Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Iran's ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions Sunday as a U.K. official declined to rule out sanctions in response to Tehran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker. | RELATED: | Iran Releases Video Disproving US Claims of Downed Drone | Britain has called Iran's capture of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz Friday a "hostile act". | Br…
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Downtown Buffalo scene of anti-war protest
Ellie Dorritie | workers.org | 2019-07-21
As thousands of people gathered in downtown Buffalo July 13 for a food festival, Buffalo AntiWar met them with chants calling for an end to U.S. sanctions and threats of war against both Iran and Venezuela. The protesters demanded: "No to another war for oil! No war on Iran, and . . . | Continue reading Downtown Buffalo scene of anti-war protest at Workers.org…
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How Corporate Media Are Fueling a New Iran Nuclear Crisis
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
The U.S. news media's coverage of the Iran nuclear issue has been woefully off-kilter for many years. Now, however, those same outlets are contributing to the serious crisis building between Washington and Tehran. | Iran has responded to Trump's withdrawal from …
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How ridiculous is Trump's border stand?
Jim Hightower | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-21
| The most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump's xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand to build a $5-billion-dollar border wall is not his most ridiculous ploy. | Even more ridiculous is his panicky political assertion that the caravans coming north through Mexico are gangs of rapists, murderers, and terrorists out to slaughter and conquer us! Never mind that the migrants he demonizes are overwhelmingly women, children, and peaceful families who're fleei…
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A book review of 'The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela'
Mike Kuhlenbeck | workers.org | 2019-07-21
The latest book by human rights attorney Dan Kovalik, "The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela," is a critical primer on the U.S. government's efforts to sabotage the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the future of its people. This is the fourth title in Kovalik's "Plot" series, starting with "The Plot to . . . | Continue reading A book review of 'The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela' at Workers.org…
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Consortium News Website Taken Down by a Malware Attack after Streaming Program Defending Julian Assange
Kevin Reed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Consortium News–a news website devoted to investigative journalism founded by the late Robert Parry and which has steadfastly defended WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange–was the target of a malware attack last Monday that took down the site for more than …
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The Dark Side of the Moon Landings
Dr. Stuart Parkinson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
The 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing gives us an opportunity to reflect on that achievement and also to consider the value to society — or otherwise — of space missions in general. While landing people on the Moon …
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US Says Trudeau Adopts "America First" Foreign Policy, Media Ignores It
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Wouldn't you think the corporate media would be interested in the US embassy's reaction to the appointment of a new Canadian foreign minister? Especially if that reaction was to claim Ottawa had decided to adopt an "America First" foreign policy? …
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"Global Order" Equals the "New Fascism"
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Globalizing "neoliberal" diktats are imposing death and poverty as transnational oligarchies bleed "countries" of their wealth and resources. Western politicians are perception management fronts. "Austerity" = corporate bailouts. Nomenclature is weaponized. | People, the new "wretched of the earth" are increasingly …
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Until emissions drop, nothing has been accomplished: The climate resistance handbook is here
Common Dreams Staff | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-21
Common Dreams editor's note: The following excerpts are taken from the Foreward, by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, and the Introduction, by 350.org campaigner Daniel Hunter, of the new Climate Resistance Handbook (Or, I Was Part of a Climate Action. Now What?) recently published online. If you're wondering how to build a powerful, strategic movement that can make big wins for climate action, this is your guide (p…
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Trickle down, wealth tax, and war
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-21
The central advantage to a wealth tax is that it spreads the power to spend wealth throughout the society and thereby can better the society if done in an appropriate way.
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Heat wave poses danger to UPS Teamsters
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-21
Chicago, IL – Dozens of U.S. workers die every year due to heat, according to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). UPS trucks can feel as hot as ovens and UPS warehouses are almost unbearable in the summer. One memory burned into the minds of Chicago-area UPS workers is that of Stephen Michael, who died in a UPS warehouse in 2011 after his request to go home was denied, when he reported not feeling well during a day with a 109-degree heat index. | UPS workers are under intense pressure like never before. New technology, leading to great efficiency, ensures delivery drivers have trucks…
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Charter Schools Fetishize Parents and "The Kids" While Ignoring the Role of Education in a Modern Society
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-21
The role of education in a society is to consciously pass on the accumulated knowledge of humanity to the next generation so that society keeps moving forward. This is especially true in a modern society based on mass industrial production where all sectors of the economy are interdependent and large-scale in character. Millions of highly-educated …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/charter-schoo…
Great Barrier Reef authority warns that climate action is needed urgently
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-21
"Only the strongest and fastest possible actions to decrease global greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the risks and limit the impacts of climate change on the Reef."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/20/great-barr…
Philadelphia Activist: 'Oil Refinery Explosion Literally Rocked the Very Foundation of my Community'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-21
The refinery is set to shut down after an explosion that could have killed millions, but at Netroots Nation 2019, Philly Thrive member .O says it was already negatively impacting low-income Black people who live nearby…
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Progressive Churches Challenge the Hard-Line Conservative Evangelical Narrative on Immigration
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-21
In contrast to the unwavering support that conservative and evangelical religious groups give President Trump, progressive churches and synagogues are fighting on the front lines against the administration's anti-immigrant policies…
therealnews.com/stories/progressive-chur…
AOC wants '9/11-style commission' to look into family separation policy
rt.com | 2019-07-21
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, known for calling US migrant detention facilities "concentration camps," has now said a special commission must investigate migrant family separations the same way the 9/11 terrorist attacks were investigated. | …
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33 brave senior(kupuna) protectors on Hawaii's Mauna Kea detained by police
DLI | indybay.org | 2019-07-21
On Wednesday morning, State police removed 33 senior(kupuna) protectors from a human chain that had blocked–for 3 days–access to the Mauna Kea Road, by construction equipment that are slated to begin the Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT). The protectors are part of the hundreds-strong peaceful activists that had been up at the Mauna(mountain) since last Sunday, July 14.
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Peace Strike for Climate & Amazon Rainforest in State Capital
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-07-21
California State Capitol Museum, West Steps | 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
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ICE Raids, Asylum Seekers and the Othering of People of Color
Preeti Vissa Kristipati | commondreams.org | 2019-07-20
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrest an undocumented Mexican immigrant during a raid in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 11, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Iranian FM Visits Venezuela in Show of Solidarity
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-20
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif traveled to the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Friday to meet with several officials after attending a U.N. session in New York City earlier in the week. | RELATED: | Iran Seizes British Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf Waters | According to the Tasnim News Agency, Zarif said the United States is "creating instability and insecurity" in the Middle East and Latin America. "The resistance of Venezuela to the United States is very important for th…
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The UK's dubious role in the new tanker war with Iran
Prabir Purkayastha | mronline.org | 2019-07-20
There are signs of a new tanker war in the Persian Gulf, with Britain joining a coalition that wants a war with Iran. | Source…
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A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Trump's Middle East Policy Could Push Yemen's Houthis into Iran's Hands
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-20
As both the United States and Saudi Arabia continue to wage war and impose economic blockades on both Yemen and Iran, it is likely that the Houthis' political alliance with Iran against their common enemies will grow, turning the fears of both the Saudi Arabia and the United States into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Is Trump Psychologically Deranged?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-20
Iran denies it, but if true it's an act of premeditated aggression against a nonbelligerent country threatening no one — occurring 7,239 miles distant from the US. | More on his claim and Iran's response below. | *** | What do all his …
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US "Downs" Legitimacy After Claims of Downing Iranian Drone
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-20
The US boasted of downing an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, admittedly in international waters, just miles off Iran's coast, and thousands of miles from Washington. | It claims the drone was "threatening" a US amphibious assault ship, the | …
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Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Urges Direct Talks With Trump
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-20
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the surprise move to endorse direct talks with President Trump on Friday.
Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Urges Direct Talks With Trump
Germany Protests Neo-Nazis Marches on 'Operation Valkyrie' Day
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-20
Over 8,000 Germans took to the streets in Kassel on Saturday to counter a neo-Nazi march orchestrated by "The Right" (Die Rechte), an extremist nationalist party which pursues to settle policies to control the presence of migrants and "non-white" people in the country. | RELATED: | German Police Arrests 6 Alleged Members of Far-right Terrorist Ring | Authorities reported 8,000 people in the streets prepared to clash with the alleged 500 Die Rechte group members expected to…
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120 NAM States Condemn US Intervention, Promote Multilateralism
teleSUR -EF-mrs | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-20
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) condemned Saturday the United State's continued hostile policies toward Venezuela — this year's host country — and called for stronger multilateralism against the hegemony of powerful nations that undermine the world order and international law. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces EU Attempt to Disrupt Dialogue With Opposition | The Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (Co-BNAM) began Saturday in Caracas, Venezuela and i…
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Trump Regime Bans Sale of F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey for Purchasing Russian S-400s
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-20
Global Research Editor's Note | The Pentagon ban on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, which is presented as a penalty for not conforming to US demands, is ultimately a slap in the face for Lockheed Martin which …
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From capturing bodies to capturing minds. Why the UK's attempt to tell us that Prevent is 'safeguarding' will fail
Layla Hadj | thecanary.co | 2019-07-20
Dr Layla Hadj is managing director of CAGE. This independent grassroots organisation works for a world free of injustice and oppression. CAGE campaigns against discriminatory state policies and advocates for due process, the rule of law, and an end to the injustices of the War on Terror. In this guest post, Hadj writes about the implications of Prevent for the UK's Muslim communities. | Prevent is the UK government's counter-extr…
thecanary.co/feature/2019/07/20/from-cap…
"El Chapo" Guzman gets life — U.S. drug bankers walk free
Richard Becker | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-20
Zero bank executives have been criminally prosecuted for laundering hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal drug money.
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Fukushima: an ongoing disaster
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-20
n March–on the eighth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster–Time magazine published an article with the headline: "Want to Stop Climate Change? Then It's Time to Fall Back in Love with Nuclear Energy". | Source…
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Cuba Won't Yield to Pressure or Threats: Diaz-Canel to Rubio
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-20
Cuba will not yield to "pressure or threats" from the United States, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Saturday in response to an aggressive tweet taunt Friday by U.S. Florida Senator Marco Rubio. | RELATED: | Pompeo Begins Trip to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador | This week, the hashtags #BajenLosPricesdeInternet and #ReportoApagonCuba have become viral, pushing for lower internet and technology costs, and to report blackouts across the island. | The Florida senator tweete…
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Endangered Species Mural Project
Just as nature inspires art, art inspires actions to defend wild places and the wild creatures that live in them. With this in mind, the Center for Biological Diversity's Endangered Species Mural Project works with artists, scientists, and organizers to …
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How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2019-07-20
The students at Westmeade Elementary School worked hard on their dragon. And it paid off. The plastic bag receptacle that the kids painted green and outfitted with triangular white teeth and a "feed me" sign won the students from the Nashville suburb first place in a recycling box decorating contest. The idea, as Westmeade's proud principal told a local TV news show, was to help the environment. But the real story behind the dragon — as with much of the escalating war over plastic waste — is more complic…
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As Flood Risks Increase Across the US, It's Time to Recognize the Limits of Levees
Amahia Mallea | commondreams.org | 2019-07-20
Grape-Bollin-Schwartz Levee overtops in numerous areas June 27, 2011. The road that crosses the railroad and goes to the levee is overtopping and eroding. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Susan Abbott via flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Why We Must Restore the Title, "War Department"
Ernest A. Canning | commondreams.org | 2019-07-20
The top 15 countries for military expenditure in 2016. Source: SIPRI | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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US, EU and NATO, once again, threaten Turkey with sanctions
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-20
In recent years, Western countries and, above all, the United States, have persistently attempted to make Turkey their proverbial "whipping boy." Ankara, for its part, is aware of the situation, and the times when it's politicians preferred to bow their heads and accept the outside influence are now firmly in the past: Turkey is resolutely …
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Publico reports Spanish intelligence facilitated 2017 Barcelona terror attack
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
The report is prima facie evidence of criminal behavior by the Spanish state, abetted by other NATO powers, to create the climate to build a fascistic police-state regime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/spai…
Consortium News website taken down by a malware attack after streaming program defending Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
The independent investigative journalism website Consortium News was brought down on Monday by a malware attack following the inaugural episode of CN Live!
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/cons…
'Close the Camps!': Protesters March Against Trump's Plan to Imprison Migrant Kids at Site of Japanese, Indigenous Incarceration
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-20
Fort Sill was the site of one of the nation's Japanese American internment camps during World War II, decades after it was the site of imprisoned native communites | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Mixed signals on rate cut prompts Trump to demand the Fed enlist in US trade war against rivals
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
Trump is demanding that the Fed drop all pretence of "independence" and openly serve as an instrument of Washington's economic war against its global competitors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/fedr…
We Got to the Moon. We Can Overcome War and Capitalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-20
| "For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the moon. It reads, 'We came in peace for all Mankind.' As the United States was dropping seven and a half megatons of conventional explosives on small nations in Southeast Asia, we congratulated ourselves on our humanity. We would harm no one on a lifeless rock." — Carl SaganMy little girl loves the moon. When she sees it, whether full in borrowed light or a waning…
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Cross-border drug traffic peaking thanks to focus on migrant crisis, US drug czar says
rt.com | 2019-07-20
More drugs than ever are flowing into the US from south of the border as federal resources have been diverted to the migrant crisis, leaving Border Patrol hopelessly overstretched, the US drug policy chief has warned. | …
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US immigration agents use children to inflict terror on migrant families
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
Three recent incidents highlight the depravity of the US government's bipartisan war on immigrants, spearheaded by the Trump administration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/immi…
'Your child may be taken from your home': School warns parents over unpaid lunch bills
rt.com | 2019-07-20
The Wyoming Valley West School District in Pennsylvania warned parents that their children could be taken from them and placed in foster care if they fail to pay their outstanding lunch debt. | …
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War with Iran as 2020 election boost? Ron Paul optimistic Trump may tell Bolton 'to get lost'
rt.com | 2019-07-20
With tension between the US and Iran running sizzling hot, some fear President Donald Trump may see war as a potential boost for his re-election campaign. Ex-congressman Ron Paul told RT he is optimistic that Trump won't. | …
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Cuba, Russia, China, Iran — Pompeo lists every nation that 'must leave' Venezuela, except one
rt.com | 2019-07-20
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says foreign nations (Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba) must stay clear of Venezuela, so that the one foreign nation not on the list "can begin to do the work to rebuild that country." | …
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UK intelligence agencies exonerated of responsibility in London Bridge terror attack
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
The families of the victims presented evidence before the inquest showing that the attacks could and should have been prevented.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/lond…
Iran seizes UK tanker in Strait of Hormuz as danger of Middle East war mounts
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
Chief responsibility for the growing war danger in the Persian Gulf rests squarely with US imperialism, which has relentlessly escalated its provocations against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/iran…
An interview with veteran French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier about actress Lillian Gish and director D. W. Griffith
wsws.org | 2019-07-20
French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (Round Midnight, Coup de Torchon, Life and Nothing But, It All Starts Today, In the Electric Mist) is one of the most admirable figures in cinema over the past 45 years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/tave…
'Green Card Won't Save You': ICE Arrests Trinidad Card Holder
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Social media samaritans are coming to the rescue of a Trinidadian native, Trevor James, who was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers despite being a Green Card holder. | RELATED: | Amazon Helps ICE Deport Migrants Using AI Technology: Report | ICE agents arrested the Caribbbean man at his job in North Carolina, sending him to a detention center in Atlanta, Georgia. | In a statement online, his sister, Solange James, explained he had been work…
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British Say Iran Seizes 2 Vessels in Strait of Hormuz
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
One of the ships is British-flagged and the other sails under Liberia's flag. Details remain sketchy amid rising pressures in the region.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-says-it-seize…
US to Send 500 Ground Troops to Saudi Arabia in Response to Iran
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-19
There is a plan to send "up to 500" US ground troops to Saudi Arabia in response to Iran tensions.
US to Send 500 Ground Troops to Saudi Arabia in Response to Iran
U.S. replaces bombs on Iran with a cyberattack
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2019-07-19
President Trump called off a bombing attack on Iran on June 20 because he was "shocked" at 150 projected casualties. He then called on the U.S. Cyber Command to conduct a series of attacks against that country. Virtual attacks on command and control systems can cause as much infrastructure damage . . . | Continue reading U.S. replaces bombs on Iran with a cyberattack at Workers.org…
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Iran Denies Trump Claim That U.S. Destroyed Iranian Drone
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump's claim that a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone near the Persian Gulf in another escalation of tensions between the two countries less than a month after Trump nearly launched an airstrike. | The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day. | The country's Revolutionary Guard said on its website it would release before-and-after images from the drone — it did not say when — to prove it was not destroyed. | "We have not lost any…
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As Trump Tears Up Our Treaties, Can Local Efforts Yield Diplomatic Fruit?
James Carden | thenation.com | 2019-07-19
As Trump Tears Up Our Treaties, Can Local Efforts Yield Diplomatic Fruit?
thenation.com/article/trump-iran-climate…
Trump Claims US Navy Shot Down Iranian Drone in Defensive Action; Iran Denies
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-19
"We have no information about losing a drone today," Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif told reporters at the UN.
theantimedia.com/us-navy-shot-down-irani…
US Blames Hezbollah Leader for 1994 Buenos Aires Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a senior Hezbollah operative it claimed coordinated the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, in which 85 people died. | RELATED: | Pompeo Begins Trip to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador | In a statement, the State Department also offered a US$7 million reward for information on the whereabouts of Salman Raouf Salman, also known as Samuel Salman El Reda, who it said helped plan and carr…
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President Ortega Leads Sandinista Revolution 40th Anniversary
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
The president of Nicaragua , Daniel Ortega , lead the ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution , accompanied by thousands of militants of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in Plaza La Fe, located in Managua (capital). | RELATED: | Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution | Representatives of various countries and social organizations came to this place to express their congratulations, among them, delegations from Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Ger…
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Sudan's Agreement on Political Declaration Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
An agreement on the Political Declaration signed by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the leadership of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) on July 17 postpones firm decisions on key aspects of a comprehensive program which will determine …
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40 years after ousting US-backed dictator, Nicaragua still endures devastating US interference
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2019-07-19
19 July 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the successful culmination of the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. On that date in 1979, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) guerrillas declared victory after ousting the US-ba…
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Spying on Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
History's scope for the absurd and tragic is infinite. Like Sisyphus engaged in permanent labours pushing a boulder up a slope, the effort of making sense of such scope is likewise, absurdly infinite. To see images of an exhausted and world-weary Julian Assange attempting to dodge the all-eye surveillance operation that he would complain about…
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Nicaragua 1979-2019. History of the Sandinista Revolution
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The Nicaraguan government's violent repression against demonstrators protesting its brutal neoliberal policies, resulting in more than 300 people being killed by regime forces since April 2018, is only one of the reasons why various leftist social movements have condemned the …
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-1979-2019-hi…
Ralph Nader: The GOP Is a Profile in Cowardice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
The president has proven himself entirely unfit for office. If Republicans had an ounce of moral courage, they would be primarying him.
truthdig.com/articles/ralph-nader-the-go…
Nigerian Political Prisoner Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Nigerian rule is tyrannical, headed by military dictator/turned politician Muhannadu Buhari and his so-called All Progressives Congress party (APC). | His February re-electoral triumph was dubious at best, critics citing voter-suppression and vote-buying. | Political violence occurred in the run-up to the …
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Unions slam reports of pay rise for public sector workers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-19
Leaders of public sector workers have angrily attacked reports of a pay rise for teachers, police officers and other employees as a "last- gasp" attempt to curry favour with an austerity hit workforce.The Treasury is reportedly set to unveil the biggest public sector wage increase for six years, worth £2 billion, after years of pay caps.The move would affect two million workers, with any announcement coming just before Theresa May leaves Downing Street.(PA Graphics)Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said: "Millions of hard-working public servants will not be fooled by this last-gasp attempt by…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/19/unions-s…
Israel's Choice for U.S. President
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
In late June, President Donald Trump flailed away with his own particular brand of nondiplomacy at the G20 Summit in Japan, but it is worthwhile noting on the plus side that his administration is so inept that it could not …
globalresearch.ca/israels-choice-u-s-pre…
U.S. and NATO warmakers find some willing partners in Germany
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-19
BERLIN–While Donald Trump dominates the news daily in the U.S. with his racist diatribes, tweets, and rallies, the American public can't be blamed if it fails to notice that on a world scale and here in Europe, in particular, the right wing is pushing for a level of militarization and war planning that goes beyond …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-and-nato-wa…
Four Killed As Protests Spread in Southern Ethiopian City
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Four protesters have died of gunshot wounds they suffered in clashes with Ethiopian security forces this week while demonstrating for a new, autonomous region for the Sidama ethnic group that wants a political base in the southern city of Hawassa. | RELATED: | Ethiopian Security Kills Coup Mastermind, Others Arrested | The threat of large-scale violence in Hawassa was largely averted after a Sidama opposition party agreed Thursday to delay declaring possession over the southern regio…
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Besieged Puerto Rico Governor Goes Quiet Amid Protests
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–In the Spanish colonial fortress that serves as his official residence, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is under siege. | Motorcyclists, celebrities, horse enthusiasts and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Puerto Ricans have swarmed outside La Fortaleza (The Fort) in Old San Juan this week, demanding Rosselló resign over a series of leaked online chats insulting women, political opponents and even victims of Hurricane Maria. | Rosselló, the telegenic 40-year-old son of a former governor, has dropped his normally intense rhythm of public appearances and gone into relatively long perio…
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The Nationwide Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-07-19
Some investigative reports reveal such extreme levels of greed, immorality and abuse that they can seem inconceivable. Such is the case of the bombshell series by the Center for Investigative Reporting on the egregious exploitation of residential care home workers. Jennifer Gollan, the Emmy Award-winning journalist in this investigation published by Reveal, joins Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer to discuss her work on this week's episode of his podcast "Scheer Intelligence." | Below is an excerpt from the multimedia report by Gollan: [The] burgeoning multibillion-dollar elder care industry … is enabling op…
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The Billionaires v. Bernie
Michael Sainato | progressive.org | 2019-07-19
The democratic socialist candidate is under attack from the super rich, their corporations, lobbyists, and think tanks. Some are even backing his 2020 Democratic primary rivals.
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Revolutions are not the train ride, but the human race grabbing for the emergency brake
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-19
Impossible to deny the reality of poverty in our world. Studies of the data on income and wealth routinely show that billions of people on the planet live with minimal access to resources. These studies demonstrate that poverty cannot be measured merely by the financial resources that are not available; they demonstrate how billions of […] | Source…
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"The US Got Scared" Voices of the Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-19
Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup – and the Neoliberalism it brought with it – have impacted their country.
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Multibillion-pound investment in schools 'desperately' needed, say MPs
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-19
Schools "desperately need" a multibillion-pound cash injection and the Government should draw up a 10-year funding plan, a cross-party group of MPs has said.A report by the Education Select Committee found that funding for schools and colleges had failed to keep pace with the extra demands being placed on institutions, such as providing mental health support and disabilities provision.This, coupled with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, meant the sector had been put under "significant strain" over the past 10 years, the MPs found.Robert Halfon, chairman of the committee, called for a "bottom-up national ass…
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The Billionaires v. Bernie
Michael Sainato | commondreams.org | 2019-07-19
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to the crowd during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on June 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Manus, Nauru and an Australian Detention Legacy
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-19
It could be called a gulag mentality, though it finds form in different ways. In the defunct Soviet Union, it was definitive of life: millions incarcerated, garrisons of forced labour, instruments of the proletarian paradise fouled. Gulag literature suggested another society, estranged and removed from civilian life, channelled into an absent universe. Titles suggested as …
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"Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: | …
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Rainforest on fire
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-19
On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro's War on the Amazon, Brazil's Forest Communities Fight Against Climate Catastrophe | Source…
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Bolsonaro: Hunger, Poverty in Brazil: 'A Big Lie'
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-19
Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, says that the ample evidence of poverty and hunger in the country is a, "big lie." | RELATED: | Brazil's Bolsonaro: No Nepotism Here, Wants Son Diplomat to US | The president made the comments to the international press Friday during an interview at the presidential palace, Palacio de Planalto, located in Brasilia. | "
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The Numbers are In, and Trump's Tax Cuts are a Bust
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The most commonly heard refrain when Donald Trump and the GOP were seeking to pass some version of corporate tax reform went something like this: There are literally trillions of dollars trapped in offshore dollar deposits which, because of America's uncompetitive tax rates, cannot be brought back home. Cut the corporate tax rate and get…
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South Carolina Speaks for Whom?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
Because the African American vote is crucial, the conventional wisdom nowadays is that for Democrats to end up with a nominee who can defeat Donald Trump, Democratic candidates must win over African Americans' hearts and minds. This is a rare case in which the conventional wisdom is spot on. Because South Carolina will be the…
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The Inequality of Equal Pay
David Underhill | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
"Equal pay! Equal pay!" the crowd chanted at the rally for the women's soccer team after the ticker tape World Cup victory parade in New York. They were loud and insistent–and they didn't mean it. Team captain Megan Rapinoe confirmed this in her speech during the rally. She didn't merely call for equal pay. She…
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Gaming the Climate
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The greater divisiveness of the various warring factions in Game of Thrones places our own national divisiveness on to small, less frightening screen only because our divisiveness does not include White Walkers and their Army of the Dead. The Thrones is a world of all against all far more confusing than our own U.S. war…
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What You Don't Want to be in Trump's America
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
Life can be bright in America — If you can fight in America; Life is all right in America — If you're all-white in America. — West Side Story, film version October 1961. 1961 is way back in history, the year of John F Kennedy's election, the Bay of Pigs, the first man in space, and lots…
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Adventures in Script-Writing
David Macaray | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
Over the years I've had approximately twenty scripts produced at small theaters in and around Hollywood and Orange County. None of these plays were celebrated or spectacular, mind you, just some offbeat comedies (in what might be called the "minimalist" tradition) that were fortunate enough to attract modest audiences willing to pay $25. Live theater,…
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This Is Heaven!: A Journey to the Pearly Gates with Chuck Mertz
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
Note: This is merely a humble recount of a vision and it in no way reflects the *real actions of Chuck Mertz, Jesus Christ or anyone else. Note: This is a translation of a dream-like state and therefore cannot be fully understood within the constraints of narrative and the naturally alienating medium of reconstruction of…
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All Seemed Possible When the Sandinistas Took Power 40 years Ago
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandinistas taking power in Nicaragua, a milestone that merits celebration regardless of our opinions on how the Sandinista Revolution evolved. Nor should the hand of United States imperialism in distorting that revolution be ignored — the huge cost exacted by the U.S.-directed and -funded Contras totaled more…
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System Capture 2020: The Role of the Upper-Class in Shaping Democratic Primary Politics
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The Democratic primary season is upon us, and the party's candidate list is a useful starting point for assessing the impact of affluence on American politics. Classic works by sociologists of decades past, including C. Wright Mills and G. William Domhoff, posited that U.S. political institutions were captured by elite economic actors, who seek to enhance their own material positions at the expense of the many.
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Chevron's Oil Spill Endangers Kern County
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
MCKITTRICK, CA A massive oil spill even bigger than the Plains All American Pipeline disaster off Refugio Beach in Santa Barbara County in 2015 has occurred in Kern County, as first reported by Ted Goldberg at KQED. The latest disaster has spilled more than 798,000 gallons of combined oil and wastewater into the surrounding area…
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The Blob Fought the Squad, and the Squad Won
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
For students of political history, a cottage industry has grown in recent years around identifying the historical circumstances and intellectual origins of neoliberalism. While the initial conditions have been identified in…
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Dancing with Dr. Benway
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
William S. Burroughs was a writer and a wreck; a cynic and a seer, a misanthrope and a muse. He was not really the hero type; he lacked the wholesomeness those seeking heroes are looking for. Nor was he a rock star. However, his books and approach to life inspired rock musicians, guitar heroes and…
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5 Years Later: No Indictments in Choking Death of Eric Garner
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
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Say Goodbye to MAD, But Remember the Fight for Free Expression
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The Los Angeles Timesand other media outlets recently announced that MAD magazine was going to cease publishing a hard copy or newsstand edition and will only be available through subscription and in comic-book stores. More troubling, at year's end it will cease being published. Say goodbye to the ever-subversive freckled-faced of Alfred E. Neuman. Comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic was MAD's…
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Cuban Workers Celebrate Salary Rise From New Economic Measures
Helen Yaffe | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
'Today is Cuban workers' day!' a Cuban friend told me in late June, beaming at the news that all employees of the island's 'budgeted' state sector would receive significant salary rises, commencing from 1 July 2019. Cuba's budgeted sector incorporates organisations and entities which operate with a state budget and mostly provide services free to…
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The Groundbreaking Public Health Study That Should Change U.S. Society–But Won't
Bruce E. Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
What variable is associated with a 12 times greater likelihood of a suicide attempt–and also doubles the likelihood of cancer, heart disease, or stroke? In the late 1990s, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study revealed a stunningly powerful relationship between childhood trauma and later adult emotional difficulties and physical health problems. Two decades after the…
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Environmentalists and Wilderness are Not the Timber Industry's Big Problem
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
For decades the timber industry and its political allies have claimed that efforts to maintain Montana's functioning forest ecosystems and native wildlife have "shut down" logging. But two recent articles reveal that the basic economic principles of over-supply and over-production in the timber industry are the real problems, not environmentalists, the Endangered Species Act, or being…
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It Was Never Just About the Chat: Ruminations on a Puerto Rican Revolution
Miguel A. Cruz-Díaz | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The current upcoming generation of Puerto Ricans has galvanized those that came before in a way never before seen on the island. What musician and up-and-coming founding parent Bad Bunny called the "no more" generation has taken to the streets. Hell, they have taken the streets! And they keep coming back, day after day, beating after beating carried out by cops driven more and more unhinged.
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How the Trump Administration is Eviscerating the Federal Government
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
The federal government is by no means a perfect organization. It mirrors society. Yet it is the only saving grace that prevents the collapse of society under the stress of capitalism. It funds the military establishment and provides socialist medical care to its veteran soldiers — and members of Congress. The federal government also employs…
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