Staff (2019-07-07). Future Resource Wars. therealnews.com The fantasy of the USA becoming the first global empire in history quickly dissolved in the wake of the Iraq war. Pepe Escobar and Eddie Conway discuss the coming nexus of global competition and climate change…

DLI (2019-07-07). Another Whitewashed Trial of War Crimes by USA Invader. indybay.org The latest acquittal (except for an \"unauthorized posing of a photo of a prisoner\" charge) of a Navy SEAL is another case of Imperialist impunity of war crimes in America\'s global \"War on Terror.\" Special Op. Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all other far more serious charges, including one for killing an injured teenage ISIS fighter in Iraq in 2017. He was released without having to serve any more time, since his sentence of 4 months for the \"photo posing\" charge has been offset by his pretrial detention. Apparently, this is a prime example of \"victor\'s justice\" in America\'s long history of overseas Imperia…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-07-07). Increasing Pressure on Europe to Salvage Nuclear Deal, Iran Announces Plans to Exceed Uranium Enrichment Cap. commondreams.org Iran increased pressure on European leaders to provide relief from crippling economic sanctions and salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with an announcement Sunday that the Middle Eastern country is set to exceed the pact's uranium enrichment cap. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11543487191.jpg …

Staff (2019-07-07). Iran Steps Further From Nuke Deal, Adding Pressure on Europe. truthdig.com The nation calls for a diplomatic solution to a crisis that began a year ago when President Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 accord.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-07). Venezuelan Government Slams \'Biased\' UN Human Rights Report. venezuelanalysis.com Despite recognizing the negative impact of US sanctions, the report contains no recommendation for the measures to be lifted.

plenglish (2019-07-07). DPRK Criticizes Japan\'s Efforts to Keep Sanctions. plenglish.com Pyongyang, July 7 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People\"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) criticized on Sunday that Japan continues insisting on keeping sanctions and pressure against it, ignoring the unprecedented atmosphere of reconciliation and peace that the peninsula is experiencing.

Staff (2019-07-07). How the Sanctions Harm My Iranian-American Family. truthdig.com \"What\'s wrong?\" I asked my mother, as I saw her broken expression. She was on the phone, speaking with my grandparents in Iran. \"A terrible thing has happened,\" she replied. | My grandparent\'s home in Tehran had been broken into. The thieves took everything they could carry — my grandmother\'s jewelry, my uncle\'s prized watch collection, his wedding band, and some cash. Perhaps the only thing left untouched was the grand, ornate Persian rug in their living room. | My grandfather had left the house for 10 minutes for afternoon prayers at the mosque. Now, he swears to never leave his home unattended again. He…

teleSUR (2019-07-07). 7.1 Magnitude Quake Hits Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Issued. telesurenglish.net A 7.1 magnitude quake struck off the northeastern coast of Indonesia\'s Sulawesi island late on Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning. | RELATED: | Indonesia\'s Mount Agung Volcano Grounds Flights After Splurting 4,600-Meter Ash Cloud | The quake struck out at sea at a depth of 10 kilometers according to Indonesia\'s geophysics agency. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude at 6.9. There were no immediate reports of cas…

Trevor Aaronson (2019-07-07). FBI\'s Leniency Toward Border Vigilante Contrasts With Harsh Treatment of \"Black Identity Extremist\" theintercept.com While militia leader Larry Hopkins remained free to terrorize immigrants, Christopher Daniels was jailed for months, losing his home and his job.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-07-07). \'Staggering\' UN Warning That Climate Crisis Disasters Now Occur Weekly Provokes Calls for Action. commondreams.org A \"staggering\" new warning from a top United Nations official that climate crisis-related disasters are now occuring at the rate of one per week, with developing nations dispropotunately at risk, provoked calls for immediate global action to combat the human-caused climate emergency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11330228481_0.jpg …

Mehdi Hasan (2019-07-07). Nancy Pelosi Has Chosen Her War, and it\'s With Her Own Party\'s Future. theintercept.com It is time for liberals and leftists who lambast Mitch McConnell to admit to themselves that the hippie-punching Pelosi has become a Trump enabler too.

Staff (2019-07-07). Israel Is Disappearing the Proof That It Oppresses Palestinians. truthdig.com Hagar Shezaf at the Israeli newspaper of record, Haaretz [\"The Land\"], reveals that a secretive Israeli agency has been systematically going through the country\'s archives, including local repositories, and removing and classifying documents having to do with repressive and embarrassing Israeli actions toward Palestinians and Palestinian-Israelis. | One such disappeared document from 1948, a second copy of which nevertheless was located by Israeli researchers, estim…

Philip Alston (2019-07-07). US Can\'t Ignore That Climate Crisis Will Force 120 Million People Into Poverty. commondreams.org Climate change is making headlines this summer with record temperatures, devastating floods, and climate-related migration. But in the U.S., mainstream discussions about climate change are remarkably out of touch with the scale of the crisis and the economic and social upheaval it will bring. Political leaders have failed to put forward a vision for avoiding catastrophic consequences or protecting those most affected.

Staff (2019-07-07). Suicide as Corporate Murder: France Télécom on Trial. truthout.org On June 27, a jury at a criminal court in Paris, France, heard testimony from Noémie Louvradoux, the daughter of Rémy Louvradoux, a 56-year-old management controller and father of four. Noémie\'s father killed himself by self-immolation outside the office block where he worked in the Mérignac suburb near Bordeaux, France, on the morning of April 26, 2011. | Noémie Louvradoux\'s testimony is part of the last of 39 cases that have been presented…

RT (2019-07-07). Woman sues fertility clinic after giving birth to SOMEONE ELSE\'S babies. rt.com An Asian-American couple who enlisted a pricey fertility clinic to help them have children is taking legal action, after the woman ultimately gave birth to twins that were not genetically related to her or her husband.

plenglish (2019-07-07). Bolivian Exports Exceed Three Billion Dollars. plenglish.com 07 de julio de 2019, 00: 20La Paz, July 7 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia\"s exports exceed three billion dollars, with an outstanding participation of the manufacture, hydrocarbons, mining and agriculture sectors.

RT (2019-07-07). Billionaire Epstein arrested on child sex trafficking charges, faces 45 years in prison — report. rt.com Financier Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested in New York for alleged years of sex trafficking underage girls. It comes more than a decade after he struck a plea deal with prosecution.

Staff (2019-07-07). We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System. truthout.org Poverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn\'t have to be — at least not compared to the status quo. | The Institute for Policy Studies and the Poor People\'s Campaign recently released a Moral Budget, and it\'s a veritable treasure trove of illuminating data proving that point. | They propose we could easily cut $350 billion from the annual military budget —…

Staff (2019-07-07). Bolsonaro Came to Power in Brazil Through Election Fraud. truthout.org Janine Jackson: \"In Brazil, a nerdy judge is a superstar,\" declared the Washington Post in December of 2015. The glowing profile was of then-Judge Sérgio Moro, overseeing the trials of those caught in the enormous Lava Jato, or Car Wash, anti-corruption campaign—that,…

Staff (2019-07-07). Sanctuary Leaders Fight Back Against ICE\'s \"Psychological Violence\" and Fines. truthout.org Ivan Ramirez, a 13-year-old Guatemalan asylum seeker, says he can\'t remember a time in his life when he felt free. Now that the federal government intends to fine his mother more than $300,000, he worries that whatever semblance of safety they have in sanctuary is being threatened. | Ivan and his mother Hilda Ramirez came to the United States fleeing familial violence in 2014. Since then, they have been \"under attack\" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the elder Ramirez said. They were detained together for almost a year after first arriving in the United States. Since their release from detention,…

Repost, Democracy Now! (2019-07-07). Japanese American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at Prison Camp. indybay.org Japanese Americans, including at least one from San Francisco, demonstrated at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma on June 22, one day after President Trump directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct a mass roundup of migrant families that have received deportation orders. They were met by uniformed military police who told them they did not have permission to congregate and might face arrest. \"You need to move right now!\" one of the officers shouted. \"What don\'t you understand? It\'s English: Get out.\"

Staff (2019-07-07). More Details Emerge About Horrible Conditions at Immigration Detention Centers. therealnews.com A DHS Inspector General report and a visit by members of Congress to detention centers, the inhumane conditions become clearer and spark more outrage…

RT (2019-07-07). Friend of the Clintons or Trump\'s pal? Media war erupts after Epstein\'s arrest. rt.com Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein\'s arrest on fresh sex trafficking charges has ignited a media war, with outlets on each side of the spectrum rushing to tie their political opponents to the notorious pedophile. |

RT (2019-07-06). \'Gaffe Machine\' Biden forgets the narrative, says no Russian meddling happened on his watch. rt.com Democratic frontrunner and former VP Joe Biden has been mocked for saying that no election interference happened on his watch. Some took his words as a denial of the establishment narrative about 2016 \'Russian meddling\'.

Ben Armbruster (2019-07-06). Media Falsely Portrays Iran\'s Nuclear Deal Breach as Dash to Bomb. commondreams.org The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—the U.N. nuclear watchdog tasked with vigorously monitoring Iran's nuclear program under the 2015 accord—confirmed this week that Iran exceeded the limit on its supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU). Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, reporting from many in the media on this development wasn't great.

teleSUR (2019-07-06). Australian Student Expelled From North Korea For \'Spying Acts\'. telesurenglish.net The official news agency for North Korea stated on Saturday that an Australian student was expelled from the country after spending ten days in detention for \"spying acts\" through his work with foreign media. | RELATED: | Nuclear Talks To Resume After Surprise Trump-Kim Meeting | The student,Alek Sigley, who had been held in North Korea since June 25, was an active social media user and also a regular contributor to international media organizations including NK News about his time in…

Amy Goodman (2019-07-06). An hour with Noam Chomsky on fascism, nuclear weapons, climate change, Julian Assange & more. nationofchange.org \"They\'re things like climate change, like global warming, like the Nuclear Posture Review, deregulation. These are real issues. But the Democrats aren\'t going after those.\"

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-06). US Economic and Military Terrorism. globalresearch.ca Sanctions and tariffs are favored economic US weapons of war by other means, especially the former. They\'re used to inflict economic pain and collective punishment. | The Vienna-based International Progress Organization calls sanctions \"an illegitimate form of collective punishment of the …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-06). Turkey\'s \'Middle Corridor\' Looking to Integrate with China\'s \'Belt and Road\' (BRI). globalresearch.ca The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to China on July 2 carries with it high hopes that progress will be made on integrating his country\'s \"Middle Corridor\" with BRI. The \"Middle Corridor\" is Turkey\'s vision of connecting with …

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2019-07-06). Is Deutsche Bank the Next \'Lehman Brothers\'? globalresearch.ca Europe\'s biggest investment bank, Deutsche bank, is in big trouble. This Sunday it will announce a major restructuring. It\'s also a harbinger of a bigger problem with European banks in general, which are loaded with trillions of euros in non-performing …

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-06). Trump Orders More Suffering on Syrian Civilians. US-EU Supported Terrorists\' Control of Oil and Gas Wells. globalresearch.ca More suffering has been ordered up by the US President Trump for innocent Syrian civilians. The end of the war was in sight, and they could begin to rebuild their lives, but the US has ordered their only source of …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-06). Iran Calls UK Seizure of Its Oil Tanker \"Maritime Piracy\" globalresearch.ca Throughout…

Craig Murray (2019-07-06). Britain\'s Persecution of Chagossians: Help Steven Leelah. globalresearch.ca With a callousness that defies belief, the British government continues to pursue and persecute Chagossians in pursuit of the genocide they initiated on the community in 1971. This blog has been campaigning for the Chagossians for over ten years, but …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-06). Spiralling Health Costs: Trump\'s Executive Order in the Works on Lowering Drug Prices? globalresearch.ca Since taking office, Trump reneged on his pledge to lower unacceptably high drug prices time and again. | More on this below and a reported White House executive order in the works on this issue. | The cost of healthcare in the …

Elizabeth Vos (2019-07-06). Power versus the Press: The Extradition Cases of Pinochet & Assange. globalresearch.ca With Julian Assange facing possible extradition from Britain to the U.S. for publishing classified secrets, Elizabeth Vos reflects on the parallel but divergent case of a notorious Chilean dictator. | *** | Eight months from now one of the most consequential extradition …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-07-06). Why a War Against Iran Will be the \"Nail in a Coffin\" for U.S. Hegemony in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump was recently interviewed on Fox Business and was asked about Iran\'s President Hassan Rouhani\'s statement calling the White House \"Mentally Retarded\" and if the U.S. was going to have a war against Iran and he said …

Ajamu Baraka (2019-07-06). U.S. Militarism and the One-Sided Class War. globalresearch.ca While the Democratic presidential candidates rehearsed their anti-Trump lines for the debates, most of the Democrats in the Senate voted for Trump\'s record-breaking war spending bill. | \"The lopsided vote indicates that Democrats have fully embraced this insane policy of first-strike.\"…

South Front (2019-07-06). Video: British Marines Seized Iranian Oil Tanker. globalresearch.ca On July 4, a detachment of Royal Marines and the authorities in Gibraltar seized a supertanker suspected of carrying oil to Syria on the belief it was breaching EU sanctions. 30 Royal Marines from 42 Commando were involved in the …

WildEarth Guardians (2019-07-06). Lawsuit Seeks to Block Colorado Coal Mine Expansion Threatening Climate, National Forest. globalresearch.ca Five conservation groups sued the Trump administration late yesterday and called on a federal judge to block approval of Arch Coal\'s West Elk mine expansion, which would invade the wildlands of western Colorado\'s Gunnison National Forest. | The lawsuit and …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-07-06). Obama: Front Man for Washington\'s Imperialism. globalresearch.ca Clarity Press is a good publisher for authors willing to provide real information in place of the officially sanctioned controlled explanations of our time. A current example is Jeremy Kuzmarov\'s assessment of Obama, Obama\'s Unending Wars. The forty-fourth president …

Zero Hedge (2019-07-06). Chinese Investments in US Grind to Halt, Trade War Blamed. globalresearch.ca Chinese foreign direct investments in the US, including new factories, has collapsed: down to just $5 billion last year, from $29 billion in 2017 and $46 billion the prior year, according to the Rhodium Group, a New York-based economic …

Prof Michael Hudson (2019-07-06). The IMF and World Bank: Partners in Economic Backwardness. globalresearch.ca Michael Hudson discusses his seminal work of 1972, Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire, a critique of how the US exploits foreign economies through IMF and World bank debt; difference between the IMF and World Bank; World Bank …

Eric Zuesse (2019-07-06). Hypocrisies About Refugees. globalresearch.ca Here are two visuals from the latest annual U.N. report about the world\'s refugee situation, \"UNHCR Global Trends 2018\", and though these images don\'t pack the emotional punch of a child\'s corpse that has just been washed upon a …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-07-06). US Now Admits it is Funding \"Occupy Central\" in Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca This article first published almost five years ago on October 1, 2014 is of particular relevance to an understanding of recent developments in Hong Kong. | *** | Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called \"Arab Spring\" began spreading chaos …

Nino Pagliccia (2019-07-06). UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela Faulty by Design. globalresearch.ca Following Michelle Bachelet visit to Venezuela last June, the official report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was released on July 4, a day …

Ben Norton (2019-07-06). DSA/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored \'Socialism\' conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists. thegrayzone.com The 2019 Socialism Conference, sponsored by American leftist juggernauts the DSA, Jacobin magazine, and ISO\'s Haymarket Books, features regime-change activists…

Bryan Wall (2019-07-06). A far-right YouTuber gets milkshaked during a livestream tirade against refugees. thecanary.co An Irish activist has \' milkshaked\' a far-right YouTuber while livestreaming. The attack happened while he was delivering a tirade against refugees. | The YouTuber has also previously said the arrival of asylum seekers in Ireland represents a \"war\" on Irish people. | Targeting asylum seekers: | The target of the milkshake was Rowan Croft, AKA Grand Torino…

David William Pear (2019-07-06). US Imperialism from Manifest Destiny to the New American Century. dissidentvoice.org Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong have explored the albatross of myths, legends, lies and damn lies around America\'s neck in their book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People\'s History of Fake News—From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. They look into America\'s closet of historical secrets and expose them. They knock down …

Alexander Zaitchik (2019-07-06). As Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Wages War on the Amazon, Rainforest Communities Battle Climate Emergency. commondreams.org The catastrophic loss of another fifth of Brazil's rainforest could happen within one generation. It's happened before. It's happening now.< | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amazon_4.jpg …

RT (2019-07-06). California at risk of \'even bigger earthquake\' after serious shocks. rt.com California could be hit with a series of large earthquakes after the 7.1 magnitude quake that struck on Friday, and aftershocks could go on for years, a seismologist with the US Geological Survey has warned.