(2019-07-17). Britain is following Trump and escalating the threat of war with Iran. mronline.org 
The British Navy's seizing of an Iranian oil tanker shows Britain following Trump, trading in diplomacy for the threat of military confrontation, argues Lindsey German | Source
(2019-07-17). 'We're doing this for Sandra Bland'. workers.org 
People's Power Assemblies NYC organized its fifth annual rally and march in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 13 to demand justice for Sandra Bland. The 28-year-old African-American woman was found hanging in a Waller County, Texas, jail cell on the same date in 2015. Bland had been abused and then . . . | Continue reading 'We're doing this for Sandra Bland' at Workers.org
(2019-07-17). With Its Nuanced Portrayal of Asian American Life, 'The Farewell' Shines. thenation.com With Its Nuanced Portrayal of Asian American Life, 'The Farewell' Shines…
(2019-07-17). Iran's Not the Aggressor, the US Is. counterpunch.org It's easy to be confused about what's happening between the U.S. and Iran. On July 10, President Trump again accused Iran of violating the Obama-era nuclear deal, in a tweet that he concluded by promising to increase U.S. sanctions "substantially." Similarly, headlines — such as a recent New York Times article that originally proclaimed, "With More
(2019-07-17). Trump Is Tanking the American Manufacturing Industry. truthdig.com It's official. Trump has put US manufacturing, which is about 14% of the US gross national product, into recession, according to AFP Recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of decline. | The recession in manufacturing has many reasons, including a cyclical slowdown in the Chinese economy. But on top of them call came Trump's trade war with China, which tipped the balance. | The US is in the eleventh year of a particularly slow and tepid economic expansion after the Great Bush Crash of 2008-2009. Despite al…
(2019-07-17). China's growth slows to lowest level since 1992. wsws.org While the growth figure is still within the official target range, there are clearly growing concerns in Beijing that it could go lower in the months ahead.
(2019-07-17). Sudan Transition to Civilian Rule Endangered as Foreign Interests Prevail. therealnews.com 
With the foiling of a coup attempt, the Sudanese military is consolidating its rule, despite a nearly signed transition agreement. Part of the problem is that Gulf states want to see the military in charge, especially since Sudanese soldiers are fighting in Yemen, says Prof. Khalid Ahmad…
(2019-07-17). India's pro-business BJP government tables austerity budget. wsws.org The budget was tabled amid a mounting economic crisis and competing demands by domestic and foreign business, on the one hand, and the rating agencies and IMF, on the other.
(2019-07-17). 2nd Anniversary of Charlottesville: Act Against White Supremacy. indybay.org Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's Office | Federal Building | 90 7th St | San Francisco, CA…
(2019-07-17). Houston African Forum Pre-Event to Sister Cities International Conference. indybay.org Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University, Houston…
(2019-07-17). '4 horsewomen of the apocalypse': Trump renews attack on 'Dem Squad'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has tweeted out comments made by a Republican senator who branded the 'squad' of four freshman Democratic congresswoman who accused him of racism as "the four horsewomen of the apocalypse."
(2019-07-17). CNN peddles intelligence agencies' lies against Assange. wsws.org A recent CNN article recycles the discredited claim that WikiLeaks was involved in a Russian conspiracy to deprive Hillary Clinton of the US presidency.
(2019-07-17). China's PLA Political-Military Strategy for the Past 30 & Next 30 Years. indybay.org NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
(2019-07-17). Beanpole (Dylda): Disturbing scenes of postwar Soviet life. wsws.org Russian director Kantemir Balagov's film treats the damaged lives of two young women who have just returned to Leningrad (today St. Petersburg) from the front after the end of the Second World War.
(2019-07-17). Japanese Americans and allies protest the unjust detention of children at Fort Sill. indybay.org Fort Sill | 2999 N.W. Sheridan Road | Lawton, Oklahoma…
(2019-07-16). Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies. nationofchange.org 
What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there's no journalist to report it? | That's the situation in the Republic of Georgia, which faces challenges that include poaching, deteriorating air quality, habitat disruption from new hydropower dams, illegal logging and climate change. The effects cross national borders and affect economic and political relationships in the Caucasus and beyond. | I resea…
(2019-07-16). Seeking New Routes for Oil Delivery Saudi Arabia Tightens Its Grip on Eastern Yemen. mintpressnews.com 
Saudi Arabia is consolidating its military hold on eastern Yemen's al-Mahrah province, hoping to use the area for an oil pipeline that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
(2019-07-16). How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia's Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad. theintercept.com 
Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist: Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia. The findings presented an awkward geopolitical moment: Syria and Russia are allies, and Syria and Israel are bitter enemies — but the Russ…
(2019-07-16). Nukes For Peace? counterpunch.org Surrounded by trigger happy Tonkinesque gunboats and drowning in debt, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made the risky decision to play the last card left in their deck; to defy the P5+1 Deal in order to save the P5+1 Deal. It's a hell of a gambit but it already has those pussies in the More
(2019-07-16). House opposes Trump's Iran war threat, repeals Bush 'war on terror' authorization. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—By mostly party-line tallies, the Democratic-run U.S. House opposed President Donald Trump's presumed march towards war against Iran. Lawmakers also voted to repeal two prior war-making measures, approved in 2001 and 2002, originally OK'd for Republican President George W. Bush's so-called "war on terror" and his invasion of Iraq. The House vote against Trump's Iran …
(2019-07-16). What's Really Going on in Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca For more than three months, people in Hong Kong massed in the streets to protest a proposed extradition law. Critics say it would allow China to extradite dissenting students, journalists, and business people to the mainland, where they could face …
(2019-07-16). How Iran's Soviet Era Air Defense System Shot Down America's Global Hawk UAV over Strait of Hormuz. globalresearch.ca On the night of June 19-20, Iran shot down a US Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV over the Strait of Hormuz. | President Trump responded by calling for retaliatory air strikes against Iran. | In response to the President and Commander in Chief's …
(2019-07-16). Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse. globalresearch.ca These are the demented Gang of Four who are determined to destroy 74 years of international cooperation for peace by waging a completely unwarranted war against Iran in a bid for global supremacy, and oil, that will provoke nuclear war …
(2019-07-16). Trump Murdered the Iran Deal—And Europe Isn't Too Happy About It. commondreams.org When Donald Trump campaigned for the U.S. presidency in 2016, he would frequently attack the JCPOA as Obama's folly. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_26.jpeg …
(2019-07-16). Julián Castro Is Running for President & Supporting Striking Amazon & McDonald's Workers. democracynow.org 
Amid labor strikes against poor working conditions and low wages for Amazon and McDonald's workers, we speak with 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro about workers' rights, fair pay and where he stands on foreign policy, from China to Israel.
(2019-07-16). The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: Kids Working in the Banana Trees; Parents on Strike. progressive.org In 1997, I went to the Philippines to document child labor on the banana plantations producing for the Dole Corporation. The next year activists carried the information to Seattle to confront the global meeting of the World Trade Organization.
(2019-07-16). Israeli Sniper Shoots Palestinian Boy During Protest. telesurenglish.net A 10-year-old Palestinian child is struggling to live after an Israeli sniper shot him Friday in Kafr Qaddem, a village in West Bank. | RELATED: | Israeli Court Ends 'Racist' Park Entry Ban in Afula | Abdul Rahman Yasser Shteiwi was shot in the head during an anti-settlement protest in his village. He was shot by a live bullet according to doctors who operated on him. | "He had a penetrating injury in the frontal lobe on the right side. The injury was severe and there are more than 100 fragme…
(2019-07-16). Everybody Must Get Stoned. counterpunch.org I recently wrote on these pages about the Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee. Reading an article that the committee references on the Pentagon's past commemoration of the war, I was not surprised to find pure and unabashed vitriol hurled at the peace movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. Yogi Berra might have observed that "It's like déjà vu all More
(2019-07-16). Is Russia the Right Mediator In the Conflict Between Iran and the US? uwidata.com 
With a first ever visit by a Japanese prime minister to Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, many Iranian commentators were quick to declare that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the best hope for successful mediation between the US and Iran, since Tokyo has warm relations with both sides. Some have argued that pacifist Japan has …
(2019-07-16). 49ers' Exum Knocks Police Violence in 'Officer Kaepernick' Track. truthdig.com 
Antone Exum Jr. is all too aware of what he's up against as a professional athlete looking to be taken seriously as a recording artist. As if that weren't a tough enough feat to pull off, the San Francisco 49ers safety also mixed politics with music in his latest track. And Exum made the stakes even higher by name-checking a revolutionary figure who rose from the same NFL ranks as he has, one whose mere mention draws any number of reactions—none of them mild. | Exum's single, "Officer Kaepernick," dropped on July 12. The title refers, of course, to Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback whose risky bid thr…
(2019-07-16). The Roots of Evil: Right-Wing Israeli Settler Group Accuses Palestinians of Land Theft. mintpressnews.com 
Israeli settler groups are turning the Israel-Palestine narrative on its head, accusing Palestinians of trying to illegally steal land in the West Bank's Area C.
(2019-07-16). Trade Group Paves the Way for China Sanctions on the U.S. truthdig.com 
In a case dating to 2007, the World Trade Organization rules that the U.S. wrongly calculated tariffs imposed to punish China for subsidies.
(2019-07-16). What Right Has Britain to Seize an Iranian Tanker Off Spain? counterpunch.org 
"We have reason to believe that the Grace 1 was carrying its shipment of crude oil to the Banyas Refinery in Syria. That refinery is the property of an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria." — Fabian Picardo, chief minister of Gibraltar "[Praise for Gibraltar and the British marines] for this More
(2019-07-16). D.C. Court Asked to Dismiss SLAPP Lawsuit Against Academic Boycott of Israel. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-07-16). Israel Wants to Stop Intersectional Solidarity With Palestine. telesurenglish.net Pro-Israel lobbies are founding ways to break up intersectional solidarity with Palestine and identifying progressive Jews who are critical of Israel, a new report by Israeli research organization the Reut Group has revealed. | RELATED: | Israel's Apartheid Wall Stands 15 Years After UN Deemed it Illegal | Israel and its advocates view solidarity between Palestine and other oppressed groups as t…
(2019-07-16). How the Goliath of the Jerusalem Settler Movement Persuaded the World It's Really David. globalresearch.ca Israeli police forced out the Siyam family from their home in the heart of occupied East Jerusalem last week, the final chapter in their 25-year legal battle against a powerful settler organisation. | The family's defeat represented much more than just …
(2019-07-16). North Korea Is Not Desperate: The New Geostrategic Environment in East Asia. globalresearch.ca The discussion surrounding the surprise meeting at the DMZ between US President Donald Trump and DPRK State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un has shown a remarkable ignorance of the fact that North Korea is by no means desperate …
(2019-07-16). As US Modernizes Its Nuclear Arsenal, Costs and Risks Soar. truthout.org On July 16, 1945, the U.S. detonated the first-ever nuclear device in the New Mexico desert. Less than a month later, it dropped two more atomic bombs, destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing and injuring more than 200,000 civilians. | Today, 74 years later, President Donald Trump has elbowed his way to the precipice of war threatening fire, fury and obliteration against one state that has nuclear weapons (North Korea) and one that doesn't (Iran). In June, shortly after Trump reportedly called off a military strike against Iran with just 1…
(2019-07-16). Russia's Bolivia Gambit Is a Bold Economic Move. globalresearch.ca Bolivian President Evo Morales visited Moscow last week and announced that his country is interested in stepping up lithium cooperation with Russia, which if successful and taken to its fullest extent could see the Eurasian Great Power leverage its global …
(2019-07-16). Moscow's "Military Diplomacy" in the Middle East: A Major Headache for the US. globalresearch.ca The success of Moscow's "military diplomacy" in the Mideast is proving to be a major headache for the US because of the strategic inroads that Russia is poised to make with many of America's traditional partners in the region. | ***…
(2019-07-16). China-Latin America Cooperation Benefits All: Chinese Gov't. telesurenglish.net China's Foreign Affairs Ministry emphasized Tuesday that the cooperation between the Asian nation and Latin America, specifically with Venezuela, adhere to the principles of respect, equality and mutual benefits. | RELATED: | Bilateral Cooperation Between US-China Benefits World | "China-Latin America relations are equal, mutually beneficial, innovative, open, benefiting the people, and not exclusive," a spokesperson for the Ministry, Geng Shuang said. | This comes as a respon…
(2019-07-16). Tuesday's Daily Brief: inclusion in development, Asia monsoons, Ebola risk for youth, obesity and Yemen latest. un.org In today's Daily Brief: Inclusion resonates widely at development meeting, UN offers help after monsoons devastate Asia, DR Congo Ebola effecting children, obesity plagues island communities, Yemen's warring parties agree to ceasefire for key port…
(2019-07-16). Pollution could be leading to shorter babies says new study. nationofchange.org Newborns and babies still in the womb during a woman's third-trimester face an increased risk of being short for their age or stunted later in life if exposed to high levels of air pollution, says a new international study published last week in Environmental Health. | Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, studied 200,000 children born between February 2010 and December 2015. Results of the study revealed that children born during peak pollution times, between November and January, face the highest decline of heigh…
(2019-07-16). How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade. thenation.com How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade…
(2019-07-16). UN agency helps stranded Ethiopians return home, ending 'harrowing migration ordeal'. un.org With the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), some 280 Ethiopians returned home on 10-11 July, after being facing traumatic experiences in Yemen.
(2019-07-16). The UK Must Release the Iranian Tanker; The UAE's Mission to Tehran. globalresearch.ca Before Emmanuel Bonne, the special envoy of the French President Emmanuel Macron to Iran, visited President Hassan Rouhani, he promised to deal with the " Grace I" crisis between Iran and the UK. Iran considered the UK …
(2019-07-16). FBI Surveillance of Iranians After the 1988 Downing of Flight 655. globalresearch.ca This month marks 31 years since the U.S. Navy ship, the USS Vincennes, shot down Iran Air flight 655, killing 290 Iranian civilians, including 66 children. The downing of the airliner on July 3, 1988 remains one of the …
(2019-07-16). Iran's Supreme Leader Threatens to Respond to UK's 'Piracy'. telesurenglish.net Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic would respond to Great Britain's 'piracy' over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. | RELATED: | Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal | The religious leader called on Great Britain to immediately release the Iranian oil tanker and end their hostilities towards the Islamic Republic. | "Evil Britain commits piracy and steals our ship … an…
(2019-07-16). Ruthless Philippine President's High Popularity Is the Result of Failed Democracy. therealnews.com 
As the death toll in President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs keeps climbing, so does his popularity. How can this be? Walden Bello says it is the result of a failed liberal democracy in the Philippines…
(2019-07-16). Italian fascists found with weapons stockpile and Nazi material. peoplesworld.org 
Far-right activists were arrested Monday after "combat ready" war weapons were seized during a counter-terrorism operation in Italy. Along with Nazi material, a Qatari air-to-air missile, nine assault rifles, one machine gun, and seven pistols were among the firearms seized in the operation in Turin after a one-year investigation. Two Italians aged 50 and 51 …