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2019-07-15: Social Media Postees

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Remnants of War
Kathy Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-15
Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and costs of a peace agreement that might stop the bloodshed. In Kabul at least 40 people, including one child, were killed in a complex Taliban attack. Dozens of children whose school was partially collapsed by a massive…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/15/remnants-of-war/

Progressive Democrats Answer Trump's Racist Screed
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
After President Donald Trump on Sunday directed a series of racist tweets at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, the group of freshman congresswomen known as the "the Squad" rebuked the president for his bigoted remarks and vowed to continue fighting his cruel attacks on immigrants and other vulnerable communities. | "This is what racism looks like," tweeted Pressley, a Massachusetts congresswoman, after Trump said the freshman Democrats should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." | Trump's attack was met with a flood of outrage. By Monday morning, the has…
truthdig.com/articles/progressive-democrats-answer-trumps-racist-screed/

Pressley, AOC, Tlaib and Omar Hit Back at Trump's Bigotry
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
After President Donald Trump on Sunday directed a series of racist tweets at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, the group of freshman congresswomen known as the "the Squad" rebuked the president for his bigoted remarks and vowed to continue fighting his cruel attacks on immigrants and other vulnerable communities. | "This is what racism looks like," tweeted Pressley, a Massachusetts congresswoman, after Trump said the freshman Democrats should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." | Trump's attack was met with a flood of outrage. By Monday morning, the…
truthout.org/articles/pressley-aoc-tlaib-and-omar-hit-back-at-trumps-bigotry/

Turkey's Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense System: A Blow to the US War Machine
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey's purchase of state-of-the-art Russian S-400 air defense equipment at the expense of less capable US Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missiles is of much greater significance than has been reported. More on this below. | The White | …
globalresearch.ca/turkeys-purchase-russian-s-400s-blow-us-war-machine/5683541

Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards "Greater Israel"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Israel is the only nation without official borders. From its inception it was planned this way to extrajudicially annex more territory. | A territorial expansion plan was drawn up in the 1980s as part of the US/Israel plan to redraw the …
globalresearch.ca/revanchist-israel-bent-on-territorial-expansion-towards-greater-israel/5683600

More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
While the partisan, fake faction fight over usage of concentration camp persists domestically, American politicians and US media continue to ignore the US Rukban concentration camp in Syria. US occupation criminals continue as illicit armed guards, dictating which Syrians may …
globalresearch.ca/more-families-freed-us-ss-rukban-concentration-camp/5683558

Syria Calls on Civilized World to Intervene in Turkey Cultural Aggression
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey has a long history of criminal aggression against Syria. Even before the NATO Spring was imposed in March 2011, Turkey had built tent cities for refugees, before they felt the need to flee. It has housed various terrorists, fraudulent …
globalresearch.ca/syria-calls-civilized-world-intervene-turkey-cultural-aggression/5683556

The War on Syria Continues. Iran Is Next?
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Not only are the ethnic-cleansing SDF playing a central role in the balkanization of Syria, but their criminal occupation of resource rich areas east of the Euphrates affords them and their Imperial masters strategic locations, useful not only for their …
globalresearch.ca/war-syria-continues-iran-next/5675904

"Fossil Fuel Stooges" Pence & Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana & South Asia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year's flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. President T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/nepal_india_bangladesh_flooding_climate_crisis

Pence and Trump Deny Climate Crisis as Deadly Rains Slam Louisiana and Asia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Ongoing heavy rain has killed at least 67 people in Nepal, 25 in India and 14 in Bangladesh as flooding from monsoons has displaced 1 million people in South Asia. This year's flooding in the region has been worse than ever before and is likely fueled by rising global temperatures, which have led to more extreme weather. Scientists warn that the risk of deadly floods is not over. In the United States, New Orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of Tropical Storm Barry, but 11 million people continued to be on flash flood warning as the storm slowly made its way through Louisiana over the weekend. Presiden…
truthout.org/video/pence-and-trump-deny-climate-crisis-as-deadly-rains-slam-louisiana-and-asia/

Italy Seizes Air-To-Air Missile, Guns in Raids on Neo-Nazis
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Italian police have seized Monday a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers. | RELATED: | Italy Shuts Down Europe's Once Biggest Migrant Center | "During the operation, an air-to-air missile in perfect working order and used by the Qatari army was seized," police said of the 245-kilogram (540-pound) Matra missile. They also found automatic assault rifles that they described as "latest generation" among the cache. | Three men were arre…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Seizes-Missile-Guns-in-Raids-on-Neo-Nazis-20190715-0021.html

The S-400: Turkey Calls Trump's Bluff
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey has just called Donald Trump's bluff by going ahead with the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles. The outrage in Washington is volcanic. Trump is vowing to rain fire and brimstone sanctions down on the disobedient Turks. | The S-400 …
globalresearch.ca/the-s-400-turkey-calls-trumps-bluff/5683525

Spectre of British Colonialism Is Haunting Hong Kong?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Five years after the "umbrella revolution", Hong Kong residents took to the streets with the new force. This time they are struggling against the law on the extradition to mainland China. | As in 2014, the Chinese authorities blame the West …
globalresearch.ca/spectre-british-colonialism-haunting-hong-kong/5683592

Strained US-Iraq Relations: Pompeo Considers Baghdad Embassy Pullout "Permanent": Officials
Bas News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not willing to send back the diplomats to the country's embassy in Baghdad after they were evacuated earlier this year in May, according to several State Department officials. | The evacuation came after tensions …
globalresearch.ca/strained-us-iraq-relations-pompeo-considers-baghdad-embassy-pullout-permanent-officials/5683622

Trump's Fixation on Intellectual Property Rights Serves the Rich
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Between making threats of actual war with North Korea and Iran, Donald Trump has also gotten us into a trade war with China. Trump's ostensible reason for this trade war — the large US trade deficit with China — actually did have some basis in reality, but in practice the trade war is straying into turf that is likely to offer few gains for US workers and could actually lead to sizable losses. | A major theme in Trump's campaign was that China is a world-class currency manipulator that deliberately keeps down the value of its currency to give its products an advantage in international trade. The ba…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-fixation-on-intellectual-property-rights-serves-the-rich/

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-15
The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14585

A Solar-Powered Future Is Finally Upon Us
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
The world's solar future continues to brighten, further and faster than seemed possible only a few years ago. | As the price of all types of solar technology goes on falling, it is becoming possible for large parts of the world to replace fossil fuels with cleaner and cheaper solar alternatives. A UN-backed report says much of Asia could meet all its electricity needs and ditch coal completely, by adopting solar power on a large scale. | After an initial drop of 2% in installations of solar equipment in the United States when President Donald Trump put a 30% tariff on overseas-manufactured solar panels, the marke…
truthdig.com/articles/a-solar-powered-future-is-finally-upon-us/

Stifling "The Amman Message": Threat to Bomb Islamic Studies Venue in Kuala Lumpur
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
In any civilised society no one will resort to violence, or the threat of violence, to stifle the voices that one does not want to hear. Unfortunately, this is what happened in Malaysia a few days ago when some bigots …
globalresearch.ca/stifling-amman-message/5683570

Three years ago, Turkey nearly went over the edge
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-15
The events of that ill-fated night will live in the memory of the Turkish citizens who survived them. In reviewing the July 15 attempted coup three years later, it is important to take an objective look and not presume any easy answers or explanations. It is clear that what happened would be practically impossible without …
uwidata.com/4277-three-years-ago-turkey-nearly-went-over-the-edge/

Some Iranian women taking off hijabs as hardliners push back on dress code
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-15
A few daring women in Iran's capital have been taking off their headscarves in public, risking arrest and drawing the ire of hardliners.The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for one young Iranian woman who often moves in Tehran's streets without a hijab.With every step, she risks harassment or even arrest by Iran's morality police, whose job is to enforce the strict dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Women spend an afternoon around the Persian Gulf Martyrs' Lake in Tehran (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)"I have to confess it is really, really scary," the 30-year-old fire safety consulta…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/15/some-iranian-women-taking-off-hijabs-as-hardliners-push-back-on-dress-code/

I Had an Abortion and Now I'm Not Ashamed
Rebecca Gordon | commondreams.org | 2019-07-15
A woman walks in front of a pro-choice mural relating to the laws regarding abortion in Dublin on May 11, 2018 ahead of a national referendum (Photo: Artur Widak/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/my_abortion_story.jpg …
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Federal magistrate judge recommends $14 million in damages to Jewish woman targeted in neo-Nazi harassment campaign
splcenter.org | 2019-07-15
Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh, the Whitefish, Montana, woman who received a relentless barrage of antisemitic threats and messages from Anglin and his followers.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/15/federal-magistrate-judge-recommends-14-million-damages-jewish-woman-targeted-neo-nazi

Founder of African American Museum Found Dead in Car Trunk
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
BATON ROUGE, La. — A 75-year-old Louisiana woman who founded an African American history museum was discovered dead in the trunk of a car, and police said Saturday that investigators were working diligently to find those responsible. | Baton Rouge police Sgt. L'Jean McKneely said investigators were still waiting for a coroner to determine a cause of death for Sadie Roberts-Joseph after her body was found Friday afternoon. | The Advocate reported Roberts-Joseph was the founder and curator of the Baton Rouge African American Museum, which she started in 2001. The museum sits on the campus of New St. Luke Bapt…
truthdig.com/articles/founder-of-african-american-museum-found-dead-in-car-trunk/

De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire
Michael Hudson — Bonnie Faulkner | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-15
Imperialism is getting something for nothing. It is a strategy to obtain other countries' surplus without playing a productive role, but by creating an extractive rentier system. An imperialist power obliges other countries to pay tribute. Of course, America doesn't come right out and tell other countries, "You have to pay us tribute," like Roman…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/15/de-dollarizing-the-american-financial-empire/

The Forum of Puebla: A New Latin American Progressive Space
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
30 political leaders representing 10 Latin American countries gathered on Saturday in Puebla, capital of the state of Puebla in Mexico, as a part of a project called ProgressiveMind (ProgresivaMente), aimed at uniting progressive forces from the continent. | RELATED: | US Labels Anti-Pakistan Baloch Army a 'Terrorist' Organization | Ex-member of the Mexican Congress and current Governor of Puebla, Luis Miguel Barbosa Huerta hosted the meeting which was attended by prominent lead…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Forum-of-Puebla-A-New-Latin-American-Progressive-Space-20190715-0024.html

On Trump's "Misguided Trade War" with China
Allen Yu | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Trump started his trade war with China over a year ago. After a year of escalations, two high-profile G20 meetings and months of on-off-on again negotiations, the trade war has the world tittering on the edge of a global recession….
globalresearch.ca/trumps-misguided-trade-war-china/5683641

China Reports High Economic Growth of 6.3%
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Despite the US trade war, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that the country has met its growth targets after recording a 6.3 percent rise in GDP and an 8.8 percent rise in average disposable incomes. | RELATED: | Chinese VP Says World Cannot Shut China Out | Analysts awaited the publication of growth figures to see if U.S. sanctions and tariff war would hinder China's ability to reach the government's official growth targets, which were a 6 percent rise in GDP for the f…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Reports-High-Economic-Growth-of-6.3—20190715-0014.html

The US' Official View of "Strategic Rivalry" in the Western Hemisphere. The Chinese Threat to US Hegemony
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The Commander of US SOUTHCOM shared the US' official view of strategic rivalry in the Western Hemisphere last week when speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Emerging Threats subcommittee, revealing that his country considers China to pose the greatest …
globalresearch.ca/us-official-view-strategic-rivalry-western-hemisphere/5683609

Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Britain said Monday there was a "small window" of time to save the Iran nuclear deal, as Tehran signaled it would ramp up its nuclear program if Europe failed to do more to salvage the pact. | RELATED: | Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama's Legacy | "Iran is still a good year away from developing a nuclear bomb. There is still some closi…
telesurenglish.net/news/iran-nuclear-deal-uk-jeremy-hunt-brussels-us-donald-trump-20190715-0010.html

"Radiating Insecurity": Will Europe Stand with "US Hooliganism", or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Since the Iranian revolution took power in 1979, the world stood against Iran because it is an "Islamic Republic", unwilling to acknowledge and bow to US dominance of the Middle East and the entire world. I say the world because …
globalresearch.ca/will-europe-stand-us-hooliganism-stand-its-treaty-obligations-iran/5683527

UK Says They Will Release Iranian Oil Tanker After Guarantees of Destination
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-15
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, over the phone on Saturday.

UK Says They Will Release Iranian Oil Tanker After Guarantees of Destination

Trump Warns Iran's Sanctions Will Be Increased 'Substantially'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts the sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ends their 'bullying' tactics, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated on Sunday. | RELATED: | Iran Ready for Talks If US Lifts Sanctions: Rouhani | "We are always ready for negotiation. I tell you this hour and this moment to abandon bullying and lift the sanctions and return to logic and wisdom. We are ready", Rouhani said, as quoted by the Mehr news agency. | Rouhani sa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Warns-Irans-Sanctions-Will-Be-Increased-Substantially–20190715-0003.html

Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It's Ready
Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Western cultural arrogance rears its Medusa-like head each time US President Donald Trump rails about obliterating Iran. | Leaders and politicians of the self-proclaimed free and civilised world — along with some human rights organisations, major media outlets, and state-affiliated …
globalresearch.ca/iran-faces-us-aggression-european-hypocrisy-this-time-its-ready/5683531

I Know What It's Like to Be Told to 'Go Back' to My Own Country
Natasha Hakimi Zapata | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
As the daughter of Iranian and Mexican immigrants, the president's racist attacks on four congresswomen of color have struck me to my core.
truthdig.com/articles/i-know-what-its-like-to-be-told-to-go-back-to-my-own-country/

US Waterboards Iran and Then Asks for Talks: Former IAEA Head
The Iran Project | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Washington is waterboarding Iran then asks for talks, said former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, adding that no country will cooperate under such 'humiliating conditions'. | "They are applying a waterboarding method to Iran, drowning Iran | …
globalresearch.ca/us-waterboards-iran-then-asks-talks-former-iaea-head/5683528

America Pours "Oil into Fire" in Persian Gulf. Strategic Waterways. Control of Strait of Hormuz
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the …
globalresearch.ca/america-pours-oil-into-fire-in-persian-gulf-strategic-waterways-control-of-strait-of-hormuz/5683658

Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Britain said Monday there was a "small window" of time to save the Iran nuclear deal, as Tehran signaled it would ramp up its nuclear program if Europe failed to do more to salvage the pact. | RELATED: | Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama's Legacy | "Iran is still a good year away from developing a nuclear bomb. There is still some closi…
telesurenglish.net/news/iran-nuclear-deal-uk-jeremy-hunt-brussels-us-donald-trump-20190715-0010.html

The U.K. Ambassador's Horrifying Conclusion About the Iran Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-15
Former British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch alleged in a diplomatic cable that Trump's motivation in breaching the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was motivated by nothing more than spite, according to the Daily Mail , which saw the text. | In spring of 2018, then foreign secretary Boris Johnson came to Washington for extensive consultations with Trump and his team, attempting to convince them not to breach the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Iran nucle…
truthdig.com/articles/the-u-k-ambassadors-horrifying-conclusion-about-the-iran-deal/

China's PLA Political-Military Strategy for the Past 30 & Next 30 Years
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-07-15
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/15/18824761.php

War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Against Iran (2/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-15
2019 Left Forum panel on US economic war against Iran, presented by Prof. Reza Ghorashi…
therealnews.com/stories/war-by-other-means-understanding-and-challenging-u-s-sanctions-against-iran-2-3

War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Against Russia (3/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-15
2019 Left Forum panel on US economic war against Russia, presented by Prof. Jeremy Kuzmarov…
therealnews.com/stories/war-by-other-means-understanding-and-challenging-u-s-sanctions-against-russia-3-3

Kaepernick anthem-kneeling controversy was the work of 'Russian Bots' — Kamala Harris
rt.com | 2019-07-15
What can't those dastardly Russian bots do? Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has blamed the media commotion surrounding former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's kneeling during the national anthem on the Kremlin's minions. | …
rt.com/usa/464243-kamala-harris-russian-bots/

Sri Lankan prime minister promotes US defence agreement
wsws.org | 2019-07-15
Although Wickremesinghe has tabled a planned Status of Forces Agreement with the US, its contents and political implications remain a secret for millions of Sri Lankans.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/15/slus-j15.html

Pass the ICE: Sizzling hot Border Protection agent causes a viral sensation (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2019-07-15
With debate raging over the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies, some netizens paused to reflect on the more important news: the female Customs and Border Patrol agent who went viral as #ICEbae. | …
rt.com/usa/464249-broder-protection-ice-woman/

Talisman Sabre: US and Australia prepare for war with China
wsws.org | 2019-07-15
The massive military exercise in northern Australia, in preparation for conflict in the Indo-Pacific, has been treated as a non-event by the political and media establishment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/15/tali-j15.html

General Elections in India: Modi's (Neo)-Fascism vs. Social Democrats and the Left
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-07-15
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/13/18824678.php

PayPal co-founder Thiel says FBI, CIA should probe Google over 'infiltration' by China — media
rt.com | 2019-07-15
Silicon Valley bigwig Peter Thiel believes that Google, which aided China's military, may be infested with Beijing's agents, according to a media report. The FBI and CIA now have to keep an eye on the search giant, he said. | …
rt.com/usa/464194-google-china-intelligence-probe/

Trump calls on 'Radical Left Congresswomen' to apologize to US & Israel in fresh Twitter attack
rt.com | 2019-07-15
US President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with a group of progressive Democrat congresswomen in an early-morning tweet Monday, in which he called for them to apologize to the US, Israel and to his office. | …
rt.com/usa/464196-trump-radical-left-foul-language/

US-China trade negotiations at virtual standstill
wsws.org | 2019-07-15
While Beijing continues to maintain that it is open to discussions, the evidence indicates it has all but given up on any prospect of reaching an agreement.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/15/trad-j15.html

Fresno's Radical Past
Mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2019-07-15
This is an article about the 50 Years of Resistance event held on June 22, 2019 in Fresno. We brought together Anti-War and Draft Resistance activists who were active in Fresno 50 years ago. The photo below shows this young woman being arrested at an antiwar protest at Fresno State, probably on May 23, 1970. This photo is from the Special Collections department at Fresno State.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/12/18824644.php

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-07-16 02:34 GMT (22:34 EST)

2019-07-14: News Headlines

unitedEditor (2019-07-14). The Strategic Importance of the Strait of Hormuz and Global Energy Security. uwidata.com The principle governing the world oil market is, simply put, supply and demand. When there is a balance between supply and demand in the oil market, prices remain stable. Based on assessments by geopolitical theorists, an open conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, and even the threat of a possible conflict, can have dangerous consequences …

Reese Erlich (2019-07-14). What's Really Going on in Hong Kong? commondreams.org 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition law protest on 7 July 2019 in Tsim Sha Tsui. (Photo: Studio Incendo, Flickr, cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hk_protests.jpg …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-14). Imran Khan's Trip to America: Pakistan's Geopolitical Balancing Act. globalresearch.ca The Pakistani Premier's upcoming trip to the US is the next logical step in the global pivot state's geopolitical balancing act and is expected to greatly contribute to the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan that's of importance for the entire …

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2019-07-14). From Enlightenment to Enfrightenment: Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas. dissidentvoice.org We have seen […] that nationalism, that magnificent song that made the people rise against their oppressors, stops short, falters and dies away on the day that independence is proclaimed. Nationalism is not a political doctrine, nor a programme. If you really want your country to avoid regression, or at best halts and uncertainties, a …

Fight Back (2019-07-14). Minneapolis stands with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba against U.S. sanctions regime. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – "Workers of the world, unite! Not 'workers of America unite' or 'workers who look like us, pray like us or love like us unite.' It's all workers," said union organizer David Gilbert-Pederson of Minnesota Workers United. "We have more in common with the tailor in Tehran than the bankers who crashed our economy. We have more in common with the bus driver in Caracas than the politicians locking kids in cages." | Gilbert-Pederson spoke to a protest on Lake Street, July 13, of over 80 people gathered to oppose recent U.S. war threats against Iran and Venezuela. Organized by the Minnesota Peace Action…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-14). Britain's Betrayal: Siding with Trump Against Iran. globalresearch.ca The US/UK special relationship is longstanding. Throughout…

Zero Hedge (2019-07-14). "Playing With Fire": China's Military Warns US Over Taiwan Arms Sales. globalresearch.ca China's military has predictably slammed Washington's recent approval to send $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, announced Monday. The PLA warned among other things that the move "severely undermined Sino-US military-to-military relations" at an already sensitive juncture in relations. …

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-14). Israel's Machinery of Dispossession has crushed the Hopes of an Inspirational Family. dissidentvoice.org 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 another eviction. It was intended to land a crushing blow against the hopes of some …

Robert Mackey (2019-07-14). Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden Condemn Israeli Occupation, as Young American Jews Urge Democrats to Press Israel. theintercept.com Young American Jews got two more presidential candidates, Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden, to denounce Israel's military rule over millions of Palestinians.

teleSUR (2019-07-14). Tlaib Slams Israeli Racism, Applauds Intersectional Solidarity. telesurenglish.net U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib slammed Israel in an interview with Jacobin published Saturday. She criticized Israel's policy towards Palestinians and called for intersectional solidarity. | RELATED: | Nancy Pelosi 'Salty' as Progressive Congresswomen Vote Against Right-wing Border Bill | "I can tell you when I was in Palestine w…

Eric Margolis (2019-07-14). Turkey Calls Trump's Bluff. commondreams.org Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the High-Level Cooperation Council meeting between the Russian Federation and Turkey on April 8, 2019. (Photo: Russian President, cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/erdogan_3.jpg …

teleSUR (2019-07-14). Death Toll in Nepal Rains Rises to 47, Dozens Missing, Injured. telesurenglish.net The death toll in Nepal from flash floods and landslides in the past three days rose to 47 on Sunday, with dozens missing and injured, the government said. | Incessant monsoon rains have pounded many areas in mostly mountainous Nepal since Thursday, submerging large swathes of land, inundating homes, and destroying bridges and roads across the country. | RELATED: | Monsoon Season Tears Through South Asia, Kills 30 in Nepal | A Home Ministry statement said 47 people had been confirme…

Tony Cartalucci (2019-07-14). China Building Secular Schools for Muslims in Xinjiang Province. Western Media Critique. globalresearch.ca China's recent building-spree of schools in its underdeveloped and remote region of Xinjiang — in a saner world — would be good news. But for editors at the BBC it is being depicted as sinister and dystopian. | The BBC's article, …

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-14). Oil Prices Rise in Response to the U.S.-Iran Tensions in the Gulf. globalresearch.ca A series of events have unfolded, which dates back to the U.S. President Trump's decision to break the U.S. participation in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which was signed by the U.S., Iran, China, the EU, France, Germany, Russia, and …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-14). Trump Advisors Giuliani and Bolton Support MEK, the Iran Terrorist Organization. globalresearch.ca Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, tweeted on Saturday that MEK is a viable alternative to the rule of the mullahs in Iran. | Rudy, of course, didn't bother to point out that NCRI is a front organization for MEK, short for …

teleSUR (2019-07-14). Iran Ready for Talks If US Lifts Sanctions: Rouhani. telesurenglish.net Iran is ready to hold negotiation talks with the United States if Donald Trump's administration lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech Sunday. | RELATED: | Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama's Legacy | "We have always believed in talks … if they lift sanctions, end the imposed economic pressure and return to the deal, we are ready to hold talks, right now and anywhe…

Alex Lantier (2019-07-14). After Alleged UK Tanker Incident in Persian Gulf, EU Powers Threaten Iran. globalresearch.ca US and UK military sources claim that Iranian boats intercepted a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, before a British warship, the HMS Montrose, chased them off. | None of the reports about this incident can be taken …

teleSUR (2019-07-14). Leaks Reveal Trump Left Pact With Iran to Erase Obama's Legacy. telesurenglish.net New leaks from an unknown source about former UK ambassador, Kim Darroch, revealed this Sunday US President Donald Trump withdrew from nuclear agreement with Iran to erase Barack Obama"s legacy. | RELATED: | US Braces for ICE Raids in 10 Major Cities Sunday | Sunday edition of the Journal Mail on Sunday issued such news. The report was a backstory of past week's diplomatic events in which UK representative to the US described Trump's government as inept and dysfunctional. | According to the…

Mike Rhodes (2019-07-14). Fresno's Radical Past. indybay.org This is an article about the 50 Years of Resistance event held on June 22, 2019 in Fresno. We brought together Anti-War and Draft Resistance activists who were active in Fresno 50 years ago. The photo below shows this young woman being arrested at an antiwar protest at Fresno State, probably on May 23, 1970. This photo is from the Special Collections department at Fresno State.

Eugene E Ruyle (2019-07-14). General Elections in India: Modi's (Neo)-Fascism vs. Social Democrats and the Left. indybay.org NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…

Staff (2019-07-14). Nicki Minaj's Boycott of Saudi Arabia Sets a Moral Standard for Artists. therealnews.com CodePink's Ariel Gold discusses the decision of Nicki Minaj to withdraw from a festival in Saudi Arabia after a grassroots campaign among her fans made her aware of the human rights violations in the country…

RT (2019-07-14). Russian trolls are coming! Obama staffer issues warning amid dispute within Democrtic party. rt.com With sniping and infighting rocking the Democratic Party, former White House staffer Ben Rhodes has warned the left to be on the lookout for those ever-present "Russian trolls," drawing ridicule. |

Dayton Andrews (2019-07-14). Resist US Imperialism: Close the Camps, No War With Iran. indybay.org The SF Federal Building, 90 7th st SF CA, 94103 | We will meet on Seventh street, right in front of the main entrance.

RT (2019-07-14). US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib compares 'racist' Israel's anti-Palestinian policies to Jim Crow laws. rt.com Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has denounced Israel's treatment of Palestinians, describing that country's policies as an affront to human rights and comparable to racial segregation in the American South. |

Eds. (2019-07-13). Join the CIA: travel the world passing out nuclear blueprints. mronline.org In the year 2000, the CIA gave Iran (slightly and obviously flawed) blueprints for a key component of a nuclear weapon. In 2006 James Risen wrote about this "operation" in his book State of War. | Source

Rod Harbinson (2019-07-13). On a Philippine island, indigenous groups take the fight to big palm oil. nationofchange.org Many Palawan indigenous communities say they have suffered unfair land acquisition or lease arrangements for oil palm plantations. The situation hit a peak around 2007, when palm oil company Agumil Philippines promoted palm oil around the island as a miracle get-rich-quick crop.Many tribal landowners leased or sold parcels of land to Agumil. Those who leased said they were provided loans from the government-run Land Bank of the Philippines, negotiated by Agumil, to clear the land and plant oil palm saplings. Title deeds to the leased land were lodged with the bank as collateral against the loans, where they re…

Whitney Webb (2019-07-13). The Untold Story of Christian Zionism's Rise to Power in the United States. theantimedia.com The largest pro-Israel organization in the United States is not composed of Jews, but of Christian evangelicals.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-07-13). Shifting Alliances: Is Turkey Now "Officially" an Ally of Russia? Acquires Russia's S-400. Exit from NATO Imminent? globalresearch.ca Turkey's de facto exit from NATO points to a historical shift in the structure of military alliances which could potentially contribute to weakening US hegemony in the Middle East as well as creating conditions which could lead to a breakup of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Middle East Eye (2019-07-13). 10-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Shot in the Head by Israeli Forces. theantimedia.com Israeli forces used live fire to break up a protest in Kafr Qaddum, critically wounding a 10-year-old Palestinian boy.

unitedEditor (2019-07-13). 'We will respond with force': Former Turkish military leader issues warning to Washington amid S-400 tension. uwidata.com The former head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkey, retired general ƒ∞lker Ba≈übuƒü recent made a number of powerful statements about his country's purchase of Russian S-400 defense systems and American F-35 fighters (which Ankara still counts on receiving despite threat from the US to the contrary). Here are the most …

Staff (2019-07-13). Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon's Only Public University. truthout.org Over the last month and a half, a strike by faculty and student-led sit-ins and demonstrations against austerity measures effectively shut down Lebanese University, Lebanon's only public university. | Regular protests — drawing hundreds of students, faculty members and organizations from different schools, cities and political affiliations — took place in downtown Beirut. | On June 18, students, joined by supporters from independent clubs, demonstrated in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Learning, marching from there to the headquarters of the League of Lebanese University Ful…

South Front (2019-07-13). Video: Syrian Army Repelled Large Attack in Northern Hama. UK Claims Iran Attempted to Capture Its Tanker. globalresearch.ca On July 10, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its allies launched a surprise attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama and captured the town of al-Hamameyat and the …

Ori Nir (2019-07-13). Religious Fanatics Have Hijacked America's Israel Policy. And They're Not Even Evangelicals. commondreams.org US Ambassador to David Friedman speaks with US businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson during the opening of an ancient road at the City of David archaeological and tourist site in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem on June 30, 2019. (Photo: Tsafrir Abayov/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/israel-extremists_0.jpg …

teleSUR-EF (2019-07-13). Israeli Education Minister Gaffes Again: Advocates Gay Conversion Therapy. telesurenglish.net Israel's education minister says gay "conversion therapy" works because he has conducted it on students. | RELATED: | Israel Seeks to Deport Palestinian Human Rights Journalist | Rafael Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi and head of the ultranationalist United Right party who assumed the role as the education leader within Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet last month, told Israel's Channel 12 TV he believes in conversion therapy because he has "done this." | "I have a very deep familiarity with…

Jason Ditz (2019-07-13). US Silent as Turkey Begins Receiving Russian Missiles in Challenge to NATO. theantimedia.com The US refused comment on Friday as Turkey started making the delivery of the first Russian missiles in the system.

teleSUR (2019-07-13). Monsoon Season Tears Through South Asia, Kills 30 in Nepal. telesurenglish.net Flash floods and landslides in Nepal have killed 12, injured 12, and disappeared 18 people Friday night as the year's torrential monsoon season continues to downpour over South Asia. | RELATED: | Philippines: Several Dead, Over 700,000 Affected By Cyclones | The latest rainfall brought Nepal's death toll to 30, official statistics show, while in India, over the last 72 hours alone, 11 have died so far and thousands have been washed out of their homes. | The worst may be yet to come…

teleSUR (2019-07-13). China: 'Belt and Road' Project to Encompass 18 Arab Countries. telesurenglish.net Vice Ministry of Commerce Qian Keming said Friday in Beijing that China has signed cooperation agreements to build the "Belt and Road" (BR) Initiative with 18 Arab countries. | RELATED: | Russia to Build 2000km Highway Linking to China's New Silk Road | "The Joint Sino-Arab efforts to boost cooperation on the Strip and the Route have achieved remarkable achieve…

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-13). Trump, Brits Tireless in Attempt to Get War on Iran Going. globalresearch.ca On Thursday evening, social media posts claimed the UK flagged and Japanese owned crude oil tanker Atlantic Pioneer had crossed over into Iranian territorial waters. According to the Marine Traffic website, on Friday morning the tanker was in the Gulf …

David Rovics (2019-07-13). Embargoes and Other Acts of War. dissidentvoice.org The war between the United States and Japan began with a US-enforced oil embargo against the Japanese Empire. Right now, in the United States, huge detention camps are being constructed for the increasingly criminalized refugee and migrant population, a campaign of government-sponsored domestic terror run by a supposedly temporary, "acting" head of the department created …

teleSUR (2019-07-13). Iranian FM Heads to New York for UN Session. telesurenglish.net Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran on Saturday for a United Nations conference in New York, state-owned IRNA reported. | RELATED: | Iran's Army Flatly Rejects US Claims on Threatening UK Ships | The United States and Iran are at loggerheads over Tehran's nuclear program and Washington has blamed Iranian forces for attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region, a charge Tehran denies. | The two nations came close to conflict last month when Iran shot down a U.S…

Robert Fantina (2019-07-13). Europe and the JCPOA: International Hypocrisy, Will the US Start a Disastrous War in the Middle East? globalresearch.ca The special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, called by the hypocritical United States due to Iran's announcement that it had 'breached' part of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has come and gone. The …

Jake Johnson (2019-07-13). House Votes to Block Trump From Launching Unauthorized War With Iran. theantimedia.com The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan amendment barring Trump from launching an unauthorized war with Iran.

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-13). With Panorama's Hatchet Job on Labour Antisemitism, BBC Has Become the Tory's Attack Dog. dissidentvoice.org It is difficult to describe as anything other than a hatchet job the BBC Panorama special this week that sought to bolster claims that the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has become "institutionally antisemitic". The partisan tone was set from the opening shot. A young woman whose name was not revealed tearfully claimed to have …

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2019-07-13). From Enlightenment to "Enfrightenment": Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Romanticism is an eighteenth century artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement which emerged as a reaction to Enlightenment ideas of science, reason and human progress. Its effect on politics has been to reassert conservative ideas about society based on …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2019-07-13). U.S. Eyes Sri Lanka as Its Military Logistics Hub. globalresearch.ca The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21st April in which 259 people were killed and over 500 injured were initially attributed to the Islamic State (IS). But no hard evidence is available to substantiate such a reading …

WSWS (2019-07-13). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

RT (2019-07-13). 'We did bad, evil things there' — Vet turned peace activist on growing dissent with US forever wars. rt.com A recent opinion poll shows the majority of American veterans think foreign wars were not worth fighting. RT spoke to one such person, who says his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan served weapons manufacturers and not people.

WSWS (2019-07-13). Trump's nominee for top US military commander calls for nuclear buildup to confront China. wsws.org General Milley, tapped as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, predicted that the US would be in confrontation with China for the next 100 years.

RT (2019-07-13). 'How dare Iran break the nuclear deal we tore up a year ago?' — Lee Camp. rt.com Washington is accusing Iran of breaching the 2015 deal on its nuclear program, which is more than ironic, considering that the US was the first to abandon the agreement altogether, Lee Camp said on his show, Redacted Tonight.

WSWS (2019-07-13). Canada's Liberal government hosts anti-Russia conference on Ukraine. wsws.org Discussions at the Ukraine Reform Conference focused on "affirming Ukraine's sovereignty and security in the face of Russian aggression."

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