GOP-Requested Witness Rejects Trump 'Conspiracy Theories'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-20
WASHINGTON — Sought by Republicans to testify, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in Tuesday's impeachment hearings, rejecting "conspiracy theories" embraced by President Donald Trump and some of his allies. | Kurt Volker said he has known Biden as an honorable man for more than two decades, rebuffing debunked corruption allegations that Trump is said to have wanted the Ukrainians to investigate in exchange for military aid to hold off Russian aggression. | "The allegations against Vice President Biden are self-serving and non-credible," Volker declared. | R…
truthdig.com/articles/gop-requested-witness-rejects-trump-conspiracy-theories/
Sweden drops investigation into bogus sexual misconduct allegations against Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The action confirms that the incessant media claims of "rape" and "sexual assault" by the WikiLeaks founder are a politically motivated fraud.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/assa-n19-2.html
UN torture envoy demands 'full accountability & compensation' after Sweden drops rape probe against Assange
rt.com | 2019-11-19
The UN's Special Rapporteur on torture has called for a "full investigation" into the role Sweden played in driving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into asylum and eventual custody, after the rape case against him was dropped. | Swedish prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they would drop a dubious rape inquiry against Assange, as oral testimony against the publisher had "weakened," and corroborating evidence was not strong enough to pursue a case. A Swedish arrest warrant was issued against assange in 2010, and a British court upheld a decision to extradite him in 2012. Threatened with what many saw as a po…
rt.com/news/473832-assange-torture-investigation-sweden/
Sweden Drops Decade-Long Case Against Julian Assange
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
A Swedish prosecutor dropped an investigation into an allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ending the near decade-old case that had sent the anti-secrecy campaigner into hiding in London's Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition. | RELATED: | UK Judge Denies Request to Delay Assange's Extradition Trial | Although the prosecutor's…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sweden-Drops-Decade-Long-Case-Against-Julian-Assange–20191119-0004.html
France to host "peace summit" with Germany, Ukraine and Russia
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The summit is part of the effort of French and German imperialism to play a bigger role in Eastern Europe as tensions with the US are rising.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/ukra-n19.html
Ukrainian young Communists lead campaign against Zelensky land sell-off
Ben Chacko | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-19
Ukraine's Communist Youth (Komsomol) members joined a rally against the planned marketization of the nation's agricultural land on Sunday near the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev. Protesters left political party banners and flags behind to emphasize that the great land sell-off "concerns all residents of Ukraine." The demo chanted: "No to the sale …
peoplesworld.org/article/ukrainian-young-communists-lead-campaign-against-zelensky-land-sell-off/
'Shameful' US withholds food & medicine from Iranians while claiming to support them, FM Zarif says
rt.com | 2019-11-19
Washington's self-professed solidarity with Iranians protesting against rising fuel costs cannot be taken seriously since US sanctions have caused so much suffering in the Islamic Republic, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said. | "The regime that imposes coercive economic actions and bars delivery of food and drugs to the elderly and patients, can never claim that it's supporting the Iranian nation," Zarif noted on Tuesday, according to Iran's semi-official IRNA news agency. | He added that European nations that fail to challenge Washington's regime change posturing against Tehran will be "responsible for their d…
rt.com/news/473794-iran-zarif-us-protests-sanctions/
French Yellow Vests Celebrate First Birthday, Converge With Planned Labor Strikes
Richard Greeman | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-19
This weekend the Yellow Vests celebrated their first birthday, with convivial barbeques on traffic circles (roundabouts) all over France followed by direct actions like liberating tollbooths. Although number of protestors has declined to about 10% of the estimated 400,000 who rose up a year ago on Nov. 17, 2018 — thanks to a year of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/19/french-yellow-vests-celebrate-first-birthday-converge-with-planned-labor-strikes/
Resistance against Turkish-Russian patrols grows in northeast Syria as more protesters are injured
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-11-19
The people of northeast Syria [aka Rojava] are fiercely resisting against the patrols by Turkish and Russian occupation forces.They're facing the guns and armoured vehicles of two of the world's strongest militaries. Here in the UK we can stand in solidarity by demanding the UK stops its arms exports to Turkey.Fierce resistance: This video from Monday 18 November shows women and men throwing molotov cocktails at…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/11/19/resistance-against-turkish-russian-patrols-grows-in-northeast-syria-as-more-protesters-are-injured/
Ukraine interfering in US elections is not a 'Russian narrative' but a US media one
rt.com | 2019-11-19
Mainstream US media outlets and impeachment witness Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman have called stories of Ukrainian influence in the 2016 US election a conspiracy theory pushed by Russian president. Evidence shows otherwise. | Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Vindman — a National Security Council staffer — argued that any Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election is "a Russian narrative promoted by [President Vladimir] Putin," rejected by the entire US intelligence community. | Not only is narrative of Ukranian interference in 2016 election false, and rejected by all intell…
rt.com/news/473840-ukraine-election-meddling-impeachment/
Republicans Urge Americans to Follow Them Through the Fox News Looking Glass on Ukraine
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-11-19
To defend Donald Trump, Republicans in the House are trying to discredit Sergii Leshchenko, who helped expose Paul Manafort's corruption in Ukraine.
theintercept.com/2019/11/19/republicans-use-impeachment-hearings-smear-ukrainian-helped-expose-manafort/
Ukraine Ready to Accept 'Reasonable Compromise' on Conflict
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
Ukraine is ready to accept a "reasonable compromise" at a four-way summit which will involve France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine in Paris on Dec. 9 to discuss ways to resolve the wider conflict in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister Vadym Prystaiko said Tuesday. | RELATED: | Russia to Return Ukraine Captured Ships In Steps To Settle Conflict | "We are going to the Normandy meeting with open ideas, an open mind, ready to accept a reasonable compromise," Prystaiko tol…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Ready-to-Accept-Reasonable-Compromise-on-Conflict-20191119-0008.html
'We have our own problems': Ukrainian president says country is 'sick' of US impeachment drama
rt.com | 2019-11-19
As impeachment mania grips the US, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a question from CNN about whether he would open an investigation into the Biden family, saying people in Ukraine are "so tired" of the scandal. | Zelensky, who has found himself at the center of the seemingly never-ending political saga, was visibly annoyed when asked by a CNN reporter if he would launch an investigation over claims that former US Vice President Joe Biden had pressured a Ukrainian prosecutor to drop a corruption probe into the Burisma natural gas company where his son Hunter sat on the board. | "I think everybo…
rt.com/news/473828-ukraine-zelensky-tired-impeachment/
Germany: Volkswagen pays works council members millions
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig has now brought charges against four VW managers, accused of paying excessive salaries and bonuses to five works council representatives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/volk-n19.html
J'accuse (An Officer and a Spy): Roman Polanski's masterpiece on the Dreyfus Affair
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
Director Roman Polanski's J'accuse recounts the 12-year struggle to clear Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish officer unjustly convicted of spying for Germany in 1894.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/jacc-n19.html
Is China an "Imperial Power" in the Image of the West?
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-19
Owing to geography and geopolitics, my country the Philippines finds itself in the middle of an escalating conflict between the United States and China. Like the trench lines that stretched from the North Sea through France to Switzerland during the First World War, the front lines of this conflict stretch across both land and sea…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/19/is-china-an-imperial-power-in-the-image-of-the-west/
Europe's Shameful Treatment of Refugees: Fire in Greece's Samos Island Refugee Camp
Prof. Richard Hardigan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
Last month a fire roared through the refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos, a few miles from the coast of Turkey. The immediate cause of the fire is unclear, but there were clashes between Afghan and Syrian refugees …
globalresearch.ca/europe-shameful-treatment-refugees-fire-greek-camp-highlights-appalling-conditions/5695370
Greece and the Struggle for Freedom
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-19
Prologue Greece, the wellspring of Western civilization, has a continuity of existence from ancient times to the present day. In spite of multiple depredations inflicted on the country over millennia, Greek ideas, science, discoveries and practices forming the foundations of Western culture, have persisted. In this essay, the contours of Greek history are traced from…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/19/greece-and-the-struggle-for-freedom/
Half of American Men Still Can't Handle the Prospect of a Woman in the White House
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-11-19
In 2019, just 49% of American men say they are comfortable with a woman president, according to a new poll on attitudes toward gender and power by consulting firm Kantar Public and Women Political Leaders, an Iceland-based nonprofit coalition of female politicians. | The poll surveyed 22,000 people ages 18 to 64 across eleven countries (Brazil, Canada, China, France…
truthdig.com/articles/half-of-american-men-still-cant-handle-the-prospect-of-a-woman-in-the-white-house/
'Big Brother' state? Spain begins tracking mobile phones in controversial study to better public services
rt.com | 2019-11-19
Millions of Spaniards are being tracked on their mobile phones this week as part of a controversial government study designed to gather information about where citizens are traveling and when in order to "improve public services." | The National Statistics Institute (INE) has assured people that the eight-day project is completely "anonymous" — but that hasn't stopped concerns being raised over the 'spy state' and 'big brother' style privacy issues. | Spain's three largest mobile phone operators — Movistar, Vodafone and Orange — are taking part in the project, and insist they are not breaking…
rt.com/news/473813-spain-tracking-mobile-phones/
Europe's Economy Today & Tomorrow
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
Introduction | The Wall St. Journal page one article of November 18, 2019 broadcast: "Europe's New Jobs Stoke Discontent". | It asked: 'why are workers so angry', when millions more jobs have been created since Europe's last recessions (2008-09 and 2011-13), when …
globalresearch.ca/europe-economy-today-tomorrow/5695374
Mobile Phone Radiation and the EU's Phonegate Crisis
Equipe Phonegate | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
Following the invitation on October 1, 2019 to the European Parliament of Dr Marc Arazi by MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Michèle Rivasi and Klaus Buchner of the Greens/EFA, and the alert issued to parliamentarians and organisations gathered at this event on …
globalresearch.ca/mep-michele-rivasi-questions-european-commission/5695400
Venice sees second worst flooding in recorded history
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
Massive flooding last week brought Venice, Italy to its knees, with local authorities estimating that more than 85 percent of the city is under water.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/ital-n19.html
The Guardian's journalists are Kremlin and Qatari agents: Russian oligarch trolls newspaper after 'ex-KGB' smear job
rt.com | 2019-11-19
After a sensational headline in The Guardian dished the dirt on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's meeting with an "ex-KGB agent" in Italy, the Russian businessman involved has hit back, with some trolling accusations of his own. | "Boris Johnson met an ex-KGB agent during a highly controversial trip to attend a party two days after attending a high-level Nato summit that focused on Russia," The Guardian reported on Sunday. No details of the meeting are rev…
rt.com/uk/473841-lebedev-johnson-agents-guardian/
What the Frack? New Mexico Wants to Recycle Radioactive Wastewater
Frances Madeson | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
The state's famous green chiles may be hot for a whole new reason.
progressive.org/dispatches/what-the-frack-new-mexico-recycle-radioactive-wastewater-madeson-191119/
Russian bear-wrestling murder convict Maxim 'Mad Max' Novoselov confirmed for fight return
rt.com | 2019-11-19
He was recently seen wrestling a bear in Siberia but Russian MMA fighter Maxim 'Mad Max' Novoselov will return to action against human opposition in Moscow at the end of November, it has been confirmed. | Novoselov, 46, will face fellow sambo specialist Alexey Goncharov on the undercard of an event organized by Russia's RenTV, and which will be headlined by a boxing contest between Alexander Emelianenko — brother of MMA legend Fedor — and powerlifter Mikhail Koklyaev. | The full details of Novoselov's bout are still under wraps, although it will be his first serious action since he defeated Aleksanda…
rt.com/sport/473809-russian-mma-mad-max-novoselov-bear-wrestling-returns/
UK Government Accused of Covering Up War Crimes in Iraq
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
The UK is very keen at reminding certain countries — Syria, Russia, China — of their human rights abuses and yet, when it comes to looking closer to home, this current government quite frankly prefers not to, and in some …
globalresearch.ca/uk-government-accused-covering-up-war-crimes-iraq/5695411
Pelosi doubles down on anti-Russia politics of impeachment inquiry
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
Pelosi once again defined as the sole issue in the Democrats' case for impeachment the charge that Trump endangered US "national security" and strengthened Russia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/impe-n19.html
India Makes Advance Payment For Russian Missile Defense System
teleSUR, jg | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
India has made an advanced payment of US$800 million for Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, the Russian conglomerate Rostec said this week. | RELATED: | One Dead, 45 Injured in Grenade Attack in Kashmir's Srinagar | Sergey Chemezov, owner of the Russian company, told reporters Monday that negotiations were continuing at a good pace and that the…
telesurenglish.net/news/india-makes-advance-payment-for-russian-missile-defense-system-20191119-0001.html
Russia Denounces US Decision on Israel Settlements in West Bank
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced a statement by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the U.S. authorities no longer treat Israeli settlements in the West Bank as inconsistent with international law. | RELATED: | US Says Israel Settlements Not Illegal Under International Law | "We regard this decision of Washington as another step aimed at scrapping the international legal base of the Middle East settlement,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Denounces-US-Decision-on-Israel-Settlements-in-West-Bank-20191119-0012.html
Armata is coming: Russian military to get pilot batch of 'revolutionary' T-14 tanks
rt.com | 2019-11-19
The Russian armored corps are about to step into the future, with the first trial batch of the fearsome T-14 Armata tanks to be supplied to the military in late 2019 or early 2020, the head of Rostec defense conglomerate said. | …
rt.com/russia/473803-armata-t14-tank-russia/
Moscow condemns US plans to end sanctions waiver over Iran's Fordow nuclear site
rt.com | 2019-11-19
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday resolutely condemned the statement of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the previous day that the US is terminating the sanctions waiver related to Iran's Fordow nuclear plant. "There is no legitimate reason for Iran to resume enrichment at this previously clandestine site," Pompeo said. | Washington's intentions are a blatant violation of international obligations, the Russian ministry said. Taking into account the US statements, a substantial reaction from the Commission on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will be required, according to the statement. | Mosc…
rt.com/newsline/473819-russia-us-iran-fordow/
U.S. Continues to Draw Lines in Eastern Mediterranean
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
From November 3 to November 14, Israeli, U.S., German, Italian and Greek war jets participated in the "Blue Flag 2019" military exercises out of the Ovda Air Base in Israel's Negev Desert. The timing of these exercises corresponds with Turkey …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-continues-draw-lines-eastern-mediterranean/5695398
With Assange on Verge of Extradition to US, Sweden Drops Years-Long Rape Investigation Into WikiLeaks Founder
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-19
A Swedish prosecutor announced Tuesday that her office is ending a years-long investigation into a 2010 rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently being held in a British prison as he battles the U.S. government's effort to extradite him. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/assagne_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/19/assange-verge-extradition-us-sweden-drops-years-long-rape-investigation-wikileaks?cd-origin=rss
Labour Party candidates pledge to ignore Corbyn's Brexit policy and campaign for Remain
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
An alliance between Labour and the Remain parties, and possibly some strongly pro-European Union Tories, is seen by sections of the ruling elite as an option for cancelling Brexit without handing power to a Corbyn-led Labour government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/labo-n19.html
Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great
rt.com | 2019-11-18
Hearing that the Americans "have become the bad guys" on the world stage was a "gut punch" to NBC News reporter Richard Engel, but Twitter quickly set the astonished journalist straight with some history and facts. | Engel, NBC's chief foreign correspondent, was informed of this shocking news via various "sources" who complained to him about the Trump administration's recent betrayal of the Kurds in northern Syria and the alleged "misogynistic" firing of the US ambassador to Ukraine. | Such politically motivated actions "m…
rt.com/usa/473738-richard-engel-usa-bad-guys/
Trump Willing to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-18
United States President Donald Trump indicated publicly Monday for the first time that he might be willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden. | RELATED: | Trump's Ukraine Phone Call 'Unusual, Inappropriate': VP Aide | "Even though I did nothing wrong, and don't like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly con…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Willing-to-Testify-in-Impeachment-Inquiry-20191118-0005.html
The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Shock Therapy and the Rise of Trump
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. It was one of the few unambiguously joyous moments in modern history. This popular, nonviolent explosion of dissent effectively toppled East Germany's despotic regime. And it signaled, if only symbolically, the end of the Cold War that had divided Europe for nearly half a century. Thirty years later,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-shock-therapy-and-the-rise-of-trump/
ICC May Investigate British War Crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-18
The International Criminal Court (ICC) may investigate for the first time war crimes allegedly committed by British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq against civilians, according to a BBC program broadcasted Monday. | RELATED: | Trump Pardons 3 Soldiers Accused of War Crimes | An investigation led by the BBC and the Sunday Times revealed Sunday that killings of civilians including children during wars in the Middle East have been hidden by the United Kingdom's government and its armed forces.
telesurenglish.net/news/ICC-May-Investigate-British-War-Crimes-In-Iraq-Afghanistan-20191118-0012.html
Palestinians Call On Catherine Ringer to Cancel Tel Aviv Concert
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-18
November 18, 2019 / BDS France Dear Catherine Ringer, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges you to cancel your 19th December show at Barby club in apartheid Tel Aviv. During Israel's 2014 massacres in Gaza that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, including more …
imemc.org/article/palestinians-call-on-catherine-ringer-to-cancel-tel-aviv-concert/
Ecuador's Assembly Rejects President Moreno's Economic Reforms
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-18
Ecuador's Assembly rejected Sunday a package of tax and monetary reforms presented by President Lenín Moreno, in a new blow to his attempts of obtaining fresh resources and reduce the bulky fiscal deficit. | RELATED: | Ecuador: 'Russia Today' Taken Off The Air by State Company | "With 70 affirmative votes, the National Assembly has decided to deny and file the…
telesurenglish.net/news/ecuador-assembly-rejects-president-moreno-economic-reforms–20191117-0013.html
Et tu, Chick-fil-A? Fans see betrayal as sandwich company bends the knee to LGBT pressure
rt.com | 2019-11-18
Being a fast-food company in 2019 America seems to be more about politics than fried chicken. Chick-fil-A's decision to cave to liberal demands has angered its Christian customer fan base, while earning it no points with critics. | The Atlanta, Georgia-based company has been known as much for its fried chicken sandwiches as for its public embrace of Christian values — which led to boycotts and hostility from LGBTQ groups and social justice activists, but translated into growth and profits driven by loyal fans of both the food and the message. | "You too, Chick-fil-A?" was their collective response on Mond…
rt.com/usa/473751-chickfila-reversal-donations-lgbt/
Jimmy Dore: until we fix Democratic Party elites' corruption, we won't defeat Trump's
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-17
Jimmy Dore pushes back on impeachment and Ukrainegate, Hillary Clinton's smear of Tulsi Gabbard as a Russian asset, the DNC's…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/17/jimmy-dore-until-we-fix-democratic-party-elites-corruption-we-wont-defeat-trumps/
No playing around: US Army's new card decks feature Russian, Chinese & Iranian weapons 'to learn more about adversaries'
rt.com | 2019-11-17
The Russian-made S-400 air defense system — the one that triggers US threats of sanctions for nations if they decide to buy it — can actually help an American soldier to win a battle… in a card game. | The S-400 [or SA-21 Growler in NATO nomenclature] is a joker in a new line of card decks for the US army, an all-mighty card of many faces capable of incinerating an enemy. | The second joker in the Russia-themed deck is the Iskander tactical missile system [SS-26 Stone in NATO nomenclature] with its 9M729 missile that was used by Washington as a pretext for quitting the INF Treaty, despite Russia'…
rt.com/usa/473664-us-army-playing-cards/
'I should not be impeached!' Trump says Kiev confirmed Ukrainegate is a non-story, and here's what he's referring to (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-16
The impeachment drive against President Donald Trump is in full swing — but he believes that the inquiry should've already ended, saying both Ukraine and phone calls released by the White House have ruled out any "quid pro quo." | Responding to a reporter's question on impeachment, Trump bluntly said that he "should not be" impeached, and that the whole story effectively ended on Friday. The reason for that, he said, was a statement by Kiev denying any quid pro quo during Trump's conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky. | "Ukraine — they came out loud and clear that there was no li…
rt.com/usa/473634-trump-says-impeachment-ended-ukraine/
Whistleblowers Are Public Servants. We Must Protect Them
Kate Ruane | aclu.org | 2019-11-15
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke on the phone. The president insists the call was "perfect." Others are concerned that, during the call, the president intimated he would withhold financial aid appropriated to Ukraine unless the Ukrainian president agreed to investigate former-Vice President Joe Biden, a political rival of the president. | How do we even know about any of this? A…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/whistleblowers-are-public-servants-we-must-protect-them
Ex-Ukraine envoy's feelings that Trump 'threatened' her & his 'real-time attacks' on Twitter are IMPEACHABLE, Democrats say
rt.com | 2019-11-15
Ex-ambassador Marie Yovanovitch feeling "threatened" by President Donald Trump and his tweet criticizing her "in real-time" during her testimony amount to new grounds for impeachment, Democrats and their media proxies claimed. | During Friday's impeachment hearing, Yovanovitch complained that she's been the victim of a "smear campaign" by the Trump administration, carried out particularly by the president's personal counsel Rudy Giuliani — and Trump himself. | The former ambassador recalled her reaction to the transcript of the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a testi…
rt.com/usa/473583-yovanovitch-impeachment-intimidation-trump/
"Europe has developed thanks to Africa's wealth"
Alex Anfruns | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-15
Mamadou Mansaré "You must know a great fighter, he is a personality in his country" — the French worker of North African origin who introduced him to me told me. It was rigorously true. For many years Mamadou Mansaré has embodied the voice of the Guinean workers' movement in the National Confederation of Guinean Workers …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/europe-has-developed-thanks-to-africas-wealth/
In First Public Impeachment Hearing, Trump Implicated in Effort to Pressure Ukraine to Probe Bidens
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-14
The first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump was held Wednesday. Trump is just the fourth president in U.S. history to face impeachment. Two witnesses testified before the House Intelligence Committee: George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and William Taylor, a former ambassador and the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. They both said President Trump withheld aid to Ukraine in an attempt to pressure the country to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company. We play highlights from the hearing.
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/14/trump_public_impeachment_hearings_william_taylor
"This Is Unacceptable": Ex-Congresswoman Who Voted to Impeach Nixon Says Trump Is a Rogue President
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-14
The public phase of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump began Wednesday, with testimonies from two witnesses: George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and William Taylor, a former ambassador and the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. The hearing brought forth new details about a previously unknown phone call in July between President Trump and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Both Kent and Taylor expressed concern over the role President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani had in dictating U.S. policy on Ukraine. We speak with Elizabeth Holtzman, a former U.S. congressme…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/14/elizabeth_holtzman_trump_impeachment_public_hearing