#BlackFridays Walkouts Turn Rage Into Action and Community
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-11-23
As people around the country are celebrating Thanksgiving, and the manic day of discount shopping that follows, one network of activists has already been celebrating a different kind of Black Friday for the past two months. This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color. | Spurred into action by the Kavanaugh hearings, #BlackFridays began when a group of "womxn" — acknowledging the historic exclusion of gender expressions — si…
truthout.org/articles/blackfridays-walkouts-turn-rage-into-action-and-community/

New head of German intelligence intends to strengthen the powers of the agency
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-23
The appointment of Thomas Haldenwang as Maassen's successor as head of the BfV confirms that Germany's ruling grand coalition will continue to back the right-wing extremist course of Germany's domestic intelligence agency.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/23/hald-n23.html

Democratic Republic of Congo: Opposition youth leader still detained one year on: Christian Lumu Lukusa
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-23
Opposition youth leader Christian Lumu Lukusa has been in arbitrary detention since 22 November 2017, when he was arrested in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He was arrested by men believed to be agents of the National Intelligence Agency (Agence Nationale de Renseignements, ANR). Family visits have been restricted and he has not been allowed access to a lawyer.
amnesty.org/en/documents/afr62/9405/2018/en/

Corbyn auditions for government before big business and intelligence agencies
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-23
Corbyn appeared before the Confederation of British Industry on Monday to deliver what was billed as his main policy speech on Brexit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/23/corb-n23.html

U.S. intel will bring Assange to the U.S. in Chains
Ann Garrison | mronline.org | 2018-11-22
Julian Assange, a hero in the struggle against imperial wars and the lies that states tell to justify them, is in mortal danger. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/22/u-s-intel-will-bring-assange-to-the-u-s-in-chains/

Evacuation of 700 Jerusalemites from Silwan Approved by Israeli Court
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-22
In direct contradiction of the Geneva Conventions, the Israeli Supreme Court has approved the evacuation of 700 Jerusalemite Palestinians from their homes in the Silwan neighborhood of east occupied Jerusalem, Makan Israeli Broadcasting Corporation informed. It explained,according to Al Ray, that the Israeli Supreme Court rejected, on Wednesday evening, a …

Evacuation of 700 Jerusalemites from Silwan Approved by Israeli Court

Trump lashes out at judiciary over immigration ruling
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-22
The public conflict between the president and the chief justice of the Supreme Court has no parallel in American history.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/22/trmp-n22.html

Killers, drinkers & traumatized for life: What it means to be a US drone operator in 'war on terror'
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-22
They sit in rooms resembling hi-tech shipping containers. Joysticks in hand, they spend hours watching grainy screens, displaying people in faraway lands going about their daily lives — and they hold life and death in their hands. | …
rt.com/usa/444600-us-drone-operators-whistleblowers/

Trump Claims He Knows "Nothing" About the Julian Assange He Cited Hundreds of During in His Campaign
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-21
Footage of Trump mentioning WikiLeaks and its releases over 140 times in October 2016 alone has since resurfaced, suggesting that Trump's recent claims of ignorance in regard to Assange and WikiLeaks are insincere at best. | The post Trump Claims He Knows "Nothing" About the Julian Assange He Cited Hundreds of During in His Campaign appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/trump-doesnt-know-the-julian-assange-whose-wikileaks-releases-he-used-hundreds-of-times-in-his-campaign/252153/

Did Israel Kill Yasser Arafat? Stunning Investigation Exposes Israel's Secretive Assassination Program
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-21
Israeli intelligence officials desperately tried to prevent Ronen Bergman from writing "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations," a stunning book exposing the details of Israel's extrajudicial killing program. Israel even changed and extended secrecy laws to prevent Bergman from gaining access to historical documents. Despite this, Bergman gained unprecedented access while writing the book, scouring thousands of documents and meeting with some 1,000 sources. The result is a stunning investigation that dives deep into the targeted killing programs of Israel, which has assassinat…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/21/did_israel_kill_yasser_arafat_stunning

U.S. weapons in hands of Trump's Saudi pals create humanitarian disaster
Associated Press, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-21
Despite reports from intelligence agencies around the world, including his own CIA, President Trump insisted yesterday that it is not clear whether Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist. The president said that, in any case, he operates on the basis of the interests of "America …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-weapons-in-hands-of-trumps-saudi-pals-create-humanitarian-disaster/

US Spy Agencies Sued for Failing To Warn Khashoggi of Threat
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-21
The agencies are being sued under what is known as Directive 191, a government policy that requires American institutions to warn individuals of "impending threats of intentional killing, serious bodily injury or kidnapping" | The post US Spy Agencies Sued for Failing To Warn Khashoggi of Threat appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/us-intelligence-sued-failing-warn-khashoggi-threat/252120/

Amazon Collects and Stores Everything You Say to Alexa — Here's How to Delete
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-20
(ZHE) — If you're one of the millions of people who own a device with Amazon Alexa, the company's mobile spying device helpful personal assistant, whatever you say may be recorded — especially if someone in the house is named Alexis, Alex, or Lexi. According to Amazon's Alexa terms of use, the company collects and stores most of what you say to Alexa — …

Amazon Collects and Stores Everything You Say to Alexa — Here's How to Delete

Why Did CIA Turn Against Saudi Crown Prince MBS? It's More than Khashoggi
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-11-20
CIA officials are signaling Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman must be replaced. Is this all about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi? Professor Asad AbuKhalil says there are other political reasons | The post Why Did CIA Turn Against Saudi Crown Prince MBS? It's More than Khashoggi appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/why-did-cia-turn-against-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-its-more-than-khashoggi

The 'Resistance' Struggles to Justify Support for Trump's Prosecution of Assange
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-19
(CJ Opinion) — Ever since suspicions were confirmed that the Trump administration is indeed working to prosecute and imprison WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing authentic documents, the so-called "Resistance" has been struggling to explain exactly why it is so enthusiastically supportive of that agenda. And when I say struggling, I am being very, very generous. When news broke …

The 'Resistance' Struggles to Justify Support for Trump’s Prosecution of Assange

Trump Calls CIA Conclusion on Khashoggi Murder "Premature," Promises Full Report
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-19
(ANTIWAR.COM) — President Trump says he will be releasing a "very full report" on the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Istanbul consulate within the next two days. Trump promised the report will include "who did it." The odds are this official report won't implicate the Saudi crown prince, as the CIA already did that in …

Trump Calls CIA Conclusion on Khashoggi Murder "Premature," Promises Full Report

Exclusive: WikiLeaks Lawyer Warns U.S. Charges Against Assange Endanger Press Freedom Worldwide
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-16
The Justice Department has inadvertently revealed that it has prepared an indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In an unusual development, language about the charges against Assange was copied and pasted into an unrelated court filing that was recently unsealed. In the document, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kellen S. Dwyer wrote, "Due to the sophistication of the defendant and the publicity surrounding the case, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged." The news broke on Thursday night just hours after The Wall Street Journal reported the Justice Departme…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/16/exclusive_wikileaks_lawyer_warns_us_charges

COMMENTARY: US Intel Will Bring Assange to US in Chains
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-14
It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will wind up in the clutches of the U.S. government, says Ann Garrison. United States Will Bring Assange to US in Chains By Ann Garrison It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/14/us-intel-will-bring-assange-to-us-in-chains/