Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-12). Exit John Bolton, But Will That Mean An End To His Failed Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Leon Neal, Getty Images Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) and record military budgets, cheered when uber-hawk, John Bolton …

RT (2019-09-12). \'Loser\' v \'warmongering chickenhawk\': 2 Republican lawmakers in epic Twitter beef. rt.com A disagreement on 9/11 over John Bolton and US withdrawal from Afghanistan descended into a full-on Twitter war between Rep. Liz Cheney and Senator Rand Paul, in a sequel to the beef between their fathers over invading Iraq. | It all started when Paul (R-Kentucky) backed two state legislators who blasted Cheney (R-Wyoming) for demanding a more aggressive foreign policy. \"Why do some neocons continue to advocate for endless wars?\" he quipped. \"Let\'s focus on America First, not Afghanistan!\" | Cheney snapped back that she stands with Trump and US troops in not surrendering to terrorists, \"unlike [Paul], who seem…

RT (2019-09-12). \'The Kissinger model\': Trump set to expand Pompeo\'s powers to fill Bolton\'s shoes, say reports. rt.com The White House may hand Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the additional role of national security adviser following John Bolton\'s departure, giving the ex-CIA director enormous power, insiders have warned. | Pompeo would continue to serve in his current position but would also assume Bolton\'s responsibilities, sources close to the discussion told CNN on Wednesday, adding that such a move could make Pompeo \"too powerful for Trump\'s taste.\" The diplomat would become only the second person in US history to hold both posts simultaneously. The first, Henry Kissinger, wielded enormous power under Richard Nixon during…

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-09-12). John Bolton\'s Living Obituary. truthdig.com \"I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy. I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.\" —John Bolton, in his Yale University 25th reunion book | Fitting words from the gold standard in Washington \"chicken hawks.\" For John Bolton has made a career of sending other people\'s sons, daughters, husbands and wives to fight and die in wars just as ill-advised, immoral and unwinnable as the Vietnam conflict he consciously avoided by joining the Maryland National Guard. That the man has done so, with a straight, mustachioed face, for decades now is a testament to his truly remarkable lack o…

Mohamed Elmaazi (2019-09-12). Activist artists expose the dark reality of war to resist UK arms fair. thecanary.co As The Canary has been reporting, the first two weeks of September have seen an explosion of resistance and rebellion against the UK\'s arms industry. Among the actions has been a series of artistic events called Art the Arms Fair, designed to reveal and resist one of the world\'s largest arms fairs, Defence and Security Equipment International ( DSEI).The Cana…

patrick (2019-09-12). We\'ve got a Plan to #ShutDownDC For Climate Justice. strikedc.org \"This is definitely a next-level direct action. The urgency of climate change warrants such an attempt to disrupt business as usual… to make it impossible for people with decision making-power to go about their daily lives as if we are not in a climate emergency.\" That\'s what the New York Times printed about our plans to #ShutDownDC … | Continue reading \"We\'ve got a Plan to #ShutDownDC For Climate Justice\"

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-12). Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election. counterpunch.org According to the Israeli media, two drones dispatched over Beirut late last month were intended to destroy Iranian-supplied equipment that would allow Hezbollah to manufacture precision-guided missiles. It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanese soil since a ceasefire ended the 2006 war. Hezbollah and Israel have preferred to flex their muscles in neighbouring Syria, weakened after more than eight years of war. More

John Davis (2019-09-12). The Four Storms of the Apocalypse: Katrina, Sandy, Maria and Dorian. counterpunch.org The history of the United States remains shrouded in the fog of myth and overlain by the mists of time. Here in the stygian gloom, its founding looms as the triumph of freedom over tyranny; its slaveholding the reasonable exploitation of an inferior race; its civil war the singular triumph of a great president; its More

The Canary (2019-09-12). Facebook sanctions Israel\'s Benjamin Netanyahu over hate speech violation. thecanary.co Facebook has sanctioned the page of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company\'s hate speech policy.Facebook said the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page\'s bot, or automated chat function.The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a government composed of \"Arabs who want to destroy us all — women, children and men\".The Facebook logo displayed on a smartphone (Dominic Lipinski/PA)…

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-09-12). Trump\'s Taliban Talks Led by Neocon Operation Cyclone Agent & PNAC Member. mintpressnews.com U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the top American official in the negotiations, has been quietly overseeing the destruction of Afghanistan for most of his political career — longer than the Taliban has existed as an organization.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-12). \'Justice is Indivisible\':The Screams of Israa Ghrayeb Should Be Our Wake-up Call. mintpressnews.com While Palestinians and other Arab communities are genuinely angry regarding the violent mistreatment of women, others have simply found another platform to indict Islam and condemn Arab society.

Maryam Saleh (2019-09-12). With Trump in Office, Newspapers Increasingly Quoted Anti-Immigrant Groups Without Explaining Who They Were. theintercept.com A new study found that, as far-right groups gained influence in the halls of power, major newspapers quoted them without noting their nativist bent.

Charles Pierson (2019-09-12). Yemen Continues Its Descent into Hell. counterpunch.org The UN has called Yemen the \"world\'s worst humanitarian crisis.\" Yemen relies on imports for 75% of its food. A coalition land, sea, and air blockade on Yemen has cut off desperately needed food and medicines. An outbreak of cholera affects half a million people. International aid group Save the Children has determined that as many as 85,000 children may have died from starvation and disease. More

David Swanson (2019-09-12). Nonviolence Denial Is As Dangerous As Climate Denial. counterpunch.org Persistent willful ignorance of necessary knowledge can be deadly. This is true of denial of climate collapse. It is also true of denial of the tools and power of nonviolent action. As evidence and knowledge pile up in each case, denial of the facts looks more and more intentional, reckless, and malevolent, or intentionally, recklessly, More

John Wojcik (2019-09-12). Moscow Communists see vote increase after demanding democracy in Russia. peoplesworld.org LISBON, Portugal—Major gains in last Tuesday\'s Moscow municipal elections for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) followed weeks of protests in the capital in which party members participated. Thousands rallied and marched in Moscow demanding free elections and fair coverage of them by state-run television. Although Gennady Zyuganov, the party\'s leader, has been …

RT (2019-09-12). YouTubers arrested for trespassing near Area 51 ahead of planned \'invasion\' of secret base. rt.com Two Dutch YouTubers have been arrested after entering a secure US government area in the Nevada desert while in search of Area 51. | The Nye County Sheriff\'s Office arrested 20-year-old Ties Granzier and his friend Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep, 21, after they were found filming about three miles inside the Nevada National Security Site, which is approximately 10 miles from Area 51. | The site is a secure area where US government researchers are known to carry out top-secret nuclear experiments. | | © Nye County Sheriff\'s Office | Nye County Sheriff\'s Office said in a statement that Granzier and…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-12). The Globalization of War, America\'s \"Long War\" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca Professor Michel Chossudovsky shows how the various conflicts we are witnessing today in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Palestine are inter-locked through a single-minded agenda in pursuit of global hegemony helmed by the United States and buttressed by its allies…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-12). 9/11, Osamagate and The \"Blowback\" globalresearch.ca Author\'s Note | The article below entitled \"Osamagate\" was first published on October 9, 2001, two days after the onslaught of the bombing campaign directed against Afghanistan. | Within hours of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden was identified as the architect …

David Bacon (2019-09-12). More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border. thenation.com More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border…

Staff (2019-09-12). Right-Wing Supreme Court Allows Trump Asylum Ban to Take Effect. truthout.org | | On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Trump\'s \" third-country\" asylum rule to go into effect. It\'s the administration\'s toughest barrier to asylum-seekers yet, and a lower court recently blocked t…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-12). Exit John Bolton, but will that mean an end to his failed foreign policy? nationofchange.org Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) and record military budgets, cheered when uber-hawk, John Bolton was removed as the …

Negin Owliaei (2019-09-12). Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires. globalresearch.ca While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses destroying what\'s popularly known as the \"lungs of the Earth.\" On September 5, people around the globe stood …

PIPER (2019-09-12). Why I\'m Currently Blocking the Largest Oil Export Channel in the U.S. commondreams.org We're in a climate emergency and we must resist. (Photo: Twitter/Greenpeace USA) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greenpeace.jpeg …

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Colombian Teachers Begin National Strike for Peace and Life. telesurenglish.net The Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) began Thursday a 24-hour national strike to protest against insecurity, violence and threats affecting social leaders and teachers. | RELATED: | Colombia Hides Largest Mass Grave in Latin America | \"From different parts of the country, union leaders, educators and students demand the defense of the life and physical integrity of social leaders and ratify their support for the peace process,\" Fecode president Nelson Alarcon said and add…

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Thousands Demand Justice for Killed Protesters in Sudan. telesurenglish.net Thousands of Sudanese protested outside the presidential palace in Khartoum Thursday, calling for the appointment of senior judicial officials and justice for demonstrators killed since December. | RELATED: | Sudanese Tribes Sign Peace Deal After Clashes | It was the first major protest since the signature last month of a power-sharing deal between the military and…

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-09-12). Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War. globalresearch.ca On the eve of the 18-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the illegal U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the United States and the Taliban completed nine rounds of peace talks with no deal. | Although they had reportedly reached …

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Venezuela: Military Exercises Against Colombian Aggression. telesurenglish.net Venezuela\'s Nicolas Maduro launched the \"Sovereignty and Peace 2019\" military exercises along the Colombian border on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces OAS Intention to Activate TIAR | \"As of today # 10Sep, the \'Sovereignty and Peace 2019\' border military exercises begin so that together, in the Civic-Military union, we can deploy all the defensive systems that guarantee the peace and tranquility of the Venezuelan people,\" said President Maduro via twitter. | On September 4,…

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-12). A Morning in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca On a very warm September morning in Kabul, several dozen men, women, and children sit on the carpeted floor of a room at the Afghan Peace Volunteers\' Borderfree Center. The women cluster together. All wear burqas, but because of …

Joshua Cho (2019-09-12). On 18th Anniversary of 9/11, Media Worry About \'Premature\' End to Afghan War. commondreams.org Not only do corporate media credulously assume that the US has always been interested in peace, conveniently forgetting that the US rejected offers from the Taliban to hand Osama bin Laden over and surrender soon after the invasion. (Photo: US Marine Corps/Sgt. Mark Fayloga) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/afghan_war.jpeg …

United Nations (2019-09-12). Thursday\'s Daily Brief: Religious site protection, South-South Cooperation, \'UNComplicated\' airs, West Bank threat, vaccination, Hong Kong update. un.org A recap of Thursday\'s top stories: UN Chief\'s global call to safeguard religious sites; South-South Cooperation \'accelerates\' towards SDGs; Guterres on West Bank annexation threat; WHO says one in 10 children not getting proper vaccines; Protestor protection call over Hong Kong; New \'UNComplicated\' podcast launches.

South Front (2019-09-12). Video: Color Revolution Comes to Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests represent a major challenge not only to the authorities of Hong Kong itself, but also to Beijing, due to both their protracted nature and a high level of organization resembling the Kiev Maidan of 2013/14. | The …

Makia Freeman (2019-09-12). Hong Kong Protest Leader Hangs Out with White Helmets Boss. globalresearch.ca Joshua Wong has recently been doing some flyin\' around and hobnobbing with the rich, famous and powerful. He went to Berlin and met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other \'pro-democracy\' figures like Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko, who …

United Nations (2019-09-12). South-South Cooperation \'accelerates\' us toward 2030 goals, UN Chief says on International Day. un.org Collaboration among countries of the global south offers a \"unique pathway\" that accelerates us towards the key 2030 sustainable development targets, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a commemorative event for South-South Cooperation (SSC) on Thursday.

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-12). Post-Bolton Thaw in US Relations with Iran? globalresearch.ca Hold the cheers! | The US has been hostile toward Iran since its 1979 revolution. It\'s hostile toward all nations it doesn\'t control. | Its imperial project calls for transforming them into US client states, pro-Western puppet rule replacing their sovereign independence, …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-12). Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity. globalresearch.ca Established on August 22, 2011, around six months after US launched aggression on the country, the so-called \"Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI)\" is mandated to investigate war-related human rights abuses. | Instead, it produced over …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-12). Debt-Entrapping: The US Student Loan Racket. globalresearch.ca Entrapping students into longterm or permanent debt bondage is part of a government/corporate scheme to enrich private lenders. | Because of the high cost of higher education, millions of students need large loans to pay tuition, fees, and other expenses. | Some …

Philip Giraldi (2019-09-12). Trump the Russian Puppet. A Story That Just Will Not Die. globalresearch.ca Certainly, there are many things that President Donald Trump can rightly be criticized for, but it is interesting to note how the media and chattering classes continue to be in the grip of the highly emotional but ultimately irrational \"Trump …

Eva Bartlett (2019-09-12). MintPress Sits Down with Russia\'s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova. mintpressnews.com

Staff (2019-09-12). Will the US and Iran Resume Talks After John Bolton Is Ousted? truthout.org | | President Trump has ousted John Bolton, becoming the third national security adviser to be ousted by Trump so far. Bolton has long been a fierce critic of diplomacy. He had strongly pushed for Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. He also opposed negotiations with North Korea, as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan. And he was a key supporter of the attempted U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela and an advocate of regime change in Cuba and Nicaragua. Trump is expected to announce a replacement next week.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-09-12). Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments. venezuelanalysis.com Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as \"unfair competition.\"

Carrie Rickey (2019-09-12). \'The Goldfinch\' Flutters but Doesn\'t Take Wing. truthdig.com Back in 17th-century Holland, \"The Goldfinch,\" a diminutive trompe l\'oeil painting by Carel Fabritius, depicted a colorful house pet chained to its feeder. Shortly after the painting was made, Fabritius, 32, died in a 1654 munitions explosion in Delft. Yet the painting survived. | Fabritius and Donna Tartt\'s 2014 novel, \"The Goldfinch,\" have in common the painting and an explosion. Her Dickensian page-turner follows a 13-year-old who sees the painting with his mother at New York\'s Metropolitan Museum of Art moments before a terrorist bomb levels a wing of the museum. Yet painting—and boy—survive. | Na…

WSWS (2019-09-12). Scandal erupts over Público exposure of state complicity in Barcelona attack. wsws.org Revelations of state foreknowledge of the terror attack in Barcelona point to the premeditated, counterrevolutionary class policy pursued by the financial aristocracy.

WSWS (2019-09-12). With union support, Trudeau\'s big business Liberals vie for re-election in fall vote. wsws.org Whichever party or combination of parties forms Canada\'s government after October 21, it will be a government of austerity, reaction and war.

Staff (2019-09-12). The Mainstream Media\'s Appetite for War is Insatiable. truthdig.com On the 18th anniversary of he 9/11 attacks, all our political press can do is fret over our \"overly hastly\" withdrawal from Afghanistan.

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Biden to Square Off Against Warren in Democrat Debate. telesurenglish.net The two leading Democratic contenders for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, are scheduled to square off in a debate in Houston Thursday for the first time since they announced their candidacy. | RELATED: | Elizabeth Warren Held Secret Talks With Hillary Clinton: Report | The Democratic debate, which is the third this year, will spotlight the party\'s ideological divisions, with moderate front-runner Biden at center stage flanked by progressives Warren and Ber…

Emily Apple (2019-09-12). One tweet sums up why so many people were arrested trying to stop the London arms fair. thecanary.co Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) — the world\'s largest arms fair — is currently taking place in London. 116 people, including this author when not working as a journalist, have been arrested trying to stop it happening. | And one tweet shows exactly why so many of us are prepared to put our bodies in the way of this trade in death and de…

Ryan Cooper (2019-09-12). Can Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Dent Biden\'s Electability Edge? commondreams.org If he can be made to look hesitant, frail, and confused, that is likely to spark some fear in Biden supporters that he simply wouldn't be able to handle a gruelling campaign and presidency. (Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/Rex) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_10.jpeg …

Paul M. Barrett (2019-09-12). How disinformation could sway the 2020 election. nationofchange.org In 2016, Russian operatives used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to sow division among American voters and boost Donald Trump\'s presidential campaign. What the Russians used to accomplish this is called \"disinformation,\" which is false or misleading content intended to deceive or promote discord. Now, with the first presidential primary vote only five months away, the public should be aware …

B.L. Love (2019-09-12). The Psychotic Impacts of Stalking, Electronic Surveillance, Harassment and Wiretaps: The Neuro-Behavioral Symptoms. globalresearch.ca There is a phenomenon being reported by numerous people worldwide. A growing number of citizens are becoming aware of being stalked, surveilled and manipulated possibly by their own government, other organizations or even individuals. The resulting symptoms include, but are …

WSWS (2019-09-12). Netanyahu pledges to annex Jordan Valley if re-elected. wsws.org Israel has illegally occupied and built settlements in the West Bank, as well as in Syria\'s Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, since capturing them in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.