist paramilitary leader and millionaire — with foreign support. thegrayzone.com Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region,…

Fight Back (2019-11-12). East LA students walkout for DACA. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — Hundreds of students from Garfield High School in East LA have walked out of their classrooms to defend DACA. The students are taking the metro train to downtown Los Angeles where participants will rally. A group of youth gathered in downtown as early as 6 a.m. | Today, November 12, the Supreme Court has started to hear oral arguments to determine whether Trump's lawsuit against DACA will be upheld or not. DACA will affect over 100,000 youth in the state of California.

Lee Fang (2019-11-12). Hedge Fund-Backed GOP Group Is Digging Up Dirt on Elizabeth Warren, Documents Show. theintercept.com In October, documents surfaced that appeared to contradict a key story told by Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail. In her telling, Warren's "dream job" as a public school teacher ended in 1971 when the school principal noticed she was "visibly pregnant," a form of employment discrimination that was legal and common during that era. On October 7, a conservative website presented archived documents that appeared to challenge that narrative, including the minutes of a meeting in which the school board had voted to extend Warren's tenure and another in which the board notes that Warren herself resigned from…

splcenter (2019-11-12). New FBI report shows increase in violent hate crime in 2018. splcenter.org Although the FBI report released today shows a minuscule decline in all hate crimes in 2018, it also shows a 12 percent rise in hate crimes involving violence.

splcenter (2019-11-12). SPLC Response to Union Petition. splcenter.org On November 7, 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center received a notice from the National Labor Relations Board that the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild seeks to represent certain employees through the formation of a union.

ziyaad (2019-11-12). Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions. bdsmovement.net Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions : In the NewsProvincial Synod votes on Israel sanctions, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
Economic Boycott Cultural BoycottSeptember 26, 2019 | By: | | Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Staff (2019-11-12). The Edge of Democracy: Lula Is Freed in Brazil in Victory for Movement to Resist Bolsonaro. democracynow.org In Brazil, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was freed from prison Friday after 580 days behind bars. Lula's surprise release came after the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled to end the mandatory imprisonment of people convicted of crimes who are appealing their cases. He was serving a 12-year sentence over a disputed corruption and money laundering conviction handed down by conservative Judge Sérgio Moro, an ally of current far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and has long maintained his innocence. Lula has vowed to challenge Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections. At the time of his imprisonment in April…

Staff (2019-11-12). Headlines for November 12, 2019. democracynow.org Longtime Bolivian President Evo Morales Takes Asylum in Mexico, Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on DACA Cases, Televised Impeachment Hearings to Start Tomorrow, Former MA Gov. Deval Patrick May Jump Into 2020 Race, NY Republican Congressman Peter King Retires, Donald Trump Jr. Heckled Off Stage by His Own Supporters, EPA to Restrict Scientific Research Used to Write Public Health Regulations, Israeli Military Kills Palestinian Commander in Targeted Assassination in Gaza, Afghan Government & Taliban Agree on Prisoner Exchange, Chilean Government Bows to Protests & Agrees to Rewrite Constitution, 260 Arrested in…

Alan Macleod (2019-11-12). The Antisemitism Allegations Against Ilhan Omar Mask An Ugly Agenda. mintpressnews.com Many have claimed that the fixation on anti-Semitism isn't about anti-Semitism at all, it is an attempt to derail any form of progressive or anti-war politics.

Staff (2019-11-10). Brazil's Ex-President Lula Freed, Promises to Continue Fight for Justice. therealnews.com After spending 19 months in jail on a 12-year prison sentence, Brazil's Supreme Court ruled that Lula had to be freed until his appeals are exhausted. Supporters greeted him enthusiastically and Lula promised to fight the unjust case against him and for social justice in Brazil.

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-09). Possible False Flag In Iraq, US Votes Against Anti-Nazi Res. & Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Debunked. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/6/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

2019-11-16: Social Media Postees

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Trump/Pence #OutNOW – East Bay Organizing Meeting
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
People's Cafe | 61 Shattuck Square | Berkeley, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/15/18828153.php

Seeking to cultivate fascistic base, Trump pardons two war criminals and promotes a third
wsws.org | 2019-11-16
Trump's unprecedented pardoning of war criminals highlights the authoritarian character of his administration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/16/pard…

UN film festival encourages young people to promote peace, dialogue and empathy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-16
Demonstrating empathy, humour and intelligence, a group of young film-makers have been recognized for their short videos, which tackle the weighty issues of discrimination, intolerance and misogyny in a creative and entertaining way, at a ceremony held at UN Headquarters.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051511

Leaked emails reveal Trump aide Stephen Miller's fascist politics
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
Emails published by the Southern Poverty Law Center show Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser in charge of immigration policy, espousing racist views and promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi publications.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/15/mill…

LA rally marks 25 years since racist California Prop 187
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Los Angeles, CA – On November 9, hundreds rallied in downtown Los Angeles at Los Angeles State Historic Park to mark 25 years after the defeat of the racist California Proposition 187. California Proposition 187 which was commonly referred to as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative, was a 1994 ballot initiative initiated by the Republican Party with then Republican Governor Pete Wilson attacking mostly Mexican immigrants. Prop 187 called for a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibited the undocumented from using non-emergency health care, public education and other services in the State of California.
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/la-rally-marks-25-years-racist-california-prop-187

"Bolivia does not exist": Neocolonial rule reasserted by racist 'General's Coup'
Vijay Prashad | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-15
On Nov. 10, Bolivia's President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically, Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy, egged on for 13 years by the United States government. Having won re-election for the fourth time, Morales faced an open insurrection from his opponent–former President Carlos …
peoplesworld.org/article/bolivia-does-not-exist-neocolonial-rule-reasserted-with-racist-generals-coup/

PLO Official: International Community Must Defend Palestinian Human Rights
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-15
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said, on Friday, that the international rules-based order founded on the principles and values of international law is under real threat by the rise of unilateralism, isolationism, and racism, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA). …
imemc.org/article/plo-official-international-community-must-defend-palestinian-human-rights/

The Spanish election crisis and the treachery of Podemos
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
With its anti-worker policies, the "left populist" party Podemos allows the neo-fascists to grow by posturing as the only opposition to a corrupt political establishment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/15/pers…

"Crime Against Democracy": U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Bolivia's legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the "The OAS is in the service of the North American empire" and that he "could not understand" how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia.
globalresearch.ca/u-s-backed-fascist-coup-bolivia-crime-against-democracy/5695045

Atlantans hold back-to-back anti-racist protests
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2019-11-15
Donald Trump chose Atlanta to launch "Black Voices for Trump" on Friday, Nov. 8. That 2020 election appeal was rebuffed by all but a few residents of this majority Black city. Rejecting Trump's white supremacy, Atlanta, Nov. 8. In order to gather the 400 people reported on the front page . . . | Continue reading Atlantans hold back-to-back anti-racist protests at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44413/

Corporate Media Whitewashes Its Role in Lula's Imprisonment
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-15
The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released to an adoring crowd of hundreds of union members and social movement activists who had maintained a camp outside the police station where he was held, shouting "good morning," "good afternoon" and "good night" to him for 580 consecutive days. | The Supreme Court had previously ruled, on April 5, 2018[md…
truthdig.com/articles/corporate-media-whitewashes-its-role-in-lulas-imprisonment/

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Tax Returns to Remain Secret
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-15
President Donald Trump late Thursday asked the right-wing Supreme Court to block the Manhattan district attorney's subpoena for his tax returns, arguing that he is "absolutely immune from all stages of state criminal process while in office." | Trump's 179-page petition (pdf) to the Supreme Court represents the final stage in the president's effort to stop Manhattan prosecutors from obtaining eight ye…
truthout.org/articles/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-his-tax-returns-to-remain-secret/

UNF SDS says 'No Nazis at UNF' again
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Jacksonville, FL – The University of North Florida's (UNF) chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a banner drop on November 13, condemning recent Neo-Nazi propaganda that has been posted around campus. The hand-written banner read, "Neo-Nazis not welcome here." | On November 5, UNF's student newspaper released an article of students finding multiple Neo-Nazi flyers around campus that read, "It's ok to genocide subhumans" and "The struggle never ends. Join the F.K.D." FKD stands for Feuerkrieg Division, a splinter group of the paramilitary extremist group, Atomwaffen Division which has been linked…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/unf-sds-says-no-nazis-unf-again

Behind the racist coup in Bolivia
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-15
Sunday November the 10th, at approximately 4pm (eastern standard time) the democratically elected president and vice president of Bolivia, Evo Morales and àÅlvaro García respectively, were forced to resign from power. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/15/behind-the-racist-coup-in-bolivia/

Demands for Stephen Miller's Resignation Grow Following SPLC Report
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2019-11-15
Leaders of several Democratic caucuses became the latest voices demanding the resignation of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller after an SPLC investigation showed, through leaked emails, his affinity for white nationalism.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/15/demands-stephen-millers-resignation-grow-following-splc-report

New Tory resignation sheds light on unchecked Islamophobia crisis in the party
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-15
A new Tory resignation has shed further light on the Conservative Party's Islamophobia crisis. And this is a crisis everyone in the UK needs to know about before they vote on 12 December. | Comments that "would be illegal" elsewhere: | On 14 November, the BBC reported that "a Conservative association deputy chairman has re…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/15/new-tory-resignation-sheds-light-on-unchecked-islamophobia-crisis-in-the-party/

Justice for Rodney Reed: Millions Urge Texas to Halt Execution Amid New Evidence of His Innocence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-15
The Supreme Court considers Friday whether to take up the case of Rodney Reed, an African-American death row prisoner in Texas who is scheduled to be executed in less than a week for a murder he says he did not commit. On Thursday, Reed's family braved the cold to camp outside the Supreme Court for a vigil asking the justices to help halt the execution. Millions of people around the country have joined their cause in recent weeks amid mounting evidence that another man may be responsible for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old white woman. In 1998, an all-white jury sentenced Reed to die for Stites's…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/15/rodney_r…

"This Is My Home": Meet the Lead Plaintiff in the Supreme Court Case to Save DACA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-15
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from three lawsuits demanding the Trump administration preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The Obama-era program has granted protection from deportation and a work permit to at least 700,000 undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children. The court's conservative majority appeared poised to side with President Trump in ending the program, while some of the court's liberal justices seemed skeptical of Trump's efforts. In September 2017, the Trump administration announced it planned to terminate DACA, arguing the program…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/15/daca_sup…

My Friend's Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!
Liza Featherstone | thenation.com | 2019-11-15
My Friend's Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!
thenation.com/article/farage-antifa-labor/

Amnesty International Amplifies Clemency Demand for Rodney Reed as Supreme Court Considers Taking Up Case
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-15
As the Supreme Court debated whether to take up the case of death row inmate Rodney Reed, Amnesty International on Friday demanded that Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott grant clemency to Reed days before he is set to be executed despite mounting evidence that he did not commit the crime he was convicted of two decades ago. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/15/amnesty-international-amplifies-clemency-demand-rodney-reed-supreme-court-considers?cd-origin=rss

Golpe en Bolivia fue liderizado por dirigente cristiano paramilitar, fascista y millonario — con apoyo extranjero
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-14
Luis Fernando Camacho, el líder del golpe en Bolivia es un multimillonario de extrema derecha que emergió de los movimientos…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/14/golpe-bolivia-cristiano-fascista-millonario-extranjero/

World Federation of Trade Unions condemns coup in Bolivia
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-14
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) General Secretary, George Mavrikos, against the coup in Bolivia. | The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) condemns the coup against the elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales. | We denounce, in the eyes of the world working class, the dirty role of the USA and the Organization of American States (OAS) as well as the reactionary forces of Bolivia that have organized the fascist coup. | That coup against the people of Bolivia confirms that imperialism acts ruthlessly. In Bolivia, almost the same metho…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/world-federation-trade-unions-condemns-coup-bolivia

The tweet that shows just how cynical Rachel Riley's 'war on antisemitism' has become
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-11-14
Rachel Riley does the numbers on Countdown. But she's also appointed herself witchfinder general in a campaign to silence critics of Apartheid Israel with false accusations of antisemitism. (Full disclosure: she has dedicated a lot of that time smearing The Canary.) This is why we were somewhat shocked to find her promoting the views of an alleged antisemite. Why? Because…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/14/the-tweet-that-shows-just-how-cynical-rachel-rileys-war-on-antisemitism-has-become/

Apoya a los 'Dreamers' mientras el Tribunal Supremo decide su futuro
Pablo Ros | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-14
Si el Tribunal Supremo emitiera un fallo en contra de los Dreamers, la decisión sería nada menos que una traición de los jóvenes americanos inmigrantes por su propio gobierno. Al aplicar para obtener el estatus DACA, muchos jóvenes inmigrantes proporcionaron información personal que en teoría podría usarse en su contra si volvieran a encontrarse indocumentados …
peoplesworld.org/article/apoya-a-los-dreamers-mientras-el-tribunal-supremo-decide-su-futuro/

Trump Administration Forgoes Petition to Supreme Court in Jane Doe Case
Meagan Burrows | aclu.org | 2019-11-14
For more | than two years, the ACLU has been fighting a Trump administration policy that | prevents unaccompanied immigrant minors in federal care from accessing | abortion. We had previously won in the lower court, securing a preliminary block on | the policy. And last week, the Trump administration chose not to challenge that | ruling and ask the Supreme Court to review the case–a real victory in our fight | for justice for the Janes. | We first filed | the case in Octobe…
aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/trump-administration-forgoes-petition-to-supreme-court-in-jane-doe-case

Rohingyas Turn to Argentinian Justice System over 'Genocide'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
A Rohingya organization has filed a complaint in Argentina over alleged crimes against the Rohingya group in Myanmar, defense sources told EFE on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Myanmar Urged To Release Rohingya Held for Traveling | "With today's legal case, we are urging Argentina to help us in our struggle, and to investigate those guilty of atrocity crimes," the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (Brouk) said in a statement. | The organization said…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rohingyas-Turn-to-Argentinian-Justice-System-over-Genocide-20191114-0009.html

Peter Handke Won the Nobel Prize After Two Jurors Fell for a Conspiracy Theory About the Bosnia War
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-11-14
The Nobel jurors relied on two books that defend Handke by citing a theory that the Serb genocide of Muslims was a myth created by a PR firm.
theintercept.com/2019/11/14/peter-handke-nobel-prize-bosnian-genocide-conspiracy/

White Nationalists Are Running the White House
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-14
The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch report on the leaked emails of Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller shows the deep connections he has to racist white nationalists.
therealnews.com/stories/white-nationalists-running-the-white-house

Spain's Far Right Wins Big, But Left Coalition Still Possible
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-14
Spain held its second parliamentary election this year last Sunday, and the anti-immigrant and nationalist Vox party doubled its representation. But the vote might not resolve Spain's political impasse.
therealnews.com/stories/spain-far-right-wins-big-left-coalition-still-possible

'Harriet' — A powerful depiction of the legendary abolitionist
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2019-11-14
Institutionalized bigotry, be it racism, gender oppression or LGBTQ2S+ oppression, has impacted every sector of U.S. society. The form may vary, but the intent is the same — to promote racial, patriarchal and other divisions to keep the bosses and bankers in power and the multinational working class powerless, with . . . | Continue reading 'Harriet' — A powerful depiction of the legendary abolitionist at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44391/

Neo-Nazi Group NSM Faces New Upheaval After James Hart Stern's Death
Hatewatch Staff and Brett Barrouquere | splcenter.org | 2019-11-13
The leadership of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) has been thrown into chaos again following the death of self-described civil rights activist James Hart Stern.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/13/neo-nazi-group-nsm-faces-new-upheaval-after-james-hart-sterns-death

Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-11-13
Like Dr. Frankenstein, Republicans Now Face the Monster They Created…
thenation.com/article/fuentes-alt-right-republican-trump/

Anti-semitism bandwagon rolled out again
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-13
For a few months over the summer the British corporate media largely lost interest in smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-semite. Maybe they had begun to worry that the constant drum-beat of the past three years was deadening the public's sensitivity to such claims. But an election is now weeks away, and the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/anti-semitism-bandwagon-rolled-out-again/

Media hacks lionise a vicar with some serious skeletons in his closet to smear Jeremy Corbyn
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-11-13
The corporate media spent 13 November reporting on a man who'd heckled Jeremy Corbyn with typical right-wing smears. But people quickly pointed out that this man had also previously expressed 'Islamophobic' and 'homophobic' views.Anything to smear Corbyn: Reverend Richard Cameron heckled Jeremy Corbyn, shouting the right-wing smear that he's somehow a "terrorist s…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/13/in-their-rush-to-spread-anti-corbyn-smears-media-hacks-boost-man-accused-of-homophobia-and-islamophobia/

Evangelical Franklin Graham Addresses Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group's Event
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-11-13
Influential evangelical leader Franklin Graham has continued his anti-LGBTQ associations by speaking to a hate group that brands "trans" activists as guilty of harming children.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/13/evangelical-franklin-graham-addresses-anti-lgbtq-hate-groups-event

Bolivia coup led by Christian fascist paramilitary leader and millionaire — with foreign support
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-12
Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/11/bolivia-coup-fascist-foreign-support-fernando-camacho/

The Antisemitism Allegations Against Ilhan Omar Mask An Ugly Agenda
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-12
Many have claimed that the fixation on anti-Semitism isn't about anti-Semitism at all, it is an attempt to derail any form of progressive or anti-war politics.
mintpressnews.com/bigoted-anti-semitism-accusations-ilhan-omar/262795/

Forgetting About Greensboro Keeps Us Unprepared for White Supremacist Violence
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-12
Jacqueline Luqman talks with Rev. Nelson Johnson, one of the survivors of the Greensboro Massacre, about how knowing this history of white supremacist violence might have better prepared us for what we face today.
therealnews.com/stories/forgetting-greensboro-unprepared-white-supremacist-violence

East LA students walkout for DACA
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-12
Los Angeles, CA — Hundreds of students from Garfield High School in East LA have walked out of their classrooms to defend DACA. The students are taking the metro train to downtown Los Angeles where participants will rally. A group of youth gathered in downtown as early as 6 a.m. | Today, November 12, the Supreme Court has started to hear oral arguments to determine whether Trump's lawsuit against DACA will be upheld or not. DACA will affect over 100,000 youth in the state of California.
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/12/east-la-students-walkout-daca

Hedge Fund-Backed GOP Group Is Digging Up Dirt on Elizabeth Warren, Documents Show
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-11-12
In October, documents surfaced that appeared to contradict a key story told by Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail. In her telling, Warren's "dream job" as a public school teacher ended in 1971 when the school principal noticed she was "visibly pregnant," a form of employment discrimination that was legal and common during that era. On October 7, a conservative website presented archived documents that appeared to challenge that narrative, including the minutes of a meeting in which the school board had voted to extend Warren's tenure and another in which the board notes that Warren herself resigned from…
theintercept.com/2019/11/12/elizabeth-warren-pregnancy-fired-america-rising/

SPLC Response to Union Petition
splcenter.org | 2019-11-12
On November 7, 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center received a notice from the National Labor Relations Board that the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild seeks to represent certain employees through the formation of a union.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/12/splc-response-union-petition

New FBI report shows increase in violent hate crime in 2018
splcenter.org | 2019-11-12
Although the FBI report released today shows a minuscule decline in all hate crimes in 2018, it also shows a 12 percent rise in hate crimes involving violence.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/12/new-fbi-report-shows-increase-violent-hate-crime-2018

Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-12
Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions : In the NewsProvincial Synod votes on Israel sanctions, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia | Economic Boycott Cultural BoycottSeptember 26, 2019 | By: | | Anglican Church of Southern Africa …
bdsmovement.net/news/anglican-church-southern-africa-voted-support-non-violent-action-end-israel%E2%80%99s-military

The Edge of Democracy: Lula Is Freed in Brazil in Victory for Movement to Resist Bolsonaro
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-12
In Brazil, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was freed from prison Friday after 580 days behind bars. Lula's surprise release came after the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled to end the mandatory imprisonment of people convicted of crimes who are appealing their cases. He was serving a 12-year sentence over a disputed corruption and money laundering conviction handed down by conservative Judge Sérgio Moro, an ally of current far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and has long maintained his innocence. Lula has vowed to challenge Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections. At the time of his imprisonment in April…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/12/petra_co…

Brazil's Ex-President Lula Freed, Promises to Continue Fight for Justice
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-10
After spending 19 months in jail on a 12-year prison sentence, Brazil's Supreme Court ruled that Lula had to be freed until his appeals are exhausted. Supporters greeted him enthusiastically and Lula promised to fight the unjust case against him and for social justice in Brazil.
therealnews.com/stories/brazil-lula-freed-promises-fight-for-justice

Possible False Flag In Iraq, US Votes Against Anti-Nazi Res. & Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Debunked
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-09
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/6/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/possible-false-flag-in-iraq-us-votes-against-anti-nazi-res-pompeos-iran-nuclear-lies-debunked/

Miller Pushed Racist 'Camp of the Saints' Beloved by Far Right
splcenter.org | 2019-11-08
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller recommended an explicitly racist novel to Breitbart News at a time when the book was obscure outside white nationalist circles, a Hatewatch investigation revealed.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/miller-pushed-racist-camp-saints-beloved-far-right

"We Can't Afford to Wait for the DNC": Why Black Lawmakers Organized an Environmental Justice Forum
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-08
The first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice takes place tonight in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where six presidential candidates will take to the stage at South Carolina State University. African-American communities and people of color on the frontlines in South Carolina have been fighting for justice in the face of extreme environmental racism for years. We host a roundtable with local leaders and environmental justice advocates to talk about the significance of the event, the issues their communities face and the 2020 candidates' platforms on environmental justice. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, president o…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/8/south_car…

The Reality of Everyday Racism
Kiki Monifa | progressive.org | 2019-11-07
For many black people, the most surprising thing about racism is that anyone is surprised it.
progressive.org/op-eds/the-reality-of-everyday-racism-monifa-191107/

White Nationalist Richard Spencer Reportedly Spews Hate on Leaked Audio
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2019-11-07
A leaked audiotape attributed to white nationalist Richard Spencer depicts him as a suit-and-tie bigot who uses coded language to charm the masses but who deploys slur-laden, racist language with his followers.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/07/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-reportedly-spews-hate-leaked-audio