The UK\'s dubious role in the new tanker war with Iran
Prabir Purkayastha | mronline.org | 2019-07-20
There are signs of a new tanker war in the Persian Gulf, with Britain joining a coalition that wants a war with Iran. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/19/the-uks-dubious-role-in-the-new-tanker-war-with-iran/

How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2019-07-20
The students at Westmeade Elementary School worked hard on their dragon. And it paid off. The plastic bag receptacle that the kids painted green and outfitted with triangular white teeth and a \"feed me\" sign won the students from the Nashville suburb first place in a recycling box decorating contest. The idea, as Westmeade\'s proud principal told a local TV news show, was to help the environment. But the real story behind the dragon — as with much of the escalating war over plastic waste — is more complic…
theintercept.com/2019/07/20/plastics-industry-plastic-recycling/

US, EU and NATO, once again, threaten Turkey with sanctions
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-20
In recent years, Western countries and, above all, the United States, have persistently attempted to make Turkey their proverbial \"whipping boy.\" Ankara, for its part, is aware of the situation, and the times when it\'s politicians preferred to bow their heads and accept the outside influence are now firmly in the past: Turkey is resolutely …
uwidata.com/4382-us-eu-and-nato-once-again-threaten-turkey-with-sanctions/

Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Urges Direct Talks With Trump
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-20
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the surprise move to endorse direct talks with President Trump on Friday.
theantimedia.com/former-iranian-president-ahmadinejad-urges-direct-talks-with-trump/

33 brave senior(kupuna) protectors on Hawaii\'s Mauna Kea detained by police
DLI | indybay.org | 2019-07-20
On Wednesday morning, State police removed 33 senior(kupuna) protectors from a human chain that had blocked–for 3 days–access to the Mauna Kea Road, by construction equipment that are slated to begin the Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT). The protectors are part of the hundreds-strong peaceful activists that had been up at the Mauna(mountain) since last Sunday, July 14.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/18/18824824.php

UK intelligence agencies exonerated of responsibility in London Bridge terror attack
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
The families of the victims presented evidence before the inquest showing that the attacks could and should have been prevented.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/lond-j20.html

Cuba, Russia, China, Iran — Pompeo lists every nation that \'must leave\' Venezuela, except one
rt.com | 2019-07-20
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says foreign nations (Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba) must stay clear of Venezuela, so that the one foreign nation not on the list \"can begin to do the work to rebuild that country.\" | …
rt.com/usa/464613-pompeo-venezuela-must-leave/

Mixed signals on rate cut prompts Trump to demand the Fed enlist in US trade war against rivals
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
Trump is demanding that the Fed drop all pretence of \"independence\" and openly serve as an instrument of Washington\'s economic war against its global competitors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/fedr-j20.html

Peace Strike for Climate & Amazon Rainforest in State Capital
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-07-20
California State Capitol Museum, West Steps | 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/19/18824857.php

Cross-border drug traffic peaking thanks to focus on migrant crisis, US drug czar says
rt.com | 2019-07-20
More drugs than ever are flowing into the US from south of the border as federal resources have been diverted to the migrant crisis, leaving Border Patrol hopelessly overstretched, the US drug policy chief has warned. | …
rt.com/usa/464611-drug-czar-trafficking-high-migrants/

US immigration agents use children to inflict terror on migrant families
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
Three recent incidents highlight the depravity of the US government\'s bipartisan war on immigrants, spearheaded by the Trump administration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/immi-j20.html

An interview with veteran French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier about actress Lillian Gish and director D. W. Griffith
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (Round Midnight, Coup de Torchon, Life and Nothing But, It All Starts Today, In the Electric Mist) is one of the most admirable figures in cinema over the past 45 years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/tave-j20.html

Publico reports Spanish intelligence facilitated 2017 Barcelona terror attack
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
The report is prima facie evidence of criminal behavior by the Spanish state, abetted by other NATO powers, to create the climate to build a fascistic police-state regime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/spai-j20.html

Iran seizes UK tanker in Strait of Hormuz as danger of Middle East war mounts
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
Chief responsibility for the growing war danger in the Persian Gulf rests squarely with US imperialism, which has relentlessly escalated its provocations against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/iran-j20.html

Consortium News website taken down by a malware attack after streaming program defending Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
The independent investigative journalism website Consortium News was brought down on Monday by a malware attack following the inaugural episode of CN Live!
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/cons-j20.html

Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran father, Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his daughter, Valeria, who were washed ashore at a riverbank on the Mexico-US border cannot be…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/19/who-killed-oscar-and-valeria-the-inconvenient-history-of-the-refugee-crisis/

Stranger Things, Stranger Times
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
To say we live in extraordinarily strange times is perhaps the ultimate understatement. Strange times indeed, and terrifying as well. Rising global fascism, the continued threat of nuclear war, an imperiled biosphere and a climate that is rapidly heating up. In the US it is even more apparent. There are concentration camps on the southern…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/19/stranger-things-stranger-times/

\'Firmly united\' Security Council can bolster Colombia\'s efforts to secure lasting peace, says UN envoy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-19
The Colombian peace process is an outstanding example of how much support the United Nations can provide when the Security Council is \'firmly united\', a senior UN envoy said on Friday, calling for the 15-member body\'s continued commitment as the country works to overcome secure lasting peace.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042941

First men on the moon \'came in peace\' to UN Headquarters \'for all mankind\'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-19
As the world remembers Saturday\'s 50th anniversary of the \"giant leap for mankind\" made by all those involved in the pioneering Apollo 11 space programme, we take a look back at the visit made by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, to UN Headquarters in New York, just a few weeks after their historic mission.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042921

Revolutions are not the train ride, but the human race grabbing for the emergency brake
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-19
Impossible to deny the reality of poverty in our world. Studies of the data on income and wealth routinely show that billions of people on the planet live with minimal access to resources. These studies demonstrate that poverty cannot be measured merely by the financial resources that are not available; they demonstrate how billions of […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/19/revolutions-are-not-the-train-ride-but-the-human-race-grabbing-for-the-emergency-brake/

Nicaragua 1979-2019. History of the Sandinista Revolution
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The Nicaraguan government\'s violent repression against demonstrators protesting its brutal neoliberal policies, resulting in more than 300 people being killed by regime forces since April 2018, is only one of the reasons why various leftist social movements have condemned the …
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-1979-2019-history-of-the-sandinista-revolution/5684056

Ralph Nader: The GOP Is a Profile in Cowardice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
The president has proven himself entirely unfit for office. If Republicans had an ounce of moral courage, they would be primarying him.
truthdig.com/articles/ralph-nader-the-gop-is-a-profile-in-cowardice/

Besieged Puerto Rico Governor Goes Quiet Amid Protests
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–In the Spanish colonial fortress that serves as his official residence, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is under siege. | Motorcyclists, celebrities, horse enthusiasts and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Puerto Ricans have swarmed outside La Fortaleza (The Fort) in Old San Juan this week, demanding Rosselló resign over a series of leaked online chats insulting women, political opponents and even victims of Hurricane Maria. | Rosselló, the telegenic 40-year-old son of a former governor, has dropped his normally intense rhythm of public appearances and gone into relatively long perio…
truthdig.com/articles/besieged-puerto-rico-governor-goes-quiet-amid-protests/

Spying on Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
History\'s scope for the absurd and tragic is infinite. Like Sisyphus engaged in permanent labours pushing a boulder up a slope, the effort of making sense of such scope is likewise, absurdly infinite. To see images of an exhausted and world-weary Julian Assange attempting to dodge the all-eye surveillance operation that he would complain about…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/19/spying-on-julian-assange/

Israel\'s Choice for U.S. President
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
In late June, President Donald Trump flailed away with his own particular brand of nondiplomacy at the G20 Summit in Japan, but it is worthwhile noting on the plus side that his administration is so inept that it could not …
globalresearch.ca/israels-choice-u-s-president/5684079

\'Green Card Won\'t Save You\': ICE Arrests Trinidad Card Holder
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Social media samaritans are coming to the rescue of a Trinidadian native, Trevor James, who was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers despite being a Green Card holder. | RELATED: | Amazon Helps ICE Deport Migrants Using AI Technology: Report | ICE agents arrested the Caribbbean man at his job in North Carolina, sending him to a detention center in Atlanta, Georgia. | In a statement online, his sister, Solange James, explained he had been work…
telesurenglish.net/news/Green-Card-Wont-Save-You-ICE-Arrests-Trinidad-Card-Holder–20190719-0024.html

Four Killed As Protests Spread in Southern Ethiopian City
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Four protesters have died of gunshot wounds they suffered in clashes with Ethiopian security forces this week while demonstrating for a new, autonomous region for the Sidama ethnic group that wants a political base in the southern city of Hawassa. | RELATED: | Ethiopian Security Kills Coup Mastermind, Others Arrested | The threat of large-scale violence in Hawassa was largely averted after a Sidama opposition party agreed Thursday to delay declaring possession over the southern regio…
telesurenglish.net/news/Four-Killed-As-Protests-Spread-in-Southern-Ethiopian-City-20190719-0015.html

Nigerian Political Prisoner Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Nigerian rule is tyrannical, headed by military dictator/turned politician Muhannadu Buhari and his so-called All Progressives Congress party (APC). | His February re-electoral triumph was dubious at best, critics citing voter-suppression and vote-buying. | Political violence occurred in the run-up to the …
globalresearch.ca/nigerian-political-prisoner-sheikh-ibrahim-zakzaky/5683923

The Billionaires v. Bernie
Michael Sainato | progressive.org | 2019-07-19
The democratic socialist candidate is under attack from the super rich, their corporations, lobbyists, and think tanks. Some are even backing his 2020 Democratic primary rivals.
progressive.org/dispatches/billionaires-v-bernie-sainato-190719/

EU Commission Should Let Rescue Boats Dock, Rackete Asks
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
After being questioned by the Agrigento Prosecutor\'s office in Sicily on Thursday, the captain of the Sea Watch vessel, Carola Rackete, asked the new members of the European Commission (EC) to do everything possible to help migrants saved by humanitarian rescue boats. | RELATED: | Paris Awards Captains Rackete and Klemp for Humanitarian Work | \"I sincerely ho…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Commission-Should-Let-Rescue-Boats-Dock-Rackete-Asks-20190719-0008.html

The Nationwide Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
Some investigative reports reveal such extreme levels of greed, immorality and abuse that they can seem inconceivable. Such is the case of the bombshell series by the Center for Investigative Reporting on the egregious exploitation of residential care home workers. Jennifer Gollan, the Emmy Award-winning journalist in this investigation published by Reveal, joins Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer to discuss her work on this week\'s episode of his podcast \"Scheer Intelligence.\" | Below is an excerpt from the multimedia report by Gollan: [The] burgeoning multibillion-dollar elder care industry … is enabling op…
truthdig.com/articles/the-nationwide-crisis-hiding-in-plain-sight/

\"Voices from Syria\" and \"The Dirty War on Syria\": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: | …
globalresearch.ca/voices-from-syria-and-the-dirty-war-on-syria-mark-taliano-and-tim-anderson-analyze-the-war-on-syria/5620373

Gibraltar to Detain Iranian Oil Tanker for Another Month
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Gibraltar has been granted the power to detain Iran\'s Grace 1 oil tanker for another month after a private Supreme Court meeting was held on Friday. | RELATED: | Trump: U.S. Navy Destroys Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz | Gibraltar said the Iranian vessel, seized by marines in a daring landing in darkness off the coast of the British territory on July 4, was suspected of smuggling oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions. | Iran has repeatedly called for the ship\'s re…
telesurenglish.net/news/Gibraltar-to-Detain-Iranian-Oil-Tanker-for-Another-Month-20190719-0002.html

Rainforest on fire
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-19
On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro\'s War on the Amazon, Brazil\'s Forest Communities Fight Against Climate Catastrophe | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/19/rainforest-on-fire/

Bolsonaro: Hunger, Poverty in Brazil: \'A Big Lie\'
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Brazil\'s president, Jair Bolsonaro, says that the ample evidence of poverty and hunger in the country is a, \"big lie.\" | RELATED: | Brazil\'s Bolsonaro: No Nepotism Here, Wants Son Diplomat to US | The president made the comments to the international press Friday during an interview at the presidential palace, Palacio de Planalto, located in Brasilia. | \"
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Hunger-Poverty-in-Brazil-A-Big-Lie-20190719-0016.html

\"The US Got Scared\" Voices of the Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-19
Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup – and the Neoliberalism it brought with it – have impacted their country.
mintpressnews.com/the-us-got-scared-voices-of-the-resistance-in-post-coup-honduras/260676/

Multibillion-pound investment in schools \'desperately\' needed, say MPs
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-19
Schools \"desperately need\" a multibillion-pound cash injection and the Government should draw up a 10-year funding plan, a cross-party group of MPs has said.A report by the Education Select Committee found that funding for schools and colleges had failed to keep pace with the extra demands being placed on institutions, such as providing mental health support and disabilities provision.This, coupled with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, meant the sector had been put under \"significant strain\" over the past 10 years, the MPs found.Robert Halfon, chairman of the committee, called for a \"bottom-up national ass…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/19/multibillion-pound-investment-in-schools-desperately-needed-say-mps/

Pompeo Begins Trip to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
T U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began on Friday a three-day tour across Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and El Salvador, which is aimed at \"strengthening alliances in the Western Hemisphere on regional and global challenges.\" | RELATED: | Pompeo Launches Commission to Study Human Rights Role | During his trip, Pompeo will seek to \"reinforce\" support for the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pompeo-Begins-Trip-to-Argentina-Ecuador-Mexico-El-Salvador-20190719-0001.html

US Blames Hezbollah Leader for 1994 Buenos Aires Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a senior Hezbollah operative it claimed coordinated the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina\'s capital Buenos Aires, in which 85 people died. | RELATED: | Pompeo Begins Trip to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador | In a statement, the State Department also offered a US$7 million reward for information on the whereabouts of Salman Raouf Salman, also known as Samuel Salman El Reda, who it said helped plan and carr…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Blames-Hezbollah-Leader-for-1994-Buenos-Aires-Attack-20190719-0018.html

How Iran is fighting back against Trump\'s \"maximum pressure\" campaign
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-19
On May 8, 2018, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced his decision to end the US\' participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and begin reinstating nuclear-related sanctions against Iran. These extreme measures including the so-called \"maximum pressure\" policy and attempting to bring Iranian oil exports to \"zero\" have inflicted excruciating pain on …
uwidata.com/4372-how-iran-is-fighting-back-against-trumps-maximum-pressure-campaign/

\'An Insanely Bad Move\': Experts Sound Alarm as Trump\'s Nuclear Safety Agency Weighs Rollback of Plant Inspections
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
After months of experts raising alarm over the nuclear power industry pressuring U.S. regulators to roll back safety policies, staffers at the federal agency that monitors reactors sparked concerns Tuesday with official recommendations that include scaling back required inspections to …
globalresearch.ca/insanely-bad-move-experts-sound-alarm-trumps-nuclear-safety-agency-weighs-rollback-plant-inspections/5684090

Terrorist attack in Erbil: Who benefits from the Turkish diplomat\'s murder?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-19
In Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, an open terrorist attack against several diplomats was carried out. Three diplomats were killed as a result, including Osman Kose, an employee of the Turkish Consulate General. One of the two attackers was later identified as Mazlum Dag, a 27 year-old from Diyarbakir, Turkey. According to Sky News …
uwidata.com/4357-terrorist-attack-in-erbil-who-benefits-from-the-turkish-diplomats-murder/

The Numbers are In, and Trump\'s Tax Cuts are a Bust
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The most commonly heard refrain when Donald Trump and the GOP were seeking to pass some version of corporate tax reform went something like this: There are literally trillions of dollars trapped in offshore dollar deposits which, because of America\'s uncompetitive tax rates, cannot be brought back home. Cut the corporate tax rate and get…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/19/the-numbers-are-in-and-trumps-tax-cuts-are-a-bust/

Friday\'s Daily Brief: solidarity with Japan, call for DR Congo support, family-friendly workplaces, hottest June ever, Venezuela and Afghanistan updates
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-19
In today\'s Daily Brief: UN stands in solidarity with Japan; avoid panic over DR Congo Ebola emergency; \'transformative shift\' needed towards family-friendly work policies; hottest June EVER; Venezuelan migrant dangers; stop targeting Afghanistan civilians call.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042911

President Ortega Leads Sandinista Revolution 40th Anniversary
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
The president of Nicaragua , Daniel Ortega , lead the ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution , accompanied by thousands of militants of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in Plaza La Fe, located in Managua (capital). | RELATED: | Nicaragua\'s Sandinista Revolution | Representatives of various countries and social organizations came to this place to express their congratulations, among them, delegations from Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Ger…
telesurenglish.net/news/President-Ortega-Leads-Sandinista-Revolution-40th-Anniversary-20190719-0021.html