Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
You mass media folks lead busy lives, I'm sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dear-moderators-of-the-presidential-debates/
Iran's 40-Year Old Financial Dispute with Britain. A Hostage for the Money
Faramarz Davar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
A ruling by the high court in London has just made relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran more complicated, increasing friction at an already tense time. | The court ruled this week that the International Military Services (IMS) …
globalresearch.ca/irans-40-year-financial-dispute-britain-got-more-complicated/5685068
The Future of Iran-UK Tanker Crisis
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-30
WAS IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE UK FOR SEIZING ITS TANKER? Even though Mr. Ali Rabei, the newly appointed speaker of the Iranian Government, and Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, officially rejected the claims that Iranian seizure of the British Tanker in the Persian Gulf was a response to the …
uwidata.com/4514-the-future-of-iran-uk-tanker-crisis/
Iran Won't Let Itself Be Hemmed In by the U.S. and U.K
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/
Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …
globalresearch.ca/irans-b-team-branding-effective-putting-pressure-bolton/5685052
Iran Won't Let Itself Be Hemmed In by the U.S. and U.K
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/
Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dubai-ruler-wife-applies-for-marriage-protection-order-20190730-0019.html
Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html
Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html
The False Promise of Nuclear Power
Robert Jay Lifton, Naomi Oreskes | commondreams.org | 2019-07-30
Climate change itself works against nuclear power; severe droughts have led to the shutting down of reactors as the surrounding waters become too warm to provide the vital cooling function. (Photo: Reinhard Marscha – stock.adobe.com) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tower.jpeg …
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Selected Articles: Billionaires Invest in Outer Space
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-space-lunacy/5685092
European Union threatens Iran with naval mission to Persian Gulf
wsws.org | 2019-07-30
Amid the US war drive against Iran, this mission is a reckless attempt by the European imperialists to grab a share of the resources of the oil-rich Persian Gulf region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/30/euro-j30.html
Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Nuclear Weapons Protest Rally & March at Livermore Labs
Tri Valley Cares & Co-sponsors | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
Livermore Lab, Vasco Rd & Patterson Pass Rd, Livermore, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/27/18825006.php
Fukushima 2020 Olympics Nightmare: Is PM Abe Criminally Insane?
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
This documentary investigates and exposes the plans of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring the Olympics baseball games to contaminated Fukushima. Although there is over a million tons of tritium radioactive water in tanks surrounding the plan, thousands of contamined bags of waste and melted nuclear rods still in the broken plants Abe has claimed to the Olympic Committee and world that Fukushima has been decontaminated.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/28/18825018.php
US govt regulator 'complicit' in radioactive leak at S. Carolina plant
rt.com | 2019-07-30
A leak at a Westinghouse nuclear fuel site is partly the result of inaction by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is tasked with protecting the public from radioactive waste, an analyst told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/465357-radioactive-westinghouse-leak-carolina/
Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Build Nuclear Weapons
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-07-30
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/30/18825071.php
US/UK Militarization of Persian Gulf Waters Risks War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Britain is an appendage of Washington's belligerent imperial agenda. Israel, the Saudis, UAE, and other regional regimes hostile to peace operate the same way. | Sending more US and UK warships to Persian Gulf waters has nothing to do with regional …
globalresearch.ca/usuk-militarization-persian-gulf-waters-risks-war/5684963
Nuclear Disarmament Should Be a Top 2020 Campaign Issue But Is Being Ignored
Howie Hawkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
Two years ago on July 7, 2017, 122 nations approved the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW). The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for spearheading this achievement. Few Americans are aware of it and none of the major presidential candidates are informing …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/nuclear-disarmament-should-be-a-top-2020-campaign-issue-but-is-being-ignored/
The Threat of Nuclear War: Nuclear Disarmament Should be a Top 2020 Campaign Issue. But It's Being Ignored
Howie Hawkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-29
Two years ago on July 7, 2017, 122 nations approved the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW). The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for spearheading this achievement. …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-disarmament-should-top-2020-campaign-issue-being-ignored/5684916
Why Should Iran be Cherished and Defended?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
As I pen this short essay, Iran is standing against the mightiest nation on earth. It is facing tremendous danger; of annihilation even, if the world does not wake up fast, and rush to its rescue. Stunning Iranian cities are in danger, but above all, its people: proud and beautiful, creative, formed by one of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/why-should-iran-be-cherished-and-defended/
There's One Way to Stop Trump From Acting on Nuclear Threats
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2019-07-29
A trusting Senate and policy changes leave the door open for the president to launch such a unilateral attack on Iran. Congress must act.
truthdig.com/articles/theres-one-way-to-stop-trump-from-making-good-on-nuclear-threats/
Doubts Emerge About Trump Pick for U.S. Intelligence Chief
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-29
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director has been mayor of a small Texas city, a federal prosecutor and a member of Congress. But questions were already emerging Monday about whether those qualifications are adequate for the position as the nation confronts threats that include foreign election interference, North Korea's nuclear ambitions and the risk of war with Iran. | Rep. John Ratcliffe is also known as a Trump loyalist, which makes his lack of relevant experience even more striking at a time when current and former government officials expect Russia to interfere in…
truthdig.com/articles/doubts-emerge-about-trump-pick-for-u-s-intelligence-chief/
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans — and Walked Away With $1.1 Billion
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-26
A newly elected state legislature, backed by a dark-money effort linked primarily to the nuclear industry, overcame years of opposition to pass the bailout.
theintercept.com/2019/07/26/ohio-billion-dollar-nuclear-bailout-firstenergy/
US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
The US Navy is now claiming that the USS Boxer attacked a second Iranian drone last week.
Uncertainty Looms Over Boris Johnson's Response to Iranian Seizure of British Tanker
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-23
Could Trump and Bolton push Britain out of the Iran nuclear treaty? Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi discusses whether Boris Johnson could act as the U.S.'s errand boy as he assumes power as prime minister…
therealnews.com/stories/uncertainty-looms-over-boris-johnsons-response-to-iranian-seizure-of-british-tanker
Erbil attack, Cyprus, Iran-US tension, S-400
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-22
Erbil attack In Erbil, Iraq, two terrorists carried out an armed attack killing several diplomats including an employee of the Turkish consulate general. Police arrested 27-year-old Mazlum Daƒü in connection with the incident. The search for others involved in organizing the attack is ongoing, police said. Two Iraqi citizens were also killed in the July …
uwidata.com/4445-erbil-attack-cyprus-iran-us-tension-s-400/
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Trump's Middle East Policy Could Push Yemen's Houthis into Iran's Hands
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-20
As both the United States and Saudi Arabia continue to wage war and impose economic blockades on both Yemen and Iran, it is likely that the Houthis' political alliance with Iran against their common enemies will grow, turning the fears of both the Saudi Arabia and the United States into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
mintpressnews.com/trump-middle-east-policy-pushing-yemen-houthis-iran-hands/260719/
Diplomacy Instead of a Disaster in Iran
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-07-18
Washington, D.C. — July 18, 2019 — In response to reports of the U.S. shooting down an Iranian drone, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: "Because of the Trump administration's policy of maximum provocation towards Iran, America stands on the precipice of another blunderous …
peaceaction.org/2019/07/18/diplomacy-instead-of-a-disaster-in-iran/
Trump's Threats towards Iran Aren't Working. Here's Why
Stephen Zunes and Medea Benjamin | progressive.org | 2019-07-17
By treating the Iranian regime as a monolith the Trump Administration risks closing one of the few remaining avenues for defusing the crisis.
progressive.org/dispatches/trumps-threats-towards-iran-arent-working-zunes-benjamin-190717/