With the Gears of Impeachment Finally Grinding, the Hard Part Begins
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-27
| Now that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has enough votes in hand to open an official impeachment inquiry into the rogue presidency of Donald Trump, it is worthwhile to contemplate what got us here, or more specifically, what didn\'t. | Meticulously documented cases of Trump obstructing justice didn\'t get us here, nor did his ongoing violations of the emoluments clause, his ongoing policy of caging separated children in concentration camps, his Muslim ban, his public embrace of racism and fascist whi…
truthout.org/articles/with-the-gears-of-impeachment-finally-grinding-the-hard-part-begins/

10 Ways that the Climate Crisis and Militarism are Intertwined
Medea Benjamin | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
The environmental justice movement that is surging globally is intentionally intersectional, showing how global warming is connected to issues such as race, poverty, migration and public health. One area intimately linked to the climate crisis that gets little attention, however, is militarism. Here are some of the ways these issues–and their solutions–are intertwined. 1. The…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/10-ways-that-the-climate-crisis-and-militarism-are-intertwined/

Following Grayzone exposé, top Venezuelan coup official Ricardo Hausmann is forced to resign
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-27
After The Grayzone\'s Anya Parampil published an exposé of Guaidó appointee Ricardo Hausmann\'s opaque and hypocritical financial practices, he was…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/27/following-grayzone-expose-top-venezuelan-coup-official-ricardo-hausmann-is-forced-to-resign/

Marijuana Goes to House Floor with Landslide Victory for Safe Banking Act
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
For the first time since the war on marijuana was declared by President Richard Nixon, progressive marijuana law reform was considered on the Floor of the House of Representatives, and won by a landslide. Now, it is likely to be …
globalresearch.ca/marijuana-landslide-victory-safe-banking-act/5690319

Marijuana goes to house floor with landslide victory for SAFE Banking Act
Kevin Zeese | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-27
For the first time since the war on marijuana was declared by President Richard Nixon, progressive marijuana law reform was considered on the Floor of the House of Representatives, and won by a landslide. Now, it is likely to be considered by the Senate. Yesterday, members of the House of Representatives voted 321 to 103 …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/27/marijuana-goes-to-house-floor-with-landslide-victory-for-safe-banking-act/

At UN Session, US Empire in Decline and Global Solidarity on the Rise
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
As the United Nations General Assembly conducts its fall session, Popular Resistance is in New York City for the People\'s Mobilization to Stop the US War Machine and Save the Planet. Themes of the mobilization are connecting militarism and …
globalresearch.ca/un-session-us-empire-decline-global-solidarity-rise/5690306

To Joe Biden, Trump\'s Potential Successor Mike Pence \"Is a Decent Guy\"
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
When Joe Biden told an audience that Mike Pence \"is a decent guy,\" Pence had already been vice president for more than two years. After the comment drew fierce criticism, Biden responded that he\'d said it \"in a foreign policy context\" — an odd effort at damage control, given that Pence has publicly backed every one of…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/to-joe-biden-trumps-potential-successor-mike-pence-is-a-decent-guy/

Edward Snowden\'s Julian Assange is an Unfamiliar Julian Assange
Patrick Anderson | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-27
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks\' former editor Julian Assange have a complicated relationship. On the one hand, they share important similarities: both are perceived as dangerous enemies by the United States government, and both have been documentary subjects of filmmaker Laura Poitras. On the other hand, they clearly disagree when it comes to the means of achieving government transparency and accountability. After all, if Snowden had agreed with Assange a…
mintpressnews.com/edward-snowden-julian-assange-unfamiliar-permanent-record/262103/

The Wounds of War
Kathy Kelly | progressive.org | 2019-09-27
Recovering from a broken hip, peace activist Kathy Kelly reflects on her experiences with people disabled and traumatized by war.
progressive.org/dispatches/when-will-the-war-cease-kelly-190927/

Italy: Over a Million Climate Protesters Take to the Streets
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-27
In a collective action, rarely seen in decades, over a million Italians turned to execute their \"Scopiero Per il Clima\", the local version of the climate strike promoted by the Fridays for the Future (FFF) movement which the Swedish Greta Thunberg has been active in since last year. | RELATED: | Young Activists Sue World Leaders due to Climate Change | Citi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Over-a-Million-Climate-Protesters-Take-to-the-Streets-20190927-0003.html

Extinction Rebellion Activists in Sacramento
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
Over 20 activists from the Extinction Rebellion today targeted the offices of the Western State Petroleum Association (WSPA) offices at 1415 L St. at 12 Noon. They sang songs, shouted out chants and briefly blocked the street in front of the WSPA offices just down the street from the State Capitol. There were no arrests. The Western States…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/extinction-rebellion-activists-in-sacramento/

Climate Activists Shut Banks and Blocks of SF Financial District
Demand Banks Defund Climate Extinction | indybay.org | 2019-09-27
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. | [Photos: Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo, please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/26/18826715.php

Protest Alone Won\'t Save Our Planet
Paul Street | truthdig.com | 2019-09-27
We can all use a shot of hope. I got one from 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and the disproportionately youthful masses–4 million across 150 cities worldwide–who came out for climate sanity last week. I listened online to the speech Thunberg delivered to more than 300,000 mostly young people in lower Manhattan on Friday. She spoke eloquently about the supreme ecological danger we face, thanks to the relentless pursuit of profit and to the insincere assurances and pathetic inaction of politicians and policymakers the world over: | We have not taken to the streets, sacrificing our education…
truthdig.com/articles/protest-alone-wont-save-our-planet/

Women\'s Rights and Climate Activists to Host Briefing on A Feminist Agenda for the Green New Deal
commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/27/womens-rights-and-climate-activists-host-briefing-feminist-agenda-green-new-deal?cd-origin=rss

7 Climate Activists Arrested for Blocking Major Banks in SF
Defund Fossil Fuels | indybay.org | 2019-09-27
Arrests at September 25 Direct Action. | [Photos: Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo, please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/26/18826732.php

Remembering Hisham Ahmed: Activist, Professor and Palestinian Powerhouse
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-27
H isham Ahmed was born in Deheisheh refugee camp on the outskirts of Bethlehem, Palestine in 1963. Blind from birth, Hisham somehow surmounted all odds and ultimately earned a Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He taught for many years at Birzeit University in Palestine, before coming to Saint Mary\'s College of California in 2006. He died of cancer in July 2019 at age 56. The following remembrance was given at his memorial service on 25 September 2019 at St Mary\'s College. | Sometimes you meet someone who is unforgettable. Hisham Ahmed was such a…
mintpressnews.com/remembering-hisham-ahmed-activist-professor-powerhouse/262087/

Soldiers and Veterans are Anti-War Leaders. Could This Be The Peace Movement of Our Time?
Richard Moser | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
\"The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: My own Government.\" — Martin Luther King If you want to stop the wars, challenge the empire and deal with climate crisis then support our anti-war soldiers and veterans. Soldiers and veterans carry special knowledge. Sometimes that knowledge starts with the gut-wrenching realization that they have fought, suffered,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/soldiers-and-veterans-are-anti-war-leaders-could-this-be-the-peace-movement-of-our-time/

The Democratic Party Remains a Party of War, Not Peace
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Green Party candidate Madelyn Hoffman says that even the progressive Democratic presidential candidates remain unwilling to challenge the Pentagon.
therealnews.com/stories/the-democratic-party-remains-a-party-of-war-not-peace

At UN, Modi outlines development successes, says India gave world \'Buddha, not war\'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
In his address to the UN General Assembly\'s general debate on Friday, the Prime Minister of India outlined how the world\'s largest democracy has embodied the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its work towards \"peace, development and progress in the world\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047902

Hope and Necessity This International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Robert Dodge | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
Making the connection between the environment, nuclear war, peace and the survival of our world is critical. (Photo: Scott Howe/DVIDS) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nuclearweapons_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/hope-and-necessity-international-day-total-elimination-nuclear-weapons?cd-origin=rss

Murder of Native woman in California still unsolved
Melanie Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-27
REDDING, Calif.–Driving through northern California is such a peaceful, solace-filled, meditative journey. One could get caught up in beautiful dreams and thoughts with scenery so ancient, green, and mountainous and lakes that glitter silver-blue hues in the sunshine. The last thing it evokes is thoughts of a brutal murder in the midst of the beauty. On …
peoplesworld.org/article/murder-of-native-woman-in-california-still-unsolved/

\'No place for violence, intimidation or fraud\' in Afghan elections: UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
All key actors in Afghanistan must \"uphold their responsibility to support a peaceful, credible, transparent and inclusive electoral process\", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Friday, the day before presidential elections are due to be held in the country, adding that \"there is no place for violence, intimidation or fraud\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047862

Human Rights Briefing: Updates on Egypt, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
Here\'s a roundup of human rights news this Friday: UN\'s Bachelet urges restraint over arrests of Egypt protestors; expert calls for \'democratic shift\' in Zimbabwe; Human Rights Council agrees fact-finding mission to Venezuela; independent experts urge freedom for Saudi women\'s rights defender, after 500 days in prison.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047872

Brazilian Students Take Protest to Next Level, Launch Strike Against Bolsonaro Education Cuts
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Brazil\'s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed privatization and immediate slashing of the public education budget. Students worried about the future of education in Brazil are beginning to mobilize with a strike at one of the county\'s main universities. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…
therealnews.com/stories/brazil-students-protest-bolsonaro-education-cuts

Hong Kong Protests: Fading Foreign Tantrum, Not Genuine Revolution
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Just as unfolded in 2014 during the so-called \"Umbrella protests\" or \"Occupy Central\" movement, a growing backlash has begun across Hong Kong against US-funded protests that have attempted to disrupt governance and commerce as part of a floundering movement to …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protests-fading-not-genuine-revolution/5690335

Second wave of worldwide protests demanding climate action kick off
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-27
Tens of thousands of mostly young people have marched to New Zealand\'s parliament, kicking off a second wave of worldwide protests demanding swift action on climate change.The protests were inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who spoke to world leaders this week at a United Nations summit in New York.The march to the parliament in the capital Wellington was one of the largest protests ever seen in New Zealand, and organisers had to change their security plans to accommodate the swelling crowd.Thousands of people gather near New Zealand\'s parliament (Nick Perry/AP)Thousands more marched in Auckland and in…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/09/27/second-wave-of-worldwide-protests-demanding-climate-action-kick-off/

US War on Russia by Other Means
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
The US under both militant wings of its war party is an unparalleled global menace. | For the first time in world history, one nation threatens everyone everywhere at home and abroad. It risks destruction of planet earth to own it, …
globalresearch.ca/us-war-russia/5690345

Longstanding US Electoral Dirty Tricks. Ukrainegate is a Russiagate Spinoff
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Along with clear evidence of US meddling in scores of foreign elections, wanting ruling authorities serving its interests installed, the US political process was rife with fraud and other dirty tricks time and again since early in the 18th century. …
globalresearch.ca/longstanding-us-electoral-dirty-tricks-ukrainegate-is-a-russiagate-spinoff/5690347

Maduro Thinks Russia and Venezuela Can \"Overcome Any Difficulties\", but Is He Right?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
During a meeting with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro held on last Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia supports Venezuela\'s legitimate government against the continued U.S.-backed coup led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó. However, the Russian president also …
globalresearch.ca/maduro-thinks-russia-venezuela-overcome-any-difficulties/5690342

Mass Killings In Afghanistan Are Acts of White Supremacy
Charles Davis | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
An American white nationalist killed over 30 people recently. The victims, all brown, had full lives; children, loved ones, and years, full of plans, ahead of them. But then they were incinerated. Worst of all, they were murdered while Afghan. The deaths were noted in the press, and one Democrat running for president even acknowledged…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/mass-killings-in-afghanistan-are-acts-of-white-supremacy/

Former FBI Agent\'s Trial Exposes Racist Ideology Infiltrating Law Enforcement
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-27
| The Dallas, Texas, criminal trial of Amber Guyger — an off-duty police officer who entered the wrong apartment, believing it to be her own, and killed Botham Jean — has garnered national attention in a case…
truthout.org/articles/former-fbi-agents-trial-exposes-racist-ideology-infiltrating-law-enforcement/

Politicians Agree: \"Any White Cop Can Kill a Black Man\"
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
In 2017 my CounterPunch article, \"Any White Cop Can Kill a Black Man at Any Time,\" told how St. Louis cop Jason Stockley killed a 24-year-old black man, Anthony Lamar Smith. Though Stockley claimed he had fired in self defense when Smith pulled a gun on him, evidence showed that he had planted the gun…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/politicians-agree-any-white-cop-can-kill-a-black-man/

Malta agreement: The dying in the Mediterranean continues
wsws.org | 2019-09-27
The Malta agreement is not intended to resolve the tragedy in the Mediterranean facing refugees fleeing war and poverty, but is only an attempt to remove it from the public eye.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/27/malt-s27.html

Naomi Klein, new book \"On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal\" (San Mateo)
Kepler\'s Literary Foundation | indybay.org | 2019-09-27
San Mateo Performing Arts Center: 600 N Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/25/18826708.php

Review: \'The Day Shall Come\' exposes joke of \"war on terror\"
Chauncey K. Robinson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-27
The term Theatre of the Absurd deals with what happens when human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down. The new film The Day Shall Come explores this idea in relation to our current political terrain. It\'s a movie that uses comedy to address the very real chaos, corruption, and …
peoplesworld.org/article/review-the-day-shall-come-exposes-joke-of-war-on-terror/

Challenges to US Hegemony: America Will Remain the World\'s Strongest Nation for Years to Come?
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
It was always an impossible challenge for America to retain the unrivalled power she enjoyed in 1945, when the country controlled both ends of the earth and had a massively powerful economy. At the end of World War II, the …
globalresearch.ca/america-remain-strongest-nation/5690317

Officials cover up lead in water crisis in Newark, New Jersey
wsws.org | 2019-09-27
Residents of Newark, New Jersey, continue to be exposed to lead in their tap water as their city and state officials attempt to lie their way out of the crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/27/newa-s27.html

Mountain Mike\'s Pizza supports the NRA, a domestic terrorist organization
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-09-27
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

Message to the Climate Strike Marchers in Detroit
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Merge the strikes! Merge the tiers! | We are all for the Green New Deal! | Make Detroit the Arsenal for a Green Economy! | Frank Hammer | This is a historic day, especially for those of us here in Detroit. We are at the center of not one but two strikes: | The nation-wide strike by 46,000 UAW members to determine fate of GM, Ford and Chrysler autoworkers which will have ripple effects for the entire working class and gm communities, right here in Detroit and Warren, in the US and globally. The other strike, today\'s youth-led global climate strike, is a huge step in our fight to shape the fate of our planet, the…
therealnews.com/columns/message-to-the-climate-strike-marchers-in-detroit

The Impeachment Story Proves It Again: Trump Is No Strategic Genius
Ryan Cooper | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
Trump\'s flailing, incompetent White House emerges quite naturally from basic aspects of Trump\'s personality—his vanity, his ignorance, his sloppiness, his cowardice, and above all his all-consuming narcissism. (Photo: Illustrated | SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images, JimLarkin/iStock, DickDuerrstein/iStock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-09-27_at_2.52.04_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/impeachment-story-proves-it-again-trump-no-strategic-genius?cd-origin=rss

Bestselling Pentagon Fiction: Beware of Defense Secretaries Pledging Reform
William Hartung, Mandy Smithberger | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
Revolving-door hires and former defense executives in government remain a powerful force for the status quo in Pentagon spending. (Photo: Master Sgt. Ken Hammond / U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pentagon_2.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/bestselling-pentagon-fiction-beware-defense-secretaries-pledging-reform?cd-origin=rss

Pakistan\'s Khan warns of all-out conflict amid rising tensions over Kashmir; demands India lift \'inhuman\' curfew
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly, Pakistan\'s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighboring India, saying that there will be a \"bloodbath\" once India lifts its nearly two-month long curfew in disputed Kashmir.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047952

\'The Remedies That Were Proposed Weren\'t About Ending the List\' – CounterSpin interview with Maha Hilal on \'terrorist watchlist\'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-09-27
Janine Jackson interviewed Justice for Muslims\' Maha Hilal about the \"terrorist watchlist\" for the September 20, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Janine Jackson: We don\'t need the anniversary of September 11, 2001, to remind us of the devastating legacies of that day: the evidently endless wars, by whatever name, in Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere. And in the US, the wave of Islamophobia, not invented that day, of course, but elevated to organizing principle for law enforcement and policymakers and media–anti-Muslim bias repackaged as national security. | Now a pillar…
fair.org/home/the-remedies-that-were-proposed-werent-about-ending-the-list/

New research warns severe climate-related droughts could threaten 60% of global wheat crop by 2100
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-27
Underscoring the necessity of aggressive action to combat human-caused global warming, research published Wednesday warns that the majority of the world\'s wheat fields are at risk of enduring \"severe, prolonged, and near-simultaneous droughts\" by the end of the century–raising serious concerns about future food insecurity and political instability. \"If only one country or region sees …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/27/new-research-warns-severe-climate-related-droughts-could-threaten-60-of-global-wheat-crop-by-2100/

Caltech receives $750 million from bottled water industry billionaires
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-27
Billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who own The Wonderful Company which produces Pom Wonderful and Fiji Water, just announced they will be donating the second-largest donation ever to an American university for environmental studies on climate change. Today Stewart and Lynda Resnick, owners of @Wonderful, announced a $750M gift to fund environmental sustainability research and …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/27/caltech-receives-750-million-from-bottled-water-industry-billionaires/

Turkey Gives the US a Deadline in Syrian \'Safe-zone\'
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
The Syrian war ends in Idlib | While most of Syria struggles to recover from 8 years of bloody conflict, Idlib is left as the last hot-spot. The population in Idlib today includes foreign terrorists following the tenets of Al Qaeda. …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-gives-us-deadline-syrian-safe-zone/5690292

Rage Against the War Machine This October — March on the Pentagon
Press Release | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-27
March on the Pentagon invites you to Rage Against the War Machine in Washington D.C. on October 11 and 12.
theantimedia.com/rage-against-the-war-machine-march-on-the-pentagon/

Towards a More Mature Democracy
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
You could be forgiven (but what\'s the fun in that), if you were to think. Looking at Jacques-Louis David\'s neoclassical painting The Death of Socrates, you could believe you\'re seeing Socrates giving the bird to democracy and demanding that Crito give him the goddamned chalice full of hemlock, and get out of the way. There…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/towards-a-more-mature-democracy/

Trump\'s Ukraine Scandal Shows Why Whistleblowers Are So Vital to Democracy
Trevor Timm | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is just one in a long line of whistleblowers who risked life and liberty to tell the American people—and the world—about the corrupt and illegal practices of the U.S. government. (Photo: Laura Poitras) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/edward-snowden_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/trumps-ukraine-scandal-shows-why-whistleblowers-are-so-vital-democracy?cd-origin=rss

UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria
Nick Turse | thenation.com | 2019-09-27
UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria…
thenation.com/article/war-crimes-syria/