RT (2019-08-10). Talks ahead? Trump says Kim Jong-un \'apologized\' for missile tests in \'beautiful\' 3-page letter. rt.com President Donald Trump has said that North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un wants to meet again for negotiations, after Kim reportedly apologized for missile tests and complained about US military exercises.

Eds. (2019-08-10). USA vs. Venezuela: the embargo as part of a war with no turning back (Interview — Julio Escalona). mronline.org The total embargo declared by Donald Trump against Venezuela is another step in sharpening his strategy to generate chaos in the country and overthrow Nicolás Maduro. Julio Escalona, deputy of the National Constituent Assembly, analyzes the situation, the possibility of dialogues, and challenges. | Source

unitedEditor (2019-08-10). TURKEY AND US COME TO AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF SECURITY ZONE. uwidata.com Turkey and the United States seem to have finally reached some level of agreement regarding the creation of a security zone in Syria, an issue which had long strained the already tense relations between the two countries. Nonetheless, the decision likely doesn\'t mean the end of the conflict over the issue. Following three days of …

Ryan Devereaux (2019-08-10). The Unraveling of the Conspiracy Case Against No More Deaths Volunteer Scott Warren. theintercept.com The federal courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, has always been a place where the borderlands and the American justice system collide. Described by its engineers as \"a gateway to the desert and the mountains beyond,\" it was completed in 2000, the year that the Pima County medical examiner\'s office began tracking an explosion of deaths in that same desert. | Each afternoon, Monday through Thursday, dozens of chained migrants who survived the journey across the border but found themselves in Border Patrol custody are marched up from the building\'s bowels for mass hearings. They come in groups of up to 70 at a time. You…

RT (2019-08-10). Facebook \'News\': A bold step toward total control of reality? rt.com Facebook\'s plan to hook ad-cash-deprived mainstream outlets on licensing payouts seems to be an attempt to hijack narrative control en route to total domination of the infosphere — the ultimate safe space, Zuckerberg-style.

Fight Back (2019-08-10). Milwaukee: Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of August 9, over 50 anti-war activists, peace advocates and community members gathered at the Urban Ecology Center in Washington Park on Milwaukee\'s north side to remember the victims of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) in 1945. Additionally, victims of recent and prior mass shootings across the U.S. were honored. | The program began with an opportunity for attendees to create their own Japanese lanterns, including drawing or writing messages or images on the wrappings. Many custom designs feature messages such as \"No more war!\" and \"Denu…

Andrew E. Miller (2019-08-10). A Trump-Bolsonaro Free Trade Deal Is an Apocalyptically Bad Idea. commondreams.org Greenpeace activists hang a large banner on the ramparts of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel with a message to the visiting Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on April 1, 2019. (Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg / AFP / Israel Out) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolsonaro_amazon_free_trade.jpg …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-10). \"The Sikhs For Justice\" Are Taking Up The Kashmiri Cause At The UN. globalresearch.ca The Sikhs For Justice, a purely peaceful organization that\'s campaigning for a plebiscite on the independence of Indian Punjab as Khalistan, are taking their support for Kashmir to the next level by filing a complaint at the UN about India\'s …

WSWS (2019-08-10). Police have killed 5,000 Americans since Ferguson protests. wsws.org Despite popular protests and increased scrutiny in the aftermath of Michael Brown\'s killing, US police officers have continued to kill at a rate of more than 1,000 people per year.

Fight Back (2019-08-10). Jamar Clark settlement announced, community vows to keep up the fight. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On August 8, a settlement was reached in the case of Jamar Clark. The city of Minneapolis awarded $200,000 to Jamar Clark\'s families. | Clark was murdered by Minneapolis police officers on November 15, 2015. According to witnesses, he was handcuffed when he was shot at point-blank range. His killing led to massive protests and a weeks-long winter encampment in front of the police precinct office near the scene of his death. Investigators ignored the input of 20 witnesses to the killing, forcibly seized all video of the shooting, and refused to release the video to the public. No charges were pre…

WSWS (2019-08-10). German government and Greens promote military mission in Persian Gulf. wsws.org The German ruling class is intensifying its campaign for a European war mission in the Persian Gulf. Especially aggressive are the leaders of the Green party.

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-10). ISIS and Al Qaeda are \"Made in America\". Trump Tweets \"We Have Defeated ISIS in Syria\" globalresearch.ca In late 2018 and numerous other times, Trump falsely claimed ISIS was defeated. | Last December he tweeted: \"We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there…\" | In his January State of the Union address, he falsely …

United Nations (2019-08-10). Three UN workers killed following Benghazi car bomb attack, as Security Council meets in emergency session, honours their \'ultimate sacrifice\'. un.org Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday condemned a car bomb attack in front of a shopping mall in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which left three UN workers dead, and three others injured, with dozens of civilians also wounded.

Peter Koenig (2019-08-10). Venezuela and Iran in the Crosshairs of Murderers Inc. dissidentvoice.org Imagine just for a moment, the World would stand up in unison, sick and tired of the aggressive killer arrogance of the United States and her vassals — and their joint war-force called NATO — and this World, our World, what\'s left of it when you deduct Washington and its Brussels allies, would at once …

Peter Koenig (2019-08-10). Criminal Embargos: Venezuela and Iran in the Crosshairs of Murderers Inc — Who is Next? globalresearch.ca Now the US is expanding her palette of killing by impunity to subjugate nation after nation which they do not consider bending sufficiently to the dictate of their masters. Venezuela has been targeted for two decades, and Iran, ever since the US-imposed Shah was deposed in 1979 — exactly 40 years ago…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-08-10). Saudi, UAE Proxies Clash in Southern Yemen, as UAE Plots Partition. mintpressnews.com At least 2,400 citizens have been forcibly expelled from Aden, while over 1,600 shops have been burned and damaged, more than 1,700 shops closed and 76 cars confiscated.

splcenter (2019-08-10). Weekend Read: Neo-Nazi leader must pay more than $14 million in damages. splcenter.org A federal judge has ruled in an SPLC lawsuit that neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin must pay more than $14 million in damages for using his website to launch an antisemitic campaign of terror against a Jewish woman and her family.

John Riddell (2019-08-10). India\'s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War. globalresearch.ca On August 5, India\'s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. | The state is to be broken in two, …

Ruth Milka (2019-08-10). Biodiversity is highest on indigenous-managed lands — even higher than protected land areas. nationofchange.org Indigenous-managed lands possess the greatest levels of biodiversity, perhaps even more than the biodiversity in protected areas says a new study published in the journal of Environmental Science & Policy. | Studying biodiversity levels in nearly 16,000 areas across Australia, Brazil, and Canada, the team of researchers found that land fully or co-managed by indigenous communities contained the highest levels of biodiversity. | Protected areas of lands, such as parks and wildlife reserves, came in second. Size and location of the land had less of an impact on species diversity levels than who the land was mana…

WSWS (2019-08-10). Detroit man dies after ICE deports him to Iraq. wsws.org Jimmy Aldaoud was born in Greece to Iraqi refugee parents and arrived in the US as an infant in 1979. He was deported to Iraq in June and died this week.

WSWS (2019-08-10). US defence secretary, NATO chief visit New Zealand to strengthen military ties. wsws.org The visits by US defence secretary Mark Esper and NATO general secretary Jens Stoltenberg were aimed at incorporating New Zealand further into the military build-up against China, Russia and Iran.

WSWS (2019-08-10). Italy: Salvini seeks coalition with fascist Fratelli d\'Italia. wsws.org In a surprise coup, the leader of the Lega is attempting to carry out a shift to the right and to prepare fascistic forms of rule.

Gregory Shupak (2019-08-10). The New York Times\' Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran. commondreams.org \"Once you\'re debating who ought to start a war,\" writes Shupak, \"you've abandoned the anti-war argument.\" (Screenshot: New York Times, 6/20/19) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iran_2_new_york_times_0.jpg …

Michael T. Hertz (2019-08-10). Why are there more mass killings on Trump\'s watch than before? nationofchange.org Why are there more mass killings on Trump\'s watch than before? | I suspected that this was true, but until I actually used US mass shootings, 1982-2019: Data from Mother Jones\' investigation I didn\'t have data. | The Mother Jones data collects all mass killings (shootings that killed over 3 people, not including the perpetrator). I added up those killed in mass shootings under Obama, and the total for all 8 years was 310. The total for Trump through August 4, 2019 was 256. Thus, Obama averaged 38.75 a year while T…

WSWS (2019-08-10). Canada\'s ruling elite whipping up anti-China hysteria to pave way for repression, rearmament and war. wsws.org The entire apparatus of Canadian bourgeois propaganda—government institutions, political parties and corporate media outlets—have united to cast Ottawa as a beleaguered David confronting a Chinese Goliath.

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-08-10). American History for Truthdiggers: Bush II and the Birth of Forever War. truthdig.com Editor\'s note: The past is prologue. The stories we tell about ourselves and our forebears inform the sort of country we think we are and help determine public policy. As our current president promises to \"make America great again,\" this moment is an appropriate time to reconsider our past, look back at various eras of United States history and re-evaluate America\'s origins. When, exactly, were we \"great\"? | Below is the 36th installment of the \"American History for Truthdiggers\" series, a pull-no-punches appraisal of our shared, if flawed, past. The author of the series, Danny Sjursen, who retired recently as a…

WSWS (2019-08-10). New Delhi\'s assault on Kashmir and the fight against communal reaction, imperialism, and war. wsws.org With the aim of inciting communal reaction against mounting social opposition and strengthening its hand against Pakistan and China, India\'s BJP government has illegally stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status.

Toby Blome (2019-08-10). CODEPINK Monthly Golden Gate Bridge WALK for PEACE. indybay.org 11: 45 am: Gather at the SF or Marin end of the eastern walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge. Parking available on all 4 \"corners\", just remember to take the last exit on hwy 101 as you approach the bridge, or the first exit after you leave the bridge. Arrive early for best parking. | Noon: Walk on the eastern walkway from the north or south ends, to converge in the middle. Short, silent vigil in the middle. | 1: 00 pm: Rally on SF side after the bridge walk. | FMI & carpooling: Toby, 510-215-5974 | ratherbenyckeling@comcast.net | See https: //tripplanner.transit.511.org for public transit options. | Golden Gate Transit…

Kate Zeller (2019-08-10). Mozambique Charges Former President\'s Son, Officials for Secret Debt Scandal. indybay.org Mozambique charged the former president\'s son and 19 others on corruption, fraud and blackmail in relation to a $2 billion dollar loan scandal.

Dautch for DA (2019-08-10). On-Call Prosecutors for Traffic Fatalities: The Next Step Toward Vision Zero SF. indybay.org In light of the recent spike in traffic-related deaths, San Francisco District Attorney candidate Leif Dautch has issued a proposal to help the city reach its ambitious \"Vision Zero\" target of eliminating traffic deaths by 2024.

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-08-10). Sanders Demands Drug and Insurance Industries Explain the Hundreds of Millions They Seem Willing to Spend to Defeat Medicare for All. commondreams.org \"You made a $100 billion in profits last year—how much are you going to be spending of that $100 billion to oppose Medicare for All? Is it $200 million? Is it $500 million? Is it a billion dollars in order to protect your profits?\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_medicare_for_all_versus_lobbyists.jpg …

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-08-10). \'Gold Over Life, Literally\': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem. commondreams.org \"I was dumbfounded,\" said one EPA insider after Trump officials reversed the agency's opposition to the copper and gold mining project in Bristol Bay that scientists warn will devastate the salmon and the overall ecosystem. \"We were basically told we weren't going to examine anything. We were told to get out of the way and just make it happen.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/salmon_alaska_trump_epa.jpg …

Fintan O\'Toole (2019-08-10). Ireland can Stop a no-deal Brexit. Here\'s How. globalresearch.ca Ireland, North and South, is facing a political and economic crisis. But the key to preventing it lies in Irish hands. One Irish political party has the power to change the balance of power at Westminster and to alter the …

John Shafthauer (2019-08-10). Government denies large power outages part of no-deal planning. thecanary.co Power outages hit England and Wales on 9 August. Coincidentally, the government has recently been planning for a no-deal Brexit. | But is it a coincidence? | Or is it part of what the government is expecting after they open the Brexit hell mouth? | Lights out: | According to a leaked memo, the government is planning the following tests: | Closing the Irn Bru factory for a week to see how long it takes before Scotland starts rioting. | Replacing people\'s medicine with tic tacs to see if the placebo effect kicks in. | Redirecting all outward-bound British tourists to Skegness. | A whistleblower came forward…

RT (2019-08-10). Las Vegas \'vigilante\' plotted to recruit killer squads to murder gays & Jews. rt.com A 23yo Las Vegas man is facing ten years behind bars for plotting terrorist attacks against the Jewish and LGBT communities and attempting to hire armed hit squads to carry out the atrocities.

Staff (2019-08-09). New IPCC Report Warns of Vicious Cycle Between Soil Degradation and Climate Change. therealnews.com Greenpeace\'s Diana Ruiz discusses the new IPCC Climate report, \"Climate Change and Land,\" which issues a dire warning about how climate change and destructive land use reinforce each other, leading to serious threats for human survival…

Marilyn Bechtel (2019-08-09). On anniversary of Hiroshima, demands for end to nuclear weapons. peoplesworld.org LIVERMORE, Calif. — Determined to oppose the Trump administration\'s drive to develop new nuclear weapons and to strengthen the fight to eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide, some 200 demonstrators gathered here on Aug. 6 to rally against what they term \"Designing Armageddon\" at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Over three dozen peace, justice and faith-based organizations …

Staff (2019-08-09). How Israel\'s Erasure of Palestinian History Perpetuates Occupation. therealnews.com Prof. Ilan Pappe discusses why Israel\'s agency in charge of nuclear security hid documents about the Nakba, the catastrophe in which Palestinians were driven from their land in 1948, explaining that it was an effort to eliminate the Palestinian narrative…

The Canary (2019-08-09). Nagasaki mayor hits out at nuclear powers on 74th anniversary of bombing. thecanary.co The mayor of Nagasaki has criticised nuclear states including the US and Russia as the city marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing which ended the Second World War.Tomihisa Taue said nuclear powers are undermining the survivors\' efforts towards building a nuclear-free world.The mayor lamented that the idea of \"useful\" nuclear weapons appears to be gaining traction.People attend a mass at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki to mark the 74th anniversary of the world\'s second atomic bomb attack (Kyodo/AP)He said both the US and Russia are returning to the development and deployment of nuclear weapons, as th…

Staff (2019-08-09). Supersizing Climate Change: U.N. Says Meat Production Destroys Land & Diminishes Key Water Sources. democracynow.org The United Nations\' top panel of climate scientists warns that humans are consuming land and water resources at an unprecedented rate, with the destructive effects of the climate crisis increasingly threatening the planet\'s biodiversity and the food security of hundreds of millions of people. In its latest climate change and land special report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that without dramatic action, extreme weather and rising temperatures will turn even more fertile land into desert, shrinking the global food supply, even as the world\'s population rises to more than 7.5 billion people.

Daniel Beaumont (2019-08-09). Hate, Murder and Perversity: El Paso 2019, Mississippi 1964. counterpunch.org Hate, Lacan observed, is—like love—a career without limit.[1] The massacre on Saturday August 3 in an El Paso Walmart ended with the arrest of 21 year-old Patrick Crusius, a white supremacist from Dallas. Crusius was likely the source of what the media began to call a \"manifesto\" posted on the website 8chan, a site linked More

John Kendall Hawkins (2019-08-09). The Sixties: De-tripping, Yeah. counterpunch.org I had intentions of watching Quentin Tarantino\'s new film, Once Upon A Time … in Hollywood, and then writing a review, keened up, like most of his aficionados, with the anticipation it might be his last film, and eager to see how QT handled the Sixties, with limited retrospection, given that he was only six More

Louis Proyect (2019-08-09). How Real is the \"Eco-Fascist\" Threat? counterpunch.org In a manifesto that was posted to 8Chan just before he carried out his murderous attack on Walmart shoppers in El Paso, Patrick Crusius expressed \"Green\" values that are widespread on the left: The American lifestyle affords our citizens an incredible quality of life. However, our lifestyle is destroying the environment of our country. The More

Rob Urie (2019-08-09). Democrats and the Politics of Change. counterpunch.org With the political season underway, the question of an effective politics is the subtext of the debates and speeches intended to motivate constituencies and movements. This should read as odd: in the U.S., it is the act of getting elected that defines effective politics. But as neoliberalism has crept into every aspect of modern life, elections have become an anti-politics, a way of working against the democratic will. More

Paul Street (2019-08-09). Nothing Less Than a Revolution Can Save Us. counterpunch.org Is there no limit to the lethal and authoritarian absurdity of America, land of mass gun massacres like Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Aurora, Orlando, Las Vegas, Parkland, and now El Paso and Dayton among other pockmarked sites? Here is a society that claims to be the beacon to the world of civilized decency and democracy More

David Price (2019-08-09). Militarized Observers: Institutional Daydreams of Ethics End Runs to Weaponize Culture. counterpunch.org A significant limitation facing scholars studying US military uses of anthropology and other social sciences is that while the existence and activities of various military programs are known, and some related documents are available, there is much about these programs that remains unknown to outsiders. Yet, even with these gaps in knowledge, it is possible More

Ron Jacobs (2019-08-09). The Global Lockdown. counterpunch.org When a visitor to the United States enters the airport they plan to leave from they expect to show their passport and declare their baggage. However, it used to be that most passengers expected these interactions to be conducted by customs officials only in their own country. This is often no longer the case. Instead, More

Richard Moser (2019-08-09). Climate Crisis Means the Ruling Class has Failed. Can the Working Class Inherit the Earth? counterpunch.org The climate crisis is proof positive that the ruling class is an utter failure — but it will not fall on its own. Can the working class rise to the challenge? It sure will help if we understand that our class interests are not merely the economic needs of working people — no matter how important More

Margot Patterson (2019-08-09). U.S. Imperialism, Iran and the Context for War. counterpunch.org The Trump administration\'s efforts to collapse Iran\'s economy can\'t be divorced from the history of U.S. imperialism. If Americans remember the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the 444 days in which 52 U.S. diplomats and embassy staff were held hostage, Iranians remember the 1953 CIA coup that brought down the More

Alvaro Huerta (2019-08-09). The Mexican as Endangered Species. counterpunch.org Mexicans have official become members of an endangered or hunted species in the U.S. (I\'m not referring to our enormous demographics, as we\'ll continue to multiply in el norte—where individuals of Mexican origin represent over 40 million citizens/residents—despite the racist fantasies of Donald J. Trump and his immoral ilk. Throughout the early 1800s to the More