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2019-08-12: Social Media Postees

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The world is uniting for international law, against US empire
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-12
"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures." | That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies who have embarrassed themselves by recognizing the phony "interim president" Juan Guaido are saying the US has gone too far. | All of the countries listed above and…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/12/the-world-is-uniting-for-international-law-against-us-empire/

The World is Uniting for International Law, against US Empire
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-12
"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures." That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies who have embarrassed themselves by recognizing the phony …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/the-world-is-uniting-for-international-law-against-us-empire/

The World Is Uniting for International Law, Against US Empire
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures." | That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become …
globalresearch.ca/world-uniting-international-law-against-us-empire/5686144

Hong Kong Grounds Flights as Mass Sit-in Shuts Down Airport
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| All departing flights were grounded as chaos engulfed the Hong Kong International Airport Monday, after thousands of pro-democracy protesters filled the travel hub to protest police brutality. Many eventually left the airport, fearing threats of more police action, but hundreds of activists remain. The latest escalation follows a weekend of bloody clashes between the police and protesters. Confrontations turned especially violent on Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas inside a subway station and we…
truthout.org/video/hong-kong-grounds-flights-as-mass-sit-in-shuts-down-airport/

Hong Kong protests continue into a tenth week
wsws.org | 2019-08-12
Protests yesterday took place in a number of different places in Hong Kong, with riot police using tear gas and batons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/12/hong-a12.html

Mass Protests in Moscow and the US Media's Failings on Russia Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| New School professor Nina Khrushcheva talks about this weekend's mass protests in Moscow and the failings of the U.S. media when it comes to covering Russia. She also discusses the increasing nuclear tensions between the United States and Russia. The U.S. recently pulled out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Last week, seven Russians, mostly nuclear scientists, died in an explosion in the White Sea during a suspected test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. The blast cau…
truthout.org/video/mass-protests-in-moscow-and-the-us-medias-failings-on-russia-coverage/

Rattling the Nuclear Cage: India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran and the US
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
The word "nuclear" is not just a harmless adjective. Look at the old photographs of the blisters on the dying Japanese of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Iran itself suffered the horrors of gas warfare when Iraq — supported at the time by the US — used chemicals on Iranian soldiers and civilians. I saw their gas-gangrene wounds with my own eyes in the late 1980s and they reminded me of the Hiroshima snapshots. The Iranians really do know the effects of "weapons of mass destruction".
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/rattling-the-nuclear-cage-india-pakistan-israel-iran-and-the-us/

Bulletin For The Comfortable Class: Mass Murder Was Americana Before Trump Was Born!
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-12
The U.S. air war in Japan was one of the most ruthless and barbaric killings of non-combatants in all history. — General Bonner Fellers, MacArthur's Intelligence Chief, from Cultures Of War: Pearl Harbour/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq by John W. Dower, 2011, pp. 195-96. The recent anniversary of the mass murder that took place in Hiroshima, followed three days …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/bulletin-for-the-comfortable-class-mass-murder-was-americana-before-trump-was-born/

Police in Hong Kong Should Exercise Restraint to Avoid Escalating Violence
commondreams.org | 2019-08-12
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/08/12/police-hong-kong-should-exercise-restraint-avoid-escalating-violence?cd-origin=rss

Versace Apologizes over T-Shirt Showing Hong Kong as a Country
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-12
Elite fashion brand Versace apologized Sunday after receiving flak on social media for implying Hong Kong and Macau as independent territories. | RELATED: | Videos of Chinese 'Crackdown' in Hong Kong Revealed as Fake by AFP Investigation | Versace said it "respects the sovereignty of China's territorial state" as part of its apology. | A picture of one of Versace's T-shirts featuring city-country pairs appeared on social media creating a storm in China. The T-s…
telesurenglish.net/news/versace-apologizes-to-china-for-tshirts-showing-hong-kong-separate-country-20190812-0006.html

Could The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Contribute to Resolving the Kashmir Crisis?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
The onset of the latest Kashmir Crisis following India's "Israeli"-like unilateral moves there last week have raised the question among many in the Alt-Media Community of whether the SCO could help mediate a solution between New Delhi and Islamabad, but …
globalresearch.ca/could-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-contribute-to-resolving-the-kashmir-crisis/5686223

Hair-trigger Nuclear Alert over Kashmir
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Two of the world's most important powers, India and Pakistan, are locked into an extremely dangerous confrontation over the bitterly disputed Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir. Both are nuclear armed. | Kashmir has been a flashpoint since Imperial Britain divided India …
globalresearch.ca/hair-trigger-nuclear-alert-over-kashmir/5686209

The Kashmir Crisis Has Become a Geopolitical Pandora's box
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-12
The long-standing dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir threatens to turn into an all-out armed conflict. The issue has become a bargaining chip countries to use in order to negotiate profitable deals. Can the crisis be mitigated, and who could effectively negotiate a compromise? Kashmir has been split between India and Pakistan since it …
uwidata.com/4847-the-kashmir-crisis-has-become-a-geopolitical-pandoras-box/

Indianapolis police murder yet again
Connie Thompson and Riley Bove | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-12
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department claimed yet another life on Aug. 2.
liberationnews.org/indianapolis-police-murder-yet-again/

Will Congress Hold Those Who Commit and Profit From Genocide Accountable?
Tom Andrews | commondreams.org | 2019-08-12
Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border near Anzuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh. (Photo: Roger Arnold/UNHCR) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/rohingya_2.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/12/will-congress-hold-those-who-commit-and-profit-genocide-accountable?cd-origin=rss

3yo girl in critical condition after mother hacks her with MACHETE in Philadelphia
rt.com | 2019-08-12
A woman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been arrested after attacking her three-year-old daughter with a machete, sending the child to an emergency room in critical condition, local media report. | …
rt.com/usa/466289-mother-machete-attacks-daughter/

Lawsuit Seeks to Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| Medicare paid for Betty Gordon's knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old former high school teacher needed a nursing home stay and care at home to recover. | Yet Medicare wouldn't pay for that. So Gordon is stuck with a $7,000 bill she can't afford — and, as if that were not bad enough, she can't appeal. | The reasons Medicare won't pay have frustrated the Rhode Island woman and many others trapped in the maze of regulations surrounding something called "observation…
truthout.org/articles/lawsuit-seeks-to-let-medicare-patients-appeal-gap-in-nursing-home-coverage/

Indybay Pushes Back Against "Diamond Slavery" DMCA Takedown
indybay.org | 2019-08-12
DMCA memory hole threatens to swallow article published on Indybay in 2003 about working conditions in Romanian diamond factory.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/11/18825408.php

Water found in Hawaiian volcano could lead to eruptions
Jordan Davidson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-12
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could be gearing up for an eruption after a pond of water was discovered inside its summit crater for the first time in recorded history, according to the AP. Last year, the volcano spewed lava and destroyed homes on the archipelago's Big Island. Then in the spring, a lava lake vanished from sight …
peoplesworld.org/article/water-found-in-hawaiian-volcano-could-lead-to-eruptions/

Contrasting Development Experiences of the Arab World and East Asia
Prof. Ray Bush | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
On the surface, it might be incongruous to assert that there is a single law that has shaped what appear to be the contrasting development experiences of the Arab World (AW) and East Asia (EA). After all, as Ali Kadri…
globalresearch.ca/cordon-sanitaire-single-law-governing-development-east-asia-arab-world/5686155

China's Belt and Road (BRI): Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. | It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-belt-and-road-bri-could-save-destroyed-southeast-asia/5686164

Eight-hour power blackout hits Indonesian capital
wsws.org | 2019-08-12
The Indonesian government has failed to meet the basic infrastructure demands of the rapidly growing Greater Jakarta, a megacity of 30 million people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/12/indo-a12.html

Trump: Out of the Graveyard and Into the Pyre?
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-12
Afghanistan has long been touted as the "graveyard of empires." The British and the Soviets certainly discovered that lesson to their great regret. Perhaps future historians will judge the failure of the United States to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan over a two-decade period as a critical factor in the loss of American hegemony as…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/12/trump-out-of-the-graveyard-and-into-the-pyre/

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: #MeToo, McCarthyism and machine politics
wsws.org | 2019-08-12
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's campaign, combining feminism and anti-Russia witch-hunting, has yet to mobilize significant support.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/12/gill-a12.html

Really? McFaul 'plants US flag' in Twitter to claim it as free speech sanctuary
rt.com | 2019-08-12
Michael McFaul says he can say whatever he wants on Twitter because it's an American platform. Yeah, the very same Twitter that 'shadowbans,' silences alternative media, and hosts fake Russian bots that meddle in US elections. | …
rt.com/usa/466304-mcfaul-twitter-freedom-speech/

What do we know about Russia's alleged influence campaign?
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-12
What have US intelligence officials proven to date about their claims of a sweeping Russian interference effort and Russian government…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/12/what-do-we-know-about-russias-alleged-influence-campaign/

"Opposition" or Terrorists? Who Is Syria and Russia Targeting in Idlib?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Scott Lucas — a professor at the University of Birmingham UK — would decry with the rest of the Western media — resumed joint military operations carried out by Syria and Russia in and around the northwestern governorate of Idlib….
globalresearch.ca/opposition-terrorists-who-syria-russia-bombing-idlib/5686183

US Turning Gulf Region into 'Matchbox Ready to Ignite': Zarif
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-12
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States and its allies of turning the Persian Gulf region into a "matchbox ready to ignite", according to the Reuters News Agency, citing the diplomat's interview with Al Jazeera television. | RELATED: | Iran Says Will Not Tolerate 'Offenses' in Gulf as UK Joins US-led Maritime Security Patrol | Zarif told Al-Jazeera that the Persian Gulf "is narrow, it will become less safe as for…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Turning-Gulf-Region-into-Matchbox-Ready-to-Ignite-Zarif-20190812-0004.html

The New York Times Can't Hide Its Pro-War Bias
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-12
The New York Times has published five editorials since the beginning of May that are ostensibly critical of a possible military war between the United States and Iran. As anti-war arguments, however, they are woefully lacking–vilifying Iran without subjecting the US to comparable scrutiny, and hiding US aggression towards Iran. | The editorials regurgitate the same anti-Iran demonology pro-war voices offer to try to justify an attack on the country. In one case ( 5/4/19), readers are told that | there is no doubt that the Revolu…
truthdig.com/articles/the-new-york-times-cant-hide-its-pro-war-bias/

Trump admin sabotages Iran diplomacy at every turn
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-12
With its recent sanctions on Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Trump administration continues to undermine any possibility of diplomacy…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/12/trump-admin-sabotages-iran-diplomacy-at-every-turn/

Death Toll from Typhoon Lekima Rises to 44
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-12
The death toll from the typhoon dubbed 'Lekima' has risen to 44 in eastern China, according to official data, as the storm continued up th'e coast, racking up billions of dollars in economic losses and widely disrupting travel. | RELATED: | Venezuela, China Inaugurate Refinery To Boost Oil Production | State-owned CCTV had put the death toll at 32 on Sunday after the massive typhoon hit the Chinese coast. | According to data from provincial emergency bureaus and state media,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Death-Toll-from-Typhoon-Lekima-Rises-to-44-20190812-0003.html

NATO's China Double-Think by Finian Cunningham + Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China by Ellen Brown
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-12
We cannot win a currency war by competitive currency devaluations that trigger a "race to the bottom," and we cannot win a trade war by competitive trade barriers that simply cut us off from the benefits of cooperative trade. More favorable to our interests and values than warring with our trading partners would be to […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/12/natos-china-double-think-by-finian-cunningham-neoliberalism-has-met-its-match-in-china-by-ellen-brown/

Progressive Policies May Hurt the Stock Market. That's Not a Bad Thing
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| Last week, we saw the media terrified over a plunge in the stock market following an escalation of Donald Trump's trade war with China. There are good reasons to be concerned about Trump's ill-defined trade war and reality TV tactics, but the plunge in the stock market is not one of them. | While the idea that the stock market is a measure of the health of the economy permeates news reporting and popular understanding, it has no basis in economics. The stock market is a measure of the expectat…
truthout.org/articles/progressive-policies-may-hurt-the-stock-market-thats-not-a-bad-thing/

Farmers take another hit from Trump
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-12
The economic ceasefire between the U.S. and China was short-lived. Last week, the Trump administration slapped another ten percent tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods, and further escalated tension between the two nations by labeling China a "currency manipulator" Monday, Aug. 5, after China allowed the value of its currency to fall seven yuan …
peoplesworld.org/article/farmers-take-another-hit-from-trump/

What Is Really Happening in Syria?
Revd Andrew Ashdown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
In this episode of "The Beloved Community", Mark Taliano and Andrew Ashdown shed light on what is really happening in Syria. Their evidence-based, on the ground narratives, are shockingly different from the fake, monochromatic narratives fed to Western populations on …
globalresearch.ca/beloved-community-mark-taliano-reverend-andrew-ashdown/5686145

Concerns Over Police Brutality Persist as Hong Kong Protesters Shut Down One of World's Busiest Airports
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-12
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters effectively shut down Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, the fourth day they have occupied one of the world's busiest airports as part of the mass demonstrations—against police brutality and a controversial extradition bill—that have rattled Hong Kong since June. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11610645151.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/12/concerns-over-police-brutality-persist-hong-kong-protesters-shut-down-one-worlds?cd-origin=rss

Caroline Lucas calls for an all-woman cabinet to oust Corbyn. But she forgot to invite the Black women
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-08-12
Green MP Caroline Lucas has proposed a "controversial" idea. To block a no-deal Brexit, she's suggested that an "emergency cabinet" of women should run the country. But her 'plan' has major issues. | The country is at breaking point & time is running out. I couldn't forgive myself if we didn't try everything possible to avert catastrophe of No Deal. | So he…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/12/caroline-lucas-calls-for-an-all-woman-cabinet-to-oust-corbyn-but-forgot-to-invite-the-black-women/

Hong Kong Protests Occupy Airport, Gov't Warns of 'Terrorism'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-12
Opposition protesters in Hong Kong have occupied the city's huge international airport, leading to the cancellation of all flights. Authorities are yet to intervene but have warned against increasing violence and 'signs of terrorism' by Hong Kong protesters. | RELATED: | Videos of Chinese 'Crackdown' in Hong Kong Revealed as Fake by AFP Investigation | On Sunday night, protesters in the wealthy Wan Chai district provoked clashes with police by throwing petrol b…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hong-Kong-Protesters-Shut-Down-Airport-Authorities-Warn-of–Signs-of-Terrorism-20190812-0005.html

Hong Kong Grounds Flights as Mass Sit-in Shuts Down Airport After Weekend of Protests
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-12
All departing flights were grounded as chaos engulfed the Hong Kong International Airport Monday, after thousands of pro-democracy protesters filled the travel hub to protest police brutality. Many eventually left the airport, fearing threats of more police action, but hundreds of activists remain. The latest escalation follows a weekend of bloody clashes between the police and protesters. Confrontations turned especially violent on Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas inside a subway station and were filmed beating protesters with batons. Meanwhile, Beijing has escalated its rhetoric against the protesters…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/12/hong_kong_grounds_flights_as_mass

"The Next Step Is the Kremlin": Why Moscow Protests Have Putin's Government Worried
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-12
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's…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/12/the_next_step_is_the_kremlin

Qatar: Rights Groups Denounce Exploitative Labor Practices
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
A number of human rights organizations condemned Qatar's treatment of workers and called on the Gulf state to abolish the "kafala" system, after a two-day strike by South Asian workers over "miserable" working conditions. | RELATED: | 40 Million People Are Victims of Modern-Day Slavery Worldwide | The protests took place Aug. 4 and 5 and the strikers denounced the treatments they are subjected to by their employers, including the seizings of their passports, the high recruitmen…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rights-Groups-Denounces-Qatar-Exploitative-Labour-Practices–20190811-0013.html

Chomsky Slams Macri's Neoliberal Policies in Education
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
Noam Chomsky, the renowned academic and political thinker from the United States, slammed Argentinian President Mauricio Macri for subordinating of public education to favor neoliberal markets in an article published by La Garganta Poderosa Saturday. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | He said the advanced neoliberal p…
telesurenglish.net/news/noam-chomsky-slams-mauricio-macri-imf-public-education-neoliberal-policies-20190811-0005.html

Saudi Forces Attack UAE-Backed Separatists in Aden, 40 Killed
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Aden Sunday in support of the Yemeni government after southern UAE-backed separatists effectively took over the port city, fracturing the alliance that had been battling the Houthi movement. | RELATED: | Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market | The infighting, which broke out on Aug. 8 to control the port city which serves as temporary seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed has killed 40 people and injured 260, the United Nations said. | "It is heart-…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-Saudi-led-Forces-Attack-UAE-Backed-Separatists-in-Aden-40-Killed-20190811-0006.html

Did Indian Intelligence Invent a Russian Diplomatic Statement to Pressure Moscow on Kashmir?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
It remains unclear at the time of writing whether the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs really did back India's unilateral actions in Kashmir or not, with the mysterious circumstances surrounding its now-viral alleged statement of support suggesting that it might …
globalresearch.ca/did-indian-intelligence-invent-russian-diplomatic-statement-pressure-moscow-kashmir/5686115

Uganda: Unqualified Woman Ran Health Center, 105 Children Died
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
A Ugandan civil court is suing Renee Bach, a United States national who started a medical center for severely malnourished children in Uganda, while she was in her twenties and with no professional qualifications for the purpose, for her responsibility in the deaths of at least 105 children. | RELATED: | UN Reveals High Numbers of Children Injured and Killed in 2018 | "If a 20-something Ugandan woman had gone to the U.S. and set up an equivalent arrangement to treat impoverish…
telesurenglish.net/news/Uganda-Unqualified-US-Woman-Ran-Health-Center-105-Children-Died-20190811-0010.html

China's BRI Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-11
Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military regimes. Then, those monstrous income disparities. Jakarta beggars at night According to The Bangkok Post, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/chinas-bri-could-save-destroyed-southeast-asia/

Israeli Police Attacked Muslim Palestinians on 1st Day of Eid
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
Israeli forces used rubber bullets and tear gas against Muslim worshippers Sunday on the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday, as the latter refused the entry into the holy site of Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, to some 450 Israeli settlers. | RELATED: | Israeli Police Summon 4-year-Old Palestinian For Interrogation | 61 Palestinians were wounded with 15 taken to hospitals according to the Red Crescent, while Israel's Kan public radio reported that four police officers…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Police-Attack-Muslim-Palestinians-on-First-Day-of-Eid-20190811-0011.html

Israel's Flagship Lobby Organization Collapses
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-11
Richard Silverstein discusses the fall of The Israel Project (TIP), the best-funded organization promoting pro-Israeli propaganda in the United States and around the world. Why did TIP collapse and what does this mean for organizing around Palestinian rights?
therealnews.com/stories/israels-flagship-lobby-organization-collapses

Muslims Clash With Israeli Police at Jerusalem Holy Site
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-11
At least 14 are wounded in skirmishes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, just days after an Israeli soldier is killed south of Jerusalem.
truthdig.com/articles/muslims-clash-with-israeli-police-at-jerusalem-holy-site/

Kashmir: 'The Pakistan left and Indian left are united in condemning this bill.'
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-11
Farooq Tariq, spokeperson for the Awami Workers' Party, Pakistan spoke to Green Left Weekly on August 6 about the situation in Kashmir: | "Yesterday was the darkest day for Kashmir's history, as the bifurcation of Kashmir was made a constitutional step by the Modi government, without any basis, just to promote Hindu chauvinism and the dua. This is an act against the Muslim minority. This was done without any consultation. | "There was no discussion at Kashmir Assembly. There has been a curfew imposed. Most of the activists are in jail. Schools are closed, universities are closed, Section 144 is imposed where…
greenleft.org.au/content/kashmir-pakistan-left-and-indian-left-are-united-condemning-bill

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-08-12 22:08 GMT (18:08 EST)

2019-08-11: News Headlines

Andre Vltchek (2019-08-11). China's BRI Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia. dissidentvoice.org Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military regimes. Then, those monstrous income disparities. Jakarta beggars at night According to The Bangkok Post, …

Staff (2019-08-11). Israel's Flagship Lobby Organization Collapses. therealnews.com Richard Silverstein discusses the fall of The Israel Project (TIP), the best-funded organization promoting pro-Israeli propaganda in the United States and around the world. Why did TIP collapse and what does this mean for organizing around Palestinian rights?

teleSUR (2019-08-11). Chomsky Slams Macri's Neoliberal Policies in Education. telesurenglish.net Noam Chomsky, the renowned academic and political thinker from the United States, slammed Argentinian President Mauricio Macri for subordinating of public education to favor neoliberal markets in an article published by La Garganta Poderosa Saturday. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | He said the advanced neoliberal p…

Staff (2019-08-11). Israel Systematically Blocks International Scholars From Reaching Palestine. truthout.org | | International scholars are important to universities throughout the world. Their unique perspectives, emanating from different cultures and places, enrichen intellectual conversations among students and faculty. International scholars help orient local students toward global citizenship, and in turn those students help visiting scholars to understand their host country and culture better. | In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, however, Israel routinely blocks international scholars…

teleSUR (2019-08-11). Saudi Forces Attack UAE-Backed Separatists in Aden, 40 Killed. telesurenglish.net The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Aden Sunday in support of the Yemeni government after southern UAE-backed separatists effectively took over the port city, fracturing the alliance that had been battling the Houthi movement. | RELATED: | Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market | The infighting, which broke out on Aug. 8 to control the port city which serves as temporary seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed has killed 40 people and injured 260, the United Nations said. | "It is heart-…

Strategic Culture Foundation (2019-08-11). Washington's Utterly Failed Diplomacy. globalresearch.ca There seems no longer any attempt, or semblance, of seeking diplomacy by Washington. Sanctions and aggression are wielded with reckless abandon. Russia, China, and even America's own supposed European allies are subject to sanctions by Washington in a high-handed dismissal …

Sarah Abed (2019-08-11). Syria Warns US-Turkey "Safe Zone" Deal Is a Plot for "Expansionist Ambitions" globalresearch.ca After three days of intense negotiations in Ankara, US and Turkish officials reached an agreement on Wednesday to create a joint operations center and set up a safe zone east of the Euphrates in north eastern Syria. Deal details have …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-11). Did Indian Intelligence Invent a Russian Diplomatic Statement to Pressure Moscow on Kashmir? globalresearch.ca It remains unclear at the time of writing whether the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs really did back India's unilateral actions in Kashmir or not, with the mysterious circumstances surrounding its now-viral alleged statement of support suggesting that it might …

susan_p (2019-08-11). Kashmir: 'The Pakistan left and Indian left are united in condemning this bill.'. greenleft.org.au Farooq Tariq, spokeperson for the Awami Workers' Party, Pakistan spoke to Green Left Weekly on August 6 about the situation in Kashmir: | "Yesterday was the darkest day for Kashmir's history, as the bifurcation of Kashmir was made a constitutional step by the Modi government, without any basis, just to promote Hindu chauvinism and the dua. This is an act against the Muslim minority. This was done without any consultation. | "There was no discussion at Kashmir Assembly. There has been a curfew imposed. Most of the activists are in jail. Schools are closed, universities are closed, Section 144 is imposed where…

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (2019-08-11). Night of Healing Vigil: Stand Up Against Gun Violence & Racism (Oakland). indybay.org Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (Oakland City Hall) | Between San Pablo Avenue & Washington Street and Broadway & 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612…

RT (2019-08-10). Biden & AOC lead Democrats to land where facts don't matter and truth is make-believe. rt.com From Joe Biden announcing he chooses "truth over facts" and Congresswoman AOC more concerned about being "morally right," their frustration with President Donald Trump is making Democratic Party luminaries run afoul of reality.

unitedEditor (2019-08-10). TURKEY AND US COME TO AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF SECURITY ZONE. uwidata.com Turkey and the United States seem to have finally reached some level of agreement regarding the creation of a security zone in Syria, an issue which had long strained the already tense relations between the two countries. Nonetheless, the decision likely doesn't mean the end of the conflict over the issue. Following three days of …

RT (2019-08-10). Talks ahead? Trump says Kim Jong-un 'apologized' for missile tests in 'beautiful' 3-page letter. rt.com President Donald Trump has said that North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un wants to meet again for negotiations, after Kim reportedly apologized for missile tests and complained about US military exercises.

The Canary (2019-08-10). India to deliver Eid food supplies to Kashmir as curfew kept in place. thecanary.co Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will deliver trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region remains in lockdown after India stripped it of its constitutional autonomy.The indefinite 24-hour curfew was briefly eased on Friday for weekly Muslim prayers in some parts of Srinagar, the region's main city, but thousands of residents are still forced to stay indoors with shops and most health clinics closed. All communications and the internet remain cut off.Kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan and is divided b…

The Canary (2019-08-10). Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban. thecanary.co Police have fired tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong after anti-government marches went ahead in two areas of the Chinese territory in defiance of an official ban.Tear gas was fired at a crowd of 1,000 people in a brief evening standoff at a railway station in Tai Wai in the northern region of New Territories.In a separate incident, tear gas was fired at protesters who surrounded a police station in the Tsim Sha Tsui district on the northern side of Hong Kong harbour, opposite Hong Kong Island.Hong Kong is in its ninth week of demonstrations that began in response to a proposed extradition law but have expanded…

WSWS (2019-08-10). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Wall Street financial vultures: Please be nice to Puerto Rico. wsws.org Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has intervened to attempt to contain growing social unrest and anger.

Fight Back (2019-08-10). Milwaukee: Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of August 9, over 50 anti-war activists, peace advocates and community members gathered at the Urban Ecology Center in Washington Park on Milwaukee's north side to remember the victims of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) in 1945. Additionally, victims of recent and prior mass shootings across the U.S. were honored. | The program began with an opportunity for attendees to create their own Japanese lanterns, including drawing or writing messages or images on the wrappings. Many custom designs feature messages such as "No more war!" and "Denu…

Andrew E. Miller (2019-08-10). A Trump-Bolsonaro Free Trade Deal Is an Apocalyptically Bad Idea. commondreams.org Greenpeace activists hang a large banner on the ramparts of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel with a message to the visiting Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on April 1, 2019. (Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg / AFP / Israel Out) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolsonaro_amazon_free_trade.jpg …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-10). "The Sikhs For Justice" Are Taking Up The Kashmiri Cause At The UN. globalresearch.ca The Sikhs For Justice, a purely peaceful organization that's campaigning for a plebiscite on the independence of Indian Punjab as Khalistan, are taking their support for Kashmir to the next level by filing a complaint at the UN about India's …

teleSUR (2019-08-10). Worldwide Solidarity Rallies Held in Support of Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the people of his country on August 10th to march in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing inhuman economic blockade that has caused significant suffering to the civilians of the Bolivarian Republic. | Related: | Venezuelans Amass Across the Country to Protest Trump | In a sign of solidarity with the people of Venezuela, several demonstrations were held in countries such as Australia, Haiti, Turkey Italy, Germany, Dominican Republ…

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-10). ISIS and Al Qaeda are "Made in America". Trump Tweets "We Have Defeated ISIS in Syria" globalresearch.ca In late 2018 and numerous other times, Trump falsely claimed ISIS was defeated. | Last December he tweeted: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there…" | In his January State of the Union address, he falsely …

splcenter (2019-08-10). Weekend Read: Neo-Nazi leader must pay more than $14 million in damages. splcenter.org A federal judge has ruled in an SPLC lawsuit that neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin must pay more than $14 million in damages for using his website to launch an antisemitic campaign of terror against a Jewish woman and her family.

WSWS (2019-08-10). New York judge orders Fordham University to recognize Students for Justice in Palestine club. wsws.org The decision is a small but significant blow against the campaign to equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-08-10). Saudi, UAE Proxies Clash in Southern Yemen, as UAE Plots Partition. mintpressnews.com At least 2,400 citizens have been forcibly expelled from Aden, while over 1,600 shops have been burned and damaged, more than 1,700 shops closed and 76 cars confiscated.

Peter Koenig (2019-08-10). Criminal Embargos: Venezuela and Iran in the Crosshairs of Murderers Inc — Who is Next? globalresearch.ca Now the US is expanding her palette of killing by impunity to subjugate nation after nation which they do not consider bending sufficiently to the dictate of their masters. Venezuela has been targeted for two decades, and Iran, ever since the US-imposed Shah was deposed in 1979 — exactly 40 years ago…

Gregory Shupak (2019-08-10). The New York Times' Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran. commondreams.org "Once you're debating who ought to start a war," writes Shupak, "you've abandoned the anti-war argument." (Screenshot: New York Times, 6/20/19) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iran_2_new_york_times_0.jpg …

WSWS (2019-08-10). US defence secretary, NATO chief visit New Zealand to strengthen military ties. wsws.org The visits by US defence secretary Mark Esper and NATO general secretary Jens Stoltenberg were aimed at incorporating New Zealand further into the military build-up against China, Russia and Iran.

Peter Koenig (2019-08-10). Venezuela and Iran in the Crosshairs of Murderers Inc. dissidentvoice.org Imagine just for a moment, the World would stand up in unison, sick and tired of the aggressive killer arrogance of the United States and her vassals — and their joint war-force called NATO — and this World, our World, what's left of it when you deduct Washington and its Brussels allies, would at once …

WSWS (2019-08-10). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Kasia Anderson (2019-08-10). Geena Davis Uses Film to Call Out Hollywood's Gender Bias Issues. truthdig.com In "This Changes Everything," Davis and peers like Kimberly Peirce, Meryl Streep and Taraji P. Henson zoom in on their industry's gender gap.

WSWS (2019-08-10). New Delhi's assault on Kashmir and the fight against communal reaction, imperialism, and war. wsws.org With the aim of inciting communal reaction against mounting social opposition and strengthening its hand against Pakistan and China, India's BJP government has illegally stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status.

WSWS (2019-08-10). Canada's ruling elite whipping up anti-China hysteria to pave way for repression, rearmament and war. wsws.org All the organs of Canadian bourgeois propaganda—government institutions, political parties and corporate media outlets—have united to cast Ottawa as a beleaguered David confronting a Chinese Goliath.

WSWS (2019-08-10). Following AUSMIN talks, Australian politician compares China to Nazi Germany. wsws.org Andrew Hastie falsely compared the purported failure of Australia to respond to the threat posed by China with France's lack of response to the "German advance in 1940."

WSWS (2019-08-10). Detroit man dies after ICE deports him to Iraq. wsws.org Jimmy Aldaoud was born in Greece to Iraqi refugee parents and arrived in the US as an infant in 1979. He was deported to Iraq in June and died this week.

John Riddell (2019-08-10). India's Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War. globalresearch.ca On August 5, India's Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. | The state is to be broken in two, …

Gregory Shupak (2019-08-09). The NYT's Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran. fair.org Once you're debating who ought to start a war, you've abandoned the anti-war argument (New York Times, 6/20/19). | The New York Times has published five editorials since the beginning of May that are ostensibly critical of a possible military war between the United States and Iran. As anti-war arguments, however, they are woefully lacking—vilifying Iran without subjecting the US to comparable scrutiny, and hiding US aggression towards Iran. | The editorials regurgitate the same anti-Iran demonology pro-war voices offer to try t…

Margot Patterson (2019-08-09). U.S. Imperialism, Iran and the Context for War. counterpunch.org The Trump administration's efforts to collapse Iran's economy can't be divorced from the history of U.S. imperialism. If Americans remember the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the 444 days in which 52 U.S. diplomats and embassy staff were held hostage, Iranians remember the 1953 CIA coup that brought down the More

Ellen Brown (2019-08-09). Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match In China. dissidentvoice.org Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Andy Wong/AP) When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, commentators were asking why. According to official data, the economy was rebounding, unemployment was below 4% and gross domestic product growth was above 3%. If anything, by the Fed's own reasoning, it should have been raising rates. …

Chris Gelardi (2019-08-09). The Tragic Story of Jimmy Aldaoud, Deported From the Streets of Detroit to His Death in Iraq. theintercept.com Aldaoud was targeted as part of an ongoing ICE crackdown on Iraqi communities. His family and supporters say the agency bears responsibility for his death.

The Canary (2019-08-09). Nagasaki mayor hits out at nuclear powers on 74th anniversary of bombing. thecanary.co The mayor of Nagasaki has criticised nuclear states including the US and Russia as the city marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing which ended the Second World War.Tomihisa Taue said nuclear powers are undermining the survivors' efforts towards building a nuclear-free world.The mayor lamented that the idea of "useful" nuclear weapons appears to be gaining traction.People attend a mass at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki to mark the 74th anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack (Kyodo/AP)He said both the US and Russia are returning to the development and deployment of nuclear weapons, as th…

Staff (2019-08-09). How Israel's Erasure of Palestinian History Perpetuates Occupation. therealnews.com Prof. Ilan Pappe discusses why Israel's agency in charge of nuclear security hid documents about the Nakba, the catastrophe in which Palestinians were driven from their land in 1948, explaining that it was an effort to eliminate the Palestinian narrative…

Staff (2019-08-09). Will India's Occupation of Kashmir Become Colonization? therealnews.com Prof. Junaid Ahmad says India's revocation of Kashmir's autonomous status not only increases tensions between India and Pakistan, but is designed to lead into a situation where India encourages colonial settlement in the region and eventual annexation, along the lines of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land…

The Canary (2019-08-09). Democracy activists begin three-day protest at Hong Kong airport. thecanary.co Pro-democracy activists are demonstrating at Hong Kong airport even as the city sought to reassure visitors of their welcome despite increasing levels of violence surrounding the two-month-old protest movement.The government concedes road blockages and confrontations between police and protesters have caused inconvenience, but says they were limited to specific areas.The protests, however, are not abating and more are planned for this weekend, including at the airport, where protesters holding signs staged a sit-in at the arrival and departure halls.Police said they had not received a formal application for the a…

Staff (2019-08-09). Headlines for August 9, 2019. democracynow.org Mitch McConnell Says Senate Will Take Up Gun Bills, But Not Until September, President and First Lady Pose with Infant Orphaned in El Paso Massacre, Man with Guns and Body Armor Sparks Panic at Missouri Walmart, Home of Interracial Couple in Ohio Torched in Apparent Hate Crime, Over 100 Immigrant Hunger Strikers Tear-Gassed Inside ICE Jail, ICE Releases Some of the 680 Immigrants Swept Up in Massive Mississippi Raid, Mentally Ill Michigan Man with Diabetes Dies After Deportation to Iraq, ICE Agents, Lacking Warrant, Denied Entry to Brooklyn Homeless Shelter, Hundreds of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters Occupy A…

Glen Black (2019-08-09). A protester claims Bahraini embassy staff beat and threatened him on a London rooftop. thecanary.co A human rights protester took to the roof of the Bahrain embassy in London on 26 July. Video uploaded online showed him sitting at the roof's edge before someone appeared to pull him back onto the roof. And what he said happened next made him 'fear' becoming "a second… Khashoggi". | Beaten, punched, and choked: | As The Canary previously reported, human rights activist and journalist Moosa Mohammed [Moosa Abd Ali]…

United Nations (2019-08-09). Friday's Daily Brief: Indigenous Peoples' Day, Yemen food aid, IDs for Rohingya, protect fleeing Malians, Nagasaki Peace Ceremony. un.org Our main stories: 'Promote' indigenous peoples' languages urges Guterres; WFP resumes Yemen food aid; 500,000 Rohingya ID cards issued; Malians fleeing violence need protection; Nagasaki Peace Ceremony message…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-08-09). The War on Innocence: Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Court. counterpunch.org On July 29, 4-year-old Muhammad Rabi' Elayyan was reportedly summoned for interrogation by the Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem. The news, originally reported by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), was later denied by the Israeli police, likely to lessen the impact of the PR disaster that followed. The Israelis are not denying the story in More

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-09). US vs. China: A Clash of Civilizations? globalresearch.ca In promoting destructive "Western values," hardline academic Samuel Huntington once said the following: | "The West must exploit differences and conflicts among Confucian and Islamic states to support in other civilizations groups sympathetic to Western values and interests — to strengthen …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-09). US and Turkey Collude to Steal Northern Syrian Territory. globalresearch.ca Troops of both countries illegally occupy northern Syrian territory bordering Turkey, including its oil rich area. | On the phony pretext of protecting Turkey's security, President Erdogan is intermittently battling Kurdish YPG fighters cross-border in Syria — despite their posing no …

The Canary (2019-08-09). Malaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs figures over 1MDB scandal. thecanary.co Malaysian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against 17 more current and former directors at three Goldman Sachs subsidiaries over their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. | Malaysian and US prosecutors allege that bond sales organised by Goldman Sachs for 1MDB provided one of the means for associates of former Malaysian leader Najib Razak to steal billions over several years from a fund that was ostensibly set up to accelerate Malaysia's economic development. | The government filed criminal charges in December against Goldman Sachs and two former executives for…

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