Rick Perry, politician responsible for US nukes, falls for embarrassing Instagram hoax
rt.com | 2019-08-21
The US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry showed his age and social media naivety by reposting a hoax that supposedly stops Instagram from making its users' public posts… public. | The former governor of Texas, who's currently responsible for America's nuclear arsenal, shared…
rt.com/usa/466970-rick-perry-instagram-hoax/

Selected Articles: Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-21
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-mainstream-media-betrayal-assange/5686812

Why the world is watching the fate of an Iranian tanker in the Mediterranean
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-08-20
The British, it is clear, seized the Iranian tanker at the urging of the United States. There was no previous British warning that it might enter in such a muscular way into the U.S. attempt to suffocate Iran. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/19/why-the-world-is-watching-the-fate-of-an-iranian-tanker-in-the-mediterranean/

Einstein's Atomic Regrets
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-20
"If I had known that the Germans would not succeed in constructing an atom bomb, I never would have moved a finger," wrote Albert Einstein in his 1950 book Out of My Later Years. He was speaking about a letter from his vacation home on Nassau Point on Long Island that warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt of a breakthrough in Nazi Germany in nuclear fission which could "lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable…extremely powerful bombs of a new type." Atom bombs.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/20/einsteins-atomic-regrets/

Sob o "escudo" de mísseis nucleares USA na Europa
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-20
A instalaàßà£o de mísseis da NATO em Deveselu, na Roménia, que faz parte do sistema Aegis americano de "defesa anti-mísseis", terminou a "actualizaàßà£o" que comeàßou em Abril passado. Comunica a NATO, assegurando que "nà£o conferiu nenhuma capacidade ofensiva ao sistema", …
globalresearch.ca/sob-o-escudo-de-misseis-nucleares-usa-na-europa/5686781

Sotto lo ´scudo ª missili nucleari Usa in Europa
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-20
ll sito missilistico Nato di Deveselu in Romania, facente parte del sistema statunitense Aegis di ´difesa missilistica ª, ha terminato ´l'aggiornamento ª iniziato lo scorso aprile. Lo comunica la Nato, assicurando che ´esso non ha conferito alcuna capacità offensiva al sistema ª, il …
globalresearch.ca/sotto-lo-scudo-missili-nucleari-usa-in-europa/5686775

Trump's Anti-Iran Warrant
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-19
Time and again, hard evidence shows the US is a nation run by hawkish right-wing extremists, dismissive of the rule of law and democratic values they abhor and don't tolerate. | Operating exclusively by their own rules, they maintain that UN …
globalresearch.ca/us-rubber-stamp-court-oks-repeat-act-piracy-against-iran/5686633

How the US Media Demonizes Iran
Serge Halimi, Pierre Rimbert | thenation.com | 2019-08-19
How the US Media Demonizes Iran…
thenation.com/article/iran-media-war/

North Korea Suspends Talks With South Korea Because of U.S. Sanctions
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-16
While U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks fail to proceed because of a lack of unanimity within the Trump administration, the North suspended peace talks with the South because of the U.S.'s refusal to lift economic sanctions, says Tim Shorrock…
therealnews.com/stories/north-korea-suspends-talks-with-south-korea-because-of-u-s-sanctions

'Quash' convictions and release women jailed for protesting against wearing veils in Iran, urge UN rights experts
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-16
Decades-long prison sentences handed down to three women protesting the strictly enforced wearing of veils in Iran, have drawn alarm and condemnation from six United Nations independent human rights experts.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044371

Friday's Daily Brief: Education key for Rohingya, DR Congo violence continues, Zimbabwe protest latest, women's rights in Iran, environmental protection
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-16
Our main stories today: Two years in, Myanmar's Rohingya youth need more education; DR Congo testimonies highlight armed brutality; appeals for Zimbabwe to 'stop cracking down' on protesters; Iran urged to release women jailed for protesting veiling laws; and new human rights agreement on environmental protection.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044391

How Obama helped Trump escalate nuclear tensions with Russia
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-16
The Trump administration has dangerously withdrawn from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). MIT professor emeritus Ted Postol explains how…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/16/how-obama-helped-trump-escalate-nuclear-tensions-with-russia/

Trump worsens threat of nuclear catastrophe with Russia
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-16
MIT professor Ted Postol warns that Trump's withdrawal from the INF treaty threatens nuclear 'catastrophe.' Guest: Theodore Postol, award-winning Professor…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/16/trump-worsens-threat-of-nuclear-catastrophe-with-russia/

Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal War
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-08-14
The Trump administration is lying about Iran and its nuclear program. The media has to debunk this false drumbeat for war.
theintercept.com/2019/08/14/trump-iran-worst-lies/

Trump admin sabotages Iran diplomacy at every turn
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-12
With its recent sanctions on Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Trump administration continues to undermine any possibility of diplomacy…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/12/trump-admin-sabotages-iran-diplomacy-at-every-turn/

How We Learned to Hate the Bomb
Norman Stockwell | progressive.org | 2019-08-09
For nearly three-quarters of a century, "The Progressive" has been a consistent voice against nuclear madness.
progressive.org/dispatches/how-we-learned-to-hate-the-bomb-stockwell-190809/