Walter Clemens (2019-07-11). Measures of a Small Mind. counterpunch.org How often a leader speaks of an idea or value signals its importance to him or her—or, at least, how important they think it might be to their listeners. It also suggests the range of their ideas. By these measures, the table shows that President Donald Trump has the smallest mind and most narrow vision More

unitedEditor (2019-07-11). Battle for Libya: Major Players and Changing Coalitions. uwidata.com Relations between Libya, under the control of Khalifa Haftar (Tobruk\'s government), and Turkey are at a critical point in the aftermath of an airstrike Haftar`s forces carried out against a refugee camp in Tripoli. Haftar has refused responsibility, calling the incident a false-flag conducted by his rival al-Sarraj. Harsh statements from both sides quickly followed, …

Victor Grossman (2019-07-11). The Snow Queen and Bremen\'s Hopes. counterpunch.org Being sucked into the political maelstrom are the two vessels which headed every Federal German government since 1949. Elections to the European Union\'s Parliament in May gave the \"Christian Union\" a measly, chilly 28.9%. Though still Germany\'s biggest, its keel is wobbling. With mumbling about Angela Merkel\'s views and health (sharp eyes and tongues have More

Ed Sykes (2019-07-11). The must-see video from Jewish author Norman Finkelstein on why he won\'t be silent about Israeli crimes. thecanary.co The following content speaks of genocide and may cause distress to some readers.Renowned Jewish author Norman Finkelstein is an outspoken critic of Israel. And in one famous video, he explains exactly why he won\'t be silent about Israeli crimes against Palestinian people.After a speech Finkelstein made, he faced hostility from Israel apologists, who called his words offens…

Editor (2019-07-11). Im/migrants and the repressive state. workers.org A grassroots movement has been growing across the U.S. to counter the government\'s brutal campaign targeting im/migrants. As more people of all ages die horrible deaths in the desert north of the border, in the border rivers and in detention camps — including the hellholes set up to warehouse small . . . | Continue reading Im/migrants and the repressive state at Workers.org

Robert Mackey (2019-07-11). Republicans Scold Elizabeth Warren for Echoing Ariel Sharon on Israeli Occupation. theintercept.com Right-wing Israelis, and their supporters in the United States, have spent the last 48 hours venting their fury at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, since the Massachusetts Democrat told a young Jewish activist that she would press Israel to end its military rule over millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in territories it seized by force in 1967. | To be more precise, Warren\'s critics, led by the Republican Jewish Coalition, have expressed outrage that she said, \"yes — so, I\'m there,\" when asked, as she campaigned for the presidency in New Hampshire…

Roy Eidelson (2019-07-11). Give Peace a Chance: Don\'t Believe the War Profiteers. counterpunch.org In late May, Vice President Mike Pence was the commencement speaker at West Point. In part, he told the graduating cadets this: \"It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life. You will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen…And when that day comes, I know you will move to the sound of the guns and do your duty, and you will fight, and you will win. The American people expect nothing less.\" More

Nick Alexandrov (2019-07-11). The Honduran Coup — One Decade Later. counterpunch.org Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Early summer. A hotel bar, a quiet night. You finish another beer. You press the barback for his thoughts on Manuel Zelaya, the president toppled ten years ago. The bartender taps the counter to interrupt you. \"That man,\" pointing to a far corner, \"bought you a drink.\" You turn to look. \"He has it there. He\'d like to speak with you.\" You walk, less unsteady than you\'d feared, across the room to his table. More

commondreams (2019-07-11). Peace Action Endorses \'The Squad\' — Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib for Congress. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Philip Giraldi (2019-07-11). The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail. globalresearch.ca It is discouraging to note just how the United States has been taking on the attributes of a police state since 9/11. Stories of police raids on people\'s homes gone wrong are frequently in the news. In one recent incident, …

Stephen Corry (2019-07-11). Too Many Africans? counterpunch.org The cry that the world is overpopulated is more than two hundred years old, from a period when perhaps a billion people stood on the planet. There are now nearly eight times as many and it\'s become normal to blame them — us — for the ills which beset \"nature.\" There are just too many of us, and we\'re using up too many of the world\'s resources. But how true is this really? And, what should be done about it? More

Staff (2019-07-11). \"Unconscionable & Unacceptable\": Rep. Barragán Decries Detention of Migrant Children in Prison Cells. democracynow.org Yazmin Juárez, the Guatemalan mother whose child died from a lung infection after being held in an ICE detention center, testified before members of a congressional panel Wednesday. She shared the story of her daughter, 19-month-old Mariee, who died last year shortly after being released from the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Juárez filed a $60 million lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Health and Human Services. The House subcommittee convened to examine the treatment of refugees in U.S.

Jenny Farrell (2019-07-11). The anti-fascist art of Otto Dix and George Grosz. peoplesworld.org Almost 80 years after the outbreak of World War II, it is worth remembering two German artists whose work was dedicated to the fight against fascism and war. They are the painters Otto Dix and George Grosz, who died fifty and sixty years ago respectively this month. Otto Dix (1891-1969) was an uncompromising fighter against …

Kathy Kelly (2019-07-11). Activists Walk \"Cease and Desist\" Order into Nuclear Weapons Base. dissidentvoice.org Media Advisory/For Immediate Release/July 10, 2019 BàúCHEL, Germany — Eleven international peace activists entered the Bàºchel Air Base southwest of Frankfurt early this morning to deliver what they called a \"Treaty Enforcement Order\" declaring that the sharing of US nuclear weapons at the base is a \"criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.\" Upon entering the …

Mazda Majidi (2019-07-11). Irán sale del acuerdo nuclear: ødebería preocuparse el mundo? liberationnews.org Desde principios de julio, el presidente iraní Hassan Rouhani y otros funcionarios han estado anunciando la intención de Irán de ir más allá de las restricciones establecidas por el Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (JCPOA por sus siglas en inglés).

Pepe Escobar (2019-07-11). Debunking the Indo-Pacific Myth. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration is obsessively spinning the concept of a \"free and open Indo-Pacific\". Apart from a small coterie of scholars, very few people around the world, especially across the Global South, know what that means since the then incipient …

Al Neal (2019-07-11). \"We\'re all human beings\": On the border in Nogales, Ariz. peoplesworld.org In the coming weeks, People\'s World correspondent Al Neal will be reporting from sites all along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his dispatches, you will get a view of the towns and people caught up in Trump\'s \"border crisis.\" You will see the women, men, and children impacted by the administration\'s immigration policies as well as …

Ted Rall (2019-07-11). The Difference Between Liberals and Leftists. counterpunch.org Living as they do in a bipolar political world where politics consists of Democrats and Republicans and no other ideology is real, media corporations in the United States use left, liberal and Democrat as synonyms. This is obviously wrong and clearly untrue—Democrats are a party, leftism and liberalism are ideologies, and Democratic politics are frequently More

Peace Action (2019-07-11). Peace Action Endorses \'the Squad\' — Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib for Congress. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — July 11, 2019 — Peace Action, the nation\'s largest grassroots peace organization, has endorsed four progressive champions for the House of Representatives in the 2020 election, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for New York\'s 14th district, Rep. Ilhan Omar for Minnesota\'s 5th district, Rep. Ayanna Pressley for Massachusetts\' 7th district, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib …

Conn Hallinan (2019-07-11). Water wars: As climate change escalates, South Asia\'s already fighting over water. peoplesworld.org During the faceoff earlier this year between India and Pakistan over a terrorist attack that killed more than 40 Indian paramilitaries in Kashmir, New Delhi made an existential threat to Islamabad. The weapon was not India\'s considerable nuclear arsenal, but one still capable of inflicting ruinous destruction: water. \"Our government has decided to stop our …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-11). Iran Declares War on the USA\'s Covert Influence in Iraq. globalresearch.ca When US officials visited Baghdad and met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, they had two requests: first, to close all commerce and financial exchanges with Iran to strangle the Iranian economy and bring it to its knees. …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-07-11). I Still Can\'t Get No Satisfaction. Relentless War Propaganda. globalresearch.ca I can\'t get no satisfaction | I can\'t get me no satisfaction | And I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try try | I can\'t get no I can\'t get me no | When I\'m riding in my car | And a man …

Ellen Brown (2019-07-11). How to Pay for It All: Central Banking Asia Style. globalresearch.ca The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from …

John Clarke (2019-07-11). Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel. globalresearch.ca On June 25, Canada\'s Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that the Trudeau government\'s new anti-racism strategy would include the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\'s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The Co-Chair of the Centre for Israel and …

Miri Wood (2019-07-11). Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians. globalresearch.ca 9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …

South Front (2019-07-11). Video: Prospects of War in the Persian Gulf Region. globalresearch.ca Since Donald Trump has been in office, Iran and the United States have faced the worst crisis in their relations since the fall of the pro-American Shah regime in 1979. The situation escalated in early May, when US sanctions came …

Christopher Black (2019-07-11). Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State. globalresearch.ca Tamara Starblanket\'s book, Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State (with a foreword by Ward Churchill and an afterword by Sharon H. Venne), does what she declares it to do in the first chapter: | \"… …

Alexandra Jacobo (2019-07-11). Monsanto seeks to reverse jury verdict in cancer case they lost. nationofchange.org Monsanto is fighting back against the $2 billion verdict awarded to a couple that claimed the company\'s infamous herbicide, Roundup, caused their cancer. | Claiming that the plaintiffs\' counsel misconduct was \"egregious and rampant,\" the mega-corporation is calling for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding verdict. | Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a couple in their 70s, used Roundup for 30 years until 2016 when they stopped after being made aware the glyphosate was possibly linked to cancer. | After the ruling Bayer, which recently purchased Monsanto, released the following statement: \"Bayer is disappointed with t…

Michael T. Klare (2019-07-11). Oil Is Driving the Iran Crisis. thenation.com Oil Is Driving the Iran Crisis…

Roxane Farmanfarmaian (2019-07-11). Can Iran\'s Shrewd Diplomacy Avert War With Washington? thenation.com Can Iran\'s Shrewd Diplomacy Avert War With Washington?

Ruth Milka (2019-07-11). \'We will overcome their greed\': Bernie Sanders releases anti-endorsement list. nationofchange.org Bernie Sanders is going on the offensive against the Wall Street Bankers and various members of the 1% that have viciously opposed his candidacy by releasing an anti-endorsement list. | \"We can propose all the ideas and plans we want, but nothing will fundamentally change until we have the guts to take on the most powerful corporate interests in America,\" says Sanders in an introduction to the list. \"That is why I am proud to announce the modern-day oligarchs who oppose our movement.\" | Sanders\' list includes the following: | Billionaire Haim Saban, who called for the bombing of Iran in 2014 and criticizes any…

unitedEditor (2019-07-11). Would Blacklisting Iran\'s IRGC and Increasing US Military Presence in the Persian Gulf Lead to Hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz? uwidata.com PART I Washington\'s recent designation of Iran\'s elite, 125,000-member IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) as an FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organization) was more or less overlooked in the Western media as a typical story and lost in the short attention span of the daily news cycle. Without sounding too alarmist, the story actually signaled a rather …

Michael T. Klare (2019-07-11). O-I-L: The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis. commondreams.org If the United States goes to war with Iran, you are unlikely to hear the word \"oil\" uttered by top Trump administration officials, but make no mistake: that three-letter word lies at the root of the present crisis, not to speak of the world\'s long-term fate. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/oil_0.jpeg …

Elizabeth Keyes (2019-07-11). Conjuring the Spirit of Columbo Against the High-Functioning, Sociopathic 1%. counterpunch.org I celebrate the late, great Peter Falk for his legendary \"populist\" characterization of Lt. Columbo, relentless nemesis to the Gucci\'d \"above the law\" types who tried to use power and money to cavalierly escape responsibility for profound crimes against humankind. I celebrate the Columbo TV series\' enactments of takedowns of the down-and-dirty high-and-mighties, since we More

George Wuerthner (2019-07-11). The Problem With Fuel Breaks. counterpunch.org In June the BLM released a draft EIS Programmatic EIS for Fuel Breaks in the Great Basin. The proposal would authorize the creation of 11,000 miles of fuel breaks primarily in sagebrush ecosystems across parts of Nevada, California, Utah, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. This plan is a government boondoggle that will cost a significant amount of More

Thomas Knapp (2019-07-11). Photo ID is Obsolete and Unnecessary. Facial Recognition Technology Makes It Dangerous. counterpunch.org In mid-May, San Francisco, California became the first American city to ban use of facial recognition surveillance technology by its police department and other city agencies. That\'s a wise and ethical policy, as a July 7 piece at the Washington Post proves. Citing documents gathered by Georgetown Law researchers,…

Shamus Cooke (2019-07-11). Oregon\'s Republican \'Walkout\' Was a Serious Defeat For the Left. counterpunch.org Oregon\'s political crisis made national news after eleven Republican Senators fled the state, shutting down the legislature dominated by a supermajority of Democrats. Even with the governorship and legislature firmly in hand, the Democrats were soundly defeated by a tiny group that exploited the quorum rule in the state\'s constitution, achieving their main goal of More

William Astore (2019-07-11). The Riptide of American Militarism. counterpunch.org Put up with me for just a moment while I wax literary. It turns out that, if French novelist Marcel Proust lived today, he might have had to retitle his Remembrance of Things Past as Remembrance of Things Present, or even more sadly, Things Future. As an ex-military man who lived through part of the More

Elliot Sperber (2019-07-11). Do You Dream of Naked Women. counterpunch.org Do You Dream of Naked Women | Do you dream of naked women | Crawling through the mud | Skeletal, and bald, | But for some wisps of hair | Stuck to their skulls | Dragging themselves up to tanks, | And ordnance, and swallowing them? | No? | Hmm…

United Nations (2019-07-11). In Mozambique, it\'s \'a matter of the heart\' says Guterres, lauding the cyclone-struck nation\'s \'undeniable moral authority\'. un.org Arriving in Mozambique to express solidarity and see for himself the damage wrought by two back-to-back cyclones earlier this year, UN chief António Guterres on Thursday said \"undeniable moral authority\" lay with its people, who had borne the brunt of a disaster linked inexorably to climate change, and a warming world.

The Canary (2019-07-11). New North Sea oil exploration dangerous and irresponsible, warn green groups. thecanary.co Environmental campaigners have warned a move to open up new areas of the North Sea for exploration by oil and gas firms is \"dangerous\". | While the UK government has recently committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) — which became a government company in 2016 — announced the latest round of licensing applications. | A total of 768 blocks or part blocks are being made available for exploration in different areas of the UK Continental Shelf. | While the OGA argues oil and gas will \"remain an important part of our energy mix for the foreseeable future\", WWF Scotla…

The Canary (2019-07-11). Sexual harassment and bullying at Westminster exposed by new report. thecanary.co WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS INFORMATION SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING. | A probe into sexual intimidation and harassment at Westminster has found that MPs\' staff face an \"unacceptable risk\" of abuse. | The hard-hitting independent investigation heard that some people who work for MPs have to cope with \"very serious sexual assault\" and having heavy objects thrown at them in bouts of \"uncontrollable rage\". | Gemma White QC said there was a \"significant problem\" about the way some MPs treated those who worked for them. | She said the House of Commons authorities had been too slow to act in response to previou…

Conn Hallinan (2019-07-11). The World Needs a Water Treaty. commondreams.org By 2025, two-thirds of the world\'s population could be under \"water stress\" conditions, setting the groundwork for conflict and wars. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/water_1.jpeg …

Staff (2019-07-11). Bernie Sanders Unveils \'Anti-Endorsement\' List of Billionaires. truthdig.com Asking the American public to judge his 2020 Democratic presidential campaign by both its supporters and its powerful enemies, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday unveiled an \" anti-endorsement\" list consisting of prominent billionaires, Wall Street bankers, and corporate CEOs who have attacked his candidacy and policies. | \"You can tell who is truly fighting for working families by the enemies they make, and we\'ve made a lot of enemies,\" Sanders said in a statement. \"We understand that nothing will fundamentally change for working Americans unless we have t…

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez (2019-07-11). The inhumane treatment of migrants is not new. It\'s a key part of a decades-old bipartisan policy. nationofchange.org More than a week after lawmakers flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border to observe the horrible treatment of refugee children and families in immigration jails, reports of unsafe and unsanitary conditions for asylum seekers are continuing. In Clint, Texas, the Border Patrol station that garnered international attention for jailing hundreds of migrant children without access to …

Staff (2019-07-11). Representative Barragán Decries Detention of Migrant Children in Jail Cells. truthout.org Yazmin Juárez, the Guatemalan mother whose child died after being held in an ICE detention center from a lung infection, testified before members of a congressional panel Wednesday. She shared the story of her daughter, 19-month-old Mariee, who died last year shortly after being released from the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Juárez filed a $60 million lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Health and Human Services. The House subcommittee convened to examine the treatment of…

WSWS (2019-07-11). Judge Emma Arbuthnot refuses to recuse herself in show trial of Julian Assange. wsws.org Assange\'s scalp must be taken at all costs to further imperialism\'s colonial-style wars of conquest and global war on the social and democratic rights of the working class…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-07-11). At Amazon\'s Annual Summit, Hundreds Demand Tech Giant Stop Providing \'Invisible Backbone\' to Trump\'s Anti-Immigration Agenda. commondreams.org Both inside and outside the Amazon Web Services Summit in New York on Thursday, tech workers, immigrants, and rights advocates demanded that the company end its support of immigration enforcement agencies and what critics called President Donald Trump's \"deportation machine.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-07-11_at_12.09.02_pm.jpg …

DJ Mouse (2019-07-11). 7-6-19 Julian Assange and Press Freedom forum. indybay.org Wikileaks: the Global Fourth Estate author Nozomi Hayase and award winning reporter Ann Garrison defended Julian Assange at last Saturday\'s \'Suds, Snacks and Socialism\' at the Starry Plough…(142 min.)…

WSWS (2019-07-11). Fed signals it will bow to Wall Street\'s demands. wsws.org Fed Chairman Powell\'s testimony to Congress yesterday was warmly welcomed by the financial markets, with Wall Street\'s S&P 500 index at one point surpassing 3,000, a new record.