Jimmysllama (2019-09-30). How the Trump Admin Used a Secret Livestream to Spy on Julian Assange. mintpressnews.com Working directly with Ecuador\'s corrupt government, the U.S. government abandoned all sense of legality and moral decency by spying on Assange twenty-four hours a day via an illegal livestream surveillance operation set up by a private security firm and approved by Ecuador\'s president.

Vanessa Beeley (2019-09-30). The White Helmets, Hala Systems and the Grotesque Militarization of \"Humanitarianism\" in Syria. mintpressnews.com Syria, August 2019 — reports came in that Russian warplanes had destroyed two terrorist-manned early warning radar posts in the Northern Hama countryside, known as the 20th post and the Eagle post. | According to an article published by South Front, these early warning posts are \"tasked with monitoring flights of Russian and Syrian warplanes\" and warn armed groups throughout Hama and Idlib of incoming airstrikes on their positions. | South Front informed us that \"four militants, inc…

Miko Peled (2019-09-30). UK Labour\'s Annual Conference Reveals an Ongoing Struggle for the Party\'s Soul. mintpressnews.com If Jeremy Corbyn and his real supporters come out of this process unscathed and are able to lead and govern, it will have an enormous impact on the people of Britain and is almost certain to change the rules of the game regarding Palestine.

The Canary (2019-09-30). Japan\'s prosecutors appeal against \'negligence\' acquittals in Fukushima case. thecanary.co Prosecutors in the only criminal trial involving the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown have appealed against the acquittal of three former Tokyo Electric Power Co executives.On 19 September, the Tokyo District Court found ex-Tepco chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and two others not guilty of professional negligence in the disaster and the death of 44 elderly patients who were forcibly evacuated from local hospitals.(From left) Tsunehisa Katsumata and vice presidents Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro were all acquitted (Satoru Yonemaru/AP)The court said a tsunami of the size that hit the plant after an earthquake was…

Victor Grossman (2019-09-30). Impeachment is the first, not final, move to defeat Trumpism. peoplesworld.org BERLIN—Yes, we all detest Trump and will be gladdened and relieved to see the last of him in the White House. In the United States, growing numbers of the people\'s forces back impeachment and do so for a host of good reasons. But does all such current enthusiasm for impeachment have the same good motivation? …

Thomas Knapp (2019-09-30). Impeachment is on the Rails, But That\'s Not the Hard Part. counterpunch.org On September 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) elbowed her way to the front of a parade she\'d been trying to disperse since early 2017. \"Today,\" she said, \"I\'m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry and directing our six committees to proceed with their investigation under that umbrella More

RT (2019-09-30). Bolton\'s WH-bashing private debut met with elated applause by impeachment-hungry #Resistance media. rt.com Uber-hawk ex-US national security advisor John Bolton\'s first public appearance after being fired by the White House saw him slam Trump\'s North Korea policy, call for regime change — and be embraced by the mainstream media. | Proving there is no former White House official too unpleasant for the anti-Trump #Resistance media to embrace, Bolton\'s reputational rehabilitation was evident in the headlines heralding his return to private-sector warmongering after he spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday. The no longer unemployed belligerent excoriated President Donald Trump for…

RT (2019-09-30). Trump tweets quote warning that impeachment will cause \'Civil War-like fracture\' in US. rt.com US President Donald Trump responded to the Democrats-led impeachment inquiry by posting an ominous quote from a church leader who warned that removing him from office would inflict \"Civil War-like\" wounds on the nation. | Known for regularly watching shows on Fox News, Trump apparently liked how the Southern Baptist minister and televangelist Robert Jeffress appeared on the channel on Sunday and blasted the Democrats for wanting to impeach him. | \"And I do want to make this prediction this morning: If the Democrats are successful in removing the president from office, I\'m afraid it will cause a Civil War-like…

Conn Hallinan (2019-09-30). Total U.S. control of Middle East may be slipping. peoplesworld.org In many ways, it doesn\'t really matter who—Houthis in Yemen? Iranians? Shiites in Iraq?—launched those missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Whoever did it changed the rules of the game, and not just in the Middle East. \"It\'s a moment when offense laps defense, when the strong have reason to fear the weak,\" observes military …

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-30). \'Ukrainegate\' teaches us more about ourselves than Trump or Biden. nationofchange.org As residents in a corrupt, corporate-controlled, imperialist country, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the world to take action to stop the US disastrous foreign policy.

RT (2019-09-30). Homeless subway soprano: Incredible LA Metro singer in VIRAL VIDEO turns out to be Russian musician. rt.com The stunning singing star of an LAPD video tweet that went viral has been identified as a Russian woman who moved to the US decades ago, but says she fell on hard times and became homeless after her prized violin was stolen.

Vijay Prashad (2019-09-30). iPhone workers today are 25 times more exploited than textile workers in 19th Century England. mronline.org A recent report by the International Labour Organisation shows that the total global labour force is now measured at 3.5 billion workers. This is the largest size of the global labour force in recorded history. Talk of the demise of workers is utterly premature when confronted with the weight of this data. | Source

Ralph Nader (2019-09-30). Trump—Will He Implode with Lies Before He is Impeached? counterpunch.org Donald Trump said he believes the Constitution lets him do \"whatever I want as President.\" In over two and a half years, Trump has been a serial violator of the Constitution, unmatched by any president in American history. Just about every day he is a constitutional outlaw. Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein has documented twelve categories More

RT (2019-09-30). Democrats say they will ban fracking nationwide. An empty campaign promise or are they serious? rt.com Several contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have promised a nationwide ban on fracking. How viable is that proposal and do they really want to do it — or is it just a campaign promise they can never fulfil? | Banning \'fracking\' — the process of extracting oil and natural gas via hydraulic fracturing — is popular among environmentalists and activists who are increasingly concerned about climate change. Among the candidates who have backed a ban are the current frontrunner Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), as well as her colleagues Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and K…

The Canary (2019-09-30). Johnson wants to exclude Nicola Sturgeon from Glasgow climate summit. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has said he does not want Nicola Sturgeon \"anywhere near\" a global climate summit being held in Glasgow next year.The UN COP26 meeting, taking place in December 2020, will gather world leaders in Glasgow to discuss action towards tackling climate change.The prime minister, speaking at a Scottish reception at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on 29 September, said the first minister should not be included.Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party conference being held at the Manchester Convention Centre (Stefan Rousseau/PA)He also insisted that a union flag should b…

Eds. (2019-09-30). Labour overwhelmingly approves climate revolution as a \'top priority\'. mronline.org The Canary has been following Labour\'s plans for a Green Industrial Revolution closely. But this variation of the Green New Deal has now become official policy at the party\'s 2019 conference. And it will reportedly be a \"top priority\". | Source

Russel Ruch (2019-09-30). Climate apartheid: Differential impacts in the age of imperialism. liberationnews.org Climate change is producing a type of climate apartheid between rich and poor nations, and between the rich and working-class majority within all capitalist societies.

Patrick Cockburn (2019-09-30). Just as Iraq Begins to Find Peace, It Once Again Becomes the Battleground for an American Proxy War. counterpunch.org People in Baghdad are fearful that the next war between the US and Iran will take place in Iraq, which is only just returning to peace after the defeat of Isis. Alarm that Iraq will be sucked into such a conflict has increased here because of recent Israeli drone attacks on the bases of the Iraqi paramilitary group known as the Hashd al-Shaabi, which is accused by the US and Israel of acting as a proxy of Iran. More

Kaitlyn Mitchell (2019-09-30). Ontario is Sacrificing Wolves, Coyotes, and Moose to Appease Hunters. counterpunch.org It\'s wolf and coyote hunting season in Ontario. In the coming months, hundreds of these smart, highly social animals will be gunned down by hunters, and pierced with arrows throughout the province. If the Ontario government has its way, things are about to get even worse for wolves and coyotes across much of Northern Ontario. More

John W. Whitehead (2019-09-30). When Welfare Checks Turn Deadly. counterpunch.org Think twice before you call the cops to carry out a welfare check on a loved one. Especially if that person is autistic, hearing impaired, mentally ill, elderly, suffering from dementia, disabled or might have a condition that hinders their ability to understand, communicate or immediately comply with an order. Particularly if you value that person\'s life. More

RT (2019-09-30). War boys, V8s & dust: Mad Max-themed post-apocalyptic \'Wasteland Weekend\' festival held in Mojave Desert (PHOTOS). rt.com Revelers donning the most extravagant costumes — and some without almost any — assorted Mad Max-style vehicles, and a whole post-apocalyptic settlement were on display at \'Wasteland Weekend\' festival held in California. | The main theme of the festival, dubbed \'Wasteland Weekend\', is the Mad Max franchise but the revelers apparently get inspiration from other dystopian titles as well, namely the Fallout post-apocalyptic game series. Despite the name, it\'s actually a five-day event, that kicks off annually on the last Wednesday of September. | | © AFP / Agustin Paullier | The permanent festiv…

Eric A. Gordon (2019-09-30). Jewish Americans and Israel/Palestine: Pressures and fissures heading toward 2020. peoplesworld.org Several years ago, I attended a weekend of Limmud LA, a broad-spectrum Jewish learning forum in the Los Angeles area. I attended a session on \"The Future of Judaism\" with four or five panelists. At the end, a rabbi from the audience asked, \"How is it that not one of you even mentioned Israel?\" The …

RT (2019-09-30). San Francisco is pulling out all the stops to fight homelessness — except actually making housing affordable‚Äã. rt.com San Francisco is one of the wealthiest cities in the US, but its high housing prices and strict zoning have contributed to a homelessness crisis. The city has declared war on its rough sleepers — because housing them is too easy.‚Äã

Sheila Xiao (2019-09-30). How the Chinese Revolution changed the world. liberationnews.org On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong declared an earth-shaking victory: the Chinese Communist Party had prevailed in the country\'s long civil war and China was now a People\'s Republic committed to the construction of socialism.

FAIR (2019-09-30). What media like best about Elizabeth Warren: She\'s not Bernie Sanders. mronline.org If Warren ever finds herself without media\'s bête noire to draft off of—assuming her policy stances remain the same—the media headwinds can be expected to get much more intense for her. | Source

Edith Tapia, Ariana Sawyer (2019-09-30). In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear. thenation.com In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear…

Max Blumenthal (2019-09-30). Funcionario del golpe en Venezuela Ricardo Hausmann se ve obligado a renunciar tras revelaciones publicadas por The Grayzone. thegrayzone.com Luego de que Anya Parampil de The Grayzone publicara unas revelaciones sobre las prácticas opacas e hipócritas de Ricardo Hausmann,…

Darius Shahtahmasebi (2019-09-30). The Truth About Vanessa Beeley and Eva Bartlett\'s Attack on Max Blumenthal. theantimedia.com Those of you who follow alternative media have likely come across independent journalists Vanessa Beeley, Eva Bartlett and Max Blumenthal.

Aaron Maté (2019-09-30). Behind the US-backed Venezuelan opposition\'s massive corruption scandal. thegrayzone.com On Pushback with Aaron Maté, The Grayzone\'s Anya Parampil explains how the Trump-backed right-wing opposition has essentially liquidated Venezuela\'s most…

Miri Wood (2019-09-30). Syrians Continue Protests Against US-Owned SDF Terrorists. globalresearch.ca Syrians under the occupation of US illegals and their terrorist SDF are continuing public protests against the illicit militia that burns agricultural fields, appropriates or bombs homes, kidnaps Syrian children for criminal training in military camps. In a recent …

WSWS (2019-09-30). London: Hundreds rally for Assange outside Belmarsh Prison. wsws.org SEP National Secretary Chris Marsden emphasised that Assange\'s persecution was a product of the drive to war and dictatorial rule by the US, British and world imperialism.

Leah Asmelash (2019-09-30). Greta Thunberg Isn\'t Alone. Meet Some Other Young Activists Who Are Leading the Environmentalist Fight. commondreams.org Young climate strikers march through Melbourne, Australia on May 3, 2019.(Photo: julian meehan/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/may-3-climate-strikes.jpeg …

Kim Petersen (2019-09-30). Do Voters Not Bear Responsibility for Those Who They Choose to Govern? dissidentvoice.org Building on the momentum of millions of people taking part in worldwide strikes to demand action on fighting climate change, an environmental group, Stop Ecocide, has called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize ecocide as a crime against humanity. Activist Jojo Mehta of Stop Ecocide defined ecocide as \"large scale and systematic damage …

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (2019-09-30). Palestinian Rights: Israeli Army Forcibly Evicts Nonviolent Demonstrators at the Dead Sea. globalresearch.ca Today, over 100 activists came together at the northern banks of the Dead Sea to reclaim Palestinian rights to land and its natural resources amidst the deepening Israeli occupation of the West Bank. After decades of apartheid and colonialization, and …

United Nations (2019-09-30). Yemen prisoner release boosts hopes of peace at last for war-weary civilians. un.org Hopes for a possible end to the war in Yemen grew slightly on Monday, following the news that nearly 300 detainees have been released as a gesture of goodwill by Houthi forces, pitted against the Government of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

United Nations (2019-09-30). Monday's Daily Brief: Hopes rise for peace in Syria and Yemen, UNGA speeches end, Guterres saddened by India flood deaths. un.org 'Sign of hope' for long-suffering Syrians as new committee forms; Yemen prisoner release signals hope for Yemen; Assembly President closes formal Debate; Refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda; Multilingualism observed on World Day.

United Nations (2019-09-30). DPRK reports \'little progress\' since historic June 2018 summit with US. un.org Lack of progress in achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula is \"entirely attributable\" to the United States, a senior official from the Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea (DPRK) told the UN General Assembly on Monday.

United Nations (2019-09-30). UN General Assembly President upholds value of multilateralism in speech closing annual debate. un.org The only way to guarantee peace, security and sustainable development is for countries to work together, the UN General Assembly president said in his speech on Monday concluding the annual high-level debate in the Hall.

American Herald Tribune (2019-09-30). Daniel McAdams: \"The US Has Ceased Being a Republic and Has Become a National Security State\" theantimedia.com Daniel McAdams, the Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, is banned from Twitter.

WSWS (2019-09-30). Half a million people join Montreal climate change protest. wsws.org The scale of Friday\'s protest attests to mounting popular anger at the failure of the world\'s corporate-controlled governments to address this social and ecological crisis.

Kenn Orphan — Phil Rockstroh (2019-09-30). Veritable Uprising or The (Faux) Real Thing‚Ñ¢: Greta and Climate Activism in a Wilderness of Projections. counterpunch.org PR: Kenn, recently, this observation of mine provoked a measure of ire: Street demonstrations, even large ones, are apropos of nothing as long as they are manifested as de facto state sanctioned protests. A march proceeds, chants are cast into indifferent air, speechifying comes to pass by the usual gasbags then the assembled head home More

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-30). The Wounds of War. commondreams.org People disabled by war are a common site in Kabul. Here a man arrives in a wheelchair to receive duvets given out to help families survive the cold winter. (Photo: Kathy Kelly) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/afghanistan_0.jpeg …

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-30). The Wounds of War in Afghanistan. counterpunch.org Its economy gutted by war, Afghanistan\'s largest cash crop remains opium. Yet farmers there do grow other crops for export. Villagers in the Wazir Tangi area of Nangarhar province, for example, cultivate pine nuts. As a precaution, this year at harvest time, village elders notified the governor of the province that they would be bringing More

Staff (2019-09-30). Ralph Nader: Trump Can\'t Be Impeached for Ukraine Alone. truthdig.com The president has violated the constitution like few before him. Nancy Pelosi is making a mistake by limiting the scope of his trial.

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-30). Turkey\'s Erdogan Plans Annexation of Northern Syrian Territory. globalresearch.ca Wannabe sultan Erdogan covets expanding Turkey\'s borders to include oil-rich northern Iraqi and Syrian territory. | Combatting Kurds in Syria, posing no cross-border threat, is part of his annexation scheme — what Damascus officials condemn and won\'t tolerate. | In cahoots with …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-30). The Anti-Trump Character Assassination. Spinoff from DNC/Hillary \"Dodgy Dossier\"? globalresearch.ca A personal note: Throughout his tenure, I\'ve been a sharp Trump critic for numerous legitimate reason. | He escalated wars of aggression inherited from Bush/Cheney and Obama, continuing the rape and destruction of nonbelligerent states threatening no one. | He\'s waging economic …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-30). Third Israeli Election Likely over Impasse? globalresearch.ca Netanyahu\'s Likud finished second to Gantz/Lapid\'s Blue and White party in September 17 rerun elections. | President Rivlin broke precedent by choosing Netanyahu to form a coalition government, showing partisanship in breach of his mandate to serve interests of the state, …

Joe Lauria (2019-09-30). The Untold Story of the Trump-Ukraine \'Scandal\': The Routine Corruption of US Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca The most crucial aspects of the Trump-Ukraine \"scandal,\" which has led to impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, are not being told, even by Republicans. | Trump was very likely motivated by politics if he indeed withheld military aid to Ukraine in …

Joan Walsh (2019-09-30). Democrats Must Reject False Choices as They Pursue Impeachment. thenation.com Democrats Must Reject False Choices as They Pursue Impeachment…

WSWS (2019-09-30). Democrats frame impeachment drive as defense of \"national security\" wsws.org There is not the slightest democratic content to the Democrats\' impeachment inquiry.