(2019-08-23). 'Winning is for capitalists'? Socialist Monopoly takes a whack at America's favorite bogeyman. rt.com 
A new "socialist" Monopoly reboot has won over conservatives and triggered eye-rolls from liberals — and mysteriously disappeared from store shelves faster than you can say "a spectre is haunting Europe." | Monopoly: Socialism — subtitled "winning is for capitalists" and "what's yours is ours" — has joined Hasbro's increasingly bizarre stable of Monopoly spinoffs that now includes Monopoly Game of Thrones, Monopoly for Millennials, Monopoly Star Wars, and Monopoly Gamer. Or has it? As of Thursday night, the game is no longer listed on Target's website, where it was sold for $19.99, and only a h…
(2019-08-23). Bolsonaro May Send Army to Fight Massive Amazon Fires. truthdig.com 
France accuses the Brazilian leader of lying over his commitment to save the rainforest, which is seen as crucial to slowing global warming.
(2019-08-23). Climate change, Amazon fires come to France with G7 protests. peoplesworld.org 
BIARRITZ, France—The continuing controversy over international action — or lack of it — to deal with climate change, and the latest big threat to the environment, the massive Brazilian Amazonian wildfires, will descend on the G7 summit here this weekend. The object: To force the leaders of the world's top industrialized nations to do something …
(2019-08-23). More Russiagate unraveling? Ex-CEO says FBI instructed him to have relationship with Maria Butina. rt.com 
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has told media that he was ordered by the FBI to initiate a romantic relationship with imprisoned Russian gun activist Maria Butina, seemingly confirming claims made by her lawyer. | Byrne, who resigned from the online retail company on Thursday, explained to CNN's Chris Cuomo that he had been asked by the FBI — on the orders of then-director James Comey — to "rekindle a romantic relationship" with Butina. | Taken aback by the claim, Cuomo interjected: "You believe that Jim Comey knew that you were being asked to do these things in the name of the United States gove…
(2019-08-23). More Russiagate unraveling? Ex-CEO says FBI instructed him to have relationship with Maria Butina. rt.com 
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has told media that he was ordered by the FBI to initiate a romantic relationship with imprisoned Russian gun activist Maria Butina, seemingly confirming claims made by her lawyer. | Byrne, who resigned from the online retail company on Thursday, explained to CNN's Chris Cuomo that he had been asked by the FBI — on the orders of then-director James Comey — to "rekindle a romantic relationship" with Butina. | Taken aback by the claim, Cuomo interjected: "You believe that Jim Comey knew that you were being asked to do these things in the name of the United States gove…
(2019-08-23). 'Provocative' post-INF missile test serves US neocon goal to stop détente with Russia. rt.com 
The decision by the United States to test a cruise missile banned under the now-expired INF treaty was a provocative move that delights neocons who oppose rapprochement between the US and Russia, analysts told RT. | Less than a month after pulling out of the INF arms control treaty, the US military tested a ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missile previously prohibited under the agreement. | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would "take exhaustive measures to prepare a symmetrical response" to the test, while stressing that it is not aiming to ignite a new arms race. | Also on rt.com…
(2019-08-23). 'Crime does pay': CNN hires disgraced ex-FBI director Andrew McCabe. rt.com 
What does one get for leaking to the media, lying to federal investigators about it, and allegedly participating in a plot to derail an American election? If you answered jail time, too bad. The correct answer is a job at CNN.
(2019-08-23). WATCH: Plane cabin fills with smoke moments before emergency landing. rt.com 
Horrified passengers of Hawaiian Airlines were lucky to escape disaster after their cabin filled with smoke during a flight to Honolulu on Thursday. Their plane made an emergency landing before the crew evacuated all on board. | Seven passengers, five adults and two children, were hospitalized after suffering "smoke-related symptoms," the airline said in a statement. | Also on rt.com | | Watch Swiss fighter jets shadow Russian GOVERNMENT PLANE as 'act of hospitality' | Smoke began filling the cabin 20 minutes before the flight from Oakland, California lan…
(2019-08-23). Putin Orders Russia to Respond After U.S. Missile Test. truthdig.com 
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. | In Sunday's test, a modified ground-launched version of a U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile accurately struck its target more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) away. The test came after Moscow and Washington withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. | Speaking at a meeting of his Security Council, Putin charged that the U.S. waged a "propaganda campaign" alleging Russian breaches of the pact to "
(2019-08-23). Six European Countries to Receive 356 Migrants Rescued at Sea. telesurenglish.net The Government of Malta confirmed Friday that Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania will host 356 migrants on board the Ocean Viking, a Norwegian-flagged rescue vessel chartered by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée. | RELATED: | Italy: Officials Finally Allow 'Open Arms' Migrants to Land | " [We] welcome [the fact] t…
(2019-08-23). 'Counter-G7 Summit' Rejects Cynicism of Developed Nations. telesurenglish.net Less than 24 hours before the Group of Seven (G7) Summit begins, over 15,000 police and military have been drafted into Biarritz to prevent environmental, gender and social activists from reaching this French elegant town. | RELATED: | 'G7 Summit Should Address Crisis at the Amazon', Germany Says | "I know there's 15,000 police and it doesn't scare me," activist Genevieve Legay said, adding that the "desperate" French government might use its security forces to hit "us who are aski…
(2019-08-23). Trump Fine-tunes Peace Deal with Taliban. globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump's remarks at the Oval Office in the White House on August 20 regarding the Afghan peace talks and related issues exuded an overall sense of satisfaction that the "endless war" is finally ending —although …
(2019-08-23). Are terrorist watch lists expanding under Trump? nationofchange.org My wife, Joyce, and I recently traveled to Vienna for a week, where she had been invited to perform on Austrian state radio. Passing through Heathrow on our way home, we were separated by an automated security gate. The gate, which required you to scan your boarding pass, allowed Joyce through, but when I ran …
(2019-08-23). Why a Defense Agreement with Israel Would be a Disaster for Americans. Lindsey Graham's Blank Check. globalresearch.ca Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country's complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make …
(2019-08-23). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Portuguese truck drivers' strike called off but dispute continues; further strikes by ground staff at Spain's Barcelona airport; national strike at Nigeria's universities…
(2019-08-23). Macron-Putin meeting before G7 summit highlights global geopolitical conflicts. wsws.org The meeting took place in the context of increasing calls centered in Paris and Berlin for the European Union to develop its capabilities to wage wars independently of the United States.
(2019-08-23). Mercosur-EFTA Sign Trade Accord After 20 Years of Negotiations. telesurenglish.net In a historic signing, countries within Mercosur and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) came to a free trade agreement Friday after 23 years of negotiations. | RELATED: | 'Brazil to Leave Mercosur if Cristina Wins', Minister Guedes | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called the document, "another great victory for our commercial opening and diplomacy," who currently presides over the Mercosur bloc, which includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. The head of state,…
(2019-08-23). Boris Johnson Government's High Speed 2 (HS2) Rail Link Evaluation Fatally Flawed by Incompetent Ministers. globalresearch.ca It is inappropriate that the cost benefit analysis of the largest civil construction project in Europe, worth between £56 billion and £100 billion, is essentially in the hands of a newly appointed, inexperienced transport minister with a less than savoury …
(2019-08-23). US escalates preparations for nuclear war with Russia and China. wsws.org After withdrawing from the INF treaty, the US is accelerating its preparations to fight a nuclear war with China or Russia by testing and stockpiling dangerous new weapons in a nuclear arms race.
(2019-08-23). Kashmir and the US-Russia Power Play in South Asia. globalresearch.ca Russia is reluctant to jeopardize its ultra-profitable arms relationship with India by strategically "balancing" South Asia, which is why the US decided to play this irreplaceable role instead by actively seeking to cut deals in both Afghanistan and Kashmir since …
(2019-08-23). "New Detente" Between Russia and The West? Impacts on the Russia-China Strategic Partnership. globalresearch.ca Macron's Mediation | The dynamics of the New Cold War might undergo a dramatic transformation if the geopolitical game-changer of a "New Detente" between Russia and the West succeeds, which is becoming increasingly possible as proven by recent events. | President Putin's …
(2019-08-23). Brandenburg, Germany: Far-right AfD leads polls in state election. wsws.org While large parts of Brandenburg have been deindustrialised and abandoned, nearly 600 millionaires live in the state.
(2019-08-23). Video: Under the "Shield", US Nuclear Weapons in Europe. globalresearch.ca The NATO missile site at Deveselu in Romania (photo), which is part of the US Aegis "defence missiles" system, has finished its "update", begun last April. NATO's communique assures that it has added "no offensive capacity to the system", which …
(2019-08-23). The War on Libya, US-Turkey Power Play? Marshal Haftar vs Recep Erdogan. globalresearch.ca Marshal Haftar made this statement when speaking at the LNA TV channel from Benghazi for the first time after a long break. | "The Libyan National Army will defeat any plot to build foreign bases that support and finance terrorism in …
(2019-08-23). Despite Massive Police Lockdown, Protesters Vow to Offer 'Radical Solutions' to Counter G7 Failures. commondreams.org "If they were really interested in building a fairer world, surely the G7 would not need to put the whole region of France into lockdown, with thousands of police and 'unprecedented' levels of security." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/g7-inequality-police-unprecedented.jpg …
(2019-08-23). Sen. Merkley on the Dangers of a New Nuclear Arms Race & Why He Backs the Green New Deal. democracynow.org 
Fallout from the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is mounting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to prepare for what he called a "symmetrical response" after the U.S. tested what it said was a nonnuclear cruise missile earlier this week. The U.S. launch was the first test of its kind since the Trump administration withdrew from the INF. We speak to Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon about U.S. nuclear policy, as well as the Green New Deal, President Trump's wish to buy Greenland and more.
(2019-08-23). The Latest Victim in the Crucifixion of Julian Assange. truthdig.com 
The case of Ola Bini, a Swedish data privacy activist and associate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has been shrouded in mystery since his arrest in Quito, Ecuador, on April 11. He was detained on the same day Assange was forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy in the United Kingdom, inevitably raising questions about whether Bini was being held because of his connection with Assange and whether the United States was involved in the case in some form. | Bini, who initially…
(2019-08-23). Congo's Patrice Lumumba: The Winds of Reaction in Africa. counterpunch.org 
The Congo won independence from Belgium in June 1960 with Patrice Lumumba, age 35, as Prime Minister. Immediately it began to fall apart, under revanchist Belgian assault, Cold War pressures, adjacent settler colonial reaction and collaborationist Congolese elites like Moise Tshombe and Joseph Desire Mobutu. On 12 July Lumumba and President Kasavubu asked UN Secretary More
(2019-08-22). Italy's Right-Wing Government Collapses — Will the Next One Be Better? therealnews.com 
Matteo Salvini of the right-wing League party tried to maneuver for new elections, but failed. Now coalition talks are happening to see if the anti-corruption 5-Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party can form a government. Luciana Castellina assess the situation…
(2019-08-22). Italy's Right-Wing Government Collapses — Will the Next One Be Better? therealnews.com Matteo Salvini of the right-wing League party tried to maneuver for new elections, but failed. Now coalition talks are happening to see if the anti-corruption 5-Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party can form a government. Luciana Castellini assess the situation…
(2019-08-22). France: 'G7 and Its Summit are Illegitimate', Aurelie Trouve. telesurenglish.net Environmental activists, human rights defenders, gender activists and social leaders began on Wednesday a "counter-summit" to protest the Group of Seven (G7) meeting which will be held in Biarritz, in the Basque Country, in France, from August 24 to 26. | RELATED: | Over 13,200 Police to Be Deployed at G7 Meeting | Convened by G7Ez Platform and Alternatives G7, the counter-summit was inaugurated in Irun, a town near the border with France, where spokespersons from different soci…
(2019-08-22). Al-Golani's Defiance of Turkey Leads to Syrian Government Control of Khan Sheikhoun. globalresearch.ca During the first week of this month of August, the ex-ISIS commander and current head of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) Abu Mohammad al-Golani held a press conference in the occupied northern city of Idlib. He declared …
(2019-08-22). Greece's New Democracy government intensifies Syriza's anti-refugee policy. wsws.org As it plans stepped-up police-state repression, ND bases itself directly on policies of the previous pseudo-left Syriza ("Coalition of the Radical Left") government.
(2019-08-22). Russia Must Respond to Threat of New US Missile: Vladimir Putin. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the United States on Wednesday to resume their mutual arms-control negotiations, after describing a new missile recently tested by Washington as "a threat" that will require a response from Moscow. | RELATED: | China, Russia Accuse US of Inciting New Arms Race | The Russian government was "disappointed" to see the United States test the new weapon less than three weeks after Washington formally renounced the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty…
(2019-08-22). Italy: Conte resigns, coalition with Salvini 'ended'. greenleft.org.au 
Daniele FulviIssue 1234 Italy rise of the far right League Five Star Movement (M5S)Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation on August 20, effectively ending the coalition govern…
(2019-08-22). France's Macron Tells Johnson It's Too Late For New Brexit Deal. telesurenglish.net French President Emmanuel Macron told Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday that there was not enough time to wholly rewrite Britain's Brexit divorce deal before an Oct. 31 deadline. | RELATED: | UK To Face Food, Fuel, Drugs Deficit: Leaked Brexit Document | Johnson met Macron at the Elysee Palace a day after talks in Be…
(2019-08-21). Italian Prime Minister Conte resigns, but what comes next? uwidata.com 
On Tuesday, Giuseppe Conte, the Chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers, announced his resignation. In a speech before the Senate, he declared his intention to ask President Mattarella for permission to leave his office early. Conte was all but forced into the decision by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who was about to initiate …
(2019-08-21). Trump might one day NUKE Denmark, 'prophetic' Ted Cruz predicted in 2016. rt.com 
No one could have predicted in 2016 that US President Donald Trump would be throwing a geopolitical hissy fit over Denmark's refusal to consider his offer to buy Greenland. No one, that is, except… Republican ex-rival Ted Cruz? | "I don't know anyone who would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having his finger on the [nuclear] button. We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would've nuked Denmark," Cruz told a crowd during a New Hampshire campaign event in February 2016. | With Trump cancelling a visit to Denmark in a fit of pique after PM Mette Fredriksen ref…
(2019-08-21). OMG Trump Cancels Denmark! dissidentvoice.org 
This morning the Danes could wake up to a Twitter message from US President Trump that he was anyhow not going to Denmark on September 2-3 — in spite of the fact that it had been confirmed and that, formally at least, he had been invited by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II herself. Here is …
(2019-08-21). 'She blew me off': Trump lashes out at 'nasty' Danish PM over refusal to sell Greenland. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump is not happy with the "nasty" manner in which he was publicly rebuffed by the Danish PM after she rejected outright his offer to "buy" Greenland, and he's not staying quiet about it. | Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, said he cancelled his planned meeting with PM Mette Frederiksen because she had issued an "inappropriate" statement and "you don't talk to the United States that way." | Trump says the prime minister of Denmark was "nasty" and "inappropriate" by publicly rejecting his unsolicited proposal to buy Greenland in the way she did. He says she could…
(2019-08-21). Why the Democratic National Committee Must Change the Rules and Hold a Climate Debate. theintercept.com 
A girl holds a sign that reads "pull the emergency brake" at a ceremony to commemorate the Okjà∂kull glacier in Iceland, on Aug. 18, 2019. | recorded in human history. You are meeting on the same week that smoke from a record number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest turned day into night in the Brazilian megapolis of Sà£o Paulo. And you are meeting just days after Iceland's prime minister led her country in its first (2019-08-21). Italy: Center-Left Democratic Party Pushes for New Coalition. telesurenglish.net Following the breakdown of the ruling Italian populist coalition, the country's main party, the Democratic Party (PD) said it was ready to hold negotiations with a long-time political rival, the Five-Star party. | RELATED: | Italy: Officials Finally Allow 'Open Arms' Migrants to Land | The PD's proposal came Wednesday as part of an attempt to avoid any early elections that could bring the League, led by the Minister of Interior, Matteo Salvini, to power. If such a scenario were…
(2019-08-21). Trump's Greenland Grab Is a Throwback to the Foulest Imperialism. thenation.com Trump's Greenland Grab Is a Throwback to the Foulest Imperialism…
(2019-08-21). "Based on the Fact She Won't Sell Me Greenland, I'm Staying Home" dissidentvoice.org Denmark, by all reports one of the happiest, most affluent societies on earth, retains a symbolic monarchy for patriotic purposes. One of the Queen's duties is to invite foreign leaders for state visits. So Margrethe II did the politically normal, correct thing and invited the U.S. president. She knew, of course, from her briefings that …
(2019-08-21). Trump pulls out of planned Denmark visit after PM shuts door on Greenland sale. thecanary.co US president Donald Trump said he is postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark's prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale of Greenland. | Trump recently floated the idea of purchasing the island — owned by Denmark — but said as recently as Sunday that such a transaction was not a top priority. | Denmark had scoffed at the idea, saying Greenland was not for sale. | Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postpo…
(2019-08-21). In one tweet, Jeremy Corbyn shows exactly why he's the leader the world needs. thecanary.co As The Canary reported, a coup is currently underway in Turkey against democratically elected mayors in three predominately Kurdish cities. But while there's been a deafening silence from the Conservative Party over the actions of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan, Jeremy Corbyn has spoken out: | The arrest of political leaders and act…
(2019-08-21). Turkey: HDP calls for mobilisations against AKP attacks — 'We will not be silenced, we will not be stopped…'. greenleft.org.au 
Kurdish struggle Susan PriceIssue 1234 Turkey Turkish arrests Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)Human rights organisations, solidarity groups and the European Union have condemne…
(2019-08-21). Johnson told EU is united over Brexit stance as he prepares for Merkel meeting. thecanary.co 
The European Union has restated its "single united position" over Brexit as Boris Johnson prepares for talks with the leaders of its most influential nations.The prime minister is set to meet German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday and French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday in his first overseas trip since entering Number 10.On Saturday, Johnson will be at the G7 summit, where he will meet other world leaders including US president Donald Trump. | But Brussels insisted Johnson would not be able to undermine the EU's unity by holding bilateral meetings with the German and French leade…
(2019-08-21). Headlines for August 21, 2019. democracynow.org Amazon Wildfires Spark Fears of Environmental Disaster as Sà£o Paulo Goes Dark from Smoke, Trump Expected to End Flores Agreement, Slashing Protections for Child Migrants, CBP Will Not Vaccinate Jailed Migrants as Doctors Say At Least 3 Detained Children Died from Flu, Lawsuits Allege "Torture" in Migrant Jails and Child Abuse in Foster Care, Italy in Turmoil as Prime Minister Resigns, Migrants Disembark from Rescue Ship in Italy After Being Stranded at Sea for 3 Weeks, Trump Cancels Denmark Visit over Refusal to Discuss Selling Greenland, Trump Attacks Tlaib & Omar, Says Jews Are "Disloyal" If They Vote De…
(2019-08-20). Turkey and China One Road One Belt Project. uwidata.com 
In recent years, thanks to the development of Turkey's transit fleet and the emergence of a vibrant and active private sector in this sector, Turkey has been able to take a fair share of the road transport market with the countries of the region by creating competitive advantages. Turkey and the Modern Silk Road Project …