The \'Official Secrets\' Movie vs. Joe Biden\'s Lies About the Iraq War
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
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 …
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Only the Coalition of the Foolish Wants a War With Iran
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
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 …
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Third Annual Far-Right Gathering in Berkeley Continues Record of Failure
Berkeley Antifa | indybay.org | 2019-09-17
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/14/18826231.php

Third Annual Far-Right Gathering in Berkeley Continues Record of Failure
Berkeley Antifa | indybay.org | 2019-09-17
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/14/18826231.php

Elizabeth Warren wins Working Families Party endorsement in Democratic primary
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-17
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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/elizabeth-warren-wins-working-families-party-endorsement-in-democratic-primary/

Inside the Syrian Peace Talks
W. Alejandro Sanchez | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/inside-the-syrian-peace-talks/

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Condemns Guaido and Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Opposition-Leader-Condemns-Guaido-and-Sanctions-20190917-0003.html

Netanyahu Has Resisted Peace for 23 Years, but the Resistance Movement Is Getting Stronger
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-resisted-peace-resistance-movement-gets-stronger/5689426

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2019-09-17
Teachers across Colombia staged another nationwide strike on September 12 to protest continuing violence and threats by far-right paramilitary groups.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/17/wrkr-s17.html

The True Geopolitical Significance of the Hong Kong Protests
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/geopolitical-significance-hong-kong/5689442

On the Ground, Feeling the Pulse of Protest Hong Kong
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/feeling-pulse-protest-hong-kong/5689424

Israeli Apartheid Made Official: Annexation is the New Reality in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-17
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…
mintpressnews.com/israel-apartheid-made-official-annexation-is-the-new-reality-in-palestine/261902/

US Rejects \"Resolution\" in All Its War Theaters
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-rejects-resolution-war-theaters/5689419

Trump Locked and Loaded Against Iran or Just Bluster?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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, | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-locked-loaded-against-iran/5689422

Will Trump Take Neocon Bait and Attack Iran over Saudi Strike?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-neocon-bait-attack-iran-over-saudi-strike/5689496

Recalling the Hundreds of Thousands of Civilian Victims of America\'s Endless \'War on Terror\'
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/recalling-the-hundreds-of-thousands-of-civilian-victims-of-americas-endless-war-on-terror/

Trump: Saudi Arabia\'s Bitch
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
\"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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-saudi-arabia-bitch/5689439

\'We are not your prostitutes!\' Tulsi Gabbard slams Trump for \'pimping out\' US soldiers to Saudi Arabia
rt.com | 2019-09-17
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…
rt.com/usa/468961-tulsi-trump-military-prostitutes-saudis/

Israel Spies and Spies and Spies
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/israel-spies/5689437

\"911!\" The Book Amazon May Not Want Americans to Read
Gary Brumback | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-17
\"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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/911-the-book-amazon-may-not-want-americans-to-read/

\'Rio Pact\' means war danger between Venezuela and Colombia, pressure on Cuba
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-17
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, …
peoplesworld.org/article/rio-pact-means-war-danger-between-venezuela-and-colombia-pressure-on-cuba/

Are We About to Attack Iran?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/are-we-about-to-attack-iran/

Impact of Yemeni Attack on Saudi ARAMCO Oil Facilities
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/impact-yemeni-attack-saudi-aramco-oil-facilities/5689430

\'The Times is DEAD!\' Trump demands resignation of all NYT writers involved in latest Kavanaugh smear
rt.com | 2019-09-17
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…
rt.com/usa/468964-trump-slams-nytimes-smear-kavanaugh/

Russia-Saudi Relations: Putin\'s S-400 Sales Pitch to Saudi Arabia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/putin-s-400-sales-pitch-saudi-arabia/5689472

Russia-Venezuela Air Travel: Latin American Is Not the US\' \"Backyard\"?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/did-russia-just-consolidate-latin-american-not-us-backyard/5689476

Brazilian GM workers speak out on US autoworkers\' strike
wsws.org | 2019-09-17
Brazilian GM workers increasingly recognize that every issue they face is common to their class brothers in the US and internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/17/brgm-s17.html

Israelis Vote for 2nd Time This Year to Elect New PM
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israelis-Vote-for-2nd-Time-This-Year-to-Elect-New-PM-20190917-0004.html

Sanders Warns Trump Against Illegal Iran Strike
Bryant Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-warns-trump-against-illegal-iran-strike/5689431

Colombia: Record Violence Against Local Elections Candidates
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Rights-Group-Warns-of-Increased-Violence-Against-Local-Elections-Candidates-20190917-0002.html

Why War? Is There any Way of Delivering Humanity from the Menace of War? Mutual Exchange between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud
Dr. Albert Einstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/why-war-is-there-any-way-of-delivering-humanity-from-the-menace-of-war-mutual-exchange-between-albert-einstein-and-sigmund-freud/5689433

Trump is \'corruption in the flesh\', presidential contender Warren says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-17
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…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/09/17/trump-is-corruption-in-the-flesh-presidential-contender-warren-says/

Oiling for War: The Houthi Attack on Abqaiq
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/oiling-for-war-the-houthi-attack-on-abqaiq/

Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-09-17
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/16/18826302.php

Four Funerals and a Wedding: A Brief History of the War on Humanity
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/brief-history-war-humanity/5689428

Washington\'s rush to indict Iran over Saudi attacks
wsws.org | 2019-09-17
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/17/pers-s17.html

What is Energy Denial?
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/what-is-energy-denial/

On Climate and Food, What\'s the Lesson We Insist on Missing?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| \"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,…
truthout.org/articles/on-climate-and-food-whats-the-lesson-we-insist-on-missing/

Trump Threatens Military Action Against Iran Over Saudi Oil Attack
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-17
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.
theantimedia.com/trump-threatens-military-action-against-iran-over-saudi-oil-attack/

US Attorney General Barr invokes \"state secrets\" to cover up Saudi involvement in 9/11
wsws.org | 2019-09-17
The cover-up of Saudi involvement has been carried out over three administrations, Democratic and Republican alike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/17/saud-s17.html

Iran Not Interested In Talks With US After Trump\'s Accusations
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Not-Interested-In-Talks-With-US-After-Trumps-Accusations-20190917-0001.html

The Big American Bribery Scandal Isn\'t Felicity Huffman\'s $15,000
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-17
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…
truthdig.com/articles/the-big-american-bribery-scandal-isnt-felicity-huffmans-15000/

The Big American Bribery Scandal Isn\'t Felicity Huffman\'s $15,000
Thom Hartmann | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
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 …
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The Big American Bribery Scandal Isn\'t Felicity Huffman\'s $15,000
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-17
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…
truthdig.com/articles/the-big-american-bribery-scandal-isnt-felicity-huffmans-15000/

Iraq Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr and Iran: A Long Love-Hate Relationship
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-17
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 — …
globalresearch.ca/moqtada-al-sadr-iran-love-hate-relationship/5689495

The Southern Strategy and Donald Trump
Mario Barrera | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/the-southern-strategy-and-donald-trump/

Governor Newsom Says He Will Veto Bill Blocking Trump Rollback of Endangered Fish Species Protections
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/governor-newsom-says-he-will-veto-bill-blocking-trump-rollback-of-endangered-fish-species-protections/

Health Care: Premiums and Taxes
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/health-care-premiums-and-taxes/

You Say You Want a Revolution: a Prison Letter to Yoko Ono
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
Dear Yoko Ono, Years, years, and years ago, in 1980, a pathetically deranged man murdered the love of your life. You were walking home, into the Manhattan building where you lived, and suddenly this man, seeking the world\'s adoration, gunned down your husband, John Lennon. Mark Chapman was given a 20-to-life sentence. After almost four decades, he remains in prison. You want to…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/you-say-you-want-a-revolution-a-prison-letter-to-yoko-ono/

The Danger of Inspiration in a Time of Ecological Crisis
Robert Jensen | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/17/the-danger-of-inspiration-in-a-time-of-ecological-crisis/

Our Invisible Government
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-09-16
When an [intelligence service] uses dirty tricks, provides billions of dollars in weapons to renegade militias and Islamic radicals, overthrows governments and assassinates leaders, leaving in its wake mayhem and disasters it did not foresee, it has failed. (Photo: Mr. Fish) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-09-16_at_10.52.12_am.png …
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More refugees rescued after trying to seek safety across the Channel
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-16
Another group of refugees is thought to have been rescued off the Kent coast as the wave of people trying to cross the Channel from France in small boats continues.On Monday morning, a group of people draped in blankets were seen being brought ashore at the Port of Dover by Border Force officials.The group — thought to number 12 and mostly men with at least one woman — were searched, handed over to immigration officials and taken away in a van after coming ashore at around 11am.A group of people thought to be refugees brought to shore by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover in Kent on Monday (Gare…
thecanary.co/global/2019/09/16/more-refugees-rescued-after-trying-to-seek-safety-across-the-channel/

The Torture and Murder of Julian Assange
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Back in May, retired USAF lieutenant colonel Karen Kwiatkowski said the CIA\'s \"Chemical Gina has her hands in this one, and we are being told that Assange is being \'treated\' with 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, known as BZ.\" | On September 14, Kwiatkowski …
globalresearch.ca/torture-murder-julian-assange/5689303

Julian Assange: The World\'s Most Important Political Prisoner
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
We are now just one week away from the end of Julian Assange\'s uniquely lengthy imprisonment for bail violation. He will receive parole from the rest of that sentence, but will continue to be imprisoned on remand awaiting his …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-the-worlds-most-important-political-prisoner/5689330

British Judge Jails Assange Indefinitely, Despite End of Prison Sentence
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates\' Court yesterday morning, British District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that WikiLeaks\' founder Julian Assange will remain in prison, despite the fact that his custodial sentence for \"absconding\" bail expires on September 22. | The ruling …
globalresearch.ca/british-judge-jails-assange-despite-end-prison-sentence/5689322

Why Is Julian Assange Being Tortured to Death?
Karen Kwiatkowski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
I think we already know the answer. We need to go further and try and understand what this partially veiled, but completely serious, US and UK destruction of a modern journalist means for all of us. | Assange is an advocate …
globalresearch.ca/why-julian-assange-tortured/5689298

Empires are a secret until they start falling
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-16
In the past, we have written about the 2020s as a decade when the United States Empire will end. This is based on Alfred McCoy\'s predictions (listen to our interview with him on Clearing the FOG). Sociologist and peace scholar John Galtung believes US Empire will fall much faster, losing world dominance by 2020. Much of what he…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/16/empires-are-a-secret-until-they-start-falling/

Chicago elected officials to join human rights delegation to Philippines Consulate
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-16
Chicago, IL – On September 16, community, civil rights, faith-based and peace activists will join 35th Ward Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 33rd Ward Alderman Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez and State Representative Jaime Andrade (40th District) in a delegation to the Consulate General of the Philippines, 11: 00 a.m.,122 S. Michigan Avenue. | The delegation will deliver a letter to Consul General Gina Jamoralin with regards to Brandon Lee, an American citizen who was shot in Ifugao, Philippines. Lee is a human rights activist and a native of San Francisco. | Lee was attacked by suspected elements of the 54th Infantry Batt…
fightbacknews.org/2019/9/15/chicago-elected-officials-join-human-rights-delegation-philippines-consulate

Third Annual Far-Right Gathering in Berkeley Continues Record of Failure
Berkeley Antifa | indybay.org | 2019-09-16
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/14/18826231.php

Hot Stuff on the Afghan Peace Deal Snafu
Michael Doliner | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-16
Do you want to know the real reason Trump canceled the peace talks with the Taliban? Okay, here\'s the hot poop. Our satellites detected goats. Yes, you read that correctly, goats, goats in goated communities. There was no mistake. Goats grazed on some of them there hills in Afghanistan. Now of course, goats, by themselves,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/16/hot-stuff-on-the-afghan-peace-deal-snafu/

Avalanche-Level Liar Trump Learned Art of Deception from the Pros: US Corporations
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
For avalanche-level lying, deceiving, and misleading, mega-mimic Donald Trump need look no further than the history of the corporate advertising industry and the firms that pay them. | Dissembling is so deeply ingrained in commercial culture that the Federal Trade Commission …
globalresearch.ca/avalanche-level-liar-trump-learned-art-of-deception-from-the-pros-us-corporations/5689302

The Endless \'War on Terror\' Just Suffered a Huge Blow
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-09-16
This piece originally appeared on Truthout. | The U.S. government has used…
truthdig.com/articles/the-endless-war-on-terror-just-suffered-a-huge-blow/

Recalling the hundreds of thousands of civilian victims of America\'s endless \'war on terror\'
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-16
It\'s time we as a nation gave some thought to and did some penance for all those civilian deaths and combatant deaths as we remember 9-11.
nationofchange.org/2019/09/16/recalling-the-hundreds-of-thousands-of-civilian-victims-of-americas-endless-war-on-terror/

Joe Biden\'s Answer to Slavery\'s Legacy: Phonographs for the Poor
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-16
The corporate media talking-head commentary on the third Democratic presidential debate last Thursday night focused on two things: Beto O\'Rourke\'s call for a federal confiscation of the nation\'s assault weapons and Julian Castro\'s attempt to humiliate Joe Biden by suggesting that the former vice president had forgotten what he said about his health care reform program two minutes before.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/16/joe-bidens-answer-to-slaverys-legacy-phonographs-for-the-poor/

As David Cameron Resurfaces \'Broken Britain\' Disintegrates
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
David Cameron has no shame whatsoever. He has, cynically, come out of hiding — simply to promote his new book and make some money from an ongoing catastrophe of his making. For the last three years he hid from the …
globalresearch.ca/david-cameron-resurfaces-broken-britain-disintegrates/5689316

The Barbarity of US-NATO, War Propaganda and the \"Rule of International Law\"
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Greetings delegates and organizers. My name is Mark Taliano. I am a writer and Research Associate at the Center For Research on Globalization (Global Research). | My book, Voices from Syria, and my website marktaliano.net represent my efforts to take …
globalresearch.ca/speech-for-the-general-federation-of-trade-unions-conference-in-damascus/5689338

Iranian Drones Launched from Iraq Carried Out Attacks on Saudi Oil Plants
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
The strikes which paralysed the Saudi oil industry on Saturday morning, forcing it to halve its output of crude oil, were made by Iranian drones launched from Hashd al-Shaabi bases in southern Iraq, a senior Iraqi intelligence official has told …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-drones-iraq-carried-out-attacks-saudi-oil-plants/5689363

World\'s Most Expensive UK Railway Project at £100 Billion, Derailed Before Any Track Actually Laid
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Britain\'s proposed HS2 high-speed rail link that would cost more than £400m per mile to complete would make it the most expensive railway on Earth, according to new estimates commissioned by the UK Department for Transport. | According to these calculations, …
globalresearch.ca/most-expensive-railway-project-100-billion-derailed/5689325

The Adelsons May Have Cut Ties with Netanyahu More than a Year Ago–And No One Noticed
Marsha B. Cohen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
In the days leading up to the Israeli election on Sept. 17, President Donald Trump appears to have left Prime Minister Benjamin \"Bibi\" Netanyahu twisting in the wind. | While most observers have been attributing Trump\'s cooling toward Netanyahu to either …
globalresearch.ca/adelsons-cut-ties-netanyahu-year-ago/5689313

Japan-Russia Relations, The Kuril Islands Dispute and the Revival of Suzuki Muneo
James Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
At the start of the 2000s, Suzuki Muneo was one of the most prominent politicians in Japan. Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983, Suzuki eventually served eight terms. He became a powerful figure in | …
globalresearch.ca/japan-russia-relations-revival-suzuki-muneo/5689333

The Cost of Wanting to Tell the Truth: Global Research Needs Your Support
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Dear Readers, | we cannot cover our monthly costs. In what effectively amounts to online …
globalresearch.ca/the-cost-of-wanting-to-tell-the-truth/5667015

#NoMoreTrump Campaign Ends with 13m Signatures Expected
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
The Venezuelan government wrapped up the international #NoMoreTrump campaign Sunday as thousands gathered in the Bolivar plazas, communities and neighborhoods of the country to sign the petition calling on the United States to lift the unilateral blockade. | \"In every corner | …
globalresearch.ca/nomoretrump-campaign-ends-13m-signatures-expected/5689371

Landmines: Reclaiming the Community One Bomb at a Time: The View from Indochina
Ted Lieverman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Ending a war is like stopping a heavy truck. Even when you slam on the brakes, the mass and inertia of the conflict takes a very long time to halt; the violence might end but the effects can reverberate through | …
globalresearch.ca/reclaiming-community-one-bomb-time-view-from-indochina/5689380

Freedom in Sight for Mumia Abu-Jamal?
Prison Radio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Freedom is now in sight. New evidence, recently found, and surpressed for decades could be the key to relief for Mumia Abu-Jamal. | Joe McGill and Ed Rendell, trial prosecutor and DA, respectively, manipulated evidence and framed Mumia Abu-Jamal …
globalresearch.ca/freedom-sight-mumia-abu-jamal/5689378

What Role Did the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Soviet Entry into the War Play in Japan\'s Decision to Surrender in the Pacific War?
Dr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a US citizen who was born in Japan, has taught in both countries. Applying his specialized knowledge of Russian history to an analysis of the US decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, he challenges the prevailing …
globalresearch.ca/role-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-nagasaki-soviet-entry-war-play-japan-decision-surrender-pacific-war/5689335

A Plea to the Youth of Hong Kong
Dr Marcus Papadopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Dr Marcus Steven Papadopoulos, a British political journalist, and the founder and editor of Politics First magazine wrote a letter to the Youth of Hong Kong to safeguard their region from British and American colonialism and defend the independence, …
globalresearch.ca/plea-youth-hong-kong/5689356

Trump Exploits Drone Attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities to Threaten War Against Iran
Peter Symonds | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Drone strikes on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia on Saturday by Yemen\'s Houthi rebels have triggered concerns about a potential major disruption in global oil supplies and a spike in oil prices. The attack, in retaliation for the brutal …
globalresearch.ca/trump-exploits-drone-attacks-saudi-oil-facilities-threaten-war-against-iran/5689348

Oiling for War: The Houthi Attack on The world\'s Largest Oil Processing Facility at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/houthi-attack-abqaiq/5689328

\"Drone Attack\" on Saudi Oil — Who Benefits?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Huge blazes were reported at two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia owned by Aramco. While Saudi authorities refused to assign blame, media outlets like the BBC immediately began insinuating either Yemen\'s Houthis or Iran were responsible. | The BBC in its …
globalresearch.ca/drone-attack-saudi-oil-who-benefits/5689374

The Ansarullah\'s Drone Strike against Saudi Arabia\'s Oil Facilities Was a Classic \"David vs. Goliath\" Moment?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-16
Global Research has published several articles which provide different as well as opposing views of the strikes directed Saudi Arabia\'s oil facilities. What was the (direct or indirect) role of Iran in these strikes? | *** | This weekend\'s massive drone strike …
globalresearch.ca/ansarullah-drone-strike-classic-david-vs-goliath-moment/5689360

Iran Seizes Vessel in Gulf for Smuggling Diesel Fuel to UAE
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-16
Iran\'s Revolutionary Guards have seized a vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 250,000 liters of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates, Iran\'s semi-official Students News agency ISNA reported on Monday. | RELATED: | Iran Seizes Tugboat Carrying Suspected Smuggled Oil | \"It was detained near Iran\'s Greater Tunb island in the Persian Gulf…the crew have been handed over to legal authorities in the southern Hormozgan province,\" ISNA said, without elaborating on the nationalities of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Seizes-Vessel-in-Gulf-for-Smuggling-Diesel-Fuel-to-UAE-20190916-0004.html

Trump exploits drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities to threaten war against Iran
wsws.org | 2019-09-16
In a menacing threat against Iran, Trump tweeted that \"there is reason to believe that we know the culprit\" and that the US was \"locked and loaded,\" implying imminent military strikes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/16/saud-s16.html

Saudi Oil Refinery Attack Raises Fears of \"Wider Regional War\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-16
| President Trump is threatening to take military action after several large Saudi Arabian oil facilities were attacked Saturday by drones and cruise missiles. Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack, but numerous reports indicate the attack may have come from Iraq or Iran rather than Yemen. Crude oil prices soared more than 15% after the Aramco-run plants suffered heavy damage. One of the plants struck is the world\'s biggest petroleum-processing facility. According to one estimate, th…
truthout.org/video/saudi-oil-refinery-attack-raises-fears-of-wider-regional-war/

Threatening New War for Oil, Donald Trump Calls His Own Offer of Iran Talks \"Fake News\"
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-09-16
As he threatened to bomb Iran at Saudi Arabia\'s behest, Trump also intensified his battle with objective reality, by denying his own prior comments.
theintercept.com/2019/09/15/threatening-war-oil-donald-trump-rails-media-not-forgetting-offered-iran-talks/

US \'Lies\' Slammed After Pompeo, Without Proof, Blames Iran for Drone Attacks
Common Dreams | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-16
(CD) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi forcefully rejected Sunday unsubstantiated charges by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) regarding the recent drone attacks that caused serious damage to two crucial Saudi Arabian oil installations. \"It has been around 5 years that the Saudi-led coalition has kept the flames of …
theantimedia.com/us-lies-pompeo-blames-iran-drone-attacks/

Canada\'s media join Conservatives in pushing for RCMP to play key role in election outcome
wsws.org | 2019-09-16
The Trudeau government is a pro-austerity, pro-war government that must be implacably opposed by the working class. But in doing so, it must lend no support to the reactionary intrigues of the Tories and their media allies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/16/sncl-s16.html

The U.S. war machine: Global enforcer of \"business as usual\"
Marcus Nells | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-16
Is a \"green war machine\" possible?
liberationnews.org/the-u-s-war-machine-global-enforcer-of-business-as-usual/

Altruists of the World Unite!
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-16
The biggest joke on the planet may be the phrase \"national security.\" It almost always justifies something brutal, whether outright murder (a.k.a. war) or climate apartheid — the rejection and condemnation of refugees who are fleeing terrible conditions in their homeland, often created or intensified by climate change. Thus Mark Morgan, acting director of U.S.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/16/altruists-of-the-world-unite/

The Democrats and the Climate Crisis
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-16
CNN performed a public service with its Climate Crisis Town Hall in late August 2019. Democratic presidential candidates facing the climate change monster Democratic presidential candidates (Joe Biden (D-former vice president in the Obama administration), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mayor…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/16/the-democrats-and-the-climate-crisis/

The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter: A Wasteful Weapon for America\'s Forever Wars
William Astore | commondreams.org | 2019-09-16
The F-35 isn\'t simply a product of the naked greed and power of the military-industrial-congressional complex. In a strange way, it also reflects the ongoing love affair Americans have had with weaponry of every sort. It\'s about, you might say, the 1.5 trillion ways we worship warplanes and everything they mean to us. (Photo: Forsvarsdepartementet/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/f-35_.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/16/ultra-costly-underwhelming-f-35-fighter-wasteful-weapon-americas-forever-wars?cd-origin=rss

Why Mattis is No Hero
Paul Atwood | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-16
Last week the corporate media were going all out to lionize former Marine General and Secretary of Defense James Mattis in tandem with the publication of Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, his memoir of his lengthy career (Co-authored with former Undersecretary of Defense, Bing West, also a marine officer and veteran of Vietnam). As this celebratory gala of war and warrior hood lapses yet another military idol will have joined the pantheon. When George H.W. Bush launched Desert Storm in 1991 and \"kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all\" he also claimed to re-elevate the glory of the American way of war where…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/16/why-mattis-is-no-hero/

John McDonnell will make Amazon pay its \'fair share of tax\'
Peadar O\'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2019-09-16
John McDonnell announced that a Labour government would not award public sector contracts to companies such as Amazon who avoid tax. McDonnell said: We would do whatever it takes to make sure that companies like Amazon pay their fair share of tax. | And research into the tech giant reveals just h…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/09/16/john-mcdonnell-will-make-amazon-pay-its-fair-share-of-tax/

Genocide threat for Myanmar\'s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-16
Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to \"erase their identity and remove them from the country\", UN-appointed independent investigators said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046442

USDA\'s Dangerous Plan to Privatize Hog Slaughter Inspection Moves Forward
commondreams.org | 2019-09-16
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/16/usdas-dangerous-plan-privatize-hog-slaughter-inspection-moves-forward?cd-origin=rss

Outing the Board Members of the NRA
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-09-16
It seems that NOW is the time to take this a step further and expose some of the Board Members of the notorious NRA, a domestic terrorist organization!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/13/18826218.php

Linking the gun industry with the NRA, a domestic terrorist organization
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-09-16
For the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the gun industry (merchants of death) linked to and supporting the NRA as exhibitors at their 2019 annual meeting last April in Indianapolis, Indiana, it is business as usual for the 883 exhibitors!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/15/18826282.php

Biden Taking Iraq Lies to the Max
Sam Husseini | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-16
Presidential candidate Joe Biden is adding lies on top of lies to cover up his backing of the Iraq invasion. At last week\'s ABC/DNC debate Biden lied about his Iraq record, just like he did at the first two debates. In the July debate, Biden claimed: \"From the moment \'shock and awe\' started, from that moment, I was opposed to the effort, and I was outspoken as much as anyone at all in the Congress.\"
counterpunch.org/2019/09/16/biden-taking-iraq-lies-to-the-max/

Impact on Yemeni Attack on Saudi ARAMCO Oil Facilities
Press TV | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-16
PressTV Interview with Peter Koenig 15 September 2019 Enhanced and partial transcript of a PressTV Interview 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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/impact-on-yemeni-attack-on-saudi-aramco-oil-facilities/

Right-wing gains force Germany\'s Left Party to rethink its strategy
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-16
BERLIN–Sharp gains early this month for the neo-fascist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg, coupled with falling support in both states for the Left Party, Die Linke, have the German left more worried than they have been in a long time. In both states, the extreme right …
peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-gains-force-germanys-left-party-to-rethink-its-strategy/

This week in history: September 16-22
wsws.org | 2019-09-16
25 years ago: Clinton orders US invasion of HaitiOn September 19, 1994, the Clinton administration launched \"Operation Uphold Democracy\" in Haiti, sending troops to occupy the Caribbean island under the guise of fighting against dictatorship in an effort to restore ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency. The intervention marked the fifth time in less than a decade that US troops were ordered to invade another country in its bid to reassert global hegemony.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/16/twih-s16.html