Immigration & Detention Solidarity on Tisha B\'av in San Jose
Jewish Community Relations Council | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
James P. McEntee Sr. Plaza, County Of Santa Clara Government Building, 70 W Hedding St, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825424.php
Trump Keeps Cracking Down on Legal Immigration Because His Base Loves Cruelty
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-13
| When Democrats dismissed the Fox News-led fear-mongering about \"hordes\" of undocumented immigrants \"invading\" the United States from the south as a manufactured crisis, they were pilloried by Republicans and the mainstream media alike for not taking the issue seriously. Hardly anyone demonstrated an understanding of Democrats\' nuanced argument. | Illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border appeared much more substantial precisely because the Trump administration had choked off acces…
truthout.org/articles/trump-keeps-cracking-down-on-legal-immigration-because-his-base-loves-cruelty/
Trump imposes new class-based immigration restrictions
wsws.org | 2019-08-13
The draconian regulation change means immigrants will be denied permanent residency if they have a low credit score, for example.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/13/immi-a13.html
Growing Anti-Immigrant Sentiments and Trump\'s Immigration Policies
ACLU NorCal SCU Law Club | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
Charney Hall, Room 104. Santa Clara University School of Law | 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara 95050…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825456.php
SPLC joins brief opposing Kansas law targeting immigrants
splcenter.org | 2019-08-13
The SPLC and 29 worker and immigrant rights organizations filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a court decision stating that a Kansas identity theft law cannot be used to turn local law enforcement into immigration agents.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/13/splc-joins-brief-opposing-kansas-law-targeting-immigrants
Immigrant tent camps in Paris: Victims of France\'s war on refugees
wsws.org | 2019-08-13
Every night in Paris, in sprawling tent encampments lying beneath highway overpasses, or in local playgrounds and parks, thousands of refugees go to sleep on the street.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/13/camp-a13.html
Medellín Diary: Remembering Our Dead
Forrest Hylton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
What set Gustavo Marulanda\'s death apart from so many others in those years, when the Colombian government of Andrés Pastrana negotiated peace with the insurgent guerrilla movement, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), and the paramilitaries targeted intellectuals as well as social and trade union movement activists as guerrilla supporters, is that Marulanda publicly forecasted his murder at a student assembly. |…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/medellin-diary-remembering-our-dead/
Why Don\'t Activists Care About the Kashmiris as Much as the Rohingyas?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
It\'s certainly peculiar that the international activist community cares more for the Rohingyas than the Kashmiris despite both of these people being Muslim minorities that are facing a similar threat of ethnic cleansing, which suggests that there must be more …
globalresearch.ca/why-dont-activists-care-about-kashmiris-as-much-as-rohingyas/5686321
COMMEMORATE 1970 CHICANO MORATORIUM MARCH
CHICANO MEXICANO RESISTANCE | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
SAN JOSE PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER | 48 S. 7th Street | San Jose, Calif. 95112 | Near corner of 7th and Santa Clara Streets.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825436.php
Climate Strike: Downtown Palo Alto
Peninsula Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
Lytton Plaza, intersection of University Ave. & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825432.php
Hong Kong Protesters Are Collectively Punishing the Peaceful Population
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Thousands of demonstrators held an unlawful assembly in Hong Kong International Airport on Monday and prompted the cancellation of all flights for the day out of safety concerns. This marks a dramatic escalation in the weeks-long demonstrations against a now-suspended …
globalresearch.ca/hk-protesters-collectively-punishing-peaceful-population/5686272
The Broken Promise of Colombia\'s Peace Deal
Jonathan Levi, Marta Orrantia | thenation.com | 2019-08-13
The Broken Promise of Colombia\'s Peace Deal…
thenation.com/article/colombia-farc-guerilla-peace-treaty/
Obama\'s Unending Wars — Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Obama is a shining light in comparison to his two bookends, George Bush and Donald Trump. His manner is calm and focused as he presents his ideas with well mannered rhetorical flourishes, speaking in terms of hope, peace, change, freedom …
globalresearch.ca/obama-unending-wars-fronting-foreign-policy-permanent-warfare-state/5686269
Billionaire Stephen Ross of the Related Companies faces protests for Trump fundraiser
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
Reported by Politico, billionaire Stephen Ross the founder of \"The Related Companies,\" is facing a backlash for fundraising for the alleged racist President Donald Trump.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/11/18825414.php
Iran Might be About To Change Its Approach Towards India
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Iran had hitherto allowed India to make a fool out of it without uttering even the faintest protest in response, yet the Islamic Republic\'s previously servile attitude might be changing if two recent statements by its leadership are any indication …
globalresearch.ca/iran-about-change-approach-towards-india/5686211
The British Still Haven\'t Learned the Lessons of the Troubles
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
Fifty years ago, the Battle of the Bogside in Derry between Catholics and police, combined with the attacks on Catholic areas of Belfast by Protestants, led to two crucial developments that were to define the political landscape for decades: the arrival of the British army and the creation of the Provisional IRA. An eruption in…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/the-british-still-havent-learned-the-lessons-of-the-troubles/
Students Strike, Protest Across Brazil as Moro Orders Crackdown
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
Brazil\'s Justice Minister Sergio Moro ordered his ministry\'s National Public Security Force (FSNP) to be stationed at the Ministries Square in Brasilia to crack down on student protests scheduled for Tuesday. | RELATED: | Argentina Frontrunner: \'Bolsonaro Is Racist, Misogynist, Violent\' | The National Student Union (UNE) called o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Students-Strike-Protest-Across-Brazil-as-Moro-Orders-Crackdown-20190813-0010.html
Civil Disobedience in Hong Kong or US Color Revolution Attempt?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
As the saying goes, if it walks, talks, and quacks like a duck, chances are it is one. | What\'s been going on for months in Hong Kong has all the earmarks of a US orchestrated color revolution, aimed at destabilizing …
globalresearch.ca/civil-disobedience-hong-kong-us-color-revolution-attempt/5686298
Trump: A Modern-Day Herbert Hoover? Financial Plunge 2019
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Clearly, Hoover was world\'s apart from Trump geopolitically, at war with no other nations, polar opposite how both extremist right wings of the US war party operate today. This article deals only with economic and financial issues. | Hoover had the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-a-modern-day-herbert-hoover-financial-plunge-2019/5686219
Third Way Democrats Are Bought and Sold by The Kochs
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-08-13
When George Soros and Charles Koch announced in July that they are partnering to create a think tank dedicated to ending the United States\' forever wars, Steven Kinzer of The Boston Globe called the idea \"one of the most remarkable partnerships in modern American political history.\" | Despite the jarring image of the liberal billionaire joining forces with the radical conservative, the forthcoming Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft is not such an anomaly in the history of the Koch family. As Ryan Grim and An…
truthdig.com/articles/third-way-democrats-are-bought-and-sold-by-the-kochs/
Brazilian Prosecutors to Bar Bolsonaro\'s Son from US Envoy Role
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking to prevent far-right President Jair Bolsanaro\'s son from becoming the new ambassador to the United States. | The prosecutors filed a court injunction on Monday to bar Eduardo Bolsonaro from this ambassador role, citing the latter\'s …
globalresearch.ca/brazilian-prosecutors-bar-bolsonaro-son-us-envoy-role/5686323
Brazilian Prosecutors to Bar Bolsonaro\'s Son from US Envoy Role
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking to prevent far-right President Jair Bolsanaro\'s son from becoming the new ambassador to the United States. | RELATED: | Brazil\'s Economy Continues Downward Spiral Towards Recession | The prosecutors filed a court injunction on Monday to bar Eduardo Bolsonaro from this ambassador role, citing the latter\'s lack of experience as one of the main factors for their intervention. | The public prosecutor\'s office asked a Brasilia court to rule on the need for non-dipl…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilian-Prosecutors-to-Bar-Bolsonaros-Son-from-US-Envoy-Role-20190813-0001.html
UK Expected To Release Illegally Seized Iranian Tanker
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
Iran is celebrating a diplomatic victory, as they claim the U.K. is expected to release the seized Iranian tanker, following negotiations. Iranian maritime authorities said Tuesday that they had been in talks with the U.K. government, and showed documents that prove that Iran did not violate sanctions against Syria, the reason given by the U.K. for the seizure. | RELATED: | UK Wants European Force to Police Persian Gulf | Jalil Eslami, deputy head of Iran\'s Ports and Maritime Organization, s…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Expected-To-Release-Illegally-Seized-Iranian-Tanker-20190813-0009.html
India\'s Constitutional Coup in Kashmir Is Sowing the Seeds of Renewed Rebellion
Barbara Crossette | thenation.com | 2019-08-13
India\'s Constitutional Coup in Kashmir Is Sowing the Seeds of Renewed Rebellion…
thenation.com/article/kashmir-india-modi-bjp-muslims/
Family of El Paso shooting victims says they received death threats over photo with Trump
rt.com | 2019-08-13
Relatives of a married couple killed in the El Paso, Texas mass shooting say they have been swept up in a wave of hate and criticism — including death threats — after being photographed with US President Donald Trump. | …
rt.com/usa/466361-el-paso-victim-family-threat/
From Hong Kong to Kashmir to the US, Authoritarianism Is Rising
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-13
| Over the past couple weeks, the global pattern of authoritarianism has become particularly visible, and particularly gut-wrenching. Global politics is changing quickly, with political discourse becoming increasingly degraded and dangerous in one country after the next. | In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an\'s ruling party boasted of the mass book burning and destruction that it has, apparen…
truthout.org/articles/from-hong-kong-to-kashmir-to-the-us-authoritarianism-is-rising/
Southern separatists overrun Aden, exposing fraud of US, Saudi puppet regime in Yemen
wsws.org | 2019-08-13
The clashes in Aden after more than four years of murderous war in Yemen have laid bare the failure of the US-backed Saudi campaign to establish any viable regime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/13/yeme-a13.html
Yemen\'s Houthis Launch Attack on Saudi Airport
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
Yemen\'s Houthis Movement announced on Tuesday that their forces launched a new attack on a Saudi airport in the kingdom\'s Abha province. | RELATED: | Yemen: Saudi-led Forces Attack UAE-Backed Separatists in Aden, 40 Killed | According to their statement via Masirah TV, the Houthis attacked the Abha Regional Airport in southern Saudi Arabia using their armed drones. | There was no mention of the attack in Saudi Arabia\'s official media and Saudi officials could not immed…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemens-Houthis-Launch-Attack-on-Saudi-Airport-20190813-0003.html
How Tehran Fits into Russia-China Strategy
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Complex doesn\'t even begin to describe the positioning of Iran-Russia in the geopolitical chessboard. What\'s clear in our current, volatile moment is that they\'re partners, as I previously reported. Although not strategic partners, as in the Russia-China tie-up, Russia-China-Iran …
globalresearch.ca/how-tehran-fits-russia-china-strategy/5686257
The U.S. Government Doesn\'t Care About Afghan Women
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-08-13
In once, and to some extent still, relatively cosmopolitan Baghdad, Iraq, I once saw three young female college students from Mustansiriyah University walking home from class. They couldn\'t have been more differently clothed. One wore a full burqa that exposed only her eyes; another a hijab, a more modest head scarf without a facial veil, and a pair of jeans; the third sported a pink miniskirt and a revealing tank top with her long hair fully exposed. Still, they chatted like old friends. | By early 2007, this range of women\'s clothing was already highly rare in all but the safest Baghdad neighborhoods, yet it di…
truthdig.com/articles/the-u-s-government-doesnt-care-about-afghan-women/
China Hysteria Down Under
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
The blinkered security establishment is standard fare in politics. From Washington to Manila, we hear of terrors and concerns which tend to more spectral than not. Legitimate concerns such as catastrophic environmental failure, or a nuclear accident, are treated with a sigh, its warners doomsday advocates rather than reasoned citizens. It is the unseen demon…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/china-hysteria-down-under/
Concerns grow over global financial stability
wsws.org | 2019-08-13
There is now a historically unprecedented situation in bond markets where it is estimated that some $15 trillion worth of government bonds are trading at negative yields, meaning an investor who purchased the bond and held it to maturity would make a loss.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/13/econ-a13.html
Video: Syrian Tiger Forces Crush Al Qaeda Militants\' Defense in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-13
Over the past weekend, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces have continued their advance on positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies in northwestern Hama and southern Idlib. | By August 12, government forces had liberated the …
globalresearch.ca/video-tiger-forces-crush-militants-defense-southern-idlib/5686261
The U.S.-Backed War on Yemen Is Collapsing
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2019-08-13
This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | Yemen, a country of 28 million and one of the poorest in the world, had already become a byword for misery over the course of the last four years of war. Now, believe it or not, things have abruptly worsened. | The strategic port of Aden has fallen to southern separatists, just as it did in 1967, when the Communists took over and created the People\'s Republic of South Yemen. | The Southern Transitional Council took over the strategic port of Aden with four hundred armed ve…
truthdig.com/articles/the-u-s-backed-war-on-yemen-is-collapsing/
End the Genocide in #Yemen
Yemeni Alliance Committee | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 90 7th St. | San Francisco, CA 94103…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825458.php
The Federal Reserve Board\'s Recent Figures on the Outrageous Unequal Distribution of Wealth
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
Recent figures released by the Federal Reserve Board once again verify the shameful growing wealth inequality in the United States.[1] Below is a table derived from the Federal Reserve Board figures showing the share of the country\'s total net wealth (value of assets minus liabilities) held by the wealthiest 1%, the wealthiest 10%, the poorest…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/the-federal-reserve-boards-recent-figures-on-the-outrageous-unequal-distribution-of-wealth/
Thoughts on China\'s Currency
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
There is a conventional wisdom on China\'s currency that gets repeated almost everywhere and never seems to be challenged in the media. The basic story is that in the bad old days China \'manipulated\" its currency, but that stopped years ago. At present, its currency controls are actually keeping the value of its currency up,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/thoughts-on-chinas-currency/
Sea Level Rise!
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
Sea level has been stable, at current levels, throughout recorded history for 5,000 years. That\'s about to change. Still, it\'s very difficult for people to imagine a change in sea level after 5,000 years of rock solid stability. Nevertheless, assuming sea levels do rise markedly, one of the biggest questions of the century is whether…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/sea-level-rise/
Careerism and the War Machine
Kim C. Domenico | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
In Three Guineas, which I am reading at the request of a young friend who tells us she is writing her dissertation on Woolf and James Baldwin, Virginia Woolf answers the question asked of her by a prominent liberal of his day, which is that she give her opinion as to how war — this…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/careerism-and-the-war-machine/
Massacres at Home and Abroad
John Marciano | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
On August 5, former President Obama released a powerful statement in response to the latest gun massacres in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton that left scores dead and wounded–including children who were shopping for school supplies at Walmart with their mothers, and with their families at the wonderful Gilroy Garlic Festival. He decried the madness of violence that has been fueled by Trump\'s vile pronouncements and policies that help spread anti-immigrant and racist poison across the nation.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/massacres-at-home-and-abroad/
Tarantino\'s \'Dead Indians\' and the Roots of American Violence
Nancy Marie Mithlo | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
My day job is as an American Indian Studies professor at a major university. Actually, like many educators, it is my day and night job. The luxury and the burden of being an academic is that you get to think about complex and weighty ideas ALL THE TIME. That is why I particularly relish going…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/tarantinos-dead-indians-and-the-roots-of-american-violence/
Winnemem Wintu Chief Asks Delta Tunnel Amendment Negotiators
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
Despite the fact that new Delta Tunnel project supported by Governor Gavin Newsom has not been approved, the Department of Water Resources is proceeding forward with negotiations with its water contractors over the State Water Contract Amendment for the Delta Conveyance. DWR held two meetings, the first on July 24 and the second on July…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/winnemem-wintu-chief-asks-delta-tunnel-amendment-negotiators/
The Biggest News of the 21st Century
James A Haught | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-13
What\'s the most significant occurrence so far in the 21st century? Worsening weather calamities caused by global warming? Endless suicide bombings and massacres by religious fanatics in the Islamic \"cult of death\"? Snowballing acceptance of gays as equal humans? Kakistocracy (government by the worst) under a ludicrous president who has told 10,000 countable lies? Recurring…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/13/the-biggest-news-of-the-21st-century/
Libya: Renewed Fighting Ends Eid Holiday Truce
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
After a two-day truce to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, General Khalifa Haftar\'s Libyan National Army (ANL) and the Tripoli-based government\'s army resumed fighting Tuesday. | RELATED: | Libya: 5 Killed and 8 Injured in Airstrike on a Hospital | \"Haftar had already violated the truce two days ago with bombings at the Mitiga airport in Tripoli, forcing the authorities to suspend flights for several hours… The Libyan army responded by bombing the roads leading to the airport,\" the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Libya-Renewed-Fighting-Ends-Eid-Holiday-Truce-20190813-0016.html
Argentina Frontrunner: \'Bolsonaro Is Racist, Misogynist, Violent\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
Alberto Fernandez, the front runner in Argentina\'s presidential race, responded to Brazilian President Bolsonaro\'s attacks on the progressive alliance which scored a landslide victory in Argentina\'s primary elections Sunday, dismissing him as a \"passing phase\" in Brazil\'s history. | RELATED: | Argentina Primaries: Fernandez Wins Landslide Victory Over Macri With 15-Point Lead | Fernandez, likely to be Argentina\'s next president for the progressive \'Front for All\' party, had s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Frontrunner-Bolsonaro-Is-Racist-Misogynist-Violent-20190813-0006.html
Brazil\'s Bolsonaro threatens Glenn Greenwald, ratchets up fascist rants
wsws.org | 2019-08-13
Bolsonaro is engaged in the buildup of a fascist movement based on the security forces, and feels emboldened by the wide consensus in ruling circles around his economic agenda.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/13/braz-a13.html
Will Brazil\'s Social Movements be Hit by Bolsonaro\'s Anti-Crime Crackdown?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-13
Brazil\'s President Bolsonaro\'s comment that criminals should \"die like cockroaches\" is not only reminiscent of Philippine president Duterte, but also seeks to persecute social movements, says Mike Fox…
therealnews.com/stories/bolsonaros-anti-crime-crack-down-also-targets-brazils-social-movements
Colombia\'s Electoral Court Opens Probe on Santos\' 2014 Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-13
Colombia\'s electoral authorities have opened an investigation into whether former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction Odebrecht in 2014. | RELATED: | Colombia Gov\'t Bails out Banks for Dissolved Odebrecht Project | Renato Rafael Contreras from the Democratic Center, Doris Méndez C…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombias-Electoral-Court-Opens-Probe-on-Santos-2014-Campaign-20190813-0018.html
Could California\'s Investment in Child Care Be a Model for the Country?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-13
| Marin City, California–When her son Quincy was six weeks old, Lynette Stewart dropped him off at a child care center in Long Beach, California and headed back to work, with a hard ball of worry in her chest. | \"I cried my eyes out, especially that first week of leaving him there,\" Stewart said. \"No one wants to take their baby, who can\'t communicate, to a stranger at that age.\" | At the time, in 2015, Stewart was working as an administrative assistant at a small company that made kombuc…
truthout.org/articles/could-californias-investment-in-child-care-be-a-model-for-the-country/
Salmon advocates slam Trump rules slashing Endangered Species Act protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-13
\"Here in California we\'re likely to see salmon, sturgeon, steelhead trout, wolves, wolverines, kit fox and many others all slide towards extinction as a result of today\'s action by the Trump White House,\" said John McManus, Executive Director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825452.php