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Exit John Bolton, but Will that Mean an End to His Failed Foreign Policy?
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral …
globalresearch.ca/exit-john-bolton-failed-foreign-policy/5688925

Netanyahu Repeated His Vow to Annex West Bank Land if Reelected
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Israel is the only nation without official borders. Its longstanding policy calls for redrawing the Middle East map. | It aims to annex more territory, including from neighboring states and all valued parts of Judea and Samaria. | Ahead of last April's …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-annex-west-bank-land-reelected/5688899

"Justice is Indivisible": Screams of Israa Ghrayeb Should Be Our Wake-up Call
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-12
The death of Israa Ghrayeb has ignited furious reactions regarding the so-called 'honor-killings' in Palestine and throughout the Arab world. It also wrought confusion with respect to the jurisprudential foundation of such crimes, which are often committed in the name of protecting the honor of the family. Israa, a 21-year-old makeup artist from the town …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/justice-is-indivisible-screams-of-israa-ghrayeb-should-be-our-wake-up-call/

Farewelling Dr No: The Sacking of John Bolton
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
"Every time the president, or Pompeo, or anyone in the [Trump] administration came up with an idea, they had to face Dr No." — Cliff Kupchan, Chairman of the Eurasia Group, The Washington Post, Sep 11, 2011. | It …
globalresearch.ca/sacking-john-bolton/5688919

Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders Slam Netanyahu's Vow of Annexation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
U.S. progressive leaders Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vow to annex parts of occupied West Bank if he is re-elected in next week's elections. | RELATED: | Netanyahu Announces Plans to Annex Over a Third of the West Bank | Netanyahu announced Tuesday on Israeli TV that if he is to win the upcomin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ilhan-Omar-Bernie-Sanders-Slam-Netanyahus-Vow-of-Annexation-20190911-0005.html

India: Kolkata students and workers demand freedom for Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2019-09-11
ICFI supporters spoke to students at Jadavpur University in Kolkata and workers from BSNL, the Indian government-owned telecommunication company.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/11/assa-s11.html

Where was Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2001?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
On September 10. 2001, Osama was in a Pakistani military hospital in Rawalpindi, courtesy of America's indefectible ally Pakistan…
globalresearch.ca/where-was-osama-on-september-11-2001/3194

The War in Eastern Ukraine May be Coming to an End but Do Any Americans Care?
Jeremy Kuzmarov | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-11
On Saturday September 7, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner swap which has brought hope of improved relations between the two countries and an end to the 5-year long conflict in Eastern Ukraine. A peace accord is being planned for later this month in Normandy involving Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. Ukraine's newly elected …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-war-in-eastern-ukraine-may-be-coming-to-an-end-but-do-any-americans-care/

A Morning in Afghanistan
Kathy Kelly | commondreams.org | 2019-09-11
Habib (standing, left) serves fruit at a meeting for parents at a "Street Kids School" meeting. Six years ago, Afghan Peace Volunteers members befriended Habib after his father had been killed when a bomb exploded in Kabul. His colleague Masoma is in the background. (Photo: Kathy Kelly) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/parents_meeting.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/11/morning-afghanistan?cd-origin=rss

Reflections on "Peace" in Afghanistan
Andrew Bacevich | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Since…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/reflections-on-peace-in-afghanistan/

On 18th Anniversary of 9/11, Media Worry About 'Premature' End to Afghan War
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-09-11
by Joshua Cho | On the 18th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the illegal US occupation of Afghanistan continues as the longest overseas war in American history. Although President Donald Trump recently declared that peace negotiations over the withdrawal of US troops with the Taliban are "dead," reportedly because of the death of a US soldier from a suicide bomb attack in Kabul last week, the status of future negotiations…
fair.org/home/on-18th-anniversary-of-9-11-media-worry-about-premature-end-to-afghan-war/

Reflections on "peace" in Afghanistan
Andrew J. Bacevich | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-11
When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Since …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/11/reflections-on-peace-in-afghanistan/

Netanyahu Hints Trump Peace Plan Will Allow Israel to Annex Key West Bank Territory
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-09-11
Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that his friend Jared Kushner's Mideast plan would give him the green light to annex nearly a quarter of the occupied West Bank.
theintercept.com/2019/09/11/netanyahu-hints-trump-peace-plan-will-allow-israel-annex-key-west-bank-territory/

Netanyahu election promise: Annex part of West Bank "in coordination" with U.S
Ceren Sagir | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-11
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promise to annex a third of the West Bank after the general election was globally condemned yesterday as a "burial of peace." Netanyahu promised "Jewish sovereignty" over the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea "in coordination" with the U.S. if he is returned to office next week. "We haven't had …
peoplesworld.org/article/netanyahu-election-promise-annex-part-of-west-bank-in-coordination-with-u-s/

The Need for Non-Violence in Hong Kong
Jonathan Power | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
The gloves are off in Hong Kong. Judging from the pictures on today's BBC News the police no longer have any compunction about beating protestors. Ironically, they don't appear to get close to the fringe of protestors who are using violent tactics. Rather they are swinging their batons left right and centre at any young…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/the-need-for-non-violence-in-hong-kong/

Western Media Portrays Hong Kong Hooligans as Heroes. But Are They?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
Whenever Hong Kong protesters are destroying public property, there are no cameras of Western media outlets in sight. But when police decide to intervene, protecting their city, Western media crusaders emerge in full force. | On Sunday, huge US flags were | …
globalresearch.ca/western-media-portrays-hong-kong-hooligans-heroes/5688809

Tucson on road to elect first Chicana mayor
Joe Bernick | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-11
TUCSON, Ariz.–Voters in Tucson took the first step toward making history on Aug. 27 when City Councilwoman Regina Romero won the Democratic nomination for mayor. Romero is expected to easily defeat independent Ed Ackerley and Green Party candidate Mike Cease in November to become Tucson's first woman mayor, and also the first Mexican-American mayor since …
peoplesworld.org/article/tucson-on-road-to-elect-first-chicana-mayor/

Revive the True Spirit of Constitutionality and Federalism in India: Article 370
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
The process of nationalist self-imagining in India is likely to remain in a nebulous state so long as the destiny of regional politicians is etched by the calligrapher in New Delhi and determined by maneuvers in the murky den of centralized federalism. Will the BJP and Congress quit stalling the revival of the true spirit…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/revive-the-true-spirit-of-constitutionality-and-federalism-in-india-article-370/

Video: Hezbollah Shoots Down Israeli Drone over Lebanon
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
On September 9, Hezbollah announced that it had shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle over the village of Ramyeh in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah added that the UAV is now in its hands. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in …
globalresearch.ca/video-hezbollah-shoots-down-israeli-drone-over-lebanon/5688771

Germany's Angela Merkel Says Europe to Honor Iran Nuclear Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe has chosen to honor the 2015 nuclear agreement deal with Iran which was abandoned by the United States unilaterally last year. | RELATED: | Iran Calls on US to Avoid War Hawks Like John Bolton | The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed between Iran and six other countries. While Germany, France, the United Kingdom, China, and Russia kept the deal, Washington pulled out of it in 2018 saying that Iran has breached it by…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germanys-Angela-Merkel-Says-Europe-to-Honor-Iran-Nuclear-Deal-20190911-0016.html

Russia: Stalinist and far-right candidates win with backing from Navalny
wsws.org | 2019-09-11
The Western media has desperately tried to conceal the right-wing character of the political forces that have made gains in the elections in Moscow and Khabarovsk.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/11/mosc-s11.html

New York Times: Main source for anti-Russia campaign may have been a "double agent"
wsws.org | 2019-09-11
The latest allegation reported by the New York Times Is a further exposure of the Democrats' concocted claims of Russian "subversion" of the US political system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/11/time-s11.html

Bolton's Failures in Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan and Russia Proved to be His Downfall
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
Trump's decision to fire Bolton likely stemmed from the latter's string of failures in Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan, and Russia, with the American President finally realizing that enough is enough and that he needs to once again shuffle the "deep state" …
globalresearch.ca/bolton-failures-venezuela-iran-afghanistan-russia-his-downfall/5688762

Trump Leaves Afghanistan and Pakistan at His Mercy
Zubeida Mustafa | truthdig.com | 2019-09-11
As efforts to end an 18-year conflict come to abrupt end, Islamabad is unable to forge its own path as it works to improve international relations.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-leaves-afghanistan-and-pakistan-at-his-mercy/

Trump Leaves Afghanistan and Pakistan at His Mercy
Zubeida Mustafa | truthdig.com | 2019-09-11
As efforts to end an 18-year conflict come to abrupt end, Islamabad is unable to forge its own path as it works to improve international relations.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-leaves-afghanistan-and-pakistan-at-his-mercy/

US Warplanes Drop 40 Tons of Bombs on 'ISIS-Infested Island' in Iraq
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-11
US warplanes attacked and virtually destroyed the tiny island of Qanus in the Iraqi Salahuddin Province on Tuesday.

US Warplanes Drop 40 Tons of Bombs on 'ISIS-Infested Island' in Iraq

The Whitewashing of the Nazis
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
I was going to write about Iraq and the American control of that tragic nation that has been, like many others, destroyed by the American war machine, but it is difficult to find out any real facts about anything in …
globalresearch.ca/whitewashing-nazis/5688804

US Warplanes Drop 40 Tons of Bombs on 'ISIS-Infested Island' in Iraq
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-11
US warplanes attacked and virtually destroyed the tiny island of Qanus in the Iraqi Salahuddin Province on Tuesday.

US Warplanes Drop 40 Tons of Bombs on 'ISIS-Infested Island' in Iraq

Afghanistan May Never Recover From the U.S. Invasion
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-11
When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). | Since ARVN's founding two decades earlier, the United States had assigned itself the task of professionalizing that fledgling military establishment. Based on a conviction that the standards, methods, and ethos of our armed forces were universally applicable and readily exportable, the attendance of ARVN personnel…
truthdig.com/articles/afghanistan-will-never-recover-from-the-u-s-invasion/

Condoleeza Rice wants the US to stay in Afghanistan, and this time it's for 'the women'
rt.com | 2019-09-11
Former National Security Advisor and State Secretary Condoleeza Rice appeared on a late-night comedy show, calling for a continued US presence in Afghanistan, this time for apparently feminist reasons. She was swiftly called out. | After some de-rigeur Trump-bashing, host Stephen Colbert and Rice got down to the topic at hand: President Donald Trump's decision to host, and then cancel, a meeting with the Afghan Taliban at Camp David last week. | Speculating that Trump might cut a deal with the Islamic militants to wrap up the war in Afghanistan –which turns 18 next month– by any means necessary, R…
rt.com/usa/468611-condoleeza-rice-colbert-afghanistan/

Afghanistan May Never Recover From the U.S. Invasion
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-11
When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). | Since ARVN's founding two decades earlier, the United States had assigned itself the task of professionalizing that fledgling military establishment. Based on a conviction that the standards, methods, and ethos of our armed forces were universally applicable and readily exportable, the attendance of ARVN personnel…
truthdig.com/articles/afghanistan-will-never-recover-from-the-u-s-invasion/

How the US Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Forever War
The Nation | thenation.com | 2019-09-11
How the US Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Forever War…
thenation.com/article/afghanistan-forever-war/

Want to Know What's Next for Afghanistan? Ask Vietnam
Andrew J. Bacevich | thenation.com | 2019-09-11
Want to Know What's Next for Afghanistan? Ask Vietnam.
thenation.com/article/afghanistan-war-vietnam/

Trump fires Bolton as national security advisor
wsws.org | 2019-09-11
Disagreement over a proposed deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan was apparently the final straw in the internal White House conflict.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/11/bolt-s11.html

Germany: Merkel Urges EU to Reduce Dependence on White House
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
Angela Merkel once again talked about the need to reduce Europe's dependence on the United States, at least in terms of foreign and defense policy on Wednesday during a federal budget debate in the nation's Bundestag, or legislator. | RELATED: | Germany's Angela Merkel Says Europe to Honor Iran Nuclear Deal | In her own words, it's time for European nations "to take their fate into their own hands" referring to creating greater European Union sovereignty. The German chancellor t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Merkel-Urges-EU-to-Reduce-Dependence-on-White-House–20190911-0033.html

Germany: Merkel Urges EU to Reduce Dependence on White House
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
Angela Merkel once again talked about the need to reduce Europe's dependence on the United States, at least in terms of foreign and defense policy on Wednesday during a federal budget debate in the nation's Bundestag, or legislator. | RELATED: | Germany's Angela Merkel Says Europe to Honor Iran Nuclear Deal | In her own words, it's time for European nations "to take their fate into their own hands" referring to creating greater European Union sovereignty. The German chancellor t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Merkel-Urges-EU-to-Reduce-Dependence-on-White-House–20190911-0033.html

Iran Calls on US to Avoid War Hawks Like John Bolton
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the United States administration to distance themselves from war hawks like John Bolton in the future if they want to improve relations with the Islamic Republic. | RELATED: | Charles Kupperman: A Bolton-Style Hawk Is Trump's Acting National Security Advisor | "America should understand that … it should distance itself from warmongers," Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted President Hassan Rouhani as sayin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Calls-on-US-to-Avoid-War-Hawks-Like-John-Bolton–20190911-0003.html

Iran urges US to 'put warmongers aside' after John Bolton firing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-11
Iran's president has welcomed Donald Trump's abrupt dismissal of his national security adviser, saying the US should "put warmongers aside" amid tensions in the Persian Gulf.Hassan Rouhani's remarks signalled approval after the US president forced out John Bolton, who had been hawkish on Iran and other global challenges.Rouhani's website quoted him as urging the US to "abandon warmongering and its maximum pressure policy" on Tehran.Ali Rabiei, a government spokesman, said after a cabinet meeting that Bolton's dismissal may help the US have a "less biased" attitude towards Iran.John Bolton (Evan Vucci/AP)The sudde…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/09/11/iran-urges-us-to-put-warmongers-aside-after-john-bolton-firing/

Iran Calls on US to Avoid War Hawks Like John Bolton
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the United States administration to distance themselves from war hawks like John Bolton in the future if they want to improve relations with the Islamic Republic. | RELATED: | Charles Kupperman: A Bolton-Style Hawk Is Trump's Acting National Security Advisor | "America should understand that … it should distance itself from warmongers," Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted President Hassan Rouhani as sayin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Calls-on-US-to-Avoid-War-Hawks-Like-John-Bolton–20190911-0003.html

Will Iran be a Full Nuclear Power by the End of 2020? No Return to the 2015 Agreement
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
French President Emmanuel Macron failed to promote successfully his Iranian initiative with the US administration despite the initial blessing of his US counterpart. This failure led Iran to make a third gradual withdrawal from its JCPOA nuclear deal commitment, raising …
globalresearch.ca/iran-full-nuclear-power-end-2020/5688823

Iran thaw coming? After firing chief hawk, Trump hints at lifting sanctions on Tehran
rt.com | 2019-09-11
Days after saying he had "no problem" meeting his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and soon after firing his hawkish adviser John Bolton, US President Donald Trump has hinted he may lift some sanctions on Tehran. | Iran has been under crippling US economic sanctions since the US unilaterally withdrew lat May from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran Nuclear Deal). Relations between Washington and Tehran have since deteriorated, with the sanctions accompanied by a military buildup in the Persian Gulf and back-and-forth threats from both sides. | But, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump…
rt.com/usa/468605-trump-lift-iran-sanctions/

Japan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Pacific Ocean
Julia Conley | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-11
Japan's environmental minister recommended releasing more than one million tons of radioactive Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.

Japan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Pacific Ocean

Japan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Pacific Ocean
Julia Conley | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-11
Japan's environmental minister recommended releasing more than one million tons of radioactive Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.

Japan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Pacific Ocean

Japan plans to release Radioactive Fukushima wastewater into Pacific Ocean
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-11
Japan's environmental minister recommended yesterday the country should release more than one million tons of radioactive wastewater from Fukushima's nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. This plan comes after nearly a decade since the coastal facility had a meltdown caused by a tsunami. "The only option will be to drain it into the sea …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/11/japan-plans-to-release-radioactive-fukushima-wastewater-into-pacific-ocean/

Knowledge in the Blood: Stories About 9-11
Rachel Cunliffe | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
A Saudi Arabian exchange student starting 12thgrade in an American high school this fall is bullied because his name is Osama. "Something about 11thof September?" I learn. Jonathan Jansen called it "knowledge in the blood" when he wrote of the vindictiveness and hostility of Afrikaaner youth born after the end of apartheid as they entered…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/knowledge-in-the-blood-stories-about-9-11/

Sri Lanka's Central Bank demands commercial banks provide cheaper credit
wsws.org | 2019-09-11
The demands are a desperate attempt by the Central Bank and the government to halt Sri Lanka's falling economic growth rates.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/11/econ-s11.html

Wednesday's Daily Brief: 'Appalling' conditions in Syria camp, precarious SDG progress, South Sudan, Palestine refugees and mining in Mongolia
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-11
A recap of Wednesday's top stories: 'Inhumane conditions' in Syria's Al Hol camp worsening; SDG progress risks going backward; food insecurity in South Sudan; Arab League petitioned to support Palestine refugees; and mining in Mongolia should boost development.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046152

Egypt Court Sentences Top Muslim Brotherhood Leaders to Life
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced top Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life after a five-year trial. | RELATED: | Muslim Brotherhood Mourns Morsi's Death in Turkey | The leaders were also top officials of late President Mohamed Morsi whose rule ended when he was ousted from power by a military coup in 2013. | According to Judge Mohamed Sherin Fahmy, 11 officia…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypt-Court-Sentences-Top-Muslim-Brotherhood-Leaders-to-Life-20190911-0008.html

KPFA's Philip Maldari On 9/5/19 Morning Show Says Erdogan "at least has fair elections"
Fair Elections In Turkey? | indybay.org | 2019-09-11
KPFA's Philip Maldari on his Sunday morning show told the audience that Erdogan has fair elections.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/09/18826132.php

Trump Slams "Mr. Tough Guy" Bolton for Making "Some Very Big Mistakes"
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-11
Trump slammed Bolton's "Libyan model" remark in regards to North Korea as "not a good statement to make."

Trump Slams "Mr. Tough Guy" Bolton for Making "Some Very Big Mistakes"

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-09-12 04:03 GMT (00:03 EST)

2019-09-10: News Headlines

Janine Jackson (2019-09-10). 'Under the Trump Administration, the [NLRB] Appointees Have Been Extremists' – CounterSpin interview with Kate Bronfenbrenner on Trump's anti-labor Labor Board. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed Cornell's Kate Bronfenbrenner about Trump's anti-labor Labor Board for the September 6, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…

Staff (2019-09-10). Putin Suffers Setback in Moscow Election, But Remains Secure Nonetheless. therealnews.com In what many analysts saw as a test for Vladimir Putin's rule, the Moscow election was a setback of sorts, but the opposition's orientation towards capitalism undermines its own anti-corruption platform, says Tony Wood…

RT (2019-09-10). War and whiskers: Freshly-resigned John Bolton gets meme-roasting. rt.com US National Security Advisor John Bolton's departure from the Trump administration has been met with a mix of joy from the MAGA crowd and protests from dedicated neocons, but also with an avalanche of memes. | President Donald Trump announced Bolton's dismissal by tweet on Tuesday, saying he had "disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions," presumably meaning his advocacy for military-enforced regime change in Syria, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran. Bolton insisted that he attempted to resign before Trump's announcement. | Reaction flowed in swiftly, with some commenters in the media lamenting the war-haw…

Mohsen Abdelmoumen — Stuart Newman (2019-09-10). Are We Headed Toward a Techno-Eugenic Future? counterpunch.org Dr. Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D., is professor of cell biology and anatomy. He has been a visiting professor at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, the Centre à l'Energie Atomique-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, the University of Tokyo, and was a Fogarty Senior International Fellow at Monash University, Australia. He was a founding member of More

Fred Goldstein (2019-09-10). Aranceles, comercio y sobreproducción. workers.org Publicado en lowwagecapitalism.com el 25 de agosto. Todas las señales indican que se avecina una recesión económica. Si bien los capitalistas son los primeros en gemir y gemir por los descensos en los mercados de acciones y bonos, una recesión económica provoca una crisis para la clase trabajadora. Significa despidos, . . . | Continue reading Aranceles, comercio y sobreproducción at Workers.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-10). Where Was Osama bin Laden on September 10, 2001? One Day Before 9/11. His Whereabouts Were Known. globalresearch.ca Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly claimed that the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden were unknown: "It is like looking for a needle in a stack of hay". It's an outright lie. Needless to say, "Going after bin Laden" in the wake of 9/11 has served to sustain the legend of the "world's most wanted terrorist".

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-10). The Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: A Path to Peace and Rapprochement? globalresearch.ca The Russian-Ukrainian prisoner swap proves that some degree of goodwill exists on both sides towards the other after Zelensky's historic election and recent clinching of a parliamentary majority, thus making it more likely that they'll continue down the path of …

United Nations (2019-09-10). Monday's Daily Brief: Afghanistan 'direct talks' needed, Nicaragua rights crisis, Bangladesh monsoon and Libya detainees latest, Dorian update. un.org A recap of Monday's top stories: All Afghans must participate in peace process; Nicaragua's rights crisis can be resolved says Bachelet; Rohingya refugees impacted by monsoon rains; Libya detainees to be evacuated to Rwanda; and multiple donors show solidarity with the Bahamas.

United Nations (2019-09-10). 'Whole spectrum of Afghan society' must get behind peace talks, UN envoy tells Security Council. un.org The long Afghan conflict can only be resolved by "direct talks" between its own people, the chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) told the Security Council on Tuesday, underscoring that they must be inclusive and represent "the whole spectrum of Afghan society".

Staff (2019-09-10). Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War. truthout.org | | On the eve of the 18-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the illegal U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the United States and the Taliban completed nine rounds of peace talks with no deal. | Although they had reportedly reached an agreement in principle, Donald Trump insisted on a secret meeting at Camp David with the Taliban and the puppet Afg…

John V. Walsh (2019-09-10). "Hands Off Hong Kong" — The Cry that Seldom Is Heard. globalresearch.ca Through the summer the world has watched as protests shook Hong Kong. As early as April they began as peaceful demonstrations which peaked in early June, with hundreds of thousands, in protest of an extradition bill. That bill would have …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-10). Netanyahu Cries Wolf About a Nonexistent Iranian Nuclear Threat — Again. globalresearch.ca Nuclear armed and dangerous Israel is a global menace, an indisputable fact. | It maintains unlawful stockpiles of chemical, biological, and other terror weapons as well. | The world community and establishment media remain silent about its existential threat to regional peace …

Healthcare is a Human Right (2019-09-10). Demonstrators for Medicare for All March on Office of Congresswoman Eshoo. indybay.org On September 5, Santa Clara County Single Payer Coalition and National Nurses United led a protest that started with a march through downtown Palo Alto leading to the door of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The Congresswoman has made it clear she is against eliminating for-profit insurance companies from our healthcare system and replacing them with a non-profit federal system. | Photos: Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.

teleSUR (2019-09-10). Carrie Lam Rejects US Sanctions Bill on Hong Kong. telesurenglish.net Hong Kong Chief Carrie Lam condemned Tuesday the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act", which is being proposed in the U.S. Congress by Senator Marco Rubio, and is expected to pass with bipartisan support. The bill would mandate the U.S. to take economic measures against Hong Kong. | RELATED: | Hong Kong Protestors Ask Trump For US Intervention | At a press conference on Tuesday, Hong Kong lead…

Tony Cartalucci (2019-09-10). US Is Behind Hong Kong Protests Says US Policymaker. globalresearch.ca The US continues to deny any involvement in ongoing unrest in China's special administrative region of Hong Kong. | However, even a casual look at US headlines or comments made by US politicians makes it clear the unrest not only suits …

teleSUR (2019-09-10). China Threatens UK With Force Over Disputed Islands. telesurenglish.net The Chinese government issued a stern warning to Great Britain on Tuesday after a British naval ship entered the disputed waters of the South China Sea. | RELATED: | Hong Kong Protestors Ask Trump For US Intervention | The British ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, reportedly entered the South China Sea, prompting China to warn the United Kingdom that their actions could be viewed as 'hostile' to Beijing. | "The South China Sea is a vast ocean… we have no objection to people sailing around ther…

Dave Lindorff (2019-09-10). US Media Keep Saying Iran is 'In Violation' of a Nuclear Agreement the US Withdrew From. counterpunch.org Yes, Iran is increasing the number of centrifuges it is using to refine nuclear fuel, and yes, it is refining that fuel to a higher percentage of U-235, the isotope that allows the uranium to begin a chain reaction necessary for both fueling a nuclear reactor and for creating an atomic bomb. But in taking More

Fair Elections In Turkey? (2019-09-10). KPFA's Philip Maldari On 9/5/19 Morning Show Says Erdogan "at least has fair elections" indybay.org KPFA's Philip Maldari on his Sunday morning show told the audience that Erdogan has fair elections.

Sarah Abed (2019-09-10). Damascus Strongly Condemns US-Turkish Joint Military Patrols in Northeastern Syria. globalresearch.ca On Sunday, six military vehicles from Akcakale district in southeast Sanliurfa in Turkey, crossed the border into Syria and joined a US military convoy in carrying out joint military ground patrols from Tel Abyad, Al Raqqa governorate to Ras Al …

South Front (2019-09-10). Video: Turkey Expands Its Military Presence in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Turkey is increasing its military presence in northern Syria. | On September 8, Turkish and US forces carried out a first joint patrol east of the Euphrates in the framework of the 'safe zone' agreement recently reached by Ankara and Washington. …

teleSUR (2019-09-10). Netanyahu Announces Plans to Annex Over a Third of the West Bank. telesurenglish.net Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday on Israeli TV that if he is to win the upcoming elections, then his government will formally annex the West Bank's Jordan Valley, along with the areas where there are currently illegal Israeli settlements. The annexation would mean that what remains around Jericho would be a small island within Israel. | RELATED: | Israeli Soldiers Kill 14, 17-Year-Old at Gaza Border, Wound 76 | "We haven't had such an opportunity sinc…

Staff (2019-09-10). As in Vietnam, the US Will Leave Afghanistan a Disaster for Its Citizens. truthout.org | | When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). | Since ARVN's founding two decades earlier, the United States had assigned itself the task of professionalizing that fledgling military establishment. Based on a conviction that the standards,…

Staff (2019-09-10). Trump Dismisses John Bolton, Says They 'Disagreed Strongly'. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. | The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton's less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious relationship almost from the start. | Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night his services were no longer needed at the White House and Bolton submitted his resignation Tuesday morning. Bolton…

Juan Cole (2019-09-10). Trump-Taliban Talks Like Those with North Korea — A Photo Op on the Deck of the Titanic. globalresearch.ca The Afghanistan government has been miffed and apprehensive for some time that the Trump administration has been talking to the Taliban in Qatar without any representation from Kabul. Government officials were therefore happy about Trump's abrupt cancellation of what he …

Natural Resources Defense Council (2019-09-10). GE's climate hypocrisy: Building coal plants while touting clean energy. nationofchange.org General Electric, which boasts of being a clean energy leader, is quietly doubling down on the dirty energy of the past with plans to equip more than a dozen new coal-fired power plants in countries like Cambodia, Kenya, Poland, Pakistan and Vietnam, a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council shows. | These coal power plants would sharply increase carbon pollution, harming public health and leading to hundreds of premature deaths annually from the projects—if completed. The plants also could destabilize economies and would add billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmo…

Sarah Abed (2019-09-10). Denmark Announces Increased Military Contributions and NATO Support in Syria and Beyond. globalresearch.ca Denmark is recognized as one of the most socially and economically developed countries in the world, which enjoys a high standard of living as well as high metrics in national performance, protection of civil liberties, and the lowest perceived level …

Ryan Grim (2019-09-10). Jon Ossoff Is Back: "I'm Still Standing and I'm Ready to Fight" theintercept.com Ossoff, a Democrat who narrowly lost a Georgia congressional special election in 2017 — the most expensive House race of all time — starts the race as a frontrunner.

WSWS (2019-09-10). As contract deadline looms in US, 8,000 GM autoworkers strike in South Korea. wsws.org The issues over which the Korean workers are striking are ones that their American co-workers will readily identify with.

Makana Eyre, Nation contributor (2019-09-10). Why India Just Stripped 1.9 Million People of Citizenship. thenation.com Why India Just Stripped 1.9 Million People of Citizenship…

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-09-10). Mohandas K. Gandhi vs. Contemporary Leaders. globalresearch.ca On 2 October 2019, it will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gujarat, India. I would like to reflect on the visionary leadership that Gandhi offered the world, briefly comparing it with some …

Fight Back (2019-09-10). Hezbollah shoots down Israeli drone. fightbacknews.org Washington DC — The progressive Lebanese political party Hezbollah announced early September 9 that its military forces had shot down an Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over Lebanon. | In a statement, Hezbollah's media relations office said their forces "repelled with appropriate weapons an Israeli drone as it crossed the Palestinian-Lebanese border towards the southern town of Ramieh." | "The drone was downed in the outskirts of the town and now it is in the hands of the Resistance fighters," the statement added. | Israel frequently violates Lebanon's airspace and launched an August 25 drone attack o…

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-10). Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election. globalresearch.ca Every Israeli prime minister — not least Benjamin Netanyahu — understands that a military entanglement with Hezbollah, Lebanon's armed Shia movement on Israel's northern border, is a dangerous wager, especially during an election campaign. | It was Shimon Peres who lost …

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-10). With Strikes Against Iran, Netanyahu Risks Jeopardising his Closest Alliance. dissidentvoice.org Every Israeli prime minister — not least Benjamin Netanyahu — understands that a military entanglement with Hezbollah, Lebanon's armed Shia movement on Israel's northern border, is a dangerous wager, especially during an election campaign. It was Shimon Peres who lost to Mr Netanyahu in 1996, weeks after the former prime minister had incensed Israel's Palestinian …

commondreams (2019-09-10). Netanyahu's Campaign Pledge to Annex West Bank Confirms: "Israel Is Greatest Threat to Region" commondreams.org ______________________________…

teleSUR (2019-09-10). Hezbollah Will Not Let Israeli Attacks Go Unanswered: Nasrallah. telesurenglish.net Hezbollah's long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah addressed a large crowd in southern Beirut on Tuesday to commemorate the "martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali" in Karbala, which is adhered to on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. | RELATED: | Following Hezbollah Attack, Israel 'Cannot Hide Anymore' | During the Hezbollah leader's address, he highlighted the recent Israeli drone attacks on one of his group's media centers in the southern suburbs of Beirut. | "The…

No Nukes Action (2019-09-10). Speak Out At JPN Consulate: Stop Nuke Plant Restarts In Japan. indybay.org San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St/California | San Francisco…

teleSUR (2019-09-10). Japan May Have to Dump Radioactive Water into Sea. telesurenglish.net Japan's Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs out of room to store it, the environment minister said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Hiroshima Mayor Urges Japan to Sign Nuclear Treaty, PM Refuses | Tokyo Electric, or Tepco, has collected more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the cooling pipes used to keep fuel cores from melting since the plant was crippled by an earthq…

WSWS (2019-09-10). A socialist perspective for the Sri Lankan university employees' struggle. wsws.org Non-academic university staff, who are beginning an indefinite strike today, should expand their struggle by appealing to other sections of the working class.

teleSUR (2019-09-10). Donald Trump Fires National Security Advisor John Bolton. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has fired his National Security Advisor John Bolton, saying that he has "disagreed with many of his suggestions." | RELATED: | Who Is John Bolton, Trump's Man Behind Plot Against Venezuela | Bolton has been a leading voice for regime change and U.S. interventionist policies in Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and ot…

Eric Zuesse (2019-09-10). How the U.S. Created the Cold War. globalresearch.ca There was a speech that the smug Harvard neoconservative Graham Allison presented at the US aristocracy's TED Talks on 20 November 2018, and which is titled on youtube as "Is war between China and the US inevitable?" It currently has …

WSWS (2019-09-10). China: Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. wsws.org This lecture was delivered by Peter Symonds at the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019. Symonds is a member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and national WSWS editor of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia).

Joachim Bischoff and Erhard Crome (2019-09-10). From Punitive Tariffs and Trade Conflicts to Economic War. indybay.org Donald Trump's punitive attacks on several trading partners, above all China, are changing suddenly into a destruction of the multilateral structures of the world market. With the rigorous policy of "America first," the US president wants to restore or develop the past hegemony. The wrercking ball is not the only foreign policy model. Compromise is a necessity, not a weakness.

teleSUR-LA (2019-09-10). Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Resigns. telesurenglish.net Jack Ma, co-founder and CEO of China's largest online retailer Alibaba, is scheduled to step down from his position as the company's executive chairman on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Amazon Employees to Strike over Company's Climate Policies | Last year, Jack Ma announced in an open letter that he would retire on his 55th birthday, which falls on September 10 this year, and the company CEO Daniel Zhang will take over as the chairman of the board. | Ma's journey from English teacher to…

Juan Cole (2019-09-10). Trump-Taliban talks like those with N. Korea — a photo op on the deck of the Titanic. nationofchange.org Trump-Taliban is just for show, like Trump-North Korea. It is like a photo op on the deck of the Titanic as it headed to sea.

Staff (2019-09-10). From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students. democracynow.org Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…

Staff (2019-09-10). Headlines for September 10, 2019. democracynow.org Wilbur Ross Under Fire After Reports of Political Meddling at NOAA, Trump Says "Bad People" from Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas Trying to Enter U.S., Boris Johnson Dealt More Blows over Brexit Plan as U.K. Parliament Suspended, U.N. Human Rights Chief: Climate Change Greatest Threat to Human Rights, French Summer Heat Waves Linked to 1,500 Deaths, Paraguay: Human Remains Found Under Former Property of Ex-Dictator Alfredo Stroessner, Bangladesh Imposes Mobile Phone Blackout on Rohingya Refugees, North Korea Fires 2 Projectiles After Proposing Renewal of Talks with U.S., Reports: CIA Extracted Russian Informant Who Prov…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-09-10). Plan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Pacific Ocean Panned by Critics. commondreams.org The far-reaching dangers of nuclear power were on full display Tuesday as Japan's environmental minister recommended releasing more than one million tons of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant into the Pacific Ocean, nearly a decade after a tsunami caused a meltdown at the coastal facility. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenpeace_2.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-09-10). 'Democracy for Some, But Not for All': Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 Polling Places Closed Since Supreme Court Weakened Voting Rights Act. commondreams.org Civil rights advocates said Tuesday that The U.S. Supreme Court must restore the key provision of the Voting Rights Act which it invalidated in 2013, after a sweeping new report showed how the court's decision led to the closure of nearly 1,700 polling places across the American South. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/georgia_0_0_0.jpg …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-09-10). Ahead of Israeli Election, Netanyahu Vows to Annex Large Swathes of West Bank 'In Maximum Coordination With Trump'. commondreams.org "A reminder that Israel is a state where apartheid policies are used to appeal to voters." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/benjamin_netanyahu.jpg …

Yasin Khan (2019-09-10). An Uber Driver's Death Shows the Harms of Misclassifying Workers. counterpunch.org In 2015, Waheed Etimad immigrated with his wife and their seven children to the United States from Afghanistan on the special immigrant visa he received after translating for the U.S. Army. Etimad began taking courses at Diablo Valley College, studying to become a computer engineer while driving full time for Uber at night. People who More

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