Tell Greyhound: ICE off our buses!
FIRE | workers.org | 2019-08-20
The call to action below can be shared and signed at bit.ly/ICEoffBuses. Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere is a multinational, multigenerational and multigendered organization based in the U.S., seeking to bring together all sectors of society to concentrate on abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immediately putting an end to . . . | Continue reading Tell Greyhound: ICE off our buses! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/20/tell-greyhound-ice-off-our-buses/

Julian Assange\'s father warns WikiLeaks\' publisher\'s health is \"declining rapidly\" in Belmarsh Prison
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
\"The government will willingly sacrifice Julian\'s well-being to the demands of the US and the UK.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/ship-a20.html

Why the world is watching the fate of an Iranian tanker in the Mediterranean
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-08-20
The British, it is clear, seized the Iranian tanker at the urging of the United States. There was no previous British warning that it might enter in such a muscular way into the U.S. attempt to suffocate Iran. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/19/why-the-world-is-watching-the-fate-of-an-iranian-tanker-in-the-mediterranean/

Why the World Is Watching the Fate of an Iranian Tanker in the Mediterranean
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-08-20
The British seized the Iranian tanker at the urging of the United States. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iran_tanker_uk.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/20/why-world-watching-fate-iranian-tanker-mediterranean?cd-origin=rss

Portland Anti-Fascist Coalition Shows Us How We Can Defeat the Far Right
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| The far-right \"western chauvinist\" street gang known as the Proud Boys is already talking about a follow-up rally next month in Portland, Oregon, following their rally there on Saturday, August 17. | Local anti-fascist resistance is growing, however, and anti-fascist activists say they emerged from their counterprotest against the Proud Boys last Saturday with a strengthened and historic coalition of organizations that will continue to make fascism unwelcome in their community. | Portland…
truthout.org/articles/portland-anti-fascist-coalition-shows-us-how-we-can-defeat-the-far-right/

New Calif. law is one of nation\'s strongest to prevent police shootings
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-20
On a stage packed with legislative and other civic leaders, civil rights activists and members of families with loved ones killed by police, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Aug. 19 signed one of the country\'s strictest laws limiting conditions for police to use lethal force. The law, Assembly Bill 392, the California Act to Save …
peoplesworld.org/article/new-calif-law-is-one-of-nations-strongest-to-prevent-police-shootings/

US-North Korea Peace Talks Have Not Resumed: Pompeo
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
The U.S. and North Korea have not returned to the negotiation table as quickly as they initially hoped, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but he added that Washington knew there would be \'bumps on the road\' in the denuclearization talks. | RELATED: | Trump Designates Brazil a \'Major Non-Nato Ally\' | \"We haven\'t gotten back to the table as quickly as we hoped but we\'ve been pretty clear all along, we knew there would be bums along the way,\" Pompeo said during an interview with CBS…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-North-Korea-Peace-Talks-Have-Not-Resumed-Pompeo-20190820-0002.html

Kushner\'s Threat to Palestine: An Interview with Norman Finkelstein
Colter Louwerse | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
Norman Finkelstein is a leading authority on the Israel-Palestine conflict. While most observers have proclaimed Jared Kushner\'s ongoing \'peace\' initiative to be dead in the water, Norman warns that it may pose a serious threat to the Palestinians. In part 1 of this interview, I spoke with him about what we can expect from the…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/kushners-threat-to-palestine-an-interview-with-norman-finkelstein/

Make love, not war? Department of PEACE plan unveiled by Marianne Williamson, and Twitter loves it
rt.com | 2019-08-20
Democratic presidential hopeful and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson has revealed a proposal for a new \"Department of Peace,\" a project devoted to \"ending the scourge of violence\" around the world. Twitter felt the good vibes. | The proposal was rolled out on Monday night in a post on Williamson\'s website, calling for a new cabinet-level department. The plan lists a lofty series of goals, ranging from addressing \"white supremacy\" and domestic gun violence, to developing \"restorative justice programs\" and \"new structures of nonviole…
rt.com/usa/466918-marianne-williamson-peace-department/

As Deadly Bombings Devastate Afghanistan, US-Taliban Peace Talks Continue
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| In Afghanistan, a series of bomb attacks devastated restaurants and other public spaces Monday in the eastern city of Jalalabad, injuring at least 66 people. The explosions took place on Afghanistan\'s 100th Independence Day, following Saturday\'s bloody suicide bombing at a wedding in Kabul that killed 63 people, wounding around 200 others. ISIS claimed the attack, which was the deadliest this year in Afghanistan. The bombings came as the U.S. and Taliban are reportedly close to a peace deal a…
truthout.org/video/as-deadly-bombings-devastate-afghanistan-us-taliban-peace-talks-continue/

Indonesia Curbs Net, Sends More Police to Papua Amid Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
Indonesia sent 200 more police officers to Papua Tuesday and reined in internet speeds to \"prevent hoaxes from spreading\" as civil unrest persisted in some parts of the country\'s easternmost area, officials said. | RELATED: | Thousands Demand Independence in Indonesia\'s Papua Regions | Thousands of Papuans took the streets of the cities of Sorong, Manokwari, and Jayapura Monday, blocking roads, damaging an airport and torching government buildings. | The protests were triggered by th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indonesia-Curbs-Net-Sends-More-Police-to-Papua-Amid-Protests-20190820-0006.html

Is Hong Kong Important? For Whom?
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
Hundreds of thousands in the streets of Hong Kong protesting the anti-extradition bill for now over ten weeks; thousands closing down the busy international airport; an influential British parliamentarian proposing to return UK citizenship to Hong Kong residents; Chinese students supporting the government and those supporting the protesters clashing in foreign countries; videos showing Chinese…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/is-hong-kong-important-for-whom/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
Hundreds of thousands staged protests last week across Brazil last week in major cities targeting the policies of the Bolsanaro administration, in particular those attacking education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/wrkr-a20.html

Iran Praises North Korea for \'Exercising Vigilance Against US\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
The speaker of Iran\'s parliament, Ali Larijani, has praised North Korea\'s \'intelligent\' approach to the U.S., and said that they have successfully resisted unilateral pressures, thereby securing their independence. Larijani also said that he hoped Iran and North Korea could increase their cooperation, since both are heavily sanctioned by Washington. | RELATED: | War With Iran Will Be \'Mother Of All Wars\': Rouhani | \"North Korean leader [Kim Jong-un] acted properly during negotiations with t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Praises-North-Korea-for-Exercising-Vigilance-Against-US-20190820-0013.html

Pope Francis Confronts the \"Idolatry of Money\" — RAI with Matthew Fox (7/8)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-20
With his criticism of excessive capitalism and of climate change, Pope Francis has become the target of the far-right, and especially of the secretive Opus Dei sect within the Catholic Church, explains former priest Matthew Fox…
therealnews.com/stories/pope-francis-confronts-the-idolatry-of-money-rai-with-matthew-fox-7-8

Italian Leader Conte Resigns With Scathing Attack on Far-Right\'s Salvini
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-20
The prime minister blames the collapse of his populist government on his deputy\'s desire to gain \"full powers\" for his League party.
truthdig.com/articles/italian-leader-conte-resigns-with-scathing-attack-on-far-rights-salvini/

Everything You Think You Know About \'Free Speech\' Is a Lie
P.E. Moskowitz | thenation.com | 2019-08-20
How far-right operatives manufactured the \"crisis\" of free speech with books, think tanks–and billions of dollars.
thenation.com/article/portland-speech-milo-antifa-koch/

Sob o \"escudo\" de mísseis nucleares USA na Europa
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-20
A instalaàßà£o de mísseis da NATO em Deveselu, na Roménia, que faz parte do sistema Aegis americano de \"defesa anti-mísseis\", terminou a \"actualizaàßà£o\" que comeàßou em Abril passado. Comunica a NATO, assegurando que \"nà£o conferiu nenhuma capacidade ofensiva ao sistema\", …
globalresearch.ca/sob-o-escudo-de-misseis-nucleares-usa-na-europa/5686781

The Plot to Attack Iran:‚Ä® How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-08-20
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825506.php

Say no to the McCarthyite attack on Chicago teachers
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-20
As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) find itself locked in tough contract negotiations and faces the possibility of a strike, corporate and right-wing media like the Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and others have launched a bizarre attack that seems like it is straight out of the 1950s red scare. Rather than addressing the real problems impacting teachers and students in Chicago schools, these reactionary pundits have decided the rant and rave about – of all things – a delegation of teachers that traveled to Venezuela earlier this summer. | Here are the facts of the matter. A group of teachers who are also members of…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/20/say-no-mccarthyite-attack-chicago-teachers

Trump calls for naval blockade of Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The US president\'s demand for a military option reflects growing desperation in Washington over the failure of its regime-change operation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/vene-a20.html

China Warns of Reemergence of Islamic State Group in Syria
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
A senior Chinese official said Tuesday that there was a danger of Islamic State group re-emerging in Syria and called for progress in the political process between the Damascus government and the opposition to end the war. | RELATED: | Syria Slams US-Turkey Safe Zone, Calls it \'Blatant Aggression\' | \"There is now a danger of terrorist organizations like ISIS…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Warns-of-Reemergence-of-Islamic-State-Group-in-Syria-20190820-0011.html

APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail
Anti Police-Terror Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-20
East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825530.php

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-08-20
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started…
thenation.com/article/elizabeth-warren-election-2020/

Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning
Nancy Fresco | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-20
The planet\'s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also raging in northern Canada. In Siberia, choking smoke from 13 million acres — an area nearly the size of West Virginia — is blanketing t…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/20/huge-wildfires-in-the-arctic-and-far-north-send-a-planetary-warning/

Basque Country: Over 13,200 Police to Be Deployed at G7 Meeting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
France\'s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner reported on Tuesday that over 13,200 police, gendarmes and military will be deployed to protect the next G7 summit, which will take place in Biarritz, the Basque Country, from August 24 to 26. | RELATED: | G7 Countries Take a Step Towards Taxing Big Internet Companies | More than 450 firefighters and 13 mobile emergency and resuscitation teams will also be part of the deployment in order to make possible public altercations. | At…
telesurenglish.net/news/Basque-Country-Over-13200-Police-to-Be-Deployed-at-G7-Meeting-20190820-0014.html

Trump-Tied Operatives Register as Foreign Agents of Libyan Wealth Fund
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| Michael Cohen\'s former lawyer and the political strategist reportedly behind Donald Trump\'s famous escalator descent launching his 2016 presidential campaign are working as foreign agents for a sovereign wealth fund managed by the government of Libya as it seeks to regain access to billions of dollars in assets frozen since 2011. | David Schwartz represented Cohen, Trump\'s longtime personal la…
truthout.org/articles/trump-tied-operatives-register-as-foreign-agents-of-libyan-wealth-fund/

Calm and Conflict: a Dispatch From Nicaragua
James Phillips | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
I\'ve lost count of how many times I\'ve been in Nicaragua, beginning with almost two years in the country during the Contra War of the 1980s. This month, I spent another nine days in the country. Here are some of observations \"from the Ô¨Åeld.\" Things are calm in Nicaragua in some ways. There is little…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/calm-and-con%ef%ac%82ict-a-dispatch-from-nicaragua/

Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Department of Justice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-20
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica\'s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. | This article was produced in partnership with American Banker. | Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding information from the Justice Department about actions that Trump administration officials took last year to reduce the penalties against two large banks that sold faulty mortgages to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis. | \"These weak settlements send a clea…
truthdig.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-takes-aim-at-department-of-justice/

\"You can\'t trust the government\": Flint, Michigan residents speak out on Newark water crisis
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The lead-in-water crisis in Newark, New Jersey is evoking angry responses from Flint residents who have gone through similar experiences over the last five years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/flint-a20.html

Australian prime minister elevates pro-US militarists to top cabinet, intelligence positions
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
Shearer\'s role will be to advise Morrison and other ministers on how to publicly promote the US-led preparations for war with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/shea-a20.html

The fascist attack on Guardian journalist Owen Jones
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The brutal assault on Guardian journalist Owen Jones must be taken as a grave warning of the dangers to the working class from the far right.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/pers-a20.html

Twitter\'s new policy on \'state-controlled news media\' should concern us all
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-08-20
Twitter has announced an update to its advertisement policy which may reflect yet another assault on free speech by social media giants. On 19 August, Twitter declared that: Going forward, we will not accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities. | While this may not see…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/08/20/twitters-new-policy-on-state-controlled-news-media-should-concern-us-all/

China, Russia Accuse US of Inciting New Arms Race
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
The United States is stoking military tensions with their latest ground-launched cruise missile test, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | \'We May Not Do Any Business With Huawei\': Trump Says as License Expires Aug. 19 | The Kremlin said the U.S. missile test revealed Washington had long been preparing to exit the nuclear pact. The U.S. previously accused Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which was established during the Cold War. | T…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Russia-Accuse-US-of-Inciting-New-Arms-Race-20190820-0007.html

Einstein\'s Atomic Regrets
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
\"If I had known that the Germans would not succeed in constructing an atom bomb, I never would have moved a finger,\" wrote Albert Einstein in his 1950 book Out of My Later Years. He was speaking about a letter from his vacation home on Nassau Point on Long Island that warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt of a breakthrough in Nazi Germany in nuclear fission which could \"lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable…extremely powerful bombs of a new type.\" Atom bombs.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/einsteins-atomic-regrets/

A Clerk\'s Guide to the Unspectacular, 1914
Martin Billheimer | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
\"There ain\'t nothing to do…\" — Dead Boys Now available for the first time in English, Jean de la Ville de Mirmont\'s Sundays of Jean Dézert is a series of dryly comic vignettes in the life of a young Parisian petit bourgeois on the eve of the Great War. This kind of book describes a…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/a-clerks-guide-to-the-unspectacular-1914/

Monroeism is the Other Side of Jim Crow, the Side Facing South
Frederick B. Mills | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
Presentation before the Forum of Sà£o Paulo, Washington DC, on July the 20th, 2019 This Forum of Sà£o Paulo of Washington DC marks a significant step forward in building North-South solidarity on behalf of economic and social justice throughout the hemisphere and respect for the sovereign equality of nations. The Forum comes on the heels of…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/monroeism-is-the-other-side-of-jim-crow-the-side-facing-south/

The Trump Administration Owns the Surge in White Nationalist Violence
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-20
Both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued warnings about the far right. New reporting finds no one wanted to listen.
truthdig.com/articles/the-trump-administration-owns-the-surge-in-white-nationalist-violence/

Elections 2020: Warren and Klobuchar address Native American presidential candidate forum
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-20
SIOUX CITY, Iowa–\"Over the past couple of years, I\'ve had the opportunity to get to know Elizabeth. We have spoken often of the needs of Indian Country, and she has taken action to address them, helped me get elected to Congress, and we\'ve worked together to introduce legislation on affordable healthcare, pre-k education, and housing,\" …
peoplesworld.org/article/elections-2020-warren-and-klobuchar-address-native-american-presidential-candidate-forum/

Nevada Casino Workers Fight to Save Unions Amid Owners\' Threats
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
Casino workers of Nevada, United States, are battling the owners to either form new unions or save existing unions from intimidation, busting, or retaliating against union members. | RELATED: | Shell Union Coerced into Attending Trump Speech, or Lose Pay | Owners of casinos, mostly billionaire allies of U.S. President Donald Trump have stalled recognition, delaye…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nevada-Casino-Workers-Fight-to-Save-Unions-Amid-Owners-Threats-20190820-0015.html

Behind Fiat Chrysler\'s $4.5 billion investment in the Motor City
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The investment of $4.5 billion by FCA in automotive manufacturing in Detroit is part of a global strategy predicated on further dramatic reductions in labor costs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/fiat-a20.html

Review: Russian revolution revered as trailblazing event in the developing world
Tony Pecinovsky | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-20
\"Like a brilliant sun, the [1917] October [Bolshevik] Revolution shone over all five continents, awakening millions of oppressed and exploited people around the world. There has never existed such a revolution of such significance and scale in the history of humanity,\" wrote a young H·ªì Chí Minh while in Paris. He had just read the …
peoplesworld.org/article/russian-revolution-revered-as-trailblazing-event-in-the-developing-world/

Exploiting Russiagate coma, Democrats raped climate movement
Patrick Walker | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-20
Introduction: Some gallows humor: | Seeing the grave existential and political fix we\'re now in, some gallows humor–a sophomoric old joke highly pertinent to my title theme–seems as good a way to start as any. | Q: What\'s the difference between a virgin and a light bulb? | A: You can unscrew a light bulb. | Like the virgin of this admittedly sick joke (relic of more patriarchal times), the climate movement has been truly and royally screwed by Democrats. Given what\'s at stake, a more appropriately inflammatory term is raped, and…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/20/exploiting-russiagate-coma-democrats-raped-climate-movement/

Biden\'s Complicity in Obama\'s Toxic Legacy
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
According to recent polling data, former Vice President Joe Biden has a two-to-one lead over his next closest rival in the Democratic primary contest, Bernie Sanders. According to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, Biden has 34 percent support from registered Democratic voters compared to 17 percent who support Sanders. This will surely embolden those in the establishment wing of the Democratic Party who claim that a moderate, centrist figure like Biden stands the best chance of defeating Trump next year.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/bidens-association-with-obamas-toxic-legacy/

Lula: \"U.S. hand\" on everything that\'s happened in Brazil
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-20
In an interview with Bob Fernandes, on TVE Bahia, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the U.S. government \"created the Lava Jato investigation to take our oil.\" | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/20/lula-u-s-hand-on-everything-thats-happened-in-brazil/

Kidnapper Shot After Hijacking Bus in Brazil With 40 Passengers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
A man hijacked a bus in Rio de Janeiro with almost 40 passengers on board and threatened to set the bus on fire Tuesday. | RELATED: | Brazil\'s Inequality Widens, Super-Rich Hold 28% of Total Income | Brazilian police confirmed his death after holding the passengers\' hostage for almost four hours. They also confirmed the safety of the hostages and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Kidnapper-Shot-After-Hijacking-Bus-in-Brazil-With-40-Passengers-20190820-0003.html

Emerald Garner Responds to the Firing of Officer That Killed Her Father
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who killed Eric Garner in 2014 by using an illegal chokehold, was fired Monday and stripped of his pension benefits. The decision came more than five years after Pantaleo held Garner, an unarmed African-American man, in a chokehold until he dropped to the ground. Before dying, he gasped \"I can\'t breathe\" 11 times. Despite outcry from the family and community members, Pantaleo had remained on the police force on desk duty since the killing. Last month, on the…
truthout.org/video/emerald-garner-responds-to-the-firing-of-officer-that-killed-her-father/

New York Police Department fires cop who killed Eric Garner
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The NYPD fired officer Daniel Pantaleo over five years after he choked to death Staten Island resident Eric Garner.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/garn-a20.html

Hepatitis A Races Across the United States
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| Akron, Ohio–Just before the Fourth of July, Trenton Burrell began feeling run-down and achy. Soon he could barely muster the energy to walk from one room to another. A friend shared an alarming observation: \"You\'re turning yellow.\" | Within days, the 40-year-old landed in the hospital, diagnosed with the highly contagious liver virus hepatitis A, which in Ohio has infected more than 3,220 people and killed at least 15. | Since 2016, the virus has spawned outbreaks in at least 29 states, starting with Michigan and…
truthout.org/articles/hepatitis-a-races-across-the-united-states/

The NYPD Finally Fired the Cop Who Killed Eric Garner — but the Police Reaction Shows How Little Will Change
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-08-20
The decision will not alter the entrenched police ideology that allows for deaths like Garner\'s — showing why reform will be slow and tough.
theintercept.com/2019/08/20/nypd-eric-garner-daniel-pantaleo/