Tlaib and Omar's Denial of Entry by Israel Is Not a "Freedom of Speech" Issue
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
For how long will discourse on the plight of the Palestinian people be hostage to the notion that "impartial observers", i.e., the silent majority on Israel, must be addressed in a manner that accounts for "where they are, not where …
globalresearch.ca/tlaib-omar-denial-entry-not-freedom-speech-issue/5686578

The Phrase "Go Back Where You Came From" Has a Long, Violent History
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-18
| As a college professor, I often assign novelist and activist Carlos Bulosan's writings in my classes. To my dismay, I often find that my students have never heard of Bulosan or his writings, which center the Filipino/a immigrant experience in the United States. | What does it mean when current generations do not have the gift of historical memory? For Filipino/a Americans, who comprise the second-largest Asian American group in the nation, what are the consequences when popular culture or educati…
truthout.org/articles/the-phrase-go-back-where-you-came-from-has-a-long-violent-history/

China condemns US politicians' support for Hong Kong protests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-18
A spokesman for China's ceremonial legislature has condemned US politicians' support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement as "a gross violation of the spirit of the rule of law".You Wenze said the Americans' comments were "a blatant double standard and a gross interference in China's internal affairs".He spoke out as more protests were planned on Sunday following a day of rival rallies which highlighted the political divide in the Chinese territory.Protesters, some holding cards which read 'Five demands, not one less',march in Hong Kong on Sunday (Kin Cheung/AP)Mr You said Hong Kong's 7.5 million people and Chi…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/18/china-condemns-us-politicians-support-for-hong-kong-protests/

Protest against police brutality to support the people of Hong Kong
N. Calif Hong Kong Club, ÂåóÂä Â∑ûȶôÊ∏ØÊúÉ | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
Embarcadero Plaza, Market St &, Steuart St, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/16/18825518.php

How Washington Is Meddling in the Affairs of Hong Kong
| globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
While there has been growing coverage of the unrest in Hong Kong, there has been minimal coverage of what may lie behind the pro-democracy protests. Even Donald Trump has entered the fray with this tweet which clearly condemns China's actions …
globalresearch.ca/washington-meddling-affairs-hong-kong/5686605

The War on Yemen: How Far Will the Saudi-UAE Confrontation Go?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, increasingly wary allies of one another in the War on Yemen, are poised to sharpen their competition in the Red Sea-Horn of Africa region to the point of becoming "frenemies" amidst both parties' efforts to …
globalresearch.ca/allies-frenemies-how-far-saudi-emirati-competition-go/5686234

Russia and China Divided over Kashmir Crisis
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Kashmir issue has been internationalized and Pakistan sought the meeting of UNSC and with China's backing, UNSC is convening after 50 years on Kashmir issue. Russia seems to be backing Indian claims while China went all out in Pakistan's favor….
globalresearch.ca/alt-media-entering-new-era-russia-china-divided-kashmir/5686570

Destruction of the Pillars of the Syrian Economy: Terrorists Destroy Grain Silos, Farmer Tractors in Tal Al-Sakhr, North West of Hama
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Nothing new with the crimes committed by the Turkish pariah Erdogan's most loyal terrorists in Syria, like their sponsor Erdogan and like Israel, they are not satisfied with the crimes they commit upon entering a town, and during their presence, …
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorists-destroy-grain-silos-before-withdrawal-tal-al-sakhr/5686584

Israeli Illegal Arms Trade in South Sudan Was Disguised as "Agriculture"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-18
Investigative journalist Sam Mednik revealed that the agricultural company Green Horizons was a front for former Israeli general Israel Ziv's security company CST who were supplying arms to South Sudan, violating a UN Security Council arms embargo…
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-illegal-arms-trade-in-south-sudan-was-disguised-as-agriculture

Political Propaganda directed against the Syrian Government of Bashar Al Assad
Lilly Martin Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
Very recently, National Public Radio (NPR) conducted an interview throwing suspicion on and mocking Asma, the wife of the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian First Lady had recently done a Syrian TV interview announcing that she …
globalresearch.ca/national-public-radio-political-propaganda-media-outlet/5686561

Video: Syrian Army Overwhelms Militants' Defense in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
The southern part of Idlib province and the northern part of Hama province remain the main areas of hostilities in Syria. | On August 14, a Su-22 warplane of the Syrian Air Force was shot down during a combat sortie over …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-overwhelms-militants-defense-southern-idlib/5686555

Trump's Ignorance Touches Off a New Crisis in Kashmir
Zubeida Mustafa | commondreams.org | 2019-08-18
Pakistani Kashmiris rally on Aug. 15 to observe Black Day, on the occasion of India's Independence Day, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir. (Photo: M.D. Mughal/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kashmir_trump.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/18/trumps-ignorance-touches-new-crisis-kashmir?cd-origin=rss

The Plot to Attack Iran:‚Ä® How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/15/18825506.php

US Congresswoman Accuses Tribes and Environmentalists of "Destroying Our Western Way of Life" over Sacred Grizzly Protections
Native News Online | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-18
On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) "was …
globalresearch.ca/rep-cheney-accuses-tribes-destroying-our-western-way-life-over-sacred-grizzly-protections/5686545

Women in India Are Defending Democracy in Face of Rising Hindu Nationalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-18
| With fascism on the rise, Indian women are organizing to foster communal harmony and safeguard constitutional rights.
truthout.org/articles/women-in-india-lead-struggle-for-democracy-in-face-of-rising-hindu-nationalism/

Interview with Kate Jessica Raphael on Fiction, Memory, and Palestine
Roberta Tracy and James Tracy | indybay.org | 2019-08-18
Interview with local author Kate Jessica Raphael. Raphael is a San Francisco Bay Area writer, feminist and queer activist and KPFA radio journalist.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/17/18825543.php

Toni Morrison: The remarkable life of a remarkable woman
greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-18
greenleft.org.au/content/toni-morrison-remarkable-life-remarkable-woman

#mypalestiniansitty Honors Palestinian Grandmoms, Rejects Trump
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
Twitter is alight with #mypalestinesitty, a hashtag being used by thousands to pay homage to their Palestinian grandmothers after United States President Trump insulted U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib–and her 90-year-old grandmother, Muftia Tlaib, who lives in the West Bank. | RELATED: | Israel Confirms Banning Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib from Visiting Palestine Over BDS Support | Muftia Tlaib responded to Trump on Saturday–"may God damn y…
telesurenglish.net/news/mypalestiniansitty-Honors-Palestinian-Grandmoms-Rejects-Trump-20190817-0013.html

'May God Ruin Him': Rashida Tlaib's Grandma on Trump
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
The grandmother of U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan slammed President Donald Trump after the latter made an insensitive comment on Twitter about her granddaughter. | RELATED: | Rashida Tlaib Blasts Israel for 'Oppressive Conditions' | Muftia Tlaib, the grandmother of House Representative Rashida Tlaib, responded to Trump's comments by stating "may God ruin him." ‚Äã‚ÄãNinety-year-old Muftia Tlaib, sitting in her garden in the village of…
telesurenglish.net/news/May-God-Ruin-Him-Rashida-Tlaibs-Grandma-on-Trump-20190817-0006.html

Tlaib agrees to Israeli terms, then reverses herself on West Bank visit
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
The events of the past two days have provided a fresh demonstration of the cowardice of the Democratic Party and the absence within it of any principled opposition to Donald Trump's authoritarian agenda.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/dems-a17.html

Good thing your grandma won't see you! Trump trolls Tlaib over refusal to visit Israel
rt.com | 2019-08-17
US President Donald Trump has took another swipe at Rep. Rashida Tlaib, saying that the "only winner" of her decision to pass on an Israeli invitation to visit on "humanitarian grounds" was her 90-year-old Palestinian grandmother. | …
rt.com/usa/466689-tlaib-trump-israel-grandmother/

Trump's 'Deal of the Century': A plan for peace, or destruction?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-17
Trump's 'Deal of the Century' bills itself as an effort at establishing peace between Israel and Palestine, but in reality aims at advancing Israel's interests, and fundamentally altering the geopolitical balance of the Middle East. THE US' TRUE MOTIVATIONS The US established a new strategy in the Middle East after the end of World War …
uwidata.com/4948-trumps-deal-of-the-century-a-plan-for-peace-or-destruction/

Milwaukee VA workers fight union busting
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
Milwaukee, WI – Fifty Veterans Affairs workers and supporters rallied outside the Zablocki VA hospital August 12 to protest union-busting, attacks on high-quality public veteran healthcare, and bad faith bargaining by the VA administration. | The rally was organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3 and supported by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Veterans for Peace and elected leaders including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. | AFGE members and representatives detailed shocking accounts of the ex…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/17/milwaukee-va-workers-fight-union-busting

Milwaukee VA workers fight union busting
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
Milwaukee, WI – Fifty Veterans Affairs workers and supporters rallied outside the Zablocki VA hospital August 12 to protest union-busting, attacks on high-quality public veteran healthcare, and bad faith bargaining by the VA administration. | The rally was organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3 and supported by the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Veterans for Peace and elected leaders including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. | AFGE members and representatives detailed shocking accounts of the ex…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/17/milwaukee-va-workers-fight-union-busting

Hong Kong teachers' rally kicks off another weekend of protests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-17
School teachers in Hong Kong are marching to the official residence of the city leader as another weekend of protests got under way.An overflow crowd rallied at a public square in the financial district before setting off for Government House, carrying signs that read "Protect the next generation" and umbrellas to ward off intermittent downpours.Teachers say they want to show their support for the protesters, many of whom are students.Pro-democracy protesters wait to cross a road during a march (Vincent Yu/AP)They said the government should answer the protesters' demands and stop using what they called police vio…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/08/17/hong-kong-teachers-rally-kicks-off-another-weekend-of-protests/

Behind a made-for-TV Hong Kong protest narrative, Washington is backing nativism and mob violence
Dan Cohen | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-17
Hong Kong's increasingly xenophobic protests are devolving into chaos with help from US government regime-change outfits and a right-wing local…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/17/hong-kong-protest-washington-nativism-violence/

The Hong Kong protests are an attack on socialism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
There's a tendency among progressives in the United States to support big crowds of people protesting in other countries. No doubt, the corporate media assists in this process by labelling certain movements 'pro-democracy' or 'freedom fighters.' | But not all protests or marches are progressive, even if they attract large crowds. The Tea Party movement in the U.S., for instance, brought out hundreds of thousands of angry small business owners and shrill middle-class professionals. They were far from spontaneous demonstrations, however; big business orchestrated this giant spectacle to advance its own class intere…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/17/hong-kong-protests-are-attack-socialism

The Hong Kong protests are an attack on socialism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-17
There's a tendency among progressives in the United States to support big crowds of people protesting in other countries. No doubt, the corporate media assists in this process by labelling certain movements 'pro-democracy' or 'freedom fighters.' | But not all protests or marches are progressive, even if they attract large crowds. The Tea Party movement in the U.S., for instance, brought out hundreds of thousands of angry small business owners and shrill middle-class professionals. They were far from spontaneous demonstrations, however; big business orchestrated this giant spectacle to advance its own class intere…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/17/hong-kong-protests-are-attack-socialism

Japan-South Korea conflict intensifies
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
South Korea announced this week that it has removed Japan from a list of countries that qualify for accelerated supply of South Korean products, after Japan had imposed a similar measure against South Korea on August 2.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/jpsk-a17.html

Steele dossier 'pumped myths' into the US justice system — former Trump adviser Carter Page
rt.com | 2019-08-17
The former MI6 agent credited with launching Russiagate concocted dangerous lies and myths that made a mockery of the US justice system and misled the American people, former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page has told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/466725-carter-page-russiagate-going-underground/

Questions continue over Russian nuclear accident
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
The dangers associated with the rapidly accelerating global arms race are clear, even as questions remain over the nature of the nuclear explosion that occurred in Russia's far north last week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/nyon-a17-a17.html

The Dangerous New US Consensus on China and the Future of US-China Relations
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-17
| The trade war and technological competition with China are symptomatic of a much larger issue: a dangerous gridlock in US-China relations that may become permanent, with dire consequences not just for the two countries' economies but also for the global economy and quite possibly East Asia's and international security. Martin Wolf, Financial Times columnist, is right to conclude: "Across-the-board rivalry wit…
truthout.org/articles/the-dangerous-new-us-consensus-on-china-and-the-future-of-us-china-relations/

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/labo-a17.html

Fire Consumes 15,000 Bangladeshi Homes in Dhaka
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
At least 15,000 homes were burnt to ashes after a Bangladeshi neighborhood in the capital of Dhaka caught fire late Friday night. | RELATED: | Bangladesh Court Puts Worker Safety at Risk by Closing Watchdog | The plastic roofs became kindling for the flames and enabled the spread of destruction throughout the low-income community of Chalantika. | No dea…
telesurenglish.net/news/Fire-Consumes-15000-Bangladeshi-Homes-in-Dhaka-20190817-0009.html

US Issues Arrest Warrant for Iranian Tanker Leaving Gibraltar
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
The United States issued a warrant to seize Iran's Grace 1 oil tanker before it leaves Gibraltar's waters in what appears to be a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from continuing its journey into the Mediterranean. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | A U.S. federal court issued the warrant this week to seize the Grace 1 in Gibraltar, along with all of its contents, which include the oil it carries and nearly US$1 million. | "A network of front comp…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Issues-Arrest-Warrant-for-Iranian-Tanker-Leaving-Gibraltar-20190817-0001.html

'God of Chaos' Could Potentially Hit Earth in 2036
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-17
An astroid dubbed the 'God of Chaos' will come dangerously close to earth in about 10 years, NASA scientists said Saturday. | RELATED: | Womankind's Giant Leap: Who'll Be the First Female Moonwalker? | Measuring an incredible 340 meters, the astroid — also known as 99942 Apophis — will soar within 19,000 miles of the Earth's surface, closer than weather and communication satellites orbit (generally 36,000 miles). | NASA say they hope to observe and learn from 'God of C…
telesurenglish.net/news/God-of-Chaos-Could-Potentially-Hit-Earth-in-2036-20190817-0014.html

The commodity and the making of "woman"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-17
If we have little interest in the scholasticism and the baroque arcana of contemporary marxist theoretical debates, the wealth of marxist theory can be neither dismissed nor ignored. And debates around marxist inspired feminism are a case in point. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/17/the-commodity-and-the-making-of-woman/

Blackwater mercenary Nicholas Slatten sentenced to life in prison for initiating 2007 Nisour Square Massacre
wsws.org | 2019-08-17
Eight months after being found guilty a third time for first-degree murder, Slatten was sentenced Wednesday for his role in the notorious massacre in Baghdad during the height of the US occupation of Iraq.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/17/slif-a17.html

'Total Dehumanization': Trump Mocks Tlaib and 90-Year-Old Grandma Living Under Israeli Occupation
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-17
"He really put 'grandmother' in quotes like Palestinians are incapable of having family members." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/rashida_tlaib_3.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/17/total-dehumanization-trump-mocks-tlaib-and-90-year-old-grandma-living-under-israeli?cd-origin=rss

'Bolton Is Desperate to Start a War': US Issues Warrant to Seize Iranian Oil Tanker
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-17
"Perfectly illustrates the U.S. trying to impose its domestic laws on the rest of the world. It should provoke worldwide outrage." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/iran_trump_bolton_pompeo.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/17/bolton-desperate-start-war-us-issues-warrant-seize-iranian-oil-tanker?cd-origin=rss

Trump Tweets, Then Netanyahu Bans Reps. Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib From Israel
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-16
Jim Zogby and Phyllis Bennis discuss the Trump-Netanyahu dynamic, the diminishing power of AIPAC, and the political battle against Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-tweets-then-netanyahu-bans-reps-ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-from-israel

What's Really Behind Trump's Israel Tweets
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-16
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's encouragement and support of Israel's decision to ban two Democratic lawmakers may play well to his political base, but it could endanger the foundations of the U.S.-Israel relationship in the longer term. | The move on Thursday to bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from Israel fueled a partisan fire over the Jewish state that has been raging in the United States, with Trump eagerly fanning the flames. | On Friday, though, Israel's interior minister, Aryeh Deri, said he had received and granted a request by Tlaib to enter the Israeli-occupie…
truthdig.com/articles/whats-really-behind-trumps-israel-tweets/

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Explains What She and Rep. Tlaib Planned to Accomplish Before Israel Barred Them
Jenna McGuire, newsroom staff | commondreams.org | 2019-08-16
"The occupation is real. Barring members of Congress from seeing it does not make it go away. We must end it—together." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1130260322.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/16/congresswoman-ilhan-omar-explains-what-she-and-rep-tlaib-planned-accomplish-israel?cd-origin=rss

Israel bans Representatives Omar and Tlaib from entering Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-16
Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) have joined the ranks of thousands of human rights activists and millions of diaspora Palestinians who have been denied entry to Palestine by the occupying Israeli regime. | Reps. Omar and Tlaib had planned a congressional trip to the West Bank for next week, initially agreed to by the Israeli regime "out of respect for the U.S. Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America." However, on August 15 Israel announced a reversal of its previous decision and banned the delegation's entrance. | The announcement came imm…
fightbacknews.org/2019/8/15/israel-bans-representatives-omar-and-tlaib-entering-palestine

A dictatorial move: Trump blocks travel to Israel by two congresswomen
wsws.org | 2019-08-16
The intervention by the president to block travel by representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar is another blow against the US constitutional framework.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/16/pers-a16.html

Democrats accuse Israel of implementing 'Trump's Muslim ban' over Omar-Tlaib block
rt.com | 2019-08-16
Rep. Ilhan Omar has accused Israel of implementing US President Donald Trump's "Muslim ban" by denying her entry, to cheers of Democrats happy to denounce Trump, but raised eyebrows from conservatives and Israelis. | …
rt.com/usa/466603-omar-israel-trump-muslim-ban/

Israel Fears a Visit by Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-16
On July 16, Somali-American Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar, together with Representatives John Lewis and Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib, introduced bill HR-496 which is meant to affirm Americans' "right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution". Though not explicitly mentioned, HR-496 is at least…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/16/israel-fears-a-visit-by-ilhan-omar-and-rashida-tlaib/

Israel bans Representatives Omar and Tlaib from entering Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-16
Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) have joined the ranks of thousands of human rights activists and millions of diaspora Palestinians who have been denied entry to Palestine by the occupying Israeli regime. | Reps. Omar and Tlaib had planned a congressional trip to the West Bank for next week, initially agreed to by the Israeli regime "out of respect for the U.S. Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America." However, on August 15 Israel announced a reversal of its previous decision and banned the delegation's entrance. | The announcement came imm…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/15/israel-bans-representatives-omar-and-tlaib-entering-palestine

Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington's 'Pro-Israel' Consensus?
M.J. Rosenberg | thenation.com | 2019-08-16
Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington's 'Pro-Israel' Consensus?
thenation.com/article/israel-tlaib-omar-travel-ban-trump/

Citing 'oppressive conditions,' Rep. Tlaib signals she won't visit Israel after entry ban reversal
rt.com | 2019-08-16
US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has indicated that she will not travel to Israel to visit relatives, after Tel Aviv reversed its earlier decision to deny her entry. The US lawmaker had requested that the ban be lifted. | …
rt.com/usa/466652-tlaib-israel-visit-grandmother/