Stephen Lendman (2019-08-26). US Sanctions: A Weapon of War by Other Means. globalresearch.ca The US under both extremist wings of its war party imposes illegal sanctions on nations targeted for regime change — part of its war on these countries by other means. | European and most other nations go along even when harming …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-08-26). Australian Cardinal George Pell, Child Abuse and Law. globalresearch.ca Cardinal George Pell, formerly the Vatican\'s minder of cash, was confident that his conviction would not stand the withering scrutiny of the Victorian appeals court. The December convictions in the county court involving the charges of sexual assault against …

Staff (2019-08-25). High-Stakes Gamble: Iranian Envoy Gets Surprise G-7 Invite. truthdig.com Fissures emerge among world leaders over how to deal with Iran as the country\'s foreign minister arrives as a guest of the French president.

Staff (2019-08-25). Why is the Far-Right Rising Globally? (1/2). therealnews.com Walden Bello, author of \"Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far-Right,\" argues that the far-right is in ascendancy at the moment not only in reaction to the failures of neoliberalism, but also because of the failures of liberal democracy…

Staff (2019-08-25). Newark\'s Water Crisis is One of Thousands That Are Worse Than Flint\'s. therealnews.com Lead poisoning is a public health emergency in poor working class communities across the United States, raising crime rates, causing school dropouts, filling our prisons and creating human tragedy…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 30). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 29). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 24). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 27). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 28). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Month of Momentum Group (2019-08-25). #CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 26). indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-08-25). Trump\'s Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA? globalresearch.ca In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.

Aaron Maté (2019-08-25). Max Blumenthal: US sanctions on Venezuela are \'sociopathic\'. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal discusses his heated exchange with a former Obama official and a member of Venezuela\'s far-right opposition…

Telesur (2019-08-25). France: \'G7 and Its Summit Are Illegitimate\', Aurelie Trouve. globalresearch.ca Environmental activists, human rights defenders, gender activists and social leaders began on Wednesday a \"counter-summit\" to protest the Group of Seven (G7) meeting which will be held in Biarritz, in the Basque Country, in France, from August 24 to 26….

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-25). CIA Afghan Paramilitaries Prevent Restoration of Peace. globalresearch.ca US aggression in Afghanistan continues unabated in its 18th year. Prospects for restoring peace and stability to the war-torn are more illusory than likely. | Talks between Trump regime and Taliban representatives have been ongoing since July last year. | Claims about …

teleSUR (2019-08-25). 2 Israeli Drones Crash in Beirut, Hezbollah Rejects Aggression. telesurenglish.net The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, said Sunday that the two Israeli drones that exploded and crashed in the southern suburbs of Beirut were on a \"suicide mission,\" warning that the movement will prevent Israel from sending more drones to Lebanon. | RELATED: | Lebanon Accuses Israel of Threatening Peace in the Region | \"Hezbollah will not allow such aggression,\" he said, adding that \"the time when Israeli aircraft come and bombard parts of Lebanon is over.\" | This c…

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-25). US Missile Test, UN Security Council Face Off: China-Russia v. US. globalresearch.ca At the request of Russia and China, a Thursday Security Council session was held on the Trump regime\'s development of short-and-intermediate-range missiles prohibited by the landmark 1987 INF Treaty. | The key pillar of arms control (and earlier ones) are gone …

teleSUR (2019-08-25). Iran Rejects Israeli Claim of Attacking Country\'s Base in Syria. telesurenglish.net Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran\'s Expediency Discernment Council said Sunday that Israeli military\'s statement about hitting Iranian sites on Syria are lies. | RELATED: | Safe Zone in Northern Syria is Fully Operational: Turkish MoD | \"This is a lie and is not true,\" Rezaei, a former chief commander of Iran\'s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), told local media adding, \"America [U.S.] and Israel do not have the power to attack Iran\'s centers and positions and the Zionist…

Jana Nakhal (2019-08-25). Interview: Lebanese Solidarity with Palestinian Refugees. globalresearch.ca Author\'s Note | For two months, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been in rebellion against new labor laws discriminating against them and against Syrian refugees. Already denied more than 70 jobs, in order to work in Lebanon Palestinians must now apply …

John Perry (2019-08-25). Counting deaths for dollars: the rise and fall of Nicaragua\'s \'human rights\' organizations. thegrayzone.com In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan \"human rights\" NGO\'s inflated the death toll during last year\'s coup. Today, these…

teleSUR -EF (2019-08-25). Venezuela: Major Natural Gas Explosion Act of \'Sabotage\'. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says an investigation will immediately begin regarding the explosion of a natural gas-filling plant located in Miranda State on Saturday evening that forced some 6,500 residents of Ocumare del Tuy to temporarily leave their homes. | RELATED: | Maduro: #NoMoreTrump Petition Hits 5 Million | Venezuela\'s Minister of Popular Power of Oil and president of Petrol of Venezuela (PDVSA) tweeted that President Maduro is starting an investigation into the case, and has a…

Florian Zollmann (2019-08-25). Double Standards in Iran Reporting. indybay.org Iran has not attacked any country militarily in the last 100 years. This is mostly unmentioned in the media. Demonizations occur in the Iran reporting. In comparison, reporting about human rights in Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda.

Iranian Students Association in America (2019-08-25). Seven Whispers of the White Dove. indybay.org Hertz Hall | 101 Cross-Sproul Path | University of California | Berkeley, CA 94720…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-08-25). The \"Irresponsibility\" of Small Nations. US Missile Tests. globalresearch.ca After falsely accusing Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), Washington unilaterally repudiated the treaty. Thus did the US military/security complex rid itself of the landmark agreement achieved by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev that defused the Cold …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-25). Black Sea-Caspian Sea Connectivity Is the Future of Eurasian Integration. globalresearch.ca This week\'s first-ever Caspian Economic Forum in Turkmenistan resulted in the unveiling of an exciting new vision of Eurasian integration through Russian Prime Minister Medvedev\'s proposal to prioritize Black Sea-Caspian Sea connectivity. | *** | Most of the international media didn\'t report …

teleSUR (2019-08-25). Caribbean Islands on Alert as Storm Dorian Closes. telesurenglish.net The Barbados government issued a warning against tropical storm Dorian Sunday morning as it was located 515 miles east-souttheast border of Barbados. It was the only island under an advisory. | RELATED: | Louisiana Calls State Emergency Ahead of Tropical Storm Barry | The storm packed 40 mph (65 kmh) winds as it headed west at 13 mph early on Sunday morning. It was forecasted to be near central Lesser Antilles late on Monday or early Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC)…

Claire Edwards (2019-08-25). Online BBC Fake News on 5G Decoded: Health Impacts Denied Despite Overwhelming Scientific Evidence. globalresearch.ca Listen to BBC radio: Under the Radar Episode 4 — 5G Friend or Foe? (July 2019) here. | *** | Open letter to the \"Under the Radar\" BBC Programme Producer | I was hoping that I could leave it to others to …

teleSUR (2019-08-25). Lack of Specialized Doctors Affects Care in Paraguay. telesurenglish.net The lack of specialized doctors to provide proper medical coverage is one of Paraguay\"s most serious health issues, Public Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni has warned. | RELATED: | Paraguay Opposition Denounces \'Impunity Pact\' Over Impeachment Rejection | The minister said the lack of resources keeps the system from providing integral and dignified health care throughout the country. \'We lack human resources and we are focused in training them,\' added the official. | Maz…

World Affairs SF (2019-08-25). Sen. Jeff Merkley Speaks: His New Book on Trump\'s War Against Migrant Families. indybay.org World Affairs, 312 Sutter St., Suite 200, San Francisco 94108…

Staff (2019-08-25). How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon. truthout.org | | This article was co-published with Fortune. | On Aug. 8, 2017, Roma Laster, a Pentagon employee responsible for policing conflicts of interest, emailed an urgent warning to the chief of staff of then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Several department employees had arranged for Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, to be sworn into an influential Pentagon advisory board despite the fact that, in the year since he\'d been nominated, Bezos had never completed a required background check to obtain a security clearance.

Staff (2019-08-25). Could Climate Catastrophe Lead to Ecofascism? truthout.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 leng…

Brasil Solidarity Network & others (2019-08-25). #SaveTheAmazon: Action at Brazilian Consulate in Solidarity w/ Amazon\'s Indigenous Peoples. indybay.org Brazilian Consulate | 300 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94104…

Staff (2019-08-25). How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon. truthout.org | | This article was co-published with Fortune. | Mattis was about to fly to the West Coast, where he would personally swear Bezos in at Amazon\'s headquarters before moving on to meetings with executives from Google and Apple. Soon phone calls and emails began bouncing around the Pentagon. Security clearances are no trivial matter to defense officials; they exist to ensure that people with access to sensitive information aren\'t, say, vulnerable to blackmail and don\'t have conflicts of interest. Laster also contende…

Staff (2019-08-25). Crisis in Brazil. truthdig.com …

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-25). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal? globalresearch.ca 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 …

Nino Pagliccia (2019-08-25). Argentina: The Political Pendulum May be Swinging Left Again in Latin America. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-08-25). Hong Kong Crisis: Made in America. globalresearch.ca Claims that Western interests are driving unrest in Hong Kong to undermine China have been decried across the Western media as \"fake news,\" \"disinformation,\" and even grounds for censorship from platforms like Facebook and Twitter. | Yet a look at the …

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2019-08-25). The Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump: A Threat to American Democracy and an Agent of Chaos in the World? globalresearch.ca When 46.1% of Americans who voted for Trump in November they did not know precisely \"what they were buying\". They did not expect that the promised \"change\" the Republican presidential candidate envisioned and promised was going to be, in fact, \"chaos\" and \"turmoil\" in the U.S. government.

Kurt Nimmo (2019-08-25). Donald Trump: Israel\'s Chump. globalresearch.ca Ponzi finance—with its reliance on hedge funds, speculation, and other financial instruments of mass destruction—will usher in the next recession, far worse than the last one that began a decade ago. | Just about every American knows the vaunted middle class …

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2019-08-25). The Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump: A Threat to American Democracy and an Agent of Chaos in the World? globalresearch.ca When 46.1% of Americans who voted for Trump in November they did not know precisely \"what they were buying\". They did not expect that the promised \"change\" the Republican presidential candidate envisioned and promised was going to be, in fact, \"chaos\" and \"turmoil\" in the U.S. government.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-08-25). Prior to 9/11: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Macedonia, \"Financing Both Sides\" globalresearch.ca This essay was first published by antiwar.com in April 2001, barely 5 months before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. | It was subsequently published by Global Research when the site was launched in September 2001. …

CP Editor (2019-08-25). Nuclear Lands: A Story of Plutonium. counterpunch.org …

Staff (2019-08-24). Trump\'s Concentration Camps for Children. therealnews.com This week, the Trump Administration declared that immigrant children can be detained indefinitely, and in conditions that can be described as concentration camps. We talk to Sasha Abramsky of The Nation…

Eds. (2019-08-24). Media Availability: Prabir Purkayastha on How Big Data\'s Threat to Elections and Democracy Is Quickly Becoming a Global Problem. mronline.org The cost of the 2016 U.S. elections was $6.5 billion if we combine the presidential and congressional elections. The Indian Parliamentary election of 2019 outspent the 2016 U.S. 2016 election, costing about $8.6 billion. | Source

RT (2019-08-24). Huawei, evil Chinese & decapitated cat: Bannon serving warmed-over propaganda to Trump & Americans. rt.com Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has faced the \"China threat\" head-on with a lukewarm propaganda film dramatizing the Huawei case in Canada, hoping to galvanize the American people (and president) for a second Cold War. | Claws of the Red Dragon — \"inspired by real life events\" — tells the tale of a stand-in for Huawei\'s Meng Wanzhou, her arrest in Vancouver on US orders, the retaliatory arrest of two Canadians for definitely not spying in China, and the Huawei-standin\'s totally real collusion with an especially evil Chinese government. Characters include a plucky Chinese-Canadian journalist hot…

Manuella Libardi (2019-08-24). Leaked documents show Brazil\'s Bolsonaro has grave plans for Amazon rainforest. nationofchange.org eaked documents show that Jair Bolsonaro\'s government intends to use the Brazilian president\'s hate speech to isolate minorities living in the Amazon region. The PowerPoint slides, which democraciaAbierta has seen, also reveal plans to implement predatory projects that could have a devastating environmental impact. | The Bolsonaro government has as one of its priorities to strategically occupy the Amazon region to prevent the implementation of multilateral conservation projects for the rainforest, specifically the so-called \"Triple A\" project. | \"Development projects must be implemented on the Amazon basin to…

Mehdi Hasan (2019-08-24). It\'s Time to Indict Aung San Suu Kyi for Genocide Against the Rohingya in Myanmar. theintercept.com Aung San Suu Kyi, a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is an essential part of the decimation of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma. She should face trial.

Ben Norton (2019-08-24). Twitter relying on US/European gov-funded regime-change groups to crack down on foreign states. thegrayzone.com Twitter is relying on organizations funded by the US government and European allies, such as right-wing lobby group Freedom House,…

Staff (2019-08-24). Israel\'s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires. truthout.org | | 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\" between Israel and the United States. Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. military aid: $3.8 billion annually. AIPAC is the chief Israel lobby in the United States and a consistent apologist for Israel\'s oppressive policies t…

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2019-08-25). The Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump: A Threat to American Democracy and an Agent of Chaos in the World? globalresearch.ca When 46.1% of Americans who voted for Trump in November they did not know precisely \"what they were buying\". They did not expect that the promised \"change\" the Republican presidential candidate envisioned and promised was going to be, in fact, \"chaos\" and \"turmoil\" in the U.S. government.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-08-25). Prior to 9/11: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Macedonia, \"Financing Both Sides\" globalresearch.ca This essay was first published by antiwar.com in April 2001, barely 5 months before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. | It was subsequently published by Global Research when the site was launched in September 2001. …

Manuella Libardi (2019-08-24). Leaked documents show Brazil\'s Bolsonaro has grave plans for Amazon rainforest. nationofchange.org eaked documents show that Jair Bolsonaro\'s government intends to use the Brazilian president\'s hate speech to isolate minorities living in the Amazon region. The PowerPoint slides, which democraciaAbierta has seen, also reveal plans to implement predatory projects that could have a devastating environmental impact. | The Bolsonaro government has as one of its priorities to strategically occupy the Amazon region to prevent the implementation of multilateral conservation projects for the rainforest, specifically the so-called \"Triple A\" project. | \"Development projects must be implemented on the Amazon basin to…

Eds. (2019-08-24). Media Availability: Prabir Purkayastha on How Big Data\'s Threat to Elections and Democracy Is Quickly Becoming a Global Problem. mronline.org The cost of the 2016 U.S. elections was $6.5 billion if we combine the presidential and congressional elections. The Indian Parliamentary election of 2019 outspent the 2016 U.S. 2016 election, costing about $8.6 billion. | Source

Staff (2019-08-24). Trump\'s Concentration Camps for Children. therealnews.com This week, the Trump Administration declared that immigrant children can be detained indefinitely, and in conditions that can be described as concentration camps. We talk to Sasha Abramsky of The Nation…

Mehdi Hasan (2019-08-24). It\'s Time to Indict Aung San Suu Kyi for Genocide Against the Rohingya in Myanmar. theintercept.com Aung San Suu Kyi, a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is an essential part of the decimation of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma. She should face trial.

RT (2019-08-24). Huawei, evil Chinese & decapitated cat: Bannon serving warmed-over propaganda to Trump & Americans. rt.com Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has faced the \"China threat\" head-on with a lukewarm propaganda film dramatizing the Huawei case in Canada, hoping to galvanize the American people (and president) for a second Cold War. | Claws of the Red Dragon — \"inspired by real life events\" — tells the tale of a stand-in for Huawei\'s Meng Wanzhou, her arrest in Vancouver on US orders, the retaliatory arrest of two Canadians for definitely not spying in China, and the Huawei-standin\'s totally real collusion with an especially evil Chinese government. Characters include a plucky Chinese-Canadian journalist hot…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Staff (2019-08-24). Trump Administration Revives Clause That Kept Nazi-Era Refugees From the US. truthout.org | | During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. without exceeding the nation\'s existing quotas. | The primary mechanism that kept them out: the immigration law\'s \"likely to become a public charge\" clause. Consular officials with the authority to issue visas denied them to everyone they deemed incapable of supporting themselves in the U.S. | It is not possible to say what happened to these refugees. Some immigrated to other countries th…

Staff (2019-08-24). Israel\'s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires. truthout.org | | 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\" between Israel and the United States. Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. military aid: $3.8 billion annually. AIPAC is the chief Israel lobby in the United States and a consistent apologist for Israel\'s oppressive policies t…

Ben Norton (2019-08-24). Twitter relying on US/European gov-funded regime-change groups to crack down on foreign states. thegrayzone.com Twitter is relying on organizations funded by the US government and European allies, such as right-wing lobby group Freedom House,…

Staff (2019-08-24). 68 Protesters Detained as Leaders Gather at G-7 Summit. truthdig.com BIARRITZ, France—The Latest on the Group of Seven summit (all times local): | 11: 05 p.m. | French authorities have detained 68 people taking part in a tense protest near the G-7 summit. | The regional administration says those detained are accused of throwing projectiles, concealing their faces or possessing objects that could be used as weapons. | Police fired tear gas, water cannon and dispersion grenades at a crowd of about 400 mostly peaceful anti-capitalism demonstrators Saturday in the town of Bayonne. The regional administration says n…

Staff (2019-08-24). Brazilian Troops Deploy to Fight Amazon Fires. truthdig.com RIO DE JANEIRO— Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. | President Jair Bolsonaro also tried to temper global concern, saying previously deforested areas had burned and that intact rainforest was spared. Even so, the fires were likely to be urgently discussed at a summit of the Group of Seven leaders in France this weekend. | Some 44,000 troops will be available for \"unprecedented\" operations to put out the fires, and forces are heading to six Br…

Basav Sen (2019-08-24). Brazil Isn\'t the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet. progressive.org As the Amazon burns, the terrifying parallels between the U.S. and Brazilian governments highlight the damage authoritarian leaders are doing.

Brasil Solidarity Network & others (2019-08-24). #SaveTheAmazon: Action at Brazilian Consulate in Solidarity w/ Amazon\'s Indigenous Peoples. indybay.org Brazilian Consulate | 300 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94104…

Florian Zollmann (2019-08-24). Double Standards in Iran Reporting. indybay.org Iran has not attacked any country militarily in the last 100 years. This is mostly unmentioned in the media. Demonizations occur in the Iran reporting. In comparison, reporting about human rights in Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda.

Mathew Maavak (2019-08-24). \"Child Actorvism\" and the Extinction Agenda of Neoliberal Racists. dissidentvoice.org There is no shortage of social justice causes trumpeted by the West‚Ä with a revolving medley of \"child actorvists\" at the forefront. The logical observer may question whether these endless multi-billion dollar campaigns have had any tangible effect at all, except in serving as a stalking horse for mass-mediated interferences in the affairs of other …

Staff (2019-08-24). Insulin Prices Killed Josh Wilkerson. Now His Mother Is Taking On Big Pharma. truthout.org | | When Josh Wilkerson was a boy, he would page through his family\'s church directory to find people celebrating birthdays that day so he could call and wish them, \"Happy Birthday!\" He played Little League baseball and loved pro wrestling, often pantomiming the faux violence he saw on TV with his three brothers. One time, he peed on his brother\'s bed after they\'d fought and blamed it on spilled apple juice. | He was, in other words, a vibrant, lighthearted kid. \"He was normally easygoing a…

WSWS (2019-08-24). US commander says navy ready for Venezuela intervention. wsws.org The threat by the head of the US Southern Command came as both Trump and Maduro confirmed that US and Venezuelan officials have been holding direct talks.

Juan Cole (2019-08-24). Bernie Sanders\' Manhattan project: The game-changing Green New Deal. nationofchange.org Sen. Bernie Sanders\' breathtaking Green New Deal, with an advertised price tag of $16.3 trillion, is aimed at nothing less than saving the planet from the worst consequences of global heating. | The plan aims to create 20 million new, well-paying jobs. It should be noted that one possible outcome of big Federal R&D monies and a rapid shift to renewables would be to revivify the US industrial sector, which has fallen to only 12 percent or so of the US GDP. Although the price tag seems formidable, Sen. Sanders points out that climate inaction wil…

WSWS (2019-08-24). Unifor convention gives centre-stage to Trudeau, Freeland and the Liberal re-election campaign. wsws.org Unifor is spearheading a massive union drive to keep the big business, pro-austerity, pro-war Trudeau Liberal government in power.

John Atcheson (2019-08-24). Centrists Are Going to Kill Us. commondreams.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a rally at Howard University May 13, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/centrists-kill-us.jpg …

Alexandra Jacobo (2019-08-24). Air pollution now linked to degenerative eye disease and mental health problems in children. nationofchange.org It seems like nearly every week a new study is coming out to warn us of a new link between air pollution and various health problems. This week two new studies have revealed a link between air pollution from cars, general air pollution, and serious health problems. | A new study conducted by researchers in the United States and Denmark showed a connection between air pollution and an increased risk of mental health problems in people that spend their childhood in areas with high levels of air pollution. | When looking at the insurance data for 151 million individuals collected between 2003 and 2013 in the Unit…

WSWS (2019-08-24). \"We are all equal!\" Captain who saved refugees refuses award from Paris mayor. wsws.org Klemp repudiated the award and denounced the anti-refugee polices of the Paris authorities.

World Affairs SF (2019-08-24). Sen. Jeff Merkley Speaks: His New Book on Trump\'s War Against Migrant Families. indybay.org World Affairs, 312 Sutter St., Suite 200, San Francisco 94108…

Staff (2019-08-24). Can We Reach 100 Percent Renewable Energy in Time to Avert Climate Catastrophe? truthout.org | | Ten years ago, two climate scientists, Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi, published a groundbreaking article in Scientific American outlining a road map for becoming 100 percent reliant on energy generated by water, wind and sun by 2030. This was something that needed to be done \"if the world has any hope of slowing climate change,\" the researchers warned at the time. | The article proved incendiary. \"First of all, nobody believed…

Iranian Students Association in America (2019-08-24). Seven Whispers of the White Dove. indybay.org Hertz Hall | 101 Cross-Sproul Path | University of California | Berkeley, CA 94720…

Aaron Maté (2019-08-24). Israel bombs Iraq, escalating violence targeting Iran. thegrayzone.com An Israeli bombing of a weapons depot allegedly used by Iran is the first Israeli strike on Iraq in nearly…

Justin Mikulka (2019-08-24). How an application for propane fracking attempts to circumvent New York\'s fracking ban. nationofchange.org Four years after New York announced the state was banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking), Tioga Energy Partners, LLC has filed an application with the state to frack for natural gas, but there\'s a catch. The company is proposing to swap propane into the industry standard mix that usually calls for water. | Environmental advocates consider this application to use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and specifically a propane gel, an attempt…

Christian Fuchs (2019-08-24). Henry A. Giroux and the culture of neoliberal fascism. mronline.org HENRY A. GIROUX\'s book The Terror of the Unforeseen analyzes the conditions that have enabled and led to Donald Trump\'s rule and the consequences of that rule, that have ushered in an authoritarian version of capitalism. Giroux provides a realistic analysis that holds out the hope that, through collective efforts, change is possible and democracy […] | Source

Mark Gruenberg (2019-08-23). Climate change, Amazon fires come to France with G7 protests. peoplesworld.org BIARRITZ, France—The continuing controversy over international action — or lack of it — to deal with climate change, and the latest big threat to the environment, the massive Brazilian Amazonian wildfires, will descend on the G7 summit here this weekend. The object: To force the leaders of the world\'s top industrialized nations to do something …

Staff (2019-08-23). Bolsonaro May Send Army to Fight Massive Amazon Fires. truthdig.com France accuses the Brazilian leader of lying over his commitment to save the rainforest, which is seen as crucial to slowing global warming.

Vijay Prashad (2019-08-23). Hybrid wars are destroying Democracies. mronline.org In Brazil recently, I gave an interview to Brasil de Fato, which was born in 2003 as the weekly magazine of the World Social Forum. It is now one of the most important windows into Brazil\'s political world. The newsletter this week carries the text of most of the interview. | Source

RT (2019-08-23). David Koch, billionaire conservative & one of the world\'s richest people, dies at 79. rt.com US billionaire businessman and key Republican Party donor David Koch has died at the age of 79. | Koch stepped down from the family business, Koch Industries, last year amid health problems. His death has been confirmed by his older brother Charles. | \"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my brother David,\" says Charles Koch in statement.— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 23, 2019 | David was listed by Forbes…

Eds. (2019-08-23). Top 1% up $21 Trillion. Bottom 50% down $900 Billion. mronline.org The insights of this new data series are many, but for this post here I want to highlight a single eye-popping statistic. Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion. The bottom 50 percent actually saw its net worth decrease by $900 billion over the same period. | Source

RT (2019-08-23). Man CRUSHED by elevator in nightmarish incident in luxury Manhattan high-rise. rt.com A malfunctioning elevator in a posh New York City apartment building killed a man in a gruesome way, as other residents watched in horror. | Video of the graphic incident, captured by the building\'s security cameras on Thursday morning, shows one person getting out of the elevator. When another passenger tries to follow, the elevator plummets down, shearing him in half and crushing his body against the shaft.Samuel Waisbren, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. | \"The elevator took him down,\" one of the people who witnessed the event told the New York Daily News. \"It\'s awful. It was disgusting.\" | Oh my gosh…

Neri Felipe (2019-08-23). Escuelita àìscar Romero in Philadelphia builds unity in the face of anti-immigrant terror. liberationnews.org The Escuelita àìscar Romero, a program of the Philadelphia branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation which primarily serves recently arrived Central American children, just concluded its first summer camp.

RT (2019-08-23). More Russiagate unraveling? Ex-CEO says FBI instructed him to have relationship with Maria Butina. rt.com Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has told media that he was ordered by the FBI to initiate a romantic relationship with imprisoned Russian gun activist Maria Butina, seemingly confirming claims made by her lawyer. | Byrne, who resigned from the online retail company on Thursday, explained to CNN\'s Chris Cuomo that he had been asked by the FBI — on the orders of then-director James Comey — to \"rekindle a romantic relationship\" with Butina. | Taken aback by the claim, Cuomo interjected: \"You believe that Jim Comey knew that you were being asked to do these things in the name of the United States gove…

RT (2019-08-23). \'Provocative\' post-INF missile test serves US neocon goal to stop détente with Russia. rt.com The decision by the United States to test a cruise missile banned under the now-expired INF treaty was a provocative move that delights neocons who oppose rapprochement between the US and Russia, analysts told RT. | Less than a month after pulling out of the INF arms control treaty, the US military tested a ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missile previously prohibited under the agreement. | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would \"take exhaustive measures to prepare a symmetrical response\" to the test, while stressing that it is not aiming to ignite a new arms race. | Also on rt.com…

RT (2019-08-23). \'Crime does pay\': CNN hires disgraced ex-FBI director Andrew McCabe. rt.com What does one get for leaking to the media, lying to federal investigators about it, and allegedly participating in a plot to derail an American election? If you answered jail time, too bad. The correct answer is a job at CNN.

RT (2019-08-23). WATCH: Plane cabin fills with smoke moments before emergency landing. rt.com Horrified passengers of Hawaiian Airlines were lucky to escape disaster after their cabin filled with smoke during a flight to Honolulu on Thursday. Their plane made an emergency landing before the crew evacuated all on board. | Seven passengers, five adults and two children, were hospitalized after suffering \"smoke-related symptoms,\" the airline said in a statement. | Also on rt.com | | Watch Swiss fighter jets shadow Russian GOVERNMENT PLANE as \'act of hospitality\' | Smoke began filling the cabin 20 minutes before the flight from Oakland, California lan…

Staff (2019-08-23). Putin Orders Russia to Respond After U.S. Missile Test. truthdig.com MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. | In Sunday\'s test, a modified ground-launched version of a U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile accurately struck its target more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) away. The test came after Moscow and Washington withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. | Speaking at a meeting of his Security Council, Putin charged that the U.S. waged a \"propaganda campaign\" alleging Russian breaches of the pact to \"

CounterSpin (2019-08-23). Sasha Abramsky on Trump\'s New Attack on Immigrants. fair.org Media…

Tariq Ali (2019-08-23). Kashmir on the edge of the abyss. mronline.org Tariq Ali on the situation in Kashmir. | Source