Humanity Denied: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
Israel\'s decision to bar two United States Democratic Representatives, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering Israel and visiting Palestine has further exposed the belligerent, racist nature of the Israeli government. But our understanding of the Israeli decision, and the massive controversy and discussion it generated, should not stop there. Palestinians, who have been at…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/humanity-denied-what-is-missing-from-the-omar-tlaib-story/

Trump\'s Camps: the Odious Comparison
Christopher Brauchli | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
That the comparison can be made is odious–so are the conditions. So is the one imposing them. He is the most odious of all and his stench pervades the country. He wasn\'t the first one to implement it when confronted by those he has made helpless. It happened in Hitler\'s Germany. It was not a…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/trumps-camps-the-odious-comparison/

Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror
R.R. | indybay.org | 2019-08-30
An angry group of activists mobilized on August 23 at the headquarters of Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto. Just 3 days earlier Palantir renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that enables ICE to track the every move of undocumented immigrants until 2022; protesters responded quickly and loudly. | Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/27/18825745.php

Over 1,100 Congregations Have Agreed to Provide Sanctuary to Migrants
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-30
| It\'s a hot, humid Wednesday in July but the doors of Manhattan\'s Holyrood Episcopal Church are wide open. A rainbow flag flies high above the entryway and a table covered with bilingual pro-immigrant leaflets greets all who enter. The leaflets explain the rights of immigrants, outline important precautions for immigrants to take, and offer tips to allies who want to help stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. | But the church has also done much more than this, providing in-churc…
truthout.org/articles/over-1100-congregations-have-agreed-to-provide-sanctuary-to-migrants/

Public Charge Rule Is an Attempt to Impose a White Nationalist Vision of America
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-30
| Janine Jackson: It\'s long been obvious, to anyone with a passing acquaintance with white supremacy, that Donald Trump and his ilk\'s stance on immigration was never any more about \"legality\" than it was about all immigrants. | In the face of such an unprincipled and frankly hateful administration, a focus on the law as a bastion against irrationality is perhaps understandable. But that shoul…
truthout.org/audio/public-charge-rule-is-an-attempt-to-impose-a-white-nationalist-vision-of-america/

Does the US Military \"Own the Weather\"? \"Weaponizing the Weather\" as an Instrument of Modern Warfare?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, \"offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary\", capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes…
globalresearch.ca/does-the-us-military-own-the-weather-weaponizing-the-weather-as-an-instrument-of-modern-warfare/5608728

A Voting Calculus
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
\"Reality is not always probable, or likely\" Borges tells us, but we are yet, presumptuously and foolishly, driven to find a logic and its calculus, especially regarding U.S. presidential elections. And so: Immigration:…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/a-voting-calculus/

Ecuador: Ola Bini Faces New Charges Similar to Prior Ones
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-30
Ola Bini was called to appear at a court hearing in Quito on Thursday by Ecuador state prosecutors who now say they want to change the charges against the Swedish expert in open software development who has been under investigation by the government since April for supposedly \"hacking\" state computer systems. | RELATED: | Ecuadorean Tribunal Court Upholds Prison Order for Swedish Privacy Rights Activist Ola Bini | The hearing to change the charges…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Ola-Bini-Faces-New-Charges-Similar-to-Prior-Ones-20190829-0035.html

Justice demanded for \"comfort women\"
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-08-30
Three young activists, biking across the U.S. from Los Angeles to New York City, stopped in Philadelphia on Aug. 26 to raise awareness about the issue of justice for women once held in military sexual slavery by Japan. As part of the Triple A Project to educate the public about . . . | Continue reading Justice demanded for \"comfort women\" at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/29/justice-demanded-for-comfort-women/

City Attorney Stonewalls Homeless Activists on Settlement Conference
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2019-08-30
After leveling the Ross Camp, sending its 200-300 residents fleeing into the parks, greenbelt, downtown, and neighborhoods, and fencing off the area, the City is now refusing to sit down and work out compromise settlement terms as suggested by Judge Edward Devila. It apparently prefers to incur more costs.at the expense of its homeless residents.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/29/18825795.php

Protesters Force Palantir to Empty HQ
Fight for What\'s Right | indybay.org | 2019-08-30
Palantir, the secretive $20 billion data-analysis company whose work with ICE has even led some of its own employees to make a fuss, succumbed to the power of protesters on August 23. The main office at 100 Hamilton, Palantir\'s world headquarters, was emptied in advance of the arrival of demonstrators. | Photo credit: Cornelia Grimes, Pro Bono Photo…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/27/18825755.php

Anti-War Protest: U.S. Out of Yemen
SF Demo | indybay.org | 2019-08-30
As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco\'s federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/29/18825818.php

Hong Kong mass rally banned as Chinese troops deployed in show of force
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
Beijing is well aware that the protracted protests are being driven by underlying student and working class concerns about escalating social inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/hong-a30.html

During Global Month of Action For Yemen, SF Protesters Make Demands of Pelosi
End the Genocide in Yemen | indybay.org | 2019-08-30
As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco\'s federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Cornelia Grimes, Pro Bono Photo.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/29/18825802.php

India crows over US support for its assault on Kashmir
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
For almost four weeks, Jammu and Kashmir has been under a state of siege, with cell phone and internet service suspended, thousands held without charge, and security forces terrorizing the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/kash-a30.html

Video: Militants\' Failed Terror Attack in Eastern Idlib Ends in Disaster
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
On August 27, joint forces of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other militant groups launched an attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) near the town of Abu Dali in southern Idlib. Clashes between the SAA and militants erupted …
globalresearch.ca/video-militants-failed-terror-attack-in-eastern-idlib-ends-in-disaster/5687612

Bankrupt and Irrelevant: the Presidential Debates and Four Recent Studies on Pentagon Spending
Pierre Sprey, Chuck Spinney and Winslow T. Wheeler | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
In the almost 12 hours of Democratic Party presidential primary debates on June 26-27 and July 30-31, the words \"Pentagon budget\" or \"defense spending\" were not uttered, except for a fleeting, unanswered comment from Senator Bernie Sanders. Nor did any of the cable news moderators ask a single question about the more than $1.25 trillion…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/bankrupt-and-irrelevant-the-presidential-debates-and-four-recent-studies-on-pentagon-spending/

The Great Cost and Myth of U.S. Defense Spending
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
Journalists and pundits regularly refer to U.S. defense spending as greater than the next seven or eight countries. Nonsense! U.S. defense spending when correctly tabulated exceeds the defense spending of the rest of the global community. Current defense spending is greater than $1 trillion and the bipartisan support for U.S defense spending assures continued increases. Many of the largest spenders on defense, moreover, are our treaty allies.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/the-great-cost-and-myth-of-u-s-defense-spending/

Film Official Secrets Is Tip of Mammoth Iceberg
Sam Husseini | fair.org | 2019-08-30
by Sam Husseini | Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley is known for being in period pieces such as Pride and Prejudice, so her playing the lead in the new film Official Secrets, released in the US on Friday, August 30, may seem odd at first. That is, until one considers that the time span depicted–the early 2003 run-up to the invasion of Iraq–is one of the most dramatic and consequential periods of modern human history. | It is also one of the most poorly understood, in part because the story of Katharine Gun, played by Knightley, is so little known. I should say from the outset that having follo…
fair.org/home/film-official-secrets-is-tip-of-mammoth-iceberg/

Get to It. \"The sweet smell of success. From an ignorant child you\'d never learn it\"
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
From an ignorant child you\'d never learn it. | Yet the sophisticated know it is work | That is the secret of the good life. God forbid, | Not labor that breaks your back, picking | Vegetables, cleaning toilets, laying down | That steaming hot | …
globalresearch.ca/get-to-it-the-sweet-smell-of-success-from-an-ignorant-child-youd-never-learn-it/5687618

G7 — The Cost of Uselessness
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
The G7 Summit is an obsolete, useless talking shop, as Finnian Cunningham so adroitly says. RT calls it The Unbearable Pointlessness of G7. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the United States constitute the G7 gang. It should …
globalresearch.ca/g7-uselessness/5687619

Are Russia and India Global Partners? The Brahmos Supersonic Missiles, The Russia-China Relationship
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
The announcement that the Brahmos supersonic missiles jointly produced by Russia and India will soon be exported to third countries that are on friendly relations with both increases the odds that their historic Vietnamese partners might receive these game-changing weapons….
globalresearch.ca/russia-use-brahmos-missiles-balance-china-south-china-sea/5687582

Iran: The Lifting of Sanctions, Is a Rouhani-Trump Meeting Imminent?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
Tehran and Washington have been locked in a dispute since last year when the US unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear agreement and re-imposed crippling sanctions on Iran. On Monday, President Donald Trump said he is ready to meet his …
globalresearch.ca/rouhani-trump-meeting/5687594

Reality Check: Bank of England Governor Criticizes the Petrodollar!
Cheikh Amma Diop | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
GR Editor\'s Note. | Mark Carney is a Canadian citizen and former senior official at Goldman Sachs before becoming Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008-2013). | He was the first foreign national since the founding of the Bank of England in …
globalresearch.ca/bank-england-governor-criticizes-petrodollar/5687591

What About Me … I Feel The Future Trembling, Like a Stranger In the Land Where I was Born
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-30
Just about 50 years ago the West Coast rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded \"What About Me\". Sadly, in this America 2019 the lyrics are more relevant. | Fifty years later! Let\'s analyze certain parts of the song: | What About Me…
globalresearch.ca/what-about-me-i-feel-the-future-trembling-like-a-stranger-in-the-land-where-i-was-born/5687597

Kashmiri Pride and Dignity: My Grandfather\'s Dream Will Not Be Forgotten
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
In Kashmir, dissenting voices, even those of legislators and parliamentarians of opposition parties, have been muzzled. And with the lack of accountability suspension of phone and internet services in the Valley, the populace of Kashmir continues to remain incommunicado. In doing so, the federal government has ignored constitutional checks and balances that ought to prevent…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/kashmiri-pride-and-dignity-my-grandfathers-dream-will-not-be-forgotten/

Roots of the Kashmir conflict
Siddika Degia | workers.org | 2019-08-30
The writer is a Muslim woman born in a rural village in Gujarat, India. India, one of the oldest civilizations, fell under British colonial rule starting in the late 1700s. With British imperialism came the reinforcement of dividing people by religious groups, castes, languages spoken and nationalities, so that the . . . | Continue reading Roots of the Kashmir conflict at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/29/roots-of-the-kashmir-conflict/

The Pentagon\'s New Missile Drive Is Bringing Armageddon Closer
Michael T. Klare | thenation.com | 2019-08-30
The Pentagon\'s New Missile Drive Is Bringing Armageddon Closer…
thenation.com/article/inf-treaty-pentagon-nuclear-weapons-russia-china/

Is a Rouhani-Trump Meeting Imminent?
Press TV | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-30
PressTV Interview Transcript www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsp1UcXqEo&feature=youtu.be Peter Koenig 29 August 2019 Background Tehran and Washington have been locked in a dispute since last year when the US unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear agreement and re-imposed crippling sanctions on Iran. On Monday, President Donald Trump said he is ready to meet his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani within …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/is-a-rouhani-trump-meeting-imminent/

Trump Hits Lebanon Bank with His Favorite Econo-Political Battering Ram
Marwa Osman | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-30
The fact that the U.S. sanctions countries whenever its president pleases could in itself be considered a hostile act. Even in wartime, these sorts of collective punishments are illegal under the Geneva Conventions.
mintpressnews.com/trump-sanctions-economic-battering-ram-jamal-trust-bank/261582/

US alarmed over end to South Korea-Japan intelligence sharing
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
Seoul\'s decision to withdraw from a key intelligence-sharing agreement with Tokyo is part of the deepening rift between Washington\'s two military allies in North East Asia over economic and strategic issues.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/skja-a30.html

A New Film Blows the Whistle on War
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2019-08-30
If the press is the \"fourth estate,\" the cinema is arguably the fifth. \"Official Secrets\" indicts Blair, Bush, and other mass murderers in the court of public opinion–at a theater near you.
progressive.org/dispatches/new-film-official-secrets-blows-the-whistle-on-war-rampell-190830/

Trump\'s personal assistant resigns after caught leaking information to media — report
rt.com | 2019-08-30
Madeleine Westerhout, Trump\'s personal assistant and \'veteran\' of the administration, has reportedly stepped down after she was accused of sharing details about the Trump family and the White House\'s inner workings with media. | The scoop on Westerhout\'s exit through the Trump administration\'s revolving door was reported by the New York Times on Thursday. | Also on rt.com | | \'Leaks real, the news is fake\': Reporters hit out at Trump trashing of media | US President Donald Trump was reportedly made aware of Westerhout\'s \'betrayal\' on Thursday. The woman…
rt.com/usa/467591-westerhout-resigned-trump-leak/

Hollywood reboots Russophobia for the New Cold War
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-30
‚ÄãIt is an age-old question as to the extent art reflects the world we live in. Bertolt Brecht allegedly said to the contrary that art was \"not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.\" The Marxist German playwright devised theatrical methods designed to distance the audience from the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/hollywood-reboots-russophobia-for-the-new-cold-war/

Is it Cynical to Believe the System is Corrupt?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-30
While a new poll shows most US citizens believe the political and economic system is rigged against them, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren also echo this sentiment. Some conservatives are now pushing back. But what says the evidence? Bill Black analyzes the situation…
therealnews.com/stories/is-it-cynical-to-believe-the-system-is-corrupt

Making a Killing From Killing
Paul Atwood | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury. — Cato the Elder Though I encounter students and other young people who have never heard the term I hope most Americans are aware of the \"Military Industrial Complex.\" In his final speech to the nation President Eisenhower,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/making-a-killing-from-killing/

Google says hackers have been putting \'monitoring implants\' in iPhones for years
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-30
Hackers have been using compromised websites to install \"monitoring implants\" in iPhones for years, according to researchers at Google.The malicious software gathers users\' images, contacts and other information.Ian Beer, from Google\'s Project Zero, said in a blog post that the hacked sites had received thousands of visitors each week.Beer said: There was no target discrimination; simply visiting the hacked site was enough for the exploit server to attack your device, and if it was successful, to install a monitoring implant.Project Zero is the technology company\'s team for examining new security vulnerabilities.B…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/08/30/google-says-hackers-have-been-putting-monitoring-implants-in-iphones-for-years/

Trump targets China\'s century-old debt in latest trade war maneuver — report
rt.com | 2019-08-30
The Trump administration may be eyeing long-defaulted Chinese bonds as a weapon in its ongoing trade war with Beijing, according to people who hold the antique debt and say they\'ve met with the president to discuss it. | Trump\'s top trade warriors are \"studying\" the possibility of calling in century-old debts incurred by China before the nation went communist, according to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday. China doesn\'t recognize the debt, of course, and decades of attempts to collect by owners of the aging bonds (which sell on eBay as collectors\' items) have amounted to naught, but with a full-blown e…
rt.com/usa/467593-trump-china-antique-debt-bonds/

Johnson\'s proroguing of Parliament: The British ruling class declares war on democratic rights
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
The move by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prorogue the \"Mother of all Parliaments\" and govern by executive fiat is part of a turn toward dictatorial forms of rule by the ruling classes throughout the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/pers-a30.html

Capitalism, Socialism, and Existential Despair
Chris Wright | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-30
Decades ago, Edward Said remarked that contemporary life is characterized by a \"generalized condition of homelessness.\" Decades earlier, Martin Heidegger had written that \"Homelessness is coming to be the destiny of the world.\" Around the same time, fascists were invoking the themes of blood and soil, nation, race, community, as intoxicating antidotes to the mass …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/capitalism-socialism-and-existential-despair/

New Jersey Democrats authorize bonds to cover up Newark water crisis
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
A bond issue of $120 million was pushed through before residents were given an opportunity to attend hearings or scrutinize details of the proposal to replace all lead service lines in the city.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/newa-a30.html

Let\'s Make the Next Debates Good for Something
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
Do we really need three-ring circus \"debates\" to figure out that the only two candidates in the running for president who should be taken seriously are Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren? Perhaps with Joe Biden still leading the pack; the sooner he is put back out to pasture, the better. Perhaps with Kamala Harris running…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/lets-make-the-next-debates-good-for-something/

Trump Eyes Mental Institutions as Answer to Gun Violence
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-30
Experts warn the president\'s reported plan will do little to save lives and reflects outdated thinking on the treatment of mental illness.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-eyes-mental-institutions-as-answer-to-gun-violence/

The Hitler-Stalin Pact, Reconsidered
Louis Proyect — Pawe≈Ç Szelegieniec | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-30
On August 26th, an article titled \"The Hitler-Stalin Pact of August 23, 1939: Myth and Reality\" appeared on CounterPunch. It made many useful points about the right of the USSR to conclude a non-aggression pact with any capitalist nation in light of the invasion that nearly destroyed it in the early 1920s. While Cold War…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/30/the-hitler-stalin-pact-reconsidered/

Stunning but deadly: Satellite imagery shows Hurricane Dorian sparkling as it approaches US (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-08-30
As Hurricane Dorian makes its way to the US, a meteorologist has shared stunning satellite snaps of the \"extremely dangerous\" storm\'s brightly colored lightning eruptions amid swirling clouds that look like a fireworks display. | Hurricane Dorian putting on a lightning show tonight. | Spectacular imagery. pic.twitter.com/cdrs22PZqe– Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) August 30, 2019 | Meteorologist Dakota Smith shared the footage on Twitter and explained that the flashes seen in the…
rt.com/usa/467644-hurricane-dorian-lightning-imagery/

Family of Mexican Teenager Slain by Border Agent Awaits SCOTUS Ruling
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-30
| This fall, the Supreme Court will decide whether the parents of Sergio Hernández Güereca, a 15-year-old Mexican teen killed by a Border Patrol agent in 2010, can sue the American agent in a U.S. federal court. It\'s been nearly 10 years since Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa, Jr. shot across the El Paso-Juárez border and struck Hernández Güereca in the head. The central question in the case is whether a Mexican citizen killed on Mexican soil by a U.S. border agent is…
truthout.org/video/family-of-mexican-teenager-slain-by-border-agent-awaits-scotus-ruling/

American service member killed in Afghanistan as Trump vows US will \'always\' stay there
rt.com | 2019-08-30
An American serviceman was killed in Afghanistan in combat operations, NATO said in a statement. The news comes just a day after President Trump announced there would \"always\" be a US presence in the country. | The soldier died on Thursday during a combat mission, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan announced in a statement on Friday, but withheld the serviceman\'s identity, per the organization\'s policies. | Also on rt.com | | \'We\'ll always have a presence\': Trump says 8,600 US troops will stay in Afghanistan | The serviceman is the third American fa…
rt.com/usa/467643-us-soldier-killed-afghanistan/

US escalates regime-change machinations against Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-08-30
Having failed to instigate a military coup, the US and its puppet Juan Guaidó are attempting to flesh out a parallel government loyal to Washington.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/30/vene-a30.html

\'Good luck determining what happened\': Trump says US not involved in Iranian satellite \'incident\'
rt.com | 2019-08-30
US President Donald Trump denied any American involvement after reports of a failed Iranian satellite launch, in which a rocket is said to have exploded on a launch pad. Iran, meanwhile, has not issued any accusations of the sort. | …
rt.com/usa/467649-trump-us-iran-satellite/

\'Good luck determining what happened\': Trump says US not involved in Iranian satellite \'incident\'
rt.com | 2019-08-30
rt.com/usa/467649-trump-us-iran-satellite/

US-Iran: 5 Points of Concord Over 40 Years of Confrontation
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-29
The U.S. and Iran are locked in a tough confrontation for forty years. They do not have direct diplomatic relations and are engaged in a major ideological war, playing an important role on the geopolitical map of the world at the same time. Nonetheless, although Tehran and Washington have turned into two hostile camps over …
uwidata.com/5142-us-iran-5-points-of-concord-over-40-years-of-confrontation/

#Resistance goes nuts over Trump axing automatic citizenship for kids born overseas. Only he didn\'t
rt.com | 2019-08-29
Mainstream media, Democrats, and #Resistance Twitter have united to eviscerate a change to citizenship policy regarding children of overseas-deployed military members. The only problem is, they\'re all reading the policy wrong. | US Citizenship and Immigration Services released an update to its policies on how citizenship is assigned to children of American citizens born overseas on Wednesday. The admittedly confusing document centered on the definition of the term \'residence\' and how it figures in the transmission of citizenship from parents to child — a potentially thorny subject, given the Trump adminis…
rt.com/usa/467511-trump-attack-citizenship-military-mccain/

\"The Globalization of War\" and \"Towards a World War III Scenario\"
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The Globalization of War: America\'s \"Long War\" against Humanity, by Michel Chossudovsky | America\'s hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-and-towards-a-world-war-iii-scenario-two-books-by-michel-chossudovsky/5437767

With Sanders and Warren Surging, Is Wall Street\'s 2020 Nightmare Coming True?
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-08-29
In this file photo taken on July 30, 2019 Democratic presidential hopefuls US Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders (L) and US Senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren hug after participating in the first round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sanders_warren.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/29/sanders-and-warren-surging-wall-streets-2020-nightmare-coming-true?cd-origin=rss

Wall Street\'s Worst Nightmare for 2020 Is Coming True
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-08-29
For the plutocrats who see Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as the greatest threat to their bottom line, this summer has gotten a bit scary.
truthdig.com/articles/wall-streets-worst-2020-nightmare-is-coming-true/

Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror
R.R. | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
An angry group of activists mobilized on August 23 at the headquarters of Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto. Just 3 days earlier Palantir renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that enables ICE to track the every move of undocumented immigrants until 2022; protesters responded quickly and loudly. | Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/27/18825745.php

Venezuela migrant crisis begs a \'coherent, predictable and harmonized\' response: UNHCR
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-29
There is \"no end in sight\" to the massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, now at around 4.3 million in number, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) shared on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1045241

The Grayzone\'s Anya Parampil on Fox: US regime change policy fuels migration crisis
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-29
On Fox News, Anya Parampil explained how the US coup in Honduras and bipartisan support for the corrupt, right-wing President…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/29/the-grayzones-anya-parampil-on-fox-us-regime-change-policy-fuels-migration-crisis/

Brazil\'s Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-29
The far-right populist leader initially dismissed the hundreds of blazes and then questioned whether activist groups might have started the fires in an effort to damage the credibility of his government, which has called for looser environmental regulations in the world\'s largest rainforest to spur development. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/29/brazils-bolsonaro-causes-global-outrage-over-amazon-fires/

Live Updates: FARC Party Affirms Goal of Peace in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-29
Update: Colombia\'s President, Ivan Duque condemned the actions of the minority faction of the FARC and asked Interpol to step in while putting a bounty on information on those who have decided to take up arms. Duque also accused, without offering any proof, the government of Venezuela of being supportive of this faction. No mention was made of the inability of the government to provide security to social activists and former members of FARC who have been murdered since the signing of the Peace Agreement. He further announced the creation of a security detail in charge of tracking down the rebels. Finally, he s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Live-Updates-FARC-Party-Affirms-Goal-of-Peace-in-Colombia-20190829-0015.html

City Attorney Stonewalls Homeless Activists on Settlement Conference
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
After leveling the Ross Camp, sending its 200-300 residents fleeing into the parks, greenbelt, downtown, and neighborhoods, and fencing off the area, the City is now refusing to sit down and work out compromise settlement terms as suggested by Judge Edward Devila. It apparently prefers to incur more costs.at the expense of its homeless residents.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/29/18825795.php

Greta Thunberg, Frances Crowe and a Passing of the Torch
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-29
Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, sailed into New York Harbor Wednesday after an occasionally harrowing, two-week trans-Atlantic voyage. Greta walks the walk, living her life with as small a carbon footprint as she can. She decided to forgo flying as part of that commitment, so, in order to make it from Europe to North America, she sailed on a zero-emissions racing yacht. The day before Greta\'s arrival, on Tuesday, another activist ended a remarkable voyage. Frances Crowe, a lifelong peace activist, died at home in Western Massachusetts, surrounded by her family, at the age of 100. Frances w…
truthdig.com/articles/greta-thunberg-frances-crowe-and-a-passing-of-the-torch/

The Israeli Elections Are Not About Palestine or Peace
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-29
Shir Hever discusses how the upcoming Israeli elections demonstrate the secular/religious divide on major issues like gender segregation, separation of church and state, public transportation during the Shabbath, and the conscription of women and ultra-Orthodox to the military…
therealnews.com/stories/the-israeli-elections-are-not-about-palestine-or-peace

Maduro Confirms New Dialogue With Venezuelan Opposition
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-29
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed on Wednesday that his Government resumed contacts with Norway to engage in dialogue with the opposition, after the freezing of the negotiating table in protest against the executive order imposed by the U.S. against the South American nation. | RELATED: | Cuba, Canada Meet to Discuss US Intervention in Venezuela | \"I can report that contacts with the Norwegian government have resumed, there have been several meetings, contacts wit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Confirms-New-Dialogue-With-Venezuelan-Opposition-20190829-0009.html

Protesters Force Palantir to Empty HQ
Fight for What\'s Right | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
Palantir, the secretive $20 billion data-analysis company whose work with ICE has even led some of its own employees to make a fuss, succumbed to the power of protesters on August 23. The main office at 100 Hamilton, Palantir\'s world headquarters, was emptied in advance of the arrival of demonstrators. | Photo credit: Cornelia Grimes, Pro Bono Photo…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/27/18825755.php

During Global Month of Action For Yemen, SF Protesters Make Demands of Pelosi
End the Genocide in Yemen | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco\'s federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Cornelia Grimes, Pro Bono Photo.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/29/18825802.php

Boris Johnson Suspends UK Parliament
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It\'s called prorogation, marking the end of a UK parliamentary session. | It\'s usually for a week or two at most. Approved by Queen Elizabeth, PM Johnson is suspending it for five weeks — from either September 9 or 12 …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-suspends-uk-parliament/5687537

Lying for Israel: Why Nearly Everyone in Washington Does It
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It is not often that one hears anything like the truth in today\'s Washington, a city where the art of dissimulation has reached new heights among both Democrats and Republicans. Everyone who has not been asleep like Rip Van Winkle …
globalresearch.ca/lying-israel-nearly-everyone-washington-does-it/5687524

PharmaGon: Your Antidote to Profit-Based Killing (Video)
Mark Fiore | truthdig.com | 2019-08-29
The opioid-pushing pharmaceutical companies may finally be forced to pay some of their billions to help remediate the crisis they helped manufacture. The state of Oklahoma won a big court victory against Johnson & Johnson, the huge corporation that downplayed the risks of opioids while keeping the country awash in their deadly product. Johnson & Johnson and …
truthdig.com/cartoons/pharmagon-your-antidote-to-profit-based-killing-video/

\'Apologies are not enough\': Eric Trump threatens to sue MSNBC & host over Russian loan \'smear\'
rt.com | 2019-08-29
Eric Trump says he\'s taking legal action against MSNBC and its host Lawrence O\'Donnell for slandering and smearing the Trump family and company, while President Donald Trump took to Twitter to slam the host. | Trump responded to O\'Donnell\'s tweet apologizing for \"en error in judgement\" on his Last Word show on Tuesday night in which he claimed that the president took out bank loans with the help of Russian billionaires. The MSNBC host walked back his report after the president\'s attorney complained to the network. | \"Apologies are not enough,\" Eric Trump later tweeted, claiming O\'Donnell\'s \"true intent\" was to…
rt.com/usa/467561-eric-trump-sue-msnbc-odonnell/

The Death of Arms Control
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2019-08-29
A deadly accident in northern Russia earlier this month caused the U.S. arms control community to stand up and take notice. The Russians claim they were testing \"isotopic sources of fuel on a liquid propulsion unit,\" and that only after the test was completed did the engine explode. There was a spike in radiation levels detected in the city of Severodvinsk, roughly 18 miles away, shortly after the accident. Seven people were killed as a result of the explosion, including at least two who died of acu…
truthdig.com/articles/the-death-of-arms-control/

A safe zone in Syria: a renewed military crisis or a diplomatic solution?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-29
The establishment of safe zones in war-torn countries is supposed to entail a reduction in violence. However, in the present situation in Syria, US involvement in the establishment of a safe zone will lead to the direct military entrenchment of Washington, Turkey, Russia, and Syria, and will only cause the situation to deteriorate further. WHY …
uwidata.com/5160-a-safe-zone-in-syria-a-renewed-military-crisis-or-a-diplomatic-solution/

\"Israel\" Will Never Let Iran Build a Pipeline to Syria Unless Russia Is Involved
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It\'s impossible to imagine any realistic scenario where \"Israel\" would sit back and let its number one enemy strengthen its influence in the region unless Russia was involved as a stakeholder for keeping Iran in check. | *** | Iran is reportedly…
globalresearch.ca/israel-will-never-let-iran-build-a-pipeline-to-syria-unless-russia-is-involved/5687544

Belarus Wants to Reset Diplomatic Ties With US: Lukashenko
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-29
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, met with the U.S. National Security Official, John Bolton, in the capital city of Minsk Thursday as the two nations seek to strengthen their diplomatic ties. | RELATED: | Bolton Bemoans Venezuela\'s Upcoming Democratic Elections | During Bolton\'s visit, Lukashenko expressed Belarus\' desire to \'reset\' relations with the United States, despite Minsk\'s close ties with Russia. | \"Despite all the noise around your visit, there is a lot of pos…
telesurenglish.net/news/Belarus-Wants-to-Reset-Diplomatic-Ties-With-US-Lukashenko-20190829-0003.html

Lawrence O\'Donnell Retracts Trump-Russia Story
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-29
NEW YORK — MSNBC\'s Lawrence O\'Donnell on Wednesday retracted his story about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump\'s finances and apologized for reporting it — just as Trump\'s lawyer demanded. | O\'Donnell said, however, he still doesn\'t know whether or not the story is true. | His public pull-back unfolded quickly in the opening minute of \"The Last Word,\" where 24 hours earlier the cable news host said that a source had told him that Deutsche Bank documents showed that Russian oligarchs had co-signed a loan application for Trump. | O\'Donnell reported the story, based on a single source he di…
truthdig.com/articles/lawrence-odonnell-retracts-trump-russia-story/

In the \"New Arms Race\", Washington Can\'t Get Its Story Straight
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
As of August 18th, when the United States test-fired a cruise-missile from San Nicolas Island, California, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we have entered an exceptionally dangerous phase in Russia-US relations, perhaps more so than at …
globalresearch.ca/new-arms-race-washington/5687465

Trump reviews Ukraine aid to ensure it\'s being used in US\' interests — report
rt.com | 2019-08-29
US President Donald Trump is reviewing military aid to Ukraine to ensure American interests are being \"prioritized,\" according to a senior administration official, putting the funding on hold and enraging Russiagate truthers. | Around $250 million in funding for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, earmarked for weapons, training, equipment and intelligence support, has been frozen while administration officials review whether the money is being used \"in the best interest of the United States,\" the official told Politico on Wednesday. Trump reportedly wants to ensure that other nations are \"paying their…
rt.com/usa/467512-trump-freezes-ukraine-aid-review/

Do ratings trump accountability in journalism? Latest retracted MSNBC \'bombshell\' suggests \'yes\'
rt.com | 2019-08-29
Lawrence O\'Donnell\'s walkback of a supposed \"bombshell\" story involving a claim that Donald Trump received loans co-signed by Russian billionaires is the latest sign that journalism has become accountability-free. | Indicating that MSNBC deliberately chose to prioritize hype over facts, O\'Donnell admitted on air that the claim needed \"a lot more verification before [it] can be a confirmable fact\" — but he reported it anyway. | Typically, when a journalist does not have enough information to verify a claim, they wait until such time that they do. When that basic tenet of journalism is lost, the news becom…
rt.com/usa/467566-msnbc-odonnell-media-accountability/

The Power to Oversee the Education System, A Historical Timeline from the Prussian Empire to the Rockefeller Dynasty
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Throughout history, the idea of those in power to oversee the education system started in the 16th Century. The history is complex and is rarely mentioned. | The formation of the American public education system began in the Kingdom of Prussia …
globalresearch.ca/history-american-public-education-system-historical-timeline-prussian-empire-rockefeller-dynasty/5687403

Putin and Russia, the World\'s \"Heartland\"
Eric Walberg | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-29
Russia has always fascinated me–the mystical orthodox faith brought to Kievan Rus in the ninth century, the stern heroes who defended Muscovy against the Golden Horde in the 13–15th centuries, the vast spaces, the remarkable literature of Pushkin and Tolstoy, the Bolshevik Revolution against imperialism … The West has always been a bit jealous of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/putin-and-russia-the-worlds-heartland/

Sri Lankan president \"lifts\" emergency but armed forces mobilised to \"maintain security\"
wsws.org | 2019-08-29
When emergency rule was imposed after the April terrorist bombings, the SEP warned that the real target of the government\'s measures was not terrorists, but the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/29/sril-a29.html

\'We\'ll always have a presence\': Trump says 8,600 US troops will stay in Afghanistan
rt.com | 2019-08-29
US President Donald Trump said that Washington plans to leave 8,600 American troops in Afghanistan, but suggested further cuts could follow — over 15 years after President Bush boasted major victories against terrorists there. | President Trump announced the possible drawdown on Thursday morning in an interview with Fox News\' Brian Kilmeade. | Even if an agreement is reached with the Taliban militants, there would be no complete reduction of the military personnel. Rather the presence of US troops in the country — now at around 14,000 — will be cut by nearly 40 percent. | \"We\'re going down to 8…
rt.com/usa/467572-us-troops-afghanistan-presence/

German President Steinmeier and the Nazi massacre at Fivizzano
wsws.org | 2019-08-29
Steinmeier cannot and does not want to speak about the origins of Nazi terror, because the ruling class is in the process of returning to an aggressive and imperialist foreign policy, and rehabilitating its fascist traditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/29/stei-a29.html

Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Netanyahu\'s Election Strategy
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Benyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of \"Israel\", the occupier of Palestine, may lose the election on September 17th. He is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the occupation; however, he is facing possible defeat even though …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-syria-and-iraq-netanyahus-election-strategy/5687553

Let\'s Save the Amazon! Let\'s Save the Planet!
Network in Defense of Humanity | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
\"Tomorrow will be too late to do what we should have done a long time ago.\" Fidel Castro Ruz, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 12, 1992 | The Network in Defense of Humanity joins the …
globalresearch.ca/save-amazon-save-planet/5687505

\'We Are Waiting for War\': Lebanese Say Israel Has Gone Too Far
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
After the recent Israeli attacks against Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Middle East has found itself in the midst of an undeclared war. | Almost everyone in Lebanon appears to agree. \"This time Israel went too far. In just two days, …
globalresearch.ca/war-lebanese-say-israel-has-gone-too-far/5687498

America\'s Hidden Iatrogenic Epidemic of Drug and Vaccine-induced Disorders
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
An iatrogenic condition is a state of ill health caused by medical, surgical, drug or vaccine treatments. It may qualify as the 3rd most common cause of death in the United States. | For much more information about this hidden | …
globalresearch.ca/america-iatrogenic-epidemic-drug-vaccine-induced-disorders/5687394

Will Hezbollah Respond to Israel? When? And at What Cost?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The \"Axis of the Resistance\" has been informed about Hezbollah\'s intention to respond to Israel imminently, confirmed sources within the decision-making leadership. The main offices of militant leadership and all gathering of forces have been abandoned or forbidden, and a | …
globalresearch.ca/hezbollah-will-respond-israel/5687523

UK Constitutional Crisis Deepens as Boris Suspends Parliament
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It has been termed a \'constitutional outrage\' by Speaker of the UK House of Commons, John Bercow, as the UK government announced its plan to delay the beginning of the parliamentary year till mid October in an attempt to …
globalresearch.ca/uk-constitutional-crisis-deepens-as-boris-suspends-parliament/5687561

Syrian Army Liberates Entire Hama Governorate and Idlib\'s Khan Sheikhoun
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Last week the town of Khan Sheikhoun was finally liberated by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), led by the Tiger Forces and Republican Guard. Earlier this month a truce was entered into force in Idlib. It was understood that if …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-liberates-hama-governorate-idlib-khan-sheikhoun/5687548

The Open Amazon and Its Enemies: A Call for Action and Optimism
Francesc Badia i Dalmases | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The Amazon, now on fire, has become the central political and geopolitical hot spot for humanity\'s right to its own future. Optimism is the gasoline that must feed the fight. | *** | June and July have been the hottest months on …
globalresearch.ca/open-amazon-its-enemies-call-action-optimism/5687542

\'A Very British Coup\'
Vanessa Baird | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
One must be Boris Johnson\'s lucky number. He has been subjected to just one day of parliamentary scrutiny since being \'crowned\' prime minister by the tiny fraction of the British electorate that happen to be paid-up Conservative party members….
globalresearch.ca/very-british-coup/5687535

Cambodia Is Showing How Small Countries Could Stand Up to the US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Cambodia, unlike its similarly sized and in many cases much larger peers in the international community, is relentless in is criticism of the US\' blatant intervention in its domestic political affairs, showing how small countries could stand up to the …
globalresearch.ca/cambodia-showing-how-small-countries-could-stand-up-us/5687531

The American Gulag: Brick by Brick, Our Prison Walls Get More Oppressive by the Day
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
\" The exile of prisoners to a distant place, where they can \'pay their debt to society,\' make themselves useful, and not contaminate others with their ideas or their criminal acts, is a practice as old as civilization itself. The …
globalresearch.ca/american-gulag/5687500

Authoritarianism in Britain: Johnson\'s Attempt to Whittle away Democracy
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
I\'ve been warning about this for a few years now. Authoritarianism in Britain is now the new norm and people are not calling out for what it really is. | Britain, exuding all the pomposity of a tolerant, strong and stable …
globalresearch.ca/uncivil-war-prorogue-state/5687520

Ukraine\'s Orthodox Church \"Autocephalous Bloc\": How Poroshenko Will Wage War Against Zelensky
Politeka | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
In spring, Ukraine witnessed an event that will surely be written down in the country\'s history — the presidential elections were won by Volodymyr Zelensky, a showman who had never been involved in politics before. And as Zelensky\'s victory …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-autocephalous-bloc-poroshenko-wage-war-against-zelensky/5687442

\"The Amazon is not empty land\": Indigenous people\'s fight for life in Brazil
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-29
counterpunch.org/2019/08/29/the-amazon-is-not-empty-land-indigenous-peoples-fight-for-life-in-brazil/

Brazil, the Amazon, and Global Warming
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-29
Brazil has gotten a huge amount of bad press with the fires in the Amazon with the emphasis on the harm its development policies are doing to efforts to limit global warming. While the policies of Brazil\'s right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, are disastrous, there is an important part of the story that is being left…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/29/brazil-the-amazon-and-global-warming/

Indigenous Women of the Amazon Send a Call: The Fight for Mother Earth Is the Mother of All Fights
Osprey Orielle Lake | commondreams.org | 2019-08-29
A fire burns trees next to grazing land in the Amazon basin in Ze Doca, Brazil. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon_fires_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/29/indigenous-women-amazon-send-call-fight-mother-earth-mother-all-fights?cd-origin=rss

Amazon Fires Will Have Global Consequences. The UN Must Act
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-29
| The Amazon is burning. Nearly 75,000 fires have started in the iconic Brazilian rainforest this year to date, an 84 percent increase from the year before. Since August 10, a spate of intentionally set fires have been raging in the Amazon. But Brazil\'s president Jair Bolsonaro, who t…
truthout.org/articles/amazon-fires-will-have-global-consequences-the-un-must-act/