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Orwellian Surveillance of Tohono O'odham Nation — A Test Case for Entire US Border?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-28
Will Parrish tells the story of how Israeli surveillance techniques originally developed to control Palestinians are now being used on Indigenous land near the border to control migrants, and could be expanded to the entire nation…
therealnews.com/stories/orwellian-surveillance-of-tohono-oodham-nation-a-test-case-for-entire-us-border

Systematic Palestinian Isolation: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-28
This is the story of Palestinian isolation by Israel that we must not allow to die out, long after the news cycle covering the two Congresswomen's story move on beyond Omar, Tlaib and Israeli transgressions.
mintpressnews.com/palestinian-isolation-missing-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-story/261568/

Humanity Denied: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-28
Israel's decision to bar two United States Democratic Representatives, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering Israel and visiting Palestine has further exposed the belligerent, racist nature of the Israeli government. But our understanding of the Israeli decision, and the massive controversy and discussion it generated, should not stop there. Palestinians, who have been at …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/humanity-denied-what-is-missing-from-the-omar-tlaib-story/

Wednesday's Daily Brief: Guterres talks technology for Africa's development, 'extinction crisis' prompts stronger wildlife protection, Greta Thunberg reaches New York, funding shortfalls in Iraq, a positive step for Indigenous women
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-28
A recap of Wednesday's stories: Secretary-General António Guterres says 'winds of hope are blowing ever stronger' for Africa's development; Swedish climate youth activist Greta Thunberg reaches New York by boat; Chief of UN Mission for Iraq warns on funding shortfalls; and in Canada, a new bill recognizes the rights of indigenous women.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1045131

G7 Summit: Critical Outcomes
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-28
In the French city of Biarritz, a three-day summit featuring the heads of state from 7 of the world's largest economies (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the USA, France and Japan) has come to a close. The hottest topics of discussion were trade relations, a nuclear deal with Iran, the protests in Hong Kong, the …
uwidata.com/5103-g7-summit-critical-outcomes/

What Is Happening in Hong Kong?
Brandon Turbeville | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
Over the past few months, both mainstream and alternative news outlets have been covering massive protests in Hong Kong where tens of thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations that have since devolved into violence both with police, counter-protesters, …
globalresearch.ca/what-happening-hong-kong/5687331

No Country for Old Protest Marchers
John R. Hall | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-28
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. — from Shakespeare's Macbeth The first time I got involved in demonstrations was back in 1967, and concerned what I considered to be a crime against mankind, over in a little country in Southeast Asia called Vietnam. Along about the same time, providence led me to drop out …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/no-country-for-old-protest-marchers/

US/Israel Upping the Stakes for More Middle East War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
No nation may legally attack another state preemptively — what US-dominated NATO and Israel do time and again unaccountably. | It's what aggression is all about — defined by UN General Assembly Res. 3314. | Calling it the "most serious and dangerous …
globalresearch.ca/us-israel-middle-east-war/5687434

New Delhi's Man in Moscow Is Right, Russia and India Are Global Partners
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
The Indian Ambassador to Russia was right when he said that his host nation increasingly views his homeland as a global player, an observation that's becoming all the more significant after Moscow has shown that it's willing to contradict China …
globalresearch.ca/russia-india-global-partners/5687420

India's Shadow Banking Crisis Is Intensifying
Kavaljit Singh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
The ongoing liquidity crisis in India's shadow banking sector is intensifying. The troubles that started with defaults by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) last year are far from over as the sector continues to face a severe liquidity …
globalresearch.ca/india-shadow-banking-crisis/5687425

Sri Lankan PM backs Indian repression in Kashmir
wsws.org | 2019-08-28
The support for New Delhi's anti-democratic measures in J&K reflects the fact that all factions of Sri Lanka's ruling elite are moving towards the imposition of dictatorial rule.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/28/kash-a28.html

The World is Watching Kashmire
Shubh Mathur | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-28
"The hasty stroke goes oft astray." This piece of remembered wisdom from The Lord of the Rings seems to be an apt description of the Indian military siege of Kashmir. On August 5th, at midnight local time, the disputed territory was abruptly cut off from all communication, both with the outside world and within Kashmir,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/28/the-world-is-watching-kashmire/

Will Yemen Be Divided Again?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-28
A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY HISTORY Yemen is located in what has historically been considered the finest part of the Arab Peninsula, which has prompted numerous attempts to take control of the area. Before oil was found elsewhere on the Peninsula, Yemen was also seen as having the largest concentration of natural wealth. At that time, Saudi …
uwidata.com/5126-will-yemen-be-divided-again/

Israel Has Attacked Lebanon and Syria — So What?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. | Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. | RT reported the same day: | "Israeli drone flights were "an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty" and an | …
globalresearch.ca/israel-attacked-lebanon-syria/5687390

Israel's Airstrikes in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq Mark Escalation in Aggression
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-28
| Tensions are mounting across the Middle East following a series of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Lebanese President Michel Aoun likened the recent Israeli attacks to a "declaration of war." Israeli drones bombed targets in Lebanon on both Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, some Iraqi lawmakers are calling on the United States to fully withdraw its troops following a series of air raids conducted by Israel. Israel has only claimed responsibility for an attack on Syria Saturday,…
truthout.org/video/israels-airstrikes-in-lebanon-syria-and-iraq-mark-escalation-in-aggression/

The Greek Way to a Green Planet
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-28
The dawn of the twenty-first century is giving us a whiff of another Dark Age. Christianity and Islam have been hovering over each other, fighting small-scale crusades. More than a billion Moslems hate America because America has been an ally of Israel and because America destroyed Iraq, eyeing the oil of the entire Middle East.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/28/the-greek-way-to-a-green-planet/

Recent Israeli Attacks "Significantly Weakened" Syria's Air-Defense Systems
Robert Inkalesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-28
While an attack of this scale on virtually any sovereign nation aside from Syria would likely provoke a major response from the international community, this Israeli attack has barely registered.
mintpressnews.com/lsrael-attacks-syria-air-defenses/261551/

Israeli drone attack on Beirut suburb
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-28
Washington, DC – Israel launched a drone attack in Beirut's southern suburb, Dahiyeh, August 24, targeting the media offices of the national democratic political party Hezbollah. Lebanese politicians denounced the attacks as "acts of war," and Hezbollah stated it will respond. | Hezbollah reports that one of the Israelis drones exploded and the other did not – due to a technical failure. Of the drone that failed to blow up, Hezbollah stated "it was laden with a bomb which was professionally wrapped and isolated," made up of C4 explosives. | In recent days, Israel has launched attacks on Syria, Iraq, Gaza, and ea…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/28/israeli-drone-attack-beirut-suburb

Indonesia forces supermarkets to remove 'palm oil-free' products
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-28
Indonesia is the world's top palm oil producer and this product is their biggest export. The Indonesian government has just placed a ban on any food (or product) labeled "palm-oil free" from all supermarkets in an attempt to protect their main commodity. According to Mongabay, this move could backfire as "other countries could deem it …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/28/indonesia-forces-supermarkets-to-remove-palm-oil-free-products/

Water stress could affect half the world's population in just 5 years
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-28
World Water Week kicked off this week in the shadow of a frightening reality that nearly one-fourth of the world's population is living under extreme water stress and in just five years, half the world's population will live in water-stressed regions, according to the Weather Channel. The dire scenarios circle the globe, from New Mexico to New Delhi. The …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/28/water-stress-could-affect-half-the-worlds-population-in-just-5-years/

Malaysia: The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial. The Prosecutor's Opening Statement
Gopal Sri Ram | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
The following is appointed prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram's opening statement at Najib's 1MDB trial, reproduced in full. | 1. This case concerns the monies of a company called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, widely known as 1MDB. It was originally …
globalresearch.ca/sri-ram-opening-statement-najib-1mdb-trial/5687422

Hong Kong & The Termination of Cathay's Flight Attendant Ass. Pres. Rebecca Sy
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-28
Rebecca Sy, president of Cathay Dragon's Flight Attendants Association discusses her firing and the growing repression against working people in Hong Kong. She. also discusses the social conditions of the working class in Hong Kong.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825713.php

'Perseverance is key' to Iraq's future, UN envoy tells Security Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-28
Although Iraq is "hard at work building on progress made to date", a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday that decades of trouble continue to impact the present, but cautioned "we have not seen the end of it yet".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1045111

Trump's Trade War and the Emerging Corporatist-Fascist State
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-28
President Donald Trump's fit over China speaks to the rise of neofascism in American politics, at a time when neither Congress nor the courts are showing any interest in rolling back presidential power. Trump's unique brand of neofascism first emerged in the form of his attempt to crack down on journalistic critics for "treason," and…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/28/trumps-trade-war-and-the-emerging-corporatist-fascist-state/

US Removes Palestine Authority from List of Countries
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
"Cancelling Palestine (Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Territories) from the U.S. State Department's list is not related to American national interests," PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said. | *** | Palestinian officials slammed the United States Sunday for removing it from its list of …
globalresearch.ca/us-removes-palestine-authority-list-countries/5687428

The Media's Russian Radiation Story Implodes Upon Scrutiny
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
How the mainstream media reported an August 8 accident at a top-secret missile test facility in northern Russia should serve as a cautionary tale regarding the dangers of rushed judgments via institutional bias. | In the days following the initial report …
globalresearch.ca/media-russian-radiation-story-implodes-upon-scrutiny/5687397

The EU and NATO Remain Closely Linked on the Most Important Issues. Nuclear Weapons "Sharing Policy" directed against Russia
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
Of the European Union's 28 member states, it reveals much that 22 of these nations belong to NATO, the Pentagon-run military organization. | What is striking also is that, in…
globalresearch.ca/the-eu-and-nato-remain-closely-linked-on-the-most-important-issues-nuclear-weapons-sharing-policy-directed-against-russia/5687361

Russiagate skeptics are vindicated, but conspiracy theorists are rewarded (w/ Glenn Greenwald)
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-28
Glenn Greenwald on Robert Mueller's disappearance; how Andrew McCabe has become the latest former U.S. intelligence official to join either…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/28/russiagate-skeptics-are-vindicated-but-conspiracy-theorists-are-rewarded-w-glenn-greenwald/

Video: Syrian Army (SAA) Works to Secure Recent Gains in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces are conducting active security operations in the recently liberated parts of northern Hama and southern Idlib. The goal of the effort is to remove mines and improvised explosive devices, uncover weapons …
globalresearch.ca/video-army-works-secure-recent-gains/5687373

Video: "Dawn of Idlib": Syrian Army's Offensive in Northwestern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
August 2019 was marked by important changes on frontlines in northwestern Syria. | The month started with a declaration by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani that his group, the most powerful faction in Idlib and formerly the official branch …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-offensive-northwestern-syria/5687469

Timor-Leste (East Timor): From Genocide to Democracy
Pamela Sexton | indybay.org | 2019-08-28
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825734.php

'It Was an Outrage': Mike Pompeo Celebrates Defeated ICC Probe Into US War Crimes
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-28
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pompeo-icc-outrage-indianapolis.jpg …

Airstrikes in Lebanon, Syria & Iraq Mark Dangerous Escalation in Decades-Long Israeli Aggression
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-28
Tensions are mounting across the Middle East following a series of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Lebanese President Michel Aoun likened the recent Israeli attacks to a "declaration of war." Israeli drones bombed targets in Lebanon on both Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, some Iraqi lawmakers are calling on the United States to fully withdraw its troops following a series of Israeli air raids conducted by Israel. Israel has only claimed responsibility for an attack on Syria Saturday, which they said targeted an Iranian-operated base that was preparing to launch a drone assault on Israel. We speak wi…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/28/israel_airstrikes_lebanon_syria_iraq

Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress…
thenation.com/article/tlaib-omar-israel-entry/

En defensa de Palestina
Editor | workers.org | 2019-08-27
La cuestión de la Palestina ocupada volvió a ocupar un lugar central en la prensa mundial cuando dos mujeres miembros de la Brigada del Congreso -Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) y Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)- le fueron negadas inicialmente el derecho a entrar a Israel por su fascista Primer Ministro Benjamin Netanyahu el . . . | Continue reading En defensa de Palestina at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/27/en-defensa-de-palestina/

Tuesday's Daily Brief: UN envoy on Middle East peace process, child labour in Nepal, latest deadly Mediterranean shipwreck, DRC's Goma 21-days free of Ebola transmission, UN chief urges ban on nuclear testing
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-27
A recap of Tuesday's stories: UN envoy says tangible steps 'can, and must be taken' to reverse the 'negative trajectory' of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; child labour case in Nepal highlights 'widespread and systematic' abuse; some 40 people drowned off the coast of Libya in Mediterranean shipwreck; DR Congo's Goma passes key 21-day period free of Ebola transmission; and UN chief calls for global support in putting an end to nuclear weapons testing.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1045031

'Complete political deadlock' over Middle East peace risks more violence, regional escalation, warns UN envoy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-27
Tangible steps "can, and must, be taken" to urgently reverse the "negative trajectory" of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and revive the peace process, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1045011

Hong Kong: Their Head-Bashers … and "Ours"
Thomas S. Harrington | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
I don't claim to know enough about the situation Hong Kong to render a definite opinion about the true sources of the citizen uprising there. My sense, however, is that while the roots of protest movement are probably largely indigenous, the US has opportunistically latched itself on to the cause of the protestors, and is probably providing them with logistical aid, because it sees this as a way of giving its prime geopolitical rival a big black eye.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/hong-kong-their-head-bashers-and-ours/

Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-trade-war-hong-kong-protests/5687335

Hong Kong and the Audacity of the United States
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
People often ask and hint at the similarities between the Hong Kong protests and the French Yellow Vests. The former started on 31 March and are approaching their 19th week. The Yellow Vests (YV) have celebrated last weekend their 40th week of protests. As of recently some voices of Macron-infiltrates into the YV movement — …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/hong-kong-and-the-audacity-of-the-united-states/

Does Israel Interfere in American Elections?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …
globalresearch.ca/does-israel-interfere-american-elections/5687279

Israel's Infamous USS Liberty Attack
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
Throughout Israel's history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …
globalresearch.ca/israels-infamous-uss-liberty-attack/5687348

India's Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda
Amitabh Pal | progressive.org | 2019-08-27
"Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him."
progressive.org/dispatches/indias-kashmir-gambit-fulfills-hindu-nationalist-agenda-pal-190826/

Orangutans 'could hold key to how human speech evolved'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-27
Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans, with new research suggesting they may hold the key to how human speech evolved. | Scientists from the University of St Andrews and Indianapolis Zoo gathered a unique insight into the language similarities while studying great apes. | They worked alongside animal care staff at the zoo in the state of Indiana, home to one of the largest groups of orangutans in any American zoo, to analyse 11-year-old Rocky and 36-year-old Knobi. | Both orangutans were given a basic music instrument — a membranophone, such as a kazoo — and used their voice to…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/27/orangutans-could-hold-key-to-how-human-speech-evolved/

The Week Trump Hit Peak Megalomania
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-27
The fact that Trump is an egomaniac hardly constitutes news. Before becoming president his professional life was characterized by a succession of attention-seeking vanity projects. Through his career as a property developer, he oversaw the construction of a series of gaudy buildings, which stand as monuments to kitsch in locations as diverse as Panama, Uruguay,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/27/the-week-trump-hit-peak-megalomania/

Woman Goes Into Premature Labor After Aggressive Arrest; Judge Still Sends Her to Jail
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-27
Join us Thursday, August 29th 9PM EST on Youtube and Facebook for the live premiere of The Police Accountability Report. Click on the image for more info. In this episode we will look at a federal lawsuit accusing police of violating the civil rights of a then-pregnant woman that has cleared a major hurdle. Court…
therealnews.com/stories/woman-goes-into-premature-labor-after-aggressive-arrest-judge-still-sends-her-to-jail

Stripped of Their Rights
aclu.org | 2019-08-27
In 2011, guards at an Illinois prison violated the constitution when they carried out a mass strip-search of incarcerated women. | In March 2011, a tactical team of guards at a state prison in Lincoln, Illinois gathered 200 women and ushered them into a gymnasium, where they were brought in small groups into a separate room nearby. Inside that room, they were told to strip naked in plain view of other guards, cadets, and civilians, without any explanation. Women on their periods were ordered to remove their tampons and sanitary pads. One-by-one, each woman was ordered to lift her breasts, cough and squat, and dis…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/women-prison/stripped-their-rights

In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan
Tim Shorrock | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan…
thenation.com/article/south-korea-japan-cold-war/

Revival of Shintoism in Abe's Japan: Why? Another Holy War?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-27
It is possible that Abe's Korea bashing is a part of his ambition of restoring the pre-1945 Japan where Shintoism ruled the body and the mind of the Japanese people. | Under Shintoism, the Japanese were united, or forced to be …
globalresearch.ca/shintoism-japan/5687330

Israel has attacked Lebanon and Syria: So what?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. RT reported the same day: Israeli drone flights were "an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty" and an assault on UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Hariri said on Sunday, just hours after …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/israel-has-attacked-lebanon-and-syria-so-what/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-08-28 21:32 GMT (17:32 EST)

2019-08-27: News Headlines

Peter Bolton (2019-08-27). The Week Trump Hit Peak Megalomania. counterpunch.org The fact that Trump is an egomaniac hardly constitutes news. Before becoming president his professional life was characterized by a succession of attention-seeking vanity projects. Through his career as a property developer, he oversaw the construction of a series of gaudy buildings, which stand as monuments to kitsch in locations as diverse as Panama, Uruguay, More

Andre Vltchek (2019-08-27). Israel has attacked Lebanon and Syria: So what? dissidentvoice.org On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. RT reported the same day: Israeli drone flights were "an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty" and an assault on UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Hariri said on Sunday, just hours after …

unitedEditor (2019-08-27). Will Netanyahu annex Jewish Settlements prior to September elections? uwidata.com Israelis will go to ballot boxes, on September 17 snap elections, to elect the 120 members of the Knesset. In the prior elections in April 2019, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure a relative majority and did not succeed in forming a coalition government, the first such failure in Israel's history. Now Netanyahu …

Jake Lynch (2019-08-27). Peace Journalism for the Koreas Negotiations. counterpunch.org "Do not demonise North Korea. Demons do not negotiate. If there are no negotiations, there will be war." The words of Chung-in Moon to journalists who gathered for the Korea Press Foundation journalism conference in Seoul, last October, as diplomatic efforts were being stepped up for a second summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and More

Thomas S. Harrington (2019-08-27). Hong Kong: Their Head-Bashers … and "Ours" counterpunch.org I don't claim to know enough about the situation Hong Kong to render a definite opinion about the true sources of the citizen uprising there. My sense, however, is that while the roots of protest movement are probably largely indigenous, the US has opportunistically latched itself on to the cause of the protestors, and is probably providing them with logistical aid, because it sees this as a way of giving its prime geopolitical rival a big black eye. More

Calvin Trillin (2019-08-27). Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress. thenation.com Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress…

Vijay Prashad (2019-08-27). The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up. commondreams.org Macron's liberalism—like that of Canada's Justin Trudeau—is on thin ice. (Photo: Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1164296903.jpg …

United Nations (2019-08-27). 'Complete political deadlock' over Middle East peace risks more violence, regional escalation, warns UN envoy. un.org Tangible steps "can, and must, be taken" to urgently reverse the "negative trajectory" of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and revive the peace process, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Makia Freeman (2019-08-27). Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …

Peter Koenig (2019-08-27). Hong Kong and the Audacity of the United States. dissidentvoice.org People often ask and hint at the similarities between the Hong Kong protests and the French Yellow Vests. The former started on 31 March and are approaching their 19th week. The Yellow Vests (YV) have celebrated last weekend their 40th week of protests. As of recently some voices of Macron-infiltrates into the YV movement — …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). Israel's Infamous USS Liberty Attack. globalresearch.ca Throughout Israel's history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington? globalresearch.ca The short answer is yes and no. | G7 nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US are united in one respect. They're profoundly undemocratic while pretending otherwise. | They're united for privileged interests over beneficial social change. They operate …

Philip Giraldi (2019-08-27). Does Israel Interfere in American Elections? globalresearch.ca Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …

Tom Anderson (2019-08-27). New campaign website calls for a boycott of Turkey. thecanary.co A new website is calling for a boycott of Turkey in solidarity with the Rojava revolution and the Kurdish Freedom movement. | Boycott 'Turkish fascism': | Turkey has long been oppressing its Kurdish population, as well as other minorities who do not identify as Turk…

ACLU (2019-08-27). Stripped of Their Rights. aclu.org In 2011, guards at an Illinois prison violated the constitution when they carried out a mass strip-search of incarcerated women. | In March 2011, a tactical team of guards at a state prison in Lincoln, Illinois gathered 200 women and ushered them into a gymnasium, where they were brought in small groups into a separate room nearby. Inside that room, they were told to strip naked in plain view of other guards, cadets, and civilians, without any explanation. Women on their periods were ordered to remove their tampons and sanitary pads. One-by-one, each woman was ordered to lift her breasts, cough and squat, and dis…

Alexandra Jacobo (2019-08-27). Landmark victory: Johnson & Johnson forced to pay $572 million for their role in the opioid epidemic. nationofchange.org With still thousands of cases pending against Big Pharma companies for their role in the opioid epidemic, a landmark ruling in Oklahoma is holding one company accountable. | A judge in Oklahoma, where the first lawsuit filed against opioid makers and distributors went to trial, has ruled that Johnson and Johnson must pay $572 million for its part in flooding the state with opioids. | The state of Oklahoma had previously settled with other drug manufacturers Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharmaceutical earlier this year. | "Those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of Oklahomans," said Judge Thad Ba…

Pamela Sexton (2019-08-27). Timor-Leste (East Timor): From Genocide to Democracy. indybay.org Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060…

Aaron Maté (2019-08-27). Israeli attacks provoke Iran, Hezbollah — and could help jihadists. thegrayzone.com With its bombings of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, is Israel trying to stop an attack from Iran and its allies,…

WSWS (2019-08-27). Israel launches airstrikes against Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. wsws.org The wave of attacks across the region is linked to both the US offensive against Iran and Netanyahu's re-election campaign.

South Front (2019-08-27). Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. globalresearch.ca The situation in the Middle East is once again escalating. | On August 24, Israeli warplanes bombed what the Israeli military described as 'Iranian targets' near the town of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Syrian air-defense forces intercepted …

WSWS (2019-08-27). US Steel to lay off 150 workers in Indiana as Trump administration escalates trade war. wsws.org The announcement of the layoffs in East Chicago follows US Steel's declaration earlier this month that up to 200 workers will lose their jobs at its Great Lakes Works facility outside Detroit.

The Canary (2019-08-27). Orangutans 'could hold key to how human speech evolved'. thecanary.co Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans, with new research suggesting they may hold the key to how human speech evolved. | Scientists from the University of St Andrews and Indianapolis Zoo gathered a unique insight into the language similarities while studying great apes. | They worked alongside animal care staff at the zoo in the state of Indiana, home to one of the largest groups of orangutans in any American zoo, to analyse 11-year-old Rocky and 36-year-old Knobi. | Both orangutans were given a basic music instrument — a membranophone, such as a kazoo — and used their voice to…

Amitabh Pal (2019-08-27). India's Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda. commondreams.org The rightwing populist project beleaguering our planet is taking its toll around the world. (Photo: gSrikar) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/modi.jpeg …

Amitabh Pal (2019-08-27). India's Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda. progressive.org "Now Modi is the leader of a billion people who stand solidly with him."

WSWS (2019-08-27). The US announces provocative arms sale to Taiwan. wsws.org The $8 billion sale of 66 F-16V fighter jets is the first such deal since the administration of President George H.W. Bush approved the sale of 150 fighter jets to Taiwan in 1992.

Peter Bolton (2019-08-27). Jewish professor Norman Finkelstein explains the weird love affair between antisemites and Israel. thecanary.co Correction: We deleted the original version of this article at 11.30am on 23 August, after it had been published the previous evening. We made the extremely rare decision to take the article down because we got the original headline — Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein says 'Israel is a nation of murderers' loved by the far right — very wrong. This decision was triggered during an internal review by senior editors. | Specifically, we felt it was wrong to use Professor Finkelstein's quote in the headline without context or challenge. It gave the impression that all Israeli citizens were culpable for the a…

Jacob Bacharach (2019-08-27). Donald Trump's Anti-Semitism and the Media's Own. truthdig.com When it comes to American Jews critical of Israel, the political press has more in common with the president than it might care to admit.

Juan Cole (2019-08-27). France upstages Trump at G7 by inviting Iran to salvage nuclear deal. nationofchange.org Trump breached the Iran deal in 2017, slapped severe sanctions on Iran and then went around the world strong-arming countries not to buy Iran's petroleum.

Tim Shorrock (2019-08-27). In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan. thenation.com In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan…

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-27). The Putin-Erdogan Summit Will Influence the Syrian End Game. globalresearch.ca Turkish President Erdogan's visit to Moscow on 27 August will see him and his Russian counterpart hashing out the details of the Syrian end game. | The kinetic (military) phase of the War on Syria is rapidly drawing to a close …

WSWS (2019-08-27). Russia launches floating nuclear power plant amid new "scramble for the Arctic" wsws.org The launching of the Akademik Lomonosov platform is part of an effort by the Kremlin to significantly expand its infrastructure in the region.

Gerard Boyce (2019-08-27). Upshots and Unintended Consequences of Africa's Nuclear Energy Ambitions. globalresearch.ca Earlier this month, cash-strapped Zimbabwe announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia to engage in uranium exploration and enrichment with a view to the possibility of generating nuclear energy in future. In so doing, it joined …

Oscar Grenfell (2019-08-27). Anti-China Witch-hunt Targets Australian Universities. globalresearch.ca On August 21, the Australian government convened a "crisis meeting" with representatives of the universities and the intelligence agencies, as part of a hysterical campaign alleging pervasive "Chinese influence" throughout society. | Little has been revealed about what was discussed at …

Fight Back (2019-08-27). Annual Chicano Moratorium program set for August 29. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – A commemoration event honoring the 1970 Chicano moratorium will take place in Boyle Heights, Thursday, August 29, 6 to 9 p.m., at Self Help Graphics, 1300 E. First Street, Los Angeles. | The event marks the August 29, 1970 Chicano moratorium, which included over 30,000 Chicanos and supporters marching against the Vietnam War. 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, against police terror and against racism. East LA Sheriffs and the LAPD would turn the Chicano Morato…

Labor Video Project (2019-08-27). Hong Kong & The Termination of Cathay's Flight Attendant Ass. Pres. Rebecca Sy. indybay.org Rebecca Sy, president of Cathay Dragon's Flight Attendants Association discusses her firing and the growing repression against working people in Hong Kong. She. also discusses the social conditions of the working class in Hong Kong.

Staff (2019-08-27). Headlines for August 27, 2019. democracynow.org Oklahoma Wins Case Against Johnson & Johnson as Court Finds Pharma Giant Fueled State's Opioid Crisis, Brazil Rejects G7 Amazon Aid Amid Mounting Environmental Disaster, Prosecutors Investigate After Gov't Ignored Warnings About Planned Amazon Fires, Trump Dismisses Wind Power Again at G7 as WH Walks Back Comments on Kim Jong-un, Lebanon Says Air Attacks Over Weekend Amount to "Declaration of War" from Israel, U.N. Says Floods in Sudan a "Humanitarian Emergency" as Death Toll Tops 60 People, Iran Sentences Journalist and Activist Marzieh Amiri to 10 Years & 148 Lashes, 19 States and D.C. Sue to Block Trump's Term…

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-08-27). Rejecting Idea of 'Photo Op' Diplomacy With Trump, Iran's Rouhani Says No Talks Unless US Sanctions Lifted. commondreams.org "It's possible with PhotoShop—but not in reality. Unless the U.S. removes all the sanctions—then there will be a new situation for us to consider." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/rouhani_lift_sanctions.jpg …

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-08-27). The Myth America Tells Itself About Afghanistan. truthdig.com This piece originally appeared on antiwar.com. | Here we go again. The typically underreported non-news of Orwellian America. This week, two more U.S. soldiers — Green Berets — were killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Faryab province, just another hopeless corner of rural Afghanistan. The two posthumously promoted Master Sergeants represented the 15th and 16th American deaths in the country…

Editor (2019-08-27). En defensa de Palestina. workers.org La cuestión de la Palestina ocupada volvió a ocupar un lugar central en la prensa mundial cuando dos mujeres miembros de la Brigada del Congreso -Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) y Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)- le fueron negadas inicialmente el derecho a entrar a Israel por su fascista Primer Ministro Benjamin Netanyahu el . . . | Continue reading En defensa de Palestina at Workers.org

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-08-26). US and Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen's Ancient Heritage. mintpressnews.com 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 have been reduced to ashes.

unitedEditor (2019-08-26). The End of the Greater Middle East Project: The Case of Kurdistan. uwidata.com Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential elections has had dire implications for the American "Greater Middle East" project which has guided US foreign policy in the Middle East since it was first put forward in 2003. Trump's reorientation toward internal US problems (migration, economy, protectionism), the emergence of new geopolitical rivals (China and Iran) …

RT (2019-08-26). 'They've got it all wrong!' Trump says entire G7 laughing at US 'fake news'. rt.com With their 'inaccurate' coverage of his meetings with world leaders, the US 'fake news' media have become the laughing stock of the G7 summit in France, US President Donald Trump has claimed. | "In France we are all laughing at how knowingly inaccurate the US reporting of events and conversations at the G-7 is," Trump tweeted on Sunday evening. "These Leaders, and many others, are getting a major case study of Fake News at it's (sic) finest!" | They've got it all wrong, from Iran, to China Tariffs, to Boris! | In France we are all laughing at how knowingly inaccurate the U.S. reporting of events and conversati…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-08-26). We Are Not Fooled By The Hong Kong Protests. dissidentvoice.org Agnes Chow and Nathan Law accept the 2018 Lantos Human Rights Prize on behalf of Joshua Wong in Washington, DC. (Facebook) Update: Protests continued in Hong Kong this weekend. The protesters returned to the use of violence and the police responded. The South China Morning Post reported: In a now familiar pattern, the protesters threw …

Paul Street (2019-08-26). "Hereby Ordered": On Trump, Capital, Fascism, and China in a World on Fire. counterpunch.org I am hearing whispers from lefties that "the ruling class is finally done with Trump." It's "the China stuff" that's doing the trick. Sure, the argument goes, the corporate and financial powers that be haven't been all that happy with Trump's open white nationalism, racism, narcissism, and sexism. It's not their style. But they've been willing to put up with Trump's noxious nonsense because he's rewarded them with plutocratic tax cuts and de-regulation. The presidents' immigrant-bashing awfulness has kept his "heartland" base loyal to a president who knows (despite all his insanity) which constituency matters mos…

Reese Erlich (2019-08-26). Foreign Correspondent: What is the U.S. Role in the Hong Kong Protests? progressive.org Despite legitimate concern over economic inequality there, the movement has pro-Western elements and has been encouraged by Washington in familiar, odious ways.

WSWS (2019-08-26). Hong Kong protests continue into twelfth week. wsws.org Clashes with police took place involving for the first time the use of water cannon as well as tear gas and batons as police attempted to disperse protesters.

WSWS (2019-08-26). Britain sold more than £6 billion in arms for Saudi-led coalition's deadly war in Yemen. wsws.org British-built aircraft, bombs and missiles have been used to target civilians in breach of the UK arms export law that bans the sale of arms or munitions to a state that is at "clear risk" of committing serious violations of international humanitarian law.

WSWS (2019-08-26). Germany: A politically motivated verdict in Chemnitz refugee trial. wsws.org A 24-year-old refugee from Syria has been jailed for years, so that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the extremist mob, which rampaged in Chemnitz last summer, can claim their victim.

Mel Gurtov (2019-08-26). Trump and the Climate Crisis—a Crime Against Humanity. counterpunch.org The President of the United States is a criminal. I'm not referring to the twenty-odd investigations of him currently underway for violations of the Constitution, obstruction of justice, and collaboration with the Russian election attack, among other misdeeds. No, I'm referring to his and his administration's intentional and reckless pursuit of national policies that condemn More

United Nations (2019-08-26). Sri Lankan authorities must work 'vigorously' to ease simmering ethno-religious tensions, urges UN rights expert. un.org A United Nations human rights expert warned on Monday that Sri Lankan authorities must take urgent action to strengthen respect for freedom of religion or belief and address simmering ethno-religious tensions.

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