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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

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/

What Explains Russia and China's Differing Stances towards Kashmir?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Russia and China, two of the most important Great Powers that are jointly working to accelerate the emergence of the Multipolar World Order, are on totally opposite sides when it comes to Kashmir, with their differing stances being explained by …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-differing-stances-kashmir/5686499

Israel Issues Unprecedented Ban on Two Congresswomen
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-15
JERUSALEM–Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement, a decision announced shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted that it would "show great weakness" to allow them in. | The move to bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from visiting the close American ally appeared to be unprecedented and marked a deep foray by Israel into America's bitterly polarized politics. It is also a sharp escalation of Israel's campaign against the international boycott…
truthdig.com/articles/israel-issues-unprecedented-ban-on-two-congresswomen/

Reps Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Banned from Israel
commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
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This Is a New Low
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-08-15
This Is a New Low…
thenation.com/article/trump-tlaib-omar-israel/

To Appease Trump, Netanyahu Blocks Tlaib and Omar Visit to Israeli-Occupied Palestine
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-08-15
Reports from Israel suggested that the decision was an abrupt reversal, taken only after the American president had pushed the Israeli leader into a corner.
theintercept.com/2019/08/15/israel-omar-tlaib-trump-netanyahu/

End endless conflict and bring peace to Korea
Jesse Jackson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-15
July 27 marked the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which brought an end to hostilities that killed nearly five million people, including almost 40,000 U.S. service members. The war ended in a temporary cease-fire, which is why the United States still maintains 28,500 troops in South Korea. Nuclear missiles ring the …
peoplesworld.org/article/end-endless-conflict-and-bring-peace-to-korea/

Top scientist denounces smears of Tulsi Gabbard on Syria
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-15
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been smeared as an Assad apologist for her efforts to end the US-backed proxy war and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/15/top-scientist-denounces-smears-of-tulsi-gabbard-on-syria/

Germany Shows Signs of Recession — Is the Global Economy Next?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-15
Heiner Flassbeck argues that the China-US trade war is not having as much of an impact on the global economy as many assume. China's currency is not undervalued, despite its recent devaluation. Rather, the undervalued Euro gives Germany a real competitive advantage in world trade. It's actually Europe's economic weakness that is dragging down Germany,…
therealnews.com/stories/germany-shows-signs-of-recession-is-the-global-economy-next

'Hong Kong is a Chinese Affair,' China Warns the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry reminded Thursday that Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and "no country has the right to interfere in China's internal affairs." | RELATED: | China Journalism Association Rejects Violence Against Reporter | "We have noted that President Trump has previously said that 'Hong Kong is part of China and they have to solve it for themselves, without (external) recommendations,'" Hua Chunying, the Foreign Affairs spokesperson r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hong-Kong-is-a-Chinese-Affair-China-Warns-the-United-States-20190815-0011.html

America's "Hybrid War" against China has Entered a New Phase
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
The hybrid war, being conducted against China by the United States and its gaggle of puppet states from the UK to Canada to Australia, has entered a new phase. | The first stage involved the massive shift of US air and …
globalresearch.ca/americas-hybrid-war-against-china-has-entered-a-new-phase/5686429

'Hong Kong is a Chinese Affair', China Warns the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry reminded Thursday that Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and "no country has the right to interfere in China's internal affairs." | RELATED: | China Journalism Association Rejects Violence Against Reporter | "We have noted that President Trump has previously said that 'Hong Kong is part of China and they have to solve it for themselves, without (external) recommendations'," Hua Chunying, the Foreign Affairs spokesperson r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hong-Kong-is-a-Chinese-Affair-China-Warns-the-United-States-20190815-0011.html

Australia: Pro-US ideologue brands student groups as China's "useful idiots"
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
Clive Hamilton's comments are a warning that Australia's involvement in the US drive to war with China will be accompanied by political repression domestically.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/hami-a15.html

It Was More Like a Couple of Asian Decades Than a Century
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
It's become media orthodoxy to suggest that the era of U.S. hegemony is slowly slipping away and migrating to Asia–with China as its locus–as we proceed into the heart of the 21st century. There is, however, a competing narrative, one recently expressed by Michael Auslin on ForeignPolicy.com, who makes the case that the "Asian Century" "is ending far faster than anyone could have predicted. From a dramatically slowing Chinese economy to showdowns over democracy in Hong Kong and a new cold war between Japan and South Korea, the dynamism that was supposed to propel the region into a glorious future seem…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/it-was-more-like-a-couple-of-asian-decades-than-a-century/

China to Counter US Tariffs, Open to Meet Halfway for Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
China's government announced Thursday that it will implement "necessary" countermeasures in response to the United States imposing additional 10 percent tariffs on US$300 billion worth of Chinese imports starting Sept. 1. | RELATED: | US Delays Tariff on Some Chinese Goods Like Laptops Till Dec 15 | "The U.S. move seriously violated the consensus reached between the two heads of state in Argentina and Osaka, Japan, and deviated from the right track of settling difference…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-to-Counter-US-Tariffs-Open-to-Meet-Halfway-for-Deal-20190815-0019.html

Stock market tanks
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-15
San José, CA – On Wednesday, August 14, the U.S. stock market tanked, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 800 points, or 3%. The technology-heavy NASDAQ index also fell 3% and the S&P 500 fell just shy of 3%. This is the third day in a row of major market moves: Down more than 450 points on Monday, up 375 points on Tuesday, and now down again. | The Monday move came on because of growing recession fears, but the stock market bounced back on Tuesday, when Trump announced that he was postponing the 10% tariff on imports from China on more than half of the goods originally scheduled to be tariffed September 1…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/14/stock-market-tanks

The Truth About the UK's Special Relationship with Israel
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Britain does not have a special relationship with the USA. It is, and has been since the end of the World War, a subservient inferior 'partner' doing what it is told. Britain stands next to the schoolyard thug and tries …
globalresearch.ca/uk-special-relationship-israel/5686506

Youth Against Settlements: Fighting the Occupation at the Grassroots Level
Megan Giovannetti | progressive.org | 2019-08-15
With thousands of newly approved settlement units on the way, the only organized grassroots group of its kind in Palestine finds creative ways to resist.
progressive.org/dispatches/youth-against-settlements-fighting-israeli-occupation-giovannetti-190815/

The BDS movement calls to boycott three anti-Palestinian German clubs
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-08-15
The BDS movement calls to boycott three anti-Palestinian German clubs: PACBI StatementConne Island, Golden Pudel and : //about blank are complicit in Israel's oppression of Palestinians | Cultural Boycott Right To BoycottAugust 15, 2019…
bdsmovement.net/news/bds-calls-to-boycott-three-german-clubs

Criticism of Israeli Government's Policies Are Free Speech, Not Anti-Semitism
commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/15/criticism-israeli-governments-policies-are-free-speech-not-anti-semitism?cd-origin=rss

A 19-year-old explains why she'd rather go to jail than fight in the Israeli army
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
An Israeli woman has released a video explaining why she's willing to go to prison rather than fight in the army. Maya Bernad-Figenbaum has already spent seven days in a military jail. But she's prepared to go back because: The state actively tries to separate us, [and] does not want connections and linkage between Jewish and Palestinian culture. | Thank you to Israelis of conscience like Maya who would rather serve multiple stints in military jail than be drafted into the Israeli…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/15/a-19-year-old-explains-why-shed-rather-go-to-jail-than-fight-in-the-israeli-army/

US Meddling Continues in Cambodia, but with Setbacks
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Two Cambodian employees of US government-funded "Radio Free Asia" (RFA) face espionage charges for continuing to work for the foreign information operation even after the Cambodian government ordered it closed. | Qatari state media, Al Jazeera, in their article, " Espionage …
globalresearch.ca/us-meddling-continues-cambodia-setbacks/5686480

Video: Syrian Army Reached Khan Shaykhun
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Government forces are developing their advance in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. | The Syrian military has deployed a new batch of reinforcements, including battle tanks from the 4th Armoured Division, to the frontline. According to pro-government …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-reached-khan-shaykhun/5686426

Turkey: Women's group offers solidarity to Syrian refugees
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-15
Women in Turkey have come together and sent a message of solidarity with thousands of Syrian refugees being deported as authorities crack down across Istanbul. The Yoƒüurtàßu Women's Forum met in Turkey's largest city to discuss the plight of the country's 3.6 million Syrian refugees as the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government implements a …
peoplesworld.org/article/turkey-womens-group-offers-solidarity-to-syrian-refugees/

Three more humanitarian workers killed in Syria, with civilian death toll 'rising every day'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-15
An attack in the south of Syria's restive Idlib province that led to the deaths of a paramedic, an ambulance driver and a rescue worker, were added to the grim total on Thursday of more than 500 civilian fatalities documented in the country by the United Nations, over the past three and a half months alone.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044291

Damning new evidence is yet another reason why selling arms to Saudi Arabia is illegal
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
New evidence that shows the Saudi-led coalition is breaking humanitarian law in Yemen has been published by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Mwatana for Human Rights (Mwatana). Its research shows that the coalition: has continued to carry out apparently unlawful attacks throughout the course of the conflict, failed to credibly investigate, and whitewashed signif…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/08/15/damning-new-evidence-is-yet-another-reason-why-selling-arms-to-saudi-arabia-is-illegal/

Thursday's Daily Brief: Harrowing terrorist survivors' stories, children first in Mediterranean rescues, Yemen and Switzerland updates, new SDG Advocates speak out
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-15
Our main stories today: Boko Haram terrorist survivors tell their stories; UNICEF speaks out for children adrift on the Mediterranean; UN health agency pushes to stem dengue fever in Yemen; Switzerland declines sponsorship deal with tobacco firm; new SDG Advocates on the job.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044311

End the Genocide in #Yemen
Yemeni Alliance Committee | indybay.org | 2019-08-15
Outside Federal Building — office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 90 7th St. | San Francisco, CA 94103…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/13/18825458.php

Common Cause Lauds Court's Decision in Historic Georgia Election Security Case
commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/15/common-cause-lauds-courts-decision-historic-georgia-election-security-case?cd-origin=rss

UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Gibraltar decided Thursday to free the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, detained off the British overseas territory six weeks ago by Royal Marines, paving the way for a possible swap for a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf. | RELATE: | US Demands UK Hand Over Seized Iran Oil Tanker | The two tankers have become pawns in the standoff between Iran and the West, their fate tangled up in the diplomatic differences between the EU's big powers and the United States. | The Grace 1 was sei…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Snubs-Trump-Orders-Release-of-Iranian-Oil-Tanker-20190815-0007.html

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

UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Gibraltar decided Thursday to free the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, detained off the British overseas territory six weeks ago by Royal Marines, paving the way for a possible swap for a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf. | The two tankers have become pawns in the standoff between Iran and the West, their fate tangled up in the diplomatic differences between the EU's big powers and the United States. | The Grace 1 was seized by commandos in darkness off peninsula on July 4. | Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo decided to lift the detention order after formal written assurances from Tehran t…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Snubs-Trump-Orders-Release-of-Iranian-Oil-Tanker-20190815-0007.html

US Demands UK Hand Over Seized Iran Oil Tanker
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The U.S. Department of Justice has put in a special request, in the early hours of Thursday morning, demanding that they be given Iran's oil tanker, which was seized by the U.K., and which was due to be returned to Iran on Thursday. | RELATED: | US Trade Deal Could Drag Britain Into More Wars, Austerity | "The US Department of Justice has applied to seize…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Demands-UK-Hand-Over-Seized-Iran-Oil-Tanker-20190815-0002.html

Trump's Ignorance Touches Off a New Crisis in Kashmir
Zubeida Mustafa | truthdig.com | 2019-08-15
South Asia is again in crisis and could be on the brink of war. For the second time in six months, the world is on tenterhooks, waiting to see what turn events will take. Because the two antagonists are armed with nuclear weapons, the possibility of a confrontation is taken seriously. And as has happened before, Kashmir is at the center of the dispute that has kept India and Pakistan at loggerheads for over 70 years. | The simmering cauldron came to a boil about 10 days ago, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flush after a landslide electoral victory, revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which e…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-ignorance-touches-off-a-new-crisis-in-kashmir/

US Navy expert laments 'Slav' incompetence of new NATO navies in scary Russia essay
rt.com | 2019-08-15
NATO's Eastern European member states have terrible navies that suffer from "legacy concepts" and equipment and can't do much against Russia, a prominent professor lamented, asking the US Navy to do something about it. | …
rt.com/usa/466599-nato-navy-russia-reforms/

Russians everywhere! Biden aide cries 'spy plane' about normal treaty flight over US
rt.com | 2019-08-15
A routine Russian flight to Hawaii under the Open Skies treaty has been invoked by a former senior Obama administration official to stir up panic among the 'Russiagate' holdovers, proving some conspiracies just refuse to go away. | …
rt.com/usa/466591-open-skies-plane-scare/

Russia Denounces Plan Based in Guyana to Destabilize Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Russia's Foreign Ministry reported on Thursday on a plan to train alleged Venezuelan refugees in a British military base in Guyana, this in order to deploy them in the South American country to perpetrate violent acts. | RELATED: | Maduro Says Uribe, Colombian Ambassador Plotting his Killing | The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that "dozens of alleged refugees from Venezuela have been transferred to a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Denounces-Plan-Based-in-Guyana-to-Destabilize-Venezuela-20190815-0014.html

Russia Denounces Plan Based in Guyana to Destabilize Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Russia's Foreign Ministry reported on Thursday on a plan to train alleged Venezuelan refugees in a British military base in Guyana, this in order to deploy them in the South American country to perpetrate violent acts. | RELATED: | Maduro Says Uribe, Colombian Ambassador Plotting his Killing | The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, María Zajárova, said that "dozens of alleged refugees from Venezuela have been transferred to a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Denounces-Plan-Based-in-Guyana-to-Destabilize-Venezuela-20190815-0014.html

Taliban claim breakthrough in Afghanistan talks, US commander says operations continue
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
Trump is reportedly pushing for a withdrawal of US troops before the 2020 election, while leading Republicans are pressing for a "residual force" of special forces and CIA.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/afgh-a15.html

India's unprecedented lockdown of Kashmir in eleventh day
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
India's Hindu supremacist BJP government has imposed a brutal lockdown to suppress mass opposition to its subjecting Indian-held Kashmir to permanent central government domination.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/kash-a15.html

India's Government Has Undermined the Very Essence of Federalism and Democracy
Dilip D'Souza | thenation.com | 2019-08-15
India's Government Has Undermined the Very Essence of Federalism and Democracy…
thenation.com/article/india-kashmir-modi-bjp-federalism-and-democracy/

Indian Independence Day: A Nation Founded by Colonial Britain
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
India marked its 73rd independence day Thursday. The country was colonized by the British Empire for over 200 years. The colonial period in India is commonly known as the British Raj. However, it has a rich history even before the British occupied the country, even before there was an India. | History of India Before Colonization: | The country's history starts with the Indus Valley Civilization of 2,500 B.C. It flourished in the Western part of Sout…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indian-Independence-Day-A-Nation-Founded-by-Colonial-Britain-20190815-0012.html

Indian Independence Day: A Nation Founded by Colonial Britain
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
India marked its 73rd independence day Thursday. The country was colonized by the British Empire for over 200 years. The colonial period in India is commonly known as the British Raj. However, it has a rich history even before the British occupied the country, even before there was an India. | History of India Before Colonization: | The country's history starts with the Indus Valley Civilization of 2,500 B.C. It flourished in the western part of Sout…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indian-Independence-Day-A-Nation-Founded-by-Colonial-Britain-20190815-0012.html

A Stitch In Time
India Tresselt | thenation.com | 2019-08-15
A Stitch In Time…
thenation.com/article/a-stitch-in-time/

Modi Clamps Down on Kashmir, and India Loves Him For It
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-15
Even some of the prime minister's political opponents are backing his decision to strip the Muslim-majority region of its statehood.
truthdig.com/articles/modi-clamps-down-on-kashmir-and-india-loves-him-for-it/

The Continuing Hong Kong Impasse
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
I was in Hong Kong 10 days ago, which is now in its tenth week of demonstrations that began as a response to a proposed extradition law, but have since expanded to include other grievances and demands for democratic reforms. These include the following: + the resignation of the territory's leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/the-continuing-hong-kong-impasse/

Philippines: Dengue Deaths Keep Rising After Epidemic Declared
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
The Philippines is getting hit hard by the increase in dengue hitting many parts of the tropical world this year as the Department of Health (DOH) announced this week it has registered 167,607 cases of the mosquito-transmitted disease since January alone. Some 720 residents have died during the same time frame. | RELATED: | Honduras Fights Dengue Virus as it Reaches Epidemic Proportions | Last week, the government declared a national epidemic after there was a 98 percent increase i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Philippines-Dengue-Deaths-Keep-Rising-After-Epidemic-Declared-20190815-0020.html

'Perfect Illustration of Israel's Racist Apartheid Policies': Netanyahu Denounced for Barring Muslim Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
"It is an affront that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under pressure from President Trump, would deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tlaib_omar_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/15/perfect-illustration-israels-racist-apartheid-policies-netanyahu-denounced-barring?cd-origin=rss

'This Was Murder,' Says Judge, Sentencing Ex-Blackwater Guard to Life for Nisour Square Massacre
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
Rejecting claims that U.S. prosecutors scapegoated former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten to improve U.S.-Iraqi relations, a federal judge sentenced Slatten to life in prison Wednesday for his role in the notorious 2007 Nisour Square massacre. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nicholas-slatten-ap_0.jpg …
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2019-08-14: News Headlines

Staff (2019-08-14). United States and Turkey Agree to a Syrian "Safe Zone," Betraying the Kurds. therealnews.com Baris Karaagac discusses how the U.S allowed the Turkish government seize land in northern Syria to counter Russian and Iranian influence in spite of former Kurdish allies…

Editor (2019-08-14). Cyntoia Brown — free at last! workers.org Cyntoia Brown, an African-American woman who was incarcerated for 15 years for the "crime" of self-defense, was finally freed Aug. 7 from a Nashville, Tenn., prison. Brown, now 31 years old, was granted clemency on Jan. 7 by former Gov. Bill Haslam. A Workers World article from Jan. 15 explains . . . | Continue reading Cyntoia Brown — free at last! at Workers.org

Staff (2019-08-14). Hong Kong Protest Withdraws From Airport, but Situation Remains far From Normal. therealnews.com The mostly leaderless movement for Hong Kong's democratization withdrew from the airport, allowing flights to resume, but the situation remains unresolved as long as protesters and government fail to come to an agreement on reforms. We speak to Sean Starrs in Hong Kong…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2019-08-14). Russian Blast Points to Danger of New Nuclear Arms Race. counterpunch.org On Thursday August 8th, an explosion at the Nenoksa Missile test site in northern Russia during testing of a new type of nuclear propelled cruise missile resulted in the death of at least seven people, including scientists and was followed by a spike in radiation in the atmosphere. Analysts in Washington and Europe are of the belief that the explosion may offer a glimpse of technological weaknesses in Russia's new arms program. More

Fred Goldstein (2019-08-14). The new Cold War against China. workers.org During the Cold War and the struggle that put the USSR and China on one side and imperialism, headed by Washington, on the other, revolutionaries used to characterize the conflict as a class war between two irreconcilable social systems. On one side was the socialist camp, based upon socialized property, . . . | Continue reading The new Cold War against China at Workers.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-08-14). The Downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17: The Quest for Truth and Justice. Review of the Evidence. globalresearch.ca The MH17 Inquiry has been conducted in an insidious fashion. Important pieces of evidence including eye witness reports, audio & video material transmitted through Ukraine Intelligence (SBU) have been manipulated or excluded from the Dutch inquiry, which largely endorses Washington's accusations directed against Moscow.

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Jackie Chan Vows to Defend China Flag amid Hong Kong Protests. telesurenglish.net Martial arts star Jackie Chan, a Hong Kong native, has vowed to defend China's national flag against opposition protesters. His recent declaration on social media site Weibo, and during a TV interview on Tuesday, has become a trending topic on social media in the mainland. | RELATED: | Hong Kong: US Flags-Wielding Protesters Occupy Airport, Assault Chinese Journalist | Jackie Chan says he spoke out due to an incident in early August, whereby Hong Kong protest…

WSWS (2019-08-14). Hong Kong protests met with denunciations and threats. wsws.org The muted response to the threats of Chinese intervention reflects fear in ruling circles internationally that events in Hong Kong could be replicated in cities around the world.

Staff (2019-08-14). Kashmir Could Become the New Palestine. truthdig.com On August 5, India's Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament. The bill divides the Indian State into two parts: the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. | The Legislative Assembly in the state has been suspended. Its elected officials have been placed under house arrest. The press has been gagged, protests have been violently disbanded, and social media has been shut down. | A bill in parliament suggests the normal function of democracy; the actual situation on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir is undemocratic. | T.K. R…

True Publica (2019-08-14). John Bolton Visit — Forcing Britain's Hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal. globalresearch.ca There were many public protests with the arrival of Donald Trump to the shores of Britain and contrary to his own beliefs, Trump is not well-liked at all by ordinary British citizens. What was strange though was the fact that …

Yemeni Alliance Committee (2019-08-14). End the Genocide in #Yemen. indybay.org Outside Federal Building — office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi | 90 7th St. | San Francisco, CA 94103…

Norman Stockwell (2019-08-14). Presidential Hopefuls Hit the Trail in Iowa: A Photo Essay. progressive.org Twenty-one candidates came through the Iowa State Fair for a weekend of "straw" polls, soapbox speeches, and a turkey leg or two.

Zero Hedge (2019-08-14). Footage Captures NATO Intercept Attempt of Plane Carrying Russian Defense Minister. globalresearch.ca Russia's Defense Ministry has published dramatic video Tuesday showing another close encounter between its military planes and NATO jets over the Baltic Sea, but this time it involved a dangerous intercept as the NATO aircraft came just off the wing …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). It's Not Anti-Semitic to Criticize Israel: Bernie Sanders. telesurenglish.net To criticize the Israeli government does not make you antisemitic, United States Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire Wednesday. | RELATED: | 'United Struggle Against United Oppressors': Pro-Palestine BDS Stands in Solidarity With Kashmir | During the meeting, an audience member commented she felt "really let down by politicians who only represent a Jewish voice that is completely uncrit…

Gregory Kulacki (2019-08-14). The Next Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nuclear Weapons and US — Japan — China Relations. globalresearch.ca Japan was the first, the last and the only nation to be attacked with nuclear weapons. If it continues along the path set by Prime Minister Abe and the national security bureaucrats of his Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), it may …

Charles Kennedy (2019-08-14). Why Gold Prices Are About to Skyrocket Even Higher. globalresearch.ca The gold bears have finally caved under the deafening barrage of fiscal and geopolitical catalysts, from Fed hints to intensely brewing conflict with Iran. But there is one key trend that stands to push gold up beyond $1,700—regardless of the …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-08-14). Australia's Pacific Play: Denying Climate Change and Boosting China's Threat. globalresearch.ca Australia has always nursed a contradictory, repressive relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Being a satrap of great powers, it has performed the role of gate keeper and monitor of regional instability, a condescending, often paternalistic agent. At stages, it has …

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Coffee, Cacao Combat Chronic Heart Disease, Cancer. telesurenglish.net Eating flavonoids, certain nutrients found in plants, might help humans live longer, especially those who smoke and drink, according to a new study by researchers at the Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia. | RELATED: | Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products | Scientists have been discovering the health benefits of flavonoids over the past two decades. However, this study, conducted by the ECU's School of Medical and Health Sciences, is the first…

Staff (2019-08-14). Stacey Abrams Applauded for #FairFight2020 Initiative Against Voter Suppression. truthout.org | | After experiencing firsthand how voter suppression impacts elections in her narrowly unsuccessful Georgia gubernatorial race against Republican Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams on Tuesday launched an initiative aimed at bolstering voter protections nationwide ahead of the 2020 elections. | "There are only two things stopping us in 2020: that people have…

teleSUR (2019-08-14). Saudi Woman Activist Refuses to Deny Torture in Prison. telesurenglish.net Imprisoned women's rights activist Loujain Hathloul rejected Saudi Arabia's proposal to secure her release from prison in exchange for a video statement denying reports she was tortured in custody, her family said Tuesday. | RELATED: | Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Concert Citing Women, LGBT Rights | Hathloul, along with at least a dozen other women's rights activists, was arrested over a year ago as Saudi Arabia ended a ban on women driving cars, which many of the detainees had lon…

Juan Cole (2019-08-13). The U.S.-Backed War on Yemen Is Collapsing. truthdig.com This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | Yemen, a country of 28 million and one of the poorest in the world, had already become a byword for misery over the course of the last four years of war. Now, believe it or not, things have abruptly worsened. | The strategic port of Aden has fallen to southern separatists, just as it did in 1967, when the Communists took over and created the People's Republic of South Yemen. | The Southern Transitional Council took over the strategic port of Aden with four hundred armed ve…

RT (2019-08-13). 'Debate me!' Ocasio-Cortez wades into Barstool Sports feud with unions. rt.com A comic dispute between labor unions advocates and satirical Barstool Sports head Dave Portnoy vowing to 'crush' them took a serious turn when AFL-CIO and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got involved.

Gary Leupp (2019-08-13). MSNBC and the Next Election: Racism is the Issue. dissidentvoice.org After Donald Trump unexpectedly won the 2016 election, the Democrats and the mainstream media they shape sought to explain the disaster as a result of Russian meddling. Such meddling, which had been alleged for months, was documented in an (unconvincing) intelligence report prepared by the lame-duck Obama administration, made public Jan. 6, 2017; Congress followed …

Nancy Marie Mithlo (2019-08-13). Tarantino's 'Dead Indians' and the Roots of American Violence. counterpunch.org My day job is as an American Indian Studies professor at a major university. Actually, like many educators, it is my day and night job. The luxury and the burden of being an academic is that you get to think about complex and weighty ideas ALL THE TIME. That is why I particularly relish going More

Vijay Prashad (2019-08-13). Why Kashmir is suddenly a potential global point of conflict. mronline.org Before India's Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament, his government sent tens of thousands of Indian troops into Kashmir. There is no official number, but it is often said that there are nearly 600,000 Indian troops in the state. That a population of 12 million people […] | Source

Justin Podur (2019-08-13). Imagining a free Palestine should be commonplace—that's why i wrote the novel 'Siegebreakers'. mronline.org The siege of Gaza is crushing the people who live under it, and it is crushing all of our imaginations. | Source

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-08-13). The U.S. Government Doesn't Care About Afghan Women. truthdig.com In once, and to some extent still, relatively cosmopolitan Baghdad, Iraq, I once saw three young female college students from Mustansiriyah University walking home from class. They couldn't have been more differently clothed. One wore a full burqa that exposed only her eyes; another a hijab, a more modest head scarf without a facial veil, and a pair of jeans; the third sported a pink miniskirt and a revealing tank top with her long hair fully exposed. Still, they chatted like old friends. | By early 2007, this range of women's clothing was already highly rare in all but the safest Baghdad neighborhoods, yet it di…

Dean Baker (2019-08-13). Thoughts on China's Currency. counterpunch.org There is a conventional wisdom on China's currency that gets repeated almost everywhere and never seems to be challenged in the media. The basic story is that in the bad old days China 'manipulated" its currency, but that stopped years ago. At present, its currency controls are actually keeping the value of its currency up, More

RT (2019-08-13). Shadow of trade war: Americans fear of China increases sharply — survey. rt.com The trade conflict between Washington and Beijing has apparently taken its toll on China's image among ordinary Americans, as the number of those with a negative attitude jumped by 13 percent in a new poll, compared to last year.

teleSUR (2019-08-13). Most US Citizens Do Not Support President Trump's Asylum Policy. telesurenglish.net A Pew Research Center poll found that most U.S. citizens reject President Donald Trump's measures against asylum seekers and 72 percent of them support granting legal status to immigrants. | RELATED: | Guatemala Cannot Be 'Safe Third Country,' US Congresswoman Says | According to this study, 65 percent of respondents believe that the U.S. government is per…

United Nations (2019-08-13). Tuesday's Daily Brief: Hong Kong airport disruption, Geneva Conventions at 70, new Ebola drug breakthrough, French fighters face Iraq execution; Europe pushed on stranded migrants and Aden update. un.org Our main stories today cover: Human rights chief on chaos at Hong Kong airport; Geneva Conventions have been 'limiting brutality' for 70 years; breakthrough drug in DR Congo Ebola fight; France pushed to repatriate nationals on death row in Iraq; 'Race against time" for migrants in Mediterranean…

Carrie Rickey (2019-08-13). Coming Into His Own, With Springsteen Leading the Way. truthdig.com Like most teens, Javed (Viveik Kalra) struggles to define himself and find his own voice. This is more challenging for him than for his schoolmates in the working-class borough of Luton, England, in 1987, when, prefiguring the present day in the U.S. and U.K., the rising tides of Thatcherism and British nationalism polarized the nation. | The anarchic voices in the classroom are worlds away from the Punjabi-inflected English spoken at home by his parents, immigrants from Pakistan. Whipsawed between the punk rebellion of his classmates and his father's insistence that he study medicine, Javed can't hear himself th…

United Nations (2019-08-13). 'Act with restraint' UN human rights chief urges Hong Kong authorities and protestors, following airport disruption. un.org After two consecutive days of chaos at Hong Kong International Airport, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet expressed her concern and condemned "any form" of violence or destruction of property and urged the demonstrators to "express their views in a peaceful way".

WSWS (2019-08-13). Protest sit-in shuts Hong Kong international airport. wsws.org The closure of the world's eighth biggest airport, following on from last week's general strike, marks a significant deepening of the political crisis in Hong Kong.

Amy Goodman (2019-08-13). "The next step is the Kremlin": Why Moscow protests have Putin's government worried. nationofchange.org Up to 60,000 protesters gathered Saturday in Moscow in the largest demonstration Russia has witnessed in years. Although the protest was officially authorized, dozens of protesters were arrested in the capital, and dozens more were also arrested in demonstrations across the country. Saturday's protest was organized to denounce the recent barring of opposition candidates from running in an upcoming election for Moscow City Council. We speak with Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School. She is the co-author of "In Putin's Footsteps: Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia…

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-13). Civil Disobedience in Hong Kong or US Color Revolution Attempt? globalresearch.ca As the saying goes, if it walks, talks, and quacks like a duck, chances are it is one. | What's been going on for months in Hong Kong has all the earmarks of a US orchestrated color revolution, aimed at destabilizing …

Jordan Michael Smith (2019-08-13). How Voice of America Persian Became a Trump Administration PR Machine. theintercept.com As an Iranian American journalist covering the Iran-U.S. relationship, Negar Mortazavi is accustomed to receiving vitriol on social media. Still, she found it unusual when she saw on Twitter that someone had called her a "treasonous criminal" and "a spy and an enemy of the people." The tweets got darker: "If the U.S. had laws of the Middle Ages like Iran, this mouthpiece of the corrupt regime would have been executed," one read, in Farsi. | What made the tweets unusua…

WSWS (2019-08-13). Southern separatists overrun Aden, exposing fraud of US, Saudi puppet regime in Yemen. wsws.org The clashes in Aden after more than four years of murderous war in Yemen have laid bare the failure of the US-backed Saudi campaign to establish any viable regime.

Staff (2019-08-13). From Hong Kong to Kashmir to the US, Authoritarianism Is Rising. truthout.org | | Over the past couple weeks, the global pattern of authoritarianism has become particularly visible, and particularly gut-wrenching. Global politics is changing quickly, with political discourse becoming increasingly degraded and dangerous in one country after the next. | In Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling party boasted of the mass book burning and destruction that it has, apparen…

teleSUR (2019-08-13). World Commemorates Fidel Castro's Birthday. telesurenglish.net Governments and social movements around the world have come together to commemorate the birthday of revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, on what would have been his 93rd birthday. | RELATED: | 60 Years of Defending Cuba Against a Barbarous Empire | On Tuesday morning, members of China's Communist Youth attended an event at the Cuban embassy in Beijing to commemorate the Cuban revolutionary hero. Other Cuban embassies also hosted events. In Russia, there was a talk on Fidel along with an…

WSWS (2019-08-13). Explosions at Russian military facilities leave eight dead. wsws.org Bound up with the accelerating global arms race, blasts at a nuclear weapons testing facility in Russia's far north and an ammunitions depot in Siberia have injured dozens.

Pepe Escobar (2019-08-13). How Tehran Fits into Russia-China Strategy. globalresearch.ca Complex doesn't even begin to describe the positioning of Iran-Russia in the geopolitical chessboard. What's clear in our current, volatile moment is that they're partners, as I previously reported. Although not strategic partners, as in the Russia-China tie-up, Russia-China-Iran …

teleSUR (2019-08-13). Honda Will Halt Car Production in Argentina in 2020. telesurenglish.net Japan's Honda Motor Company announced Tuesday it will stop producing cars in Argentina in 2020 as part of a global shift in how it shares production between regions. | RELATED: | Argentina's Peso Collapses as Markets Fear Progressive Victory | The company said in a statement that its Campana plant in the province of Buenos Aires, which produces the HR-V model, will now solely make motorcycles. The assembly of the SUV corresponds to 40 percent of the production of the plant. | A…

Shane Quinn (2019-08-13). History: US-led Pressures on Japan Performed a Central Role Leading to Pearl Harbor. globalresearch.ca By 1920, America had become by far the world's richest country, whose strength held sway over much of the Western hemisphere, and was stretching further eastwards. As her influence expanded, the United States was posing a serious problem for the …

Barbara Crossette (2019-08-13). India's Constitutional Coup in Kashmir Is Sowing the Seeds of Renewed Rebellion. thenation.com India's Constitutional Coup in Kashmir Is Sowing the Seeds of Renewed Rebellion…

Ruth Milka (2019-08-13). Sea turtles are mistaking plastic pollution for food. nationofchange.org Endangered green sea turtles are accidentally ingesting plastic that resembles their food source concludes a new study published in the journal ' Scientific Reports'. | Researchers at the University of Exeter and the Society for the Protection of Turtles studied 34 sea turtles who washed up on beaches on the island of Cyprus. The team was able to look at the gastrointestinal tracts of 19 of the turtles, all of which had ingested plastic. | The sea turtles had ingested plastic that was green, black or clear, which greatly…

teleSUR (2019-08-13). UK Expected To Release Illegally Seized Iranian Tanker. telesurenglish.net Iran is celebrating a diplomatic victory, as they claim the U.K. is expected to release the seized Iranian tanker, following negotiations. Iranian maritime authorities said Tuesday that they had been in talks with the U.K. government, and showed documents that prove that Iran did not violate sanctions against Syria, the reason given by the U.K. for the seizure. | RELATED: | UK Wants European Force to Police Persian Gulf | Jalil Eslami, deputy head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, s…

Gunar Olsen (2019-08-13). Fordham's Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status. thenation.com Fordham's Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status…

Eric Zuesse (2019-08-13). Reality-Denial Among America's Democratic Party Faithful. dissidentvoice.org I used to be a Democrat, until the majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted in 2002 for George W. Bush's 2003 catastrophic invasion of Iraq, even though everything that Bush and his Administration were alleging the invasion to be based on were mere lies, by him and his Administration. A Senator or Representative …

Binoy Kampmark (2019-08-13). China Hysteria Down Under. counterpunch.org The blinkered security establishment is standard fare in politics. From Washington to Manila, we hear of terrors and concerns which tend to more spectral than not. Legitimate concerns such as catastrophic environmental failure, or a nuclear accident, are treated with a sigh, its warners doomsday advocates rather than reasoned citizens. It is the unseen demon More

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