Cómo los planes de privatización de Joe Biden condenaron a Latinoamérica y desataron la crisis migratoria
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-12
En su campaña, Joe Biden se ha jactado de su papel en la transformación de Colombia y Centroamérica a través…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/12/privatizacion-joe-biden-latinoamerica-crisis-migratoria/

The world is uniting for international law, against US empire
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-12
\"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.\" | That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies who have embarrassed themselves by recognizing the phony \"interim president\" Juan Guaido are saying the US has gone too far. | All of the countries listed above and…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/12/the-world-is-uniting-for-international-law-against-us-empire/

The World Is Uniting for International Law, Against US Empire
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
\"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.\" | That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become …
globalresearch.ca/world-uniting-international-law-against-us-empire/5686144

The World is Uniting for International Law, against US Empire
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-12
\"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.\" That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies who have embarrassed themselves by recognizing the phony …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/the-world-is-uniting-for-international-law-against-us-empire/

CODEPINK Monthly Golden Gate Bridge WALK for PEACE
Martha Hubert | indybay.org | 2019-08-12
11: 45 am: Gather at the SF end of the eastern walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge. | Noon: Walk on the easter walkway from the SF side to the middle of the bridge. There we will hold a \"burma shave\" style presence | with each of us holding a sign with adequate space between us so that motorists can easily read all of our signs. Some signs provided, or bring your own. We\'ll return to the SF side of the bridge for a rally with Photo ops and flyer distribution. | Parking is available, though often very crowded. It\'s best to use public transit. See https: //tripplanner.transit.511 for transit options. The SF Muni Bus 28…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/11/18825391.php

With Trump\'s New \'Public Charge\' Rules, the War on Immigrants Just Got a Whole Lot Worse
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-08-12
With Trump\'s New \'Public Charge\' Rules, the War on Immigrants Just Got a Whole Lot Worse…
thenation.com/article/immigration-public-charge-trump-deportation/

The Tories\' policing plan is bad enough. Their latest immigration one is utterly ludicrous
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-08-12
The Tory government\'s new plans for policing and prisons came unstuck before they\'d even got off the ground. Because a thinktank chaired by Iain Duncan Smith is already calling for changes to immigration rules from home s…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/12/the-tories-policing-plan-is-bad-enough-their-latest-immigration-one-is-utterly-ludicrous/

Immigration & Detention Solidarity on Tisha B\'av in San Jose
Jewish Community Relations Council | indybay.org | 2019-08-12
James P. McEntee Sr. Plaza, County Of Santa Clara Government Building, 70 W Hedding St, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825424.php

Dear Progressives for Warren: Your Class Is Showing
Eric Draitser | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
Let me begin by making the apparently mandatory and sacrosanct ritual offering to the gods of progressive politics in 2019: \"Sure, I like Warren. In fact, I agree with her on many issues. She\'s not bad.\" There. I said it. Can we do real politics now? *** We\'re at that ignominious point where people from…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/dear-progressives-for-warren-your-class-is-showing/

American Jews Lead Nationwide Protests to #CloseTheCamps
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-12
As 100 are arrested in New York, hundreds rally in Maryland to demand local officials stop cooperating with ICE. Hours after the protest, the Howard County Executive told TRNN he will review their ICE contracts…
therealnews.com/stories/american-jews-lead-nationwide-protests-to-closethecamps

Fear vs. Fear
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2019-08-12
The old rules of politics no longer apply. The only language understood by Donald Trump and his coterie of con artists, billionaires, generals, misfits and Christian fascists–and a Democratic Party that has sold us out–is fear. Calling out Trump\'s lies and racism does not matter. Calling out his nepotism and corruption does not matter. Calling out the criminality of his administration does not matter. Calling out its incompetence and idiocy does not matter. Calling out the abject subservience of the ruling elites to corporate power does not matter. Trump and his Democratic Party opponents are immune t…
truthdig.com/articles/fear-vs-fear/

\'Gold Over Life, Literally\': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem
Jon Queally | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
\"Gold over life, literally.\" | That was the succinct and critical reaction of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein to reporting on Friday that President Donald Trump had personally intervened–after a meeting with Alaska\'s Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy on Air Force …
globalresearch.ca/gold-over-life-literally-how-trump-forced-reversal-mining-project-epa-scientists-warn-could-destroy-alaskan-salmon-ecosystem/5686195

Over 50,000 join opposition protests in Moscow
wsws.org | 2019-08-12
While the ongoing crackdown against the opposition must be opposed, workers and youth must be warned about the right-wing character of the political forces behind the protests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/12/russ-a12.html

Trump Reviewing Rule That Would Allow Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| The Trump White House is reportedly reviewing a Labor Department rule that would give states the power to force people to pass a drug test before they can receive unemployment benefits, ignoring protests that such screenings would amount to demeaning and unconstitutional invasions of privacy. | \"The rule itself would not automatically impose drug tests on the jobless but…
truthout.org/articles/trump-reviewing-rule-that-would-allow-drug-testing-for-unemployment-benefits/

Mass Protests in Moscow and the US Media\'s Failings on Russia Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| New School professor Nina Khrushcheva talks about this weekend\'s mass protests in Moscow and the failings of the U.S. media when it comes to covering Russia. She also discusses the increasing nuclear tensions between the United States and Russia. The U.S. recently pulled out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Last week, seven Russians, mostly nuclear scientists, died in an explosion in the White Sea during a suspected test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. The blast cau…
truthout.org/video/mass-protests-in-moscow-and-the-us-medias-failings-on-russia-coverage/

Billionaire Stephen Ross of the Related Companies faces protests for Trump fundraiser
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-08-12
Reported by Politico, billionaire Stephen Ross the founder of \"The Related Companies,\" is facing a backlash for fundraising for the alleged racist President Donald Trump.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/11/18825414.php

Rattling the Nuclear Cage: India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran and the US
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
The word \"nuclear\" is not just a harmless adjective. Look at the old photographs of the blisters on the dying Japanese of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Iran itself suffered the horrors of gas warfare when Iraq — supported at the time by the US — used chemicals on Iranian soldiers and civilians. I saw their gas-gangrene wounds with my own eyes in the late 1980s and they reminded me of the Hiroshima snapshots. The Iranians really do know the effects of \"weapons of mass destruction\".
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/rattling-the-nuclear-cage-india-pakistan-israel-iran-and-the-us/

Undemocratic Dems for President. Only Tulsi Gabbard and Mike Gravel are Genuinely Anti-war
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
The crowded field has 25 Dems in it so far, maybe more to come, dropouts along the way for lack of enough support. | Tulsi Gabbard and 89-year-old former senator Mike Gravel are the only worthy candidates. | Both have genuine anti-war, …
globalresearch.ca/undemocratic-dems-president/5686221

Electoral Defeat for Ruling Argentinian Neo-Liberal Regime
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Since taking office in December 2015, President Mauricio Macri created socio-economic crisis conditions by serving privileged interests exclusively at the expense of the public welfare. | He slashed social benefits at the behest of internal monied interests, Wall Street and the …
globalresearch.ca/electoral-defeat-for-ruling-argentinian-neo-liberal-regime/5686215

Trump: Out of the Graveyard and Into the Pyre?
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
Afghanistan has long been touted as the \"graveyard of empires.\" The British and the Soviets certainly discovered that lesson to their great regret. Perhaps future historians will judge the failure of the United States to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan over a two-decade period as a critical factor in the loss of American hegemony as…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/trump-out-of-the-graveyard-and-into-the-pyre/

Germany Suspends $39M in Funds to Brazil Over Deforestation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-12
Germany has made the decision to suspend US$39 million in funds sent to Brazil to finance projects aimed at preserving the Amazon, Brazilian newspapers reported on Saturday. | RELATED: | Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Says \'Poop Every Other Day\' for Environment | According to the reports, Germany\'s decision to suspend these funds came in response to the increased deforestation of the Amazon, which has been repeatedly promoted by Brazil\'s far-right President Jair Bolson…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-Suspends-39M-in-Funds-to-Brazil-Over-Deforestation-20190812-0001.html

What Is Really Happening in Syria?
Revd Andrew Ashdown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
In this episode of \"The Beloved Community\", Mark Taliano and Andrew Ashdown shed light on what is really happening in Syria. Their evidence-based, on the ground narratives, are shockingly different from the fake, monochromatic narratives fed to Western populations on …
globalresearch.ca/beloved-community-mark-taliano-reverend-andrew-ashdown/5686145

\"Opposition\" or Terrorists? Who Is Syria and Russia Targeting in Idlib?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Scott Lucas — a professor at the University of Birmingham UK — would decry with the rest of the Western media — resumed joint military operations carried out by Syria and Russia in and around the northwestern governorate of Idlib….
globalresearch.ca/opposition-terrorists-who-syria-russia-bombing-idlib/5686183

Worldwide Solidarity Rallies Held in Support of Venezuela
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-12
Rallies were held on Saturday across the world in support of Venezuela as the Bolivarian Republic faces an inhuman economic blockade imposed by the United States and their Western allies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14623

Venezuela Secures New Chinese Oil Investment
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-12
The move defies the US embargo\'s secondary sanction provisions targeting foreign firms trading with Venezuela.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14625

Five Ways the Economy is Stacked Against the Young
Josh Hoxie | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
The mechanics of wealth building are fairly simple. Save more than you spend, invest those savings to generate more money. Lather, rinse, repeat. There\'s one big problem for younger people trying to do this: The rules are rigged against them. Here are five facts showing the unfair burden millennials carry. 1. Wages are stagnant. Today\'s…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/five-ways-the-economy-is-stacked-against-the-young/

The Need for Unity in Ethiopia
Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
Ethiopia is a tribal nation, made up of 80 or so different groups, some large some small, some powerful, some not. Large numbers of people, the majority perhaps, identify themselves with their tribe more powerfully than their country, or their region. Tribal affiliation runs deep among all age groups, loyalty is strong, resentment of tribal…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/the-need-for-unity-in-ethiopia/

Are We Ready Now to Put Shooters\' Gender at Center of Gun Debate?
Rob Okun | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
Last weekend\'s killing sprees in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, brought the number of mass shootings in the first 215 days of the year to 251. In the United States of Ammunition, that\'s more than one a day. What\'s going on? To paraphrase James Carville, \"It\'s the masculinity, people.\" It\'s infuriating to me that…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/are-we-ready-now-to-put-shooters-gender-at-center-of-gun-debate/

Difficult Discussions, Not-So-Difficult Answers
Laura Finley | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
There are some things we should not have to discuss with our kids. Ever. My daughter will be 16 in less than two weeks. She\'s a good kid and, thankfully, very healthy. Sunday, August 4 was one of the hardest days we have had, however, as we tried to process the atrocity of three mass…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/difficult-discussions-not-so-difficult-answers/

Farm Rot is Eating America Alive
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
American farmers have been addicted to huge petroleum-fueled machines, mountains of petroleum-based fertilizers, and rivers of petrochemical poisons. These \"inputs\" undermine the fertility and life of the land. Petrochemicals fight nature, primarily by killing beneficial microorganisms in the soil and poisoning beneficial insects and other wildlife.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/farm-rot-is-eating-america-alive/

Bodies on the Ground and the Rise and Rise of the Economic Elite
Phil Rockstroh | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
The US is less of a nation than a collective, psychotic episode. Within day to day life in the nation, a cultural aura exists that shifts, mingles, and merges between a sense of nervous agitation and displaced rage, in combination with a sense of weightlessness. The fragmented quality of daily life imparts an insubstantial, unreal…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/bodies-on-the-ground-and-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-economic-elite/

Lunch at the St. Regis New York
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
I had long admired Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America\'s best writers. He was the winner of several important literary awards and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In addition to being a writer, he was also a diplomat, as Mexico\'s Ambassador to France from 1975 to 1977. Fuentes was one…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/lunch-at-the-st-regis-new-york/

At the End of the Barrel of a Gun
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
I want to stay far away from anything resembling anti-intellectualism or guilt by association, especially since the right-wing political, economic, and social systems we live in in the US give plenty of space to anti-intellectualism and the dominance of ignorance. Blood now runs in the streets, so the impact of the far right (read fascists) must also be acknowledged and strenuously fought.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/at-the-end-of-the-barrel-of-a-gun/

U.S. starts blockade of Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-12
Chicago, IL – On August 6, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton attended a gathering of representatives from the right-wing governments of Latin America. There, he announced the next stage in the U.S. campaign to defeat the Bolivarian Revolution: A total blockade of Venezuela. All U.S. citizens are banned from doing business with \"the Maduro regime,\" and any company – U.S. or international – that does business with the Venezuelan government will be subject to fines, asset seizures and sanctions. While the announcement did not include the immediate deployment of the U.S. Navy to enforce the blockade, Bolton…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/12/us-starts-blockade-venezuela

Bulletin For The Comfortable Class: Mass Murder Was Americana Before Trump Was Born!
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-12
The U.S. air war in Japan was one of the most ruthless and barbaric killings of non-combatants in all history. — General Bonner Fellers, MacArthur\'s Intelligence Chief, from Cultures Of War: Pearl Harbour/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq by John W. Dower, 2011, pp. 195-96. The recent anniversary of the mass murder that took place in Hiroshima, followed three days …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/bulletin-for-the-comfortable-class-mass-murder-was-americana-before-trump-was-born/

The New York Times Can\'t Hide Its Pro-War Bias
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-12
The New York Times has published five editorials since the beginning of May that are ostensibly critical of a possible military war between the United States and Iran. As anti-war arguments, however, they are woefully lacking–vilifying Iran without subjecting the US to comparable scrutiny, and hiding US aggression towards Iran. | The editorials regurgitate the same anti-Iran demonology pro-war voices offer to try to justify an attack on the country. In one case ( 5/4/19), readers are told that | there is no doubt that the Revolu…
truthdig.com/articles/the-new-york-times-cant-hide-its-pro-war-bias/

University bans beef burgers to do its part in the fight against climate chaos
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-12
Beef burgers have been banned by a university as part of efforts to tackle the climate emergency.Goldsmiths, University of London said it will remove all products containing beef from sale from next month as the institution aims to become carbon neutral by 2025.Students will also face a 10p levy on bottles of water and single-use plastic cups when the academic year starts to discourage use of the products.The college\'s new Warden, Prof Frances Corner, said staff and st…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/12/university-bans-beef-burgers-to-do-its-part-in-the-fight-against-climate-chaos/

Keep World News Unchained: We Need Your Support
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Dear Global Research Readers, | As we take stock of our rapidly changing world, it can be easy to get swept along by the fierce tide of disinformation coming from many sources. While we strive for awareness and comprehension in the …
globalresearch.ca/keep-world-news-unchained-support-global-research/12746

Bayer Gets Help from Donald Trump as US Regulators Veto Warnings Its Roundup Weedkiller Causes Cancer
Theron Mohamed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Embattled Bayer is getting a helping hand from Donald Trump. | The German pharmaceuticals titan is currently inundated with lawsuits claiming Roundup, a weedkiller owned by its Monsanto subsidiary, causes cancer. The Trump administration is refusing to approve product labels …
globalresearch.ca/bayer-gets-help-donald-trump-us-regulators-veto-warnings-roundup-weedkiller-causes-cancer/5686208

China\'s Belt and Road (BRI): Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. | It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-belt-and-road-bri-could-save-destroyed-southeast-asia/5686164

\"Empowering women and indigenous peoples\" will help us more effectively combat climate change says UN report
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-12
Recognizing indigenous lands rights and empowering women and indigenous communities is crucial if we are to fight climate change, says a new UN report released last week. | In the special report released by the U.N.\'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists call for policy changes in land use, farming, and eating habits in order to help cut emissions that are heavily contributing to the warming of the Earth. | The report calls for: \"Policies that enable and incentivise sustainable land management for cli…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/12/empowering-women-and-indigenous-peoples-will-help-us-more-effectively-combat-climate-change-says-un-report/

Deniers deflated as climate reality hits home
David Suzuki | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-12
Climate science deniers are becoming desperate as their numbers diminish in the face of incontrovertible evidence that human-caused global warming is putting our future at risk. Although most people with basic education, common sense, and a lack of financial interest in the fossil fuel industry accept what scientists worldwide have proven through decades of research, some media outlets continue to publish inconsistent, incoherent opinions of people who reject climate science. | Over the past few weeks, Canada\'s Postmedia chain has run columns denying or downplaying the seriousness of climate change by Fraser I…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/12/deniers-deflated-as-climate-reality-hits-home/

Trump starves Venezuela, Democrats are silent
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-12
The Trump administration is intensifying its economic warfare on the people of Venezuela with a crippling embargo — and facing…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/12/trump-starves-venezuela-democrats-are-silent/

Progressive Policies May Hurt the Stock Market. That\'s Not a Bad Thing
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| Last week, we saw the media terrified over a plunge in the stock market following an escalation of Donald Trump\'s trade war with China. There are good reasons to be concerned about Trump\'s ill-defined trade war and reality TV tactics, but the plunge in the stock market is not one of them. | While the idea that the stock market is a measure of the health of the economy permeates news reporting and popular understanding, it has no basis in economics. The stock market is a measure of the expectat…
truthout.org/articles/progressive-policies-may-hurt-the-stock-market-thats-not-a-bad-thing/

Hottest July on record signals accelerated climate change
wsws.org | 2019-08-12
Global warming is rapidly approaching the point of causing irreversible climate disruption, threatening human existence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/12/heat-a12.html

NATO\'s China Double-Think by Finian Cunningham + Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China by Ellen Brown
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-12
We cannot win a currency war by competitive currency devaluations that trigger a \"race to the bottom,\" and we cannot win a trade war by competitive trade barriers that simply cut us off from the benefits of cooperative trade. More favorable to our interests and values than warring with our trading partners would be to […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/12/natos-china-double-think-by-finian-cunningham-neoliberalism-has-met-its-match-in-china-by-ellen-brown/

Boris Johnson\'s latest \'supremely ruthless\' move could trigger violent unrest
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-08-12
Boris Johnson\'s latest claim \"to come down hard on crime\" has caused widespread concern. Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, for example, slammed his approach as \"draconian\". She also warned it had the potential to trigger unrest and riots…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/08/12/boris-johnsons-latest-supremely-ruthless-move-could-trigger-violent-unrest/

Climate change reports warn of a world on the brink
wsws.org | 2019-08-12
The only solution to the climate change crisis lies in the struggle against capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/12/pers-a12.html

A Dreaming Stranger on a Train
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-12
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dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/a-dreaming-stranger-on-a-train/