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Trump Silences Tlaib and Omar for Revealing Human Toll of Occupation
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-03
| Years ago, I visited Gaza. It was in 2009, shortly after the disastrous Israeli war, and I was there to see the damage firsthand with other activists. There was devastation, but that's not what I remember most. | More than the skeletal remains of a hotel on the beach, riddled with holes from artillery fire, I was struck by the laughter of the children running past it, playing. More than the rubble of the American International School of Gaza, I was moved by the sounds of a wedding parading in…
truthout.org/articles/trump-silences-tlaib-and-omar-for-revealing-human-toll-of-occupation/

Meet the militantly pro-Israel Trump official directing the economic war on Iran
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-03
From her influential post at the Treasury Department, Sigal Mandelker has vowed to defend "our great partner, Israel" by sanctioning…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/pro-israel-sigal-mandelker-fbi-americans-iran/

Boyle Heights commemorates the 49th anniversary of Chicano Moratorium
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-03
Los Angeles, CA – On August 29, hundreds of community members, activists and families gathered at a local Chicano art center, Self Help Graphics, to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War. | The event marks the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium, which included over 30,000 Chicanos and supporters marching against the Vietnam War in East Los Angeles. The large march ended with a rally at Laguna Park – now known as Ruben Salazar Park. The moratorium was against the Vietnam War, against the high casualty rate of Chicanos in that war, against police terror and against racis…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/3/boyle-heights-commemorates-49th-anniversary-chicano-moratorium

Starved for Five Days, Disabled Child Succumbs in Indian Province
Pradeep Baisakh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Starved for five days, Goutam Behera, 17, a disabled child from Odisha, an eastern state of India, finally succumbed on July 8, 2019. Was it a starvation death? Government is evasive; but the activists say, 'yes'. If there are so many food related schemes in the state, then why the starvation deaths? That's the moot…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/starved-for-five-days-disabled-child-succumbs-in-indian-province/

Following week of bloodshed, 'suffering of the Afghan people must end': UN mission chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-03
In the wake of a surge in violent strikes by Taliban extremists in Afghanistan over the past week, the country's top UN envoy has pleaded for an end to the fighting through a negotiated peace settlement, and an end to the "indescribable loss" suffered by victims' loved ones…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045512

Former Colombian guerrillas rearm as government undermines Peace Accords
James Jordan | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-03
A new phase of armed conflict in Colombia has emerged with the declaration by some former leaders of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — People's Army) that they are reorganizing and rearming as an insurgent force.
liberationnews.org/former-colombian-guerrillas-rearm-as-government-undermines-peace-accords/

Tech companies' account removals reveal pro-U.S. corporate slant
Julianne Tveten | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-03
Who benefits as tech monopolies continue to remove or flag "coordinated" accounts in the name of "integrity" and "open conversation"? Last month, Twitter, Facebook, and Google suspended or removed accounts criticizing the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. The protests originated in opposition to a revised–and now suspended–extradition law proposed by the Chinese government, and have …
peoplesworld.org/article/tech-companies-account-removals-reveal-pro-u-s-corporate-slant/

Tens of thousands join first day of Hong Kong protest strike
wsws.org | 2019-09-03
The union confederation is doing all it can to limit action by workers and confine their demands to those of the official pro-capitalist opposition in Hong Kong.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/03/hong-s03.html

Hong Kong's "Father of Democracy" Calls on Government to Heed Demonstrators
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-03
| Following another weekend of mass protests in Hong Kong, this marks 13 weeks of protesters calling for greater political freedom and the scrapping of a controversial extradition bill with China. For the past two days, thousands of students have boycotted the beginning of classes. On Sunday, protesters returned to Hong Kong's airport, where they barricaded roads in an attempt to shut down the airport again. On Saturday, police fired tear gas and water cannons during a chaotic night of street d…
truthout.org/video/hong-kongs-father-of-democracy-calls-on-government-to-heed-demonstrators/

Heightened Israeli-Lebanese Tensions. A "Declaration of War" by Israel according to President Michel Aoun
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
September 17 Israeli elections loom. Were late August IDF attacks on Syria, Iraq and Lebanon "fuel for the fire of (Netanyahu's) campaign," as Haaretz suggested? | Manufacturing nonexistent threats is common US/NATO/Israeli practice. Members of the block and the Jewish state …
globalresearch.ca/heightened-israeli-lebanese-tensions-a-declaration-of-war-by-israel-according-to-president-michel-aoun/5687885

Monthly review August 2019
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-03
Europe G7: the split intensifies The G7 summit was held in France between August 24 and 26. The leaders of the US, France, Germany, UK, Canada, Japan and Italy discussed internal contradictions between the world's leading economies, particularly between Washington and the rest of the member nations, and compromises were reached on some issues. The …
uwidata.com/5195-monthly-review-august-2019/

US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen's Ancient Heritage
Ahmed AbdulKareem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
Saada's old city, which is among the world's oldest human-carved landscapes, once consisted entirely of historic, centuries-old multi-story homes. Now, it has been wiped out, after Saudi Arabia declared it a military zone — even the city's hand-carved wooden doors …
globalresearch.ca/us-israeli-collectors-buy-up-what-remains-yemens-ancient-heritage/5687898

As Saudi and UAE Proxies Trade Blows in Southern Yemen, Yemeni Civilians Pay the Price
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-03
According to Yemenis in Aden, the victims of the fighting are always Yemeni, not citizens or soldiers from Saudi Arabia or the UAE, and are part of a larger Saudi-UAE strategy to keep Yemen divided.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-uae-proxies-trade-blows-aden-yemen-civilians-pay-price/261661/

Did Trump Tacitly Threaten to Use Biological Weapons to Exterminate 10 Million?
Terje Maloy | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
"We could win that war so fast if I wanted to kill 10 million people … which I don't. I'm not looking to kill a big portion of that country [Afghanistan]," | "I have plans on Afghanistan that, if I wanted …
globalresearch.ca/did-trump-tacitly-threaten-use-biological-weapons/5687936

We Are Living in the Wreckage of the War on Terror
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-09-03
Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan rage on with no end in sight. Our delusion was believing they were ever rational, winnable or meaningful.
truthdig.com/articles/we-are-living-in-the-wreckage-of-the-war-on-terror/

Video: Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Military Vehicle Amid Escalation in Southern Lebanon
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
A large-scale escalation has taken place on the contact line between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. | On September 1, the Israeli military launched several shells at unidentified targets in Shebaa Farms, located in the Israeli-occupied area. An Israeli …
globalresearch.ca/video-hezbollah-strikes-israeli-military-vehicle-southern-lebanon/5687884

Nowhere is safe to hide in war-torn Yemen, say UN-appointed rights experts
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-03
The people of Yemen have been subject to "numerous" possible war crimes in recent years including forced recruitment of children and sexual abuse in detention, UN-appointed senior rights experts said on Tuesday, in an appeal to the international community to do more to end the conflict.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045492

Sanders, Lee, Khanna, Gaetz Lead Bipartisan Effort to Defund U.S. Role in Saudi War in Yemen
commondreams.org | 2019-09-03
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/03/sanders-lee-khanna-gaetz-lead-bipartisan-effort-defund-us-role-saudi-war-yemen?cd-origin=rss

Joint Fundraising Committees Are Central to GOP Success, and They're on the Rise
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-03
| A Republican fundraiser in the Hamptons in early August featuring an appearance by President Donald Trump sold tickets for as much as $250,000. | Earlier this year, two sisters from Indiana each gave $865,000 to the Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund — the largest individual contributions this year that did…
truthout.org/articles/joint-fundraising-committees-are-central-to-gop-success-and-theyre-on-the-rise/

Hailstorms at 109 ∞F Wreck Farming in Latur, India
Parth M.N. | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
His roof didn't quite come down on him, but it did chase Gunwant around his farm. That image remains vividly etched in his mind. "The tin-roof of the shed on the edge of our land was torn off and came flying towards me," he recalls.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/hailstorms-at-109f-wreck-farming-in-latur-india/

River Health Day
Coastal Watershed Council | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
We meet on the east bank of the San Lorenzo River downstream of the Soquel Avenue Bridge on the Santa Cruz Riverwalk– look for a blue table! We recommend walking or biking to the event as there is limited parking in the area. Parking is available in the CWC parking lot (107 Dakota Ave.) or behind the Royal Taj India Cuisine restaurant (270 Soquel Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/03/18825937.php

US Sanctions Threats Won't Stop Russia-Africa Security Cooperation
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
The US' reported threats to sanction African countries that buy Russian weaponry won't succeed in stopping security cooperation between Moscow and its partners, though it's nevertheless a clever way to try to exploit those nations' "deep state" divisions in a …
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-threats-wont-stop-russia-africa-security-cooperation/5687879

Sanctions and Double Standards
Fabian Goldmann, Florian Zollman & Hans Blixi | indybay.org | 2019-09-03
Sanctions are war with other means-and not an alternative to war. The civilian population pays the price with their bodies and their lives. Export prohibitions on the most important revenues of a country cause impoverishment and suffering. That Iran has not attacked another country militarily in the last 100 years is mostly unmentioned in the media.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/03/18825920.php

'Vita & Virginia': Two British novelists' love affair in new film
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-03
Since her untimely death–a suicide by drowning–at the age of 59 in 1941, British writer Virginia Woolf has become a feminist icon for her literary explorations into the subject of womanhood in contemporary society. Not given to writing frivolous escapades or intricate comedies of manners, Woolf delved deep, after her first novelistic trial runs, into …
peoplesworld.org/article/vita-virginia-two-british-novelists-love-affair-in-new-film/

Revolution or Death
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-03
Revolution or Death Apropos Atropos Who, with her sisters, Determined existence According to myth Even Zeus was constrained By Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis — Pegasus, Eddie Pus, All of us, they say By the Fates, You know… Though the Romans called her Morta — Death — Atropos means the negation of Tropos No turning — so, no revolution…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/03/revolution-or-death/

US-Israeli journalist reveals 'really sad' truth about far-right support for Israel
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-09-03
Israeli-American journalist Mairav Zonszein has shared a "really sad" assessment of far-right support for the Israeli state. | As supporters of Donald Trump held a 'straight pride' event in Boston on 31 August, Zonszein tweeted about the presence of Israeli flags, insisting: | t.co/6nRv…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2019/09/03/us-israeli-journalist-reveals-really-sad-truth-about-far-right-support-for-israel/

Groups force Lesotho clothing factories owner to end gender-based violence
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-03
WASHINGTON–A landmark alliance of unions and women's rights groups in the Southern African nation of Lesotho teamed up to pressure a Taiwanese factory owner into signing a pact to end gender-based sexual harassment and violence at its plants, the director of the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center says. In an August 29 interview with Chris Garlock on …
peoplesworld.org/article/groups-force-lesotho-clothing-factories-owner-to-end-gender-based-violence/

Trump Imposes New Tariffs on China
Nick Beams | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-03
The Trump administration has gone ahead with its decision to impose a 15 percent tariff on $110 billion worth of Chinese goods in one of the most significant escalations of the trade war that has now lasted more than a …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imposes-new-tariffs-china/5687897

Film 'Official Secrets' is the tip of a mammoth iceberg
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-03
A new film depicting the whistleblower Katherine Gun, who tried to stop the Iraq invasion, is largely accurate, but the story is not over, says Sam Husseini. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/03/film-official-secrets-is-the-tip-of-a-mammoth-iceberg/

A New York Jail Forced a Trans Woman Into a Men's Facility
aclu.org | 2019-09-03
Trans women routinely face harassment and discrimination in jails and prisons. | Jena Faith's experience in the Steuben County Jail was a living nightmare. | The military veteran spent four weeks in the jail awaiting trial last spring. She was initially housed in the jail's women's facility without incident, but things changed when officials suddenly transferred her to the men's facility, despite the fact that she is a woman. | During the weeks that Jena spent as a woman in a men's jail, she was routinely targeted with physical and verbal harassment from other incarcerated people and guards. On her first day in t…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/criminal-justice-reform-lgbt-people/new-york-jail-forced-trans-woman-mens-facility

Hong Kong's "Father of Democracy" Martin Lee Calls on Gov't to Heed Demonstrators' Demands
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-03
Following another weekend of mass protests in Hong Kong, this marks 13 weeks of protesters calling for greater political freedom and the scrapping of a controversial extradition bill with China. For the past two days, thousands of students have boycotted the beginning of classes. On Sunday, protesters returned to Hong Kong's airport, where they barricaded roads in an attempt to shut down the airport again. On Saturday, police fired tear gas and water cannons during a chaotic night of street demonstrations. Some masked protesters were seen throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. Earlier today, Carrie Lam denied…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/3/hong_kong

Fueled by Climate Change, Hurricane Dorian Devastates the Bahamas in "Unprecedented Disaster"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-03
Hurricane Dorian is continuing to wreak havoc in the Bahamas, where massive storms and flooding have killed five people and left many stranded on the Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands over the weekend. The Category 3 storm pummeled the islands throughout Monday with up to 180-mile-per-hour winds and continued to be stalled in the region Tuesday. Hurricane Dorian is one of the strongest recorded storms to ever strike the Atlantic, and is expected to continue a destructive path toward Florida and then onward to the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. It made landfall as a Category 5 storm in the Bahamas Sunday. We s…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/3/hurricane_dorian

'Endemic Impunity': UN Report on Yemen Says United States, France, and Britain May Be Complicit in War Crimes
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-03
"Five years into the conflict, violations against Yemeni civilians continue unabated, with total disregard for the plight of the people and a lack of international action to hold parties to the conflict accountable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/yemen_us_war_crimes.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/03/endemic-impunity-un-report-yemen-says-united-states-france-and-britain-may-be?cd-origin=rss

'Flat-Out Lying': Critics Reject Biden Effort to Re-Write History on His Support for US Invasion of Iraq
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-03
"Biden claiming to have been against the Iraq War from the start is arguably the most outlandish lie any Democrat has told this campaign." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/joe.iraq_.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/03/flat-out-lying-critics-reject-biden-effort-re-write-history-his-support-us-invasion?cd-origin=rss

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Guatemala, Hurricane Dorian, Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia and post-Brexit UK trade
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-03
A recap of Tuesday's stories: International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala successfully completes mandate; UN prioritizes Hurricane Dorian assistance; Nowhere to hide in Yemen; Insecurity and Violence in Nigeria; Post-Brexit export losses likely in billions for UK; Hunger in Somalia.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045502

How Israel's Religious Right is Now in the Driving Seat
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-02
The real fight in Israel's re-run election next month is not between the right wing and a so-called "centre-left" but between two rival camps within the nationalist right, according to analysts. The outcome may prove a moment of truth for the shrinking secular right as it comes up once again against an ever-more powerful camp …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/how-israels-religious-right-is-now-in-the-driving-seat/

Western "Progressives" Support Yet Another Color Revolution in Hong Kong
K.J. Noh | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-02
Misinformed "progressive" western "activists" and pundits are putting down their remote controls and organic smoothies just long enough to tweet out that Hong Kong protesters need to be supported as paragons of virtue and justice. Some have even blogged and bloviated about the importance of these protests as a struggle for freedom against "dictatorship." Most …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/western-progressives-support-yet-another-color-revolution-in-hong-kong/

Two-day strike begins in Hong Kong following weekend of protests
wsws.org | 2019-09-02
Fearful of the intervention of the working class, authorities are stepping up their repression of protesters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/02/hong-s02.html

The Crazed, Rogue Leader is in Washington Not Tehran
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-02
History in the Middle East is unkind to us westerners. Just when we thought we were the good guys and the Iranians were the bad guys, here comes the ghostly, hopeless possibility of a Trump-Rouhani summit to remind us that the apparent lunatic is the US president and the rational, sane leader who is supposed…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/02/the-crazed-rogue-leader-is-in-washington-not-tehran/

Saudi airstrikes on Yemen prison kill more than 100
wsws.org | 2019-09-02
Monday's mass slaughter ranks among the worst in a long string of war crimes carried out by Saudi Arabia with the backing of the American and British governments.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/02/yeme-s02.html

Venezuela, Ukraine, Hong Kong, … : Color Revolutions and Regime Change, A Modern Scourge Spawning Economic Destabilization and Civil War
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-02
What we are witnessing is the creation of toxic opposition movements whose goal is the destabilization and destruction of progressive governments. These abhorrent "color revolutions" bear resemblance to the ravages of Attilla the Hun.
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-ukraine-hong-kong-color-revolutions-and-regime-change-a-modern-scourge-spawning-economic-destabilization-and-civil-war/5687824

Hong Kong's Enemy Within
Thomas Hon Wing Polin | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-02
The bedrock of any nation is its government — the manifestation of its sovereignty and protector of its people. But what if the personal loyalties of a substantial portion of civil servants do not lie with the sovereign? Worse, what if these allegiances are actually more to other powers — forces that are at odds…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/02/hong-kongs-enemy-within/

'These are very dark times for Yemen': senior UN official on air strike mass casualties
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-02
Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, described Sunday's deadly airstrikes in Dhamar City as a "horrific incident", and the scale of the casualties, as "staggering". "These are very dark times for Yemen," said Ms. Grande. "There have been days of fighting and strikes in the south and hundreds of casualties".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045382

Undeclared US Airstrike on Syria's Idlib Leaves Multiple Casualties
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-02
Sending no warning to Russia or Turkey, the US bombed an array of targets within Idlib, Syria, killing numerous civilians and threatening the hard-earned truce across the province, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The air raid led to "multiple casualties and destruction" around two villages in the Idlib province, where a fragile ceasefire between government …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/undeclared-us-airstrike-on-syrias-idlib-leaves-multiple-casualties/

Hospitals among seven health centres attacked in Syria's north-east
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-02
Seven health centres in Syria's north-west have been reportedly attacked in recent days and two of them have been destroyed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045412

The West's "Humanitarian" Claims as Syrian War Nears Endgame
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-02
Headlines emanating from the West regarding Syria's ongoing war have a common theme — allegations of Syria and Russia's "ruthless barrage" of the northern region of Idlib. | So often — however — has the US and its allies falsely invoked …
globalresearch.ca/west-humanitarian-claims-struggle-syrian-war-nears-endgame/5687818

India: Motherson autoworkers strike indefinitely in Tamil Nadu
wsws.org | 2019-09-02
About 500 permanent workers from Motherson Automotive Technologies & Engineering remain on strike to demand recognition of their newly-formed trade union.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/02/indi-s02.html

Trump imposes new tariffs on China
wsws.org | 2019-09-02
The new measures, to be followed by further imposts in December, have hit a wide range of consumer products, amid growing concerns of a recession in the global economy and the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/02/usch-s02.html

G7: The Cost of Uselessness
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-01
The G7 Summit is an obsolete, useless talking shop, as Finnian Cunningham so adroitly says. RT calls it The Unbearable Pointlessness of G7. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and the United States constitute the G7 gang. It should strike any logical thinker as extremely odd that the world's largest economy (by purchasing parity-based GDP), …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/g7-the-cost-of-uselessness/

Several Reasons why West Papua should get its Freedom: Immediately!
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-01
More than ten years ago, in Nadi, Fiji, during a UN conference, I was approached by the Minister of Education of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He was deeply shaken, troubled, his eyes full of tears: "Please help our children," he kept repeating: Indonesian army, TNI, is kidnapping our little girls in the villages, raping them, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/several-reasons-why-west-papua-should-get-its-freedom-immediately/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-09-03 22:36 GMT (18:36 EST)

2019-09-02: News Headlines

Robert Fisk (2019-09-02). The Crazed, Rogue Leader is in Washington Not Tehran. counterpunch.org History in the Middle East is unkind to us westerners. Just when we thought we were the good guys and the Iranians were the bad guys, here comes the ghostly, hopeless possibility of a Trump-Rouhani summit to remind us that the apparent lunatic is the US president and the rational, sane leader who is supposed More

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-02). How Israel's Religious Right is Now in the Driving Seat. dissidentvoice.org The real fight in Israel's re-run election next month is not between the right wing and a so-called "centre-left" but between two rival camps within the nationalist right, according to analysts. The outcome may prove a moment of truth for the shrinking secular right as it comes up once again against an ever-more powerful camp …

K.J. Noh (2019-09-02). Western "Progressives" Support Yet Another Color Revolution in Hong Kong. dissidentvoice.org Misinformed "progressive" western "activists" and pundits are putting down their remote controls and organic smoothies just long enough to tweet out that Hong Kong protesters need to be supported as paragons of virtue and justice. Some have even blogged and bloviated about the importance of these protests as a struggle for freedom against "dictatorship." Most …

WSWS (2019-09-02). Two-day strike begins in Hong Kong following weekend of protests. wsws.org Fearful of the intervention of the working class, authorities are stepping up their repression of protesters.

SF Demo (2019-09-02). Anti-War Protest: U.S. Out of Yemen. indybay.org As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco's federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo.

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-02). US Dirty Hands All Over Hong Kong Violence and Chaos? globalresearch.ca The UN Charter and other international laws are clear and unequivocal. | No nation may legally interfere in the internal affairs of others for any reasons at any time — except in self-defense if attacked. | The US hasn't been attacked by …

A.M.A Television (2019-09-02). Video: Israeli State Sponsored Torture of Young Non-Jewish Children. globalresearch.ca Israeli State Sponsored Torture of Young non-Jewish children, an Australian documentary film. | This documentary film is laying bare what the Israeli supporting media always tries to cover up. There are a lot of upsetting scenes in this film so viewer …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-09-02). Israeli Border Provocation Moves Plan for Regional War Forward. globalresearch.ca Israel has bombed both Syria and Iraq with impunity. Syria, over the last couple of years, has endured attacks by Israel hundreds of times. In July, the IDF, using US-produced F-35i stealth fighter jets, attacked targets inside Iraq. | From Al-Jazeera…

Tony Cartalucci (2019-09-02). The West's "Humanitarian" Claims as Syrian War Nears Endgame. globalresearch.ca Headlines emanating from the West regarding Syria's ongoing war have a common theme — allegations of Syria and Russia's "ruthless barrage" of the northern region of Idlib. | So often — however — has the US and its allies falsely invoked …

United Nations (2019-09-02). Hospitals among seven health centres attacked in Syria's north-east. un.org Seven health centres in Syria's north-west have been reportedly attacked in recent days and two of them have been destroyed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

Tom Luongo (2019-09-02). One Last Ceasefire before Oblivion for Jihadists in Syria. globalresearch.ca The battle to reclaim Syria moved forward this week. Syrian Arab Army forces reclaimed the town of Khan Sheikoun last week prompting a flurry of moves by all involved, most notably Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. | Erdogan was in …

Miri Wood (2019-09-02). Syria Law Enforcement Makes Another Huge "Captagon" Amphetamine Drug Bust. globalresearch.ca NATO-backed terrorist remnants in Aleppo countryside have increased attacks against civilian populations of the city, since prior to the Astana meetings and the short-lived 'cessation of hostilities' agreement. | Massive quantities of this criminal drug were found in the wheels of …

RT (2019-09-02). Undeclared US Airstrike on Syria's Idlib Leaves Multiple Casualties. dissidentvoice.org Sending no warning to Russia or Turkey, the US bombed an array of targets within Idlib, Syria, killing numerous civilians and threatening the hard-earned truce across the province, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The air raid led to "multiple casualties and destruction" around two villages in the Idlib province, where a fragile ceasefire between government …

Padraig McGrath (2019-09-02). For Denuclearization and Non-proliferation, We Need a "Pax Russica-Sinica" globalresearch.ca On August 29th, Kazakhstan's first president Nursultan Nazarbayev called for the construction of new global nuclear-arms-control infrastructure. While addressing the awards ceremony for the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World and Global Security, he stated: | "There is a need to …

WSWS (2019-09-02). Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century. wsws.org Today we are publishing the Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century, by David North.

WSWS (2019-09-02). Trump imposes new tariffs on China. wsws.org The new measures, to be followed by further imposts in December, have hit a wide range of consumer products, amid growing concerns of a recession in the global economy and the US.

Carla Stea (2019-09-02). Venezuela, Ukraine, Hong Kong, … : Color Revolutions and Regime Change, A Modern Scourge Spawning Economic Destabilization and Civil War. globalresearch.ca Venezuela | There are innumerable examples throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but three of the most notorious demonstrations of Washington, and its European cohorts incubating massive human tragedy and/or civil wars can be exemplified by Washington's cultivation, indeed creation of …

Thomas Hon Wing Polin (2019-09-02). Hong Kong's Enemy Within. counterpunch.org The bedrock of any nation is its government — the manifestation of its sovereignty and protector of its people. But what if the personal loyalties of a substantial portion of civil servants do not lie with the sovereign? Worse, what if these allegiances are actually more to other powers — forces that are at odds More

Okuaki Satoru (2019-09-02). How Japanese Scientists Confronted the U.S. and Japanese Governments to Reveal the Effects of Bikini H-bomb Tests. globalresearch.ca Introduction and translation by Steve Rabson. The original Japanese text can be found here. | Introduction | The March, 1954 "Bravo Shot" H-bomb test in the Pacific dumped radioactive debris on the Marshall Islands, U.S. servicemen, and the crew of a …

WSWS (2019-09-02). Saudi airstrikes on Yemen prison kill more than 100. wsws.org Monday's mass slaughter ranks among the worst in a long string of war crimes carried out by Saudi Arabia with the backing of the American and British governments.

United Nations (2019-09-02). 'These are very dark times for Yemen': senior UN official on air strike mass casualties. un.org Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, described Sunday's deadly airstrikes in Dhamar City as a "horrific incident", and the scale of the casualties, as "staggering". "These are very dark times for Yemen," said Ms. Grande. "There have been days of fighting and strikes in the south and hundreds of casualties".

WSWS (2019-09-02). India: Motherson autoworkers strike indefinitely in Tamil Nadu. wsws.org About 500 permanent workers from Motherson Automotive Technologies & Engineering remain on strike to demand recognition of their newly-formed trade union.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-09-02). US 'Complicit in This Nightmare,' Says Sanders, After Trump-Backed Saudi Coalition Kills Over 100 in Bombing of Yemeni Prison. commondreams.org "Congress has declared this war unconstitutional. We must now stand up to Trump and defund all U.S. involvement in these horrors." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/yemen_dhamar.jpg …

Eric Margolis (2019-09-01). It's Time to Liberate Afghanistan. commondreams.org The sooner America ends this shameful colonial war the better.

Ed Rampell (2019-09-01). A New Film Blows the Whistle on War. commondreams.org Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun, a 29-year-old British whistleblower who leaked a memo about an illegal NSA-sponsored operation digging for information that might be used to blackmail U.N. Security Council members into supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (Photo: IFC Films) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kiera_knightly_official_secrets.jpg …

Peter Koenig (2019-09-01). G7: The Cost of Uselessness. dissidentvoice.org The G7 Summit is an obsolete, useless talking shop, as Finnian Cunningham so adroitly says. RT calls it The Unbearable Pointlessness of G7. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and the United States constitute the G7 gang. It should strike any logical thinker as extremely odd that the world's largest economy (by purchasing parity-based GDP), …

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-01). Several Reasons why West Papua should get its Freedom: Immediately! dissidentvoice.org More than ten years ago, in Nadi, Fiji, during a UN conference, I was approached by the Minister of Education of Papua New Guinea (PNG). He was deeply shaken, troubled, his eyes full of tears: "Please help our children," he kept repeating: Indonesian army, TNI, is kidnapping our little girls in the villages, raping them, …

Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-01). Timor-Leste and Australia: A Loveless Affair at Twenty. dissidentvoice.org Cringe worthy, a touch molesting in sentiment: this was the celebratory occasion of the gathering of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with his East Timorese counterparts. During the course of its history, the state has been pillaged and bombed, its residents massacred and its politicians spied upon. The exposure of that seedy little matter of …

Miko Peled (2019-08-31). Matan Kahana: Will Ultra-Right Candidates Upset Netayahu's Re-Election Plans? mintpressnews.com It is hard to imagine what it means to be to the "right of the Likud" or the "right of Netanyahu." However, Matan Kahana claims that he and his party are just that and so a vote for them will ensure a strong right-wing voice in the Israeli Knesset, as though that is what is missing from Israeli politics.

Mazda Majidi (2019-08-31). Will Rouhani meet Trump? liberationnews.org Washington's foreign policy establishment is dominated by "Iran Hawks," headed by National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Jon Schwarz (2019-08-31). The Best Movie Ever Made About the Truth Behind the Iraq War Is "Official Secrets" theintercept.com "Official Secrets," which opened Friday in New York and Los Angeles, is the best movie ever made about how the Iraq War happened. It's startlingly accurate, and because of that, it's equally inspiring, demoralizing, hopeful, and enraging. Please go see it. | It's been forgotten now, but the Iraq War and its abominable consequences — the hundreds of thousands of deaths, the rise of the Islamic State group, the nightmare oozing into Syria, arguably the presidency of Donald Trump — almost didn't happen. In the weeks before the U.S.-led invasion on March 19, 2003, the American and British case for war was…

Staff (2019-08-31). Why Are Hong Kong Protesters Asking Trump for Help? therealnews.com Journalist Ilaria Maria Sala discusses the arrest and release of demonstration "leaders," the history of Hong Kong's struggle for democracy, American involvement in the protests, and the complexity of the current movement…

RT (2019-08-31). 'CA has decriminalized illegal alien crime': Outrage as Kate Steinle's killer's conviction tossed. rt.com A California appeals court has thrown out the conviction of an illegal immigrant who shot a woman on a San Francisco pier after escaping deportation due to the city's sanctuary policy, triggering further outrage. | Jose Ines Garcia Zarate's conviction on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a gun was thrown out by a California state appeals court on Friday, reviving the furor over a case that has defined the immigration debate. The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled the judge failed to offer the jury the option of acquitting the Mexican national on the theory he only possessed the weapon "for a…

Aaron Maté (2019-08-31). MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell hits Russiagate rock bottom. thegrayzone.com Aaron Maté slams MSNBC's latest Russiagate dud, exposing how Lawrence O'Donnell's embarrassing retraction is part of a pattern of bogus…

People's World Editorial Board (2019-08-30). Communist Party USA: 100 years in struggle for peace, democracy, socialism. peoplesworld.org One hundred years ago this weekend, on Sept. 1, 1919, 128 women and men, meeting in a hall in Chicago, founded the Communist Party of America. In their founding Manifesto, the members declared: "The world is on the verge of a new era. Europe is in revolt. The masses of Asia are stirring uneasily. Capitalism …

RT (2019-08-30). American service member killed in Afghanistan as Trump vows US will 'always' stay there. rt.com An American serviceman was killed in Afghanistan in combat operations, NATO said in a statement. The news comes just a day after President Trump announced there would "always" be a US presence in the country. | The soldier died on Thursday during a combat mission, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan announced in a statement on Friday, but withheld the serviceman's identity, per the organization's policies. | Also on rt.com | | 'We'll always have a presence': Trump says 8,600 US troops will stay in Afghanistan | The serviceman is the third American fa…

RT (2019-08-30). 'Good luck determining what happened': Trump says US not involved in Iranian satellite 'incident'. rt.com US President Donald Trump denied any American involvement after reports of a failed Iranian satellite launch, in which a rocket is said to have exploded on a launch pad. Iran, meanwhile, has not issued any accusations of the sort. | In a tweet on Friday, the president assured Washington had nothing to do with the apparently botched satellite mission, and wished Tehran "good luck" in figuring out what went wrong. He also attached an image of damage done to the launch site. | "The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at S…

Sam Husseini (2019-08-30). Film Official Secrets Is Tip of Mammoth Iceberg. fair.org Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley is known for being in period pieces such as Pride and Prejudice, so her playing the lead in the new film Official Secrets, released in the US on Friday, August 30, may seem odd at first. That is, until one considers that the time span depicted—the early 2003 run-up to the invasion of Iraq—is one of the most dramatic and consequential periods of modern human history. | It is also one of the most poorly understood, in part because the story of Katharine Gun, played by Knightley, is so little known. I should say from the outset that having followed this story from t…

RT (2019-08-30). Trump targets China's century-old debt in latest trade war maneuver — report. rt.com The Trump administration may be eyeing long-defaulted Chinese bonds as a weapon in its ongoing trade war with Beijing, according to people who hold the antique debt and say they've met with the president to discuss it. | Trump's top trade warriors are "studying" the possibility of calling in century-old debts incurred by China before the nation went communist, according to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday. China doesn't recognize the debt, of course, and decades of attempts to collect by owners of the aging bonds (which sell on eBay as collectors' items) have amounted to naught, but with a full-blown e…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2019-08-30). Georgia communities organize against toxic gas. workers.org Two community meetings on Aug. 19 and 20 were packed with angry and anxious residents of the metro Atlanta towns of Smyrna and Covington. People were demanding answers about the use of the toxic gas, ethylene oxide (ETO), at area medical sterilization plants. More than 1,000 people filled the Cobb . . . | Continue reading Georgia communities organize against toxic gas at Workers.org

Joe Piette (2019-08-30). Justice demanded for "comfort women" workers.org Three young activists, biking across the U.S. from Los Angeles to New York City, stopped in Philadelphia on Aug. 26 to raise awareness about the issue of justice for women once held in military sexual slavery by Japan. As part of the Triple A Project to educate the public about . . . | Continue reading Justice demanded for "comfort women" at Workers.org

Marwa Osman (2019-08-30). Trump Hits Lebanon Bank with His Favorite Econo-Political Battering Ram. mintpressnews.com The fact that the U.S. sanctions countries whenever its president pleases could in itself be considered a hostile act. Even in wartime, these sorts of collective punishments are illegal under the Geneva Conventions.

Siddika Degia (2019-08-30). Roots of the Kashmir conflict. workers.org The writer is a Muslim woman born in a rural village in Gujarat, India. India, one of the oldest civilizations, fell under British colonial rule starting in the late 1700s. With British imperialism came the reinforcement of dividing people by religious groups, castes, languages spoken and nationalities, so that the . . . | Continue reading Roots of the Kashmir conflict at Workers.org

RT (2019-08-30). Trump's personal assistant resigns after caught leaking information to media — report. rt.com Madeleine Westerhout, Trump's personal assistant and 'veteran' of the administration, has reportedly stepped down after she was accused of sharing details about the Trump family and the White House's inner workings with media. | The scoop on Westerhout's exit through the Trump administration's revolving door was reported by the New York Times on Thursday. | Also on rt.com | | 'Leaks real, the news is fake': Reporters hit out at Trump trashing of media | US President Donald Trump was reportedly made aware of Westerhout's 'betrayal' on Thursday. The woman…

Aaron Maté (2019-08-30). Israel increases attacks on Iran allies amid deepening ties to UAE, Saudi. thegrayzone.com The recent Israeli bombings of Iranian-allied groups in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria come amid deepening ties between Israel and the…

Press TV (2019-08-30). Is a Rouhani-Trump Meeting Imminent? dissidentvoice.org PressTV Interview Transcript www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsp1UcXqEo&feature=youtu.be Peter Koenig 29 August 2019 Background Tehran and Washington have been locked in a dispute since last year when the US unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear agreement and re-imposed crippling sanctions on Iran. On Monday, President Donald Trump said he is ready to meet his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani within …

Michael T. Klare (2019-08-30). The Pentagon's New Missile Drive Is Bringing Armageddon Closer. thenation.com The Pentagon's New Missile Drive Is Bringing Armageddon Closer…

Aaron Maté (2019-08-30). Does scathing Comey report preview a Russiagate reckoning? thegrayzone.com A scathing DOJ report rebukes former FBI director Jim Comey for leaks about the Trump-Russia investigation. Scholar and author Stephen…

United Nations (2019-08-30). Friday's Daily Brief: Refugee children missing out on school, Ebola in Uganda, Fresh violence in Yemen, 20 years of Timor-Leste independence, Enforced disappearances. un.org A recap of Friday's stories: Over half of refugee children missing an education; new Ebola case in Uganda; funding gap in Yemen leaves many at risk; Timor-Leste marks 20th anniversary of independence, enforced disappearances spread terror…

United Nations (2019-08-30). As Yemen relief operations face funding gap, timing of surge in violence 'couldn't be worse'. un.org The situation in Yemen is "very fragile", the top United Nations humanitarian official there has warned, noting that as many as 13 people have been killed and at least 70 wounded over the past three days during clashes in two governorates.

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