US Waging Wars on Multiple Fronts: Cold Wars, Hot Wars, Economic Wars, Propaganda Wars
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Supported by both hawkish wings of its war party, the US is waging hot wars, cold wars, economic wars, financial wars, trade wars, anti-social justice wars, anti-human rights wars, anti-democracy wars, propaganda wars, sanctions wars, tariffs wars, protest wars, homeland …
globalresearch.ca/us-waging-wars-on-multiple-fronts-cold-wars-hot-wars-economic-wars-propaganda-wars/5686511

Punishing the World with Sanctions. Intended to Cause Real Pain
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually …
globalresearch.ca/punishing-the-world-with-sanctions-intended-to-cause-real-pain/5686517

What Explains Russia and China\'s Differing Stances towards Kashmir?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Russia and China, two of the most important Great Powers that are jointly working to accelerate the emergence of the Multipolar World Order, are on totally opposite sides when it comes to Kashmir, with their differing stances being explained by …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-differing-stances-kashmir/5686499

Media Can\'t Even Tell the Truth About Canada\'s Foreign Policy History
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Media coverage of Canadian foreign policy is uniquely one-sided and biased. It\'s so bad that few readers, listeners or viewers will have ever seen or heard an honest analysis of this country\'s past, let alone current role around the world….
globalresearch.ca/media-cant-even-tell-the-truth-about-canadas-foreign-policy-history/5686502

#CloseTheCamps: Protest by Public Health & Healthcare Workers for Migrant Rights
Public Health Justice Collective & Others | indybay.org | 2019-08-15
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825498.php

Immigration Is for Rich People
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian | thenation.com | 2019-08-15
Immigration Is for Rich People…
thenation.com/article/immigration-trump-public-charge-rule/

#CloseTheCamps: Protest by Healthcare & Harm Reduction Workers for Migrant Rights
Do No Harm Coalition, Public Health Awakening | indybay.org | 2019-08-15
Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), | 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825502.php

Jewish Activists and Allies Confront Amazon for Profiting Off ICE Terror
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams | indybay.org | 2019-08-15
More than 1,000 Jewish activists and allies gathered at an Amazon book store in New York City on Sunday to protest the online retail behemoth\'s collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which swept up nearly 700 people last week in what was reportedly one of the agency\'s largest-ever raids.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825493.php

Growing Anti-Immigrant Sentiments and Trump\'s Immigration Policies
ACLU NorCal SCU Law Club | indybay.org | 2019-08-15
Charney Hall, Room 104. Santa Clara University School of Law | 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara 95050…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825456.php

\"Give us your rich\": Immigration reporter says trump admin is changing \"wholesale\" who gets into U.S
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-15
\"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!\" Those are the words of Emma Lazarus inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. But this week, acting Director of Citizenship …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/15/give-us-your-rich-immigration-reporter-says-trump-admin-is-changing-wholesale-who-gets-into-u-s/

The End of Humanitarianism?
Jonas Ecke | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
Our current historical moment is characterized by a global push towards so-called \"counter-humanitarian policies\" that intentionally undermine hard-won rules aimed at preventing repetitions of the atrocities of the 20th century. The erosion of humanitarian norms has already changed how western countries deal with immigrants, wage war and deliver aid. Saving humanitarianism will require us to address the shortcomings of the current world order…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/the-end-of-humanitarianism/

Why Bernie Sanders is Right About the Washington Post–and Corporate Media Overall
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
Many decades ago, the great media critic George Seldes observed: \"The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself.\" That remains true today. Bernie Sanders set off the latest round of outraged denial from elite media this week when he talked to a crowd in New Hampshire about the tax avoidance of Amazon…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/why-bernie-sanders-is-right-about-the-washington-post-and-corporate-media-overall/

Prison Guard Drives Truck Into Crowd of Peaceful Anti-ICE Protesters
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-08-15
Activists who were sitting at the entry to the detention facility\'s parking lot in Rhode Island are shaken but remain as committed as ever.
truthdig.com/articles/prison-guard-drives-truck-into-crowd-of-peaceful-anti-ice-protesters/

26-Year-Old Gun Violence Prevention Activist Is Taking on 26-Year Incumbent Rep. Bobby Rush
Akela Lacy | theintercept.com | 2019-08-15
A 26-year-old organizer in Chicago is mounting a primary challenge to Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who has been a member of Congress for 26 years. | Robert Emmons, whose best friend, high school classmate, and freshman roommate was shot and killed in 2015, is making gun violence prevention a cornerstone of his campaign. The Windy City experiences gun violence at alarming yet not uncommon rates, as compared to other metropolitan areas — but the number of fatal shootings is in some ways unique to Chicago, where Emmons\'s 21-year-ol…
theintercept.com/2019/08/15/chicago-gun-violence-democratic-primary/

Aloha from Dr. Martin Luther King and Tulsi Gabbard
Paul Rockwell | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-15
\"Aloha,\" says Gabbard, \"is a powerful force that motivates us to take action for the well-being of others and our country.\" In King\'s famous words, \"The arc of the moral universe is long, but bends toward justice.\" Gabbard seeks to bend the arc of history away from war toward peace.
mintpressnews.com/aloha-from-dr-martin-luther-king-and-tulsi-gabbard/261363/

End endless conflict and bring peace to Korea
Jesse Jackson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-15
July 27 marked the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which brought an end to hostilities that killed nearly five million people, including almost 40,000 U.S. service members. The war ended in a temporary cease-fire, which is why the United States still maintains 28,500 troops in South Korea. Nuclear missiles ring the …
peoplesworld.org/article/end-endless-conflict-and-bring-peace-to-korea/

Changing world balance of forces in new stage of globalization
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-15
This is part 7 of the full main report, \"Unity to save people and planet; For full equality, democracy, peace, and green socialism,\" to the 31st National Convention of the Communist Party USA held in Chicago, Illinois, June 21-23, 2019. Other installments available here. The abbreviated oral presentation is available here. John Bachtell served as CPUSA national …
peoplesworld.org/article/changing-the-world-balance-of-forces-in-the-new-stage-of-globalization/

Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil
Cat Bell | indybay.org | 2019-08-15
Corner of Masonic and Fell at the Golden Gate Park Panhandle…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/14/18825492.php

The Root Cause of Mass Shootings is the Rage of Alienation
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
Mass shootings prompt simple explanations of the gunman\'s motivation. At Columbine High School in Colorado, the killers supposedly snapped after being bullied. The guy who shot up a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado was wild-eyed carrot-topped nuts. After a massacre at a Walmart in El Paso, an anti-immigrant manifesto posted online pointed to right-wing politics.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/the-root-cause-of-mass-shootings-is-the-rage-of-alienation/

Fake News About Venezuela and the Power of Propaganda
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Public ignorance and indifference about major issues let US authorities get away with mass murder and much more. | In a June 1950 commencement address, Boston University President Daniel Marsh said: | \"If the (television) craze continues…we are destined to have a | …
globalresearch.ca/fake-news-venezuela-power-propaganda/5686440

Trump Regime Gutting the Endangered Species Act
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Richard Nixon was a friend of the earth, Donald Trump its mortal enemy. | Following the 1969 offshore Santa Barbara, CA February oil spill, the largest in US waters to that time, (now third-ranked after the 1989 Exxon Valdez and 2010 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-gutting-endangered-species-act/5686448

Top scientist denounces smears of Tulsi Gabbard on Syria
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-15
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been smeared as an Assad apologist for her efforts to end the US-backed proxy war and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/15/top-scientist-denounces-smears-of-tulsi-gabbard-on-syria/

US Navy expert laments \'Slav\' incompetence of new NATO navies in scary Russia essay
rt.com | 2019-08-15
NATO\'s Eastern European member states have terrible navies that suffer from \"legacy concepts\" and equipment and can\'t do much against Russia, a prominent professor lamented, asking the US Navy to do something about it. | …
rt.com/usa/466599-nato-navy-russia-reforms/

Russians everywhere! Biden aide cries \'spy plane\' about normal treaty flight over US
rt.com | 2019-08-15
A routine Russian flight to Hawaii under the Open Skies treaty has been invoked by a former senior Obama administration official to stir up panic among the \'Russiagate\' holdovers, proving some conspiracies just refuse to go away. | …
rt.com/usa/466591-open-skies-plane-scare/

Russia Denounces Plan Based in Guyana to Destabilize Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Russia\'s Foreign Ministry reported on Thursday on a plan to train alleged Venezuelan refugees in a British military base in Guyana, this in order to deploy them in the South American country to perpetrate violent acts. | RELATED: | Maduro Says Uribe, Colombian Ambassador Plotting his Killing | The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, María Zajárova, said that \"dozens of alleged refugees from Venezuela have been transferred to a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Denounces-Plan-Based-in-Guyana-to-Destabilize-Venezuela-20190815-0014.html

Russia Denounces Plan Based in Guyana to Destabilize Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Russia\'s Foreign Ministry reported on Thursday on a plan to train alleged Venezuelan refugees in a British military base in Guyana, this in order to deploy them in the South American country to perpetrate violent acts. | RELATED: | Maduro Says Uribe, Colombian Ambassador Plotting his Killing | The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that \"dozens of alleged refugees from Venezuela have been transferred to a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Denounces-Plan-Based-in-Guyana-to-Destabilize-Venezuela-20190815-0014.html

The US is already interfering in the upcoming Venezuelan elections
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-15
US President Donald Trump has maintained strong economic pressure against Venezuela, having signed numerous decrees blocking the assets of the Venezuelan authorities within US jurisdiction. Giants such as the Central Bank of Venezuela and the state-owned oil company PDVSA were also included in the sanctions list. Now, Washington has announced it will even impose sanctions …
uwidata.com/4894-the-us-is-already-interfering-in-the-upcoming-venezuelan-elections/

Progressives Are Right to Endorse a \'No First Use\' Nuclear Weapons Policy
James Carden | thenation.com | 2019-08-15
Progressives Are Right to Endorse a \'No First Use\' Nuclear Weapons Policy…
thenation.com/article/nuclear-weapons-no-first-use-john-bolton-donald-trump/

Why Mauna Kea needs your protection
Kaitlin Grable | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-15
I was born on the island of O\'ahu, 98 years after the U.S. supported an illegal coup in my hometown of Honolulu to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani and steal Hawaiian land. I was born in a Hawai\'i that is radically and tragically different from the Hawai\'i of my ancestors. The Hawaiian word for land is \'aina. This word …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/15/why-mauna-kea-needs-your-protection/

What Happened at Woodstock?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
Fifty years ago, this week, close to 500,000 youth attended Woodstock. Each of us could tell a story of what happened there. This is mine. After hitchhiking a couple thousand miles around New England and Canada for the month of July 1969, I returned back to Bowling Green, Ohio, dead tired. I was met by…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/what-happened-at-woodstock/

Sudan\'s \"Constitutional Declaration\" Leaves Out Key Political Forces. Attempted Military Coups and Regional Intrigue
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Members of the Sudanese Professional Association (SPA), a leading organization within the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), announced on August 9 that they would have no representatives in the soon to be created transitional government. | This report comes in …
globalresearch.ca/sudans-constitutional-declaration-leaves-out-key-political-forces-attempted-military-coups-and-regional-intrigue/5686446

It Was More Like a Couple of Asian Decades Than a Century
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
It\'s become media orthodoxy to suggest that the era of U.S. hegemony is slowly slipping away and migrating to Asia–with China as its locus–as we proceed into the heart of the 21st century. There is, however, a competing narrative, one recently expressed by Michael Auslin on ForeignPolicy.com, who makes the case that the \"Asian Century\" \"is ending far faster than anyone could have predicted. From a dramatically slowing Chinese economy to showdowns over democracy in Hong Kong and a new cold war between Japan and South Korea, the dynamism that was supposed to propel the region into a glorious future seem…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/it-was-more-like-a-couple-of-asian-decades-than-a-century/

The Truth About the UK\'s Special Relationship with Israel
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Britain does not have a special relationship with the USA. It is, and has been since the end of the World War, a subservient inferior \'partner\' doing what it is told. Britain stands next to the schoolyard thug and tries …
globalresearch.ca/uk-special-relationship-israel/5686506

Trump\'s Ignorance Touches Off a New Crisis in Kashmir
Zubeida Mustafa | truthdig.com | 2019-08-15
South Asia is again in crisis and could be on the brink of war. For the second time in six months, the world is on tenterhooks, waiting to see what turn events will take. Because the two antagonists are armed with nuclear weapons, the possibility of a confrontation is taken seriously. And as has happened before, Kashmir is at the center of the dispute that has kept India and Pakistan at loggerheads for over 70 years. | The simmering cauldron came to a boil about 10 days ago, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flush after a landslide electoral victory, revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which e…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-ignorance-touches-off-a-new-crisis-in-kashmir/

America\'s \"Hybrid War\" against China has Entered a New Phase
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
The hybrid war, being conducted against China by the United States and its gaggle of puppet states from the UK to Canada to Australia, has entered a new phase. | The first stage involved the massive shift of US air and …
globalresearch.ca/americas-hybrid-war-against-china-has-entered-a-new-phase/5686429

Planned Parenthood demands federal court intervene to stop trump attack on abortion rights and Title X program
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-15
Planned Parenthood warned Wednesday that, without intervention from a federal court, it will be forced out of the Title X Family Planning Program next week because of the Trump administration\'s ban on health clinics receiving federal tax dollars if they provide or refer patients for abortions. The Health and Human Services Department declared last month it would …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/15/planned-parenthood-demands-federal-court-intervene-to-stop-trump-attack-on-abortion-rights-and-title-x-program/

Federal Relief Essential for Newark and Other Communities Facing Water Crises
commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/15/federal-relief-essential-newark-and-other-communities-facing-water-crises?cd-origin=rss

Trade war, falling sales take center stage at Michigan auto industry conference
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
The discussions at the Management Briefing Seminar exposed the financial pressures on the auto industry that are driving demands for ever greater attacks on workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/auto-a15.html

Fracking and shale drilling caused spike in climate-warming methane pollution, says new study
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-15
Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That\'s both judged against the last 60 years of modern measurements and against 800,000 years of data culled from ice cores, according to the U.S. government\'s State of the Climate report, which was published this week with the American Meteorological Society. That pollution creates a greenhouse effect that is over 42 percent stronger than …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/15/fracking-and-shale-drilling-caused-spike-in-climate-warming-methane-pollution-says-new-study/

A-levels \'milestone\' hailed as more girls than boys take science
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
Girls have overtaken boys in A-level science entries for the first time, national figures show.The gender switch was hailed as \"a cause for celebration\" by scientists as school leaders suggested that an increase in female role models in the subjects may be contributing to the trend.The figures came in national A-level results, published today, which showed that across all subjects, the proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or higher has fallen to the lowest level for more than a decade.Students celebrate their A-level results at Roedean School in Brighton (PA)Girls narrowly clawed back the lead from bo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/08/15/a-levels-milestone-hailed-as-more-girls-than-boys-take-science/

US Demands UK Hand Over Seized Iran Oil Tanker
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The U.S. Department of Justice has put in a special request, in the early hours of Thursday morning, demanding that they be given Iran\'s oil tanker, which was seized by the U.K., and which was due to be returned to Iran on Thursday. | RELATED: | US Trade Deal Could Drag Britain Into More Wars, Austerity | \"The US Department of Justice has applied to seize…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Demands-UK-Hand-Over-Seized-Iran-Oil-Tanker-20190815-0002.html

Questioning the Extremely Online
William Hawes | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-15
This essay is in regard to a crime that too often goes unmentioned when the conversations turn towards political analysis, the contemporary journalistic scene, and broader social critique: the crime of being extremely online. What does it mean to be extremely online? It mostly is as straightforward as it sounds. Generally, activities such as spending …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/questioning-the-extremely-online/

\'Hong Kong is a Chinese Affair\', China Warns the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry reminded Thursday that Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and \"no country has the right to interfere in China\'s internal affairs.\" | RELATED: | China Journalism Association Rejects Violence Against Reporter | \"We have noted that President Trump has previously said that \'Hong Kong is part of China and they have to solve it for themselves, without (external) recommendations\',\" Hua Chunying, the Foreign Affairs spokesperson r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hong-Kong-is-a-Chinese-Affair-China-Warns-the-United-States-20190815-0011.html

\'Hong Kong is a Chinese Affair,\' China Warns the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry reminded Thursday that Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and \"no country has the right to interfere in China\'s internal affairs.\" | RELATED: | China Journalism Association Rejects Violence Against Reporter | \"We have noted that President Trump has previously said that \'Hong Kong is part of China and they have to solve it for themselves, without (external) recommendations,\'\" Hua Chunying, the Foreign Affairs spokesperson r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hong-Kong-is-a-Chinese-Affair-China-Warns-the-United-States-20190815-0011.html

Our Lords, Their Flies
Richard Ward | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
As a college student, after reading Lord of the Flies for the second time (I\'d first read it as a young teenager), I asked the professor in my philosophy of literature class if he thought humans were inherently evil. He responded by asking if I was pursued by daemons. Taken aback, I replied that I didn\'t know…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/our-lords-their-flies/

Germany Shows Signs of Recession — Is the Global Economy Next?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-15
Heiner Flassbeck argues that the China-US trade war is not having as much of an impact on the global economy as many assume. China\'s currency is not undervalued, despite its recent devaluation. Rather, the undervalued Euro gives Germany a real competitive advantage in world trade. It\'s actually Europe\'s economic weakness that is dragging down Germany,…
therealnews.com/stories/germany-shows-signs-of-recession-is-the-global-economy-next

Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-15
| Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That\'s both judged against the last 60 years of modern measurements and against 800,000 years of data culled from ice cores, according to the U.S. government\'s State of the Climate report, which was published this week with the American Meteorological Societ…
truthout.org/articles/fracking-and-shale-drilling-caused-spike-in-climate-warming-methane-pollution/

\'Like a scene that you see in war\': 6 cops shot in Philadelphia drugs raid gone wrong
rt.com | 2019-08-15
Philadelphia police attempting to serve a drugs warrant were drawn into an hours-long shootout after heavily-armed suspects opened fire, wounding at least 6 officers and terrifying residents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. | …
rt.com/usa/466522-philadelphia-police-shootout-standoff-warzone/

Australia: Pro-US ideologue brands student groups as China\'s \"useful idiots\"
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
Clive Hamilton\'s comments are a warning that Australia\'s involvement in the US drive to war with China will be accompanied by political repression domestically.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/hami-a15.html

Damning new evidence is yet another reason why selling arms to Saudi Arabia is illegal
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
New evidence that shows the Saudi-led coalition is breaking humanitarian law in Yemen has been published by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Mwatana for Human Rights (Mwatana). Its research shows that the coalition: has continued to carry out apparently unlawful attacks throughout the course of the conflict, failed to credibly investigate, and whitewashed signif…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/08/15/damning-new-evidence-is-yet-another-reason-why-selling-arms-to-saudi-arabia-is-illegal/

\'Like a scene that you see in war\': 6 cops shot in Philadelphia drugs raid gone wrong
rt.com | 2019-08-15
Philadelphia police attempting to serve a drugs warrant were drawn into an hours-long shootout after heavily-armed suspects opened fire, wounding at least 6 officers and terrifying residents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. | …
rt.com/usa/466522-philadelphia-police-shootout-standoff-warzone/

America\'s Enemies, Who\'s On the List?
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of \'enemy countries\' to confront, attack, weaken & overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow \'enemy countries\' depends on two considerations: the level of priority & the degree of vulnerability for a \'regime change\' operation.
globalresearch.ca/americas-enemies-whos-on-the-list/5619763

PHOTOS: Venezuelans march against US embargo in enormous #NoMoreTrump protest
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-14
The Grayzone attends a massive march where hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Caracas to condemn the US…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/14/photos-venezuela-march-us-embargo-no-more-trump-protest/

The Downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17: The Quest for Truth and Justice. Review of the Evidence
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
The MH17 Inquiry has been conducted in an insidious fashion. Important pieces of evidence including eye witness reports, audio & video material transmitted through Ukraine Intelligence (SBU) have been manipulated or excluded from the Dutch inquiry, which largely endorses Washington\'s accusations directed against Moscow.
globalresearch.ca/the-downing-of-malaysian-airlines-mh17-the-quest-for-truth-and-justice/5684127

\"Give Us Your Rich\": Trump Is Changing Wholesale Who Gets Into the US
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-14
| \"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!\" Those are the words of Emma Lazarus inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. But this week, acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli attempted to rewrite the poem to make a case for limiting immigration to the United States. He told NPR\'s Rachel Martin on Tuesday that the St…
truthout.org/video/give-us-your-rich-trump-is-changing-wholesale-who-gets-into-us/

Immigrants Swept Up in Mississippi Raids Face Courts That Deport Most Defendants
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-14
| Hundreds of immigrants swept up in mass raids at meatpacking plants in Mississippi last week are now being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at privately run jails hours away in western Mississippi and Louisiana. Waves of hunger strikes have swept through an expanding network of immigration jails in the region as immigrants and asylum seekers protest against…
truthout.org/articles/immigrants-swept-up-in-mississippi-raids-face-courts-that-deport-most-defendants/

The Government Relies on False \"Evidence\" Against Migrants
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-14
| Laura Peña could see that her 36-year-old client was wasting away. Gaunt and haggard after nearly two months in jail, he ran his fingers through his hair and opened his hands to show her the clumps that were falling out. He was so distraught that his two young children had been taken from him at the border, he could barely speak without weeping. | After Carlos requested political asylum, border and immigration agents had accused him of being a member of the notorious MS-13 gang in El Salvador [mdas…
truthout.org/articles/the-government-relies-on-false-evidence-against-migrants/

Growing Anti-Immigrant Sentiments and Trump\'s Immigration Policies
ACLU NorCal SCU Law Club | indybay.org | 2019-08-14
Charney Hall, Room 104. Santa Clara University School of Law | 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara 95050…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825456.php

Killing Julian Assange Slowly
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
Since April 11 when unlawfully dragged from Ecuador\'s London embassy to captivity, Assange has languished under draconian conditions in a UK dungeon at the behest of the Trump regime, wanting him tried in the US for the \"crime\" of truth-telling …
globalresearch.ca/killing-julian-assange-slowly/5686297

Court Overrides Salvini, Allows Migrant Ship in Italian Waters
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
An administrative court in Rome ruled Wednesday that a Spanish rescue ship carrying around 150 migrants should be allowed to enter Italian territorial waters in defiance of a ban imposed by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. | RELATED: | Salvini Orders Italian Coast Guard Not to Rescue 135 Migrants | Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, quic…
telesurenglish.net/news/Court-Overrides-Salvini-Allows-Migrant-Ship-in-Italian-Waters-20190814-0011.html

Violations Against Children Are \'New Normal\' in Mali: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
Acts of grave violence against children are escalating in Mali where more than 150 children have been killed so far in 2019 and more than 75 injured due to violent attacks and the use of child soldiers, according to a report published Tuesday by the United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF). | RELATED: | Mali: Thousands Protest Inter-Ethnic Violence in Call for Peace | The number of child soldiers in armed groups within the country has increased drastically while more than 900 s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Violations-Against-Children-Are-The-New-Normal-in-Mali-UN-20190814-0022.html

Commemorate 1970 Chicano Moratorium March
CHICANO MEXICANO RESISTANCE | indybay.org | 2019-08-14
SAN JOSE PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER | 48 S. 7th Street | San Jose, Calif. 95112 | Near corner of 7th and Santa Clara Streets.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825436.php

Climate Strike: Downtown Palo Alto
Peninsula Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2019-08-14
Lytton Plaza, intersection of University Ave. & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/12/18825432.php

John Bolton Visit — Forcing Britain\'s Hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
There were many public protests with the arrival of Donald Trump to the shores of Britain and contrary to his own beliefs, Trump is not well-liked at all by ordinary British citizens. What was strange though was the fact that …
globalresearch.ca/john-bolton-visit-forcing-britain-hand-over-huawei-iran-china-before-trade-deal/5686408

Tunisia\'s Electoral Body Announces 26 Presidential Candidates
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
Tunisia\'s electoral body announced Wednesday a list of 26 presidential candidates for the third free elections to be held next month in the country. Almost 100 applicants had presented their candidacy in hopes to become the next country\'s leader. | RELATED: | Tunisians Launch Historic Protest To Welcome Saudi Prince MbS | \"71 nomination papers were rejected, including 51 on the grounds of lack of sponsorships and deposit guarantees and 14 for the lack of endorsements,\" Nabil Ba…
telesurenglish.net/news/Tunisia-Electoral-Body-Announces-26-Presidential-Candidates-20190814-0026.html

Brazil: 100,000 Daisies in Defense of Working Women\'s Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
Women from all over Brazil met at the Ministries Square in Brasilia on Wednesday to hold the \"Daisies March,\" an even to defend agrarian reform and women\'s rights and reject gender violence and President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Students Strike, Protest Across Brazil as Moro Orders Crackdown | \"Brazilian women have a broad agenda of demands which…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-100000-Daisies-in-Defense-of-Working-Womens-Rights-20190814-0009.html

Far-right government elected in Guatemala
wsws.org | 2019-08-14
Marked by low participation and mass protests, the vote was overshadowed by the popular outrage against the \"third safe country\" agreement imposed by Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/14/guat-a14.html

Michael Brown remembered
Brenda Ryan | workers.org | 2019-08-14
New York — Exactly five years after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a cop in Ferguson, Mo., Shut It Down NYC called an Aug. 9 demonstration — \"Fists Up, Fight Back!\" — in his memory. Protesters marched from Grand Central Terminal through midtown Manhattan chanting: \"Eric Garner, . . . | Continue reading Michael Brown remembered at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/14/michael-brown-remembered/

Manifestos of Hate: What White Terrorists Have in Common
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-14
Writing under the title of \"If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim\", Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. | \"If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,\" Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian newspaper on August 6, US President Donald Trump \"would be lobbing accusations such as \'Islam hates us\' in the direction of Muslims and not lecturing the public about video games.\" | Bayoumi was referring to the double standards that define much of western official and media discourses regarding violence. When the allege…
mintpressnews.com/manifestos-of-hate-what-white-terrorists-have-in-common/261344/

Boris Johnson Recklessly Picks at the Scabs of Ireland\'s Violent Past
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
On 8 May 1987 a Provisional IRA unit of eight men attacked a police station in the village of Loughgall in county Armagh 15 miles from the Irish border. One man drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket towards the building, half of which was destroyed in the explosion. But British forces had…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/boris-johnson-recklessly-picks-at-the-scabs-of-irelands-violent-past/

We\'re All Enemies of the State
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
\"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.\" –H.L. Mencken We\'ve been down this road many times before. If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is this: it has an…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/were-all-enemies-of-the-state/

Russian Blast Points to Danger of New Nuclear Arms Race
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
On Thursday August 8th, an explosion at the Nenoksa Missile test site in northern Russia during testing of a new type of nuclear propelled cruise missile resulted in the death of at least seven people, including scientists and was followed by a spike in radiation in the atmosphere. Analysts in Washington and Europe are of the belief that the explosion may offer a glimpse of technological weaknesses in Russia\'s new arms program.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/russian-blast-points-to-danger-of-new-nuclear-arms-race/

The Case Against Voting for President
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
As individuals, our choices make very little difference to the state of the world, often virtually none. Nonetheless, those same choices can have significant effects on ourselves, sometimes profoundly. For example: One can give up driving for biking, and though this will make no difference to global pollution output, the profits of oil companies or…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/the-case-against-voting-for-president/

In a Tight Labor Market, the Profit Share of Income is Falling
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
Last month\'s GDP report also included revisions to previously reported profit data for the last three years. The earlier reports showed a slight increase in the profit share in 2018; the revised data showed that the profit share of corporate income had fallen by 0.4 percentage points from the prior year. This is important both…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/in-a-tight-labor-market-the-profit-share-of-income-is-falling/

The New Mayor of New York
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
(The following is a transcript of a speech delivered Monday, August 12, by Eon Pig Eon, the self-proclaimed new Mayor of New York City.) Esteemed guests, thank you for coming. I\'ll get right to the point. The city, and the country, and the planet are in the midst of an unprecedented set of crises at…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/the-new-mayor-of-new-york/

From the Royal to the Prophetic to the Apocalyptic: The Case for a Saving Remnant
Robert Jensen | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
The royal, prophetic, and apocalyptic traditions in the Hebrew and Christian bibles provide a compelling framework for understanding progressive intellectual and political work today, as we face the task not only of struggling to create a just and sustainable world but also imagining a saving remnant that will negotiate a radically different future in which…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/from-the-royal-to-the-prophetic-to-the-apocalyptic-the-case-for-a-saving-remnant/

What\'s Left After Liberalism?
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/whats-left-after-liberalism/

Educating Ourselves About Violence
M. G. Piety | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
I\'m at a loss to say whether Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover\'s highly-celebrated account of her escape from a fundamentalist, survivalist, home-schooled upbringing in Idaho to earn a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, is a good book. What I can say without hesitation is that it\'s a disturbing book. It took me awhile to get through…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/educating-ourselves-about-violence/

Lyme Disease and Biowarfare
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
\"Pentagon May Have Released Weaponized Ticks That Helped Spread of Lyme Disease: Investigation Ordered\" was the Newsweek headline last month. The article below it was about the U.S. House of Representatives having…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/lyme-disease-and-biowarfare/

Woodstock Nation Revisited: Abbie Hoffman, Joan Baez and the Culture Vultures of Capitalism
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
The Woodstock music festival, now a legendary event, took place a long time ago and memories have largely faded. Folksinger Joan Baez can\'t really be faulted for saying recently that at Woodstock, \"Nobody was really thinking about the serious issues.\" True, not many, but not nobody, either. Baez also suggested in a recent interview with…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/woodstock-nation-revisited-abbie-hoffman-joan-baez-and-the-culture-vultures-of-capitalism/

Random Murder in the Age of Aquarius
David Macaray | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-14
\"\'Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.\" –David Hume, 1711-1776 (A Treatise on Human Nature) Most of us would agree that, on one level, random mass shootings don\'t make any sense whatever, no matter which approach–clinical or sociological–we take to explain them. But…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/random-murder-in-the-age-of-aquarius/

Venezuela\'s Maduro Reshuffles Cabinet as Supreme Court Strips Three Opposition Lawmakers of Immunity
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-14
The National Constituent Assembly will also evaluate bringing forward legislative elections.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14628

13 Million Expected to Sign Petition Against US\'s Venezuela Blockade
Steve Sweeney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
As many as 13 million people are expected to sign a petition opposing the US economic blockade of Venezuela and the \"genocidal, racist, xenophobe\" Donald Trump, according to the Bolivarian government. | Tables have been organised in public squares in …
globalresearch.ca/13-million-expected-sign-petition-against-us-venezuela-blockade/5686360

Won\'t Block Venezuela Ships Despite US Sanctions, Panama Claims
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
The Panama Canal will continue authorizing vessels coming from Venezuela provided they present the necessary paperwork, the waterway\'s chief said on Wednesday, suggesting a new round of U.S. sanctions on the South American nation should not make a difference to canal traffic. | RELATED: | Food Shipment Destined For Venezuela Seized Due to US Blockade…
telesurenglish.net/news/Wont-Block-Venezuela-Ships-Despite-US-Sanctions-Panama-Claims-20190814-0013.html

Venezuela Retains Political Control after New US Coercive Measures
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
In political terms the government of Venezuela had a good month of July while managing very critical economic circumstances. Reps of 120 Non Aligned Movement (NAM) countries attended their ministerial meeting in Caracas, and more than 700 delegates from dozens …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-retains-political-control-new-us-coercive-measures/5686354

Venezuelan Opposition Journalist Served as Agent for US, UK Gov\'t
TeleSUR English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-14
In a U.S. diplomatic cable, Bocaranda is dubbed a \"reliable source\" and to be \"strictly protected.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14627

United States and Turkey Agree to a Syrian \"Safe Zone,\" Betraying the Kurds
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-14
Baris Karaagac discusses how the U.S allowed the Turkish government seize land in northern Syria to counter Russian and Iranian influence in spite of former Kurdish allies…
therealnews.com/stories/united-states-and-turkey-agree-to-a-syrian-safe-zone-betraying-the-kurds

Mueller e ilusiones
Editor | workers.org | 2019-08-14
Cualquiera que se aferró a la ilusión de que el testimonio de Robert Mueller del 22 de julio ante los comités de la Cámara de Justicia e Inteligencia pondría a POTUS en apuros tenía que decepcionarse. Ahora debe quedar claro: no habrá atajos para hacer retroceder al presidente, y mucho . . . | Continue reading Mueller e ilusiones at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/14/mueller-e-ilusiones/

The new Cold War against China
Fred Goldstein | workers.org | 2019-08-14
During the Cold War and the struggle that put the USSR and China on one side and imperialism, headed by Washington, on the other, revolutionaries used to characterize the conflict as a class war between two irreconcilable social systems. On one side was the socialist camp, based upon socialized property, . . . | Continue reading The new Cold War against China at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/14/the-new-cold-war-against-china/

Salmon advocates slam Trump rules slashing Endangered Species Act protections
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-14
\"Here in California we\'re likely to see salmon, sturgeon, steelhead trout, wolves, wolverines, kit fox and many others all slide towards extinction as a result of today\'s action by the Trump White House,\" said John McManus, Executive Director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825452.php

Paul Findley: A Man of Courage
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
Paul Findley one of the most remarkable Congressmen that the US House of Representatives had produced since the Second World War passed away on the 9th of August 2019. He was 98 years old. He was first elected to …
globalresearch.ca/man-courage/5686352

US Trade Deal Could Drag Britain Into More Wars, Austerity
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Trade-Deal-Could-Drag-Britain-Into-More-Wars-Austerity-20190814-0003.html

Why Marx matters: capitalism and the Metabolic Rift
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-14
CO2 was identified as a prime driver of global warming in the 1950s and has been the subject of many international meetings over the past 30 years. Despite increasing calls to reduce carbon emissions, they continue to rise faster and faster. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/14/why-marx-matters-capitalism-and-the-metabolic-rift/

Nuclear Weapons, No First Use: \"It Makes the World Safer\"
Jeff Carter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
Jeff Carter is Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. | In a statement released today, he said: | \"During the second 2020 presidential debate, Senator Elizabeth Warren reiterated her support for a \'No First Use\' policy on nuclear weapons, stating, \'It | …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-weapons-no-first-use-it-makes-world-safer/5686363

One homeless person dies every 19 hours, campaigners warn
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-14
Calls have been made to tackle the rough sleeping crisis after campaigners claimed one homeless person is dying on average every 19 hours. | The Museum of Homelessness (MoH) suggested the figure after it said its research found at least 235 people \"affected by homelessness\" had died in the last six months. | The social justice group used freedom of information requests, local authorities\' figures, coroners\' records and testimonies from families as well as details from media coverage to gather the data — but believe the true figure could be \"significantly higher\". | It has called for official bodies to recor…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/08/14/one-homeless-person-dies-every-19-hours-campaigners-warn/

Warnings ancient and modern
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2019-08-14
Before the Berlin Wall was torn down we all made sarcastic jokes about its official designation by East German (GDR) party leaders as \"anti-fascist protective barrier\". But hearing racist ranting by AfD leaders now hoping for victories and seeing gangs of marching thugs with barely–paraphrased Nazi slogans, from East Berlin to southern Saxony, we must […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/14/warnings-ancient-and-modern/

Bottled water distributions begin as lead water poisoning crisis erupts in Newark, New Jersey
wsws.org | 2019-08-14
After three years of cover-up, city and state officials were forced to begin distributing bottled water to residents on Monday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/14/newa-a14.html

Coffee, Cacao Combat Chronic Heart Disease, Cancer
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-14
Eating flavonoids, certain nutrients found in plants, might help humans live longer, especially those who smoke and drink, according to a new study by researchers at the Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia. | RELATED: | Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products | Scientists have been discovering the health benefits of flavonoids over the past two decades. However, this study, conducted by the ECU\'s School of Medical and Health Sciences, is the first…
telesurenglish.net/news/Coffee-Cacao-Combat-Chronic-Heart-Disease-Cancer-20190814-0016.html

Footage Captures NATO Intercept Attempt of Plane Carrying Russian Defense Minister
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
Russia\'s Defense Ministry has published dramatic video Tuesday showing another close encounter between its military planes and NATO jets over the Baltic Sea, but this time it involved a dangerous intercept as the NATO aircraft came just off the wing …
globalresearch.ca/footage-captures-nato-intercept-attempt-plane-carrying-russian-defense-minister/5686410

Stacey Abrams Applauded for #FairFight2020 Initiative Against Voter Suppression
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-14
| After experiencing firsthand how voter suppression impacts elections in her narrowly unsuccessful Georgia gubernatorial race against Republican Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams on Tuesday launched an initiative aimed at bolstering voter protections nationwide ahead of the 2020 elections. | \"There are only two things stopping us in 2020: that people have…
truthout.org/articles/stacey-abrams-applauded-for-fairfight2020-initiative-against-voter-suppression/