\"Go to hell\": Venezuelan coup leader Ricardo Hausmann stages WhatsApp meltdown when confronted with his own hypocrisy and lack of transparency
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-06
Over the course of an entire day, Venezuelan coup leader Ricardo Hausmann melted down on WhatsApp after I confronted him…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/06/go-to-hell-venezuelan-coup-leader-ricardo-hausmann-stages-whatsapp-meltdown-when-confronted-with-his-own-hypocrisy-and-lack-of-transparency/

The Most Consequential Whistleblower Who Wasn\'t
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-09-06
While so many have heard of whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden making history in recent years, few have heard the story of Katharine Gun, the subject of the film \"Official Secrets,\" directed and co-written by Gavin Hood. On the latest installment of \"Scheer Intelligence,\" the \"Official Secrets\" director tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer that he learned about Gun from Ged Doherty, a producer he\'d worked with on the film \"Eye in the Sky\" about drone warfare, and realized the whistleblowe…
truthdig.com/articles/the-most-consequential-whistleblower-who-wasnt/

WikiLeaks exposes crimes of German imperialism
wsws.org | 2019-09-06
The German media has slandered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces possible life imprisonment or the death penalty in the US for making Washington\'s war crimes public.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/06/wiki-s06.html

Immigrant Song: \'I\'m Leaving Now\'
Michael Atkinson | progressive.org | 2019-09-06
A new documentary trains our focus on an underexposed slice of the immigration dynamic: the urge to return home.
progressive.org/dispatches/immigrant-song-im-leaving-now-documentary-atkinson-190906/

At the Dividing Line Between the U.S. and Mexico, Two Very Different Visions of God Meet
Karen Kinney | commondreams.org | 2019-09-06
If love is indeed an indicator of true religion, then let us choose love. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_immigration.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/06/dividing-line-between-us-and-mexico-two-very-different-visions-god-meet?cd-origin=rss

The FBI Is Monitoring Immigration Activists as Violent \"Extremists\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-06
| An FBI document obtained by Yahoo News shows that the bureau is monitoring groups that protest the Trump administration immigration policies as \"extremists.\" | An FBI \"external intelligence note\" that was…
truthout.org/articles/the-fbi-is-monitoring-immigration-activists-as-violent-extremists/

What Happened on the Planes on September 11, 2001? The 9/11 Cell Phone Calls. The 9/11 Commission \"Script\" Was Fabricated
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-06
Given the prevailing technology in September 2001, it was extremely difficult, if not impossible, to place a wireless cell call from an aircraft traveling at high speed above 8000 feet: At least part of the Commission\'s script in Chapter 1 on the cell phone conversations, is fabricated.
globalresearch.ca/more-holes-in-the-official-story-the-911-cell-phone-calls/5652872

\"Everywhere is Kashmir\": Unraveling Weaponized, Corporatized Hindustan in India\'s Northeast
Sarang Narasimhaiah | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
\"In India today,\" said an Indigenous activist I recently interviewed in the northeastern Indian state of Jharkhand, \"everywhere is Kashmir.\" At first glance, this statement seems overblown, perhaps even outrageous. No other part of India is as much of a consolidated internal colony as Kashmir. For that matter, Palestine is one of the only other…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/everywhere-is-kashmir-unraveling-weaponized-corporatized-hindustan-in-indias-northeast/

9/11 and the American Orwellian Nightmare
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Next week will mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Politicians and bureaucrats wasted no time after that carnage to unleash the Surveillance State on average Americans, treating every citizen like a terrorist suspect. Since the government failed to protect the public, Americans somehow forfeited their constitutional right to privacy. Despite heroic efforts by former NSA staffer Edward Snowden and a host of activists and freedom fighters, the government continues ravaging American privacy.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/9-11-and-the-american-orwellian-nightmare/

Ex-Starbucks CEO Schultz Rules Out Independent 2020 Bid
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-06
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he\'s no longer considering an independent presidential bid. | Schultz said Friday in a letter posted on his website, \"I have concluded that an independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time.\" | Schultz faced intense resistance from Democratic activists who feared an independent run would give President Donald Trump an easier path to reelection. Schultz says not enough people are willing to back an independent because they fear doing so \"mi…
truthdig.com/articles/ex-starbucks-ceo-schultz-rules-out-independent-2020-bid/

Understanding the fires in South America
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-06
Extractivist governments are stoking destruction in the Amazon and beyond. International alliances and Indigenous technologies can help protect the biome and support its 30 million inhabitants. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/05/understanding-the-fires-in-south-america/

Livestream: The Right to a Future — With Naomi Klein and Greta Thunberg
The Intercept | theintercept.com | 2019-09-06
The Intercept invites you to watch a special event in New York City hosted by Intercept senior correspondent Naomi Klein, author of the forthcoming book \"On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal,\" and headlined by trailblazing climate activist Greta Thunberg, author of \"No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference.\" Together with youth leaders Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Xiye Bastida, and Vic Barrett, as well as Indigenous Amazon leader Tuntiak Katan, Thunberg and Klein will help us envision a just and sustainable future, confront our climate emergency, and discuss the emerging cross-generational, transnational mov…
theintercept.com/2019/09/06/greta-thunberg-naomi-klein-climate-change-livestream/

Foreign Correspondent: Can Trump Bring Peace to Afghanistan?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-09-06
Don\'t hold your breath.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-trump-peace-afghanistan-erlich-190906/

The Case Against the Zionist \"Left\"
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Zionist historical revisionism constructs an erroneous presentation of Israel as accommodating a left-to-right political milieu, the left-flank of which amenable to a peaceful resolution of \"the conflict\", instead of recognizing the entirety of Zionism, including its \"liberal\" faction, as inherently white supremacist, settler colonialist and genocidal. The supposed left, \"liberal\" wing of Zionism, comprising Israeli political…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/the-case-against-the-zionist-left/

A US-Taliban Peace Deal Would Redefine the Regional Balance of Power
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-06
The tentative peace deal that the US is negotiating with the Taliban would redefine the regional balance of power if it\'s officially promulgated, thus continuing the ongoing trend of Great Power realignment in Eurasia. | It\'s been widely reported that the | …
globalresearch.ca/taliban-peace-deal-would-redefine-regional-balance-power/5688277

Socialism Forum \"The Fight Against White Supremacy & Racist Violence\"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-09-06
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th St. San Jose…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/05/18826010.php

Trump\'s Anti-Iran \"Blood Money\" Offer: \"$15 Million for Any Person Who Helps Us Disrupt the Financial Operations of Iran\'s IRGC-Qods Force\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-06
According to Christian scripture, bribe money is blood money, a longstanding US specialty — followed by toughness when offers are rejected. | Bribery for political, economic, military, and/or other purposes reflects a corrupt society — what characterizes US public and private …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-anti-iran-blood-money-offer-15-million-for-any-person-who-helps-us-disrupt-the-financial-operations-of-irans-irgc-qods-force/5688310

Trump Regime Training Paramilitaries to Attack Venezuela?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-06
Washington wants Bolivarian Venezuela transformed into a US vassal state — to eliminate its social democracy and gain control over its vast oil reserves, the world\'s largest. | On Wednesday, the Trump regime earmarked over $120 million for Colombia. | Masquerading as …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-training-paramilitaries-attack-venezuela/5688315

US and Iran \"At Cliff\'s Edge\"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
Iran\'s president Hassan Rouhani presented an ultimatum of two months to the EU to save the Iran nuclear deal. However, the deal is likely to continue to deteriorate, says The Independent\'s Patrick Cockburn…
therealnews.com/stories/us-and-iran-at-cliffs-edge

Agreement to End US Involvement in Afghanistan War, But War Will Continue
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
The US and the Taliban are about to sign an agreement to withdraw 14,000 US troops from Afghanistan, potentially ending the longest war in US history. However, the Afghans will not see an end to fighting yet, says The Independent\'s Patrick Cockburn…
therealnews.com/stories/agreement-to-end-us-involvement-in-afghanistan-war-but-war-will-continue

The War Ahead: Netanyahu\'s Elections Gamble Will be Costly for Israel
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
On September 1, the Lebanese group Hezbollah, struck an Israeli military base near the border town of Avivim. The Lebanese attack came as an inevitable response to a series of Israeli strikes that targeted four different Arab countries in the matter of two days. The Lebanese response, accompanied by jubilation throughout Lebanon, shows that Israeli…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/the-war-ahead-netanyahus-elections-gamble-will-be-costly-for-israel/

Chuck Todd, Labor Day, and Getting Serious
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Labor Day has come and gone. To most people it\'s a day off and a splash of sales. The symbolism and meaning that inspired this national holiday back in 1894 has long since dissipated. Labor Day parades are affairs of the past, with very few exceptions, and those that still exist are facing dwindling participation…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/chuck-todd-labor-day-and-getting-serious/

No Joe: On Character, Quality and Authenticity
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
The Democratic Party establishment might want to heed Santayana\'s warning about how people who don\'t study history are doomed to repeat it. One of the many lessons of the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign is that your candidate better damn well possess strong quality and character if you are going to run on, well, candidate quality and character.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/no-joe-on-character-quality-and-authenticity/

Billionaires Who Promise to Save Journalism
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Let\'s talk about fraud: \"a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities,\" the dictionary calls it. Let\'s also discuss breach of contract.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/billionaires-who-promise-to-save-journalism/

Friday\'s Daily Brief: Desertification summit, Dorian death toll rising, UN project eases Mali tensions, Yemen funding crisis, hope for Cameroon
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-06
A recap of Friday\'s main stories: Desertification solutions can ease other world woes; Dorian death toll expected to rise; UN moves to ease communal tensions in Mali; Yemen funding crisis threatens reproductive health nationwide; special report on countering terror in Cameroon.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045812

Burning Down the House
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Doesn\'t idiocy ever take a vacation? As August wound down, the populist troika of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Jair Bolsonaro proved once again that the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil would be better off with no leaders rather than the dubious characters that currently pretend to govern these countries. In all three…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/burning-down-the-house-4/

Returning to Fidel as the Amazon burns
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-06
More than 27 years have passed since Fidel\'s warning, during the Earth Summit in Brazil, that an important species was endangered: human beings. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/06/returning-to-fidel-as-the-amazon-burns/

Trump\'s border wall pulls funding from military base schools and daycares
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-06
The Pentagon released a statement on Wednesday saying it has authorized $3.6 billion in military construction funds to help fund 175 miles of Trump\'s U.S.-Mexico border wall. This money was originally allocated for roughly 127 Defense Department projects, which included schools and daycare centers for military families. \"The wall is being built. It\'s going up …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/06/trumps-border-wall-pulls-funding-from-military-base-schools-and-daycares/

Funerals for glaciers: Is it too late for Europe\'s Green New Deal?
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-06
On Aug. 18, several dozen people gathered around a patch of snow in Iceland to commemorate the demise of the Okjokull glacier, a victim of climate change. Further to the west, Greenland shed 217 billion tons of ice in the month of July alone. Paris reached 108.7 degrees on July 25, and normally cold, blustery …
peoplesworld.org/article/funerals-for-glaciers-is-it-too-late-for-europes-green-new-deal/

Joni Ernst Says the Quiet Part Loud
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-06
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) just said out loud what Republican politicians usually only talk about in secret meetings with their billionaire donors: The GOP wants to cut our earned Social Security benefits–and they want to do it behind closed doors so that they don\'t have to pay the political price. | At a recent town hall, Ernst stated that Congress needs to \"sit down behind closed doors\" to \"address Social Security.\" She vaguely asserted, \"A lot of changes need to be made in this system…
truthdig.com/articles/joni-ernst-says-the-quiet-part-loud/

\'Jack Ryan\' TV show means US coup in Venezuela is toast
rt.com | 2019-09-06
CIA agent Jack Ryan will tackle \'nuclear-armed\' Venezuela in the next season of the Amazon streaming show. That is perhaps the clearest admission that Washington\'s attempt at regime change in Caracas has failed. | Amazon teased the second season of \'Tom Clancy\'s Jack Ryan\' this week, ahead of its premiere in November. The 90-second trailer shows the title character on a mission to Venezuela, which may have secretly obtained nuclear weapons from the evil Russians (who else?), or something to that effect. | Needless to say, this has been met with everything from raised eyebrows to outright derision by journalist…
rt.com/usa/468209-jack-ryan-venezuela-trailer/

Israeli Officials Consider Attacking Iran, Believing Trump Won\'t Oppose It
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-06
The New York Times may have referred to it as \" The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran,\" but it\'s hardly a secret that Israeli and US hawks have been angling for a war against Iran for …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-officials-consider-attacking-iran-believing-trump-wont-oppose/5688268

With hurricane destruction as backdrop, Democratic aspirants address climate change
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-06
Hurricane Dorian, with its decimating fury unleashed on the Bahamas and the Southeastern U.S. seacoast, became the latest red alert warning of the rapidly mounting effects of climate change. It was also the backdrop for a historic Democratic presidential town hall forum on the climate crisis. The forum was nationally televised on Sept. 4 by …
peoplesworld.org/article/with-hurricane-destruction-as-backdrop-democratic-aspirants-address-climate-change/

Washington escalates \"maximum pressure\" campaign against Iran
wsws.org | 2019-09-06
More than a year after re-imposing a punishing sanctions regime, and no closer to achieving regime change, the US is adopting increasingly reckless measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/06/pers-s06.html

Rating the presidential hopefuls: Only a few support unions in public
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-06
Labor Day is now past and the madcap race for the Democratic presidential nomination enters the fall, though with fewer hopefuls in the running. That\'s because the Democratic National Committee, sponsor of the series of nationally-televised debates between the aspirants, has imposed higher criteria for those who seek to qualify for the third round, in …
peoplesworld.org/article/rating-the-presidential-hopefuls-only-a-few-support-unions-in-public/

We Are Teetering on the Brink of War With Iran
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-06
Sanctions are squeezing Tehran to death. If the EU can\'t salvage the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, things could escalate quickly.
truthdig.com/articles/we-are-teetering-on-the-brink-of-war-with-iran/

The United States: A Nation on Suicide Watch
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-06
The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through FY 2018, the direct costs of the wars will have totaled more than $1.9 trillion, according to US Government figures. Pollution is a serious issue. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-united-states-a-nation-on-suicide-watch/

Hassan El Tayyab on US Out of Yemen, Kate Bronfenbrenner on Labor Board vs. Labor
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-09-06
Media…
fair.org/home/hassan-el-tayyab-on-us-out-of-yemen-kate-bronfenbrenner-on-labor-board-vs-labor/

New U.N. Report Highlights US, UK, France War Crimes in Yemen Since 2014
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-06
The second largest sovereign state in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen, has been ravaged by war, deliberate starvation, and cholera for over four years. A 274 page U.N. report released on Tuesday, highlights the human rights situation including violations and abuses …
globalresearch.ca/new-u-n-report-highlights-human-rights-violations-abuses-yemen-since-2014/5688247

Extinction Via Rugged Individualism
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
I was recently amused by a train of thought on Twitter excoriating Henry David Thoreau for his experiment in self-sufficient living. True, he was on the land of his wealthy neighbor, his mother did his laundry (and brought him old-timey donuts to eat), but it was rugged, dammit. Okay, it was something akin to a…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/extinction-via-rugged-individualism/

Koch\'s America: the Rule of the New Robber Barons
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
The U.S. is a capitalist country and capitalist control the country. The recent death of David Koch [pronounced \"coke\"], principle co-owner with his brother, Charles, of the Koch Industries, reminds Americas once again that those with the power and money determine the destinies of everyone else. A century ago the country was ruled by a cabal…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/kochs-america-the-rule-of-the-new-robber-barons/

Tax the Rich Before the Rest
Chuck Collins | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Presidential candidates should take a pledge: The middle class should not pay one dollar more in new taxes until the super-rich pay their fair share. Already candidates are outlining ambitious programs to improve health care, combat climate change, and address the opioid crisis — and trying to explain how they\'ll pay for it. President Trump,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/tax-the-rich-before-the-rest/

Concealing the Truth
Chandra Muzaffar | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Concealing the truth from the people is not unusual in politics. It is perhaps more pronounced in global politics partly because it is more difficult to hold powerful global actors accountable. That might is right is an adage that rings true at the international level more than in the domestic arena. There are currently a…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/concealing-the-truth/

A Battle for Existence
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
They are landscapes my mind escapes to regularly. The painted canyons in eastern Montana and the Zion region of Utah. Forests of huge conifers in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and northern California. The incredible arid desolation of Utah west of Salt Lake City and the deserts of Nevada. Sagebrushed plains in the Southwest.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/a-battle-for-existence/

Green Mountain Veterans: Ron Jacobs
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/green-mountain-veterans-ron-jacobs/

Extinction Rebellion: What is it?
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
The climate crisis is turning average law-abiding people into raging law-breaking eco rebels, by boatloads. Extinction Rebellion (ER) is at the forefront, demanding that governments declare climate emergencies and take urgent action. In that regard, ER, which started in the UK, says government must reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2025, or else! Social…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/extinction-rebellion-what-is-it/

The Political Economy of the Opioid Epidemic
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
Late this October, in Ohio, a jury will begin hearing evidence against the pharmaceutical giants that have manufactured — and profited royally from — the opioid epidemic. This Ohio trial will be the most significant courtroom skirmish yet between Big Pharma and the over 2,000 states, localities, and other complainants that have filed suit against…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/the-political-economy-of-the-opioid-epidemic/

Trump Year Three: Three Random Late Summer Thoughts
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
The underlying premise was never plausible, but for a while it was still possible to hope that, under Trump, American foreign policy would be less bellicose than it would have been had Hillary Clinton not managed to lose the 2016 election. Trump did, after all, seem less enthusiastic about restoring the Cold War that the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/trump-year-three-three-random-late-summer-thoughts/

The Axis of Atrocity
Paul Edwards | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
If daymare isn\'t a word, it should be. We\'re living one. And the shameless, infantile ugliness that rules America today was predicted by visionaries and poets long ago. H.L. Mencken nailed it nearly a century back:…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/the-axis-of-atrocity/

A Different‚Äã War Story: the Soldier and Veteran Resistance Against the War in Vietnam
Richard Moser | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-06
The battle over American war stories began during the peak of the last revolution. Millions of Americans and tens of thousands of veterans and soldiers opposed the war in Vietnam. In the war\'s moral outrages, crimes and betrayals, many saw the US empire for the first time. [1] For the last 40 years, the ruling class…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/06/a-different%e2%80%8b-war-story-the-soldier-and-veteran-resistance-against-the-war-in-vietnam/