The Globalization of War, America\'s \"Long War\" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-americas-long-war-against-humanity-michel-chossudovsky/5427720
9/11, Osamagate and The \"Blowback\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/9-11-osamagate-and-the-blowback/26471
More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border
David Bacon | thenation.com | 2019-09-12
More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border…
thenation.com/article/photos-mexico-border-immigration/
Exit John Bolton, but will that mean an end to his failed foreign policy?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/12/exit-john-bolton-but-will-that-mean-an-end-to-his-failed-foreign-policy/
Exit John Bolton, But Will That Mean An End To His Failed Foreign Policy?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/exit-john-bolton-but-will-that-mean-an-end-to-his-failed-foreign-policy/
Activist artists expose the dark reality of war to resist UK arms fair
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-12
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…
thecanary.co/feature/2019/09/12/activist-artists-expose-the-dark-reality-of-war-to-resist-uk-arms-fair/
Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires
Negin Owliaei | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/activists-follow-money-fueling-amazon-fires/5688958
Why I\'m Currently Blocking the Largest Oil Export Channel in the U.S
PIPER | commondreams.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/12/why-im-currently-blocking-largest-oil-export-channel-us?cd-origin=rss
Venezuela: Military Exercises Against Colombian Aggression
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
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,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Military-Exercises-Against-Colombian-Aggression-20190912-0015.html
Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/observe-911-anniversary-calling-end-afghan-war/5688973
On 18th Anniversary of 9/11, Media Worry About \'Premature\' End to Afghan War
Joshua Cho | commondreams.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/12/18th-anniversary-911-media-worry-about-premature-end-afghan-war?cd-origin=rss
Colombian Teachers Begin National Strike for Peace and Life
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Teachers-Begin-National-Strike-in-Solidarity-with-Social-Leaders-20190912-0001.html
A Morning in Afghanistan
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/morning-afghanistan/5688921
Thousands Demand Justice for Killed Protesters in Sudan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Demand-Justice-for-Killed-Protesters-in-Sudan—20190912-0014.html
Thursday\'s Daily Brief: Religious site protection, South-South Cooperation, \'UNComplicated\' airs, West Bank threat, vaccination, Hong Kong update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-12
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046232
Spikes of Violence: Protest in West Papua
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-12
Like Timor-Leste, West Papua, commonly subsuming both Papua and West Papua, remains a separate ethnic entity, acknowledged as such by previous colonial powers. Its Dutch colonial masters, in preparing to leave the region in the 1950s, left the ground fertile for a declaration of independence in 1961. Such a move did not sit well with…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/12/spikes-of-violence-protest-in-west-papua/
Video: Color Revolution Comes to Hong Kong
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-color-revolution-hong-kong/5688907
Hong Kong Protest Leader Hangs Out with White Helmets Boss
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protest-leader-hangs-out-white-helmets-boss/5688967
Moscow Communists see vote increase after demanding democracy in Russia
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/moscow-communists-see-vote-increase-after-demanding-democracy-in-russia/
South-South Cooperation \'accelerates\' us toward 2030 goals, UN Chief says on International Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-12
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046192
\'Justice is Indivisible\':The Screams of Israa Ghrayeb Should Be Our Wake-up Call
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-12
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.
mintpressnews.com/justice-indivisiblethe-screams-israa-ghrayeb-wake-call/261770/
Post-Bolton Thaw in US Relations with Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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, …
globalresearch.ca/post-bolton-thaw-us-relations-iran/5688982
Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/syria-un-commission-inquiry-country/5688993
Debt-Entrapping: The US Student Loan Racket
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/debt-entrapping-the-us-student-loan-racket/5688988
Nonviolence Denial Is As Dangerous As Climate Denial
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-12
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,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/12/nonviolence-denial-is-as-dangerous-as-climate-denial/
Trump the Russian Puppet. A Story That Just Will Not Die
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-russian-puppet/5688948
Will the US and Iran Resume Talks After John Bolton Is Ousted?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-12
| 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.
truthout.org/video/will-the-us-and-iran-resume-talks-after-john-bolton-is-ousted/
\'The Kissinger model\': Trump set to expand Pompeo\'s powers to fill Bolton\'s shoes, say reports
rt.com | 2019-09-12
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…
rt.com/usa/468634-pompeo-bolton-adviser-appointment/
John Bolton\'s Living Obituary
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-09-12
\"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…
truthdig.com/articles/john-boltons-living-obituary/
\'Loser\' v \'warmongering chickenhawk\': 2 Republican lawmakers in epic Twitter beef
rt.com | 2019-09-12
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.com/usa/468710-paul-cheney-twitter-bolton-terrorists/
Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-12
Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as \"unfair competition.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14654
\'The Goldfinch\' Flutters but Doesn\'t Take Wing
Carrie Rickey | truthdig.com | 2019-09-12
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…
truthdig.com/articles/the-goldfinch-flutters-but-doesnt-take-wing/
Scandal erupts over Público exposure of state complicity in Barcelona attack
wsws.org | 2019-09-12
Revelations of state foreknowledge of the terror attack in Barcelona point to the premeditated, counterrevolutionary class policy pursued by the financial aristocracy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/12/pub3l-s12.html
Swarming for the Global Climate Strikes!
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area | indybay.org | 2019-09-12
Union Square, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/11/18826174.php
The Mainstream Media\'s Appetite for War is Insatiable
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-12
On the 18th anniversary of he 9/11 attacks, all our political press can do is fret over our \"overly hastly\" withdrawal from Afghanistan.
truthdig.com/articles/the-mainstream-medias-appetite-for-war-is-insatiable/
Can Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Dent Biden\'s Electability Edge?
Ryan Cooper | commondreams.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/12/can-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-dent-bidens-electability-edge?cd-origin=rss
Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-12
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/12/netanyahu-risks-triggering-an-unwinnable-war-to-avoid-losing-election/
The Psychotic Impacts of Stalking, Electronic Surveillance, Harassment and Wiretaps: The Neuro-Behavioral Symptoms
B.L. Love | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/alternatives-psychotic-diagnosis/5688991
How disinformation could sway the 2020 election
Paul M. Barrett | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-12
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 …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/12/how-disinformation-could-sway-the-2020-election/
The Insurance Industry\'s War of Words Against Medicare-for-All
Roger Bybee | progressive.org | 2019-09-12
Why are we seeing all the hand-wringing about \"losing\" private insurance when so many people\'s experiences with it are so negative?
progressive.org/dispatches/insurance-war-against-medicare-for-all-bybee-190912/
Biden to Square Off Against Warren in Democrat Debate
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Biden-to-Square-Off-Against-Warren-in-Democrat-Debate-20190912-0007.html
Afghanistan: 18 Years of US-NATO Occupation. The Decision to Invade Afghanistan was Taken on 9/12
James Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
18 years after NATO\'s invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, the 9/11 and Al Qaeda lies that were used to justify the war have disappeared. | Now the truth about oil and gas, mineral wealth, opium and naked imperial ambition are all …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-18-years-of-us-nato-occupation-the-decision-to-invade-afghanistan-was-taken-on-912/5689002
The Four Storms of the Apocalypse: Katrina, Sandy, Maria and Dorian
John Davis | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-12
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/12/the-four-storms-of-the-apocalypse-katrina-sandy-maria-and-dorian/
We\'ve got a Plan to #ShutDownDC For Climate Justice
patrick | strikedc.org | 2019-09-12
\"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\"
strikedc.org/index.php/2019/09/12/weve-got-a-plan-to-shutdowndc-for-climate-justice/
Netanyahu pledges to annex Jordan Valley if re-elected
wsws.org | 2019-09-12
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/12/isra-s12.html
France Finds Saudi Crown Prince\'s Sister Guilty in Beating Case
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
A Saudi princess was found guilty by a French court Thursday of beating a workman inside her luxury flat in Paris. | RELATED: | Dozens of Palestinians Forcibly Disappeared in Saudi Arabia: NGO Warns | Princess Hassa bint Salman, the daughter of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, was found to be complicit in violence with a deadly weapon and complicit in the kidnapping of a workman in her flat. | The French court sentenced the Saudi princess to a ten-month suspended prison sentence…
telesurenglish.net/news/France-Finds-Saudi-Crown-Princes-Sister-Guilty-in-Beating-Case-20190912-0002.html
Australian establishment demands removal of alleged \"pro-China\" member of parliament
wsws.org | 2019-09-12
Gladys Liu has views that are at odds with the propaganda being promoted in Australia to justify the alliance with US imperialism and war preparations against China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/12/auch-s12.html
Unsubmissive France summer school promotes Islamophobia
wsws.org | 2019-09-12
The move by considerable sections of LFI toward essentially racist positions underscores the reactionary character of its populist and nationalist political orientation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/12/lfii-s12.html
With union support, Trudeau\'s big business Liberals vie for re-election in fall vote
wsws.org | 2019-09-12
Whichever party or combination of parties forms Canada\'s government after October 21, it will be a government of austerity, reaction and war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/12/elec-s12.html
The New American Oil Empire Built on Sand. The \"Fracking Revolution\"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Over the course of the past decade the United States, following decades of relative stagnation in oil production, has surprised many to become the largest oil producer in the world, exceeding Russia as well as Saudi Arabia. | Latest daily production …
globalresearch.ca/new-american-oil-empire-built-sand/5688961