Olivia Rosane (2019-08-22). Record number of fires burning in Amazon rainforest. nationofchange.org There are a record number of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil\'s space agency has said. Their smoke is visible from space and shrouded the city of Sà£o Paulo in darkness for about an hour Monday afternoon, CBS news reported. \"It was as if the day had turned into night,\" Sà£o Paulo resident Gianvitor Dias told BBC News of the …

Kate Aronoff (2019-08-22). Bernie Sanders\'s Climate Plan Is More Radical Than His Opponents\' — And More Likely to Succeed. theintercept.com The $16.3 trillion plan would not only transition American society away from fossil fuels but renegotiate decades-old nostrums about the government\'s role in the economy.

RT (2019-08-22). Defense Department kills multi-billion dollar missile contract with Boeing. rt.com The Pentagon is scrapping a multi-billion dollar deal with Boeing to replace an outdated missile interceptor, citing years of delays and technical problems and jealously eyeing rivals\' capabilities. | \"Ending the program was the responsible thing to do,\" Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, said in a statement on Wednesday. | We decided the path we\'re going down wouldn\'t be fruitful, so we\'re not going down that path anymore. | The exact details of the project\'s failure would not be released \"due to the classified nature of the program,\" a spokesman for the Pentagon\'s Missile D…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-08-22). Trump schemes to smash immigration judges union. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —Anti-worker President Donald Trump, infamous for hating federal workers and their unions, has now taken the next step. Not satisfied with cutting back on workers\' rights, he\'s scheming to literally obliterate the union sector that represents federal immigration judges. And, in the process, he\'s trashing immigrants, too — an even higher Trump priority. Trump\'s …

Staff (2019-08-22). Scientists Definitively Debunk the Biggest Climate Change Lie. truthdig.com European and US 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 so-called Medieval Warm Period and then the \"Little Ice Age\" that marked the 17th to the 19th centuries — were not global. The on…

RT (2019-08-22). Bad credit: Apple warns its new titanium credit card could be damaged by … pretty much anything. rt.com Apple has finally rolled out its first-ever credit card, but the company appears worried that users will damage the new product before they get to use it, warning of the many things that could wreck the card, fueling jeers online. | Months after it was first announced, Apple this week officially launched the new project, offering both a digital version integrated with its Wallet app, as well as a physical card that can be swiped. Though the card is constructed from titanium, Apple has posted a notice for users online listing t…

Staff (2019-08-22). Planned Parenthood Feels Squeeze After Quitting Federal Program. truthdig.com SALT LAKE CITY—Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases after its decision to quit a $260 million federal family planning program in an abortion dispute with the Trump administration. | The fallout is especially intense in Utah, where Planned Parenthood has been the only provider participating in the nearly 50-year-old Title X family planning program and will now lose about $2 million yearly in federal funds that helped 39,000 mostly low-income, uninsur…

Lyn Neeley (2019-08-22). Bolivarian revolution and Black liberation. workers.org Portland\'s Hands Off Venezuela PDX sponsored a Skype teach-in on Aug. 17 with Dr. Layla Brown-Vincent, an assistant professor of Africana Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, who spoke about the role of racism in Bolivarian Venezuela to a room of 25 Oregonians. She said, \"Just as Haiti . . . | Continue reading Bolivarian revolution and Black liberation at Workers.org

Dan Corjescu (2019-08-22). The Metaphysics of Revolution. counterpunch.org Socrates was the first revolutionary. He opened up with a legendary oracular search the inner space from which the individual, as we understand him today, would eventually emerge. His \"daemon\" was that which spoke the necessary freedom and autonomy to become what we are. His was the first lesson. His student, Plato, brought on the More

George Ochenski (2019-08-22). Breaking the Web of Life. counterpunch.org You wouldn\'t expect someone who spent his entire life in high-rise penthouses to understand much about the stunning complexity of Earth\'s natural environment and the millions of species that depend on what is called the interconnected \"web of life.\" And sure enough, while the Sixth Great Extinction is ongoing and accelerating, President Trump is changing the Endangered Species Act through administrative rules, not to rise to the challenge of stopping extinctions, but to make it easier for commercial and extractive enterprises such as oil, gas, mining, logging, ranching, road-building and development to actually e…

ECOGLO (2019-08-22). It\'s About Time for Ethnic Studies in Our K-12 Schools. counterpunch.org \"Why haven\'t we been taught this history before?\" Students have asked us this question countless times over the past twenty-five years of teaching Latin America Studies and Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies at Cal State Los Angeles, Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University. The emotions triggering this question are usually the same. Students feel lied to and cheated. Some are frustrated and downright angry that ethnic studies has been excluded from their schooling. More

Mark Waller (2019-08-22). South Africa bans old racist flag as hate speech. peoplesworld.org PRETORIA, South Africa — A landmark Aug. 21 ruling by South Africa\'s Equality Court has criminalized gratuitous displays of the national flag of the apartheid era. The case was brought before the court by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, backed by the South African Human Rights Commission. The apartheid flag is often displayed by far-right white …

Coaltion to Close the Concentration Camps (2019-08-22). Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization–#StopICEterror. indybay.org 100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616, United States | (Palantir Headquarters)…

Staff (2019-08-22). Former Staffer Details Abuse Inside Chicago Child Detention Center. truthout.org | | In the past two years, many articles have been written exposing the link between Chicago based nonprofits and the broader system of mass detention and child separation at the border. Thanks to the work of community organizers and journalists with ProPublica, the existence of a network of nonprofits acting as child prisons for hundreds of so-called migrant detainees in Chicago has been…

Max Blumenthal (2019-08-22). Nicaragua\'s Sandinista Revolution is still thriving, after 40 years. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal reports from Managua, Nicaragua on the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, which toppled a US-backed…

teleSUR -EF (2019-08-22). Mexican Protector of Macaws Found Murdered in Chiapas. telesurenglish.net The Attorney General of Chiapas confirmed Thursday the murder of Mexican biologist and environmentalist Nora Lopez who spearheaded the red macaw breeding project in southeastern Mexico. | RELATED: | Mexico: Indigenous Activist Killed After Protests Against Energy Plants, Pipeline | \"The Prosecutor\'s Office of Homicide and Feminicide (reports) that the victim was found dead in a hostel along the Palenque-Ocosingo road,\" read a statement from the attorney genera…

Cesar Chelala (2019-08-22). A Palestinian/Israeli Experiment for Peace in the Middle East. counterpunch.org Changing dynamics in the Middle East make peace between Israelis and Palestinians more elusive than ever. Both sides have rights, and both sides made wrongs. How to overcome these wrongs is what two professors, a Palestinian and an Israeli, have been trying to do for over two decades. Their work may represent one of the More

commondreams (2019-08-22). Sanders, Gillibrand Tied for Lead in New Greenpeace Climate 2020 Ranking. commondreams.org ______________________________…

teleSUR (2019-08-22). Jesus Santrich Given Interpol Red Notice. telesurenglish.net Interpol have officially issued a red notice for the arrest of FARC leader Jesus Santrich, following his no-show at a scheduled court appearance in Colombia, and failure to inform authorities of his whereabouts. Santrich helped negotiate the 2016 peace agreements which many say are breaking down due to the state not meeting its obligations. | RELATED: | Colombian Indigenous Peoples Declare Emergency in Cauca Valley | While at a FARC reintegration ca…

Howard Lisnoff (2019-08-22). To Protect and Serve. counterpunch.org I don\'t like dealing with police. I picked up this prejudice, which I feel is an intelligent way of dealing with police, from lots of experiences that came out of the decade of protest in the mid to late 1960s and the early 1970s. I saw how police dealt with kids that hung out around More

teleSUR (2019-08-22). South Korea To Scrap Intelligence Pact With Japan Amid Tension. telesurenglish.net South Korea said Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift protest from Tokyo and deepening a decades-old row over history that has hit trade and undercut security cooperation over North Korea. | RELATED: | 23 Dead, About 13,000 Hospitalized Due to Extreme Heatwave in Japan | Seoul\'s decision not to extend the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) shows how the political and trade dispute between the Asian neighbors a…

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-22). Trump Regime\'s Hardball with China: A Losing Strategy. globalresearch.ca China is a major player on the world stage, geopolitical know-nothing Trump outclassed, outshined, and outwitted by its ruling authorities. | He\'s an embarrassment compared to other major world leaders, a laughing stock geopolitical wrecking ball. | His regime\'s unacceptable Indo/Pacific agenda …

RT (2019-08-22). John Pilger: We Are in a WAR SITUATION with China! dissidentvoice.org On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist and film-maker John Pilger on a round-up of all the latest issues. John describes the current state of global affairs as in a state of world war, warning that the \'coming war on China\' he warned about…has now arrived, he also discusses the Hong …

Mark Weisbrot (2019-08-22). Who is to Blame for Argentina\'s Economic Crisis? counterpunch.org What are we to make of Argentina\'s surprise election results on August 11, which jolted pollsters and analysts alike, and roiled the country\'s financial markets? In the presidential primary for the country\'s October election, the opposition ticket of Alberto Fernández trounced President Mauricio Macri by an unexpected margin of 15.6 percent. The Fernández coalition attributes More

teleSUR (2019-08-22). Bolivia Orders World\'s Largest Air Tanker to Combat Amazon Fires. telesurenglish.net Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales announced on Wednesday that Bolivia had purchased a Boeing 747 \'Supertanker\' to help extinguish huge forest fires in the Amazon have that spilled over from Brazil. By Wednesday evening, the government confirmed that the tanker is arriving in the country and will be operational on Friday. | RELATED: | Bolivia\'s Evo Morales Visits Fire-Affected Eastern Region | The \'Supertanker\' can carry more water than…

teleSUR (2019-08-22). Bolivia Orders World\'s Largest Air Tanker to Combat Amazon Fires. telesurenglish.net Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales announced on Wednesday that Bolivia had contracted a Boeing 747 \'Supertanker\' to help extinguish huge forest fires in the Amazon have that spilled over from Brazil. By Wednesday evening, the government confirmed that the tanker is arriving in the country and will be operational on Friday. | RELATED: | Bolivia\'s Evo Morales Visits Fire-Affected Eastern Region | The \'Supertanker\' can carry more water tha…

commondreams (2019-08-22). Brazilian Government\'s Failures are Fueling Wildfires Across the Amazon. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Manuella Libardi (2019-08-22). Leaked Documents Show Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Has Grave Plans for Amazon Rainforest. commondreams.org Wildfires have raging through the Amazon rainforest for weeks. Satellite data show an 84% increase of fire outbreaks on the same period in 2018. (Photo: Pixabay) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/fire_7.jpeg …

teleSUR (2019-08-22). Police Killings Reaches Historic Record in Rio de Janeiro. telesurenglish.net The mega-city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil recorded a 49 percent increase in civilian deaths at the hands of police in July compared to the same month last year, making it the highest number of deaths by security forces on record since tracking began in 1998, official sources say. | RELATED: | Brazilian Congress Committee Approves US to Use Alcantara Base | A total of 194 people were killed by the police in July – that\'s more than six deaths per day, on average, that took place…

Press TV (2019-08-22). US Unveils Warrant for Seizure of Iran-operated Grace 1. globalresearch.ca According to a Press TV report: | \"The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled a warrant for the seizure of the Iran-operated Grace 1 supertanker a day after Gibraltar\'s Supreme Court confirmed the release of the vessel. On Thursday, Gibraltar\'s …

Ahmad Al Khaled (2019-08-22). No Agreement on Idlib: So-called \"Militants\" (aka Al Qaeda) Continue to Kill Syrian Civilians. globalresearch.ca The 13th round of negotiations on Syria in Astana format was held in the capital of Kazakhstan on the 1st and 2nd of August. As the result, three guarantor states — Russia, Turkey and Iran — accepted a statement which …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-22). What\'s Russia Up to in the Iranian Port of Chabahar? The North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC). globalresearch.ca There have been wild reports over the past few weeks about Russia\'s activities in the Iranian port of Chabahar, with some sources even alleging that Moscow plans to open up a naval base there. | *** | An interesting sequence of events …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-08-22). Al-Golani\'s Defiance of Turkey Leads to Syrian Government Control of Khan Sheikhoun. globalresearch.ca During the first week of this month of August, the ex-ISIS commander and current head of Hay\'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) Abu Mohammad al-Golani held a press conference in the occupied northern city of Idlib. He declared …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-08-22). The Woodstock Summer of Love? Fifty Years Ago. globalresearch.ca Goodness, how 50 years seemed to go like a blink in the eye of memory. Almost to the day, two sets of events harnessed the attention of our nation in August of 1969. On August 9th and 10th, what was …

Global Research (2019-08-22). \"Seeds of Destruction\" and \"The Global Economic Crisis\" globalresearch.ca We are happy to offer you two important books from Global Research Publishers at discounted prices: | Seeds of Destruction, by F. William Engdahl: | \"Control the food and you control the people.\" This is no ordinary book about the perils of …

Andrew Cockburn (2019-08-22). Despite Devastating Crashes, Boeing Stocks Fly High. globalresearch.ca In a turbulent world, some things remain stable, even to an irrational degree. One example is the price of Boeing stock, which, at $329 a share as of midday August 16, has barely moved—down just 1.6 percent—from a year ago. …

Deepal Jayasekera (2019-08-22). Indian Assault on Kashmir in Third Week, Thousands Arrested. globalresearch.ca The state of siege that India\'s Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has imposed on Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is now well into its third week. | Cell phone and internet access continue to be denied to many of …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-22). Russia\'s UNSC Kashmir Stance Wasn\'t Influenced by India or Pakistan, but by China. globalresearch.ca Russia didn\'t want the issue of Kashmir to be brought before the UNSC at all, though it allowed China to go forward with the meeting out of respect for their strategic partnership but then remained conspicuously silent about India\'s threats …

Tom Clifford (2019-08-22). The Beidaihe Political Summit: Is the \"Chinese Dream\" Still Viable? China\'s Debt Crisis. globalresearch.ca The resort town of Beidaihe has just held one of the world\'s most important, and secretive, political gatherings. Members of the public flock there in the summer months to relax on the beach gently lapped by the shallow waters of …

Melissa Dykes (2019-08-22). US Court Ruling: You Can Be \"Too Smart\" to Be a Cop. globalresearch.ca This article was first published on GR on December 18, 2014 | Can a person actually be \"too smart\" to be a cop in America? | A federal court\'s decision back in 2000 suggests that, yes, you actually can be. | Robert Jordan, …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-08-22). US Now Admits it is Funding \"Occupy Central\" in Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca This article first published almost five years ago on October 1, 2014 is of particular relevance to an understanding of recent developments in Hong Kong. | *** | Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called \"Arab Spring\" began spreading chaos …

Middle East Eye (2019-08-22). UK Licensed £6.3bn Worth of Arms to Saudi-led Forces in First Four Years of Yemen Conflict. globalresearch.ca The UK government licensed £6.3bn ($7.6bn) worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in the four years of the group\'s bombing campaign, according to a new report by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT). | According to new government …

John W. Whitehead (2019-08-22). American Apocalypse: The Government\'s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working. globalresearch.ca \"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out … without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is …

Peter Koenig (2019-08-22). Europe on the Brink of Collapse? globalresearch.ca The Empire\'s European castle of vassals is crumbling. Right in front of our eyes. But Nobody seems to see it. The European Union (EU), the conglomerate of vassals — Trump calls them irrelevant, and he doesn\'t care what they think about him, they deserve to be collapsing.

EWG (2019-08-22). Hundreds of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Pollute Americans\' Bodies. globalresearch.ca Hundreds of cancer-causing chemicals are building up in the bodies of Americans, according to the first comprehensive inventory of the carcinogens that have been measured in people. EWG released the inventory today. | EWG spent almost a year reviewing more than …

Staff (2019-08-22). Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberal Capitalism Sets the Stage for Fascism. truthout.org | | We spoke with cultural critic and one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy, Henry Giroux, about his latest book, The Terror of the Unforeseen, in which he warns that the economic tyranny of neoliberal capitalism and a culture of cruelty and objectification set the stage for Trump\'s rise and the emergence of fascism. | Media For Us: In The Terror of the Unforeseen you explain how our economic system enabled Trump…

Anti Police-Terror Project (2019-08-22). APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail. indybay.org East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…

teleSUR (2019-08-22). Syrian Army Opens Humanitarian Corridor For Terror Victims. telesurenglish.net Following the defeat of Al-Qaeda linked jihadists in Khan Shaykhun, The Syrian Arab Army has opened a \'humanitarian corridor\' between Idlib and Hama to allow residents to leave areas still held by foreing-backed terror groups. | RELATED: | Assad Vows to \'Liberate Every Inch of Territory from Terrorists\' | Syrian state media outlet SANA reports that the town of Suran will become a \'humanitarian corridor\' that will allow civillians in Southern Idlib and Northern Hama to flee Jih…

WSWS (2019-08-22). Australia\'s US Studies Centre advocates war-footing against China. wsws.org The policies that the pro-US think tank proposes could not be implemented without the suppression of widespread political opposition.

Jake Johnson (2019-08-22). Amid recession warnings, Trump reportedly considering more tax cuts for rich and corporations. nationofchange.org While continuing to publicly downplay warning signs that the U.S. economy is barreling toward a recession, the Trump White House is reportedly weighing a number of supposed stimulus measures, including more tax cuts for the rich and large corporations. Politico reported late Tuesday that Trump officials are considering \"a cut of an additional percentage point or two to the …