Israelis Have Made their Verdict Clear: Benjamin Netanyahu\'s Time is Up
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-18
For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet another far-right government, or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end? Barring a last-minute upset as the final …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/israelis-have-made-their-verdict-clear-benjamin-netanyahus-time-is-up/

Syria: Terrorist Attacks, More NATO Weapons and War Crimes
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
As NATO media are currently mourning the departure of Neocon, John Bolton, and incited support for US bombing of Iran because Yemeni patriots engaged in a retaliatory bombing of an oil refinery in Saudi occupied Arabia, no attention is …
globalresearch.ca/syria-terrorist-attacks-more-nato-weapons-and-war-crimes/5689563

Turkey\'s \"Refugee City\" Proposal for Syria Amounts to Demographic Engineering
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
Turkish President Erdogan\'s recently announced proposal to build a \"refugee city\" in Northern Syria amounts to demographic engineering intended to stop the creation of a \"Kurdish Corridor\" there and also prevent the region from fully reintegrating into Damascus\' fold after …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-refugee-city-proposal-syria-amounts-demographic-engineering/5689536

Conflict With Iran Portends World War III
Robert Freeman | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
If the U.S. cannot defeat the likes of second- and third- and fourth-rate military powers like Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria, does it really want to start a war with the strategic ally of the #2 and #3 nuclear powers in the world? (Photo: Pixabay/geralt/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/lisafuller.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/18/conflict-iran-portends-world-war-iii?cd-origin=rss

Venezuela: Another Opposition Party Joins Dialogue with Gov\'t
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-18
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez welcomed Pastor Javier Bertucci, representing the party Hope for Change, who will join the Agreement of National Dialogue, which was signed earlier this week in hope of solving the problems that caused the U.S. blockade against Venezuela. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Court Frees Opposition Lawmaker as Part of Agreements with Opposition | \"The only thing we expect from the United States is to recover the path of dialogue with the government of Nicolas Maduro, th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Another-Opposition-Party-Joins-Dialogue-with-Govt-20190918-0012.html

Iran Warns of Immediate Response to Any US Strikes
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-18
Iran warned on Wednesday that any strikes from the U.S. and its allies will be met with a crushing response from the Islamic Republic. | RELATED: | Iran Not Interested In Talks With US After Trump\'s Accusations | Stressing that they have no interest in war, the Iranian government said they will defend themselves if they are met with any aggression from the United States and its allies. | In a letter sent on Monday to the United States via the Swiss embassy, which represents U.S…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Warns-of-Immediate-Response-to-Any-US-Strikes–20190918-0002.html

Washington steps up threats against Iran over strikes on Saudi oil facilities
wsws.org | 2019-09-18
The Pentagon has provided the Trump White House with a series of options for military aggression against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/18/iran-s18.html

Locked on Iran
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-18
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An interview with director Eva Mulvad: \"You can…come a bit closer to having a more rounded understanding of the world\"
wsws.org | 2019-09-18
The WSWS spoke in Toronto to Eva Mulvad, Danish filmmaker and director of Love Child, about an Iranian refugee family in Turkey and its problems.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/18/emin-s18.html

Video: US, Saudi Sources Claim Attack on Saudi Oil Was Launched from Iran
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
On September 16, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) warned of more strikes on Saudi Arabia\'s oil infrastructure. Brigadier General Yahya Sare\'e advised foreigners to avoid the areas of Bqaiq and Khurais because they could be attacked again. He also said that …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-saudi-sources-claim-attack-saudi-oil-launched-iran/5689520

Indonesia Arrests 200 as Forest Fire Creates Hazardous Smog
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-18
Indonesia arrested around 200 people over their suspected involvement in forest fires which the authorities say have scorched 328,000 hectares (810,000 acres) of land since January but it is not clear how much of that has been to make way for palm plantations. | RELATED: | Brazil: Tenharim People, Guardians of Amazon, Battle Wildfires | The country\'s National P…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indonesia-Arrests-200-as-Forest-Fire-Creates-Hazardous-Smog-20190918-0007.html

Brazil\'s Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Benjamin R. Evans | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18

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globalresearch.ca/transgenic-aedes-aegypti-mosquitoes-transfer-genes-natural-population/5689544

Israeli Security Guards Kill Palestinian Woman at West Bank Checkpoint
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-18
\"They deliberately killed her.\"
theantimedia.com/israeli-security-guards-kill-palestinian-woman-at-west-bank-checkpoint/

Creating a Society of Hope and Inclusion: Speech to the TUC
Jeremy Corbyn | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-18
This is the text of Jeremy Corbyn\'s speech to the Trades Union Congress on September 10, 2019. Congress, thank you for that warm welcome. It\'s an honour to be asked to address you again. I\'m proud that trade unions and the Labour Party are working as closely together now as we ever have. Because together…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/18/creating-a-society-of-hope-and-inclusion-speech-to-the-tuc/

\"Crazies\" in Charge of America\'s \"Nuclear Button\": Trump\'s New (Acting) National Security Adviser Said Nuclear War with USSR Was Winnable
Nick Robins-Early | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
\"Plus àßa change, plus c\'est la même chose\", | \"The more things change, the more they stay the same\", Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, (Les Guêpes, July 1848) | *** | President Donald Trump\'s acting national security adviser, former Reagan administration | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-acting-national-security-adviser-said-nuclear-war-ussr-winnable/5689500

Shocking Video Simulation Shows the Devastation Nuclear War Would Cause
Joshua Coupe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
The United States and Russia have quite the bumpy relationship. Talk of war between the two powerful countries isn\'t anything new, and anyone who is paying attention knows that such a war would be devastating for much of the world….
globalresearch.ca/shocking-video-simulation-shows-the-devastation-nuclear-war-would-cause/5689547

Area 51 has \'secrets that deserve to be protected,\' US Air Force top brass warns \'stormers\'
rt.com | 2019-09-18
Chief of Staff General David Goldfein has ominously insisted that the Air Force is taking the viral \'Storm Area 51, They Can\'t Stop All Of Us\' event \"very seriously\" as the US has \"secrets [that] deserve to be protected.\" | \"All joking aside, we\'re taking it very seriously,\" Goldfein told reporters during the Air Force Association\'s annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference. \"Our nation has secrets, and those secrets deserve to be protected. The people deserve to have our nation\'s secrets protected.\" | Goldfein\'s comments will likely fan the flames of conspiracy theories already raging online, particularly in th…
rt.com/usa/469099-area-51-secrets-protected/

Oregon State University Employees Vote to Authorize a Strike Amid Heated Moment
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-18
| Over 95 percent of 5,000 classified workers at Oregon\'s seven public universities voted to authorize a strike this week. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 503 announced the strike vote\'s results Tuesday night and warned that if negotiations with university officials don\'t yield \"a fair agreement…
truthout.org/articles/oregon-state-university-employees-vote-to-authorize-a-strike-amid-heated-moment/

The words of water: Why environmentalists are losing the water wars
Gary Wockner | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-18
In the 1870s the colonizing American government rounded up \"Indians\" and put them in boarding schools and forced them to learn English. The American government knew one thing: If you take away a person\'s language, you take away their culture and their soul. It\'s the first and most important step of colonization and a necessary …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/18/the-words-of-water-why-environmentalists-are-losing-the-water-wars/

Warren rolls out plan she calls \'most sweeping set of anti-corruption reforms since watergate\'
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-18
Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to combat corruption in U.S. politics with \"big, structural change to fundamentally transform our government.\" The End Washington Corruption plan builds on legislation that the Massachusetts Democrat introduced last August, months before she announced her presidential campaign. Warren released the plan ahead of her …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/18/warren-rolls-out-plan-she-calls-most-sweeping-set-of-anti-corruption-reforms-since-watergate/

Labor and climate activism
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2019-09-18
The prevailing myths about U.S. workers and the organized labor movement — that labor and climate action are in conflict, that jobs are more important than the environment — will be in the trash bin of history after the Sept. 20 Global Climate Strike. U.S. labor is coming forward to . . . | Continue reading Labor and climate activism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/18/labor-and-climate-activism/

Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-09-18
After Newsom\'s announcement that he plans to veto SB 1, it is no surprise that the total contributions from agriculture in his 2018 campaign for Governor were $637,398. Newsom received $58,400 from Beverly Hills agribusiness tycoon Stewart Resnick, $58,400 from Lynda Resnick and $58,400 from E.J. Gallo. Agribusiness tycoons are strident supporters of the voluntary agreements and the Delta Tunnel — and are among the strongest proponents of attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a landmark federal environmental law that SB 1 would help protect.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/16/18826302.php

Uruguayan defense minister warns of \"military conflict in Venezuela\"
wsws.org | 2019-09-18
In an escalation of the US-led regime-change operation in Venezuela, the Organization of American States has invoked the 1947 Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/18/vene-s18.html

Trump administration intervenes in bid to shut down GM strike
wsws.org | 2019-09-18
Autoworkers must be warned: the intervention by the Trump administration is not in their interests. All of their demands will be swept aside on the basis of lying promises about \"saving\" American jobs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/18/auto-s18.html

Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-09-18
After Newsom\'s announcement that he plans to veto SB 1, it is no surprise that the total contributions from agriculture in his 2018 campaign for Governor were $637,398. Newsom received $58,400 from Beverly Hills agribusiness tycoon Stewart Resnick, $58,400 from Lynda Resnick and $58,400 from E.J. Gallo. Agribusiness tycoons are strident supporters of the voluntary agreements and the Delta Tunnel — and are among the strongest proponents of attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a landmark federal environmental law that SB 1 would help protect.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/16/18826302.php

Support the Climate Strike, Not a Military Strike
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-18
The propaganda campaign has begun. The New York Times dutifully published photos of an attack on ARAMCO oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia. Accompanying the photos are descriptions provided by the warmongers in Washington, DC. Naturally, the photos don\'t look like much of anything. This gives those describing them the leeway to provide a narrative…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/18/support-the-climate-strike-not-a-military-strike/

Angry parent tells Johnson the NHS is being \'destroyed\' during hospital visit
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-18
The parent of a sick child claimed the NHS was being destroyed as he challenged Boris Johnson during a hospital visit.The prime minister was confronted by the angry parent, who claimed there were not enough doctors and nurses.In a conversation lasting around two minutes, the man said the situation was \"not acceptable\".The parent expresses his anger over hospital waiting times to Boris Johnson and Alan Gurney, chief executive of Whipps Cross University Hospital (Yui Mok/PA Wire)Johnson was visiting Whipps Cross University Hospital in north-east London when he was challenged by the parent on a children\'s ward.The p…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/18/angry-parent-tells-johnson-the-nhs-is-being-destroyed-during-hospital-visit/

Exclusive: Edward Snowden\'s First Adventures in Cyberspace
Edward Snowden | thenation.com | 2019-09-18
Exclusive: \'s First Adventures in Cyberspace…
thenation.com/article/snowden-memoir-permanent-record/

Slouching Toward \"Bethlehem\"
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-18
but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? — W.B.Yeats, The Second Coming Hive-mindedness seems to be growing — at the same time that bees are heading towards kaputzville.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/18/slouching-toward-bedlamhem/

Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even as It Prepares for the Worst
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-09-18
Saudi Arabia, the world\'s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, remains a principal funder of climate denialism even as it prepares for climate extremes.
theintercept.com/2019/09/18/saudi-arabia-aramco-oil-climate-change/

Trump Is Treating Foreign Policy Like a Mafia Protection Racket
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-09-18
Trump Is Treating Foreign Policy Like a Mafia Protection Racket…
thenation.com/article/trump-saudi-arabia/

Pakistan\'s Prime Minister Imran Khan and The Taliban. Russia\'s \"Balancing Act\" in South Asia and Afghanistan
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
For as close as Russia has once again become to India following its support of the latter\'s \"Israeli\"-like unilateral moves in Kashmir and the restoration of their unofficial alliance after the recent Eastern Economic Forum, its flagship international media outlet …
globalresearch.ca/rt-interviews-pm-imran-khan-taliban-show-russia-balancing-intent/5689569

Koch-Backed Republicans Want to Tax Your Electric Car
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-18
| This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge.Libertarian billionaire Charles Koch has spent his entire adult life proclaiming the virtues of individual liberty and personal property rights. But when Americans decide they want to drive emissions-free electric vehicle…
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