2019-08-18: Social Media Postees

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Tlaib and Omar\'s Denial of Entry by Israel Is Not a \"Freedom of Speech\" Issue
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
For how long will discourse on the plight of the Palestinian people be hostage to the notion that \"impartial observers\", i.e., the silent majority on Israel, must be addressed in a manner that accounts for \"where they are, not where …
globalresearch.ca/tlaib-omar-denial-entry-not-freedom-speech-issue/5686578

#CloseTheCamps: Protest by Healthcare & Harm Reduction Workers for Migrant Rights
Do No Harm Coalition, Public Health Awakening | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), | 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825502.php

#CloseTheCamps: Protest by Public Health & Healthcare Workers for Migrant Rights
Public Health Justice Collective & Others | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825498.php

Spain Offers Port to Stranded Migrants, Salvini Claims Victory
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-18
Spain on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark more than a hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the vessel had spent more than two weeks waiting for a safe port to be made available. | RELATED: | Open Arms Allowed to Land 27 Minors at the Lampedusa Port | The migrants, most of whom are African, were picked up by the Open Arms boat off the coast of Libya and have been waiting to disembark on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spain-Offers-Port-to-Stranded-Migrants-Salvini-Claims-Victory-20190818-0001.html

Colombia\'s Duque Shuns Nobel Winner Meeting Rape Survivors
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-18
Colombian President Ivan Duque was slammed for refusing to meet with Nobel Laureate Denis Mukwege who visited the country to support the victims of sexual violence. | RELATED: | Colombian Social Leader Shot a Day After Global March Against Activists\' Killings | The physician from Congo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his \"efforts to end the use of se…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombias-Duque-Shuns-Nobel-Winner-Meeting-Rape-Survivors-20190818-0002.html

Corporate Media Are Downplaying Resistance to Brazil\'s Far-Right Leader
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-18
August 13 protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, one of 211 cities where demonstrations took place (Dowglas Silva). | Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of 211 cities on August 13 to protest far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s austerity cuts and privatization plans for the public university system. It was the third in series of national education strikes, dubbed \"the Education Tsunamis,\" organ…
truthdig.com/articles/corporate-media-are-downplaying-resistance-to-brazils-far-right-leader/

How Washington Is Meddling in the Affairs of Hong Kong
| globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
While there has been growing coverage of the unrest in Hong Kong, there has been minimal coverage of what may lie behind the pro-democracy protests. Even Donald Trump has entered the fray with this tweet which clearly condemns China\'s actions …
globalresearch.ca/washington-meddling-affairs-hong-kong/5686605

History of the Third Reich. Hitler and the Atomic Bomb
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Author\'s preface | German dictator Adolf Hitler had a central role in initiating World War II, by pursuing a list of bold and aggressive foreign policy actions dating from the mid-1930s, and culminating in his invasion of Poland in the autumn …
globalresearch.ca/history-third-reich-hitler-atomic-bomb/5685591

The Plot to Attack Iran:‚Ä® How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825506.php

Video: Syrian Army Overwhelms Militants\' Defense in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
The southern part of Idlib province and the northern part of Hama province remain the main areas of hostilities in Syria. | On August 14, a Su-22 warplane of the Syrian Air Force was shot down during a combat sortie over …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-overwhelms-militants-defense-southern-idlib/5686555

The War on Yemen: How Far Will the Saudi-UAE Confrontation Go?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, increasingly wary allies of one another in the War on Yemen, are poised to sharpen their competition in the Red Sea-Horn of Africa region to the point of becoming \"frenemies\" amidst both parties\' efforts to …
globalresearch.ca/allies-frenemies-how-far-saudi-emirati-competition-go/5686234

Why Lula Thinks the U.S. Is Behind \'Operation Car Wash\'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-18
In a recent interview, the former Brazilian president claims the recent turmoil in his nation \"has the hand of the United States\" all over it.
truthdig.com/articles/why-lula-thinks-the-u-s-was-behind-operation-car-wash/

APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail
Anti Police-Terror Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825530.php

Destruction of the Pillars of the Syrian Economy: Terrorists Destroy Grain Silos, Farmer Tractors in Tal Al-Sakhr, North West of Hama
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Nothing new with the crimes committed by the Turkish pariah Erdogan\'s most loyal terrorists in Syria, like their sponsor Erdogan and like Israel, they are not satisfied with the crimes they commit upon entering a town, and during their presence, …
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorists-destroy-grain-silos-before-withdrawal-tal-al-sakhr/5686584

Google Is Deepening Its Involvement With Egypt\'s Repressive Government
Vic Ryan | theintercept.com | 2019-08-18
Google is set to re-staff its Cairo office, which more or less went dormant in 2014, following the military coup that brought Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to power.
theintercept.com/2019/08/18/google-egypt-office-sisi/

Russia and China Divided over Kashmir Crisis
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Kashmir issue has been internationalized and Pakistan sought the meeting of UNSC and with China\'s backing, UNSC is convening after 50 years on Kashmir issue. Russia seems to be backing Indian claims while China went all out in Pakistan\'s favor….
globalresearch.ca/alt-media-entering-new-era-russia-china-divided-kashmir/5686570

Canada Oil Pipeline Contract Threatens Integrity of Mother Earth\'s Native Peoples
Irwin Jerome | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
In a law school dictionary the definition of a Philadelphia Lawyer is, \"A very sly, crafty, shrewd lawyer who is an expert in the exploitation of legal technicalities\". No where more evident can this be seen than in Northern British …
globalresearch.ca/oil-pipeline-contract-threatens-integrity-mother-earths-native-peoples/5686568

Political Propaganda directed against the Syrian Government of Bashar Al Assad
Lilly Martin Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Very recently, National Public Radio (NPR) conducted an interview throwing suspicion on and mocking Asma, the wife of the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian First Lady had recently done a Syrian TV interview announcing that she …
globalresearch.ca/national-public-radio-political-propaganda-media-outlet/5686561

US Congresswoman Accuses Tribes and Environmentalists of \"Destroying Our Western Way of Life\" over Sacred Grizzly Protections
Native News Online | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) \"was …
globalresearch.ca/rep-cheney-accuses-tribes-destroying-our-western-way-life-over-sacred-grizzly-protections/5686545

Bounty Hunters Are a Lethal Weapon in a Justice System Corrupted by Money
Shaun King | theintercept.com | 2019-08-18
A group of bounty hunters and bondsmen, in pursuit of money, killed an innocent man in Tennessee. They were mostly let off by a jury.
theintercept.com/2019/08/18/gun-violence-bounty-hunters/

Israeli Illegal Arms Trade in South Sudan Was Disguised as \"Agriculture\"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-18
Investigative journalist Sam Mednik revealed that the agricultural company Green Horizons was a front for former Israeli general Israel Ziv\'s security company CST who were supplying arms to South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council arms embargo…
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-illegal-arms-trade-in-south-sudan-was-disguised-as-agriculture

\'Their Racist, Anti-Immigration Crusade Knows No Bounds\': Trump White House Tried to Stop Immigrant Kids From Attending Public Schools
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-18
\"America\'s teachers and school staff will not stand for this. If they try to block students from attending our schools they will hear from us. Immigrants are welcome here.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/donald_trump_stephen_miller.png
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/18/their-racist-anti-immigration-crusade-knows-no-bounds-trump-white-house-tried-stop?cd-origin=rss

If Elected in 2020, Sanders Vows to \'Go to War With White Nationalism and Racism in Every Aspect of Our Lives\'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-18
\"Too many people have fought over the years, too many people have died against racism to allow it to resurface and flourish in America.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_3.png
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/18/if-elected-2020-sanders-vows-go-war-white-nationalism-and-racism-every-aspect-our?cd-origin=rss

Shell Union Coerced into Attending Trump Speech, or Lose Pay
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
Union workers at a Royal Dutch Shell manufacturing plant were put between a rock and a hard place, threatened with loss of pay if they refused to attend U.S. President Donald Trump\'s speech on Tuesday at the company\'s Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, Pennsylvania. | RELATED: | \'May God Ruin Him\': Rashida Tlaib\'s Grandma on Trump | According to the Pittsburgh Gazette, union leaders received a letter from their contractor at first informing them their attendance at the even…
telesurenglish.net/news/Shell-Union-Coerced-into-Attending-Trump-Speech-or-Lose-Pay-20190817-0012.html

Tlaib agrees to Israeli terms, then reverses herself on West Bank visit
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
The events of the past two days have provided a fresh demonstration of the cowardice of the Democratic Party and the absence within it of any principled opposition to Donald Trump\'s authoritarian agenda.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/dems-a17.html

Trump\'s Immigration Crackdown Is Quietly Targeting Labor Protections
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-17
| New Orleans — Martha came to the United States from Mexico to work in a seafood processing facility in the Gulf South on a temporary labor visa, but it\'s unclear if all of her fellow laborers were similarly documented. Her boss allegedly threatened to call immigration authorities and have workers deported if didn\'t they finish high volumes of work on time. | Workplace retaliation is against the law, regardless of where workers come from. Having attended know-your-rights trainings with labo…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-immigration-crackdown-is-quietly-targeting-labor-protections/

Trump\'s contempt for working-class expressed in new expanded public charge rule
Shawn Fremstad | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-17
This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially published regulations that radically expand the definition of an archaic immigration law term, public charge, to include various non-cash benefits that supplement earnings and other income, but are impossible to live on in the absence of other income. The people most impacted include millions of working-class and middle-class US citizens who plan to marry or are married to foreign nationals. | Under the longstanding law and policy that existed before the new regulati…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/17/trumps-contempt-for-working-class-expressed-in-new-expanded-public-charge-rule/

\"One By One, They\'re Dying\": Activists Protest Tennessee\'s Fifth Execution in a Year
Liliana Segura | theintercept.com | 2019-08-17
Stephen West was killed in the electric chair on August 15, and abolitionists are vowing to step up the pressure to stop executions in Tennessee.
theintercept.com/2019/08/17/tennessee-death-penalty-protests/

Milwaukee VA workers fight union busting
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
Milwaukee, WI – Fifty Veterans Affairs workers and supporters rallied outside the Zablocki VA hospital August 12 to protest union-busting, attacks on high-quality public veteran healthcare, and bad faith bargaining by the VA administration. | The rally was organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3 and supported by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Veterans for Peace and elected leaders including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. | AFGE members and representatives detailed shocking accounts of the ex…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/17/milwaukee-va-workers-fight-union-busting

Trump\'s \'Deal of the Century\': A plan for peace, or destruction?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-17
Trump\'s \'Deal of the Century\' bills itself as an effort at establishing peace between Israel and Palestine, but in reality aims at advancing Israel\'s interests, and fundamentally altering the geopolitical balance of the Middle East. THE US\' TRUE MOTIVATIONS The US established a new strategy in the Middle East after the end of World War …
uwidata.com/4948-trumps-deal-of-the-century-a-plan-for-peace-or-destruction/

Milwaukee VA workers fight union busting
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
Milwaukee, WI – Fifty Veterans Affairs workers and supporters rallied outside the Zablocki VA hospital August 12 to protest union-busting, attacks on high-quality public veteran healthcare, and bad faith bargaining by the VA administration. | The rally was organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3 and supported by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Veterans for Peace and elected leaders including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. | AFGE members and representatives detailed shocking accounts of the ex…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/17/milwaukee-va-workers-fight-union-busting

Media Blackout on Brazil\'s Anti-Bolsonaro Protests – Why are New York Times and Guardian downplaying resistance to Brazil\'s far-right president?
Brian Mier | fair.org | 2019-08-17
August 13 protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, one of 211 cities where demonstrations took place (photo: Dowglas Silva). | Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of 211 cities on August 13 to protest far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s austerity cuts and privatization plans for the public university system. It was the third in series of national education strikes, dubbed \"the Education Tsunamis,…
fair.org/home/media-blackout-on-brazils-anti-bolsonaro-protests/

Antifa may be branded \'organization of terror,\' Trump warns, ahead of Portland right-left showdown
rt.com | 2019-08-17
Portland, Oregon, is bracing itself for a major right-wing rally — an event previously marred by clashes with anti-fascists. Warning any would-be violent counter-protesters, Donald Trump said events will be \"watched very closely.\" | …
rt.com/usa/466731-antifa-branded-terrorist-trump-portland/

Hong Kong teachers\' rally kicks off another weekend of protests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-17
School teachers in Hong Kong are marching to the official residence of the city leader as another weekend of protests got under way.An overflow crowd rallied at a public square in the financial district before setting off for Government House, carrying signs that read \"Protect the next generation\" and umbrellas to ward off intermittent downpours.Teachers say they want to show their support for the protesters, many of whom are students.Pro-democracy protesters wait to cross a road during a march (Vincent Yu/AP)They said the government should answer the protesters\' demands and stop using what they called police vio…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/17/hong-kong-teachers-rally-kicks-off-another-weekend-of-protests/

Media Blackout on Brazil\'s Anti-Bolsonaro Protests
Brian Mier | commondreams.org | 2019-08-17
\"The issue of under-reporting and ignoring protests by Brazil\'s so-called \'organized left\'—the labor unions and popular social movements that make up the traditional support base for the Workers Party—is a historic problem,\" Mier writes. (Photo: Douglas Silva) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolsonaro-protest-4-featured-1024×512.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/17/media-blackout-brazils-anti-bolsonaro-protests?cd-origin=rss

VIDEOS show Antifa attacking bus, cornering right-wing protesters as Portland rally turns violent
rt.com | 2019-08-17
Footage has emerged of several violent attacks by Antifa on right-wing demonstrators in Portland, Oregon. The clashes come as President Donald Trump threatened to designate the left-wing movement as an \"organization of terror.\" | …
rt.com/usa/466737-portland-clashes-proud-boys-antifa/

Sudanese protesters sign transition deal with army
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-17
Sudan\'s army and the country\'s pro-democracy movement have signed a final powersharing deal at a ceremony in the capital Khartoum.The move paves the way for a transition to civilian-led government following the overthrow of president Omar al-Bashir in April.Sealing the deal established a joint military and civilian council to rule for a little over three years until elections can be held.A military leader will head the 11-member council for the first 21 months, followed by a civilian leader for the following 18.Pro-democracy supporters headed to the capital Khartoum to celebrate (AP)The agreement will also establ…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/17/sudanese-protesters-sign-transition-deal-with-army/

Facial recognition technology and identity politics
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
The Democrats are seeking to channel mass opposition to the wholesale invasion of privacy into a campaign to regulate and \"equalize\" facial recognition technology.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/face-a17.html

Japan-South Korea conflict intensifies
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
South Korea announced this week that it has removed Japan from a list of countries that qualify for accelerated supply of South Korean products, after Japan had imposed a similar measure against South Korea on August 2.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/jpsk-a17.html

Open Arms Allowed to Land 27 Minors at the Lampedusa Port
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
Defeated by international pressure and pressured by divisions in the far-right ruling class, Italy\'s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini authorized on Saturday morning the landing of 27 \"unaccompanied minors\" from the Open Arms ship to the Lampedura port. | RELATED: | \'Situation On Board is Dramatic\', Open Arms Says | \"Against my will and in another example…
telesurenglish.net/news/Open-Arms-Allowed-to-Land-27-Minors-at-the-Lampedusa-Port-20190817-0005.html

US Issues Arrest Warrant for Iranian Tanker Leaving Gibraltar
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
The United States issued a warrant to seize Iran\'s Grace 1 oil tanker before it leaves Gibraltar\'s waters in what appears to be a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from continuing its journey into the Mediterranean. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | A U.S. federal court issued the warrant this week to seize the Grace 1 in Gibraltar, along with all of its contents, which include the oil it carries and nearly US$1 million. | \"A network of front comp…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Issues-Arrest-Warrant-for-Iranian-Tanker-Leaving-Gibraltar-20190817-0001.html

State of siege in Kashmir: A warning to the international working class
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
Western governments and media have maintained virtual silence over the police state crackdown against 13 million Kashmiris.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/pers-a17.html

Bini\'s Lawyer: Ecuador Prosecutor\'s Still Have no Evidence
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
The lawyer to Swedish expert in open software development, Ola Bini, said Friday that the Ecuadorean government still has no evidence to support its claim that Bini has hacked any state computer systems. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Ola Bini\'s NGO Office Sacked, Tech Equipment Stolen | For over two months, Ecuador\'s administration under President Lenin Moreno held Bini in detention, claiming he tried to \"hack\" computers belonging to presidential of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Binis-Lawyer-Ecuador-Prosecutors-Still-Have-no-Evidence–20190817-0011.html

Carnegie Library workers vote to Join United Steelworkers
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
Pittsburgh, PA – Workers at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, August 14, after launching their organizing campaign in June. They are seeking a collective bargaining agreement that would cover employees across 19 branches and the library support center. | The United Library Workers began discussing unionization last summer in hopes of gaining a voice when it comes to making decisions that affect the library, the people they serve and their own working environment. | \"I am so excited for us to start this next chapter and look forward to working tow…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/16/carnegie-library-workers-vote-join-united-steelworkers

Senior Tory says Boris Johnson\'s rhetoric has led directly to death threats
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-17
A Tory former attorney general has accused Boris Johnson of \"behaving like a demagogue\" and said the Prime Minister\'s rhetoric has led directly to him receiving death threats.Remain-supporter Dominic Grieve insisted he wanted to stay in the Conservative Party to \"save\" it from the likes of Mr Johnson — who he claimed was \"hijacking\" it.The Beaconsfield MP lambasted the PM\'s \"tub-thumping populism\", which he said had led \"straightforwardly\" to the death threats he has received.Mr Grieve, who said someone was arrested in respect of a death threat against him recently, told the BBC\'s Good Morning Scotland progr…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/17/senior-tory-says-boris-johnsons-rhetoric-has-led-directly-to-death-threats/

Jeremy Corbyn vows to reverse \'depressing\' decline of town centres
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-17
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said there is \"nothing more depressing\" than seeing town centres decline as shoppers turn to out-of-town warehouses for online deliveries.He wants councils to have the power to reopen abandoned shops which have been left vacant for 12 months or more and bring back into use some of the estimated 29,000 physical retail units abandoned.Under Labour\'s plan, local authorities will be able to turn vacant shops over to start-ups, co-operative businesses and community projects.Mr Corbyn was joined by local Labour group leader Linda Thomas, right, and Bolton West candidate Julie Hilling for…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/17/jeremy-corbyn-vows-to-reverse-depressing-decline-of-town-centres/

Northwest grocery workers prepare to strike
Johnnie Lewis and Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2019-08-17
Aug. 2 — \"Are you aware that Fred Meyer pays $3.53 more per hour to male workers than to female workers?\" A United Steelworkers\' member posed this question to a Fred Meyer grocery store shopper. Shoppers were shocked and stopped to listen. Most took flyers showing the facts and figures, . . . | Continue reading Northwest grocery workers prepare to strike at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/08/17/northwest-grocery-workers-prepare-to-strike/

ALEC fails to denounce dangerous and racist views of its leaders and members
Scott Zimmerman | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-17
It has been a banner week for extremist politicians linked to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). | ALEC\'s Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, promoted and maintained close ties to an extremist group training children and young men for battle in a \"Biblical warfare\" while schooling them in the \"biblical teachings\" of racist preacher John Weaver, according to a new exposé published by The Guardian. The revelations come just weeks after the W…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/17/alec-fails-to-denounce-dangerous-and-racist-views-of-its-leaders-and-members/

Weekend Read: Slavery shaped America\'s pathology on race and whiteness
splcenter.org | 2019-08-17
Four hundred years ago this month, the White Lion, a warship commanded by English privateers, docked at Point Comfort in the colony of Virginia.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/17/weekend-read-slavery-shaped-americas-pathology-race-and-whiteness

Playing Role of Pesticide \'Cheerleader,\' EPA Rebukes California with Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup
Andrea Germanos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-17
President Donald Trump\'s Environmental Protection Agency was accused of being a pesticide \"cheerleader\" last week after the agency said it would not approval labels that say that glyphosate–the active ingredient in Roundup and other weedkillers–is known to cause cancer. | In …
globalresearch.ca/epa-rebukes-california-ban-warning-labels-roundup/5686607