RT (2019-08-15). \'Like a scene that you see in war\': 6 cops shot in Philadelphia drugs raid gone wrong. rt.com Philadelphia police attempting to serve a drugs warrant were drawn into an hours-long shootout after heavily-armed suspects opened fire, wounding at least 6 officers and terrifying residents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood.

Prof. James Petras (2019-08-15). 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.

Elliot Sperber (2019-08-14). The New Mayor of New York. counterpunch.org (The following is a transcript of a speech delivered Monday, August 12, by Eon Pig Eon, the self-proclaimed new Mayor of New York City.) Esteemed guests, thank you for coming. I\'ll get right to the point. The city, and the country, and the planet are in the midst of an unprecedented set of crises at More

M. G. Piety (2019-08-14). Educating Ourselves About Violence. counterpunch.org I\'m at a loss to say whether Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover\'s highly-celebrated account of her escape from a fundamentalist, survivalist, home-schooled upbringing in Idaho to earn a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, is a good book. What I can say without hesitation is that it\'s a disturbing book. It took me awhile to get through More

David Macaray (2019-08-14). Random Murder in the Age of Aquarius. counterpunch.org \"\'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.\" —David Hume, 1711-1776 (A Treatise on Human Nature) Most of us would agree that, on one level, random mass shootings don\'t make any sense whatever, no matter which approach—clinical or sociological—we take to explain them. But More

Karl Grossman (2019-08-14). Lyme Disease and Biowarfare. counterpunch.org \"Pentagon May Have Released Weaponized Ticks That Helped Spread of Lyme Disease: Investigation Ordered\" was the Newsweek headline last month. The article below it was about the U.S. House of Representatives having \"quietly passed a bill requiring the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to conduct a review into whether the Pentagon experimented with More

Dean Baker (2019-08-14). In a Tight Labor Market, the Profit Share of Income is Falling. counterpunch.org Last month\'s GDP report also included revisions to previously reported profit data for the last three years. The earlier reports showed a slight increase in the profit share in 2018; the revised data showed that the profit share of corporate income had fallen by 0.4 percentage points from the prior year. This is important both More

Jonah Raskin (2019-08-14). Woodstock Nation Revisited: Abbie Hoffman, Joan Baez and the Culture Vultures of Capitalism. counterpunch.org The Woodstock music festival, now a legendary event, took place a long time ago and memories have largely faded. Folksinger Joan Baez can\'t really be faulted for saying recently that at Woodstock, \"Nobody was really thinking about the serious issues.\" True, not many, but not nobody, either. Baez also suggested in a recent interview with More

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2019-08-14). Russian Blast Points to Danger of New Nuclear Arms Race. counterpunch.org On Thursday August 8th, an explosion at the Nenoksa Missile test site in northern Russia during testing of a new type of nuclear propelled cruise missile resulted in the death of at least seven people, including scientists and was followed by a spike in radiation in the atmosphere. Analysts in Washington and Europe are of the belief that the explosion may offer a glimpse of technological weaknesses in Russia\'s new arms program. More

Staff (2019-08-14). Immigrants Welcome to the US as Long as They Are White and Wealthy. therealnews.com The Trump\'s administration\'s Kenneth Cuccinelli rewrites Emma Lazarus\'s words on the Statue of Liberty, telling the poor and oppressed they\'re no longer welcome. This comes right after Trump proposes to limit legal migration to the US. We speak to Michael Paarlberg of IPS…

Staff (2019-08-14). United States and Turkey Agree to a Syrian \"Safe Zone,\" Betraying the Kurds. therealnews.com Baris Karaagac discusses how the U.S allowed the Turkish government seize land in northern Syria to counter Russian and Iranian influence in spite of former Kurdish allies…

Fred Goldstein (2019-08-14). The new Cold War against China. workers.org During the Cold War and the struggle that put the USSR and China on one side and imperialism, headed by Washington, on the other, revolutionaries used to characterize the conflict as a class war between two irreconcilable social systems. On one side was the socialist camp, based upon socialized property, . . . | Continue reading The new Cold War against China at Workers.org

Victor Grossman (2019-08-14). Warnings ancient and modern. mronline.org Before the Berlin Wall was torn down we all made sarcastic jokes about its official designation by East German (GDR) party leaders as \"anti-fascist protective barrier\". But hearing racist ranting by AfD leaders now hoping for victories and seeing gangs of marching thugs with barely—paraphrased Nazi slogans, from East Berlin to southern Saxony, we must […] | Source

Eds. (2019-08-14). Why Marx matters: capitalism and the Metabolic Rift. mronline.org CO2 was identified as a prime driver of global warming in the 1950s and has been the subject of many international meetings over the past 30 years. Despite increasing calls to reduce carbon emissions, they continue to rise faster and faster. | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-14). Manifestos of Hate: What White Terrorists Have in Common. mintpressnews.com Writing under the title of \"If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim\", Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. | \"If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,\" Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian newspaper on August 6, US President Donald Trump \"would be lobbing accusations such as \'Islam hates us\' in the direction of Muslims and not lecturing the public about video games.\" | Bayoumi was referring to the double standards that define much of western official and media discourses regarding violence. When the allege…

Staff (2019-08-14). Brazil\'s Student Movement Mobilizes to Oppose Bolsonaro\'s Education Privatization. therealnews.com Students rallied and marched in 207 municipalities of Brazil, to declare their opposition to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro\'s education reform that would privatize much of Brazil\'s higher education. Mike Fox reports…

Brenda Ryan (2019-08-14). Michael Brown remembered. workers.org New York — Exactly five years after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a cop in Ferguson, Mo., Shut It Down NYC called an Aug. 9 demonstration — \"Fists Up, Fight Back!\" — in his memory. Protesters marched from Grand Central Terminal through midtown Manhattan chanting: \"Eric Garner, . . . | Continue reading Michael Brown remembered at Workers.org

Ben Norton (2019-08-14). PHOTOS: Venezuelans march against US embargo in enormous #NoMoreTrump protest. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone attends a massive march where hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Caracas to condemn the US…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-08-14). The Downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17: The Quest for Truth and Justice. Review of the Evidence. globalresearch.ca The MH17 Inquiry has been conducted in an insidious fashion. Important pieces of evidence including eye witness reports, audio & video material transmitted through Ukraine Intelligence (SBU) have been manipulated or excluded from the Dutch inquiry, which largely endorses Washington\'s accusations directed against Moscow.

Staff (2019-08-14). Immigrants Swept Up in Mississippi Raids Face Courts That Deport Most Defendants. truthout.org | | Hundreds of immigrants swept up in mass raids at meatpacking plants in Mississippi last week are now being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at privately run jails hours away in western Mississippi and Louisiana. Waves of hunger strikes have swept through an expanding network of immigration jails in the region as immigrants and asylum seekers protest against…

ACLU NorCal SCU Law Club (2019-08-14). Growing Anti-Immigrant Sentiments and Trump\'s Immigration Policies. indybay.org Charney Hall, Room 104. Santa Clara University School of Law | 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara 95050…

Staff (2019-08-14). \"Give Us Your Rich\": Trump Is Changing Wholesale Who Gets Into the US. truthout.org | | \"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!\" Those are the words of Emma Lazarus inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. But this week, acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli attempted to rewrite the poem to make a case for limiting immigration to the United States. He told NPR\'s Rachel Martin on Tuesday that the St…

Staff (2019-08-14). The Government Relies on False \"Evidence\" Against Migrants. truthout.org | | Laura Peña could see that her 36-year-old client was wasting away. Gaunt and haggard after nearly two months in jail, he ran his fingers through his hair and opened his hands to show her the clumps that were falling out. He was so distraught that his two young children had been taken from him at the border, he could barely speak without weeping. | After Carlos requested political asylum, border and immigration agents had accused him of being a member of the notorious MS-13 gang in El Salvador [mdas…

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-14). Killing Julian Assange Slowly. globalresearch.ca Since April 11 when unlawfully dragged from Ecuador\'s London embassy to captivity, Assange has languished under draconian conditions in a UK dungeon at the behest of the Trump regime, wanting him tried in the US for the \"crime\" of truth-telling …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Court Overrides Salvini, Allows Migrant Ship in Italian Waters. telesurenglish.net An administrative court in Rome ruled Wednesday that a Spanish rescue ship carrying around 150 migrants should be allowed to enter Italian territorial waters in defiance of a ban imposed by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. | RELATED: | Salvini Orders Italian Coast Guard Not to Rescue 135 Migrants | Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, quic…

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Violations Against Children Are \'New Normal\' in Mali: UN. telesurenglish.net Acts of grave violence against children are escalating in Mali where more than 150 children have been killed so far in 2019 and more than 75 injured due to violent attacks and the use of child soldiers, according to a report published Tuesday by the United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF). | RELATED: | Mali: Thousands Protest Inter-Ethnic Violence in Call for Peace | The number of child soldiers in armed groups within the country has increased drastically while more than 900 s…

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2019-08-14). Climate Strike: Downtown Palo Alto. indybay.org Lytton Plaza, intersection of University Ave. & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…

CHICANO MEXICANO RESISTANCE (2019-08-14). Commemorate 1970 Chicano Moratorium March. indybay.org SAN JOSE PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER | 48 S. 7th Street | San Jose, Calif. 95112 | Near corner of 7th and Santa Clara Streets.

True Publica (2019-08-14). John Bolton Visit — Forcing Britain\'s Hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal. globalresearch.ca There were many public protests with the arrival of Donald Trump to the shores of Britain and contrary to his own beliefs, Trump is not well-liked at all by ordinary British citizens. What was strange though was the fact that …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Tunisia\'s Electoral Body Announces 26 Presidential Candidates. telesurenglish.net Tunisia\'s electoral body announced Wednesday a list of 26 presidential candidates for the third free elections to be held next month in the country. Almost 100 applicants had presented their candidacy in hopes to become the next country\'s leader. | RELATED: | Tunisians Launch Historic Protest To Welcome Saudi Prince MbS | \"71 nomination papers were rejected, including 51 on the grounds of lack of sponsorships and deposit guarantees and 14 for the lack of endorsements,\" Nabil Ba…

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Brazil: 100,000 Daisies in Defense of Working Women\'s Rights. telesurenglish.net Women from all over Brazil met at the Ministries Square in Brasilia on Wednesday to hold the \"Daisies March,\" an even to defend agrarian reform and women\'s rights and reject gender violence and President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Students Strike, Protest Across Brazil as Moro Orders Crackdown | \"Brazilian women have a broad agenda of demands which…

WSWS (2019-08-14). Far-right government elected in Guatemala. wsws.org Marked by low participation and mass protests, the vote was overshadowed by the popular outrage against the \"third safe country\" agreement imposed by Trump.

Patrick Cockburn (2019-08-14). Boris Johnson Recklessly Picks at the Scabs of Ireland\'s Violent Past. counterpunch.org On 8 May 1987 a Provisional IRA unit of eight men attacked a police station in the village of Loughgall in county Armagh 15 miles from the Irish border. One man drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket towards the building, half of which was destroyed in the explosion. But British forces had More

Kollibri terre Sonnenblume (2019-08-14). The Case Against Voting for President. counterpunch.org As individuals, our choices make very little difference to the state of the world, often virtually none. Nonetheless, those same choices can have significant effects on ourselves, sometimes profoundly. For example: One can give up driving for biking, and though this will make no difference to global pollution output, the profits of oil companies or More

Robert Jensen (2019-08-14). From the Royal to the Prophetic to the Apocalyptic: The Case for a Saving Remnant. counterpunch.org The royal, prophetic, and apocalyptic traditions in the Hebrew and Christian bibles provide a compelling framework for understanding progressive intellectual and political work today, as we face the task not only of struggling to create a just and sustainable world but also imagining a saving remnant that will negotiate a radically different future in which More

John W. Whitehead (2019-08-14). We\'re All Enemies of the State. counterpunch.org \"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.\" —H.L. Mencken We\'ve been down this road many times before. If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is this: it has an More

Ricardo Vaz (2019-08-14). Venezuela\'s Maduro Reshuffles Cabinet as Supreme Court Strips Three Opposition Lawmakers of Immunity. venezuelanalysis.com The National Constituent Assembly will also evaluate bringing forward legislative elections.

Nino Pagliccia (2019-08-14). Venezuela Retains Political Control after New US Coercive Measures. globalresearch.ca In political terms the government of Venezuela had a good month of July while managing very critical economic circumstances. Reps of 120 Non Aligned Movement (NAM) countries attended their ministerial meeting in Caracas, and more than 700 delegates from dozens …

Steve Sweeney (2019-08-14). 13 Million Expected to Sign Petition Against US\'s Venezuela Blockade. globalresearch.ca As many as 13 million people are expected to sign a petition opposing the US economic blockade of Venezuela and the \"genocidal, racist, xenophobe\" Donald Trump, according to the Bolivarian government. | Tables have been organised in public squares in …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Won\'t Block Venezuela Ships Despite US Sanctions, Panama Claims. telesurenglish.net The Panama Canal will continue authorizing vessels coming from Venezuela provided they present the necessary paperwork, the waterway\'s chief said on Wednesday, suggesting a new round of U.S. sanctions on the South American nation should not make a difference to canal traffic. | RELATED: | Food Shipment Destined For Venezuela Seized Due to US Blockade

TeleSUR English (2019-08-14). Venezuelan Opposition Journalist Served as Agent for US, UK Gov\'t. venezuelanalysis.com In a U.S. diplomatic cable, Bocaranda is dubbed a \"reliable source\" and to be \"strictly protected.\"

WSWS (2019-08-14). Bottled water distributions begin as lead water poisoning crisis erupts in Newark, New Jersey. wsws.org After three years of cover-up, city and state officials were forced to begin distributing bottled water to residents on Monday.

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2019-08-14). Paul Findley: A Man of Courage. globalresearch.ca Paul Findley one of the most remarkable Congressmen that the US House of Representatives had produced since the Second World War passed away on the 9th of August 2019. He was 98 years old. He was first elected to …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Coffee, Cacao Combat Chronic Heart Disease, Cancer. telesurenglish.net Eating flavonoids, certain nutrients found in plants, might help humans live longer, especially those who smoke and drink, according to a new study by researchers at the Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia. | RELATED: | Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products | Scientists have been discovering the health benefits of flavonoids over the past two decades. However, this study, conducted by the ECU\'s School of Medical and Health Sciences, is the first…

The Canary (2019-08-14). One homeless person dies every 19 hours, campaigners warn. thecanary.co Calls have been made to tackle the rough sleeping crisis after campaigners claimed one homeless person is dying on average every 19 hours. | The Museum of Homelessness (MoH) suggested the figure after it said its research found at least 235 people \"affected by homelessness\" had died in the last six months. | The social justice group used freedom of information requests, local authorities\' figures, coroners\' records and testimonies from families as well as details from media coverage to gather the data — but believe the true figure could be \"significantly higher\". | It has called for official bodies to recor…

Jeff Carter (2019-08-14). Nuclear Weapons, No First Use: \"It Makes the World Safer\" globalresearch.ca Jeff Carter is Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. | In a statement released today, he said: | \"During the second 2020 presidential debate, Senator Elizabeth Warren reiterated her support for a \'No First Use\' policy on nuclear weapons, stating, \'It …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). US Trade Deal Could Drag Britain Into More Wars, Austerity. telesurenglish.net …

Dan Bacher (2019-08-14). Salmon advocates slam Trump rules slashing Endangered Species Act protections. indybay.org \"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.

Zero Hedge (2019-08-14). Footage Captures NATO Intercept Attempt of Plane Carrying Russian Defense Minister. globalresearch.ca Russia\'s Defense Ministry has published dramatic video Tuesday showing another close encounter between its military planes and NATO jets over the Baltic Sea, but this time it involved a dangerous intercept as the NATO aircraft came just off the wing …

Staff (2019-08-14). Stacey Abrams Applauded for #FairFight2020 Initiative Against Voter Suppression. truthout.org | | After experiencing firsthand how voter suppression impacts elections in her narrowly unsuccessful Georgia gubernatorial race against Republican Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams on Tuesday launched an initiative aimed at bolstering voter protections nationwide ahead of the 2020 elections. | \"There are only two things stopping us in 2020: that people have…