KPFA (2019-08-27). Audio: Reese Erlich on Hong Kong (at 34 min. mark) kpfa.org Another view of the on-going protests in Hong Kong.
Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …
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Hong Kong: Their Head-Bashers … and "Ours"
Thomas S. Harrington | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
I don't claim to know enough about the situation Hong Kong to render a definite opinion about the true sources of the citizen uprising there. My sense, however, is that while the roots of protest movement are probably largely indigenous, the US has opportunistically latched itself on to the cause of the protestors, and is probably providing them with logistical aid, because it sees this as a way of giving its prime geopolitical rival a big black eye.
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France upstages Trump at G7 by inviting Iran to salvage nuclear deal
Juan Cole | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
Trump breached the Iran deal in 2017, slapped severe sanctions on Iran and then went around the world strong-arming countries not to buy Iran's petroleum.
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Iran Rejects Peace Talks With US Until Sanctions Are Lifted
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
The Islamic Republic of Iran will not hold talks with the United States until Washington lifts all sanctions against Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to try to end a nuclear standoff. | RELATED: | Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif Meets Macron in Surprise G7 Visit | According to Rouhani, "Washington has the key for positive change … So take the first step … Without this step,…
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Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
The situation in the Middle East is once again escalating. | On August 24, Israeli warplanes bombed what the Israeli military described as 'Iranian targets' near the town of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Syrian air-defense forces intercepted …
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Israeli attacks provoke Iran, Hezbollah — and could help jihadists
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-27
With its bombings of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, is Israel trying to stop an attack from Iran and its allies,…
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Israel launches airstrikes against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
The wave of attacks across the region is linked to both the US offensive against Iran and Netanyahu's re-election campaign.
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China Ignores US Sanctions, Increases Imports of Iranian Oil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
China has increased their purchases of Iranian oil by 8%, despite attempts by the U.S. to sanction its purchase, and force countries to drop Iran as a supplier. | RELATED: | China, Russia Accuse US of Inciting New Arms Race | According to figures released on Tuesday by China's General Administration of Customs (GAC), Chinese imports of Iranian oil increased by 8% between the months of June and July. This increase came just as the U.S. attempted to ramp up pressure against Iran and isolate t…
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The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
Macron's liberalism—like that of Canada's Justin Trudeau—is on thin ice. (Photo: Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
The short answer is yes and no. | G7 nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US are united in one respect. They're profoundly undemocratic while pretending otherwise. | They're united for privileged interests over beneficial social change. They operate …
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The Horsemen of the Apocalypse Fuel the Fires of Hate and Destruction
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
"Politicians and media outlets seem happy to fuel the hate-filled ideologies of a once-despised and tiny minority," reads the introduction of Owen Jones opinion piece in the Guardian "Far-right violence is on the rise,Where is the outrage?" (August 22, 2019). Even though the racist, neo-fascist Proud Boys were far outnumbered by anti-fascists, the far-right protest organizer, Joe Biggs, seemed pleased with the…
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Brazil Won't Accept US$20 Million G7 Aid to Tackle Amazon Fire
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
Brazil will reject an offer of at least US$20 million from the Group of Seven (G7) nations to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless French President Emmanuel Macron withdraws his "insults," President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro's Govt Knew Landowners Were Planning a 'Fire Day' | The two leaders have become embroiled in a deeply personal and public war of words in recent days, with Bolsonaro mocking Macron's wife on Facebook and accused the French leader…
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Glenn Greenwald on the Amazon fires and the fight for Brazil's future
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-27
Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept discusses the record-setting Amazon forest fires, the struggle against Brazil's far-right government, and how his…
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We Are Facing a Global Emergency in the Amazon. Here's What We Can Do
Leila Salazar-López, Lindsey Allen | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rond√¥nia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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What Everybody Needs to Know About the Amazon Rainforest
Geraldo Luís Lino | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
The Amazon Rainforest biome has an extension of about 6.7 million square kilometers shared between Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and the French Guyana. Some 62% of it is in Brazil, where 84% of its original area …
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Amazonia in Flames
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
On 28 October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil with 55.1% of the vote and with a gigantic help from Cambridge Analytica. At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in January 2019 in Davos Switzerland, Bolsonaro made a sumptuous presentation, "We Are Building a New Brazil". He outlined a program that put literally Brazil up …
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Tinderbox Earth: The Significance of the Amazon and Siberian Fires
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
As fires rage across tens of thousands square km the Amazon forest, dubbed the Planet's lungs, producing some 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere, with some 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, where fires on such a …
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Canada's PM Trudeau Supports Brazil's Environmentally Criminal President not the Amazon Rain Forest
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
By now most environmentally conscious people understand that Jair Bolsonaro is a bad guy. Brazil's president has scandalously blamed environmentalists for starting fires burning in the Amazon region, after having called for more "development" of the huge forests. Canadians are lucky we have a prime minister who is not such an embarrassment and understands environmental …
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Indigenous Leader Delivers Letter to Macron at G-7, Calling for Urgent Measures to Halt Deforestation and Burning in the Amazon
commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
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En defensa de Palestina
Editor | workers.org | 2019-08-27
La cuestión de la Palestina ocupada volvió a ocupar un lugar central en la prensa mundial cuando dos mujeres miembros de la Brigada del Congreso -Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) y Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)- le fueron negadas inicialmente el derecho a entrar a Israel por su fascista Primer Ministro Benjamin Netanyahu el . . . | Continue reading En defensa de Palestina at Workers.org…
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Pakistani Gov't Considering Closing Airspace to India
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering a complete closure of airspace to India and blocking Indian land trade to Afghanistan through his country, according to Pakistan's Minister of Science and Technology, Fawad Hussain. | RELATED: | Pakistan To Take Kashmir Dispute with India to World Court | "PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete ban on the use of Pakistan land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan was also suggested in the cabinet m…
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India's Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda
Amitabh Pal | progressive.org | 2019-08-27
"Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him."
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India's Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda
Amitabh Pal | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
The rightwing populist project beleaguering our planet is taking its toll around the world. (Photo: gSrikar) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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White nationalists' extreme solution to the coming environmental apocalypse
Alexandra Minna Stern | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
White nationalists around the world are appropriating the language of environmentalism. | The white nationalist who allegedly massacred 22 people in El Paso in early August posted a four-page screed on the chatroom 8chan. In it, the shooter blames his attack on the "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and the impending "cultural and ethnic replacement" of whites in America. | The shooter also refers directly to the lengthy manifesto written by the man who allegedly murdered 52 in March in attacks motivated by Isl…
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Upshots and Unintended Consequences of Africa's Nuclear Energy Ambitions
Gerard Boyce | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Earlier this month, cash-strapped Zimbabwe announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia to engage in uranium exploration and enrichment with a view to the possibility of generating nuclear energy in future. In so doing, it joined | …
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Does Israel Interfere in American Elections?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …
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African, Haitian Migrants Protest in Mexico's Southern Border
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
African and Haitian migrants repeated Tuesday the peaceful demonstrations they have been holding for a week outside the Siglo XXI migration post in Tapachula in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. | RELATED: | Trump Looks at Ending Birthright Citizenship for Migrants | They allege corruption between Mexican authorities and agents and officers of the National Migration Institute (INM), whom they accuse of delaying official authorization that would allow them to travel across the c…
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Peace Journalism for the Koreas Negotiations
Jake Lynch | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
"Do not demonise North Korea. Demons do not negotiate. If there are no negotiations, there will be war." The words of Chung-in Moon to journalists who gathered for the Korea Press Foundation journalism conference in Seoul, last October, as diplomatic efforts were being stepped up for a second summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/peace-journa…
'Return to the Homeland' Plan Continues to Support Venezuelans
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
At least 85 Venezuelans who had migrated to Ecuador will return to their country on Tuesday through the "Return to the Homeland" (Vuelta a la Patria), a plan promoted by the administration of President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Bolton Bemoans Venezuela's Upcoming Democratic Elections | The Venezuelans will arrive in the Bolivarian country on a flight spec…
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Bolton Bemoans Venezuela's Upcoming Democratic Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
U.S. National Securiy Adviser John Bolton stated on Monday that the U.S. would oppose, before they are even held, the legislative elections, announced last week by the National Constituent Assembly, despite the fact that early elections have long been a demand of the opposition. | RELATED: | Opinion: US Already Interfering in Upcoming Venezuelan Elections…
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What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
Students march in Melbourne, Australia. Source AAP. The Embassy Protectors Defense Committee is calling on the US State Department to drop the federal charges against us. On May 16, federal forces invaded the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in violation of the Vienna Convention and arrested four Embassy Protectors even though we were there with …
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The Week Trump Hit Peak Megalomania
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
The fact that Trump is an egomaniac hardly constitutes news. Before becoming president his professional life was characterized by a succession of attention-seeking vanity projects. Through his career as a property developer, he oversaw the construction of a series of gaudy buildings, which stand as monuments to kitsch in locations as diverse as Panama, Uruguay,…
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Jewish professor Norman Finkelstein explains the weird love affair between antisemites and Israel
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2019-08-27
Correction: We deleted the original version of this article at 11.30am on 23 August, after it had been published the previous evening. We made the extremely rare decision to take the article down because we got the original headline — Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein says 'Israel is a nation of murderers' loved by the far right — very wrong. This decision was triggered during an internal review by senior editors. | Specifically, we felt it was wrong to use Professor Finkelstein's quote in the headline without context or challenge. It gave the impression that all Israeli citizens were culpable for the a…
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Israel's Infamous USS Liberty Attack
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Throughout Israel's history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …
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Gaza Fights for Freedom: Abby Martin's New Film is Difficult to Watch and Worth the Effort
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-27
Abby Martin's new documentary film Gaza Fights for Freedom is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza.
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Abby Martin's Film Gaza Fights For Freedom Humanizes World's Largest Concentration Camp
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-27
Abby Martin's new documentary film Gaza Fights for Freedom is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza.
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Annual Chicano Moratorium program set for August 29
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-27
Los Angeles, CA – A commemoration event honoring the 1970 Chicano moratorium will take place in Boyle Heights, Thursday, August 29, 6 to 9 p.m., at Self Help Graphics, 1300 E. First Street, Los Angeles. | The event marks the August 29, 1970 Chicano moratorium, which included over 30,000 Chicanos and supporters marching against the Vietnam War. The large march ended with a rally at Laguna Park – now known as Ruben Salazar Park. The moratorium was against the Vietnam War, against the high casualty rate of Chicanos, against police terror and against racism. East LA Sheriffs and the LAPD would turn the Chicano Morato…
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From Protest to Power
Mike Miller | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
August, 1964, fifty-five years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party presented itself to the national Democratic Party Convention seeking to be seated as the official party from that state. The predominantly black delegation wanted to deny seating to the all-white "regulars" who had earlier in the year denied Mississippi African-Americans the right to participate in precinct, county, congressional district and statewide meetings that nominated these delegates.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/from-protest…
Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted …
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Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted against over 80% of recent record military spending bills in the Senate, while Warren has voted for…
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Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
The United States ranks 48th among nations for press freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders. Since few other countries have the equivalent of our First Amendment, learning that we rank below Botswana and Slovenia may come as a surprise. Mostly the organization pins this dismal state of affairs on Trump's attacks on the news media.
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Counting Deaths for Dollars: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua's 'Human Rights' Organizations
John Perry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan "human rights" NGO's inflated the death toll during last year's coup. Today, these groups are in a state of complete disarray. | *** | When political conflict results in people being killed — especially at …
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New Mexico Law Gives Private Utilities Unchecked Power Over Shift to Renewables
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-27
| The ink's barely dry on the Energy Transition Act (ETA), a new law in New Mexico enabling utilities to recoup costs as they transition away from coal, gas and nuclear plants. | While proponents of the bill have suggested it should be a template for the Green New Deal nationwide, its opponents see it as a pro-industry test case that must be nipped in the bud. They have now filed a complaint to the New Mexico Supreme Court to stop its implementation. | New Energy Economy, Inc., Citize…
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America 2019: A Woody Allen Film? "Waking Up in the Future to Learn Civilization Was Destroyed"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when …
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Amerika 2019: A Woody Allen film?
Philip Farruggio | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, …
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How David Koch's Empire Helped Shape US Politics and Thwart Climate Action
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-27
| Billionaire conservative donor David Koch died Friday at the age of 79 from prostate cancer. David Koch — who was worth some $42 billion — and his brother Charles poured massive amounts of money into funding climate change denial through conservative think tanks and politicians. The Koch brothers founded the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in 2004, which is credited with turning the "tea party" into a full-fledged political movement. They also backed "right-to-…
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The federal government's cruel war against wildlife
John R. Platt | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
Wildlife advocates got a much-needed win recently when the EPA withdrew its support for M-44 "cyanide bombs" used to kill coyotes and other animals. The devices — which attract animals with tasty bait and then inject a deadly dose of sodium cyanide into their mouths — have been used for decades by a USDA program called Wildlife Services to eliminate animals that are perceived as threats to agricultural interests. | The announcement came just five days after…
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Can we reach 100 percent renewable energy in time to avert climate catastrophe?
Daniel Ross | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
Ten years ago, two climate scientists, Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi, published a groundbreaking article in Scientific American outlining a road map for becoming 100 percent reliant on energy generated by water, wind and sun by 2030. This was something that needed to be done "if the world has any hope of slowing climate change," the researchers warned at the time. | The article proved incendiary. "First of all, nobody believed it when we put out that paper in 2009," Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, told…
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US Steel to lay off 150 workers in Indiana as Trump administration escalates trade war
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
The announcement of the layoffs in East Chicago follows US Steel's declaration earlier this month that up to 200 workers will lose their jobs at its Great Lakes Works facility outside Detroit.
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'The Putney Debates': Let the good of the people be the supreme law
Donald Donato | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-27
The people who wanted a society 'on the level'–that is to say, socially equal–already straddled the Atlantic when the English Civil War broke out in 1642. These dissenter-revolutionaries could be found in abundance in the newly built towns of Massachusetts, places such as Scituate, some 30-odd miles south of Boston, where the Williams-Barker House now …
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US TV host apologizes to black co-anchor for saying he looked like a gorilla (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-08-27
A US TV anchor has apologized to her black co-host live on-air after saying he looked like a gorilla in a previous segment. | Alex Housden a host for Oklahoma KOCO news station was presenting a segment on a local baby gorilla at Oklahoma City Zoo last Thursday, before telling her black co-host, Jason Hackett, "he kind of looks like you." | www.facebook.com/shjotr/videos/738778216… | At the time, Hackett laughed awkwardly and replied, "he kind of does, actually, yeah." However, on Friday a tearful Housden appeared beside Hackett and apologized after her comment prompted a slew of racism complaints…
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Colombia: State Does Not Account for 124,000 Missing People
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
The Commission of Truth (CV) and the Search Unit for Presumed Disappeared Persons (UBPD) began on Monday several events aimed at highlighting the thousands of Colombian families that are still searching for at least 120,000 people who disappeared during long civil war. | RELATED: | Colombian Ministries Call for More Protection of Social Leaders | From August 26-28, these human rights organizations will tour five Colombian cities and hold conferences on experiences related to…
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Newark water crisis: The latest chapter in the capitalist poisoning of America
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
Five years after Democratic government officials of Flint, Michigan exposed tens of thousands of people to lead in their drinking water, the residents of Newark, New Jersey are also being poisoned.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/pers…
Israel has attacked Lebanon and Syria: So what?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. RT reported the same day: Israeli drone flights were "an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty" and an assault on UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Hariri said on Sunday, just hours after …
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Are Sanders and Warren throwing a lifeline to the military-industrial complex?
MBNJSD | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-27
Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted against over 80% of recent record military spending bills in the Senate, while Warren has voted for two thirds of them. | But their pro-diplomacy worldview has blind spots. They have both tempered their cal…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/27/are-sander…
Globalization and Women's Rights: Economic Restructuring, Women's Experiences and Responses to "Neoliberal Shocks"
Tina Renier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
There is a critical nexus between colonial development and economic re-structuring processes in the Third world whereby globalization is an ideological weapon that extends imperial control over ex-colonies through persistent poverty and underdevelopment. | Globalization is also an external war that …
globalresearch.ca/women-experiences-resp…
French government fires bus and rail workers accused of "radicalization"
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
Under the cover of anti-terror laws introduced by the former Socialist Party government, the transport operators are empowered to fire workers based on government accusations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/fran…
India: Hindus to Boycott McDonald's Over Halal Meat
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
The global fast-food chain McDonald's is facing a boycott by right-wing Hindus in India for serving halal meat. The whole thing started after McDonald India wrote on Twitter that all its restaurants are halal certified. | RELATED: | Muslim Man Dies in India After Been Lynched by Hindu Vigilantes | "All our restaurants have HALAL certificates. You can ask the respective restaurant Managers to show you the certificate for your satisfaction and confirmation," the fast-food compan…
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Oklahoma judge finds Johnson & Johnson guilty in opioid epidemic
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
While the $572 million judgment fell short of the $17 billion sought by the state, the court's ruling was an unambiguous finding that the giant corporation deliberately downplayed the dangers of the opioids it manufactured.
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Johnson & Johnson Ruling Sets Stage for Holding Pharma Accountable for Opioids
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-27
| In a landmark ruling, an Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for contributing to the state's opioid crisis. It marks the first time a drug company has been held responsible for the opioid crisis, though it fell far short of the $17 billion judgment sought by the state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 400,000 people died from an overdose involving opioids from 1999 to 2017, including from prescription and illicit opioids. Cou…
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The US announces provocative arms sale to Taiwan
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
The $8 billion sale of 66 F-16V fighter jets is the first such deal since the administration of President George H.W. Bush approved the sale of 150 fighter jets to Taiwan in 1992.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/taiw…
Argentina: The Political Pendulum may be Swinging Left Again in Latin America
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
The primary vote in Argentina last August 11 indicated quite a strong rejection of neoliberal policies in a region that has seen a wave of right-wing governments coming to power in the last ten years. The current neoliberal president Mauricio Macri lagged 15 percentage points behind the center-left Front of All (Frente de Todos) coalition…
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RIP Neal Casal: "White Fence Round House"
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
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Trump, Greenland and Manifest Destiny
Timothy Messer-Kruse | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
The idea that territories can be bought and sold (Greenland has enjoyed an expanding scope of home rule since 1979) is a remnant of colonialism. Such ideas are fundamentally structured around concepts of racial and cultural hierarchies, as only territories populated by nonwhite and non-European people are ethically exempt from the liberal principles of sovereignty and therefore viewed as commodities to be traded (just as the bodies of slaves were).
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Will the DNC Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Yet Again?
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
President Donald Trump faces an exceedingly narrow path to re-election in 2020. In order to beat him, the Democratic nominee only needs to pick up 38 electoral votes. With more than 100 electoral votes in play in states that Trump won narrowly in 2016 — especially Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida — all the Democrats…
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Is Trump Outorganizing the Democrats?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
Karl Rove was recently interviewed on Fox. Rove was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration and now is a political analyst and contributor for Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. He is also one of the most astute political organizers for the right wing. His strategies led…
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Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal?
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: "Let's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world." Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The 'GM will feed the world mantra' is pure industry spin. There…
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America's Authoritarian Use of the Word "Authoritarianism"
Dr. Dennis Etler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
We see the word "authoritarianism" all over the US media, a blanket term employed to describe countries that the United States government currently considers as threats to its interests. Although "authoritarian" refers to a society in which political power is …
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Don't be Evil? Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Artificial Intelligence. A Survey of the Tech Sector's Stance
PAX | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
We bring to the attention our readers excerpts from an important study on the development of autonomous weapons largely guided by artificial intelligence. The report entitled Don't be evil? A survey of the tech sector's stance on lethal autonomous weapons…
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World Extreme Weather: Is it Man or Something Else?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Our planet seems to be in a growing crisis in terms of agriculture and crop production related to unusual weather shifts. Many reports in recent months use the term "extreme weather" to describe record heat across Europe this summer, record …
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Nestlé and the Privatization of Water
Franklin Frederick | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Last February, the Government of Switzerland announced the creation of a Foundation in Geneva, under the name 'Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator' (GSDA). The purpose of this new foundation is to regulate new technologies, from drones and automatic cars …
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Anti-China Witch-hunt Targets Australian Universities
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
On August 21, the Australian government convened a "crisis meeting" with representatives of the universities and the intelligence agencies, as part of a hysterical campaign alleging pervasive "Chinese influence" throughout society. | Little has been revealed about what was discussed at …
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UK: Johnson considers suspending parliament to enforce no-deal Brexit
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
The fact that the suspension of parliament to thwart opposition to government policy is being considered for the first time in more than 70 years is a testament to the crisis wracking British imperialism.
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Brexit "Transition": The Calm before the Storm for Boris
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron last week in Paris as part of his continuing tour with European leaders in a last-minute attempt to strike a deal over Brexit. President Macron echoed the words of …
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Rejecting Idea of 'Photo Op' Diplomacy With Trump, Iran's Rouhani Says No Talks Unless US Sanctions Lifted
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
"It's possible with PhotoShop—but not in reality. Unless the U.S. removes all the sanctions—then there will be a new situation for us to consider." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Indigenous Tribes on Front Line of Amazon Rainforest Fires Vow to Resist Bolsonaro's "Destruction of Mother Nature"
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
"We're putting our bodies and our lives on the line to try to save our territories." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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'Lawless' and 'Despicable': Harvard Freshman Deported After Immigration Agents Search Social Media and Find Friends Critical of US Policy
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
"This is a move so perverse, so grotesque as to defy explanation." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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To Fight Corporate 'Assault on Journalism,' Sanders Unveils Plan to Stop Big Media Mergers and Bolster Independent News
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-27
"We cannot sit by and allow corporations, billionaires, and demagogues to destroy the Fourth Estate, nor can we allow them to replace serious reporting with infotainment and propaganda." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Should We Fight a War on White Terrorism?
Harry Blain | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
Although its precise scale is hard to measure, violent white supremacy is clearly a problem in the United States. From El Paso to Pittsburgh, the fears and fantasies of an immigrant invasion, a liberal Jewish betrayal, and a righteous race war have motivated surgically targeted slaughter. With law enforcement — especially the Federal Bureau of…
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The Myth America Tells Itself About Afghanistan
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-08-27
This piece originally appeared on antiwar.com. | Here we go again. The typically underreported non-news of Orwellian America. This week, two more U.S. soldiers — Green Berets — were killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Faryab province, just another hopeless corner of rural Afghanistan. The two posthumously promoted Master Sergeants represented the 15th and 16th American deaths in the country…
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Rainforest on Fire: Brazilians Mobilize Against President's Amazon Policies
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-27
Mobilizations took place throughout Brazil on Monday, to declare their opposition to President Bolsonaro's environmental policies, which have contributed to the largest increase in Amazon rainforest fires in years…
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Trump Is Politicizing the Power of Immigration Judges
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-27
Trump's administration is trying to decertify the immigration judge's union, speed up trials, and make it easy to overturn their decisions. TRNN discusses the memo quoting a white supremacist website that was sent to immigration judges…
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A Top Financier of Trump and McConnell Is a Driving Force Behind Amazon Deforestation
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-08-27
Steve Schwarzman is the CEO of the Blackstone Group, which partially owns a Brazilian firm that is helping transform the Amazon from jungle to farmland.
theintercept.com/2019/08/27/amazon-rainf…
'Complete political deadlock' over Middle East peace risks more violence, regional escalation, warns UN envoy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-27
Tangible steps "can, and must, be taken" to urgently reverse the "negative trajectory" of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and revive the peace process, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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The Putin-Erdogan Summit Will Influence the Syrian End Game
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Turkish President Erdogan's visit to Moscow on 27 August will see him and his Russian counterpart hashing out the details of the Syrian end game. | The kinetic (military) phase of the War on Syria is rapidly drawing to a close | …
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The Amazon Is On Fire
Andrea Arroyo | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
The Amazon Is On Fire…
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Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro's Brazil
Michael Fox | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
Clampdown on Housing Rights Activists in Bolsonaro's Brazil…
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Carolyn Forché's Powerful Reckoning
Suzy Hansen | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
Carolyn Forché's Powerful Reckoning…
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In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan
Tim Shorrock | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan…
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SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror
R.R. | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
An angry group of activists mobilized on August 23 at the headquarters of Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto. Just 3 days earlier Palantir renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that enables ICE to track the every move of undocumented immigrants until 2022; protesters responded quickly and loudly. | Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
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California regulators continue to allow oil field wastewater injection into aquifers
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
The continued injection of oil wastewater into aquifers is no surprise to environmental justice advocates, since the capture of California regulators by the Western States Petroleum Association and oil and gas companies continues under the Gavin Newsom administration.
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Salmon fishermen blast Trump administration's war on science
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-27
Reacting to the news that Southern Resident Killer Whales are included in the list of species that would be jeopardized by the Department of the Interior plan, Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), concluded: |…
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Russia launches floating nuclear power plant amid new "scramble for the Arctic"
wsws.org | 2019-08-27
The launching of the Akademik Lomonosov platform is part of an effort by the Kremlin to significantly expand its infrastructure in the region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/27/arct…
Selected Articles: Amazonia in Flames — Brazil's Bolsonaro Is a World Criminal
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
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Selected Articles: Nestlé and the Privatization of Water
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
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 …
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Putin, Erdogan Agree to Take Joint Measures in Syria's Idlib
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-27
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that he and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have outlined the steps needed to ensure peace in Idlib, pointing out the need to root out 'terrorists' from the province. | RELATED: | Iran Rejects Israeli Claim of Attacking Country's Base in Syria | According to Putin, Russia and Turkey will work together to eliminate the terrorist groups that are still operating inside the Idlib province. | "Together with Turkey's pr…
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"Kochland": How David Koch Helped Build an Empire to Shape U.S. Politics & Thwart Climate Action
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-27
Billionaire conservative donor David Koch died Friday at the age of 79 from prostate cancer. David Koch — who was worth some $42 billion — and his brother Charles poured massive amounts of money into funding climate change denial through conservative think tanks and politicians. The Koch brothers founded the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in 2004, which is credited with turning the "tea party" into a full-fledged political movement. They also backed "right-to-work" efforts, which aim to weaken labor rights and quash union membership. The brothers made their fortune running Koch Indu…
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