Anya Parampil (2019-07-28). \"We are the vaccine against unilateralism\": The Non-Aligned Movement gathers in Venezuela to resist the dictatorship of the dollar. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone reports from the 2019 Non-Aligned Movement, where delegates from over 120 nations offered a crucial endorsement of Venezuelan…

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-28). Turkey Deports Syrian Refugees to Idlib During Airstrikes. globalresearch.ca Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing an uncertain future. Turkey did not grant them citizenship, or permanent residency; but, instead a \'temporary guest\' status, which can be revoked at any time. For many, that time has come, and hundreds have …

Max Blumenthal (2019-07-28). How Joe Biden\'s privatization plans helped doom Latin America and fuel the migration crisis. thegrayzone.com On the campaign trail, Joe Biden has boasted of his role in transforming Colombia and Central America through ambitious economic…

Rima Najjar (2019-07-28). When Will Ayanna Pressley Realize that \"the Pain\" She Feels Is the Identical Pain Palestinians Feel? globalresearch.ca When Michelle Alexander, a distinguished African-American scholar, wrote her now famous column in The New York Times, \'Time to Break the Silence on Palestine\',her sympathetic words toward Palestinians received huge attention. Her article became a \"watershed moment … with …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-28). Puerto Rico: Colonized, Controlled, and Exploited by the US. globalresearch.ca Puerto Rico is a US Colony, its people grievously harmed by the presence of US military bases. | After colonizing Puerto Rico in 1898, the US denied its residents control over their lives, welfare, and future. | For over 120 years, Puerto …

Staff (2019-07-28). Noam Chomsky: Life Expectancy in the US Is Declining for a Reason. truthout.org | | Life in the United States — the richest country in world history — doesn\'t need to be like this. This country\'s endless wars, deaths of despair, rising mortality rates and out-of-control gun violence did not come out of nowhere. In this second installment from an exclusive transcript of a conversation aired on Alternative Radio, public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses the roots of gun culture, militarism, economic stag…

Marjorie Cohn (2019-07-28). Robert Mueller Did Not Do His Job. truthdig.com As the recent hearings make clear, the former special counsel had a tool at his disposal during his 22-month investigation that he refused to use.

The International Action Center (2019-07-28). Colonization and Destruction: People\'s Tribunal on U.S. Crimes Against Puerto Rico. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | This article was first published on September 12, 2018 | Since the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2019-07-28). Intimacies from an Awful War. \"For Sama\" by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. globalresearch.ca If you think you\'ve seen enough of conflict, especially the war in Syria, you haven\'t. From love of nation and loathing of military rule, from inchoate hope of redemption and improbable determination, indebted to lost friends and seeded in the …

Staff (2019-07-28). How Biden\'s Secret 2002 Meetings Led to War in Iraq. truthout.org | | Even though former Vice President Joe Biden\'s favorability has declined following the first Democratic debate, he remains largely considered the frontrunner by many mainstream media outlets and pundits for the Democratic presidential nomination. | Early in the first debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders mentioned how Biden had supported the Iraq War and that he had voted against it.

South Front (2019-07-28). Video: Russian, Syrian Warplanes Bomb Al Qaeda Positions in Western Aleppo. globalresearch.ca On July 25, warplanes of the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces bombed positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) and its allies near the villages of al-Bawabiya, al-Atarib, Qammari, al-Barqoum, Urem al-Kubra, and Kafr Halab, and …

George Pumphrey (2019-07-28). More Evidence on the Srebrenica \"Numbers Game\" globalresearch.ca For nearly a quarter of a century, the massacre of Srebrenica has been reappearing in the headlines of the western media. The usual allegation: 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred on July 11, 1995, in \"the worst war crime …

Padraig McGrath (2019-07-28). Tanker-War: Everything Is Ideological. globalresearch.ca Ukraine\'s most senior military prosecutor, Anatoly Matios, announced yesterday that the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) had seized the Russian tanker Nika Spirit at the port of Izmail and detained the crew, including at least 7 Russian nationals. Matios alleged …

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Peru President Vizcarra Calls Early Elections for 2020. telesurenglish.net Peru\'s President Martin Vizcarra announced Sunday that his country would bring forward legislative and presidential elections, cutting his term short one year early, a measure he says to end \"institutional crisis\" after Congress declined to approve all the requested political reforms. | RELATED: | Peru: Doctors, Health Workers Begin Nationwide Strike | Vizcarr…

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Gold Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon. telesurenglish.net A remote Indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon was invaded by gold miners Saturday after they murdered Emyra Wajapi, a community leader whose body was found Wednesday. | RELATED: | Awa Tribe Contact in Brazil Shows Increased Amazon Logging | Around 50 miners invaded the 600,000-hectare Mariri village as the Wajapi Indigenous community fled in fear to the bigger village of Aramira. The village chief Viseni Wajapi said they were attacked by the miners. \"They killed a Wajapi lead…

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Latin American Leaders Remember Hugo Chavez on His Birthday. telesurenglish.net Latin American presidents and leaders issued statements Sunday marking the birthday anniversary of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,, highlighting his legacy in the region and the world. | President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro stressed that Chavez\'s legacy is still alive within the South American country. | \"65 years of love Commander! We celebrate your life reaffirming the loyalty and commitment you sowed in us. We will defend how you taught us, the happiness of the people you loved so much. Thank you, teacher, for guiding us in the struggle of every day. Chavez is today, live action! \"he President Madu…

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Meet, No Solution Reached Yet. telesurenglish.net An emergency meeting with parties to Iran\'s 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the pact, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said Sunday. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies , Some Sentenced to Death | \"The atmosphere was constructive. Disc…

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-28). Iranian Monarchists Praise the Shah\'s Brutal Rule on the Anniversary of His Death. globalresearch.ca On July 27, 1980, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi finally succumbed to cancer in Cairo, Egypt. In 1953, he was installed as the dictator of Iran after the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. | There …

Global Research News (2019-07-28). Sign the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space. globalresearch.ca Despite widespread denial, the evidence that radio frequency (RF) radiation is harmful to life is already overwhelming: sick and injured human beings, cells and organ systems in plants and animals, epidemiological evidence that cancer, heart disease and diabetes—are in part caused by electromagnetic pollution.

Prof Susan Babbitt (2019-07-28). Cuba\'s Revolution in Thinking: To Live and Not Lie. globalresearch.ca In Dostoevsky\'s Demons, liberal academic Stepan Trofimovich says before dying: | \"I\'ve been lying all my life. Even when I was telling the truth …. The worst of it is that I believe myself when I lie. The most difficult thing …

Prof. James Petras (2019-07-28). America\'s Enemies, Who\'s On the List? globalresearch.ca For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of \'enemy countries\' to confront, attack, weaken & overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow \'enemy countries\' depends on two considerations: the level of priority & the degree of vulnerability for a \'regime change\' operation.

Colin Todhunter (2019-07-28). Poisoned for Profit: We Are Not the Agrochemical Industry\'s Guinea Pigs. globalresearch.ca Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE) in the UK claiming that the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup has …

WSWS Repost (2019-07-28). Lessons of Nashville: The working class and the defense of immigrants. indybay.org In this commentary from the World Socialist Web Site, Patrick Martin describes how a recent viral video helps expose fundamental lies behind doomsday predictions of an America on the brink of race war.

Sarah Abed (2019-07-28). New British PM Minister Boris Johnson Faced with Two Major Challenges: Brexit and Iran. globalresearch.ca The two most pressing issues on newly appointed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson\'s plate right now are Brexit and Iran. Will the UK leave the EU on October 31st regardless of whether they have a new deal, as …

Brasil Solidarity Network & others (2019-07-28). Rally: Defend the Amazon & Support Brasil\'s Indigenous Women\'s March! indybay.org Brazilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco 94104-1901…

RT (2019-07-28). 11 wounded in shooting at block party near playground in New York (VIDEO). rt.com At least 11 people have been shot and one person reportedly killed after a shooting occurred at an annual block party next to a playground in Brooklyn, New York.

Global Research News (2019-07-28). Selected Articles: The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed \"volunteers\" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…

Fred_F (2019-07-28). New bill looks set to overturn NSW\'s archaic abortion law. greenleft.org.au A decades-long feminist campaign to remove abortion from the anti-woman NSW Crimes Act is likely to take one more step towards victory with reports that a pro-choice private members' bill will be introduced into state parliament this week.

Tri Valley Cares & Co-sponsors (2019-07-28). Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Nuclear Weapons Protest Rally & March at Livermore Labs. indybay.org Livermore Lab, Vasco Rd & Patterson Pass Rd, Livermore, California…

Eds. (2019-07-27). At least 6 people killed in mob lynching incidents in Bihar in past week. mronline.org Not just that, a dozen more incidents of mob violence have also been reported in which people were attacked, thrashed, injured, abused and humiliated by mobs for alleged crimes or no crimes in some cases. | Source

Sarah Aziza (2019-07-27). A Syrian Mother\'s Letter to Her Daughter, \"For Sama\" Shows War in an Unusually Intimate Light. theintercept.com For the majority of Western audiences, the region known as \"the Middle East\" is conceived as a vast swath of constant and inscrutable chaos. In this imagination, diverse conflicts, insurgencies, and civilian revolutions are flattened into a single horrorscape, represented by ubiquitous images of billowing smoke and colorless destruction. Violence, it would appear, is endemic to the region, as natural and inevitable as the endless, hostile desert. | This lack of historicity — and subsequent denial of responsibility — can be partly blamed on Western media that rewards sensationalist, reductionist headli…

Renee Parsons (2019-07-27). Presidential Candidates Kamala Harris or Tulsi Gabbard. globalresearch.ca It has been decades since a bona fide anti-war candidate ran for US President; that is, a candidate who \'felt\' peace in their bones rather than a political calculation to be exploited. By my reckoning, that last campaign would be …

Joe Piette (2019-07-27). \'Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines\'. workers.org Dozens of people braved 99Àö weather to rally in front of Philadelphia\'s City Hall on July 21. They gathered to demand \"U.S. stop funding terror in the Philippines\" and instead \"Fund jobs, health care, housing and education, not imperialist wars.\" Speakers included Cero Parel and Jeeva of BAYAN-USA, Nora Kerrich . . . | Continue reading \'Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines\' at Workers.org

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-27). Trump Regime Pressuring Turkey to Keep Its S-400s Nonoperational. globalresearch.ca Pompeo reportedly warned Turkey that it faces \"more (US) sanctions\" if its Russian S-400 air defense missiles become operational. | What\'s the point of them if not able to protect against potential aerial threats. In 2018, US and Ankara officials discussed …

Eds. (2019-07-27). \"The U.S. got scared\" voices of the resistance in post-coup Honduras. mronline.org Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup — and the Neoliberalism it brought with it — have impacted their country. | Source

Staff (2019-07-27). The War on Drugs in Mexico Is Also a War on Journalists. truthout.org | | What is press freedom and how do we know what it looks like? While we in the United States are absorbed in Julian Assange-related quandaries about just who is a journalist, and whether leaked information can or should compromise national security, reporters in Mexico are harassed and killed daily for covering a \"drug war\" launched in 2006 by President Felipe Calderón, but abetted by the U.S. governme…

teleSUR (2019-07-27). North Korea Tests New Missile in Warning Message to South Korea. telesurenglish.net The firing of two \"new-type tactical\" weapons from the DPRK has prompted worries from South Korea and the United States. But Washington said it still wants \"diplomatic engagement.\" | RELATED: | US Jeopardizes Peace Talks With North Korea Over New Drills | In a report released Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the DPRK move a d…

The Canary (2019-07-27). Demonstrators arrested ahead of Moscow election protest. thecanary.co Russian police have been arresting people outside the Moscow mayor\'s office ahead of an election protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the city council.The dispute comes as the Kremlin is struggling with how to deal with strongly opposing views in its own sprawling capital of 12.6 million people.OVD-Info, an organisation that monitors political arrests, said at least 26 people had been detained by police 30 minutes before the protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from September\'s ballot was to start.There was no immediate information on what charges the detainees migh…

Eds. (2019-07-27). For a new world. mronline.org Basking in record-breaking high tempertures, slowly barbecuing ourselves, Britons may well welcome the benefits of global warming. Don\'t fool yourselves. | Source

James Wright (2019-07-27). How the UK\'s most extraordinary festival is fighting climate catastrophe. thecanary.co The UK\'s most extraordinary festival, Boomtown, has stepped up its sustainability plans for 2019. The initiatives behind its latest \'chapter\', entitled \'A Radical City\', cannot come soon enough. With the global consensus for acting on climate catastrophe moving from 12 years to just 18 months, it\'s im…

Staff (2019-07-27). These Three Bills Could Help Rein in Executive Pay. truthout.org | | Here\'s one sign of the unpopularity of overpaid corporate and banking executives: Shortly before heading home to face constituents during the summer recess, members of Congress introduced three bills to crack down on excessive compensation. | Stop Wall Street Looting: | The new Stop Wall Street Looting Act would protect workers and communities against the vulture-like private equity firm…

John Shafthauer (2019-07-27). Free speech advocate Jacob Rees-Mogg is literally banning his staff using certain words. thecanary.co As Jacob Rees-Mogg takes his place in Boris Johnson\'s new cabinet, it\'s been revealed that he has a style guide and a list of banned words. They\'re as backwards and weird as you\'d expect. People had fun with it, but some of Rees-Mogg\'s writerly demands are troubling.It turns out the free speech advocate

Jamie White (2019-07-27). Highlights: Watch House Republicans Tear Mueller Apart at Hearing. globalresearch.ca Former FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday over the findings of his report into so-called \"Russian collusion,\" and Republicans took him to the woodshed. | Throughout the hearing, Republican members of the committee exposed …

Nino Pagliccia (2019-07-27). The Caracas Manifesto: Proposal and Promise at the Sao Paulo Forum 2019. globalresearch.ca The 25th Annual Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum is taking place July 25-28 in Caracas, Venezuela. The first meeting was held in 1990 in Sà£o Paulo, Brazil, with 48 political organizations and social movements led by Fidel Castro…

teleSUR -EF (2019-07-27). Venezuela: High Court Rejects Guaido\'s TIAR Attempt. telesurenglish.net Venezuela\'s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) has nullified the National Assembly\'s attempt to reinstate the nation in the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), calling the move \"an assault on the rule of law and the power of the Venezuelan people.\" | RELATED: | Venezuela: Thousands March in Solidarity at Sao Paulo Forum | TSJ Vice President Juan Jose Mendoza told the chamber that the measure made by the National Assembly, already in contempt of the high court si…

teleSUR -EF (2019-07-27). Bolsonaro: Greenwald \'May be Imprisoned\', Journalist Says \' No\'. telesurenglish.net Indignation broke out across Brazil after President Jair Bolsonaro commented that United States journalist Glenn Greenwald \"may be imprisoned\" for publishing information in The Intercept Brazil that incriminates the nation\'s Justice Minister Sergio Moro. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro\'s Phone Hacked, Brazil Police Make Arrests | The comments of the ultra-right president were condemned by opposition politicians and journalist associations that accused him of \"serious aggression against freedom of…

Sharon Kelly (2019-07-27). As risky finances alienate investors, fracking companies look to retirement funds for cash. nationofchange.org A year ago, Chesapeake Energy, at one time the nation\'s largest natural gas producer, announced it was selling off its Ohio Utica shale drilling rights in a $2 billion deal with a little-known private company based in Houston, Texas, Encino Acquisition Partners. | For Chesapeake, the deal offered a way to pay off some of its debts, incurred…

Ellen Brown (2019-07-27). Addressing the Climate Crisis, Worldwide Reforestation and Industrial Hemp. globalresearch.ca Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the climate crisis. So states a July 4 article in The Guardian, citing a new analysis published in the journal Science…

teleSUR (2019-07-27). China, Philippines Reach Consensus on South China Sea. telesurenglish.net China and the Philippines have reached an important consensus on bilateral ties: the South China Sea issue and regional development cooperation. The agreements were made during the 22nd diplomatic consultation between the two countries, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. | RELATED: | US Sanctions Chinese State-Run Energy Company Over Iranian Oil | Spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters that this diplomatic meeting in Manila was the first to take place af…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-27). Australia\'s Mack Horton\'s Anti-Drug Stance. globalresearch.ca The first rush of enthusiasm on looking at this is clear: a high-achieving swimmer on the circuit — the Australian Mack Horton — decides to take a stance. It\'s not about refugees, Donald Trump or climate change. Unlike other sportspeople …