The Trump Regime Secretly Indicts Assange for the Crime of Truth-Telling
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-16
Julian Assange is an investigative journalist/whistleblower, publishing material supplied by sources believed to be credible, unidentified for their protection. | WikiLeaks is not an intelligence operation. Nor is it connected to Russia or any other country. Claims otherwise are fabricated. | Assange … | The post The Trump Regime Secretly Indicts Assange for the Crime of Truth-Telling appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-secretly-indicts-assang-crime-truth-telling/5660089
National Exclusive: Former Sen. Barbara Boxer's Son and California Powerbroker Found Bilking Indian Tribe
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-16
Darius Anderson and his business partner, Douglas Boxer, preyed upon Native American clients who were too intimidated by their political connections to seek recourse, writes investigative reporter Peter Byrne. Judges Find Breach of Contract and Trust By Peter Byrne Darius… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/16/national-exclusive-former-sen-barbara-boxers-son-and-california-powerbroker-found-bilking-indian-tribe/
DPR Recommends Interim Restrictions on Use of Chlorpyrifos
Charlotte Fadipe | indybay.org | 2018-11-16
In an ongoing effort to protect human health and the environment, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has recommended new interim restrictions on the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. | The new measures will provide increased protections from potential exposure to the pesticide while DPR completes a formal regulatory process to list chlorpyrifos as a "toxic air contaminant" and develops permanent restrictions on its use. | The department is recommending that county agricultural commissioners (CAC's) begin implementing the interim measures on Jan. 1, 2019. | "DPR has been working with growers for ye…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/15/18819174.php
California Fire Near Nuclear Accident Site
John Mecklin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientis | indybay.org | 2018-11-16
The Los Angeles Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility notes that the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site is contaminated in a variety of ways: "Decades of nuclear and rocket-engine testing activity, including nuclear reactor accidents and other toxic spills and releases, have resulted in widespread contamination throughout [the lab's] 2,850-acre facility."
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/14/18819150.php
Ocasio-Cortez holds climate change stunt to boost Pelosi
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-16
The "protest" in the offices of Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi was a calculated operation aimed at solidarizing Ocasio-Cortez with the Democratic Party establishment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/16/cort-n16.html
Out-of-control system burns California
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-16
A combination of real estate capitalism and climate change has unleashed murderous fires in California, writes Phil Hearse. | Things are getting serious. On November 15, at least are 56 were confirmed dead with hundreds missing. Thousands of homes and businesses have burned down. Two major fires, in the north and south of the state, were still not under control. | The scenes could be the aftermath of a US or Russian bombing raid in the Middle East — bodies littered on the ground, people burned to death in their cars, families devastated with grief at the loss of homes and loved ones. | United States Preside…
greenleft.org.au/content/out-control-system-burns-california
Climate Change and Wildfires: The New Western Travesty
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-16
As my wife Chelsea and I drove through Arizona on our annual pilgrimage from California to Montana, orange smoke billowed along the darkened horizon, signals of hearts shattered and landscapes scorched. Days earlier nineteen hotshot firefighters died together as they battled the intense blazes near the mountain town of Yarnell. It was the most lethal wildfire America had witnessed in 80 years.
counterpunch.org/2018/11/16/climate-change-and-wildfires-the-new-western-travesty/
Re-victimized by authorities? Indigenous women's murders simply disappear, study finds
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-15
Hundreds of Native American women have been murdered or have gone missing over the years, and their fate remains a mystery as authorities are appallingly lax in keeping track of such crime victims, according to a new study. | …
rt.com/usa/444015-indigenous-women-violence-untracked/
Prisoners Are Getting Paid $1.45 a Day to Fight the California Wildfires
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-15
Incarcerated workers fighting wildfires deserve the same wages and protections that civilian workers receive. | As firefighters in California battle the deadliest wildfires in the state's history, they are joined by unlikely allies against the blaze. About 200 prisoners in California's Conservation Camp program are fighting the fires alongside civilian employees, earning just $1.45 a day for their work. Their pay as workers is a fraction of minimum wage. The hazard to their lives is real, as evidenced by a death toll that has…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/prisoners-are-getting-paid-145-day-fight-california-wildfires
Et tu, RT? Amplifying Western disinformation on Rwanda
Ann Garrison | mronline.org | 2018-11-15
The Great Lie about the Rwandan bloodbath opened the door to a far larger genocide in Congo and justified U.S. military interventions all over the planet. During a recent campaign event, Florida Senator Bill Nelson said, "That story of Rwanda is very instructive to us because when a place gets so tribal that the two […] | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/15/et-tu-rt-amplifying-western-disinformation-on-rwanda/
The Fire This Time
Ben Ehrenreich | thenation.com | 2018-11-15
The Fire This Time…
thenation.com/article/california-wildfire-climate-change-oakland-firestorm/
Why students are striking for climate action on November 30
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-15
This November 30, I, along with hundreds — possibly thousands — of high school students will be participating in a student strike for climate action. | Initiated by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), the School Strike 4 Climate has gained momentum in recent weeks, with nearly thirty events being organised in capital cities and regional areas around Australia. | We are currently facing an unprecedented climate emergency. With 2018 (once again) being the hottest year on record, we face the prospect of an uncertain and dangerous future. | Climate change is "threatening water security", accord…
greenleft.org.au/content/why-students-are-striking-climate-action-november-30
Pipeline Opponents Make Gains in Midterms as Federal Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2018-11-13
As pipeline opponents made electoral gains in South Dakota and Nebraska, a U.S. district court ordered a halt to work on the Keystone XL pipeline. | The post Pipeline Opponents Make Gains in Midterms as Federal Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/13/keystone-xl-pipeline-midterm-elections/
"An Incredible Victory": Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline Praise Judicial Order Blocking Construction
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
On Thursday, a federal judge in Montana temporarily halted the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada's tar sands region in Alberta to refineries as far away as the Gulf of Mexico. The court's decision will require the Trump administration to review more thoroughly the potential negative impacts of the pipeline on the surrounding environment and climate change. President Obama halted the construction of the pipeline, which is being built by TransCanada, in 2015 following mass public protests, but Trump reversed the order shortly after he came into office. Environ…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/an_incredible_victory_opponents_of_keystone
Climate Scientist Who Fled CA Wildfire: We're Going to Keep Paying Price If We Ignore Climate Change
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
At least 44 people are dead and more than 200 remain missing as two massive wildfires, fueled by easterly winds and a historic drought, continue to rage in California. In Northern California's Butte County, the Camp Fire has become the state's deadliest fire in history, after the blaze swept through the town of Paradise, killing 42 people and destroying nearly 6,500 homes. In Southern California, a quarter-million residents of Los Angeles and Ventura counties were ordered to evacuate the Woolsey Fire–including the entire city of Malibu and parts of the San Fernando Valley. Governor Jerry Brown said Sunday t…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/climate_scientist_who_fled_ca_wildfire
As Fires Devastate California, 350.org Calls for Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Economy
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
California's Camp Fire has become the state's deadliest fire on record, decimating the town of Paradise, killing 42 people and destroying 7,200 structures. The fires in California are so large they can be clearly seen from space. Smoke and ash have left millions of Californians exposed to air quality rated at "unhealthy" or "very unhealthy" levels, with residents of Los Angeles, Sacramento and the Bay Area warned against spending time outdoors. We speak with May Boeve, executive director of 350 Action, who says, "We are really daunted by the reality of the climate impacts that are facing us."
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/as_fires_devastate_california_350org_calls
Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-09
From immigration to transgender rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions showed contempt for American civil rights and liberties. | On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In his brief tenure, Sessions managed to dismantle and rescind an astounding range of efforts by prior administrations to protect civil rights and civil liberties and introduced new policies that endanger some of the most vulnerable citizens in the U.S. | From his draconian approach to immigration policy to his efforts to erase protections for transgender people to h…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/jeff-sessions-was-worst-attorney-general-modern-american-history
Five Questions For: Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on #WalkoutToVote
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2018-11-06
"We can't just go through their system as normal, trusting that they'll take care of us. So we're walking out."
progressive.org/dispatches/five-questions-for-youth-climate-activist-jamie-margolin-on-/
Maduro: Venezuela Sitting on 2nd Biggest Gold Reserve on Earth
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-05
President Nicolas Maduro described the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as "crazy" and "criminal."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14133
Nuclear Power & Climate
Don Fitz | zcomm.org | 2018-10-18
The great environmental challenge of our time is to understand that the many sources of biodestruction are interconnected and must be confronted simultaneously, rather than disparaging one danger to focus on another…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/nuclear-power-climate/