sábado, 30 de septiembre de 2017

Two million West Papuans sign banned freedom petition | New Internationalist

71% of the indigenous population of West Papua defied the Indonesian government by signing a banned petition.

They demand a new vote for the independence of West Papua.

Freedom for West Papua: a West Papuan signing the petition. Photo: Free West Papua campaign

Une certaine idée de la France, par Jean de Gliniasty (Le Monde diplomatique, octobre 2017)

Le président Emmanuel Macron a pris quelque distance avec les
orientations néoconservatrices de ses deux prédécesseurs en matière de
politique étrangère. Après une campagne
marquée de manière inédite par les questions diplomatiques, cette
apparente inflexion souligne la singularité de la position française,
baptisée «gaullo-mitterrandisme».

Breaking Video: ISIS Fighter Admits that ISIS Is Forbidden to Attack Kurdish Forces in Deir Ezzor | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

A video has just been released on social media showing the interview of
an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor who admits that the terrorist group’s
forces in the region are forbidden by their commanders from attacking
US-backed, Kurdish-led militias.

Syria: Civilians Die in Russian, Syrian and U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrikes | Democracy Now!

Anti-government forces say Syrian and Russian warplanes bombed
hospitals, civil defense centers, power stations and camps for displaced
civilians in Idlib province over the last week, killing 152 civilians. In Raqqa, Airwars
reports U.S.-led coalition attacks have killed at least 61 civilians
since last Saturday, including a young child and a father of six.

More radioactive material to be released into the Pacific Ocean from the failed Fukushima power plant

More radioactive material to be released into the Pacific Ocean from the failed Fukushima power plant.

Monsanto banned from European parliament | Environment | The Guardian

Spanish Government Orders Google To Delete App Used For Catalan Independence Vote

<<<< http://theantimedia.org/google-delete-catalan-independence…/ >>>

CATALONIA --- Catalonia: destined to win | VilaWeb

Catalonia: destined to win | VilaWeb

Catalonia: destined to win

«Would you please make sure that you enjoy to the fullest
everything that will happen from now on? Do it simply because we are the
privileged generation that is destined to win»

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION --- UN’s Human Rights Office decries crackdown on Catalan referendum | VilaWeb

UN’s Human Rights Office decries crackdown on Catalan referendum | VilaWeb

Two UN experts have written a report
published by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
decrying Spain’s crackdown on the referendum slated for October 1. In a
statement titled “Spain must respect fundamental rights in response to
the Catalan referendum”, the experts call on the Spanish government to
call off its crackdown on the vote so as not to infringe upon the
fundamental rights of freedom of speech, assembly, association and
public participation.

Penned by UN experts Alfred de Zayas and David Kaye, the report
argues that —regardless of the lawfulness of the vote— the Spanish
authorities have a responsibility to respect those rights that are
essential to democratic societies. Zayas and Kay refer to the street
protests, the blocking of websites and the ban on political events.

The authors go on to explain the arrests of senior government
officials and the charges of sedition filed against grassroots leaders
(namely, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart). The note refers to the
measures adopted by the Spanish authorities as “worrying” because “they
appear to violate fundamental individual rights, cutting off public
information and the possibility of debate at a critical moment for
Spain’s democracy.”

Furthermore, Zayas and Kaye voice concern about the presence of over
four thousand Spanish police officers in Catalonia, as this might
heighten tension and social unrest. Finally, they urge both parties to
avoid violence of any kind to ensure people can protest peacefully.

Under-Ocean Military Bases: There Is More Than Just One Area 51… See For Yourself – Collective Evolution

“It is ironic that the U.S. would begin a devastating war,
allegedly in search of weapons of mass destruction, when the most
worrisome developments in this field are occurring in your own backyard.
It is ironic that the U.S. should be fighting monstrously expensive
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, allegedly to bring democracy to those
countries, when it itself can no longer claim to be called a democracy,
when trillions, and I mean thousands of billions of dollars have been
spent on projects about which both the Congress and the Commander
in Chief have been kept deliberately in the dark.” – Paul Hellyer (Former Canadian Defence Minister)

Behind the Saudi-led Blockade of Qatar | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

ASAD ISMI: A blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt entered its third month in August as
negotiations to end it remained
deadlocked. The comprehensive blockade cuts diplomatic relations between
the countries, closes borders and land, air and sea routes, and even
prohibits citizens of the boycotting nations from working in Qatar. Iran
has rushed to Qatar’s aid and is flying large food shipments into the
country.

jueves, 28 de septiembre de 2017

The Rise of the New McCarthyism – Consortiumnews

Special
Report: As the New McCarthyism takes hold in America, the neocon
Washington Post makes Russia the villain in virtually every bad thing
that happens, with U.S. dissidents treated as “fellow-travelers,” writes
Robert Parry.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/the-rise-of-the-new-mccarthyi…/

Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wisconsin, who led the “Red Scare” hearings of the 1950s.

New Earthquake Leaves Mexico on Edge – Consortiumnews

Mexico
continues to struggle with recovery after another earthquake over the
weekend left some people still trapped inside collapsed buildings and
many Mexicans on edge, as Molly Kate Goss described to Dennis J
Bernstein.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/new-earthquake-leaves-mexico-…/

Israel planning war crime against Khan al-Ahmar families | The Electronic Intifada

If the planned expulsion proceeds, this would be the second time the community of Khan al-Ahmar is forcibly displaced.

Children
on the first day of school in the occupied West Bank village of Khan
al-Ahmar, 23 August 2017. Israel plans to demolish the entire Bedouin
community, including the school.

Shadi Hatem
APA images

Know Your Stuff: The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser

The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser on acTVism Munich

In this educational video with Swiss historian Dr. Daniele Ganser, who specializes
in post-World War ll contemporary history and International Politics,
we talk about the meaning of the term “War on Terror” (also known as
Global War on Terrorism) and how the military industrial complex
benefits from its usage.

Link: http://www.actvism.org/…/politics/daniele-ganser-terrorism…/

Know Your Stuff: The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser

AUDIO: Introducing the European New Deal | Yanis Varoufakis

In this audio recording, founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement
2025 & former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis,
identifies the problems confronting the
European Union today. In addition Varoufakis unveils the “European New
Deal”, a socio-economic plan that provides an alternative to prevailing
austerity policies which he argues are fueling the rise of the
„international nationalists” across the Europe.

Link: http://www.actvism.org/en/politics/european-new-deal/

Yanis Varoufakis – Introducing the European New Deal

CATALONIA -- The Catalan fight for independence explained – video | World news | The Guardian

The Catalan fight for independence explained – video | World news | The Guardian

CATALONIA

The Catalan fight for independence explained – video

<<< https://www.theguardian.com/…/catalan-independence-explaine… >>

Breaking: Iraqi Troops Join Military Drills in Turkey (Live Video) | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Iraq appears to be cooperating with Turkey in security measures against Kurdish separatist insurgents in northern Iraq.

Analysis by Analogy: Myanmar Is Not Syria | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

TONY CARTALUCCI: In Myanmar, while the US and its Saudi partners are
apparently fueling militancy among the Rohingya population, it was the
US itself who for decades built up the
political networks of the current ruling regime, with Aung San Suu Kyi a
whole-cloth creation of Western media narratives, immense funding and
political support, and a carefully crafted facade to obfuscate from the
public for decades the true, nationalist and even genocidal nature of
Suu Kyi’s supposedly “Buddhist nationalist” support base.

Trump’s Generals Fatten the Pentagon – Consortiumnews

President
Trum’s troika of generals may ease public fears about his irascible
unpredictability, but they also are busy padding the U.S. military
budget and fattening up friendly arms manufacturers, JP Sottile writes.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/trumps-generals-fatten-the-pe…/

The Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Defense Department, as viewed
with the Potomac River and Washington, D.C., in the background. (Defense
Department photo)

Russia Pays Price for America’s Hypocritical Policy

It's time for the United States government to answer some very difficult
questions regarding its operations in Syria, its goals and who exactly
does America side with to achieve them.

CATALONIA --- Spanish Government Cracks Down on Catalan Independence Vote

Spanish Government Cracks Down on Catalan Independence Vote

CATALONIA

Spanish police have arrested Catalan officials, and seized electoral
materials, in an attempt to stop Sundays' independence referendum.

<<< http://therealnews.com/…/story:20061:Spanish-Government-Cra… >>>

Municipalism and the Feminization of Politics --- ROAR Magazine

ROAR Magazine

"Municipalism has the potential to feminize politics in a way that
political action at the national or transnational level does not. It
offers radical opportunities to change the underlying dynamics of the
system and construct emancipatory alternatives from below."

Amina Gichinga, Take Back the City, London

Cold War Then. Cold War Now. | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The
anti-Russian/anti-Soviet bias in the American media appears to have no
limit. You would think that they would have enough self-awareness and
enough journalistic integrity -– just enough -– to be concerned about
their image. But it keeps on coming, piled higher and deeper.

Syria: Coalition Airstrikes Killed Dozens Near Raqqa | Human Rights Watch

acTVism Munich Editorial Pick: Human Rights Watch

U.S. Airstrikes on School and Market Killed 84 Civilians in March.

“These attacks killed dozens of civilians, including
children, who had sought shelter in a school or were lining up buy
bread at a bakery,” said Ole Solvang, deputy emergencies director at
Human Rights Watch. “If coalition forces did not know that there were
civilians at these sites, they need to take a long, hard look at the
intelligence they are using to verify its targets because it clearly was
not good enough.”

Big Institutions: Immunities, Impunities and Insanities | HuffPost

Ralph Nader

"Our
moral and ethical codes and our civil and criminal laws were originally
designed to hold individuals accountable. The kings of yore operated
under a divine right of being above the laws.

With the rise and proliferation of ever more multi-tiered governmental
and corporate bureaucracies, methods of immunity, impunity and secrecy
were built into these structures to shield them from moral/ethical codes
and laws. Increasingly, we are ruled by no-fault big corporations and
their no-fault toady governments."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/big-institutionsimmunities-…

CATALONIA ---- Catalan leaders compare Spain to North Korea after referendum sites blocked | World news | The Guardian

Catalan leaders compare Spain to North Korea after referendum sites blocked | World news | The Guardian

CATALONIA

The Catalan regional government has accused the Spanish authorities of
behaving like Turkey, China and North Korea by blocking websites
designed to help people vote in Sunday’s independence referendum.

<<< https://www.theguardian.com/…/catalans-compare-spain-to-nor… >>>

Demonstrators for and against Catalan independence face off in Barcelona.
Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Leaked Clinton Emails Confirm Saudi Arabia, Qatar Funding ISIS

Over three years after we first reported that one of the two chief
sources of funding and support for the “Islamic State” is the small but wealthy nation of Qatar, and long after we also announced that Saudi Arabia had revealed that it was behind ISIS, in a report that was widely disputed,
overnight we finally got definitive evidence that it was indeed Qatar
and Saudi Arabia that are the main “logistical and financial” supporters
of the Islamic State terrorist organization.

In a leaked email sent
on August 17, 2014 by Hillary Clinton to her current campaign manager,
John Podesta, who back then was counselor to Barack Obama, she admitted
that Qatar and Saudi Arabia “are providing clandestine financial and
logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region.”

Saudi
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, right, U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, center, and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah
Khaled al-Hamad Al-Sabah, left, stand together prior to a group photo
before a US- Gulf Cooperation Council forum at the Gulf Cooperation
Council Secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 31, 2012.

The Kurds: Washington’s Weapon Of Mass Destabilization

A civil war may break out in Iraq thanks to the Israeli-backed Iraqi Kurdistan referendum.

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- ’Catalonia will set a precedent for democracy in Europe and the Western world,’ said Assange

’Catalonia will set a precedent for democracy in Europe and the Western world,’ said Assange

The founder of WikiLeaks said that Spain has committed "several attacks
on freedom of expression" and that those attacks are “pushing” Spain
"towards a censorship similar to that in China”.
➡ https://goo.gl/YbVSzN

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION --- Spain's actions to be challenged in European Court of Human Rights

Spain's actions to be challenged in European Court of Human Rights

#Spain's actions are a "violation of fundamental #rights" says lawyer preparing case for #European court ➡️ https://goo.gl/6cZfJU

A Gift to Rich Families Like His, Trump's Push to Repeal Estate Tax Denounced as 'Shameful' | Common Dreams

"Does anyone honestly believe that giving $4 billion of taxpayer money
to Donald Jr, Eric, Tiffany, Ivanka, and Barron will advance the lives
of hard-working Americans?"

The Trumps are one of the few American families that would benefit from
the president's proposed repeal of the estate tax. (Photo: Joe
Raedle/Getty Images)

miércoles, 27 de septiembre de 2017

Glyphosate : pour José Bové, la grogne des céréaliers est «scandaleuse» - Libération

Tribune : quand le lobby céréalier fait pression pour l'autorisation du glyphosate alors qu'il sait ses pratiques illégales...

Glyphosate : pour José Bové, la grogne des céréaliers est «scandaleuse»

AFP

US Provides Military Aid To More Than 70 Percent Of World’s Dictatorships

About three-quarters of the world’s dictatorships currently receive
military assistance from the United States. This is a strange record for
a nation that consistently justifies its sweeping foreign interventions as aimed at “promoting democracy” and “thwarting evil dictatorships.”

http://www.mintpressnews.com/us-provides-military-aid-70…/…/

Very Dangerous Escalation in Syria. Russia “Officially” Accuses US of Collaborating with ISIS. Pentagon to Attack Russian Forces Directly | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

By now many of you must have heard the news: a Russian
Lieutenant-General, Valery Asapov, and two Colonels have been killed in
what appears to be a very precisely
targeted mortar attack. Just as in the case of the Russian military
police unit recently attacked near Deir ez-Zor, the Russians are
accusing the Americans of being behind this attack.

Brazil’s Latest Outbreak of Drug Gang Violence Highlights the Real Culprit: the War on Drugs

Organized criminals will arm themselves and kill in order to control
drug trades that are made extremely profitable by criminalization laws.

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION --- Julian Assange �� en Twitter: "Spain's military police block more than 140 web sites in huge censorship campaign against Catalonian Oct 1 vote https://t.co/7sKUyeKQps"

Julian Assange �� en Twitter: "Spain's military police block more than 140 web sites in huge censorship campaign against Catalonian Oct 1 vote https://t.co/7sKUyeKQps"

Spain's GuardiaCivil seize more than 140 web sites in huge censorship campaign against Catalonian Oct 1 vote

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION ----- Media statement: Violation of the right of self-determination of the Catalan People | Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner

Media statement: Violation of the right of self-determination of the Catalan People | Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner

Media statement: Violation of the right of self-determination of the Catalan People

A matter of urgency: What follows is a
media statement I wrote on 20 September calling for calm and respect for
all human rights in Catalonia, for dialogue and an end to repressive
and undemocratic measures. The Office has thus far refused to issue my
statement. Is this censorship? Any person committed to human rights has
a duty to speak out, but many in Brussels and elsewhere seem to prefer
silence

Violation of the right of self-determination of the Catalan People

GENEVA (20 September 2017) – Since
2015 The UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and
equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, has received
communications from representatives of civil society in Cataluña drawing
attention to a cluster of violations of human rights and the rule of
law by the Spanish government. These communications were duly
transmitted to the Spanish government without the desired effect.

On international day of Peace, the
Independent Expert recalls that the right of self-determination is ius
cogens and that no State can violate peremptory norms of international
law with impunity. The Spanish Constitution itself stipulates in its
articles 10 and 96 the supremacy of international law and in particular
international human rights law over of domestic law. The Venice
Commission has criticised the expansion of powers of the Spanish
Constitutional Court to go beyond interpretation of the constitution
with new executive competencies and the power to impose sanctions.

How Americans Approach Facts and Information | Pew Research Center

When people consider engaging with facts and information any number of
factors come into play. How interested are they in the subject? How much
do they trust the sources of
information that relate to the subject? How eager are they to learn
something more? What other aspects of their lives might be competing for
their attention and their ability to pursue information? How much
access do they have to the information in the first place?

(Hero Images/Getty Images)

US Provides Military Aid To More Than 70 Percent Of World’s Dictatorships

For much of its history, the United States government has explained or
defended its intervention in the affairs of other nations by framing
such behavior as necessary to “promote
democracy” abroad and to thwart the advance of “evil dictators.” While
the use of those phrases have hardly dwindled over the years,
establishment figures have been forced to admit that about
three-quarters of the world’s dictatorships currently receive military
assistance from the United States.

How the Pentagon Paid for NFL Displays of Patriotism

In the past days of discussion over whether NFL players have the
right to protest racial inequality and systemic injustice in the United
States, few have brought up the fact that less than a decade ago, football players didn’t even appear on the field during the national anthem.

That all changed in 2009, as the Department of Defense poured millions
of dollars into the NFL in exchange for displays of patriotism during
games.

A massive show at a National Football League game in Cleveland in 2008, one year before the arrival of "paid patriotism." (Wikimedia Commons)

North Korea’s Rational Nuclear Strategy – Consortiumnews

A favorite tactic of U.S. propaganda is to label a foreign adversary
“crazy” to justify a military attack — as is now happening with North
Korea’s Kim Jong Un although his nuclear program really makes logical sense, observes Ted Snider.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/north-koreas-rational-nuclear…/

North Korean missile launch on March 6, 2017.

Ron Paul: How to Finally End the Korea Crisis in 4 Simple Steps

"We
are told that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is a “madman.” That’s
just what they said about Saddam, Gaddafi, Assad, and everyone else the
neocons target for US military action." - Ron Paul

Russian Special Forces Repel a US-planned Attack in Syria, Denounce the USA and Issue a Stark Warning | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The Syrians, with Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian help, have freed Deir
ez-Zor and have crossed the Euphrates river and are moving further East.
In plain English, this means that the
US and Daesh have lost the war and that the last region of Syrian from
which the Anglo-Zionists can hope to partition the country (their
current “plan B”) and establish a permanent US military presence is now
threatened by the Syrian advance.

Selected Articles: Kurdistan Referendum: “Ethnic Cleansing” or Total Independence? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Selected Articles: Kurdistan Referendum: “Ethnic Cleansing” or Total Independence?

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION ----- Home - Referèndum 2017

Home - Referèndum 2017

WIKILEAKS

WEB REFERENDUM

ON VOTAR

As part of our anti-censorship effort we now host a mirror of the #CatalanReferendum site ref1oct.cat https://wikileaks.org/mirrors/catref/en/index.html ~~~

Yemen: Coalition’s Blocking Aid, Fuel Endangers Civilians | Human Rights Watch

“The
Saudi-led coalition should end its unlawful restrictions on imports to
Yemen, and Houthi-Saleh forces should stop interfering with aid.”

A woman holds her child at a hospital malnutrition intensive care unit in Sanaa, Yemen, September 27, 2016.

© 2016 Reuters

Crimes against Humanity by Burmese Security Forces Against the Rohingya Muslim Population

Forced deportation. Murder. Rape. Persecution.

SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION ___ On votar - Referèndum 2017

On votar - Referèndum 2017

WikiLeaks mirror of censored Catalan government referendum site now includes polling stations https://wikileaks.org/mirrors/catref/on-votar/index.html … #Catalunya #Catalonia

The Myth of the Kurdish YPG’s Moral Excellence | what's left

Kurdish forces are not only “retaking” Christian and Muslim Arab towns
in Syria, but are doing the same in the Nineveh province of Iraq—areas
“which were never Kurdish in the first
place. Kurds now regard Qamishleh, and Hassakeh province in Syria as
part of ‘Kurdistan’, although they represent a minority in many of these
areas.”

sábado, 30 de septiembre de 2017

71% of the indigenous population of West Papua defied the Indonesian government by signing a banned petition.

They demand a new vote for the independence of West Papua.

A video has just been released on social media showing the interview of an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor who admits that the terrorist group’s forces in the region are forbidden by their commanders from attacking US-backed, Kurdish-led militias.

More radioactive material to be released into the Pacific Ocean from the failed Fukushima power plant.

Monsanto lobbyists kicked out of the European parliament!

This is the first time this has ever happened to a corporation!

People protest against a planned $66bn takeover of Monsanto by Bayer and Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicides, in Brussels, July 2017. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

Spanish Government Orders Google To Delete App Used For Catalan Independence Vote

<<<< http://theantimedia.org/google-delete-catalan-independence…/ >>>

Catalonia: destined to win

«Would you please make sure that you enjoy to the fullest everything that will happen from now on? Do it simply because we are the privileged generation that is destined to win»

Furthermore, Zayas and Kaye voice concern about the presence of over four thousand Spanish police officers in Catalonia, as this might heighten tension and social unrest. Finally, they urge both parties to avoid violence of any kind to ensure people can protest peacefully.

jueves, 28 de septiembre de 2017

Special Report: As the New McCarthyism takes hold in America, the neocon Washington Post makes Russia the villain in virtually every bad thing that happens, with U.S. dissidents treated as “fellow-travelers,” writes Robert Parry.

Mexico continues to struggle with recovery after another earthquake over the weekend left some people still trapped inside collapsed buildings and many Mexicans on edge, as Molly Kate Goss described to Dennis J Bernstein.

If the planned expulsion proceeds, this would be the second time the community of Khan al-Ahmar is forcibly displaced.

The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser on acTVism Munich

Link: http://www.actvism.org/…/politics/daniele-ganser-terrorism…/

Link: http://www.actvism.org/en/politics/european-new-deal/

CATALONIA

The Catalan fight for independence explained – video

<<< https://www.theguardian.com/…/catalan-independence-explaine… >>

Iraq appears to be cooperating with Turkey in security measures against Kurdish separatist insurgents in northern Iraq.

President Trum’s troika of generals may ease public fears about his irascible unpredictability, but they also are busy padding the U.S. military budget and fattening up friendly arms manufacturers, JP Sottile writes.

It's time for the United States government to answer some very difficult questions regarding its operations in Syria, its goals and who exactly does America side with to achieve them.

CATALONIA

Spanish police have arrested Catalan officials, and seized electoral materials, in an attempt to stop Sundays' independence referendum.

<<< http://therealnews.com/…/story:20061:Spanish-Government-Cra… >>>

"Municipalism has the potential to feminize politics in a way that political action at the national or transnational level does not. It offers radical opportunities to change the underlying dynamics of the system and construct emancipatory alternatives from below."

The anti-Russian/anti-Soviet bias in the American media appears to have no limit. You would think that they would have enough self-awareness and enough journalistic integrity -– just enough -– to be concerned about their image. But it keeps on coming, piled higher and deeper.

acTVism Munich Editorial Pick: Human Rights Watch

U.S. Airstrikes on School and Market Killed 84 Civilians in March.

"Our moral and ethical codes and our civil and criminal laws were originally designed to hold individuals accountable. The kings of yore operated under a divine right of being above the laws.

CATALONIA

The Catalan regional government has accused the Spanish authorities of behaving like Turkey, China and North Korea by blocking websites designed to help people vote in Sunday’s independence referendum.

A video has just been released on social media showing the interview of
an ISIS fighter from Deir Ezzor who admits that the terrorist group’s
forces in the region are forbidden by their commanders from attacking
US-backed, Kurdish-led militias.

People protest against a planned $66bn takeover of Monsanto by Bayer and
Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicides, in Brussels, July 2017.
Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters

«Would you please make sure that you enjoy to the fullest
everything that will happen from now on? Do it simply because we are the
privileged generation that is destined to win»

Furthermore, Zayas and Kaye voice concern about the presence of over
four thousand Spanish police officers in Catalonia, as this might
heighten tension and social unrest. Finally, they urge both parties to
avoid violence of any kind to ensure people can protest peacefully.

Special
Report: As the New McCarthyism takes hold in America, the neocon
Washington Post makes Russia the villain in virtually every bad thing
that happens, with U.S. dissidents treated as “fellow-travelers,” writes
Robert Parry.

Mexico
continues to struggle with recovery after another earthquake over the
weekend left some people still trapped inside collapsed buildings and
many Mexicans on edge, as Molly Kate Goss described to Dennis J
Bernstein.

President
Trum’s troika of generals may ease public fears about his irascible
unpredictability, but they also are busy padding the U.S. military
budget and fattening up friendly arms manufacturers, JP Sottile writes.

It's time for the United States government to answer some very difficult
questions regarding its operations in Syria, its goals and who exactly
does America side with to achieve them.

Spanish police have arrested Catalan officials, and seized electoral
materials, in an attempt to stop Sundays' independence referendum.

"Municipalism has the potential to feminize politics in a way that
political action at the national or transnational level does not. It
offers radical opportunities to change the underlying dynamics of the
system and construct emancipatory alternatives from below."

The
anti-Russian/anti-Soviet bias in the American media appears to have no
limit. You would think that they would have enough self-awareness and
enough journalistic integrity -– just enough -– to be concerned about
their image. But it keeps on coming, piled higher and deeper.

"Our
moral and ethical codes and our civil and criminal laws were originally
designed to hold individuals accountable. The kings of yore operated
under a divine right of being above the laws.

The Catalan regional government has accused the Spanish authorities of
behaving like Turkey, China and North Korea by blocking websites
designed to help people vote in Sunday’s independence referendum.