Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields: a False Flag?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-24
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/houthi-attack-on-saudi-oil-fields-a-false-flag/
School climate strikers are right: This is the fight of our lives
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-24
Climate Strike school strike 4 climate climate action Sam WainwrightIssue 1239 Australia PerthSeptember 24, 2019We ne…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-climate-strikers-are-right-fight-our-lives
Mutual Aid Networks Go Beyond Disaster Relief. They Offer Community Empowerment
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-23
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/mutual-aid-networks-go-beyond-disaster-relief-they-offer-community-empowerment/
\'You Are Failing Us\': Plans, Frustration at U.N. Climate Talks
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-23
After teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shames them for their inaction, leaders claim they will do more but concede it\'s not enough.
truthdig.com/articles/you-are-failing-us-plans-frustration-at-u-n-climate-talks/
Greta Thunberg tells world leaders \'you are failing us\', as nations announce fresh climate action
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
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\".
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Women\'s Rights, Climate Activists Launch Feminist Agenda for Green New Deal
commondreams.org | 2019-09-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/23/womens-rights-climate-activists-launch-feminist-agenda-green-new-deal?cd-origin=rss
#ShutDownDC Protesters Blockade Capital Streets to Demand Climate Action
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-23
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/shutdowndc-protesters-blockade-capital-streets-to-demand-climate-action/
Climate strikers demand climate justice on \'historic\' day of protest
ADMIN | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-23
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…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/23/climate-strikers-demand-climate-justice-on-historic-day-of-protest/
Dozens Arrested as Climate Activists #ShutDownDC
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-23
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.
therealnews.com/stories/dozens-arrested-as-climate-activists-shutdowndc
Afghanistan\'s Taliban Meet Chinese Officials in Beijing
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Taliban-Meet-Chinese-Officials-in-Beijing-20190923-0012.html
UN chief announces progress on committee to shape Syria\'s political future
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047092
Climate Week: Faith in Our Future: Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826538.php
Peace Versus Climate
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
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.
globalresearch.ca/peace-versus-climate/5689953
Greenpeace targets Burger King over Amazon fires and deforestation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-23
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…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/09/23/greenpeace-targets-burger-king-over-amazon-fires-and-deforestation/
UN\'s Guterres Announces Syria Constitutional Committee
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/UNs-Guterres-Announces-Syria-Constitutional-Committee-20190923-0001.html
Youth Leads In Global Climate Strike
Photos and Text | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Demonstrations throughout the Bay Area and the world in emergency climate protest…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826541.php
Youth lead fight for future at Baltimore Climate Strike
Tim Wheeler | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-23
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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/youth-lead-fight-for-future-at-baltimore-climate-strike/
SF Climate Strike: Amazon Protest Contingent outside Brasilian Consulate
Brasil Solidarity Network and others | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826600.php
Climate Action Protests and \"Extinction Rebellion\" versus 5G Microwave Radiation
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
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 …
globalresearch.ca/climate-action-protests-deep-state-call-regime-change/5689923
Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 26
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826536.php
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Called Warmonger in Town Hall
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protesters-Cut-Short-Canadian-Foreign-Affairs-Minister-Town-Hall-20190923-0011.html
Brazil: Protests Demand Justice for Slain 8-Year-Old Girl
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Rio-girl-Killed-by-Police-20190923-0002.html
Five Hundred Days of Injustice: On the Imprisonment of Luiz In√°cio Lula da Silva
Celso Amorim | commondreams.org | 2019-09-23
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 …
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Faux \'Working Man\'s\' Candidate Biden Looking Like a Loser after Philly AFL-CIO Presidential Summit
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/faux-working-mans-candidate-biden-looking-like-a-loser-after-philly-afl-cio-presidential-summit/
See \"Official Secrets\"
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
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,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/see-official-secrets/
A Careless Bully at the KFC at the End of Empire
Phil Rockstroh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
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,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/a-careless-bully-at-the-kfc-at-the-end-of-empire/
Erdogan & Trump, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-23
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 …
uwidata.com/5424-erdogan-trump-iran-and-saudi-arabia-turkish-military-operations-in-northern-iraq/
Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record
wsws.org | 2019-09-23
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/23/bide-s23.html
Ending the Afghan War Won\'t End the Killing
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-23
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.
truthdig.com/articles/ending-the-afghan-war-wont-end-the-killing/
Venezuela: Dueling Delegations Sent to New York as TIAR Treaty Invoked
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-23
Colombian President Ivan Duque raised tensions on the eve of the UN General Assembly when he compared Maduro to Slobodan Milosevic and Al Qaeda.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14664
The Deep State Is Dragging Trump into War with Iran
Robert Bridge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
Should we chalk it up to coincidence theory that just days after Trump gives John Bolton the boot as his National Security Adviser, Iran is blamed for an attack on a Saudi oil facility, forcing Washington to forego any hope …
globalresearch.ca/deep-state-dragging-trump-war-iran/5689899
Germany, UK, France Blame Iran for Saudi Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
Britain, Germany, and France backed the United States Monday by blaming Iran for the attack on Saudi oil facilities, urging Tehran to agree to new talks on its nuclear and missile programs. | RELATED: | No Intention of Meeting Iran\'s Rouhani at UN Assembly: Trump | \"It is clear to us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack. There is no other plausible explanation. We support ongoing investigations to establish further details,\" Britain, France, and Germany said in a joint sta…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-UK-France-Blame-Iran-for-Saudi-Attack-Urge-New-Nuclear-Deal-20190923-0013.html
Impeachment Talks Get Louder Over Trump\'s Ukraine Call
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
President Donald Trump admitted discussing his corruption accusations against Former VP Joe Biden and his son with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone, as many continue to pressure for an impeachment, The New York Times reports. | RELATED | No Intention of Meeting Iran\'s Rouhani at UN Assembly: Trump | Vice Media outlet said Trump\'s statements come after days of news and allegations that he applied pressure on the Ukrainian leader to investigate Joe Biden, one o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Impeachment-talks-over-Trump-Ukraine-call-20190923-0006.html
How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-23
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.
mintpressnews.com/holes-us-burning-saudi-oil-fields-narrative-spark-war-iran/261998/
The War That Could Change the World
Gary D. Barnett | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
It is tempting to say that war with Iran is inevitable, and that may certainly be so, but this terrible situation has become a political and media game. A deadly game to be sure, but a game nonetheless. The people who cling to the notion that they have \"leaders\" to protect them are little more …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-war-that-could-change-the-world/
Iran Has Called Washington\'s Bluff
Bob Dreyfuss | thenation.com | 2019-09-23
Iran Has Called Washington\'s Bluff…
thenation.com/article/war-iran-sanctions-un/
Canada\'s Role in US Empire
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
While France, Germany, Russia and China seek detente, Canada is increasingly part of the US-Saudi Arabia-Israeli axis stoking conflict with Iran. Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto to compensate individuals in the US who had family members killed in a 2002 Hamas bombing in Israel and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/canadas-role-in-us-empire/
America Confronts Iran: History of US-Iran Relations and the Rule of Law
Courtenay Barnett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
It is said that maybe Iran was behind a recent attack on Saudi Arabia\'s oil facilities. | The Iranian Government denies that any attack was launched from Iranian territory. | Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the attack; other accusations | …
globalresearch.ca/what-law-who-breached-us-iran-west/5689912
Was Iran Really Behind the Attack on Saudi Aramco Facilities?
Omar Ahmed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
On 14 September, state-owned Saudi Aramco\'s oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in the Eastern Province were the target of a sophisticated drone and cruise missile attack. The Houthis of Yemen were quick to claim responsibility for \"Operation Deterrent …
globalresearch.ca/was-iran-really-behind-attack-saudi-aramco-facilities/5689890
Dialogue in Venezuela Another Missed Opportunity for Democrats
Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2019-09-23
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (2nd L) looks at opposition member Javier Bertucci during the signing of the dialogue agreement between the government and the opposition in Caracas on September 18, 2019. (Photo: Matias Delacroix/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/venezuela_sanders_democrats.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/23/dialogue-venezuela-another-missed-opportunity-democrats?cd-origin=rss
Naomi Klein, Autism and Climate Activism
Craig Collins | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
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.\"
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/naomi-klein-autism-and-climate-activism/
Debating the bedrock of climate-change mitigation scenarios
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-23
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…
mronline.org/2019/09/23/debating-the-bedrock-of-climate-change-mitigation-scenarios/
Climate Week: Nonviolent Direct Action Training in Santa Cruz
Extinction Rebellion Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
El Rio Mobile Home Park, 2120 N Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2706, United States…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826540.php
On sidelines of UN climate summit, US President calls for protection of religious freedom
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
As global leaders gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday to present their plans to combat climate change, United States President Donald Trump put the spotlight on the need to safeguard religious freedom worldwide.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047072
Climate Week Talk: Author Jonathan Safran Foer, \"We Are the Weather\"
Climate One | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Climate One, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826565.php
Millions march against climate change, capitalism and war
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-23
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…
mronline.org/2019/09/23/millions-march-against-climate-change-capitalism-and-war/
Voices from the Seattle Global Climate Strike
Andy Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-23
\"We must work together to create systemic change…\"
liberationnews.org/voices-from-the-seattle-global-climate-strike/
Interview: United Auto Workers on strike at General Motors
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-23
Lansing, Michigan – The United Auto Workers (UAW) called a strike on Sunday, September 15. Fight Back! interviewed Jean \"Johnny Bravo\" Duchemin, an alternate committee member in UAW Local 1753 in Lansing, Michigan about the GM strike. | Fight Back!: How do you see the strike fitting into the broader labor movement and the current political climate? | Jean \"Johnny Bravo\" Duchemin: That one, I had to take time to think about that one. When it comes to the political climate and the labor movement, the labor movement in this country has been died out. A lot of people are uneducated. So, since the last major strike, a…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/23/interview-united-auto-workers-strike-general-motors
Climate Policy Q & A Session with Senator Feinstein\'s State Director
Indivisible East Bay | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826601.php
Actions not words: what was promised at the UN\'s landmark climate summit?
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete plans for cutting harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for carbon neutrality by 2050. So what, exactly, was promised at Monday\'s all-day event at UN Headquarters in New York?
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047112