(2019-08-06). China-US Trade War: From Buenos Aires to Osaka and Beyond. counterpunch.org 
This past June 29, 2019 Trump and China president, Xi, met again at the G20 in Japan in the midst of a potential further escalating trade war. Has anything changed as a result of their meeting? Or is it just deja vu of their prior G20 meeting in Buenos Aires on December 2, 2018? In More
(2019-08-06). New Year's Eve reminiscing with lifelong communist Mary Gosman Scarborough. peoplesworld.org 
My great-aunt Mary Gosman Scarborough was born in Russia "at the time of the Czar" and was sent by her parents to America with a man, a family friend, when she was only twelve. They neglected to tell her that he was to be her husband, which exacerbated an already difficult life. Mary was a …
(2019-08-06). US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman submits resignation. rt.com 
US Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, has resigned from his post effective October 3. Huntsman has been ambassador since 2017.
(2019-08-06). Hong Kong Democracy Protestors Launch General Strike. therealnews.com 
Thousands took part in protests that shut down roads, public transportation and cancelled hundreds of flights…
(2019-08-06). Republican Supporters Use AOC Cutout for Groping Practice. telesurenglish.net United States Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) slammed supporters of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell who were seen kissing, groping, and chocking a cardboard cutout of her. | RELATED: | AOC: Criticizing Israel Isn't Anti-Semitism, It's About Rights | "Hey Senate Majority Leader—these young men look like they work for you," AOC wrote on Twitter after a photo of a group of young men wearing "Team Mitch" t-shirt with her cutout went viral on social media. | The c…
(2019-08-06). Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Photo of McConnell Supporters Groping Cutout. truthout.org | | "Hey Senate Majority Leader — these young men look like they work for you." | That was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's response on Monday to a photo of several young men in "Team Mitch" t-shirts kissing, groping, and choking a cardboard cutout of the New York congresswoman. | The caption of the photo of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) backers, originally posted on Instagram, reads: "Break me off a piece of that." | "Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping…
(2019-08-06). War With Iran Will Be 'Mother Of All Wars': Rouhani. telesurenglish.net Any war with Iran will be the "mother of all wars," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech broadcast live on state TV, warning once again that shipping might not be safe in the Strait of Hormuz oil waterway. | RELATED: | Iran Says Will Not Tolerate 'Offenses' in Gulf as UK Joins US-led Maritime Security Patrol | "Peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, war with Iran is the mother of all wars," Rouhani said at the Foreign Minis…
(2019-08-06). An Attack on Iran Would be an Attack on Russia. globalresearch.ca Russia is meticulously advancing Eurasian chessboard moves that should be observed in conjunction, as Moscow proposes to the Global South an approach diametrically opposed to Western sanctions, threats and economic war. Here are three recent examples. | Ten days ago, via …
(2019-08-06). 2020 Presidential Elections: Feeding the Israel Lobby. globalresearch.ca If you have been wondering when the twenty Democratic aspirants for the presidency will begin a serious discussion of American foreign policy in the Middle East, where Washington has been bogged down in both current and impending wars, you are …
(2019-08-06). From 2006 to 2019: After Failures in Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen, War Is No Longer an Option for Israel. globalresearch.ca During the summer war of 2006, Israel managed to destroy a large number of Hezbollah's rocket and missile stocks. Most Hezbollah missile units were destroyed and, in the suburb of the capital Beirut, over 250 buildings (mainly but not exclusively …
(2019-08-06). The Meaning of Israel's Massive Housing Demolitions in East Jerusalem. thenation.com The Meaning of Israel's Massive Housing Demolitions in East Jerusalem…
(2019-08-06). This Iranian War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don't Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess. commondreams.org Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran on August 5, 2019. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iranians_trump_zarif.jpg …
(2019-08-06). Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Keep Climbing During the ICC's Summer Break. thenation.com Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Keep Climbing During the ICC's Summer Break…
(2019-08-06). Trump Won't Allow S-400 Deal to Harm Turkish-US Ties: Erdogan. telesurenglish.net Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Tuesday that he believes his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will not allow Turkey's S-400 deal with Russia to harm Washington's relationship with Ankara. | RELATED: | US Removes Turkey from International F-35 Fighter Jet Program | Part of Washington's concern with Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 is the latter's membership in NATO and the threat posed by the missile system towards the new F-35 jets. | "There is no concrete evidence sh…
(2019-08-06). Hiroshima Unlearned: Time to Tell the Truth About US Relations with Russia and to Ban the Bomb. commondreams.org Let us tell the truth about what happened between the US and Russia that brought us to this perilous moment and put the responsibility where it belong. (Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_vlad_0.jpeg …
(2019-08-06). There Is Reason to Fear for the Safety of Every Kashmiri in India. commondreams.org Indian security personnel stop people during restrictions in Srinagar, August 5, 2019 (Photo: Danish Ismail/Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/motor.jpeg …
(2019-08-06). China Warns US Against Missile Deployment in Asia. telesurenglish.net China has issued a stern warning on Tuesday to the United States about deploying missiles to Asia amid their ongoing economic rift. | RELATED: | Trade War Intensifies: China's Yuan Weakens, Markets Hit Year-Low | In a statement on Tuesday, the Chinese governmet warned the White House against moving forward with plans to deploy their intermediate-range missiles in Asia after the collapse of a Cold War-era treaty regulating their use. | "China will not stand idly by and will be f…
(2019-08-06). Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products. telesurenglish.net China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday that the Asian country will suspend the purchase of U.S. agricultural goods in response to the recent announcement that the President Donald Trump administration will increase tariffs to Chinese exports. | RELATED: | Trade War Intensifies: China's Yuan Weakens, Markets Hit Year-Low | "It has been agreed that the State Coun…
(2019-08-06). I am a Syrian Living in Syria: "It Was Never a Revolution nor a Civil War. The Terrorists Are Sent by Your Government" globalresearch.ca The majority here loves Assad. He has never committed a crime against his own people…the chemical attack was staged by the terrorists helped by USA and UK etc..Everyone knows that here.
(2019-08-06). Saudi Arabia's 'Strategic Plan' to Take Turkey Down. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia has begun implementing a "strategic plan" to confront the Turkish government, after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman decided he was being "too patient" with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. | The …
(2019-08-06). Headlines for August 6, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Condemns White Supremacy After El Paso Massacre Despite His Own Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Trump Supporter Who Sent Pipe Bombs to CNN and Democrats Sentenced to 20 Years, Tensions Mount over Kashmir as Pakistan Reacts to Revocation of Special Status, Puerto Rican Senate, San Juan Mayor Sue over Pierluisi's Appointment as Governor, China Weakens Currency, Halts U.S. Crop Imports as Trade War Ratchets Up, U.S. Imposes Economic Embargo Against Venezuela, Drone Attack Kills 42 People in Libya, R. Kelly Charged with Prostitution and Solicitation of a Minor, Galveston Police Apologize for Shocking Photo Showing Mou…
(2019-08-06). Watch Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein take down the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn. thecanary.co The Canary has been consistently exposing the shameless use of antisemitism as a political football to attack Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. In recent weeks, for example, ex-MP Clare Short and Jewish-Canadian psychol…
(2019-08-06). Israeli Minister To be Indicted for Shielding Pedophile Teacher. telesurenglish.net Police in Israel recommended Tuesday indictment of the deputy health minister on suspicion he tried to bolster the case of a former Australian school principal pleading mental illness as an argument against extradition to face child molestation charges. | RELATED: | Israeli Far-right Ministers Attend Event Honoring Rabbi Who Praised Palestinian Massacre | Yaakov Litzman, who is also chair of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ), is suspected of obstruc…
(2019-08-06). More Money, Fewer Jobs: The Stubborn Truth About Employment and the Defense Industry. globalresearch.ca A Marilyn has once again seduced a president. This time, though, it's not a movie star; it's Marillyn Hewson, the head of Lockheed Martin, the nation's top defense contractor and the largest weapons producer in the world. In …
(2019-08-06). Toni Morrison, First Black Woman Nobel laureate, Dies at 88. telesurenglish.net U.S. author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel "Beloved" about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 88, her publisher said on Tuesday (August 6). | Paul Bogaards, a spokesman for the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf, announced the death but did not provide an immediate cause. | "Beloved" was set during the U.S. Civil War and based on the true story of a woman who killed her 2-year-old daughter so she would not become a slave. The woman was captured before she could kill he…
(2019-08-06). Doro-Chiba Labor Comm On Growing Threat Of Dictatorship, Xenophobia & War. indybay.org The Labor Solidarity Committee of Japan Railway Workers Union Doro-Chiba statment on the growing threat of dictatorship, xenophobia and imperialist war.
(2019-08-06). Code Pink Action On The Sausalito Ferry. indybay.org
(2019-08-06). Readings from Civil Liberties United: Diverse Voices from the SF Bay Area. indybay.org Oakland Asian Cultural Center | 388 9th St., Suite 290 | Oakland, CA 94607…
(2019-08-06). Jailed Sri Lankan writer Shakthika Sathkumara defends Julian Assange. wsws.org "The system that has put Assange behind bars is the same system responsible for putting me behind bars in Sri Lanka."
(2019-08-06). Sri Lanka: Colombo University students call for release of Julian Assange. wsws.org "American imperialism is now seeking its revenge against Assange because he told the truth."
(2019-08-06). India's Hindu supremacist government abrogates Kashmir's autonomy. wsws.org Yesterday's actions will enflame tensions with Pakistan, and constitute a further stage in the Indian ruling elite's turn toward authoritarian forms of rule and promotion of Hindu communal reaction.
(2019-08-06). Labour-controlled Tower Hamlets council refused to host Palestinian charity event, citing "anti-Semitism" fears. wsws.org The decision is a blatant attack on free speech and confirms that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism provides a mechanism for censoring, silencing and even criminalising individuals and organisations that oppose Israel's brutal suppression of the Palestinians, while slandering the entire left as "anti-Semitic."
(2019-08-06). Tens of thousands of workers strike throughout Hong Kong. wsws.org The ruling class throughout the world is deeply fearful of the spread of social discontent as the working class moves into open struggle for its democratic and social rights.
(2019-08-06). US Secretary of State demands greater Australian involvement in war drive against China. wsws.org The support for Pompeo's aggressive remarks in Canberra is a warning that behind its back, the Australian population has been placed on the frontline of a confrontation with China that threatens a catastrophic nuclear war.
(2019-08-06). US-China trade conflict escalates to currency war. wsws.org Stock markets fell sharply around the world yesterday, amid fears of a currency war, after China allowed its currency, the renminbi, to pass through the benchmark of 7 to the US dollar.
(2019-08-05). Rivers of Dust: Water and the Middle East. counterpunch.org 
Syria and Iraq are at odds with Turkey over the Tigris-Euphrates. Egypt's relations with Sudan and Ethiopia over the Nile are tense. Jordan and the Palestinians accuse Israel of plundering river water to irrigate the Negev Desert and hogging most of the three aquifers that underlie the occupied West Bank. More
(2019-08-05). The Forgotten Rohingya Refugees. therealnews.com 
Existence is resistance: a quarter of a million Rohingya refugees live in Malaysia with no legal rights or protections…
(2019-08-05). Afghanistan: In Search of Monsters to Not Destroy. counterpunch.org 
America, John Quincy Adams said in 1821, "goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." That's as good a summary ever spoken of the non-interventionist position. US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) disagrees. He More
(2019-08-05). The Case for Socialism. counterpunch.org 
Anyone doubting the arguments for socialism, should read Bhaskar Sunkara's "The Socialist Manifesto." It presents old rationales in new clothes; the clothes are simple and attractive, while the rationales are sound. They come, however, with a big warning. "We certainly don't want to repeat the last century's attempts, whether in Russia or China, to impose More
(2019-08-05). Arctic fires: "You have to go to a different planet to find a more persistent type" mronline.org 
Here's a sentence for you: The Arctic is burning. Yes, that Arctic—the traditionally cold and wet one, large swaths of which are being consumed by an astonishing number of wildfires, from Russia to Greenland to Alaska. | Source
(2019-08-05). Trump's Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA? globalresearch.ca In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.
(2019-08-05). Headlines for August 5, 2019. democracynow.org White Supremacist Kills 20 People After Hate-Fueled Gun Rampage in El Paso, Gunman with Misogynistic Past Kills 9 People in Dayton, OH Shooting Spree, General Strike Grips Hong Kong as Protesters Refuse to Back Down, India Revokes Kashmir's Special Status as Tensions Mount in Disputed Region, Iran Seizes Tanker as Tensions Between Iran and U.S. Remain High, Russian Police Arrest 800+ Protesters as Crackdown on Dissent Continues, Sudan's Military Rulers and Opposition Leaders Sign Transition Agreement, 3 Mexican Journalists Killed in Under a Week, Pierluisi Sworn In as Puerto Rico's New Governor as San Juan Mayor…
(2019-08-05). A Syrian Leader Tells His Country's Story: An Interview with SAA General Hassan Hassan. mintpressnews.com For years, international headlines spotlighting Syria have claimed that the Syrian government, army, and its allies were guilty of a variety of atrocities. Yet as time has passed, many of the accusations levied at government and its allies have been shown to have been either falsified, staged (as in the case of allegations of chemical attacks in eastern Ghouta), or actually committed by the myriad terrorist groups operating in the country. | For their part, Syrian leadership has maintained from the start that the uprising…
(2019-08-05). World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities. globalresearch.ca The number of Japanese cities destroyed was the exact figure that the Pentagon compiled when finalizing plans, in mid-September 1945, to eviscerate the Soviet Union. Indeed, 66 Soviet cities were earmarked to be wiped out — with 204 atomic bombs — less than 2 weeks after Japan's surrender.
(2019-08-05). Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif Drives Trump to Insanity. globalresearch.ca At a time when the Trump administration has no problem negotiating with the secretary of the Russian national security council Nikolai Patrushev, who is technically under US sanctions since April 2018, the cut and thrust of Washington's move to …
(2019-08-05). Mass Shootings, Militarism and Policing Are Chapters in the Same Manifesto. truthout.org | | This weekend, after two mass shooters killed and injured dozens of people in Texas and Ohio, Rep. Steve Cohen tweeted, "You want to shoot an assault weapon? Go to Afghanistan or Iraq. Enlist!" | Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, apparently did not take issue with the El Paso shooter's desire to slaughter people of color — he merely wanted to redirect his bullets toward people of color outside of the United States. His tweet was a chilling reminder of how the United…
(2019-08-05). U.S. imposes 2nd round of sanctions against Russia for poisoning ex-spy. nationofchange.org The United States is announcing a second round of sanctions on Russia for its use of a 'novichok' nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal.
(2019-08-05). If the US Develops New Nuclear Missiles, We Will Too: Putin. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Monday that Moscow would start developing short and intermediate-range land-based nuclear missiles if the United States does so as well. | RELATED: | US Withdraws From 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty | "If Russia obtains reliable information that the United States has finished developing these systems and started to produce them, Russia will have no option other than to engage in a full-scale effort to develop similar m…
(2019-08-05). Election annulment please. nationofchange.org Russia hacked and attacked our 2016 presidential election and installed Donald Trump. This requires annulment. Trump didn't even come close on the actual popular vote, losing to Clinton by some three million votes, and yet seized the White House by the arcane and anti-democratic electoral college, but only due to Russian illegal interference. This makes …
(2019-08-05). India Moves to Strip Kashmir of Autonomy, Potentially Setting Up Conflict in Disputed Territory. theintercept.com The change to Kashmir's status as an autonomous state, which both India and Pakistan lay claim to, comes after an unexpected lockdown in the province.