2019-07-30: Social Media Postees

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Hong Kong Authorities Called to 'Do What Needs to Be Done' to Quell Protests
Donald Kaufman | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
After weeks of demonstrations in Hong Kong, local and Chinese officials are taking a harder line in their rhetoric.
truthdig.com/articles/hong-kong-authorities-called-to-do-what-needs-to-be-done-to-quell-protests/

No, YOU are 'Russian asset': Meme war turns tables on Washington Post
rt.com | 2019-07-31
With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital's paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls' meme-cannons. | …
rt.com/usa/465431-trump-washington-post-russian-asset/

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. Advocates Want It Shut Down
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart on July 10 as his removal proceedings continued. Two weeks later he was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/pedro_arriago_santoya_ice_custody_death

How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel's more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-activists-blacklist-mintpress-wikipedia/261022/

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

Hong Kong Protesters, Chinese Workers Point the Way to New Internationalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| Just as the "Made in China" label insinuated itself into our retail stores in the 1980s, China today insinuates itself into most of our mainstream news coverage, as one of the largest global markets, the top carbon emitter, the biggest workforce, and the biggest geopolitical rival to the United States in recent memory. For Americans, seeing U.S. dominance in the headlines displaced by an upstart rival superpower can be humbling — or terrifying. | As Max Elbaum and Calvin Cheung-Mia…
truthout.org/articles/hong-kong-protesters-chinese-workers-point-the-way-to-new-internationalism/

St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…
telesurenglish.net/news/St.-Kitts-and-Nevis-Officially-Recognizes-Palestine-20190730-0015.html

Israel Has "the Most Moral Army in the World"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …
globalresearch.ca/israel-has-most-moral-army-world/5685063

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

Israeli Police Summon 4-year-Old Palestinian For Interrogation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Israeli police summoned a four-year-old Palestinian boy Monday for interrogations who allegedly threw stones at a police vehicle. | RELATED: | Palestinian Boy, 9, Fights for Life After Protest Shooting | Muhammad Rabiaa Elayyan, a resident of East Jerusalem village of Issawiya was taken by his father Rabiaa to the police station Tuesday after being handed…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-police-4-year-old-palestinian-boy-interrogation-stone-throwing-20190730-0010.html

US Stealing Syrian Oil. Controls About 30% of Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Imperial adventurism is grand theft on a global scale — seizing, controlling, and looting the resources of targeted nations, along with exploiting their people. | Operating from illegally constructed military bases in northern and southern parts of Syria, platforms for war …
globalresearch.ca/us-stealing-syrian-oil-controls-about-30-of-syrian-territory/5685056

India: Rape Victim of BJP Lawmaker Injured in Shady Accident
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Protesters stepped up demands Tuesday for India's far-right ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the survivor was critically injured in a highway collision. | RELATED: | India: 49 Intellectuals Write to PM Modi, Condemns Lynching of Minorities…
telesurenglish.net/news/india-unnao-rape-case-victim-car-crash-bjp-narendra-modi-20190730-0012.html

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

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

Space Lunacy: $ Trillion Space Games and False Prophecies by Billionaires While Rome Burns
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
History testifies to powerful rulers' aspirations for the position of gods, including the Pharaohs and Roman Emperors such as Caligula or Nero, nowadays mimicked by false messianic prophecies of "intergalactic civilization" made by billionaires and their followers in public and …
globalresearch.ca/space-lunacy-trillion-space-games-false-prophecies-billionaires-while-rome-burns/5685019

Capital One Hack Exposes Personal Information of About 106 Million
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
A woman faces a computer fraud charge in one of the largest security breaches of a major U.S. financial institution on record.
truthdig.com/articles/capital-one-hack-exposes-personal-information-of-about-106-million/

Venezuela: Six Farmers Killed by Colombian Paramilitary Forces
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Diosdado Cabello, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), lamented Monday the killing of six Campesinos by far-right paramilitaries in the Barinas state at the Colombia-Venezuela border area. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | "We want to alert you to what happened in the Bari…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Six-Farmers-Killed-by-Colombian-Paramilitary-Forces-20190730-0008.html

The Recent Japanese Elections Might Slow Down the US' "Indo-Pacific" Strategy
Andrew Korybko | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-07-30
asia-pacificresearch.com/recent-japanese-elections-might-slow-down-us-indo-pacific-strategy/5628786

Guatemala's Top Court to Rule on Migration Agreement with US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Guatemala's Human Rights Prosecutor Jordan Rodas Monday filed an urgent appeal to the Constitutional Court to curb the "Safe Third Country" (STC) agreement signed by President Jimmy Morales administration in Washington, D.C., on July 26. | RELATED: | Trump Admin Enacts Another Restriction for Asylum-Seekers | "The agreement contradicts not only the Guatemalan Constitutio…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemalas-Top-Court-to-Rule-on-Safe-Third-Country-Agreement-with-US-20190730-0005.html

Trump's Coalition Commits New Massacre in Syria's Deir Ezzor Countryside
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The illegal coalition led by the United States of America outside the United Nations and without the approval of the Syrian state added a new massacre to its long list of ugly crimes against the Syrian people today by bombing …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-coalition-commits-new-massacre-deir-ezzor-countryside/5685015

Yemeni Civilians in Crowded Market Pay with Their Lives as Trump Keeps Building Saudi Arsenal
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
More U.S. Weaponry is headed for Saudi Arabia just as the Kingdom unleashed fresh airstrikes on the crowded Al-Thabit Market in Yemen.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-civilians-al-thabit-market-airstrike-trump-building-saudi-arsenal/261034/

Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Saudi forces launched Monday airstrikes at a busy market in Yemen's northern province of Saada, killing 13 and injuring 26, along with destroying much of the market produce, as the country suffers one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. | RELATED: | Yemen World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The attack has been called the 'Al Thabet Market Massacre' by Yemeni media outlet Almasirah. Though the confirmed death toll is 13, the number is likely to rise according to a He…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-Forces-Kill-13-in-Massacre-at-Yemen-Market-20190730-0006.html

The US-China Trade War: A Cease-Fire, Nothing More
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
The Financial Times reported on July 10 that Donald Trump, at his last meeting with Xi Jinping in Osaka in June, promised to "tone down" criticism of China's actions in Hong Kong in return for progress on trade talks. Such is the way of Donald's world: Making a deal with authoritarian regimes is always preferable…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/the-us-china-trade-war-a-cease-fire-nothing-more/

It's Deceptive to Talk About a 'Cycle of Violence' in Hong Kong
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The popular Western mainstream media outlet Reuters published a very misleading piece over the weekend that deceptively described the latest events in Hong Kong as a "cycle of violence," inaccurately implying that the recent disturbances are partially the fault of …
globalresearch.ca/deceptive-talk-about-cycle-violence-hong-kong/5685047

Brazil's Bolsonaro Says No Evidence Indigenous Leader Murdered
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said there was no evidence that the death of Emyra Wajapi, a 68-year-old Amazonian indigenous chief, was caused by illegal miners who invaded traditional Indigenous lands. | RELATED: | Gold Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon | "There is no solid evidence as of now that such Indian wa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Bolsonaro-Says-No-Evidence-Indigenous-Leader-Murdered-20190730-0009.html

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

Pakistani Military Aircraft Crashes Near Capital City, 17 Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
A Pakistani military aircraft reportedly crashed on Tuesday morning while conducting a training flight near the garrison city of Rwalpindi. | RELATED: | Kabul Seeks Explanation on Trump Talk of Wiping out Afghanistan | According to the Pakistani authorities, the training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. | A statement from the Pakistani…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pakistani-Military-Aircraft-Crashes-Near-Capital-City-17-Dead-20190730-0001.html

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

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

Nearly 4,000 Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan This Year: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
A new report released by the United Nations on Tuesday revealed that nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed during the first half of 2019. | RELATED: | At Least 20 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan | According to the United Nations report, at least 3,812 Afghan civilians have killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against militant groups, including a big increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, the United Nations said on Tuesd…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-4000-Civilian-Casualties-in-Afghanistan-This-Year-UN-20190730-0002.html

US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The U.S. Senate failed on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of the legislation passed by Congress that would have banned the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. | RELATED: | Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Open to Testify Against Saudi Arabia | In the first attempt to overturn the U.S. President's decision, the Senate was unable to reach the two-thirds majority that was needed to reinstate their weapons ban bill. | According to the Senate session report, the supporter…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Senate-Fails-to-Overturn-Trumps-Veto-on-Saudi-Weapons-Ban-20190730-0003.html

Iran's 40-Year Old Financial Dispute with Britain. A Hostage for the Money
Faramarz Davar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
A ruling by the high court in London has just made relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran more complicated, increasing friction at an already tense time. | The court ruled this week that the International Military Services (IMS) …
globalresearch.ca/irans-40-year-financial-dispute-britain-got-more-complicated/5685068

Iran Won't Let Itself Be Hemmed In by the U.S. and U.K
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/

Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …
globalresearch.ca/irans-b-team-branding-effective-putting-pressure-bolton/5685052

Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html

The Future of Iran-UK Tanker Crisis
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-30
WAS IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE UK FOR SEIZING ITS TANKER? Even though Mr. Ali Rabei, the newly appointed speaker of the Iranian Government, and Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, officially rejected the claims that Iranian seizure of the British Tanker in the Persian Gulf was a response to the …
uwidata.com/4514-the-future-of-iran-uk-tanker-crisis/

Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dubai-ruler-wife-applies-for-marriage-protection-order-20190730-0019.html

House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/house-anti-bds-resolution-reveals-the-power-and-limits-of-the-israeli-lobby/

Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-30
Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019: PACBI StatementPalestinians call for the boycott of Pop-Kultur Berlin festival, until it ends its partnership with Israel | Cultural BoycottJuly 30, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-pop-kultur-berlin-festival-2019

American Politicians Use Jews as Pawns to Excuse Their Meddling in Israeli Elections
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
On July 23, the US House of Representatives passed (the vote went 398-17, with five voting "present") a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The resolution was an outrageous condemnation of the freely chosen economic actions of millions of Americans. Worse, that condemnation was made on the express behalf of not just…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/american-politicians-use-jews-as-pawns-to-excuse-their-meddling-in-israeli-elections/

Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Russia will not be participating in international talks on the political crisis in Venezuela due to be held in Peru next month, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Cuba: International Community Should Stop US Attacks | It said it declined the invitation as one was not extended to representatives of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, among other concerns. | "We doubt that a meeting focusing on the situation in Venezuela without inviting Venezuelans, repr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-To-Abstain-Attending-Intl-Talks-on-Venezuela-in-Lima-20190730-0020.html

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