Daily Archives: July 29, 2019

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 …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-29). Failed Trump Regime Coup Plot Against Venezuela Continues. globalresearch.ca Over six months since Trump regime designated puppet/usurper in waiting Guaido illegally declared himself interim Venezuelan president, a flagrant constitutional and international law breach, White House hardliners continue pursuing their failed coup plot. | On Saturday in Caracas, Venezuelan National Constituent …

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 …

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 …

Ted Walter (2019-07-29). Call for New 9/11 Investigation: New York Area Fire Commissioners Make History. globalresearch.ca They started off by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Ten minutes later, they were reading the text of a resolution claiming the existence of "overwhelming evidence" that "pre-planted explosives . . . caused the destruction of the three World Trade …

Irwin Jerome (2019-07-29). Water Not Oil: Battle Cry of the Blue Planet. globalresearch.ca It's Mother Earth's battle cry inspired by the world's dire climate crisis that has been sung by so many others for years yet still hasn't had the intended effect because it still hasn't resolutely been taken up by the world …

Robert Hunziker (2019-07-29). Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research. counterpunch.org Is it merely coincidence that spending cuts hit just as global warming starts "strutting its stuff like never before" with collapsing permafrost, like fallen tinker toys that, heretofore, was solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, over eons? What's up with this sudden massive thawing of rock-solid permafrost that contains tons and tons of carbon? More

Robert Hunziker (2019-07-29). Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research. counterpunch.org Is it merely coincidence that spending cuts hit just as global warming starts "strutting its stuff like never before" with collapsing permafrost, like fallen tinker toys that, heretofore, was solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, over eons? What's up with this sudden massive thawing of rock-solid permafrost that contains tons and tons of carbon? More

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 …

The Canary (2019-07-29). Climate change activist Greta Thunberg to take message to US by boat. thecanary.co Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to miss lessons and protest for faster action against climate change, plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. | The 16-year-old tweeted on Monday that she will sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing yacht, leaving Britain next month. | Good news! | I'll be joining the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, COP25 in Santiago and other events along the way. | I've been offered a ride on the 60ft racing boat Malizia II. We'll be sailing across the Atlanti…

Richard Becker (2019-07-29). 'El Chapo' Guzman Gets Life — U.S. "Drug Bankers" Walk Free. globalresearch.ca Joaquin Guzman, also known as "El Chapo," will likely spend the rest of his life in isolation inside a "supermax" prison in Colorado, after his sentencing on July 17 for drug trafficking, money laundering, and other crimes. No U.S. …

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 …

Claire Edwards (2019-07-29). 5G Wireless Technology Is War against Humanity. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in February 2019. | Disclosure about 5G — and its considerable risk for humanity — is occurring within the United Nations. This is thanks to longtime UN staff member and whistle-blower Claire Edwards, who recently contacted …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-29). Permissible Deviance: Privacy Violations and Facebook's FTC Fine. globalresearch.ca It was something of a shrug moment. One of the world's largest digital platforms had been fined $5 billion for privacy violations by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming it had violated its 2012 order. The FTC order also requires the …

Dave DeCamp (2019-07-29). US Sanctions Are Still Strangling Venezuela. globalresearch.ca As tensions in the Persian Gulf are taking up most of the headlines, the Trump administration is still seeking regime change in Venezuela. Since coming into office President Trump has had an aggressive policy towards Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. …

Howie Hawkins (2019-07-29). The Threat of Nuclear War: Nuclear Disarmament Should be a Top 2020 Campaign Issue. But It's Being Ignored. globalresearch.ca Two years ago on July 7, 2017, 122 nations approved the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW). The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for spearheading this achievement. …

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 …

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 …

F. William Engdahl (2019-07-29). Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. "It's Everywhere" globalresearch.ca Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children's urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It's everywhere.

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2019-07-29). Ike's Warning About America's Threat to World Peace: The 15 Biggest Pentagon Contractors that Make Up the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. globalresearch.ca "Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of ploughshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well…We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions."…

The Canary (2019-07-29). Britain will legalise cannabis within 15 years, MPs say after Canada trip. thecanary.co A cross-party group of MPs who have completed a research trip to Canada have predicted the UK will completely legalise cannabis use within 15 years. | Conservative Jonathan Djanogly, Sir Norman Lamb of the Liberal Democrats and Labour's David Lammy travelled to Canada on a trip organised by UK harm reduction group Volte Face, with part sponsorship by cannabis company MPX. Lamb and Lammy funded their own flights and accommodation. | The politicians differed in their estimations of the length of time it would take for the UK to allow recreational use of cannabis, which Canada became the first G7 country to do last…

Global Research News (2019-07-29). Help Secure the Future of GlobalResearch.ca. globalresearch.ca The situation for independent media has changed significantly over the past few years, and not for the better. Despite this, in the face of large corporations attempting to censor our content and curtail our traffic and revenue, we are still …

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 …

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, …

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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

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 …

The Canary (2019-07-29). Human rights group loses High Court challenge against mass surveillance powers. thecanary.co Human rights group Liberty has lost its latest High Court challenge against the Government's mass surveillance powers. | Liberty brought the challenge against parts of the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) — dubbed the "Snoopers' Charter" by critics — which allow intelligence agencies to obtain and store communications data, and take remote control of electronic devices through "bulk hacking". | The group claimed the Government's powers under IPA, which include the power to intercept the private information of the entire UK population, are too wide and therefore breach citizens' human rights to privacy a…

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.

Staff (2019-07-29). The New York Times Is Oblivious to the Student Debt Crisis. truthdig.com Why are Democratic candidates going on about student loan debt? According to the newspaper of record, the problem is practically solved!

RT (2019-07-29). Trump blasts Baltimore crimes stats, says Reverend Al might 'show up to complain & protest'. rt.com US President Donald Trump has ripped into Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings on Twitter once again, saying Baltimore has the "worst" crime statistics in the country and Reverend Al Sharpton might "show up to complain & protest."

Staff (2019-07-28). Students Face Investigation After Posing With Guns Next to Emmett Till Monument. truthout.org | | One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till's body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. The 14-year-old Black youth was tortured and murdered in August 1955. An all-white, all-male jury acquitted two white men accused of the slaying. | The photo, which was obtained by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, shows an Ole Miss student named…

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 …

Prof Susan Babbitt (2019-07-28). Cuba's Revolution in Thinking: To Live and Not Lie. globalresearch.ca In Dostoevsky's Demons, liberal academic Stepan Trofimovich says before dying: | "I've been lying all my life. Even when I was telling the truth …. The worst of it is that I believe myself when I lie. The most difficult thing …

Global Research News (2019-07-28). Sign the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space. globalresearch.ca Despite widespread denial, the evidence that radio frequency (RF) radiation is harmful to life is already overwhelming: sick and injured human beings, cells and organ systems in plants and animals, epidemiological evidence that cancer, heart disease and diabetes—are in part caused by electromagnetic pollution.

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 …

George Pumphrey (2019-07-28). More Evidence on the Srebrenica "Numbers Game" globalresearch.ca For nearly a quarter of a century, the massacre of Srebrenica has been reappearing in the headlines of the western media. The usual allegation: 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred on July 11, 1995, in "the worst war crime …

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 …

Prof. James Petras (2019-07-28). America's Enemies, Who's On the List? globalresearch.ca For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of 'enemy countries' to confront, attack, weaken & overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow 'enemy countries' depends on two considerations: the level of priority & the degree of vulnerability for a 'regime change' operation.

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 …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-28). Puerto Rico: Colonized, Controlled, and Exploited by the US. globalresearch.ca Puerto Rico is a US Colony, its people grievously harmed by the presence of US military bases. | After colonizing Puerto Rico in 1898, the US denied its residents control over their lives, welfare, and future. | For over 120 years, Puerto …

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 …

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 …

Staff (2019-07-28). Students Face Investigation After Posing With Guns Next to Emmett Till Monument. truthout.org | | Oxford, Mississippi — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice after posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmett Till. | One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till's body was recovered from the Tallahatchie Riv…

teleSUR (2019-07-28). Latin American Leaders Remember Hugo Chavez on His Birthday. telesurenglish.net Latin American presidents and leaders issued statements Sunday marking the birthday anniversary of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,, highlighting his legacy in the region and the world. | President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro stressed that Chavez's legacy is still alive within the South American country. | "65 years of love Commander! We celebrate your life reaffirming the loyalty and commitment you sowed in us. We will defend how you taught us, the happiness of the people you loved so much. Thank you, teacher, for guiding us in the struggle of every day. Chavez is today, live action! "he President Madu…

Colin Todhunter (2019-07-28). Poisoned for Profit: We Are Not the Agrochemical Industry's Guinea Pigs. globalresearch.ca Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE) in the UK claiming that the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup has …

The International Action Center (2019-07-28). Colonization and Destruction: People's Tribunal on U.S. Crimes Against Puerto Rico. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | This article was first published on September 12, 2018 | Since the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and …

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

Staff (2019-07-28). Hawaii Protectors Block the TMT Telescope to Respect Tradition and Science. therealnews.com What are the implications of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project that is at the center of the growing protest in Hawaii for indigenous Hawaiians, and for science? We discuss the issue with Katie Kamelamela, who is informing the conversation in Hawaii…

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Tanker Seizures and the Threat to the Global Economy from "Resurgent Imperialism"
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/tanker-seizures-threat-global-economy-resurgent-imperialism/5684969

Why Should Iran be Cherished and Defended?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/why-should-iran-cherished-defended/5684952

Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-29
Is it merely coincidence that spending cuts hit just as global warming starts "strutting its stuff like never before" with collapsing permafrost, like fallen tinker toys that, heretofore, was solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, over eons? What's up with this sudden massive thawing of rock-solid permafrost that contains tons and tons of carbon?
counterpunch.org/2019/07/29/alaska-governor-demolishes-climate-research/

Britain will legalise cannabis within 15 years, MPs say after Canada trip
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-29
A cross-party group of MPs who have completed a research trip to Canada have predicted the UK will completely legalise cannabis use within 15 years. | Conservative Jonathan Djanogly, Sir Norman Lamb of the Liberal Democrats and Labour's David Lammy travelled to Canada on a trip organised by UK harm reduction group Volte Face, with part sponsorship by cannabis company MPX. Lamb and Lammy funded their own flights and accommodation. | The politicians differed in their estimations of the length of time it would take for the UK to allow recreational use of cannabis, which Canada became the first G7 country to do last…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/29/britain-will-legalise-cannabis-within-15-years-mps-say-after-canada-trip/

The Israel Anti-Boycott Act: The Bill that Could Imprison "Israel Boycotters" for 20 years
If Americans Knew | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/role-jewish-democrats-bill-could-imprison-israel-boycotters-20-years/5684973

Ike's Warning About America's Threat to World Peace: The 15 Biggest Pentagon Contractors that Make Up the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
"Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of ploughshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well…We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions."…
globalresearch.ca/americas-threat-world-peace-15-biggest-pentagon-contractors-make-up-military-industrial-congressional-complex/5684980

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg to take message to US by boat
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-29
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to miss lessons and protest for faster action against climate change, plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. | The 16-year-old tweeted on Monday that she will sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing yacht, leaving Britain next month. | Good news! | I'll be joining the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, COP25 in Santiago and other events along the way. | I've been offered a ride on the 60ft racing boat Malizia II. We'll be sailing across the Atlanti…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/29/climate-change-activist-greta-thunberg-to-take-message-to-us-by-boat/

The Continuing Denial of Rights and Justice to the Palestinian People
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/continuing-denial-rights-justice-palestinian-people/5684960

With Criticism Crushed in the West, Israel Can Enjoy Its Impunity
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/criticism-crushed-west-israel-can-enjoy-its-impunity/5684977

US/UK Militarization of Persian Gulf Waters Risks War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/usuk-militarization-persian-gulf-waters-risks-war/5684963

Israeli Deadly Force Against Palestinian Civilians
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-deadly-force-against-palestinian-civilians/5684898

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Call for New 9/11 Investigation: New York Area Fire Commissioners Make History
Ted Walter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
They started off by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Ten minutes later, they were reading the text of a resolution claiming the existence of "overwhelming evidence" that "pre-planted explosives . . . caused the destruction of the three World Trade …
globalresearch.ca/new-york-area-fire-commissioners-make-history-call-new-911-investigation/5684982

US Sanctions Are Still Strangling Venezuela
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
As tensions in the Persian Gulf are taking up most of the headlines, the Trump administration is still seeking regime change in Venezuela. Since coming into office President Trump has had an aggressive policy towards Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro. …
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-strangling-venezuela/5684956

"CapitalGate" Is the Problem, Not "RussiaGate": The Imperial System of Global Capitalism is Under Threat
Frank Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/capitalgate-problem-not-russiagate/5684911

Water Not Oil: Battle Cry of the Blue Planet
Irwin Jerome | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
It's Mother Earth's battle cry inspired by the world's dire climate crisis that has been sung by so many others for years yet still hasn't had the intended effect because it still hasn't resolutely been taken up by the world …
globalresearch.ca/water-not-oil-battle-cry-blue-planet-2/5684906

Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. "It's Everywhere"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children's urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It's everywhere.
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-worse/5674472

NATO Terrorists Bomb Syrian Towns, SAA Bombs NATO Terrorists
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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…
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorists-bomb-syrian-towns-saa-bombs-nato-terrorists/5684958

The Dragon Lays Out Its Road Map, Denies Seeking Hegemony. "China's National Defense in the New Era"
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/dragon-lays-out-its-road-map-denies-seeking-hegemony/5684975

Failed Trump Regime Coup Plot Against Venezuela Continues
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Over six months since Trump regime designated puppet/usurper in waiting Guaido illegally declared himself interim Venezuelan president, a flagrant constitutional and international law breach, White House hardliners continue pursuing their failed coup plot. | On Saturday in Caracas, Venezuelan National Constituent …
globalresearch.ca/failed-trump-regime-coup-plot-against-venezuela-continues/5684919

Permissible Deviance: Privacy Violations and Facebook's FTC Fine
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
It was something of a shrug moment. One of the world's largest digital platforms had been fined $5 billion for privacy violations by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming it had violated its 2012 order. The FTC order also requires the …
globalresearch.ca/permissible-deviance-privacy-violations-and-facebooks-ftc-fine/5684896

The Media Is Reluctant to Report Israel Boasts of Killing Iranians
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/media-reluctant-report-israel-boasts-killing-iranians/5684946

The New York Times Is Oblivious to the Student Debt Crisis
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-29
Why are Democratic candidates going on about student loan debt? According to the newspaper of record, the problem is practically solved!
truthdig.com/articles/the-new-york-times-is-oblivious-to-the-student-debt-crisis/

5G Wireless Technology Is War against Humanity
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
This article was first published in February 2019. | Disclosure about 5G — and its considerable risk for humanity — is occurring within the United Nations. This is thanks to longtime UN staff member and whistle-blower Claire Edwards, who recently contacted …
globalresearch.ca/5g-wireless-technology-is-war-against-humanity/5679372

Iran Increases Economic and Political Collaboration with Latin American Allies
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
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, …
globalresearch.ca/iran-increases-economic-political-collaboration-south-latin-american-allies/5684909

Help Secure the Future of GlobalResearch.ca
Global Research News | 2019-07-29
The situation for independent media has changed significantly over the past few years, and not for the better. Despite this, in the face of large corporations attempting to censor our content and curtail our traffic and revenue, we are still …
globalresearch.ca/help-secure-the-future-of-globalresearch-ca/5684993

'El Chapo' Guzman Gets Life — U.S. "Drug Bankers" Walk Free
Richard Becker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Joaquin Guzman, also known as "El Chapo," will likely spend the rest of his life in isolation inside a "supermax" prison in Colorado, after his sentencing on July 17 for drug trafficking, money laundering, and other crimes. No U.S. …
globalresearch.ca/el-chapo-guzman-gets-life-u-s-drug-bankers-walk-free/5684903

Help Secure the Future of GlobalResearch.ca
Global Research News | 2019-07-29
The situation for independent media has changed significantly over the past few years, and not for the better. Despite this, in the face of large corporations attempting to censor our content and curtail our traffic and revenue, we are still …
globalresearch.ca/help-secure-the-future-of-globalresearch-ca/5684993

The Threat of Nuclear War: Nuclear Disarmament Should be a Top 2020 Campaign Issue. But It's Being Ignored
Howie Hawkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Two years ago on July 7, 2017, 122 nations approved the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW). The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for spearheading this achievement. …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-disarmament-should-top-2020-campaign-issue-being-ignored/5684916

Human rights group loses High Court challenge against mass surveillance powers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-29
Human rights group Liberty has lost its latest High Court challenge against the Government's mass surveillance powers. | Liberty brought the challenge against parts of the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) — dubbed the "Snoopers' Charter" by critics — which allow intelligence agencies to obtain and store communications data, and take remote control of electronic devices through "bulk hacking". | The group claimed the Government's powers under IPA, which include the power to intercept the private information of the entire UK population, are too wide and therefore breach citizens' human rights to privacy a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/29/human-rights-group-loses-high-court-challenge-against-mass-surveillance-powers/

Sri Lankan president extends emergency rule for another month
wsws.org | 2019-07-29
The real target of the emergency laws is the rising social unrest of workers, students and the poor.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/29/sril…

Trump blasts Baltimore crimes stats, says Reverend Al might 'show up to complain & protest'
rt.com | 2019-07-29
US President Donald Trump has ripped into Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings on Twitter once again, saying Baltimore has the "worst" crime statistics in the country and Reverend Al Sharpton might "show up to complain & protest." | …
rt.com/usa/465302-trump-baltimore-cummings-sharpton/

More Evidence on the Srebrenica "Numbers Game"
George Pumphrey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
For nearly a quarter of a century, the massacre of Srebrenica has been reappearing in the headlines of the western media. The usual allegation: 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred on July 11, 1995, in "the worst war crime …
globalresearch.ca/more-evidence-srebrenica-numbers-game/5684686

Puerto Rico: Colonized, Controlled, and Exploited by the US
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
Puerto Rico is a US Colony, its people grievously harmed by the presence of US military bases. | After colonizing Puerto Rico in 1898, the US denied its residents control over their lives, welfare, and future. | For over 120 years, Puerto …
globalresearch.ca/puerto-rico-colonized-controlled-exploited-us/5684855

Sign the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
Despite widespread denial, the evidence that radio frequency (RF) radiation is harmful to life is already overwhelming: sick and injured human beings, cells and organ systems in plants and animals, epidemiological evidence that cancer, heart disease and diabetes–are in part caused by electromagnetic pollution.
globalresearch.ca/sign-the-international-appeal-to-stop-5g-on-earth-and-in-space/5680202

Latin American Leaders Remember Hugo Chavez on His Birthday
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-28
Latin American presidents and leaders issued statements Sunday marking the birthday anniversary of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,, highlighting his legacy in the region and the world. | President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro stressed that Chavez's legacy is still alive within the South American country. | "65 years of love Commander! We celebrate your life reaffirming the loyalty and commitment you sowed in us. We will defend how you taught us, the happiness of the people you loved so much. Thank you, teacher, for guiding us in the struggle of every day. Chavez is today, live action! "he President Madu…
telesurenglish.net/news/Latin-American-Presidents-Figures-Celebrate-Hugo-Chavezs-Legacy-on-His-Birthday-20190728-0004.html

Turkey Deports Syrian Refugees to Idlib During Airstrikes
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-deports-syrian-refugees-idlib-during-airstrikes/5684834

Video: Russian, Syrian Warplanes Bomb Al Qaeda Positions in Western Aleppo
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-russian-syrian-warplanes-rain-hell-militants-western-aleppo/5684841

Students Face Investigation After Posing With Guns Next to Emmett Till Monument
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-28
| Oxford, Mississippi — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation by the Department of Justice after posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmett Till. | One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till's body was recovered from the Tallahatchie Riv…
truthout.org/articles/students-face-investigation-after-posing-with-guns-next-to-emmett-till-monument/

Students Face Investigation After Posing With Guns Next to Emmett Till Monument
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-28
| One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till's body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. The 14-year-old Black youth was tortured and murdered in August 1955. An all-white, all-male jury acquitted two white men accused of the slaying. | The photo, which was obtained by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica, shows an Ole Miss student named…
truthout.org/articles/students-face-investigation-after-posing-with-guns-next-to-emmett-till-monument/

America's Enemies, Who's On the List?
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of 'enemy countries' to confront, attack, weaken & overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow 'enemy countries' depends on two considerations: the level of priority & the degree of vulnerability for a 'regime change' operation.
globalresearch.ca/americas-enemies-whos-on-the-list/5619763

Latin American Leaders Remember Hugo Chavez on His Birthday
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-28
Latin American presidents and leaders issued statements Sunday marking the birthday anniversary of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,, highlighting his legacy in the region and the world. | President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro stressed that Chavez's legacy is still alive within the South American country. | "65 years of love Commander! We celebrate your life reaffirming the loyalty and commitment you sowed in us. We will defend how you taught us, the happiness of the people you loved so much. Thank you, teacher, for guiding us in the struggle of every day. Chavez is today, live action! "he President Madu…
telesurenglish.net/news/Latin-American-Presidents-Figures-Celebrate-Hugo-Chavezs-Legacy-on-His-Birthday-20190728-0004.html

When Will Ayanna Pressley Realize that "the Pain" She Feels Is the Identical Pain Palestinians Feel?
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/when-will-ayanna-pressley-realize-pain-she-feels-identical-pain-palestinians-feel/5684865

Tanker-War: Everything Is Ideological
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/tanker-war-lenin-right-everything-ideological/5684852

Colonization and Destruction: People's Tribunal on U.S. Crimes Against Puerto Rico
The International Action Center | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | This article was first published on September 12, 2018 | Since the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and …
globalresearch.ca/peoples-tribunal-on-u-s-crimes-against-puerto-rico/5653828

Cuba's Revolution in Thinking: To Live and Not Lie
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
In Dostoevsky's Demons, liberal academic Stepan Trofimovich says before dying: | "I've been lying all my life. Even when I was telling the truth …. The worst of it is that I believe myself when I lie. The most difficult thing | …
globalresearch.ca/cubas-revolution-thinking-live-not-lie/5684845

Iranian Monarchists Praise the Shah's Brutal Rule on the Anniversary of His Death
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-monarchists-praise-shahs-brutal-rule-anniversary-his-death/5684853

Intimacies from an Awful War. "For Sama" by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/intimacies-awful-war-sama-waad-al-kateab-edward-watts/5684715

Poisoned for Profit: We Are Not the Agrochemical Industry's Guinea Pigs
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE) in the UK claiming that the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup has …
globalresearch.ca/we-not-agrochemical-industry-guinea-pigs/5684862

Selected Articles: The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-28
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globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-malaysian-airlines-mh17-tragedy-suppression-tampering-evidence-new-documentary/5684868