TDB Top 5 International Stories: Monday 28th November 2016

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5: NOT GOING ANYWHERE – Standing Rock won’t budge after Army Corps. tells them to vacate federal land by Dec. 5

Standing Rock’s main camp is growing, and its leaders say they won’t be moved.

The day after the Army Corps of Engineers warned thousands of people to vacate their encampment near a disputed pipeline route in North Dakota by Dec. 5, a group of Native American leaders held a press conference to send the message: we’re not leaving.

Vice News

4: Trump blasts Clinton for joining recount effort

Hillary Clinton’s decision to join an effort to force recounts of votes from the November 8 election in up to three crucial states has been labelled “sad” by US President-elect Donald Trump who added “nothing will change”.

In a Twitter post early on Sunday, Trump said Clinton, his Democrat rival, had already “conceded the election when she called” him prior to his victory speech in the early morning of November 9.

“So much time and money will be spent – same result! Sad,” Trump tweeted, posting part of Clinton’s speech telling her supporters to accept that “Donald Trump is going to be our president”.

Kellyanne Conway, a senior Trump adviser, also called Clinton’s decision to join a recount effort “incredible”.

She told CNN that the president-elect has been “incredibly gracious and magnanimous” to Clinton, yet she is joining an effort to try to “somehow undo the 70-plus electoral votes that he beat her by”.

Aljazeera

 

3: ARRESTS OF JOURNALISTS AT STANDING ROCK TEST THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT

PAT BOYLE, A Denver-based journalist, was shot in the abdomen last Sunday by a rubber bullet as he reported from North Dakota on a clash between demonstrators and police that would end with 26 protesters sent to hospitals and 300 requiring other medical treatment. One woman was severely injured and underwent emergency surgery on her arm, after officers unleashed “less than lethal” weapons, including rubber bullets, icy cold water, and, reportedly, concussion grenades on the crowd. Police were reacting to an attempt by Dakota Access pipeline opponents to tow away burned vehicles that officers had secured in place to act as a highway blockade, preventing access to pipeline construction sites down the road. The rubber bullet that hit Boyle tore right through his press pass, leaving a jagged hole through the words “Unicorn Riot,” his news organization’s name.

The Intercept

2: Fidel Castro: mass rallies set for Havana and Santiago as ashes journey across Cuba

Fidel Castro’s ashes will be interred at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba on 4 December, the Cuban government has announced.

As the country began nine days of mourning, huge rallies have been planned in the capital Havana and in the eastern city of Santiago to honor the revolutionary leader.

Alcohol sales were suspended, flags flew at half-mast and shows and concerts were cancelled after his younger brother and successor, Raul Castro, told the country late on Friday night that Fidel had died at 10:29pm.

Large groups took to the streets on Saturday waving flags and chanting “I am Fidel” to salute Castro, who dominated the island’s political life for generations. Newspapers were printed in black ink to mourn Castro, instead of the usual red of the official Communist Party daily Granma, and the blue of Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth), the paper of the Communist youth.

The Guardian 

1: A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz

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His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such hits as “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” and who put the music into The Wizard of Oz. Born into poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Harburg always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism and poverty. A lifelong socialist, Harburg was blacklisted and hounded throughout much of his life. We speak with Harburg’s son, Ernie Harburg, about the music and politics of his father. Then we take an in-depth look at The Wizard of Oz, and hear a medley of Harburg’s Broadway songs and the politics of the times in which they were created. [includes rush transcript]

Democracy Now