Millions Fear Loss of Indian Citizenship and Detention
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Concern is growing in India's northeastern state of Assam that people excluded from a new citizens' registry could be sent to detention camps under construction across the state. The government says it created the registry to root out undocumented migrants, but almost 2 million people, many of whom have spent their entire lives in India,…
therealnews.com/stories/millions-fear-loss-indian-citizenship-detention
Remembering Hisham Ahmed: Activist, Professor and Palestinian Powerhouse
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-27
H isham Ahmed was born in Deheisheh refugee camp on the outskirts of Bethlehem, Palestine in 1963. Blind from birth, Hisham somehow surmounted all odds and ultimately earned a Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He taught for many years at Birzeit University in Palestine, before coming to Saint Mary's College of California in 2006. He died of cancer in July 2019 at age 56. The following remembrance was given at his memorial service on 25 September 2019 at St Mary's College. | Sometimes you meet someone who is unforgettable. Hisham Ahmed was such a…
mintpressnews.com/remembering-hisham-ahmed-activist-professor-powerhouse/262087/
Murder of Native woman in California still unsolved
Melanie Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-27
REDDING, Calif.–Driving through northern California is such a peaceful, solace-filled, meditative journey. One could get caught up in beautiful dreams and thoughts with scenery so ancient, green, and mountainous and lakes that glitter silver-blue hues in the sunshine. The last thing it evokes is thoughts of a brutal murder in the midst of the beauty. On …
peoplesworld.org/article/murder-of-native-woman-in-california-still-unsolved/
At UN, Modi outlines development successes, says India gave world 'Buddha, not war'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
In his address to the UN General Assembly's general debate on Friday, the Prime Minister of India outlined how the world's largest democracy has embodied the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its work towards "peace, development and progress in the world".
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'No place for violence, intimidation or fraud' in Afghan elections: UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
All key actors in Afghanistan must "uphold their responsibility to support a peaceful, credible, transparent and inclusive electoral process", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on Friday, the day before presidential elections are due to be held in the country, adding that "there is no place for violence, intimidation or fraud".
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Hong Kong Protests: Fading Foreign Tantrum, Not Genuine Revolution
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Just as unfolded in 2014 during the so-called "Umbrella protests" or "Occupy Central" movement, a growing backlash has begun across Hong Kong against US-funded protests that have attempted to disrupt governance and commerce as part of a floundering movement to …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protests-fading-not-genuine-revolution/5690335
Protests in Indonesia against new criminal code met with "mass police violence"
wsws.org | 2019-09-27
Tens of thousands of students and youth have taken to the streets, in some of the largest student protests since the mass movement that toppled the Suharto dictatorship in 1998.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/27/indo-s27.html
Human Rights Briefing: Updates on Egypt, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
Here's a roundup of human rights news this Friday: UN's Bachelet urges restraint over arrests of Egypt protestors; expert calls for 'democratic shift' in Zimbabwe; Human Rights Council agrees fact-finding mission to Venezuela; independent experts urge freedom for Saudi women's rights defender, after 500 days in prison.
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Longstanding US Electoral Dirty Tricks. Ukrainegate is a Russiagate Spinoff
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Along with clear evidence of US meddling in scores of foreign elections, wanting ruling authorities serving its interests installed, the US political process was rife with fraud and other dirty tricks time and again since early in the 18th century. …
globalresearch.ca/longstanding-us-electoral-dirty-tricks-ukrainegate-is-a-russiagate-spinoff/5690347
US War on Russia by Other Means
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
The US under both militant wings of its war party is an unparalleled global menace. | For the first time in world history, one nation threatens everyone everywhere at home and abroad. It risks destruction of planet earth to own it, …
globalresearch.ca/us-war-russia/5690345
Baltimore Advances Measure to Combat Rising Water Bills
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
As the cost of water in Baltimore continues to increase rapidly, a City Council committee advanced a long-awaited bill that would make water more affordable–despite opposition and last-minute amendments proposed by the Department of Public Works (DPW). | "We decided to move on and get this out of committee, because we can't wait any longer," Councilwoman Sharon Green Middleton told The Real News. Middleton chairs the Committee on Taxation, Finance and Economic Development (TFED), which unanimously voted to advance The Water Accountability and Equity Act (18-0307). The bill would tie the price of water to re…
therealnews.com/columns/baltimore-advances-measure-to-combat-rising-water-bills
Official Reforms and India's Real Economy
Sunanda Sen | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-09-27
asia-pacificresearch.com/official-reforms-india-real-economy/5628907
Forty Years Ago, the Carter Administration Covered Up a Presumed Israeli Nuclear Test
John Krzyzaniak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
On September 22, 1979, a US Vela satellite detected a "double flash" signal far off the coast of South Africa. It was the tell-tale sign of an atmospheric nuclear explosion: US Vela satellites, launched to help enforce the Partial Test …
globalresearch.ca/forty-years-ago-carter-administration-covered-up-presumed-israeli-nuclear-test/5690367
Video: Who Really Benefits from The Alleged 'Iranian Attack' on Saudi Arabia's Oil Facility?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
In the second half of 2019, the Middle East entered yet another turbulence zone created by a sharpened conflict between Iran and regional Shia groups on the one side and the US-Israeli-Saudi alliance on another. In contrast to the 2015-2017 …
globalresearch.ca/who-benefits-iranian-attack-saudi-arabia/5690300
Why Didn't Iraq Retaliate Against Israel?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
The US and Israel are manoeuvring between the internal Iraqi differences in order to hit Hashd al-Shaabi, the "Popular Mobilisation Forces" (PMF). These forces have gathered significant domestic support and created many enemies among the Iraqis. The reason for this …
globalresearch.ca/why-didnt-iraq-retaliate-against-israel/5690357
Russia Detains 3 North Korean Vessels Accused of Poaching
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-27
Russia announced on Friday that their naval forces detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 of their crewmen in the second such incident in two weeks as part of a clampdown on poaching by the secretive nation's fishermen. | RELATED: | Putin Backs Venezuela Talks in Meeting With Maduro in Moscow | The detentions mark rare confrontation between North Korea and Russia, which sees itself as an important player in international talks on defusing nuclear tensions around the reclusive state's missile program.
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Detains-3-North-Korean-Vessels-Accused-of-Poaching-20190927-0004.html
Pakistan's Khan warns of all-out conflict amid rising tensions over Kashmir; demands India lift 'inhuman' curfew
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-27
In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighboring India, saying that there will be a "bloodbath" once India lifts its nearly two-month long curfew in disputed Kashmir.
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It Doesn't Have to Be This Way: Stepping Away From a Disastrous War Over Kashmir
Murtaza Hussain | theintercept.com | 2019-09-27
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the crowd at the "Howdy, Modi" event in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 22, 2019. | , Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a stadium packed with supporters that India had bade "farewell" to a constitutional clause granting autonomy to the Himalayan region of Kashmir. "Article 370 had deprived people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh of development," Modi told the crowd. "Terror and separatist elements were misusing the situation. Now, people there have got equal rights." The crowd responded with roaring applause. | Modi's remark about "equal rights" was a jarring contr…
theintercept.com/2019/09/27/kashmir-conflict-india-modi/
A Twenty-First Century Children's Crusade
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
"You Had Your Future, And So Should We" This was the chant of thousands of demonstrators, most of them under 20 years of age, as they marched through New York City on 23 September 2019. At about the same time, millions of other young people were demonstrating across the globe: in Australia, India, South Africa,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/a-twenty-first-century-childrens-crusade/
Trump and the Kashmir Catastrophe
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have much in common, not least extensive use of Twitter to communicate their thoughts, policies and intentions. The arrangement for a Modi-Trump meeting on September 22 in Houston Texas, at a rally of Indian-Americans, known as "Howdy Modi!" was greeted enthusiastically by India's leader ("The special gesture of President…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/trump-and-the-kashmir-catastrophe/
A war between nuclear powers India and Pakistan over Kashmir 'would have global consequences'
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-09-27
Pakistan's leader has denounced his Indian counterpart and warned that any war between the nuclear rivals over the occupied region of Kashmir could "have consequences for the world". In early August, Indian MPs passed a bill stripping statehood from the Indian-administered part of Kashmir amid an indefinite security lockdown. The government of neighbouring Pakistan immedia…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/09/27/a-war-between-nuclear-powers-india-and-pakistan-over-kashmir-would-have-global-consequences/
An Important History Lesson for Mainstream Indian and Pakistani Mainstream Politicians
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
India agreed to hold a free and impartial plebiscite in the state. At a mass public rally in Srinagar in 1948, Nehru, with the towering Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah by his side, solemnly promised to hold a plebiscite under United Nations auspices. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's ascendancy received vituperative opposition not just from royalist elements, but also…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/an-important-history-lesson-for-mainstream-indian-and-pakistani-mainstream-politicians/
145,000 Tons of Indian Oil at Risk after US Blacklists Chinese Shipping Companies
Great Game India | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
The US has put sanctions on several Chinese companies and their top officials for allegedly shipping Iranian oil, putting dozens of supertankers off limits to western energy traders. As a direct impact of the blacklisting of Chinese shipping company Cosco, …
globalresearch.ca/145000-tonnes-indian-oil-risk-us-blacklists-chinese-shipping-companies/5690370
Witness Intimidation: Unbalanced Trump Seeks Whistleblower Sources, Hints Execution for Espionage
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
This is the sort of tactic former vice president Richard Bruce Cheney deployed against CIA operative Valerie Plame, to punish her husband Joe Wilson for revealing that there was never any solid evidence that Iraq had purchased uranium from Niger. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trumpy_1.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/27/witness-intimidation-unbalanced-trump-seeks-whistleblower-sources-hints-execution?cd-origin=rss
'The Remedies That Were Proposed Weren't About Ending the List' – CounterSpin interview with Maha Hilal on 'terrorist watchlist'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-09-27
Janine Jackson interviewed Justice for Muslims' Maha Hilal about the "terrorist watchlist" for the September 20, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Janine Jackson: We don't need the anniversary of September 11, 2001, to remind us of the devastating legacies of that day: the evidently endless wars, by whatever name, in Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere. And in the US, the wave of Islamophobia, not invented that day, of course, but elevated to organizing principle for law enforcement and policymakers and media–anti-Muslim bias repackaged as national security. | Now a pillar…
fair.org/home/the-remedies-that-were-proposed-werent-about-ending-the-list/
US Troops, Tanks Headed to Lithuania for 'Extended Mission' Meant to 'Deter Russia'
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-27
The deployment is being presented as part of a "larger, long-term US military involvement in Lithuania" meant to deter Russian aggression.
US Troops, Tanks Headed to Lithuania for ‘Extended Mission’ Meant to 'Deter Russia'
Ukraine's Federalization: Lavrov vs. Lukashenko
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Belarusian President Lukashenko are publicly at odds over the issue of Ukraine's federalizaton as a possible outcome of Kiev finally implementing the Minsk Accords in the event of the "New Detente" succeeding, with this serious …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-federalization-lavrov-lukashenko/5690362
Maduro Thinks Russia and Venezuela Can "Overcome Any Difficulties", but Is He Right?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
During a meeting with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro held on last Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia supports Venezuela's legitimate government against the continued U.S.-backed coup led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó. However, the Russian president also …
globalresearch.ca/maduro-thinks-russia-venezuela-overcome-any-difficulties/5690342
A Dangerous Confrontation With Russia Over Kalingrad
Jonathan Power | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
"What idiocy", exclaims Jack Matlock on Facebook. Matlock is one of my "Facebook Friends" because I judge his knowledge of Russia as second to none, having been under President Ronald Reagan the White House's senior advisor on the Soviet Union and, later, his ambassador to Moscow. The object of his ire is based on a Newsday…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/a-dangerous-confrontation-with-russia-over-kalingrad/
Turkey Gives the US a Deadline in Syrian 'Safe-zone'
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
The Syrian war ends in Idlib | While most of Syria struggles to recover from 8 years of bloody conflict, Idlib is left as the last hot-spot. The population in Idlib today includes foreign terrorists following the tenets of Al Qaeda. …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-gives-us-deadline-syrian-safe-zone/5690292
UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria
Nick Turse | thenation.com | 2019-09-27
UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria…
thenation.com/article/war-crimes-syria/
Washington Sends Arms and Logistic Equipment to Its Occupation Forces in Syria
Basma Qaddour | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Washington had sent over the past hours new reinforcements to its occupation troops in Syria, according to local sources in Qameshli. | The sources said that a convey composed of dozens of cars and trucks carrying weapons plus military and logistic …
globalresearch.ca/washington-sends-arms-logistic-equipment-occupation-forces-syria/5690315
Liz Truss admits the UK has unlawfully sold arms to Saudi Arabia at least three times
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-27
Trade secretary Liz Truss has admitted that the UK sold arms to Saudi Arabia unlawfully on at least three occasions. The sales are in violation of a court order banning arms trade with Saudi Arabia due to human rights concerns. | Lack of…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/27/liz-truss-admits-the-uk-has-unlawfully-sold-arms-to-saudi-arabia-at-least-three-times/
Saudi Crown Prince Takes Responsibility for Khashoggi Murder
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-27
Saudi Arabia's crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives "because it happened under my watch," according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week. | RELATED: | MBS Approved 'Intervention' Against Dissidents Before Khashoggi Murder: Report | It is the first time that Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, has publicly indicated personal accountability for the killing inside…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-Crown-Prince-Takes-Responsibility-for-Khashoggi-Murder-20190927-0001.html
Watch: The voter suppression that stole Georgia's governor race in 2018
Brave New Films | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-27
In the new short film "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote," Brave New Films exposes rampant voter suppression that affected the outcome of the 2018 midterm election in Georgia and the threat it poses to our elections all across the nation in 2020. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/27/watch-the-voter-suppression-that-stole-georgias-governor-race-in-2018/
Georgia Supreme Court: "Let Justice Be Done" for Devonia Inman
Murderville, GA | theintercept.com | 2019-09-27
Subscribe to the Murderville podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Radio Public, iHeart Radio, and other platforms. | In an extraordinary rulin…
theintercept.com/2019/09/27/georgia-supreme-court-let-justice-be-done-for-devonia-inman/
In UN Address, Rouhani Says Iran "Will Never, Ever Forget" Crimes of Trump
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-27
The Iranian president said the U.S. has attempted a "silent killing of a great nation."
In UN Address, Rouhani Says Iran "Will Never, Ever Forget" Crimes of Trump
'Abominable': Himalayan hijinks highlight awesome animated adventure with a Yeti
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-27
The delightful computer-animated feature Abominable is one of those rare movies that will enchant adults and children alike. Set mostly or entirely in present-day China, the 97-minute movie about an Abominable Snowman starts out in Shanghai, then embarks on a road trip throughout the People's Republic. Various destinations in the "Middle Kingdom" are vividly brought …
peoplesworld.org/article/abominable-himalayan-hijinks-highlight-awesome-animated-adventure-with-a-yeti/
Mass Killings In Afghanistan Are Acts of White Supremacy
Charles Davis | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-27
An American white nationalist killed over 30 people recently. The victims, all brown, had full lives; children, loved ones, and years, full of plans, ahead of them. But then they were incinerated. Worst of all, they were murdered while Afghan. The deaths were noted in the press, and one Democrat running for president even acknowledged…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/mass-killings-in-afghanistan-are-acts-of-white-supremacy/
Intrigue of Afghanistan's Presidential Elections
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-27
However, the elections will be held among massive social confusion and ambiguity: the candidates need not only win the loyalty of people, they must also be recognized by the Taliban, the main opposition force in the country. Without question, the coming presidential election will be one of the most important events for the people of …
uwidata.com/5480-intrigue-of-afghanistans-presidential-elections/
Remembering Hisham Ahmed. The Reality of Palestine
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-27
Hisham Ahmed was born in Deheisheh refugee camp on the outskirts of Bethlehem, Palestine in 1963. Blind from birth, Hisham somehow surmounted all odds and ultimately earned a PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He taught for …
globalresearch.ca/remembering-hisham-ahmed-the-reality-of-palestine/5690323
Remembering Hisham Ahmed
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-27
Portrait Hisham Ahmed was born in Deheisheh refugee camp on the outskirts of Bethlehem, Palestine in 1963. Blind from birth, Hisham somehow surmounted all odds and ultimately earned a Ph.D from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He taught for many years at Birzeit University in Palestine, before coming to Saint Mary's College of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/remembering-hisham-ahmed/
Report: US-Made Bomb Killed Six Yemeni Civilians, Including Three Children, in June Attack
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-27
"It is unfathomable and unconscionable that the U.S.A. continues to feed the conveyor belt of arms flowing into Yemen's devastating conflict." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/yemen_kid.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/26/report-us-made-bomb-killed-six-yemeni-civilians-including-three-children-june-attack?cd-origin=rss
Capitalism and climate change
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-27
climate action Ammar Ali JanIssue 1239 Pakistan SS4C Global Climate StrikeSeptember 27, 2019The Global Climate Strike was an unprecedented event in its ambition to disrupt business as usual. | More th…
greenleft.org.au/content/capitalism-and-climate-change
Hundreds of Palestinian Women March Against Gender Violence
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
Several demonstrations organized the collective Taliaat of Palestinian women along with Palestinian communities took place this Thursday evening, to protest against gender-based violence and oppression affecting Palestinian Women. | RELATED: | Israel Bans Gaza Football Team From Playing Palestine Cup Final, Again | The demonstrations mobilized women and human rights activists in various cities across Historic Palestine and the diaspora including among others the Palestinian c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hundreds-of-Palestinian-Women-March-Against-Gender-Violence-20190926-0020.html
Indonesia To Reconsider Graft Law After Student Dies in Protest
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-26
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Thursday he is considering revoking a new law governing the country's anti-corruption agency, which has alarmed activists and helped drive the biggest student protests in decades. | RELATED: | Thousands Demand Independence in Indonesia's Papua Regions | In a televised address, Widodo said he had received a lot of feedback on the new law including on whether to use his authority to replace it by issuing a regulation instead. | "Of course we will c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indonesia-To-Reconsider-Graft-Law-After-Student-Dies-in-Protest-20190926-0011.html
As 'the last European divided country', Cyprus President tells Assembly UN is 'the only way forward'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-26
The past 45 years of "unacceptable status quo" has prevented lasting peace and stability in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047672
Hong Kong's chief executive launches phony dialogue platform
wsws.org | 2019-09-26
While different sections of the bourgeoisie are cautious of appearing too close to Lam, all are looking for a way to shut down the protests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/hong-s26.html
Thousands reject Modi-Trump racism in Houston
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2019-09-26
Thousands of people of many nationalities and religions gathered outside the stadium here Sept. 22 to protest the fascist rally held for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump. Under the guise of signing a trade deal to strengthen economic relations between the countries, both Modi and Trump . . . | Continue reading Thousands reject Modi-Trump racism in Houston at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/26/thousands-reject-modi-trump-racism-in-houston/
PM could refuse to answer London Assembly questions on links to Jennifer Arcuri, says Tory Party chairman
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-26
Boris Johnson could refuse to appear before the London Assembly to explain links to US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri, the Tory Party chairman has hinted. | James Cleverly said it was the job of parliament to hold the prime minister to account, not the London Assembly. | Members of the Assembly on 24 September gave the PM a two-week deadline to provide "details and a timeline of all contact with Jennifer Arcuri including social, personal and professional during his period of office as mayor of London". | Refusing to comply could see the Conservative leader formally summoned by City Hall and in breach of the law.
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/26/pm-could-refuse-to-answer-london-assembly-questions-on-links-to-jennifer-arcuri-says-tory-party-chairman/