Venezuelan Gov\'t Arrives in Barbados for Talks with Opposition
plenglish.com | 2019-07-09
Caracas, July 9 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Government\"s delegation arrived in Barbados to continue the political dialogue with the opposition representatives, sponsored by Norway since May 14.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=44166&SEO=venezuelan-govt-arrives-in-barbados-for-talks-with-opposition

Deconstructing Elliott Abrams on Venezuela
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
On June 26, the Trump administration\'s so-called \"Special Representative for Venezuela,\" Elliott Abrams gave a five-minute update to reporters about the development of the coup attempt against the government of Nicolas Maduro, followed by a brief Q&A session. The event, held at the US State Department in Washington, was textbook Abrams: full of lies, loaded…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/deconstructing-elliott-abrams-on-venezuela/

Venezuela Advocates for Peace in Political Dialogue with Opposition
plenglish.com | 2019-07-09
Caracas, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government ratified on Tuesday its commitment to a peaceful solution to the dialogues with the opposition, led by Norway based in Barbados.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=44172&SEO=venezuela-advocates-for-peace-in-political-dialogue-with-opposition

Thinking About Fully Automated Luxury Communism
Dan Corjescu | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
Another world is possible and it is coherently presented in Aaron Bastani\'s new book entitled Fully Automated Luxury Communism: a Manifesto (Verso). The revolution is here and its main protagonist is technology. Bastani writes with almost messianic verve on how capital is about to transform itself into labor. It\'s all about humanity accelerating the possible practices…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/thinking-about-fully-automated-luxury-communism/

America First and Diverse
John O\'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
What alliance of political voices will decide who the deserving are and what skills are needed? Should this task be left to the private sector, specific profit-driven companies that serve their own constituents first, to make it happen? Enlightened wonks sustained by the clout of peer-driven, but far-from-neutral research? How will the formula be constructed for determining how many should be processed? What\'s too little; too many?
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/america-first-and-diverse/

Marianne Williamson is Right About American Elections
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
Self-help guru Marianne Williamson isn\'t likely to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, despite having probably served the American public more ably than any of her opponents (among other things, her Project Angel Food delivers millions of meals to the seriously ill). Good works aside, she\'s a little too \"New Age,\" spiritual, and individualist/voluntarist-oriented for…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/marianne-williamson-is-right-about-american-elections/

The D.O.A. Peace Movement Ain\'t Marching Much Anymore, But We Did
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
We won\'t be erased or airbrushed out of history. Even though there appears to be no life in anything resembling a vibrant antiwar movement, especially on college campuses, the endless wars the U.S. now fights go on with lives lost and trillions of dollars of so-called national treasure thrown away. In 2018, I received an email from…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/the-d-o-a-peace-movement-aint-marching-much-anymore-but-we-did/

Why Aren\'t the Democrats Talking About Ending Patent Financed Drug Research?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
Many of the leading Democratic candidates, especially Sanders and Warren, have been putting forward bold progressive plans in a wide variety of areas. Sanders and Warren have both supported a quick transition to a universal Medicare program, with no premiums, co-pays, or deductibles. Several candidates have supported a Green New Deal, which in some versions…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/why-arent-the-democrats-talking-about-ending-patent-financed-drug-research/

High Cost of Nukes Even Higher If Medical Expenses Included
Joseph Mangano | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
Nuclear reactors are shutting in the U.S, and across the world. Reactors have always been dangerous, but over time they have also become more expensive than ever. A 2017 report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates U.S. reactors lose $2.9 billion per year in operations overall. Eight American reactors have closed permanently since 2013, and most of the remaining 97 units are very old and costly.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/high-cost-of-nukes-even-higher-if-medical-expenses-included/

The Seizure of an Iranian Tanker and the Lethal Toll of Sanctions
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
The seizure of an Iranian oil tanker allegedly bound for Syria by British Royal Marine commandos off Gibraltar is the latest episode in the long and disastrous history of economic sanctions in the Middle East. The UK claims that it is implementing EU sanctions on Syria, but the act will be seen by Tehran — and most other states — as the British enforcing US sanctions on Iran that the EU said it opposes. An Iranian official said a British tanker should be seized in retaliation.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/the-seizure-of-an-iranian-tanker-and-the-lethal-toll-of-sanctions/

When Nature\'s Feedback Loops Fail
Bernard Marszalek | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
Civilization Critical: Energy, Food, Nature and the Future by Darrin Qualman (Fernwood Publishing. Halifax, Winnipeg 2019) The title of Darrin Qualman\'s book, Civilization Critical, can easily be mistaken for an apocalyptic climate change tract. Given the weekly deluge of this grim genre in our bookstores, it is understandable. Regrettably, I believe, publishers in an effort…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/when-natures-feedback-loops-fail/

The US Imperium Comes Out
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
The United States of Amnesia has occasionally found expression amongst those despairing at the state of historical consciousness in Freedom\'s Land. Gore Vidal remains something of its high priest, his writings a pertinent scolding about what went wrong in the creation of a New Rome in the Americas. From Pilgrim\'s Progress to the National Security…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/the-us-imperium-comes-out/

Dogs of War Howl for Blood in Iran While Americans Cheer US Bombers on July 4
Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
President Trump\'s order to the Pentagon to have an aerial parade of military aircraft over Washington, DC on July 4 provided a history lesson of America\'s war mongering in the past two decades, and a terrifying view of what might appear in the skies of Iran if John Bolton gets his way. The combat aircraft…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/dogs-of-war-howl-for-blood-in-iran-while-americans-cheer-us-bombers-on-july-4/

US steps up threats as Iran exceeds uranium enrichment cap
wsws.org | 2019-07-09
Iran\'s government deliberately breached the agreement to pressure remaining signatories to the nuclear accord to counter crippling US economic sanctions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/09/iran-j09.html

Iran Warns UK That Oil Tanker Seizure Won\'t Go \'Unanswered\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-09
Britain\'s seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be \"unanswered\", Iran\'s armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. | RELATED: | Iranian DM Says UK\'s Seizure of Tanker was \'Maritime Robbery\' | \"Capture of the Iranian oil tanker based on fabricated excuses … will not be unanswered and when necessary Tehran will give appropriate answer,\" Bagheri said. | British Royal Ma…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Warns-UK-That-Oil-Tanker-Seizure-Wont-Go-Unanswered-20190709-0004.html

It is not the Non-existent Iranian Bomb; it is the Other Existing Bombs
Dan Lieberman | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-09
United States (US) demands that Iran promise to halt pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile developments distract from the real intent of the US actions. Knowing that the Islamic Republic is not pursuing nuclear weapons and will react aggressively to sanctions, the US ploy deters other nations from establishing more friendly relations with Iran …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/it-is-not-the-non-existent-iranian-bomb-it-is-the-other-existing-bombs/

South African parliament to clamp down on illegal land invaders
Halligan Agade | cgtn.com | 2019-07-09
Illegal land invaders in South Africa have been put on notice with the parliament now saying it will take stern action against those implicated. | This coming in the wake of reports of attacks and invasion of a 7,500-hectare farm in KwaZulu-Natal Province over the weekend, where \"violent thugs\" torched the farm and allegedly threw the farm manager into a fire. | The manager was hospitalized with burns. | \"We must do all in our power to stem illegal farm invasions and ensure that such acts of criminality do not d…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/09/south-african-parliament-to-clamp-down-on-illegal-land-invaders/

Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson Begs Trump for Asylum
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-09
The vocal right-wing media personality, Tommy Robinson, has publicly begged U.S. President Donald Trump to grant him asylum ahead of his sentencing hearing in a contempt of court case. The so-called \'anti-Islamification\' activist is begging for asylum in the U.S. because he alleges that he will be killed in prison because U.K. jails are \"controlled by jihadi gangs.\" | RELATED: | Democrats Subpoena Trump Over Foreign Payments | \"I beg Donald Trump, I beg the American government, to look at my c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Far-Right-Activist-Tommy-Robinson-Begs-Trump-for-Asylum-20190709-0003.html

\'Tommy Robinson\' encouraged \'vigilante action\' in trial broadcast, judges find
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-09
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) encouraged \"vigilante action\" against defendants in a criminal trial when he filmed them and broadcast the footage on social media, High Court judges have found.The former English Defence League (EDL) founder, was found to have committed contempt of court at the end of a two-day hearing at the Old Bailey on Friday.Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Warby found Yaxley-Lennon was in contempt in three respects when he filmed men accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls and live-streamed the footage, in breach of a reporting ban, outside Leeds Crown Court in May 201…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/07/09/tommy-robinson-encouraged-vigilante-action-in-trial-broadcast-judges-find/

Entry Ban at Israeli City Park provokes Apartheid Warnings
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-09
The barring of a lawyer and her infant from a public park in the Galilee last week has triggered a legal battle over whether local authorities in Israel can segregate citizens on a racial basis. Human rights groups have warned that the ban marks a growing trend by local authorities representing the Jewish majority towards …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/entry-ban-at-israeli-city-park-provokes-apartheid-warnings/

Pentagon solicits virtual reality tech to prep soldiers for \'battlefield nuclear warfare\'
rt.com | 2019-07-09
The Pentagon has put out a call for virtual reality training environments with \"radiological/nuclear considerations\" — another sign that the US\' unhealthy obsession with nuclear warfare isn\'t going away anytime soon. | …
rt.com/usa/463709-pentagon-virtual-reality-nuclear/

UN Women welcomes Bosco Ntaganda\'s conviction
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-07-09
The United Nations Women has welcomed the conviction of Bosco Ntaganda by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes he committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2002 and 2003. | The Hague-based court found the former rebel leader, nicknamed the \'Terminator\', guilty on 13 counts of war crimes and 5 counts of crimes against humanity, including rape, sexual slavery, displacement of civilians, and enlisting and conscripting child soldiers under the age of 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities. | \"The conviction is significant because, if the verdict is upheld on appeal, it wi…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/09/un-women-welcomes-bosco-ntagandas-conviction/

President Museveni awards Cranes one million dollars for AFCON 2019 show
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-07-09
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has congratulated the country\'s national football team for their performance at the 2019 Africa cup of Nations, pledging $1 million to appreciate the work they put in. | The Uganda Cranes reached the Roound of 16 stage where they lost to Senegal by a solitary goal. | In the group stage, the East Africans beat DR Congo 2-0, drew with Zimbabwe 1-1 before losing 2-0 to hosts Egypt. | \"I\'m very happy the @UgandaCranes went up to the last 16. I know we will perform better next time. I will organize 1m dollars with the government to distribute it among the players and officials. Of…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/09/president-museveni-awards-cranes-one-million-dollars-for-afcon-2019-show/

Part 2: Stalinism, communism and anti-Semitism
wsws.org | 2019-07-09
Hanebrink\'s false equation of Stalinism with communism leads to a significant and misleading omission in his discussion of the reemergence of anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe after World War II and internationally today.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/09/hane-j09.html

Strong support for Julian Assange at Sri Lanka\'s Jaffna University
wsws.org | 2019-07-09
SEP and IYSSE campaigners campaigned for a July 10 picket that will be held in defence of the WikiLeaks founder in the war-ravaged city.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/09/asan-j09.html

Global conflict situations, poverty lead to rise in mental health crises
wsws.org | 2019-07-09
US imperialism and its allies bear principal responsibility for the wars and military interventions that have wrought devastation throughout the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/09/ment-j09.html

7-6-19 Julian Assange and Press Freedom forum
DJ Mouse | indybay.org | 2019-07-09
Wikileaks: the Global Fourth Estate author Nozomi Hayase and award winning reporter Ann Garrison defended Julian Assange at last Saturday\'s \'Suds, Snacks and Socialism\' at the Starry Plough…(142 min.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/08/18824550.php

Japanese American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at Prison Camp
Repost, Democracy Now! | indybay.org | 2019-07-09
Japanese Americans, including at least one from San Francisco, demonstrated at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma on June 22, one day after President Trump directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct a mass roundup of migrant families that have received deportation orders. They were met by uniformed military police who told them they did not have permission to congregate and might face arrest. \"You need to move right now!\" one of the officers shouted. \"What don\'t you understand? It\'s English: Get out.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/07/18824511.php

Bolsonaro\'s Approval Rating is Brazil\'s Lowest in Last 30 Years
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-09
Brazil\'s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro\'s has witnessed a recent surge in his disapproval rating as his month-over-month number has risen by three percent. | RELATED: | Brazil Crowned After Defeating Peru in Copa America Final | According to the polling company Datfolha, Bolsonaro\'s disapproval rating has jumped from 30 percent in April to 33 percent in the month of May. | The poll showed 33 percent of those surveyed considered Bolsonaro\'s government bad or very bad, up from 30 percent in th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaros-Approval-Rating-is-Brazils-Lowest-in-Last-30-Years-20190709-0005.html

The Coming Renewable Energy Revolution
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2019-07-09
San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112 | Bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 11, 63, 64, 72, 73, 81, Hwy 17 Express, MST 55, Dash, LRT, 181…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/07/18824539.php

Democrats Subpoena Trump Over Foreign Payments
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-09
A group of more than 200 Democratic Party lawmakers said in a statement that as part of lawsuit in federal court they had issued 37 subpoenas the Trump Organization and other entities, seeking information about foreign government payments accepted by properties in his real estate empire. | RELATED: | Pompeo Launches Commission to Study Human Rights Role | The subpoenas also seek information about trademarks granted to Trump businesses by foreign governments. | \"Our goal is simple and s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Democrats-Subpoena-Trump-Over-Foreign-Payments-20190709-0001.html

Trump, Democratic presidential candidates raise more than $100 million
wsws.org | 2019-07-09
The stage is being set for the most expensive campaign in US–and world–history, with estimates that ad spending could top $10 billion for the 2020 elections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/09/elec-j09.html

Russian-Made S-400 Air Defense System is En Route to Turkey
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-08
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday morning that Russia\'s S-400 air defense missiles are currently being prepared to be flown to Turkey. | RELATED: | Cuba, Turkey to Attend Venezuela\'s Transplant Patients | Speaking to reporters before leaving for Bosnia on Monday, Erdogan wouldn\'t say, however, when the Russian missile defense system would reach Turkey or where they will be deployed. | \"The preparations for the journey, the loading (of the S-400) is continuing ..
telesurenglish.net/news/Russian-Made-S-400-Air-Defense-System-is-En-Route-to-Turkey-20190708-0003.html

Faulty by Design: the UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Following Michelle Bachelet visit to Venezuela last June the official report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR ) on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was released on July 4, a day before initially scheduled. Judging by the quick review I made, the mainstream media is…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/faulty-by-design-the-un-report-on-human-rights-in-venezuela/

Venezuela: The Bachelet Lie
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-08
When reading the Bachelet Report on Human Rights, following HR High Commissioner\'s 3 day visit to Venezuela, published on Venezuela\'s National Holiday, 5 July, I saw that it makes hardly any reference to the deadly sanctions and blockades imposed by the United States. How is that possible? The High Commissioner for Human Right does not …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/venezuela-the-bachelet-lie/

Venezuelan Government Slams \'Biased\' UN Human Rights Report
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The Venezuelan government has disputed the findings of a report released by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). | Having seen the report in advance of its publication, Caracas issued a 70-point statement pointing towards …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelan-government-slams-biased-un-human-rights-report/5682993

Venezuela: Dialogue Resumes in Barbados as Guaido Vows to Return to US-led Military Pact
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-08
Self-proclaimed \"Interim President\" walked back promises not to sit down with the government.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14577

Venezuelan Delegation in Barbados for Dialogue With Opposition
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-08
A Venezuelan delegation arrived in Barbados on Monday to continue the process of peace dialogue with the opposition, which has been supported by the Government of Norway since last May 14. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Gov\'t and Opposition to Continue Negotiation Talks in Barbados | The sectoral vice president of Communication, Tourism and Culture, Jorge Rodríguez, through an official statement, disclosed on his Twitter account about the arrival of this group to the Caribbean nation to a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Delegation-in-Barbados-for-Dialogue-With-Opposition-20190708-0009.html

Selected Articles: UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela Faulty by Design
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media \"NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize\", and where \"nuclear weapons and wars make us safer\". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-un-report-on-human-rights-in-venezuela-faulty-by-design/5683026

UN agencies welcome regional road map to help integrate \'continuing exodus of Venezuelans\'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-08
A new road map adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries, to help better integrate refugees and migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela into new host societies, drew a warm welcome from two UN agencies on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042041

US and Europe to Iran: Do as We Say, Not as We Do — Or Else!
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The US considers itself master of the universe, demanding submissiveness from all other nations. | Its bipartisan ruling authorities tolerate no independent states or social democracies like Venezuela, no military or economic superpowers like Russia and China respectively — what hegemonic …
globalresearch.ca/us-europe-iran-do-we-say-not-we-do/5683020

Venezuela — The Bachelet \"Human Rights Lie\"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
\"American sanctions are deliberately aiming to wreck Venezuela\'s economy and thereby lead to regime change. It\'s a fruitless, heartless, illegal, and failed policy, causing grave harm to the Venezuelan people.\"
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-bachelet-lie/5683019

\'We\'re worse than Venezuela!\': Hondurans in US-backed regime speak out
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-08
Average Hondurans in the capital Tegucigalpa\'s central park tell Max Blumenthal their humanitarian crisis is much worse than Venezuela\'s. The…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/08/worse-than-venezuela-hondurans-us-backed-regime/

Do We Need a Dictatorship to Respond to Climate Change?
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Globally, June 2019 was the hottest June on record. Though it is tricky to attribute any particular event to anthropogenic climate change, scientists estimate that the likelihood of the month\'s extreme heat was made five times more likely by human contributions. This heat is no anomaly. The top ten hottest years on record globally have all…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/do-we-need-a-dictatorship-to-respond-to-climate-change/

Conservation Groups Challenge Logging and Burning Project in Idaho Roadless Area
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest just approved the Rowley Canyon Wildlife Enhancement Project that would cut and burn 1,666 acres of sagebrush, juniper, maple, and mountain mahogany trees with mechanized, track-based, mastication equipment. But nothing about this project even marginally enhances habitat for wildlife. If the Forest Service accurately labeled the project, it would have been…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/conservation-groups-challenge-logging-and-burning-project-in-idaho-roadless-area/

Their Deplorables and Ours
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Hillary Clinton\'s \"basket of deplorables\" speech at a September 2016 fundraiser probably did her campaign more harm than she claims her favorite scapegoats, \"the Russians\" and James Comey, could ever have hoped to do. But what she said wasn\'t wrong; many a Trump supporter back then was deplorable by any and all reasonable standards.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/their-deplorables-and-ours/

When We See Him: Trump and the Central Park Five
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
\"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.\" –James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/when-we-see-him-trump-and-the-central-park-five/

Going Nuclear in the Antipodes: Australia\'s Megadeath Complex
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The antipodes has had a fraught relationship with the nuclear option. At the distant ends of the earth, New Zealand took a stand against the death complex, assuming the forefront of restricting the deployment of nuclear assets in its proximity. This drove Australia bonkers with moral envy and strategic fury. The New Zealand Nuclear Free…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/going-nuclear-in-the-antipodes-australias-megadeath-complex/

Reparations for Millennials
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Let\'s begin by wishing everyone a wry, not sardonic, 4th of July! I\'ve been waiting for Elizabeth Warren to collapse. When will people see she is an opportunist? Seriously. A Republican through the first Clinton term and a Clinton supporter just two years prior. Warren is running on Bernie Sanders\' coattails from two years prior.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/reparations-for-millennials/

5G Complexities and National Security
Renee Parsons | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
In case you missed the kickoff, there is an unprecedented \'must win\' wireless race for the US to cross the 5G finish line before China as alluded to during the recent Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing on the Federal Commerce Commission. The details were thin with no real discussion on the need for 5G or…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/5g-complexities-and-national-security/

Stop Immigrant Arrests, Close The Camps, Transform Immigration Policy
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-08
Protesters stand up to Trump\'s attacks on immigrants in Los Angeles (Molly Adams|flickr). Public awareness of the brutal repression against immigrants seeking entry to the United States, the reasons for their migration, and terrorism against immigrants living in the US are reaching levels that make them hard to ignore. The current immigration crisis is self-created …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/stop-immigrant-arrests-close-the-camps-transform-immigration-policy/

War, Memory and Gettysburg
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2019-07-08
GETTYSBURG, Pa.–Over 50,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or reported missing here in July 1863, many of them dying in terrible agony on the battlefield or carted off to improvised hospitals where arms and legs were swiftly amputated and tossed into large heaps on the floor. Abysmal hygiene–surgeons would nonchalantly wipe the blood from their bone saws on their pus-stained smocks and move on to the next victim–caused infection, blood poisoning and gangrene. To buy time, regiments such as the 1st Minnesota were ordered into battle against superior forces and as a result were decimated within min…
truthdig.com/articles/war-memory-and-gettysburg/

\'We\'re worse than Venezuela!\': Hondurans in US-backed regime speak out
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-08
Average Hondurans in the capital Tegucigalpa\'s central park tell Max Blumenthal their humanitarian crisis is much worse than Venezuela\'s. The…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/08/worse-than-venezuela-hondurans-us-backed-regime/

British Museum to help return ancient artefacts looted from Iraq and Afghanistan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-08
Ancient artefacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin.The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, which were brought there for analysis, conservation and cataloguing.Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum, said: War, conflict, climate change, globalisation, poverty and migration all play a part in the threats to cultural heritage. | The museum adopts a systematic approach, working with many colleagues ac…
thecanary.co/global/2019/07/08/british-museum-to-help-return-ancient-artefacts-looted-from-iraq-and-afghanistan/

US and Europe to Iran: Do as We Say, Not as We Do — Or Else!
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The US considers itself master of the universe, demanding submissiveness from all other nations. | Its bipartisan ruling authorities tolerate no independent states or social democracies like Venezuela, no military or economic superpowers like Russia and China respectively — what hegemonic …
globalresearch.ca/us-europe-iran-do-we-say-not-we-do/5683020

Nobody Is Talking About the Sanctions Against Syria!
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
In the news: The smart US regime discovered an oil shipment heading from Iran to Syria and ordered their British ever-loyal servants to steal a large Iranian oil tanker carrying oil to Syria and crossing half of the world …
globalresearch.ca/nobody-talking-about-sanctions-against-syria/5682949

Cheated by the JCPOA, Iran No Longer Trusts Europe and Is Heading towards Full Withdrawal
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
For more than 14 months now, Europe has offered no solution to ease the crippling US sanctions on Iran, giving the \"Islamic Republic\" no valid reason to hold on the JCPOA nuclear deal. The Leader of the Revolution Sayyed Ali …
globalresearch.ca/cheated-jcpoa-iran-no-longer-trusts-europe-heading-towards-full-withdrawal/5682941

Venezuela — The Bachelet \"Human Rights Lie\"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
\"American sanctions are deliberately aiming to wreck Venezuela\'s economy and thereby lead to regime change. It\'s a fruitless, heartless, illegal, and failed policy, causing grave harm to the Venezuelan people.\"
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-bachelet-lie/5683019

Venezuelan Government Slams \'Biased\' UN Human Rights Report
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The Venezuelan government has disputed the findings of a report released by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). | Having seen the report in advance of its publication, Caracas issued a 70-point statement pointing towards …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelan-government-slams-biased-un-human-rights-report/5682993

Ghana to donate $10 for AfCFTA secretariat operationalization
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday pledged to donate 10 million U.S. dollars to the African Union to support the operationalization of the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). | The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of AU on Sunday selected Ghana as the host country for AfCFTA. | The decision was announced at the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit held in Niamey, Niger after Ghana beat off competition from the other six countries including Egypt and Ethiopia. | In his acceptance speech, the president thanked the A…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/08/ghana-to-donate-10-for-afcfta-secretariat-operationalization/

IGAD lauds integration of moderate Islamic group into Somali army
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-08
East African bloc, IGAD on Sunday welcomed the launch of an exercise to integrate forces of moderate Islamic group Ahlu Sunna Waljama\'a (ASWJ) into Somali security forces. | IGAD Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim | Mahboub Maalim, executive secretary of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), reaffirmed the bloc\'s support for the integration exercise and also the ongoing political dialogue and reconciliation in Galmudug State. | \"The launch of the integration exercise marks an important milestone in the implementation of the Somalia security architecture and transition plan, which are essential to en…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/08/igad-lauds-integration-of-moderate-islamic-group-into-somali-army/

Could Trump\'s Tricks Boost His Ratings and Settle the Syrian Conflict?
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Recently the U.S. President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign in front of a large crowd in Orlando, Florida. The campaign is gaining momentum. We have already seen the celebrities and politicians speeches, preliminary ratings and even the …
globalresearch.ca/could-trumps-tricks-boost-his-ratings-settle-syrian-conflict/5682988

The Role of Debt and China\'s Shadow Banking System: Is Baoshang Bank China\'s Lehman Brothers?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The surprise collapse of a small Inner-Mongolia Chinese bank, Baoshang, has suddenly focused attention on the fragility of the world\'s largest and largely opaque banking system. The timing is very bad, as China struggles with a sharp domestic economic slowdown.
globalresearch.ca/baoshang-bank-chinas-lehman-brothers/5683006

US Call for German Troops in Syria Angers Berlin
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Discord broke out in German Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s ruling coalition Sunday, after the United States urged the country to send ground troops to Syria as Washington looks to withdraw from the region. | \"We want ground troops from Germany to | …
globalresearch.ca/us-call-german-troops-syria-angers-berlin/5682990

Swedish Prosecutors: \'It\'s Not on the Cards\' to Interview Assange — After Hanging Arrest Warrant Over Him for Seven Years
Nina Cross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Swedish prosecutors have this week announced that for the time being they will not be issuing a European Investigation Order (EIO) to interview Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. According to Sweden\'s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson,\"…it …
globalresearch.ca/swedish-prosecutors-its-not-cards-interview-assange-hanging-arrest-warrant-over-him-seven-years/5682985

Export License System Lets \'Illegal\' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Continue
Billy Briggs | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Bombs and missiles will still be exported to Saudi Arabia under a secretive licensing system that means business as usual for defence firms despite a landmark ruling that UK arms sales are illegal. | In a judgement on 20 June at …
globalresearch.ca/export-license-system-lets-illegal-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-continue/5683016

Offshoring and Industrial Relocation: Profits from Exploitation in Honduras. Transnational Companies are Impoverishing us All
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Imperialists employ myriad strategies to \"open the veins\" of prey countries. Economic warfare is one such strategy. Prolonged and sustained economic warfare against long-suffering Honduras advances the tentacles of the Big Monopolies as it impoverishes and destroys Honduras. Transnational companies, …
globalresearch.ca/gildan-activewear-inc-profits-exploitation-honduras/5682961

The JCPOA Crisis Isn\'t About Nukes at All. Embedding US Strategic Influence Worldwide
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The so-called \"international community\" can\'t proverbially \"see the forest through the trees\" and therefore fails to grasp the larger ambitions being pursued by the US through the JCPOA Crisis that it manufactured, which isn\'t about nukes at all actually but …
globalresearch.ca/jcpoa-crisis-isnt-about-nukes-at-all-actually/5682998

Is China\'s Debt Load the Locus of the Next Crisis?
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
A reader of this blog recently noted the magnitude of the debt problem in China and argued it will be the locus of the next debt-financial crisis–not Europe. Making good points in support of his view, my reply follows arguing …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-debt-load-locus-next-crisis/5682953

Why Trump Is Dead Wrong About the Census
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to add to the U.S. Census a question as to whether the respondent is a U.S. citizen, but that would be illegal for him to do, at present, and not because the U.S. Supreme | …
globalresearch.ca/why-trump-dead-wrong-about-census/5682935

Netanyahu Compares Iranian Uranium Enrichment to Nazi Invasion of the Rhineland
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
The prime minister of Israel would have the people of Europe believe Iran\'s recent decision to increase uranium enrichment–currently at a paltry 3.67 percent–is comparable to the German army marching into the Rhineland in March 1936. | . | . | Netanyahu: Iran\'s | …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-compares-iranian-uranium-enrichment-nazi-invasion-rhineland/5682957

Abu Graib at Home in America
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
\"This is not what America is about\" argues a reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol \'guarding\' migrants held in detention centers. | Sorry Mr. Thompson (Propublica journalist who broke this story); …
globalresearch.ca/abu-graib-home-america/5682706

A Secret Meeting to Plot War?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
On June 5, 16 heads of Jewish organizations joined 25 Democratic senators in a private meeting, which, according to the Times of Israel, is an annual event. All of the Jewish organizations but one were openly declared advocates for …
globalresearch.ca/secret-meeting-plot-war/5682937

Selected Articles: UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela Faulty by Design
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media \"NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize\", and where \"nuclear weapons and wars make us safer\". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-un-report-on-human-rights-in-venezuela-faulty-by-design/5683026

USAID Anti-Russia Propaganda
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-08
Both right wings of the US war party consider nonbelligerent Russia an existential threat. | The CIA, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), International Republican Institute (IRI), National Democratic Institute, USAID, right-wing US think tanks, the CIA/AFL and other large labor unions, …
globalresearch.ca/usaid-anti-russia-propaganda/5682938

Their Deplorables and Ours
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Hillary Clinton\'s \"basket of deplorables\" speech at a September 2016 fundraiser probably did her campaign more harm than she claims her favorite scapegoats, \"the Russians\" and James Comey, could ever have hoped to do. But what she said wasn\'t wrong; many a Trump supporter back then was deplorable by any and all reasonable standards.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/their-deplorables-and-ours/

Debunking the Rumors about Russia Caving in to Israel
The Saker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-08
‚Ä¢ Author\'s Note: This analysis was written for the Unz Review ***** This Spring saw a sudden increase in the volume of articles in the so-called \"alternative media and blogosphere\" about Putin \"selling out\" Syria or Iran to the Israelis and their US patrons, or both. What was particularly interesting about this campaign is that …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/debunking-the-rumors-about-russia-caving-in-to-israel/

Russian-Made S-400 Air Defense System is En Route to Turkey
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-08
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday morning that Russia\'s S-400 air defense missiles are currently being prepared to be flown to Turkey. | RELATED: | Cuba, Turkey to Attend Venezuela\'s Transplant Patients | Speaking to reporters before leaving for Bosnia on Monday, Erdogan wouldn\'t say, however, when the Russian missile defense system would reach Turkey or where they will be deployed. | \"The preparations for the journey, the loading (of the S-400) is continuing ..
telesurenglish.net/news/Russian-Made-S-400-Air-Defense-System-is-En-Route-to-Turkey-20190708-0003.html

Their Deplorables and Ours
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Hillary Clinton\'s \"basket of deplorables\" speech at a September 2016 fundraiser probably did her campaign more harm than she claims her favorite scapegoats, \"the Russians\" and James Comey, could ever have hoped to do. But what she said wasn\'t wrong; many a Trump supporter back then was deplorable by any and all reasonable standards.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/their-deplorables-and-ours/

In Afghanistan, We Have Three Dreams
Dr. Hakim Young | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Dear fellow human beings, Some of us have wondered, \"Are people today too disconnected and frantic to calm down, in order to solve global challenges together? Are we so polarized and self-absorbed that we cannot stop judging one another or insisting on our partisan ways?\" In Kabul, our thoughts and feelings are diverse, complicated and…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/in-afghanistan-we-have-three-dreams/

The Coming Renewable Energy Revolution
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2019-07-08
San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112 | Bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 11, 63, 64, 72, 73, 81, Hwy 17 Express, MST 55, Dash, LRT, 181…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/07/18824539.php

The Coming Renewable Energy Revolution
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2019-07-08
San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112 | Bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 11, 63, 64, 72, 73, 81, Hwy 17 Express, MST 55, Dash, LRT, 181…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/07/18824539.php

Chinese VP Says World Cannot Shut China Out
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-08
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan took an indirect jab at the United States during his opening address to the World Peace Format Beijing\'s Tsinghua University. | RELATED: | \'Pacific Alliance\' Reaches Out To Other Regional Trade Blocs | The Chinese Vice President pointed out the faults of the U.S. administration\'s pressure on China, while highlighting the fact that Beijing plays a critical role in the world\'s economic development. \"China\'s development can\'t shut out the rest of the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chinese-VP-Says-World-Cannot-Shut-China-Out-20190708-0001.html

Japanese American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at Prison Camp
Repost, Democracy Now! | indybay.org | 2019-07-08
Japanese Americans, including at least one from San Francisco, demonstrated at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma on June 22, one day after President Trump directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct a mass roundup of migrant families that have received deportation orders. They were met by uniformed military police who told them they did not have permission to congregate and might face arrest. \"You need to move right now!\" one of the officers shouted. \"What don\'t you understand? It\'s English: Get out.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/07/18824511.php

\'It\'s a Terrible Existence\': The Crisis of Emergency Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants
Eilís O\'Neill | thenation.com | 2019-07-08
\'It\'s a Terrible Existence\': The Crisis of Emergency Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants…
thenation.com/article/dialysis-health-immigration/

Thousands of U.S. Citizens Have Been Mistakenly Detained or Deported
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-08
We are law professors who have studied civil litigation involving citizenship disputes and thousands of cases involving citizens caught up in immigration cases. | That includes the U.S. citizens who have been accidentally swept up in the government\'s immigration enforcement efforts since the mid-19th century. In many cases, they have been det…
truthdig.com/articles/thousands-of-u-s-citizens-have-been-mistakenly-detained-or-deported/

Amazon\'s 25th anniversary: A conglomerate based on parasitism and exploitation
wsws.org | 2019-07-08
The technology and infrastructure behind Amazon\'s meteoric trajectory and the biggest individual fortune in modern history must be turned towards the needs and aspirations of the world\'s population as a whole.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/08/pers-j08.html

Do We Need a Dictatorship to Respond to Climate Change?
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Globally, June 2019 was the hottest June on record. Though it is tricky to attribute any particular event to anthropogenic climate change, scientists estimate that the likelihood of the month\'s extreme heat was made five times more likely by human contributions. This heat is no anomaly. The top ten hottest years on record globally have all…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/do-we-need-a-dictatorship-to-respond-to-climate-change/

5G Complexities and National Security
Renee Parsons | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
In case you missed the kickoff, there is an unprecedented \'must win\' wireless race for the US to cross the 5G finish line before China as alluded to during the recent Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing on the Federal Commerce Commission. The details were thin with no real discussion on the need for 5G or…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/5g-complexities-and-national-security/

Going Nuclear in the Antipodes: Australia\'s Megadeath Complex
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The antipodes has had a fraught relationship with the nuclear option. At the distant ends of the earth, New Zealand took a stand against the death complex, assuming the forefront of restricting the deployment of nuclear assets in its proximity. This drove Australia bonkers with moral envy and strategic fury. The New Zealand Nuclear Free…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/going-nuclear-in-the-antipodes-australias-megadeath-complex/

The Ethics Lesson (or: To Kill a Shark)
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The Ethics Lesson (or: To Kill a Shark) For some it\'s more important To make money, turn a profit, Than to kill a shark — to slice its fins off And toss it back into the water To drown, slowly, on the sea floor And, for some, it\'s more important That that shark should live…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/the-ethics-lesson-or-to-kill-a-shark/

Reparations for Millennials
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Let\'s begin by wishing everyone a wry, not sardonic, 4th of July! I\'ve been waiting for Elizabeth Warren to collapse. When will people see she is an opportunist? Seriously. A Republican through the first Clinton term and a Clinton supporter just two years prior. Warren is running on Bernie Sanders\' coattails from two years prior.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/reparations-for-millennials/

The International Spy Museum in DC: Lies, Spies, and Paranoia
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The mainstream media have given rave notices to the new International Spy Museum, a striking edifice that is close by the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The New York Times finds the museum \"remarkable,\" and the Washington Post credits the museum with taking an objective look at both intelligence analysis and clandestine operations. However, there are serious shortcomings in a curation that has given the entire intelligence community a remarkable and stunning recruitment tool.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/the-international-spy-museum-in-dc-lies-spies-and-paranoia/

Faulty by Design: the UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Following Michelle Bachelet visit to Venezuela last June the official report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR ) on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was released on July 4, a day before initially scheduled. Judging by the quick review I made, the mainstream media is…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/faulty-by-design-the-un-report-on-human-rights-in-venezuela/

The Ethics Lesson (or: To Kill a Shark)
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The Ethics Lesson (or: To Kill a Shark) For some it\'s more important To make money, turn a profit, Than to kill a shark — to slice its fins off And toss it back into the water To drown, slowly, on the sea floor And, for some, it\'s more important That that shark should live…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/the-ethics-lesson-or-to-kill-a-shark/

5G Complexities and National Security
Renee Parsons | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
In case you missed the kickoff, there is an unprecedented \'must win\' wireless race for the US to cross the 5G finish line before China as alluded to during the recent Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing on the Federal Commerce Commission. The details were thin with no real discussion on the need for 5G or…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/5g-complexities-and-national-security/

When We See Him: Trump and the Central Park Five
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
\"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.\" –James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/when-we-see-him-trump-and-the-central-park-five/

Reparations for Millennials
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Let\'s begin by wishing everyone a wry, not sardonic, 4th of July! I\'ve been waiting for Elizabeth Warren to collapse. When will people see she is an opportunist? Seriously. A Republican through the first Clinton term and a Clinton supporter just two years prior. Warren is running on Bernie Sanders\' coattails from two years prior.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/reparations-for-millennials/

Faulty by Design: the UN Report on Human Rights in Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
Following Michelle Bachelet visit to Venezuela last June the official report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR ) on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was released on July 4, a day before initially scheduled. Judging by the quick review I made, the mainstream media is…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/faulty-by-design-the-un-report-on-human-rights-in-venezuela/

Conservation Groups Challenge Logging and Burning Project in Idaho Roadless Area
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-08
The Caribou-Targhee National Forest just approved the Rowley Canyon Wildlife Enhancement Project that would cut and burn 1,666 acres of sagebrush, juniper, maple, and mountain mahogany trees with mechanized, track-based, mastication equipment. But nothing about this project even marginally enhances habitat for wildlife. If the Forest Service accurately labeled the project, it would have been…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/08/conservation-groups-challenge-logging-and-burning-project-in-idaho-roadless-area/