Daily Archives: December 22, 2019

2019-12-22: News Headlines

Ralph Nader (2019-12-22). Democrats Cave in Secret Budget Deal with Trump. commondreams.org House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) speak about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as the USMCA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on December 10, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pelosi_usmca.jpg

WorkWeek (2019-12-22). Anti-labor USMCA NAFTA 2.0 With IAM Matt Mckinnon & LCLAA Al Rojas. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews IAM Legislative staff member Matt Mckinnon and LCLAA Sacramento Al Rojas about the effect of UMCA NAFTA 2.0 on working people in the US and Mexico. It is being supported by Trump, National Chamber of Commerce, Pelosi and most Democrats as well as AFL-CIO president Trumpka and the UAW, USWA and most unions.

Brian Mier (2019-12-20). Chronicle of a Coup Foretold. counterpunch.org Will the US left work to normalize the impending coup attempt in Mexico the way it did for Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil and Nicaragua? Last July I gave a speech in the Left Forum in Brooklyn. When it was over, A young activist stood up and announced, in perfect English, that they were an anarchist from More

WSWS (2019-12-20). One day after impeachment: Democrats back Trump trade, budget bills. wsws.org One day after the US House of Representatives adopted two articles of impeachment against President Trump, the House passed Trump's top policy priority for 2019, the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, by a massive bipartisan margin.

teleSUR (2019-12-20). Panama: A Grieving People Recalls 30 Years of the US Invasion. telesurenglish.net For the first time over the last 30 years, Panamanian authorities agreed to declare "National Day of Mourning" on December 20, which is the date on which the United States invaded Panama in 1989.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | RELATED: | A Brief History of the US Interference in the Caribbean Basin | "The government acknowledges declaring December 20 as a day of national mourning to honor Panamanians and all the innocent…

RT (2019-12-20). All I want for Christmas is $23tn in debt: Rand Paul lays waste to reckless US spending in annual Festivus Report. rt.com Offering some relief from the impeachment spectacle grinding on in Washington, Senator Rand Paul has released his yearly Festivus Report, chronicling the outrageous — but sometimes comical — spending habits of the US government. | Whether it's funding costly studies on the mating calls of Panamanian frogs, spending millions to improve the quality of television in Moldova or bankrolling Peru's Green New Deal, Washington has found a number of creative ways to blow through tax dollars in 2019. In an epic "airing of grievances" inspired by the TV sitcom Seinfeld, Paul (R-KY) pulled no punches for the f…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-12-19). USMCA: Mixed messages from union leaders precede House OK of 'New NAFTA'. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Mixed messages from union leaders on the "New NAFTA," preceded the U.S. House's approval on Dec. 19 of legislation to implement the "free trade" pact, formally called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It passed by a vote of 385-41. The measure, HR5430, to put the three-way pact into effect is jammed with tighter and enforceable labor …

AKARI (2019-12-19). A Rapist in Your Path. thenation.com Street demonstration, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, November 2019. Original lyrics/music by Las Tesis, Chile. Thousands of women are responding to Las Tesis's call for action, organizing hundreds of artistic street demonstrations around the world.

teleSUR (2019-12-19). US House Votes for NAFTA Update. telesurenglish.net The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. | RELATED: | US Deports Mexicans Far from Border To Deter Their Return | The result of the votes 385-41 (with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member voting no) contrasted sharply with the Democrat-only vote to impeach U.S. President Dona…

RT (2019-12-19). House approves Trump's flagship US-Mexico-–°anada trade deal, day after impeachment vote. rt.com The US House of Representatives has given the green light to a trade deal between the US, Canada and Mexico that would replace NAFTA, known as the USMCA, passing the bill on to the Senate for another vote. | The sweeping trade deal was passed in the House on Thursday 385-41 and is set for a Senate vote sometime after the new year. If signed into law, the deal would establish new rules for commerce between the three countries, supplanting the longstanding North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. | Effectively an update to the prior three-way agreement, which came into force in 1994, the USMCA looks to sla…

Alan Macleod (2019-12-18). Ousted President Evo Morales Says Transnational Corporations, US Gov't Were Behind Bolivia Coup. mintpressnews.com In a tell-all interview with Glen Greenwald from Mexico, ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales recounted the US' heavy hand in fomenting a coup in his country and the reasons behind it.

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-18). Mexico Finds "World's Largest Lithium Deposit" Just Before US Focus & $1.4 Trillion War-Aimed NDAA. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/17/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Rick Sterling (2019-12-18). AMLO is Bringing New Hope to Mexico. dissidentvoice.org Jeremy Corbyn lost the election but one of his political friends, the progressive Mexican leader named Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been in power for one year. He is carrying out the plans and priorities described in his 2018 book New Hope for Mexico. ***** With 129 million people, Mexico is the 10th most populous …

Staff (2019-12-18). Headlines for December 18, 2019. democracynow.org House to Hold Historic Impeachment Vote Today, Top U.S. Diplomat to Ukraine William Taylor to Step Down, Rick Gates Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail and $20,000 Fine, FISA Court Orders FBI to Change National Security Wiretaps After DOJ Report, Democratic Primary Debate to Go Forward After Labor Dispute Resolved, Senate Approves One of the Most Expensive Military Spending Bills in U.S. History, Trump Meets with Outgoing Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, Indian Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Controversial Citizenship Law, Strikes Continue Nationwide in France over Pension Overhaul, Bolivia's Evo Morales Names Two…

Rick Sterling (2019-12-17). Mexico's President AMLO Is Delivering the Change He Promised. mintpressnews.com Mexico is in a period of profound change and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Morena Party are charting a dramatically new path for the country.

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-17). US Regime Change In Mexico, US Bombs Afghan Hospital, Saudis Get Involved In Syria & More OPCW Leaks. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Fight Back (2019-12-13). Anakbayan-USA holds 3rd congress. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On November 30, Anakbayan-USA had their Third Congress, with more than 200 members from 12 chapters across the country in attendance. They learned lessons on solidarity, talked about the economic situation in the United States and reported back on the progress being made on a national and local level. | Anakbayan-USA had three national organizations they invited to speak on their "International Solidarity" panel: the Palestinian Youth Movement, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, and National Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | CISPES and PYM spoke on bridging the gap…

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-02). Nicaragua Marked Next For US "Liberation", Trump Blames "Vicious World" For Khashoggi Murder & More. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/1/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Paul Dobson (2019-11-04). Venezuela, El Salvador Break Relations as Maduro Applauds 'New Anti-Neoliberal Wave'. venezuelanalysis.com Guatemala's president-elect has similarly pledged to break with the Maduro government upon assuming office in January.

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Anti-labor USMCA NAFTA 2.0 With IAM Matt Mckinnon & LCLAA Al Rojas
WorkWeek | indybay.org | 2019-12-22
WorkWeek interviews IAM Legislative staff member Matt Mckinnon and LCLAA Sacramento Al Rojas about the effect of UMCA NAFTA 2.0 on working people in the US and Mexico. It is being supported by Trump, National Chamber of Commerce, Pelosi and most Democrats as well as AFL-CIO president Trumpka and the UAW, USWA and most unions.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/19/18829027.php

Democrats Cave in Secret Budget Deal with Trump
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-12-22
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) speak about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as the USMCA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on December 10, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pelosi_usmca.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/21/democrats-cave-secret-budget-deal-trump?cd-origin=rss

Chronicle of a Coup Foretold
Brian Mier | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-20
Will the US left work to normalize the impending coup attempt in Mexico the way it did for Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil and Nicaragua? Last July I gave a speech in the Left Forum in Brooklyn. When it was over, A young activist stood up and announced, in perfect English, that they were an anarchist from…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/20/chronicle-of-a-coup-foretold-2/

One day after impeachment: Democrats back Trump trade, budget bills
wsws.org | 2019-12-20
One day after the US House of Representatives adopted two articles of impeachment against President Trump, the House passed Trump's top policy priority for 2019, the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, by a massive bipartisan margin.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/20/trad-d20.html

Panama: A Grieving People Recalls 30 Years of the US Invasion
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-20
For the first time over the last 30 years, Panamanian authorities agreed to declare "National Day of Mourning" on December 20, which is the date on which the United States invaded Panama in 1989.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | RELATED: | A Brief History of the US Interference in the Caribbean Basin | "The government acknowledges declaring December 20 as a day of national mourning to honor Panamanians and all the innocent…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panama-A-Grieving-People-Recalls-30-Years-of-the-US-Invasion-20191220-0003.html

All I want for Christmas is $23tn in debt: Rand Paul lays waste to reckless US spending in annual Festivus Report
rt.com | 2019-12-20
Offering some relief from the impeachment spectacle grinding on in Washington, Senator Rand Paul has released his yearly Festivus Report, chronicling the outrageous — but sometimes comical — spending habits of the US government. | Whether it's funding costly studies on the mating calls of Panamanian frogs, spending millions to improve the quality of television in Moldova or bankrolling Peru's Green New Deal, Washington has found a number of creative ways to blow through tax dollars in 2019. In an epic "airing of grievances" inspired by the TV sitcom Seinfeld, Paul (R-KY) pulled no punches for the f…
rt.com/usa/476451-rand-paul-2019-festivus/

USMCA: Mixed messages from union leaders precede House OK of 'New NAFTA'
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-12-19
WASHINGTON–Mixed messages from union leaders on the "New NAFTA," preceded the U.S. House's approval on Dec. 19 of legislation to implement the "free trade" pact, formally called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It passed by a vote of 385-41. The measure, HR5430, to put the three-way pact into effect is jammed with tighter and enforceable labor …
peoplesworld.org/article/usmca-mixed-messages-from-union-leaders-precede-house-ok-of-new-nafta/

A Rapist in Your Path
AKARI | thenation.com | 2019-12-19
Street demonstration, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, November 2019. Original lyrics/music by Las Tesis, Chile. Thousands of women are responding to Las Tesis's call for action, organizing hundreds of artistic street demonstrations around the world.
thenation.com/article/a-rapist-in-your-path/

US House Votes for NAFTA Update
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-19
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. | RELATED: | US Deports Mexicans Far from Border To Deter Their Return | The result of the votes 385-41 (with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member voting no) contrasted sharply with the Democrat-only vote to impeach U.S. President Dona…
telesurenglish.net/news/umsca-us-house-voted-a-twenty-first-century-nafta-update–20191219-0017.html

House approves Trump's flagship US-Mexico-–°anada trade deal, day after impeachment vote
rt.com | 2019-12-19
The US House of Representatives has given the green light to a trade deal between the US, Canada and Mexico that would replace NAFTA, known as the USMCA, passing the bill on to the Senate for another vote. | The sweeping trade deal was passed in the House on Thursday 385-41 and is set for a Senate vote sometime after the new year. If signed into law, the deal would establish new rules for commerce between the three countries, supplanting the longstanding North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. | Effectively an update to the prior three-way agreement, which came into force in 1994, the USMCA looks to sla…
rt.com/usa/476441-house-approves-us-mexico-deal/

Mexico Finds "World's Largest Lithium Deposit" Just Before US Focus & $1.4 Trillion War-Aimed NDAA
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-18
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/17/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/mexico-finds-worlds-largest-lithium-deposit-just-before-us-focus-1-4-trillion-war-aimed-ndaa/

AMLO is Bringing New Hope to Mexico
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-18
Jeremy Corbyn lost the election but one of his political friends, the progressive Mexican leader named Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been in power for one year. He is carrying out the plans and priorities described in his 2018 book New Hope for Mexico. ***** With 129 million people, Mexico is the 10th most populous …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/amlo-is-bringing-new-hope-to-mexico/

Ousted President Evo Morales Says Transnational Corporations, US Gov't Were Behind Bolivia Coup
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-18
In a tell-all interview with Glen Greenwald from Mexico, ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales recounted the US' heavy hand in fomenting a coup in his country and the reasons behind it.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-evo-morales-interview-us-coup/263579/

Mexico's President AMLO Is Delivering the Change He Promised
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-17
Mexico is in a period of profound change and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Morena Party are charting a dramatically new path for the country.
mintpressnews.com/mexico-president-amlo-delivering-change-promised/263564/

US Regime Change In Mexico, US Bombs Afghan Hospital, Saudis Get Involved In Syria & More OPCW Leaks
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-regime-change-in-mexico-us-bombs-afghan-hospital-saudis-get-involved-in-syria-more-opcw-leaks/

Anakbayan-USA holds 3rd congress
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-13
Los Angeles, CA – On November 30, Anakbayan-USA had their Third Congress, with more than 200 members from 12 chapters across the country in attendance. They learned lessons on solidarity, talked about the economic situation in the United States and reported back on the progress being made on a national and local level. | Anakbayan-USA had three national organizations they invited to speak on their "International Solidarity" panel: the Palestinian Youth Movement, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, and National Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | CISPES and PYM spoke on bridging the gap…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/13/anakbayan-usa-holds-3rd-congress

Nicaragua Marked Next For US "Liberation", Trump Blames "Vicious World" For Khashoggi Murder & More
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-02
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/1/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/nicaragua-marked-next-for-us-liberation-trump-blames-vicious-world-for-khashoggi-murder-more/