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2019-08-23: Social Media Postees

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Six European Countries to Receive 356 Migrants Rescued at Sea
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-23
The Government of Malta confirmed Friday that Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania will host 356 migrants on board the Ocean Viking, a Norwegian-flagged rescue vessel chartered by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée. | RELATED: | Italy: Officials Finally Allow 'Open Arms' Migrants to Land | " [We] welcome [the fact] t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Six-European-Countries-to-Receive-356-Migrants-Rescued-at-Sea-20190823-0010.html

World Watching the Fate of Iranian Tanker
Prof. Vijay Prashad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
At 11: 30pm on Sunday, August 18, the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya-1 left the shores of Gibraltar at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. This ship had been detained about six weeks previous by British Royal Marines and Gibraltar officials. The …
globalresearch.ca/world-watching-fate-iranian-tanker/5686898

Activists demand Minnesota divest from border militarization contractor
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-23
St. Paul, MN – On August 22, immigrant rights and Palestine solidarity activists presented over 1000 signatures of Minnesota residents petitioning the State Board of Investments (SBI) to divest state pension funds from the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems. Elbit sells cluster bombs and weaponized white phosphorus to the Israel Defense Forces, whose indiscriminate use on besieged Gaza has been widely condemned by international organizations. Elbit also manufactures surveillance equipment for the Israeli apartheid wall, and drones used in targeted assassinations of Palestinian political leaders. | Advertisi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/23/activists-demand-minnesota-divest-border-militarization-contractor

More Russiagate unraveling? Ex-CEO says FBI instructed him to have relationship with Maria Butina
rt.com | 2019-08-23
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has told media that he was ordered by the FBI to initiate a romantic relationship with imprisoned Russian gun activist Maria Butina, seemingly confirming claims made by her lawyer. | Byrne, who resigned from the online retail company on Thursday, explained to CNN's Chris Cuomo that he had been asked by the FBI — on the orders of then-director James Comey — to "rekindle a romantic relationship" with Butina. | Taken aback by the claim, Cuomo interjected: "You believe that Jim Comey knew that you were being asked to do these things in the name of the United States gove…
rt.com/usa/467136-butina-byrne-fbi-informant-russia/

2020 candidates address historical trauma, missing indigenous women & more at Native American forum
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-23
Following this week's historic Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, we speak with Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today and moderator of the Native American voter forum; Christine Nobiss, director of Seeding Sovereignty's SHIFT project; and Mark Charles, independent candidate for president, Native American activist and writer. They respond to the candidates' …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/23/2020-candidates-address-historical-trauma-missing-indigenous-women-more-at-native-american-forum/

Youtube Bans 210 Pro-Beijing Channels Posting About Hong Kong
teleSUR, TR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-23
YouTube's parent company, Google, announced Thursday that they had disabled 210 channels engaged in posting pro-Beijing content related to Hong Kong's protests. | By doing so, Google joins Facebook and Twitter, which also informed Monday that hundreds of thousands of accounts were deleted from their platforms for similar reasons. Twitter published a statement in which first line they imply that state-backed information was some sort of a crime. | According to Twitter's version this accounts were…
telesurenglish.net/news/Youtube-Bans-210-Pro-Beijing-Channels-Posting-About-Hong-Kong–20190823-0002.html

Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, But at What Price?
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-23
Israeli Jewish settlers are on a rampage in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part of everyday routine in Palestine, the violence of recent weeks is directly linked to the general elections in Israel, scheduled to be held on September 17. The previous elections, on April 9, failed to bring about political…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/23/jewish-settlers-rule-the-roost-in-israel-but-at-what-price/

Why a Defense Agreement with Israel Would be a Disaster for Americans. Lindsey Graham's Blank Check
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country's complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make …
globalresearch.ca/lindsey-graham-defense-agreement-israel-disaster-americans/5686996

Trump Regime Threatens Illegal Sanctions on Nations Legally Buying Iranian Oil
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
The US under both extremist right wings of its war party is a rogue state by any definition. | It operates extrajudicially at home and abroad. It's increasingly repressive and totalitarian, heading toward full-blown tyranny if the present trend continues unchecked….
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-threatens-illegal-sanctions-nations-buying-iranian-oil/5686908

Syrian Terrorists Cannot Hold Northern Hama Pocket for Long Time
Ahmad Al Khaled | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
The Syrian army has managed to make significant progress in clashes with "opposition" groups in Northwestern Syria, taking the strategically important city of Khan Sheikhoun. The SAA also cut the highway located to the North from the city, blocking supply …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-rebels-cannot-hold-northern-hama-pocket/5687014

NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-23
While NPR snorts about Asma Assad "sporting a chic blonde pixie cut", Lilly Martin points out that she was recently bald while fighting for her life.
mintpressnews.com/npr-mocks-cancer-survivor-in-drumbeat-of-syria-propaganda/261479/

Video: Khan Shaykhun Liberated, Northern Hama Pocket — Next
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
On August 21, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces liberated the town of Khan Shaykhun and the areas of Khazanat and Tal Taeri, thus fully encircling remaining militants in northern Hama. | The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham strong points …
globalresearch.ca/video-khan-shaykhun-liberated-northern-hama-pocket-next/5686915

Syria's SDF's Child Soldiers
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
In Syria news briefs today, two children were injured in another landmine blast; a child fleeing from US 'SDF' criminal militia was shot to death; Reconciliation continues; an increase in olive production is expected. | Two children were injured …
globalresearch.ca/sdf-child-soldiers-landmines-economy/5686946

Bolivian Mine Workers Strike Against one of World's Largest Mining Corporations
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-23
The Japanese Sumitomo corporation runs one of the world's largest zinc, copper, and lead mines in Bolivia, where it has been denying workers overtime pay, despite a court order to pay them. We talk to the mine workers' union president, Henry Cayo…
therealnews.com/stories/bolivian-mine-workers-strike-against-one-of-worlds-largest-mining-corporations

Western Militaries Are Using Virtual Reality for Propaganda and Recruitment
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-23
| Virtual reality (VR) is the future of propaganda. It's also the present of propaganda: In China, members of the Zhongshan Communist Party are already being supplied with VR headsets by Xijian, one of the country's biggest augmented reality startups. Thanks to these headsets, users can experience the "Guidelines of the Chinese Communist Party" in three dimensions and with animated…
truthout.org/articles/western-militaries-are-using-virtual-reality-for-propaganda-and-recruitment/

'Who is our bigger enemy?': Trump lashes out, compares Fed chairman Powell to Chinese President Xi
rt.com | 2019-08-23
President Donald Trump has lashed out at the Federal Reserve chairman, after Jay Powell refused to cut interest rates to Trump's liking, a move that would have given the president ammunition to escalate his trade war with China. | "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING!" Trump tweeted on Friday, after Powell announced that he would "sustain the expansion" of the US economy, but not by slashing interest rates by a whole percentage point, as Trump has repeatedly called for. Instead, Powell is likely to lower rates by around a quarter of a percentage point, from their current level of 2.25 percent. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/467156-trump-powell-fed-china/

What China's Leadership is Really Worried About: Rising Debt
Tom Clifford | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-23
Beijing. The resort town of Beidaihe has just held one of the world's most important, and secretive, political gatherings. Members of the public flock there in the summer months to relax on the beach gently lapped by the shallow waters of the Yellow Sea. But far from the madding crowd, the resort, 200 km north…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/23/what-chinas-leadership-is-really-worried-about-rising-debt/

"New Detente" Between Russia and The West? Impacts on the Russia-China Strategic Partnership
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
Macron's Mediation | The dynamics of the New Cold War might undergo a dramatic transformation if the geopolitical game-changer of a "New Detente" between Russia and the West succeeds, which is becoming increasingly possible as proven by recent events. | President Putin's …
globalresearch.ca/new-detente-proceeding-apace-china-should-very-concerned/5686937

Australia joins US naval operation against Iran, foreshadows involvement in South China Sea
wsws.org | 2019-08-23
Sixteen years after the Iraq war, US imperialism has plans for even more catastrophic crimes–against both Iran and China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/23/auir-a23.html

Trump Never Had a Grand Strategy for China
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-23
President Trump has delayed the new tariffs he threatened to impose on Chinese imports in the early fall, and exempted some other Chinese imports altogether. The de-escalation of the Sino-U.S. trade war is especially welcome, given the markets' renewed concerns about impending recession. Also striking was the president's tacit acknowledgment that the tariffs threatened to harm the Am…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-never-had-a-grand-strategy-for-china/

China Imposes New Tariffs on US Imports, Trump Hits Back
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-23
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce says that its new tariffs will be applied to more than 5,000 U.S. products in two phases. The first stage would come into effect on September 1 and the second one on December 15. | RELATED: | China announced that it will impose additional tariffs worth 75,000 million dollars on imported products from the United States following the measure recently taken by President Donald Trump against the China's customs fees. | "These additional tariffs will evolve in a range of between 5 and 10 percent and will be applied to 5,078 US products in two phases. The first from September 1 and…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Imposes-New-Tariffs-on-US-Imports-Trump-Hits-Back-20190823-0007.html

US escalates preparations for nuclear war with Russia and China
wsws.org | 2019-08-23
After withdrawing from the INF treaty, the US is accelerating its preparations to fight a nuclear war with China or Russia by testing and stockpiling dangerous new weapons in a nuclear arms race.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/23/nucl-a23.html

Kashmir and the US-Russia Power Play in South Asia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
Russia is reluctant to jeopardize its ultra-profitable arms relationship with India by strategically "balancing" South Asia, which is why the US decided to play this irreplaceable role instead by actively seeking to cut deals in both Afghanistan and Kashmir since …
globalresearch.ca/trump-south-asian-balancer/5686954

Israel's Online Occupation of Palestine
Miriam Deprez | progressive.org | 2019-08-23
How a Facebook post can land you in prison.
progressive.org/dispatches/israels-online-occupation-of-palestine-deprez-190823/

What Netanyahu's Travel Ban Has Revealed
L. Michael Hager | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-23
Until a few weeks ago America's unqualified support for Israel was solidly bipartisan. Aided by media bias and reporter reluctance to address on-the-ground realities, AIPAC and its affiliates had the public relations space virtually to themselves. Reinforced by mainstream media, the "Exodus" narrative captured and retained popular sympathy, while U.S. policymakers began to regard Israel…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/23/what-netanyahus-travel-ban-has-revealed/

One Woman's Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, Seaweed, Wave Energy
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-23
Symbioses — prolonged associations between organisms often widely separated phylogenetically — are more common in biology than we once thought and have been neglected as a phenomenon worthy of study on its own merits. Extending along a dynamic continuum from antagonistic to cooperative and often involving elements of both antagonism and mutualism, symbioses involve pathogens, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/one-womans-research-on-aquatic-bioinvasions-seaweed-wave-energy/

Deputy resigns after charged with shooting unarmed woman and lying to investigators
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-23
Recorded on police dashcam video shooting an unarmed woman in the groin, a Florida sheriff's deputy was indicted Wednesday on charges that he used unreasonable force by shooting an unarmed woman and misleading state investigators about the circumstances of his actions. Immediately after the federal charges were announced, the deputy resigned from the department. On …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/23/deputy-resigns-after-charged-with-shooting-unarmed-woman-and-lying-to-investigators/

Palestine Legal comments on California's ethnic studies model curriculum
Palestine Legal | indybay.org | 2019-08-23
Palestine Legal has submitted the following public comment on California's 2020 Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/23/18825635.php

Bangladesh: Thousands of families homeless after fire destroys Dhaka shanty homes
wsws.org | 2019-08-23
The disaster highlights the grim situation facing millions of poor people struggling to survive in megacities around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/23/bang-a23.html

German defence minister visits troops in Jordan and Iraq
wsws.org | 2019-08-23
The message of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was the same everywhere: The German army should continue and even expand its operations in the resource-rich Middle East.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/23/kram-a23.html

Kashmir: Decentralize Power and Revive Regional Political Institutions
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-23
Introduction As the decade of the 1990s dawned, the politicial, cultural and socioeconomic fabric of Kashmir was severely impaired by the free rein given to Indian military and paramilitary forces to quell dissidence, and also by Pakistan-trained militants who, in a no holds barred conflict, inflicted atrocities on their co-religionists as well. New Delhi hadn't…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/23/kashmir-decentralize-power-and-revive-regional-political-institutions/

San Diego joins Philippine National Day of Mourning and Action
Michaela Malone | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-23
On Aug. 21, the Philippine National Day of Mourning and Action, the Party for Socialism and Liberation San Diego co-hosted an action in an effort to end U.S. funding to Rodrigo Duterte's military in the Philippines.
liberationnews.org/san-diego-joins-philippine-national-day-of-mourning-and-action/

Seven Whispers of the White Dove
Iranian Students Association in America | indybay.org | 2019-08-23
Hertz Hall | 101 Cross-Sproul Path | University of California | Berkeley, CA 94720…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/23/18825645.php

Double Standards in Iran Reporting
Florian Zollmann | indybay.org | 2019-08-23
Iran has not attacked any country militarily in the last 100 years. This is mostly unmentioned in the media. Demonizations occur in the Iran reporting. In comparison, reporting about human rights in Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/23/18825629.php

Hidden Trump report reveals water plan will harm endangered whales and salmon
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-23
It's become a familiar story with the Trump administration: Scientists write a report that shows the administration's policies will cause environmental damage, then the administration buries the report and fires the scientists. The latest chapter in that book happened this summer in California when federal officials suppressed a scientific report that warned that the administration's plans to …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/23/hidden-trump-report-reveals-water-plan-will-harm-endangered-whales-and-salmon/

Bill Frisell speaks with WSWS: "Music is like a teacher who opens your eyes to many things"
wsws.org | 2019-08-23
Virtuoso jazz guitarist Bill Frisell discussed some of the conceptions underpinning his musical approach and his forthcoming album during the Australian leg of his recent Asian tour.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/23/bfri-a23.html

'Provocative' post-INF missile test serves US neocon goal to stop détente with Russia
rt.com | 2019-08-23
The decision by the United States to test a cruise missile banned under the now-expired INF treaty was a provocative move that delights neocons who oppose rapprochement between the US and Russia, analysts told RT. | Less than a month after pulling out of the INF arms control treaty, the US military tested a ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missile previously prohibited under the agreement. | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would "take exhaustive measures to prepare a symmetrical response" to the test, while stressing that it is not aiming to ignite a new arms race. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/467147-us-provocation-inf-missile-tests/

WATCH: Plane cabin fills with smoke moments before emergency landing
rt.com | 2019-08-23
Horrified passengers of Hawaiian Airlines were lucky to escape disaster after their cabin filled with smoke during a flight to Honolulu on Thursday. Their plane made an emergency landing before the crew evacuated all on board. | Seven passengers, five adults and two children, were hospitalized after suffering "smoke-related symptoms," the airline said in a statement. | Also on rt.com | | Watch Swiss fighter jets shadow Russian GOVERNMENT PLANE as 'act of hospitality' | Smoke began filling the cabin 20 minutes before the flight from Oakland, California lan…
rt.com/usa/467124-hawaiian-airlines-smoke-evacuation/

'Crime does pay': CNN hires disgraced ex-FBI director Andrew McCabe
rt.com | 2019-08-23
What does one get for leaking to the media, lying to federal investigators about it, and allegedly participating in a plot to derail an American election? If you answered jail time, too bad. The correct answer is a job at CNN. | …
rt.com/usa/467172-mccabe-cnn-russiagate-hoax/

Putin Orders Russia to Respond After U.S. Missile Test
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-23
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. | In Sunday's test, a modified ground-launched version of a U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile accurately struck its target more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) away. The test came after Moscow and Washington withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. | Speaking at a meeting of his Security Council, Putin charged that the U.S. waged a "propaganda campaign" alleging Russian breaches of the pact to "
truthdig.com/articles/putin-orders-russia-to-respond-after-u-s-missile-test/

No Australian military to Strait of Hormuz
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-23
Australian imperialism Kerrie SmithIssue 1234 Australia Iran Strait of Hormuz Coalition of the WillingThe federal Coalition gov…
greenleft.org.au/content/no-australian-military-strait-hormuz

Solidarity with Kashmir
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-23
self-determination Alex BainbridgeIssue 1234 Australia Kashmir solidarity India crackdown. BJP Modi governmentSpeakers at a 100-strong solidarity rally in Brisbane o…
greenleft.org.au/content/solidarity-kashmir

The War on Libya, US-Turkey Power Play? Marshal Haftar vs Recep Erdogan
Yuri Veselov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
Marshal Haftar made this statement when speaking at the LNA TV channel from Benghazi for the first time after a long break. | "The Libyan National Army will defeat any plot to build foreign bases that support and finance terrorism in | …
globalresearch.ca/marshal-haftar-recep-erdogan/5686965

Video: Under the "Shield", US Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-23
The NATO missile site at Deveselu in Romania (photo), which is part of the US Aegis "defence missiles" system, has finished its "update", begun last April. NATO's communique assures that it has added "no offensive capacity to the system", which …
globalresearch.ca/us-nuclear-weapons-europe/5686951

Interview: Lebanese solidarity with Palestinian refugees
Joyce Chediac | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-23
"For the first time in Lebanon, and possibly in any Arab country, banners supporting the rights of Palestinian refugees were carried along with queer and trans flags."
liberationnews.org/interview-lebanese-solidarity-with-palestinian-refugees/

Sen. Merkley on the Dangers of a New Nuclear Arms Race & Why He Backs the Green New Deal
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-23
Fallout from the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is mounting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to prepare for what he called a "symmetrical response" after the U.S. tested what it said was a nonnuclear cruise missile earlier this week. The U.S. launch was the first test of its kind since the Trump administration withdrew from the INF. We speak to Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon about U.S. nuclear policy, as well as the Green New Deal, President Trump's wish to buy Greenland and…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/23/amazon_fires_brazil_andrew_miller

Trump Tweets About Disloyal Jews, Then Tweets He's "King of Israel"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-22
Haggai Matar, editor of #972 Magazine discusses Netanyahu's Trump-inspired Omar and Tlaib ban, Trump's bizarre retweets, and its effect on Jews and the U.S. election…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-tweets-about-disloyal-jews-then-tweets-hes-king-of-israel

'People Were Hiding': Rohingya Refugees Refuse To Return
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-22
An attempt to begin repatriating thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in refugee camps in Bangladesh never got off the ground on Thursday after nearly 300 families refused to go back to Myanmar, almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests. | RELATED: | Myanmar 'Ready' for Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees Next Week | Last week, the two…
telesurenglish.net/news/People-Were-Hiding-Rohingya-Refugees-Refuse-To-Return-20190822-0018.html

2020 Candidates Address Missing Indigenous Women at Native American Forum
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-22
| Following this week's historic Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, we speak with Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today and moderator of the Native American voter forum; Christine Nobiss, director of Seeding Sovereignty's SHIFT project; and Mark Charles, independent candidate for president, Native American activist and writer. They respond to the candidates' proposals to tackle issues affecting the Native American community, including the chronic murder…
truthout.org/video/2020-candidates-address-missing-indigenous-women-at-native-american-forum/

South Korea To Scrap Intelligence Pact With Japan Amid Tension
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-22
South Korea said Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift protest from Tokyo and deepening a decades-old row over history that has hit trade and undercut security cooperation over North Korea. | RELATED: | 23 Dead, About 13,000 Hospitalized Due to Extreme Heatwave in Japan | Seoul's decision not to extend the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) shows how the political and trade dispute between the Asian neighbors a…
telesurenglish.net/news/South-Korea-To-Scrap-Intelligence-Pact-With-Japan-Amid-Tension-20190822-0012.html

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-08-24 02:32 GMT (22:32 EST)

2019-08-22: News Headlines

Dylan Citron and Sofia (2019-08-22). Interview with BDS activist Willie Burnley Jr.: "I can't be okay knowing that the people fighting racism are being labelled racist." liberationnews.org "…something I was not expecting was the kindness, the hospitality, the friendliness…"

Staff (2019-08-22). Trump Tweets About Disloyal Jews, Then Tweets He's "King of Israel" therealnews.com Haggai Matar, editor of #972 Magazine discusses Netanyahu's Trump-inspired Omar and Tlaib ban, Trump's bizarre retweets, and its effect on Jews and the U.S. election…

RT (2019-08-22). NYT editor's tweets mocking Jews, Indians amid newspaper's 'anti-racist' drive. rt.com A politics editor at the New York Times faces charges of anti-Semitism and bigotry after a series of old insensitive tweets surfaced online. This comes after a similar scandal with its Washington editor and leaked editorial tapes. | Breitbart News uncovered the tweets in an investigation published on Thursday, detailing a litany of offensive and racially-charged remarks from senior staff editor Tom Wright-Piersanti, who has worked at the Gray Lady for a little over five year…

WSWS (2019-08-22). Auto and railway workers in Tamil Nadu, India defend Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. wsws.org Workers denounced the ongoing persecution of Assange and Manning and spoke out against the brutal attacks by the Indian government on their own basic rights and social conditions.

Staff (2019-08-22). 2020 Candidates Address Missing Indigenous Women at Native American Forum. truthout.org | | Following this week's historic Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, we speak with Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today and moderator of the Native American voter forum; Christine Nobiss, director of Seeding Sovereignty's SHIFT project; and Mark Charles, independent candidate for president, Native American activist and writer. They respond to the candidates' proposals to tackle issues affecting the Native American community, including the chronic murder…

Cesar Chelala (2019-08-22). A Palestinian/Israeli Experiment for Peace in the Middle East. counterpunch.org Changing dynamics in the Middle East make peace between Israelis and Palestinians more elusive than ever. Both sides have rights, and both sides made wrongs. How to overcome these wrongs is what two professors, a Palestinian and an Israeli, have been trying to do for over two decades. Their work may represent one of the More

teleSUR (2019-08-22). South Korea To Scrap Intelligence Pact With Japan Amid Tension. telesurenglish.net South Korea said Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift protest from Tokyo and deepening a decades-old row over history that has hit trade and undercut security cooperation over North Korea. | RELATED: | 23 Dead, About 13,000 Hospitalized Due to Extreme Heatwave in Japan | Seoul's decision not to extend the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) shows how the political and trade dispute between the Asian neighbors a…

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-22). Trump Regime's Hardball with China: A Losing Strategy. globalresearch.ca China is a major player on the world stage, geopolitical know-nothing Trump outclassed, outshined, and outwitted by its ruling authorities. | He's an embarrassment compared to other major world leaders, a laughing stock geopolitical wrecking ball. | His regime's unacceptable Indo/Pacific agenda …

RT (2019-08-22). John Pilger: We Are in a WAR SITUATION with China! dissidentvoice.org On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to legendary journalist and film-maker John Pilger on a round-up of all the latest issues. John describes the current state of global affairs as in a state of world war, warning that the 'coming war on China' he warned about…has now arrived, he also discusses the Hong …

teleSUR (2019-08-22). FIFA Overlooks Israel's Ban on Palestinians Footballers. telesurenglish.net The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is accused of turning a blind eye towards an Israeli ban on Palestinian football players from Gaza who were supposed to compete with West Bank players for the Palestine Cup. | RELATED: | US Wins 4th FIFA World Cup Amid Chants for 'Equal Pay' | Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor said Wednesday that Isra…

Ahmad Al Khaled (2019-08-22). No Agreement on Idlib: So-called "Militants" (aka Al Qaeda) Continue to Kill Syrian Civilians. globalresearch.ca The 13th round of negotiations on Syria in Astana format was held in the capital of Kazakhstan on the 1st and 2nd of August. As the result, three guarantor states — Russia, Turkey and Iran — accepted a statement which …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-22). Russia's UNSC Kashmir Stance Wasn't Influenced by India or Pakistan, but by China. globalresearch.ca Russia didn't want the issue of Kashmir to be brought before the UNSC at all, though it allowed China to go forward with the meeting out of respect for their strategic partnership but then remained conspicuously silent about India's threats …

WSWS (2019-08-22). How to fight for democratic rights in Hong Kong. wsws.org Hong Kong workers and youth need to reach out to their class brothers and sisters in China who confront the same class enemy—the Stalinist regime in Beijing that defends the interests of the corporate elite and the super-rich.

Tony Cartalucci (2019-08-22). US Now Admits it is Funding "Occupy Central" in Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca This article first published almost five years ago on October 1, 2014 is of particular relevance to an understanding of recent developments in Hong Kong. | *** | Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called "Arab Spring" began spreading chaos …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-22). What's Russia Up to in the Iranian Port of Chabahar? The North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC). globalresearch.ca There have been wild reports over the past few weeks about Russia's activities in the Iranian port of Chabahar, with some sources even alleging that Moscow plans to open up a naval base there. | *** | An interesting sequence of events …

Press TV (2019-08-22). US Unveils Warrant for Seizure of Iran-operated Grace 1. globalresearch.ca According to a Press TV report: | "The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled a warrant for the seizure of the Iran-operated Grace 1 supertanker a day after Gibraltar's Supreme Court confirmed the release of the vessel. On Thursday, Gibraltar's …

Middle East Eye (2019-08-22). UK Licensed £6.3bn Worth of Arms to Saudi-led Forces in First Four Years of Yemen Conflict. globalresearch.ca The UK government licensed £6.3bn ($7.6bn) worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in the four years of the group's bombing campaign, according to a new report by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT). | According to new government …

United Nations (2019-08-22). Relentless sequence of disasters in Asia-Pacific 'sign of things to come', cautions UN regional body. un.org Changing patterns and worsening impacts of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific, coupled with environmental degradation and climate change, are not only making efforts to predict such catastrophes more difficult, but are also a "sign of things to come", the United Nations development arm in the region has warned.

Tom Clifford (2019-08-22). The Beidaihe Political Summit: Is the "Chinese Dream" Still Viable? China's Debt Crisis. globalresearch.ca The resort town of Beidaihe has just held one of the world's most important, and secretive, political gatherings. Members of the public flock there in the summer months to relax on the beach gently lapped by the shallow waters of …

WSWS (2019-08-22). Australia's US Studies Centre advocates war-footing against China. wsws.org The policies that the pro-US think tank proposes could not be implemented without the suppression of widespread political opposition.

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-08-22). Al-Golani's Defiance of Turkey Leads to Syrian Government Control of Khan Sheikhoun. globalresearch.ca During the first week of this month of August, the ex-ISIS commander and current head of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) Abu Mohammad al-Golani held a press conference in the occupied northern city of Idlib. He declared …

Deepal Jayasekera (2019-08-22). Indian Assault on Kashmir in Third Week, Thousands Arrested. globalresearch.ca The state of siege that India's Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has imposed on Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is now well into its third week. | Cell phone and internet access continue to be denied to many of …

Melissa Dykes (2019-08-22). US Court Ruling: You Can Be "Too Smart" to Be a Cop. globalresearch.ca This article was first published on GR on December 18, 2014 | Can a person actually be "too smart" to be a cop in America? | A federal court's decision back in 2000 suggests that, yes, you actually can be. | Robert Jordan, …

teleSUR (2019-08-22). Syrian Army Opens Humanitarian Corridor For Terror Victims. telesurenglish.net Following the defeat of Al-Qaeda linked jihadists in Khan Shaykhun, The Syrian Arab Army has opened a 'humanitarian corridor' between Idlib and Hama to allow residents to leave areas still held by foreing-backed terror groups. | RELATED: | Assad Vows to 'Liberate Every Inch of Territory from Terrorists' | Syrian state media outlet SANA reports that the town of Suran will become a 'humanitarian corridor' that will allow civillians in Southern Idlib and Northern Hama to flee Jih…

Roberta Tracy and James Tracy (2019-08-22). Interview with Kate Jessica Raphael on Fiction, Memory, and Palestine. indybay.org Interview with local author Kate Jessica Raphael. Raphael is a San Francisco Bay Area writer, feminist and queer activist and KPFA radio journalist.

Staff (2019-08-22). 2020 Candidates Address Historical Trauma, Missing Indigenous Women & More at Native American Forum. democracynow.org Following this week's historic Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, we speak with Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today and moderator of the Native American voter forum; Christine Nobiss, director of Seeding Sovereignty's SHIFT project; and Mark Charles, independent candidate for president, Native American activist and writer. They respond to the candidates' proposals to tackle issues affecting the Native American community, including the chronic murder and disappearance of Native American girls and women, land sovereignty, and generational trauma caused by colonialism.

Staff (2019-08-22). Headlines for August 22, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Administration Proposes Jailing Migrant Families Indefinitely, Federal Budget Deficit to Top $1 Trillion in 2020, Satellite Data Show Brazilian Amazon Burning at Record Pace, Brazilian President Bolsonaro Blames Environmentalists for Amazon Fires, Wildfires Rage in Alaska, Canary Islands, Siberia and Greenland, Gov. Jay Inslee, Champion of Climate Fight, Drops 2020 Presidential Bid, Activists Disrupt Event Honoring House Speaker Pelosi to Demand Trump's Impeachment, Abdalla Hamdok Sworn In as Sudan's Prime Minister, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Mark Anniversary of Subway Attack, Mexico's Zapatistas Exp…

susan_p (2019-08-22). West Papuans protest following racist attacks in Surabaya. greenleft.org.au self-determination Peter Boyle Susan PriceIssue 1234 West Papua Indonesian occupation of West PapuaOn August 17, Indonesian Independence Day, armed Indonesian police, sold…

susan_p (2019-08-22). Israel's latest attempt to erase Palestine. greenleft.org.au Al Nakba Ilan PappeIssue 1234 Palestine Israeli occupationThe attempt to suppress official documentation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948 is not new. | But efforts by teams from the Israeli defense ministry to remove sensitive documents from Israeli archiv…

Intan Suwandi (2019-08-21). Outsourcing exploitation: global labor-value chains. mronline.org Through their control over supply chains, multinationals based in the global north exploit workers in the global south. | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-21). Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, But at What Price? dissidentvoice.org Israeli Jewish settlers are on a rampage in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part of everyday routine in Palestine, the violence of recent weeks is directly linked to the general elections in Israel, scheduled to be held on September 17. The previous elections, on April 9, failed to bring about political …

RT (2019-08-21). MSM hurls FAKE 'anti-Semitism' charge against Trump, rather than question his REAL loyalty to Israel. rt.com The media has willfully misinterpreted Donald Trump's words to portray the most pro-Israel US president in history as an anti-Semite. It makes more sense to chide him for sacrificing US interests to please Benjamin Netanyahu. | Here is the full Trump quote from Tuesday, in which he rejected Democrat Bernie Sanders' idea that Israel should stop accepting American aid, after its reluctance to let in congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who have publicly endorsed the BDS campaign. | "The concept of even talking about this — even three years ago — of cutting off aid to Israel because of two people…

Staff (2019-08-21). Rep Ayanna Pressley on Israel's Ban: "Bigoted, Short-Sighted and Cruel" therealnews.com These are the words tweeted by Rep. Ayanna Pressley in response to the Israeli decision to ban the entry of Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib. The story has a striking resemblance to South Africa and Rhodesia blocking the entry of African American Democratic Representative Charles C. Diggs Junior in January 1972…

Martha Grevatt (2019-08-21). Jewish activists support Congressperson Tlaib. workers.org About 60 members of Metro Detroit's Jewish community held a rally and Shabbat service Aug. 16 to support their congressperson, Rashida Tlaib. Israel recently denied Tlaib permission to meet with Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank, along with Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Tlaib had also planned to visit . . . | Continue reading Jewish activists support Congressperson Tlaib at Workers.org

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-21). Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, but at What Price? mintpressnews.com With Jewish settlers dictating the political agenda in Israel, and constantly provoking Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, violence is likely to grow exponentially in the coming months.

RT (2019-08-21). Trump calls Jews who vote Democrat 'uninformed or disloyal'. rt.com Jews who vote Democrat are lacking in either knowledge or loyalty, US President Donald Trump has declared, slamming the party for criticizing Israel's decision to bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country. | "Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone when they are defending these two people over the state of Israel?" the president wondered aloud to reporters on Monday. | I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. | "I can't even believe we're having this conversation!" Trump continued, seemingly lef…

Nick Aspinwall (2019-08-21). China's Delivery Drivers Rage Against the Algorithm. thenation.com Ele.me are speaking out about brutal hours and dangerous conditions.

Sara Flounders (2019-08-21). Solidarity with the people of Kashmir. workers.org Workers World Party has always recognized the right of the people of Kashmir to self-determination. WWP considers Kashmir to be an oppressed nation under the rule of India. At this time, the entire state, called Jammu and Kashmir, is under total lockdown and marshal law. The Indian government has more . . . | Continue reading Solidarity with the people of Kashmir at Workers.org

RT (2019-08-21). 2 American servicemen killed in Afghanistan — NATO. rt.com Two US soldiers have been killed in action in Afghanistan, according to NATO's press office. The alliance did not elaborate on the details of death or release the names of the servicemen. | Sixteen US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan so far in 2019, 14 of them in combat and the other two in accidents aboard an American warship. Most recently, in late July, two US soldiers perished in a 'green-on-blue' attack, in which an allied Afghan soldier opened fire on the servicemen. | Meanhwile, Taliban attacks have also spiked this year, inflicting major civilian casualties in bombings in Kabul and elsewhere. E…

Fight Back (2019-08-21). Representatives Omar and Tlaib speak out against being banned from Palestine. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On August 19, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) held a press conference in the State Capitol in Saint Paul to a packed room, with an overflow of 100 people, on the human cost of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and travel restrictions. | On August 16, the Israeli government denied the representatives visas to visit Palestine. Their visas previously had been approved, but after a tweet by Donald Trump denouncing Omar and Tlaib's visit, the approval was revoked. Congresswoman Stacy Plaskett, delegate to House for the Virgin Islands, was to join them on th…

Kurt Nimmo (2019-08-21). Omar, Tlaib, and the United States of Israel. globalresearch.ca I'm trying to remember when Israel wasn't the fifty-first state. It receives my tax money and a blank check by the United States government to torture, ethnically cleanse, and murder Palestinians. | Israelis are apparently more important and cherished than Americans, …

Brandon Shimoda (2019-08-21). We Have Been Here Before. thenation.com We Have Been Here Before…

teleSUR (2019-08-21). UN Delays Conference on Torture in Egypt After Criticisms. telesurenglish.net The United Nations says it's delaying a conference set to be held in Cairo, Egypt next month after human rights groups say the government is trying to use the conference to white-wash its own practices of torture and abuses. | RELATED: | Saudi Gov't Offer to Release Woman Activist If She Keeps Mum on Being Tortured | Spokesperson for the offic…

Alex Emmons (2019-08-21). Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Afghan Militias, Report Says. theintercept.com "If cut loose by the CIA," the report notes, militias "may be reborn as private armies or 'security guards' in the service of powerful individuals."

Ilaria Maria Sala (2019-08-21). Why There's No End in Sight to the Hong Kong Protests. thenation.com Why There's No End in Sight to the Hong Kong Protests…

teleSUR (2019-08-21). Trump Calls Jews 'Disloyal' If They Don't Vote Republican. telesurenglish.net Donald Trump has attacked Jewish-Americans who vote Democrat, implying that the party is Anti-semitic. He said that if Jews vote Democrat then "it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty". He comments are in response to the Palestine advocacy of some Democrats, which Trump believes that Jews must not support. | RELATED: | Jewish Socialists Support Corbyn Against Antisemitism Smears | Trump continued; "Five years ago, the concept of even talking about this — e…

teleSUR (2019-08-21). Shenzhen Tasked to Lead China's Greater Bay Area Innovation. telesurenglish.net China's government has tasked Shenzhen city in the Guangdong Province to become a "pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics," and to lead the integration of its culture and economy with bordering Hong Kong and Macau, according to the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council. | RELATED: | China's International Trade Grows by Almost 6% in July | The central authorities presented a document with guidelines on Sunday to express their will to…

teleSUR (2019-08-21). Assad Vows to 'Liberate Every Inch of Territory from Terrorists'. telesurenglish.net Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad reiterated his government's commitment to '"liberate every inch of territory from terrorists," following a victory for the Syrian Arab Army in the key Idlib town of Khan Sheikhoun. | RELATED: | China Warns of Reemergence of Islamic State Group in Syria | President Assad made the statement while receiving a delegation from Russia's Douma, headed by lawmaker Dmitry Sablin. At the meeting, Sablin congratulated Assad for the army's recent military vic…

Shane Quinn (2019-08-21). History: US Encroachment Encouraged Japan To Support Hitler and Mussolini. globalresearch.ca During late September 1940, Japanese representatives like Sabur≈ç Kurusu flew to Berlin where they were greeted by the ruler of Europe, Adolf Hitler. Kurusu, an experienced career diplomat from Yokohama, could not help but notice the Nazi self-assurance at …

United Nations (2019-08-21). Wednesday's Daily Brief: Yemen aid programmes closing, Guterres Idlib concern, Somalia insecurity, honouring terror victims. un.org Today's stories: aid money promised for Yemen fails to materialize, prospects of new Idlib conflict put millions at risk, new Sudanese transitional government welcomed by UN chief, insecurity threatens Somalia progress.

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