As Democrats begin Trump impeachment, key 'Russiagate' case may be imploding
rt.com | 2019-09-25
President Donald Trump's security adviser Michael Flynn was the first casualty of 'Russiagate' impeachment push, but the case against him seems weaker than ever, after a federal judge voided the conviction of his business partner. | Flynn, a retired general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was forced to resign in February 2017, after less than two weeks of serving as national security adviser. He was snared in an FBI perjury trap as part of surveillance of the Trump campaign — which was predicated on claims it was "colluding" with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. | Though t…
rt.com/usa/469544-flynn-russiagate-rafiekian-impeachment/

Hong Kong is Scared of the Rioters
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-25
It was once a British police station, as well as the Victoria Prison Compound. Hong Kong inhabitants used to tremble just from hearing its name mentioned. This is where people were detained, interrogated, humiliated, tortured and disappeared. Now, after Hong Kong 'returned to China', it was converted into the Tai Kwun Center — one of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/hong-kong-is-scared-of-the-rioters/

The Syria you won't see: Max Blumenthal on visiting Damascus after the proxy war
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-24
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting trip to Damascus in the aftermath of Syria's proxy war. Blumenthal interviewed residents…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/24/the-syria-you-wont-see-max-blumenthal-on-visiting-damascus-after-the-proxy-war/

Russia Summons US Diplomat After They Declined Visa For UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-24
Russia summoned on Tuesday a senior U.S. diplomat in Moscow to protest over what it said was Washington's unacceptable refusal to issue visas to members of a Russian delegation traveling to the United Nations General Assembly. | RELATED: | EU Extends Economic Sanctions Against Russia for 6 More Months | The Kremlin promised a tough response and said Jon Huntsman, the U.S. amba…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Summons-US-Diplomat-After-They-Declined-Visa-For-UN-20190924-0005.html

Tiananmen Square: The Failure of an American-instigated 1989 Color Revolution
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
There are few places in China that seem more burned into the consciousness of typical Westerners than Tiananmen Square, and few events more commonly mentioned than the student protests of 1989. But the stories are wrong on several levels. It …
globalresearch.ca/tiananmen-square-the-failure-of-an-american-instigated-1989-color-revolution/5690061

20 People Killed in Protests in Indonesia's West Papua
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-24
Around 20 people died in Indonesia's West Papua region which has been witnessing an increasing demand for independence. | RELATED: | Thousands Demand Independence in Indonesia's Papua Regions | Indonesian security forces said Monday that 19 civilians and a soldier had been killed during riots in two towns in Papua. | Protests convulsed the country's easte…
telesurenglish.net/news/20-People-Killed-in-Protests-in-Indonesias-West-Papua-20190924-0008.html

Minnesota: Protesters demand end to human rights violations in Kashmir
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-24
Columbia Heights, MN – Nearly 400 people protested along Central Ave on September 22 to demand an end to the atrocities being committed against Muslims in India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his right-wing government. | On August 5, the Indian government announced its decision to revoke Article 370, which guaranteed the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir special status, which allowed the region to govern its affairs autonomously in all areas except defense, communication and foreign policy. | Currently, Kashmir is under media blackout, with the cutting of phone, internet and TV access with very li…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/24/minnesota-protesters-demand-end-human-rights-violations-kashmir

As Netanyahu's Power in the Middle East Wanes, Trump Has to Find His Own Way to Deal with Iran
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-24
There is an extraordinary irony in the fate of both Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran. The first has been captaining the Titanic, in the words of one Israeli academic, through the past couple of days. The second — a rather better captain, it might be said — has been captaining a couple of tankers in and out of the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/24/as-netanyahus-power-in-the-middle-east-wanes-trump-has-to-find-his-own-way-to-deal-with-iran/

Trump Unleashed Crisis in the Strait of Hormuz by Scuttling the Iran Deal
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-24
Foreign correspondent Reese Erlich untangles the complexities, analyzes what we face, and what the future may bring.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-unleashed-crisis-hormuz-scuttling-iran-deal

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-24
Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect the Occupied Palestinian Territories …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/netanyahu-on-steroids-what-a-gantz-led-government-means-for-palestine/

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2019-09-24
Gantz (pictured above) had recently boasted about sending "parts of Gaza back to the Stone Age." (Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1169407476.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/24/netanyahu-steroids-what-gantz-led-government-means-palestine?cd-origin=rss

Netanyahu on Steroids: What a Gantz-led Government Means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-24
A Gantz-led government will possess the needed political legitimacy, popular mandate and strategic tools to achieve what Netanyahu couldn't: a war on Gaza, and annexation of the West Bank.
mintpressnews.com/netanyahu-steroids-benny-gantz-led-means-palestinians/262042/

The Drone Strikes on the Saudi Oil Facilities Have Changed Global Warfare
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-24
The devastating attack on Saudi oil facilities by drones and missiles not only transforms the balance of military power in the Middle East, but marks a change in the nature of warfare globally. On the morning of 14 September, 18 drones and seven cruise missiles — all cheap and unsophisticated compared to modern military aircraft — disabled half of Saudi Arabia's crude oil production and raised the world price of oil by 20 per cent.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/24/the-drone-strikes-on-the-saudi-oil-facilities-have-changed-global-warfare/

International Human Rights Bodies Provide a Case for Reparations
aclu.org | 2019-09-24
International human rights programs provide models for reparations. | It is common for nations where mass atrocities have taken place to engage in the process of reparation and repair. This process happened in Germany after the Holocaust, South Africa after apartheid, and here in the United States, forty years after the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. As a result, international human rights bodies have sought to lend their expertise to the process, often by holding hearings an…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-economic-justice/international-human-rights-bodies-provide-case

District 5 Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum
LWVSF | indybay.org | 2019-09-24
Issei Memorial Hall, Japantown Cultural and Community Center, 1840 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/23/18826631.php

Saudis Blame Iran for Aramco Strikes But Retaliate by Bombing Yemeni Civilians
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-24
The Saudi-led Coalition has used systematic economic strangulation as a weapon of war. This, to the many in Yemen who celebrated the Aramco attack, is sufficient justification for targeting the heart of Saudi Arabia's economy.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-blame-iran-aramco-strikes-retaliate-bombing-yemen-civilians/262051/

Why a War Against Iran Will be the "Nail in a Coffin" for U.S. Hegemony in the Middle East
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
First published in July 2019 | President Donald Trump was recently interviewed on Fox Business and was asked about Iran's President Hassan Rouhani's statement calling the White House "Mentally Retarded" and if the U.S. was going to have a war …
globalresearch.ca/why-war-against-iran-will-nail-coffin-u-s-hegemony-middle-east/5682883

The Central Role of the Whistleblower
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-24
The fortuitous emergence of a courageous whistleblower in the Trump White House and Harvard Professor Jill Lepore's pathetically ill-informed review of Edward Snowden's recent book, "Permanent Record," are important reminders of the central and difficult role of whistleblowers in any successful effort to restore our democracy. The information provided by whistleblowers is key to the work of congressional oversight; investigative journalism; and informed political debate. Whistleblowers contributed to the knowledge of the crimes of the intelligence community during the Vietnam War and the exposure of Iran-contra,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/24/the-central-role-of-the-whistleblower/

Iran: Neither Military Action Nor Economic Sanctions
Chandra Muzaffar | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-24
It would be utterly immoral of the United States to launch a military attack upon Iran if it is true that one of the missiles that destroyed an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia on the 14th of September 2019 had a casing bearing a number that suggested that the weapon was manufactured for NATO forces.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/24/iran-neither-military-action-nor-economic-sanctions/

Hot and Cold Tensions, What Iran and the US Offer Their Allies: Tehran's Multiple Messages
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
The alternately hot and cold tension between the US and Iran is evolving on the Middle Eastern stage where Tehran is hitting its enemies (on its own and with the help of its allies) without causing the death of a …
globalresearch.ca/hot-and-cold-tensions-what-iran-and-the-us-offer-their-allies-tehrans-multiple-messages/5690048

Russia's Middle East Strategy: "Balance" vs. "Betrayal"?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
There's an intense debate raging within the Alternative and Independent media over whether Russia's contemporary Mideast strategy amounts to "balancing" or "betraying" the Resistance given the Eurasian Great Power's extremely close military cooperation with "Israel" in Syria. | The Freakish Fusion …
globalresearch.ca/russias-middle-east-strategy-balance-vs-betrayal/5690056

Cracks emerge in NATO confrontation of Russia
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-24
Stephen F. Cohen argues that cracks are emerging within the NATO-led consensus that has pushed Moscow from the West. Guest: …
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/24/cracks-emerge-in-nato-confrontation-of-russia/

Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-24
Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities : AnalysisAs the University of Cape Town weighs refraining from relations with Israeli Universities enabling the gross violation of Palestinian human rights, renowned South African international law scholar Prof. John Dugard finds that UCT "would be acting in accordance with So…
bdsmovement.net/news/opinion-legal-scholar-prof-john-dugard-relations-between-university-cape-town-and-israeli

Post-Election Horse-Trading Begins in Israel and All Outcomes Spell More Trouble for Palestinians
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-24
There are two diametrically opposed approaches to viewing Israeli elections — one that focuses on reality, with Israel being a perpetrator of the destruction of Palestine for over seven decades, and one that focuses on gossip, which asks which war criminals will be prime minister.
mintpressnews.com/post-election-israel-outcomes-trouble-palestinians/262012/

EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian member of Israeli Knesset puts antisemitism smears against Corbyn into context
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-24
A Palestinian former member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) has blasted the antisemitism smears against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Haneen Zoabi said the claims against Corbyn and his supporters are a product of long-standing policies of the Israeli state. Zoabi left the Knesset in 2019 after serving 10 years with the progressive National Democratic Assembly (aka the Balad party). While i…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2019/09/24/exclusive-palestinian-member-of-israeli-knesset-puts-antisemitism-smears-against-corbyn-into-context/

Syrian Army Prepares for Escalation in Golan Heights
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
On September 21, an EW unit of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) intercepted and took control of a large quadcopter-style unmanned aerial vehicle over the town of Erneh, near the contact line between the SAA and the Israeli-occupied part of …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-prepares-for-escalation-in-golan-heights/5690080

Israel rivals to discuss national unity government after inconclusive poll
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-24
Israel's two largest political parties are meeting to discuss the possibility of forming a unity government between them, after last week's deadlocked national elections.Tuesday's meeting between party representatives comes a day after Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the rival Likud party held their first meeting since the polling.Israeli president Reuven Rivlin brought them together in hopes of breaking a political impasse that could send the nation into months of limbo and potentially force a third election in less than a year.Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, centre le…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/09/24/israel-rivals-to-discuss-national-unity-government-after-inconclusive-poll/

929 SF Stand with Hong Kong Rally
Northern California Hong Kong Club | indybay.org | 2019-09-24
Civic Center Plaza | 335 McAllister St, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/24/18826646.php

U.N. Chief Warns of a World Divided Between U.S. and China
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-24
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the risk of each creating its own rival currencies, trade systems, tech and more is a real threat.
truthdig.com/articles/u-n-chief-warns-of-a-world-divided-between-u-s-and-china/

Will 2020 Presidential Candidates Take On Corporate Tribunals?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-24
| When the Democratic presidential candidates take the debate stage this October, they will almost surely face a question on trade. The question will be a routine one about cutting tariffs or the trade war with China. There is one question that will almost certainly not be asked — though it is a question that demands answers: Why have only three current candidates taken a stand against a trade policy that allows corporations to sue foreign governments for regulating them? | A Brief History of…
truthout.org/articles/will-2020-presidential-candidates-take-on-corporate-tribunals/

Echoing Trump administration, Australian leader advocates end to China's "developing country" status
wsws.org | 2019-09-24
Morrison signalled that Australia will join with the US in its escalating campaign to economically cripple China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/24/morr-s24.html

Mass Killings In Afghanistan Are Acts of White Supremacy
Charles Davis | commondreams.org | 2019-09-24
The majority of civilians who are violently killed in Afghanistan are now violently killed by the U.S. and its partners—and that's not for a lack of competition, with the Taliban answering record-high airstrikes with atrocity after atrocity of their own. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/children_8.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/24/mass-killings-afghanistan-are-acts-white-supremacy?cd-origin=rss

Military Service in the Era of Eternal War
Danny Sjursen | thenation.com | 2019-09-24
Military Service in the Era of Eternal War…
thenation.com/article/military-service-iraq-afghanistan-wars/

Renaissance Masterpiece Found in French Woman's Kitchen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-24
A long-lost Renaissance masterpiece by a 13th-century Italian master was discovered in the kitchen of an elderly French woman. | RELATED: | Mexico Denounces 'Illegal' Auction of Precolumbian Art in Paris | The painting has been valued at up to six million euros and will be sold at auction next month. | The "Christ Mocked" painting by early Rena…
telesurenglish.net/news/Renaissance-Masterpiece-Found-in-French-Womans-Kitchen-20190924-0012.html

Sri Lankan university workers indefinite strike at a critical juncture
wsws.org | 2019-09-24
The treachery of the trade unions demonstrates that workers must take the struggle into their own hands and wage a political fight based on a socialist perspective.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/24/nona-s24.html

Humanitarian Crisis in Kashmir: India's "Economic Opening" Has "Closed Off Kashmir"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
The following is the speech that Andrew Korybko gave at the "Humanitarian Crisis In Kashmir: Paths To A Resolution" conference that was held in Moscow on 23 September. | We're here today to draw attention to what's been happening in Indian-Occupied …
globalresearch.ca/humanitarian-crisis-in-kashmir-indias-economic-opening-has-closed-off-kashmir/5690100

India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the War Option Off the Table
Zia Mian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
On September 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This appearance will come at a time of great concern about the increasingly hostile …
globalresearch.ca/india-pakistan-kashmir-taking-the-war-option-off-the-table/5690044

U.S. sends troops to Gulf region, threatens new war
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2019-09-24
Sept. 22 — The Pentagon announced Sept. 20 that it will "deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates." This deployment is allegedly in response to a missile attack the weekend before that stopped half of Saudi daily oil production and temporarily . . . | Continue reading U.S. sends troops to Gulf region, threatens new war at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/24/u-s-sends-troops-to-gulf-region-threatens-new-war/

The Collapse of the East Asian Order
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-24
The United States is losing its status as a Pacific power. It can no longer control developments in East Asia. It still maintains a large military footprint in the region. But that military presence no longer translates into an ability to achieve the outcomes that Washington wants. For better or worse,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/24/the-collapse-of-the-east-asian-order/

Alexandrópolis, a nova base USA contra a Rússia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
"Acabei de voltar de Alexandrópolis, uma visita estrategicamente importante que se concentrou nas relaàßàµes militares excepcionais entre os Estados Unidos e a Grécia e no investimento estratégico que o governo dos EUA está a fazer em Alexandrópolis": declarou, em 16 …
globalresearch.ca/alexandropolis-a-nova-base-usa-contra-a-russia/5690122

Alessandropoli, nuova base Usa contro la Russia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
´Sono appena ritornato da Alessandropoli, una visita strategicamente importante che ha messo a fuoco sia le eccezionali relazioni militari fra Stati uniti e Grecia, sia l'investimento strategico che il governo degli Stati uniti sta facendo ad Alessandropoli ª: lo ha dichiarato …
globalresearch.ca/alessandropoli-nuova-base-usa-contro-la-russia/5690114

Canada's Role in US Empire
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
While France, Germany, Russia and China seek detente, Canada is increasingly part of the US-Saudi Arabia-Israeli axis stoking conflict with Iran. Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto to compensate individuals in the US who had family members killed in a 2002 Hamas bombing in Israel and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/canadas-role-in-us-empire/

How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-23
It is inconceivable to the United States that a "rag-tag" force like Yemen's Houthis might, with home-made weapons, outdo the hundred-billion-dollar might and sophistication of the state-of-the-art systems Washington has lavished upon the Saudis.
mintpressnews.com/holes-us-burning-saudi-oil-fields-narrative-spark-war-iran/261998/

Germany, UK, France Blame Iran for Saudi Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
Britain, Germany, and France backed the United States Monday by blaming Iran for the attack on Saudi oil facilities, urging Tehran to agree to new talks on its nuclear and missile programs. | RELATED: | No Intention of Meeting Iran's Rouhani at UN Assembly: Trump | "It is clear to us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack. There is no other plausible explanation. We support ongoing investigations to establish further details," Britain, France, and Germany said in a joint sta…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-UK-France-Blame-Iran-for-Saudi-Attack-Urge-New-Nuclear-Deal-20190923-0013.html

A Careless Bully at the KFC at the End of Empire
Phil Rockstroh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-23
Will Trump go to war with the Iranians or the homeless? Or both? Trump is a coward. The nation of Iran has the means and the will to fight. Do you recall the will displayed by Iranians when repelling foreign invaders when Iraq attempted to invade Iran as a de facto US proxy force? Conversely,…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/23/a-careless-bully-at-the-kfc-at-the-end-of-empire/

The War That Could Change the World
Gary D. Barnett | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
It is tempting to say that war with Iran is inevitable, and that may certainly be so, but this terrible situation has become a political and media game. A deadly game to be sure, but a game nonetheless. The people who cling to the notion that they have "leaders" to protect them are little more …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-war-that-could-change-the-world/

Iran Has Called Washington's Bluff
Bob Dreyfuss | thenation.com | 2019-09-23
Iran Has Called Washington's Bluff…
thenation.com/article/war-iran-sanctions-un/

The Modern Day Scramble for Africa
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-23
From the US to China to Israel to Russia, governments are positioning resources — both civilian and military — in various African nations for various reasons. Jacqueline Luqman talks to Maurice Carney about who are the players on the continent, what do they want, what does this mean for the future of Africa and Africans,…
therealnews.com/stories/the-modern-day-scramble-for-africa

Israeli Military's 'Friends' Tweet Backfires, Exposing the Horrors of Occupation
Emma Fiala | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-23
Twitter users, both friends and foes alike, were quick to point out that the tweet was less than tasteful.
theantimedia.com/israeli-militarys-friends-tweet-backfires-exposing-the-horrors-of-occupation/

Israel Bans Gaza Football Team From Playing Palestine Cup Final
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
Israel has denied travel permits Monday to most players from the Gazan football team, Khadamat Rafah, which has been trying to cross through Israel for months into the West Bank to play the local championship final against a rival Palestinian club. | RELATED: | Rights Group Accuses FIFA of Ignoring Israeli Ban on Palestinian Footballers From Gaza | "We think that this is clear evidence that this Israeli occupation is cruel but from our side, we keep rais…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Bans-Gaza-Football-Team-From-Playing-Palestine-Cup-Final-20190923-0017.html