World Bank warns Gaza faces economic collapse
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-01
The organization warned that half of Gaza residents live in poverty and youth unemployment is over 70 percent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/01/gaza-o01.html

Tortured Solutions: Ecuador, the UK and Julian Assange's Fate
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
The pulse of negotiations, a flurry of communications, and the person central to this is one who threatens to go nowhere — for the moment. But go somewhere these parties would wish Julian Assange to do. For six years, cramped within a space in London a stone's throw away from Harrods, one he has made…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/tortured-solutions-ecuador-the-uk-and-julian-assanges-fate/

Army Abducts Four Palestinians Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-01
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, four Palestinians, including two children and a former political prisoner, from their homes in Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. Sobhi Zeidan, the mayor of Nahhalin, said the soldiers conducted extensive and violent searches of homes in the town, …

Army Abducts Four Palestinians Near Bethlehem

Affordable Rents? A State of Emergency Intensifies
WRO | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Rents explode in cities after massive sales of public housing to brutal investors. In 1987, there were 5.5 million social apartments in Germany. Today, there are only 1.5 million. Land speculation is prevented in Vienna. The Vienna Housing Fund buys up possible development land. In impoverished Germany after WW1, local communities built hundreds of thousands of nonprofit apartments thanks to pressure from below.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/01/18817927.php

Ant Farm
Tim Hunt | thenation.com | 2018-10-01
Ant Farm…
thenation.com/article/ant-farm/

Vox Populist: Monopoly or Democracy?
progressive | progressive.org | 2018-10-01
Monopolies are virulently anti-American, suppressing our fundamental values of fairness and opportunity for all. That's why, throughout our history, the people have instinctively rebelled.
progressive.org/magazine/vox-populist-monopoly-or-democracy/

For Those of Us Who Believe
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
For those of us who watched with innocence, then passion, then consternation, the results of the 1991 senate hearing for supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas; for those who championed film stars, then ordinary women daring, finally, to call out … | The post For Those of Us Who Believe appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/for-those-of-us-who-believe/5655663

Meetup: How Positivity Can Fuel our Movement & Ourselves
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center (2425 Channing Way, Suit C, Berkeley CA) | If taking BART, get off at Downtown Berkeley station, walk south on Shattuck Ave (for 5 blocks), make a left on Channing Way, and walk another 5 blocks until you see the big red pillars – you're here! We strive to offer walking buddies to attendees who feel unsafe walking to/from BART or other short distances in the area – please email us at sfbay@directactioneverywhere.com to request a walking buddy. | PARKING: There is a parking garage at the center (free for the first hour) and metered street parking in the vicinity. Please remove all val…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/27/18817851.php

Activist Meetup: Urgency & Open Rescue
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center (2425 Channing Way, Suit C, Berkeley CA) | If taking BART, get off at Downtown Berkeley station, walk south on Shattuck Ave (for 5 blocks), make a left on Channing Way, and walk another 5 blocks until you see the big red pillars – you're here! We strive to offer walking buddies to attendees who feel unsafe walking to/from BART or other short distances in the area – please email us at sfbay@directactioneverywhere.com to request a walking buddy. | PARKING: There is a parking garage at the center (free for the first hour) and metered street parking in the vicinity. Please remove all val…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/27/18817845.php

Venezuela's Socialism…And Ours
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
This week we witnessed the horrible spectacle of Nikki Haley, President Trump's Ambassador to the United Nations, joining a protest outside the UN building and calling for the people of Venezuela to overthrow their government. | "We are going to | … | The post Venezuela's Socialism…And Ours appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/venezuelas-socialism-and-ours/5655762

Another Former Kavanaugh Friend Says He Lied to Senate About Alcohol Use
Matthew Chapman, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-01
Charles Ludington will deliver his statement to the FBI on Monday. | Rich text editor, edit-body-und-0-value, press ALT 0 for help. | Although the reopened FBI background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been crit. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/charles-ludington-brett-kavanaugh-drinking-fbi

US: Arizona Federal Court Blocks Anti-BDS Law
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-01
The law was blocked by federal judge Diane Joyce Humetewa who argued it violated the right to freedom of speech.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Arizona-Federal-Court-Blocks-Anti-BDS-Law–20180929-0012.html

California governor resurrects Obama-era net-neutrality law, defying Trump administration
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-01
California Governor Jerry Brown has approved a bill to effectively reinstate net neutrality in the state, prompting a lawsuit by the Trump administration. The Obama-era legislation was repealed in December last year.
rt.com/usa/440002-net-neutrality-california-law/

Soldiers Injure several Palestinians, Abduct One, In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-01
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, two neighborhoods in the southern area of Hebron city, and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, and abducted one. The soldiers invaded Gheith and Salayma neighborhoods, in the …

Soldiers Injure several Palestinians, Abduct One, In Hebron

#KillKavanaugh tops list of Twitter hashtags & autofill suggestions
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-01
Typing a word "kill" into Twitter search returns an appalling drop-down result — it turns out that #KillKavanaugh currently appears to top the list of search and hashtag suggestions.
rt.com/usa/440040-twitter-hashtag-kill-kavanaugh/

Brazil: New Poll Confirms Rising Support for Haddad, Likely Loss for Bolsonaro in Second Round
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-01
The poll revealed that Haddad grew three points and currently has the support of 25 percent of the electorate while Bolsonaro is still at 28.2 percent.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazil-New-Poll-Confirms-Rising-Support-for-Haddad-Likely-Loss-for-Bolsonaro-in-Second-Round-20180930-0004.html

Trump's Middle East Policy Takes a Kicking at UN Assembly
James Reinl | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
It was not just US President Donald Trump getting laughed at in the UN General Assembly this week. On Iran, Palestine and other Middle East issues, Washington has drifted away from its global allies and partners, veteran diplomats told Middle … | The post Trump's Middle East Policy Takes a Kicking at UN Assembly appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trumps-middle-east-policy-takes-a-kicking-at-un-assembly/5655655

Republicans Go for the Short Win and Neglect Key Facts
Mary Troy Johnston | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
Would pushing the Kavanaugh nomination through the Senate have long-term consequences on the mostly male politicians who support the judge and our governmental institutions? Certainly. The following reasons suggest that more prudent decision-making should control this process in view of the long-term effects. 1. The vetting process of Judge Kavanaugh is not over. It will…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/republicans-go-for-the-short-win-and-neglect-key-facts/

Turkey and Germany Seek to Repair Relations
James Carey | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-01
After a several-year-long fallout with Germany, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a recent visit to several cities in the European country in an attempt to repair relations. Historically, Turkey's greatest advocate in Europe has been Germany and with US-Turkish relations now at an all-time low, Erdogan is looking for friends. | Many people predicted that once things had gotten this bad between the West and Turkey that Ankara would begin seeking to leave the wes…
mintpressnews.com/turkey-germany-relations/250089/

Getting Serious About Debts and Deficits
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
With the possibility that the Democrats will retake Congress and press demands for increased spending in areas like health care, education, and child care, the deficit hawks (DH) are getting prepared to awaken from their dormant state. We can expect major news outlets to be filled with stories on how the United States is on…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/getting-serious-about-debts-and-deficits/

U.S., Canada Reach Deal for North American Trade
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-01
TORONTO — Canada was back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico late Sunday after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline. | In a joint statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the agreement "will strengthen the middle class, and create good, well-paying jobs and new opportunities for the nearly half billion people who call North America home." | The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United…
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-canada-reach-deal-for-north-american-trade/

Food, Art and Literature: How Israel Is Stealing Arab Culture
Prof. Nada Elia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
As a settler-colonial country, Israel has industriously sought to erase the existence of the people indigenous to the land it occupies, so as to better appropriate aspects of their culture that make it "local", rather than implanted. | Since food is … | The post Food, Art and Literature: How Israel Is Stealing Arab Culture appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/food-art-and-literature-how-israel-is-stealing-arab-culture/5655752

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Threatens Russia With Naval Blockade
SouthFront | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-01
On September 28, US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke publicly threatened Russia with a naval blockade saying that this is an option to prevent Russia from selling its energy. | "The United States has that ability, with our Navy, to make sure the sea lanes are open, and, if necessary, to blockade … to make sure that their energy does not go to market," Zinke stated at an industry event in Pittsburgh hosted by the Consumer Energy Alliance adding that "Russia is a one trick pony". | According to the US official, the shale energy has given Washington an edge over its competitors like Russia and Iran and made the US le…
mintpressnews.com/us-threatened-russia-naval-blockade/250096/

It's Time to Call #TimesUp on Standing Alone
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
What did we witness on September 27th in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court? We witnessed a woman, reluctant, and by her own account terrified, trying to be helpful by offering highly credible testimony about her experience of assault. And then we…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/its-time-to-call-timesup-on-standing-alone/

Vladimir Plahotniuc Is the Sponsor of Yulia Tymoshenko
Hugo Alvares | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Next year will be rich in events for Ukraine. The most intriguing of them, due to the obvious absence of a leader, will be the March presidential election. Well, the top line of sociological ratings is now occupied by Yulia Tymoshenko. However, 15.7% (data taken from Mykhailo Drahomanov's sociological center) is not actually a good result at the domestic level. This percent is not even a guarantee of entering the second round, not to mention a confident victory. Therefore, there is no surprise that the presentees for the highest state office, in order to increase their chances, call on various lobbyists, which ar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/01/18817926.php

Selected Articles: The World Is Sinking. Dictatorship by Democracy
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an … | The post Selected Articles: The World Is Sinking. Dictatorship by Democracy appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-the-world-is-sinking-dictatorship-by-democracy/5655697

Robert Reich: America Has Become a Nation of Bullies
Robert Reich | truthdig.com | 2018-10-01
It goes beyond the likes of Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh. Our entire culture is predicated on intimidation, dominance and submission. | The post Robert Reich: America Has Become a Nation of Bullies appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/robert-reich-america-has-become-a-nation-of-bullies/

Support for Consideration of Safe Parking Site for Persons Sleeping in Vehicles
SSPS | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
The Seventh Day Adventists are considering allowing persons who live in the cars to park overnight in the campground located in Soquel on Old San Jose Road. The Safe Parking program would possibly include security, access to bathrooms, entry around dusk and mandate leaving at a set time in the morning. Sign the petition to support the rational debate and consideration of this Safe Parking Program: www.thepetitionsite.com/262/558/010/support-for-rational-consideration-of-safe-parking-site-for-persons-sleeping-in-vehicles/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/28/18817870.php

Trump Team Revives Monroe Doctrine
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2018-10-01
The "America First" policy of the current administration gives the U.S. free reign to shape the destiny of Central and South America.
progressive.org/magazine/trump-team-revives-monroe-doctrine/

Liberate Locked Lavatories
Conscience and Action | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Gather at City Hall (809 Center St.) for a march to Londen (Louden) Nelson Community Center at 1 PM or go directly to London Nelson or the adjacent Laurel Park there.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/30/18817923.php

Laura Flanders Show: Transgender Narratives Are Expansive
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-01
Despite efforts over the last two years to curtail progress for trans people by the current administration, trans activism has gained momentum and become prominent within the movement for queer justice. Laura speaks with Imara Jones, a trans activist, former policymaker, and host of The Last Sip on Free Speech TV about her work to… | The post Laura Flanders Show: Transgender Narratives Are Expansive appe…
therealnews.com/stories/laura-flanders-show-transgender-narratives-are-expansive

Emergency protest: Stop Kavanaugh Now!
Curt | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Powell & Market Street | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/27/18817863.php

Watch Webinar: How to Conduct GOTV Voter Registration, More
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-10-01
Watch Civic Engagement webinar number one of the 2018 midterm elections season, featuring presentations from NAACP Vice President of Civic Engagement Jamal Watkins and special guest Shavon Arline-Bradley of R.E.A.C.H Beyond Solutions. Get information here about conducting GOTV voter registration efforts, where to get state-by-state information resources–and join/register for our next webinar on Wednesday, October 3rd with NAACP Political Director Sheila […] | The post Watch Webinar: How to Conduct GOTV Voter Registr…
naacp.org/latest/watch-webinar-civic-engagement-0927/

For Those of Us Who Believe
Barbara Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
For those of us who watched with innocence, then passion, then consternation, the results of the 1991 senate hearing for supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas; for those who championed film stars, then ordinary women daring, finally, to call out Harvey Weinstein and a stream of male predators; for those who watched with confidence the rise…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/for-those-of-us-who-believe/

Nicaragua's President Says Planned US Sanctions Will Bring Poverty
teleSUR | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-01
"They think that with it the Nicaraguan people are going to get down on their knees, and they do not realize that this is a town that does not sell or surrender," Ortega said. | The post Nicaragua's President Says Planned US Sanctions Will Bring Poverty appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/nicaragua-us-sanctions/250083/

Poor People's Campaign Voter Participation Festival
SCCPPC | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Louden Nelson Community Center | 301 Center St, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/28/18817877.php

Nicaragua: Ortega Says Planned US Sanctions Will Bring Poverty
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-01
"They think that with it the Nicaraguan people are going to get down on their knees, and they do not realize that this is a town that does not sell or surrender," Ortega said.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Nicaragua-Ortega-Says-Planned-US-Sanctions-Will-Bring-Poverty-20180930-0002.html

Friends and Neighbors of Christine Blasey Ford Rally in Palo Alto
More Protests Planned | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
The eyes and ears of the country were on Capitol Hill September 27 when Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. At the same time as the testimony was being broadcast, many of Dr. Ford's friends and neighbors in Palo Alto were demonstrating in front of City Hall.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/30/18817901.php

Berkeley: March and Rally Rages During Christine Ford/Kavanaugh Testimony
BAMN Supporter | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
On September 27, a crowd of women and men organized by BAMN took to the streets of Berkeley shouting their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. This is BAMN's third action since Dr. Ford's truth about Kavanaugh became public in the last two weeks.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/29/18817883.php

Global De-Dollarization Spells Jolts and Crises for US Economy
Jon Jeter | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-01
The Trump administration's bellicosity has combined with the volatility of the global economy to sharply accelerate what has become an international movement: ditching the dollar as the world's reserve currency. | The post Global De-Dollarization Spells Jolts and Crises for US Economy appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/global-de-dollarization-spells-jolts-and-crises-for-us-economy/250111/

Hundreds of thousands demand strike action in the US
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-01
With social anger at plunging living standards boiling over, the unions are desperately seeking to divert opposition behind the election of Democratic Party candidates in November.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/01/pers-o01.html

From the Zapatistas and Beyond
Research Center for the Americas, UCSC | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
The Nick | 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/28/18817875.php

Reflections on "Reflections From a Hashtag"
M. G. Piety | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
I was sexually harassed by one of my professors in graduate school. He was the director of the graduate program and was known to host parties at his apartment for the graduate students. I assumed, when he invited me to his apartment for "dinner," that the "dinner" in question was such an event.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/reflections-on-reflections-from-a-hashtag/

Spanish Football Team 'Real Madrid' honors teenage Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2018-10-01
Ahed Tamimi, who was imprisoned for eight months this year for slapping an Israeli soldier after her cousin was shot in the head, was honored Sarurday by the Real Madrid football team in Spain. Real Madrid is one of the most well-known football teams in the world, with many football …

Spanish Football Team ‘Real Madrid’ Honors Teenaged Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi

SF Democratic Party Promotes Rape Among City Employees & Navy's Blue Death
AMSH | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
While the country is fixed on the US Senate hearing for Republican Trump's rapist nominee for Supreme Court Justice, millionaire Brett Kavanaugh with a current lifetime judge position, right here in San Francisco on the taxpayer's payroll, the San Francisco Democratic Party, which has been in power at City Hall since 1960, allows rape, racism and retaliation, and has invited the world's leading terrorists, rapists and racists, the US military, as the Democrats have since 1981, when war profiteer Senator Dianne Feinstein was mayor, to again strafe our city for 4 days, October 4-7, 2018, for at least 4 hours per da…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/30/18817921.php

Ex-FBI Official Stuns MSNBC's Morning Joe by Reveling Extent of White House Limits on Kavanaugh Probe
Travis Gettys, Raw Story | alternet.org | 2018-10-01
"It's not the time limit that's troubling me the most. " | Rich text editor, edit-body-und-0-value, press ALT 0 for help. | A former top FBI official revealed the investigation into Brett Kavanaugh's background was severely — and intentionally — limited by the White House. Frank Figliuzzi, who served as the bureau's assistant director for counter. . .
alternet.org/ex-fbi-official-stuns-msnbcs-morning-joe-reveling-extent-white-house-limits-kavanaugh-probe

What's Happening in Syria: A cultural/educational community event
Sheila Carrillo | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Resource Center for Nonviolence 612 Ocean St Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/29/18817899.php

Demand EVC Tromp Fire Professor Balakrishnan
Mee Too UCSC | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Clark Kerr Hall, UC Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/28/18817878.php

Soccer and Immigration
Lee Ballinger | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
We are actually not taught not to think. Instead we are taught to think about everything narrowly, in specifics, in the exceptions, out of context. In America, we are taught to think about immigration only in terms of Mexicans, which more and more people are doing in a positive way. For example, when massive workplace…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/soccer-and-immigration/

How Feedback Loops Are Driving Runaway Climate Change
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-10-01
If you think this summer has been intense as far as record warm temperatures, wildfires, drought, and flooding events around the Northern Hemisphere, you haven't seen anything yet — unless you happen to live in the Arctic. | According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), air temperatures there are increasing at an "unprecedented rate" — twice as fast as they are around the rest of the globe. NOAA's 2017 Arctic Report Card states unequivocally that the Arctic "
truthout.org/articles/how-feedback-loops-are-driving-runaway-climate-change/