Ricardo Vaz (2019-09-19). Venezuela oil production continues decline as China cancels more shipments. mronline.org Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of U.S. sanctions as \"unfair competition.\" | Source

Eds. (2019-09-19). Declaration of the Network in Defense of Humanity: Save the Amazon! Save the Planet! mronline.org The Network in Defense of Humanity joins the worldwide mobilization in protest against the ecological disaster caused by the fires in the Amazon and against the transnational corporations and politicians directly responsible for the catastrophe. | Source

Morning Star (2019-09-19). Iran warns of war as U.S. continues accusations it bombed Saudi oil refinery. peoplesworld.org Iran has warned the U.S. that any aggression will be met with an immediate response, as Washington continues to insist the nation was responsible for missiles fired at a Saudi oil refinery. Tehran dismissed claims by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Iran had been involved in the attack on Saturday, …

MBNJSD (2019-09-19). Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel? dissidentvoice.org On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles, dramatically slashing Saudi Arabia\'s oil production by half, from about ten million to five million barrels per day. On September 18, the Trump administration, blaming Iran, announced it was …

Pete Tucker (2019-09-19). WaPo No Longer Discloses Its Owner\'s Uber Investment – Even when quoting Uber\'s legal theories as legal fact. fair.org A new California law threatens to upend Uber, but the Washington Post claimed the law doesn\'t apply to the ride-hailing giant. This is convenient, since Post owner Jeff Bezos is not only a major Uber investor, but also founder and CEO of Amazon, which is likely to also be negatively impacted by the new law. | The recently passed legislation requires companies to classify workers as employees if their work is central to the business. Throughout its decade of lawbreaking and staggering growth, Uber has classified its drivers as independent contractors, not employees. This has allowed the ride-hailing giant to av…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2019-09-19). It\'s Time to Strike for the Climate. truthdig.com According to Bill McKibben, the internationally renowned climate activist, author and founder of 350.org, today\'s record-breaking hurricanes should not be labeled with such innocuous names as \"Dorian\" or \"Maria.\" Rather, they should be named after Exxon Mobil, Chevron and BP—major fossil fuel corporations that have been the driving force behind global warming and the subsequent supercharged storms. | In an interview, the author of the new book, \"Falter: Has the Human G…

Staff (2019-09-19). Trump Officials: UNC-Duke Program Too Positive on Islam. truthdig.com The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding for a Middle East studies program run by the University of North Carolina and Duke University, arguing that it\'s misusing a federal grant to advance \"ideological priorities\" and unfairly promote \"the positive aspects of Islam\" but not Christianity or Judaism. | An Aug. 29 letter from the U.S. Education Department orders the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies to revise its offerings by Sept. 22 or risk losing future funding from a federal grant that\'s awarded to dozens of universities to support foreign language instruction. The consortium received $2…

Lawrence Davidson (2019-09-19). The Sorry State of the Nobel Peace Prize. counterpunch.org Those deserving of a Peace Prize should be seen as assisting in the reworking of an otherwise violent human culture. As it presently stands, this higher ideal is being ignored in order to award the Peace Prize to those who may have \"contributed to peace\" in a much more narrow fashion—a peace that is often lacking justice and thus short-lived. In some cases the winner turns out to be someone who, like Alfred Nobel himself, was also a purveyor of war or other forms of violence. More

Staff (2019-09-19). American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: The Propaganda That Upholds the Status Quo. therealnews.com In the book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People\'s History of Fake News From the Revolutionary War to The War On Terror, authors Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong assert that \"The mainstream corporate media is one of the chief propagators of American exceptionalism and innocence…the narratives of American exceptionalism and American innocence work together…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-09-19). Millions to rise up worldwide for climate strike. peoplesworld.org From Alaska to Hawaii to Miami to Chicago to New York to D.C. — and around the world — millions of people will hit the streets starting Sept. 20 or 21, depending on local time zones, to demand world leaders get off their asses and act to stop global warming before it\'s too late. The …

Al Neal (2019-09-19). Harvest of Discontent: Trump\'s trade war and the rural fight for survival. peoplesworld.org There is nothing normal about this September for farmers in the U.S. Midwest Typically, at this midpoint in the month, farmers would be finishing up their small grains harvest and begin taking stock of other crops planted later in the season. Harvest season this year, though, is well behind schedule. The U.S. Department of Agriculture\'s September …

Staff (2019-09-19). Fossil Fuel Companies Roll Out a New Era of Spin. therealnews.com Forget \"climate change\" and \"global warming\": Environmental advocates are increasingly using phrases that emphasize the urgency of our planetary pickle, such as \"climate crisis,\" \"climate emergency,\" and \"existential threat.\"

Staff (2019-09-19). Raising Expectations (And Lowering Carbon Emissions). therealnews.com At the first Designing A Green New Deal conference, labor and environmental organizer Jane McAlevey explains what strikes, war, and globalization have to do with climate justice.

Staff (2019-09-19). Where Have the Wild Birds Gone? 3 Billion Fewer Than 1970. truthdig.com A new study focuses on the drop in numbers of birds, not extinctions, with some of the most common birds taking the biggest hits.

RT (2019-09-19). Russiagate\'s last stand? #Resistance works itself up over whistleblower complaint on Trump\'s alleged \'favor to foreign leader\'. rt.com Just when you thought the Russiagate horse was well and truly dead, count on House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff to whip it back into life with another saucy tale of collusion, conspiracy and cover-up. | President Donald Trump\'s alleged \"collusion\" with Russia to swing the 2016 election has largely been absent from the news of late. After the Mueller Report cleared the president of wrongdoing, and after the damp squib that was Special Counsel Mueller\'s testimony before Congress in July, the story finally exited the news cycle. | Here comes Congressman Schiff (D-California), determined to breathe new life into…

unitedEditor (2019-09-19). 9/11: a geopolitical conspiracy against Eurasia? uwidata.com Ever since tragedy struck on 9/11, numerous discussions and arguments about what actually took place on that day have continued. Many people contend that there are numerous technical inconsistencies Washington\'s version of events, while others argue that the attack may have served as a pretext for the intervention in Afghanistan that immediately followed. For further …

George Ochenski (2019-09-19). Memo to Trump: Water Runs Downhill. counterpunch.org It seems a sure bet that if someone told Donald Trump water runs downhill he would immediately claim it was \"fake news\" since, after all, when he turns on the gold taps in his Fifth Avenue penthouse atop Trump Tower, water comes gushing out. And you know, it\'s a long ways up — 58 stories, although he claims More

Urvashi Sarkar (2019-09-19). \"Not a Blade of Grass Grew:\" Living on the Edge of the Climate Crisis in the Sandarbans of West Bengal. counterpunch.org Kajal Lata Biswas is still haunted by memories of the cyclone. Though it\'s been 10 years since Aila hit the Sundarbans, she still clearly recalls May 25, 2009. It was just before noon. \"The [Kalindi] river water rushed into the village and flooded all the houses,\" says Kajal Lata. She was at a relative\'s house More

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-09-19). The Scourge in the White House. counterpunch.org I would have no trouble defending myself and my loved ones: family and country. But under no circumstances would I employ corrupt practices to get ahead. What bothers me constantly is the not so innocent highway to riches. Can people and corporations earn their money honestly and without violence? By violence I don\'t necessarily mean More

Charles Pierson (2019-09-19). With Enemies Like These, Trump Doesn\'t Need Friends. counterpunch.org It is one year since an anonymous op-ed appeared in the New York Times. The author claimed to be part of a group of \"senior officials in the administration\" who are \"working within to frustrate parts of [Trump\'s] agenda and his worst inclinations.\" The op-ed\'s portentous title, \"I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,\" conjured up an image of a sweating bureaucrat tapping madly away on a laptop beneath his desk in a dark office, darting anxious glances at the door while wondering who will play him in the movie. If only the op-ed could have broken off in a strangled scream, it would have been…

Thomas Knapp (2019-09-19). Trump and Netanyahu: \"Mutual Defense\" or Just Mutual Political Back-Scratching? counterpunch.org On September 14, US president Donald Trump tweeted (of course) the suggestion of a US-Israel \"Mutual Defense Treaty,\" citing a call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hopefully there\'s less going on here than meets the eye: The tweet may just be another mutual publicity back-scratch of the type Trump and Netanyahu frequently exchange when More

Staff (2019-09-19). Meet the Beauty Queen Who Inspired #MeToo in Gambia. truthout.org | | In Gambia, an ongoing public truth and reconciliation commission is investigating the atrocities of former President Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the West African country of 2 million people for 22 years before his regime ended in 2016. In widely shared public testimony that has been live-streamed to tens of thousands of people, survivors and members of Jammeh\'s death squad who killed migrants, journalists and civilians during the president\'s reign are telling their stories for the world to hear. One such survivor is F…

Aaron Maté (2019-09-19). UK worsens Julian Assange\'s persecution as US seeks extradition. thegrayzone.com Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, says that UK authorities are holding Julian Assange in worse conditions than accused terrorists and…

K. J. Noh, Kevin Zeese, and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-19). Open Letter to Congress: Why the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Must Be Opposed. dissidentvoice.org Note: Congress is currently considering the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019. If this bill becomes law it will increase conflict between the US and China and increase US meddling in Hong Kong. It will become an excuse for unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) against China and Hong Kong. In the Open Letter …

Matt Novak (2019-09-19). President Trump\'s Stupid Border Wall Could Destroy 22 Archaeological Sites According to New Report. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump\'s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could destroy 22 archaeological sites in Arizona, according to a new report produced by the National Park Service. The report was obtained by the Washington Post through a Freedom of Information …

Medea Benjamin (2019-09-19). Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel? globalresearch.ca On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles, dramatically slashing Saudi Arabia\'s oil production by half, from about ten million to five …

Emily Apple (2019-09-19). Piers Morgan leapt in to defend Laura Kuenssberg. It didn\'t end well. thecanary.co On 18 September, #SackLauraKuenssberg started trending on Twitter. Social media users expressed outrage after she tweeted that the man who confronted Boris Johnson at a children\'s ward was a Labour activist and then identified who he was. People claimed that by identifying the man, Ku…

Staff (2019-09-19). Greta Thunberg Is Just Getting Warmed Up. truthdig.com Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has sparked a global movement with her \"school strike for the climate.\" Last year, she started skipping school on Fridays to stand outside the Swedish parliament demanding climate action. Since then, she has inspired millions around the world to join her. The final two Fridays of this month, Sept. 20 and 27, are expected to be some of the largest global protests in history. These two strike days fall on either side of the United Nations\' Climate Action Summit on Monday, Sept. 23. | Organized during the U.N.\'s annual General Assembly meeting, which brings le…

commondreams (2019-09-19). Greenpeace Says Amazon Needs More Transparency to Meet Bezos\' New Climate Goals. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-09-19). The Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan: Is Community Engagement the Key? globalresearch.ca I have just read a superb book by Mark Isaacs, an Australian who has documented several years of effort by a group of incredibly committed young people in Afghanistan to build peace in that war-torn country the only way …

teleSUR (2019-09-19). US Drone Strike \'Accidentally\' Kills 30 Afghan Farmers. telesurenglish.net A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) group hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day\'s labor in the fields, officials said Thursday. | RELATED: | \'Our Doors Are Open for Peace Talks\': Taliban to Trump | The attack on Wednesday night also injured another 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at Wazir Tangi in eastern Nangarhar province, three Afghan officials told Reuters.

Mac Slavo (2019-09-19). \"Killer Robots\" Could Commit \"Atrocities\" Says Former Google Engineer. globalresearch.ca Laura Nolan, a former Google software engineer who left the company in protest of Project Maven, Google\'s since-abandoned artificial intelligence development program for military drones, says killer robots could commit atrocities. If governments turn control of their weapons …

teleSUR (2019-09-19). French Unions Strike Against Privatization of Electricity. telesurenglish.net More than a third of EDF\'s workforce in France was on strike on Thursday for the second day in a row in protest against a privatization plan, yet without affecting households, affirmed labor union leaders. | RELATED: | French Gov\'t Budget, Actions To Tackle Femicides Falls Short of Expectations | EDF workers are protesting plans steered by the French government to restructure and split the group in two, privatizing its nuclear power generation business set to one side. | The rest…

Philip Giraldi (2019-09-19). Spy vs Spy vs Spy: The Mysterious Mr. Smolenkov. globalresearch.ca A new spy story has been making the rounds in Washington, but this time it involved a brave Russian official who allegedly was allegedly recruited while in the Russian Embassy in Washington in 2007 and then worked secretly for the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-19). Trump Regime Anti-Iran Blame Game. globalresearch.ca The blame game is longstanding US, NATO, Israeli policy — falsely blaming a targeted nation, entity, group, or individual for something they had nothing to do with. | Time and again, the tactic is used as a pretext to pursue a …

Dave Lindorff (2019-09-19). Why on Earth would the US go to war with Iran over an attack on Saudi oil refineries? nationofchange.org President Bone Spur, backed by his warmongering Secretary of State Mike \"Armageddon\" Pompeo, tweeted yesterday that the U.S. military is \"locked and loaded,\" ready to attack (bomb) Iran if it can be proven that Iran was behind a drone bomb attack on Saudi Arabia\'s oil refineries. There are plenty of news media in the U.S. …

teleSUR (2019-09-19). Brazil Will Not Take The Floor At The UN Climate Summit. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Secretary-General\'s Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit, Luis Alfonso de Alba, said Brazil is not on the list of countries that will address the climate summit, which is scheduled to be held in New York on September 23. | RELATED: | Brazil: Temer Admits Impeachment of Rousseff Was a Coup | \"Brazil has not put forward any plans to increase its commitment to climate change,\" De Alba said. | Previously, the United Nations requested the governments of its me…

Marina Martinez (2019-09-19). While the Amazon burns, Brazil\'s indigenous peoples rise up. nationofchange.org A record outbreak of fires is incinerating the Amazon, the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world, which is home to at least one in every 10 species of plants and animals on Earth and millions of indigenous people. Rather than working for environmental preservation, Jair Bolsonaro, the recently elected president of Brazil, is committed to opening up the …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-09-19). Who Needs John Bolton? Trump\'s Neocons Are Determined to Go to War Against Iran. globalresearch.ca Following John Bolton\'s departure from the White House, Saudi Arabia\'s oil facility was attacked by drones operated by the Houthi rebels of Yemen. Trump and his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo once again claimed that it was the Iranians …

Jason Ditz (2019-09-19). Mike Pompeo Declares Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia an \"Act of War\" theantimedia.com Mike Pompeo is declaring what happened \"an act of war,\" and is now looking to use that bellicosity cobble together a coalition against Iran.

teleSUR (2019-09-19). Iran Warns of \'All-Out War\' if Attacked by US and Allies. telesurenglish.net Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned on Thursday that any attack on the Islamic Republic would lead to an \"all-out war\". | RELATED: | Saudi Gives \'Evidence\' of Iran\'s \'Attack\' on Oil Reserve, Pompeo Calls it \'Act of War\' | Zarif made the comment to CNN after he was asked what would happen if Iran was attacked by the U.S. and its allies | \"I am making a very serious statement that we don\'t want war; we don\'t want to engage in a military confront…

teleSUR (2019-09-19). Tunisia\'s Ousted President Ben Ali Dies in Saudi Exile. telesurenglish.net Tunisia\'s ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali died in exile in Saudi Arabia Thursday, days after a free presidential election in his homeland, his family lawyer said. | \"Ben Ali just died in Saudi Arabia,\" the lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha, told Reuters by phone. | Ben Ali fled Tunisia in January 2011 as his compatriots rose up against his oppressive rule in a revolution that inspired other Arab Spring uprisings abroad and led to a democratic transition at home. | On Sunday, Tunisians voted in an election that featured candidates from across the political spectrum, sending two political outsiders through to a…

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-19). The Ansarullah\'s Aramco Drone Strike versus \"The Real Act of War\" against Yemen. globalresearch.ca Pompeo\'s provocative pronouncement that the Ansarullah\'s drone strike on Aramco\'s oil facilities was an \"act of war\" is extremely hypocritical because it ignores the fact that the Saudis were the ones to initiate the international dimension of the War on …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-09-19). Saudis Show Off Charred Junk, Insist Iran Responsible for Aramco Attack. Will Trump Unleash the Dogs of War? globalresearch.ca First up, we have the neocon windup clown, Senator Marco Rubio. | . | . | . | . | Situation with #Iran is a very serious matter. | This is one of those #3amcalls that requires steady & serious American leadership. | We must bring …

WSWS (2019-09-19). Trump reviewing target lists as Iran war threat mounts. wsws.org US Secretary of State Pompeo described Saturday\'s attacks on Saudi oil installations as \"an act of war,\" attributing them—still with no evidence—to Iran.

Jake Johnson (2019-09-19). Disputing Trump Claims, Japan Says No Evidence Iran Was Behind Saudi Attack. globalresearch.ca Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono told reporters Wednesday that he has not seen any intelligence indicating Iran was behind the attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, contradicting Saudi and Trump administration claims about the incident. | \"We …

Staff (2019-09-19). Will Americans Let Trump Start a World War for Israel and Saudi Arabia? truthdig.com If we fail to speak out now, passionately and vociferously, we may learn it\'s too late to rein in our venal, warmongering ruling class.

Global Research (2019-09-19). Global Research Publishers: Special Offers On Our Book Titles. globalresearch.ca All of these titles from Global Research Publishers are available in print and PDF (e-book). For our North American customers they are also available in bulk for a discounted price. If you prefer to shop using Amazon, they are also …

Staff (2019-09-19). The Washington Post Has an Uber Problem. truthdig.com A new California law threatens to upend Uber, but the Washington Post claimed the law doesn\'t apply to the ride-hailing giant. This is convenient, since Post owner Jeff Bezos is not only a major Uber investor, but also founder and CEO of Amazon, which is likely to also be negatively impacted by the new law. | The recently passed legislation requires companies to classify workers as employees if their work is central to the business. Throughout its decade of lawbreaking and staggering growth, Uber has classified its drivers as independent contractors, not employees. This has allowed the ride-hailing giant to avoid…

Pepe Escobar (2019-09-19). Houthi Rebels Overturned the Middle East Geopolitical Chessboard. globalresearch.ca We are the Houthis and we\'re coming to town. With the spectacular attack on Abqaiq, Yemen\'s Houthis have overturned the geopolitical chessboard in Southwest Asia — going as far as introducing a whole new dimension: the distinct possibility of …