Monica Moorehead (2019-07-17). Congresswomen condemn White House racism. workers.org As we go to press, the House of Representatives passed a resolution saying that Trump\'s tweets were racist. All Democrats and four Republicans voted for the resolution. More to come. The white supremacist and misogynist Trump has opened up another vicious, racist verbal war. This time it is against four . . . | Continue reading Congresswomen condemn White House racism at Workers.org

Ryan Grim (2019-07-17). Maureen Dowd Asked Rahm Emanuel to Weigh In on an Immigration Debate. His Record Is Abysmal. theintercept.com When it comes to immigration, both the politics and the policy, perhaps no Democrat has been more destructive over the past 25 years than Rahm Emanuel.

Lindsey German (2019-07-17). Britain is following Trump and escalating the threat of war with Iran. mronline.org The British Navy\'s seizing of an Iranian oil tanker shows Britain following Trump, trading in diplomacy for the threat of military confrontation, argues Lindsey German | Source

Chris Garaffa (2019-07-17). Amazon workers strike for safe working conditions. liberationnews.org The advanced technologies that Amazon makes billions of dollars selling to oppressive agencies could be used for good.

Manuel García, Jr. (2019-07-17). Ye Cannot Swerve Me: Moby-Dick and Climate Change. counterpunch.org Will climate change drive humanity to extinction? If so, how much time have we got?, and how will it happen? These questions are on the minds of many people today. In this essay, I will follow paleontologists deep into the geological past to see if it can offer any analogs to the evolving climatic conditions of today, and in that way give us a window into our future. More

Michael Welton (2019-07-17). Teach the Children Well: the Unrealized Vision In Teaching and Learning in the Residential Schools. counterpunch.org Through the entire era of the residential school in Canada, from the 1880s until the 1980s, parents, public school inspectors and departmental officials made serious complaints about the \"poor education\" the Native children were receiving. John Milloy (A national crime: the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986 [1999]) observes poignantly: \"From More

Michael Kidder (2019-07-17). \"Go Back Where You Came From:\" an Episode From Canada. counterpunch.org \"… go back where you came from…\" Not something one expects to hear from a head of state addressing his own citizens. When these taunts come from a man, a second generation American, whose entire pedigree as Captain America rests on having one natural born US citizen as an ancestor; it might be laughable, if More

Peter Bolton (2019-07-17). In the US and Brazil, Two Trends Underline the Creeping Fascism of Both Governments. counterpunch.org The word fascism is undoubtedly overused in today\'s political lexicon. It is used by figures from across the political spectrum as a shorthand for anything that one\'s opponent does that is deemed sinister or disagreeable. This phenomenon has obscured the real meaning of the word, creating confusion and misunderstanding within the general public. One of More

Rebecca Gordon (2019-07-17). I Had an Abortion and Now I\'m Not Ashamed. counterpunch.org I have never said this publicly before, but in December 1974 I had an abortion. I was 22 years old, living in a cold, dark house in Portland, Oregon, spending my days huddled in front of a wood stove trying to finish my undergraduate senior thesis. I did not want to have a baby. I More

Khury Petersen-Smith (2019-07-17). Iran\'s Not the Aggressor, the US Is. counterpunch.org It\'s easy to be confused about what\'s happening between the U.S. and Iran. On July 10, President Trump again accused Iran of violating the Obama-era nuclear deal, in a tweet that he concluded by promising to increase U.S. sanctions \"substantially.\" Similarly, headlines — such as a recent New York Times article that originally proclaimed, \"With More

Russell Mokhiber (2019-07-17). Kip Sullivan and Dr. Matthew Hahn on How Value Based Programs Are Undermining Medicare and Single Payer. counterpunch.org There is a growing sentiment, bubbling from the ground up, that before we get to Medicare for All, we need to first fix Medicare. Richard Bazarian, an eye surgeon in Portland, Maine, is supportive of the idea. \"The senators who tout Medicare for All could prove their commitment by sponsoring legislation to expand coverage for More

George Ochenski (2019-07-17). A Fearless and Free Press is Essential to Our Democracy. counterpunch.org \"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.\" —Thomas Jefferson Make no mistake about it, the individual sitting in the highest office of our nation is trying to destroy the foundational institution upon which our democracy was founded — a fearless and free press. And why More

Lawrence Wittner (2019-07-17). Billionaires and American Politics. counterpunch.org Is the United States becoming a plutocracy? With the manifestly unqualified but immensely rich Donald Trump serving as the nation\'s first billionaire president, it\'s not hard to draw that conclusion. And there are numerous other signs, as well, that great wealth has become a central factor in American politics. Although big money has always played More

John W. Whitehead (2019-07-17). Sexual Predators in the Power Elite. counterpunch.org \"As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensating to increase. And the dictator (unless he needs cannon fodder and families with which to colonize empty or conquered territories) will do well to encourage that freedom.\" —Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Power corrupts. Anyone who believes differently hasn\'t been paying attention. Politics, religion, sports, More

Dean Baker (2019-07-17). Cheap Shots at the Trump Economy. counterpunch.org I am not anxious to defend Donald Trump\'s economic performance, but a complaint by Steven Rattner in his New York Times column caught my attention. The column features a graph showing that the ratio of the median wage for blacks has fallen relative to the median wage for white workers since 2016. This bothered me, More

Staff (2019-07-17). Trump Is Tanking the American Manufacturing Industry. truthdig.com It\'s official. Trump has put US manufacturing, which is about 14% of the US gross national product, into recession, according to AFP Recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of decline. | The recession in manufacturing has many reasons, including a cyclical slowdown in the Chinese economy. But on top of them call came Trump\'s trade war with China, which tipped the balance. | The US is in the eleventh year of a particularly slow and tepid economic expansion after the Great Bush Crash of 2008-2009. Despite al…

The Canary (2019-07-17). Council dump charges likely to lead to fly-tipping, environmental campaigners warn. thecanary.co Charging householders to dump their rubbish legally could trigger a rise in the illegal practice of fly-tipping, environmental campaigners have warned. | The Government has announced a review of current rules at waste recycling centres after some councils began rolling out fees. | The charges include £3.30 per car tyre at Cornwall Council, £2 for a bag of loose material at North Tyneside Council, and £20 per boiler at Buckinghamshire County Council. | But Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive of environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, said it was better to encourage people to dispose of their w…

Lawrence Wittner (2019-07-17). Billionaires and American Politics. dissidentvoice.org Is the United States becoming a plutocracy? With the manifestly unqualified but immensely rich Donald Trump serving as the nation\'s first billionaire president, it\'s not hard to draw that conclusion. And there are numerous other signs, as well, that great wealth has become a central factor in American politics. Although big money has always played an …

WSWS (2019-07-17). Massive photo databases secretly gathered in US and Europe to develop facial recognition. wsws.org Large digital face and \"selfie\" photo databases have been used by state agencies, software engineers and researchers involved in perfecting AI algorithms and image pattern analyses.

Staff (2019-07-17). Sudan Transition to Civilian Rule Endangered as Foreign Interests Prevail. therealnews.com With the foiling of a coup attempt, the Sudanese military is consolidating its rule, despite a nearly signed transition agreement. Part of the problem is that Gulf states want to see the military in charge, especially since Sudanese soldiers are fighting in Yemen, says Prof. Khalid Ahmad…

Ruth Robertson (2019-07-17). Protesters Target Palantir for Profiting from ICE Contracts. indybay.org July 12 was a national day of action to call for the protection of immigrants from ICE raids. In Palo Alto, demonstrators marched on Palantir Technologies\' headquarters, saying the data mining company is helping the Trump administration separate families. Palantir sells software that assists the government in tracking and finding people to arrest and deport. | Please credit the photographer: Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo.

WSWS (2019-07-17). CNN peddles intelligence agencies\' lies against Assange. wsws.org A recent CNN article recycles the discredited claim that WikiLeaks was involved in a Russian conspiracy to deprive Hillary Clinton of the US presidency.

RT (2019-07-17). Twitter CEO maxes out donations to Tulsi Gabbard… conspiracy machine kicks into overdrive. rt.com Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated thousands of dollars to anti-war Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard — and Twitter users and mainstream media journalists are (rather ironically) up in arms about it.

WSWS (2019-07-17). Beanpole (Dylda): Disturbing scenes of postwar Soviet life. wsws.org Russian director Kantemir Balagov\'s film treats the damaged lives of two young women who have just returned to Leningrad (today St. Petersburg) from the front after the end of the Second World War.

WSWS (2019-07-17). Wall Street Journal warns job threats might not prevent rebellion by autoworkers. wsws.org The mouthpiece of the banks said younger workers who have never experienced mass layoffs are the \"big wild card\" in this year\'s contract fight.

Eds. (2019-07-17). States collaborating with the far-Right. mronline.org It is not the collapse of Conservatism causing the rise of the far-right in America, Europe and Britain, it is the opposite. It is, however, important to understand that this is exactly how fascism comes to power. | Source

Eds. (2019-07-16). Science group opposes planned immigration raids, mistreatment of immigrants. mronline.org Statement by Ken Kimmell, President, Union of Concerned Scientists | Source

Vijay Prashad (2019-07-16). Trump Murdered the Iran Deal—And Europe Isn\'t Too Happy About It. commondreams.org When Donald Trump campaigned for the U.S. presidency in 2016, he would frequently attack the JCPOA as Obama\'s folly. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_26.jpeg …

Hans Stehling (2019-07-16). Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse. globalresearch.ca These are the demented Gang of Four who are determined to destroy 74 years of international cooperation for peace by waging a completely unwarranted war against Iran in a bid for global supremacy, and oil, that will provoke nuclear war …

Patrick Hilsman (2019-07-16). How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia\'s Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad. theintercept.com Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist: Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia. The findings presented an awkward geopolitical moment: Syria and Russia are allies, and Syria and Israel are bitter enemies — but the Russ…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). South African Singer, Anti-Apartheid Activist Johnny Clegg Dies. telesurenglish.net South African singer Johnny Clegg, one of the very few white artists who confronted the apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66, his manager informedTuesday. | RELATED: | Anarchist Activist Killed for Fighting US \'Concentration Camps\' | \"Clegg has made an indelible mark on the music industry and the hearts of the people,\" said the South African government in a tribute paid to the singer on Twitter, adding that his music had the power to unite…

Christopher Ketcham (2019-07-16). This Land Was Your Land. counterpunch.org For the past 10 years I\'ve been documenting the fate of the least protected and most at-risk portion of the national commons: the roughly 450 million acres across 12 Western states overseen on our behalf by the United States Bureau of Land Management and the United States Forest Service. It\'s an astonishingly diverse landscape of More

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-07-16). Seeking New Routes for Oil Delivery Saudi Arabia Tightens Its Grip on Eastern Yemen. mintpressnews.com Saudi Arabia is consolidating its military hold on eastern Yemen\'s al-Mahrah province, hoping to use the area for an oil pipeline that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

splcenter (2019-07-16). SPLC sues Florida officials over law requiring police to act as ICE agents. splcenter.org The SPLC and its partners sued top Florida officials today over a new state law that requires local police to act as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Staff (2019-07-16). Julián Castro Is Running for President & Supporting Striking Amazon & McDonald\'s Workers. democracynow.org Amid labor strikes against poor working conditions and low wages for Amazon and McDonald\'s workers, we speak with 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro about workers\' rights, fair pay and where he stands on foreign policy, from China to Israel.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-07-16). How Iran\'s Soviet Era Air Defense System Shot Down America\'s Global Hawk UAV over Strait of Hormuz. globalresearch.ca On the night of June 19-20, Iran shot down a US Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV over the Strait of Hormuz. | President Trump responded by calling for retaliatory air strikes against Iran. | In response to the President and Commander in Chief\'s …

Nicky Reid (2019-07-16). Nukes For Peace? counterpunch.org Surrounded by trigger happy Tonkinesque gunboats and drowning in debt, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made the risky decision to play the last card left in their deck; to defy the P5+1 Deal in order to save the P5+1 Deal. It\'s a hell of a gambit but it already has those pussies in the More

Staff (2019-07-16). Trade Group Paves the Way for China Sanctions on the U.S. truthdig.com In a case dating to 2007, the World Trade Organization rules that the U.S. wrongly calculated tariffs imposed to punish China for subsidies.

Staff (2019-07-16). Nuclear Agency Weighs Reducing Inspections to Cut Costs. truthdig.com The proposal would require a vote by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has a majority of members appointed or reappointed by Donald Trump.

Gary Leupp (2019-07-16). What Right Has Britain to Seize an Iranian Tanker Off Spain? counterpunch.org \"We have reason to believe that the Grace 1 was carrying its shipment of crude oil to the Banyas Refinery in Syria. That refinery is the property of an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria.\" — Fabian Picardo, chief minister of Gibraltar \"[Praise for Gibraltar and the British marines] for this More

Howard Lisnoff (2019-07-16). Everybody Must Get Stoned. counterpunch.org I recently wrote on these pages about the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee. Reading an article that the committee references on the Pentagon\'s past commemoration of the war, I was not surprised to find pure and unabashed vitriol hurled at the peace movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. Yogi Berra might have observed that \"It\'s like déjà vu all More

Marilyn Bechtel (2019-07-16). Oaklanders condemn Trump immigration policies, demand respect and humane treatment. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif.—The biggest result so far from the immigration raids touted by President Trump may well be the flood of actions throughout the country, including the San Francisco Bay Area, demanding that immigrants\' rights be fully respected and that they be treated humanely. Among dozens of Bay Area actions was one that filled the plaza …

teleSUR (2019-07-16). We Must Be More Active in Defense of Migrants: Rigoberta Menchu. telesurenglish.net Guatemalan Indigenous leader and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu expressed Tuesday that one must be energetic to defend human rights and considered that the raids in the United States are an offense to the migrants of the world. | RELATED: | Trump Bars Asylum Seekers at US Southern Border | \"What happens in the U.S. can be replicated in other parts of the world and this is not good news, because it is confining young people and mothers, it is humiliating people, so who we are to t…

David Bacon (2019-07-16). The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: Kids Working in the Banana Trees; Parents on Strike. progressive.org In 1997, I went to the Philippines to document child labor on the banana plantations producing for the Dole Corporation. The next year activists carried the information to Seattle to confront the global meeting of the World Trade Organization.

Staff (2019-07-16). Headlines for July 16, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Announces Radical Plan to Bar Almost All Migrants from Seeking Asylum at U.S. Border, Squad Rejects Trump\'s Racist Attacks & Calls for Impeachment as House Plans Resolution to Condemn, Protesters Call for Exit of Puerto Rican Gov. Rosselló After Leaked Text Messages, El Salvador Rape Survivor Being Retried for Homicide for Having Stillbirth, U.N. Report Accuses Venezuela\'s Special Forces of 1000s of Extrajudicial Killings, Workers and Activists Protest Amazon, Calling for an End to Labor Abuses, Collaboration with ICE, Washington Activist Protesting Immigrant Detention Shot Dead, Historian and Civil Rights…

Prof. Stuart Rees (2019-07-16). Cruelty Prompts Trump\'s Deal of the Century in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca If there\'s one thing real estate moguls understand it\'s the value of land. Which begs the question why Donald Trump\'s plan to broker peace in the Middle East is so spectacularly ignorant of reality. Stuart Rees weighs in. | The …

Mark Gruenberg (2019-07-16). House opposes Trump\'s Iran war threat, repeals Bush \'war on terror\' authorization. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By mostly party-line tallies, the Democratic-run U.S. House opposed President Donald Trump\'s presumed march towards war against Iran. Lawmakers also voted to repeal two prior war-making measures, approved in 2001 and 2002, originally OK\'d for Republican President George W. Bush\'s so-called \"war on terror\" and his invasion of Iraq. The House vote against Trump\'s Iran …

Reese Erlich (2019-07-16). What\'s Really Going on in Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca For more than three months, people in Hong Kong massed in the streets to protest a proposed extradition law. Critics say it would allow China to extradite dissenting students, journalists, and business people to the mainland, where they could face …

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-07-16). Democratic Virtues in Electing a President. counterpunch.org Privatizing the US elections? I enjoyed listening to the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates speak of their hopes for the future of this country. What I did not like was the NBC umbrella over the aspiring candidates. Why should large TV monopolies run the presidential campaigns? Who gave this \"media\" money-machine the right to have its employees ask More

teleSUR (2019-07-16). UNHCR Warns of Rights Violations over US Asylum Policies. telesurenglish.net The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that the new asylum application policies by which the United States seeks to stop migrant flow go against international obligations because they highly violate basic rights and freedoms. | RELATED: | Over 39,000 Honduran Migrants Deported From Mexico | \"We understand the U.S. asylum sys…