(2019-07-16). A year after Nicaragua\'s coup, the media\'s regime change deceptions are still unraveling. thegrayzone.com A deadly arson attack during last year\'s regime change attempt was blamed on Nicaragua\'s government by everyone from the State…
(2019-07-15). The Power of Our Human Voice: From Marconi to Woods Hole. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/07/bell5c.jpeg\")
Heard \"Trader Joe\'s\" podcast yet? I don\'t know who would listen to a 22-minute corporate ad. But, given how cool podcasts have become: hey, that sounds inviting. The idea is also an implicit endorsement for radio— because that\'s where podcasting originated. Yes. I don\'t want to disenchant young progressives for whom podcasts are their go-to More
(2019-07-15). Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question but Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants. globalresearch.ca On July 11, President Trump gave up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census. | The question, which the administration has been trying to add to the census since 2017, would have resulted in a significant …
(2019-07-15). There\'s Far More Diversity in Venezuela\'s \'Muzzled\' Media Than in US Corporate Press. globalresearch.ca The international corporate media have long displayed a peculiar creativity with the facts in their Venezuela reporting, to the point that coverage of the nation\'s crisis has become perhaps the world\'s most lucrative fictional genre. Ciara Nugent\'s recent piece for …
(2019-07-15). Hundreds join united action in Palo Alto, Calif., to shut down Palantir Technologies for complicity with ICE. liberationnews.org ![](\"https://www.liberationnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/banner3-300x228.jpg\")
In a great show of unity in action, more than a dozen groups from all over the San Francisco Bay Area joined together July 19 to protest at Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto for the company\'s provision of software facilitating ICE raids, detentions and deportations.
(2019-07-15). Trump\'s Hissy-Fit Over Darroch Will Blow a Chill Wind Across Britain\'s Embassies in the Middle East. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/07/1920px-Secretary_Pompeo_Participates_in_a_Working_Lunch_With_UK_Foreign_Secretary_Hunt_46138230304.jpg\")
Just for a moment, let\'s forget poor old Kim Darroch. Let\'s jump a couple of days in front of this news story. Let me tell you how his utter humiliation and sacrifice at the hands of Trump — and with the connivance of the man who will probably be the next British prime minister — More
(2019-07-15). Pyongyang on the Potomac. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/07/1920px-US_and_DPRK_delegation_meet_at_the_first_night_of_the_summit.jpg\")
When Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un shook hands on June 30 at the line dividing the two Koreas, the pictures that appeared on front pages all over the world depicted two very different leaders. Trump is a tall, 73-year-old white man who leads the world\'s most powerful democracy. Kim is a short, plump, 35-year-old More
(2019-07-15). Three Months Since Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher: UK Government Holds \"Media Freedom\" Conference While Imprisoning Assange. globalresearch.ca Thursday marked three months since WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy and into London\'s Belmarsh Prison, where he is being held pending extradition to the United States and a drumhead trial on Espionage Act charges …
(2019-07-15). US \'Veterans for Peace\' visit Nicaragua, Establish Chapter. telesurenglish.net \"I would like to underline the importance that your visit to Nicaragua has at this moment, not only for July 19, which is a very important date for us, and not only for the Sandinistas, but for the people in general\", senior member of the ruling FSLN, Doris Tijerino said.
(2019-07-15). Some Iranian women taking off hijabs as hardliners push back on dress code. thecanary.co ![](\"https://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/3a295c445cb2d936acade70107f3981cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTYzMjcyMDM4/2.44121028.jpg\")
A few daring women in Iran\'s capital have been taking off their headscarves in public, risking arrest and drawing the ire of hardliners.The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for one young Iranian woman who often moves in Tehran\'s streets without a hijab.With every step, she risks harassment or even arrest by Iran\'s morality police, whose job is to enforce the strict dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Women spend an afternoon around the Persian Gulf Martyrs\' Lake in Tehran (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)\"I have to confess it is really, really scary,\" the 30-year-old fire safety consulta…
(2019-07-15). Turkey\'s Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense System: A Blow to the US War Machine. globalresearch.ca Turkey\'s purchase of state-of-the-art Russian S-400 air defense equipment at the expense of less capable US Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missiles is of much greater significance than has been reported. More on this below. | The White …
(2019-07-15). The U.K. Ambassador\'s Horrifying Conclusion About the Iran Deal. truthdig.com ![](\"https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AP_18253652455155.jpg\")
Former British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch alleged in a diplomatic cable that Trump\'s motivation in breaching the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was motivated by nothing more than spite, according to the Daily Mail , which saw the text. | In spring of 2018, then foreign secretary Boris Johnson came to Washington for extensive consultations with Trump and his team, attempting to convince them not to breach the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Iran nucle…
(2019-07-15). Cruelty Is the Point: Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Families. democracynow.org ![](\"https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/27/48327/w320/SEG1-ICE-1.jpg\")
This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a handful of raids across the country as part of President Trump\'s push to detain and deport thousands of undocumented migrants in 10 major cities. Agents in Chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted in New York City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Harlem, where immigrants reportedly refused to open their doors to ICE agents because they did not have warrants. Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests on the ground. We speak…
(2019-07-15). Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards \"Greater Israel\"? globalresearch.ca Israel is the only nation without official borders. From its inception it was planned this way to extrajudicially annex more territory. | A territorial expansion plan was drawn up in the 1980s as part of the US/Israel plan to redraw the …
(2019-07-15). \"Fossil Fuel Stooges\" Pence & Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana & South Asia. democracynow.org ![](\"https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/29/48329/w320/SEG3-Climate-2.jpg\")
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year\'s flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. President T…
(2019-07-15). US: Prominent Civil Rights Activist Killed in Louisiana. telesurenglish.net United States police in the state of Louisiana are investigating the murder of a prominent civil rights activist and founder of an African-American history museum, whose body was found in the trunk of her car in Baton Rouge, officials reported Sunday. | RELATED: | Trump Says \'The Squad\' Hates the US, Asks Them to Leave Again | Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was killed by \"traumatic asphyxia, including suffocation\" before her body was found in the trunk of her car in the state capital…
(2019-07-15). Venezuelan Delegation Arrives in Barbados to Continue Dialouge. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan delegation arrived in Barbados Monday to continue the negotiations with the spokesperson of the country\'s opposition. | RELATED: | Venezuela: US Trying to Destroy Political Dialogue in Barbados | Jorge Rodríguez, the Vice President of Communication, Tourism, and Culture of Venezuela informed about their arrival on Twitter. | \"We have arrived at generous Barbados to continue the dialogue of peace. Together with Pope Francis, we hope that all of us will commit our…
(2019-07-15). Remnants of War. counterpunch.org Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and costs of a peace agreement that might stop the bloodshed. In Kabul at least 40 people, including one child, were killed in a complex Taliban attack. Dozens of children whose school was partially collapsed by a massive More
(2019-07-15). UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Bachelet\'s Gift to the US: Justifying Regime Change in Venezuela. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/07/1024px-Portrait_Michelle_Bachelet.jpg\")
UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Michelle Bachelet\'s report on Venezuela echoes the US government\'s talking points, which are designed to terminate the two-decade-old Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. The report fails to acknowledge Venezuela\'s manifest accomplishments or even recognize victims of US-backed right-wing violence in Venezuela. The US economic war against Venezuela, US threats of a More
(2019-07-15). Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorizes Immigrant Families. truthout.org This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a handful of raids across the country as part of President Trump\'s push to detain and deport thousands of undocumented migrants in 10 major cities. Agents in Chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted in New York City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Harlem, where immigrants reportedly refused to open their doors to ICE agents because they did not have warrants. Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests on the ground. We sp…
(2019-07-15). \"This Omar from Minnesota\". Trump\'s Aggressive Tweets. globalresearch.ca Just when you thought President Trump couldn\'t get any more absurd, out comes a series of tweets telling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar to \"go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.\" | Omar …
(2019-07-15). America Pours \"Oil into Fire\" in Persian Gulf. Strategic Waterways. Control of Strait of Hormuz. globalresearch.ca The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the …
(2019-07-15). Trump Warns Iran\'s Sanctions Will Be Increased \'Substantially\'. telesurenglish.net Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts the sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ends their \'bullying\' tactics, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated on Sunday. | RELATED: | Iran Ready for Talks If US Lifts Sanctions: Rouhani | \"We are always ready for negotiation. I tell you this hour and this moment to abandon bullying and lift the sanctions and return to logic and wisdom. We are ready\", Rouhani said, as quoted by the Mehr news agency. | Rouhani sa…
(2019-07-15). \"Radiating Insecurity\": Will Europe Stand with \"US Hooliganism\", or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran? globalresearch.ca Since the Iranian revolution took power in 1979, the world stood against Iran because it is an \"Islamic Republic\", unwilling to acknowledge and bow to US dominance of the Middle East and the entire world. I say the world because …
(2019-07-15). Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It\'s Ready. globalresearch.ca Western cultural arrogance rears its Medusa-like head each time US President Donald Trump rails about obliterating Iran. | Leaders and politicians of the self-proclaimed free and civilised world — along with some human rights organisations, major media outlets, and state-affiliated …
(2019-07-15). The War on Syria Continues. Iran Is Next? globalresearch.ca Not only are the ethnic-cleansing SDF playing a central role in the balkanization of Syria, but their criminal occupation of resource rich areas east of the Euphrates affords them and their Imperial masters strategic locations, useful not only for their …
(2019-07-15). US Waterboards Iran and Then Asks for Talks: Former IAEA Head. globalresearch.ca Washington is waterboarding Iran then asks for talks, said former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, adding that no country will cooperate under such \'humiliating conditions\'. | \"They are applying a waterboarding method to Iran, drowning Iran …
(2019-07-15). I Know What It\'s Like to Be Told to \'Go Back\' to My Own Country. truthdig.com As the daughter of Iranian and Mexican immigrants, the president\'s racist attacks on four congresswomen of color have struck me to my core.
(2019-07-15). Trump\'s Fixation on Intellectual Property Rights Serves the Rich. truthout.org Between making threats of actual war with North Korea and Iran, Donald Trump has also gotten us into a trade war with China. Trump\'s ostensible reason for this trade war — the large US trade deficit with China — actually did have some basis in reality, but in practice the trade war is straying into turf that is likely to offer few gains for US workers and could actually lead to sizable losses. | A major theme in Trump\'s campaign was that China is a world-class currency manipulator that deliberately keeps down the value of its currency to give its products an advantage in international trade. The ba…
(2019-07-15). UK Says They Will Release Iranian Oil Tanker After Guarantees of Destination. theantimedia.com British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, over the phone on Saturday.
(2019-07-15). Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal. telesurenglish.net Britain said Monday there was a \"small window\" of time to save the Iran nuclear deal, as Tehran signaled it would ramp up its nuclear program if Europe failed to do more to salvage the pact. | RELATED: | Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama\'s Legacy | \"Iran is still a good year away from developing a nuclear bomb. There is still some closi…
(2019-07-15). China Reports High Economic Growth of 6.3%. telesurenglish.net Despite the US trade war, China\'s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that the country has met its growth targets after recording a 6.3 percent rise in GDP and an 8.8 percent rise in average disposable incomes. | RELATED: | Chinese VP Says World Cannot Shut China Out | Analysts awaited the publication of growth figures to see if U.S. sanctions and tariff war would hinder China\'s ability to reach the government\'s official growth targets, which were a 6 percent rise in GDP for the f…
(2019-07-15). UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.
(2019-07-15). The S-400: Turkey Calls Trump\'s Bluff. globalresearch.ca Turkey has just called Donald Trump\'s bluff by going ahead with the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles. The outrage in Washington is volcanic. Trump is vowing to rain fire and brimstone sanctions down on the disobedient Turks. | The S-400 …
(2019-07-15). Venezuela: Guaido Bodyguards Arrested as Barbados Talks Resume. venezuelanalysis.com The self-declared \"Interim President\" claimed his men were victims of a \"set up.\"
(2019-07-15). . telesurenglish.net The United States authorities launched small-scale operations seeking to arrest undocumented immigrants over the weekend in an apparent start to President Donald Trump\'s vow to launch mass deportation round-ups across the country. | RELATED: | 1,600 Migrant Children Were Killed or Went Missing Since 2014 | The operation, which Trump revealed on Twitt…
(2019-07-15). Trump\'s Asylum Ban 2.0 Is Broadest Attack Yet on the Asylum Process. truthout.org Today Trump\'s team announced its broadest assault yet on the asylum process: a regulatory change filed with the Federal Register saying that anyone who passes through another country to reach the United States would be ineligible to claim asylum here. Because it is an interim rule, it does not need to go through the regular and lengthy approval process. As a result, unless the courts intervene, at the stroke of a pen Trump will have gutted decades of American asylum and immigration p…
(2019-07-15). Strained US-Iraq Relations: Pompeo Considers Baghdad Embassy Pullout \"Permanent\": Officials. globalresearch.ca US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not willing to send back the diplomats to the country\'s embassy in Baghdad after they were evacuated earlier this year in May, according to several State Department officials. | The evacuation came after tensions …
(2019-07-15). The Death Penalty as a Political Weapon: The Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. globalresearch.ca June 19 marked the 66th anniversary since the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a young Jewish-American couple from New York City, whose alleged guilt as Soviet \"atomic spies\" has never been proved—in spite of the numerous lies, forgeries …
(2019-07-15). Three years ago, Turkey nearly went over the edge. uwidata.com The events of that ill-fated night will live in the memory of the Turkish citizens who survived them. In reviewing the July 15 attempted coup three years later, it is important to take an objective look and not presume any easy answers or explanations. It is clear that what happened would be practically impossible without …
(2019-07-15). Journalist Faces Death Threats for Exposing Brazilian Judge\'s Far-Right Bias. truthout.org On the evening of Sunday, July 7, Brazil\'s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro attended the country\'s resounding victory over Peru in the final game of the 2019 America\'s Cup. | By his side was his embattled Justice Minister Sérgio Moro. Until recently, Moro had been the county\'s top corruption crusader, the former judge overseeing the landmark investigations into Brazil\'s Car Wash corruption scandal, in which billions were paid in bribes through the state oil company Petrobras, in exchange for government contracts. Moro was lifted to superhero status by fans and a benevolent press, and seen as a shoo-in…
(2019-07-15). Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana and Asia. truthout.org Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year\'s flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. Presiden…
(2019-07-15). The Class Politics of the Civil War. thenation.com The Class Politics of the Civil War…
(2019-07-15). Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a \"New Middle East\" globalresearch.ca Towards the balkanization (division) and finlandization (pacification) of the Middle East…
(2019-07-15). On Trump\'s \"Misguided Trade War\" with China. globalresearch.ca Trump started his trade war with China over a year ago. After a year of escalations, two high-profile G20 meetings and months of on-off-on again negotiations, the trade war has the world tittering on the edge of a global recession….
(2019-07-15). Edward Snowden absolutely nails why the \'rinky dink\' UK government lives in fear of the left. thecanary.co Whistleblower Edward Snowden was the keynote speaker at the Open Rights Group\'s (ORG) annual conference on 13 July. During his talk on human rights in the mass surveillance age, Snowden spoke about the difference between \'left\' and \'right\' activism. | As he did so, the whistleblower nailed what the \"rinky dink\" UK government fears most about the left. And it\'s right to fear the \'left\' quality that Snowden identified. Because it\'s ultimately what can shield us from the creeping au…
(2019-07-15). Trump Says \'The Squad\' Hates the US, Asks Them to Leave Again. telesurenglish.net The United States President Donald Trump Monday defended his attacks against four Democratic congresswomen, saying he was not concerned if people thought his tweets toward them were racist and accused the U.S. lawmakers of hating America. | RELATED: | Nancy Pelosi \'Salty\' as Progressive Congresswomen Vote Against Right-wing Border Bill | \"As far as…
(2019-07-15). The Media Uses Coal Miners to Attack the Green New Deal While Ignoring Pensions. truthout.org Anna Attie, Eleanor Colbert and Daniel Fernandez contributed research to this report.To stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, at least 80 percent of coal reserves must stay in the ground, according to a conservative estimate in the journal Nature. This means that coal miners would see their already declining industry all but disappear. The Green New Deal, the resolution put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-M…
(2019-07-15). Christianity Demands a Corpse. counterpunch.org Christianity Demands a Corpse | These camps are fine, | they say | Those who have no minds, | No brains, | Their skulls: just holes | Or graves, agape, | Hungering for bodies…
(2019-07-15). The June Jobs Report and the State of the Economy. counterpunch.org The June jobs report showed the economy created 224,000 jobs in the month, a sharp increase from the revised level of 72,000 reported for May. With considerable evidence that the economy is slowing, and the ADP report showing the economy created just 102,000 jobs in June, the jobs growth number from the Bureau of Labor More