Staff (2019-07-31). Sanders, Warren Clash With Moderates Over \'Medicare for All\'. truthdig.com DETROIT—The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates Tuesday in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump. | Standing side by side at center stage, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against their more cautious rivals who ridiculed \"Medicare for All\" and warned that \"wish-list economics\" would jeopardize Democrats\' chances for taking the White House in 2020. | \"I don\'t understand why anybody g…

Michael Welton (2019-07-31). Darkness Bringing Us Down. counterpunch.org If you dare enter the door of Tanya Talaga\'s Massey Lectures of 2018, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, be prepared to face some dark truths. These terrible truths explode in our faces like mines buried on a battlefield as we traverse the disconsolate pages. An accomplished and honoured journalist (author of Seven Fallen More

Karla Reyes (2019-07-31). 48 hours of overpolicing in NYC. liberationnews.org Recording the police or offering Metrocards will not end the criminalization of poverty, it will not end police terror.

Thomas Hon Wing Polin (2019-07-31). Hong Kong\'s Crisis as Microcosm of the World\'s Future. counterpunch.org Hong Kong, with its Sino-Western heritage, lies on the fault line of the intensifying confrontation between the Western Empire and China. The conflict is likely to be the defining international affair of our time. That\'s a fundamental reason the former British colony and current Chinese special administrative region has been wracked by turmoil the past More

Ahmed AbdulKareem (2019-07-31). As US Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf, Yemen\'s Houthis Turn to Russia for Support. globalresearch.ca Houthi attempts to engage the UN to broker a peaceful solution to the war on Yemen have stalled. Now, out of options, the movement may have found a willing partner in Moscow. | *** | Yemen\'s Houthi movement has reacted with concern …

Vijay Prashad (2019-07-31). Iran simply won\'t let itself be hemmed in by the U.S. and UK. mronline.org The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has said it will send \"command and control\" ships to coordinate the escort naval vessels from different countries. But there are cracks in the coalition. | Source

Jeet Heer (2019-07-31). The Centrists Did Not Hold. thenation.com Both the moderators and centrist Democratic candidates failed in their attempts to gang up on Sanders and Warren during Tuesday\'s debate.

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Pakistani Journalists Protest Media Blackout, Censorship. telesurenglish.net Pakistani opposition parties and journalists have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported. | RELATED: | US Labels Anti-Pakistan Baloch Army a \'Terrorist\' Organization

Kenneth Surin (2019-07-31). The Way Forward in Hong Kong. counterpunch.org I am in Hong Kong, never having been there before. But having been to mainland China several times a year in the past decade, the urge to draw comparisons is irresistible. Of course, unlike the mainland which never was a part of the British empire, the vestiges of Hong Kong\'s colonial past are everywhere—from the More

Staff (2019-07-31). Sanders and Warren Defend Medicare for All From Moderates and Media. truthdig.com The two progressives team up to raise alarm at corporate advertising in America\'s media as well as combat attacks from fellow Democrats.

John Nichols (2019-07-31). Last Night\'s Debate Produced a Clear Winner: Medicare for All. thenation.com Last Night\'s Debate Produced a Clear Winner: Medicare for All…

Dave Lindorff (2019-07-31). We Fall, Divided. counterpunch.org On Sunday July 28th\"the world\'s greatest summer food fair\" came to a tragic end. A \"really angry\" 19 year-old-white-supremacist snuck into the Gilroy Garlic Festival and committed a mass shooting, killing three people and injuring 15 more. I followed closely as the events were reported; I had flashbacks to the worst mass shooting in recent More

Robert Mackey (2019-07-31). Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them. theintercept.com The most progressive candidates on stage at the Democratic debate in Detroit, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, dominated an event framed like an ambush.

Staff (2019-07-31). Warren Backs \"No First Use\" Nuclear Policy as Buttigieg Calls for Withdrawal from Afghanistan. democracynow.org While most of Tuesday\'s debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her \"no first use\" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war.

Staff (2019-07-31). On Direct Action and Trump\'s Immigration Agenda. truthout.org | | We are nearing the tail end of the latest round of reports of (and subsequent righteous uproar at) the ongoing crisis at the U.S./Mexico border and all things immigration. At different points over the last several weeks, folks have wondered aloud online about where was the immigrant rights movement? What could be done? | Speaking for myself, it\'s been difficult to produce a convenient answer (or even an inconvenient one that will work). I have felt pena ajena when I see that the only action step for people is to do…

Eds. (2019-07-31). Apocalypse economics and economic apocalypse. mronline.org Unfortunately for humanity, the naturalizing of capitalism by dominant mainstream neoclassical economics establishes a bulwark against the posing of vital economic questions which challenge capitalist rationality. | Source

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Tear Apart Liberal Rivals. telesurenglish.net Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defense of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate Tuesday when their liberal, pro-establishment rivals criticized the proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders, Cardi B Film US Presidential Campaign Video | Defying all guesses of Sanders and Warren turning on each other, the progressive candidates teamed up to take down the right-wing tendencies in their Democr…

Miko Peled (2019-07-31). Netanyahu May Survive This Political Crisis, but Israel\'s Left Will Not. mintpressnews.com JERUSALEM, OCCUPIED PALESTINE — Like a pack of hyenas surrounding a weakened and wounded lion, Israeli politicians are ganging up on an injured, weakened Benjamin Netanyahu. With over ten years in office, Netanyahu is now the longest-reigning prime minister in the history of the State of Israel. Comparisons are being drawn between him and the man who is now second only to Netanyahu, the man considered to be the Founding Father of Israel, Israel\'s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. | Th…

Staff (2019-07-31). Sanders & Warren Fight \"Republican Talking Point\" That Medicare for All Is About Reducing Coverage. democracynow.org Ten Democratic presidential candidates took to the stage in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday night for the first of a two-night debate hosted by CNN. The debate began with an extended discussion on healthcare, where progressive candidates Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren defended their platforms of Medicare for all against more moderate candidates who argued this stance is political suicide. We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, former Michigan gubernatorial candidate.

Staff (2019-07-31). United, Warren and Sanders Show What a Left-Wing Democratic Party Looks Like. truthout.org | | Late in the first night of the second round of the 2020 Democratic debates on Tuesday, CNN moderator Jake Tapper asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren a serious question in an unserious way. \"Senator Warren, you want to make it U.S. policy that the U.S. will never use a nuclear weapon unless another country uses one first,\" Tapper said. \"Why should the U.S. tie its own hands with that policy?\" | Warren\'s response was clear, direct, and morally and strategically sound. \"Because it makes the world…

Staff (2019-07-31). \"We Don\'t Want Another Obama\": Immigration Activist Urges Democrats to Be Bold. truthout.org | | Democratic candidates sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We\'re also joined by Erika Andiola of RAICES. Erika, I wanted to…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-31). 12th Round of Sino/US Trade Talks Falls Flat. US Rage for Global Dominance. globalresearch.ca Over a year of Sino/US trade talks failed to resolve major differences because of unacceptable Trump demands. | On matters of statecraft, China, Russia, Iran, and other countries have outwitted the US. | Sino/US disagreements have little to do with the trade …

D.D. Guttenplan (2019-07-31). CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn\'t Happen. thenation.com CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn\'t Happen.

Rick Sterling (2019-07-31). Tulsi Gabbard vs Google Goliath. globalresearch.ca Introduction | The Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign has filed a major lawsuit against Google. This article outlines the main points of the lawsuit and evidence the the social media giant Google has quietly acquired enormous influence on public perceptions and has …

Deirdre Griswold (2019-07-31). Climate change, oil profits and the new youth movement. workers.org Despite the know-nothing stance of the gang in the White House, climate change is a subject that hundreds of millions of people cannot ignore. Massive spring floods in the U.S. Midwest continued into June, causing billions of dollars in damage as levees were breached and fields turned into vast lakes. . . . | Continue reading Climate change, oil profits and the new youth movement at Workers.org

Staff (2019-07-31). DNC Won\'t Create Oversight Panel to Review the Millions It Spends. truthdig.com This article was produced by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute. | A proposal to bring unprecedented oversight to the way that the Democratic National Committee spends the billion dollars it raises between presidential elections was rejected by the DNC Rules and Bylaw Committee Tuesday, after a spirited debate highlighting that there is no independent oversight reporting back to the DNC\'s 450 members. | The decision did not come without some Rules Committee members saying that the oversight issue was legitimate. But they di…

Staff (2019-07-31). Headlines for July 31, 2019. democracynow.org Sens. Sanders and Warren Tout Progressive Vision for 2020 as 2nd Democratic Debate Kicks Off, Detroit Activists Call on 2020 Dems to Tackle Pollution, Implement Green New Deal, North Korea Launches 2nd Ballistic Missile Test in Under a Week, 130 Hunger-Striking Prisoners in Egypt Decry Inhumane Treatment, Senators Question DOD Nominee John Hyten over Sexual Assault Accusations, Virginia Delegate Protests Trump Speech: \"You Can\'t Send Us Back!\", House Report Says Trump Adviser Ran Campaign Speech by UEA, Saudi Officials, California Bill Requires Presidential Candidates to Disclose 5 Years of Tax Returns, 2 Chicago…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-31). Trump Replaces Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with Right Wing Extremist Rep. John Ratcliffe. globalresearch.ca Most often when White House officials step down, they were sacked, usually allowed to submit a resignation letter — likely the fate of former senator/Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats. | His departure is effective on August 15, right-wing …

Staff (2019-07-31). Warren Backs \"No First Use\" Nuclear Policy. truthout.org | | While most of Tuesday\'s debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her \"no first use\" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, de…

Editor (2019-07-31). Food security vs. \'border security\'. workers.org As the whole world knows by now, Trump has launched major racist attacks on four congress members known as the \"Squad\" over the past couple of weeks. He ordered the women to \"go back where they came from.\" Trump targeted the four because of their courageous and outspoken public criticism . . . | Continue reading Food security vs. \'border security\' at Workers.org

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-31). Publishing Stolen Material: WikiLeaks, the DNC and Freedom of Speech. globalresearch.ca It may well be a finding of some implication should Julian Assange find his way into the beastly glory that is the US justice system. In its efforts to rope in President Donald Trump\'s election campaign, Wikileaks, Assange and …

Staff (2019-07-31). \"We Don\'t Want Another President Obama\": Activist Urges Democrats to Reframe Immigration Debate. democracynow.org Democratic candidates also sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.

teleSUR (2019-07-31). 81 Venezuelans Return Home From Ecuador With Gov\'t Program. telesurenglish.net A total of 81 Venezuelans returned from Ecuador Tuesday, as part of the \'Return to the Homeland\' program that has been promoted by President Nicolas Maduro\'s administration. | RELATED: | 180 Venezuelans Return Home from Peru | According to the Venezuelans returning their decision is mainly based on the unfulfilled expectations when migrating, lack of opportunities in the host countries, suffering from xenophobia and/or not having the resources to return by their own means. | The migrants were residing…

Manuel Otero (2019-07-31). Notes From a Caribbean Colony in Turmoil. counterpunch.org From what I gather from the US press coverage, the recent events here have been portrayed as something close to a popular insurrection that got rid of an arrogant, inept and corrupt colonial governor. A note is added to the effect, a kind of wishful thinking, that if only Trump could be dispatched via similar methods. More

Staff (2019-07-31). Sanders, Warren Clash With Cautious Rivals Over \'Big Ideas\'. truthdig.com DETROIT—The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates Tuesday in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump. | Standing side by side at center stage, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against their more cautious rivals who ridiculed \"Medicare for All\" and warned that \"wish-list economics\" would jeopardize Democrats\' chances for taking the White House in 2020. | \"I don\'t understand why anybody g…

Staff (2019-07-31). The Inconvenient Truth About Migration the Media Brush Off. truthdig.com Washington Post ( 4/16/19) | Journalists routinely dehumanize human beings crossing the southern border by comparing them to natural disasters like a \" flood\" or \" deluge.\" But while migration has always been a natu…

Edward B. Winslow (2019-07-31). Killing Democracy: US Imperialism, Civil War and Genocide in Guatemala 1954-1996. globalresearch.ca \"This ideology of [United States corporatism] embraces a belief that societies and cultures can be regenerated through violence…. This belief that [the US has] a divine right to resources, land and power, and a right to displace and kill to …

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Maduro Personally Thanks Embassy Protection Collective From US. telesurenglish.net Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro reiterated Tuesday his gratitude to United States\' activists who were members of the Protection Collective of Venezuela\'s embassy in Washington. | RELATED: | Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba Close 25th Sao Paulo Forum | \"Our gratitude and eternal recognition to the Protection Collective of our diplomatic headquarters in Washington. Their performance reflects high morals for the defense of the dignity and sovereignty of the Venezuelan people,\" t…

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil\'s president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Wednesday a cut to the federal budget of 82.5 million dollars, representing the largest reduction in recent years in the country. | The new economic policy mainly affects education and social welfare programs, whose resources will be blocked by an unofficial decree of the Executive. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro\'s Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | Between 2016-2019 Brazil has experienced a reduction in its gross domest…

Jud Lounsbury (2019-07-31). #DemDebate: Conquering Race-and-Red-Baiting Moderators and Moderates. progressive.org In a show of progressive promise versus the status quo, it was Warren/Sanders versus the Four Horsemen of the Pale, Stale, and Male.

Staff (2019-07-31). CNN Tried to Derail Sanders and Warren Last Night. It Failed. truthout.org | | Tuesday night\'s Democratic debate was a CNN-engineered center-right ambush of Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that was so ham-fisted in its conception and execution, it could have been drawn up by Donald Trump himself. | \"Is Bernie Sanders Too Extreme?\" was an actual discussion topic. Zero-polling candidates like Rep. John Delaney and Sen. Amy Klobuchar were encouraged to take swipes at Medicare for All, student debt forgiveness, and other big-box ideas put forth by the two progressive fro…

Tyler Durden (2019-07-31). Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Could Blow Saudi Arabia\'s Role in Attacks Wide Open. theantimedia.com He\'s reportedly ready to spill the beans on Saudi Arabia\'s involvement in the worst terror attack to ever take place on American soil.

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Bolivia: Oil and Gas Revenue Increases in 2019\'s First Semester. telesurenglish.net Bolivia\'s Hydrocarbon Minister, Luis Alberto Sanchez, revealed Tuesday the rise of oil revenues in the first half of 2019, which reached US$ 1.1 billion | RELATED: | Bolivia: Evo Announces MAS-IPSP Candidates Around the Country | The income is higher than what was reported last year for the same period when it registred just a little more than US$ 1 billion, Sanchez told local media. | Concerning the current production of gas, he said that it represented 58 million cubic meters…

Middle East Eye (2019-07-31). \'Secret Embargo\': Saudi Arabia Stops Turkish Exports From Entering Kingdom. theantimedia.com Saudi authorities blocked 80 Turkish trucks which were transporting textile products and chemicals into Saudi Arabia.

Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-31). Permissible Deviance: Facebook\'s FTC Fine. counterpunch.org It was something of a shrug moment. One of the world\'s largest digital platforms had been fined $5 billion for privacy violations by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming it had violated its 2012 order. The FTC order also requires the company \"to restructure its approach to privacy from the corporate board-level down, establishing strong new More

George Ochenski (2019-07-31). What\'s Wrong with Corey Stapleton? counterpunch.org Three shocking events concerning foreign interference in state and national elections were revealed last week. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report detailing \"unprecedented\" Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election in all 50 states; Robert Mueller testified before two House committees that Russia and other foreign nations were \"doing it [election inference] as we sit here, More

John W. Whitehead (2019-07-31). Monsters With Human Faces. counterpunch.org \"But these weren\'t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don\'t recognize them for what they are until it\'s too late.\" ‚Äï Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine\'s More

teleSUR (2019-07-31). US Court Rules for Canadian Firm To Collect $1.4B of Venezuela. telesurenglish.net With United States backing, self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido, and the Venezuelan right have been conducting an illegal operation to confiscate the Venezuelan public\'s wealth and assets, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Russia To \'Abstain\' Attending Int\'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima | According to r…

Daniel Larison (2019-07-31). The Injustice of Economic Warfare. globalresearch.ca The AP reports on the harmful effects of sanctions on the availability of medicine in Iran: | \"Our biggest concern is that channels to the outside world are closed,\" said Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, head of the Mahak Children\'s Hospital, which …

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Iran to Europe: Fix INSTEX or Will Reduce Deal Commitments. telesurenglish.net Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lamented Wednesday, on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Teheran that France, Britain, and Germany are not abiding by the terms of the multilateral nuclear deal they signed in 2015. | RELATED: | US Imposes Sanctions on Iran\'s Foreign Minister | The deal is not being respected, or the responsibility of these European countries, to find a solution to the consequences of the United States\' leaving the accord, officially called the Joint Comprehen…

RT (2019-07-31). No, YOU are \'Russian asset\': Meme war turns tables on Washington Post. rt.com With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital\'s paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls\' meme-cannons.

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Bolivia: Evo Announces MAS-IPSP Candidates Around the Country. telesurenglish.net In events around the country on Monday, Bolivia\'s ruling leftist party, \'Movement Towards Socialism\', announced their candidates for the upcoming general elections on October 20th. Morales attended events in two regions to inaugurate the candidates. | RELATED: | Bolivian Opposition Plan Protests to Destabilize Elections | On Monday, President Morales spoke in the Amazon region of Pando, and in the capital La Paz. Speaking in Pando at a local labor union building, Morales welcomed…

Danny Sjursen (2019-07-30). Could Trump End the Afghanistan War? counterpunch.org Could Donald Trump end the Afghan war someday? I don\'t know if such a possibility has been on your mind, but it\'s certainly been on the mind of this retired U.S. Army major who fought in that land so long ago. And here\'s the context in which I\'ve been thinking about that very possibility. Back More

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-07-30). Yemeni Civilians in Crowded Market Pay with Their Lives as Trump Keeps Building Saudi Arsenal. mintpressnews.com More U.S. Weaponry is headed for Saudi Arabia just as the Kingdom unleashed fresh airstrikes on the crowded Al-Thabit Market in Yemen.

The Canary (2019-07-30). Most civilian deaths in Afghanistan at hands of coalition and regime forces, says UN report. thecanary.co More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the UN mission said in a report.The report apparently refers to civilians killed during supposed Afghan and US military operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes and night raids on militant hideouts. Insurgents often hide among civilians.The US formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014 but still provides extensive air and other support to Afghan forces.The UN report published on Tuesday said 403 civilians were killed by Afghan forces…

Staff (2019-07-30). Trump Administration, Democrats Make Progress on New NAFTA. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from \"no way\" to \"maybe\" on President Donald Trump\'s rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are making progress toward a deal that would …

Joshua Cho (2019-07-30). Media Downplay Climate Disruption\'s Ever-Growing Role in Driving Migration. fair.org Washington Post ( 4/16/19) | Journalists routinely dehumanize human beings crossing the southern border by comparing them to natural disasters like a \" flood\" or \" deluge.\" But while migration has always been a natural…

Staff (2019-07-30). Headlines for July 30, 2019. democracynow.org Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland\'s Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…

Calvin Trillin (2019-07-30). Go Back Where You Came From: A Coincidence. thenation.com Go Back Where You Came From: A Coincidence…

Alleen Brown (2019-07-30). More Than 160 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2018, and Many Others Labeled Terrorists and Criminals. theintercept.com Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, was disturbed to learn that her name had been included on a list of \"terrorists\" allegedly affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People\'s Army. | Authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte had imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao in May 2017, when ISIS sympathizers attacked the predominantly Muslim city Marawi. By October, ISIS had been ousted, but martial law remained in p…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). India: Rape Victim of BJP Lawmaker Injured in Shady Accident. telesurenglish.net Protesters stepped up demands Tuesday for India\'s far-right ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the survivor was critically injured in a highway collision. | RELATED: | India: 49 Intellectuals Write to PM Modi, Condemns Lynching of Minorities

Howard Lisnoff (2019-07-30). A Dark Corner of Hell. counterpunch.org Thou shalt not kill. Right! That admonition is one of the few things that organized religion got right over the past few thousand years. Their spokespersons on Earth soon began to give that advice from above lots of shades of gray and began to make it okay to kill in wartime, but only under some More

Staff (2019-07-30). DOJ Guts Asylum Protections for Members of Families Threatened With Violence. truthout.org | | In a decision immigrant rights advocates said could have horrific consequences for thousands of people fleeing violence in Central America, Attorney General William Barr ruled Monday that being an immediate member of a persecuted family is not sufficient grounds to seek asylum in the United States. | According to immigration experts, Barr\'s move rewrites years of law and represents the Trump administration\'s…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-07-30). By voice and vote, Communications Workers censure Trump\'s racism. peoplesworld.org LAS VEGAS—By voice and by vote, in statements from leaders and members and in a blistering resolution, the Communications Workers convention strongly censured GOP President Donald Trump\'s racism. Trump\'s \"naked appeal to white supremacy\" is \"dividing the country in ways we haven\'t seen in half a century and probably haven\'t seen since the Civil War,\" …

Al Neal (2019-07-30). \"It\'s nothing but intimidation tactics\": On the border in El Paso, Texas. peoplesworld.org \"I come from Honduras, I left on April 22nd, I brought my daughter with me, because in Honduras they killed my brother, they had already killed my dad, there is no safety, two years later they killed my cousin just because. My daughter was studying and already those of the organized crime had told us …

Lance Olsen (2019-07-30). BOOM! Fossil Fuel Combustion and the Mother of All Economic Busts. counterpunch.org William Catton focussed on what follows a boom in the human population. He spelled out the scenario in his 1980 book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. As one reviewer put it, \"Catton believed that industrial civilization had sown the seeds of its own demise and that humanity\'s seeming dominance of the biosphere is only More

Staff (2019-07-30). Exterminating the Future: World Outcry Grows as Brazil Rapidly Expands Deforestation of Amazon. democracynow.org New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer fields are being deforested every minute in the Amazon. In June, deforestation increased by 88% over the same month last year. The drastic spike is due to Bolsonaro\'s rolling back of regulations and allowing illegal land invasions, logging and burning. Climate scie…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-30). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian \'Organic Intellectual\'. counterpunch.org It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great More

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Costa Rican Teachers Protest Against Privatization of Education. telesurenglish.net Hundreds of teachers affiliated with the Association of Secondary School Teachers APSE marched Monday in the capital toward the National Assembly, protesting against the neoliberal policies affecting the public sector. | RELATED: | Chile\'s Teachers Vote to End Second-Longest Strike | APSE President Melida Cedeño told reporters that the protest aimed to show the public that the government and most of the Parliament attempt to criminalize strikes with…

Whitney Webb (2019-07-30). How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia. mintpressnews.com For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel\'s more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.

Philip Giraldi (2019-07-30). Israel Has \"the Most Moral Army in the World\"? globalresearch.ca Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …

Staff (2019-07-30). Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. Advocates Want It Shut Down. democracynow.org A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart on July 10 as his removal proceedings continued. Two weeks later he was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-30). US Stealing Syrian Oil. Controls About 30% of Syrian Territory. globalresearch.ca Imperial adventurism is grand theft on a global scale — seizing, controlling, and looting the resources of targeted nations, along with exploiting their people. | Operating from illegally constructed military bases in northern and southern parts of Syria, platforms for war …

unitedEditor (2019-07-30). The Future of Iran-UK Tanker Crisis. uwidata.com WAS IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE UK FOR SEIZING ITS TANKER? Even though Mr. Ali Rabei, the newly appointed speaker of the Iranian Government, and Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, officially rejected the claims that Iranian seizure of the British Tanker in the Persian Gulf was a response to the …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). One Sector Blocks Peace in Colombia: Ex-FARC Guerrilla Leader. telesurenglish.net Rodrigo \"Timochenko\" Londoño, the leader of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, said in an interview with EFE that one economic power sector was blocking the peace achieved after half a century of war in Colombia. | RELATED: | Colombian Social Leader Shot a Day After Global March Against Activists\' Killings | Despite signing the peace agreement on Nov. 24, 2016, he said it did not achieve \"a complete peace and, unfortunately, there still…

Albert Bender (2019-07-30). Standing room only at Nashville immigrant and refugee rights forum. peoplesworld.org \"I am a woman. I am a Mexican. My family lives in fear every single day\"- Veronica Zavaleta NASHVILLE — Veronica Zavaleta, a homeowner, a business owner, mother, and immigrant gave a moving account of her feelings of terror at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her narrative was given at a public …

Lawrence Wittner (2019-07-30). Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates. dissidentvoice.org You mass media folks lead busy lives, I\'m sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …

Staff (2019-07-30). Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. truthout.org | | A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart…

John Feffer (2019-07-30). Boris Johnson and the New Battle of Britain. counterpunch.org All eyes are focused these days on Boris Johnson, the new prime minister of the United Kingdom. But that\'s not the most important news this month out of Britain. The Labor Party has finally come around to opposing the country\'s exit from the European Union, though it\'s possibly a case of \"too little, too late.\" More

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Greece: Students Protest to Keep Universities Police Free. telesurenglish.net Greek students are protesting against a proposal to scrap academic sanctuary, a law that was designed to protect protesting students and freedom of ideas but which the new government says is used as a cover for lawlessness. | RELATED: | Greece: Refugees, Activists on Alert Amid New Migration Acts | A couple of thousand students marched through Athens against repealing asylum last week. \"I personally believe the free movement of ideas means that no institution of the state can inter…

Susan Babbitt (2019-07-30). Cuba\'s Revolution in Thinking: To Live and Not Lie. counterpunch.org In Dostoevsky\'s Demons, liberal academic Stepan Trofimovich says before dying: \"I\'ve been lying all my life. Even when I was telling the truth …. The worst of it is that I believe myself when I lie. The most difficult thing in life is to live and not lie.\" More

Staff (2019-07-30). Trump\'s Intelligence Pick Is \'Least Qualified … Ever,\' Senator Says. truthdig.com Sen. Ron Wyden issued a scathing statement late Monday warning that President Donald Trump\'s pick to serve as director of national intelligence is so unqualified that he could put lives at risk. | Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), an ardent Trump loyalist, \"is the most partisan and least qualified individual ever nominated to serve as director of national intelligence,\" said Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Fight Back (2019-07-30). Labor movements of the world support Bolivarian Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – On July 26, the delegation from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) participated in a gathering of trade unionists from around the world with the leaders of the Central of Bolivarian Socialist Workers (CBST), the largest labor federation in Venezuela. | Taking place as part of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum, the purpose of the meeting was to debate the current conditions – both internationally and nationally – in the anti-imperialist struggle, and how the working classes of the world can support the Bolivarian Revolution. The gathering was chaired by Carlos López, the national coordinato…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-30). Media Propaganda Creates \"Know-Nothing Americans\". Majority In Favor of War. globalresearch.ca Americans are the most over-entertained, uninformed citizens on planet earth — despite around 80% of US households having Internet access, making it easy to stay informed with minimal effort. | Manipulated by the power of state-sponsored and go-along establishment media propaganda, …

Amy Goodman (2019-07-30). Baltimore residents: Trump\'s attacks on the city are rooted in \"racism and white supremacy\" nationofchange.org President Trump is facing widespread outrage after describing Baltimore as a \"disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess\" in tweets attacking Congressmember Elijah Cummings, one of the most prominent African-American lawmakers in Washington. Trump tweeted that Cummings\'s district is \"considered the Worst in the USA,\" and said \"no human being would want to live there.\" Trump\'s initial tweets came after Fox News ran a story about Baltimore and after Cummings criticized the conditions of immigration jails along the Mexican border. Officials across Baltimore and Maryland denounced the president\'s remarks, and The Ba…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). More Than Three Eco-Activists Killed Every Week in 2018: Study. telesurenglish.net While calls to save the planet are growing every day, the people who fight to protect their lands and the environment are being silenced. In 2018, on average three environmental defenders were murdered each week, according to a study published Monday by the international human rights group Global Witness. | RELATED: | Peru: Protestors Demand Definitive End of Open-Pit Mining Project | More than 160 land an…

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-30). Information Warfare: Iran\'s \"B-Team\" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton. globalresearch.ca Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif\'s recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, \"Israeli\" Premier Benjamin \"Bibi\" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called \"B-Team\" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …

Nyla Ali Khan (2019-07-30). Why is Education Being Corporatized and Human Life Being Devalued? counterpunch.org In the southern Indian state of Telangana at least 23 teenagers have killed themselves since the scores of their school-leaving exam results, processed by a private software firm, Globarena Technology, were announced in April. The state education board of Telangana has impersonalized education by outsourcing the job of conducting the school-leaving exam, processing the scores, More

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Says No Evidence Indigenous Leader Murdered. telesurenglish.net Brazil\'s President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said there was no evidence that the death of Emyra Wajapi, a 68-year-old Amazonian indigenous chief, was caused by illegal miners who invaded traditional Indigenous lands. | RELATED: | Gold Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon | \"There is no solid evidence as of now that such Indian wa…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Nearly 4,000 Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan This Year: UN. telesurenglish.net A new report released by the United Nations on Tuesday revealed that nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed during the first half of 2019. | RELATED: | At Least 20 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan | According to the United Nations report, at least 3,812 Afghan civilians have killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against militant groups, including a big increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, the United Nations said on Tuesd…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Venezuela: Six Farmers Killed by Colombian Paramilitary Forces. telesurenglish.net Diosdado Cabello, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), lamented Monday the killing of six Campesinos by far-right paramilitaries in the Barinas state at the Colombia-Venezuela border area. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | \"We want to alert you to what happened in the Bari…

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-30). Venezuela: Six Chavista Militants Killed in Fresh Rural Violence. venezuelanalysis.com Landowner violence continues to plague the Venezuelan countryside.

United Nations (2019-07-30). New UN report shows record numbers of children killed and maimed in conflict. un.org A new UN report has found that 2018 was the worst year on record for children caught up in armed conflict; the year saw the highest numbers killed or maimed since the United Nations began monitoring the violation.

Arabi Souri (2019-07-30). Trump\'s Coalition Commits New Massacre in Syria\'s Deir Ezzor Countryside. globalresearch.ca The illegal coalition led by the United States of America outside the United Nations and without the approval of the Syrian state added a new massacre to its long list of ugly crimes against the Syrian people today by bombing …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Bolsonaro-Legalized Toxic Pesticides Endanger People Worldwide. telesurenglish.net Brazil President\'s Jair Bolsonaro\'s environmental deregulation and new free trade deals would see the world consuming toxic pesticides that are banned in most countries, Oliver Tickell of the Green Economic Institute warned Tuesday in an interview with RT. | RELATED: | Awa Tribe Contact in Brazil Shows Increased Amazon Logging | \"This is not just a probl…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-07-30). Brazil\'s Massive Crime Against Humanity. Bolsonaro has Decided to Destroy the Amazon. globalresearch.ca The corrupt Brazilian government installed by Washington has decided to destroy the Amazon Rain Forest. This will adversely affect the Earth\'s climate by eliminating a massive carbon sink. | The beneficiaries of the destruction of the rain forest are the timber …

Alex Anfruns (2019-07-30). In Venezuela, the Right to Housing is Made Possible by the Revolution. dissidentvoice.org In the Antímano neighbourhood of the capital district of Caracas, a very special block of flats has been built. Its inhabitants built it with their own hands. In 2011, on the initiative of President Hugo Chávez, a little less than one hectare of land was expropriated from the Polar company. The idea was to rescue …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Russia To \'Abstain\' Attending Int\'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima. telesurenglish.net Russia will not be participating in international talks on the political crisis in Venezuela due to be held in Peru next month, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Cuba: International Community Should Stop US Attacks | It said it declined the invitation as one was not extended to representatives of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, among other concerns. | \"We doubt that a meeting focusing on the situation in Venezuela without inviting Venezuelans, repr…

John Rachel (2019-07-30). Book Review: \"The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil\" by Dan Kovalik. nationofchange.org In one concise statement, Dan Kovalik sums up the criminal — if self-serving and for now effective — foreign policy of the U.S. across the planet: \"The US appears to be intentionally spreading chaos throughout strategic portions of the world, leaving virtually no independent state standing to protect their resources, especially oil, from Western exploitation. And, this goal is …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-07-30). Space Lunacy: $ Trillion Space Games and False Prophecies by Billionaires While Rome Burns. globalresearch.ca History testifies to powerful rulers\' aspirations for the position of gods, including the Pharaohs and Roman Emperors such as Caligula or Nero, nowadays mimicked by false messianic prophecies of \"intergalactic civilization\" made by billionaires and their followers in public and …