14 October2019 — Global Research
A popular insurrection is unfolding against the adoption of sweeping IMF reforms imposed by the “centre left” government of President Lenin Moreno.
In March 2019, a 4.2 billion dollar IMF loan was granted to Ecuador.
“We are here to help you” says the IMF. Our objective is to help Ecuador “modernize its economy and pave the way for strong, sustained, and equitable growth.”
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14 October 2019 — True Publica
The crooks that run the global social media corps are at it again. Of course, they take Facebook’s lead where last July Facebook’s stock price actually went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations. Just to repeat that – the fine was five thousand million dollars – and the stock price went up!
14 October 2019 — WSWS
Singer and rap artist M.I.A. visited Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison on Saturday, calling for his freedom. The WikiLeaks publisher and journalist faces extradition to the United States under the Espionage Act, with charges that carry a 175-year prison term.
14 Octber 2019 • 15:40 — The New Dark Age
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Ecuador’s authorities back down to avert coup d’etat, says expert
Ecuadorian govt agrees to repeal austerity law that sparked protests as indigenous groups pledge to stop rallies
https://on.rt.com/a3bs
13 October 2019 • 23:50 — The New Dark Age
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Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Syrian army
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901
Washington abandons its Kurdish proxies as Ankara and Damascus step in
http://thesaker.is/washington-abandons-its-kurdish-proxies-as-ankara-and-damascus-step-in/
13 October 2019 — theplanningmotivedotcom
The world and our brains are analogue, computers are binary. Analogue is infinitely more complex than binary, which cannot be emulated by binary systems including the qubits found in so called quantum computers. Binary systems, because they do not spontaneously form imprints of the external world, need programming. This programming can only be undertaken in the first instance by humans with all their fallibilities.
10 October 2019 — Left Voice
On Wednesday, thousands of people across Ecuador took to the streets and walked out of their workplaces on the seventh day of a national uprising against the austerity policies of President Lenín Moreno and the IMF. The national strike was coordinated by indigenous groups in conjunction with Ecuador’s biggest trade unions and the student movement, and was heavily repressed by military and police forces.
13 October 2019 — The New Dark Age
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HSBC: The World’s Dirtiest Bank
https://hendersonlefthook.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/hsbc-the-worlds-dirtiest-bank/
US Denial of Sovereignty – Unipolarism Laid Bare
https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/12/us-denial-of-sovereignty-unipolarism-laid-bare/
13 October 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Protest leaders in Ecuador vow to continue rallies across the country
https://tass.com/world/1082873
Ecuador under President Neo-coño Moreno: The IMF’s Deadly “Economic Medicine”, The Weaponization of Neoliberal Reforms
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ecuador-under-president-neo-cono-moreno-the-imfs-deadly-economic-medicine-the-weaponization-of-neoliberal-reforms/5691749
13 October 2019 • 11:00 — The New Dark Age
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Brexit: Boris Johnson to update cabinet on deal talks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50032500
Brexit plans centre stage in Queen’s Speech
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50029325
12 October 2019 — Extinction/Rebellion
[I thought a note on police activities re Extinction/Rebellion is worth publicising to a wider audience. WB]
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY
ARE YOU BEING STOPPED AND SEARCHED?
– Ask ‘Am I being detained or am I free to leave?’
IF you are told you are detained, this means you are being stopped and searched. OTHERWISE, you are able to walk away.
12 October 2019 — Craig Murray
The government has stepped up its lies about immunity in the Sacoolas case to a breathtaking degree. I genuinely am astounded by the sheer audacity of the lies now being told, including a staggeringly mendacious FCO-briefed BBC article yesterday stating that “23,000 individuals in the UK have diplomatic immunity” and that it extends to “drivers and cooks”. This follows up the breathtaking FCO statement to Sky News that RAF Croughton “is regarded as an annex to the US Embassy in London” – a total falsehood.
13 October 2019 — Information Clearing House
By Matthew Chapman
We need to make a deal with Russia and the regime now and invite their planes to protect this region. Continue
12 October 2019 — WSWS
Yesterday marked six months since WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange was expelled from Ecuador’s London embassy and arrested by the British police. The sight of a persecuted journalist being manhandled by five burly police in the capital of a supposedly democratic country shocked millions of people around the world.
12 October 2019 — WSWS
Permanent RecordIn the final chapter of his memoir Permanent Record, Edward Snowden issues a warning to his readers. He writes, “[I]t wouldn’t take much for an interested government to find out that you’ve been reading this book. At the very least, it wouldn’t take much to find out that you have it, whether you downloaded it illegally or bought a hard copy online or purchased it at a brick-and-mortar-store with a credit card.”
12 October 2019 — Information Clearing House
By Moon Of Aalabama
The connection to Biden has emerged a week after, the Intelligence Community’s inspector general, briefed the House Intelligence Committee on the whistleblower’s complaint.. Continue
12 October 2019 • 11:00 — The New Dark Age
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Five dead and almost 1,000 arrested as repression mounts in Ecuador
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/12/ecua-o12.html
Protest leaders in Ecuador refuse to start dialogue with authorities
https://tass.com/world/1082808
12 October 2019 — Indian Punchline
Shall we sit upon the ground and tell there is no longer daylight between Russia and Turkey? We are almost there. The Turkish incursion into Syria on Wednesday is the tipping point. Turkey and Russia are closely coordinating. Consider the following.
11 October 2019 — Collective Evolution
By Arjun Walia
10 October 2019 — WSWS
Amid the storm of denunciations—extending from right-wing Republicans to the Democratic Party, the New York Times and the pseudo-left Jacobin magazine—of his decision to pull US troops out of Syria, President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary tweet on Wednesday in defense of his policy:
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