Dave Lindorff (2019-09-18). Why on Earth Would the US Go to War with Iran over an Attack on Saudi Oil Refineries? counterpunch.org President Bone Spur, backed by his war-mongering Secretary of State Mike \"Armageddon\" Pompeo, tweeted yesterday that the US military is \"locked and loaded,\" ready to attack (bomb) Iran if it can be proven that Iran was behind a drone bomb attack on Saudi Arabia\'s oil refineries. There are plenty of news media in the US More

RT (2019-09-18). Area 51 has \'secrets that deserve to be protected,\' US Air Force top brass warns \'stormers\'. rt.com Chief of Staff General David Goldfein has ominously insisted that the Air Force is taking the viral \'Storm Area 51, They Can\'t Stop All Of Us\' event \"very seriously\" as the US has \"secrets [that] deserve to be protected.\" | \"All joking aside, we\'re taking it very seriously,\" Goldfein told reporters during the Air Force Association\'s annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference. \"Our nation has secrets, and those secrets deserve to be protected. The people deserve to have our nation\'s secrets protected.\" | Goldfein\'s comments will likely fan the flames of conspiracy theories already raging online, particularly in th…

John Kendall Hawkins (2019-09-18). Slouching Toward \"Bethlehem\" counterpunch.org but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? — W.B.Yeats, The Second Coming Hive-mindedness seems to be growing — at the same time that bees are heading towards kaputzville. More

The Canary (2019-09-18). Angry parent tells Johnson the NHS is being \'destroyed\' during hospital visit. thecanary.co The parent of a sick child claimed the NHS was being destroyed as he challenged Boris Johnson during a hospital visit.The prime minister was confronted by the angry parent, who claimed there were not enough doctors and nurses.In a conversation lasting around two minutes, the man said the situation was \"not acceptable\".The parent expresses his anger over hospital waiting times to Boris Johnson and Alan Gurney, chief executive of Whipps Cross University Hospital (Yui Mok/PA Wire)Johnson was visiting Whipps Cross University Hospital in north-east London when he was challenged by the parent on a children\'s ward.The p…

Janine Jackson (2019-09-18). \'Trump\'s Deregulatory Agenda Has Been Driven by Corporations\' – CounterSpin interview with Amit Narang about Trump's corporate deregulation. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen\'s Amit Narang about Trump\'s corporate deregulation for the September 13, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…

Sue Davis (2019-09-18). Labor and climate activism. workers.org The prevailing myths about U.S. workers and the organized labor movement — that labor and climate action are in conflict, that jobs are more important than the environment — will be in the trash bin of history after the Sept. 20 Global Climate Strike. U.S. labor is coming forward to . . . | Continue reading Labor and climate activism at Workers.org

Ron Jacobs (2019-09-18). Support the Climate Strike, Not a Military Strike. counterpunch.org The propaganda campaign has begun. The New York Times dutifully published photos of an attack on ARAMCO oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia. Accompanying the photos are descriptions provided by the warmongers in Washington, DC. Naturally, the photos don\'t look like much of anything. This gives those describing them the leeway to provide a narrative More

Ron Jacobs (2019-09-18). Support the Climate Strike, Not a Military Strike. counterpunch.org The propaganda campaign has begun. The New York Times dutifully published photos of an attack on ARAMCO oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia. Accompanying the photos are descriptions provided by the warmongers in Washington, DC. Naturally, the photos don\'t look like much of anything. This gives those describing them the leeway to provide a narrative More

Lee Fang (2019-09-18). Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even as It Prepares for the Worst. theintercept.com Saudi Arabia, the world\'s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, remains a principal funder of climate denialism even as it prepares for climate extremes.

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2019-09-18). Reforestation: Cuba leads the way. workers.org Before 1492, what is today the United States had about 1 billion acres of forests. From 1600 on, at least 286 million acres were destroyed. In a 1763 letter, Benjamin Franklin wrote, \"Cleared land absorbs more heat and melts snow quicker.\" Because of colonialism and the growth of capitalist extractive . . . | Continue reading Reforestation: Cuba leads the way at Workers.org

Ted Rall (2019-09-18). Once Again in Afghanistan, the U.S. Proves It Can\'t Be Trusted. counterpunch.org The first draft of this column came not to bury but to praise Donald Trump. I planned to applaud the president\'s peace initiative with the Taliban, his strategy of ignoring the corrupt and discredited puppet regime Bush installed in Kabul and his desire to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan. This was a move I have been More

Catherine Tumber (2019-09-18). Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America\'s Countryside. counterpunch.org Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom\'s parliament and chastised its meager response to climate change. \"I want you to panic,\" the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly instructed the adults in the room. \"Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation More

W. T. Whitney (2019-09-18). Political Struggle and Fixing Cuba\'s Economy. counterpunch.org Economic problems weigh heavily in Cuba. The Cuban people continue to face shortages and their incomes remain low, despite recent pay raises. The government\'s foreign debt is growing and access to credit is limited. Cuba is overly dependent on food imports despite land tenure reforms. The U.S. economic blockade targets foreign investors through implementation for the first time of Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Law More

Norman Solomon (2019-09-18). The \'Official Secrets\' Movie vs. Joe Biden\'s Lies About the Iraq War. indybay.org Taking and Evading Responsibility…

Norman Solomon (2019-09-18). The \'official secrets\' movie vs. Joe Biden\'s lies about the Iraq war. nationofchange.org Joe Biden\'s recent efforts to deny his record of support for invading Iraq are marvels of evasion, with falsehoods that have been refuted by one well-documented appraisal after another after another. This month, Biden claimed that his vote for war on the Senate floor was somehow not a vote for war. Ironically, while he was spinning anew to deny the undeniable, theaters …

Media Lens (2019-09-18). Stockholm Syndrome — Julian Assange and the Limits of Guardian Dissent. globalresearch.ca Nothing happened on September 2 in central London. Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd, did not initiate a protest outside the Home Office. He did not sing and play the Floyd classic \'Wish You Were Here\', or say: | \'Julian …

Liz Vinson (2019-09-18). In victory for motorists and taxpayers, Mississippi sheriff\'s office will stop acting as immigration enforcement. splcenter.org The Martinezes were traveling on I-10 in Mississippi in June 2017 when their pleasant family vacation spiraled into terror.

Sarah Abed (2019-09-18). Latest Astana Peace Process Summit Highlights U.S. and Israel\'s Role in Prolonging Syrian Conflict. globalresearch.ca The fifth Syria-focused Astana process summit took place in Turkey\'s capital, Ankara on Monday. Since the summit\'s inception in 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have engaged in trilateral discussions …

Joseph Gerson (2019-09-18). The Uncertain and Dangerous Interregnum: World Peace and the Post-Cold War Era. commondreams.org U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Trump is on a 10-day trip to Asia. (Photo: Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_xi_multipolar_world.jpg …

teleSUR (2019-09-18). Venezuela Urges the World to Support Peace Dialogue. telesurenglish.net The National Dialogue Roundtable in Venezuela, constituted by members of the constitutional government and representatives of the opposition, urged Tuesday for the international community to support the peace and understanding initiatives. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Court Frees Opposition Lawmaker | The participants reiterated in a statement that all political factions are working hard to reach a diplomatic solution to all internal problems. They also invited the European Union and the other interna…

Zhivko Illeieff (2019-09-18). Why You Should Care About #ShutDownDC and the Global Climate Strike. counterpunch.org Today\'s news cycle suggests that climate activism is no more than showing up to a protest once in a while. Wave a sign around, believe in science, and you\'re set. Politicians and people of note are given credit simply for acknowledging the fact that global warming is happening. This type of rhetoric is dangerous. It More

Fight Back (2019-09-18). Minnesota: Protesters demand Gov. Walz to divest from Elbit now. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Over 40 people protested in front of the Governor's Residence Monday, September 16, to demand the divestment of Elbit Systems by the State of Minnesota. The protest, which was organized by the Anti-War Committee, is the latest action in their current campaign to demand the divestment of Elbit Systems from the state\'s public retirement fund. Currently the Minnesota State Board of Investments, which Governor Tim Walz chairs, holds $1.2 million, or approximately 10,000 shares, in Elbit Systems. | Elbit Systems is Israel\'s largest weapons company, which has been contracted by the U.S. Department o…

Staff (2019-09-18). Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key. truthout.org | | Climate change is by far the most serious crisis facing the world today. At stake is the future of civilization as we know it. Yet, both public awareness and government action lag way behind what\'s needed to avert a climate change catastrophe. In the interview below, Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin discuss the challenges ahead and what needs to be done. | Noam Chomsky is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. Robert Polli…

William Astore (2019-09-18). The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter. counterpunch.org How are you with numbers? I can deal with $1.5 million. I think I can even imagine $1.5 billion, a sum a thousand times greater. But how about a million times greater: $1.5 trillion? That happens to be the estimated cost of the Pentagon\'s program to build, deploy, and maintain the no-longer-so-new F-35 jet fighter over its lifetime. How More

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-18). Israelis Have Made their Verdict Clear: Benjamin Netanyahu\'s Time is Up. dissidentvoice.org For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet another far-right government, or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end? Barring a last-minute upset as the final …

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-18). Turkey\'s \"Refugee City\" Proposal for Syria Amounts to Demographic Engineering. globalresearch.ca Turkish President Erdogan\'s recently announced proposal to build a \"refugee city\" in Northern Syria amounts to demographic engineering intended to stop the creation of a \"Kurdish Corridor\" there and also prevent the region from fully reintegrating into Damascus\' fold after …

Miri Wood (2019-09-18). Syria: Terrorist Attacks, More NATO Weapons and War Crimes. globalresearch.ca As NATO media are currently mourning the departure of Neocon, John Bolton, and incited support for US bombing of Iran because Yemeni patriots engaged in a retaliatory bombing of an oil refinery in Saudi occupied Arabia, no attention is …

Robert Freeman (2019-09-18). Conflict With Iran Portends World War III. commondreams.org If the U.S. cannot defeat the likes of second- and third- and fourth-rate military powers like Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria, does it really want to start a war with the strategic ally of the #2 and #3 nuclear powers in the world? (Photo: Pixabay/geralt/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/lisafuller.jpeg …

teleSUR (2019-09-18). Venezuela: Another Opposition Party Joins Dialogue with Gov\'t. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez welcomed Pastor Javier Bertucci, representing the party Hope for Change, who will join the Agreement of National Dialogue, which was signed earlier this week in hope of solving the problems that caused the U.S. blockade against Venezuela. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Court Frees Opposition Lawmaker as Part of Agreements with Opposition | \"The only thing we expect from the United States is to recover the path of dialogue with the government of Nicolas Maduro, th…

teleSUR (2019-09-18). Iran Warns of Immediate Response to Any US Strikes. telesurenglish.net Iran warned on Wednesday that any strikes from the U.S. and its allies will be met with a crushing response from the Islamic Republic. | RELATED: | Iran Not Interested In Talks With US After Trump\'s Accusations | Stressing that they have no interest in war, the Iranian government said they will defend themselves if they are met with any aggression from the United States and its allies. | In a letter sent on Monday to the United States via the Swiss embassy, which represents U.S…

WSWS (2019-09-18). An interview with director Eva Mulvad: \"You can…come a bit closer to having a more rounded understanding of the world\" wsws.org The WSWS spoke in Toronto to Eva Mulvad, Danish filmmaker and director of Love Child, about an Iranian refugee family in Turkey and its problems.

WSWS (2019-09-18). Washington steps up threats against Iran over strikes on Saudi oil facilities. wsws.org The Pentagon has provided the Trump White House with a series of options for military aggression against Iran.

South Front (2019-09-18). Video: US, Saudi Sources Claim Attack on Saudi Oil Was Launched from Iran. globalresearch.ca On September 16, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) warned of more strikes on Saudi Arabia\'s oil infrastructure. Brigadier General Yahya Sare\'e advised foreigners to avoid the areas of Bqaiq and Khurais because they could be attacked again. He also said that …

Staff (2019-09-18). Locked on Iran. truthdig.com …

teleSUR (2019-09-18). Indonesia Arrests 200 as Forest Fire Creates Hazardous Smog. telesurenglish.net Indonesia arrested around 200 people over their suspected involvement in forest fires which the authorities say have scorched 328,000 hectares (810,000 acres) of land since January but it is not clear how much of that has been to make way for palm plantations. | RELATED: | Brazil: Tenharim People, Guardians of Amazon, Battle Wildfires | The country\'s National P…

Benjamin R. Evans (2019-09-18). Brazil\'s Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2019-09-18). Israeli Security Guards Kill Palestinian Woman at West Bank Checkpoint. theantimedia.com \"They deliberately killed her.\"

Joshua Coupe (2019-09-18). Shocking Video Simulation Shows the Devastation Nuclear War Would Cause. globalresearch.ca The United States and Russia have quite the bumpy relationship. Talk of war between the two powerful countries isn\'t anything new, and anyone who is paying attention knows that such a war would be devastating for much of the world….

Jeremy Corbyn (2019-09-18). Creating a Society of Hope and Inclusion: Speech to the TUC. counterpunch.org This is the text of Jeremy Corbyn\'s speech to the Trades Union Congress on September 10, 2019. Congress, thank you for that warm welcome. It\'s an honour to be asked to address you again. I\'m proud that trade unions and the Labour Party are working as closely together now as we ever have. Because together More

Edward Snowden (2019-09-18). Exclusive: Edward Snowden\'s First Adventures in Cyberspace. thenation.com Exclusive: \'s First Adventures in Cyberspace…

Nick Robins-Early (2019-09-18). \"Crazies\" in Charge of America\'s \"Nuclear Button\": Trump\'s New (Acting) National Security Adviser Said Nuclear War with USSR Was Winnable. globalresearch.ca \"Plus àßa change, plus c\'est la même chose\", | \"The more things change, the more they stay the same\", Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, (Les Guêpes, July 1848) | *** | President Donald Trump\'s acting national security adviser, former Reagan administration …

Staff (2019-09-18). Oregon State University Employees Vote to Authorize a Strike Amid Heated Moment. truthout.org | | Over 95 percent of 5,000 classified workers at Oregon\'s seven public universities voted to authorize a strike this week. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 503 announced the strike vote\'s results Tuesday night and warned that if negotiations with university officials don\'t yield \"a fair agreement…

WSWS (2019-09-18). Uruguayan defense minister warns of \"military conflict in Venezuela\" wsws.org In an escalation of the US-led regime-change operation in Venezuela, the Organization of American States has invoked the 1947 Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance.

WSWS (2019-09-18). Trump administration intervenes in bid to shut down GM strike. wsws.org Autoworkers must be warned: the intervention by the Trump administration is not in their interests. All of their demands will be swept aside on the basis of lying promises about \"saving\" American jobs.

WSWS (2019-09-18). GM workers in Mexico hold assembly to discuss strike in the United States. wsws.org A worker at the GM plant in Silao appealed to US workers: \"Keep us informed and we\'ll inform people here to decide what we\'ll do. There are people supporting us and we just have to keep fighting. If more people support us, we\'ll move forward.\"

Dan Bacher (2019-09-18). Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Protections. indybay.org After Newsom\'s announcement that he plans to veto SB 1, it is no surprise that the total contributions from agriculture in his 2018 campaign for Governor were $637,398. Newsom received $58,400 from Beverly Hills agribusiness tycoon Stewart Resnick, $58,400 from Lynda Resnick and $58,400 from E.J. Gallo. Agribusiness tycoons are strident supporters of the voluntary agreements and the Delta Tunnel — and are among the strongest proponents of attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a landmark federal environmental law that SB 1 would help protect.

Gary Wockner (2019-09-18). The words of water: Why environmentalists are losing the water wars. nationofchange.org In the 1870s the colonizing American government rounded up \"Indians\" and put them in boarding schools and forced them to learn English. The American government knew one thing: If you take away a person\'s language, you take away their culture and their soul. It\'s the first and most important step of colonization and a necessary …

Jeet Heer (2019-09-18). Trump Is Treating Foreign Policy Like a Mafia Protection Racket. thenation.com Trump Is Treating Foreign Policy Like a Mafia Protection Racket…

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-18). Pakistan\'s Prime Minister Imran Khan and The Taliban. Russia\'s \"Balancing Act\" in South Asia and Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca For as close as Russia has once again become to India following its support of the latter\'s \"Israeli\"-like unilateral moves in Kashmir and the restoration of their unofficial alliance after the recent Eastern Economic Forum, its flagship international media outlet …

Staff (2019-09-18). Koch-Backed Republicans Want to Tax Your Electric Car. truthout.org | | This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge.Libertarian billionaire Charles Koch has spent his entire adult life proclaiming the virtues of individual liberty and personal property rights. But when Americans decide they want to drive emissions-free electric vehicle…

Emile Schepers (2019-09-17). \'Rio Pact\' means war danger between Venezuela and Colombia, pressure on Cuba. peoplesworld.org Some people had the wistful thought that the departure of John Bolton as Trump\'s National Security Advisory would cause an easing of the wacky aggressiveness of current U.S. foreign policy. Alas, no. Trump quickly clarified that whatever his disagreements with Bolton actually had been, he has no intention of letting up the pressure on Venezuela, …

RT (2019-09-17). \'The Times is DEAD!\' Trump demands resignation of all NYT writers involved in latest Kavanaugh smear. rt.com US President Donald Trump slammed the New York Times for \'destroying lives\' after the paper belatedly issued a correction admitting its claim of assault by Justice Brett Kavanaugh was totally unsubstantiated by the \"victim.\" | \"I call for the Resignation of everybody at The New York Times involved in the Kavanaugh SMEAR story, and while you\'re at it, the Russian Witch Hunt Hoax, which is just as phony!\" Trump tweeted on Monday in response to the Times\'s correction to an article describing Kavanaugh\'s alleged drunken misbehavior during his college years at Yale University, posted two days after the article itse…

Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-17). Oiling for War: The Houthi Attack on Abqaiq. counterpunch.org The attack on the world\'s largest oil processing facility at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia southwest of Aramco\'s headquarters in Dhahran had a few predictable responses. Given that the facility has a daily output of some 5.7 million barrels, damaging it was bound to cause a spike in the price of oil. The question troubling the More

Mark Gruenberg (2019-09-17). Elizabeth Warren wins Working Families Party endorsement in Democratic primary. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a 61%-36% count, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., beat Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., for the Working Families Party endorsement for next year\'s Democratic presidential nomination. The nod to Warren is notable for two reasons: One is the WFP includes some of the nation\'s most-committed progressive activists, who can now be expected to hit the …

Dave Lindorff (2019-09-17). Recalling the Hundreds of Thousands of Civilian Victims of America\'s Endless \'War on Terror\'. counterpunch.org Now that the flags are back waving from the tops of flagpoles across the country, and the maudlin paeans to the close to 3000 lives lost in the airplane attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, it\'s time we gave a thought to the dead who were ignored. According More

The Canary (2019-09-17). Trump is \'corruption in the flesh\', presidential contender Warren says. thecanary.co Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren on Monday decried US President Donald Trump as \"corruption in the flesh\" and outlined her plans to root out corruption in the White House, Congress and courts.\"Corruption has put our planet at risk. Corruption has broken our economy. And corruption is breaking our democracy,\" said Warren, a Massachusetts senator who has emerged as a leading presidential contender.While aggressive, the message was a familiar one.Warren has embraced corruption as a central campaign theme from the beginning of her 2020 presidential bid. | But rarely has she addressed such a crowd wi…

RT (2019-09-17). \'We are not your prostitutes!\' Tulsi Gabbard slams Trump for \'pimping out\' US soldiers to Saudi Arabia. rt.com Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has doubled down on her attacks on President Donald Trump\'s \'disgraceful\' allegiance to Saudi Arabia, eviscerating his \'betrayal\' of her fellow soldiers and the US Constitution. | Singling out Trump\'s statement that the US was \"locked and loaded\" but \"waiting to hear from the Kingdom … under what terms we would proceed,\" Gabbard slammed the US president for \"offering to place our military assets under the command of a foreign country.\" | . @realDonaldTrump Despicable. Offering to place our mili…

Mario Barrera (2019-09-17). The Southern Strategy and Donald Trump. counterpunch.org Contemporary Republican politicians like to invoke the legacy of Ronald Reagan to bolster their policies. However, the type of White nationalism being espoused by Donald Trump and his supporters more accurately traces back to two less appealing Republican personalities: Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon, and to the backlash created by the Civil Rights Movement of the nineteen sixties. More

Dean Baker (2019-09-17). Health Care: Premiums and Taxes. counterpunch.org There\'s an old joke about a lawyer who is questioning a doctor on an autopsy they had done on someone who was allegedly a murder victim. The lawyer asked the doctor, \"did you check whether the patient was breathing?\" The doctor answers \"no.\" The lawyer then asks \"did you check whether the patient had a More

Robert Jensen (2019-09-17). The Danger of Inspiration in a Time of Ecological Crisis. counterpunch.org Naomi Klein\'s new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, has one crippling flaw—it\'s inspiring. At this moment in history, inspiring talk about solutions to multiple, cascading ecological crises is dangerous. At the conclusion of these 18 essays that bluntly outline the crises and explain a Green New Deal response, Klein bolsters readers More

Eds. (2019-09-17). Venezuela: Despite U.S. sanctions Maduro delivers house number 2.8 million. mronline.org As a part of Great Housing Mission Venezuela, the national program guarantees citizens\' access to adequate housing. | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-17). Israeli Apartheid Made Official: Annexation is the New Reality in Palestine. mintpressnews.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little or no resistance. | On September 10, Netanyahu declared his intentions to annex swathes of Palestinian land adjacent to the Jordan River, an area that covers 2,400 square kilometers, or nearly…

Norman Solomon (2019-09-17). The \'Official Secrets\' Movie vs. Joe Biden\'s Lies About the Iraq War. commondreams.org Then-U.S. Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) during a taping of \"Meet the Press\" at the NBC Studios December 19, 2004 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joe_biden_iraq_war.jpg …

Vijay Prashad (2019-09-17). Only the Coalition of the Foolish Wants a War With Iran. commondreams.org Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been at war against Yemen since 2015. It is a ghastly war, a reckless war, one for which there is no end in sight. Trump wants advice on how to deal with Iran from the architect of that war—Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mbs_trump_khashoggi.jpeg …

Berkeley Antifa (2019-09-17). Third Annual Far-Right Gathering in Berkeley Continues Record of Failure. indybay.org On Sunday, September 1, a small collection of bored and lonely far-right activists gathered in Berkeley, CA for what was dubbed the \"Third Annual March Against Communism.\" Despite the massive police presence and resources committed to protecting this tiny group of confused conspiracy theorists, community mobilization kept Berkeley locals safe and ultimately pushed back the far-right\'s attempted advances.

W. Alejandro Sanchez (2019-09-17). Inside the Syrian Peace Talks. counterpunch.org Eight years since its inception in 2011, the Syrian civil war rages on, a conflict that has taken on grand geopolitical dimensions and resulted in tens of thousands killed and a massive exodus of refugees. While other tensions and conflicts around the world have since grabbed the attention of major media outlets, the situation in More

teleSUR (2019-09-17). Venezuelan Opposition Leader Condemns Guaido and Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Claudio Fermin, leader of the \'Soluciones Para Venezuela\' opposition party, railed against lawmaker Juan Guaido, accusing him of wasting the opportunity for peace talks. Fermin also addressed sanctions, attacking them as an enemy of peace and economic recovery. | RELATED: | Venezuela Gov\'t Announces Agreements with Opposition | The comments were made on Monday to reporters following the signing of wide-ranging…

Steven Sahiounie (2019-09-17). Netanyahu Has Resisted Peace for 23 Years, but the Resistance Movement Is Getting Stronger. globalresearch.ca The occupation of Palestine is always at the center of Middle East turmoil, and it would seem the name which is associated with conflicts in the region for over 23 years is Benjamin Netanyahu. It all began in 1996 …

WSWS (2019-09-17). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Teachers across Colombia staged another nationwide strike on September 12 to protest continuing violence and threats by far-right paramilitary groups.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (2019-09-17). The True Geopolitical Significance of the Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca This is an interview between Emanuel Pastreich and Larry Wilkerson. | Lawrence B. \"Larry\" Wilkerson was chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Upon retirement, he has become a critic of US foreign policy. Emmanuel Pastreich is …

Pepe Escobar (2019-09-17). On the Ground, Feeling the Pulse of Protest Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca What\'s going on deep down in Hong Kong? For a former resident with deep cultural and emotional ties to the Fragrant Harbor, it\'s quite hard to take it all in just within the framework of cold geopolitical logic. Master filmmaker …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-17). US Rejects \"Resolution\" in All Its War Theaters. globalresearch.ca Permanent war is longstanding US policy. Today it\'s military Keynesianism on steroids. | With all categories included, spending for militarism, warmaking, maintaining its global empire of bases, so-called homeland security, black budgets, and related areas is more than double official the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-17). Trump Locked and Loaded Against Iran or Just Bluster? globalresearch.ca Take nothing Trump says at face value. Time and again his rhetoric and actions diverge greatly. | That said, on Sunday he tweeted the following: | \"Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, …

Rep. Ron Paul (2019-09-17). Will Trump Take Neocon Bait and Attack Iran over Saudi Strike? globalresearch.ca The recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities by Yemeni Houthi forces demonstrate once again that an aggressive foreign policy often brings unintended consequences and can result in blowback. In 2015 Saudi Arabia attacked its neighbor, Yemen, because a coup in …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-09-17). Trump: Saudi Arabia\'s Bitch. globalresearch.ca \"Saudi Arabia\'s Bitch\". That\'s what Democrat candidate Tulsi Gabbard calls President Trump for his slavish reliance on Saudi Arabia to declare Iran responsible for last weekend\'s attack on Saudi oil resources. | Gabbard\'s comments are in response to Trump\'s tweet on …

Philip Giraldi (2019-09-17). Israel Spies and Spies and Spies. globalresearch.ca Here we go again! Israel is caught red handed spying against the United States and everyone in Congress is silent, as are nearly all the mainstream media which failed to report the story. And the federal government itself, quick to …

Gary Brumback (2019-09-17). \"911!\" The Book Amazon May Not Want Americans to Read. dissidentvoice.org \"911!\" is the title of my new book.1 You immediately recognize the title as the nationwide telephone number to call for help or rescue. My choice of this title was deliberate. America and the world need to be rescued from the wrongdoing and evildoing by the power elite of America\'s corpocracy, or the Devil\'s marriage …

Staff (2019-09-17). Are We About to Attack Iran? truthout.org | | John Bolton is gone from the White House, yet war with Iran is suddenly imminent. I had begun to believe irony was dead. | \"[Bolton] calls for the preemptive bombing of Iran with dreary regularity during his many Fox News appearances,\" I wrote after he became Donald Trump\'s national security adviser in March of 2018, \"and has labored f…

Peter Koenig (2019-09-17). Impact of Yemeni Attack on Saudi ARAMCO Oil Facilities. globalresearch.ca Background | Saudi Arabia says the recent drone attacks on the state-run oil company Aramco, led to a temporary closure of its facilities and disrupted the kingdom\'s oil production and exports. | \"[Saudi] Energy Minister, Abdulaziz bin Salman said the attacks led …

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-17). Russia-Saudi Relations: Putin\'s S-400 Sales Pitch to Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca Those surprised by President Putin\'s S-400 sales pitch to Saudi Arabia earlier this week while speaking in Ankara alongside his Turkish and Iranian counterparts clearly haven\'t been following the rapid development of Russian-Saudi relations and are likely influenced by the …

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-09-17). Russia-Venezuela Air Travel: Latin American Is Not the US\' \"Backyard\"? globalresearch.ca The Venezuelan Minister for Tourism and Foreign Trade, Felix Plasencia revealed in an interview that Russia and Venezuela are analysing the possibility of opening commercial air routes between the two countries. The minister, who last week participated in the 23rd …

WSWS (2019-09-17). Brazilian GM workers speak out on US autoworkers\' strike. wsws.org Brazilian GM workers increasingly recognize that every issue they face is common to their class brothers in the US and internationally.

teleSUR (2019-09-17). Israelis Vote for 2nd Time This Year to Elect New PM. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu battled for his political survival in the final hours of a close-run election Tuesday, urging voters to support him to avert a \"disaster.\" | RELATED: | \'Apartheid\': Palestinians Can\'t Vote in Israeli Election Set to Decide on Their Lands\' Fate | Opinion polls put former armed forces chief Benny Gantz\'s centrist Blue and White party neck-and-neck with Netanyahu\'s right-wing Likud, and suggest the far-right Yisrael…

Don Fitz (2019-09-17). What is Energy Denial? counterpunch.org The fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day of 1970 will be in 2020. As environmentalism has gone mainstream during that half a century, it has forgotten its early focus and shifted toward green capitalism. Nowhere is this more apparent than abandonment of the slogan popular during the early Earth Days: \"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.\" The More

Dan Bacher (2019-09-17). Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Protections. indybay.org After Newsom\'s announcement that he plans to veto SB 1, it is no surprise that the total contributions from agriculture in his 2018 campaign for Governor were $637,398. Newsom received $58,400 from Beverly Hills agribusiness tycoon Stewart Resnick, $58,400 from Lynda Resnick and $58,400 from E.J. Gallo. Agribusiness tycoons are strident supporters of the voluntary agreements and the Delta Tunnel — and are among the strongest proponents of attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a landmark federal environmental law that SB 1 would help protect.

Julian Rose (2019-09-17). Four Funerals and a Wedding: A Brief History of the War on Humanity. globalresearch.ca Here, in the village of Stryszow in Southern Poland, you can hear the funeral ceremonies from the farmhouse on the hill where I reside during my time in this Country. The mournful cadences of the undertaker match the dull mechanical …

Bryant Harris (2019-09-17). Sanders Warns Trump Against Illegal Iran Strike. globalresearch.ca The attack on the Saudi Aramco oil facility over the weekend and President Donald Trump\'s subsequent tweet that the United States is \"locked and loaded\" immediately prompted presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to fire back. | Sanders and …

Staff (2019-09-17). On Climate and Food, What\'s the Lesson We Insist on Missing? truthout.org | | \"Food will be scarce, expensive and less nutritious,\" CNN warns us in its coverage of the UN\'s new \" Climate Change and Land\" report. The New York Times announces that \"Climate Change Threatens the World\'s Food Supply.\" | Reading these headlines,…

Dr. Albert Einstein (2019-09-17). Why War? Is There any Way of Delivering Humanity from the Menace of War? Mutual Exchange between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. globalresearch.ca Caputh near Potsdam, 30th July, 1932. | Dear Professor Freud, | The proposal of the League of Nations and its International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation at Paris that I should invite a person, to be chosen by myself, to a frank exchange …

teleSUR (2019-09-17). Colombia: Record Violence Against Local Elections Candidates. telesurenglish.net From the beginning of the electoral campaign on July 27 until Sep. 16, political violence in Colombia have left 40 candidates threatened with death, 2 candidates kidnapped, 5 candidates victims of attacks and 7 candidates killed, according to the Mission of Electoral Observation (MOE), an independent platform of social organizations which promotes the exercise of civil and political rights. | RELATED: | Colombia: Candidate for Mayor Killed at Campaign Event | Currently, some 117,000 peo…

Jason Ditz (2019-09-17). Trump Threatens Military Action Against Iran Over Saudi Oil Attack. theantimedia.com Trump felt the need to emphasize, as always, that he \"doesn\'t want war, but..\" while talking up how easy it\'d be for him to launch a new war.

WSWS (2019-09-17). Washington\'s rush to indict Iran over Saudi attacks. wsws.org Without presenting a shred of evidence, the Trump administration charged Tehran with responsibility for attacks that provide a pretext for another US war in the Middle East.

WSWS (2019-09-17). US Attorney General Barr invokes \"state secrets\" to cover up Saudi involvement in 9/11. wsws.org The cover-up of Saudi involvement has been carried out over three administrations, Democratic and Republican alike.

teleSUR (2019-09-17). Iran Not Interested In Talks With US After Trump\'s Accusations. telesurenglish.net Iran\'s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic has ruled out any talks with the U.S. administration after President Donald Trump accused them of carrying out the atack on the Saudi Aramco oil facilities this past weekend. | RELATED: | Iran Seizes Vessel in Gulf for Smuggling Diesel Fuel to UAE | \"Iranian officials, at any level, will never talk to American officials … this is part of their policy to put pressure on Iran,\" Iranian state TV…

Staff (2019-09-17). The Big American Bribery Scandal Isn\'t Felicity Huffman\'s $15,000. truthdig.com The American media world—both social media and \"news\" media—is afire with the news that actor Felicity Huffman is going to jail for spending $15,000 to bribe her daughter\'s way into college. | But a much bigger bribery scandal is played out every day in America with nary a peep from the media. It\'s the way billionaires and big corporations buy not just college admissions but tax cuts, deregulation, and hundreds of billions in government subsidies paid for with our ta…

Thom Hartmann (2019-09-17). The Big American Bribery Scandal Isn\'t Felicity Huffman\'s $15,000. commondreams.org A much bigger bribery scandal is played out every day in America with nary a peep from the media. It\'s the way billionaires and big corporations buy not just college admissions but tax cuts, deregulation, and hundreds of billions in government subsidies paid for with our taxes. (Photo: Paul Marotta/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1167871428.jpg …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-09-17). Iraq Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr and Iran: A Long Love-Hate Relationship. globalresearch.ca The leader of the Iranian revolution Sayyed Ali Khamenei received on the 10th of Moharram, the Iraqi leader Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr, brought to him by Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps — …

Rich Gibson (2019-09-17). Seize Solidarity House. counterpunch.org The corrupt and Quisling leadership of the United Auto Workers Union has sent its 50,000 General Motors worker-members out on strike—a strike the labor bosses probably never wanted, as with the wildcat school workers\' strikes of recent months. While William Serrin in his, \"The Company and the Union,\" showed how the UAW used a counterfeit More

Dan Bacher (2019-09-17). Governor Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Species Protections. counterpunch.org The California Assembly passed Senate Bill 1, legislation blocking Trump administration rollbacks of environmental regulations, on Friday, September 13, on a 43-21 party-line vote. But Governor Gavin Newsom announced the next day that he plans to veto the bill. Newsom said he backs the principles behind the legislation, but doesn\'t support the bill as written. More

Laura Flanders (2019-09-17). From Voice of America to NPR: New CEO Lansing\'s Glass House. counterpunch.org I don\'t know about you, but I take a teeny weeny bit of offense when a guy in a glass house lobs a great big stone and expects me not to notice the sound of shattering. Which brings me to National Public Radio. When the ubiquitous news and public affairs network announced the appointment of More