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Poultry towns devastated as workers and students disappear after ICE raids
Jeff Amy, Rogelio V. Solis | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-09
MORTON, Miss. (AP)–Effects of the largest immigration raid in at least a decade are likely to ripple for years through six Mississippi small towns that host poultry plants. A store owner who caters to Latino poultry plant workers fears he will have to close. A school superintendent is trying to rebuild trust with the Spanish-speaking …
peoplesworld.org/article/poultry-towns-devastated-as-workers-and-students-disappear-after-ice-raids/

New Fears for Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Legendary journalist John Pilger has been to see Assange in Belmarsh Prison in London and his report is not encouraging. | Journalist John Pilger visited imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday and has raised an alarm about Assange's "deteriorated" health….
globalresearch.ca/new-fears-julian-assange/5686028

Mobility and Maginot Lines: China Hysteria Down Under
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
The blinkered security establishment is standard fare in politics. From Washington to Manila, we hear of terrors and concerns which tend to more spectral than not. Legitimate concerns such as catastrophic environmental failure, or a nuclear accident, are treated with …
globalresearch.ca/mobility-maginot-lines-china-hysteria-down-under/5685983

Documents Reveal Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists & Even Musician Neil Young
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-09
Explosive new documents reveal the U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto ran a "fusion center" to surveil and discredit journalists and activists who criticized or wrote damning reports about Monsanto, as well as legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who released an album in 2015 called "The Monsanto Years." Monsanto monitored Young's Twitter activity and even analyzed the lyrics of his album. The fusion center also surveilled journalist Carey Gillam, who has done extensive research and writing about Monsanto and its popular pesticide Roundup, which has been linked to cancer. The corporation also targeted the nonpro…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/9/monsanto_f…

Bolsonaro's War on the Amazon: Mass Mining Invasion of Yanomami Lands in Brazil Threatens Their Survival
Marcus Colchester | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Acting in response to public statements from the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the need to open up indigenous lands in the Amazon Basin to extractive industries, an estimated 20,000 illegal miners are reported to have invaded the …
globalresearch.ca/bolsonaros-war-on-the-amazon-mass-mining-invasion-of-yanomami-lands-in-brazil-threatens-their-survival/5686008

US Leaves INF Because of "Russia Violations," Now Encircles China with Offensive Missiles
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
We're told that the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty singed in 1987 between the US and Soviet Union was based on claims that Russia had violated it. | While we continue waiting for Washington to provide evidence …
globalresearch.ca/us-leaves-inf-because-russia-points-missiles-china/5685995

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China. We're in a Trade and Currency War
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on July 31st for the first time in more than a decade, commentators were asking why. According to official data, the economy was rebounding, unemployment was below 4%, and GDP growth was …
globalresearch.ca/neoliberalism-met-match-china/5685992

Video: Syrian Army Makes Fresh Gains in Battle for Northern Hama
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
On the morning of August 7, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces advanced on positions of radical militants in northwestern Hama. During the day, units of the SAA and the Tiger Forces liberated the villages of Arbeen …
globalresearch.ca/video-army-makes-fresh-gains-battle-northern-hama/5685981

"Worst Year Ever": The Chinese Ban on U.S. Agricultural Products Will be a Death Blow for Countless U.S. Farms
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
U.S. farmers have never experienced a year quite like this. During the first half of 2019, endless rain and unprecedented flooding were the major problems. As a result of the incredibly wet conditions, millions of acres of prime farmland didn't …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-ban-u-s-agricultural-products-death-blow-countless-u-s-farms/5686041

Judiciary as Continuation of Warfare: How the West Uses Srebrenica to Implement Thought-crime Legislation
Hannes Hofbauer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
The battle over Srebrenica in the 1990s was part of the Bosnian civil war, which had been brutally waged from both the Serb and the Muslim side. To use the definition of genocide exclusively for the killing that took place | …
globalresearch.ca/judiciary-continuation-warfare-how-west-uses-srebrenica-implement-thought-crime-legislation/5685687

US Empire: The Reality of the "Greater United States"
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
The US Empire is not a term you will commonly hear when people refer to the United States of America. Nor is the Greater United States, American Empire or even just Empire. There is something of a taboo quality …
globalresearch.ca/us-empire-reality-greater-united-states/5686035

Pentagon Warns of Resurgence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
A recent report issued by the U.S. Pentagon's Inspector General warns of conditions in Syria and Iraq which potentially could allow for ISIS to spread once again. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had not read the report but recalled the …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-warns-resurgence-isis-syria-iraq/5686002

Green turtles more likely to eat plastic that looks like their natural food
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-09
Hungry green turtles are being fooled by plastic that looks like their natural diet, new research suggests.The unsuspecting creatures are more likely to swallow plastics that resemble sea grass, potentially from sources like bin bags, and fragments of fishing rope and carrier bags.They strongly favour narrow lengths of the material in natural colours like green and black, rather than debris of other shapes and colours, a study has found.Scientists from the University of Exeter and the Society for the Protection of Turtles examined the guts of turtles found washed up on beaches in Cyprus. | All of the turtles whos…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/09/green-turtles-more-likely-to-eat-plastic-that-looks-like-their-natural-food/

Will China Trigger Next Financial Tsunami?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
With the US decision to impose added tariffs on more than $300 billion of China trade, and the US Treasury declaring China a "currency manipulator", global financial markets have reacted with sharp selling. The question is whether this is the …
globalresearch.ca/will-china-trigger-next-financial-tsunami/5686006

Conversations with Fidel Castro: The Dangers of a Nuclear War
Fidel Castro Ruz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
"In a nuclear war the collateral damage would be the life of humankind. Let us have the courage to proclaim that all nuclear or conventional weapons, everything that is used to make war, must disappear!" "It is about demanding that the world is not led into a nuclear catastrophe, it is to preserve life." (Fidel Castro, 15 October 2010)…
globalresearch.ca/conversations-with-fidel-castro-the-dangers-of-a-nuclear-war/21892

Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists and Even Musician Neil Young
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-09
| Explosive new documents reveal the U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto ran a "fusion center" to surveil and discredit journalists and activists who criticized or wrote damning reports about Monsanto, as well as legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who released an album in 2015 called "The Monsanto Years." Monsanto monitored Young's Twitter activity and even analyzed the lyrics of his album. The fusion center also surveilled journalist Carey Gillam, who has done extensive research and writing ab…
truthout.org/video/monsanto-surveilled-journalists-activists-and-even-musician-neil-young/

A Cross Taken from a Nagasaki Cathedral after the Atomic Bombing Gets Returned 74 Years Later
Matt Field | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Short on time and fuel, the crew members of the B-29 bomber Bockscar flew over Nagasaki, Japan, scanning for an opening in the clouds. They had already abandoned their initial target, the city of Kokura, due to low visibility. Over …
globalresearch.ca/cross-taken-nagasaki-cathedral-after-atomic-bombing-gets-returned-74-years-later/5686030

US and Turkey Collude to Steal Northern Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Troops of both countries illegally occupy northern Syrian territory bordering Turkey, including its oil rich area. | On the phony pretext of protecting Turkey's security, President Erdogan is intermittently battling Kurdish YPG fighters cross-border in Syria — despite their posing no …
globalresearch.ca/us-turkey-collude-steal-northern-syrian-territory/5686053

Crisis in Kyrgzyztan: Another Color Revolution or Even Civil War?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
The historically unstable Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan was suddenly thrown into yet another crisis after the former president and his supporters opened fire on the special forces that were dispatched to serve a warrant for his arrest on corruption …
globalresearch.ca/will-kyrgz-crisis-lead-another-color-revolution-even-civil-war/5685994

How Pervasive Is Saudi Penetration of Western Political Systems?
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
When the Royal Marines seized the Iranian-owned Grace 1 supertanker off Gibraltar on July 4th, then British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt hailed the seizure as a sign that Iran had "no place to hide." On July 19th, when the Iranian …
globalresearch.ca/how-pervasive-saudi-penetration-western-political-systems/5685979

Trump's EPA Sued for Not Banning Brain-Damaging Pesticide
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Chlorpyrifos producer Dow Chemical falsely claims the pesticide "protects." It's been poisoning the earth and people for nearly half a century. | The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) "for a healthy planet and safer world" said Dow is the main beneficiary …
globalresearch.ca/trump-epa-sued-not-banning-brain-damaging-pesticide/5686021

US vs. China: A Clash of Civilizations?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
In promoting destructive "Western values," hardline academic Samuel Huntington once said the following: | "The West must exploit differences and conflicts among Confucian and Islamic states to support in other civilizations groups sympathetic to Western values and interests — to strengthen | …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-clash-civilizations/5686024

Ocean heat waves becoming more frequent and killing coral instantly
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-09
Marine heatwaves, which have become more frequent, intense, and have been staying longer, are playing a huge role in coral death, says new research from scientists working at the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers knew these heat waves were a big contributor to coral degradation, or bleaching, but were surprised to learn how rapidly coral also …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/09/ocean-heat-waves-becoming-more-frequent-and-killing-coral-instantly/

Militarized Observers: Institutional Daydreams of Ethics End Runs to Weaponize Culture
David Price | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
A significant limitation facing scholars studying US military uses of anthropology and other social sciences is that while the existence and activities of various military programs are known, and some related documents are available, there is much about these programs that remains unknown to outsiders. Yet, even with these gaps in knowledge, it is possible…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/militarized-observers-institutional-daydreams-of-ethics-end-runs-to-weaponize-culture/

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

Atomic Bombs Are Not Lifesavers
Timothy Braatz | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
One shouldn't have to state the obvious. It is well known that two atomic detonations, in early August, 1945, killed over 100,000 Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents, revealing the unlimited human capacity for atrocity in wartime. But it seems many U.S. history teachers are still telling students that the atomic bombings somehow saved lives. Whence cometh…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/atomic-bombs-are-not-lifesavers/

Defensive Charter School Advocates
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-09
Charter schools are privatized arrangements imposed on society by the rich and their retinue. There is nothing public about charter schools. Nonprofit and for-profit charter schools lack most of the features of public schools and typically operate as deregulated businesses. Calling a charter school public is mainly for the self-serving purpose of illegitimately funneling vast …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/defensive-charter-school-advocates/

Gaffe nucleare della Nato
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Che gli Stati uniti mantengano bombe nucleari in cinque paesi della Nato — Italia, Germania, Belgio, Olanda e Turchia — è provato da tempo (in particolare dalla Federazione degli scienziati americani). La Nato perà≤ non l'ha mai ammesso ufficialmente. Qualcosa …
globalresearch.ca/gaffe-nucleare-della-nato/5686059

A 'gaffe' nuclear da NATO
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-09
Que os EUA mantém bombas nucleares em cinco países da NATO — Itália, Alemanha, Bélgica, Holanda e Turquia — está há muito comprovado (em especial pela Federaàßà£o dos Cientistas Americanos). No entanto, a NATO nunca o admitiu oficialmente. No entanto, …
globalresearch.ca/a-gaffe-nuclear-da-nato/5686062

Socialist seminar discusses anti-capitalist solutions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-09
Socialism. Today. was the theme of a lively day-long seminar about critical issues facing the movements for social and ecological change, hosted by the Socialist Alliance on August 4. | Extinction Rebellion and Student Strike 4 Climate activist Parker Craig said support for the September 20 student climate strike is growing, despite attempts by some school authorities to stifle it. | Maritime Union of Australia activist and author Penny McCall Howard said the recent student climate strikes had helped shift politics, including in the union movement. | She said: "We now face the task of building a class-conscious e…
greenleft.org.au/content/socialist-seminar-discusses-anti-capitalist-solutions

Fueling Calls for Ban, Even a Security Industry Group Thinks Police Partnerships With Amazon Ring Are Dangerous
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-09
As new research revealed that more than 200 police departments across the U.S. have struck partnerships with Amazon Ring, the tech company's line of surveillance products, a security industry trade group joined civil liberties advocates in denouncing the partnerships. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/09/fueling-calls-ban-even-security-industry-group-thinks-police-partnerships-amazon?cd-origin=rss

To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags
Adrienne Pine | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-08
Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering violence and repression at home or risking the dangerous journey to the United States.
mintpressnews.com/flee-honduras-child-braves-tear-gas-sell-vinegar-bags/261243/

Death by Police is Now the 6th Leading Cause of Death Among Young Men
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-08
It was once believed that police killings were the 14th leading cause of death among young people. However, a new Rutgers University study by Frank Edwards, which used federal statistics and journalistic investigation found that the death rate is far higher now. We discuss the research with Frank Edwards…
therealnews.com/stories/death-by-police-is-now-the-6th-leading-cause-of-death-among-young-men

Quincy Who? Another New Washington Think Tank Tests the Waters
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Think tanks sprout like weeds in Washington. The latest is the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, which is engaged in a pre-launch launch and is attracting some media coverage all across the political spectrum. The Institute is named after …
globalresearch.ca/quincy-who-another-new-think-tank-tests-waters/5685928

"Economic Terror": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez | Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst …
globalresearch.ca/economic-terror-trump-regime-aims-to-starve-venezuelans-into-submission/5685937

Escalating US War on China by Other Means. Undermining Stability in Asia-Pacific Region
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
The US is hostile toward all nations it doesn't control, waging war on them by naked aggression and other means, including against China. | Pressuring and bullying the country to bend to its interests failed, what Trump and hardliners surrounding him …
globalresearch.ca/escalating-us-war-china-other-means/5685952

Global Research Publishers: Special Offers On Our Book Titles
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
All of these titles from Global Research Publishers are available in print and PDF (e-book). For our North American customers they are also available in bulk for a discounted price in bulk. If you prefer to shop using Amazon, they …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-publishers-special-offers-on-our-book-titles/5684648

Video: Quitting Cold Turkey
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Until literally a couple of years ago, courtesy of its enviable position in Asia Minor positioned in direct proximity of USSR (during the Cold War), Iran (after the Islamic Revolution), Iraq, and of course Syria in most recent years, Turkey …
globalresearch.ca/video-quitting-cold-turkey/5685875

Fordham U students win fight to have Palestine rights club
Sapphira Lurie | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-08
On Aug. 5, Justice Nancy Bannon of the Supreme Court of the State of New York annulled Fordham University's decision to ban Students for Justice in Palestine from its campus.
liberationnews.org/fordham-u-students-win-fight-to-have-palestine-rights-club/

Number of A&E patients waiting more than four hours up by a third
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-08
The number of patients waiting more than four hours to be admitted to A&E has risen more than a third in a year and is at a record high, new NHS figures show.The number of patients seen after four hours was 275,526 last month compared to 208,083 in July 2018, an increase of 32.4%, NHS performance statistics for England show.There were 57,694 A&E patients waiting more than four hours in July from decision to admit to admission — a rise of 34.7% from the same month last year.This is also the highest number for July since current records began in August 2010.(PA Graphics)Of these, 436 patients waited more than…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/08/number-of-ae-patients-waiting-more-than-four-hours-up-by-a-third/

Westpac workers back student climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-08
The following motion to support the student climate stike on September 20 was passed on July 31. | We, the Finance Sector Union, Local Enterprise Council, Westpac, NSW/ACT: | a) Recognise that climate change: | Presents an existential threat, being a "global emergency" according to the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report; | Has already had negative impacts both internationally and in Australia, as evidenced by the breaking of heat records, prolonged and more aggressive bushfire seasons, bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and increased droughts; | Is the product of corporate greed and pro…
greenleft.org.au/content/westpac-workers-back-student-climate-strike

Marxism and the philosophy of science
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-07
Marxists are primarily known for their concern with the development of human society and political struggle. As materialists, however, Marxists necessarily look to developments in science and new ways of understanding the material world. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/07/marxism-and-the-philosophy-of-science/

How a Truly Epic Charter School Fraud Unfolded in Oklahoma
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2019-08-06
A case of ghost students, straw teachers, and parent bonuses sets a new low for privately operated schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/epic-charter-fraud-oklahoma-thompson-190806/

Is the Rise in Lyme Disease Due to Weaponized Ticks?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-05
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases affects 400,000 Americans each year, and the reported cases are rising. Did the pentagon weaponized ticks and unleash them on an unsuspecting public? We discuss the possibility with science writer Kris Newby…
therealnews.com/stories/is-the-rise-in-lyme-disease-due-to-weaponized-ticks

The Persistence of School Segregation
Alexandria Millet | progressive.org | 2019-08-03
Students are still isolated in their own schools because almost no one looks like them, or they are concentrated in schools in which almost everyone does.
progressive.org/dispatches/persistence-school-segregation-millet-190803/

Four Truths About For-Profit Charter Schools
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2019-08-02
2020 Democratic candidates taking a stand against for-profit charters is like bravely standing up in opposition to yeti attacks.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/four-truths-about-for-profit-charter-schools-Greene-190802/

New report reveals employers, other details about troubled J-1 summer work travel program
splcenter.org | 2019-07-29
The students from the Dominican Republic were told that they could experience American culture while working at resorts and ice cream shops.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/30/new-report-reveals-employers-other-details-about-troubled-j-1-summer-work-travel-program

When Kicking Around an Orange Gets You On Probation
aclu.org | 2019-07-26
I was in 8th grade. I just didn't want to get in more trouble, so I signed the papers, like I was told to. | I was in 8th grade when it happened. I'll never forget the feeling of those cold, clanky pairs of metal constraints. I was being handcuffed in front of my friends and classmates. | As a lot of middle school students do, I was fooling around with my friends outside at lunch. We found an orange and started kicking it around like a soccer ball. It turns out I picked a bad day to fool around, and a bad person to tick off. A school resource officer — basically a cop — was stationed in the cafeteria,…
aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/when-kicking-around-orange-gets-you-probation

This County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades — Until Now
aclu.org | 2019-07-25
Today, we filed a landmark settlement that will end the relationship between the probation department and school districts in Riverside. | Since 2001, the Riverside County, California probation department has been needlessly funneling young people struggling with grades, behavior, trauma, and mental health into the criminal justice system. | This direct line to the criminal system is the product of a partnership between local school districts and the county probation department called the Youth Accountability Team (YAT). Instead of counselors or other school and community-based supports stepping in to support and…
aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/school-prison-pipeline/county-criminalized-students-bad-grades-until-now

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2019-08-08: News Headlines

Staff (2019-08-08). Death by Police is Now the 6th Leading Cause of Death Among Young Men. therealnews.com It was once believed that police killings were the 14th leading cause of death among young people. However, a new Rutgers University study by Frank Edwards, which used federal statistics and journalistic investigation found that the death rate is far higher now. We discuss the research with Frank Edwards…

The Canary (2019-08-08). Number of A&E patients waiting more than four hours up by a third. thecanary.co The number of patients waiting more than four hours to be admitted to A&E has risen more than a third in a year and is at a record high, new NHS figures show.The number of patients seen after four hours was 275,526 last month compared to 208,083 in July 2018, an increase of 32.4%, NHS performance statistics for England show.There were 57,694 A&E patients waiting more than four hours in July from decision to admit to admission — a rise of 34.7% from the same month last year.This is also the highest number for July since current records began in August 2010.(PA Graphics)Of these, 436 patients waited more than…

Adrienne Pine (2019-08-08). To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags. mintpressnews.com Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering violence and repression at home or risking the dangerous journey to the United States.

Chelli Stanley (2019-08-08). Visions of Peace: Dreams of a New Way. counterpunch.org After Medgar, Malcolm, and then Martin were killed, people realized there were forces in America that would keep Black people from achieving true freedom "by any means necessary." When the Black Panther Party started to feed children at no cost, opened free health clinics, engaged in free public education, and tried to prevent the police More

South Front (2019-08-08). Video: Quitting Cold Turkey. globalresearch.ca Until literally a couple of years ago, courtesy of its enviable position in Asia Minor positioned in direct proximity of USSR (during the Cold War), Iran (after the Islamic Revolution), Iraq, and of course Syria in most recent years, Turkey …

Mahmoud Barakat (2019-08-08). Gaza Journalists Target of Israeli Snipers. globalresearch.ca Palestinian journalists covering the weekly protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation are complaining of being the target of Israeli snipers stationed along the border of the blockaded territory. | Since the protests began in March of last year, two journalists have …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-08). If Crimea Matters, Russia Should Support Kashmir. globalresearch.ca There are striking structural similarities between Kashmir and Crimea that should make Russian decision makers think twice before endorsing the unilateral actions of their decades-long Indian partners if they want to remain politically consistent. | Kashmir and Crimea share many structural …

Allen L Roland (2019-08-08). Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America. globalresearch.ca We are dangerously close to a situation where ~ if the American people took to the streets in righteous indignation or if there were another 9/11 ~ a mechanism for martial law could be quickly implemented and carried out under REX 84.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-08-08). Demonstrations Surrounded the Democratic Party Debates in Detroit. globalresearch.ca On July 30 and 31 the attention of the national media in the United States was focused on the Fox Theater in downtown Detroit where 20 Democratic Party candidates for the presidency debated various issues presented to them by anchors …

Eric Toussaint (2019-08-08). The Mexican Debt Crisis and the World Bank. globalresearch.ca In 2019, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF will be 75 years old. These two international financial institutions (IFI), founded in 1944, are dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that …

Jesuit Refugee Service (2019-08-08). Five Years After the Genocide, Yazidis Share Their Forgotten Stories and Demand Justice. globalresearch.ca Five years after Islamic State (ISIS) militants launched a genocide against the Yazidi community in Sinjar, northern Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Yazidis are still displaced and living in harsh conditions. The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) calls on the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-08). "Economic Terror": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission. globalresearch.ca Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez | Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst …

Philip Giraldi (2019-08-08). Quincy Who? Another New Washington Think Tank Tests the Waters. globalresearch.ca Think tanks sprout like weeds in Washington. The latest is the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, which is engaged in a pre-launch launch and is attracting some media coverage all across the political spectrum. The Institute is named after …

Arabi Souri (2019-08-08). Why SAA Resumed the Military Operation against Al Qaeda to Clean Idlib. globalresearch.ca The latest 13th round of talks in Astana between the Syrian state with Russia and Iran as its guarantors on one side, and Al-Qaeda and the Turkish regime as it guarantor on the other side, would have slowly but steadily …

teleSUR (2019-08-08). 40 Million People Are Victims of Modern-Day Slavery Worldwide. telesurenglish.net Over 40.3 million people worldwide are living in modern forms of slavery such as bonded labor, child labor, human trafficking and forced begging, according to a research carried out by the Walk Free Foundation (WFF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). | RELATED: | Brazil: Bolsonaro Questions anti-Slave Labor Law, Says It Hurts Businesses | The WFF-ILO report defines contemporary slavery as having to do with "situations of exploitation that a person cannot…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-08-08). Demonstration Held Condemning Police Killing of African American in Detroit Suburb. globalresearch.ca Over 100 people gathered outside police headquarters in a suburban municipality east of Detroit to demonstrate against the failure of local authorities to hold several police officers accountable in the shooting death of 29 year old African American Theoddeus Gray…

Global Research (2019-08-08). Global Research Publishers: Special Offers On Our Book Titles. globalresearch.ca All of these titles from Global Research Publishers are available in print and PDF (e-book). For our North American customers they are also available in bulk for a discounted price in bulk. If you prefer to shop using Amazon, they …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-08-08). Is the Federal Reserve Losing Control of the Gold Price? Rigging the Currency Market. globalresearch.ca After years of being kept in the doldrums by orchestrated short selling described on this website by Roberts and Kranzler, gold has lately moved up sharply reaching $1,510 this morning. The gold price has continued to rise despite the continuing …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-08). "Economic Terror": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission. globalresearch.ca Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst of its predecessors. Based on …

Pepe Escobar (2019-08-08). Hong Kong, Kashmir: A Tale of Two Occupations. globalresearch.ca Readers from myriad latitudes have been asking me about Hong Kong. They know it's one of my previous homes. I developed a complex, multi-faceted relationship with Hong Kong ever since the 1997 handover, which I covered extensively. Right now, if …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-08). The FBI's Alleged Conspiracy Theorist-Terrorist Connection Is Anti-American. globalresearch.ca The de-facto criminalization of free speech is an ongoing trend in American society that's already pressured a lot of people to self-censor their beliefs in public in order to avoid official scrutiny from the authorities or harassment by their political opponents,…

Telesur (2019-08-08). Food Shipment Destined for Venezuela Seized Due to US Blockade. globalresearch.ca Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez denounced Wednesday that a ship containing 25 thousand tons of soy-made products has been seized in the Panama Canal due to the U.S. blockade while calling on the United Nations to take action against the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-08). Escalating US War on China by Other Means. Undermining Stability in Asia-Pacific Region. globalresearch.ca The US is hostile toward all nations it doesn't control, waging war on them by naked aggression and other means, including against China. | Pressuring and bullying the country to bend to its interests failed, what Trump and hardliners surrounding him …

WSWS (2019-08-08). The DSA's dishonest and self-serving account of the US teachers' strikes. wsws.org A new book by Democratic Socialists of America member Eric Blanc reviewing the role of the DSA during the teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Arizona aims to boost the credibility of the unions and the Democratic Party.

pip.hinman (2019-08-08). Westpac workers back student climate strike. greenleft.org.au The following motion to support the student climate stike on September 20 was passed on July 31. | We, the Finance Sector Union, Local Enterprise Council, Westpac, NSW/ACT: | a) Recognise that climate change: | Presents an existential threat, being a "global emergency" according to the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report; | Has already had negative impacts both internationally and in Australia, as evidenced by the breaking of heat records, prolonged and more aggressive bushfire seasons, bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and increased droughts; | Is the product of corporate greed and pro…

Eric A. Gordon (2019-08-07). Christian Communism: Meet the hosts of 'The Magnificast' podcast. peoplesworld.org People's World (PW) was recently introduced to a remarkable phenomenon out there in Cyberland that we'd like to share with our readers. The Magnificast is a weekly podcast about Christianity and leftist politics. Each episode focuses on the under-explored territory of Christianity and the left that they didn't teach you in Sunday School. According to …

Eds. (2019-08-07). Marxism and the philosophy of science. mronline.org Marxists are primarily known for their concern with the development of human society and political struggle. As materialists, however, Marxists necessarily look to developments in science and new ways of understanding the material world. | Source

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-08-07). "Pre-Emptive Arrest": An Open Invitation to Tyranny. globalresearch.ca The FBI has published a document that concludes that "conspiracy theories" can motivate believers to commit crimes. | Considering the growing acceptance of pre-emptive arrest, that is, arresting someone before they can commit a crime that they are suspected of planning …

Michael Snyder (2019-08-07). China Just Went Nuclear in the Trade War, and There Is No Turning Back Now. globalresearch.ca When will Americans start to wake up and realize what is happening? At the end of last week, President Trump announced that the U.S. would be imposing a 10 percent tariff on 300 billion dollars worth of Chinese imports, and …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-08-07). Trump's "Tragic Gift" to the Dems. globalresearch.ca Well, the Neo Con Dem party, lately much more the 'Lesser of two evils', was just given a gift. | The sad, tragically sad reality is that this most terrible example of white (and Christian) murder via hate in Texas can …

Peter Burt (2019-08-07). Britain's Flagship Drone Projects: UK Government Spending Watchdog Highlights "Significant Issues" globalresearch.ca The Ministry of Defence's two flagship drone projects — the 'Protector' programme to introduce the Certifiable Predator B drone into service with the Royal Air Force, and the Army's Watchkeeper surveillance drone — continue to face 'significant issues' according to …

Karin Brothers (2019-08-07). The Skripal Poisoning: Anonymous' Revelations Point to UK Intelligence Motives. globalresearch.ca Sergei Skripal was a former Russian double agent for Britain. After a high-profile spy swap in 2010, he lived in Salisbury, England, near his former MI6 handler, Pablo Miller, who he reportedly kept in touch with. | Late in the …

teleSUR (2019-08-07). Brazil's Space Agency Head Fired Over Amazon Deforestation Data. telesurenglish.net Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 2,254.8 square kilometers in July, an area 278 percent larger than the surface affected by the phenomenon in the same month last year, according to the latest estimates of the National Institute of Space Research ( INPE) updated Tuesday. | RELATED: | 'Bolsonaro is Responsible for the Amazon' UN Rapporteur Says | According to INPE's projection, which captures monthly data through a system of alerts on al…

Telesur (2019-08-07). Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products. globalresearch.ca China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday that the Asian country will suspend the purchase of U.S. agricultural goods in response to the recent announcement that the President Donald Trump administration will increase tariffs to Chinese exports. | "It has been agreed that …

Zero Hedge (2019-08-07). "On a Scale of 1-10, It's an 11" — Wall Street Reacts to China's Retaliation. globalresearch.ca One day after China finally snapped, and demonstratively refused to intervene and keep the CNH above 7.00 vs the dollar, escalating the trade war into a currency war, stocks are tumbling and Wall Street analysts — all of whom had …

Sarah Abed (2019-08-07). Erdogan Announces Military Operation East of Euphrates River to Push Back Kurds, US Urges Him to Reconsider. globalresearch.ca In what would be Turkey's third cross-border military operation in Syria since the war began, in as many years, Erdogan announced on Sunday that he would be launching a military operation east of the Euphrates river, to push back Kurdish …

Johanna Ross (2019-08-07). Why Oliver Stone's Latest Film on Ukraine Is Must-watch. globalresearch.ca Oliver Stone is afraid. Afraid of war. That was the stark message conveyed by his latest film on the Ukraine crisis, 'Revealing Ukraine' which picked up the Grand Prix at the Taormina film festival in Italy last month. The documentary, …

Alice Slater (2019-08-07). Hiroshima Unlearned: Time to Tell the Truth About US Relations with Russia. globalresearch.ca August 6th and 9th mark 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Today, …

Johanna Ross (2019-08-07). U.K. Breakup? New Poll Sets the Scene for Scottish Independence Referendum. globalresearch.ca Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed as 'phenomenal' a new poll which shows majority support for Scottish Independence. The survey, which was carried out by Lord Ashcroft in the wake of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to Scotland …

South Front (2019-08-07). Video: Collapse of Ceasefire, Syrian Military Vows to Resume Operations Against Al Qaeda Militants. globalresearch.ca The new ceasefire agreement designed to cease hostilities in northwestern Hama and southern Idlib has just collapsed. | On August 3, the leader of Hay'at Tahir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), Abu Mohammad al-Julani, announced that his group would not withdraw …

John Kirby (2019-08-07). Can the Progressive-"Conspiracy" Divide be Bridged? globalresearch.ca People from a variety of advocacy communities who tackle issues ranging from the assassinations of the 1960's to vaccine safety are rightly upset by a recent NBC News.com op-ed authored by Lynn Parramore, a progressive journalist known for her …

Prof. Alon Ben-Meir (2019-08-07). Trump's Embrace of White Supremacy Is Poisoning America's Soul. globalresearch.ca Within 13 hours, two mass shooting took place—in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—killing 31 innocent people and injuring twice as many. We normally hear about these horrifying incidents, express sorrow and bewilderment, talk about gun control, and move on. …

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-07). India's Tryst with Destiny: Freedom Struggle from Exploitation and Degradation Is Global. globalresearch.ca Today, we are in the grip of a globalised system of capitalism which drives narcissism, domination, ego, anthropocentrism, speciesism and plunder. A system that is using up oil, water and other resources much faster than they can ever be regenerated. …

Habib Ahmadzadeh (2019-08-07). This Iranian War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don't Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess. globalresearch.ca Dear President Trump, | In a recent Tweet, you claimed that "Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation." As a world citizen and a veteran of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, I have firsthand experience with the bitterness of …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-07). Trump Regime "Maximum Pressure" High Crimes Against World Peace. Illegal Embargo against Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Maximum pressure is a Trump regime euphemism for unlawful political, economic and financial collective punishment against a sovereign state, its leadership and population — for not bending to Washington's will. | Binding international law Fourth Geneva's Article 33 prohibits it, stating: …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-07). India's Finding Out the Hard Way that It Isn't "America's Exclusive Ally" globalresearch.ca India hitherto thought that the US needed it more than the reverse and that's why took its nascent military-strategic alliance with it for granted by trying to play "hardball" in pressing for a better trade deal, yet it's now finding …

John W. Whitehead (2019-08-07). We're All Enemies of the State: Draconian Laws, Precrime and the Surveillance State. globalresearch.ca "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary."—H.L. Mencken | We've been down this road many times before. | If …

Dr. Birsen Filip (2019-08-07). Assessing President Diaz-Canel's Commitment to the Ideals of the Cuban Revolution. globalresearch.ca Fidel Castro was an unparalleled leader. Although some of his adversaries had hoped that the ideals and objectives of the Cuban Revolution would die with him, they have in fact persevered, thereby supporting Fidel's view that 'a combatant may die, …

Philip Giraldi (2019-08-07). Will Mercenaries Fight America's Wars? Private Mercenary Army on Behalf of Venezuela "Opposition" globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump's pre-election pledge to end America's useless wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan just might turn out to be somewhat less than what was promised if some political allies of the president have their way. For …

Arabi Souri (2019-08-07). Syrian Security Confiscates Armored Vehicles, Weapons, Captagon, Drugs. globalresearch.ca Syrian security units and Syrian Arab Army units operating in Hama northern countryside, northwest of Syria, and Daraa countryside, south of Syria, had a busy day busting, discovering, and confiscating large stashes of weapons, munition, gears, armored vehicles, illicit drugs …

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