Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields: a False Flag?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-24
On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones — were they drones or long-range missiles? — hit the Saudis most important two oil fields, set them ablaze, apparently knocking out half of the Saudi crude production but measured in terms of world production it is a mere 5%. Could be made up in no …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/houthi-attack-on-saudi-oil-fields-a-false-flag/

School climate strikers are right: This is the fight of our lives
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-24
Climate Strike school strike 4 climate climate action Sam WainwrightIssue 1239 Australia PerthSeptember 24, 2019We ne…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-climate-strikers-are-right-fight-our-lives

Mutual Aid Networks Go Beyond Disaster Relief. They Offer Community Empowerment
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-23
| Climate change is no longer a vague and distant threat looming on the horizon — its effects are already causing massive disruptions globally and are proving more significant than most of us could have imagined even a decade ago. And although extreme weather events and climate-fueled disasters do not discriminate between rich and poor or the privileged and the underserved, the impacts of these events generally reflect pre-existing divisions marked by race, class, immigration sta…
truthout.org/articles/mutual-aid-networks-go-beyond-disaster-relief-they-offer-community-empowerment/

\'You Are Failing Us\': Plans, Frustration at U.N. Climate Talks
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-23
After teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shames them for their inaction, leaders claim they will do more but concede it\'s not enough.
truthdig.com/articles/you-are-failing-us-plans-frustration-at-u-n-climate-talks/

Greta Thunberg tells world leaders \'you are failing us\', as nations announce fresh climate action
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
Speaking at the beginning of the UN\'s Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old acclaimed climate activist Greta Thunberg, was unsparing in her criticism of world leaders, telling them that they are still \"not mature enough to tell it like it is\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047052

Women\'s Rights, Climate Activists Launch Feminist Agenda for Green New Deal
commondreams.org | 2019-09-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/23/womens-rights-climate-activists-launch-feminist-agenda-green-new-deal?cd-origin=rss

#ShutDownDC Protesters Blockade Capital Streets to Demand Climate Action
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-23
| With the goal of disrupting business as usual in the \"center of decision-making in the U.S.,\" hundreds of activists blocked key intersections across downtown Washington, D.C., Monday morning to demand that lawmakers take bold and urgent action to confront the existential climate crisis. | Chanting \"We want climate justice now!\" and \"The planet we love is under attack,\" demonstrators positioned vans, cars, their bodies — even a sailboat — in the middle of major D.C. streets to sh…
truthout.org/articles/shutdowndc-protesters-blockade-capital-streets-to-demand-climate-action/

Climate strikers demand climate justice on \'historic\' day of protest
ADMIN | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-23
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. | Millions of children and adults are expected to strike across the globe today, inspired by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg\'s call for climate action. | The strikes are happening ahead of the UN Climate Summit, which is taking place in New York on 23 September. | Climate strikers are calling…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/23/climate-strikers-demand-climate-justice-on-historic-day-of-protest/

Dozens Arrested as Climate Activists #ShutDownDC
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-23
Monday morning\'s commute was disrupted in the nation\'s capital when activists blocked 22 intersections to demand action from leaders to address climate change.
therealnews.com/stories/dozens-arrested-as-climate-activists-shutdowndc

Afghanistan\'s Taliban Meet Chinese Officials in Beijing
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
A Taliban delegation met Sunday with China\'s Special Representative for Afghanistan in Beijing to discuss the group\'s peace talks with the United States, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgency said. | RELATED: | US Drone Strike \'Accidentally\' Kills 30 Afghan Farmers | The meeting comes after U.S. President Donald Trump\'s 11th-hour cancellation earlier this month…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Taliban-Meet-Chinese-Officials-in-Beijing-20190923-0012.html

UN chief announces progress on committee to shape Syria\'s political future
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
UN-led discussions to secure a peaceful future for the people of Syria have resulted in agreement by the country\'s Government and opposition representatives to the formation of a new Constitutional Committee in a bid to end the \"tragedy\" of more than eight years of fighting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047092

Climate Week: Faith in Our Future: Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826538.php

Peace Versus Climate
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
Climate Change number ONE? — How about PEACE? — Nobody thought about that? Have these western kids been brainwashed. Not even UN Secretary General Guterres, whose mandate it is to lead the UN towards conflict solutions that bring PEACE — this is the very mandate that the UN has been founded on. Not climate, but PEACE.
globalresearch.ca/peace-versus-climate/5689953

Greenpeace targets Burger King over Amazon fires and deforestation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-23
Environmental campaigners have unfurled giant banners at Burger King\'s Leicester Square restaurant in London in protest at the Amazon fires and deforestation.The meat industry and the rainforest: The green group claims Burger King…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/09/23/greenpeace-targets-burger-king-over-amazon-fires-and-deforestation/

UN\'s Guterres Announces Syria Constitutional Committee
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Monday the formation of a constitutional committee for Syria, a long-awaited step in a stalled peace process. | \"It will be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva,\" Guterres told reporters, adding that it would be convened in the coming weeks. The United Nations sees the committee as a next step in efforts to find a political solution to end the more than eight-year war in Syria. | \"I strongly believe that the launch of the Syrian-owned and Syrian-led constitutional committee can and must be the beginning of the political path out of the trag…
telesurenglish.net/news/UNs-Guterres-Announces-Syria-Constitutional-Committee-20190923-0001.html

Youth Leads In Global Climate Strike
Photos and Text | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Demonstrations throughout the Bay Area and the world in emergency climate protest…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826541.php

Youth lead fight for future at Baltimore Climate Strike
Tim Wheeler | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-23
BALTIMORE–About 1,000 protesters, mostly high school and college youth, marched from the Inner Harbor to Baltimore City Hall Sept. 20 in the local edition of the Global Climate Strike, demanding action by the federal, state, and municipal governments to reverse global climate change. The march here was part of a worldwide mass protest by millions …
peoplesworld.org/article/youth-lead-fight-for-future-at-baltimore-climate-strike/

SF Climate Strike: Amazon Protest Contingent outside Brasilian Consulate
Brasil Solidarity Network and others | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826600.php

Climate Action Protests and \"Extinction Rebellion\" versus 5G Microwave Radiation
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
On 20 September, hundreds of thousands stepped out onto the streets of the world\'s cities to call for \'Climate Action\'. The great majority doing so, no doubt based upon genuine feelings of concern for the future of the planet and …
globalresearch.ca/climate-action-protests-deep-state-call-regime-change/5689923

Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 26
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826536.php

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Called Warmonger in Town Hall
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
A town hall organized in Toronto, Canada by the National Council of Canadian Muslims with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland ended abruptly Sunday after protesters repeatedly called her \"warmonger,\" and made the event impossible to continue. | RELATED: | Canada: PM Justin Trudeau Starts Re-Election Campaign | \"If you\'re for democracy, why do you condone the sale of weapons of mass destruction to Saudi Arabia,\" said one unidentified man. \"Why are you waging economic war…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protesters-Cut-Short-Canadian-Foreign-Affairs-Minister-Town-Hall-20190923-0011.html

Brazil: Protests Demand Justice for Slain 8-Year-Old Girl
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
Protesters took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro this weekend against police violence and Rio\'s governor Wilson Witzel, whose responsible for a \"shoot to kill policy\" in the city, after 8-year-old Agatha Felix was shot by police Friday before she succumbed to her wounds Saturday at a hospital in the Brazilian city. | RELATED | Police Bullet Kills 8-Year-Old Girl in Rio de Janeiro | Pagina 12 reported that the Afro-Brazilian girl was shot in the back when she was returning home in a van…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Rio-girl-Killed-by-Police-20190923-0002.html

Five Hundred Days of Injustice: On the Imprisonment of Luiz In√°cio Lula da Silva
Celso Amorim | commondreams.org | 2019-09-23
A supporter of the former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva holds a flag during a national strike protest called by unions and students against the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s pension reform in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 2019. (Photo: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/lula_livre_brazil.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/23/five-hundred-days-injustice-imprisonment-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva?cd-origin=rss

Faux \'Working Man\'s\' Candidate Biden Looking Like a Loser after Philly AFL-CIO Presidential Summit
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
Philadelphia — At a packed \'Presidential Summit\' on Tuesday organized and sponsored by this city\'s AFL-CIO Labor Council, former Delaware Senator and Vice-President and repeat Democratic presidential primary contender Joe Biden\'s oft-touted claim to be the \"working-class,\" or alternatively \"middle-class\" favorite looked pretty exaggerated. Assigned pole position as the first candidate to get 30 minutes…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/faux-working-mans-candidate-biden-looking-like-a-loser-after-philly-afl-cio-presidential-summit/

See \"Official Secrets\"
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
The movie \"Official Secrets,\" which is just out, is about Katharine Teresa Gun, the British translator in the U.K. government\'s equivalent to the U.S.\'s NSA, who leaked a top secret memo in an effort to prevent the Iraq War (in which up to 1 million Iraqis and over 35 thousand U.S. and U.K soldiers died,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/see-official-secrets/

A Careless Bully at the KFC at the End of Empire
Phil Rockstroh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
Will Trump go to war with the Iranians or the homeless? Or both? Trump is a coward. The nation of Iran has the means and the will to fight. Do you recall the will displayed by Iranians when repelling foreign invaders when Iraq attempted to invade Iran as a de facto US proxy force? Conversely,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/a-careless-bully-at-the-kfc-at-the-end-of-empire/

Erdogan & Trump, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-23
Erdogan — Trump Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and ongoing geopolitical problems. Turkey and the US had previously come to an agreement on the creation of a safe zone in the Syrian north-east along the border with Turkey. Despite recent …
uwidata.com/5424-erdogan-trump-iran-and-saudi-arabia-turkish-military-operations-in-northern-iraq/

Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record
wsws.org | 2019-09-23
Obama\'s vice president for two terms, Biden is identified with some of the worst crimes of the American government over the past 50 years, including wars in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/23/bide-s23.html

Ending the Afghan War Won\'t End the Killing
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-23
A major legacy of the U.S. war on terror in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001 and shows little sign of actually ending anytime soon.
truthdig.com/articles/ending-the-afghan-war-wont-end-the-killing/

Venezuela: Dueling Delegations Sent to New York as TIAR Treaty Invoked
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-09-23
Colombian President Ivan Duque raised tensions on the eve of the UN General Assembly when he compared Maduro to Slobodan Milosevic and Al Qaeda.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14664

The Deep State Is Dragging Trump into War with Iran
Robert Bridge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
Should we chalk it up to coincidence theory that just days after Trump gives John Bolton the boot as his National Security Adviser, Iran is blamed for an attack on a Saudi oil facility, forcing Washington to forego any hope …
globalresearch.ca/deep-state-dragging-trump-war-iran/5689899

Germany, UK, France Blame Iran for Saudi Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
Britain, Germany, and France backed the United States Monday by blaming Iran for the attack on Saudi oil facilities, urging Tehran to agree to new talks on its nuclear and missile programs. | RELATED: | No Intention of Meeting Iran\'s Rouhani at UN Assembly: Trump | \"It is clear to us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack. There is no other plausible explanation. We support ongoing investigations to establish further details,\" Britain, France, and Germany said in a joint sta…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-UK-France-Blame-Iran-for-Saudi-Attack-Urge-New-Nuclear-Deal-20190923-0013.html

Impeachment Talks Get Louder Over Trump\'s Ukraine Call
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
President Donald Trump admitted discussing his corruption accusations against Former VP Joe Biden and his son with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone, as many continue to pressure for an impeachment, The New York Times reports. | RELATED | No Intention of Meeting Iran\'s Rouhani at UN Assembly: Trump | Vice Media outlet said Trump\'s statements come after days of news and allegations that he applied pressure on the Ukrainian leader to investigate Joe Biden, one o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Impeachment-talks-over-Trump-Ukraine-call-20190923-0006.html

How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-23
It is inconceivable to the United States that a \"rag-tag\" force like Yemen\'s Houthis might, with home-made weapons, outdo the hundred-billion-dollar might and sophistication of the state-of-the-art systems Washington has lavished upon the Saudis.
mintpressnews.com/holes-us-burning-saudi-oil-fields-narrative-spark-war-iran/261998/

The War That Could Change the World
Gary D. Barnett | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
It is tempting to say that war with Iran is inevitable, and that may certainly be so, but this terrible situation has become a political and media game. A deadly game to be sure, but a game nonetheless. The people who cling to the notion that they have \"leaders\" to protect them are little more …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-war-that-could-change-the-world/

Iran Has Called Washington\'s Bluff
Bob Dreyfuss | thenation.com | 2019-09-23
Iran Has Called Washington\'s Bluff…
thenation.com/article/war-iran-sanctions-un/

Canada\'s Role in US Empire
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
While France, Germany, Russia and China seek detente, Canada is increasingly part of the US-Saudi Arabia-Israeli axis stoking conflict with Iran. Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto to compensate individuals in the US who had family members killed in a 2002 Hamas bombing in Israel and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/canadas-role-in-us-empire/

America Confronts Iran: History of US-Iran Relations and the Rule of Law
Courtenay Barnett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
It is said that maybe Iran was behind a recent attack on Saudi Arabia\'s oil facilities. | The Iranian Government denies that any attack was launched from Iranian territory. | Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the attack; other accusations | …
globalresearch.ca/what-law-who-breached-us-iran-west/5689912

Was Iran Really Behind the Attack on Saudi Aramco Facilities?
Omar Ahmed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-23
On 14 September, state-owned Saudi Aramco\'s oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in the Eastern Province were the target of a sophisticated drone and cruise missile attack. The Houthis of Yemen were quick to claim responsibility for \"Operation Deterrent …
globalresearch.ca/was-iran-really-behind-attack-saudi-aramco-facilities/5689890

Dialogue in Venezuela Another Missed Opportunity for Democrats
Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2019-09-23
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (2nd L) looks at opposition member Javier Bertucci during the signing of the dialogue agreement between the government and the opposition in Caracas on September 18, 2019. (Photo: Matias Delacroix/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/venezuela_sanders_democrats.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/23/dialogue-venezuela-another-missed-opportunity-democrats?cd-origin=rss

Naomi Klein, Autism and Climate Activism
Craig Collins | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
In a recent interview with Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein linked Greta Thunberg\'s autism with her powerful commitment to combating climate chaos. In doing so, I believe she promoted a serious misunderstanding about how autism is linked to Greta\'s moral clarity on this existential threat. In the interview quoted extensively below, Klein talks about autism and the human brain\'s propensity for \"mirroring.\"
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/naomi-klein-autism-and-climate-activism/

Debating the bedrock of climate-change mitigation scenarios
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-23
Researchers and policymakers rely on computer simulations called integrated assessment models to determine the best strategies for tackling climate change. Here, scientists present opposing views on the suitability of these simulations. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/23/debating-the-bedrock-of-climate-change-mitigation-scenarios/

Climate Week: Nonviolent Direct Action Training in Santa Cruz
Extinction Rebellion Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
El Rio Mobile Home Park, 2120 N Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2706, United States…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826540.php

On sidelines of UN climate summit, US President calls for protection of religious freedom
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
As global leaders gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday to present their plans to combat climate change, United States President Donald Trump put the spotlight on the need to safeguard religious freedom worldwide.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047072

Climate Week Talk: Author Jonathan Safran Foer, \"We Are the Weather\"
Climate One | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Climate One, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826565.php

Millions march against climate change, capitalism and war
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-23
Four million people participated in the global climate strike across every continent on Friday, many of them students who skipped school on that day. Demonstrations at more than 5,800 locations in 161 countries began in Australia and the Pacific, moved to Asia, Antarctica, Africa and Europe, and then to North and South America. This is […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/23/millions-march-against-climate-change-capitalism-and-war/

Voices from the Seattle Global Climate Strike
Andy Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-23
\"We must work together to create systemic change…\"
liberationnews.org/voices-from-the-seattle-global-climate-strike/

Interview: United Auto Workers on strike at General Motors
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-23
Lansing, Michigan – The United Auto Workers (UAW) called a strike on Sunday, September 15. Fight Back! interviewed Jean \"Johnny Bravo\" Duchemin, an alternate committee member in UAW Local 1753 in Lansing, Michigan about the GM strike. | Fight Back!: How do you see the strike fitting into the broader labor movement and the current political climate? | Jean \"Johnny Bravo\" Duchemin: That one, I had to take time to think about that one. When it comes to the political climate and the labor movement, the labor movement in this country has been died out. A lot of people are uneducated. So, since the last major strike, a…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/23/interview-united-auto-workers-strike-general-motors

Climate Policy Q & A Session with Senator Feinstein\'s State Director
Indivisible East Bay | indybay.org | 2019-09-23
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826601.php

Actions not words: what was promised at the UN\'s landmark climate summit?
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-23
UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete plans for cutting harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and strategies for carbon neutrality by 2050. So what, exactly, was promised at Monday\'s all-day event at UN Headquarters in New York?
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047112

The Attack on Saudi Arabia\'s Oil Facility. The Patriot Air Defence System Failed. Why?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
Why did Saudi Arabia\'s advanced Patriot Air defense system fail to detect the drones and missiles? The whole Persian Gulf defense apparatus which includes strategic US and allied military facilities is based on \"anticipating\" strikes from Iran. Was the Patriot System \"Disabled\" on September 14?
globalresearch.ca/the-attack-on-saudi-arabias-oil-facility-the-patriot-air-defence-system-failed-why/5689779

The Green New Deal Can Help Us Fight White Supremacy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| \"We had a direct existential threat with…Nazi Germany,\" Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said at a 2018 event. \"We chose to mobilize our entire economy…. We have to do the same thing in order to get us to 100 percent renewable energy.\" She was promoting a Green New Deal, but her war analogy eerily fit our current political situation. | The left is facing a two-front struggle: On one side is capitalism wrecking the…
truthout.org/articles/the-green-new-deal-can-help-us-fight-white-supremacy/

Young Climate Activists Held World Leaders Accountable at UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-22
Young climate change activists delivered a strong message to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Saturday: If elected officials do not take strong actions to combat climate change, they will be voted out of office. | RELATED: | Thousands Join World Climate Strike as UN Summit Approaches | Guterres gave around 500 youth activists the floor at the U.N.\'s first youth climate change summit, an informal event aimed at connecting young activists and entrepreneurs with glob…
telesurenglish.net/news/Young-Climate-Activists-Held-World-Leaders-Accountable-at-UN-20190922-0005.html

Climate Week: Faith in Our Future: Interfaith Conversation on Climate Change (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826538.php

A Game-Changing China-Pakistan Proposal for the Afghan Peace Process
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
The time has arrived for China and Pakistan to take the lead in reviving the frozen Afghan peace process and replacing the US\' leading role in it by unveiling a joint developmental plan to be implemented in the war-torn country …
globalresearch.ca/sino-pak-proposal-afghan-peace-process/5689823

Venezuela\'s Maduro Attempts a Separate Peace with Part of Opposition
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-22
As tensions increase between the Maduro government and the US-supported opposition, Maduro signed an agreement with smaller opposition parties against sanctions and in favor of deescalation…
therealnews.com/stories/venezuelas-maduro-attempts-a-separate-peace-with-part-of-opposition

International Day of Peace: \"One Voice\" Interfaith Choir Documentary (Walnut Creek)
Interfaith Council of Rossmoor | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Fireside Room of Rossmoor Gateway Center | 1001 Golden Rain Rd., Walnut Creek, CA 94595…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826531.php

International Peace Day: Exploratorium Community Day with Free and Reduced Rates
Exploritorium | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Exploratorium, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826528.php

Youth Leads In Global Climate Strike
Photos and Text | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Demonstrations throughout the Bay Area and the world in emergency climate protest…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826541.php

Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 24
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826535.php

Climate Strike: Sidewalk Protest for Climate Crisis in Santa Cruz, Sept. 26
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Sidewalk along Pacific Garden Mall, 1424-1498 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826536.php

As the climate emergency worsens, poor people will suffer the most
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-22
The worldwide climate strikes on Friday 20 September showed enormous public will towards addressing the climate crisis. Ahead of the UN climate change summit to take place on 23 September, protesters from all over the world took to the streets to demand action from world leaders. | I…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/09/22/as-the-climate-emergency-worsens-poor-people-will-suffer-the-most/

SF Climate Strike: Amazon Protest Contingent outside Brasilian Consulate
Brasil Solidarity Network and others | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Brasilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104-1901…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826600.php

How To Get The U.S. To Care About The War In Yemen (Video)
Mark Fiore | truthdig.com | 2019-09-22
Yemen gets a moment in the spotlight when we may have to pay 20 extra cents at the pump — not so much when 85,000 children under the age of give starve to death.
truthdig.com/cartoons/how-to-get-the-u-s-to-care-about-the-war-in-yemen-video/

Climate Week: Real Democracy Teach-in & Free Veg Dinner (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Louden Nelson Auditorium, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826534.php

Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new UN-backed climate, sustainability principles
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-22
Banks collectively with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, signed up on Sunday to new United Nations-backed responsible banking principles in a massive boost for climate action and the shift from \"brown to green\" models of economic growth.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046982

Climate Week Talk: Author Jonathan Safran Foer, \"We Are the Weather\"
Climate One | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Climate One, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826565.php

We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolved a rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems — that can meet all our needs and sustain life. | Through biodiversity and the living functions of the biosphere, the Earth regulates temperature and climate, and has created the conditions for our species to evolve. This is what NASA scientist James Lovelock found in working with Lynn Margulis, who was studying the pro…
truthout.org/articles/we-need-biodiversity-based-agriculture-to-solve-the-climate-crisis/

Climate Policy Q & A Session with Senator Feinstein\'s State Director
Indivisible East Bay | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826601.php

Climate Week: Nonviolent Direct Action Training in Santa Cruz
Extinction Rebellion Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
El Rio Mobile Home Park, 2120 N Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2706, United States…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826540.php

Ahead of UN summit, leading scientists warn climate change \'hitting harder and sooner\' than forecast
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-22
Top climate scientists issued a report on Sunday showing that over the last several years, sea-level rise, planetary warming, shrinking ice sheets and carbon pollution have accelerated; a sobering call to action for political leaders headed to New York for summit-level climate change talks tomorrow at the United Nations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046972

The US Just Killed 30 Innocent People in Afghanistan. Let\'s Pretend It Was London
Christian Christensen | commondreams.org | 2019-09-22
Thirty Afghan farmers were killed in a U.S. drone strike last week. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt/Public Domain) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/drone_iran.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/22/us-just-killed-30-innocent-people-afghanistan-lets-pretend-it-was-london?cd-origin=rss

Video: Russia Gave Syria \'Green Light\' to Use the S-300 Air Defense System
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
On September 19, the Syrian Air Defense Forces shot down an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the town of Aqraba, south of Damascus. Pro-government sources claim that the intercepted UAV was likely operated by Israel. | On August 25, two …
globalresearch.ca/video-russia-gave-syria-green-light-use-s-300/5689826

Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science
Scientists for future, Gregor Hagedorn | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
We are a group of internationally known scientists, from a variety of scientific fields (biology, neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry), who participated in an international summit on post-materialist science, spirituality and society. The summit was co-organized by Gary E. Schwartz, PhD and Mario Beauregard, PhD, the University of Arizona, and Lisa Miller, PhD, Columbia…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/21/18826533.php

As Arctic Sea Ice Disappears, What Happens to Ecosystems?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| In winter 2018, the sea ice extent in the Bering Sea reached the lowest levels observed since 1850, when records began. By late April, warm, southerly winds left sea ice levels at just 10% of the 1981–2010 average for that time of year. In recent research, scientists studied how the unprecedentedly low ice cover affected ecosystems in the region. | As sea ice melts in the spring, it releas…
truthout.org/articles/as-artic-sea-ice-disappears-what-happens-to-ecosystems/

Why Is Bill De Blasio Trying to Kill Me? New York\'s Mayor Claims to Be Progressive but Favors Drivers Over Bicyclists
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-09-22
I never expected that my skills as a war reporter would be relevant to my life as a dad in a Brooklyn, but that was before I started biking to work.
theintercept.com/2019/09/22/new-york-city-cars-bicycles-de-blasio/

Iran to Present Regional Security Cooperation Plan at UNGA
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-22
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday his country will present a regional cooperation security plan this week when he attends the United Nations General Assembly. | RELATED | US Sends Troops to Saudi Arabia Amid Row with Iran | Rouhani said in a speech commemorating the 39th Anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War that his country extends its \"hand of friendship and brotherhood\" towards nations in the region willing to cooperate in overseeing security in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-regional-security-cooperation-plan-UNGA-20190922-0004.html

Biden Loses His Lead for The First Time in 2020 Primary
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-22
The Des Moines Register/CNN poll represents the first time Biden has been pushed out of the lead in a major Iowa survey.
truthdig.com/articles/warren-leading-biden-for-first-time-in-democratic-primary/

The C.E.O> – A Fun Poem
Rene Sonsmann | indybay.org | 2019-09-22
BY RENE SONSMANN. SET: The play takes place in Heaven. The set is a bare stage. The stage is lit with a warm ethereal light. God is bathed in a strong spot light at all times. CHARACTERS: God and Adrian, a recently deceased arrival in Heaven. God is middle-aged, clean shaven, dressed in a bright Hawaiian shirt and pale blue chinos.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/22/18826606.php

We Must Remain Skeptical of Any Attempts to Incite War with Iran
Keith Lamb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
Last Saturday Saudi Arabia\'s Abqaiq petroleum processing facilities and Khurais oil field were attacked by cruise missiles and drones. The Saudis claim that this unconventional attack thwarted their defense systems as both cruise missiles and drones fly too low. Saudi …
globalresearch.ca/attempts-incite-war-iran/5689845

Philippines: Resist and end Duterte\'s fascist regime
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Sept. 20 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Almost five decades ago, Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire country under martial law which launched his brutal dictatorial rule. For 14 years, the Filipino people resisted valiantly and fought on all arenas of struggle. Serving as the strongest bulwark of anti-fascist resistance, the Party and the New People\'s Army waged underground and armed struggle, inspiring and militating the Filipino people to unite and struggle for democracy. Culminating long years of anti-fascist resistance, the Filipino…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/22/philippines-resist-and-end-duterte-s-fascist-regime

NOT \'the last thing millennials will see\'! US military apologizes for \'Area 51 raid\' meme with B-2 stealth bomber
rt.com | 2019-09-22
A US military unit was forced to apologize to UFO fans and alien enthusiasts for a tweet that suggested the government is ready to use B-2 nuclear-capable bombers to protect the secrets held inside the classified Area 51 facility. | Jumping on the hype train headed for the secretive air force base in Nevada desert, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) flexed its meme muscles on Friday by tweeting a photo of a B-2 stealth bomber, accompanied by a chilling warning: | The last thing #Millennials will see if they attempt the #area51raid today. | In case anyone wanted to see the tweet in ques…
rt.com/usa/469334-area-51-military-meme-apology/

Trump Threatens to Veto First Ever Congressional Action on \"Forever Chemicals\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for nearly 70 years without our knowledge or consent. Although the federal government — tasked with protecting the public and upholding the law [m…
truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-veto-first-ever-congressional-action-on-forever-chemicals/

Venezuela to Denounce US Blockade at 74th UN General Assembly
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-22
Venezuela confirmed Saturday that its delegation to the United Nations General Assembly will denounce the illegal blockade imposed by the United States government, as well as present the millions of signatures gathered from the international campaign \'No More Trump\'. | RELATED | #NoMoreTrump Campaign Takes to Streets of Caracas | Venezuela\'s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Ä&at…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Denounce-US-Blockade-UN-20190922-0007.html

Didn\'t he learn what deterrence is? Cruz insists Iran wants to nuke American cities, puzzles Twitter
rt.com | 2019-09-22
Ted Cruz insists Tehran\'s grand dream is to nuke American cities and that Iran nuclear deal is to blame for the attack on Saudi oil facilities. The argument was mocked for making no sense, but the hawkish US senator doubles down. | …
rt.com/usa/469367-ted-cruz-iran-bomb-us-cities/

US troops in Saudi Arabia defend hegemony, not security
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-22
The Trump administration is sending US troops to Saudi Arabia as it continues to threaten Iran. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/22/us-troops-in-saudi-arabia-to-defend-hegemony-not-security/

Yemeni children considered covering themselves in oil? Lee Camp bashes US reactions to Saudi refinery attacks & Yemen bombings
rt.com | 2019-09-22
Washington and Riyadh were quick to blame Tehran for attacks on Saudi oil facilities. Despite lack of proof and the history of lies told by the accusers, the US media eagerly took their claims at face value, Lee Camp points out. | …
rt.com/usa/469369-redacted-tonight-saudi-oil-attack-media/

Iran — Neither Military Action nor Economic Sanctions
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
It would be utterly immoral of the United States to launch a military attack upon Iran if it is true that one of the missiles that destroyed an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia on the 14th of September 2019 …
globalresearch.ca/iran-neither-military-action-nor-economic-sanctions/5689847

European Parliament Adopts Resolution Assimilating Communism to Nazism
Francesco Maringià≤ | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
The single party that governs Italy and the European Union has approved a resolution (yet another) that aligns Nazism and Communism. This is not the first time, it had already happened in the past, in line with the hysteria launched …
globalresearch.ca/european-parliament-adopts-resolution-assimilating-communism-nazism/5689849

India\'s Prime Minister Modi\'s Texas Trip Will Make a Mockery Out of American Democracy
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
Trump\'s participation in the \"Howdy Modi\" rally that will be held in Houston on 22 September during the Indian leader\'s nearly week-long trip to the US and represent the largest political gathering ever for a foreign head of state will …
globalresearch.ca/modi-texas-trip/5689834

America: A Land without Truth
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
It has been 17 days since a four-year study of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 by civil engineers was made available to the media. The study concluded that fire was not the cause of the collapse of …
globalresearch.ca/america-without-truth/5689828

Firing Bolton: Bait and Switch or Changing Tack?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
News of US National Security Adviser John Bolton\'s departure was followed by hopeful commentary both within the US and abroad that so too would follow the aggressive foreign policy he advocated — particularly in regards to Iran. | However, …
globalresearch.ca/firing-bolton/5689842

Take the General Motors Oshawa Plant, \"Save the Planet\"
Russ Christianson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
It is a tragic irony that General Motors (GM) chose its hundredth anniversary in Oshawa to announce the December 2019 closure of its Oshawa assembly plant. This means the loss of over 15,000 jobs in Ontario: 2,200 GM assembly jobs, …
globalresearch.ca/take-plant-save-planet/5689857

Study Estimates More than 100,000 Cancer Cases Could Stem from Contaminants in Tap Water
EWG | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
A toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants in U.S. drinking water could result in more than 100,000 cancer cases, according to a peer-reviewed study from Environmental Working Group — the first study to conduct a cumulative assessment of cancer risks due …
globalresearch.ca/study-estimates-100000-cancer-cases-contaminants-tap-water/5689861

5G and the Wireless Revolution: When Progress Becomes a Death Sentence
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
\"Without any 5G, without any expansion of 4G, without putting any radar units in cars, all of these things are being planned for us, I believe we\'ll be going…our reproduction will crash essentially to zero within probably about 2-3 years….5G, …
globalresearch.ca/5g-and-the-wireless-revolution-when-progress-becomes-a-death-sentence/5689799

Rotten in Tunisia: The Corrupt Rule of Ben Ali
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
He was the prototypical strong man softened by tactical reforms, blissfully ignorant before the fall, blown off in the violent winds of the Arab Spring. Having come to power in 1987 on the back of a coup against the 84-year-old …
globalresearch.ca/tunisia-corrupt-rule-ben-ali/5689840

With 5 billion set to miss out on health care, UN holds landmark summit to boost coverage
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-22
Some five billion people risk missing out on health care in 2030, unless countries close glaring gaps in health coverage, a new report revealed on Sunday, as the UN prepares to host a landmark summit to speed up progress on universal health care.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046772

GM Workers Strike for Fair Pay as Executives and Investors Rake in Billions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| On Monday, September 16, nearly 50,000 General Motors workers across the United States went on strike, picketing for better wages, affordable healthcare, profit sharing, job security, and a pathway to permanent jobs for temporary workers. | Over the past 10 years, GM has gone from bankruptcy to record profits, paying out billions of dollars i…
truthout.org/articles/gm-workers-strike-for-fair-pay-as-executives-and-investors-rake-in-billions/

Sanders Unveils Plan to Wipe Out All Medical Debt in US
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-22
| Pledging to end the \"immoral and unconscionable\" practice of collecting debt from families who have endured an illness or hospital stay, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday unveiled his plan to wipe out all medical debt in the United States. | The Vermont Independent senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate announced his proposal to eliminate the $81 billion in medical debt carried by American households days after asking his…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-unveils-plan-to-wipe-out-all-medical-debt-in-us/

Sadiq Khan calls Donald Trump \'poster boy for far-right around world\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-22
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called Donald Trump \"
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/22/sadiq-khan-calls-donald-trump-poster-boy-for-far-right-around-world/