The World's Most Liveable Cities: Melbourne Loses to Vienna
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-15
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has gone about its annual business of releasing its World's Most Liveable City index, the sort of flotsam that matters less to urban planners than hedge-fund …
globalresearch.ca/the-worlds-most-liveable-cities-melbourne-loses-to-vienna/5650670

US Provided "Intelligence" and Bomb Used in Massacre of Yemeni Schoolchildren
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-15
Last Thursday's horrific bombing of a bus full of school children in northern Yemen was carried out using a weapon sold to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition by the United States, photo …
globalresearch.ca/us-provided-intelligence-and-bomb-used-in-massacre-of-yemeni-schoolchildren/5650685

'The Greatest Intelligence Operation of Our Time': Investigative Journalist Details How Trump Has Been Compromise by Russia for Years
Travis Gettys, Raw Story | alternet.org | 2018-08-15
Craig Unger explains how "Trump Tower become sort of a cathedral of money laundering. " | An investigative journalist explained on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that President Donald Trump's real estate business was essentially a money laundering front. Craig Unger alleges in his new book, "House of Putin, House of Trump," that th. . .
alternet.org/greatest-intelligence-operation-our-time-investigative-journalist-details-how-trump-has-been

Monsanto Guilty Verdict Is Only The Beginning
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-15
A jury trial in California has resulted in a guilty verdict against the agrichemical and GMO giant, Monsanto, now Bayer/Monsanto. The judge has ordered Monsanto to pay damages of USD 289 …
globalresearch.ca/monsanto-guilty-verdict-is-only-the-beginning/5650659

TSA Defends Orwellian Secretive Domestic Surveillance Program
ZeroHedge.com | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-15
Just like Edward Snowden and the NSA, the pushback against indiscriminate profiling is rising as "dozens of air marshals have raised concerns about the Quiet Skies program." | The post TSA Defends Orwellian Secretive Domestic Surveillance Program appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/tsa-defends-orwellian-secretive-domestic-surveillance-program/247730/

Mueller Investigation Seeks to Implicate WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in "Russian Interference"
James Cogan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-15
The investigation headed by Special Counsel and former FBI director Robert Mueller into alleged "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election has entered a new stage….
globalresearch.ca/mueller-investigation-seeks-to-implicate-wikileaks-and-julian-assange-in-russian-interference/5650706

Mueller investigation seeks to implicate WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in "Russian interference"
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-15
The purported evidence of ties between Russian intelligence, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks is threadbare to the point of being ludicrous.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/15/cred-a15.html

Two new pamphlets from Mehring Books
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-15
Mehring Books is pleased to announce that two new pamphlets–The World Socialist Web Site and the Defense of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and The 2018 Teacher Rebellion–are available for online purchase.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/15/mehr-a15.html

Cables document CIA Director Haspel's direct role in torture at black site in Thailand
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-15
The 16 cables from Haspel published by the National Security Archive document scenes fit for a medieval dungeon.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/15/hasp-a15.html

Elizabeth Warren Demands in Letter That U.S. Military Explain Its Role in Yemen Bombings
Alex Emmons | theintercept.com | 2018-08-14
Citing an intelligence report published by The Intercept and last week's killing of children, Warren asks for the truth on the U.S. role in Yemen. | The post Elizabeth Warren Demands in Letter That U.S. Military Explain Its Role in Yemen Bombings appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/14/elizabeth-warren-yemen-bombing-us-military/

How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-14
As Monsanto comes under scrutiny for allegedly hiding the dangers of its weed killer, Roundup, we talk to a reporter who says the company attempted to censor and discredit her when she published stories on their product that contradicted their business interests. Carey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist and author of "Whitewash – The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science."
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/how_monsanto_plants_stories_suppresses_science

How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science and Silences Dissent
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-08-14
As Monsanto comes under scrutiny for allegedly hiding the dangers of its weed killer, Roundup, we talk to a reporter who says the company attempted to censor and discredit her when she published stories on their product that contradicted their business interests. Carey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist and author of Whitewash–The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, Democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. We are looking at Friday's historic verdict in a lawsuit against US agribusiness giant Monsanto. In a groundbreaking decision, a jury in California ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to a school groundskeeper who developed cancer after regularly using the weed killer Roundup on the school lawns. The 46-year-old man, Dewayne Lee Johnson, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors…
truthout.org/video/how-monsanto-plants-stories-suppresses-science-and-silences-dissent/

Historic Ruling Against Monsanto Finds Company Acted with "Malice" Against Groundskeeper with Cancer
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-14
California jurors have awarded $289 million in a historic verdict against Monsanto in the case of a school groundskeeper who developed cancer after using its weed killer, Roundup. We speak with Brent Wisner, the lead trial counsel for Dewayne Lee Johnson, who has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors say he is unlikely to live past 2020. Johnson's was the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging glyphosate causes cancer. Filed in 2016, it was fast-tracked for trial due to the severity of his illness.
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/historic_ruling_against_monsanto_finds_company

As Monsanto Pays $289 Million to Cancer Victim, Bayer Shares Plunge
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-08-14
Shares in Bayer took a nosedive on Monday — just days after newly-acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay $289 million in damages to a man who alleged that the company's glyphosate-based herbicides, including the widely used weedkiller Roundup, caused his cancer. | At one point the German pharmaceutical giant's shares fell by as much as 14 percent, Reuters reported, marking a loss in value of roughly $14 billion. | It capped off the US trading day as one of the " biggest losers," ending at a 10-percent loss. | Friday was also a losing day for Monsanto, which Bayer AG controversially acquired for $62.5 billion in June. In a landmark trial, a San Francisco jury unanimously found that the company failed to warn school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, who's suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and other consumers of the cancer…
truthout.org/articles/as-monsanto-to-pays-289-million-to-cancer-victim-bayer-shares-plunge/

SPLC sues Trump administration for approving Arkansas Medicaid work requirement
splcenter.org | splcenter.org | 2018-08-14
Cesar Ardon was a welder for 15 years before he had surgery last year to remove a baseball-sized tumor over his right ribs.
splcenter.org/news/2018/08/14/splc-sues-trump-administration-approving-arkansas-medicaid-work-requirement

Iraq To Respect Dollar Ban But Not All US Sanctions On Iran
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-08-14
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stepped back from his commitment to abide by new US sanctions on Iran on Monday, saying his government would only respect the dollar ban in transactions with Iran. "I did not say we abide by the sanctions, I said we abide by not using dollars in transactions. We have no […] | The post Iraq To Respect Dollar Ban But Not All US Sanctions On Iran appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/08/13/iraq-sanctions-on-iran/

Trump 'Absolutely' Knew WikiLeaks Had Clinton Emails Before They Were Released: Omarosa
Elizabeth Preza, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-08-14
Omarosa Manigault-Newman told MSNBC's Katy Tur she's been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller. | Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the former White House aide turned enemy, on Tuesday claimed Donald Trump had prior knowledge that WikiLeaks had emails from Hillary Clinton campaign associates. In an interview with MSNBC's Katy Tur to. . .
alternet.org/trump-absolutely-knew-wikileaks-had-clinton-emails-they-were-released-omarosa

Can Big Internet Security Problems Be Fixed Retroactively? (2/2)
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-13
Cybersecurity, affordable Internet access for all, market share concentration in US & Chinese Internet giants, e-commerce and cross-border free flow of data, ownership of citizens' collective data and the value-added of artificial intelligence are all material in a wide ranging discussion on global Internet governance issues with Richard Hill | The post Can Big Interne…
therealnews.com/stories/can-big-internet-security-problems-be-fixed-retroactively-2-2

Business Models of NSA & Companies Like Google Are About the Same? (1/2)
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-13
In a wide ranging discussion on global Internet governance issues, Richard Hill explains that at the international level the US is deliberately structuring Internet governance to ensure unrestricted corporate freedom and to favor its own surveillance apparatus and largely denies certain Internet services should be public services or public goods | The post Busine…
therealnews.com/stories/business-models-of-nsa-companies-like-google-are-about-the-same-1-2

Workers and youth in UK speak out against continued persecution of Julian Assange
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-13
August 16 will mark six years since WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/13/ints-a13.html

'Hulking muscled guards': CIA cable gives steamy description of 'enhanced' interrogation
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-13
A declassified cable detailing torture at a CIA blacksite in Thailand operated by now-CIA Director Gina Haspel employed hokey language perhaps better suited for an erotic novel — as opposed to documenting the agency's actions.
rt.com/usa/435841-cia-cable-fifty-shades-torture/

This week in history: August 13-19
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-13
25 years ago: Clinton unveils health care "reform" to cut costs for corporate employersIn a speech to the National Governors Association on August 16, 1993, President Bill Clinton outlined the substance of his proposed health care reform program. Speaking to the group that he previously headed while governor of Arkansas, Clinton largely dropped the reformist pretenses associated with his promises to working people and explained in blunt language that the purpose of the "reform" was to cut costs for the government and corporate employers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/13/twih-a13.html

Nuclear Deal: Is The MEK Playing Into Anti-Iranian Sentiments?
Catherine Shakdam | iranian.com | 2018-08-12
Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Library in July, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing critique of Iran and its policies — a knee-jerk reaction, one could argue, to Washington's debacle in both Iraq and Syria. If America's distaste for the Islamic Republic has always run deep, Washington's grandstanding on national security and […] | The post Nuclear Deal: Is The MEK Playing Into Anti-Iranian Sentiments? appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/08/11/mek-anti-iranian/

Senator Richard Burr: a Longtime Fan of Torture
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-11
Newly released declassified documents prove once and for all that CIA Director Gina Haspel oversaw torture in Thailand, which the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee knew all along, as Ray McGovern explains. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/11/senator-richard-burr-a-longtime-fan-of-torture/

Declassified cables sent by CIA Director Gina Haspel reveal extreme torture of al-Qaeda suspect
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-11
The extreme torture of a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist, including waterboarding, forced nudity and a "walling technique," have been detailed in newly declassified cables sent by a current CIA director Gina Haspel.
rt.com/usa/435735-gina-haspel-cia-torture/

Jury orders Monsanto to pay California man $289mn in 'probably carcinogenic' Roundup trial
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-10
A groundskeeper who developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after using Monsanto's weed-killers for years is entitled to $39 million in compensation and $250 million in punitive damages, a California jury has decided.
rt.com/usa/435693-monsanto-roundup-cancer-trial/

Assange should secure immunity before taking risk of testifying to Senate — whistleblower Kiriakou
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-09
Julian Assange should ensure he's granted immunity from prosecution before testifying to the Senate Intelligence Committee, former CIA officer John Kiriakou told RT, citing previous US attempts to charge those who did testify.
rt.com/usa/435543-assange-senate-testimony-kiriakou/

VIPS Asks Twitter to Restore Van Buren's Account
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-08
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity in a memo to the Twitter board of directors questions its decision to suspend the account of one of its members without due process. August 8, 2018 TO: Twitter Board of Directors FROM: Veteran… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/07/vips-asks-twitter-to-restore-van-burens-account/

Do Historic Victories & Tight Races in Primaries Mean Dems Could Retake Senate & House in November?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-08
Voters headed to the polls Tuesday for a special election in Ohio and primaries in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and Washington. A special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District remains too close to call, but Republican Troy Balderson has already claimed victory over Democrat Danny O'Connor to serve the remainder of former Republican Congressmember Pat Tiberi's term. Balderson leads by just 1,754 votes, and thousands of absentee and provisional ballots still need to be counted. O'Connor is hoping to pull off a major upset. President Trump won the district in 2016 by a margin of more than 11 percent. In Michi…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/8/do_historic_victories_tight_races_in

Assange's Senate testimony could 'destroy conspiracy theory that Russia hacked DNC' — journalist
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-08
If he accepts the Senate's request to testify, Julian Assange may provide evidence that would upend allegations that Russia hacked the DNC, putting to rest two years of Russiagate hysteria, journalist Patrick Henningsen told RT.
rt.com/usa/435463-assange-senate-testimony-destroy-russiagate/

US Senate Intelligence Committee calls Julian Assange to testify – WikiLeaks
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-08
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has requested that persecuted WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange testify before committee staff. The committee is investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.
rt.com/usa/435433-us-senate-intelligence-committee-calls/