Stephen Lendman (2019-07-22). Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain\'s Impounding of Iran\'s Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain\'s \"Mistreatment of Iran\" globalresearch.ca On Sunday, former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote a London Daily Mail op-ed on why Iranians will never trust Brits. | The same goes for their US counterparts Straw didn\'t address in his opinion piece. More on this below. | ***…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-22). WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat. globalresearch.ca The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society\'s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-22). Pentagon Angst over China-Russia Strategic Unity. globalresearch.ca Sino/Russian unity represents a vital anti-imperial alliance. A DOD/Pentagon white paper called Russia a strategic US threat, especially united with China. | NYT editors addressed the issue, falsely calling both countries \"adversaries.\" Indeed they\'re \"growing closer,\" both nations portrayed as strategic …

Gary Leupp (2019-07-22). Omar and Trump. counterpunch.org \"Send her back! Send her back! Send her back!\" What preceded the now-infamous 13 seconds in which the president, frowning and nodding, listened to the mob chant? \"Ilhan Omar,\" Trump had thundered, \"has a history of launching vicious anti-Semitic screeds!\" Well, then, thought the North Carolina rabble, Get her out of here! Send her back More

Dean Baker (2019-07-22). The U.S.-China Trade War: Will Workers Lose? counterpunch.org One of the central themes in Donald Trump\'s presidential campaign was that U.S. workers were being badly hurt by trade. His story was that the country had signed bad trade deals that were put together by \"stupid\" trade negotiators. Trump\'s story was half right. Workers in the United States were badly hurt by trade, a More

Robert Fisk (2019-07-22). American Visitors to the Gestapo Museum Draw Their Own Conclusions. counterpunch.org The words would melt a heart of stone — save for those of the Gestapo torturers upstairs. The prisoners wrote their stories, their poems, their last pre-execution laments on the walls of their cells — which you can still read in the basement of the old Nazi secret police headquarters in Cologne. I spent hours More

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-07-22). If Japan Continues Slaughtering Whales, Boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. counterpunch.org Japan is hosting the July 24 — August 9, 2020 Olympics. However, Japan is, once again, hunting and killing whales in \"Japanese waters.\" Japan used to hunt whales for years under the masks of culture and scientific research. Now, in 2019, Japan dropped those fraudulent claims and it is sending its fleets against whales. More

Fréa Lockley (2019-07-22). A powerful protest highlights the ongoing tragedy of DWP deaths. thecanary.co On 22 July, disability rights activists staged a peaceful protest outside the head office of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London. The action drew attention to the rising number of deaths as a result of DWP benefit cuts. Ahead of the protest, artist and activist Dolly Sen wrote to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to draw attention to this situation. Both failed to respond. | \"Broken Hearts for the DWP\":…

Mike Garrity (2019-07-22). Emergency Alert For the Wild Rockies. counterpunch.org We need your help to keep fighting Trump, we are desperate. Inspired by Yellowstone grizzly bear scientists Frank and John Craighead, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies formed in 1988 to protect the whole ecosystems and connecting wildlife corridors that comprise the Wild Rockies bioregion. Our mission is to protect habitat, especially the unprotected roadless/undeveloped More

Staff (2019-07-22). Israeli Probes Into Deaths of Palestinians Often Go Nowhere. truthdig.com JALAZON REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Hamedo Fakhouri clearly remembers the moment when the young Palestinian who worked at his neighborhood coffee shop was shot dead. | Israeli troops were lingering after an overnight arrest raid in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem when he noticed the mentally disabled Mohammed Habali limp up the street with his wooden walking stick. Seconds later, he heard gunshots and spun around to see Habali collapse. | \"I cannot forget and will not forget how this poor man was killed,\" said Fakhouri. | Surveillance videos of the shooting drew outrage from Palestinians and human rig…

Michael Hudson (2019-07-22). U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses. counterpunch.org Today\'s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that refrain from giving its companies control of their economic surpluses. Countries that do not give the United More

Staff (2019-07-22). \"All Sides Need to Begin to De-escalate\": Tensions Between Iran, U.K. & U.S. Spark Fears of War. democracynow.org In Iran, authorities say they\'ve arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran\'s seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The Iranian National Guard released video Sunday showing the vessel flying an Iranian flag. Britain says…

Rossen Vassilev Jr. (2019-07-22). The \"Battle of Seattle\" and the Anti-globalization Movement. globalresearch.ca Next November will mark the 20th anniversary since the so-called \"Battle of Seattle.\" It refers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held at Seattle, WA, in late 1999, which became the scene of widely-reported protest …

Dave Zirin, Jules Boykoff (2019-07-22). The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster. thenation.com The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster…

David Swanson (2019-07-22). U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong? counterpunch.org The First Gulf War back in 1990 was a big huge success. One of the things it accomplished was a major U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world were outraged. Bombs were repeatedly set off at Khobar Towers where troops were stationed. In 1998 Osama Bin Laden declared: \"For over seven years More

teleSUR (2019-07-22). Powerful Explosion Hits Somalian Capital, Gunfire Reported. telesurenglish.net A powerful explosion was heard inside the Somalian capital city of Mogadishu on Monday morning, prompting local civil defense units to quickly emerge on the scene. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Was Right on \'Black Hawk Down\' Events in Somalia Despite Right-wing Media\'s Lies | Following the explosion, the Mogadishu police forces told the Reuters News Agency that heavy gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the explosion. | No one immediately claimed responsibi…

Staff (2019-07-22). Headlines for July 22, 2019. democracynow.org Iran Says It Has Captured and Killed Spies as Oil Tanker Standoff Intensifies, Trump Revs Up Racist Attacks on Squad as AOC Hits Back: \"We\'re Not Going Anywhere\", Heat Wave Grips U.S. as July on Track for Hottest Month Ever Recorded, Fire Breaks Out at Brooklyn Jail as Prisoners Face Dangerous Heat Without Relief, Puerto Ricans Continue Mass Protests as Gov. Rosselló Says He Will Not Seek Re-election, Boris Johnson Expected to Become New U.K. Prime Minister, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters Face Police Tear Gas and Violent Mob, Israel Begins Razing Palestinian Homes in West Bank, Mueller to Testify Before House…

Staff (2019-07-22). \"If Not Now, When Will We Stand?\" Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea. democracynow.org A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope. Scientists say the Thirty Meter Telescope will help them peer into the deepest corners of space, but indigenous resisters say the construction was approved without their consent and will desecrate their sacred lands. Last week, police arrested 33 people—most of them Hawaiian elders—as they blocked a road to prevent work crews from reaching the site of the telescope being planned atop Mauna Kea. And…

teleSUR (2019-07-22). Mexico Awaits US Decision on Immigration Deal. telesurenglish.net Mexico is patiently awaiting the U.S.\' decision on the Trump administration\'s immigration deal, which is set to be revealed on Monday, July 22, 2019. | RELATED: | Former Mexican President Allowed the CIA to Operate in Mexico | The agreement reached in June laid out that if the United States deems that Mexico has not done enough to thwart migrants by the July 22 deadline, the two countries would begin talks over changing rules to make most asylum s…

teleSUR (2019-07-22). Protests Called Against Murder of Colombian Social Leaders. telesurenglish.net The Defenders of Peace Movement said Monday that in the last one month at least 10 social leaders were killed in Colombia and called for an international march on July 26 in protest of the murders. | RELATED: | Colombia: Revered Social Leader and Activist Killed in Colombia | \"We invite all citizens to walk with us and make a presence in the events scheduled for that day for the life of those who defend life and peace in the territories,\" the organization said in a statement.

Vince Montes (2019-07-22). Economic and Social Crisis in Puerto Rico: \"The Ugly American\" and the Puerto Rican National Question. globalresearch.ca The latest crisis in Puerto Rico involves Gov. Ricardo Rossello and appears to be the accumulation of other crises that now appear to question the legitimacy of the colonial political structure in Puerto Rico. Nearly 900 pages of personal messages …

True Publica (2019-07-22). Britain — Divided: Debt, Poverty and Homelessness in the UK. globalresearch.ca Winston Churchill famously said in 1940, a time of the Battle of Britain, that \'If the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour.\' Without any doubt, the Tory …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-07-22). The Herpes Vaccine and Some of the Most Bizarre Human Experiments You Most Likely Never Heard of. globalresearch.ca Herpes also known as Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) a disease dating back centuries and is one of the oldest diseases known to man. In ancient Greece, the term \"herpes\" was first categorized for migratory (basically creeping or crawling) skin lesions. …

Marc David (2019-07-22). \"With 5G, We are Guinea Pigs\": Swiss Magazine Reports First 5G Injuries in Geneva. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in French on L\'illustré, translated into English by Claire Edwards on EMFacts Consultancy. | Since 5G antennas were installed near their home in the heart of Geneva, these residents of the same area suffer …

Michael Snyder (2019-07-22). A Bank with 49 Trillion Dollars in Exposure to Derivatives Is Melting Down Right in Front of Our Eyes. globalresearch.ca Could it be possible that we are on the verge of the next \"Lehman Brothers moment\"? Deutsche Bank is the most important bank in all of Europe, it has 49 trillion dollars in exposure to derivatives, and most of the …

Niles Niemuth (2019-07-22). The Vindictive Campaign Against Chelsea Manning, America\'s Political Prisoner. globalresearch.ca Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has she been charged with a crime. Rather, she is being held in contempt of court for refusing—on principle and courageously—to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad …

Srebrenica Project (2019-07-22). Trnovo Execution Video: Another Low Point in the Conduct of The Hague Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY). globalresearch.ca The June 2005 showing of an inflammatory, prejudicial and irregularly acquired execution video during a court session at the Hague Tribunal illustrates the fundamental irregularity of the court itself. It also corroborates the assessment of the Hague Tribunal in our …

Pierre Gottiniaux (2019-07-22). Puerto Rico: People Are in the Streets Against Sexism, Homophobia, Austerity and Corruption. globalresearch.ca A political scandal recently pushed thousands of Puerto Rican people into the streets to march under the catchword \'Ricky Renuncia!\', Ricardo, quit! — Ricardo Rossello is the island\'s current governor. | On 11 July 2019, an anonymous source published personal messages …

Alison Bodine (2019-07-22). Venezuela and Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America. globalresearch.ca \"Today, 200 years later, we can say it: After having lost that independence that cost so much, Venezuela, in these last ten years…has recovered its independence…and this recovered independence is a door that we should keep open so that for …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-22). The War on Yemen Just Went from Bad to Worse for Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca The UAE\'s large-scale military drawdown in Yemen is extremely disadvantageous to the Saudis\' strategic objectives in the conflict and will likely lead to the Kingdom scrambling for a \"face-saving\" exit of its own. | *** | Nobody\'s won the War on Yemen …

Samuel Thrope (2019-07-22). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\'s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance. thenation.com Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\'s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance…

teleSUR (2019-07-22). Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death. telesurenglish.net Iran captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported Monday. | RELATED: | Panama Confirms Tanker Seized by Iran Was Smuggling Oil | Iranian state television published images it said showed the CIA officers who were in touch with the suspected spies. | There was no immediate comment on the Iranian allegations by the CIA or U.S. officials. | Iran announced in June that it had broken up an alleged CI…

teleSUR (2019-07-22). Another British Minister Resigns Ahead of New PM Taking Office. telesurenglish.net A British minister announced his intention to resign from his post before the country\'s presumed new Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes office. | RELATED: | Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict | Alan Duncan, a junior foreign office minister who has long been critical of Johnson, announced his resignation from his post on Monday, following a number of ministers who left their positions before the new Prime Minister takes their seat at Parliament. | His mo…

Jason Ditz (2019-07-22). Iran Says British Oil Tanker Hit a Fishing Boat, Refused Contact. theantimedia.com Officials maintain that the Stena Impero had collided with an Iranian fishing vessel, then refused to respond.

Staff (2019-07-22). Tensions Between Iran, UK and US Spark Fears of War. truthout.org | | In Iran, authorities say they\'ve arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran\'s seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The…

Middle East Eye (2019-07-22). Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been \"Killing Iranians for Two Years\" theantimedia.com An Israeli minister boasted on Sunday that his country was the only one that has been \"killing Iranians.\"

Middle East Eye (2019-07-22). Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been \"Killing Iranians for Two Years\" theantimedia.com An Israeli minister boasted on Sunday that his country was the only one that \"has been killing Iranians for two years.\"

Tim Weiner (2019-07-22). Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law. thenation.com Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law…

John Feffer (2019-07-22). Trump\'s Send-Them-Back Doctrine. counterpunch.org During the height of Stalin\'s purges, the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase near the door of his apartment. The Black Marias, the vehicle of choice for the secret police, would traditionally arrive in the middle of the night to ferry \"undesirables\" to interrogation cells. Shostakovich wanted to be ready at any More

Robert Koehler (2019-07-22). Fighting Climate Change Means Ending War. counterpunch.org \"The easy movement of high ranking military officers into jobs with major defense contractors and the reverse movement of top executives in major defense contractors into high Pentagon jobs is solid evidence of the military industrial-complex in operation.\" I was utterly stunned when I read these words of former Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire, quoted in More

Susie Day (2019-07-22). Mexicans Invade US, Trump Forced to Go Without Toothbrush. counterpunch.org In a daring pre-dawn raid this morning, 135 million Mexicans and Central Americans stormed over the border at El Paso, roared up Interstate 10, and broke into the White House. There, they tore President Donald J. Trump from the arms of his daughter, Ivanka, then carried him off to a makeshift detention facility alongside the Reflecting More

Elliot Sperber (2019-07-22). Hey Diddle Diddle, Like Nero We Fiddle. counterpunch.org Hey Diddle Diddle, Like Nero We Fiddle The dish ran away with the spoon — They fled Saskatoon In a hot air balloon — When the fires engulfed all the prairies In June. Traveling south, By the light of the moon, They arrived before long in Cancun Where one day, at noon, a baboon With More

Karl Grossman (2019-07-22). A Farmworkers Bill of Rights. counterpunch.org Passage of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices, also being called the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, by the New York State Legislature at its recent session was among its most notable achievements this year. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law on July 16th declaring: \"This new law is not just a great More

Joan Walsh (2019-07-22). Behind the Scenes of the House Democrats\' Twitter War. thenation.com Behind the Scenes of the House Democrats\' Twitter War…

teleSUR (2019-07-22). NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Monday that the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) agreed to set up a working group to study how sovereign countries deal with coercive measures by hegemonic countries. | RELATED: | 120 NAM States Condemn US Intervention, Promote Multilateralism | \"Our movement is going to set up a working group that is going to de…

teleSUR (2019-07-22). Venezuela Denounces New Incursion by US Aircraft. telesurenglish.net The vice president of Communication, Tourism and Culture of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez denounced on Monday a new violation of Venezuelan air space by an aircraft from the United States. | RELATED: | NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza | During a press conference, the Venezuelan vice-president explained that at 09: 52 hours (local time), a new violation occurred on the part of the US aircraft model EP-3E ARIES II, a specialist plane used in intellig…

Staff (2019-07-22). Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea. truthout.org | | A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope. Scientists say the Thirty Meter Telescope will help them peer into the deepest corners of space, but indigenous resisters say the construction was approved without their consent and will desecrate their sacred lands. Last week, police arrested 33 people — most of them Hawaiian elders — as…

Staff (2019-07-22). The \"Aging Crisis\" Is Actually Just a Labor Crisis for the Wealthy. truthout.org | | The New York Times told us last week that China is running out of people. That might seem an odd concern for a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, but you can read it for yourself: | \"Driving this regression in women\'s status is a looming aging crisis, and the relaxing of the draconian \'one-child\' birth restrictions that contri…

Staff (2019-07-22). Trump Is All But Provoking al-Qaeda With His Latest Move. truthdig.com The president is sending troops to Saudi Arabia. Has everyone forgotten what the extremist organization made of U.S. military presence there?

Jonah Raskin (2019-07-22). Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American Satirist. counterpunch.org \"He\'s gone. Feel free to spread the word,\" Michael Simmons said in an email that went out to a few dozen or so of the usual suspects, including Wavy Gravy, Judy Gumbo, Larry (Ratzo) Sloman, Jim Fouratt, Rex Weiner, Aron Kay, Kate Coleman, Jeffrey St. Clair, and Barbara Garson, some of whom had been Yippies, More