Peter Koenig (2019-09-24). Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields: a False Flag? dissidentvoice.org On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones — were they drones or long-range missiles? — hit the Saudis most important two oil fields, set them ablaze, apparently knocking out half of the Saudi crude production but measured in terms of world production it is a mere 5%. Could be made up in no …

Fred_F (2019-09-24). School climate strikers are right: This is the fight of our lives. greenleft.org.au Climate Strike school strike 4 climate climate action Sam WainwrightIssue 1239 Australia PerthSeptember 24, 2019We ne…

Manuel García, Jr. (2019-09-23). See \"Official Secrets\" counterpunch.org The movie \"Official Secrets,\" which is just out, is about Katharine Teresa Gun, the British translator in the U.K. government\'s equivalent to the U.S.\'s NSA, who leaked a top secret memo in an effort to prevent the Iraq War (in which up to 1 million Iraqis and over 35 thousand U.S. and U.K soldiers died, More

Staff (2019-09-23). Ending the Afghan War Won\'t End the Killing. truthdig.com A major legacy of the U.S. war on terror in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001 and shows little sign of actually ending anytime soon.

Mnar Muhawesh (2019-09-23). How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran. mintpressnews.com It is inconceivable to the United States that a \"rag-tag\" force like Yemen\'s Houthis might, with home-made weapons, outdo the hundred-billion-dollar might and sophistication of the state-of-the-art systems Washington has lavished upon the Saudis.

Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-23). Strong Men in Europe: Tony Abbott Visits Hungary. counterpunch.org \"I extend a special welcome to Australia\'s former prime minister. It is in part due to his tough policy that we regard Australia as a model country. We especially respect it for the brave, direct and Anglo-Saxon consistency which it has shown on migration and defence of the Australian nation\". These words of Hungarian Prime More

Andy Freeman (2019-09-23). Voices from the Seattle Global Climate Strike. liberationnews.org \"We must work together to create systemic change…\"

Eds. (2019-09-23). Millions march against climate change, capitalism and war. mronline.org Four million people participated in the global climate strike across every continent on Friday, many of them students who skipped school on that day. Demonstrations at more than 5,800 locations in 161 countries began in Australia and the Pacific, moved to Asia, Antarctica, Africa and Europe, and then to North and South America. This is […] | Source

Henry Millstein (2019-09-23). Climate strike action rocks San Jose. peoplesworld.org SAN JOSE, Calif.—The call \"This is what democracy looks like\" echoed across downtown as some 1,500 students and their allies marched from the Diridon train station to City Hall as this city\'s contribution to the global climate strike demanding action to rein in global warming and the fossil fuel industries that seek to block action …

Tim Wheeler (2019-09-23). Youth lead fight for future at Baltimore Climate Strike. peoplesworld.org BALTIMORE—About 1,000 protesters, mostly high school and college youth, marched from the Inner Harbor to Baltimore City Hall Sept. 20 in the local edition of the Global Climate Strike, demanding action by the federal, state, and municipal governments to reverse global climate change. The march here was part of a worldwide mass protest by millions …

Nick Estes (2019-09-23). Indigenous People Are Already Working \"Green Jobs\" — but They\'re Unrecognized and Unpaid. theintercept.com From Standing Rock to the Unist\'ot\'en Camp, land defense and water protection are necessary for the continuation of life on a planet teetering on collapse.

Staff (2019-09-23). Changing the Narrative on Climate Change. therealnews.com At the first Designing A Green New Deal conference, essayist Mary AnnaàØse Heglar explains the role of storytelling and emotion in the fight for climate justice…

Eds. (2019-09-23). Debating the bedrock of climate-change mitigation scenarios. mronline.org Researchers and policymakers rely on computer simulations called integrated assessment models to determine the best strategies for tackling climate change. Here, scientists present opposing views on the suitability of these simulations. | Source

Staff (2019-09-23). Dozens Arrested as Climate Activists #ShutDownDC. therealnews.com Monday morning\'s commute was disrupted in the nation\'s capital when activists blocked 22 intersections to demand action from leaders to address climate change.

Craig Collins (2019-09-23). Naomi Klein, Autism and Climate Activism. counterpunch.org In a recent interview with Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein linked Greta Thunberg\'s autism with her powerful commitment to combating climate chaos. In doing so, I believe she promoted a serious misunderstanding about how autism is linked to Greta\'s moral clarity on this existential threat. In the interview quoted extensively below, Klein talks about autism and the human brain\'s propensity for \"mirroring.\" More

ADMIN (2019-09-23). Climate strikers demand climate justice on \'historic\' day of protest. nationofchange.org This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. | Millions of children and adults are expected to strike across the globe today, inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg\'s call for climate action. | The strikes are happening ahead of the UN Climate Summit, which is taking place in New York on 23 September. | Climate strikers are calling…

Liberation staff (2019-09-23). Indigenous people lead march of 250,000 in NYC climate strike. liberationnews.org \"If we don\'t rise, the sea levels will!\"

Staff (2019-09-23). The Modern Day Scramble for Africa. therealnews.com From the US to China to Israel to Russia, governments are positioning resources — both civilian and military — in various African nations for various reasons. Jacqueline Luqman talks to Maurice Carney about who are the players on the continent, what do they want, what does this mean for the future of Africa and Africans,…

Amitai Ben-Abba (2019-09-23). And in Those Days There was No King in Israhell. counterpunch.org Non-Israeli friends have been asking me what the hell is going on with the 2019 Israeli elections round 2; I decided to write it all up and break it down for ya: Bibi Netanyahu, our eternal PM, aka The Magician, aka Sabotage Angel, aka Blind Goat, has run out of tricks. Where are the tricks? More

Jason Hirthler (2019-09-23). American Iago: On Washington\'s Character Assassins. counterpunch.org Slander. Libel. Calumny. Defamation. Vituperation. Degradation. Vilification. Smears and trolling and backstabbing. Whatever you call it, reputation destruction is a tried-and-true foreign-policy tactic of Washington. Whether aimed at individuals or nations, the goal is regime change. It is character assassination writ large. When Washington does it, they don\'t just take down an individual, they take down whole administrations, entire governments, nationwide ideologies, and entire economies. More

Michael Welton (2019-09-23). The Serpent of Their Agonies. counterpunch.org \"For protection against \'the serpent of their agonies,\' the labourers must put their heads together, and, as a class, compel the passing of a law, an all-powerful social barrier that shall prevent the very workers from selling, by voluntary contract with capital, themselves and their families into slavery and death\" -Karl Marx, Capital (1867) One More

Kshama Sawant (2019-09-23). Amazon vs. the Socialists in Seattle. counterpunch.org In what may turn out to be a preview of the U.S. presidential election, with the ruling class hellbent on stopping Bernie Sanders at all costs, big business in Seattle is carrying out an unprecedented assault of corporate PAC money against socialist and progressive candidates in this year\'s elections. The corporate elite are deeply concerned More

Staff (2019-09-23). Is Canada\'s Government a Partner in America\'s Crimes? therealnews.com Margaret Kimberly of Black Agenda Report says Justin Trudeau\'s blackface scandal is far from the worst of his offenses.

Julie Hollar (2019-09-23). What Media Like Best About Elizabeth Warren: She\'s Not Bernie Sanders. fair.org by Julie Hollar | When the Washington Post\'s Paul Waldman ( 9/18/19) recently attempted to explain Elizabeth Warren\'s rise in the Democratic primary polls, he attributed it in part to media: Reporters on the campaign trail have said for some time that she is the one who generates the most enthusiastic response among voters o…

RT (2019-09-23). 'Project Voldemort' Snapchat has been tracking Facebook\'s anti-competitive behavior — and now it\'s talking to the FTC. rt.com With Facebook under investigation for alleged anti-competitive tactics, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seems to be getting help from rival Snapchat, which has reportedly been carefully tracking Facebook\'s copycat behavior. | In a dossier known as \'Project Voldemort,\' Snapchat\'s parent company Snap has meticulously detailed Facebook moves which it deemed to be anti-competitive. The dossier includes cases of the Instagram-owner allegedly warning popular Instagram accounts from referencing or posting links to Snapchat profiles, the Wall Street Journal reported. | It\'s not just Snapchat, either. According to t…

RT (2019-09-23). Grizzly bears face-off in ferocious fight on Canadian highway (VIDEO). rt.com Rare footage of two grizzly bears embroiled in a vicious fight has gone viral after the awesome wildlife encounter was filmed on a Canadian highway and shared on social media. | The incredible video shows the two bears facing off on their hind legs while growling, shoving and scratching each other in a vicious brawl that brings them to the ground before they roll into a ditch. | The footage ends with the bears chasing after each other and the bystander behind the camera clearly re-evaluating her front-row seat. | Cari McGillivray shot on the \"amazing moment\" on Stewart-Cassiar Highway in Birtish Columbia on…

Ed Rampell (2019-09-23). Red Diaper Baby: Big Brother\'s still watching you. peoplesworld.org BEVERLY HILLS—The world premiere of Leda Siskind\'s thought-provoking, topical The Surveillance Trilogy is so perfectly timed—opening the same week that Edward Snowden\'s book Permanent Record has been published and the Trump administration is mired in an alleged whistleblower scandal—that one of three things must have happened: 1) Trilogy\'s publicist is a marketing mastermind who contrived …

Staff (2019-09-23). Mutual Aid Networks Go Beyond Disaster Relief. They Offer Community Empowerment. truthout.org | | Climate change is no longer a vague and distant threat looming on the horizon — its effects are already causing massive disruptions globally and are proving more significant than most of us could have imagined even a decade ago. And although extreme weather events and climate-fueled disasters do not discriminate between rich and poor or the privileged and the underserved, the impacts of these events generally reflect pre-existing divisions marked by race, class, immigration sta…

commondreams (2019-09-23). Women\'s Rights, Climate Activists Launch Feminist Agenda for Green New Deal. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Staff (2019-09-23). #ShutDownDC Protesters Blockade Capital Streets to Demand Climate Action. truthout.org | | With the goal of disrupting business as usual in the \"center of decision-making in the U.S.,\" hundreds of activists blocked key intersections across downtown Washington, D.C., Monday morning to demand that lawmakers take bold and urgent action to confront the existential climate crisis. | Chanting \"We want climate justice now!\" and \"The planet we love is under attack,\" demonstrators positioned vans, cars, their bodies — even a sailboat — in the middle of major D.C. streets to sh…

Staff (2019-09-23). \'You Are Failing Us\': Plans, Frustration at U.N. Climate Talks. truthdig.com After teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shames them for their inaction, leaders claim they will do more but concede it\'s not enough.

United Nations (2019-09-23). Greta Thunberg tells world leaders \'you are failing us\', as nations announce fresh climate action. un.org Speaking at the beginning of the UN\'s Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old acclaimed climate activist Greta Thunberg, was unsparing in her criticism of world leaders, telling them that they are still \"not mature enough to tell it like it is\".

teleSUR (2019-09-23). Afghanistan\'s Taliban Meet Chinese Officials in Beijing. telesurenglish.net A Taliban delegation met Sunday with China\'s Special Representative for Afghanistan in Beijing to discuss the group\'s peace talks with the United States, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgency said. | RELATED: | US Drone Strike \'Accidentally\' Kills 30 Afghan Farmers | The meeting comes after U.S. President Donald Trump\'s 11th-hour cancellation earlier this month…

Santa Cruz Climate Action Network (2019-09-23). Climate Week: Faith in Our Future: Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change (Santa Cruz). indybay.org Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…

Peter Koenig (2019-09-23). Peace Versus Climate. globalresearch.ca Climate Change number ONE? — How about PEACE? — Nobody thought about that? Have these western kids been brainwashed. Not even UN Secretary General Guterres, whose mandate it is to lead the UN towards conflict solutions that bring PEACE — this is the very mandate that the UN has been founded on. Not climate, but PEACE.

The Canary (2019-09-23). Greenpeace targets Burger King over Amazon fires and deforestation. thecanary.co Environmental campaigners have unfurled giant banners at Burger King\'s Leicester Square restaurant in London in protest at the Amazon fires and deforestation.The meat industry and the rainforest: The green group claims Burger King…

teleSUR (2019-09-23). UN\'s Guterres Announces Syria Constitutional Committee. telesurenglish.net United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Monday the formation of a constitutional committee for Syria, a long-awaited step in a stalled peace process. | \"It will be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva,\" Guterres told reporters, adding that it would be convened in the coming weeks. The United Nations sees the committee as a next step in efforts to find a political solution to end the more than eight-year war in Syria. | \"I strongly believe that the launch of the Syrian-owned and Syrian-led constitutional committee can and must be the beginning of the political path out of the trag…

United Nations (2019-09-23). UN chief announces progress on committee to shape Syria's political future. un.org UN-led discussions to secure a peaceful future for the people of Syria have resulted in agreement by the country\'s Government and opposition representatives to the formation of a new Constitutional Committee in a bid to end the \"tragedy\" of more than eight years of fighting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday.

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-23). Has Russia \"Stopped Israel\" from Bombing Syria? Has Moscow Authorized Syria to Use the S-300 Air Defense System. globalresearch.ca The Alt-Media Community has been in a state of ecstasy over reports that Russia has supposedly stopped several \" Israeli\" strikes in Syria and also finally given the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) the authority to use the S-300s. …

Santa Cruz Climate Action Network (2019-09-23). Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 26. indybay.org Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…

Brasil Solidarity Network and others (2019-09-23). SF Climate Strike: Amazon Protest Contingent outside Brasilian Consulate. indybay.org Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901…

Photos and Text (2019-09-23). Youth Leads In Global Climate Strike. indybay.org Demonstrations throughout the Bay Area and the world in emergency climate protest…

Julian Rose (2019-09-23). Climate Action Protests and \"Extinction Rebellion\" versus 5G Microwave Radiation. globalresearch.ca On 20 September, hundreds of thousands stepped out onto the streets of the world\'s cities to call for \'Climate Action\'. The great majority doing so, no doubt based upon genuine feelings of concern for the future of the planet and …

teleSUR (2019-09-23). Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Called Warmonger in Town Hall. telesurenglish.net A town hall organized in Toronto, Canada by the National Council of Canadian Muslims with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland ended abruptly Sunday after protesters repeatedly called her \"warmonger,\" and made the event impossible to continue. | RELATED: | Canada: PM Justin Trudeau Starts Re-Election Campaign | \"If you\'re for democracy, why do you condone the sale of weapons of mass destruction to Saudi Arabia,\" said one unidentified man. \"Why are you waging economic war…

Celso Amorim (2019-09-23). Five Hundred Days of Injustice: On the Imprisonment of Luiz In√°cio Lula da Silva. commondreams.org A supporter of the former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva holds a flag during a national strike protest called by unions and students against the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 2019. (Photo: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/lula_livre_brazil.jpg …

teleSUR (2019-09-23). Brazil: Protests Demand Justice for Slain 8-Year-Old Girl. telesurenglish.net Protesters took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro this weekend against police violence and Rio\'s governor Wilson Witzel, whose responsible for a \"shoot to kill policy\" in the city, after 8-year-old Agatha Felix was shot by police Friday before she succumbed to her wounds Saturday at a hospital in the Brazilian city. | RELATED | Police Bullet Kills 8-Year-Old Girl in Rio de Janeiro | Pagina 12 reported that the Afro-Brazilian girl was shot in the back when she was returning home in a van…

Dave Lindorff (2019-09-23). Faux \'Working Man\'s\' Candidate Biden Looking Like a Loser after Philly AFL-CIO Presidential Summit. counterpunch.org Philadelphia — At a packed \'Presidential Summit\' on Tuesday organized and sponsored by this city\'s AFL-CIO Labor Council, former Delaware Senator and Vice-President and repeat Democratic presidential primary contender Joe Biden\'s oft-touted claim to be the \"working-class,\" or alternatively \"middle-class\" favorite looked pretty exaggerated. Assigned pole position as the first candidate to get 30 minutes More

Phil Rockstroh (2019-09-23). A Careless Bully at the KFC at the End of Empire. counterpunch.org Will Trump go to war with the Iranians or the homeless? Or both? Trump is a coward. The nation of Iran has the means and the will to fight. Do you recall the will displayed by Iranians when repelling foreign invaders when Iraq attempted to invade Iran as a de facto US proxy force? Conversely, More

WSWS (2019-09-23). Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record. wsws.org Obama\'s vice president for two terms, Biden is identified with some of the worst crimes of the American government over the past 50 years, including wars in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.

unitedEditor (2019-09-23). Erdogan & Trump, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq. uwidata.com Erdogan — Trump Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and ongoing geopolitical problems. Turkey and the US had previously come to an agreement on the creation of a safe zone in the Syrian north-east along the border with Turkey. Despite recent …