RT (2019-08-21). 2 American servicemen killed in Afghanistan — NATO. rt.com Two US soldiers have been killed in action in Afghanistan, according to NATO\'s press office. The alliance did not elaborate on the cause of death or release the names of the servicemen. | Sixteen US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan so far in 2019, 14 of them in combat and the other two in accidents aboard an American warship. | Taliban attacks have also spiked this year, inflicting major civilian casualties in bombings in Kabul and elsewhere. Earlier this month, the group claimed responsibility for a bombing that injured 100 people and killed 18. | DETAILS TO FOLLOW…

Redacción Internacional, granma.cu (2019-08-21). øEs posible un bloqueo naval de EE.UU. contra Venezuela? workers.org 19 de agosto — El magnate presidente Donald Trump ha insistido en el bloqueo naval como opción a tomar contra la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y, de acuerdo con el portal estadounidense Axios, citado por Misión Verdad, se trataría de un embargo directo a las costas venezolanas \"para evitar que . . . | Continue reading øEs posible un bloqueo naval de EE.UU. contra Venezuela? at Workers.org

RT (2019-08-21). Rick Perry, politician responsible for US nukes, falls for embarrassing Instagram hoax. rt.com The US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry showed his age and social media naivety by reposting a hoax that supposedly stops Instagram from making its users\' public posts… public. | The former governor of Texas, who\'s currently responsible for America\'s nuclear arsenal, shared…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-21). Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, but at What Price? mintpressnews.com With Jewish settlers dictating the political agenda in Israel, and constantly provoking Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, violence is likely to grow exponentially in the coming months.

Michael Welton (2019-08-21). That Couldn\'t Be True: Restorying and Reconciliation. counterpunch.org The Canadian nation-state presents itself to the world as a benign peacekeeper and benevolent force for good in the world. This myth washes over us and leaves us unwilling and reluctant to face up to our past as a white settler colonial state. If we did a few nasty things in the past, well, that More

RT (2019-08-21). US to allow indefinite detention for migrant children following rule change. rt.com The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a change in policy that could see migrant children detained indefinitely, replacing a previous restriction limiting confinement of undocumented minors to 20 days. | The department announced on Wednesday that it would terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement, which set requirements for detaining migrants, arguing the rules contained a \"loophole\" that drives illegal immigration into the US. | \"By closing this key loophole in Flores, the new rule will restore integrity to our immigration system and eliminate the major pull factor fueling the crisis,\" acting Home…

Eds. (2019-08-21). Washington intensifies its collective punishment of Venezuelans. mronline.org Despite previous sanctions leading to over 40,000 deaths in Venezuela over two years, the U.S. is escalating its economic offensive. | Source

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-21). Offering Choice But Delivering Tyranny: the Corporate Capture of Agriculture. counterpunch.org Many lobbyists talk a lot about critics of genetic engineering technology denying choice to farmers. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies to maximise choice and options. At the same time, somewhat ironically, they decry organic agriculture and proven agroecological approaches, presumably because these practices have no need for More

Craig Collins (2019-08-21). Endangered Species Act: A Failure Worth Fighting For? counterpunch.org Everyone who gives a damn about the planet is denouncing Trump\'s latest attack on the Endangered Species Act. But little is being said about this law\'s actual impact on the fate of endangered species. In theory, the collapse of global biodiversity was supposed to be prevented by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Convention on International Trade of Endangered (CITES). But in reality this has amounted to trying to stop a raging wildfire with a squirt gun. More

Staff (2019-08-21). Democrats Are Waging a Covert War on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. truthdig.com The Democratic Party establishment wants you to know that they\'re not afraid of primary challenges from the Justice Democrats—a progressive political action committee that runs progressive candidates who reject campaign funding from the ultra-rich and corporations. But when the establishment Democrats tell you they aren\'t afraid, they often aren\'t brave enough to let reporters quote them by name. | These anonymous sources are rarely as insulting as the one quoted by Fox News\' Brooke Singman: \"No one is afraid of those [Justice Democr…

Jordan Riefe (2019-08-21). China Bests U.S. on the Factory Floor in Obamas\' Netflix Debut. truthdig.com The Obamas\' first Netflix release, \" American Factory,\" available beginning Wednesday on the streaming service and in select theaters, arrives at a time when most concede Chinese economic hegemony will eventually usurp that of the U.S. | The subject of the film, which won the best director award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, is a former General Motors factory in Dayton, Ohio, purchased and refitted by the Chinese company Fuyao Glass, one of the largest auto glassmakers in the world. | \"There are two c…

Oscar Grenfell (2019-08-21). Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange. globalresearch.ca At a Sydney \"Politics in the Pub\" meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposing the extent of the betrayal of Julian Assange by the Guardian and the New York Times, and refuting the …

Prof. Alon Ben-Meir (2019-08-21). Trump-Netanyahu: The Disgraceful President and the Contemptible Prime Minister. globalresearch.ca Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, to enter Israel. Netanyahu, like a poodle, simply obeys his …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-08-21). Omar, Tlaib, and the United States of Israel. globalresearch.ca I\'m trying to remember when Israel wasn\'t the fifty-first state. It receives my tax money and a blank check by the United States government to torture, ethnically cleanse, and murder Palestinians. | Israelis are apparently more important and cherished than Americans, …

Coaltion to Close the Concentration Camps (2019-08-21). Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization–#StopICEterror. indybay.org 100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616, United States | (Palantir Headquarters)…

Staff (2019-08-21). New York Court Directive May Violate Rules Protecting Families From Deportation. truthout.org | | This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at revealnews.org and subscribe to the Reveal podcast, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org/podcast.A high-ranking immigration court official has issued a requirement to judges in New York City that deportation cases involving…

Jessica Corbett (2019-08-21). Bolsonaro greenlights new pesticides even as advocates mourn half billion dead bees in Brazil. nationofchange.org Pointing to the deaths of more than half a billion bees in Brazil over a period of just four months, beekeepers, experts, and activists are raising concerns about the soaring number of new pesticides greenlighted for use by the Brazilian government since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January—and the threat that it poses …

Alex Emmons (2019-08-21). Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Afghan Militias, Report Says. theintercept.com \"If cut loose by the CIA,\" the report notes, militias \"may be reborn as private armies or \'security guards\' in the service of powerful individuals.\"

WSWS (2019-08-21). Sudan opposition leaders form government with the army. wsws.org The agreement is a shameless betrayal of the months-long protest movement that brought cities across the country to a virtual standstill.

WSWS (2019-08-21). Brian Banks: A false rape accusation and its consequences. wsws.org Brian Banks is based on the true story of a black high school football star in Long Beach, California falsely accused of rape at the age of 16. Rosie deals with homelessness in Dublin and Angels Are Made of Light the war in Afghanistan.

Zero Hedge (2019-08-21). Half a Billion Bees Drop Dead in Brazil Amid Jump in Pesticide Use. globalresearch.ca Bee apocalypse has unfolded in four of Brazil\'s southern states in 1Q19. More than half a billion bees died earlier this year, in a short period, experts are suggesting that pesticides are likely to be blamed, reported Bloomberg. ….

United Nations (2019-08-21). Lack of funds forces UN to close down life-saving aid programmes in Yemen. un.org The United Nations announced on Wednesday that it is being forced to close down several humanitarian programmes in Yemen because money pledged by Member States to pay for them has \"failed to materialize\".

Kenn Orphan — Phil Rockstroh (2019-08-21). The Dead Letter Office of Capitalist Imperium: a Poverty of Mundus Imaginalis. counterpunch.org PR: What has been of greater service to humanity, the dark vision of humanity, limned in satire, by Jonathan Swift or the positivity-rancid homilies of corporate church of self-actualization? What is more propitious to the psyche, a descent into the underworld by Orphic imagination or the Icarusian dazzle on Instagram or the narcissistic intoxication induced More

George Wuerthner (2019-08-21). The Forest Service Puts Ranchers Ahead of Grizzlies (and the Public Interest). counterpunch.org The recent killing of more grizzly bears by the Wyoming Game and Fish, a listed endangered species, to protect ranchers in the Upper Green River Allotment on the Bridger Teton National Forest is another shameful example of the mixed-up priorities and mismanagement of our public lands. Why should native animals, especially endangered animals, be killed More

Gary Lindorff (2019-08-21). The Smiling Turtle. counterpunch.org The smiling turtle looks like he\'s About to break into a laugh He\'s been Waiting a long time for the punch-line I am not smiling My mirror has misted up I feel the closeness of the swamp I think we are sinking Into the muck of our business We have to call off the meeting More

South Front (2019-08-21). Video: Militant Groups Lose Lots of Equipment in Southern Idlib. globalresearch.ca Units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces, backed up by the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces, have liberated Umm Zaytunah and Kafr Tab, and advanced on Abedin and Madaya in southern Idlib. | Meanwhile, …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-08-21). Fast Bowling, Concussions and Jofra Archer. globalresearch.ca We should all be cheering on some level. So much in this age of cricket favours the pampered bat over the stifled ball. The game of duration has suffered: five-day test matches are struggling before diminishing attention spans and ever …

South Front (2019-08-21). Video: Khan Shaykhun Is About to Fall into the Hands of Syrian Army. globalresearch.ca Militants\' defense in southern Idlib and northern Hama has collapsed. | On August 19, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies backed up by Syrian and Russian air power cut off the M5 highway north of Khan …

Kioni Dudley (2019-08-21). Colonization and Americanization of Hawaii: Replacing Hawaiian Culture. globalresearch.ca Summary | In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 1469 relieving the U.S. from the reporting requirements under Article 73 e, after finding that the people of the territory had exercised self-government by choosing to become a state of the …

John Clarke (2019-08-21). A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams. globalresearch.ca Cathy Crowe\'s book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and challenging a growing blight of destitution and poverty in Toronto that has developed with the advance of the neoliberal agenda. …

Ida Lim (2019-08-21). The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Tragedy, Blamed on Russia. NGOs Say They Will Seek PM Mahathir Support to Prevent the MH17 Trial of Four Men. globalresearch.ca Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today said they will soon ask for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad\'s help to prevent the trial of four individuals over the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from starting. | Chandra Muzaffar…

South Front (2019-08-21). Video: Syrian Tiger Forces Advance to Encircle Khan Shaykhun. globalresearch.ca Government forces are rapidly advancing in southern Idlib inflicting large casualties to radical militant groups. | During the weekend, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies have liberated the villages of Khirbat Abidin, Hursh al-Tawilah, Mughr Hunta, …

(2019-08-21). Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA\'s 200 Million-acre Expansion of Bee-killing Pesticide. globalresearch.ca The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety sued the Trump administration today over its July decision to approve use of the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor across more than 200 million acres of crops. | The approval was granted despite …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-08-21). What Globalism Did Was to Transfer the US Economy to China. globalresearch.ca The main problem with the US economy is that globalism has been deconstructing it. The offshoring of US jobs has reduced US manufacturing and industrial capability and associated innovation, research, development, supply chains, consumer purchasing power, and tax base of …

Barry Kissin (2019-08-21). Russiagate: The Miserable Truth. globalresearch.ca Introductory Disclaimer: I have never voted Republican for Federal office and I deplore most of what Fox News has to offer. I am currently registered Democrat in order to vote in the Presidential primary for either Bernie Sanders or Tulsi …

Shane Quinn (2019-08-21). History: US Encroachment Encouraged Japan To Support Hitler and Mussolini. globalresearch.ca During late September 1940, Japanese representatives like Sabur≈ç Kurusu flew to Berlin where they were greeted by the ruler of Europe, Adolf Hitler. Kurusu, an experienced career diplomat from Yokohama, could not help but notice the Nazi self-assurance at …

United Nations (2019-08-21). Somalia security remains a concern, head of UN Mission warns Security Council. un.org Despite \"encouraging\" developments, insecurity across Somalia remains a serious concern, James Swan, head of the UN Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), warned the Security Council, in his first briefing to the world body since taking office.

Anti Police-Terror Project (2019-08-21). APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail. indybay.org East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…

Staff (2019-08-21). Trump Escalates War on Species as We Face an Extinction Emergency. truthout.org | | The Trump administration\'s recent announcement of rule changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) will blow a hole through protections that have been crucial to preventing extinctions and to helping the recovery of many threatened species. The changes, announced by the Interior Department\'s, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service, will take effect in September. | About 1,600 plant and animal species in the U.S. are listed under the ESA. It\'s been estimated the ESA…

David Dayen (2019-08-21). How Elizabeth Warren Works the Political System. commondreams.org What sets Senator Elizabeth Warren apart is that she uses the levers of power available to politicians with a platform in Washington to achieve progress—and she is willing to criticize allies in the process. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/warren_13.jpeg …

The Canary (2019-08-21). Warning over increasing violence at Pentonville Prison. thecanary.co Violence fuelled by gangs, drugs, debt and \"volatile young prisoners\" has \"increased markedly\" at one of the country\'s oldest and busiest jails, inspectors have warned. | Violence has shot up by more than 50% since 2017 at HMP Pentonville in north London, the Inspectorate of Prisons said on Wednesday. | Inspectors found the prison was unsafe and plans for activities, rehabilitation and release were not good enough. | In the last six months there have been 264 assaults on staff and inmates and 61 fights, compared with 196 and 65 respectively during a previous inspection. | The problems were \"clear and serious\" wit…

Staff (2019-08-21). Progressive Jews Hit Back After Trump\'s Anti-Semitic Smear. truthout.org | | Progressive Jews accused President Donald Trump of blaring \" straightforward anti-Semitism\" after he said from the Oval Office on Tuesday that Jewish Americans who vote for the Democratic Party are either ignorant or disloyal. | The smear — which sparked widespread outrage and the trending hashtag #DisloyaltoTrump — came after Trump once aga…

Tim Radford (2019-08-21). Unique climate change has no natural cause. nationofchange.org European and U.S. scientists have cleared up a point that has been nagging away at climate science for decades: not only is the planet warming faster than at any time in the last 2,000 years, but this unique climate change really does have neither a historic precedent nor a natural cause. Other historic changes — the …

Staff (2019-08-21). Elizabeth Warren Announces Plan to Protect Black Farm Ownership. truthout.org | | Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren released farm policy plans this month that intend to address discrimination against farmers of color and protect heirs\' property ownership. Her proposals cite ProPublica\'s investigation into the historic and ongoing dispossession of heirs\' property o…

Robert Skidelsky (2019-08-21). The fall and rise of public heroism. nationofchange.org Recently I watched The Man Who Was Too Free, a moving documentary about the Russian dissident politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down in front of the Kremlin in 2015. A young, handsome rising political star in the 1990s, Nemtsov later refused to bend to Russian President Vladimir Putin\'s authoritarianism and went into opposition, where he was …

Staff (2019-08-21). Amid Warnings of Recession, Trump Proposes More Tax Cuts for the Rich. truthout.org | | The Trump administration has floated a new round of tax cuts for the rich and slashing the payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare to ease worries of a recession, which the White House insists is not happening despite dire warnings from economists and the stock market. | Despite the stock market plummeting over concerns of a loo…

Staff (2019-08-21). Meet Alvaro Enciso, the Artist Placing Crosses in Sonoran Desert to Memorialize Migrant Deaths. democracynow.org More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States. On a recent visit to the Arizona borderlands, Democracy Now! accompanied Tucson-based artist Alvaro Enciso into the desert at the site where he placed four unique markers to honor four immigrants killed in a car accident years ago as they fled from Border Patrol. In the past five years, Enciso, who is originally from Colombia, has built and installed over 900 crosses across the treacherous Sonoran Desert in Arizona as part o…

Staff (2019-08-21). An Artist Is Placing Crosses in Sonoran Desert to Memorialize Migrant Deaths. truthout.org | | More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States. On a recent visit to the Arizona borderlands, Democracy Now! accompanied Tucson-based artist Alvaro Enciso into the desert at the site where he placed four unique markers to honor four immigrants killed in a car accident years ago as they fled from Border Patrol. In the past five years, Enciso, who i…

Amy Goodman (2019-08-21). Portland rejects proud boys & other ultra-right groups as Trump tries to criminalize Antifa. nationofchange.org A crowd of white nationalists took to the streets of Portland, Oregon, over the weekend for what they dubbed the \"End Domestic Terrorism\" rally. But they were outnumbered by a massive response from counterprotesters, who gathered across the city as police escorted members of the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer and other right-wing groups across one …

United Nations (2019-08-21). Scars of terrorism \'run deep\', UN chief says, paying tribute to victims. un.org The scars of terrorism \"run deep\", and while they may fade with time, \"they never disappear\", the United Nations chief said on Wednesday, in his message for the second International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.

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