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Hong Kong Authorities Called to 'Do What Needs to Be Done' to Quell Protests
Donald Kaufman | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
After weeks of demonstrations in Hong Kong, local and Chinese officials are taking a harder line in their rhetoric.
truthdig.com/articles/hong-kong-authorities-called-to-do-what-needs-to-be-done-to-quell-protests/

No, YOU are 'Russian asset': Meme war turns tables on Washington Post
rt.com | 2019-07-31
With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital's paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls' meme-cannons. | …
rt.com/usa/465431-trump-washington-post-russian-asset/

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. Advocates Want It Shut Down
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart on July 10 as his removal proceedings continued. Two weeks later he was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/pedro_arriago_santoya_ice_custody_death

How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel's more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-activists-blacklist-mintpress-wikipedia/261022/

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/bassam-shakaa-the-making-of-a-palestinian-organic-intellectual/

Hong Kong Protesters, Chinese Workers Point the Way to New Internationalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| Just as the "Made in China" label insinuated itself into our retail stores in the 1980s, China today insinuates itself into most of our mainstream news coverage, as one of the largest global markets, the top carbon emitter, the biggest workforce, and the biggest geopolitical rival to the United States in recent memory. For Americans, seeing U.S. dominance in the headlines displaced by an upstart rival superpower can be humbling — or terrifying. | As Max Elbaum and Calvin Cheung-Mia…
truthout.org/articles/hong-kong-protesters-chinese-workers-point-the-way-to-new-internationalism/

St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…
telesurenglish.net/news/St.-Kitts-and-Nevis-Officially-Recognizes-Palestine-20190730-0015.html

Israel Has "the Most Moral Army in the World"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …
globalresearch.ca/israel-has-most-moral-army-world/5685063

More Than 160 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2018, and Many Others Labeled Terrorists and Criminals
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-07-30
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, was disturbed to learn that her name had been included on a list of "terrorists" allegedly affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army. | Authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte had imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao in May 2017, when ISIS sympathizers attacked the predominantly Muslim city Marawi. By October, ISIS had been ousted, but martial law remained in p…
theintercept.com/2019/07/30/criminalization-environmental-activists-global-witness-report/

Israeli Police Summon 4-year-Old Palestinian For Interrogation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Israeli police summoned a four-year-old Palestinian boy Monday for interrogations who allegedly threw stones at a police vehicle. | RELATED: | Palestinian Boy, 9, Fights for Life After Protest Shooting | Muhammad Rabiaa Elayyan, a resident of East Jerusalem village of Issawiya was taken by his father Rabiaa to the police station Tuesday after being handed…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-police-4-year-old-palestinian-boy-interrogation-stone-throwing-20190730-0010.html

US Stealing Syrian Oil. Controls About 30% of Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Imperial adventurism is grand theft on a global scale — seizing, controlling, and looting the resources of targeted nations, along with exploiting their people. | Operating from illegally constructed military bases in northern and southern parts of Syria, platforms for war …
globalresearch.ca/us-stealing-syrian-oil-controls-about-30-of-syrian-territory/5685056

India: Rape Victim of BJP Lawmaker Injured in Shady Accident
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Protesters stepped up demands Tuesday for India's far-right ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the survivor was critically injured in a highway collision. | RELATED: | India: 49 Intellectuals Write to PM Modi, Condemns Lynching of Minorities…
telesurenglish.net/news/india-unnao-rape-case-victim-car-crash-bjp-narendra-modi-20190730-0012.html

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart…
truthout.org/video/four-immigrants-have-died-at-stewart-ice-facility-in-georgia/

Standing room only at Nashville immigrant and refugee rights forum
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-30
"I am a woman. I am a Mexican. My family lives in fear every single day"- Veronica Zavaleta NASHVILLE — Veronica Zavaleta, a homeowner, a business owner, mother, and immigrant gave a moving account of her feelings of terror at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her narrative was given at a public …
peoplesworld.org/article/standing-room-only-at-nashville-immigrant-and-refugee-rights-forum/

Space Lunacy: $ Trillion Space Games and False Prophecies by Billionaires While Rome Burns
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
History testifies to powerful rulers' aspirations for the position of gods, including the Pharaohs and Roman Emperors such as Caligula or Nero, nowadays mimicked by false messianic prophecies of "intergalactic civilization" made by billionaires and their followers in public and …
globalresearch.ca/space-lunacy-trillion-space-games-false-prophecies-billionaires-while-rome-burns/5685019

Capital One Hack Exposes Personal Information of About 106 Million
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
A woman faces a computer fraud charge in one of the largest security breaches of a major U.S. financial institution on record.
truthdig.com/articles/capital-one-hack-exposes-personal-information-of-about-106-million/

Venezuela: Six Farmers Killed by Colombian Paramilitary Forces
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Diosdado Cabello, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), lamented Monday the killing of six Campesinos by far-right paramilitaries in the Barinas state at the Colombia-Venezuela border area. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | "We want to alert you to what happened in the Bari…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Six-Farmers-Killed-by-Colombian-Paramilitary-Forces-20190730-0008.html

The Recent Japanese Elections Might Slow Down the US' "Indo-Pacific" Strategy
Andrew Korybko | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-07-30
asia-pacificresearch.com/recent-japanese-elections-might-slow-down-us-indo-pacific-strategy/5628786

Guatemala's Top Court to Rule on Migration Agreement with US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Guatemala's Human Rights Prosecutor Jordan Rodas Monday filed an urgent appeal to the Constitutional Court to curb the "Safe Third Country" (STC) agreement signed by President Jimmy Morales administration in Washington, D.C., on July 26. | RELATED: | Trump Admin Enacts Another Restriction for Asylum-Seekers | "The agreement contradicts not only the Guatemalan Constitutio…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemalas-Top-Court-to-Rule-on-Safe-Third-Country-Agreement-with-US-20190730-0005.html

Trump's Coalition Commits New Massacre in Syria's Deir Ezzor Countryside
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The illegal coalition led by the United States of America outside the United Nations and without the approval of the Syrian state added a new massacre to its long list of ugly crimes against the Syrian people today by bombing …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-coalition-commits-new-massacre-deir-ezzor-countryside/5685015

Yemeni Civilians in Crowded Market Pay with Their Lives as Trump Keeps Building Saudi Arsenal
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
More U.S. Weaponry is headed for Saudi Arabia just as the Kingdom unleashed fresh airstrikes on the crowded Al-Thabit Market in Yemen.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-civilians-al-thabit-market-airstrike-trump-building-saudi-arsenal/261034/

Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Saudi forces launched Monday airstrikes at a busy market in Yemen's northern province of Saada, killing 13 and injuring 26, along with destroying much of the market produce, as the country suffers one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. | RELATED: | Yemen World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The attack has been called the 'Al Thabet Market Massacre' by Yemeni media outlet Almasirah. Though the confirmed death toll is 13, the number is likely to rise according to a He…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-Forces-Kill-13-in-Massacre-at-Yemen-Market-20190730-0006.html

The US-China Trade War: A Cease-Fire, Nothing More
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
The Financial Times reported on July 10 that Donald Trump, at his last meeting with Xi Jinping in Osaka in June, promised to "tone down" criticism of China's actions in Hong Kong in return for progress on trade talks. Such is the way of Donald's world: Making a deal with authoritarian regimes is always preferable…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/the-us-china-trade-war-a-cease-fire-nothing-more/

It's Deceptive to Talk About a 'Cycle of Violence' in Hong Kong
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The popular Western mainstream media outlet Reuters published a very misleading piece over the weekend that deceptively described the latest events in Hong Kong as a "cycle of violence," inaccurately implying that the recent disturbances are partially the fault of …
globalresearch.ca/deceptive-talk-about-cycle-violence-hong-kong/5685047

Brazil's Bolsonaro Says No Evidence Indigenous Leader Murdered
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said there was no evidence that the death of Emyra Wajapi, a 68-year-old Amazonian indigenous chief, was caused by illegal miners who invaded traditional Indigenous lands. | RELATED: | Gold Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon | "There is no solid evidence as of now that such Indian wa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Bolsonaro-Says-No-Evidence-Indigenous-Leader-Murdered-20190730-0009.html

Why is Education Being Corporatized and Human Life Being Devalued?
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
In the southern Indian state of Telangana at least 23 teenagers have killed themselves since the scores of their school-leaving exam results, processed by a private software firm, Globarena Technology, were announced in April. The state education board of Telangana has impersonalized education by outsourcing the job of conducting the school-leaving exam, processing the scores,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/why-is-education-being-corporatized-and-human-life-being-devalued/

Pakistani Military Aircraft Crashes Near Capital City, 17 Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
A Pakistani military aircraft reportedly crashed on Tuesday morning while conducting a training flight near the garrison city of Rwalpindi. | RELATED: | Kabul Seeks Explanation on Trump Talk of Wiping out Afghanistan | According to the Pakistani authorities, the training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. | A statement from the Pakistani…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pakistani-Military-Aircraft-Crashes-Near-Capital-City-17-Dead-20190730-0001.html

Could Trump End the Afghanistan War?
Danny Sjursen | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
Could Donald Trump end the Afghan war someday? I don't know if such a possibility has been on your mind, but it's certainly been on the mind of this retired U.S. Army major who fought in that land so long ago. And here's the context in which I've been thinking about that very possibility. Back…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/could-trump-end-the-afghanistan-war/

Most civilian deaths in Afghanistan at hands of coalition and regime forces, says UN report
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-30
More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the UN mission said in a report.The report apparently refers to civilians killed during supposed Afghan and US military operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes and night raids on militant hideouts. Insurgents often hide among civilians.The US formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014 but still provides extensive air and other support to Afghan forces.The UN report published on Tuesday said 403 civilians were killed by Afghan forces…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/30/most-civilian-deaths-in-afghanistan-at-hands-of-coalition-and-regime-forces-says-un-report/

Nearly 4,000 Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan This Year: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
A new report released by the United Nations on Tuesday revealed that nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed during the first half of 2019. | RELATED: | At Least 20 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan | According to the United Nations report, at least 3,812 Afghan civilians have killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against militant groups, including a big increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, the United Nations said on Tuesd…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-4000-Civilian-Casualties-in-Afghanistan-This-Year-UN-20190730-0002.html

US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The U.S. Senate failed on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of the legislation passed by Congress that would have banned the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. | RELATED: | Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Open to Testify Against Saudi Arabia | In the first attempt to overturn the U.S. President's decision, the Senate was unable to reach the two-thirds majority that was needed to reinstate their weapons ban bill. | According to the Senate session report, the supporter…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Senate-Fails-to-Overturn-Trumps-Veto-on-Saudi-Weapons-Ban-20190730-0003.html

Iran's 40-Year Old Financial Dispute with Britain. A Hostage for the Money
Faramarz Davar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
A ruling by the high court in London has just made relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran more complicated, increasing friction at an already tense time. | The court ruled this week that the International Military Services (IMS) …
globalresearch.ca/irans-40-year-financial-dispute-britain-got-more-complicated/5685068

Iran Won't Let Itself Be Hemmed In by the U.S. and U.K
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/

Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …
globalresearch.ca/irans-b-team-branding-effective-putting-pressure-bolton/5685052

Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html

The Future of Iran-UK Tanker Crisis
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-30
WAS IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE UK FOR SEIZING ITS TANKER? Even though Mr. Ali Rabei, the newly appointed speaker of the Iranian Government, and Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, officially rejected the claims that Iranian seizure of the British Tanker in the Persian Gulf was a response to the …
uwidata.com/4514-the-future-of-iran-uk-tanker-crisis/

Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dubai-ruler-wife-applies-for-marriage-protection-order-20190730-0019.html

House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/house-anti-bds-resolution-reveals-the-power-and-limits-of-the-israeli-lobby/

Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-30
Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019: PACBI StatementPalestinians call for the boycott of Pop-Kultur Berlin festival, until it ends its partnership with Israel | Cultural BoycottJuly 30, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/news/boycott-pop-kultur-berlin-festival-2019

American Politicians Use Jews as Pawns to Excuse Their Meddling in Israeli Elections
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
On July 23, the US House of Representatives passed (the vote went 398-17, with five voting "present") a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The resolution was an outrageous condemnation of the freely chosen economic actions of millions of Americans. Worse, that condemnation was made on the express behalf of not just…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/american-politicians-use-jews-as-pawns-to-excuse-their-meddling-in-israeli-elections/

Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Russia will not be participating in international talks on the political crisis in Venezuela due to be held in Peru next month, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Cuba: International Community Should Stop US Attacks | It said it declined the invitation as one was not extended to representatives of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, among other concerns. | "We doubt that a meeting focusing on the situation in Venezuela without inviting Venezuelans, repr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-To-Abstain-Attending-Intl-Talks-on-Venezuela-in-Lima-20190730-0020.html

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2019-07-29: News Headlines

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-29). Israeli Deadly Force Against Palestinian Civilians. globalresearch.ca For over half a century, Occupied Palestine has been and remains a deadly undeclared free fire war zone. | Time and again, Israeli forces gun down Palestinians engaged in peaceful demonstrations threatening no one. | Gazans under more than 12 years of …

George Burchett (2019-07-29). For a Peaceful and United Korea. counterpunch.org I have watched live on TV all three meetings between Chairman Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump: the first one in Singapore on June 12, 2018, the second one in Hanoi (where I live) on 27-28 February 2019, and the last one at the DMZ on June 30, 2019. All three meetings were moments More

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-29). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'. mintpressnews.com Between his birth in Nablus in 1930 and his death, Bassam Shakaa fought a relentless struggle for Palestinian rights. He challenged Israel, the PA, US imperialism and reactionary Arab governments. Throughout this arduous journey, he survived exile, prison and an assassination attempt.

Robert Fisk (2019-07-29). From Nazi Germany to Ottoman Turkey, Genocides Begin in the Wilderness, Far From Prying Eyes. counterpunch.org Many believe the Jewish Holocaust was planned by the Nazis at a Berlin lakeside villa at Wannsee on 20 January 1942. Most historians still think the Armenian Holocaust was hatched up by the Ottoman Turks in Istanbul in 1915. Of course, we've long known that the mass slaughter of Europe's Jews began the moment the Germans crossed the Polish border on 1 September 1939 — and carried on across the Soviet Union in 1941, seven months before Wannsee. More

Staff (2019-07-29). Russia Arrests Nearly 1,400 at Opposition Protest as Leading Activist Is Possibly Poisoned in Jail. democracynow.org Police in Moscow used violent force to stop an opposition protest on Saturday, arresting nearly 1,400 people in what's been described as the largest mass arrest in Russia in a decade. Meanwhile, Alexei Navalny—one of Russia's most prominent opposition figures—has been hospitalized after suffering an acute allergic reaction in jail. Navalny's doctor said he may have been exposed to "some toxic agent." 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 Samuel Greene, director of the Russia I…

Philip Giraldi (2019-07-29). The Media Is Reluctant to Report Israel Boasts of Killing Iranians. globalresearch.ca It is rare that a high official in a government will admit that his country has been killing foreigners without any declaration of war or being subjected to an imminent threat, but that is exactly what Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister …

teleSUR (2019-07-29). At Least 20 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan. telesurenglish.net Several people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bombing was carried out inside Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, the government said in a statement on Monday morning. | RELATED: | US-Taliban Deal To Precede Intra-Afghan Talks in Peace Process | According to reports, t least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh's office. | Saleh, a running mate of A…

Staff (2019-07-29). Headlines for July 29, 2019. democracynow.org Baltimore Pushes Back After Trump Calls City "Rodent Infested Mess" and Attacks Rep. Cummings, Gunman Kills 3, Injures 15 at Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, Shooting at Brownsville, Brooklyn, Block Party Kills 1, Injures 11, SCOTUS OKs Trump Plan to Use Military Funds for Border Wall, U.S. and Guatemala Sign Controversial Immigration Deal Despite Widespread Opposition, Dir. of National Intelligence Dan Coats Resigns, Brazilian President Bolsonaro Threatens Glenn Greenwald with Imprisonment, Miners Raid Tribe in Brazil, Killing Leader as Amazon Suffers Mass Deforestation by Illegal Loggers, Russian…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-29). US/UK Militarization of Persian Gulf Waters Risks War. globalresearch.ca Britain is an appendage of Washington's belligerent imperial agenda. Israel, the Saudis, UAE, and other regional regimes hostile to peace operate the same way. | Sending more US and UK warships to Persian Gulf waters has nothing to do with regional …

Andre Vltchek (2019-07-29). Why Should Iran be Cherished and Defended? globalresearch.ca As I pen this short essay, Iran is standing against the mightiest nation on earth. It is facing tremendous danger; of annihilation even, if the world does not wake up fast, and rush to its rescue. | Stunning Iranian cities are …

Craig Murray (2019-07-29). Tanker Seizures and the Threat to the Global Economy from "Resurgent Imperialism" globalresearch.ca The British seizure of the Iranian tanker off Gibraltar was illegal. There is no doubt of that whatsoever. The Iranian response to the seizure of its tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar, by the seizure of a British Tanker in …

Sarah Abed (2019-07-29). Iran Increases Economic and Political Collaboration with Latin American Allies. globalresearch.ca After spending a week in New York for high level meetings at the UN, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made his way on July 20th to South and Latin America to attend a few conferences and meetings in Venezuela, Nicaragua, …

teleSUR (2019-07-29). Iran Rejects Talks With Pompeo in Tehran. telesurenglish.net U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Sunday that Iran has rejected his offer to travel to Tehran for direct talks with the Iranian people. | RELATED: | Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Meet, No Solution Reached Yet | "I recently offered to travel to Tehran and speak directly to the Iranian people. The regime hasn't accepted my offer," he tweeted. | He added that Washington was not afraid of Iranian officials coming to the United States. | "We aren't afraid of @JZarif [Irani…

Glen Black (2019-07-29). Police advised the victim of a hunt dog attack 'not to go to the press' about it. thecanary.co A woman from the Isle of Wight said she was attacked by a dog linked to a local hunt. And when she reported it to the police, her husband claimed the police told them not to go to the press about it. | "Savagely attacked": | Local paper the Isle of Wight County Press reported on 26 July that a woman was "savagely attacked" by a hunt terrier. Th…

Chelli Stanley (2019-07-29). Mueller and Trump: Blah Blah Blah. counterpunch.org When I first heard about the possibility that Russians had interfered with our election and were the cause of Trump's win, I thought it absurd and laughed aloud. 'Playing on the old American fear of the Russians, huh?' is what I thought, and didn't given it much thought. After noticing the media talking about it More

Frank Scott (2019-07-29). "CapitalGate" Is the Problem, Not "RussiaGate": The Imperial System of Global Capitalism is Under Threat. globalresearch.ca "Under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent …

Miri Wood (2019-07-29). NATO Terrorists Bomb Syrian Towns, SAA Bombs NATO Terrorists. globalresearch.ca The flood of tears from NATO media journalists over the impending liberation of Idlib has completely blinded them to facts on the ground in Syria. Over the past weeks, they have missed the mortar, missile and IED attacks on civilians…

Pepe Escobar (2019-07-29). The Dragon Lays Out Its Road Map, Denies Seeking Hegemony. "China's National Defense in the New Era" globalresearch.ca The key merit of China's National Defense in the New Era, a white paper released by the State Council in Beijing, is to clear any remaining doubts about where the Middle Kingdom is coming from, and where it's going …

Danny Sjursen (2019-07-29). How America's Wars End (Messily). commondreams.org A dehydrated American infantryman receives trail-side intravenous therapy from U.S. Army field medics. (Photo: Norman Copley/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/afghanistan_1.jpg …

If Americans Knew (2019-07-29). The Israel Anti-Boycott Act: The Bill that Could Imprison "Israel Boycotters" for 20 years. globalresearch.ca In a recent post on the Mondoweiss website, Journalist Philip Weiss examines the Israel Anti-Boycott Act that would punish those boycotting Israel with a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years …

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-29). With Criticism Crushed in the West, Israel Can Enjoy Its Impunity. globalresearch.ca Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. | The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House …

teleSUR (2019-07-29). Bernie Sanders Would Consider Cutting Military Aid to Israel. telesurenglish.net The 2020 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview that he would consider cutting U.S. military aid to Israel. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Calls Out Netanyahu's 'Racist Government' | When asked if he would "ever consider using" the US$3.8 billion military aid "as leverage to get the Israeli government to act differently," the senator answered, "Absolutely" during an interview for the "Pod Save America" podcast published Friday. | Sanders clarified in the interview that…

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-29). Sur Baher Home Demolitions illustrate a Vicious Spiral of Oppression in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House two-and-a-half years ago has emboldened Israel as never before, leaving it free to unleash new …

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-29). The Continuing Denial of Rights and Justice to the Palestinian People. globalresearch.ca The right of resistance to occupation, by the Palestinian people, is grounded in international law. Freedom-loving people of the world must remember the words of Nelson Mandela: | "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the …

WSWS (2019-07-29). Sri Lankan president extends emergency rule for another month. wsws.org The real target of the emergency laws is the rising social unrest of workers, students and the poor.

WSWS (2019-07-29). 1,300 arrested in police crackdown on liberal opposition in Russia. wsws.org The crackdown testifies to the extreme nervousness of the Kremlin and was meant as a show of force and a demonstration of the state's readiness to violently repress any opposition, above all opposition coming from the working class.

Labor Video Project (2019-07-29). Fukushima 2020 Olympics Nightmare: Is PM Abe Criminally Insane? indybay.org This documentary investigates and exposes the plans of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring the Olympics baseball games to contaminated Fukushima. Although there is over a million tons of tritium radioactive water in tanks surrounding the plan, thousands of contamined bags of waste and melted nuclear rods still in the broken plants Abe has claimed to the Olympic Committee and world that Fukushima has been decontaminated.

WSWS (2019-07-29). Protests in Hong Kong continue despite escalating police violence. wsws.org The participation of workers at Hong Kong's airport on Friday is an indication of the broader support for the protests in the working class.

Rima Najjar (2019-07-28). When Will Ayanna Pressley Realize that "the Pain" She Feels Is the Identical Pain Palestinians Feel? globalresearch.ca When Michelle Alexander, a distinguished African-American scholar, wrote her now famous column in The New York Times, 'Time to Break the Silence on Palestine',her sympathetic words toward Palestinians received huge attention. Her article became a "watershed moment … with …

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-28). Turkey Deports Syrian Refugees to Idlib During Airstrikes. globalresearch.ca Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing an uncertain future. Turkey did not grant them citizenship, or permanent residency; but, instead a 'temporary guest' status, which can be revoked at any time. For many, that time has come, and hundreds have …

teleSUR (2019-07-28). US-Taliban Deal To Precede Intra-Afghan Talks in Peace Process. telesurenglish.net The United States special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, announced Sunday that intra-Afghan negotiations between the government and key players will take place after the U.S. reaches a deal with the Taliban. | RELATED: | Kabul Seeks Explanation on Trump Talk of Wiping out Afghanistan | "To clarify, those negotiations will occur after we conclude our own agreements and they will take place between the Taliban and an inclusive and effective national negotiating team consisting of senior…

Staff (2019-07-28). Child Detentions Are Part of a Terrifying Larger Plan. truthdig.com Lately, I've been thinking about the Grimms' fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. Terrified by cruel conditions at home, the brother and sister flee, winding their way, hungry and scared, through unknown woods. There, they encounter an old woman who lures them in with promises of safety. Instead, she locks one of them in a cage and turns the other into a servant, as she prepares to devour them both. | Written in nineteenth-century Germany, it should resonate eerily in today's America. In place of Hansel and Gretel, we would, of course, have to focus on girls and boys by the hundreds fleeing cruelty and hunger in Central…

unitedEditor (2019-07-28). America`s trap for Turkey. uwidata.com In his book "On China," Henry Kissinger explains the differences between Westerners and the Chinese in their approaches to strategy by comparing Chess and Wei qi (also known as "Go"): "If chess is about the decisive battle, Wei qi is about the protracted campaign. A chess player aims for a decisive victory, a Wei qi …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-28). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian "Organic Intellectual" dissidentvoice.org It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-28). Iranian Monarchists Praise the Shah's Brutal Rule on the Anniversary of His Death. globalresearch.ca On July 27, 1980, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi finally succumbed to cancer in Cairo, Egypt. In 1953, he was installed as the dictator of Iran after the CIA overthrew the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. | There …

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Iran Nuclear Deal Parties Meet, No Solution Reached Yet. telesurenglish.net An emergency meeting with parties to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal was constructive but there are unresolved issues and Tehran will continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans fail to salvage the pact, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said Sunday. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies , Some Sentenced to Death | "The atmosphere was constructive. Disc…

Christopher Teel (2019-07-28). America Gone Rogue. commondreams.org US President Donald Trump meets with US Vice President Mike Pence(R) and US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the White House on June 24, 2019, before signing 'hard-hitting sanctions' on Iran's supreme leader. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump-iran-sanctions-955px.jpg …

Staff (2019-07-28). How Biden's Secret 2002 Meetings Led to War in Iraq. truthout.org | | Even though former Vice President Joe Biden's favorability has declined following the first Democratic debate, he remains largely considered the frontrunner by many mainstream media outlets and pundits for the Democratic presidential nomination. | Early in the first debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders mentioned how Biden had supported the Iraq War and that he had voted against it.

Turkish Minute (2019-07-28). Turkey Mulling (Another) Military Operation in Northeastern Syria. theantimedia.com (TM) — Turkey's top military brass and Defense Minister Hulusi Akar held a security meeting on Thursday and discussed a potential military operation in northeastern Syria, immediately after three days of talks with a US delegation over setting up a safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. The Anadolu news agency reported that the meeting took place …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2019-07-28). Mueller Testimony Points to New Cold War as a Farce. dissidentvoice.org The Eighteenth Brumière of Louis Napoleon (1852), the great philosopher Karl Marx famously stated the history repeated itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. This prophecy is evident today with Russia Gate and the New Cold War. The first cold war was a genuine tragedy which resulted in the deaths of millions of civilians in …

Padraig McGrath (2019-07-28). Tanker-War: Everything Is Ideological. globalresearch.ca Ukraine's most senior military prosecutor, Anatoly Matios, announced yesterday that the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) had seized the Russian tanker Nika Spirit at the port of Izmail and detained the crew, including at least 7 Russian nationals. Matios alleged …

South Front (2019-07-28). Video: Russian, Syrian Warplanes Bomb Al Qaeda Positions in Western Aleppo. globalresearch.ca On July 25, warplanes of the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces bombed positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) and its allies near the villages of al-Bawabiya, al-Atarib, Qammari, al-Barqoum, Urem al-Kubra, and Kafr Halab, and …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2019-07-28). Intimacies from an Awful War. "For Sama" by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. globalresearch.ca If you think you've seen enough of conflict, especially the war in Syria, you haven't. From love of nation and loathing of military rule, from inchoate hope of redemption and improbable determination, indebted to lost friends and seeded in the …

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Israel To Offer $14m to Countries for Embassy Move to Jerusalem. telesurenglish.net The Israeli government will pay foreign countries to relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem according to a new initiative to be presented by Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz to the cabinet soon according to a report by Israel Hayom published Sunday. | RELATED: | Palestine Lauds Czech Refusal to Move Embassy to Jerusalem | The initiative is considered a "national, diplomatic and strategic objective of the highest order." Under it, Katz formed incentive packages to encourag…

Sarah Abed (2019-07-28). New British PM Minister Boris Johnson Faced with Two Major Challenges: Brexit and Iran. globalresearch.ca The two most pressing issues on newly appointed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plate right now are Brexit and Iran. Will the UK leave the EU on October 31st regardless of whether they have a new deal, as …

Fred_F (2019-07-28). New bill looks set to overturn NSW's archaic abortion law. greenleft.org.au A decades-long feminist campaign to remove abortion from the anti-woman NSW Crimes Act is likely to take one more step towards victory with reports that a pro-choice private members' bill will be introduced into state parliament this week.

Global Research News (2019-07-28). Selected Articles: The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…

Joe Piette (2019-07-27). 'Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines'. workers.org Dozens of people braved 99Àö weather to rally in front of Philadelphia's City Hall on July 21. They gathered to demand "U.S. stop funding terror in the Philippines" and instead "Fund jobs, health care, housing and education, not imperialist wars." Speakers included Cero Parel and Jeeva of BAYAN-USA, Nora Kerrich . . . | Continue reading 'Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines' at Workers.org

Sarah Aziza (2019-07-27). A Syrian Mother's Letter to Her Daughter, "For Sama" Shows War in an Unusually Intimate Light. theintercept.com For the majority of Western audiences, the region known as "the Middle East" is conceived as a vast swath of constant and inscrutable chaos. In this imagination, diverse conflicts, insurgencies, and civilian revolutions are flattened into a single horrorscape, represented by ubiquitous images of billowing smoke and colorless destruction. Violence, it would appear, is endemic to the region, as natural and inevitable as the endless, hostile desert. | This lack of historicity — and subsequent denial of responsibility — can be partly blamed on Western media that rewards sensationalist, reductionist headli…

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