Sonali Kolhatkar (2019-09-13). #NeverForget the War in Afghanistan. truthdig.com Donald Trump has killed a deal with the Taliban based on the death of one U.S. soldier. But more will die if troops remain in the longest war.

Luke O\'Neil (2019-09-13). I Would Want To Drink Their Blood: God Will Punish Them. counterpunch.org The following is adapted from Luke O\'Neil\'s newsletter Welcome to Hell World and his book of the same name available now, Welcome to Hell World: Dispatches from the American Dystopia. *** There\'s a girl I never want to let myself forget. Her name is Samar Hassan and we killed her family. In January of 2005 More

Staff (2019-09-13). Democrats Spar About Policy and Party Identity in Latest Debate. truthdig.com HOUSTON — The three leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed over health care, immigration and President Barack Obama\'s legacy on Thursday in a fierce debate that pitted an aggressive Joe Biden against liberal rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. | \"This is America,\" said Biden, his party\'s early front-runner, before calling Sanders \"a socialist.\" He later declared, \"I stand with Barack Obama all eight years, good bad and indifferent.\" | The top White House hopefuls faced off for the first time alongside seven other candidates who are under increasing pressure to break out of the pack. All…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-09-13). Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters its Fifth Year. mintpressnews.com A complete absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black Suq (market) of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the war-torn and war-weary nation.

Sasan Fayazmanesh (2019-09-13). The Pirates of Gibraltar. counterpunch.org On April 17, 2019, a tanker named Grace 1 left Iran for an unspecified destination with reportedly 2.1 million barrels of crude oil, worth some $130 million. According to a March 20 report in Reuters about how Iran tries to evade US sanctions, the Grace 1 was \"Panamanian-flagged and managed by Singapore-based shipping services firm.\" The Grace 1, TankerTrackers reported, was built in 1997 and, given its age and size, was not allowed to dock at many ports. It therefore had a history of handling ship-to-ship fuel oil transfers at sea. It would typically receive fuel oil from Iran, the source stated, and then delive…

Rob Urie (2019-09-13). Bernie Sanders and the Realignment of the American Left. counterpunch.org The neoliberal revolution that has been underway since the mid-1970s fundamentally reoriented American governance toward the interests of capital. While the distance between government and the so-called private sector was never that great, all pretense that government served the broader public interest was cast aside in favor of state-corporatism. This wasn\'t simply a matter of privatizing the public realm— it overlaid a capitalist rationale on all public undertakings. More

RT (2019-09-13). Bronzeface? Woke warrior Meryl Streep accused of wearing Latina \'blackface\' in new Netflix film. rt.com Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is under fire for portraying a Latina character in upcoming Netflix film, \'The Laundromat,\' with critics accusing the liberal darling of sporting a form of \'blackface.\' | Directed by Steven Soderbergh of \'Ocean\'s 11\' fame and set to drop on Netflix later this month, the comedy-drama delves into the story behind the Panama Papers, a trove of millions of documents leaked in 2015 which detail the corrupt dealings of thousands of wealthy individuals around the world. | Though Streep assumes the lead role in the first section of the film, her less conspicuous portrayal of a Latina off…

CounterSpin (2019-09-13). Marjorie Cohn on Afghanistan\'s Unending War, Amit Narang on Deregulation & Corporate America. fair.org New Yorkers who were here for September 11 remember vigils, hugs from strangers and signs all over the streets reading, \"Our grief is not a cry for war.\" But war is what came, to the delight of many in media—first to Afghanistan, which the US invaded on October 7, 2001, and never left.

RT (2019-09-13). Buying votes? Yang announces he\'ll give 10 people $1,000 a month… but read the fine print first. rt.com Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang is dangling cash in front of voters, announcing he\'ll raffle off 10-year-long samples of his Universal Basic Income program — $1,000 a month — in a promo he swears is legal. | Yang opened the third Democratic presidential debate with the \"unprecedented\" promotion, having teased his followers with the \"debate surprise\" in the days leading up to the event. Winners will receive $1,000 per month for 12 months even if Yang does not win the nomination, with the funds coming from his campaign war chest. | In his opening statement, Andrew Yang says his campaign w…

Michaela Warnsley (2019-09-13). NYC: Fight continues for \'No new jails!\'. liberationnews.org \"It\'s up to us to keep the pressure on these shameless, opportunistic politicians, hold them accountable, and fight back!\"

Paul Street (2019-09-13). The Age of Constitutional Coups. counterpunch.org In 2017, in the wake of a failed military putsch the previous year, Turkey\'s prime minister Recep Erdogan held what the British journalist Patrick Cockburn rightly calls \"a blatantly rigged referendum which marginalized parliament and gave him dictatorial powers.\" Erdogan won a narrow majority that \"was only achieved late on election night when the head of the electoral board overseeing the election decided that votes not stamped as legally valid, numbering as many as 1.5 million, would be counted as valid.\" Erdogan then implemented a national educational curriculum that devalued secular liberal ideas and science…

Michael T. Klare (2019-09-13). The Pompeo Doctrine: How to Seize the Arctic\'s Resources, Now Accessible Due to Climate Change (Just Don\'t Mention Those Words!). counterpunch.org Donald Trump got the headlines as usual — but don\'t be fooled. It wasn\'t Trumpism in action this August, but what we should all now start referring to as the Pompeo Doctrine. Yes, I\'m referring to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and, when it comes to the Arctic region, he has a lot more than More

Staff (2019-09-13). Mike Pompeo Is Inviting Catastrophe in the Arctic. truthdig.com Donald Trump got the headlines as usual—but don\'t be fooled. It wasn\'t Trumpism in action this August, but what we should all now start referring to as the Pompeo Doctrine. Yes, I\'m referring to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and, when it comes to the Arctic region, he has a lot more than buying Greenland on his mind. | In mid-August, as no one is likely to forget, President Trump surprised international observers by expressing an interest in purchasing Greenland, a semi-autonomous region of Denmark. Most commentators viewed the move as just another example of the president\'s increasingly erratic behavior.

Staff (2019-09-13). Taliban Negotiators Go to Moscow After Trump Declares Talks \'Dead\'. truthdig.com Russia has been accused of aiding the group as a safeguard against an Islamic State affiliate with ties to a militant group in Central Asia.

David Rosen (2019-09-13). The Likely End to Roe v. Wade? counterpunch.org A 2017 U.S. government report, \"SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OVERRULED BY SUBSEQUENT DECISION,\" notes, \"while the Supreme Court sometimes expressly overrules a prior decision, in other instances the overruling must be deduced from the principles of related cases.\" The report identifies 237 Court decision that have been either overturned or revised. A handful of key Court cases illustrates More

Ishmael Reed (2019-09-13). When You Mess With Creation Myths, the Knives Come Out. counterpunch.org I would have ended my challenge to \"Hamilton, The Revolution\" after a four night reading of the script that took place at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe last January. It was one of the actors, Robert Mailer Anderson, a filmmaker (Windows on the World) and novelist, who said that he\'d put up money for a full More

Joseph Natoli (2019-09-13). The Vox Populi. counterpunch.org \"President Trump touched something inside me. He speaks like me and he talks like me.\" — Fayetteville, NC Trump rally \"Make Empathy Great Again\" — T-shirt voice Donald J. Trump won the presidency partially because of his already existing Reality TV celebratory status. Audiences got used to his dealing tactics and he became proficient in More

Louis Proyect (2019-09-13). The Intellectual Development of Karl Marx. counterpunch.org The first installment of Michael Heinrich\'s three-volume biography of Karl Marx titled \"Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society\" is now available from Monthly Review Press. In keeping with MR\'s long-time tradition as a movement rather than an academic press, the cloth edition is $34.95 and the eBook is only $19.95. Given the renewed More

Jonah Raskin (2019-09-13). Uncensored Tony Serra: Consummate Criminal Defense Lawyer. counterpunch.org \"In the 1960s I was dropping acid and doing cases pro-bono and decided then and there that I didn\'t want to own things. In that sense I\'m a Marxist. I\'ve been in jail three times for not paying taxes. I\'ve always helped prisoners. There\'s usually a long line of people waiting to see me for More

John Feffer (2019-09-13). Hong Kong and the Future of China. counterpunch.org Something didn\'t quite add up. This past weekend, protestors were rallying outside the American embassy in Hong Kong. They were waving American flags. They were singing The Star-Spangled Banner. One 24-year-old protester wore a red Make America Great Again hat. Some signs at the protest read \"President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong.\" \"The Chinese government More

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-13). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca 18 years later, the US and its NATO allies still have troops in Afghanistan with no plans on leaving. | We were told this was about 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, but these were lies. | So why are the troops still …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-13). 9/9-9/11. 18 Years Ago, 2 Days before 9/11: Shah Masood, leader of the Northern Alliance assassinated. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on the 9th of September 2003. | Eighteen years ago, on the 9th of September 2001, the leader of the Northern Alliance Commander Ahmad Shah Masood was mortally wounded in a kamikaze assassination. | It happened two …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-13). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO\'s doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.

Clark T. Scott (2019-09-13). Super-Delegated and Relegated. counterpunch.org After reading a number of recent articles by Norman Solomon in which he seems to be chronically bristling under his democrat identity, his frustration with his party keeps reminding me why the democrats and republicans are both wastes of energy. In the supposed bipartisanship of the faking USA, it seems that priorities themselves get prioritized More

Staff (2019-09-13). Wall Street Billionaires Set to Mingle With Mike Pence at Financial Conference. truthout.org | | As people across the world denounce the Trump administration\'s destructive climate policies, courting of far-right regimes, and callous policies towards immigrants, top Wall Street figures are getting set to hobnob with Vice President Mike Pence at an upcoming investor conference. | On September 19th, the CEOs of major hedge funds and private equity firms will once again gather for the annual Delivering Alpha conference, which s…

commondreams (2019-09-13). Greenpeace Activists Taken into Custody After 12-Hour Houston Bridge Protest. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson — Negin Owliaei (2019-09-13). Who\'s Burning the Amazon? counterpunch.org While the world watches in horror as fires rage in the Amazon, activists are naming culprits. \"Put out the flames, we name your names — politicians, corporate vultures, you\'re the ones we blame,\" demonstrators chanted as they marched from the White House to the Brazilian Consulate on September 5. The fires are no accident. Most More

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-13). Is the War in Syria Over? Netanyahu Meets Putin. globalresearch.ca War in Syria rages in parts of the country. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov claims it\'s over, saying: | \"The war in Syria has really come to an end. The country is gradually returning to a normal, peaceful life,\" adding: | \"Some hotspots …

Sarah Abed (2019-09-13). Without Bolton\'s Hindrance Peace Might be Possible with Iran and North Korea. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump finally fired his third national security advisor, John Bolton after eighteen long and grueling months. John happens to be the thirty-fifth member of Trump\'s revolving door administration to get fired or resign, since he …

Staff (2019-09-13). With Bolton Out of the Way, Peace With North Korea Is Possible. truthout.org | | On September 10, President Trump fired John Bolton, his third national security adviser, announcing on Twitter that Bolton\'s \"services were no longer needed.\" Unsurprisingly, Bolton fired back by tweet, countering that he hadn\'t been fired, but in fact had offered his resignation. | It was no secret in Washington that Trump grew increasingly frustrated with Bolton\'s hawkish positions, even joking in m…

Tom Clifford (2019-09-13). How China Sees the World. counterpunch.org Beijing. Question. What leader saw his country\'s military dropping 26,171 bombs in one year? That works out at every day of that year, the country\'s military dropped 72 bombs, or 3 bombs every hour, 24 hours a day, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Answer Barack Obama. More

Staff (2019-09-13). Civilians Work Toward Peace in Wartime Afghanistan. truthout.org | | 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 the heat they push the steel blue veils back, revealing their faces. Most of the men wear traditional tunics and pakol hats. | Parents and children alike listen intently to Masoma, a young Afghan woman who coordinates the Center\'s \"Street Kids School.\" She explains the importance of ste…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2019-09-13). The War in Eastern Ukraine May be Coming to an End But Do Any Americans Care? counterpunch.org On Saturday September 7, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner swap which has brought hope of improved relations between the two countries and an end to the 5-year long conflict in Eastern Ukraine. A peace accord is being planned for later this month in Normandy involving Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. Ukraine\'s newly elected More

Ajamu Baraka (2019-09-13). There Can be no Workers\' Rights without Peace and Social Justice: Ajamu Baraka. globalresearch.ca \"War and militarism are class issues.\" | Black Alliance for Peace national organizer and Black Agenda Report editor Ajamu Baraka delivered the following remarks to the International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Workers and People to Break the Economic …

teleSUR (2019-09-13). Baltimore Displays Inflatable \'Trump Rat\' to Greet US President. telesurenglish.net Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Baltimore on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to the city since he blasted it as a \"disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.\" | RELATED: | Trump Fired Bolton for Going Against Easing Iran Sanctions | \"A 14-foot inflatable Trump rat feels like an appropriate form of protest for th…

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-13). Trump in Denial over Israeli Spying on the White House. globalresearch.ca Israel aggressively spies on allies and adversaries alike. | Former CIA counterintelligence specialist/military intelligence officer Philip Giraldi earlier accused Israel of stealing everything it can get its hands on — notably military and industrial secrets. | He called evidence of Israeli spying …

Ralph Nader (2019-09-13). Big Business Lies Taught a Watchful Donald Trump. counterpunch.org For avalanche-level lying, deceiving, and misleading, mega-mimic Donald Trump need look no further than the history of the corporate advertising industry and the firms that pay them. Dissembling is so deeply ingrained in commercial culture that the Federal Trade Commission and the courts don\'t challenge exaggerated general claims that they call \"puffery.\" Serious corporate deception More

Sasha Abramsky (2019-09-13). Child Abuse as Official Government Policy. thenation.com Child Abuse as Official Government Policy…

Staff (2019-09-13). Sanders Says Democratic Socialism Means Creating an Economy That Works for All. truthout.org | | After being questioned about the crisis in Venezuela, Senator Bernie Sanders defended his vision of democratic socialism. \"I agree with what goes on in Canada and in Scandinavia: guaranteeing healthcare to all people as a human right. I believe that the United States should not be the only major country on Earth not to provide paid family and medical leave,\" Sanders said. \"I believe that every worker in this country deserves a living wage and that we expand the trade union movement.\"

Jason Ditz (2019-09-13). Trump Says Bolton Was Holding Him Back on Venezuela and Cuba. theantimedia.com President Trump on Thursday singled Bolton out for not being aggressive enough on Venezuela or Cuba, claiming he was \"holding us back.\"

teleSUR (2019-09-13). Venezuelan FM Calls TIAR \'Dead\', Denounces Its Activation. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Friday that the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) is a \'dead\' instrument and the intention of applying it in Latin America \"does not make any sense.\" | RELATED: | Maduro: 12m #NoMoreTrump Petitions to be Presented to UN | \"The TIAR is dead; it makes no sense to any country in our region,\" the Venezuelan diplomat said Friday during a press conference at the headquarters of the…

WSWS (2019-09-13). Official Secrets: A whistleblower attempts to prevent the Iraq War. wsws.org The intensely relevant film is based on the true story of Katharine Gun, who leaked a memo exposing the criminality of the preparations for war against Iraq and was charged by the British government under the Official Secrets Act.

Sam Husseini (2019-09-13). Joe Biden: New Level of Iraq War Lies. \"Yes, I did oppose the war before it began.\" globalresearch.ca Presidential candidate Joe Biden is now claiming about the 2003 Iraq invasion: \"Yes, I did oppose the war before it began.\" | Biden has been claiming: | \"From the moment \'shock and awe\' started, from that moment, I was opposed to the …

teleSUR (2019-09-13). South Africa to Work with Psychologists As Murder Wave Hits. telesurenglish.net South Africa\'s national police authorities say they are hiring mental health experts and sociologists to understand and try to solve the problem of crime in the country where almost 60 people are killed each day. | RELATED: | Every Hour Four Girls Under 13 Are Raped in Brazil | The Police Minister Bheki Cele said Thursday the government decided to use the services of psychologists and sociologists to help finding the causes of the rampant murder rate and to determine prototypes in the…

South Front (2019-09-13). Video: The Arabian Peninsula\'s \"New Cold War\". The UAE-Saudi Confrontation in Southern Yemen. globalresearch.ca On August 29, the United Arab Emirates carried out a series of airstrikes on forces loyal to the Saudi-backed government of Yemen. The strikes reportedly killed or wounded over 300 people. The UAE said that the targets were some \"terrorist …

Eliza Egret (2019-09-13). Why I took action to prevent the world\'s largest arms fair. thecanary.co The noise is deafening as giant attack helicopters fill the sky. They land excruciatingly close, just metres from us. A line of police guard the killer machines. These helicopters have been deliberately built, piece by piece, in factories all over the world, in order to murder. | Waves of despair wash over me as I think about all the people, unknown to me, who have been killed by weapons fired from helicopters just like this. I cry for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan, Syria, Li…

WSWS (2019-09-13). New Zealand police destroyed Pike River mine disaster evidence. wsws.org The latest revelations are further evidence of a cover-up designed to protect Pike River Coal\'s management from prosecution for the 2010 disaster that killed 29 people.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2019-09-13). #NeverForget the War in Afghanistan. truthdig.com Trump has killed a deal with the Taliban based on the death of one U.S. soldier. But more will die if troops remain in the longest war.

teleSUR (2019-09-13). US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing. telesurenglish.net A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. | RELATED: | China, US Grant Trade Concessions Ahead of New Talks | The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China\'s military and U.S. relations with Taiwan. | Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy\'s Seventh Fl…

Mark Taliano (2019-09-13). Video: \"Syria will Win this War for Nation-state Sovereignty, for Religious Pluralism, for Civilization\" globalresearch.ca We sent the War to Syria\'s shores. | We sent the terrorists, the mass destruction, the mass lies. | We sent the evil, the death, the barbarism. | And we are still doing it. | In the following interview with Dr. Ayshar Midani, we …