Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-09-27). Report: US-Made Bomb Killed Six Yemeni Civilians, Including Three Children, in June Attack. commondreams.org \"It is unfathomable and unconscionable that the U.S.A. continues to feed the conveyor belt of arms flowing into Yemen's devastating conflict.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/yemen_kid.jpg …

G. Dunkel (2019-09-26). Indonesian fires threaten millions. workers.org Over the past few months, fires have destroyed millions of acres of rainforest in Brazil\'s Amazon region, normally one of the wettest areas in the world, as well as in Indonesia, which has been immersed in the world capitalist economy since the U.S. covertly engineered a military coup there in . . . | Continue reading Indonesian fires threaten millions at Workers.org

RT (2019-09-26). US Army warns its soldiers that they could be shot by a disgruntled virgin if they go see new movie \'Joker\'. rt.com The US Army has ordered its soldiers to stay alert — not in Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria, but at their local movie theater. The Pentagon reportedly believes that screenings of \'Joker\' could be targeted by sex-hungry mass shooters. | Responding to a bulletin issued by the FBI, the US Army advised service members to prepare for the worst if they choose to see the controversial Warner Bros. film. According to an alert emailed to soldiers, the movie could galvanize \'incels,\' also known as \'involuntary celibates,\' or \"guys who can\'t get dates.\" | In the message, Army officials stated that incels \"idolize the Jo…

Todd Miller (2019-09-26). Trapped in an Empire of Borders. counterpunch.org The driver of the passenger van pulled onto the shoulder of the road, looked back, and said, \"There\'s an immigration checkpoint up ahead. Does everyone have their papers?\" We were just north of the Guatemalan border, outside the town of Ciudad Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Chiapas. There were 10 of us in the More

Staff (2019-09-26). Corporate Media Ignores Connection Between Militarism and Climate Change. therealnews.com Joe Jamison of the U.S. Peace Council explains that the Pentagon is one of the world\'s worst polluters.

Mats Svensson (2019-09-26). Bewildered in Jerusalem. counterpunch.org It was desolate. Quiet. In the quietness I heard voices, whispers, words being repeated. Words that had been repeated for a long time. \"Two states\", \"peace\", \"demolitions\", \"negotiations\", \"walls\", \"rocks\", \"keys\", \"reconciliation\", \"resistance\", \"executions\", \"we are staying\". I had been served repetitions for breakfast, lunch, dinner. They ruined my sleep. They were in every report, in every conversation. More

The Canary (2019-09-26). Amazon widens Alexa\'s reach despite ongoing privacy concerns. thecanary.co Amazon has announced a wave of new virtual assistant-powered devices — including a pair of earphones and glasses — despite ongoing concerns about the privacy of those who use its smart helper, Alexa.The technology giant unveiled a number of new Echo smart speakers, as well as the first wearables to support the voice-activated software — earphones, smart glasses and a ring.Amazon\'s new Alexa-enabled Echo Frames. (Martyn Landi/PA)Amazon — along with other tech firms with AI assistants — have come under scrutiny about their privacy practices in recent months following revelations about indus…

Michael Là∂wy (2019-09-26). The far right: a global phenomenon. mronline.org In recent years, the reactionary, authoritarian and/or fascist extreme right wing has been in the ascendant all over the world: it already governs half of the world\'s countries. Among the best-known examples are: Trump (United States), Modi (India), Orbán (Hungary), Erdoƒüan (Turkey), Daesh (Islamic State), Salvini (Italy), Duterte (Philippines), and now Bolsonaro (Brazil). | Source

Mirinda Crissman (2019-09-26). Thousands reject Modi-Trump racism in Houston. workers.org Thousands of people of many nationalities and religions gathered outside the stadium here Sept. 22 to protest the fascist rally held for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump. Under the guise of signing a trade deal to strengthen economic relations between the countries, both Modi and Trump . . . | Continue reading Thousands reject Modi-Trump racism in Houston at Workers.org

Kirkpatrick Sale (2019-09-26). The Illusion of Saving the World. counterpunch.org At the end of this month, as you probably know by now, an extraordinary hoopla event will descend on Manhattan in the form of a \"Climate Action Summit,\" summoned by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to get the nations of the world finally to take seriously the threat of \"global warming\" and pledge to actually take serious action to save the world from catastrophe. The chances of that happening are nil. More

Martha Grevatt (2019-09-26). Class war at GM. workers.org The strike of autoworkers at General Motors is just over a week old, but already the class lines are clear. At more than one location, pickets were injured by delivery drivers trying to drive through the lines and into the plants. Police have harassed pickets, and in Spring Hill, Tenn., . . . | Continue reading Class war at GM at Workers.org

Staff (2019-09-26). Warming Oceans Are Rising at Alarming Rate, Says New UN Report. therealnews.com The IPCC report concludes that unfettered climate change will cause glaciers to melt, destroy oceanic ecosystems, accelerate sea level rise, and wreak havoc on the earth. Despite all this, our guests say there still is hope.

Tina Stevens — Stuart A. Newman (2019-09-26). Risking Women\'s Health, While Widening the Door to Techno-Eugenics. counterpunch.org In September, California\'s legislature passed AB 922, a bill legalizing the payment to women for their eggs for research purposes. Additionally, next year, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is expected to return to the voters to secure passage of an initiative that will supply billions of dollars to fund entrepreneurial bioresearch. If Governor More

Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-26). Tempered Emergency: the Climate Change Summit in New York. counterpunch.org It had a good deal of desperate scolding. Sweden\'s Greta Thunberg assumed the role of punishing advocate, a Joan of Arc of fury. The main culprit in her speech at the UN Climate Action Summit was the hideous, super ego, the big bad \"You\", ever condescending, ever indifferent, the \"You\" of adulthood that had trashed More

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-26). Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine. counterpunch.org Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories More

Colin Todhunter (2019-09-26). Pesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse But Business as Usual. counterpunch.org The global insect apocalypse is largely the result of intensive agriculture and pesticide usage. One of the biggest impacts of insect loss is on the many birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish that eat insects. If this food source is taken away, all these animals starve to death. Such cascading effects have already been seen in Puerto Rico, where a recent study revealed a 98% fall in ground insects over 35 years. More

UUSF Forum (2019-09-26). Rev. Arlington Trotman on Racism and Immigration. indybay.org First Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | San Francisco…

WSWS (2019-09-26). New York Times publisher warns of a \"worldwide assault on journalists\" but silent on Julian Assange. wsws.org In a speech warning that the Trump administration was spearheading an attack on media freedom, Sulzberger did not mention the only journalist currently facing criminal prosecution by the American state.

Nathan Goldman (2019-09-26). A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself. thenation.com A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself…

Demand Banks Defund Climate Extinction (2019-09-26). Climate Activists Shut Banks and Blocks of SF Financial District. indybay.org 7 protesters were arrested during a demonstration which blocked streets and buildings in San Francisco\'s Financial District on September 25. Demonstrators targeted banks including Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, and US Bank, demanding that they stop all funding of fossil fuel producing businesses.

Defund Fossil Fuels (2019-09-26). 7 Climate Activists Arrested for Blocking Major Banks in SF. indybay.org Arrests at September 25 Direct Action. | [Photos: Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo, please credit the photographer]…

WSWS (2019-09-26). Madrid launches \"anti-terror\" crackdown in Catalonia. wsws.org Spain\'s Civil Guards have launched a widely publicized \"anti-terror\" police operation against Catalan nationalist activists, code-named \"Operation Judes.\"

Leonardo Flores (2019-09-26). Dialogue in Venezuela is a Missed Opportunity for Democrats. counterpunch.org Days after the Democratic presidential candidates missed yet another opportunity to challenge President Donald Trump\'s failed Venezuela policy on the debate stage on September 12, President Nicolás Maduro signed an important agreement with four opposition parties. These events offer insight into the differing perspectives on the economic, social and political crises in Venezuela — one More

WSWS (2019-09-26). Washington uses UN session to unveil new sanctions against Iran and Venezuela. wsws.org US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made it clear that the target of the latest sanctions was not just Iran, but China, which accounts for half of Iran\'s sharply reduced oil exports.

Fight Back (2019-09-26). \"Suicide by cop\" is murder by cop. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating statement by the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar | Minneapolis, MN – Keaton James Larson, Travis Jordan, Billy Hughes, Archer Amorosi and Phil Quinn are a few of the many Minnesotans who were dealing with a mental health crisis when killed by those who are paid to \"protect and serve,\" leading some to ask the question \"Were the victims suicidal?\" | The question should not be \"Was the victim suicidal?\" but \"Would the victim be alive if the police had handled the situation more appropriately?\" In the case of Brian Quinones, killed on September 9 by police in Richfield, the answer…

Kepler\'s Literary Foundation (2019-09-26). Naomi Klein, new book \"On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal\" (San Mateo). indybay.org San Mateo Performing Arts Center: 600 N Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA 94401…

WSWS (2019-09-26). Bangladesh warns UN officials over Rohingya refugees. wsws.org The Bangladesh government is determined to relocate Rohingya refugees to an unsafe and remote island in defiance of opposition from the UN and human rights organisations.

Lynda Carson (2019-09-26). Mountain Mike\'s Pizza supports the NRA, a domestic terrorist organization. indybay.org Mountain Mike\'s Pizza LLC, a Delaware corporation, has numerous locations including Oakland CA., Berkeley, Alameda, Livermore, Santa Rosa, Fremont, San Carlos, Antioch, and other locations, is a proud supporter of the National Rifle Association (NRA), a domestic terrorist organization!

Labor Video Project (2019-09-26). ILWU Local 10 West Oakland Community Meeting Speak Out On Fisher A\'s Stadium Scheme. indybay.org At a community labor meeting in West Oakland Speakers and community and labor people spoke out against A\'s billionaire owner John Fisher\'s scheme to build a new stadium on port property and with a hotel and 4,000 $1 million condos. | Also Democratic politicians Nancy Skinner and Ron Bonta have pushed state legislation to help the billionaire Fisher to raise taxes to pay for his development project…

Zoà´ Carpenter (2019-09-26). The Climate Movement Breaks Through. thenation.com The Climate Movement Breaks Through…

Nick Licata (2019-09-26). The Limits of Debating Climate Change. counterpunch.org In a debate one side wins and the other side loses. How many debates end with the losing side agreeing that they were wrong? It doesn\'t happen. And that is why the climate change debate is not converting deniers into believers. Each side on this issue is focused on rolling over the opposition. The recent More

Climate Strike NOW! (2019-09-26). Youth Organizers lead 40,000 Marchers Across San Francisco/Make Demands for Climate Action. indybay.org On September 20, a crowd of nearly 40,000 demonstrators marched from Nancy Pelosi\'s office at the San Francisco Federal Building to Embarcadero Plaza, calling for immediate climate action. | [Photos: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…

Staff (2019-09-26). The People Are Revolting at Long Last. truthdig.com For millions of people around the globe — especially young people — the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! | On fire with climate change, creating a new and intensifying norm of deadly weather extremes that make a dystopian future a distinct possibility — constant wildfires, rising seas, desertification, global crop failures, widespread hunger, water shortages, etc. | Luckily, we are a sentient species with the scientific ability to know that the chief cause of this global destruction is not angry gods, but us — specifically humankind\'s massive extraction and burning…

Laura Flanders (2019-09-26). Climate Strike/Auto Strike: Same Struggle, Same Fight. counterpunch.org Twenty years after turtles and teamsters teamed up to battle the WTO in Seattle, labor strikes and climate strikes are coinciding everywhere but in the media, and that\'s dangerous. If history is any guide, any minute now, some two-bit pundit or shameless president will pit workers against environmentalists so as to distract us from the More

Ben Ehrenreich (2019-09-26). The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants. thenation.com The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants…

Eleanor Eagan (2019-09-26). With Impeachment (Slowly) Underway, Other Oversight is Still Needed. counterpunch.org Impeachment proceedings are officially underway, meaning that the tedious debate over whether or not to open an inquiry is (at least, hypothetically) behind us. Following revelations last week that President Trump has taken Congress\' refusal to impeach as a blank check, it is even becoming plausible that the days of Nancy Pelosi\'s ridiculous ongoing opposition More

Scott Owen (2019-09-26). No Help for the Homeless, Please! counterpunch.org After reading the news, I find Trumps recent comments regarding America\'s homeless particularly appalling, scary and dangerous. According to Trump the homeless are \"living on our best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to buildings, where people in those buildings pay tremendous taxes.\" \"How the hell can we get these people off the streets?\" More

Lawrence Wittner (2019-09-26). The Two Internationalisms. counterpunch.org In recent years, internationalism—cooperation among nations for promotion of the common good—has acquired a bad reputation. Of course, internationalism has long been anathema to the political Right, where a primitive tribalism and its successor, nationalism, have flourished for many years. Focusing on their nation\'s supposed superiority to others, a long line of rightwing demagogues, including More

Nelson Valdes (2019-09-26). Cuba, OFAC, Fines and Extraterritoriality. counterpunch.org Those of us who follow events going on in Cuba—as well as Cuba\'s international relations — should discuss the extraterritorial power that the US Treasury Department has to impose huge financial fines on non US foreign financial institutions. To my knowledge there has been little discussion as to the reasons that foreign financial institutions accept the extraterritorial powers of More

Jesse Jackson (2019-09-26). Workers are Asking, Whose Side Are You On? counterpunch.org More than 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center went out on strike last week, but they are not alone. American workers are waking up and walking out. On Sept. 15, 46,000 hourly General Motors\' United Auto Workers employees went on strike, the first time in 12 years. Striking British Airway pilots grounded More

David Schultz (2019-09-26). The 2020 Democratic Impeachment Strategy and Why it Makes Sense Now. counterpunch.org For so long \"If to impeach the president?\" was the question, now the question is \"When?\" Maybe thus far Speaker Nancy Pelosi\'s decision not to pursue impeachment of Donald Trump made electoral sense. But increasingly a 2020 impeachment next summer just as the presidential general election is kicking into high gear makes sense both as More

Hans Stehling (2019-09-26). Ankle Deep in Britain\'s Dirty Politics. Brutal Verbal Exchange in House of Commons. globalresearch.ca \'Bully, mobster, yob, ruffian, criminal, roughneck, gangster, hoodlum ..\' | Just some of the adjectives used to describe each of the current leaders in both London and Washington. | In an unprecedented and brutal verbal exchange, politicians in the House of Commons …

Fred_F (2019-09-26). School strikers take aim at Morrison, vow to continue. greenleft.org.au Climate Strike climate action Pip HinmanIssue 1239 AustraliaSeptember 26, 2019\"The student strikes have been phenomenal — surreal at times,\" Sydney high school student Chloe Russell-Alexander told Green Left Weekly reflecting on the huge Climate Strike that saw…

susan_p (2019-09-26). \'We are a wave of change\' say New York climate strikers. greenleft.org.au climate action Barry SheppardIssue 1239 United States student strike for climate SS4CSeptember 26, 2019I had no idea that September 20 would be so huge. Greta Thunberg said to a reporter as she…

Staff (2019-09-26). \"Financial Censorship Is Still Censorship\": Edward Snowden Slams Justice Dept. Lawsuit Against Him. democracynow.org As a whistleblower complaint filed against President Trump rocks Washington and threatens Trump\'s presidency, one of the world\'s most famous whistleblowers, Edward Snowden, joins us from Moscow, Russia. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Snowden alleging that his newly released memoir, \"Permanent Record,\" violates the nondisclosure agreements he signed with the federal government when he was a National Security Agency employee. The Justice Department also argued that they are entitled to all of Snowden\'s book profits. Democracy Now!\'s Amy Goodman and Juan González speak with Sno…

Staff (2019-09-26). Permanent Record: Why NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Risked His Life to Expose Surveillance State. democracynow.org Six years ago, Edward Snowden leaked a trove of secret documents about how the United States had built a massive surveillance apparatus to spy on Americans and people across the globe. Snowden was then charged in the U.S. for violating the Espionage Act and other laws. As he attempted to flee to Latin America, Snowden became stranded in Russia after the U.S. revoked his passport. He has lived in Moscow ever since. Snowden just published his memoir, \"Permanent Record,\" in which he writes about what led him to risk his life to expose the U.S. government\'s system of mass surveillance. From Moscow, he speaks to Democ…

Staff (2019-09-26). Edward Snowden Condemns Trump\'s Mistreatment of Whistleblower Who Exposed Ukraine Scandal. democracynow.org Responding to news of a whistleblower\'s complaint at the center of an impeachment inquiry filed against President Trump this week, famed whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks about his own decision to leak classified documents in 2013. The House Intelligence Committee has released the declassified whistleblower complaint, which details a July phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president. The White House is trying \"to make the conversation not about the allegations,\" Snowden told Democracy Now! \"They want to talk about the whistleblower rather than the government\'s own wrongdoing.\"

Staff (2019-09-26). Headlines for September 26, 2019. democracynow.org Transcript Shows Trump Pressured Ukrainian Leader to Probe Joe Biden and Son, President Trump on Ukraine Phone Call: \"Impeachment for That?\", Majority of House Lawmakers Back Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump, Iranian President Rules Out Talks with U.S. While Sanctions Remain, Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrikes Kill 16 Civilians in Yemen, Israel\'s President Asks Benjamin Netanyahu to Form New Government, 2 Million Wild Animals Perish as Fires Rage in Bolivia, Climate Crisis Drives Mont Blanc Glacier Toward Collapse, 7 Arrested as San Francisco Climate Protesters Block Wells Fargo Entrance, Doctors Glue Themselves to…

The Canary (2019-09-26). PM wrong to use Jo Cox\'s name in that way, says sister of murdered MP. thecanary.co The sister of murdered MP Jo Cox has called on prime minister Boris Johnson to reflect on his language, saying he was wrong to tell MPs they should honour her sister\'s memory by delivering Brexit. | Kim Leadbeater said she was \"mesmerised and dumbstruck\" as she watched the events in the Commons on 25 September. | There was uproar in the house as the prime minister rejected calls to temper his language, and said the best way to honour ardent Remainer Cox was to \"get Brexit done\". | Johnson had dismissed as \"humbug\" Labour MP Paula Sherriff\'s claim that like Cox, who was killed by a man with far-right sympathies ju…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-09-26). Sanders Rips \'Casual Cruelty That Motivates Trump and His Billionaire Friends\' as White House Moves to Strip Free School Lunches From 500,000 Kids. commondreams.org \"Trump is depriving 500,000 kids of their school lunches for no damn reason—even after 139 members of Congress warned him not to.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_school_lunches.png …