2019-09-14: Social Media Postees

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War is Good for Business and Organized Crime: Afghanistan\'s Multibillion Dollar Opium Trade. Rising Heroin Addiction in the US
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
Despite president Trump\'s announced US troop withdrawal, the Afghan opium trade continues to flourish. It is protected by US-NATO occupation forces on behalf of a nexus of powerful financial and criminal interests.
globalresearch.ca/war-is-good-for-business-and-organized-crime-afghanistans-multibillion-dollar-opium-trade-rising-heroin-addiction-in-the-us/5664319

No letup in Trump\'s war on immigrants as 37-year-old Mexican man dies in ICE custody
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The recent Supreme Court ruling effectively eliminating the right to asylum is but the latest and sharpest expression of the attack on the rights of immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/immi-s14.html

Protest of India\'s rule over Kashmir
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-09-14
Chanting \"From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime,\" over 100 people, mostly immigrants from Kashmir, rallied on Sept. 6 outside the Masjid Al-Madinah Upper Darby Islamic Center near Philadelphia to call attention to India\'s recent human rights\' abuses and violations of Kashmir\'s sovereignty. | Continue reading Protest of India\'s rule over Kashmir at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/14/protest-of-indias-rule-over-kashmir/

Fascistic elements in Republican Party threaten Democrats O\'Rourke and Ocasio-Cortez
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
Both incidents reflect the growing threat of political violence from the far-right.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/cort-s14.html

Yemen Was Called the Forgotten War, but Activists Are Refusing to Forget
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-14
| Janine Jackson: When observers who have spent years in war-rocked places describe events as \"staggering,\" you know you\'re talking about a disturbing new order. That\'s how the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen responded to the September 1 bombing by Saudi Arabia of a detention center in southwest Yemen that killed more than 100 people, some believed to be prisoners of war. And yet this h…
truthout.org/audio/yemen-was-called-the-forgotten-war-but-activists-are-refusing-to-forget/

Amazon Workers Are Bringing the Climate Strike to Jeff Bezos
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-14
| Two months after Amazon warehouse workers across the globe staged a one-day strike, the great \"disruptor\" is facing another workplace disruption–this time by tech workers at its Seattle headquarters. | The group Amazon Employees for Climate Justice announced this week that it would join the September 20 Global Climate Strike led by 16-year-old activist Greta T…
truthout.org/articles/amazon-workers-are-bringing-the-climate-strike-to-jeff-bezos/

Third Annual Far-Right Gathering in Berkeley Continues Record of Failure
Berkeley Antifa | indybay.org | 2019-09-14
On Sunday, September 1, a small collection of bored and lonely far-right activists gathered in Berkeley, CA for what was dubbed the \"Third Annual March Against Communism.\" Despite the massive police presence and resources committed to protecting this tiny group of confused conspiracy theorists, community mobilization kept Berkeley locals safe and ultimately pushed back the far-right\'s attempted advances.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/14/18826231.php

El Paso, firme!
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2019-09-14
The chants rang out loud and clear all weekend: \"El Paso!\" Then: \"Firme!\" After the racist mass murders on Aug. 3, when a gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 more, El Paso activists issued a call to action against white supremacy. This was followed by a weekend of actions . . . | Continue reading El Paso, firme! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/14/el-paso-firme/

Taliban Delegation Travels to Russia as US Peace Talks Collapse
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
Afghanistan\'s Taliban have sent a delegation to Russia to seek international support to push for the withdrawal of United States troops following the collapse of talks with the U.S. this month, officials from the insurgent group said Saturday. | RELATED: | US Will Lose More After Afghan Peace Talks End Abruptly: Taliban | \"The purpose of these visits is to inform leaders of these countries about the peace talks and President Trump\'s decision to call off the peace process at a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Taliban-Delegation-Travels-to-Russia-as-Peace-Prospects-With-US-Collapse-20190914-0009.html

From A Russian: Our Planet is So Small that We Must Live in Peace
Ann Wright | commondreams.org | 2019-09-14
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Bolivian President Rejects Violent Attacks Against His Party\'s HQ
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales rejected Friday the latest violent acts in the central city of Santa Cruz, where the campaign headquarters of his Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) was attacked by opposition protesters. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Evo Morales Leads Presidential Election Poll by 11% | \"This is a conspiracy against democracy and, above all, a conspiracy to the defenders of democracy that are social movements. Don\'t give in to this game from paid participants…we reject and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivian-President-Rejects-Violent-Attacks-Against-Party-HQ-in-Santa-Cruz-20190914-0008.html

Cycle protesters demand climate change action as German motor show opens
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-14
Thousands of people have demonstrated in Frankfurt to demand more action against climate change as the German city\'s motor show opens to the public, with some cycling along motorways that were temporarily closed for the occasion. | Demands raised by the organisers of Saturday\'s protests include an end to the combustion engine, climate-neutral transport by 2035, a speed limit on the autobahn and a strong German climate policy package. | Environmental groups say the trend toward bigger and more powerful cars, particularly SUVs, is eating into the fuel efficiency gains of recent decades. | On Thursday, when the Fran…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/09/14/cycle-protesters-demand-climate-change-action-as-german-motor-show-opens/

Outing the Board Members of the NRA
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-09-14
It seems that NOW is the time to take this a step further and expose some of the Board Members of the notorious NRA, a domestic terrorist organization!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/13/18826218.php

Yemen\'s Houthis Attacks Saudi Oil Fields
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
Yemen\'s Iran-aligned Houthi forces on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia\'s oil industry, including the world\'s biggest petroleum processing facility, in a strike that three sources said had disrupted output and exports. | RELATED: | No Agreement Reached to End Power Struggle in Southern Yemen | Two sources close to the matter said 5 million barrels per day of crude production had been impacted — close to half of the kingdom\'s output or 5% of global o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemens-Houthis-Attacks-Saudi-Oil-Fields–20190914-0006.html

Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes by Yemen\'s Houthi
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-14
Yemen\'s Houthi group attacked the heart of Saudi Arabia\'s oil industry, including the world\'s biggest petroleum processing facility.
theantimedia.com/saudi-arabia-shuts-down-half-its-oil-output-after-drone-strikes-by-yemens-houthi/

Pompeo blames Iran for drone attack on Saudi oil facilities, Senator Graham urges US to strike it
rt.com | 2019-09-14
A drone attack on Saudi oil facilities claimed by Yemen\'s Houthi rebels prompted Washington to blame Tehran, with US warhawk, Senator Lindsey Graham, calling for a strike against Iran. | The smoke from the huge fires at the world\'s largest oil processing plant caused by the strike had barely dissipated when officials in Washington jumped at the opportunity to use the occasion to push an anti-Iranian agenda. | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Tehran for what he called \"an unprecedented attack on the world\'s energy supply\" but stopped short of suggesting any retaliatory measures. | Meanwhile Graham was q…
rt.com/usa/468837-senator-graham-strike-iran-saudi/

Yemen\'s Houthi Rebels Attack Key Saudi Oil Sites
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-14
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–Yemen\'s Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world\'s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. | It remained unclear hours later whether anyone was injured at the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil field or what effect the assault would have on oil production. Rising smoke from the fires at the sites could be seen by satellites. | The attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the war against a Saudi-led coalition comes after weeks of similar drone…
truthdig.com/articles/yemens-houthi-rebels-attack-key-saudi-oil-sites/

Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters Its Fifth Year
Ahmed AbdulKareem | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-14
An absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black market of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the nation.
theantimedia.com/human-trafficking-booming-yemen/

Russia, Ukraine carry out high-profile prisoner exchange
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The prisoner exchange was strongly backed by France and Germany with media reports suggesting that French President Emmanuel Macron, in particular, played a central role.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/ukra-s14.html

Will the IMF, the Federal Reserve, Negative Interest Rates and Digital Money Kill the Western Economy?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
The IMF, has been instrumental in helping destroying the economy of a myriad of countries, notably, and to start with, the new Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, Greece, Ukraine and lately Argentina, to mention just a few. …
globalresearch.ca/will-the-imf-the-federal-reserve-negative-interest-rates-and-digital-money-kill-the-western-economy/5689200

\'Far into conspiracy theorizing\': Ex-MSNBC Host Krystal Ball slams network for Russiagate hype
rt.com | 2019-09-14
Krystal Ball, a former MSNBC host, has admitted that her colleagues went too far focusing on Russiagate narrative alone that it turned into conspiracy theorizing. | After three years of non-stop speculations about an alleged collusion between the Kremlin and US President Donald Trump ended up with Russiagaters\' hopes crashed by the Mueller report, some in the American media seemed to have woken up to realize that the conspiratorial hype machine had replaced what should have been journalism. | The most recent example is Ball, who criticized her \"former colleagues, friends\" for going \"so far into the realm of co…
rt.com/usa/468841-msnbc-crystal-ball-russia-hype/

The 5G Electromagnetic \"Mad Zone\" Poised to Self-Destruct: The 5G \"Dementors\" Meet the 4G \"Zombie Apocalypse\"
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
The entities rolling out 5G are tormenting humanity and sucking their humanity from them by taking their minds and their health, while on the other side, you have the zombie apocalypse of all the people with their 4G cell phones, …
globalresearch.ca/the-5g-electromagnetic-mad-zone-poised-to-self-destruct-the-5g-dementors-meet-the-4g-zombie-apocalypse/5689176

The Plutocratic War on People: Centrists and Conservatives are Ignoring the Giant Elephant in Our National Living Room
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-09-14
The list of problems getting buried by money is nearly endless. Gun control; health care; a living wage; the high cost of education; endless war; each is rooted in the power of the oligarch\'s coup, and each is a function of money in politics. But only two candidates — Sanders and Warren — address this issue head on in the debates, and to hear the media, the pundits\' and the Party\'s post mortem, both are \"extreme\" and the guy who\'s debating whether the lifeboat needs a patch is \"reasonable\" and the best bet for winning the election. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/c…
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Fall 1941: Pearl Harbor and The Wars of Corporate America
Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
Washington knew a Japanese fleet was on its way to Pearl Harbor, but welcomed the attack since a Japanese aggression would make it possible to \"sell\" the war to an anti-war American public.
globalresearch.ca/fall-1941-pearl-harbor-and-the-wars-of-corporate-america/28159

Two workers crushed to death at Michigan granite supplier
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The fire department immediately shut down the Stone Warehouse shop after the accident for multiple safety violations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/ster-s14.html

Bolton resurrects pair of PACs to prop up Congress\' top warmongers
rt.com | 2019-09-14
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has wasted no time relaunching his political action committees and endorsing five Republican congressmen, all of whom appear to love war almost as much as he does. | The John Bolton PAC has endorsed Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Cory Gardner (R-Colorado), and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), along with Reps Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) and Lee Zeldin (R-New York), according to its first post-resurrection press release on Friday, which referred to the now-unemployed hawk as \"Ambassador John Bolton\" despite the fact that he has not held a diplomatic position in year…
rt.com/usa/468791-bolton-revives-pacs-fundraising-neocons/

Neonicotinoid Pesticides Have Made US Agriculture Much More Toxic
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-14
| Scientists are warning about a second Silent Spring after a new study found that U.S. agriculture is 48 times more toxic to insects than it was 20 years ago. | A peer-reviewed study published in the journal PLOS One found that 92 percent of that toxic load can be attributed to neonicotinoids — the most widely used class of insecticides. | Neonics, as they are commonly called, are…
truthout.org/video/neonicotinoid-pesticides-have-made-u-s-agriculture-much-more-toxic/

New Zealand opposition National Party attacked over relations with China
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The campaign by the Labour Party-led government and its supporters against \"Chinese influence\" is part of escalating preparations for a US-led war in the Pacific.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/nzch-s14.html

Snowden Hopes France Will Grant Him Asylum
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
Former United States spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes France will grant him asylum, according to a France Inter radio interview to be broadcast Monday. It was not immediately clear when or where the interview took place. | RELATED: | US to Renew Internet Surveillance Program Exposed by Snowden | \"I would very much like Mr. Macron to grant me asylum,\" the famous whistleblower said in excerpts made available on the French radio station\'s Twitter account, reminding his int…
telesurenglish.net/news/Snowden-Hopes-France-Will-Grant-Him-Asylum-20190914-0007.html

Video: Imperial Wars of Aggression. Interview with Syrian Scientist Dr. Ayssar Midani
Ayssar Midani | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
\"We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood, but Against Powers, Against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World, Against Spiritual Wickedness in High Places.\" (Epistle to the Ephesians 6: 12, New Testament) | *** | \"Hegemony\" is a sanitized word \"vomited\" up …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-imperial-wars-of-aggression-interview-with-syrian-scientist-dr-ayssar-midani/5689076

Swarming for the Global Climate Strikes!
Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area | indybay.org | 2019-09-14
Union Square, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/11/18826174.php

Defending pensions against Macron requires an international political strategy
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The way forward to defend pensions and oppose the well-advanced drive towards fascistic police state rule is to turn to the international working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/fran-s14.html

Mourning and Resistance in Kashmir After India Revoked the State\'s Special Status
Soumya Shankar | theintercept.com | 2019-09-14
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir — On the eve of Eid al-Adha last month, 17-year-old Asrar Khan lay in a vegetative state at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, a hospital in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir\'s largest city. The unconscious teenager was barely hanging on to life, connected to a ventilator and blinded in one eye — the result, his family says, of pellet injuries at the hands of India\'s armed forces. | Six days earlier, on August 5, India\'s government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, had unilaterally abrogated a constituti…
theintercept.com/2019/09/14/kashmir-india-article-370/

Billionaire Duke of Westminster carrying out social cleansing of working-class residents in London
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
Of the 141 people being evicted, eight are disabled, with some having lived in the blocks for as long as 40 years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/lond-s14.html

Sackler family behind OxyContin busted trying to hide $1bn as lawsuits over opioid crisis pile up
rt.com | 2019-09-14
New York\'s attorney general has uncovered over $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family and accused the OxyContin magnates of trying to shield their wealth from mounting lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis. | The prodigious stash was discovered in the records of just one of the 33 financial institutions Attorney General Letitia James subpoenaed last month in an effort to trace the extent of the Purdue Pharma owners\' wealth, James\' office said in a statement on Friday. The money passed through several Swiss bank accounts, indicating the family may have tried to hide profits from the sale of…
rt.com/usa/468793-sackler-hiding-money-opioids-lawsuit/

Drug Companies Seek to Disqualify Judge in Opioids Suits
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-14
CLEVELAND– Attorneys for eight drug distributors, pharmacies and retailers facing trial next month for their roles in the opioid crisis want to disqualify the federal judge overseeing their cases, saying he has shown bias in his effort to obtain a multibillion-dollar global settlement. | According to the motion filed late Friday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, where Judge Dan Polster presides over most of the 2,000 lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governments, the judicial code requires judges to recuse themselves when there is an appearance of prejudice or bias. | The attorneys wrote that Pol…
truthdig.com/articles/drug-companies-seek-to-disqualify-judge-in-opioids-suits/

BBC Foreknowledge of 9/11 Collapse of WTC Building Seven: British Man Won Law Suit against BBC for 9/11 Cover Up
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
This article was first posted on Global Research in March 2015 | A class action law suit against the BBC should be contemplated? | The BBC had foreknowledge of a criminal act and failed to inform the public. ( M. Ch. GR …
globalresearch.ca/bbc-foreknowledge-of-911-collapse-of-wtc-building-seven-british-man-won-law-suit-against-bbc-for-911-cover-up/5438161

Ex-CIA analyst on why he predicted John Bolton\'s firing
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-14
Ex-CIA analyst John Kiriakou discusses why he accurately predicted John Bolton\'s ouster as National Security Adviser; who might replace him;…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/14/ex-cia-analyst-on-why-he-predicted-john-boltons-firing/

Son of Bin Laden Killed in U.S. Strike, White House Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-14
American officials say there are indications that al-Qaida member Hamza bin Laden was killed by the CIA, not the U.S. military.
truthdig.com/articles/son-of-bin-laden-killed-in-u-s-strike-white-house-says/

G7 hypocrites protest but exploit the Amazon anyway
Manlio Dinucci | workers.org | 2019-09-14
Published in the Italian journal Il Manifesto on Sept. 3. Translation by John Catalinotto. Faced with the spread of fires in the Amazon, the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, changed its agenda to \"tackle the emergency.\" The seven — France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States . . . | Continue reading G7 hypocrites protest but exploit the Amazon anyway at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/14/g7-hypocrites-protest-but-exploit-the-amazon-anyway/

Post-9/11 Terrorism Watchlist of More Than 1 Million Judged Unconstitutional
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
The U.S. government has used…
globalresearch.ca/post-911-terrorism-watchlist-of-more-than-1-million-judged-unconstitutional/5689177

Osama bin Laden\'s Son Killed in US Special Operation: Trump
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
The son of Osama bin Laden and the reported Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a U.S. counter-terrorism operation, the White House said on Saturday. | RELATED: | US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing | \"Hamza bin Laden, the high-ranking al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region,\" a statement attributed to the president released by the White House on Saturday said.
telesurenglish.net/news/Osama-bin-Ladens-Son-Killed-in-US-Special-Operation-Trump-20190914-0003.html

Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO\'s doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.
globalresearch.ca/video-why-are-we-still-afghanistan/5689009

9/9-9/11. 18 Years Ago, 2 Days before 9/11: Shah Masood, leader of the Northern Alliance assassinated
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
This article was originally published on the 9th of September 2003. | Eighteen years ago, on the 9th of September 2001, the leader of the Northern Alliance Commander Ahmad Shah Masood was mortally wounded in a kamikaze assassination. | It happened two …
globalresearch.ca/99-911-18-years-ago-2-days-before-911-shah-masood-leader-of-the-northern-alliance-assassinated/3192

Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
18 years later, the US and its NATO allies still have troops in Afghanistan with no plans on leaving. | We were told this was about 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, but these were lies. | So why are the troops still …
globalresearch.ca/video-why-are-we-still-afghanistan/5689009

Wall Street Billionaires Set to Mingle With Mike Pence at Financial Conference
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| As people across the world denounce the Trump administration\'s destructive climate policies, courting of far-right regimes, and callous policies towards immigrants, top Wall Street figures are getting set to hobnob with Vice President Mike Pence at an upcoming investor conference. | On September 19th, the CEOs of major hedge funds and private equity firms will once again gather for the annual Delivering Alpha conference, which s…
truthout.org/articles/wall-street-billionaires-set-to-mingle-with-mike-pence-at-financial-conference/

Resisting a World That Privileges Whiteness–While We Still Can
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-13
\"My Time Among the Whites: Notes From an Unfinished Education\" | A book by Jennine Capó Crucet | In the past couple of years, a new trend has emerged that can best be described as post-Trump Latinx literature. By \"post-Trump,\" I mean a nascent body of literature that critiques Trump and the ideology he represents, a counter-archive to the white supremacy that dominates the news. As Latinx authors contend with Trump\'s anti-immigration rhetoric, which casts all immigrants as Mexicans and all Mexicans as criminals, this work has been a site of resistance, of hope, of sorrow. | This still-forming canon began with tw…
truthdig.com/articles/resisting-a-world-that-privileges-whiteness-while-we-still-can/

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