Brazil Isn’t the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, ROND√îNIA, BRAZIL: 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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G-7 Pledges Funds to Fight Amazon Fires; Bolsonaro Questions Motives
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
The relatively paltry $20 million is met by the president’s claims that rich countries are trying to exploit Brazil’s natural resources.
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Bolsonaro: I’ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-26
The massive fire disaster in the Brazilian Amazon has sparked angry reactions worldwide. The danger to all of nature and humanity posed by the destruction of the vast forested area, which scientists say provides the planet with 20% of its oxygen, has caused alarm in countries rich and poor. It has also prompted indignation against …
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If Trudeau Cared About Environment He’d Stop “Making Nice” with Brazilian President Bolsonaro
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
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 …
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Amazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?
Jos Barlow and Alexander C. Lees | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
Addressing these challenges requires integrated national and global actions, collaboration between scientists and policy makers, and long-term funding — approaches that the current Brazilian administration seems intent on destroying.
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Bolsonaro’s Horrific Plans for the Amazon Revealed in Leaked Presentation
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
It shows how the Brazilian president intends to isolate minority groups with his hate speech and use developments to “occupy” the land.
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The Amazon Is on Fire—Indigenous Rights Can Help Put It Out
Naomi Klein | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Colombian natives and activists protested against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in front of the Brazilian consulate in Bogota, Colombia, on August 23, 2019.(Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Amazonia in Flames — Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is a World Criminal — Encouraging Jungle Burning for Private Exploitation of Freed Land
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
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 …
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The Amazon Fires Have Upended the Climate Fight as We Know It
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-26
Activists have long warned that offsets are too risky to count on to offset corporate pollution. Now the world is learning the hard way.
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After Covering the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Non-Stop, Media Silent as the Amazon Burns for Weeks
Matt Agorist | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
When the famous Notre Dame Cathedral erupted in flames last April, images of the blaze were plastered across television and computer screens alike. For days on end, mainstream media networks around the world devoted round-the-clock coverage to this burning church. …
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Reporting on global crises like Amazon fires, media need to focus on who’s fighting them
Janine Jackson | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
It doesn’t matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the same people stay at the center of them, the story won’t change.
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G7 Leaders Promises US$20 million to Battle Amazon Fire
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations will release more than US$20 million of emergency aid to help countries battle wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. | RELATED: | G7 Summit Starts Amid Discontent with Amazon Fires, Trade Wars | However, it was not immediately clear if the country at the epicenter of the Ama…
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Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $5 Million to Fight Amazon Fires
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
United States actor Leonardo DiCaprio announced Sunday that he will contribute up to US$5 million to help “preserve the Amazon” after the devastating fires of recent days. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Calls for UN Assembly to Address Amazon Fires | The actor made the announcement through Earth Alliance, an environmental organization he created with businessw…
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Fires Are Devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro Is to Blame
David Miranda | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
‘The raging fires have become so potent that the smoke they generate plunged the Western Hemisphere’s largest city, S√£o Paulo, into total darkness.’ (Photo: Victor Moriyama/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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The Amazon or Amazon
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
The Amazon or Amazon The Amazon or Amazon Sea ice or ICE This is how we get to sleep Some nights Thinking of a bathtub full of vodka Thinking of a bathtub full of jam Bathtubs filled with scram- bled eggs Or ketchup, said the president Is all kids need to eat And spread it…
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Mysterious Russian Nuclear Missile Accident Sparks Fears of “Chernobyl Redux”
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| Questions are swirling over a mysterious nuclear accident in northern Russia on August 8. Seven people, including five nuclear scientists, died in an explosion, which caused a radiation spike in the surrounding area — and possibly as far as Scandinavia. U.S. experts suspect the explosion was caused during a test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Russia initially denied a radiation leak, but earlier today its state weather agency confirmed radioactive isotopes have been found in te…
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Pres. Trump More Concerned With Helping Election-Meddling Russia Than Acting on Climate Crisis
commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
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Trump and the Climate Crisis–a Crime Against Humanity
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
The President of the United States is a criminal. I’m not referring to the twenty-odd investigations of him currently underway for violations of the Constitution, obstruction of justice, and collaboration with the Russian election attack, among other misdeeds. No, I’m referring to his and his administration’s intentional and reckless pursuit of national policies that condemn…
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Israel’s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
During Congress’s August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congressmembers traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes congressional trips to Israel in order to further the “special relationship” …
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‘It’s an Attempt to Impose a White Nationalist Vision of What America Is’ – CounterSpin interview with Sasha Abramsky on new attack on immigrants
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-08-26
Janine Jackson interviewed author Sasha Abramsky about Trump’s new attack on immigrants for the August 23, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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“Hereby Ordered”: On Trump, Capital, Fascism, and China in a World on Fire
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
I am hearing whispers from lefties that “the ruling class is finally done with Trump.” It’s “the China stuff” that’s doing the trick. Sure, the argument goes, the corporate and financial powers that be haven’t been all that happy with Trump’s open white nationalism, racism, narcissism, and sexism. It’s not their style. But they’ve been willing to put up with Trump’s noxious nonsense because he’s rewarded them with plutocratic tax cuts and de-regulation. The presidents’ immigrant-bashing awfulness has kept his “heartland” base loyal to a president who knows (despite all his insanity) which constituency matters mos…
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Feminist Activist Kavita Krishnan on What She Saw in Kashmir
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| In Kashmir, residents have entered their fourth week of a severe lockdown after India revoked the special status of the Indian-controlled part of the Muslim-majority territory. On August 5, India imposed a curfew and cut off all communications to the region. More than 4,000 people, including many political leaders, have been detained, while local residents report facing increasing shortages of food and medicine. Over the weekend, India blocked a delegation of Indian opposition politicians from visiting K…
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The Fourth Afghan War is About to Escalate
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
While Afghans are supposed to be celebrating this week’s blood-soaked hundredth anniversary of their “independence” from Britain, signed off in the sweltering Raj military city of Rawalpindi in 1919, their most powerful militia is negotiating further “independence” from the Americans in an air-conditioned conference hall in Doha. A hundred years ago, “Pindi” was the British army’s…
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Anti-War Foreign Policy
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Her public statements, website positions, and body language suggest she’s a genuine anti-war presidential aspirant. | Wanting US wars of aggression ended against nations threatening no one makes her worthy of everyone’s support. | At the same time, it’s important to note …
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France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
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. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| In a surprise development, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif suddenly flew to Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines of the G7 summit. He clearly was invited at the insistence of French President Emmanuel Macron, who is still attempting to salvage what he can of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which restricted Iran’s enrichment activities. | Zarif held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. | The treaty was signed between Iran and the 5 permanent members of the UN Secur…
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Who Is Behind Blowing Up Ammunition Warehouses in Iraq? Iran Is the Target
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
An explosion occurred Tuesday at an ammunition storage warehouse used by Iraqi security forces operating under the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) close to the US air and military base in Balad, Salahuddin province, 64 km north of Baghdad. Over a …
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‘They’ve got it all wrong!’ Trump says entire G7 laughing at US ‘fake news’
rt.com | 2019-08-26
With their ‘inaccurate’ coverage of his meetings with world leaders, the US ‘fake news’ media have become the laughing stock of the G7 summit in France, US President Donald Trump has claimed. | “In France we are all laughing at how knowingly inaccurate the US reporting of events and conversations at the G-7 is,” Trump tweeted on Sunday evening. “These Leaders, and many others, are getting a major case study of Fake News at it’s (sic) finest!” | They’ve got it all wrong, from Iran, to China Tariffs, to Boris! | In France we are all laughing at how knowingly inaccurate the U.S. reporting of events and conversati…
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Trump seeks to Deescalate Tensions With China, Iran as G7 Ends
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
U.S. President Donald Trump Monday offered an olive branch to China after days of intense feuding over trade and opened the door to diplomacy on Iran, easing tension on the last day of a strained G7 summit. | RELATED: | Rifts Emerge Between Trump and Western Allies at G7 Summit | Trump and his Western allies appear to have agreed amicably to disagree on…
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif Meets Macron in Surprise G7 Visit
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
Iran’s foreign minister made a flying visit for talks with host France at the G7 summit Sunday, as Paris ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, a diplomatic move that the White House said had surprised them. | RELATED: | Trump seeks to Deescalate Tensions With China, Iran as G7 Ends | European leaders have struggled to tam…
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MLB Breaks Ties with Venezuelan Baseball over US Embargo
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-26
All US-based ball players, including Venezuelan nationals, are now barred from playing in Venezuela.
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Venezuela: Major Gas Explosion Called Act of ‘Sabotage’
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-26
Government spokespersons have blamed opposition activists from First Justice Party.
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Venezuela’s Maduro Confirms Secret Trump Talks as US Navy ‘Ready’ for Action
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Venezuelan government officials have had secret contact with US officials for “months,” President Maduro revealed Tuesday. | “I confirm that for months there have been contacts between senior officials from the Trump administration and from the Bolivarian government, with my express | …
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‘RIDICULOUS’: Trump slams report alleging he ever suggested to nuke hurricanes as ‘fake news’
rt.com | 2019-08-26
A report alleging that Donald Trump suggested using nuclear weapons to decimate hurricanes before they reached the US is untrue, the US president has claimed, describing the story as “ridiculous” fake news. | “The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!” Trump tweeted on Monday. | The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!– Donald J. Trump (@real…
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Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Progressive candidates should instead be sending the entire world an unequivocal message that the United States is finally ready to turn the page to a new era of peaceful, cooperative and lawful diplomacy. (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Trump Escalates Trade War with China. Orders Corporate America to Stop Doing Business with China. Beijing Will Retaliate
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Trade wars assure losers, not winners, Trump waging it on multiple fronts — China his main target, a nation able to give as much as it takes directly and asymmetrically. | His MAGA agenda has nothing to do with reducing the …
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Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
The same media that has spent years dragging Assange’s name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you’re going to be disappointed.
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Oil Pipelines and a Climate Crisis Warning from the Haida
Jerome Irwin | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
This is a tale of a nefarious oil pipeline settlement, a Haida warning against any oil pipeline that violates an indigenous or non-indigenous neighbour’s inherent rights and fallacy of the modern world’s urban expansion philosophy and home construction practices, with far-less direct participation in government by the citizenry, that all play into and exacerbate the…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/26/oil-pipeline…
Britain sold more than £6 billion in arms for Saudi-led coalition’s deadly war in Yemen
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
British-built aircraft, bombs and missiles have been used to target civilians in breach of the UK arms export law that bans the sale of arms or munitions to a state that is at “clear risk” of committing serious violations of international humanitarian law.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/arms…
Israel Drone Attack a Declaration of War: Lebanon’s President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said Monday that the Israeli attacks on the country are a “declaration of war,” as tensions rise between Hezbollah and Israel. | RELATED: | Israeli Airstrikes Hit Palestinian Position in Lebanon | “What happened was similar to a declaration of war which allows us to resort to our right to defending our sovereignty,” the Lebanese president’s office quoted Aoun, who also said that Leba…
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Protests Against G7 Summit Finish with Citizen Manifesto
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
With a symbolic act and a citizen manifesto, protests against the G7 summit end here rejecting the group held responsible for wars, climate change and inequalities. | RELATED: | Rifts Emerge Between Trump and Western Allies at G7 Summit | The G7 EZ platforms and Alternatives to G7, which have coordinated actions of more than a hundred organizations, announced that the City of the Ocean, Biarritz, will be the scene of activities, which in addition to the protests and the political d…
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Tens of thousands demonstrate in Dresden, Germany, against the rise of the far-right
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
Tens of thousands marched through Dresden on Saturday to protest against the rise of the far-right a week prior to state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/dres…
Bernie Sander’s climate plan is more radical than his opponents’ — and more likely to succeed
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-26
IF YOU TRIED to design a program with the aim of offending the top brass of the world’s most powerful corporations and the politicians whose careers they bankroll, you’d get something like what Bernie Sanders unveiled today in his $16.3 trillion Green New Deal platform. | Source…
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US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen’s Ancient Heritage
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
Saada’s old city, which is among the world’s oldest human-carved landscapes, once consisted entirely of historic, centuries-old multi-story homes. Now, it has been wiped out, after Saudi Arabia declared it a military zone — even the city’s hand-carved wooden doors have been reduced to ashes.
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David Koch’s Most Significant Legacy Is the Election of Donald Trump
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-08-26
David Koch, the fossil fuel industry billionaire who passed away on August 23 at the age of 79, spent the second half of his life building a political power structure alongside his brother Charles that radically reshaped society and set the conditions for the rise of President Donald Trump. | Many obituaries published in recent days examine Koch’s history of polluting the environment and political system, how the donor network he helped lead mobilized opposition to addressing climate change, transformed our election laws to allow unlimited secret spending by the very rich, and systematically fought any regulation…
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Family mourns 18-year-old killed by East LA Sheriffs
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-26
Los Angeles, CA – On August 23, over 70 people, including the family of Paul Rea, gathered for a memorial. 18-year-old Rea was shot and killed by East Los Angeles Sheriffs on June 27, after a minor traffic infraction. The East LA sheriff’s station is currently under FBI investigation. Since 2014, there have been lawsuits against and reports that there is a Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department gang called Los Bandidos. Additionally, East LA sheriffs have a long history of brutalizing and murdering Chicanos. | The event featured tacos cooked on site and drinks, all at no cost to participants. Chairs, tables and fl…
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Rogues’ Gallery: A Sober Look at the “Progressive” Democratic Presidential Candidates
Ken Freeland | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-26
Unless someone new enters the race or one of the existing candidates is stricken on the road to Damascus, there will be no genuinely progressive foreign policy offered by either of the two major political parties in the 2020 presidential election.
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Hong Kong and the Audacity of the U.S. Part of a “Destabilization War” with China
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
The US has sent a couple of war ships into China waters at Hong Kong. They had the audacity to ask Beijing to grant them the right to dock at Hong Kong harbor. Beijing refused and warned Washington — do not meddle in our internal affairs.
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NUKE them? ‘Not bad!’ Trump reportedly startled advisers with hurricane prevention strategy
rt.com | 2019-08-26
Hurricanes regularly devastate the American homeland, so maybe we should just nuke the suckers before they reach the coast? This is the astute suggestion that has reportedly been put forward by US President Donald Trump. | According to Axios, Trump has suggested on multiple occasions to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore the possibility of using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States. | The outlet claims that after sitting through a hurricane briefing at the White House, the US president blurted out: “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?
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Trump’s Other Wall. “The Wall of Money”. Towards a Global Currency War?
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Trump brags about the ‘wall of money’ now flowing into the US from abroad–from Europe, Asia, emerging market economies–as the global economy slides into recession there faster than in the US. He thinks that is great news for the US …
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Free College Is a Good Start, But Low-Income Students Need Additional Support
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are thought to represent the left-leaning wing of the Democratic Party and even to embrace some socialist ideals. | Their ambitious proposals to eliminate undergraduate tuition and fees at public two-year and four-year colleges, as well as at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), though, signal that the real constituency they are courting is the American middle class.
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A Critical Threshold Has Just Been Crossed, and Things Will Never be the Same Again
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Just when things seemed to be settling down a little bit, our conflict with China has suddenly escalated to a dangerous new phase. This is not simply just a “trade war” any longer, and our relationship with China will never …
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The Economy Looks Grim for Workers, But Might Not Bring Recession
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-26
| These days, the business press is full of predictions of recessions. This could get people worried, except that the track record of economists in predicting recessions is basically awful. As much fun as a bunch of scary warnings from economists is, it is probably best to focus on the data. | One very simple point in assessing the risk of a recession is that not all sectors of the economy are equally vulnerable to a downturn. Some sectors, like housing construction and car buying, are hugely cyclic…
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Norvergence: Climate change fueled Syria’s civil war
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
“Until now the main cause of civil war is a wealth of the nation in few men hands but Syria showed us another reason; Climate Change” With this blog post, environmentalists at Norvergence have taken their research and study to a whole new level. The purpose of this content is to make people aware of …
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Turkey Affirms Its Claim on Cyprus Oil and Gas
Irina Slav | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Turkey will continue exploring for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean waters around disputed Cyprus, and “No project can be realised if Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are not involved,” said President Recep Erdogan as quoted …
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Beijing Launches Plans for Shenzhen to Become World Hub, in Apparent Bid to Replace Hong Kong
Nicole Hao | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Beijing has released a new policy laying out its ambitions for Shenzhen City–located in Guangdong Province just across the border from Hong Kong–to become a world-class tech innovation city. | Media in Hong Kong are theorizing that it signals the …
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Fire and the “Changing Narrative” Thing
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Changing narratives is a new buzz term. I even heard a Distinguished Professor say he can change the narrative about himself. He can’t change it much. Narratives are intellectual, depending on concepts that depend on societies. They are ultimately conservative….
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MAGA Republican Joe Walsh: Get Rid of Trump, Vote for Me
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Most of us agree. Donald Trump is a disaster. He’s an unmoored mental case consumed with attacking enemies real and perceived. Trump’s not Hitler or a white supremacist. He’s a malignant narcissist. | Joe Walsh, a former Illinois Republican representative, …
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Lawsuit Challenges New Trump Administration Land Swap to Bulldoze Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today to challenge a land-swap deal with King Cove Corporation aimed at putting a road through the heart of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. | Izembek is one of America’s most ecologically significant wildlife …
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The Media’s Response to Bernie Sanders’ “Climate Plan”
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, a U.S. Presidential candidate in the Democratic Party primaries, presented on August 22nd the most-detailed climate-plan that has ever been presented by any U.S. Presidential candidate — 14,000 words, or the equivalent of a normal …
globalresearch.ca/media-responses-bernie…
White House Aides Evacuate Over Asbestos Risks as Administration Moves to Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal
EWG | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and other senior White House aides have vacated their West Wing offices while asbestos is removed — even as the Trump administration is manipulating a federal chemical safety law to keep asbestos legal. | Bloomberg reported that …
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Spending on Defense Is One Great Big Lie
Jacob G. Hornberger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson is worried. He thinks that maybe — just maybe — the U.S. government is not spending enough on defense. In a column entitled, ” Here’s Why We Could Be Under-Spending on Defense,” Samuelson has …
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Privatizaàßà£o da água: notícias preocupantes que vêm da Suíàßa
Franklin Frederick | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
No último mês de fevereiro o Governo da Suíàßa anunciou a criaàßà£o de uma Fundaàßà£o em Genebra ( www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foundation-for-the-… ) , com o nome de “Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator” (GSDA). | O objetivo desta nova fundaàßà£o é o de regulamentar …
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“Cracking Down” on Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Support
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
Dear Readers, | We often receive words of encouragement from those of you who regularly check our website or are subscribed to our daily newsletter. As we do not follow a mainstream narrative, the recent online trend has generally been to …
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Illegal Activity of Western Special Forces in Syria
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
In late June 2019, Fox News Channel published a video material, taken in Al-Hol refugee camp in northwestern Syria. On the footage, we can see a group of children under five chanting ISIS slogans. “We will stand on the heads …
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Germany: A politically motivated verdict in Chemnitz refugee trial
wsws.org | 2019-08-26
A 24-year-old refugee from Syria has been jailed for years, so that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the extremist mob, which rampaged in Chemnitz last summer, can claim their victim.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/26/alaa…
Imperial Sentiments: Donald Trump, Greenland and Colonial Real Estate
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
Haven’t the critics worked it out yet? US President Donald Trump chugs to the coal of nonsense that may come in the wrapping of some sense. Initial mad-cat comments, when cobbled together, might reveal some pattern in time. Take, for instance, the recent offer to purchase Greenland. Considered laughable, purchasing territories has notable, historical precedent…
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‘Everything has Turned Upside Down’ in Sangole
Medha Kale | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
“People will call me crazy if I say this,” says 53-year-old Dnyanu Kharat, sitting on the mud floor of his brick house one afternoon. “But 30-40 years ago, during the rains, fish would flood our fields [from the nearby stream]. I caught them with my own hands.” It’s mid-June and just a little while before…
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The Chosen One
David Stansfield | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
The Second Coming has finally come. Let us refresh our memory of the story. He is God made flesh, the Savior, the Son of God, born of a virgin in the humble Jamaica Hospital in the borough of Queens, New York City on June 14, 1946 before three wise investors. He goes on to offer…
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Trump Administration Proposal to Roll Back Logging Rules is Reckless
Jim Furnish | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
I was the supervisor of Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest in 1996 when a huge landslide caused by shoddy road construction sent tons of mud and debris into a critical salmon stream. I felt terrible — and personally responsible. In the rush to build logging roads along treacherously steep hillsides, we mismanaged forests for decades and…
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Flying the Flag
ADRIAN KUZMINSKI | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
The other day I was chatting with a long-time local business man in my hometown, Cooperstown, NY, who occasionally reads my local newspaper column. He brought up the recent decision of the Village of Cooperstown to officially fly the Gay Pride flag on Village property. He expressed discomfort with at least some aspects of gay…
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The Death of Political Satire
David Macaray | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-26
Not that we don’t already have a long list of reasons for wanting to see Donald Trump driven out of office, but one more item to add to the list is that this man’s limitless boorish behavior has more or less ruined any chance of our resorting to political satire (one of my favorite genres)…
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Right-wing media is creating the ‘antifa shooter’ narrative out of thin air
Shane Burley | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-26
Right-wing media and political figures have set their sites on “antifa,” the decentralized movement against fascism, alleging everything from terrorism to criminal conspiracy and playing on the current political tribalism motivating the Republican base. Just last month, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a resolution to label the movement as “domestic terrorists” — something Donald Trump then supported via tweet, setting up a false dichotomy that has since been used to make broad attacks against activists and journalists. | For the record, antifascist activists have never killed anyone. They are usually on a missi…
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As White House Dismisses Planetary Emergency as ‘Niche’ Issue, Trump Skips G7 Climate Meeting
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
At the meeting the U.S. president didn’t attend, world leaders agreed to a $20 million package to fight the fires currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Bolsonaro’s Misogynistic Attack on Brigitte Macron Offers Glimpse Into Psyche of ‘Idiotic Baby Men’
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s conduct toward French First Lady Brigitte Macron at the G7 summit offered a window into the overall worldview of powerful men whose destructive policies show no regard for vulnerable populations and the plant at-large, one critic observed Monday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Democratic Establishment Backing of Hickenlooper’s Colorado Senate Run a ‘Recipe for Disaster,’ Warn Progressives
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
“He would join the Senate as a conservative Democrat who has already pledged to block most progressive priorities.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Israeli Bombings Considered a ‘Declaration of War,’ Says Iraqi Political Bloc
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Journalist Rania Khalek said it was “difficult to believe Israel would strike Iraq without a green light from the U.S.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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New 2020 National Poll Shows Sanders and Warren Tied for First Place as Biden Drops 13 Points
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-26
Monmouth’s survey comes as the two progressive senators continue to draw large and enthusiastic crowds across the nation | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Saga of 1930s Alabama Communists has lessons for today
Henry Millstein | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-26
Now that open racism is emanating from the highest levels of the U.S. government and white supremacist terrorism is stalking the land, it’s worthwhile to look back at times of our history when our people faced similar challenges. The book Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression, by Robin D.G. Kelley, a professor …
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Brexit Britain: The Serious Question of Becoming a “Failed State”
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
This is the formal description of a failed state — “A failed state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly. A state can …
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Unreported Deaths, Child Cancer & Radioactive Meat: The Untold Story of Chernobyl
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-26
Following a mysterious nuclear accident in Russia that left seven dead, we look back at the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. It sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a large portion of Europe, but the death toll from Chernobyl remains unknown. Chernobyl is considered the worst nuclear accident in history, but Kate Brown, an MIT professor of science, technology and society, says much of what we understand about the disaster is inaccurate. Her new book, “Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future,” chronicles the devastating and underreported impact of radiation on tens of t…
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Mysterious Russian Nuclear Missile Accident Sparks Fears of Cover-Up & “Chernobyl Redux”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-26
Questions are swirling over a mysterious nuclear accident in northern Russia on August 8. Seven people, including five nuclear scientists, died in an explosion, which caused a radiation spike in the surrounding area — and possibly as far as Scandinavia. U.S. experts suspect the explosion was caused during a test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Russia initially denied a radiation leak, but earlier today its state weather agency confirmed radioactive isotopes have been found in test samples in the city of Severodvinsk near the military test range. Norway’s nuclear test ban monitor now believes two explos…
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“The Situation Was Very Bad”: Feminist Activist Kavita Krishnan on What She Saw in Kashmir
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-26
In Kashmir, residents have entered their fourth week of a severe lockdown after India revoked the special status of the Indian-controlled part of the Muslim-majority territory. On August 5, India imposed a curfew and cut off all communications to the region. More than 4,000 people, including many political leaders, have been detained, while local residents report facing increasing shortages of food and medicine. Over the weekend, India blocked a delegation of Indian opposition politicians from visiting Kashmir, including Rahul Gandhi, the former president of the Indian National Congress. India’s actions have led…
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The End of the Greater Middle East Project: The Case of Kurdistan
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-26
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential elections has had dire implications for the American “Greater Middle East” project which has guided US foreign policy in the Middle East since it was first put forward in 2003. Trump’s reorientation toward internal US problems (migration, economy, protectionism), the emergence of new geopolitical rivals (China and Iran) …
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An anti-fascist spy who defied Hitler’s Nazis, was betrayed by Stalin
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-26
books Phil ShannonIssue 1345 Russia GermanyAugust 26, 2019In Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent | | Owen Matthews | | Bloomsbury, 2019 | | 435 pages | Dr. Richard Sorge, a German communist who penetrated the innermost political and military circle…
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India is Reviving an Old Narrative in Its Anti-Khalistan Infowar
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-26
The influential Indian online opinion outlet Daily O is reviving the old narrative that the Khalistani cause is supposedly backed by Pakistan and therefore represents a betrayal of Sikh interests as part of the latest stage of the state’s increasingly …
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Sanders, Warren Surge to Tie Biden Atop Dem 2020 Primary: Poll
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
Progressive presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have surged in the polls to tie with Joe Biden atop the Democratic 2020 primary, according to a survey by Monmouth University released Monday. | RELATED: | US 2020 Presidential Elections: Buttigieg has 24 Billionaire Donors, Harris 18, Biden 13, Sanders 0 | The poll finds a virtual three-way tie among…
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Syria: A new low in nasty propaganda
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-26
It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma Assad had overcome breast cancer to mock her and continue the information war against Syria. They interviewed a Human Rights Watch staffer named Lama Fakih who is an American from Michigan now based in Beirut. | Source…
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SF Workshop — Capitalism: Arsonist of the Amazon
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley Speaks: His New Book on Trump’s War Against Migrant Families
World Affairs SF | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
World Affairs, 312 Sutter St., Suite 200, San Francisco 94108…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 31)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 24)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 28)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 29)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 30)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 27)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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#CloseTheCamps: Daily Protest at ICE Headquarters San Francisco (Aug 26)
Month of Momentum Group | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 630 Sansome St, San Francisco 94111…
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California regulators continue to allow oil field wastewater injection into aquifers
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-26
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 | 2019-08-26
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, Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), concluded: |…
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Evo Morales Calls for UN Assembly to Address Amazon Fires
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-26
The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, thanked the interest of the French head of state, Emmanuel Macron to protect the Amazon, and proposed a world meeting at the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization to address concrete actions against the devastating fires. | Related: | Fines for Violating Environment Dropped Since Bolsonaro Elected | “We appreciate the interest, on the part of France, for our Amazon and Mother Ear…
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