Fred Goldstein (2019-09-04). Trump, racism and capitalism. workers.org Published on Aug. 11 at lowwagecapitalism.com. Let there be no mistake about it. Donald Trump has the blood of all those killed and wounded in the mass shootings of the recent past on his hands, from Gilroy, Calif.; to El Paso, Texas; to Dayton, Ohio. And let there be no . . . | Continue reading Trump, racism and capitalism at Workers.org

RT (2019-09-04). \'Don\'t do it!\' Whoopi Goldberg recalls McCarthy era as she slams call for \'blacklist\' of Trump fans. rt.com A demand by Will & Grace co-stars Debra Messing and Eric McCormack for a public \"list\" of Trump supporters in Hollywood has not been received well, with even Trump-hating actress Whoopi Goldberg slamming it as \"not a good idea.\" | Recalling the McCarthy-era witch hunts against alleged \"Communist sympathizers\" in the US entertainment industry, Goldberg delivered a stark warning to her Hollywood colleagues on the first episode of the new season of ABC\'s talk show \'The View.\' | Listen, the last time people did this, people ended up killing themselves. This is not a good idea | The \'Will and Grace\' co-stars recent…

The Canary (2019-09-04). Hong Kong leader withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests. thecanary.co Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam has announced the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations.The move bows to one of the protesters\' demands in the hope of ending the unrest.But a pro-government politician warned that the bill\'s withdrawal was not enough to end the protests, which have increasingly focused on greater democracy and demands for Lam\'s resignation.The bill would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trials.People block policemen trying to arrest protesters near the airport in Hong Kong on Sunday (Vincent Yu/AP)It has pr…

W. T. Whitney (2019-09-04). Colombian Peace Agreement in Peril: Rebels Return to Armed Struggle. counterpunch.org Civil war in Colombia may have a new lease on life. 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 since 1964. In late More

Staff (2019-09-04). UN Report on Yemen: US, UK Accomplices to Atrocities, While Inaction Continues. therealnews.com Prof. Asad Abukhalil argues that the UN Human Rights Council\'s report on Yemen acknowledges US and UK complicity in the war crimes being committed, but it still soft-pedals them because the US dominates the body…

Kenn Orphan (2019-09-04). Apartheid Had Always Been the Plan. counterpunch.org What do wealthy capitalists do in response to the ever present threat of nuclear annihilation or a biosphere teetering on the edge of collapse? Why they build enormous, fortified bunkers deep underground, of course. Here they can live like the descendants of the mammals that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs in the late Cretaceous More

Patrick Bond (2019-09-04). Fighting Fossil Fuels in South Africa: Campaigners Invoke Specters of Climate Chaos. counterpunch.org South Africa is one of the most difficult places to combat fossil fuels, including the petrochemical complexes that regularly poison the third largest city, Durban, founded by white settlers on the east coast in the mid-19th century. The average South African emits 9 tons of CO2 annually, which is the 11th highest among countries with More

Alessio Arena (2019-09-04). Will Germany direct European imperialism? workers.org Editor\'s notes: The following are excerpts, chosen from a more extensive essay on developments in Europe, which focuses on the role of German imperialism within the European Union. The author is the secretary general of the Fronte Popolare (Popular Front) in Italy. Translation by WW managing editor John Catalinotto. By . . . | Continue reading Will Germany direct European imperialism? at Workers.org

Jerome Coffey (2019-09-04). Support SCI Albion prisoner on hunger strike! workers.org Greetings of love, peace and humanity! On April 28, politicized prisoner Demetrius Grant went on a hunger strike here at State Correctional Institution Albion. He is presently housed in the medical infirmary, being force-fed by correctional officers through a court order. Grant is on a hunger strike attempting to expose . . . | Continue reading Support SCI Albion prisoner on hunger strike! at Workers.org

Louisa Willcox (2019-09-04). Grizzly Secrets: How the Trump Administration Keeps the Public in the Dark About Yellowstone\'s Bears. counterpunch.org A memo recently leaked from the Trump administration to the Center for Biological Diversity confirmed that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is directing its staff to withhold certain public records about how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is being implemented. This includes instances where recommendations by career wildlife scientists may have been overridden More

Kenneth Surin (2019-09-04). Bojo Johnson\'s Latest Scurvy Trick. counterpunch.org Boris Johnson (\"BoJo\") has long had a reputation for seedy opportunism and rampant dishonesty— principles and scruples being as unfamiliar to him as sleeping on a bed or using a flush toilet was for Crocodile Dundee in that eponymous film. More

Robert Hunziker (2019-09-04). Killing the Ocean. counterpunch.org The oceans are \"crying for mercy,\" a fact that is starkly revealed in a telling 900-page draft of a forthcoming UN report due for release September 25th. The draft report obtained by Agence France-Presse (AFP) assesses the status of the oceans and cyrosphere. It\'s a landmark UN report, and it\'s not a pretty picture. More

Robert Hunziker (2019-09-04). Killing the Ocean. counterpunch.org The oceans are \"crying for mercy,\" a fact that is starkly revealed in a telling 900-page draft of a forthcoming UN report due for release September 25th. The draft report obtained by Agence France-Presse (AFP) assesses the status of the oceans and cyrosphere. It\'s a landmark UN report, and it\'s not a pretty picture. In More

Alvaro Huerta (2019-09-04). Reflections of a White Studies Survivor. counterpunch.org \"Hello, my name is Alvaro Huerta and I\'m a White Studies Survivor.\" What does White Studies mean? (Thank you for asking.) It basically refers to a Euro-centric philosophy or curriculum taught in U.S. schools (and beyond), where there\'s a racist assumption—perpetuated by the dominant culture and elites—that individuals of European origin (or white people) and More

Kani Xulam (2019-09-04). When Evil Devoured a Good Man. counterpunch.org Wedat Aydin didn\'t have a say in why he was born a Kurd in an international colony called Kurdistan part of which is now reeling under the jackboots of the Turkish Army. Nor did he have a say in why he was born in 1954 only to be kidnapped and brutally murdered by monsters masquerading as Turkish police in More

Anya Parampil (2019-09-04). The Citgo conspiracy: Opposition figures accuse Guaidó officials of \'scam\' to liquidate Venezuela\'s most prized international asset. thegrayzone.com Venezuela\'s opposition has long accused the Bolivarian government of corruption and mismanagement. But with Citgo on the verge of liquidation,…

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-04). We\'re All Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Forcefully dragged from Ecuador\'s London embassy by UK police and imprisoned at the behest of Trump regime hardliners, Julian Assange is being slowly killed for the \"crime\" of truth-telling journalism. | Ruling authorities of both nations want it suppressed, operating in …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-09-04). Freedom of Speech: Federal Election Commission (FEC), Social Media Giants Powwow on Circumventing First Amendment. globalresearch.ca It\'s hardly surprising The New York Times and The Washington Post didn\'t bother to report on the rally at the British Home Office in support of Julian Assange. | A quick search of the news reveals AOL and Reuters reported …

Nancy Roberts (2019-09-04). Extinction Rebellion SFBay Action to Promote Climate Strike. indybay.org 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.

Staff (2019-09-04). Hong Kong Withdraws Extradition Bill That Sparked Protests. truthdig.com HONG KONG—Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters\' demands in the hope of ending the increasingly violent unrest. | But lawmakers warned that the bill\'s withdrawal was not enough to end the turmoil, which has increasingly focused on alleged police brutality against protesters and democratic reforms. A youth activist also rejected the move as insincere and warned it could be a precursor to a clampdown. | The bill would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to…

Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center (2019-09-04). Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center 50th Anniversary: Peace Fair. indybay.org Civic Park in Walnut Creek | 1375 Civic Dr | Walnut Creek, CA 94596…

teleSUR (2019-09-04). Bolsonaro Slams UN\'s Bachelet for \'Meddling\' in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro continued his attacks on foreign leaders and U.N. personnel this week as he shifted his attention to human rights chief Michelle Bachelet. | RELATED: | Brazil: Bolsonaro Seeks to Privatize Strategic Economic Sectors | Bolsonaro accused Chile\'s former leader Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations human rights chief, of meddling in his country\'s affairs after she criticized a rise police violence and an erosion of democracy. | In comments to re…

Rep. Ron Paul (2019-09-04). Forget the Russians: It\'s the Federal Reserve which is Seeking to Meddle in Our Elections. globalresearch.ca The US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to create a central bank. The Founders, having lived through hyperinflation themselves, understood that government should never have a printing press at its disposal. But from the very beginning of America\'s …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-04). Hezbollah Won\'t Tolerate Israeli Aggression. globalresearch.ca Make no mistake. Israel is run by anti-democratic hardliners. Nuclear armed and dangerous, along with maintaining stockpiles of chemical, biological, and other banned terror weapons, Israel is a Middle East menace. | It\'s second only to the regional threat posed by …

Fabian Goldmann, Florian Zollman & Hans Blixi (2019-09-04). Sanctions and Double Standards. indybay.org 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.

teleSUR (2019-09-04). Brazil: Bolsonaro Seeks to Privatize Strategic Economic Sectors. telesurenglish.net Brazil\'s president Jair Bolsonaro is getting ready to implement an ambitious process of privatization of state-owned assets related to energy production, port infrastructures, gas extraction and natural resources, Brazilian independent outlets are warning. | RELATED: | 2,000 New Fires in Amazon Despite Brazil\'s Burning Ban | \"The Bolsonaro administration operat…

Arash Norouzi (2019-09-04). Israel: \"Wiped off The Map\". The Rumor of the Century, Fabricated by the US Media to Justify An All out War on Iran. globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor\'s Note | The following text by Arash Norouzi first published by the Mossadegh Project and Global Research in January 2007 confirms that the alleged \"Wiped Off the Map\" statement by Iran\'s (former) president was never made. | In the …

Howard Lisnoff (2019-09-04). Losing My Religion. counterpunch.org \"I should have known better\" begins an old Beatles tune, and I really should have known better than to involve myself in the losing battle with organized religion. But I didn\'t and now I\'m out a few bucks and I think that I\'ve been chastened enough to have learned a lesson. The learning experience came More

Max Fadeev (2019-09-04). Ukraine\'s War on Donbass: \"The Truth is the First Victim of War\" globalresearch.ca The following is an interview conducted by email with a filmmaker based in Donetsk, who has been documenting Ukraine\'s war on the Donetsk People\'s Republic and the tragedies this has caused civilians living there. | \'Maxim Fadeev\' is actually the pseudonym …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-09-04). Undermining Israeli Deterrence: Hezbollah Is Preparing to Shoot Down a Drone. Netanyahu\'s \"Election War\" globalresearch.ca Hezbollah is preparing to down an Israeli drone in the coming days, after leaving time for Israeli politicians and media to increase their criticism and attacks on Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, accused of undermining Israel\'s vital deterrence strategy in …

Thomas DeLorenzo (2019-09-04). US, UK and France May be Complicit in War Crimes in Yemen. globalresearch.ca A UN panel reported Tuesday that the US, UK and French governments may be complicit in war crimes for their assistance to the Saudi-led coalition that is attacking and starving civilians in Yemen as a military tactic. | The panel\'s report…

WSWS (2019-09-04). New York transit agency seeks casualization of its workforce. wsws.org Management\'s demands are nothing less than a declaration of war and an attempt to institute slave-labor conditions.

Chris Cole (2019-09-04). UK Rapidly Developing New Drone Programmes: \"Mosquito\" and \"Swarming\" globalresearch.ca While the primary focus for UK military drone operations has been around larger systems like Reaper, the forthcoming \'Protector\' and Watchkeeper; the UK is increasingly funding the development of smaller drones to engage in war-fighting roles. | Mosquito | At the International …

Mark Taliano (2019-09-04). ISIS R Us. US-NATO Support ISIS and Al Qaeda Globally. globalresearch.ca U.S-led NATO and its allies support ISIS and al Qaeda globally. They supported al Qaeda to destroy Libya, they support al Qaeda/ISIS and their affiliates in Syria and in Iraq, and now evidence demonstrates that they are also supporting al …

Scott Duncan (2019-09-04). The way Poland works with Byelorussia. indybay.org Since long ago, a scheme was invented by the West elegantly to transform state financing of worthy projects into \'non-state funding\'. These are the funds, which are considered to be some kind of public organizations. But a State can always tell businesses where they should carry their money not to damage existing relations. Businesses do it and all is well, no red flags.

WSWS (2019-09-04). Russia and Turkey intensify military cooperation over US objections. wsws.org Turkish purchases of Russian missiles and possibly fighter jets are fuelling tensions between Turkey and its imperialist allies in Washington and Europe.

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-04). Russia\'s Asian Pivot: The Vladivostok-Chennai Maritime Corridor. globalresearch.ca Credible reports have been circulating that this year\'s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok will see the formalization of the Vladivostok-Chennai Maritime Corridor between the Russian Far East and India, which would be the key to comprehensively diversifying Russia\'s \"Pivot to …

Padraig McGrath (2019-09-04). The Russia-Mongolia Strategic Partnership. globalresearch.ca On September 2nd, Russian President Vladimir Putin began a 2-day visit to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, at the conclusion of which a permanent treaty of mutual friendship and extensive strategic partnership will be signed with Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga. …

South Front (2019-09-04). Video: Russia Accuses US of Sabotaging Idlib Ceasefire. globalresearch.ca On September 1, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the recent US strike on Idlib province had \"endangered the truce\" in the area and \"violated all previous arrangements.\" The defense ministry noted that the air raid led to \"multiple casualties …

Physicians for Social Responsibility (2019-09-04). Trump EPA\'s Reckless Attempt to Undo Key Health and Safety Protections Regarding Methane Emissions and Leaks. globalresearch.ca On August 28, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an attempt to roll back key provisions of the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), which provide critical health and safety protections to prevent harm to public health from …

Adeyinka Makinde (2019-09-04). History: Implacable Foes of Southern African Apartheid and Colonialism. globalresearch.ca Nigeria\'s military government headed by Murtala Muhammed (1938-1976) and Olusegun Obasanjo (b. 1937) from July 1975 to October 1979 was one that was marked by its implacable opposition to Apartheid and colonialism in southern Africa. | The hardline stance it took …

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2019-09-04). Concealing the Truth. globalresearch.ca Concealing the truth from the people is not unusual in politics. It is perhaps more pronounced in global politics partly because it is more difficult to hold powerful global actors accountable. That might is right is an adage that rings …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-09-04). The African American Struggle: Reflections on the Black Panther Party\'s United Front Against Fascism (UFAF). globalresearch.ca During July 18-20, 1969 a gathering in Oakland, California sought to galvanize a broad cross section of progressive and revolutionary organizations across the United States into a united front opposing the escalating repressive policies leveled principally at the African American …

Ribbeck Law Chartered (2019-09-04). Mother Files Lawsuit Against Boeing in Tragic Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 Crash. globalresearch.ca Ribbeck Law Chartered, which represents the majority of families of the victims of the deadly Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes, and Global Aviation Law Group, has filed additional lawsuits against Boeing for an Egyptian family in U.S. federal court in …

Asad Ismi (2019-09-04). Fear and Loathing Under Modi\'s Second Term. globalresearch.ca The Pakistani feminist poet Fahmida Riaz, who moved to India from Pakistan in the 1980s to escape that country\'s Islamic fundamentalist military dictatorship, only to encounter growing Hindu funda- mentalism in her new home, captured the experience in a …

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-04). The West Oppressed the Third World for so Long that It Became Third World Itself. globalresearch.ca Many have already noticed: The U.S. really, really doesn\'t feel like the world leader, or even as a \'first world country\'. Of course, I write that sarcastically, as I detest expressions like \'first world\', and the \'third world\'. But readers …

John W. Whitehead (2019-09-04). Is the U.S. Government \"An Enemy of the People\"? America\'s Lost Liberties, Post-9/11. globalresearch.ca \"These are the times that try men\'s souls.\" ‚Äï Thomas Paine, The American Crisis | Take heed, America. | Our losses are mounting with every passing day. | What began with…

Makia Freeman (2019-09-04). Mandatory Vaccine Agenda Is Step-by-Step Repealing Religious & Philosophical Exemptions. globalresearch.ca The Mandatory Vaccine Agenda is a worldwide plan which has been picking up steam lately. Unfortunately for the causes of individual rights, medical autonomy and sovereignty, natural health and freedom in general, many countries and US states have been accelerating …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-04). Inevitable Withdrawal: The US-Taliban Deal. globalresearch.ca It took gallons and flagons of blood, but it eventuated, a squeeze of history into a parchment of possibility: the Taliban eventually pushed the sole superpower on this expiring earth to a deal of some consequence. (The stress is on …

Hans Stehling (2019-09-04). Remembering Sophie Tucker\'s Hit Song \'My Yiddishe Momme\', the Very Antonym of Netanyahu\'s Zionist State. globalresearch.ca Sophie Tucker was a Jewish American singer and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery, she was one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first half of the 20th century and was widely known by the nickname …