Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in Shooting of Black Teen
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-10-06
Activists and residents of Chicago chanted "Justice for Laquan" after a jury on Friday found a white police officer, Jason Van Dyke, guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting 17-year-old African-American Laquan McDonald 16 times on the evening of Oct. 20, 2014. | The Cook County jury also found Van Dyke guilty of all 16 counts of aggravated battery while finding him not…
truthout.org/articles/jury-finds-chicago-cop-guilty-of-second-degree-murder-in-shooting-of-black-teen/

Amid Famine and Economic Collapse, Major Protests Against Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-06
"We came here to protest against UAE and the Saudis They lied to us; they said they would make our country like Dubai, and now we are dying of hunger." | — Yemeni protester Samiah Ubadi | The post Amid Famine and Economic Collapse, Major Protests Against Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/amid-famine-and-economic-collapse-major-protests-against-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen/250424/

Trump signs law allowing US authorities to shoot down private drones without warrants
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-06
US authorities are now allowed to shoot down personal drones if they deem them to be a threat, thanks to a new bill which has been signed by President Donald Trump. But critics say the law could be easily abused.
rt.com/usa/440481-us-shoot-down-private-drones/

Eve Ensler: Nobel Peace Prize for Mukwege & Murad Is an Award for Every Rape Survivor in the World
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-05
After a landmark year for the "Me Too" movement, which ignited an international conversation on sexual assault, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to two champions of women's rights who have built their careers fighting sexual violence: physician Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad. Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999. The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. Nadia Murad is a 25-year-old Yazidi Kurdish human rights activist from Iraq. She was kidnapped and held…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/5/eve_ensler_nobel_peace_prize_for

How Saudi Money Keeps Washington at War in Yemen
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-05
It was May 2017. The Saudis were growing increasingly nervous. For more than two years they had been relying heavily on U.S. military support and bombs to defeat Houthi rebels in Yemen. Now, the Senate was considering a bipartisan resolution to cut off military aid and halt a big sale of American-made bombs to Saudi Arabia. Fortunatel…
truthdig.com/articles/how-saudi-money-keeps-washington-at-war-in-yemen/

UN Panel: Saudi Arabia and UAE "Interfering" in Documentation of Yemen War Crimes
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-05
Since the UN panel released its critical report in August, its leader Kamel Jendoubi asserts that the Saudi coalition has been directly interfering with the panel's activities in regards to documenting alleged war crimes in Yemen. | The post UN Panel: Saudi Arabia and UAE "Interfering" in Documentation of Yemen War Crimes appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/un-saudi-arabia-and-uae-interfering-in-documentation-of-yemen-war-crimes/250400/

Roaming Charges: Give Me Condos or Give Me Death!
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
In the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, FoxNews pollster Frank Luntz whined that: "Any political decision made now is accompanied by one side screaming bloody murder. It's terrible for civilized discourse. It's terrible for our democracy." Of course, these are largely ritualized fights, as predictable and scripted as Wrestlemania. When bloody murder is actually taking place (like in Yemen or Gaza) nobody can be heard screaming bloody murder–at least on television.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/roaming-charges-5/

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-05
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/05/work-o05.html

Seeking an Enduring Solution to a Seemingly Intractable Problem: Another Look at Somalia
Fikrejesus Amahazion | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
Late last week, a High-Level Meeting on Somalia, co-chaired by Ethiopia, Italy, Somalia, and the United Kingdom (UK), was held in New York. The meeting, which was also attended by Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Osman Saleh, Eritrea's Foreign Minister, and other international representatives, focused on…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/seeking-an-enduring-solution-to-a-seemingly-intractable-problem-another-look-at-somalia/

As Millions Starve, Many Still Speak of a Yemen "On the Brink of Famine"
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-05
"Dog meat tastes bad, but the foremost thing that I should be concerned is to save my family rather than thinking if that may be wrong or dangerous." — A Yemeni father | The post As Millions Starve, Many Still Speak of a Yemen "On the Brink of Famine" appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/as-millions-starve-many-still-speak-of-yemen-as-on-the-brink-of-famine/250361/

Trump-Mattis Shambles in Yemen
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
On October 1 The Economist reported that the previous day's referendum in Macedonia…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/trump-mattis-shambles-in-yemen/

SPLC report: Detention system forces people to give up claims to stay in U.S
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-04
Before fleeing Somalia, Yuusuf was a teacher.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/04/splc-report-detention-system-forces-people-give-claims-stay-us

Icebox and Twin Flower: The US government locks up children–and, in Italy, an African refugee finds a kindred spirit
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-04
At the recent Toronto film festival, several films took up the global issue of the horrendous treatment of immigrants and the desperate conditions facing refugees.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/04/tff3-o04.html

Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East's Next Failed State?
Eric Ortiz | consortiumnews.com | 2018-10-04
Ibn Khaldun–the famous Tunisian historian, geographer and social theorist–believed that decadence leads to collapse for Muslim dynasties. Such a scenario may be playing out with the Saudis, reports Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News Reports are growing… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/10/04/is-saudi-arabia-the-middle-easts-next-failed-state/

Dr. Barbara Ransby: What the Defamation of Anita Hill Can Teach Us About the Kavanaugh Hearings
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-24
News that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will testify Thursday against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has prompted many to warn senators not to repeat the mistakes of the Anita Hill hearings of 1991, when Hill was questioned by an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee over her allegations that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her in the workplace. In the weeks after Hill testified, nearly 1,600 black feminists organized as "African American Women in Defense of Ourselves" and signed a manifesto published in an advertisement in The New York Times. We speak with histo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/24/dr_barbara_ransby_what_the_defamation