Chomsky Slams Macri's Neoliberal Policies in Education
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
Noam Chomsky, the renowned academic and political thinker from the United States, slammed Argentinian President Mauricio Macri for subordinating of public education to favor neoliberal markets in an article published by La Garganta Poderosa Saturday. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | He said the advanced neoliberal p…
telesurenglish.net/news/noam-chomsky-slams-mauricio-macri-imf-public-education-neoliberal-policies-20190811-0005.html
Israel Systematically Blocks International Scholars From Reaching Palestine
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-11
| International scholars are important to universities throughout the world. Their unique perspectives, emanating from different cultures and places, enrichen intellectual conversations among students and faculty. International scholars help orient local students toward global citizenship, and in turn those students help visiting scholars to understand their host country and culture better. | In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, however, Israel routinely blocks international scholars…
truthout.org/articles/israel-systematically-blocks-international-scholars-from-reaching-palestine/
Saudi Forces Attack UAE-Backed Separatists in Aden, 40 Killed
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Aden Sunday in support of the Yemeni government after southern UAE-backed separatists effectively took over the port city, fracturing the alliance that had been battling the Houthi movement. | RELATED: | Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market | The infighting, which broke out on Aug. 8 to control the port city which serves as temporary seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed has killed 40 people and injured 260, the United Nations said. | "It is heart-…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-Saudi-led-Forces-Attack-UAE-Backed-Separatists-in-Aden-40-Killed-20190811-0006.html
China's BRI Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-11
Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military regimes. Then, those monstrous income disparities. Jakarta beggars at night According to The Bangkok Post, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/chinas-bri-could-save-destroyed-southeast-asia/
Washington's Utterly Failed Diplomacy
Strategic Culture Foundation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
There seems no longer any attempt, or semblance, of seeking diplomacy by Washington. Sanctions and aggression are wielded with reckless abandon. Russia, China, and even America's own supposed European allies are subject to sanctions by Washington in a high-handed dismissal …
globalresearch.ca/washingtons-utterly-failed-diplomacy/5686111
Syria Warns US-Turkey "Safe Zone" Deal Is a Plot for "Expansionist Ambitions"
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
After three days of intense negotiations in Ankara, US and Turkish officials reached an agreement on Wednesday to create a joint operations center and set up a safe zone east of the Euphrates in north eastern Syria. Deal details have …
globalresearch.ca/syria-warns-us-turkey-safe-zone-deal-plot-expansionist-ambitions/5686124
Did Indian Intelligence Invent a Russian Diplomatic Statement to Pressure Moscow on Kashmir?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
It remains unclear at the time of writing whether the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs really did back India's unilateral actions in Kashmir or not, with the mysterious circumstances surrounding its now-viral alleged statement of support suggesting that it might …
globalresearch.ca/did-indian-intelligence-invent-russian-diplomatic-statement-pressure-moscow-kashmir/5686115
Israel's Flagship Lobby Organization Collapses
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-11
Richard Silverstein discusses the fall of The Israel Project (TIP), the best-funded organization promoting pro-Israeli propaganda in the United States and around the world. Why did TIP collapse and what does this mean for organizing around Palestinian rights?
therealnews.com/stories/israels-flagship-lobby-organization-collapses
Kashmir: 'The Pakistan left and Indian left are united in condemning this bill.'
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-11
Farooq Tariq, spokeperson for the Awami Workers' Party, Pakistan spoke to Green Left Weekly on August 6 about the situation in Kashmir: | "Yesterday was the darkest day for Kashmir's history, as the bifurcation of Kashmir was made a constitutional step by the Modi government, without any basis, just to promote Hindu chauvinism and the dua. This is an act against the Muslim minority. This was done without any consultation. | "There was no discussion at Kashmir Assembly. There has been a curfew imposed. Most of the activists are in jail. Schools are closed, universities are closed, Section 144 is imposed where…
greenleft.org.au/content/kashmir-pakistan-left-and-indian-left-are-united-condemning-bill
Night of Healing Vigil: Stand Up Against Gun Violence & Racism (Oakland)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee | indybay.org | 2019-08-11
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (Oakland City Hall) | Between San Pablo Avenue & Washington Street and Broadway & 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/10/18825380.php
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Wall Street financial vultures: Please be nice to Puerto Rico
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has intervened to attempt to contain growing social unrest and anger.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/cort-a10.html
Milwaukee: Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-10
Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of August 9, over 50 anti-war activists, peace advocates and community members gathered at the Urban Ecology Center in Washington Park on Milwaukee's north side to remember the victims of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) in 1945. Additionally, victims of recent and prior mass shootings across the U.S. were honored. | The program began with an opportunity for attendees to create their own Japanese lanterns, including drawing or writing messages or images on the wrappings. Many custom designs feature messages such as "No more war!" and "Denu…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/10/milwaukee-victims-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-remembered
A Trump-Bolsonaro Free Trade Deal Is an Apocalyptically Bad Idea
Andrew E. Miller | commondreams.org | 2019-08-10
Greenpeace activists hang a large banner on the ramparts of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel with a message to the visiting Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on April 1, 2019. (Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg / AFP / Israel Out) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolsonaro_amazon_free_trade.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/10/trump-bolsonaro-free-trade-deal-apocalyptically-bad-idea?cd-origin=rss
"The Sikhs For Justice" Are Taking Up The Kashmiri Cause At The UN
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-10
The Sikhs For Justice, a purely peaceful organization that's campaigning for a plebiscite on the independence of Indian Punjab as Khalistan, are taking their support for Kashmir to the next level by filing a complaint at the UN about India's …
globalresearch.ca/the-sikhs-for-justice-are-taking-up-the-kashmiri-cause-at-the-un/5686088
Worldwide Solidarity Rallies Held in Support of Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-10
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the people of his country on August 10th to march in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing inhuman economic blockade that has caused significant suffering to the civilians of the Bolivarian Republic. | Related: | Venezuelans Amass Across the Country to Protest Trump | In a sign of solidarity with the people of Venezuela, several demonstrations were held in countries such as Australia, Haiti, Turkey Italy, Germany, Dominican Republ…
telesurenglish.net/news/Worldwide-Solidarity-Rallies-Held-in-Support-of-Venezuela–20190810-0006.html
Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-10
Police have fired tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong after anti-government marches went ahead in two areas of the Chinese territory in defiance of an official ban.Tear gas was fired at a crowd of 1,000 people in a brief evening standoff at a railway station in Tai Wai in the northern region of New Territories.In a separate incident, tear gas was fired at protesters who surrounded a police station in the Tsim Sha Tsui district on the northern side of Hong Kong harbour, opposite Hong Kong Island.Hong Kong is in its ninth week of demonstrations that began in response to a proposed extradition law but have expanded…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/10/hong-kong-police-fire-tear-gas-as-protesters-defy-ban/
ISIS and Al Qaeda are "Made in America". Trump Tweets "We Have Defeated ISIS in Syria"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-10
In late 2018 and numerous other times, Trump falsely claimed ISIS was defeated. | Last December he tweeted: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there…" | In his January State of the Union address, he falsely …
globalresearch.ca/isis-and-al-qaeda-are-made-in-america-trump-tweets-we-have-defeated-isis-in-syria/5686075
Biden & AOC lead Democrats to land where facts don't matter and truth is make-believe
rt.com | 2019-08-10
From Joe Biden announcing he chooses "truth over facts" and Congresswoman AOC more concerned about being "morally right," their frustration with President Donald Trump is making Democratic Party luminaries run afoul of reality. | …
rt.com/usa/466196-biden-aoc-democrats-facts/
Weekend Read: Neo-Nazi leader must pay more than $14 million in damages
splcenter.org | 2019-08-10
A federal judge has ruled in an SPLC lawsuit that neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin must pay more than $14 million in damages for using his website to launch an antisemitic campaign of terror against a Jewish woman and her family.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/10/weekend-read-neo-nazi-leader-must-pay-more-14-million-damages
New York judge orders Fordham University to recognize Students for Justice in Palestine club
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
The decision is a small but significant blow against the campaign to equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/ford-a10.html
Saudi, UAE Proxies Clash in Southern Yemen, as UAE Plots Partition
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-10
At least 2,400 citizens have been forcibly expelled from Aden, while over 1,600 shops have been burned and damaged, more than 1,700 shops closed and 76 cars confiscated.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-uae-proxies-clash-in-aden-yemen-uae-plots-partition/261313/
Venezuela and Iran in the Crosshairs of Murderers Inc
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-10
Imagine just for a moment, the World would stand up in unison, sick and tired of the aggressive killer arrogance of the United States and her vassals — and their joint war-force called NATO — and this World, our World, what's left of it when you deduct Washington and its Brussels allies, would at once …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/venezuela-and-iran-in-the-crosshairs-of-murderers-inc/
The New York Times' Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran
Gregory Shupak | commondreams.org | 2019-08-10
"Once you're debating who ought to start a war," writes Shupak, "you've abandoned the anti-war argument." (Screenshot: New York Times, 6/20/19) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iran_2_new_york_times_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/10/new-york-times-pro-war-arguments-against-war-iran?cd-origin=rss
Criminal Embargos: Venezuela and Iran in the Crosshairs of Murderers Inc — Who is Next?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-10
Now the US is expanding her palette of killing by impunity to subjugate nation after nation which they do not consider bending sufficiently to the dictate of their masters. Venezuela has been targeted for two decades, and Iran, ever since the US-imposed Shah was deposed in 1979 — exactly 40 years ago…
globalresearch.ca/criminal-embargos-venezuela-and-iran-in-the-crosshairs-of-murderers-inc-who-is-next/5686080
US defence secretary, NATO chief visit New Zealand to strengthen military ties
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
The visits by US defence secretary Mark Esper and NATO general secretary Jens Stoltenberg were aimed at incorporating New Zealand further into the military build-up against China, Russia and Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/nzus-a10.html
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/labo-a10.html
Geena Davis Uses Film to Call Out Hollywood's Gender Bias Issues
Kasia Anderson | truthdig.com | 2019-08-10
In "This Changes Everything," Davis and peers like Kimberly Peirce, Meryl Streep and Taraji P. Henson zoom in on their industry's gender gap.
truthdig.com/articles/geena-davis-uses-film-to-call-out-hollywoods-gender-bias-issues/
Canada's ruling elite whipping up anti-China hysteria to pave way for repression, rearmament and war
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
All the organs of Canadian bourgeois propaganda–government institutions, political parties and corporate media outlets–have united to cast Ottawa as a beleaguered David confronting a Chinese Goliath.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/cach-a10.html
New Delhi's assault on Kashmir and the fight against communal reaction, imperialism, and war
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
With the aim of inciting communal reaction against mounting social opposition and strengthening its hand against Pakistan and China, India's BJP government has illegally stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/pers-a10.html
Following AUSMIN talks, Australian politician compares China to Nazi Germany
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
Andrew Hastie falsely compared the purported failure of Australia to respond to the threat posed by China with France's lack of response to the "German advance in 1940."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/hast-a10.html
TURKEY AND US COME TO AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF SECURITY ZONE
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-10
Turkey and the United States seem to have finally reached some level of agreement regarding the creation of a security zone in Syria, an issue which had long strained the already tense relations between the two countries. Nonetheless, the decision likely doesn't mean the end of the conflict over the issue. Following three days of …
uwidata.com/4836-turkey-and-us-come-to-agreement-on-creation-of-security-zone/
Talks ahead? Trump says Kim Jong-un 'apologized' for missile tests in 'beautiful' 3-page letter
rt.com | 2019-08-10
President Donald Trump has said that North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un wants to meet again for negotiations, after Kim reportedly apologized for missile tests and complained about US military exercises. | …
rt.com/usa/466245-trump-kim-letter-talks/
Detroit man dies after ICE deports him to Iraq
wsws.org | 2019-08-10
Jimmy Aldaoud was born in Greece to Iraqi refugee parents and arrived in the US as an infant in 1979. He was deported to Iraq in June and died this week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/alda-a10.html
India to deliver Eid food supplies to Kashmir as curfew kept in place
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-10
Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will deliver trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region remains in lockdown after India stripped it of its constitutional autonomy.The indefinite 24-hour curfew was briefly eased on Friday for weekly Muslim prayers in some parts of Srinagar, the region's main city, but thousands of residents are still forced to stay indoors with shops and most health clinics closed. All communications and the internet remain cut off.Kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan and is divided b…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/10/india-to-deliver-eid-food-supplies-to-kashmir-as-curfew-kept-in-place/
India's Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War
John Riddell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-10
On August 5, India's Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. | The state is to be broken in two, …
globalresearch.ca/indias-kashmir-crackdown-poses-risk-of-war/5686066
There must be bones under the paved street
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-08-09
On 6 August 1945, the United States military dropped a bomb that contained 64kg of uranium-235 over the city of Hiroshima (Japan). The bomb took just over 44 seconds to fall from 9,400 metres and detonated 580 metres above the Shima Surgical Clinic. Over 80,000 people died instantly. This was the first use of the […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/09/there-must-be-bones-under-the-paved-street/
A protester claims Bahraini embassy staff beat and threatened him on a London rooftop
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-08-09
A human rights protester took to the roof of the Bahrain embassy in London on 26 July. Video uploaded online showed him sitting at the roof's edge before someone appeared to pull him back onto the roof. And what he said happened next made him 'fear' becoming "a second… Khashoggi". | Beaten, punched, and choked: | As The Canary previously reported, human rights activist and journalist Moosa Mohammed [Moosa Abd Ali]…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/08/09/a-protester-claims-bahraini-embassy-staff-beat-and-threatened-him-on-a-london-rooftop/
Democracy activists begin three-day protest at Hong Kong airport
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-09
Pro-democracy activists are demonstrating at Hong Kong airport even as the city sought to reassure visitors of their welcome despite increasing levels of violence surrounding the two-month-old protest movement.The government concedes road blockages and confrontations between police and protesters have caused inconvenience, but says they were limited to specific areas.The protests, however, are not abating and more are planned for this weekend, including at the airport, where protesters holding signs staged a sit-in at the arrival and departure halls.Police said they had not received a formal application for the a…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/08/09/democracy-activists-begin-three-day-protest-at-hong-kong-airport/
Friday's Daily Brief: Indigenous Peoples' Day, Yemen food aid, IDs for Rohingya, protect fleeing Malians, Nagasaki Peace Ceremony
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-09
Our main stories: 'Promote' indigenous peoples' languages urges Guterres; WFP resumes Yemen food aid; 500,000 Rohingya ID cards issued; Malians fleeing violence need protection; Nagasaki Peace Ceremony message…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044081
The War on Innocence: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Court
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
On July 29, 4-year-old Muhammad Rabi' Elayyan was reportedly summoned for interrogation by the Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem. The news, originally reported by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), was later denied by the Israeli police, likely to lessen the impact of the PR disaster that followed. The Israelis are not denying the story in…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/the-war-on-innocence-palestinian-children-in-israeli-military-court/
US vs. China: A Clash of Civilizations?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
In promoting destructive "Western values," hardline academic Samuel Huntington once said the following: | "The West must exploit differences and conflicts among Confucian and Islamic states to support in other civilizations groups sympathetic to Western values and interests — to strengthen | …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-clash-civilizations/5686024
US and Turkey Collude to Steal Northern Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Troops of both countries illegally occupy northern Syrian territory bordering Turkey, including its oil rich area. | On the phony pretext of protecting Turkey's security, President Erdogan is intermittently battling Kurdish YPG fighters cross-border in Syria — despite their posing no …
globalresearch.ca/us-turkey-collude-steal-northern-syrian-territory/5686053
Malaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs figures over 1MDB scandal
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-09
Malaysian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against 17 more current and former directors at three Goldman Sachs subsidiaries over their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. | Malaysian and US prosecutors allege that bond sales organised by Goldman Sachs for 1MDB provided one of the means for associates of former Malaysian leader Najib Razak to steal billions over several years from a fund that was ostensibly set up to accelerate Malaysia's economic development. | The government filed criminal charges in December against Goldman Sachs and two former executives for…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/09/malaysia-charges-17-goldman-sachs-figures-over-1mdb-scandal/
FROM THE FIELD: Conversations about Conservation
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-09
Indigenous peoples in the Philippines are increasingly involved in the national conversation about protecting and conserving the South East Asian country's key biodiversity areas, thanks to support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044031
UN food aid to Yemen will fully resume after two-month break, as Houthis 'guarantee' delivery
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-09
Life-saving food aid distribution is set to resume to 850,000 people in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, following guarantees by Houthi opposition forces that the supplies will reach those who need them most, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044011
U.S. Imperialism, Iran and the Context for War
Margot Patterson | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
The Trump administration's efforts to collapse Iran's economy can't be divorced from the history of U.S. imperialism. If Americans remember the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the 444 days in which 52 U.S. diplomats and embassy staff were held hostage, Iranians remember the 1953 CIA coup that brought down the…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/u-s-imperialism-iran-and-the-context-for-war/
The NYT's Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2019-08-09
Once you're debating who ought to start a war, you've abandoned the anti-war argument (New York Times, 6/20/19). | The New York Times has published five editorials since the beginning of May that are ostensibly critical of a possible military war between the United States and Iran. As anti-war arguments, however, they are woefully lacking–vilifying Iran without subjecting the US to comparable scrutiny, and hiding US aggression towards Iran. | The editorials regurgitate the same anti-Iran demonology pro-war voices offer to try t…
fair.org/home/the-nyts-pro-war-arguments-against-war-with-iran/
Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match In China
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-09
Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Andy Wong/AP) When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, commentators were asking why. According to official data, the economy was rebounding, unemployment was below 4% and gross domestic product growth was above 3%. If anything, by the Fed's own reasoning, it should have been raising rates. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/neoliberalism-has-met-its-match-in-china/
Green turtles more likely to eat plastic that looks like their natural food
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-09
Hungry green turtles are being fooled by plastic that looks like their natural diet, new research suggests.The unsuspecting creatures are more likely to swallow plastics that resemble sea grass, potentially from sources like bin bags, and fragments of fishing rope and carrier bags.They strongly favour narrow lengths of the material in natural colours like green and black, rather than debris of other shapes and colours, a study has found.Scientists from the University of Exeter and the Society for the Protection of Turtles examined the guts of turtles found washed up on beaches in Cyprus. | All of the turtles whos…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/09/green-turtles-more-likely-to-eat-plastic-that-looks-like-their-natural-food/
Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders ready for talks with UN chief on improved relations
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-09
Leaders of the Greek and Turkish parts of the divided island of Cyprus have agreed to meet with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in order to "plan the way forward", and improve the daily lives of all Cypriots, a statement from the UN Mission in Cyprus, declared on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044051