\'Free Julian Assange!\' say Roger Waters, John Pilger, and British MP Chris Williamson
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-03
Legendary musician Roger Waters sang \"Wish You Were Here\" in honor of Julian Assange, at a public concert outside the…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/julian-assange-roger-waters-john-pilger-chris-williamson/

Racist Ideology and Practice Rooted in Speciesism
David Cantor | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-03
When perceived authorities like President Trump designate immigrants \"animals,\" they authorize abuse of those officially disparaged people. Conscience-challenged people predictably seek to enhance their status by carrying out apparent or explicit wishes of adored \"leaders.\" Trump probably has not personally killed or rounded up anyone. Neither have many other authoritarian despots whose policies and rhetoric …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/racist-ideology-and-practice-rooted-in-speciesism/

The Many Faces of Immigration Resistance
Andrew Moss | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
For the most part, major news organizations like the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times have provided comprehensive, accurate coverage of major immigration-related developments. Significant policy changes and their impacts on people have been presented with careful regard for both detail and larger issues. This is as it should…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/the-many-faces-of-immigration-resistance/

\"Now What\": The State of Immigration Under Trump
Yelp DiverseBurst SF | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
Yelp HQ, 140 New Montgomery Street, Level 8, San Francisco, CA 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/02/18825914.php

Crisis at the Border: Local Faith Responses and Call to Action
Multi-Faith Immigration Coalition for Action | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
First Presbyterian Church, 1965 Colfax St, Concord, CA 94520…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/02/18825913.php

Trump Silences Tlaib and Omar for Revealing Human Toll of Occupation
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-03
| Years ago, I visited Gaza. It was in 2009, shortly after the disastrous Israeli war, and I was there to see the damage firsthand with other activists. There was devastation, but that\'s not what I remember most. | More than the skeletal remains of a hotel on the beach, riddled with holes from artillery fire, I was struck by the laughter of the children running past it, playing. More than the rubble of the American International School of Gaza, I was moved by the sounds of a wedding parading in…
truthout.org/articles/trump-silences-tlaib-and-omar-for-revealing-human-toll-of-occupation/

Meet the militantly pro-Israel Trump official directing the economic war on Iran
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-03
From her influential post at the Treasury Department, Sigal Mandelker has vowed to defend \"our great partner, Israel\" by sanctioning…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/pro-israel-sigal-mandelker-fbi-americans-iran/

Max Blumenthal: Nicaragua beat US regime change, but sanctions and sabotage continue
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-03
The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal explains how Nicaragua celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution just one year after defeating…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/max-blumenthal-nicaragua-beat-us-regime-change-but-sanctions-and-sabotage-continue/

Starved for Five Days, Disabled Child Succumbs in Indian Province
Pradeep Baisakh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Starved for five days, Goutam Behera, 17, a disabled child from Odisha, an eastern state of India, finally succumbed on July 8, 2019. Was it a starvation death? Government is evasive; but the activists say, \'yes\'. If there are so many food related schemes in the state, then why the starvation deaths? That\'s the moot…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/starved-for-five-days-disabled-child-succumbs-in-indian-province/

Sparking Change: How Movements Pass on Inspiration
Rivera Sun | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Change doesn\'t happen in a vacuum. Resistance is a continuum. Nonviolent movements arise amidst the efforts of many other struggles. The knowledge of how to organize for change is a global legacy passed between movements and generations of activists through lineages of inspiration that stretch through hundreds of years. (The first recorded strike happened in…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/sparking-change-how-movements-pass-on-inspiration/

Boyle Heights commemorates the 49th anniversary of Chicano Moratorium
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-03
Los Angeles, CA – On August 29, hundreds of community members, activists and families gathered at a local Chicano art center, Self Help Graphics, to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War. | The event marks the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium, which included over 30,000 Chicanos and supporters marching against the Vietnam War in East Los Angeles. The large march ended with a rally at Laguna Park – now known as Ruben Salazar Park. The moratorium was against the Vietnam War, against the high casualty rate of Chicanos in that war, against police terror and against racis…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/3/boyle-heights-commemorates-49th-anniversary-chicano-moratorium

Extinction Rebellion SFBay Action to Promote Climate Strike
Nancy Roberts | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
Activists from Extinction Rebellion SFBay were in downtown San Francisco before dawn on September 3, postering to raise awareness of the Global Climate Strike actions, Sept 20-27.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/03/18825934.php

Whose Bread I Eat, His Song I Sing: An International Education Nonprofit and a Devil\'s Bargain
Mark Ashwill | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
2019 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of International Education (IIE), a well-known US-based private nonprofit that focuses on international student exchange and aid, foreign affairs, and international peace and security. IIE refers to itself as \"a world leader in the international exchange of people and ideas.\" While IIE has numerous…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/whose-bread-i-eat-his-song-i-sing-an-international-education-nonprofit-and-a-devils-bargain/

Replacing Ideology With Class
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
There is something very peculiar about how politics is talked about. The things that are true and proven to work are called \"left\" while the things that are false and are proven to fail are called \"right\". This is why upon education most everyone becomes left, barring a greater force than truth itself in one\'s interest in education. This is an unprecedented dynamic. Take any other field. In mathematics, in science, in language, truth is proven and then more or less accepted. In politics this isn\'t the case. Despite things such as socialism, peace, education, regulation, housing and equality always working, there…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/replacing-ideology-with-class/

Colombian peace agreement failing, some rebels return to armed struggle
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-03
Civil war in Colombia may be heating up once again. Appearing in a video released on August 29, Iván Márquez (formerly Luciano Marín Arango) spoke for former FARC guerrillas accompanying him. He announced they had returned \"to the mountain,\" to armed struggle. Guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) had fought Colombia\'s government …
peoplesworld.org/article/colombian-peace-agreement-failing-some-rebels-return-to-armed-struggle/

Following week of bloodshed, \'suffering of the Afghan people must end\': UN mission chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-03
In the wake of a surge in violent strikes by Taliban extremists in Afghanistan over the past week, the country\'s top UN envoy has pleaded for an end to the fighting through a negotiated peace settlement, and an end to the \"indescribable loss\" suffered by victims\' loved ones…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045512

Former Colombian guerrillas rearm as government undermines Peace Accords
James Jordan | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-03
A new phase of armed conflict in Colombia has emerged with the declaration by some former leaders of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — People\'s Army) that they are reorganizing and rearming as an insurgent force.
liberationnews.org/former-colombian-guerrillas-rearm-as-government-undermines-peace-accords/

The Real Victims of France\'s \'Yellow Vest\' Revolution
Robert Chalmers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
Classified \'sublethal\', the rubber bullets, teargas and stun grenades used by French police have nevertheless maimed, blinded and killed almost as many in the last six months as in the 20 years before the \'yellow jacket\' protests began taking to …
globalresearch.ca/real-victims-france-yellow-vest-revolution/5687826

Boris Johnson\'s Slo-Motion Coup Eerily Recalls the Rise of Erdogan
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Britain is experiencing a slow-moving coup d\'etat in which a right-wing government progressively closes down or marginalises effective opposition to its rule. It concentrates power in its own hands by stifling parliament, denouncing its opponents as traitors to the nation, displacing critics in its own ranks, and purging non-partisan civil servants. |…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/boris-johnsons-slo-motion-coup-eerily-recalls-the-rise-of-erdogan/

Heightened Israeli-Lebanese Tensions. A \"Declaration of War\" by Israel according to President Michel Aoun
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
September 17 Israeli elections loom. Were late August IDF attacks on Syria, Iraq and Lebanon \"fuel for the fire of (Netanyahu\'s) campaign,\" as Haaretz suggested? | Manufacturing nonexistent threats is common US/NATO/Israeli practice. Members of the block and the Jewish state …
globalresearch.ca/heightened-israeli-lebanese-tensions-a-declaration-of-war-by-israel-according-to-president-michel-aoun/5687885

Another US Great Recession Coming?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
Hindsight is the best foresight, so clarity will arrive as events unfold. | For the vast majority of ordinary Americans, the 2008-09 great recession never ended. | Real unemployment is around 21%, based on how numbers were calculated in the 1980s. | The …
globalresearch.ca/another-us-great-recession-coming/5687892

Amazonian Communities Need Solidarity, Not Saviours
Daniel Willis | commondreams.org | 2019-09-03
If we truly want to stop the Amazon from burning we must immediately focus on building internationalist solidarity, through new and existing institutions, with indigenous movements in Brazil, the Amazon basin and across the global south. (Photo: Catedral Verde – Floresta Amazonica/Wikimedia) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon-rainforest.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/03/amazonian-communities-need-solidarity-not-saviours?cd-origin=rss

East German Neo-Nazis Celebrate After Big Election Win
Thomas Klikauer | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
On the day of the 80th anniversary of Germany\'s Nazi-Wehrmacht rolling into Poland — 1st of September 1939, starting the antisemitic race war to total annihilation — two local elections were held in the East-German states of Brandenburg (2.4 million people) and Saxony (4 million people). In both states, Germany\'s semi-Neo-Nazi party, the AfD made…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/east-german-neo-nazis-celebrate-after-big-election-win/

Revolution or Death
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Revolution or Death Apropos Atropos Who, with her sisters, Determined existence According to myth Even Zeus was constrained By Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis — Pegasus, Eddie Pus, All of us, they say By the Fates, You know… Though the Romans called her Morta — Death — Atropos means the negation of Tropos No turning — so, no revolution…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/revolution-or-death/

Living With Grizzlies
David Mattson | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Grizzly bears indisputably create challenges for those of us privileged to live among them. Our food is their food. Grizzlies are also among the largest of large carnivores in North America. Because of their size and sometimes aggressive defense of personal space they can be dangerous, enough so to have killed around 70 people since…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/living-with-grizzlies/

No Recession for 2020
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
These days the business press is full of predictions of recessions. This could get people worried, except that the track record of economists in predicting recessions is basically awful. As much fun as a bunch of scary warnings from economists is, it is best to look at the data. At the most basic level it…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/no-recession-for-2020/

Chaos and Old Night: Fracking\'s Hell Fires Still Burn Bright in Colorado
Phil Doe | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
A funny thing happened on the way to the Colorado Capitol this past winter. The new Democratic majority passed a bill that would end the oil industry\'s reign of terror over the people in the fracking fields of Colorado. The new law, known as SB 181, made the protection of public health, safety, and the environment a condition that had to be met before any new oil and gas wells could be drilled or other infrastructure approved.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/chaos-and-old-night-frackings-hell-fires-still-burn-bright-in-colorado/

Hailstorms at 109 ∞F Wreck Farming in Latur, India
Parth M.N. | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
His roof didn\'t quite come down on him, but it did chase Gunwant around his farm. That image remains vividly etched in his mind. \"The tin-roof of the shed on the edge of our land was torn off and came flying towards me,\" he recalls.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/hailstorms-at-109f-wreck-farming-in-latur-india/

The Key to a Sustainable Economy is 5,000 Years Old
Ellen Brown | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
We are again reaching the point in the business cycle known as \"peak debt,\" when debts have compounded to the point that their cumulative total cannot be paid. Student debt, credit card debt, auto loans, business debt and sovereign debt are all higher than they have ever been. As economist Michael Hudson writes in his…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/the-key-to-a-sustainable-economy-is-5000-years-old/

As Saudi and UAE Proxies Trade Blows in Southern Yemen, Yemeni Civilians Pay the Price
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-03
According to Yemenis in Aden, the victims of the fighting are always Yemeni, not citizens or soldiers from Saudi Arabia or the UAE, and are part of a larger Saudi-UAE strategy to keep Yemen divided.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-uae-proxies-trade-blows-aden-yemen-civilians-pay-price/261661/

US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen\'s Ancient Heritage
Ahmed AbdulKareem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-israeli-collectors-buy-up-what-remains-yemens-ancient-heritage/5687898

Sanders, Lee, Khanna, Gaetz Lead Bipartisan Effort to Defund U.S. Role in Saudi War in Yemen
commondreams.org | 2019-09-03
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/03/sanders-lee-khanna-gaetz-lead-bipartisan-effort-defund-us-role-saudi-war-yemen?cd-origin=rss

Australian worker killed in fall on Sydney construction site
wsws.org | 2019-09-03
Mohamad Riche, who died in an avoidable accident on August 21, was the sixth construction worker in Australia to lose his life on worksites this year.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/03/cons-s03.html

Texas Weakens Gun Laws One Day After Odessa Massacre Leaves 7 Dead, 22 Injured
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-03
| A gunman killed seven people and injured 22 others on Saturday, including a 17-month-old girl. Police have identified the shooter as 36-year-old Seth Ator. He went on the rampage just hours after being fired from his trucking job. The deadly string of events began when a Midland police officer pulled over Ator for failing to use his signal. Police say Ator then opened fire using an AR-15-style weapon before speeding away. He then began shooting at random residents and motorists. The ramp…
truthout.org/video/texas-weakens-gun-laws-one-day-after-odessa-massacre-leaves-7-dead-22-injured/

Ottawa Goes to Havana to Talk Venezuela. Returns Empty-handed
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland has just concluded a working visit to Cuba on August 28 intended to discuss the \"crisis in Venezuela\" with her Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez. A reading of the news release from the Ministry …
globalresearch.ca/ottawa-goes-havana-talk-venezuela/5687938

We Are Living in the Wreckage of the War on Terror
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-09-03
Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan rage on with no end in sight. Our delusion was believing they were ever rational, winnable or meaningful.
truthdig.com/articles/we-are-living-in-the-wreckage-of-the-war-on-terror/

Film \'Official Secrets\' is the tip of a mammoth iceberg
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-03
A new film depicting the whistleblower Katherine Gun, who tried to stop the Iraq invasion, is largely accurate, but the story is not over, says Sam Husseini. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/03/film-official-secrets-is-the-tip-of-a-mammoth-iceberg/

Far-right Alternative for Germany makes gains in local German elections
wsws.org | 2019-09-03
The fascistic party was the main beneficiary in the collapse in support for the parties that make up the ruling grand coalition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/03/germ-s03.html

As Corbyn gets targeted by far right in Salford, people blame media smears against him
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-09-03
Britain\'s media and political establishments have long been dogwhistling to the far right. And as the latter targeted Jeremy Corbyn this week, people held the former to account. | \"Traitor\": | On 2 September, police arrested far-right agitator James Goddard outside a Corbyn rally in Salford. He and about 10 others blocked the Labour leader\'s c…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/09/03/as-corbyn-gets-targeted-by-far-right-in-salford-people-blame-media-smears-against-him/

US-Israeli journalist reveals \'really sad\' truth about far-right support for Israel
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-09-03
Israeli-American journalist Mairav Zonszein has shared a \"really sad\" assessment of far-right support for the Israeli state. | As supporters of Donald Trump held a \'straight pride\' event in Boston on 31 August, Zonszein tweeted about the presence of Israeli flags, insisting: | t.co/6nRv…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2019/09/03/us-israeli-journalist-reveals-really-sad-truth-about-far-right-support-for-israel/

53 Admitted False Flag Attacks
Washington\'s Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
Relevant article selected from the GR archive, first published in February 2015. | Not Theory … Admitted Fact | There are many documented false flag attacks, where a government carries out a terror attack … and then falsely blames its enemy for …
globalresearch.ca/53-admitted-false-flag-attacks/5432931

Working-class solidarity: George Edwards and the pink hard hat
Bruce Bostick | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-03
When I hired into the steel mill, Lorain Works — U.S. Steel, in 1970, it was a monstrous place, smoking, churning out tons of steel, with thousands of workers going in and out almost constantly. Around 9,000 workers, they said. The town of Lorain was/is an old mill town, with more bars than churches and …
peoplesworld.org/article/working-class-solidarity-george-edwards-and-the-pink-hard-hat/

Trump Imposes New Tariffs on China
Nick Beams | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
The Trump administration has gone ahead with its decision to impose a 15 percent tariff on $110 billion worth of Chinese goods in one of the most significant escalations of the trade war that has now lasted more than a …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imposes-new-tariffs-china/5687897

US Catholic school bans Harry Potter books after consulting exorcists
rt.com | 2019-09-03
A Catholic School in Nashville has banned Harry Potter books from its library, because a pastor decided that \"the curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells.\" | Well, hide your cynicism, because reports suggest that Reverend Dan Reehil from St. Edward Catholic School did not make this highly controversial decision lightly. Before sending JK Rowling\'s books into purgatory, he \"consulted several exorcists in the US and Rome\" who decided that the boy wizard had to go. Has an exorcist ever said \'Actually, don\'t worry about it\' to any question ever? | In an email, Reehil claims: \"These books p…
rt.com/usa/467884-catholic-school-bans-harry-potter/

Nowhere is safe to hide in war-torn Yemen, say UN-appointed rights experts
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-03
The people of Yemen have been subject to \"numerous\" possible war crimes in recent years including forced recruitment of children and sexual abuse in detention, UN-appointed senior rights experts said on Tuesday, in an appeal to the international community to do more to end the conflict.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045492

Sanctions and Double Standards
Fabian Goldmann, Florian Zollman & Hans Blixi | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
Sanctions are war with other means-and not an alternative to war. The civilian population pays the price with their bodies and their lives. Export prohibitions on the most important revenues of a country cause impoverishment and suffering. That Iran has not attacked another country militarily in the last 100 years is mostly unmentioned in the media.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/03/18825920.php

American War Hero\'s Life Destroyed by McCarthyism
Green Arcade | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/02/18825912.php

Joe Biden Taps Influence Industry Despite Pledge on Lobbyists
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-03
The money the presidential candidate has received from employees of major lobbying firms dwarfs that of the rest of the Democratic field.
truthdig.com/articles/joe-biden-taps-influence-industry-despite-pledge-on-lobbyists/

Did Trump Tacitly Threaten to Use Biological Weapons to Exterminate 10 Million?
Terje Maloy | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
\"We could win that war so fast if I wanted to kill 10 million people … which I don\'t. I\'m not looking to kill a big portion of that country [Afghanistan],\" | \"I have plans on Afghanistan that, if I wanted …
globalresearch.ca/did-trump-tacitly-threaten-use-biological-weapons/5687936

UN \'prioritizing needs\', ramping up aid, as Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the Bahamas
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-03
Renewed warnings of deadly destruction in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian have been issued by UN agencies and partners, who said on Tuesday that they\'re worried \"for every single\" person on two of the worst-hit Caribbean islands.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045432