Anti-War Committee denounces Israel\'s ban of Omar and Tlaib
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-19
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 15 statement from the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. | The Minnesota Anti-War Committee condemns the Israeli government\'s August 15 decision not to allow US Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering occupied Palestine, to which the Israeli state controls all access. Reps. Omar and Tlaib join the thousands of peace activists, human rights officials and people of conscience around the world who are denied entry over their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel and its Zionist policies of occu…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/18/anti-war-committee-denounces-israel-s-ban-omar-and-tlaib
Hong Kong in the crosshairs of global power and ideological struggles
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-19
Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city, with 93 billionaires, second-most of any city. | Hong Kong is suffering the effects of being colonized by Britain for more than 150 years following the Opium Wars. The British put in place a capitalist economic system and Hong Kong has had no history of self-rule. When Britain left, it negotiated an agreement that prevents China fr…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/19/hong-kong-in-the-crosshairs-of-global-power-and-ideological-struggles/
Hong Kong in the Crosshairs of Global Power and Ideological Struggles
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city with 93 billionaires, second-most of any …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-global-power-ideological-struggles/5686677
Hong Kong in the Crosshairs of Global Power and Ideological Struggles
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-19
Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city with 93 billionaires, second-most of any city. Hong Kong is suffering the effects of being colonized by Britain for more than …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/hong-kong-in-the-crosshairs-of-global-power-and-ideological-struggles/
La Conferencia \'Socialismo\' presenta a activistas golpistas financiados por el gobierno de EEUU
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-19
La Conferencia de Socialismo 2019, patrocinada por los gigantes de la izquierda estadounidense, la DSA, la revista Jacobin y Haymarket…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/19/conferencia-socialismo-golpistas-financiados-gobierno-de-eeuu/
When People of Colour are seen as less than human, their babies are too
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-08-19
Every now and then, I come across a piece of news that just… rips my heart out. This may sound like an exaggeration, but reading these things can give me what feels like a physical pain inside my chest. I am forced to reflect on what some people have to suffer at the hands of our greatest living oppressors. And it makes me despair at the state of the world a little bit more. Reading about a four-month-old baby girl being separated from her breastfeeding mum by US immigration authorities…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/08/19/when-people-of-colour-are-seen-as-less-than-human-their-babies-are-too/
#CloseTheCamps: Protest by Healthcare & Harm Reduction Workers for Migrant Rights
Do No Harm Coalition, Public Health Awakening | indybay.org | 2019-08-19
Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), | 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825502.php
Public Charge Rule Is Trump\'s Latest Attack on Immigrants
Rebekah Barber | commondreams.org | 2019-08-19
This week, Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced updates to the public charge rule that would bar immigrants who use safety-net programs including Medicaid and food stamps from obtaining green cards. (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr.) |…
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/19/public-charge-rule-trumps-latest-attack-immigrants?cd-origin=rss
Facing Federal Charges for Aiding Migrants, Activist Says He Won\'t Be Deterred
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-19
| We broadcast live from Tucson, Arizona, where the government recently put humanitarian activist Scott Warren on trial amid the ongoing policing of the U.S.-Mexico border, separation of families, and cruel and inhumane conditions at immigrant jails across the country. Warren, a longtime volunteer with the humanitarian aid group No More Deaths, was charged with three felony counts for his alleged crime of providing food, water and shelter to migrants in Ajo, Arizona. The immigrants had arri…
truthout.org/video/facing-federal-charges-for-aiding-migrants-activist-says-he-wont-be-deterred/
Follow the Money Trail Behind the Hong Kong Protests
Sara Flounders | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
The demonstrations in Hong Kong, now an open confrontation with the People\'s Republic of China, have a global impact. What are the forces behind this movement? What provides the funds and who stands to benefit? | *** | The increasingly violent demonstrations …
globalresearch.ca/money-behind-hong-kong-protests/5686679
U.S. States: We Weren\'t Hacked by Russians in 2016
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
A \"bombshell\" Senate Intelligence Committee report released in July repeated the familiar claim that Russia targeted the electoral websites of at least 21 states–but statements from the states themselves effectively undermine that narrative. | It turns out the reality is dramatically …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-states-we-werent-hacked-russians-2016/5686657
Trump\'s Anti-Iran Warrant
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Time and again, hard evidence shows the US is a nation run by hawkish right-wing extremists, dismissive of the rule of law and democratic values they abhor and don\'t tolerate. | Operating exclusively by their own rules, they maintain that UN …
globalresearch.ca/us-rubber-stamp-court-oks-repeat-act-piracy-against-iran/5686633
The Foreign Policy Litmus Test for Democrats in 2020
Marjorie Cohn | commondreams.org | 2019-08-19
These war crimes promise to continue unless the U.S. military completely withdraws from Afghanistan. (Photo: Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford / U.S. Air Force photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bagram-air-base-afghanistan-1024-850×568.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/19/foreign-policy-litmus-test-democrats-2020?cd-origin=rss
2020 Democrats Must Commit to Ending the Carnage in Afghanistan
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-08-19
Only two of the presidential candidates running have committed to withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan during their first year in office.
truthdig.com/articles/2020-democrats-must-commit-to-ending-the-carnage-in-afghanistan/
Tulsi Gabbard Gets Some Vindication
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
In the aftermath of the second Democratic primary debate on July 31, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard emerged as the most Googled of all candidates, an indication that her performance (which included a stunning takedown of California Sen. Kamala Harris…
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-gets-some-vindication/5686642
If Chinese Tanks Take Hong Kong, Who\'ll be Surprised?
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
In the glorious world of journalism, tanks always \"roll\" across borders. I\'ve never in my life actually seen a tank roll, but you get the point. They don\'t let anything stand in their way — or nothing is supposed to stand in their way. Hence the Hong Kong Chinese should back off if the People\'s Army…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/if-chinese-tanks-take-hong-kong-wholl-be-surprised/
Turkey-Syria War on the Horizon: Airstrikes Target Invading Turkish Army Convoy
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-08-19
Turkey and Syria could be headed for war as their armies increasingly clash on front lines in southern Idlib.
theantimedia.com/turkey-syria-war-horizon-airstrikes-turkish-army-convoy/
Al Qaeda Militants are Drugged. 400,000 Amphetamine Captagon Pills Confiscated by Syrian Security Forces
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Syrian security forces have deprived terrorists of more than 400,000 Captagon pills. On 17 August, authorities in the suburbs of Damascus seized a truck with hidden compartments filled with a large quantity of this Amphetamine-type Stimulant (ATS) known as Captagon….
globalresearch.ca/syrian-security-deprive-cia-terrorists-400000-captagon-pills/5686666
Criminal War Propaganda Directed against Iraq and Syria: \"We Think the Price Is Worth It.\"
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
When we play their game, we will always lose, and they will always win. \"They\" are the largely unelected \"Permanent State\", sometimes called the \"Deep State\". \"They\" are the publicly bailed-out transnational, corporate monopolies and their political fronts that destroy …
globalresearch.ca/we-think-price-worth-it/5686686
Imperialist threats unite Venezuelan left, even as patience with Maduro wears thin
Paul Dobson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-19
On a recent visit to Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel characterized Venezuela as \"the world\'s primary anti-imperialist bastion.\" This, coming from a Cuban, is a striking description. Despite political power having rested in the hands of progressive leaders for 20 years, the primary and unresolved contradiction facing Venezuela is between national sovereignty and imperialist power …
peoplesworld.org/article/imperialist-threats-unite-venezuelan-left-even-as-patience-with-maduro-wears-thin/
Iran Urges European Partners to Fulfill Nuclear Commitments
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-19
Foreign Minister of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated on Monday his call for the Union Europe to meet its commitments in the nuclear pact. | RELATED: | Iranian Oil Tanker Leaves Gibraltar Despite US Pressure | \"Our ties with the European Union are important, in particular, for the commitments to the nuclear agreement, which Europeans must fulfill,\" said the Iranian Foreign Minister, from Helsinki, Finland. | With this statement, Zarif recalled the little support of the Europea…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Urges-European-Partners-to-Fulfill-Nuclear-Commitments-20190819-0002.html
Trump Wanted Navy Stationed Along Venezuelan Coast
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-19
The United States President Donald Trump proposed deploying navy ships along the Venezuelan coast to prevent the entry of products into the country according to a report by Axios news portal. | RELATED: | US: Already Interfering in Upcoming Venezuelan Elections | Trump devised the idea of the maritime blockade of Venezuela with his security advisors ac…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Wanted-Navy-Stationed-Along-Venezuelan-Coast-20190819-0001.html
Professor slams US for causing \'intense hardships\' abroad, and media for not holding it to account
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2019-08-19
Jeffrey Sachs — director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University — a long-time critic of US foreign policy. And speaking to The Canary, he slammed devastating US sanctions on countries like Venezuela and I…
thecanary.co/feature/2019/08/19/professor-slams-us-for-causing-intense-hardships-abroad-and-media-for-not-holding-it-to-account/
Venezuela: Worker control vs. Trump\'s blockade
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-19
Chicago, IL – Venezuela is a country where the dreams of the conscious workers of the world are being made real. It is a nation of 30 million people where, every day, the working class is becoming more conscious of its historic role in building socialism and taking steps to achieve it in the not so distant future. And in the face of an imperialist offensive that threatens them with starvation, where the threat of military invasion hangs over their heads like a storm cloud, they continue their struggle undeterred. | This past week, at the National Gathering of the Productive Worker Councils (CPTs), this stage of t…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/18/venezuela-worker-control-vs-trumps-blockade
Sudan\'s Bashir \"Took Millions in Cash From Saudi Crown Prince,\" Trial Hears
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-08-19
Detective tells court the deposed president was handed the money by Mohammed bin Salman\'s envoys.
theantimedia.com/sudans-bashir-took-millions-cash-saudi-crown-prince/
Health Care Imperialism: Looting the World\'s Doctors
David Penner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-19
To poach and rely on highly skilled foreign workers from poor countries in the public sector is akin to the crime of theft. — \"Migration of Health Workers: An Unmanaged Crisis,\" The Lancet, May 28, 2005 What is striking about the tyranny of the medical industrial complex is not only its unconscionable oppression of the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/health-care-imperialism-looting-the-worlds-doctors/
America\'s Benevolent Bombing of Serbia
James Bovard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton commenced bombing Serbia in the name of human rights, justice, and ethnic tolerance. Approximately 1,500 Serb civilians were killed by NATO bombing in one of the biggest sham morality plays of the modern era. …
globalresearch.ca/america-benevolent-bombing-serbia/5686655
The Isle of White: a Tale of the Have-Lots Versus the Have-Nots
John Davis | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
The island of North Haven in the Penobscot Bay, Maine, is an eastern establishment, white-shoe summer-place overlain on a diesel swilling, bottom feeding lobster-industry that supports the year-round residents of this tiny, fractal-shored resort. It is washed by the Gulf Stream and reports the fastest rising ocean temperatures in the Western hemisphere, dramatic sea level rises and a devastated eco-system. Comprehensively cleared of its old-growth hardwood forests in the nineteenth century, its second growth pines are now attacked by bark beetles moving north under the duress of a warming climate…But some still…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/the-isle-of-white-a-tale-of-the-have-lots-versus-the-have-nots/
Colonialism Lives on in the Mind of Donald Trump
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-19
Outside of melting glaciers and global warming discussions, Kalaallit Nunaat does not often find itself in the spotlight, and when it does, it is usually referred to as Greenland. United States president Donald Trump\'s real-estate aspirations have given Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland prominence in recent news. It seems Trump is serious about the US purchasing Greenland. Judging …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/colonialism-lives-on-in-the-mind-of-donald-trump/
Lung Disease Outbreak: First Casualties of the War on Vaping?
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
On August 15, Wisconsin\'s Department of Health Services announced \"a cluster of people with severe lung disease who all reported recent vaping or dabbing (vaping marijuana oils, extracts, or concentrates).\" CNN reports more than 120 similar cases nationwide based on a survey of state health departments. \"Vaping\" has been a thing for a decade or…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/lung-disease-outbreak-first-casualties-of-the-war-on-vaping/
Put an End to the Endless War Inflicted Upon Our National Forests
Steven Krichbaum | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
To facilitate the fabrication of stumps, roads, and erosion in America\'s National Forests, now the Trump administration has proposed to alter the USDA Forest Service\'s [USFS] implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA]. The 1969 NEPA was specifically designed to achieve three main things: 1) require agencies like the Forest Service to use science…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/put-an-end-to-the-endless-war-inflicted-upon-our-national-forests/
Financial turbulence continues as major economies move towards recession
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-19
In response to the Wall Street decline, markets in Asia fell, with Japan\'s Topix index down 1 percent while the Australian market dropped 2.9 percent, wiping $60 billion off share values. Markets in Europe also fell before recovering some of their losses later in the day. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/19/financial-turbulence-continues-as-major-economies-move-towards-recession/
Huge Wildfires in the Arctic and Far North Send a Planetary Warning
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-19
| The planet\'s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also raging in northern Canada. In Siberia, choking smoke from 13 million acres — an area nearly the size…
truthout.org/articles/huge-wildfires-in-the-arctic-and-far-north-send-a-planetary-warning/
The Proud Boys Take Over the Streets of Portland, Oregon
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
Antifa marches at Trump\'s inauguration and the condemnation is almost universal, including from some on the political Left. No one is harmed, but initially charges are brought against Antifa. The Proud Boys, a neo-fascist, far-right group march in Portland, Oregon (an \"unpermitted\" march), although they have committed acts of violence, and they are allowed a presence on the streets. Now, just…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/the-proud-boys-take-over-the-streets-of-portland-oregon/
Amy Klobuchar: The favorite Democrat of Senate Republicans
wsws.org | 2019-08-19
Underneath the banality of Klobuchar\'s presidential campaign are pro-war, right-wing politics.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/19/klob-a19.html
Trump administration calls for permanent restoration of bulk phone communications surveillance
wsws.org | 2019-08-19
The outgoing director of National Intelligence appealed to Congress for the restoration of the surveillance program that was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/19/surv-a19.html
The Truth Is Out About Israel\'s Cover-up of Nakba Facts
Asa Winstanley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Recent news reports have shed light on the lengths to which Israel\'s security establishment is going in order to cover-up the history of the country\'s war crimes against Palestinians. A long piece in Haaretz earlier this month explained that for …
globalresearch.ca/israel-cover-up-nakba-facts/5686662
How the US Media Demonizes Iran
Serge Halimi, Pierre Rimbert | thenation.com | 2019-08-19
How the US Media Demonizes Iran…
thenation.com/article/iran-media-war/
Newark, New Jersey residents denounce Democrats over lead-poisoned water
wsws.org | 2019-08-19
The city began distributing bottled water last week after it was revealed that faucet filters were failing to screen toxic lead from home drinking water.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/19/newa-a19.html
Colonialism Lives on in the Mind of Donald Trump
Kim Petersen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Outside of melting glaciers and global warming discussions, Kalaallit Nunaat does not often find itself in the spotlight, and when it does, it is usually referred to as Greenland. United States president Donald Trump\'s real-estate aspirations have given Kalaallit …
globalresearch.ca/colonialism-donald-trump/5686719
Warren Apologizes to Native Americans for Heritage Claim
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-19
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that\'s proved to be a big political liability. | \"Like anyone who has been honest with themselves, I know I have made mistakes,\" the Massachusetts senator said at a forum on Native American issues in the pivotal early-voting state of Iowa. \"I am sorry for the harm I have caused.\" | Monday\'s remarks were an effort to move past the fallout from her past claims of tribal ancestry, which culminated in a widely criticized release of a DNA analysis last…
truthdig.com/articles/warren-apologizes-to-native-americans-for-heritage-claim/
Bears\' Lives Undervalued
Brian Horejsi | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
Bears have been in the news lately. The reality is we could say that just about any day between March and November. Recently there were two incidents that warrant examination and comment. An adult man was apparently attacked by a male grizzly bear while walking along a logging road on B.C.s coast. Media coverage, including…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/bears-lives-undervalued/
Malaysian Airlines MH17: Quest for Justice Continues
Askiah Adam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
This Saturday, a conference will convene in remembrance of the 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot out of the sky over a war zone in Ukraine. | Organised jointly by the International Movement …
globalresearch.ca/quest-justice-continues/5686693
Against fascism and war: The Communist Party USA\'s third decade
Norman Markowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-19
As the Communist Party USA\'s second decade ended, World War II, the greatest war in human history, began. In all major capitalist countries, the mass media blamed the war on the Soviet Union\'s signing of a non–aggression pact with Nazi Germany and condemned Communist Parties\' support for the Soviet Union. Was there truth to the …
peoplesworld.org/article/against-fascism-and-war-the-communist-party-usas-third-decade/
Trump Wields Sanctions Hammer, but to What End?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-19
WASHINGTON — Call it the diplomacy of coercion. | The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims. | Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has used an array of new and existing sanctions against Iran, North Korea and others. His Treasury Department, which oversees economic sanctions, has targeted thousands of entities with asset freezes and business bans. The State Department has been simi…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-wields-sanctions-hammer-but-to-what-end/
Kashmir and Palestine: Solidarity and Unity in Opposing Global Militarization
Palestinian BDS National Committee | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society, shares the shock and anger of Kashmiris and democratic forces in India and across the world over the authoritarian decision of the Bharatiya Janta Party-led …
globalresearch.ca/kashmir-and-palestine-solidarity-and-unity-in-opposing-global-militarization/5686675
With Trump\'s Help, Israel Chooses Short-Term Land Grabs Over Long-Term Legitimacy
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-19
As Israel prepares for another round of elections, the Trump administration seems poised to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an invaluable campaign contribution by providing a green light for Israel to declare sovereignty in Area C of the West Bank.
mintpressnews.com/with-trumps-help-israel-land-grabs-long-term-legitimacy/261398/
APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail
Anti Police-Terror Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-19
East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825530.php
White Terror: Toni Morrison on the Construct of Racism
Ipek S. Burnett | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
\"To lose one\'s racial-ized rank is to lose one\'s own valued and enshrined difference,\" writes Toni Morrison in The Origin of Others. In a 2016 post-election essay entitled \"Mourning for Whiteness,\" this sense of loss and the ensuing disorientation become Morrison\'s focus. In today\'s America as \"people of color\" are increasingly occupying everywhere including the Senate,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/white-terror-toni-morrison-on-the-construct-of-racism/
Dear Guys Who Got Arrested for Throwing Water on NYPD Cops
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-19
You hosed Harlem. You bedewed Brownsville. You wetted Woodhaven. News media report that you\'ve sprayed or doused water — yes,vile, menacingly wet water — on police officers in incidents all over New York City. No one knows where you will strike next. You: young, smirking, and — need we add — black. Shown on social media brazenly enjoying yourselves…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/19/dear-guys-who-got-arrested-for-throwing-water-on-nypd-cops/