(2019-07-23). Peckerwood Populism is About Political Strategy, Not Personal Belief. counterpunch.org 
The controversy around President Donald Trump's recent tweets targeting "The Squad" — four Democratic members of Congress who are all women, all people "of color," and all of whom Trump seems to think aren't "from America" (one came from Somalia as a young woman and became a US citizen at 17; the rest are "natural More
(2019-07-23). Why Boris Johnson is Even More Dangerous Than Trump. counterpunch.org 
Is the rise of Boris Johnson to be the next prime minister the product of a soft coup? Does Donald Trump's racist demonisation of four non-white congress members prove him to be a "fascist" leader like Mussolini and Hitler? The two questions should be answered together because political developments in Britain tend to emulate those in the US, More
(2019-07-23). Minnesota, White People, Lutherans and Ilhan Omar. counterpunch.org Interesting that Trump's current opportunistic vilification campaign focuses on a congresswoman from Minnesota. My late mother was from Minnesota. Daughter of an immigrant Swedish father and a mother born of Norwegian immigrants, she had a kind of Ingrid Bergman look. The hospital record describes her as "comely" (as though this were a technical term) at More
(2019-07-23). US Sanctions Chinese State-Run Energy Company Over Iranian Oil. telesurenglish.net The Trump administration announced on Monday that they were sanctioning the Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong Co Ltd. for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran's oil sector. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death | The announcement, which was made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, addressed the prohibition of Iranian oil without a waiver provided by Washington. | "We've said that we will sanction any sanctionable behavio…
(2019-07-23). How John Bolton Tricked Clueless UK Tories Into Confrontation With Iran. commondreams.org National security advisor John Bolton has tricked London into an adversarial posture toward Iran, with ratcheting tensions. And that is a big win for Iran War hawks around Trump. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/oil_0_0.jpeg …
(2019-07-23). Trump Cannot Declare War—Especially on Iran—Without Congress. thenation.com Trump Cannot Declare War—Especially on Iran—Without Congress…
(2019-07-23). India Denies Trump's Claim About Mediating Kashmir Dispute. telesurenglish.net India has firmly denied U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to help mediate with Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir, saying there could be no talks until Pakistan ended cross-border terrorism. | RELATED: | India Flood Victims Hungry, Desperate: 'Nobody Cares About Us' | Trump said on Monday that Modi had asked him to help resolve the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region that has been the heart of two of three wa…
(2019-07-23). Uncertainty Looms Over Boris Johnson's Response to Iranian Seizure of British Tanker. therealnews.com 
Could Trump and Bolton push Britain out of the Iran nuclear treaty? Eksandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi discusses whether Boris Johnson could act as the U.S.'s errand boy if he assumes power as prime minister…
(2019-07-23). Trump says he prefers Pakistani reporters in the Oval Office in latest attack on US media. rt.com 
Donald Trump has taken another swipe at the US media, saying he's happy to see Pakistani reporters in the Oval Office because he "liked them much better" than the usual American press pool.
(2019-07-23). Gang members attack Hong Kong protesters. wsws.org Beijing and local authorities are fearful that the Hong Kong protest movement will spread to the mainland and are employing increasingly violent means against it.
(2019-07-23). Iran accuses 17 of spying for CIA as tensions escalate. wsws.org Iran's arrest of 17 alleged CIA agents follows weeks of intense US pressure that brought the Trump administration within 10 minutes of bombing raids.
(2019-07-23). Indonesian court backs Widodo's election. wsws.org With the presidency and parliamentary numbers settled for now, sordid deals are being made among the different sections of the ruling elite.
(2019-07-23). Report details Indian security forces use of torture against Kashmiri people. wsws.org Jammu and Kashmir has been under de facto military rule since 1990, with over half a million security forces deployed in a state of just 13 million people.
(2019-07-22). A conversation with Aijaz Ahmad: 'The state is taken over from within'. mronline.org 
Aijaz Ahmad argues that the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and its fronts, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), display distinct fascistic characteristics, but the Indian state continues to live by the liberal playbook, no matter how hollow the Indian liberal institutions may have become. He anchors this proposition in a distinctive theoretical position. | Source
(2019-07-22). Israeli Probes Into Deaths of Palestinians Often Go Nowhere. truthdig.com 
JALAZON REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Hamedo Fakhouri clearly remembers the moment when the young Palestinian who worked at his neighborhood coffee shop was shot dead. | Israeli troops were lingering after an overnight arrest raid in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem when he noticed the mentally disabled Mohammed Habali limp up the street with his wooden walking stick. Seconds later, he heard gunshots and spun around to see Habali collapse. | "I cannot forget and will not forget how this poor man was killed," said Fakhouri. | Surveillance videos of the shooting drew outrage from Palestinians and human rig…
(2019-07-22). Hundreds of Thousands to Protest as Puerto Rico Governor Refuses to Resign. truthout.org | | As mass street protests demanding his immediate resignation intensified over the weekend and are expected to continue growing Monday, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló stepped down as head of his party on Sunday and announced he will not seek reelection in 2020 — but stopped short of leaving his post. | "To every Puerto Rican man and every Puerto Rican woman, I've heard you and I hear you today," Rosselló said during a Facebook livestream. "I've made mistakes and I ha…
(2019-07-22). U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong? counterpunch.org 
The First Gulf War back in 1990 was a big huge success. One of the things it accomplished was a major U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world were outraged. Bombs were repeatedly set off at Khobar Towers where troops were stationed. In 1998 Osama Bin Laden declared: "For over seven years More
(2019-07-22). Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain's Impounding of Iran's Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain's "Mistreatment of Iran" globalresearch.ca On Sunday, former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote a London Daily Mail op-ed on why Iranians will never trust Brits. | The same goes for their US counterparts Straw didn't address in his opinion piece. More on this below. | ***…
(2019-07-22). The U.S.-China Trade War: Will Workers Lose? counterpunch.org 
One of the central themes in Donald Trump's presidential campaign was that U.S. workers were being badly hurt by trade. His story was that the country had signed bad trade deals that were put together by "stupid" trade negotiators. Trump's story was half right. Workers in the United States were badly hurt by trade, a More
(2019-07-22). Headlines for July 22, 2019. democracynow.org Iran Says It Has Captured and Killed Spies as Oil Tanker Standoff Intensifies, Trump Revs Up Racist Attacks on Squad as AOC Hits Back: "We're Not Going Anywhere", Heat Wave Grips U.S. as July on Track for Hottest Month Ever Recorded, Fire Breaks Out at Brooklyn Jail as Prisoners Face Dangerous Heat Without Relief, Puerto Ricans Continue Mass Protests as Gov. Rosselló Says He Will Not Seek Re-election, Boris Johnson Expected to Become New U.K. Prime Minister, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters Face Police Tear Gas and Violent Mob, Israel Begins Razing Palestinian Homes in Occupied Territories, Mueller to Testify B…
(2019-07-22). Turkey's Multipolar turn: Ankara and Beijing come to terms on Uyghurs issue. uwidata.com 
China's relationship to its ethnic minority Uyghur population has been the central issue driving a wedge between China and the Muslim world in recent years. However, the situation is already beginning to change before our eyes — Pakistan, Turkey and many nations throughout the Middle East have suddenly stopped calling the Uyghur education centers in …
(2019-07-22). Iran says Britain acts at U.S. behest in ship seizure standoff. peoplesworld.org 
The ongoing standoff in the Persian Gulf witnessed a significant escalation this weekend after Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted two vessels in the area around the Strait of Hormuz. The events come five days after the MT Riah, a Panamanian-flagged and UAE-based tanker, was detained after straying into Iranian waters. It has transpired that the vessel …
(2019-07-22). Pentagon Angst over China-Russia Strategic Unity. globalresearch.ca Sino/Russian unity represents a vital anti-imperial alliance. A DOD/Pentagon white paper called Russia a strategic US threat, especially united with China. | NYT editors addressed the issue, falsely calling both countries "adversaries." Indeed they're "growing closer," both nations portrayed as strategic …
(2019-07-22). Trump Lacks Authority to Tell Anyone to Leave US, Haaland Says. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump and his followers lack authority to tell anyone to leave this country because they are not indigenous to this land, according to a US congresswoman. | RELATED: | Trump Calls Supporters 'Patriotic' For Racist Chants Against Ilhan Omar | In an opinion piece published on Monday in The New York Times, Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico condemned Trump ¥s last week words who recently told four Congre…
(2019-07-22). In Philippines' banana plantations: Children working in the trees, parents on strike. peoplesworld.org 
From the archives of photographer David Bacon, this collection tells of his visit to the banana plantations of Mindanao, in the Philippines, where he found children working in the trees, and a strike by members of banana cooperatives against the Dole Corporation, to end the poverty that sends children to work in the fields. In …
(2019-07-22). US Cop Suggests Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Shot. telesurenglish.net A social media post by a police officer from Louisiana, United States suggesting that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) should be shot received criticisms Sunday. | RELATED: | Ocasio-Cortez: 'Time to Open Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump' | The officer, Charlie Rispoli, a 14-year veteran of Gretna police department wrote on Facebook Thursda…
(2019-07-22). Israel Begins to Demolish Dozens of Homes near East Jerusalem. telesurenglish.net The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) began demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of eastern Jerusalem Monday, despite ongoing protests from several residents in the area. | RELATED: | Israel Arrests More Than 900 Palestinians in Jerusalem | Israeli bulldozers were reportedly accompanied by hundreds of IDF soldiers and military police as they entered the Palestinian village of Sur Baher, which is located at the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. | Su…
(2019-07-22). "All Sides Need to Begin to De-escalate": Tensions Between Iran, U.K. & U.S. Spark Fears of War. democracynow.org 
In Iran, authorities say they've arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The Iranian National Guard released video Sunday showing the vessel flying an Iranian flag. Britain says…
(2019-07-22). If Japan Continues Slaughtering Whales, Boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. counterpunch.org 
Japan is hosting the July 24 — August 9, 2020 Olympics. However, Japan is, once again, hunting and killing whales in "Japanese waters." Japan used to hunt whales for years under the masks of culture and scientific research. Now, in 2019, Japan dropped those fraudulent claims and it is sending its fleets against whales. More
(2019-07-22). Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in occupied east Jerusalem after years-long legal battle. thecanary.co 
Israeli work crews have begun demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes in an east Jerusalem neighbourhood.Monday's demolitions cap a years-long legal battle over the buildings, which straddle the city and the occupied West Bank.The buildings straddle the city and the occupied West Bank (AP)Israel says the buildings were built illegally too close to its West Bank separation barrier.But residents say they have nowhere to build and getting permits to build homes legally is impossible.Israeli forces destroy a building in Sur Baher, east Jerusalem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)The demolitions, which began overnight, have already…
(2019-07-22). Trump's Brand of Fascism Is Distinct But No Less Dangerous Than Last Century's Fascism. commondreams.org U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump took questions on trade with China, Iran and other topics. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/orban_trump_fascism.jpg …
(2019-07-22). The "Aging Crisis" Is Actually Just a Labor Crisis for the Wealthy. truthout.org | | The New York Times told us last week that China is running out of people. That might seem an odd concern for a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, but you can read it for yourself: | "Driving this regression in women's status is a looming aging crisis, and the relaxing of the draconian 'one-child' birth restrictions that contri…
(2019-07-22). A Forgotten Urdu Epic Is Essential Reading for Understanding the Indian Political Situation. thenation.com A Forgotten Urdu Epic Is Essential Reading for Understanding the Indian Political Situation…
(2019-07-22). India and the Khalistan Liberation Movement. Fleshing Out The Future Vision Of Indian Federalism. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2019-07-22). President Duterte's Call to Revive Death Penalty in the Philippines Will Only Worsen Climate of Impunity. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-07-22). Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes in West Bank, 'not compatible' with international humanitarian law, UN says. un.org Following "with sadness" the Israeli authorities' destruction of homes in the Palestinian community of Sur Bahir, three top United Nations officials issued a statement on Monday underscoring that the move was "not compatible" with Israel's "obligations under international humanitarian law".
(2019-07-22). Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been "Killing Iranians for Two Years" theantimedia.com An Israeli minister boasted on Sunday that his country was the only one that has been "killing Iranians."
(2019-07-22). Monday's Daily Brief: Palestine demolitions, nuclear watchdog chief dies, UK troops to Mali, Afghan journalist murder condemned, Somalia sexual violence pledge. un.org Our main stories today: UN condemns Israel's destruction of Palestinian property; the head of the IAEA dies at 72; UK troops will bolster Mali mission; UNESCO chief condemns Afghan journalist's murder; Somalia commits to ending conflict-related sexual violence.
(2019-07-22). The War on Yemen Just Went from Bad to Worse for Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca The UAE's large-scale military drawdown in Yemen is extremely disadvantageous to the Saudis' strategic objectives in the conflict and will likely lead to the Kingdom scrambling for a "face-saving" exit of its own. | *** | Nobody's won the War on Yemen …
(2019-07-22). Tensions Between Iran, UK and US Spark Fears of War. truthout.org | | In Iran, authorities say they've arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The…
(2019-07-22). Is Trump setting the US up for further al-Qaeda attacks by putting Troops in Saudi Arabia? nationofchange.org The impetus for the return of US troops to Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia is the renewed tensions with Iran.
(2019-07-22). Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death. telesurenglish.net Iran captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported Monday. | RELATED: | Panama Confirms Tanker Seized by Iran Was Smuggling Oil | Iranian state television published images it said showed the CIA officers who were in touch with the suspected spies. | There was no immediate comment on the Iranian allegations by the CIA or U.S. officials. | Iran announced in June that it had broken up an alleged CI…
(2019-07-22). Iran Says British Oil Tanker Hit a Fishing Boat, Refused Contact. theantimedia.com Officials maintain that the Stena Impero had collided with an Iranian fishing vessel, then refused to respond.
(2019-07-22). Another British Minister Resigns Ahead of New PM Taking Office. telesurenglish.net A British minister announced his intention to resign from his post before the country's presumed new Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes office. | RELATED: | Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict | Alan Duncan, a junior foreign office minister who has long been critical of Johnson, announced his resignation from his post on Monday, following a number of ministers who left their positions before the new Prime Minister takes their seat at Parliament. | His mo…
(2019-07-22). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance. thenation.com Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance…
(2019-07-22). Trump's Send-Them-Back Doctrine. counterpunch.org During the height of Stalin's purges, the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase near the door of his apartment. The Black Marias, the vehicle of choice for the secret police, would traditionally arrive in the middle of the night to ferry "undesirables" to interrogation cells. Shostakovich wanted to be ready at any More
(2019-07-22). In the Wake of Fukushima. Imagining Disasters in the Era of Climate Change: Is Japan's Seawall a New Maginot Line? asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2019-07-22). Manus, Nauru and an Australian Detention Legacy. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2019-07-22). Chronic Illnesses: Why Are Natural and Complementary Therapies Under Attack in Australia? asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2019-07-22). National Security and Press Freedoms in Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com …