Staff (2019-08-27). Trump Is Politicizing the Power of Immigration Judges. therealnews.com Trump\'s administration is trying to decertify the immigration judge\'s union, speed up trials, and make it easy to overturn their decisions. TRNN discusses the memo quoting a white supremacist website that was sent to immigration judges…

Alexandra Minna Stern (2019-08-27). White nationalists\' extreme solution to the coming environmental apocalypse. nationofchange.org White nationalists around the world are appropriating the language of environmentalism. | The white nationalist who allegedly massacred 22 people in El Paso in early August posted a four-page screed on the chatroom 8chan. In it, the shooter blames his attack on the \"Hispanic invasion of Texas\" and the impending \"cultural and ethnic replacement\" of whites in America. | The shooter also refers directly to the lengthy manifesto written by the man who allegedly murdered 52 in March in attacks motivated by Isl…

Ryan Grim (2019-08-27). A Top Financier of Trump and McConnell Is a Driving Force Behind Amazon Deforestation. theintercept.com Steve Schwarzman is the CEO of the Blackstone Group, which partially owns a Brazilian firm that is helping transform the Amazon from jungle to farmland.

Miko Peled (2019-08-27). Gaza Fights for Freedom: Abby Martin\'s New Film is Difficult to Watch and Worth the Effort. mintpressnews.com Abby Martin\'s new documentary film Gaza Fights for Freedom is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza.

Peter Bolton (2019-08-27). The Week Trump Hit Peak Megalomania. counterpunch.org The fact that Trump is an egomaniac hardly constitutes news. Before becoming president his professional life was characterized by a succession of attention-seeking vanity projects. Through his career as a property developer, he oversaw the construction of a series of gaudy buildings, which stand as monuments to kitsch in locations as diverse as Panama, Uruguay, More

Jake Lynch (2019-08-27). Peace Journalism for the Koreas Negotiations. counterpunch.org \"Do not demonise North Korea. Demons do not negotiate. If there are no negotiations, there will be war.\" The words of Chung-in Moon to journalists who gathered for the Korea Press Foundation journalism conference in Seoul, last October, as diplomatic efforts were being stepped up for a second summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and More

Mike Miller (2019-08-27). From Protest to Power. counterpunch.org August, 1964, fifty-five years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party presented itself to the national Democratic Party Convention seeking to be seated as the official party from that state. The predominantly black delegation wanted to deny seating to the all-white \"regulars\" who had earlier in the year denied Mississippi African-Americans the right to participate in precinct, county, congressional district and statewide meetings that nominated these delegates. More

Nick Licata (2019-08-27). Is Trump Outorganizing the Democrats? counterpunch.org Karl Rove was recently interviewed on Fox. Rove was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration and now is a political analyst and contributor for Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. He is also one of the most astute political organizers for the right wing. His strategies led More

Thomas S. Harrington (2019-08-27). Hong Kong: Their Head-Bashers … and \"Ours\" counterpunch.org I don\'t claim to know enough about the situation Hong Kong to render a definite opinion about the true sources of the citizen uprising there. My sense, however, is that while the roots of protest movement are probably largely indigenous, the US has opportunistically latched itself on to the cause of the protestors, and is probably providing them with logistical aid, because it sees this as a way of giving its prime geopolitical rival a big black eye. More

Timothy Messer-Kruse (2019-08-27). Trump, Greenland and Manifest Destiny. counterpunch.org The idea that territories can be bought and sold (Greenland has enjoyed an expanding scope of home rule since 1979) is a remnant of colonialism. Such ideas are fundamentally structured around concepts of racial and cultural hierarchies, as only territories populated by nonwhite and non-European people are ethically exempt from the liberal principles of sovereignty and therefore viewed as commodities to be traded (just as the bodies of slaves were). More

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-27). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal? counterpunch.org In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: \"Let\'s start now to liberate the UK\'s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let\'s develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world.\" Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The \'GM will feed the world mantra\' is pure industry spin. There More

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-08-27). What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency? dissidentvoice.org Students march in Melbourne, Australia. Source AAP. The Embassy Protectors Defense Committee is calling on the US State Department to drop the federal charges against us. On May 16, federal forces invaded the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in violation of the Vienna Convention and arrested four Embassy Protectors even though we were there with …

Andre Vltchek (2019-08-27). Israel has attacked Lebanon and Syria: So what? dissidentvoice.org On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. RT reported the same day: Israeli drone flights were \"an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty\" and an assault on UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Hariri said on Sunday, just hours after …

Mark Gruenberg (2019-08-27). CWA: 20,000 forced to strike due to AT&T refusal to bargain. peoplesworld.org ATLANTA—AT&T management\'s labor law-breaking — specifically its refusal to bargain a new contract — forced 20,000 Communications Workers members toiling for AT&T Southeast to strike at midnight on August 23. And hundreds more, in the Miami area, preceded their colleagues by a day. They had to strike over separate law-breaking — formally called unfair labor …

RT (2019-08-27). US TV host apologizes to black co-anchor for saying he looked like a gorilla (VIDEO). rt.com A US TV anchor has apologized to her black co-host live on-air after saying he looked like a gorilla in a previous segment. | Alex Housden a host for Oklahoma KOCO news station was presenting a segment on a local baby gorilla at Oklahoma City Zoo last Thursday, before telling her black co-host, Jason Hackett, \"he kind of looks like you.\" | www.facebook.com/shjotr/videos/738778216546162/ | At the time, Hackett laughed awkwardly and replied, \"he kind of does, actually, yeah.\" However, on Friday a tearful Housden appeared beside Hackett and apologized after her comment prompted a slew of racism complaints…

Donald Donato (2019-08-27). \'The Putney Debates\': Let the good of the people be the supreme law. peoplesworld.org The people who wanted a society \'on the level\'—that is to say, socially equal—already straddled the Atlantic when the English Civil War broke out in 1642. These dissenter-revolutionaries could be found in abundance in the newly built towns of Massachusetts, places such as Scituate, some 30-odd miles south of Boston, where the Williams-Barker House now …

Medea Benjamin (2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? globalresearch.ca Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted …

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? counterpunch.org Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted against over 80% of recent record military spending bills in the Senate, while Warren has voted for More

R.R. (2019-08-27). Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror. indybay.org An angry group of activists mobilized on August 23 at the headquarters of Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto. Just 3 days earlier Palantir renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that enables ICE to track the every move of undocumented immigrants until 2022; protesters responded quickly and loudly. | Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-27). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Vijay Prashad (2019-08-27). The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up. commondreams.org Macron\'s liberalism—like that of Canada\'s Justin Trudeau—is on thin ice. (Photo: Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1164296903.jpg …

Michael Fox (2019-08-27). Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil. thenation.com Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil…

MBNJSD (2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren throwing a lifeline to the military-industrial complex? nationofchange.org Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted against over 80% of recent record military spending bills in the Senate, while Warren has voted for two thirds of them. | But their pro-diplomacy worldview has blind spots. They have both tempered their cal…

Leila Salazar-L√≥pez, Lindsey Allen (2019-08-27). We Are Facing a Global Emergency in the Amazon. Here\'s What We Can Do. commondreams.org 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/greenpeace_0.jpg …

United Nations (2019-08-27). \'Complete political deadlock\' over Middle East peace risks more violence, regional escalation, warns UN envoy. un.org Tangible steps \"can, and must, be taken\" to urgently reverse the \"negative trajectory\" of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and revive the peace process, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Howard Lisnoff (2019-08-27). The Horsemen of the Apocalypse Fuel the Fires of Hate and Destruction. counterpunch.org \"Politicians and media outlets seem happy to fuel the hate-filled ideologies of a once-despised and tiny minority,\" reads the introduction of Owen Jones opinion piece in the Guardian \"Far-right violence is on the rise,Where is the outrage?\" (August 22, 2019). Even though the racist, neo-fascist Proud Boys were far outnumbered by anti-fascists, the far-right protest organizer, Joe Biggs, seemed pleased with the More

Makia Freeman (2019-08-27). Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …

Ted Rall (2019-08-27). Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S. counterpunch.org The United States ranks 48th among nations for press freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders. Since few other countries have the equivalent of our First Amendment, learning that we rank below Botswana and Slovenia may come as a surprise. Mostly the organization pins this dismal state of affairs on Trump\'s attacks on the news media. More

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington? globalresearch.ca The short answer is yes and no. | G7 nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US are united in one respect. They\'re profoundly undemocratic while pretending otherwise. | They\'re united for privileged interests over beneficial social change. They operate …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). Israel\'s Infamous USS Liberty Attack. globalresearch.ca Throughout Israel\'s history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …

Philip Giraldi (2019-08-27). Does Israel Interfere in American Elections? globalresearch.ca Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …

WSWS (2019-08-27). Israel launches airstrikes against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. wsws.org The wave of attacks across the region is linked to both the US offensive against Iran and Netanyahu\'s re-election campaign.

Aaron Maté (2019-08-27). Israeli attacks provoke Iran, Hezbollah — and could help jihadists. thegrayzone.com With its bombings of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, is Israel trying to stop an attack from Iran and its allies,…

South Front (2019-08-27). Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. globalresearch.ca The situation in the Middle East is once again escalating. | On August 24, Israeli warplanes bombed what the Israeli military described as \'Iranian targets\' near the town of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Syrian air-defense forces intercepted …

Juan Cole (2019-08-27). France upstages Trump at G7 by inviting Iran to salvage nuclear deal. nationofchange.org 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.

John Perry (2019-08-27). Counting Deaths for Dollars: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua\'s \'Human Rights\' Organizations. globalresearch.ca In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan \"human rights\" NGO\'s inflated the death toll during last year\'s coup. Today, these groups are in a state of complete disarray. | *** | When political conflict results in people being killed — especially at …

Dan Bacher (2019-08-27). California regulators continue to allow oil field wastewater injection into aquifers. indybay.org The continued injection of oil wastewater into aquifers is no surprise to environmental justice advocates, since the capture of California regulators by the Western States Petroleum Association and oil and gas companies continues under the Gavin Newsom administration.

Geraldo Luís Lino (2019-08-27). What Everybody Needs to Know About the Amazon Rainforest. globalresearch.ca The Amazon Rainforest biome has an extension of about 6.7 million square kilometers shared between Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and the French Guyana. Some 62% of it is in Brazil, where 84% of its original area …

Aaron Maté (2019-08-27). Glenn Greenwald on the Amazon fires and the fight for Brazil\'s future. thegrayzone.com Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept discusses the record-setting Amazon forest fires, the struggle against Brazil\'s far-right government, and how his…

Peter Koenig (2019-08-27). Amazonia in Flames. dissidentvoice.org 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 sumptuous presentation, \"We Are Building a New Brazil\". He outlined a program that put literally Brazil up …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-08-27). Tinderbox Earth: The Significance of the Amazon and Siberian Fires. globalresearch.ca As fires rage across tens of thousands square km the Amazon forest, dubbed the Planet\'s lungs, producing some 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere, with some 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, where fires on such a …

Yves Engler (2019-08-27). Canada\'s PM Trudeau Supports Brazil\'s Environmentally Criminal President not the Amazon Rain Forest. dissidentvoice.org 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 lucky we have a prime minister who is not such an embarrassment and understands environmental …

WSWS (2019-08-27). The US announces provocative arms sale to Taiwan. wsws.org The $8 billion sale of 66 F-16V fighter jets is the first such deal since the administration of President George H.W. Bush approved the sale of 150 fighter jets to Taiwan in 1992.

Staff (2019-08-27). Johnson & Johnson Ruling Sets Stage for Holding Pharma Accountable for Opioids. truthout.org | | In a landmark ruling, an Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for contributing to the state\'s opioid crisis. It marks the first time a drug company has been held responsible for the opioid crisis, though it fell far short of the $17 billion judgment sought by the state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 400,000 people died from an overdose involving opioids from 1999 to 2017, including from prescription and illicit opioids. Cou…

Staff (2019-08-27). How David Koch\'s Empire Helped Shape US Politics and Thwart Climate Action. truthout.org | | Billionaire conservative donor David Koch died Friday at the age of 79 from prostate cancer. David Koch — who was worth some $42 billion — and his brother Charles poured massive amounts of money into funding climate change denial through conservative think tanks and politicians. The Koch brothers founded the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in 2004, which is credited with turning the \"tea party\" into a full-fledged political movement. They also backed \"right-to-…

WSWS (2019-08-27). Oklahoma judge finds Johnson & Johnson guilty in opioid epidemic. wsws.org While the $572 million judgment fell short of the $17 billion sought by the state, the court\'s ruling was an unambiguous finding that the giant corporation deliberately downplayed the dangers of the opioids it manufactured.

Amitabh Pal (2019-08-27). India\'s Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda. progressive.org \"Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him.\"

Peter Bolton (2019-08-27). Jewish professor Norman Finkelstein explains the weird love affair between antisemites and Israel. thecanary.co Correction: We deleted the original version of this article at 11.30am on 23 August, after it had been published the previous evening. We made the extremely rare decision to take the article down because we got the original headline — Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein says \'Israel is a nation of murderers\' loved by the far right — very wrong. This decision was triggered during an internal review by senior editors. | Specifically, we felt it was wrong to use Professor Finkelstein\'s quote in the headline without context or challenge. It gave the impression that all Israeli citizens were culpable for the a…

Andrea Arroyo (2019-08-27). The Amazon Is On Fire. thenation.com The Amazon Is On Fire…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-08-27). SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon. indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.