Guardianship System Eased, but Saudi Arabia Still Oppresses Women
Medea Benjamin | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
The Saudi government announced it will be eliminating part of the male guardianship system, finally granting women the right to obtain passports and travel (if 21 years of age or over), and obtain family identification cards without the need for male authorization. The change comes in the context of the bad publicity that Saudi Arabia…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/guardianship-system-eased-but-saudi-arabia-still-oppresses-women/

Guardianship System Eased, But Saudi Arabia Still Oppresses Women
Medea Benjamin | commondreams.org | 2019-08-02
While the easing of the guardianship system is indeed welcome news, Saudi Arabia remains one of the world's most repressive societies for women. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1053361226.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/02/guardianship-system-eased-saudi-arabia-still-oppresses-women?cd-origin=rss

No, Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Is Not "Assad Apologist"
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
With nearly two dozen declared candidates competing for the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary field and the opportunity to run against Donald Trump in the general election, it's no surprise that candidates are trying their best to "destroy" their opponents during …
globalresearch.ca/no-democratic-congresswoman-tulsi-gabbard-not-assad-apologist/5685451

Syria's "Opposition" Fails to Represent Syrians
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The Syrian population residing in Syria is suffering from having barely survived eight years of war. They didn't leave for camps in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon, or they are those who have returned to Syria from having been in camps. …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-opposition-fails-represent-syrians/5685456

Guardianship System Eased, but Saudi Arabia Still Oppresses Women
Medea Benjamin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-02
The Saudi government announced it will be eliminating part of the male guardianship system, finally granting women the right to obtain passports and travel (if 21 years of age or over), and obtain family identification cards without the need for male authorization. The change comes in the context of the bad publicity that Saudi Arabia …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/guardianship-system-eased-but-saudi-arabia-still-oppresses-women/

Video: Game Changer: What's Behind US-Turkish Conflict over S-400 Deal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
According to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, receipt of the first batch of Russian S-400 missile defense systems was completed on July 25th. Besides making headlines all around the world and causing a harsh response from the US, …
globalresearch.ca/video-game-changer-whats-behind-us-turkish-conflict-s-400-deal/5685372

U.S. to Test New Weapon as Arms Treaty With Russia Dies
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-02
Washington and Moscow walked out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty that Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1987.
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-to-test-new-weapon-as-arms-control-treaty-with-russia-dies/

UAE Withdrawal from Yemen. Turning Point. Did the Ansar Allah Just Win the Yemeni War?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The announcement that the UAE is in the process of a large-scale military drawdown in Yemen has been met with rapturous applause by the Ansar Allah's supporters who believe that this unofficially acknowledges their victory in the conflict, but these …
globalresearch.ca/did-ansar-allah-really-just-win-yemeni-war/5685403

A Mother, Six Newborns Die Every Two Hours in Yemen
Daily Sabah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
As the world approaches the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), mothers and children continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing Saudi-led war in Yemen. The brutal conflict continues to cost the lives …
globalresearch.ca/mother-six-newborns-die-every-two-hours-yemen/5685436

Prohibiting Maintenance of Tanker Off Yemeni Coast, Saudis Risk Explosion and Environmental Disaster
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-02
mintpressnews.com/maintenance-fso-safer-tanker-yemen-saudi-arabia-oil-spill/261112/

Coming to Terms with the Past by Honoring Historical Truth: The Case of Fulbright University Vietnam
Mark Ashwill | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
No man in the whole world can change the truth. One can only look for the truth, find it and serve it. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Thanks to a Google Alert, I learned that Dam Bich Thuy, founding president of Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV), was at Carthage College, a small liberal arts institution in Wisconsin, to deliver…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/coming-to-terms-with-the-past-by-honoring-historical-truth-the-case-of-fulbright-university-vietnam/

Video: Al Qaeda Idlib "Militants" Rescued by Another "Ceasefire", Israeli Airstrikes against Syrian Army Positions
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
On August 1, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies continued their advance on militants' positions in northern Hama liberated the villages of Mushairifah, Aziziah, Abu Raeida Gharbi and Abu Raeida. | According to local sources, SAA units also pushed …
globalresearch.ca/video-al-qaeda-idlib-militants-rescued-by-another-ceasefire-israeli-airstrikes-against-syrian-army-positions/5685452

Dr. Raouf Halaby: "All the Gulf Arabs Are Sleeping in The Same Bed with Israel"
Mohsen Abdelmoumen | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: How do you analyze the unconditional support of the United States for Israel's criminal Zionist entity? Dr. Raouf Halaby: Unfortunately, American politics has been plagued with bribery in the form of political campaign contributions. Money buys power, access to media, and the ownership of media centers. Whether newspapers or TV, access to and ownership of these…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/dr-raouf-halaby-all-the-gulf-arabs-are-sleeping-in-the-same-bed-with-israel/

An American Jew Looks at the Palestine Question
Jeff Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
I am Jew, a non-religious Jew of European origin, living in the U.S.A. What is my connection to Israel and what right do I have to speak? It can be tempting to distance myself from the conflicts of Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews, enacted far away. But as a Jew, I do have, for more…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/an-american-jew-looks-at-the-palestine-question/

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon struggle for justice
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-02
This guest statement on the Lebanese government's recent restrictions on work permits for Palestinian and Syrian refugees is by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition.
liberationnews.org/palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-struggle-for-justice/

As Trump Fans the Flames of Anti-Abortion Rhetoric, Kansas Offers a Cautionary Tale
Jordan Smith | theintercept.com | 2019-08-02
Threats against abortion providers have often been condoned by the state. Perhaps nowhere does history more clearly illustrate this point than in Wichita.
theintercept.com/2019/08/02/anti-abortion-violence-kansas/

Update: Devonia Inman's Chance to Prove His Innocence
Murderville, GA | theintercept.com | 2019-08-02
More than eight years after DNA evidence revealed the state of Georgia sent the wrong man to prison for murder, Inman may have a chance to prove his innocence.
theintercept.com/2019/08/02/update-devonia-inmans-chance-to-prove-his-innocence/

The Western Alliance Is Falling Apart
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Ever since Imran Khan became the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2018, the winds have changed. While his predecessors, though generally leaning eastwards, have often wavered between the US and the China orbit, Khan is in the …
globalresearch.ca/western-alliance-falling-apart/5685408

The Rise of China and the Decline of American Power
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The imperialist powers have a long history of colonialism in China, of reducing its people to beggars in their own land. The British, the French, the Germans, the Americans, the Japanese, all are guilty of crimes against China that cannot …
globalresearch.ca/china-conclusion-american-power/5685416

China Vows to Retaliate if Trump Imposes New Tariffs
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-02
China did not take lightly to U.S. President Donald Trump's recent threats to impose new tariffs, as Beijing has vowed to take retaliatory measures against Washington should they go through with this trade tax. | RELATED: | US Withdraws From 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty | On Friday, China warned the U.S. that they would not be blackmailed and vowed tit-for-tat measures if Trump goes through with his threat to slap a 10 percent tariff on US$300 billion of Chine…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Vows-to-Retaliate-if-Trump-Imposes-New-Tariffs-20190802-0003.html

Ship of Fools: Britain, America and the Iranian Oil Tanker Incidents
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
Taking over from Britain's colonial role in exploiting the country, the US has bullied and tried to intimidate Iran for decades. The ongoing pretext for strangling Iran economically is that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency repeatedly finds no evidence for this repeated US-led lie. Then-US President Barack Obama's Task…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/ship-of-fools-britain-america-and-the-iranian-oil-tanker-incidents/

Why Did the UK Commander of HM Montrose Refrain from Firing on Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)? Who in Iran Gave Orders to Capture the "Stena Impero"?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The US officially asked Europe, in particular the UK, France, Germany and Italy, to provide a naval force to patrol and protect ships sailing in the Straits of Hormuz, even if the command and control is handled by the Europeans …
globalresearch.ca/why-did-the-uk-commander-of-hm-montrose-refrain-from-firing-on-irans-revolutionary-guards-irgc-who-in-iran-gave-orders-to-capture-the-stena-impero/5685433

The MEK: Illusion vs. Reality
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
The oddly named People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (known as the MKO or MEK), whose sole purpose is the overthrow of the people's government of Iran, has been busy. Some of their members, who seem to be mainly elderly, are technologically savvy, and use social media to further their disgraceful cause. But they don't just…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/the-mek-illusion-vs-reality/

Liz Cheney equates saving bears with destroying American way of life
Native News Online Staff | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-02
This article was reposted from Native News Online. RIVERTON, Wyo. — On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) "was not based on science or …
peoplesworld.org/article/liz-cheney-equates-saving-bears-with-destroying-american-way-of-life/

Homage to OSPAAAL, the organisation of solidarity for the peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-08-02
Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research. A few days ago, the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba came to a close. At the final meeting, Prachanda–the co-chair of the Nepal Communist Party–articulated a sentiment that is shared by billions of people around the world. Cuba, he said, 'is […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/02/homage-to-ospaaal-the-organisation-of-solidarity-for-the-peoples-of-asia-africa-and-latin-america/

Tulsi finally shows she's had it with MSM 'Assad apologist' smear
rt.com | 2019-08-02
Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard slammed MSNBC — and mainstream media in general — for dredging up her meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad every time she goes on TV, calling the endless repetition "propaganda." | …
rt.com/usa/465618-tulsi-loses-patience-assad-apologist/

Boycott HP products to show solidarity with Palestinians
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-02
Not many people know about the role of IT giant HP in Israel's grave violations of Palestinian rights and its system of military occupation, racial segregation and oppression. | Just as many companies profited from the South African Apartheid regime, HP is today profiting from Israel's apartheid policies towards Palestinians. It supplies Israel with technology, equipment and information that is used in its ongoing violations of Palestinians' rights. | July marked a year since Israel adopted its Jewish "nation-state" law, giving constitutional status to its apartheid policies towards Palestinian citizens of Israel…
greenleft.org.au/content/boycott-hp-products-show-solidarity-palestinians

Trump escalates trade war against China
wsws.org | 2019-08-02
The decision to impose a 10 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods, covering a wide range of consumer products, represents the most significant intensification of the more than year-long trade war to date.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/02/trad-a02.html

Fears of 'Nuclear Chaos and Potential Catastrophe' Rise After US Exits Landmark Cold War-Era Treaty With Russia
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-02
Nuclear experts and peace advocates on Friday shared their heightened concerns about a new arms race as the Trump administration officially withdrew from a landmark treaty with Russia that was signed by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/1200px-reagan_and_gorbachev_signing.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/02/fears-nuclear-chaos-and-potential-catastrophe-rise-after-us-exits-landmark-cold-war?cd-origin=rss

List of Northern California Restaurants with Shark Fins on the Menu
Ban Shark Fin Sales! | indybay.org | 2019-08-02
As Shark Week continues, restaurants across the nation are contributing to the rapid decline in shark species by serving up soup made from shark fins, despite bans in 12 states and counting. According to an online database maintained by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), nearly 200 restaurants across the country continue to offer shark fin products, including shark fin soup, a traditionally expensive East Asian dish associated with banquets and celebrations. Dozens of these restaurants are violating their state's prohibition on shark fins and shark fin products. California, for instance, leads the nation in the…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/31/18825117.php

Philippines: Duterte vetoes 'endo' bill, bats for 'zero' regulation of job contracting
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-02
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed the Security of Tenure Bill on July 26, which seeks to regulate the practice of job contracting (labour hire) in the country. | Popularly known as endo (literally, "end of contract") or contractualisation, job contracting is the practice of supplying workers to corporations through a third-party manpower agency. The agency assumes the role of employer, freeing companies from legal obligations to their workers. This includes denying the workers' right to collectively bargain when they form a union. | This unjust scheme results in precarious employment, leading to short-…
greenleft.org.au/content/philippines-duterte-vetoes-endo-bill-bats-zero-regulation-job-contracting

'Leningrad Lindsey': Russia-baiting senator gets taste of own medicine as xenophobic hashtag trends
rt.com | 2019-08-02
A trending Twitter hashtag, created to shame Lindsey Graham for his alleged un-American ways, has brought Russia-baiting full circle, with the senator now on the receiving end of the mass paranoia he helped foment. | …
rt.com/usa/465664-lindsey-graham-leningrad-twitter-trend/

Media silent on dismissal of DNC suit against Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-08-02
Having trumpeted the slander that Assange is a "Russian agent" for the past three years, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other corporate outlets have blacked out a court decision refuting their lies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/02/pers-a02.html

Dolores Huerta & Cornel West Respond to Democratic Debate as Biden & Harris Face Harsh Scrutiny
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-01
Ten presidential hopefuls took the stage Wednesday evening for the second night of a Democratic debate in Detroit. During the night, former Vice President Joe Biden defended his record after facing numerous attacks on his record on criminal justice, the Iraq War, immigration and women's rights. Senator Kamala Harris also faced criticism over her record as California attorney general. We speak to the legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta, who is co-chair of Kamala Harris's campaign, and Harvard professor Cornel West, who has endorsed Bernie Sanders.
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/1/seg_1

Faux Humanitarian Irwin Cotler, the White Helmets, and the Whitewashing of an Appalling Agenda
Vanessa Beeley | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-01
Cotler's campaigns for foreign regime change or intervention almost always march in lock-step with neoconservative U.S. foreign policy. His "humanitarian" branding is but a thin veneer of hypocrisy to conceal his establishment policies — policies that almost always serve the interests of Israel.
mintpressnews.com/irwin-cotler-white-helmets-israel-whitewashing/261073/

Kamala Harris Team Accused of "Inventing Conspiracies" About Tulsi Gabbard
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-08-01
The Kamala Harris' campaign jumped to tie Gabbard and her campaign to a nebulously defined and unclear Russian conspiracy.

Kamala Harris Team Accused of "Inventing Conspiracies" About Tulsi Gabbard

This Is What Happens When More Than One Woman Is Running for President
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2019-08-01
This Is What Happens When More Than One Woman Is Running for President…
thenation.com/article/kamala-harris-kirsten-gillibrand-democratic-debate/

Russia Supports Venezuela, Tells US: Stop Meddling in Dialogue
teleSUR -EF-mrs | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-01
Russian Press and Information Director Maria Zakharova says governments of the world, particularly the United States, need to stay out of Venezuela's internal affairs and attempting to sidetrack peace talks. | RELATED: | Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima | Zakharova‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã's comments come as dialogues between the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Supports-Venezuela-Tells-US-Stop-Meddling-in-Dialogue-20190801-0028.html

Does China's New Military Strategy Paper Display a New Assertiveness?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-01
China's military has developed a new strategy paper that emphasizes the need to keep Hong Kong and Taiwan. Does this signal a new military assertiveness from China? Or is it a reaction to US foreign policy?
therealnews.com/stories/does-chinas-new-military-strategy-paper-display-a-new-assertiveness

Russiagate as organized distraction
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-01
Oliver Boyd-Barrett looks at who benefits from having the corporate media suffocate their public with a puerile narrative for over two years. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/01/russiagate-as-organized-distraction/

Syrian Gov't Agrees to Conditional Ceasefire in Idlib
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-01
Syria's government agreed Thursday to a ceasefire in the northwestern rebel-held region of Idlib if the Russian-Turkish demilitarized zone is implemented, according to the state news agency, SANA. | RELATED: | Russia, Turkey Agree to Create Demilitarized Zone in Syria's Idlib | The state agency cited a Syrian military source who announced the government's "approval for a ceasefire in the buffer zone in Idlib starting tonight" on the condition that rebels withdraw forces and w…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Government-Agrees-to-Conditional-Ceasefire-in-Idlib-20190801-0033.html

Israel: Netanyahu's Ally Confirms Talks with Saudis to Exploit Gas in Occupied Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-01
Saudi Arabia is holding talks with Israel over buying natural gas from occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli official Ayoob Kara said in an interview Thursday, in a move that would represent an unprecedented level of collaboration between Arab governments and Israel. | RELATED: | Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market | The proposed project will involve building a pipeline connecting Saudi Arabia to Eliat, an area near an Israeli holiday resort that is built on occupied land…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Netanyahus-Ally-Confirms-Talks-with-Saudis-to-Exploit-Gas-in-Occupied-Palestine-20190801-0013.html

UN Report on Child Casualties Blacklists only Muslim Perpetrators
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-01
Secretary General Antionio Guterres presented the report on child casualties in war to the Security Council on Friday. Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen are the areas with the highest numbers of child casualties, followed by Palestine. Nearly all the children killed were Muslim…
therealnews.com/stories/un-report-on-child-casualties-blacklists-only-muslim-perpetrators

Houthis Launch Major Strikes on Saudi Coalition Targets Amid Talk of Secret Negotiations
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-01
Pressure on the Kingdom has reached a fever pitch thanks to a near-continuous stream of Houthi attacks on vital Saudi targets in the past few months.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-houthis-strikes-saudi-coalition-military-targets-negotiations/261087/

Israeli police summon 4-year-old boy for interrogation
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-01
Israeli forces surrounded a four-year-old Palestinian child on Tuesday after he was summoned for interrogation for allegedly throwing stones at a police vehicle. Dozens of police officers arrived at the East Jerusalem home of Muhammad Rabiaa Elayyan, handing a warrant to his father Rabiaa who took his son to the police station. "This morning I …
peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-police-summon-4-year-old-boy-for-interrogation/

Mogadishu's Mayor Succumbs to Wounds From Suicide Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-01
The mayor of Mogadishu, Abdirahman Omar Osman, has died as a result of a suicide attack that occurred last week in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, the Somali government said. | RELATED: | Amnesty Report: 14 Civilians Likely Killed by US Airstrikes | Osman died on Thursday after spending days in a coma in a Qatari hospital, where he had been transported…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mogadishus-Mayor-Succumbs-to-Wounds-as-Results-to-Suicide-Attack-20190801-0026.html

Trump Says He'll Put 10% Tariffs on Remaining China Imports
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-01
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump intensified pressure Thursday on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn't already taxed. The move immediately sent stock prices sinking. | The president has already imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese products, and Beijing has retaliated by taxing $110 billion in U.S. goods. | U.S. consumers will likely feel the pain if Trump proceeds with the new tariffs. Trump's earlier tariffs had been designed to minimize the impact on ordinary Americans by focusing on industrial good…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-says-hell-put-10-tariffs-on-remaining-china-imports/

Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda
Jake Werner | thenation.com | 2019-08-01
Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda…
thenation.com/article/china-schumer-kanna/

Trump Slaps 10% Tariff on $300,000,000,000 More in Chinese Goods
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-08-01
Trump abruptly escalated his trade war with China, announcing that he would impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion more in Chinese goods.

Trump Slaps 10% Tariff on $300,000,000,000 More in Chinese Goods

China & World trade
Tony Norfield | mronline.org | 2019-08-01
Just in case you had forgotten that China is a major part of the global economy, here is a chart from the Bank of England's Financial Stability Report. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/01/china-world-trade/