RT (2019-09-02). Odessa gunman was sacked hours before going on shooting spree — report. rt.com A gunman who killed seven people and injured over 20 during a rampage in west Texas on Saturday had lost his job as a truck driver shortly before the incident, a new report suggests. | The shooter, Seth A. Ator, was fired from his job with a trucking company mere hours before he opened fire at a state trooper when pulled over for failing to signal a turn at around 3: 17pm local time on Saturday, the New York Times reported, citing police sources. Without disclosing the company\'s name, the sources said that the gunman had been given the sack that very morning. Whether this was what set off Ator is the subject of…

Ian Gamble (2019-09-02). US conducts ground launch cruise missile test. liberationnews.org On Aug. 18, less than three weeks after scrapping the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, the U.S. launched a ballistic cruise missile from San Nicholas Island, CA.

Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-02). Justifications for Inequality: The Neuroses of Kochland. counterpunch.org One of the brothers Koch, David, has shuffled off this mortal coil, and the pious few looking at his passing may well think he is making it tough for camels passing through needles. As part of the Brothers Koch, he presided over a corporate empire that did its pinching best to wrest control from the More

Robert Fisk (2019-09-02). The Crazed, Rogue Leader is in Washington Not Tehran. counterpunch.org History in the Middle East is unkind to us westerners. Just when we thought we were the good guys and the Iranians were the bad guys, here comes the ghostly, hopeless possibility of a Trump-Rouhani summit to remind us that the apparent lunatic is the US president and the rational, sane leader who is supposed More

Christine Owens (2019-09-02). Democracy Needs Unions. counterpunch.org You deserve to have a say in matters that affect you. Everyone does. That\'s democracy. This shouldn\'t change when you go to work. Democratic rights in the workplace — including the right to form a union, and the power to speak up about workplace issues — go hand in hand with a democratic society. But More

David Rovics (2019-09-02). Remembering Mitch Podolak. counterpunch.org Before going to bed last night, I learned from a post I was tagged on on Facebook that Mitch Podolak had died. If I ever checked my Feed, I might have learned earlier — he had died several days earlier, on August 25th, 2019. Incidentally, exactly one year after US Senator John McCain died, who More

George Wuerthner (2019-09-02). What the New Yorker Got Wrong About Forests and Wildfires. counterpunch.org The New Yorker recently published an article titled Trailblazing plan to fight California Wildfires that contains misinformation. I\'ve had many people ask me what I thought of the piece. Given the influential nature of the New Yorker, I decided to respond here. The writing is good. There is much that is accurate about wildfire in the article, More

Melvin Goodman (2019-09-02). James Comey, Whistleblower. counterpunch.org Former FBI director James Comey has been criticized once again for violating FBI guidelines in handling official matters. He was pilloried for his handling of Hillary Clinton\'s violations of security practices as secretary of state, and now for revealing Donald Trump\'s efforts to obstruct justice. Although Comey believed he was acting in the best interests More

Labor Video Project (2019-09-02). SF Journalists Protest Detention Camps And Terror Against Immigrants. indybay.org Journalists spoke out against the detention camps and racist attacks on immigrants and migrants. Journalists are threatened by major corporate media not to take political stands or face termination. The San Francisco Chronicle prohibits journalists and photograpers from marching in rallies. The use ] of \"objective\" journalism by the bosses is to shutdown free speech.

WSWS (2019-09-02). Take forward the fight to free Julian Assange! wsws.org Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning are the victims of a monstrous criminal conspiracy, involving the most powerful governments in the world, the intelligence agencies and the corporate media.

Kevin Zeese (2019-09-02). Linking Popular Movements and Unions Is a Winning Strategy for Workers. globalresearch.ca After years of declining power and stagnant wages, workers in the United States are awakening, striking and demanding more rights. A Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows the number of striking workers is the highest since 1986. In 2018, 485,000 …

Bruno Sgarzini (2019-09-02). The U.S. Footprint in Bolivia\'s Incipient Colour Revolution. globalresearch.ca \"Activist groups and members of the opposition reminded President Evo Morales that his policy of expanding the agricultural frontier to favor the country\'s agribusinesses and ranchers is the cause of the environmental disaster,\" wrote the opposition daily Página Siete, attributing …

Paul Dobson (2019-09-02). Venezuela Points Finger at Duque for Breakdown of Colombian Peace Process. venezuelanalysis.com The Maduro government also refuted accusations that it offers \"refuge\" to FARC-EP rebels.

Staff (2019-09-02). Don\'t Subsidize Companies That Silence Workers. truthout.org | | On Labor Day, a critical question arises: Will America finally grant its workers First Amendment rights? | The Constitution guarantees \"freedom of speech,\" the right to \"peaceably assemble,\" and the right to petition for \"a redress of grievances.\" Yet these civil rights are commonly denied to workers. | Sure, we can say what we want, but we pay a high price to speak — often losing our jobs, health care, and benefits for our families. But we pay an even higher price for not speaking. | In 2016, Kyaw Kyaw, 50, <...

Oakland Peace Center (2019-09-02). Mind+Body Fun-raiser + ZUMBATHON. indybay.org Oakland Peace Center | 111 Fairmount Avenue (enter on 29th St.) | Oakland, CA 94611…

Fight Back (2019-09-02). Protesters demand MN divest from Elbit. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – \"In 2017, the Trump administration awarded Elbit a contract to work on the expansion of the Mexico border wall. Elbit System\'s CEO has said that the company\'s current growth can be attributed to increased U.S. border spending,\" said Sarah Martin of Women Against Military Madness. \"This last decade has seen the international community divesting from Elbit, including the Norwegian State Pension Fund, Danske Bank. Governor Walz, we Minnesotans refuse to continue to profit from pain, injustice and tragedy at the hands of Elbit. We want you to do what Norway and Denmark did. Divest now!\" | Martin, who…

SF Demo (2019-09-02). Anti-War Protest: U.S. Out of Yemen. indybay.org As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco\'s federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo.

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-02). US Dirty Hands All Over Hong Kong Violence and Chaos? globalresearch.ca The UN Charter and other international laws are clear and unequivocal. | No nation may legally interfere in the internal affairs of others for any reasons at any time — except in self-defense if attacked. | The US hasn\'t been attacked by …

Padraig McGrath (2019-09-02). For Denuclearization and Non-proliferation, We Need a \"Pax Russica-Sinica\" globalresearch.ca On August 29th, Kazakhstan\'s first president Nursultan Nazarbayev called for the construction of new global nuclear-arms-control infrastructure. While addressing the awards ceremony for the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World and Global Security, he stated: | \"There is a need to …

Finn Collom (2019-09-02). This Labor Day, We Need Real Plans to Build Worker Power. counterpunch.org This Labor Day, Democratic presidential candidates will no doubt be touting their support for a $15 per hour minimum wage. None have opposed the idea. A minimum wage increase would put more money in workers\' pockets. But so far, only two candidates — Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders — have far-reaching proposals to give More

WSWS (2019-09-02). Saudi airstrikes on Yemen prison kill more than 100. wsws.org Monday\'s mass slaughter ranks among the worst in a long string of war crimes carried out by Saudi Arabia with the backing of the American and British governments.

Michael T. Hertz (2019-09-02). The fight against climate change can bring us together. nationofchange.org For the last week or so, I have been pondering about what is the most important issue in the 2020 election. My thought has been that if we can agree on the most important issue, and if we can agree on what is needed to resolve it, we may not only resolve that issue but bring America back towards learning once again how to agree on things. | I thought first about Medicare for All. All of the Democratic candidates seemed to agree at their first debate in July that this was a very important issue. But since the crisis of the Arctic and the Amazon fires, Climate Change has become clearly the leading issue. And it…

Eric Zuesse (2019-09-02). America\'s Billionaires Congealing Around Warren and Buttigieg. globalresearch.ca The Democratic Presidential candidates who have been the most backed by billionaires have not been doing well in the polling thus far, and this fact greatly disturbs the billionaires. They know that the Democratic nominee will be chosen in the …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2019-09-02). 2019 Folsom Community Service Day ~ 170th Anniversary of the Gold Rush Town, Negro Bar, CA. indybay.org Together, we are poised for a special 170th Anniversary of Negro Bar, Sacramento County by utilizing both private and public resources to forever preserve and interpret our unique contributions to the forward flow of humanity.

Carla Stea (2019-09-02). Venezuela, Ukraine, Hong Kong, … : Color Revolutions and Regime Change, A Modern Scourge Spawning Economic Destabilization and Civil War. globalresearch.ca Venezuela | There are innumerable examples throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but three of the most notorious demonstrations of Washington, and its European cohorts incubating massive human tragedy and/or civil wars can be exemplified by Washington\'s cultivation, indeed creation of …

Julia Conley (2019-09-02). Tipping Point: UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Burning of Amazon Could Lead to \'Cascading Collapse of Natural Systems\'. globalresearch.ca Unless world governments, consumers, and businesses all work together to address the root causes of the current burning of the Amazon rain forest, the Arctic, and forests in the Congo and Angola, the planet will continue careening …

Tom Luongo (2019-09-02). One Last Ceasefire before Oblivion for Jihadists in Syria. globalresearch.ca The battle to reclaim Syria moved forward this week. Syrian Arab Army forces reclaimed the town of Khan Sheikoun last week prompting a flurry of moves by all involved, most notably Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. | Erdogan was in …

Juan Cole (2019-09-02). Hurricane Dorian: DeSantis & Trump haven\'t curbed CO2 emissions & should resign. nationofchange.org Hurricane Dorian has gathered strength from the freakishly warm waters of the Caribbean to become a category 4. It is already raging with 130 mph winds, but is expected now to become even stronger. It is menacing the Bahamas, from which tourists can afford to flee; but what about the people who live there? It is still unclear whether it will head across Florida or turn north up the coast of the state, sparing it tremendous devastation. | When once in 500 year events start happening several times a decade, then Something Big has Changed and t…

Anon-E-Moose (2019-09-02). People\'s Park: AntiFascism and Park Defense. indybay.org After anti-fascists announced plans for a rally in People\'s Park, the UCB chancellor sent out a press release that the UC is determined to move forward on their plans to eradicate the park.

Tony Cartalucci (2019-09-02). The West\'s \"Humanitarian\" Claims as Syrian War Nears Endgame. globalresearch.ca Headlines emanating from the West regarding Syria\'s ongoing war have a common theme — allegations of Syria and Russia\'s \"ruthless barrage\" of the northern region of Idlib. | So often — however — has the US and its allies falsely invoked …

RT (2019-09-02). Undeclared US Airstrike on Syria\'s Idlib Leaves Multiple Casualties. dissidentvoice.org Sending no warning to Russia or Turkey, the US bombed an array of targets within Idlib, Syria, killing numerous civilians and threatening the hard-earned truce across the province, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The air raid led to \"multiple casualties and destruction\" around two villages in the Idlib province, where a fragile ceasefire between government …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-09-02). Israeli Border Provocation Moves Plan for Regional War Forward. globalresearch.ca Israel has bombed both Syria and Iraq with impunity. Syria, over the last couple of years, has endured attacks by Israel hundreds of times. In July, the IDF, using US-produced F-35i stealth fighter jets, attacked targets inside Iraq. | From Al-Jazeera…

Ed Rampell (2019-09-02). A New Film Blows the Whistle on War. globalresearch.ca Official Secrets, co-written and directed by Gavin Hood, is one of the best movies ever made about investigative reporting and whistle-blowing—a film in a league with All the President\'s Men and Snowden. | Like the 1976 Watergate classic starring Robert Redford …

Diane Abbott (2019-09-02). \"Regime Change in the UK\": This Is an Anti-parliamentary Coup — and an Internationally Organised One. globalresearch.ca Around the world, coups are normally international events. Short of war they have been a preferred mechanism to achieve what has become known as \'regime change\'. And the last time there was a successful coup in this country in 1688 …

Robert Koehler (2019-09-02). We Are All Indigenous. counterpunch.org \"All things are interrelated. Everything in the universe is part of a single whole. Everything is connected in some way to everything else. It is therefore possible to understand something only if we can understand how it is connected to everything else.\" These words, the first of the Twelve Teachings of the Sacred Tree, quoted More

WSWS (2019-09-02). Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century. wsws.org Today we are publishing the Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century, by David North.

Ilana Novick (2019-09-02). Texas\' New Firearms Laws Are a Gift to the Gun Industry. truthdig.com Texas experienced its second mass shooting in a month on Saturday. A gunman, stopped by police for a traffic violation, killed seven people and injured 22 in a drive-by rampage outside Odessa. Less than a day after the murders, new legislation went into effect, not to limit the prevalence of firearms, but, as CNN reported Sunday, to \"make it easier to have guns just a month after a shooter <...

WSWS (2019-09-02). Twenty-five-year-old miner crushed to death in Pennsylvania coal mine. wsws.org Tanner Lee McFarland was killed Thursday evening when part of the wall and roof in the area of the mine he was working collapsed, crushing him under tons of coal and rock.

Thomas Hon Wing Polin (2019-09-02). Hong Kong\'s Enemy Within. counterpunch.org The bedrock of any nation is its government — the manifestation of its sovereignty and protector of its people. But what if the personal loyalties of a substantial portion of civil servants do not lie with the sovereign? Worse, what if these allegiances are actually more to other powers — forces that are at odds More

Cesar Chelala (2019-09-02). The NRA vs. American Children. counterpunch.org If any doubts remain about the nefarious influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA) on the political life of the United States, President Donald Trump\'s decision to discuss gun control measures with that organization should dispel them. The offer to discuss these measures is like asking a criminal for his weapon of choice in order More

TeleSur English (2019-09-02). Venezuela Exposes Failed Plan to Attack Justice Palace, Police Headquarters. venezuelanalysis.com Vicepresident Jorge Rodriguez presented evidence of a failed attack on Venezuela's highest courts located in Caracas allegedly to be carried out by criminals trained in Colombia.

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-02). Several Reasons Why West Papua Should Get Its Freedom… Immediately! globalresearch.ca More than ten years ago, in Nadi, Fiji, during a UN conference, I was approached by the Minister of Education of Papua New Guinea (PNG). | He was deeply shaken, troubled, his eyes full of tears: \"Please help our children,\" he …

Miri Wood (2019-09-02). Syria Law Enforcement Makes Another Huge \"Captagon\" Amphetamine Drug Bust. globalresearch.ca NATO-backed terrorist remnants in Aleppo countryside have increased attacks against civilian populations of the city, since prior to the Astana meetings and the short-lived \'cessation of hostilities\' agreement. | Massive quantities of this criminal drug were found in the wheels of …

Emanuel Pastreich (2019-09-02). Governing the Earth: Current Political Chaos Demands a Transformation of the United Nations. globalresearch.ca The destruction of the Amazon jungles by right-wing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro threatens to end our civilization and to condemn the next generation to death and destruction. This is a truly existential moment for us, to use the hackneyed term …

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2019-09-02). Labor Day 2019: Surveys Show Wages Not Rising & Jobs 500,000 Fewer. globalresearch.ca What\'s the condition of the US working class on this Labor Day 2019? Wages and Jobs are of course the best indicators of that condition. So let\'s look at wages and jobs today in America today. | What we see is …

F. William Engdahl (2019-09-02). Is the Fed Preparing to Topple US Dollar? globalresearch.ca Unusual remarks and actions by the outgoing head of the Bank of England and other central banking insiders strongly suggest that there is a very ugly scenario in the works to end the role of the US dollar as world …

Lorenzo Carrasco (2019-09-02). Amazon, after Greenland? globalresearch.ca Even Americans who learned about the doctrines of \"exceptionalism\" and \"Manifest Destiny\", and are associated to the country\'s higher decision circles were surprised with President Donald Trump\'s declaration about his intention to buy Greenland, the world\'s largest island, and …

Jack Peat (2019-09-02). Britain\'s Home Secretary Priti Patel Paid £1k an Hour to Advise US Company Bidding for £6bn Defence Contract. globalresearch.ca Priti Patel was paid £1,000 an hour to advise a US company bidding on a lucrative £6 billion defence contract, The Guardian has revealed. | The Home Secretary has been urged to withdraw from cabinet discussions on the contract following …

A.M.A Television (2019-09-02). Video: Israeli State Sponsored Torture of Young Non-Jewish Children. globalresearch.ca Israeli State Sponsored Torture of Young non-Jewish children, an Australian documentary film. | This documentary film is laying bare what the Israeli supporting media always tries to cover up. There are a lot of upsetting scenes in this film so viewer …

Pepe Escobar (2019-09-02). BRICS Was Created as a Tool of Attack: Lula. globalresearch.ca In a wide-ranging, two-hour-plus, exclusive interview from a prison room in Curitiba in southern Brazil, former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva re-emerged for the first time, after more than 500 days in jail, and sent a clear message …