Paul Dobson (2019-08-19). Imperialist threats unite Venezuelan left, even as patience with Maduro wears thin. peoplesworld.org On a recent visit to Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel characterized Venezuela as \"the world\'s primary anti-imperialist bastion.\" This, coming from a Cuban, is a striking description. Despite political power having rested in the hands of progressive leaders for 20 years, the primary and unresolved contradiction facing Venezuela is between national sovereignty and imperialist power …

Robert Fisk (2019-08-19). If Chinese Tanks Take Hong Kong, Who\'ll be Surprised? counterpunch.org In the glorious world of journalism, tanks always \"roll\" across borders. I\'ve never in my life actually seen a tank roll, but you get the point. They don\'t let anything stand in their way — or nothing is supposed to stand in their way. Hence the Hong Kong Chinese should back off if the People\'s Army More

Howard Lisnoff (2019-08-19). The Proud Boys Take Over the Streets of Portland, Oregon. counterpunch.org Antifa marches at Trump\'s inauguration and the condemnation is almost universal, including from some on the political Left. No one is harmed, but initially charges are brought against Antifa. The Proud Boys, a neo-fascist, far-right group march in Portland, Oregon (an \"unpermitted\" march), although they have committed acts of violence, and they are allowed a presence on the streets. Now, just More

John Davis (2019-08-19). The Isle of White: a Tale of the Have-Lots Versus the Have-Nots. counterpunch.org The island of North Haven in the Penobscot Bay, Maine, is an eastern establishment, white-shoe summer-place overlain on a diesel swilling, bottom feeding lobster-industry that supports the year-round residents of this tiny, fractal-shored resort. It is washed by the Gulf Stream and reports the fastest rising ocean temperatures in the Western hemisphere, dramatic sea level rises and a devastated eco-system. Comprehensively cleared of its old-growth hardwood forests in the nineteenth century, its second growth pines are now attacked by bark beetles moving north under the duress of a warming climate…But some still…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-08-19). Hong Kong in the crosshairs of global power and ideological struggles. nationofchange.org Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city, with 93 billionaires, second-most of any city. | Hong Kong is suffering the effects of being colonized by Britain for more than 150 years following the Opium Wars. The British put in place a capitalist economic system and Hong Kong has had no history of self-rule. When Britain left, it negotiated an agreement that prevents China fr…

Kim Petersen (2019-08-19). Colonialism Lives on in the Mind of Donald Trump. dissidentvoice.org Outside of melting glaciers and global warming discussions, Kalaallit Nunaat does not often find itself in the spotlight, and when it does, it is usually referred to as Greenland. United States president Donald Trump\'s real-estate aspirations have given Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland prominence in recent news. It seems Trump is serious about the US purchasing Greenland. Judging …

Norman Markowitz (2019-08-19). Against fascism and war: The Communist Party USA\'s third decade. peoplesworld.org As the Communist Party USA\'s second decade ended, World War II, the greatest war in human history, began. In all major capitalist countries, the mass media blamed the war on the Soviet Union\'s signing of a non—aggression pact with Nazi Germany and condemned Communist Parties\' support for the Soviet Union. Was there truth to the …

Steven Krichbaum (2019-08-19). Put an End to the Endless War Inflicted Upon Our National Forests. counterpunch.org To facilitate the fabrication of stumps, roads, and erosion in America\'s National Forests, now the Trump administration has proposed to alter the USDA Forest Service\'s [USFS] implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA]. The 1969 NEPA was specifically designed to achieve three main things: 1) require agencies like the Forest Service to use science More

Miko Peled (2019-08-19). With Trump\'s Help, Israel Chooses Short-Term Land Grabs Over Long-Term Legitimacy. mintpressnews.com As Israel prepares for another round of elections, the Trump administration seems poised to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an invaluable campaign contribution by providing a green light for Israel to declare sovereignty in Area C of the West Bank.

Ipek S. Burnett (2019-08-19). White Terror: Toni Morrison on the Construct of Racism. counterpunch.org \"To lose one\'s racial-ized rank is to lose one\'s own valued and enshrined difference,\" writes Toni Morrison in The Origin of Others. In a 2016 post-election essay entitled \"Mourning for Whiteness,\" this sense of loss and the ensuing disorientation become Morrison\'s focus. In today\'s America as \"people of color\" are increasingly occupying everywhere including the Senate, More

Arshad Khan (2019-08-19). India\'s Mangled Economy. counterpunch.org Mid-August is when the subcontinent celebrates independence from Britain. Born in a cauldron of hate 74 years ago, India today is again filling it to the brim. In one fell swoop, Mr. Modi has denuded Kashmir of the flimsy shroud purporting to preserve its cultural and territorial integrity through articles 370 and 35A in the More

John O\'Kane (2019-08-19). Supreme Nihilism: the El Paso Shooter\'s Manifesto. counterpunch.org Mick Mulvaney staunchly defended President Trump after the shootings in Ohio and Texas, claiming he was horrified by the actions but had said nothing that could be construed as provoking them. Trump did come out strongly two days later against hate groups and \"white supremacy,\" a little late for many who contend these shootings demonstrate his inflammatory rhetoric was at least partially to blame for the incidents. Hopefully this will be a real change from his irresponsibly-quick tweets that often lead to reversals and clumsy apologies for misguided claims and send many of his supporters ducking for cover; or his…

Javier Sierra (2019-08-19). El sol es el mejor desinfectante para Puerto Rico. peoplesworld.org Erase una vez una ciudad regida por un déspota cruel. El día de su muerte, sus súbditos llenaron de júbilo las calles. Todos, menos una mujer que sollozaba. Alguien le preguntó, \" øPor qué lloras? °El tirano ha muerto!\". Y ella respondió, \"No lloro por el que se va, sino por el que viene\". Esta fábula …

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-08-19). Hong Kong in the Crosshairs of Global Power and Ideological Struggles. dissidentvoice.org Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city with 93 billionaires, second-most of any city. Hong Kong is suffering the effects of being colonized by Britain for more than …

Marjorie Cohn (2019-08-19). 2020 Democrats Must Commit to Ending the Carnage in Afghanistan. truthdig.com Only two of the presidential candidates running have committed to withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan during their first year in office.

Fight Back (2019-08-19). Anti-War Committee denounces Israel\'s ban of Omar and Tlaib. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 15 statement from the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. | The Minnesota Anti-War Committee condemns the Israeli government\'s August 15 decision not to allow US Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering occupied Palestine, to which the Israeli state controls all access. Reps. Omar and Tlaib join the thousands of peace activists, human rights officials and people of conscience around the world who are denied entry over their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel and its Zionist policies of occu…

Kevin Zeese (2019-08-19). Hong Kong in the Crosshairs of Global Power and Ideological Struggles. globalresearch.ca Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city with 93 billionaires, second-most of any …

Ben Norton (2019-08-19). La Conferencia \'Socialismo\' presenta a activistas golpistas financiados por el gobierno de EEUU. thegrayzone.com La Conferencia de Socialismo 2019, patrocinada por los gigantes de la izquierda estadounidense, la DSA, la revista Jacobin y Haymarket…

Rebekah Barber (2019-08-19). Public Charge Rule Is Trump\'s Latest Attack on Immigrants. commondreams.org This week, Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced updates to the public charge rule that would bar immigrants who use safety-net programs including Medicaid and food stamps from obtaining green cards. (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cuccinelli_skidmore_flickr.jpeg …

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2019-08-19). When People of Colour are seen as less than human, their babies are too. thecanary.co Every now and then, I come across a piece of news that just… rips my heart out. This may sound like an exaggeration, but reading these things can give me what feels like a physical pain inside my chest. I am forced to reflect on what some people have to suffer at the hands of our greatest living oppressors. And it makes me despair at the state of the world a little bit more. Reading about a four-month-old baby girl being separated from her breastfeeding mum by US immigration authorities…

Do No Harm Coalition, Public Health Awakening (2019-08-19). #CloseTheCamps: Protest by Healthcare & Harm Reduction Workers for Migrant Rights. indybay.org Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), | 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Staff (2019-08-19). Facing Federal Charges for Aiding Migrants, Activist Says He Won\'t Be Deterred. truthout.org | | We broadcast live from Tucson, Arizona, where the government recently put humanitarian activist Scott Warren on trial amid the ongoing policing of the U.S.-Mexico border, separation of families, and cruel and inhumane conditions at immigrant jails across the country. Warren, a longtime volunteer with the humanitarian aid group No More Deaths, was charged with three felony counts for his alleged crime of providing food, water and shelter to migrants in Ajo, Arizona. The immigrants had arri…

Sara Flounders (2019-08-19). Follow the Money Trail Behind the Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca The demonstrations in Hong Kong, now an open confrontation with the People\'s Republic of China, have a global impact. What are the forces behind this movement? What provides the funds and who stands to benefit? | *** | The increasingly violent demonstrations …

Gareth Porter (2019-08-19). U.S. States: We Weren\'t Hacked by Russians in 2016. globalresearch.ca A \"bombshell\" Senate Intelligence Committee report released in July repeated the familiar claim that Russia targeted the electoral websites of at least 21 states—but statements from the states themselves effectively undermine that narrative. | It turns out the reality is dramatically …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-19). Trump\'s Anti-Iran Warrant. globalresearch.ca Time and again, hard evidence shows the US is a nation run by hawkish right-wing extremists, dismissive of the rule of law and democratic values they abhor and don\'t tolerate. | Operating exclusively by their own rules, they maintain that UN …

Marjorie Cohn (2019-08-19). The Foreign Policy Litmus Test for Democrats in 2020. commondreams.org These war crimes promise to continue unless the U.S. military completely withdraws from Afghanistan. (Photo: Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford / U.S. Air Force photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bagram-air-base-afghanistan-1024-850×568.jpeg …

Scott Ritter (2019-08-19). Tulsi Gabbard Gets Some Vindication. globalresearch.ca In the aftermath of the second Democratic primary debate on July 31, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard emerged as the most Googled of all candidates, an indication that her performance (which included a stunning takedown of California Sen. Kamala Harris…

Tyler Durden (2019-08-19). Turkey-Syria War on the Horizon: Airstrikes Target Invading Turkish Army Convoy. theantimedia.com Turkey and Syria could be headed for war as their armies increasingly clash on front lines in southern Idlib.

Miri Wood (2019-08-19). Al Qaeda Militants are Drugged. 400,000 Amphetamine Captagon Pills Confiscated by Syrian Security Forces. globalresearch.ca Syrian security forces have deprived terrorists of more than 400,000 Captagon pills. On 17 August, authorities in the suburbs of Damascus seized a truck with hidden compartments filled with a large quantity of this Amphetamine-type Stimulant (ATS) known as Captagon….

Mark Taliano (2019-08-19). Criminal War Propaganda Directed against Iraq and Syria: \"We Think the Price Is Worth It.\" globalresearch.ca When we play their game, we will always lose, and they will always win. \"They\" are the largely unelected \"Permanent State\", sometimes called the \"Deep State\". \"They\" are the publicly bailed-out transnational, corporate monopolies and their political fronts that destroy …

teleSUR (2019-08-19). Iran Urges European Partners to Fulfill Nuclear Commitments. telesurenglish.net Foreign Minister of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated on Monday his call for the Union Europe to meet its commitments in the nuclear pact. | RELATED: | Iranian Oil Tanker Leaves Gibraltar Despite US Pressure | \"Our ties with the European Union are important, in particular, for the commitments to the nuclear agreement, which Europeans must fulfill,\" said the Iranian Foreign Minister, from Helsinki, Finland. | With this statement, Zarif recalled the little support of the Europea…

Slava Zilber (2019-08-19). Professor slams US for causing \'intense hardships\' abroad, and media for not holding it to account. thecanary.co Jeffrey Sachs — director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University — a long-time critic of US foreign policy. And speaking to The Canary, he slammed devastating US sanctions on countries like Venezuela and I…

teleSUR (2019-08-19). Trump Wanted Navy Stationed Along Venezuelan Coast. telesurenglish.net The United States President Donald Trump proposed deploying navy ships along the Venezuelan coast to prevent the entry of products into the country according to a report by Axios news portal. | RELATED: | US: Already Interfering in Upcoming Venezuelan Elections | Trump devised the idea of the maritime blockade of Venezuela with his security advisors ac…

Fight Back (2019-08-19). Venezuela: Worker control vs. Trump's blockade. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Venezuela is a country where the dreams of the conscious workers of the world are being made real. It is a nation of 30 million people where, every day, the working class is becoming more conscious of its historic role in building socialism and taking steps to achieve it in the not so distant future. And in the face of an imperialist offensive that threatens them with starvation, where the threat of military invasion hangs over their heads like a storm cloud, they continue their struggle undeterred. | This past week, at the National Gathering of the Productive Worker Councils (CPTs), this stage of t…

Middle East Eye (2019-08-19). Sudan\'s Bashir \"Took Millions in Cash From Saudi Crown Prince,\" Trial Hears. theantimedia.com Detective tells court the deposed president was handed the money by Mohammed bin Salman\'s envoys.

David Penner (2019-08-19). Health Care Imperialism: Looting the World\'s Doctors. dissidentvoice.org To poach and rely on highly skilled foreign workers from poor countries in the public sector is akin to the crime of theft. — \"Migration of Health Workers: An Unmanaged Crisis,\" The Lancet, May 28, 2005 What is striking about the tyranny of the medical industrial complex is not only its unconscionable oppression of the …

James Bovard (2019-08-19). America\'s Benevolent Bombing of Serbia. globalresearch.ca Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton commenced bombing Serbia in the name of human rights, justice, and ethnic tolerance. Approximately 1,500 Serb civilians were killed by NATO bombing in one of the biggest sham morality plays of the modern era. …

Brian Horejsi (2019-08-19). Bears\' Lives Undervalued. counterpunch.org Bears have been in the news lately. The reality is we could say that just about any day between March and November. Recently there were two incidents that warrant examination and comment. An adult man was apparently attacked by a male grizzly bear while walking along a logging road on B.C.s coast. Media coverage, including More

Staff (2019-08-19). Huge Wildfires in the Arctic and Far North Send a Planetary Warning. truthout.org | | 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…

Asa Winstanley (2019-08-19). The Truth Is Out About Israel\'s Cover-up of Nakba Facts. globalresearch.ca Recent news reports have shed light on the lengths to which Israel\'s security establishment is going in order to cover-up the history of the country\'s war crimes against Palestinians. A long piece in Haaretz earlier this month explained that for …

WSWS (2019-08-19). Trump administration calls for permanent restoration of bulk phone communications surveillance. wsws.org The outgoing director of National Intelligence appealed to Congress for the restoration of the surveillance program that was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

WSWS (2019-08-19). Newark, New Jersey residents denounce Democrats over lead-poisoned water. wsws.org The city began distributing bottled water last week after it was revealed that faucet filters were failing to screen toxic lead from home drinking water.

Staff (2019-08-19). Warren Apologizes to Native Americans for Heritage Claim. truthdig.com Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that\'s proved to be a big political liability. | \"Like anyone who has been honest with themselves, I know I have made mistakes,\" the Massachusetts senator said at a forum on Native American issues in the pivotal early-voting state of Iowa. \"I am sorry for the harm I have caused.\" | Monday\'s remarks were an effort to move past the fallout from her past claims of tribal ancestry, which culminated in a widely criticized release of a DNA analysis last…

Askiah Adam (2019-08-19). Malaysian Airlines MH17: Quest for Justice Continues. globalresearch.ca This Saturday, a conference will convene in remembrance of the 298 passengers and crew on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot out of the sky over a war zone in Ukraine. | Organised jointly by the International Movement …

Thomas Knapp (2019-08-19). Lung Disease Outbreak: First Casualties of the War on Vaping? counterpunch.org On August 15, Wisconsin\'s Department of Health Services announced \"a cluster of people with severe lung disease who all reported recent vaping or dabbing (vaping marijuana oils, extracts, or concentrates).\" CNN reports more than 120 similar cases nationwide based on a survey of state health departments. \"Vaping\" has been a thing for a decade or More

Kim Petersen (2019-08-19). Colonialism Lives on in the Mind of Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca Outside of melting glaciers and global warming discussions, Kalaallit Nunaat does not often find itself in the spotlight, and when it does, it is usually referred to as Greenland. United States president Donald Trump\'s real-estate aspirations have given Kalaallit …

NationofChange Staff (2019-08-19). Tell Congress to pass the Stop Wall Street Looting Act. nationofchange.org Wall Street private firms and investment funds make their money by buying and selling companies. According to Vox, these firms raise money privately, usually getting the funding from \"institutional investors, such as pension funds, or accredited investors — investors who meet a certain set of criteria that allow them to make riskier bets.\" | With this \"big money,\" they typically go after companies that are either struggling or have a high potential for…

Serge Halimi, Pierre Rimbert (2019-08-19). How the US Media Demonizes Iran. thenation.com How the US Media Demonizes Iran…

WSWS (2019-08-19). Amy Klobuchar: The favorite Democrat of Senate Republicans. wsws.org Underneath the banality of Klobuchar\'s presidential campaign are pro-war, right-wing politics.

Staff (2019-08-19). Trump Wields Sanctions Hammer, but to What End? truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Call it the diplomacy of coercion. | The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials insist the penalties are achieving their aims. | Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has used an array of new and existing sanctions against Iran, North Korea and others. His Treasury Department, which oversees economic sanctions, has targeted thousands of entities with asset freezes and business bans. The State Department has been simi…

Staff (2019-08-18). Corporate Media Are Downplaying Resistance to Brazil\'s Far-Right Leader. truthdig.com August 13 protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, one of 211 cities where demonstrations took place (Dowglas Silva). | Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of 211 cities on August 13 to protest far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s austerity cuts and privatization plans for the public university system. It was the third in series of national education strikes, dubbed \"the Education Tsunamis,\" organ…

Staff (2019-08-18). Why Lula Thinks the U.S. Is Behind \'Operation Car Wash\'. truthdig.com In a recent interview, the former Brazilian president claims the recent turmoil in his nation \"has the hand of the United States\" all over it.

Vic Ryan (2019-08-18). Google Is Deepening Its Involvement With Egypt\'s Repressive Government. theintercept.com Google is set to re-staff its Cairo office, which more or less went dormant in 2014, following the military coup that brought Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to power.

Shaun King (2019-08-18). Bounty Hunters Are a Lethal Weapon in a Justice System Corrupted by Money. theintercept.com A group of bounty hunters and bondsmen, in pursuit of money, killed an innocent man in Tennessee. They were mostly let off by a jury.

Staff (2019-08-18). Israeli Illegal Arms Trade in South Sudan Was Disguised as \"Agriculture\" therealnews.com Investigative journalist Sam Mednik revealed that the agricultural company Green Horizons was a front for former Israeli general Israel Ziv\'s security company CST who were supplying arms to South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council arms embargo…

Rima Najjar (2019-08-18). Tlaib and Omar\'s Denial of Entry by Israel Is Not a \"Freedom of Speech\" Issue. globalresearch.ca For how long will discourse on the plight of the Palestinian people be hostage to the notion that \"impartial observers\", i.e., the silent majority on Israel, must be addressed in a manner that accounts for \"where they are, not where …

Public Health Justice Collective & Others (2019-08-18). #CloseTheCamps: Protest by Public Health & Healthcare Workers for Migrant Rights. indybay.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Do No Harm Coalition, Public Health Awakening (2019-08-18). #CloseTheCamps: Protest by Healthcare & Harm Reduction Workers for Migrant Rights. indybay.org Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), | 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…

Staff (2019-08-18). The Christian Left, Appalled by Treatment of Migrants, Is Reviving in America. truthout.org | | Holding pictures of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody and forming a cross with their bodies on the floor of the Russell Senate Office Building, 70 Catholics were arrested in July for obstructing a public plac…

teleSUR (2019-08-18). Spain Offers Port to Stranded Migrants, Salvini Claims Victory. telesurenglish.net Spain on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark more than a hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the vessel had spent more than two weeks waiting for a safe port to be made available. | RELATED: | Open Arms Allowed to Land 27 Minors at the Lampedusa Port | The migrants, most of whom are African, were picked up by the Open Arms boat off the coast of Libya and have been waiting to disembark on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa…

teleSUR (2019-08-18). Colombia\'s Duque Shuns Nobel Winner Meeting Rape Survivors. telesurenglish.net Colombian President Ivan Duque was slammed for refusing to meet with Nobel Laureate Denis Mukwege who visited the country to support the victims of sexual violence. | RELATED: | Colombian Social Leader Shot a Day After Global March Against Activists\' Killings | The physician from Congo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his \"efforts to end the use of se…

(2019-08-18). How Washington Is Meddling in the Affairs of Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca While there has been growing coverage of the unrest in Hong Kong, there has been minimal coverage of what may lie behind the pro-democracy protests. Even Donald Trump has entered the fray with this tweet which clearly condemns China\'s actions …

Shane Quinn (2019-08-18). History of the Third Reich. Hitler and the Atomic Bomb. globalresearch.ca Author\'s preface | German dictator Adolf Hitler had a central role in initiating World War II, by pursuing a list of bold and aggressive foreign policy actions dating from the mid-1930s, and culminating in his invasion of Poland in the autumn …

Eugene E Ruyle (2019-08-18). The Plot to Attack Iran:‚Ä® How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran. indybay.org NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…

South Front (2019-08-18). Video: Syrian Army Overwhelms Militants\' Defense in Southern Idlib. globalresearch.ca The southern part of Idlib province and the northern part of Hama province remain the main areas of hostilities in Syria. | On August 14, a Su-22 warplane of the Syrian Air Force was shot down during a combat sortie over …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-18). The War on Yemen: How Far Will the Saudi-UAE Confrontation Go? globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia and the UAE, increasingly wary allies of one another in the War on Yemen, are poised to sharpen their competition in the Red Sea-Horn of Africa region to the point of becoming \"frenemies\" amidst both parties\' efforts to …

Arabi Souri (2019-08-18). Destruction of the Pillars of the Syrian Economy: Terrorists Destroy Grain Silos, Farmer Tractors in Tal Al-Sakhr, North West of Hama. globalresearch.ca Nothing new with the crimes committed by the Turkish pariah Erdogan\'s most loyal terrorists in Syria, like their sponsor Erdogan and like Israel, they are not satisfied with the crimes they commit upon entering a town, and during their presence, …

Anti Police-Terror Project (2019-08-18). APTP Monthly Membership Meeting: Scott Morris on Santa Rita Jail. indybay.org East Side Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd. | Oakland, CA 94606…

Lilly Martin Sahiounie (2019-08-18). Political Propaganda directed against the Syrian Government of Bashar Al Assad. globalresearch.ca Very recently, National Public Radio (NPR) conducted an interview throwing suspicion on and mocking Asma, the wife of the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian First Lady had recently done a Syrian TV interview announcing that she …

Native News Online (2019-08-18). US Congresswoman Accuses Tribes and Environmentalists of \"Destroying Our Western Way of Life\" over Sacred Grizzly Protections. globalresearch.ca On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) \"was …

Irwin Jerome (2019-08-18). Canada Oil Pipeline Contract Threatens Integrity of Mother Earth\'s Native Peoples. globalresearch.ca In a law school dictionary the definition of a Philadelphia Lawyer is, \"A very sly, crafty, shrewd lawyer who is an expert in the exploitation of legal technicalities\". No where more evident can this be seen than in Northern British …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-18). Russia and China Divided over Kashmir Crisis. globalresearch.ca Kashmir issue has been internationalized and Pakistan sought the meeting of UNSC and with China\'s backing, UNSC is convening after 50 years on Kashmir issue. Russia seems to be backing Indian claims while China went all out in Pakistan\'s favor….

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-08-18). \'Their Racist, Anti-Immigration Crusade Knows No Bounds\': Trump White House Tried to Stop Immigrant Kids From Attending Public Schools. commondreams.org \"America's teachers and school staff will not stand for this. If they try to block students from attending our schools they will hear from us. Immigrants are welcome here.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/donald_trump_stephen_miller.png …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-08-18). If Elected in 2020, Sanders Vows to \'Go to War With White Nationalism and Racism in Every Aspect of Our Lives\'. commondreams.org \"Too many people have fought over the years, too many people have died against racism to allow it to resurface and flourish in America.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_3.png …

unitedEditor (2019-08-17). Trump\'s \'Deal of the Century\': A plan for peace, or destruction? uwidata.com Trump\'s \'Deal of the Century\' bills itself as an effort at establishing peace between Israel and Palestine, but in reality aims at advancing Israel\'s interests, and fundamentally altering the geopolitical balance of the Middle East. THE US\' TRUE MOTIVATIONS The US established a new strategy in the Middle East after the end of World War …

Brian Mier (2019-08-17). Media Blackout on Brazil\'s Anti-Bolsonaro Protests – Why are New York Times and Guardian downplaying resistance to Brazil\'s far-right president? fair.org August 13 protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, one of 211 cities where demonstrations took place (photo: Dowglas Silva). | Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of 211 cities on August 13 to protest far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s austerity cuts and privatization plans for the public university system. It was the third in series of national education strikes, dubbed \"the Education Tsunamis,…

The Canary (2019-08-17). Jeremy Corbyn vows to reverse \'depressing\' decline of town centres. thecanary.co Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said there is \"nothing more depressing\" than seeing town centres decline as shoppers turn to out-of-town warehouses for online deliveries.He wants councils to have the power to reopen abandoned shops which have been left vacant for 12 months or more and bring back into use some of the estimated 29,000 physical retail units abandoned.Under Labour\'s plan, local authorities will be able to turn vacant shops over to start-ups, co-operative businesses and community projects.Mr Corbyn was joined by local Labour group leader Linda Thomas, right, and Bolton West candidate Julie Hilling for…

The Canary (2019-08-17). Hong Kong teachers\' rally kicks off another weekend of protests. thecanary.co School teachers in Hong Kong are marching to the official residence of the city leader as another weekend of protests got under way.An overflow crowd rallied at a public square in the financial district before setting off for Government House, carrying signs that read \"Protect the next generation\" and umbrellas to ward off intermittent downpours.Teachers say they want to show their support for the protesters, many of whom are students.Pro-democracy protesters wait to cross a road during a march (Vincent Yu/AP)They said the government should answer the protesters\' demands and stop using what they called police vio…

The Canary (2019-08-17). Senior Tory says Boris Johnson\'s rhetoric has led directly to death threats. thecanary.co A Tory former attorney general has accused Boris Johnson of \"behaving like a demagogue\" and said the Prime Minister\'s rhetoric has led directly to him receiving death threats.Remain-supporter Dominic Grieve insisted he wanted to stay in the Conservative Party to \"save\" it from the likes of Mr Johnson — who he claimed was \"hijacking\" it.The Beaconsfield MP lambasted the PM\'s \"tub-thumping populism\", which he said had led \"straightforwardly\" to the death threats he has received.Mr Grieve, who said someone was arrested in respect of a death threat against him recently, told the BBC\'s Good Morning Scotland progr…

Gloria Rubac (2019-08-17). After 10 years, federal executions set to resume. workers.org Attorney General William Barr is moving the United States backward. He is taking hard-fought civil rights gains to the dumpster. Just like President Donald Trump, he has nothing but racist contempt for people caught up in the so-called criminal justice system. Barr suddenly announced in a Department of Justice press . . . | Continue reading After 10 years, federal executions set to resume at Workers.org

Johnnie Lewis and Joshua Hanks (2019-08-17). Northwest grocery workers prepare to strike. workers.org Aug. 2 — \"Are you aware that Fred Meyer pays $3.53 more per hour to male workers than to female workers?\" A United Steelworkers\' member posed this question to a Fred Meyer grocery store shopper. Shoppers were shocked and stopped to listen. Most took flyers showing the facts and figures, . . . | Continue reading Northwest grocery workers prepare to strike at Workers.org

RT (2019-08-17). Antifa may be branded \'organization of terror,\' Trump warns, ahead of Portland right-left showdown. rt.com Portland, Oregon, is bracing itself for a major right-wing rally — an event previously marred by clashes with anti-fascists. Warning any would-be violent counter-protesters, Donald Trump said events will be \"watched very closely.\"

RT (2019-08-17). VIDEOS show Antifa attacking bus, cornering right-wing protesters as Portland rally turns violent. rt.com Footage has emerged of several violent attacks by Antifa on right-wing demonstrators in Portland, Oregon. The clashes come as President Donald Trump threatened to designate the left-wing movement as an \"organization of terror.\"

Liliana Segura (2019-08-17). \"One By One, They\'re Dying\": Activists Protest Tennessee\'s Fifth Execution in a Year. theintercept.com Stephen West was killed in the electric chair on August 15, and abolitionists are vowing to step up the pressure to stop executions in Tennessee.

Eric Buerk, member UFCW (2019-08-17). Mississippi raid shows ICE = unionbusters for the capitalist class. liberationnews.org There have also been previous allegations that ICE was serving as a private army for the capitalists.

RT (2019-08-17). Pentagon to name new facility after Curtis \'Bombs Away\' LeMay. rt.com The US Strategic Command, which oversees America\'s nuclear arsenal, plans to name a new facility after the legendary but controversial bomber General Curtis LeMay, who notoriously said there are \'no innocent civilians.\'

The Canary (2019-08-17). Sudanese protesters sign transition deal with army. thecanary.co Sudan\'s army and the country\'s pro-democracy movement have signed a final powersharing deal at a ceremony in the capital Khartoum.The move paves the way for a transition to civilian-led government following the overthrow of president Omar al-Bashir in April.Sealing the deal established a joint military and civilian council to rule for a little over three years until elections can be held.A military leader will head the 11-member council for the first 21 months, followed by a civilian leader for the following 18.Pro-democracy supporters headed to the capital Khartoum to celebrate (AP)The agreement will also establ…

RT (2019-08-17). Steele dossier \'pumped myths\' into the US justice system — former Trump adviser Carter Page. rt.com The former MI6 agent credited with launching Russiagate concocted dangerous lies and myths that made a mockery of the US justice system and misled the American people, former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page has told RT.

teleSUR (2019-08-17). Shell Union Coerced into Attending Trump Speech, or Lose Pay. telesurenglish.net Union workers at a Royal Dutch Shell manufacturing plant were put between a rock and a hard place, threatened with loss of pay if they refused to attend U.S. President Donald Trump\'s speech on Tuesday at the company\'s Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, Pennsylvania. | RELATED: | \'May God Ruin Him\': Rashida Tlaib\'s Grandma on Trump | According to the Pittsburgh Gazette, union leaders received a letter from their contractor at first informing them their attendance at the even…

WSWS (2019-08-17). Tlaib agrees to Israeli terms, then reverses herself on West Bank visit. wsws.org The events of the past two days have provided a fresh demonstration of the cowardice of the Democratic Party and the absence within it of any principled opposition to Donald Trump\'s authoritarian agenda.

Shawn Fremstad (2019-08-17). Trump\'s contempt for working-class expressed in new expanded public charge rule. nationofchange.org This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially published regulations that radically expand the definition of an archaic immigration law term, public charge, to include various non-cash benefits that supplement earnings and other income, but are impossible to live on in the absence of other income. The people most impacted include millions of working-class and middle-class US citizens who plan to marry or are married to foreign nationals. | Under the longstanding law and policy that existed before the new regulati…

Staff (2019-08-17). Trump\'s Immigration Crackdown Is Quietly Targeting Labor Protections. truthout.org | | New Orleans — Martha came to the United States from Mexico to work in a seafood processing facility in the Gulf South on a temporary labor visa, but it\'s unclear if all of her fellow laborers were similarly documented. Her boss allegedly threatened to call immigration authorities and have workers deported if didn\'t they finish high volumes of work on time. | Workplace retaliation is against the law, regardless of where workers come from. Having attended know-your-rights trainings with labo…

Fight Back (2019-08-17). Milwaukee VA workers fight union busting. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Fifty Veterans Affairs workers and supporters rallied outside the Zablocki VA hospital August 12 to protest union-busting, attacks on high-quality public veteran healthcare, and bad faith bargaining by the VA administration. | The rally was organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3 and supported by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Veterans for Peace and elected leaders including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. | AFGE members and representatives detailed shocking accounts of the ex…

Fight Back (2019-08-17). Milwaukee VA workers fight union busting. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Fifty Veterans Affairs workers and supporters rallied outside the Zablocki VA hospital August 12 to protest union-busting, attacks on high-quality public veteran healthcare, and bad faith bargaining by the VA administration. | The rally was organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3 and supported by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Veterans for Peace and elected leaders including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. | AFGE members and representatives detailed shocking accounts of the ex…

Brian Mier (2019-08-17). Media Blackout on Brazil\'s Anti-Bolsonaro Protests. commondreams.org \"The issue of under-reporting and ignoring protests by Brazil's so-called 'organized left'—the labor unions and popular social movements that make up the traditional support base for the Workers Party—is a historic problem,\" Mier writes. (Photo: Douglas Silva) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolsonaro-protest-4-featured-1024×512.jpg …

WSWS (2019-08-17). Facial recognition technology and identity politics. wsws.org The Democrats are seeking to channel mass opposition to the wholesale invasion of privacy into a campaign to regulate and \"equalize\" facial recognition technology.

WSWS (2019-08-17). Japan-South Korea conflict intensifies. wsws.org South Korea announced this week that it has removed Japan from a list of countries that qualify for accelerated supply of South Korean products, after Japan had imposed a similar measure against South Korea on August 2.

teleSUR (2019-08-17). Open Arms Allowed to Land 27 Minors at the Lampedusa Port. telesurenglish.net Defeated by international pressure and pressured by divisions in the far-right ruling class, Italy\'s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini authorized on Saturday morning the landing of 27 \"unaccompanied minors\" from the Open Arms ship to the Lampedura port. | RELATED: | \'Situation On Board is Dramatic\', Open Arms Says | \"Against my will and in another example…

teleSUR (2019-08-17). US Issues Arrest Warrant for Iranian Tanker Leaving Gibraltar. telesurenglish.net The United States issued a warrant to seize Iran\'s Grace 1 oil tanker before it leaves Gibraltar\'s waters in what appears to be a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from continuing its journey into the Mediterranean. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | A U.S. federal court issued the warrant this week to seize the Grace 1 in Gibraltar, along with all of its contents, which include the oil it carries and nearly US$1 million. | \"A network of front comp…

splcenter (2019-08-17). Weekend Read: Slavery shaped America\'s pathology on race and whiteness. splcenter.org Four hundred years ago this month, the White Lion, a warship commanded by English privateers, docked at Point Comfort in the colony of Virginia.