Monday\'s Daily Brief: UN chief talks climate action at G7, WFP official visits camp in Central African Republic, Deadly violence at Lesvos migrant centre, Security Council meets on AU-UN Darfur mission
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-26
A recap of Monday\'s stories: UN chief urges more action from G7 leaders to tackle \'climate emergency\'; WFP official visits camp for displaced in Central African Republic, UN refugee agency calls on Greece to keep young migrants safe after deadly incident at Lesvos reception centre; and Security Council considers work of AU-UN Mission in Sudan\'s Darfur region.
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\'It\'s an Attempt to Impose a White Nationalist Vision of What America Is\' – CounterSpin interview with Sasha Abramsky on new attack on immigrants
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-08-26
Janine Jackson interviewed author Sasha Abramsky about Trump\'s new attack on immigrants for the August 23, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/its-an-attempt-to-impose-a-white-nationalist-vision-of-what-america-is/

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825663.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 28)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825660.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 30)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825662.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 29)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825661.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 27)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825659.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 24)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825657.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 26)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825658.php

Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
The same media that has spent years dragging Assange\'s name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you\'re going to be disappointed.
mintpressnews.com/media-blackout-imprisonment-espionage-act-julian-assange/261510/

Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Progressive candidates should instead be sending the entire world an unequivocal message that the United States is finally ready to turn the page to a new era of peaceful, cooperative and lawful diplomacy. (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1163768855.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/are-sanders-and-warren-throwing-lifeline-military-industrial-complex?cd-origin=rss

Israel\'s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
During Congress\'s August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congressmembers traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes congressional trips to Israel in order to further the \"special relationship\" …
globalresearch.ca/israel-ban-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-backfires/5687138

The Amazon Fires Have Upended the Climate Fight as We Know It
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
Activists have long warned that offsets are too risky to count on to offset corporate pollution. Now the world is learning the hard way.
truthdig.com/articles/the-amazon-fires-upend-the-climate-fight-as-we-know-it/

The Amazon Is on Fire—Indigenous Rights Can Help Put It Out
Naomi Klein | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Colombian natives and activists protested against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in front of the Brazilian consulate in Bogota, Colombia, on August 23, 2019.(Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/indogenous.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/amazon-fire-indigenous-rights-can-help-put-it-out?cd-origin=rss

Feminist Activist Kavita Krishnan on What She Saw in Kashmir
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| In Kashmir, residents have entered their fourth week of a severe lockdown after India revoked the special status of the Indian-controlled part of the Muslim-majority territory. On August 5, India imposed a curfew and cut off all communications to the region. More than 4,000 people, including many political leaders, have been detained, while local residents report facing increasing shortages of food and medicine. Over the weekend, India blocked a delegation of Indian opposition politicians from visiting K…
truthout.org/video/feminist-activist-kavita-krishnan-on-what-she-saw-in-kashmir/

Venezuela: Major Gas Explosion Called Act of \'Sabotage\'
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-26
Government spokespersons have blamed opposition activists from First Justice Party.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14637

Brazil Isn\'t the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, ROND√îNIA, BRAZIL: Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rond√¥nia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon_4.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/brazil-isnt-only-far-right-government-destroying-planet?cd-origin=rss

Sudan: New political transition, bolstered by peacebuilding, could bring long-term stability to Darfur, Security Council told
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-26
\"Important developments\" under way in Sudan since midsummer, including a pledge to end the country\'s outstanding conflicts, and the establishment of a new transitional government, could serve to edge the country\'s people closer to stability, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, briefing the UN Security Council on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044961

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Dresden, Germany, against the rise of the far-right
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
Tens of thousands marched through Dresden on Saturday to protest against the rise of the far-right a week prior to state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/dres-a26.html

Protests Against G7 Summit Finish with Citizen Manifesto
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
With a symbolic act and a citizen manifesto, protests against the G7 summit end here rejecting the group held responsible for wars, climate change and inequalities. | RELATED: | Rifts Emerge Between Trump and Western Allies at G7 Summit | The G7 EZ platforms and Alternatives to G7, which have coordinated actions of more than a hundred organizations, announced that the City of the Ocean, Biarritz, will be the scene of activities, which in addition to the protests and the political d…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Against-G7-Summit-Finish-with-Citizen-Manifesto-20190826-0001.html

\"Hereby Ordered\": On Trump, Capital, Fascism, and China in a World on Fire
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
I am hearing whispers from lefties that \"the ruling class is finally done with Trump.\" It\'s \"the China stuff\" that\'s doing the trick. Sure, the argument goes, the corporate and financial powers that be haven\'t been all that happy with Trump\'s open white nationalism, racism, narcissism, and sexism. It\'s not their style. But they\'ve been willing to put up with Trump\'s noxious nonsense because he\'s rewarded them with plutocratic tax cuts and de-regulation. The presidents\' immigrant-bashing awfulness has kept his \"heartland\" base loyal to a president who knows (despite all his insanity) which constituency matters mos…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/hereby-ordered-on-trump-capital-fascism-and-china-in-a-world-on-fire/

Tulsi Gabbard\'s Anti-War Foreign Policy
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Her public statements, website positions, and body language suggest she\'s a genuine anti-war presidential aspirant. | Wanting US wars of aggression ended against nations threatening no one makes her worthy of everyone\'s support. | At the same time, it\'s important to note …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-anti-war-foreign-policy/5687079

Trump Escalates Trade War with China. Orders Corporate America to Stop Doing Business with China. Beijing Will Retaliate
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Trade wars assure losers, not winners, Trump waging it on multiple fronts — China his main target, a nation able to give as much as it takes directly and asymmetrically. | His MAGA agenda has nothing to do with reducing the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-escalates-trade-war-china/5687077

The Fourth Afghan War is About to Escalate
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
While Afghans are supposed to be celebrating this week\'s blood-soaked hundredth anniversary of their \"independence\" from Britain, signed off in the sweltering Raj military city of Rawalpindi in 1919, their most powerful militia is negotiating further \"independence\" from the Americans in an air-conditioned conference hall in Doha. A hundred years ago, \"Pindi\" was the British army\'s…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/the-fourth-afghan-war-is-about-to-escalate/

US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen\'s Ancient Heritage
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
Saada\'s old city, which is among the world\'s oldest human-carved landscapes, once consisted entirely of historic, centuries-old multi-story homes. Now, it has been wiped out, after Saudi Arabia declared it a military zone — even the city\'s hand-carved wooden doors have been reduced to ashes.
mintpressnews.com/us-israel-collectors-buy-yemen-ancient-historic-sites/261519/

Britain sold more than £6 billion in arms for Saudi-led coalition\'s deadly war in Yemen
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
British-built aircraft, bombs and missiles have been used to target civilians in breach of the UK arms export law that bans the sale of arms or munitions to a state that is at \"clear risk\" of committing serious violations of international humanitarian law.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/arms-a26.html

Hong Kong and the Audacity of the U.S. Part of a \"Destabilization War\" with China
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
The US has sent a couple of war ships into China waters at Hong Kong. They had the audacity to ask Beijing to grant them the right to dock at Hong Kong harbor. Beijing refused and warned Washington — do not meddle in our internal affairs.
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-and-the-audacity-of-the-u-s-part-of-a-destabilization-war-with-china/5687191

If Trudeau Cared About Environment He\'d Stop \"Making Nice\" with Brazilian President Bolsonaro
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
By now most environmentally conscious people understand that Jair Bolsonaro is a bad guy. Brazil\'s president has scandalously blamed environmentalists for starting fires burning in the Amazon region, after having called for more \"development\" of the huge forests. | Canadians are …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-cared-about-environment-stop-making-nice-brazilian-president/5687232

Amazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?
Jos Barlow and Alexander C. Lees | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
Addressing these challenges requires integrated national and global actions, collaboration between scientists and policy makers, and long-term funding — approaches that the current Brazilian administration seems intent on destroying.
nationofchange.org/2019/08/26/amazon-fires-explained-what-are-they-why-are-they-so-damaging-and-how-can-we-stop-them/

Bolsonaro: I\'ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-26
The massive fire disaster in the Brazilian Amazon has sparked angry reactions worldwide. The danger to all of nature and humanity posed by the destruction of the vast forested area, which scientists say provides the planet with 20% of its oxygen, has caused alarm in countries rich and poor. It has also prompted indignation against …
peoplesworld.org/article/bolsonaro-government-says-it-will-save-amazon-by-opening-it-to-corporate-interests/

Bolsonaro\'s Horrific Plans for the Amazon Revealed in Leaked Presentation
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
It shows how the Brazilian president intends to isolate minority groups with his hate speech and use developments to \"occupy\" the land.
truthdig.com/articles/bolsonaros-horrific-plans-for-the-amazon-revealed-in-leaked-presentation/

Evo Morales Calls for UN Assembly to Address Amazon Fires
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, thanked the interest of the French head of state, Emmanuel Macron to protect the Amazon, and proposed a world meeting at the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization to address concrete actions against the devastating fires. | Related: | Fines for Violating Environment Dropped Since Bolsonaro Elected | \"We appreciate the interest, on the part of France, for our Amazon and Mother Ear…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Calls-for-UN-Assembly-to-Address-Amazon-Fires-20190826-0005.html

G-7 Pledges Funds to Fight Amazon Fires; Bolsonaro Questions Motives
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
The relatively paltry $20 million is met by the president\'s claims that rich countries are trying to exploit Brazil\'s natural resources.
truthdig.com/articles/g-7-pledges-funds-to-fight-amazon-fires-bolsonaro-questions-motives/

The Amazon or Amazon
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
The Amazon or Amazon The Amazon or Amazon Sea ice or ICE This is how we get to sleep Some nights Thinking of a bathtub full of vodka Thinking of a bathtub full of jam Bathtubs filled with scram- bled eggs Or ketchup, said the president Is all kids need to eat And spread it…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/the-amazon-or-amazon/

Amazonia in Flames — Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Is a World Criminal — Encouraging Jungle Burning for Private Exploitation of Freed Land
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
On 28 October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil with 55.1% of the vote — and with a gigantic help from Cambridge Analytica. | At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in January 2019 in Davos Switzerland, Bolsonaro made a …
globalresearch.ca/amazonia-flames-brazil-bolsonaro-world-criminal/5687210

Reporting on global crises like Amazon fires, media need to focus on who\'s fighting them
Janine Jackson | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
It doesn\'t matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the same people stay at the center of them, the story won\'t change.
nationofchange.org/2019/08/26/reporting-on-global-crises-like-amazon-fires-media-need-to-focus-on-whos-fighting-them/

SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825711.php

Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $5 Million to Fight Amazon Fires
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
United States actor Leonardo DiCaprio announced Sunday that he will contribute up to US$5 million to help \"preserve the Amazon\" after the devastating fires of recent days. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Calls for UN Assembly to Address Amazon Fires | The actor made the announcement through Earth Alliance, an environmental organization he created with businessw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Leonardo-DiCaprio-Pledges-5-Million-to-Fight-Amazon-Fires-20190826-0010.html

G7 Leaders Promises US$20 million to Battle Amazon Fire
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations will release more than US$20 million of emergency aid to help countries battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. | RELATED: | G7 Summit Starts Amid Discontent with Amazon Fires, Trade Wars | However, it was not immediately clear if the country at the epicenter of the Ama…
telesurenglish.net/news/G7-Leaders-Promises-US20-million-to-Battle-Amazon-Fire-20190826-0006.html

After Covering the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Non-Stop, Media Silent as the Amazon Burns for Weeks
Matt Agorist | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
When the famous Notre Dame Cathedral erupted in flames last April, images of the blaze were plastered across television and computer screens alike. For days on end, mainstream media networks around the world devoted round-the-clock coverage to this burning church. …
globalresearch.ca/media-silent-amazon-burns-weeks/5687173

Fires Are Devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro Is to Blame
David Miranda | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
\'The raging fires have become so potent that the smoke they generate plunged the Western Hemisphere\'s largest city, S√£o Paulo, into total darkness.\' (Photo: Victor Moriyama/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/rainforest.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/fires-are-devouring-amazon-and-jair-bolsonaro-blame?cd-origin=rss

Germany: A politically motivated verdict in Chemnitz refugee trial
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
A 24-year-old refugee from Syria has been jailed for years, so that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the extremist mob, which rampaged in Chemnitz last summer, can claim their victim.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/alaa-a26.html

How to Confront the Global Rise of the Right? (2/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-26
In part 2 of our discussion with Walden Bello about his new book, \"Counterrevolution,\" we address the role of neoliberalism, the strategies of the far-right to gain and maintain power, and how progressive forces might confront the far-right…
therealnews.com/stories/how-to-confront-the-global-rise-of-the-right-2-2

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Trump breached the Iran deal in 2017, slapped severe sanctions on Iran and then went around the world strong-arming countries not to buy Iran\'s petroleum. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/g7.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/france-upstages-trump-g7-inviting-iran-salvage-nuclear-deal?cd-origin=rss

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| In a surprise development, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif suddenly flew to Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit. He clearly was invited at the insistence of French President Emmanuel Macron, who is still attempting to salvage what he can of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which restricted Iran\'s enrichment activities. | Zarif held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. | The treaty was signed between Iran and the 5 permanent members of the UN Secur…
truthout.org/articles/france-upstages-trump-at-g7-by-inviting-iran-to-salvage-nuclear-deal/

\'RIDICULOUS\': Trump slams report alleging he ever suggested to nuke hurricanes as \'fake news\'
rt.com | 2019-08-26
A report alleging that Donald Trump suggested using nuclear weapons to decimate hurricanes before they reached the US is untrue, the US president has claimed, describing the story as \"ridiculous\" fake news. | \"The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!\" Trump tweeted on Monday. | The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!– Donald J. Trump (@real…
rt.com/usa/467293-trump-fake-news-hurricane-nukes/

NUKE them? \'Not bad!\' Trump reportedly startled advisers with hurricane prevention strategy
rt.com | 2019-08-26
Hurricanes regularly devastate the American homeland, so maybe we should just nuke the suckers before they reach the coast? This is the astute suggestion that has reportedly been put forward by US President Donald Trump. | According to Axios, Trump has suggested on multiple occasions to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore the possibility of using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States. | The outlet claims that after sitting through a hurricane briefing at the White House, the US president blurted out: \"I got it. I got it. Why don\'t we nuke them?
rt.com/usa/467286-trump-nuke-stop-hurricanes/

Mysterious Russian Nuclear Missile Accident Sparks Fears of \"Chernobyl Redux\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| Questions are swirling over a mysterious nuclear accident in northern Russia on August 8. Seven people, including five nuclear scientists, died in an explosion, which caused a radiation spike in the surrounding area — and possibly as far as Scandinavia. U.S. experts suspect the explosion was caused during a test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Russia initially denied a radiation leak, but earlier today its state weather agency confirmed radioactive isotopes have been found in te…
truthout.org/video/mysterious-russian-nuclear-missile-accident-sparks-fears-of-chernobyl-redux/

Illegal Activity of Western Special Forces in Syria
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
In late June 2019, Fox News Channel published a video material, taken in Al-Hol refugee camp in northwestern Syria. On the footage, we can see a group of children under five chanting ISIS slogans. \"We will stand on the heads …
globalresearch.ca/western-special-services-syria/5687131

Norvergence: Climate change fueled Syria\'s civil war
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
\"Until now the main cause of civil war is a wealth of the nation in few men hands but Syria showed us another reason; Climate Change\" With this blog post, environmentalists at Norvergence have taken their research and study to a whole new level. The purpose of this content is to make people aware of …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/26/norvergence-climate-change-fueled-syrias-civil-war/