Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-08-28). The Greek Way to a Green Planet. counterpunch.org The dawn of the twenty-first century is giving us a whiff of another Dark Age. Christianity and Islam have been hovering over each other, fighting small-scale crusades. More than a billion Moslems hate America because America has been an ally of Israel and because America destroyed Iraq, eyeing the oil of the entire Middle East. More

unitedEditor (2019-08-28). G7 Summit: Critical Outcomes. uwidata.com In the French city of Biarritz, a three-day summit featuring the heads of state from 7 of the world\'s largest economies (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the USA, France and Japan) has come to a close. The hottest topics of discussion were trade relations, a nuclear deal with Iran, the protests in Hong Kong, the …

J.P. Linstroth (2019-08-28). Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Amazon Burns. counterpunch.org Of course, my title conjures up images of the Emperor Nero (37-68 A.D.) fiddling while ancient Rome burned, and for many reasons, this mythwas a historical falsehood. Fiddles did not exist in 64 A.D. when a great fire ravaged ancient Rome, but stringed instruments did nonetheless, like the citharaand lyre. Moreover, Nero himself was not More

The Canary (2019-08-28). Health concerns rise in Brazil as Amazon fires rage. thecanary.co Lingering smoke in the Amazon is causing concern among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly — have increased as fires in the region rage.\"The kids are affected the most. They\'re coughing a lot,\" said Elane Diaz, a nurse in the Rondonia state capital of Porto Velho, as she waited for a doctor\'s appointment at a hospital with her five-year-old-son Eduardo.\"They have problems breathing. I\'m concerned because it affects their health.\" | The number of people treated for respiratory issues increased sharply in recent days at a local children\'s hospital.\"Th…

Madison Dapcevich (2019-08-28). Disastrous Alaskan wildfires could permanently alter forest composition. peoplesworld.org From the Amazon to the last frontier of Alaska, fire season is raging on both sides of the equator and bringing with the flames long-term effects that could permanently alter the diverse ecosystems of both regions. As of Tuesday, the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center reports that more than 200 individual wildfires are burning across the state and threatening more than a …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-28). Systematic Palestinian Isolation: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story. mintpressnews.com This is the story of Palestinian isolation by Israel that we must not allow to die out, long after the news cycle covering the two Congresswomen\'s story move on beyond Omar, Tlaib and Israeli transgressions.

Vishaka George (2019-08-28). Why is the Climate Changing Like This? counterpunch.org \"By 4 p.m. we had to light a fire to stay warm here,\" says Augustine Vadakil on his struggling farm in Kerala\'s hilly Wayanad district. \"But that was 30 years ago. Wayanad is no longer the cold, misty place it once was.\" From a maximum of 25 degrees Celsius by early March, temperatures here now More

Susan Babbitt (2019-08-28). Fire and the \"Changing Narrative\" Thing. counterpunch.org Toni Morrison referred to the story beneath the story. James Baldwin called it a burning fire. In a letter to Angela Davis, awaiting trial, he wrote: \"we have been told nothing but lies, lies about ourselves and our kinsmen and our past, and about love, life, and death\". In other words, everything. More

Louisa Willcox (2019-08-28). Endangering the Ark. counterpunch.org This week the Trump administration announced new rules that effectively gut the Endangered Species Act. This move is a disastrous blow to a natural heritage that is increasingly under threat, an abdication of our moral responsibility to future generations — and another giveaway to big corporations and ideologues who will ultimately be on the wrong side of history. More

Daniel Warner (2019-08-28). Algerians Patiently Protest. counterpunch.org On February 22, thousands took to the streets in Algeria to protest the ruling regime, triggered by the infirmed President Bouteflika\'s candidacy for a fifth mandate. The April resignation of the long-time president did not stop the demonstrations. Au contraire: the demonstrations have continued. August 16, 2019, marked the twenty-six consecutive Friday of protests in More

Dan Corjescu (2019-08-28). On the Persistence of Religion. counterpunch.org We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all —Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Recently I received an angry note about the persistence of religion in the modern world as proof of the world\'s ongoing irrationality in response to some of my comments in my lately published article More

unitedEditor (2019-08-28). Will Yemen Be Divided Again? uwidata.com A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY HISTORY Yemen is located in what has historically been considered the finest part of the Arab Peninsula, which has prompted numerous attempts to take control of the area. Before oil was found elsewhere on the Peninsula, Yemen was also seen as having the largest concentration of natural wealth. At that time, Saudi …

Fidel Castro Ruz (2019-08-28). Fidel Castro\'s prescient warning on climate change. liberationnews.org Fidel Castro Ruz, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, warned almost 30 years ago that collective and urgent action was needed to combat the destruction of the Earth\'s environment.

RT (2019-08-28). Mainstream media cries foul over conservatives turning their smear-tactic culture war against them. rt.com Conservatives are digging through reporters\' social media histories to find \"potentially embarrassing\" posts that could be used to discredit their employers, MSM has discovered to its horror — only they are allowed to do that! | \"A loose network of conservative operatives\" is sifting through journalists\' social media histories, looking for inflammatory nuggets that can be used to discredit the organizations they work for, the New York Times warned earlier this week, noting that this band of marauding internet sleuths has already exposed sensitive information about reporters from CNN, the Washington Post,…

Lornet Turnbull and Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz (2019-08-28). What abortion bans and easy gun access have in common. nationofchange.org Abortions and guns. Few issues are as polarizing or have so completely dominated the national discourse in recent years. Across the country, states have passed hundreds of measures to either curb or expand access to both. In certain states, conservative lawmakers—mostly men—are busy restricting access to abortion for women, with an eye toward eventually overturning …

Mehdi Hasan (2019-08-28). When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It\'s News. When a Republican Smears Muslims, There\'s Silence. theintercept.com Rep. Ilhan Omar participates in a panel discussion during the Muslim Collective For Equitable Democracy Conference and Presidential Forum at the The National Housing Center in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2019. | tweet from my colleague Glenn Greenwald decrying \"how much time U.S. political leaders spend defending a foreign nation\" — namely, the state of Israel. Then, when a journalist followed up by asking Omar who she believed was \"paying American politicians to be pro-Israel,\" the congresswoman tweeted: \"AIPAC!\" | The freshman Democrat from Minnesota

Staff (2019-08-28). Trump Reportedly Moving to Deport Kids With Cancer and Deadly Illnesses. truthout.org | | The Trump administration has reportedly ended a program which allowed immigrants with serious illnesses to temporarily remain in the U.S., a move by the White House that rights advocates decried as \" a death sentence\" for children receiving treatment for c…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-28). Humanity Denied: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Staff (2019-08-28). Migrant Death Toll Tops 900 in Mediterranean as 40 Die Near Libya. truthout.org | | At least 40 refugees and migrants are feared dead off of the coast of Libya after a boat carrying dozens of people en route to Europe capsized Tuesday morning in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the Libyan coast guard, some 65 migrants and refugees, mostly from Sudan, were rescued with the help of local fishermen. With Tuesday\'s tragedy, the number of migrants and refugees who have lost their lives this year in the Mediterranean en route to Europe is up to 900. Meanwhile, far-right European leade…

R.R. (2019-08-28). Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror. indybay.org 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.

Ben Jervey (2019-08-28). On David Koch\'s passing and the Koch network\'s ongoing war on clean energy. nationofchange.org Billionaire libertarian activist and oil industry tycoon David Koch died on Friday, leaving a toxic legacy that includes helping birth the climate denial movement, fighting against regulations that protect worker and public health, and — critical to our work here on DeSmog\'s KochvsClean project — helping fund and coordinate a decades-long attack on clean energy and low carbon …

United Nations (2019-08-28). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Guterres talks technology for Africa\'s development, \'extinction crisis\' prompts stronger wildlife protection, Greta Thunberg reaches New York, funding shortfalls in Iraq, a positive step for Indigenous women. un.org A recap of Wednesday\'s stories: Secretary-General António Guterres says \'winds of hope are blowing ever stronger\' for Africa\'s development; Swedish climate youth activist Greta Thunberg reaches New York by boat; Chief of UN Mission for Iraq warns on funding shortfalls; and in Canada, a new bill recognizes the rights of indigenous women.

Fight for What\'s Right (2019-08-28). Protesters Force Palantir to Empty HQ. indybay.org 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…

Brandon Turbeville (2019-08-28). What Is Happening in Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca Over the past few months, both mainstream and alternative news outlets have been covering massive protests in Hong Kong where tens of thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations that have since devolved into violence both with police, counter-protesters, …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-28). US/Israel Upping the Stakes for More Middle East War. globalresearch.ca No nation may legally attack another state preemptively — what US-dominated NATO and Israel do time and again unaccountably. | It\'s what aggression is all about — defined by UN General Assembly Res. 3314. | Calling it the \"most serious and dangerous …

commondreams (2019-08-28). The Green Party Denounces Business Deals and Trade Policies Through Which Multinational Corporations Profit From the Destruction of the Brazilian Rainforest. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz (2019-08-28). US Opens Venezuela Interest Section in Colombia as Guaido Rebuffs Further Talks. venezuelanalysis.com It remains unclear whether the new Venezuela Affairs Unit will facilitate talks with Caracas.

Amy Goodman (2019-08-28). \"This ruling is huge\": Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572 million for fueling opioid epidemic. nationofchange.org In a landmark ruling, an Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for contributing to the state\'s opioid crisis. It marks the first time a drug company has been held responsible for the opioid crisis, though it fell far short of the $17 billion judgment sought by the state. According to …

Shane Quinn (2019-08-28). The EU and NATO Remain Closely Linked on the Most Important Issues. Nuclear Weapons \"Sharing Policy\" directed against Russia. globalresearch.ca Of the European Union\'s 28 member states, it reveals much that 22 of these nations belong to NATO, the Pentagon-run military organization. | What is striking also is that, in…

Yves Engler (2019-08-28). Canada and Bolsonaro. counterpunch.org By now most environmentally conscious people understand that Jair Bolsonaro is a bad guy. Brazil\'s president has scandalously blamed environmentalists for starting fires burning in the Amazon region, after having called for more \"development\" of the huge forests. Canadians are lucky we have a prime minister who is not such an embarrassment and understands environmental More

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-08-28). SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon. indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.

Francesc Badia i Dalmases (2019-08-28). The Open Amazon and Its Enemies: A Call for Action and Optimism. commondreams.org Tree in the Brazilian rainforest. (Photo: Pablo Albarenga, all rights reserved.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazonr.jpeg …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-28). The Amazon Fires and the Dawn of Environmental Interventions. globalresearch.ca So-called \"environmental interventions\" might become commonplace as global powers seek excuses to intervene in the domestic affairs of sovereign states in order to seize control of their natural resources. | The entire world has watched in horror over the past week …

Claire F.R. Wordley (2019-08-28). It\'s not just Brazil\'s Amazon rainforest that\'s ablaze — Bolivian fires are threatening people and wildlife. nationofchange.org Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That\'s more forest than is usually destroyed across the country in two years. Experts say that it will take at least two centuries to repair the ecological damage done by the fires, while at least 500 species are said …

Sarah Jaffe (2019-08-28). As the World Burns. progressive.org Catastrophes in the Amazon and elsewhere are flash points for the larger, ongoing crisis that claims lives in less spectacular fashion—one that sees life itself as expendable.

Leila Salazar-Lopez and Lindsey Allen (2019-08-28). We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here\'s what we can do. nationofchange.org Called \"the lungs of the Earth\", the Amazon rainforest and its lush trees make roughly 20% of the oxygen on Earth. Yet, right now, the skies of Sao Paolo, Brazil are black and the smoke can be seen from space. Flames are ravaging the Amazon Basin. Though climate change has catalyzed many devastating blazes in recent years, …

WSWS (2019-08-28). Amazon wildfires expose fallacy of \"green\" capitalist politics. wsws.org While Bolsonaro invokes rabid dictatorship-era chauvinism, world powers are using the fires to further their own strategic aims.

Max Parry (2019-08-28). Hollywood Reboots Russophobia for the New Cold War. globalresearch.ca It 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 …

South Front (2019-08-28). Video: Syrian Army (SAA) Works to Secure Recent Gains in Idlib. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces are conducting active security operations in the recently liberated parts of northern Hama and southern Idlib. The goal of the effort is to remove mines and improvised explosive devices, uncover weapons …

Kavaljit Singh (2019-08-28). India\'s Shadow Banking Crisis Is Intensifying. globalresearch.ca The ongoing liquidity crisis in India\'s shadow banking sector is intensifying. The troubles that started with defaults by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) last year are far from over as the sector continues to face a severe liquidity …

Gopal Sri Ram (2019-08-28). Malaysia: The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial. The Prosecutor\'s Opening Statement. globalresearch.ca The following is appointed prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram\'s opening statement at Najib\'s 1MDB trial, reproduced in full. | 1. This case concerns the monies of a company called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, widely known as 1MDB. It was originally …

South Front (2019-08-28). Video: \"Dawn of Idlib\": Syrian Army\'s Offensive in Northwestern Syria. globalresearch.ca August 2019 was marked by important changes on frontlines in northwestern Syria. | The month started with a declaration by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani that his group, the most powerful faction in Idlib and formerly the official branch …

Telesur (2019-08-28). US Removes Palestine Authority from List of Countries. globalresearch.ca \"Cancelling Palestine (Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Territories) from the U.S. State Department\'s list is not related to American national interests,\" PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said. | *** | Palestinian officials slammed the United States Sunday for removing it from its list of …

Humane Society International (2019-08-28). Momentous Decision by CITES to Limit Trade in Wild Caught African Elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana for Zoos to \"Exceptional Circumstances\" with Independent Oversight. globalresearch.ca This momentous decision will save countless elephants from being snatched from their families and natural environment, says Humane Society International at CITES CoP18 in Geneva | *** | Wildlife experts from animal protection charity Humane Society International are celebrating a momentous win …

Pepe Escobar (2019-08-28). Lula Tells the World He\'s \"Back in the Game\" from Jail. \"Lula is Brazil\'s only Possible Factor of Stability\" globalresearch.ca Brazil has always been a land of superlatives. Yet nothing beats the current, perverse configuration: a world statesman lingers in jail while a clownish thug is in power, his antics now considered a threat to the whole planet. | In a …

Caroline Kirk (2019-08-28). Multiculturalism, In Morocco, Difference Is a Strength. globalresearch.ca Morocco\'s belief in the strength of pluralism has energized me and shown me that difference can serve as a strength for any country, whether it is religious or secular, large or small, developed or developing. | I was told that there …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-28). New Delhi\'s Man in Moscow Is Right, Russia and India Are Global Partners. globalresearch.ca The Indian Ambassador to Russia was right when he said that his host nation increasingly views his homeland as a global player, an observation that\'s becoming all the more significant after Moscow has shown that it\'s willing to contradict China …

Scott Ritter (2019-08-28). The Media\'s Russian Radiation Story Implodes Upon Scrutiny. globalresearch.ca How the mainstream media reported an August 8 accident at a top-secret missile test facility in northern Russia should serve as a cautionary tale regarding the dangers of rushed judgments via institutional bias. | In the days following the initial report …

Alaeddin Saleh (2019-08-28). U.S. Africa Command Marks a Controversial Return to Libya. globalresearch.ca Mohammed Al-Ghasri confirmed in an interview to a Libyan media outlet \"Ain Libiya\" that U.S. African Command team arrived at Air Defense College airbase located in Libyan port city of Misurata on July 22….

Bryant Brown (2019-08-28). \"Shadow Statistics\": US Government\'s Fudging the Numbers on Unemployment, GDP and Inflation. globalresearch.ca John Williams has worked as a consulting economist since getting his BA and MA from Dartmouth college in New Hampshire in 1972. He now lives in California — these paragraphs are from his biography: | One of my early clients was …

Staff (2019-08-27). Trump Is Politicizing the Power of Immigration Judges. therealnews.com Trump\'s administration is trying to decertify the immigration judge\'s union, speed up trials, and make it easy to overturn their decisions. TRNN discusses the memo quoting a white supremacist website that was sent to immigration judges…

Alexandra Minna Stern (2019-08-27). White nationalists\' extreme solution to the coming environmental apocalypse. nationofchange.org White nationalists around the world are appropriating the language of environmentalism. | The white nationalist who allegedly massacred 22 people in El Paso in early August posted a four-page screed on the chatroom 8chan. In it, the shooter blames his attack on the \"Hispanic invasion of Texas\" and the impending \"cultural and ethnic replacement\" of whites in America. | The shooter also refers directly to the lengthy manifesto written by the man who allegedly murdered 52 in March in attacks motivated by Isl…

Ryan Grim (2019-08-27). A Top Financier of Trump and McConnell Is a Driving Force Behind Amazon Deforestation. theintercept.com Steve Schwarzman is the CEO of the Blackstone Group, which partially owns a Brazilian firm that is helping transform the Amazon from jungle to farmland.

Miko Peled (2019-08-27). Gaza Fights for Freedom: Abby Martin\'s New Film is Difficult to Watch and Worth the Effort. mintpressnews.com Abby Martin\'s new documentary film Gaza Fights for Freedom is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza.

Peter Bolton (2019-08-27). The Week Trump Hit Peak Megalomania. counterpunch.org The fact that Trump is an egomaniac hardly constitutes news. Before becoming president his professional life was characterized by a succession of attention-seeking vanity projects. Through his career as a property developer, he oversaw the construction of a series of gaudy buildings, which stand as monuments to kitsch in locations as diverse as Panama, Uruguay, More

Jake Lynch (2019-08-27). Peace Journalism for the Koreas Negotiations. counterpunch.org \"Do not demonise North Korea. Demons do not negotiate. If there are no negotiations, there will be war.\" The words of Chung-in Moon to journalists who gathered for the Korea Press Foundation journalism conference in Seoul, last October, as diplomatic efforts were being stepped up for a second summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and More

Mike Miller (2019-08-27). From Protest to Power. counterpunch.org August, 1964, fifty-five years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party presented itself to the national Democratic Party Convention seeking to be seated as the official party from that state. The predominantly black delegation wanted to deny seating to the all-white \"regulars\" who had earlier in the year denied Mississippi African-Americans the right to participate in precinct, county, congressional district and statewide meetings that nominated these delegates. More

Nick Licata (2019-08-27). Is Trump Outorganizing the Democrats? counterpunch.org Karl Rove was recently interviewed on Fox. Rove was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration and now is a political analyst and contributor for Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. He is also one of the most astute political organizers for the right wing. His strategies led More

Thomas S. Harrington (2019-08-27). Hong Kong: Their Head-Bashers … and \"Ours\" counterpunch.org I don\'t claim to know enough about the situation Hong Kong to render a definite opinion about the true sources of the citizen uprising there. My sense, however, is that while the roots of protest movement are probably largely indigenous, the US has opportunistically latched itself on to the cause of the protestors, and is probably providing them with logistical aid, because it sees this as a way of giving its prime geopolitical rival a big black eye. More

Timothy Messer-Kruse (2019-08-27). Trump, Greenland and Manifest Destiny. counterpunch.org The idea that territories can be bought and sold (Greenland has enjoyed an expanding scope of home rule since 1979) is a remnant of colonialism. Such ideas are fundamentally structured around concepts of racial and cultural hierarchies, as only territories populated by nonwhite and non-European people are ethically exempt from the liberal principles of sovereignty and therefore viewed as commodities to be traded (just as the bodies of slaves were). More

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-27). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal? counterpunch.org In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: \"Let\'s start now to liberate the UK\'s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let\'s develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world.\" Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The \'GM will feed the world mantra\' is pure industry spin. There More

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-08-27). What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency? dissidentvoice.org Students march in Melbourne, Australia. Source AAP. The Embassy Protectors Defense Committee is calling on the US State Department to drop the federal charges against us. On May 16, federal forces invaded the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in violation of the Vienna Convention and arrested four Embassy Protectors even though we were there with …

Andre Vltchek (2019-08-27). Israel has attacked Lebanon and Syria: So what? dissidentvoice.org On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. RT reported the same day: Israeli drone flights were \"an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty\" and an assault on UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Hariri said on Sunday, just hours after …

Mark Gruenberg (2019-08-27). CWA: 20,000 forced to strike due to AT&T refusal to bargain. peoplesworld.org ATLANTA—AT&T management\'s labor law-breaking — specifically its refusal to bargain a new contract — forced 20,000 Communications Workers members toiling for AT&T Southeast to strike at midnight on August 23. And hundreds more, in the Miami area, preceded their colleagues by a day. They had to strike over separate law-breaking — formally called unfair labor …

RT (2019-08-27). US TV host apologizes to black co-anchor for saying he looked like a gorilla (VIDEO). rt.com A US TV anchor has apologized to her black co-host live on-air after saying he looked like a gorilla in a previous segment. | Alex Housden a host for Oklahoma KOCO news station was presenting a segment on a local baby gorilla at Oklahoma City Zoo last Thursday, before telling her black co-host, Jason Hackett, \"he kind of looks like you.\" | www.facebook.com/shjotr/videos/738778216546162/ | At the time, Hackett laughed awkwardly and replied, \"he kind of does, actually, yeah.\" However, on Friday a tearful Housden appeared beside Hackett and apologized after her comment prompted a slew of racism complaints…

Donald Donato (2019-08-27). \'The Putney Debates\': Let the good of the people be the supreme law. peoplesworld.org The people who wanted a society \'on the level\'—that is to say, socially equal—already straddled the Atlantic when the English Civil War broke out in 1642. These dissenter-revolutionaries could be found in abundance in the newly built towns of Massachusetts, places such as Scituate, some 30-odd miles south of Boston, where the Williams-Barker House now …

Medea Benjamin (2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? globalresearch.ca Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted …

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? counterpunch.org Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted against over 80% of recent record military spending bills in the Senate, while Warren has voted for More

R.R. (2019-08-27). Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror. indybay.org 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.

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-27). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Vijay Prashad (2019-08-27). The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up. commondreams.org Macron\'s liberalism—like that of Canada\'s Justin Trudeau—is on thin ice. (Photo: Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1164296903.jpg …

Michael Fox (2019-08-27). Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil. thenation.com Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil…

MBNJSD (2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren throwing a lifeline to the military-industrial complex? nationofchange.org Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted against over 80% of recent record military spending bills in the Senate, while Warren has voted for two thirds of them. | But their pro-diplomacy worldview has blind spots. They have both tempered their cal…

Leila Salazar-L√≥pez, Lindsey Allen (2019-08-27). We Are Facing a Global Emergency in the Amazon. Here\'s What We Can Do. commondreams.org Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rond√¥nia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greenpeace_0.jpg …

United Nations (2019-08-27). \'Complete political deadlock\' over Middle East peace risks more violence, regional escalation, warns UN envoy. un.org Tangible steps \"can, and must, be taken\" to urgently reverse the \"negative trajectory\" of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and revive the peace process, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Howard Lisnoff (2019-08-27). The Horsemen of the Apocalypse Fuel the Fires of Hate and Destruction. counterpunch.org \"Politicians and media outlets seem happy to fuel the hate-filled ideologies of a once-despised and tiny minority,\" reads the introduction of Owen Jones opinion piece in the Guardian \"Far-right violence is on the rise,Where is the outrage?\" (August 22, 2019). Even though the racist, neo-fascist Proud Boys were far outnumbered by anti-fascists, the far-right protest organizer, Joe Biggs, seemed pleased with the More

Makia Freeman (2019-08-27). Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …

Ted Rall (2019-08-27). Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S. counterpunch.org The United States ranks 48th among nations for press freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders. Since few other countries have the equivalent of our First Amendment, learning that we rank below Botswana and Slovenia may come as a surprise. Mostly the organization pins this dismal state of affairs on Trump\'s attacks on the news media. More

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington? globalresearch.ca The short answer is yes and no. | G7 nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US are united in one respect. They\'re profoundly undemocratic while pretending otherwise. | They\'re united for privileged interests over beneficial social change. They operate …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). Israel\'s Infamous USS Liberty Attack. globalresearch.ca Throughout Israel\'s history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …

Philip Giraldi (2019-08-27). Does Israel Interfere in American Elections? globalresearch.ca Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …

WSWS (2019-08-27). Israel launches airstrikes against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. wsws.org The wave of attacks across the region is linked to both the US offensive against Iran and Netanyahu\'s re-election campaign.

Aaron Maté (2019-08-27). Israeli attacks provoke Iran, Hezbollah — and could help jihadists. thegrayzone.com With its bombings of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, is Israel trying to stop an attack from Iran and its allies,…

South Front (2019-08-27). Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. globalresearch.ca The situation in the Middle East is once again escalating. | On August 24, Israeli warplanes bombed what the Israeli military described as \'Iranian targets\' near the town of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Syrian air-defense forces intercepted …

Juan Cole (2019-08-27). France upstages Trump at G7 by inviting Iran to salvage nuclear deal. nationofchange.org Trump breached the Iran deal in 2017, slapped severe sanctions on Iran and then went around the world strong-arming countries not to buy Iran\'s petroleum.

John Perry (2019-08-27). Counting Deaths for Dollars: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua\'s \'Human Rights\' Organizations. globalresearch.ca In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan \"human rights\" NGO\'s inflated the death toll during last year\'s coup. Today, these groups are in a state of complete disarray. | *** | When political conflict results in people being killed — especially at …

Dan Bacher (2019-08-27). California regulators continue to allow oil field wastewater injection into aquifers. indybay.org The continued injection of oil wastewater into aquifers is no surprise to environmental justice advocates, since the capture of California regulators by the Western States Petroleum Association and oil and gas companies continues under the Gavin Newsom administration.

Geraldo Luís Lino (2019-08-27). What Everybody Needs to Know About the Amazon Rainforest. globalresearch.ca The Amazon Rainforest biome has an extension of about 6.7 million square kilometers shared between Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and the French Guyana. Some 62% of it is in Brazil, where 84% of its original area …

Aaron Maté (2019-08-27). Glenn Greenwald on the Amazon fires and the fight for Brazil\'s future. thegrayzone.com Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept discusses the record-setting Amazon forest fires, the struggle against Brazil\'s far-right government, and how his…

Peter Koenig (2019-08-27). Amazonia in Flames. dissidentvoice.org On 28 October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil with 55.1% of the vote and with a gigantic help from Cambridge Analytica. At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in January 2019 in Davos Switzerland, Bolsonaro made a sumptuous presentation, \"We Are Building a New Brazil\". He outlined a program that put literally Brazil up …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-08-27). Tinderbox Earth: The Significance of the Amazon and Siberian Fires. globalresearch.ca As fires rage across tens of thousands square km the Amazon forest, dubbed the Planet\'s lungs, producing some 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere, with some 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, where fires on such a …

Yves Engler (2019-08-27). Canada\'s PM Trudeau Supports Brazil\'s Environmentally Criminal President not the Amazon Rain Forest. dissidentvoice.org By now most environmentally conscious people understand that Jair Bolsonaro is a bad guy. Brazil\'s president has scandalously blamed environmentalists for starting fires burning in the Amazon region, after having called for more \"development\" of the huge forests. Canadians are lucky we have a prime minister who is not such an embarrassment and understands environmental …

WSWS (2019-08-27). The US announces provocative arms sale to Taiwan. wsws.org The $8 billion sale of 66 F-16V fighter jets is the first such deal since the administration of President George H.W. Bush approved the sale of 150 fighter jets to Taiwan in 1992.

Staff (2019-08-27). Johnson & Johnson Ruling Sets Stage for Holding Pharma Accountable for Opioids. truthout.org | | In a landmark ruling, an Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for contributing to the state\'s opioid crisis. It marks the first time a drug company has been held responsible for the opioid crisis, though it fell far short of the $17 billion judgment sought by the state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 400,000 people died from an overdose involving opioids from 1999 to 2017, including from prescription and illicit opioids. Cou…

Staff (2019-08-27). How David Koch\'s Empire Helped Shape US Politics and Thwart Climate Action. truthout.org | | Billionaire conservative donor David Koch died Friday at the age of 79 from prostate cancer. David Koch — who was worth some $42 billion — and his brother Charles poured massive amounts of money into funding climate change denial through conservative think tanks and politicians. The Koch brothers founded the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in 2004, which is credited with turning the \"tea party\" into a full-fledged political movement. They also backed \"right-to-…

WSWS (2019-08-27). Oklahoma judge finds Johnson & Johnson guilty in opioid epidemic. wsws.org While the $572 million judgment fell short of the $17 billion sought by the state, the court\'s ruling was an unambiguous finding that the giant corporation deliberately downplayed the dangers of the opioids it manufactured.

Amitabh Pal (2019-08-27). India\'s Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda. progressive.org \"Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him.\"

Peter Bolton (2019-08-27). Jewish professor Norman Finkelstein explains the weird love affair between antisemites and Israel. thecanary.co Correction: We deleted the original version of this article at 11.30am on 23 August, after it had been published the previous evening. We made the extremely rare decision to take the article down because we got the original headline — Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein says \'Israel is a nation of murderers\' loved by the far right — very wrong. This decision was triggered during an internal review by senior editors. | Specifically, we felt it was wrong to use Professor Finkelstein\'s quote in the headline without context or challenge. It gave the impression that all Israeli citizens were culpable for the a…

Andrea Arroyo (2019-08-27). The Amazon Is On Fire. thenation.com The Amazon Is On Fire…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-08-27). SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon. indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.