Report: US-Made Bomb Killed Six Yemeni Civilians, Including Three Children, in June Attack
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
\"It is unfathomable and unconscionable that the U.S.A. continues to feed the conveyor belt of arms flowing into Yemen\'s devastating conflict.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/yemen_kid.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/26/report-us-made-bomb-killed-six-yemeni-civilians-including-three-children-june-attack?cd-origin=rss

Trapped in an Empire of Borders
Todd Miller | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
The driver of the passenger van pulled onto the shoulder of the road, looked back, and said, \"There\'s an immigration checkpoint up ahead. Does everyone have their papers?\" We were just north of the Guatemalan border, outside the town of Ciudad Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Chiapas. There were 10 of us in the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/trapped-in-an-empire-of-borders/

Rev. Arlington Trotman on Racism and Immigration
UUSF Forum | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
First Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/25/18826695.php

New York Times publisher warns of a \"worldwide assault on journalists\" but silent on Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
In a speech warning that the Trump administration was spearheading an attack on media freedom, Sulzberger did not mention the only journalist currently facing criminal prosecution by the American state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/assa-s26.html

A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself
Nathan Goldman | thenation.com | 2019-09-26
A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself…
thenation.com/article/bds-anti-zionist-activism-atalia-omer-interview/

7 Climate Activists Arrested for Blocking Major Banks in SF
Defund Fossil Fuels | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
Arrests at September 25 Direct Action. | [Photos: Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo, please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/26/18826732.php

Climate Activists Shut Banks and Blocks of SF Financial District
Demand Banks Defund Climate Extinction | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
7 protesters were arrested during a demonstration which blocked streets and buildings in San Francisco\'s Financial District on September 25. Demonstrators targeted banks including Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, and US Bank, demanding that they stop all funding of fossil fuel producing businesses.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/26/18826715.php

Madrid launches \"anti-terror\" crackdown in Catalonia
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
Spain\'s Civil Guards have launched a widely publicized \"anti-terror\" police operation against Catalan nationalist activists, code-named \"Operation Judes.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/madr-s26.html

Bewildered in Jerusalem
Mats Svensson | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
It was desolate. Quiet. In the quietness I heard voices, whispers, words being repeated. Words that had been repeated for a long time. \"Two states\", \"peace\", \"demolitions\", \"negotiations\", \"walls\", \"rocks\", \"keys\", \"reconciliation\", \"resistance\", \"executions\", \"we are staying\". I had been served repetitions for breakfast, lunch, dinner. They ruined my sleep. They were in every report, in every conversation.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/bewildered-in-jerusalem/

Corporate Media Ignores Connection Between Militarism and Climate Change
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-26
Joe Jamison of the U.S. Peace Council explains that the Pentagon is one of the world\'s worst polluters.
therealnews.com/stories/corporate-media-ignores-connection-between-militarism-and-climate-change

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/netanyahu-on-steroids-what-a-gantz-led-government-means-for-palestine/

Indonesian fires threaten millions
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2019-09-26
Over the past few months, fires have destroyed millions of acres of rainforest in Brazil\'s Amazon region, normally one of the wettest areas in the world, as well as in Indonesia, which has been immersed in the world capitalist economy since the U.S. covertly engineered a military coup there in . . . | Continue reading Indonesian fires threaten millions at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/26/indonesian-fires-threaten-millions/

US Army warns its soldiers that they could be shot by a disgruntled virgin if they go see new movie \'Joker\'
rt.com | 2019-09-26
The US Army has ordered its soldiers to stay alert — not in Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria, but at their local movie theater. The Pentagon reportedly believes that screenings of \'Joker\' could be targeted by sex-hungry mass shooters. | Responding to a bulletin issued by the FBI, the US Army advised service members to prepare for the worst if they choose to see the controversial Warner Bros. film. According to an alert emailed to soldiers, the movie could galvanize \'incels,\' also known as \'involuntary celibates,\' or \"guys who can\'t get dates.\" | In the message, Army officials stated that incels \"idolize the Jo…
rt.com/usa/469666-military-incels-shooting-joker-movie/

Dialogue in Venezuela is a Missed Opportunity for Democrats
Leonardo Flores | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
Days after the Democratic presidential candidates missed yet another opportunity to challenge President Donald Trump\'s failed Venezuela policy on the debate stage on September 12, President Nicolás Maduro signed an important agreement with four opposition parties. These events offer insight into the differing perspectives on the economic, social and political crises in Venezuela — one…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/dialogue-in-venezuela-is-a-missed-opportunity-for-democrats/

Washington uses UN session to unveil new sanctions against Iran and Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made it clear that the target of the latest sanctions was not just Iran, but China, which accounts for half of Iran\'s sharply reduced oil exports.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/irve-s26.html

Amazon widens Alexa\'s reach despite ongoing privacy concerns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-26
Amazon has announced a wave of new virtual assistant-powered devices — including a pair of earphones and glasses — despite ongoing concerns about the privacy of those who use its smart helper, Alexa.The technology giant unveiled a number of new Echo smart speakers, as well as the first wearables to support the voice-activated software — earphones, smart glasses and a ring.Amazon\'s new Alexa-enabled Echo Frames. (Martyn Landi/PA)Amazon — along with other tech firms with AI assistants — have come under scrutiny about their privacy practices in recent months following revelations about indus…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/09/26/amazon-widens-alexas-reach-despite-ongoing-privacy-concerns/

The far right: a global phenomenon
Michael Là∂wy | mronline.org | 2019-09-26
In recent years, the reactionary, authoritarian and/or fascist extreme right wing has been in the ascendant all over the world: it already governs half of the world\'s countries. Among the best-known examples are: Trump (United States), Modi (India), Orbán (Hungary), Erdoƒüan (Turkey), Daesh (Islamic State), Salvini (Italy), Duterte (Philippines), and now Bolsonaro (Brazil). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/25/the-far-right-a-global-phenomenon/

\"Suicide by cop\" is murder by cop
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-26
Fight Back! is circulating statement by the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar | Minneapolis, MN – Keaton James Larson, Travis Jordan, Billy Hughes, Archer Amorosi and Phil Quinn are a few of the many Minnesotans who were dealing with a mental health crisis when killed by those who are paid to \"protect and serve,\" leading some to ask the question \"Were the victims suicidal?\" | The question should not be \"Was the victim suicidal?\" but \"Would the victim be alive if the police had handled the situation more appropriately?\" In the case of Brian Quinones, killed on September 9 by police in Richfield, the answer…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/25/suicide-cop-murder-cop

Bangladesh warns UN officials over Rohingya refugees
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
The Bangladesh government is determined to relocate Rohingya refugees to an unsafe and remote island in defiance of opposition from the UN and human rights organisations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/bang-s26.html

Warming Oceans Are Rising at Alarming Rate, Says New UN Report
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-26
The IPCC report concludes that unfettered climate change will cause glaciers to melt, destroy oceanic ecosystems, accelerate sea level rise, and wreak havoc on the earth. Despite all this, our guests say there still is hope.
therealnews.com/stories/warming-oceans-are-rising-at-alarming-rate-says-new-un-report

Naomi Klein, new book \"On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal\" (San Mateo)
Kepler\'s Literary Foundation | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
San Mateo Performing Arts Center: 600 N Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/25/18826708.php

Class war at GM
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2019-09-26
The strike of autoworkers at General Motors is just over a week old, but already the class lines are clear. At more than one location, pickets were injured by delivery drivers trying to drive through the lines and into the plants. Police have harassed pickets, and in Spring Hill, Tenn., . . . | Continue reading Class war at GM at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/26/class-war-at-gm/

The Illusion of Saving the World
Kirkpatrick Sale | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
At the end of this month, as you probably know by now, an extraordinary hoopla event will descend on Manhattan in the form of a \"Climate Action Summit,\" summoned by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to get the nations of the world finally to take seriously the threat of \"global warming\" and pledge to actually take serious action to save the world from catastrophe. The chances of that happening are nil.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/the-illusion-of-saving-the-world/

Mountain Mike\'s Pizza supports the NRA, a domestic terrorist organization
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
Mountain Mike\'s Pizza LLC, a Delaware corporation, has numerous locations including Oakland CA., Berkeley, Alameda, Livermore, Santa Rosa, Fremont, San Carlos, Antioch, and other locations, is a proud supporter of the National Rifle Association (NRA), a domestic terrorist organization!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/26/18826714.php

Risking Women\'s Health, While Widening the Door to Techno-Eugenics
Tina Stevens — Stuart A. Newman | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
In September, California\'s legislature passed AB 922, a bill legalizing the payment to women for their eggs for research purposes. Additionally, next year, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is expected to return to the voters to secure passage of an initiative that will supply billions of dollars to fund entrepreneurial bioresearch. If Governor…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/risking-womens-health-while-widening-the-door-to-techno-eugenics/

ILWU Local 10 West Oakland Community Meeting Speak Out On Fisher A\'s Stadium Scheme
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
At a community labor meeting in West Oakland Speakers and community and labor people spoke out against A\'s billionaire owner John Fisher\'s scheme to build a new stadium on port property and with a hotel and 4,000 $1 million condos. | Also Democratic politicians Nancy Skinner and Ron Bonta have pushed state legislation to help the billionaire Fisher to raise taxes to pay for his development project…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/25/18826690.php

The People Are Revolting at Long Last
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-26
For millions of people around the globe — especially young people — the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! | On fire with climate change, creating a new and intensifying norm of deadly weather extremes that make a dystopian future a distinct possibility — constant wildfires, rising seas, desertification, global crop failures, widespread hunger, water shortages, etc. | Luckily, we are a sentient species with the scientific ability to know that the chief cause of this global destruction is not angry gods, but us — specifically humankind\'s massive extraction and burning…
truthdig.com/articles/the-people-are-revolting-at-long-last/

Tempered Emergency: the Climate Change Summit in New York
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
It had a good deal of desperate scolding. Sweden\'s Greta Thunberg assumed the role of punishing advocate, a Joan of Arc of fury. The main culprit in her speech at the UN Climate Action Summit was the hideous, super ego, the big bad \"You\", ever condescending, ever indifferent, the \"You\" of adulthood that had trashed…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/tempered-emergency-the-climate-change-summit-in-new-york/

The Limits of Debating Climate Change
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
In a debate one side wins and the other side loses. How many debates end with the losing side agreeing that they were wrong? It doesn\'t happen. And that is why the climate change debate is not converting deniers into believers. Each side on this issue is focused on rolling over the opposition. The recent…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/the-limits-of-debating-climate-change/

Youth Organizers lead 40,000 Marchers Across San Francisco/Make Demands for Climate Action
Climate Strike NOW! | indybay.org | 2019-09-26
On September 20, a crowd of nearly 40,000 demonstrators marched from Nancy Pelosi\'s office at the San Francisco Federal Building to Embarcadero Plaza, calling for immediate climate action. | [Photos: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/25/18826657.php

The Climate Movement Breaks Through
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2019-09-26
The Climate Movement Breaks Through…
thenation.com/article/climate-strikes-greta-thunberg-united-nations/

Climate Strike/Auto Strike: Same Struggle, Same Fight
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
Twenty years after turtles and teamsters teamed up to battle the WTO in Seattle, labor strikes and climate strikes are coinciding everywhere but in the media, and that\'s dangerous. If history is any guide, any minute now, some two-bit pundit or shameless president will pit workers against environmentalists so as to distract us from the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/climate-strike-auto-strike-same-struggle-same-fight/

The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants
Ben Ehrenreich | thenation.com | 2019-09-26
The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants…
thenation.com/article/yemen-saudi-oil/

Workers are Asking, Whose Side Are You On?
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
More than 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center went out on strike last week, but they are not alone. American workers are waking up and walking out. On Sept. 15, 46,000 hourly General Motors\' United Auto Workers employees went on strike, the first time in 12 years. Striking British Airway pilots grounded…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/workers-are-asking-whose-side-are-you-on/

Cuba, OFAC, Fines and Extraterritoriality
Nelson Valdes | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
Those of us who follow events going on in Cuba–as well as Cuba\'s international relations — should discuss the extraterritorial power that the US Treasury Department has to impose huge financial fines on non US foreign financial institutions. To my knowledge there has been little discussion as to the reasons that foreign financial institutions accept the extraterritorial powers of…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/cuba-ofac-fines-and-extraterritoriality/

No Help for the Homeless, Please!
Scott Owen | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
After reading the news, I find Trumps recent comments regarding America\'s homeless particularly appalling, scary and dangerous. According to Trump the homeless are \"living on our best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to buildings, where people in those buildings pay tremendous taxes.\" \"How the hell can we get these people off the streets?\"
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/no-help-for-the-homeless-please/

Pesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse But Business as Usual
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
The global insect apocalypse is largely the result of intensive agriculture and pesticide usage. One of the biggest impacts of insect loss is on the many birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish that eat insects. If this food source is taken away, all these animals starve to death. Such cascading effects have already been seen in Puerto Rico, where a recent study revealed a 98% fall in ground insects over 35 years.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/pesticides-in-the-dock-ecological-apocalypse-but-business-as-usual/

The Two Internationalisms
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
In recent years, internationalism–cooperation among nations for promotion of the common good–has acquired a bad reputation. Of course, internationalism has long been anathema to the political Right, where a primitive tribalism and its successor, nationalism, have flourished for many years. Focusing on their nation\'s supposed superiority to others, a long line of rightwing demagogues, including…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/the-two-internationalisms/

The 2020 Democratic Impeachment Strategy and Why it Makes Sense Now
David Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
For so long \"If to impeach the president?\" was the question, now the question is \"When?\" Maybe thus far Speaker Nancy Pelosi\'s decision not to pursue impeachment of Donald Trump made electoral sense. But increasingly a 2020 impeachment next summer just as the presidential general election is kicking into high gear makes sense both as…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/the-2020-democratic-impeachment-strategy-and-why-it-makes-sense-now/

With Impeachment (Slowly) Underway, Other Oversight is Still Needed
Eleanor Eagan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-26
Impeachment proceedings are officially underway, meaning that the tedious debate over whether or not to open an inquiry is (at least, hypothetically) behind us. Following revelations last week that President Trump has taken Congress\' refusal to impeach as a blank check, it is even becoming plausible that the days of Nancy Pelosi\'s ridiculous ongoing opposition…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/26/with-impeachment-slowly-underway-other-oversight-is-still-needed/

Ankle Deep in Britain\'s Dirty Politics. Brutal Verbal Exchange in House of Commons
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-26
\'Bully, mobster, yob, ruffian, criminal, roughneck, gangster, hoodlum ..\' | Just some of the adjectives used to describe each of the current leaders in both London and Washington. | In an unprecedented and brutal verbal exchange, politicians in the House of Commons …
globalresearch.ca/ankle-deep-in-britains-dirty-politics-brutal-verbal-exchange-in-house-of-commons/5690218

Sanders Rips \'Casual Cruelty That Motivates Trump and His Billionaire Friends\' as White House Moves to Strip Free School Lunches From 500,000 Kids
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-26
\"Trump is depriving 500,000 kids of their school lunches for no damn reason—even after 139 members of Congress warned him not to.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_school_lunches.png …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/26/sanders-rips-casual-cruelty-motivates-trump-and-his-billionaire-friends-white-house?cd-origin=rss

\'We are a wave of change\' say New York climate strikers
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-26
climate action Barry SheppardIssue 1239 United States student strike for climate SS4CSeptember 26, 2019I had no idea that September 20 would be so huge. Greta Thunberg said to a reporter as she…
greenleft.org.au/content/%E2%80%98we-are-wave-change%E2%80%99-say-new-york-climate-strikers

School strikers take aim at Morrison, vow to continue
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-26
Climate Strike climate action Pip HinmanIssue 1239 AustraliaSeptember 26, 2019\"The student strikes have been phenomenal — surreal at times,\" Sydney high school student Chloe Russell-Alexander told Green Left Weekly reflecting on the huge Climate Strike that saw…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-strikers-take-aim-morrison-vow-continue

Permanent Record: Why NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Risked His Life to Expose Surveillance State
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-26
Six years ago, Edward Snowden leaked a trove of secret documents about how the United States had built a massive surveillance apparatus to spy on Americans and people across the globe. Snowden was then charged in the U.S. for violating the Espionage Act and other laws. As he attempted to flee to Latin America, Snowden became stranded in Russia after the U.S. revoked his passport. He has lived in Moscow ever since. Snowden just published his memoir, \"Permanent Record,\" in which he writes about what led him to risk his life to expose the U.S. government\'s system of mass surveillance. From Moscow, he speaks to Democ…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/26/edward_snowden_trump_whistleblower_impeachment

\"Financial Censorship Is Still Censorship\": Edward Snowden Slams Justice Dept. Lawsuit Against Him
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-26
As a whistleblower complaint filed against President Trump rocks Washington and threatens Trump\'s presidency, one of the world\'s most famous whistleblowers, Edward Snowden, joins us from Moscow, Russia. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Snowden alleging that his newly released memoir, \"Permanent Record,\" violates the nondisclosure agreements he signed with the federal government when he was a National Security Agency employee. The Justice Department also argued that they are entitled to all of Snowden\'s book profits. Democracy Now!\'s Amy Goodman and Juan González speak with Sno…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/26/edward_snowden_memoir_permanent_record

Edward Snowden Condemns Trump\'s Mistreatment of Whistleblower Who Exposed Ukraine Scandal
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-26
Responding to news of a whistleblower\'s complaint at the center of an impeachment inquiry filed against President Trump this week, famed whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks about his own decision to leak classified documents in 2013. The House Intelligence Committee has released the declassified whistleblower complaint, which details a July phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president. The White House is trying \"to make the conversation not about the allegations,\" Snowden told Democracy Now! \"They want to talk about the whistleblower rather than the government\'s own wrongdoing.\"
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/26/edward_snowden_on_writing_his_memoir

PM wrong to use Jo Cox\'s name in that way, says sister of murdered MP
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-26
The sister of murdered MP Jo Cox has called on prime minister Boris Johnson to reflect on his language, saying he was wrong to tell MPs they should honour her sister\'s memory by delivering Brexit. | Kim Leadbeater said she was \"mesmerised and dumbstruck\" as she watched the events in the Commons on 25 September. | There was uproar in the house as the prime minister rejected calls to temper his language, and said the best way to honour ardent Remainer Cox was to \"get Brexit done\". | Johnson had dismissed as \"humbug\" Labour MP Paula Sherriff\'s claim that like Cox, who was killed by a man with far-right sympathies ju…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/26/pm-wrong-to-use-jo-coxs-name-in-that-way-says-sister-of-murdered-mp/

Labour pledges to abolish immigration detention centres in historic conference vote
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-25
The Labour Party has passed a historic vote on immigration policy at its party conference in Brighton. The second-to-last vote on 25 September included a commitment to \"close all detention centres\", \"reject any immigration system based on incomes\" or a person\'s \"utility to business\", and \"scrap all Hostile Environment measures\". | The Canary was in attendance at the moment conference passed the vote to massive cheers and claps from across the hall. | A break from from Labour\'s \"very awful record\": | Joanna Gowers, a delegate for Finchley and Golders Green CLP, called the vote \"the most radical immigration…
thecanary.co/feature/2019/09/25/labour-pledges-to-abolish-immigration-detention-centres-in-historic-conference-vote/

They\'re Murdering My Son: Father of Julian Assange Tells of Pain and Anguish
Finian Cunningham | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-25
John Shipton, the father of imprisoned whistleblower Julian Assange, says that if his son is extradited to the US, \"They will murder Julian one way or the other.\"
mintpressnews.com/theyre-murdering-my-son-father-of-julian-assange-tells-of-pain-and-anguish/262063/