US to allow indefinite detention for migrant children following rule change
rt.com | 2019-08-21
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a change in policy that could see migrant children detained indefinitely, replacing a previous restriction limiting confinement of undocumented minors to 20 days. | The department announced on Wednesday that it would terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement, which set requirements for detaining migrants, arguing the rules contained a \"loophole\" that drives illegal immigration into the US. | \"By closing this key loophole in Flores, the new rule will restore integrity to our immigration system and eliminate the major pull factor fueling the crisis,\" acting Home…
rt.com/usa/466992-indefinite-detention-migrant-children/

Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
At a Sydney \"Politics in the Pub\" meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposing the extent of the betrayal of Julian Assange by the Guardian and the New York Times, and refuting the …
globalresearch.ca/australian-investigative-journalist-exposes-guardiannew-york-times-betrayal-assange/5686660

Trump-Netanyahu: The Disgraceful President and the Contemptible Prime Minister
Prof. Alon Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, to enter Israel. Netanyahu, like a poodle, simply obeys his …
globalresearch.ca/disgraceful-president-contemptible-prime-minister/5686759

Omar, Tlaib, and the United States of Israel
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
I\'m trying to remember when Israel wasn\'t the fifty-first state. It receives my tax money and a blank check by the United States government to torture, ethnically cleanse, and murder Palestinians. | Israelis are apparently more important and cherished than Americans, …
globalresearch.ca/omar-tlaib-united-states-israel/5686803

Democrats Are Waging a Covert War on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-21
The Democratic Party establishment wants you to know that they\'re not afraid of primary challenges from the Justice Democrats–a progressive political action committee that runs progressive candidates who reject campaign funding from the ultra-rich and corporations. But when the establishment Democrats tell you they aren\'t afraid, they often aren\'t brave enough to let reporters quote them by name. | These anonymous sources are rarely as insulting as the one quoted by Fox News\' Brooke Singman: \"No one is afraid of those [Justice Democr…
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-are-waging-a-covert-war-on-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization–#StopICEterror
Coaltion to Close the Concentration Camps | indybay.org | 2019-08-21
100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616, United States | (Palantir Headquarters)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/21/18825567.php

New York Court Directive May Violate Rules Protecting Families From Deportation
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-21
| This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at revealnews.org and subscribe to the Reveal podcast, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org/podcast.A high-ranking immigration court official has issued a requirement to judges in New York City that deportation cases involving…
truthout.org/articles/new-york-court-directive-may-violate-rules-protecting-families-from-deportation/

Bolsonaro greenlights new pesticides even as advocates mourn half billion dead bees in Brazil
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-21
Pointing to the deaths of more than half a billion bees in Brazil over a period of just four months, beekeepers, experts, and activists are raising concerns about the soaring number of new pesticides greenlighted for use by the Brazilian government since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January–and the threat that it poses …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/21/bolsonaro-greenlights-new-pesticides-even-as-advocates-mourn-half-billion-dead-bees-in-brazil/

Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Afghan Militias, Report Says
Alex Emmons | theintercept.com | 2019-08-21
\"If cut loose by the CIA,\" the report notes, militias \"may be reborn as private armies or \'security guards\' in the service of powerful individuals.\"
theintercept.com/2019/08/21/taliban-peace-talks-afghanistan-militias/

That Couldn\'t Be True: Restorying and Reconciliation
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
The Canadian nation-state presents itself to the world as a benign peacekeeper and benevolent force for good in the world. This myth washes over us and leaves us unwilling and reluctant to face up to our past as a white settler colonial state. If we did a few nasty things in the past, well, that…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/that-couldnt-be-true-restorying-and-reconciliation/

Sudan opposition leaders form government with the army
wsws.org | 2019-08-21
The agreement is a shameless betrayal of the months-long protest movement that brought cities across the country to a virtual standstill.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/21/suda-a21.html

In Protest Against Police Raping Spree, Women Burn Their Station in Mexico City
Johnny Hazard | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
About two thousand people, mostly young women (many of whom identify themselves as anarcofeministas), marched and rampaged through the Zona Rosa area of Mexico City on Friday, August 16. This was the second such action in less than a week. The first, on Monday, was in direct reaction to a young woman\'s accusation against four…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/in-protestagainst-police-raping-spree-women-burn-their-station-in-mexico-city/

\'Slowbalization\': Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
A group of Italians started the Slow Food movement back in the 1980s. Stay away from fast-food restaurants, they urged: eat local, focus on traditional recipes, relax, and enjoy your meal. The Slow Food movement began as a protest against McDonald\'s, which opened a new franchise near the Spanish Steps in Rome. But it grew…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/slowbalization-is-the-slowing-global-economy-a-boon-or-bane/

Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, but at What Price?
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-21
With Jewish settlers dictating the political agenda in Israel, and constantly provoking Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, violence is likely to grow exponentially in the coming months.
mintpressnews.com/jewish-settlers-rule-the-roost-in-israel-but-at-what-price/261415/

2 American servicemen killed in Afghanistan — NATO
rt.com | 2019-08-21
Two US soldiers have been killed in action in Afghanistan, according to NATO\'s press office. The alliance did not elaborate on the cause of death or release the names of the servicemen. | Sixteen US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan so far in 2019, 14 of them in combat and the other two in accidents aboard an American warship. | Taliban attacks have also spiked this year, inflicting major civilian casualties in bombings in Kabul and elsewhere. Earlier this month, the group claimed responsibility for a bombing that injured 100 people and killed 18. | DETAILS TO FOLLOW…
rt.com/usa/467006-us-servicemen-killed-afghanistan/

Brian Banks: A false rape accusation and its consequences
wsws.org | 2019-08-21
Brian Banks is based on the true story of a black high school football star in Long Beach, California falsely accused of rape at the age of 16. Rosie deals with homelessness in Dublin and Angels Are Made of Light the war in Afghanistan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/21/bank-a21.html

øEs posible un bloqueo naval de EE.UU. contra Venezuela?
Redacción Internacional, granma.cu | workers.org | 2019-08-21
19 de agosto — El magnate presidente Donald Trump ha insistido en el bloqueo naval como opción a tomar contra la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y, de acuerdo con el portal estadounidense Axios, citado por Misión Verdad, se trataría de un embargo directo a las costas venezolanas \"para evitar que . . . | Continue reading øEs posible un bloqueo naval de EE.UU. contra Venezuela? at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/21/es-posible-un-bloqueo-naval-de-ee-uu-contra-venezuela/

Rick Perry, politician responsible for US nukes, falls for embarrassing Instagram hoax
rt.com | 2019-08-21
The US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry showed his age and social media naivety by reposting a hoax that supposedly stops Instagram from making its users\' public posts… public. | The former governor of Texas, who\'s currently responsible for America\'s nuclear arsenal, shared…
rt.com/usa/466970-rick-perry-instagram-hoax/

Half a Billion Bees Drop Dead in Brazil Amid Jump in Pesticide Use
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Bee apocalypse has unfolded in four of Brazil\'s southern states in 1Q19. More than half a billion bees died earlier this year, in a short period, experts are suggesting that pesticides are likely to be blamed, reported Bloomberg. | ….
globalresearch.ca/half-billion-bees-drop-dead-brazil-pesticide-use/5686822

Washington intensifies its collective punishment of Venezuelans
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-21
Despite previous sanctions leading to over 40,000 deaths in Venezuela over two years, the U.S. is escalating its economic offensive. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/21/washington-intensifies-its-collective-punishment-of-venezuelans/

Lack of funds forces UN to close down life-saving aid programmes in Yemen
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-21
The United Nations announced on Wednesday that it is being forced to close down several humanitarian programmes in Yemen because money pledged by Member States to pay for them has \"failed to materialize\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044681

Offering Choice But Delivering Tyranny: the Corporate Capture of Agriculture
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
Many lobbyists talk a lot about critics of genetic engineering technology denying choice to farmers. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies to maximise choice and options. At the same time, somewhat ironically, they decry organic agriculture and proven agroecological approaches, presumably because these practices have no need for…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/offering-choice-but-delivering-tyranny-the-corporate-capture-of-agriculture/

The Forest Service Puts Ranchers Ahead of Grizzlies (and the Public Interest)
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
The recent killing of more grizzly bears by the Wyoming Game and Fish, a listed endangered species, to protect ranchers in the Upper Green River Allotment on the Bridger Teton National Forest is another shameful example of the mixed-up priorities and mismanagement of our public lands. Why should native animals, especially endangered animals, be killed…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/the-forest-service-puts-ranchers-ahead-of-grizzlies-and-the-public-interest/

The Smiling Turtle
Gary Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
The smiling turtle looks like he\'s About to break into a laugh He\'s been Waiting a long time for the punch-line I am not smiling My mirror has misted up I feel the closeness of the swamp I think we are sinking Into the muck of our business We have to call off the meeting…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/the-smiling-turtle/

Condescension and Climate Change: Australia and the Failure of the Pacific Islands Forum
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
It was predictably ugly: in tone, in regret, and, in some ways, disgust. Australia emerged from the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting isolated, the true spoiler of the party which saw 17 states facing the obstinacy of one. It had taken place on Tuvalu, some two hours flight north of Fiji. The capital Funafuti is…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/condescension-and-climate-change-australia-and-the-failure-of-the-pacific-islands-forum/

Sleater-Kinney — Can I Go On
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/sleater-kinney-can-i-go-on/

The Dead Letter Office of Capitalist Imperium: a Poverty of Mundus Imaginalis
Kenn Orphan — Phil Rockstroh | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
PR: What has been of greater service to humanity, the dark vision of humanity, limned in satire, by Jonathan Swift or the positivity-rancid homilies of corporate church of self-actualization? What is more propitious to the psyche, a descent into the underworld by Orphic imagination or the Icarusian dazzle on Instagram or the narcissistic intoxication induced…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/the-dead-letter-office-of-capitalist-imperium-a-poverty-of-mundus-imaginalis/

Endangered Species Act: A Failure Worth Fighting For?
Craig Collins | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-21
Everyone who gives a damn about the planet is denouncing Trump\'s latest attack on the Endangered Species Act. But little is being said about this law\'s actual impact on the fate of endangered species. In theory, the collapse of global biodiversity was supposed to be prevented by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Convention on International Trade of Endangered (CITES). But in reality this has amounted to trying to stop a raging wildfire with a squirt gun.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/21/endangered-species-act-a-failure-worth-fighting-for/

Video: Militant Groups Lose Lots of Equipment in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces, backed up by the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces, have liberated Umm Zaytunah and Kafr Tab, and advanced on Abedin and Madaya in southern Idlib. | Meanwhile, …
globalresearch.ca/video-militant-groups-lose-equipment-southern-idlib/5686632

History: US Encroachment Encouraged Japan To Support Hitler and Mussolini
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
During late September 1940, Japanese representatives like Sabur≈ç Kurusu flew to Berlin where they were greeted by the ruler of Europe, Adolf Hitler. Kurusu, an experienced career diplomat from Yokohama, could not help but notice the Nazi self-assurance at …
globalresearch.ca/ongoing-western-encroachment-japan-turned-her-hitler-mussolini/5686798

Video: Khan Shaykhun Is About to Fall into the Hands of Syrian Army
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Militants\' defense in southern Idlib and northern Hama has collapsed. | On August 19, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies backed up by Syrian and Russian air power cut off the M5 highway north of Khan …
globalresearch.ca/video-khan-shaykhun-fall-syrian-arm/5686768

A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams
John Clarke | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Cathy Crowe\'s book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and challenging a growing blight of destitution and poverty in Toronto that has developed with the advance of the neoliberal agenda. …
globalresearch.ca/nightmare-homelessness-knapsack-full-dreams/5686834

Fast Bowling, Concussions and Jofra Archer
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
We should all be cheering on some level. So much in this age of cricket favours the pampered bat over the stifled ball. The game of duration has suffered: five-day test matches are struggling before diminishing attention spans and ever …
globalresearch.ca/fast-bowling-concussions-jofra-archer/5686806

What Globalism Did Was to Transfer the US Economy to China
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
The main problem with the US economy is that globalism has been deconstructing it. The offshoring of US jobs has reduced US manufacturing and industrial capability and associated innovation, research, development, supply chains, consumer purchasing power, and tax base of …
globalresearch.ca/globalism-transfer-us-economy-china/5686832

Colonization and Americanization of Hawaii: Replacing Hawaiian Culture
Kioni Dudley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Summary | In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 1469 relieving the U.S. from the reporting requirements under Article 73 e, after finding that the people of the territory had exercised self-government by choosing to become a state of the | …
globalresearch.ca/call-review-historical-facts-surrounding-unga-resolution-1469-xiv-1959-attainment-self-government-hawaii/5686727

The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Tragedy, Blamed on Russia. NGOs Say They Will Seek PM Mahathir Support to Prevent the MH17 Trial of Four Men
Ida Lim | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today said they will soon ask for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad\'s help to prevent the trial of four individuals over the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from starting. | Chandra Muzaffar…
globalresearch.ca/ngos-seek-aid-stop-mh17-trial-four-men/5686673

Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA\'s 200 Million-acre Expansion of Bee-killing Pesticide

Tell Greyhound: ICE off our buses!
FIRE | workers.org | 2019-08-20
The call to action below can be shared and signed at bit.ly/ICEoffBuses. Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere is a multinational, multigenerational and multigendered organization based in the U.S., seeking to bring together all sectors of society to concentrate on abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immediately putting an end to . . . | Continue reading Tell Greyhound: ICE off our buses! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/20/tell-greyhound-ice-off-our-buses/

Julian Assange\'s father warns WikiLeaks\' publisher\'s health is \"declining rapidly\" in Belmarsh Prison
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
\"The government will willingly sacrifice Julian\'s well-being to the demands of the US and the UK.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/ship-a20.html

Why the world is watching the fate of an Iranian tanker in the Mediterranean
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-08-20
The British, it is clear, seized the Iranian tanker at the urging of the United States. There was no previous British warning that it might enter in such a muscular way into the U.S. attempt to suffocate Iran. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/19/why-the-world-is-watching-the-fate-of-an-iranian-tanker-in-the-mediterranean/

Why the World Is Watching the Fate of an Iranian Tanker in the Mediterranean
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-08-20
The British seized the Iranian tanker at the urging of the United States. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iran_tanker_uk.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/20/why-world-watching-fate-iranian-tanker-mediterranean?cd-origin=rss

Portland Anti-Fascist Coalition Shows Us How We Can Defeat the Far Right
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| The far-right \"western chauvinist\" street gang known as the Proud Boys is already talking about a follow-up rally next month in Portland, Oregon, following their rally there on Saturday, August 17. | Local anti-fascist resistance is growing, however, and anti-fascist activists say they emerged from their counterprotest against the Proud Boys last Saturday with a strengthened and historic coalition of organizations that will continue to make fascism unwelcome in their community. | Portland…
truthout.org/articles/portland-anti-fascist-coalition-shows-us-how-we-can-defeat-the-far-right/

New Calif. law is one of nation\'s strongest to prevent police shootings
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-20
On a stage packed with legislative and other civic leaders, civil rights activists and members of families with loved ones killed by police, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Aug. 19 signed one of the country\'s strictest laws limiting conditions for police to use lethal force. The law, Assembly Bill 392, the California Act to Save …
peoplesworld.org/article/new-calif-law-is-one-of-nations-strongest-to-prevent-police-shootings/

US-North Korea Peace Talks Have Not Resumed: Pompeo
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
The U.S. and North Korea have not returned to the negotiation table as quickly as they initially hoped, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but he added that Washington knew there would be \'bumps on the road\' in the denuclearization talks. | RELATED: | Trump Designates Brazil a \'Major Non-Nato Ally\' | \"We haven\'t gotten back to the table as quickly as we hoped but we\'ve been pretty clear all along, we knew there would be bums along the way,\" Pompeo said during an interview with CBS…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-North-Korea-Peace-Talks-Have-Not-Resumed-Pompeo-20190820-0002.html

Kushner\'s Threat to Palestine: An Interview with Norman Finkelstein
Colter Louwerse | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
Norman Finkelstein is a leading authority on the Israel-Palestine conflict. While most observers have proclaimed Jared Kushner\'s ongoing \'peace\' initiative to be dead in the water, Norman warns that it may pose a serious threat to the Palestinians. In part 1 of this interview, I spoke with him about what we can expect from the…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/kushners-threat-to-palestine-an-interview-with-norman-finkelstein/

Make love, not war? Department of PEACE plan unveiled by Marianne Williamson, and Twitter loves it
rt.com | 2019-08-20
Democratic presidential hopeful and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson has revealed a proposal for a new \"Department of Peace,\" a project devoted to \"ending the scourge of violence\" around the world. Twitter felt the good vibes. | The proposal was rolled out on Monday night in a post on Williamson\'s website, calling for a new cabinet-level department. The plan lists a lofty series of goals, ranging from addressing \"white supremacy\" and domestic gun violence, to developing \"restorative justice programs\" and \"new structures of nonviole…
rt.com/usa/466918-marianne-williamson-peace-department/

As Deadly Bombings Devastate Afghanistan, US-Taliban Peace Talks Continue
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| In Afghanistan, a series of bomb attacks devastated restaurants and other public spaces Monday in the eastern city of Jalalabad, injuring at least 66 people. The explosions took place on Afghanistan\'s 100th Independence Day, following Saturday\'s bloody suicide bombing at a wedding in Kabul that killed 63 people, wounding around 200 others. ISIS claimed the attack, which was the deadliest this year in Afghanistan. The bombings came as the U.S. and Taliban are reportedly close to a peace deal a…
truthout.org/video/as-deadly-bombings-devastate-afghanistan-us-taliban-peace-talks-continue/

Indonesia Curbs Net, Sends More Police to Papua Amid Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
Indonesia sent 200 more police officers to Papua Tuesday and reined in internet speeds to \"prevent hoaxes from spreading\" as civil unrest persisted in some parts of the country\'s easternmost area, officials said. | RELATED: | Thousands Demand Independence in Indonesia\'s Papua Regions | Thousands of Papuans took the streets of the cities of Sorong, Manokwari, and Jayapura Monday, blocking roads, damaging an airport and torching government buildings. | The protests were triggered by th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indonesia-Curbs-Net-Sends-More-Police-to-Papua-Amid-Protests-20190820-0006.html

Is Hong Kong Important? For Whom?
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
Hundreds of thousands in the streets of Hong Kong protesting the anti-extradition bill for now over ten weeks; thousands closing down the busy international airport; an influential British parliamentarian proposing to return UK citizenship to Hong Kong residents; Chinese students supporting the government and those supporting the protesters clashing in foreign countries; videos showing Chinese…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/is-hong-kong-important-for-whom/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
Hundreds of thousands staged protests last week across Brazil last week in major cities targeting the policies of the Bolsanaro administration, in particular those attacking education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/wrkr-a20.html

Iran Praises North Korea for \'Exercising Vigilance Against US\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
The speaker of Iran\'s parliament, Ali Larijani, has praised North Korea\'s \'intelligent\' approach to the U.S., and said that they have successfully resisted unilateral pressures, thereby securing their independence. Larijani also said that he hoped Iran and North Korea could increase their cooperation, since both are heavily sanctioned by Washington. | RELATED: | War With Iran Will Be \'Mother Of All Wars\': Rouhani | \"North Korean leader [Kim Jong-un] acted properly during negotiations with t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Praises-North-Korea-for-Exercising-Vigilance-Against-US-20190820-0013.html

Pope Francis Confronts the \"Idolatry of Money\" — RAI with Matthew Fox (7/8)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-20
With his criticism of excessive capitalism and of climate change, Pope Francis has become the target of the far-right, and especially of the secretive Opus Dei sect within the Catholic Church, explains former priest Matthew Fox…
therealnews.com/stories/pope-francis-confronts-the-idolatry-of-money-rai-with-matthew-fox-7-8

Italian Leader Conte Resigns With Scathing Attack on Far-Right\'s Salvini
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-20
The prime minister blames the collapse of his populist government on his deputy\'s desire to gain \"full powers\" for his League party.
truthdig.com/articles/italian-leader-conte-resigns-with-scathing-attack-on-far-rights-salvini/

Everything You Think You Know About \'Free Speech\' Is a Lie
P.E. Moskowitz | thenation.com | 2019-08-20
How far-right operatives manufactured the \"crisis\" of free speech with books, think tanks–and billions of dollars.
thenation.com/article/portland-speech-milo-antifa-koch/

Sob o \"escudo\" de mísseis nucleares USA na Europa
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-20
A instalaàßà£o de mísseis da NATO em Deveselu, na Roménia, que faz parte do sistema Aegis americano de \"defesa anti-mísseis\", terminou a \"actualizaàßà£o\" que comeàßou em Abril passado. Comunica a NATO, assegurando que \"nà£o conferiu nenhuma capacidade ofensiva ao sistema\", …
globalresearch.ca/sob-o-escudo-de-misseis-nucleares-usa-na-europa/5686781

The Plot to Attack Iran:‚Ä® How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-08-20
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825506.php

Say no to the McCarthyite attack on Chicago teachers
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-20
As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) find itself locked in tough contract negotiations and faces the possibility of a strike, corporate and right-wing media like the Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and others have launched a bizarre attack that seems like it is straight out of the 1950s red scare. Rather than addressing the real problems impacting teachers and students in Chicago schools, these reactionary pundits have decided the rant and rave about – of all things – a delegation of teachers that traveled to Venezuela earlier this summer. | Here are the facts of the matter. A group of teachers who are also members of…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/20/say-no-mccarthyite-attack-chicago-teachers

Trump calls for naval blockade of Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The US president\'s demand for a military option reflects growing desperation in Washington over the failure of its regime-change operation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/vene-a20.html

China Warns of Reemergence of Islamic State Group in Syria
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
A senior Chinese official said Tuesday that there was a danger of Islamic State group re-emerging in Syria and called for progress in the political process between the Damascus government and the opposition to end the war. | RELATED: | Syria Slams US-Turkey Safe Zone, Calls it \'Blatant Aggression\' | \"There is now a danger of terrorist organizations like ISIS…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Warns-of-Reemergence-of-Islamic-State-Group-in-Syria-20190820-0011.html

APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail
Anti Police-Terror Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-20
East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825530.php

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-08-20
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started…
thenation.com/article/elizabeth-warren-election-2020/

Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning
Nancy Fresco | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-20
The planet\'s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also raging in northern Canada. In Siberia, choking smoke from 13 million acres — an area nearly the size of West Virginia — is blanketing t…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/20/huge-wildfires-in-the-arctic-and-far-north-send-a-planetary-warning/

Basque Country: Over 13,200 Police to Be Deployed at G7 Meeting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
France\'s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner reported on Tuesday that over 13,200 police, gendarmes and military will be deployed to protect the next G7 summit, which will take place in Biarritz, the Basque Country, from August 24 to 26. | RELATED: | G7 Countries Take a Step Towards Taxing Big Internet Companies | More than 450 firefighters and 13 mobile emergency and resuscitation teams will also be part of the deployment in order to make possible public altercations. | At…
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Trump-Tied Operatives Register as Foreign Agents of Libyan Wealth Fund
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| Michael Cohen\'s former lawyer and the political strategist reportedly behind Donald Trump\'s famous escalator descent launching his 2016 presidential campaign are working as foreign agents for a sovereign wealth fund managed by the government of Libya as it seeks to regain access to billions of dollars in assets frozen since 2011. | David Schwartz represented Cohen, Trump\'s longtime personal la…
truthout.org/articles/trump-tied-operatives-register-as-foreign-agents-of-libyan-wealth-fund/

Calm and Conflict: a Dispatch From Nicaragua
James Phillips | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
I\'ve lost count of how many times I\'ve been in Nicaragua, beginning with almost two years in the country during the Contra War of the 1980s. This month, I spent another nine days in the country. Here are some of observations \"from the Ô¨Åeld.\" Things are calm in Nicaragua in some ways. There is little…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/calm-and-con%ef%ac%82ict-a-dispatch-from-nicaragua/

Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Department of Justice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-20
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica\'s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. | This article was produced in partnership with American Banker. | Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding information from the Justice Department about actions that Trump administration officials took last year to reduce the penalties against two large banks that sold faulty mortgages to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis. | \"These weak settlements send a clea…
truthdig.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-takes-aim-at-department-of-justice/

\"You can\'t trust the government\": Flint, Michigan residents speak out on Newark water crisis
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The lead-in-water crisis in Newark, New Jersey is evoking angry responses from Flint residents who have gone through similar experiences over the last five years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/flint-a20.html

Australian prime minister elevates pro-US militarists to top cabinet, intelligence positions
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
Shearer\'s role will be to advise Morrison and other ministers on how to publicly promote the US-led preparations for war with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/shea-a20.html

The fascist attack on Guardian journalist Owen Jones
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The brutal assault on Guardian journalist Owen Jones must be taken as a grave warning of the dangers to the working class from the far right.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/pers-a20.html

Twitter\'s new policy on \'state-controlled news media\' should concern us all
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-08-20
Twitter has announced an update to its advertisement policy which may reflect yet another assault on free speech by social media giants. On 19 August, Twitter declared that: Going forward, we will not accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities. | While this may not see…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/08/20/twitters-new-policy-on-state-controlled-news-media-should-concern-us-all/

China, Russia Accuse US of Inciting New Arms Race
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
The United States is stoking military tensions with their latest ground-launched cruise missile test, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | \'We May Not Do Any Business With Huawei\': Trump Says as License Expires Aug. 19 | The Kremlin said the U.S. missile test revealed Washington had long been preparing to exit the nuclear pact. The U.S. previously accused Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which was established during the Cold War. | T…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Russia-Accuse-US-of-Inciting-New-Arms-Race-20190820-0007.html

Einstein\'s Atomic Regrets
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
\"If I had known that the Germans would not succeed in constructing an atom bomb, I never would have moved a finger,\" wrote Albert Einstein in his 1950 book Out of My Later Years. He was speaking about a letter from his vacation home on Nassau Point on Long Island that warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt of a breakthrough in Nazi Germany in nuclear fission which could \"lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable…extremely powerful bombs of a new type.\" Atom bombs.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/einsteins-atomic-regrets/

A Clerk\'s Guide to the Unspectacular, 1914
Martin Billheimer | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
\"There ain\'t nothing to do…\" — Dead Boys Now available for the first time in English, Jean de la Ville de Mirmont\'s Sundays of Jean Dézert is a series of dryly comic vignettes in the life of a young Parisian petit bourgeois on the eve of the Great War. This kind of book describes a…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/a-clerks-guide-to-the-unspectacular-1914/

Monroeism is the Other Side of Jim Crow, the Side Facing South
Frederick B. Mills | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
Presentation before the Forum of Sà£o Paulo, Washington DC, on July the 20th, 2019 This Forum of Sà£o Paulo of Washington DC marks a significant step forward in building North-South solidarity on behalf of economic and social justice throughout the hemisphere and respect for the sovereign equality of nations. The Forum comes on the heels of…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/monroeism-is-the-other-side-of-jim-crow-the-side-facing-south/

The Trump Administration Owns the Surge in White Nationalist Violence
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-20
Both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued warnings about the far right. New reporting finds no one wanted to listen.
truthdig.com/articles/the-trump-administration-owns-the-surge-in-white-nationalist-violence/

Elections 2020: Warren and Klobuchar address Native American presidential candidate forum
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-20
SIOUX CITY, Iowa–\"Over the past couple of years, I\'ve had the opportunity to get to know Elizabeth. We have spoken often of the needs of Indian Country, and she has taken action to address them, helped me get elected to Congress, and we\'ve worked together to introduce legislation on affordable healthcare, pre-k education, and housing,\" …
peoplesworld.org/article/elections-2020-warren-and-klobuchar-address-native-american-presidential-candidate-forum/

Nevada Casino Workers Fight to Save Unions Amid Owners\' Threats
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
Casino workers of Nevada, United States, are battling the owners to either form new unions or save existing unions from intimidation, busting, or retaliating against union members. | RELATED: | Shell Union Coerced into Attending Trump Speech, or Lose Pay | Owners of casinos, mostly billionaire allies of U.S. President Donald Trump have stalled recognition, delaye…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nevada-Casino-Workers-Fight-to-Save-Unions-Amid-Owners-Threats-20190820-0015.html

Behind Fiat Chrysler\'s $4.5 billion investment in the Motor City
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The investment of $4.5 billion by FCA in automotive manufacturing in Detroit is part of a global strategy predicated on further dramatic reductions in labor costs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/fiat-a20.html

Review: Russian revolution revered as trailblazing event in the developing world
Tony Pecinovsky | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-20
\"Like a brilliant sun, the [1917] October [Bolshevik] Revolution shone over all five continents, awakening millions of oppressed and exploited people around the world. There has never existed such a revolution of such significance and scale in the history of humanity,\" wrote a young H·ªì Chí Minh while in Paris. He had just read the …
peoplesworld.org/article/russian-revolution-revered-as-trailblazing-event-in-the-developing-world/

Exploiting Russiagate coma, Democrats raped climate movement
Patrick Walker | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-20
Introduction: Some gallows humor: | Seeing the grave existential and political fix we\'re now in, some gallows humor–a sophomoric old joke highly pertinent to my title theme–seems as good a way to start as any. | Q: What\'s the difference between a virgin and a light bulb? | A: You can unscrew a light bulb. | Like the virgin of this admittedly sick joke (relic of more patriarchal times), the climate movement has been truly and royally screwed by Democrats. Given what\'s at stake, a more appropriately inflammatory term is raped, and…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/20/exploiting-russiagate-coma-democrats-raped-climate-movement/

Biden\'s Complicity in Obama\'s Toxic Legacy
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
According to recent polling data, former Vice President Joe Biden has a two-to-one lead over his next closest rival in the Democratic primary contest, Bernie Sanders. According to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, Biden has 34 percent support from registered Democratic voters compared to 17 percent who support Sanders. This will surely embolden those in the establishment wing of the Democratic Party who claim that a moderate, centrist figure like Biden stands the best chance of defeating Trump next year.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/bidens-association-with-obamas-toxic-legacy/

Lula: \"U.S. hand\" on everything that\'s happened in Brazil
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-20
In an interview with Bob Fernandes, on TVE Bahia, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the U.S. government \"created the Lava Jato investigation to take our oil.\" | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/20/lula-u-s-hand-on-everything-thats-happened-in-brazil/

Kidnapper Shot After Hijacking Bus in Brazil With 40 Passengers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-20
A man hijacked a bus in Rio de Janeiro with almost 40 passengers on board and threatened to set the bus on fire Tuesday. | RELATED: | Brazil\'s Inequality Widens, Super-Rich Hold 28% of Total Income | Brazilian police confirmed his death after holding the passengers\' hostage for almost four hours. They also confirmed the safety of the hostages and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Kidnapper-Shot-After-Hijacking-Bus-in-Brazil-With-40-Passengers-20190820-0003.html

Emerald Garner Responds to the Firing of Officer That Killed Her Father
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who killed Eric Garner in 2014 by using an illegal chokehold, was fired Monday and stripped of his pension benefits. The decision came more than five years after Pantaleo held Garner, an unarmed African-American man, in a chokehold until he dropped to the ground. Before dying, he gasped \"I can\'t breathe\" 11 times. Despite outcry from the family and community members, Pantaleo had remained on the police force on desk duty since the killing. Last month, on the…
truthout.org/video/emerald-garner-responds-to-the-firing-of-officer-that-killed-her-father/

New York Police Department fires cop who killed Eric Garner
wsws.org | 2019-08-20
The NYPD fired officer Daniel Pantaleo over five years after he choked to death Staten Island resident Eric Garner.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/20/garn-a20.html

Hepatitis A Races Across the United States
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-20
| Akron, Ohio–Just before the Fourth of July, Trenton Burrell began feeling run-down and achy. Soon he could barely muster the energy to walk from one room to another. A friend shared an alarming observation: \"You\'re turning yellow.\" | Within days, the 40-year-old landed in the hospital, diagnosed with the highly contagious liver virus hepatitis A, which in Ohio has infected more than 3,220 people and killed at least 15. | Since 2016, the virus has spawned outbreaks in at least 29 states, starting with Michigan and…
truthout.org/articles/hepatitis-a-races-across-the-united-states/

The NYPD Finally Fired the Cop Who Killed Eric Garner — but the Police Reaction Shows How Little Will Change
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-08-20
The decision will not alter the entrenched police ideology that allows for deaths like Garner\'s — showing why reform will be slow and tough.
theintercept.com/2019/08/20/nypd-eric-garner-daniel-pantaleo/