Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/are-sanders-and-warren-throwing-a-lifeline-to-the-military-industrial-complex/

Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-warren-throwing-lifeline-military-industrial-complex/5687293

What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/what-will-it-take-to-declare-a-climate-emergency/

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

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825663.php

Trump Is Politicizing the Power of Immigration Judges
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-27
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…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-is-politicizing-the-power-of-immigration-judges

En defensa de Palestina
Editor | workers.org | 2019-08-27
La cuestión de la Palestina ocupada volvió a ocupar un lugar central en la prensa mundial cuando dos mujeres miembros de la Brigada del Congreso -Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) y Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)- le fueron negadas inicialmente el derecho a entrar a Israel por su fascista Primer Ministro Benjamin Netanyahu el . . . | Continue reading En defensa de Palestina at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/27/en-defensa-de-palestina/

The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
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 …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/27/g7-countries-look-feeble-iran-and-brazil-could-shore-them?cd-origin=rss

Gaza Fights for Freedom: Abby Martin\'s New Film is Difficult to Watch and Worth the Effort
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-27
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.
mintpressnews.com/gaza-fights-for-freedom-abby-martin-film/261536/

Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil
Michael Fox | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil…
thenation.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-activists-housing-homeless-rights/

We Are Facing a Global Emergency in the Amazon. Here\'s What We Can Do
Leila Salazar-López, Lindsey Allen | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
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 …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/27/we-are-facing-global-emergency-amazon-heres-what-we-can-do?cd-origin=rss

Peace Journalism for the Koreas Negotiations
Jake Lynch | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
\"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…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/peace-journalism-for-the-koreas-negotiations/

\'Complete political deadlock\' over Middle East peace risks more violence, regional escalation, warns UN envoy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-27
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1045011

The Horsemen of the Apocalypse Fuel the Fires of Hate and Destruction
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
\"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…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/114417/

From Protest to Power
Mike Miller | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/from-protest-to-power/

Hong Kong: Their Head-Bashers … and \"Ours\"
Thomas S. Harrington | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/hong-kong-their-head-bashers-and-ours/

Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-trade-war-hong-kong-protests/5687335

Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/freedom-of-the-press-not-in-the-u-s/

G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/g7-nations-at-odds-on-iran-macron-to-lead-g7-discussions-with-tehran-in-defiance-of-washington/5687246

Israel\'s Infamous USS Liberty Attack
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/israels-infamous-uss-liberty-attack/5687348

Does Israel Interfere in American Elections?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/does-israel-interfere-american-elections/5687279

White nationalists\' extreme solution to the coming environmental apocalypse
Alexandra Minna Stern | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
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…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/27/white-nationalists-extreme-solution-to-the-coming-environmental-apocalypse/

France upstages Trump at G7 by inviting Iran to salvage nuclear deal
Juan Cole | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
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.
nationofchange.org/2019/08/27/france-upstages-trump-at-g7-by-inviting-iran-to-salvage-nuclear-deal/

Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-carries-out-strikes-syria-lebanon-iraq/5687283

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

Israel launches airstrikes against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
The wave of attacks across the region is linked to both the US offensive against Iran and Netanyahu\'s re-election campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/isra-a27.html

Counting Deaths for Dollars: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua\'s \'Human Rights\' Organizations
John Perry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/rise-fall-nicaragua-human-rights-organizations/5687333

California regulators continue to allow oil field wastewater injection into aquifers
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825718.php

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

Amazonia in Flames
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/amazonia-in-flames/

Canada\'s PM Trudeau Supports Brazil\'s Environmentally Criminal President not the Amazon Rain Forest
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/canadas-pm-trudeau-supports-brazils-environmentally-criminal-president-not-the-amazon-rain-forest/

What Everybody Needs to Know About the Amazon Rainforest
Geraldo Luís Lino | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/everybody-needs-know-about-amazon-rainforest/5687352

A Top Financier of Trump and McConnell Is a Driving Force Behind Amazon Deforestation
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-08-27
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.
theintercept.com/2019/08/27/amazon-rainforest-fire-blackstone/

Tinderbox Earth: The Significance of the Amazon and Siberian Fires
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/significance-amazon-siberian-fires/5687303

Johnson & Johnson Ruling Sets Stage for Holding Pharma Accountable for Opioids
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-27
| 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…
truthout.org/video/johnson-johnson-ruling-sets-stage-for-holding-pharma-accountable-for-opioids/

India\'s Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda
Amitabh Pal | progressive.org | 2019-08-27
\"Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him.\"
progressive.org/dispatches/indias-kashmir-gambit-fulfills-hindu-nationalist-agenda-pal-190826/

How David Koch\'s Empire Helped Shape US Politics and Thwart Climate Action
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-27
| 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-…
truthout.org/video/how-david-kochs-empire-helped-shape-u-s-politics-and-thwart-climate-action/

The US announces provocative arms sale to Taiwan
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/taiw-a27.html

Oklahoma judge finds Johnson & Johnson guilty in opioid epidemic
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/john-a27.html

The Week Trump Hit Peak Megalomania
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/the-week-trump-hit-peak-megalomania/

Jewish professor Norman Finkelstein explains the weird love affair between antisemites and Israel
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2019-08-27
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…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2019/08/27/jewish-professor-norman-finkelstein-explains-the-weird-love-affair-between-antisemites-and-israel/

The Amazon Is On Fire
Andrea Arroyo | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
The Amazon Is On Fire…
thenation.com/article/the-amazon-is-on-fire/

Indigenous Leader Delivers Letter to Macron at G-7, Calling for Urgent Measures to Halt Deforestation and Burning in the Amazon
commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/27/indigenous-leader-delivers-letter-macron-g-7-calling-urgent-measures-halt?cd-origin=rss

SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825711.php

Argentina: The Political Pendulum may be Swinging Left Again in Latin America
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
The primary vote in Argentina last August 11 indicated quite a strong rejection of neoliberal policies in a region that has seen a wave of right-wing governments coming to power in the last ten years. The current neoliberal president Mauricio Macri lagged 15 percentage points behind the center-left Front of All (Frente de Todos) coalition…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/argentina-the-political-pendulum-may-be-swinging-left-again-in-latin-america/

Trump, Greenland and Manifest Destiny
Timothy Messer-Kruse | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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).
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/trump-greenland-and-manifest-destiny/

RIP Neal Casal: \"White Fence Round House\"
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/neal-casal-white-fence-round-house/

Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal?
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/boris-johnson-gmos-and-glyphosate-irresponsible-negligent-and-criminal/

Will the DNC Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Yet Again?
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
President Donald Trump faces an exceedingly narrow path to re-election in 2020. In order to beat him, the Democratic nominee only needs to pick up 38 electoral votes. With more than 100 electoral votes in play in states that Trump won narrowly in 2016 — especially Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida — all the Democrats…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/will-the-dnc-snatch-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory-yet-again/

Is Trump Outorganizing the Democrats?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/is-trump-outorganizing-the-democrats/

Monday\'s Daily Brief: UN chief talks climate action at G7, WFP official visits camp in Central African Republic, Deadly violence at Lesvos migrant centre, Security Council meets on AU-UN Darfur mission
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-26
A recap of Monday\'s stories: UN chief urges more action from G7 leaders to tackle \'climate emergency\'; WFP official visits camp for displaced in Central African Republic, UN refugee agency calls on Greece to keep young migrants safe after deadly incident at Lesvos reception centre; and Security Council considers work of AU-UN Mission in Sudan\'s Darfur region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044971

\'It\'s an Attempt to Impose a White Nationalist Vision of What America Is\' – CounterSpin interview with Sasha Abramsky on new attack on immigrants
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-08-26
Janine Jackson interviewed author Sasha Abramsky about Trump\'s new attack on immigrants for the August 23, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/its-an-attempt-to-impose-a-white-nationalist-vision-of-what-america-is/

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825663.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 28)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825660.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 30)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825662.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 29)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825661.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 27)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825659.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 24)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825657.php

#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 26)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/24/18825658.php

Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
The same media that has spent years dragging Assange\'s name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you\'re going to be disappointed.
mintpressnews.com/media-blackout-imprisonment-espionage-act-julian-assange/261510/

Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Progressive candidates should instead be sending the entire world an unequivocal message that the United States is finally ready to turn the page to a new era of peaceful, cooperative and lawful diplomacy. (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1163768855.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/are-sanders-and-warren-throwing-lifeline-military-industrial-complex?cd-origin=rss

Israel\'s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
During Congress\'s August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congressmembers traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes congressional trips to Israel in order to further the \"special relationship\" …
globalresearch.ca/israel-ban-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-backfires/5687138

The Amazon Fires Have Upended the Climate Fight as We Know It
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
Activists have long warned that offsets are too risky to count on to offset corporate pollution. Now the world is learning the hard way.
truthdig.com/articles/the-amazon-fires-upend-the-climate-fight-as-we-know-it/

The Amazon Is on Fire—Indigenous Rights Can Help Put It Out
Naomi Klein | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Colombian natives and activists protested against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in front of the Brazilian consulate in Bogota, Colombia, on August 23, 2019.(Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/indogenous.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/amazon-fire-indigenous-rights-can-help-put-it-out?cd-origin=rss

Feminist Activist Kavita Krishnan on What She Saw in Kashmir
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| In Kashmir, residents have entered their fourth week of a severe lockdown after India revoked the special status of the Indian-controlled part of the Muslim-majority territory. On August 5, India imposed a curfew and cut off all communications to the region. More than 4,000 people, including many political leaders, have been detained, while local residents report facing increasing shortages of food and medicine. Over the weekend, India blocked a delegation of Indian opposition politicians from visiting K…
truthout.org/video/feminist-activist-kavita-krishnan-on-what-she-saw-in-kashmir/

Venezuela: Major Gas Explosion Called Act of \'Sabotage\'
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-26
Government spokespersons have blamed opposition activists from First Justice Party.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14637

Brazil Isn\'t the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, ROND√îNIA, BRAZIL: 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/amazon_4.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/brazil-isnt-only-far-right-government-destroying-planet?cd-origin=rss

Sudan: New political transition, bolstered by peacebuilding, could bring long-term stability to Darfur, Security Council told
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-26
\"Important developments\" under way in Sudan since midsummer, including a pledge to end the country\'s outstanding conflicts, and the establishment of a new transitional government, could serve to edge the country\'s people closer to stability, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, briefing the UN Security Council on Monday.
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Tens of thousands demonstrate in Dresden, Germany, against the rise of the far-right
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
Tens of thousands marched through Dresden on Saturday to protest against the rise of the far-right a week prior to state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/dres-a26.html

Protests Against G7 Summit Finish with Citizen Manifesto
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
With a symbolic act and a citizen manifesto, protests against the G7 summit end here rejecting the group held responsible for wars, climate change and inequalities. | RELATED: | Rifts Emerge Between Trump and Western Allies at G7 Summit | The G7 EZ platforms and Alternatives to G7, which have coordinated actions of more than a hundred organizations, announced that the City of the Ocean, Biarritz, will be the scene of activities, which in addition to the protests and the political d…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Against-G7-Summit-Finish-with-Citizen-Manifesto-20190826-0001.html

\"Hereby Ordered\": On Trump, Capital, Fascism, and China in a World on Fire
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
I am hearing whispers from lefties that \"the ruling class is finally done with Trump.\" It\'s \"the China stuff\" that\'s doing the trick. Sure, the argument goes, the corporate and financial powers that be haven\'t been all that happy with Trump\'s open white nationalism, racism, narcissism, and sexism. It\'s not their style. But they\'ve been willing to put up with Trump\'s noxious nonsense because he\'s rewarded them with plutocratic tax cuts and de-regulation. The presidents\' immigrant-bashing awfulness has kept his \"heartland\" base loyal to a president who knows (despite all his insanity) which constituency matters mos…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/hereby-ordered-on-trump-capital-fascism-and-china-in-a-world-on-fire/

Tulsi Gabbard\'s Anti-War Foreign Policy
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Her public statements, website positions, and body language suggest she\'s a genuine anti-war presidential aspirant. | Wanting US wars of aggression ended against nations threatening no one makes her worthy of everyone\'s support. | At the same time, it\'s important to note …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-anti-war-foreign-policy/5687079

Trump Escalates Trade War with China. Orders Corporate America to Stop Doing Business with China. Beijing Will Retaliate
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Trade wars assure losers, not winners, Trump waging it on multiple fronts — China his main target, a nation able to give as much as it takes directly and asymmetrically. | His MAGA agenda has nothing to do with reducing the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-escalates-trade-war-china/5687077

The Fourth Afghan War is About to Escalate
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
While Afghans are supposed to be celebrating this week\'s blood-soaked hundredth anniversary of their \"independence\" from Britain, signed off in the sweltering Raj military city of Rawalpindi in 1919, their most powerful militia is negotiating further \"independence\" from the Americans in an air-conditioned conference hall in Doha. A hundred years ago, \"Pindi\" was the British army\'s…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/the-fourth-afghan-war-is-about-to-escalate/

US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen\'s Ancient Heritage
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
Saada\'s old city, which is among the world\'s oldest human-carved landscapes, once consisted entirely of historic, centuries-old multi-story homes. Now, it has been wiped out, after Saudi Arabia declared it a military zone — even the city\'s hand-carved wooden doors have been reduced to ashes.
mintpressnews.com/us-israel-collectors-buy-yemen-ancient-historic-sites/261519/

Britain sold more than £6 billion in arms for Saudi-led coalition\'s deadly war in Yemen
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
British-built aircraft, bombs and missiles have been used to target civilians in breach of the UK arms export law that bans the sale of arms or munitions to a state that is at \"clear risk\" of committing serious violations of international humanitarian law.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/arms-a26.html

Hong Kong and the Audacity of the U.S. Part of a \"Destabilization War\" with China
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
The US has sent a couple of war ships into China waters at Hong Kong. They had the audacity to ask Beijing to grant them the right to dock at Hong Kong harbor. Beijing refused and warned Washington — do not meddle in our internal affairs.
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-and-the-audacity-of-the-u-s-part-of-a-destabilization-war-with-china/5687191

If Trudeau Cared About Environment He\'d Stop \"Making Nice\" with Brazilian President Bolsonaro
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-cared-about-environment-stop-making-nice-brazilian-president/5687232

Amazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?
Jos Barlow and Alexander C. Lees | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
Addressing these challenges requires integrated national and global actions, collaboration between scientists and policy makers, and long-term funding — approaches that the current Brazilian administration seems intent on destroying.
nationofchange.org/2019/08/26/amazon-fires-explained-what-are-they-why-are-they-so-damaging-and-how-can-we-stop-them/

Bolsonaro: I\'ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-26
The massive fire disaster in the Brazilian Amazon has sparked angry reactions worldwide. The danger to all of nature and humanity posed by the destruction of the vast forested area, which scientists say provides the planet with 20% of its oxygen, has caused alarm in countries rich and poor. It has also prompted indignation against …
peoplesworld.org/article/bolsonaro-government-says-it-will-save-amazon-by-opening-it-to-corporate-interests/

Bolsonaro\'s Horrific Plans for the Amazon Revealed in Leaked Presentation
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
It shows how the Brazilian president intends to isolate minority groups with his hate speech and use developments to \"occupy\" the land.
truthdig.com/articles/bolsonaros-horrific-plans-for-the-amazon-revealed-in-leaked-presentation/

Evo Morales Calls for UN Assembly to Address Amazon Fires
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, thanked the interest of the French head of state, Emmanuel Macron to protect the Amazon, and proposed a world meeting at the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization to address concrete actions against the devastating fires. | Related: | Fines for Violating Environment Dropped Since Bolsonaro Elected | \"We appreciate the interest, on the part of France, for our Amazon and Mother Ear…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Calls-for-UN-Assembly-to-Address-Amazon-Fires-20190826-0005.html

G-7 Pledges Funds to Fight Amazon Fires; Bolsonaro Questions Motives
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
The relatively paltry $20 million is met by the president\'s claims that rich countries are trying to exploit Brazil\'s natural resources.
truthdig.com/articles/g-7-pledges-funds-to-fight-amazon-fires-bolsonaro-questions-motives/

The Amazon or Amazon
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
The Amazon or Amazon The Amazon or Amazon Sea ice or ICE This is how we get to sleep Some nights Thinking of a bathtub full of vodka Thinking of a bathtub full of jam Bathtubs filled with scram- bled eggs Or ketchup, said the president Is all kids need to eat And spread it…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/the-amazon-or-amazon/

Amazonia in Flames — Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Is a World Criminal — Encouraging Jungle Burning for Private Exploitation of Freed Land
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/amazonia-flames-brazil-bolsonaro-world-criminal/5687210

Reporting on global crises like Amazon fires, media need to focus on who\'s fighting them
Janine Jackson | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
It doesn\'t matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the same people stay at the center of them, the story won\'t change.
nationofchange.org/2019/08/26/reporting-on-global-crises-like-amazon-fires-media-need-to-focus-on-whos-fighting-them/

SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825711.php

Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $5 Million to Fight Amazon Fires
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
United States actor Leonardo DiCaprio announced Sunday that he will contribute up to US$5 million to help \"preserve the Amazon\" after the devastating fires of recent days. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Calls for UN Assembly to Address Amazon Fires | The actor made the announcement through Earth Alliance, an environmental organization he created with businessw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Leonardo-DiCaprio-Pledges-5-Million-to-Fight-Amazon-Fires-20190826-0010.html

G7 Leaders Promises US$20 million to Battle Amazon Fire
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations will release more than US$20 million of emergency aid to help countries battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. | RELATED: | G7 Summit Starts Amid Discontent with Amazon Fires, Trade Wars | However, it was not immediately clear if the country at the epicenter of the Ama…
telesurenglish.net/news/G7-Leaders-Promises-US20-million-to-Battle-Amazon-Fire-20190826-0006.html

After Covering the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Non-Stop, Media Silent as the Amazon Burns for Weeks
Matt Agorist | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
When the famous Notre Dame Cathedral erupted in flames last April, images of the blaze were plastered across television and computer screens alike. For days on end, mainstream media networks around the world devoted round-the-clock coverage to this burning church. …
globalresearch.ca/media-silent-amazon-burns-weeks/5687173

Fires Are Devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro Is to Blame
David Miranda | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
\'The raging fires have become so potent that the smoke they generate plunged the Western Hemisphere\'s largest city, S√£o Paulo, into total darkness.\' (Photo: Victor Moriyama/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/rainforest.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/26/fires-are-devouring-amazon-and-jair-bolsonaro-blame?cd-origin=rss

Germany: A politically motivated verdict in Chemnitz refugee trial
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
A 24-year-old refugee from Syria has been jailed for years, so that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the extremist mob, which rampaged in Chemnitz last summer, can claim their victim.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/alaa-a26.html

How to Confront the Global Rise of the Right? (2/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-26
In part 2 of our discussion with Walden Bello about his new book, \"Counterrevolution,\" we address the role of neoliberalism, the strategies of the far-right to gain and maintain power, and how progressive forces might confront the far-right…
therealnews.com/stories/how-to-confront-the-global-rise-of-the-right-2-2

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
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. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/g7.jpg …
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France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| In a surprise development, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif suddenly flew to Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit. He clearly was invited at the insistence of French President Emmanuel Macron, who is still attempting to salvage what he can of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which restricted Iran\'s enrichment activities. | Zarif held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. | The treaty was signed between Iran and the 5 permanent members of the UN Secur…
truthout.org/articles/france-upstages-trump-at-g7-by-inviting-iran-to-salvage-nuclear-deal/

\'RIDICULOUS\': Trump slams report alleging he ever suggested to nuke hurricanes as \'fake news\'
rt.com | 2019-08-26
A report alleging that Donald Trump suggested using nuclear weapons to decimate hurricanes before they reached the US is untrue, the US president has claimed, describing the story as \"ridiculous\" fake news. | \"The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!\" Trump tweeted on Monday. | The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!– Donald J. Trump (@real…
rt.com/usa/467293-trump-fake-news-hurricane-nukes/

NUKE them? \'Not bad!\' Trump reportedly startled advisers with hurricane prevention strategy
rt.com | 2019-08-26
Hurricanes regularly devastate the American homeland, so maybe we should just nuke the suckers before they reach the coast? This is the astute suggestion that has reportedly been put forward by US President Donald Trump. | According to Axios, Trump has suggested on multiple occasions to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore the possibility of using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States. | The outlet claims that after sitting through a hurricane briefing at the White House, the US president blurted out: \"I got it. I got it. Why don\'t we nuke them?
rt.com/usa/467286-trump-nuke-stop-hurricanes/

Mysterious Russian Nuclear Missile Accident Sparks Fears of \"Chernobyl Redux\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| Questions are swirling over a mysterious nuclear accident in northern Russia on August 8. Seven people, including five nuclear scientists, died in an explosion, which caused a radiation spike in the surrounding area — and possibly as far as Scandinavia. U.S. experts suspect the explosion was caused during a test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Russia initially denied a radiation leak, but earlier today its state weather agency confirmed radioactive isotopes have been found in te…
truthout.org/video/mysterious-russian-nuclear-missile-accident-sparks-fears-of-chernobyl-redux/

Illegal Activity of Western Special Forces in Syria
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
In late June 2019, Fox News Channel published a video material, taken in Al-Hol refugee camp in northwestern Syria. On the footage, we can see a group of children under five chanting ISIS slogans. \"We will stand on the heads …
globalresearch.ca/western-special-services-syria/5687131

Norvergence: Climate change fueled Syria\'s civil war
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
\"Until now the main cause of civil war is a wealth of the nation in few men hands but Syria showed us another reason; Climate Change\" With this blog post, environmentalists at Norvergence have taken their research and study to a whole new level. The purpose of this content is to make people aware of …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/26/norvergence-climate-change-fueled-syrias-civil-war/