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Who should Bernie voters support now? Robert Reich and Chris Hedges debate tackling the neoliberal order (VIDEO)


Democracy Now
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:29 UTC

Comment: Reich has drunk the kool-aid, still believing that a movement "can be built" that will bring down the PTB. Hedges has a more clear-eyed view of what humanity is facing.


The day after Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Democratic National Convention and urged his supporters to work to ensure his former rival wins the presidential race, we host a debate between Clinton supporter Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President Clinton, and Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who backs Sanders.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, award-winning author and activist. His most recent book is Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt.

Robert Reich is the former labor secretary under President Clinton and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His latest book is Saving Capitalism.


This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. Our special, "Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency." I'm Amy Goodman, with Juan González.

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: As we continue to talk about the Democratic National Convention, we're joined now by two guests. Joining us from Berkeley, California, is Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President Clinton and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. And here in Philadelphia is Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His most recent book is Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt.
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Paul Craig Roberts: The Democratic Party no longer exists


Paul Craig Roberts
Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
human extinction
And an orchestrated war with Russia has all of us marked for extinction

The Democratic Party that once was concerned with workers' rights, the elderly, civil rights, and the constitutional protections of America liberty no longer exists. As the just completed Democratic presidential primaries and the Democratic presidential convention have clearly demonstrated, the United States now has two Republican parties in service to the One Percent.

The organized Democrats - the Democratic National Committee - have shown themselves to be even more venal and corrupt than the Republicans. Leaked emails document that the Democratic National Committee conspired with the Hillary campaign in order to steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders. It is clear that Sanders was the choice of Democratic Party voters for president, but the nomination was stolen from him by vote fraud and dirty tricks.

The DNC and the media whores have tried to discredit the incriminating emails by alleging that the leaked emails resulted from a plot by Russia's President Vladimir Putin in behalf of "Putin's American agent," Donald Trump. "A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin," as the presstitute scum put it.

This diversionary tactic has not worked. Not even Americans are stupid enough to fall for it.
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Snakes in Suits

No compromise: Riyadh to continue military campaign in Yemen until end of insurgency


Sputnik
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:50 UTC
Saudi army forces in Yemen
© REUTERS/ Faisal Al Nasser/Files
The Saudi-led coalition will continue its operation in Yemen till the end of the insurgency against the country's legitimate government, Saudi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said Sunday.

"Campaign on Saudi borders has no military goal. Arab Coalition [in Yemen] will continue until the militias working against legitimacy [of the internationally recognized government of President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi] end in Yemen," Asiri was quoted as saying by the Al Arabiya news channel.

He accused the Yemeni Houthi Shia rebels of violations of the Saudi border, adding that the kingdom would not accept any border violations. Asiri also called on the international community to "determine the fate" of peace talks between the warring sides in Yemen.
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Israeli intel: Russia didn't hack the DNC

Stephen Lendman
Global Research
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:46 UTC
Hillary Clinton
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No evidence links Russia to hacking DNC emails. Accusations suggesting otherwise are baseless - the latest bashing episode, for geopolitical purposes, shifting attention from Hillary's disturbing record, and electoral rigging of the primaries.

Israeli military intelligence/Mossad connected DEBKAfile said "an analysis by (its) intelligence and cyber defense sources has determined that" DNC emails hacking "almost certainly (was) not carried out by (Russia's GRU) cyber warfare branch."

Its determination is contrary to unjustifiable assertions by senior DNC officials, Obama, the Clinton campaign, administration-connected cyber espionage experts and mainstream media - pointing fingers the wrong way.

Comment: Given the recent, seemingly cozy relationship between Russia and Israel, are the Israelis doing Putin a solid? Why not support their sycophant-in-waiting, Killary?

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Erdogan cleans house: Dismisses 1,400 army staff, announces sweeping overhaul of Turkish military


RT
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:24 UTC
Turkish soldiers
© Kenan Gurbuz / Reuters
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered a cull of 1,400 army personnel for alleged links with this month's failed coup, and stuffed the top military council with his political allies in a bid to impose greater control over the army.

The measures come less than a day after Erdogan ordered the closure of military academies - labeled as breeding grounds for discontent - and reassigned control of the army to the defense ministry, a civilian body.

The 1,389 members of the army, who were mostly officers, were accused of links with Fethullah Gulen, the exiled preacher Erdogan blames for orchestrating the abortive putsch on July 15.

A total of 1,700 personnel - including 40 percent of the country's top officers - had already been dismissed for alleged involvement with the violent takeover attempt, which resulted in over 200 deaths.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked about the looming overhaul in an interview broadcast by the Turkish TV channel A Haber on Saturday. The changes will significantly affect military education, as all of Turkey's military schools will be shut down and replaced by a National Defense University that will supply high-skilled military specialists to all three branches of the country's armed forces - the army, navy and air force.
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Clinton the meddler: Leaked email show U.S. warned OAS head not to support ousted Honduran president after coup


teleSUR
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:38 UTC
zelaya clinton
© Reuters - EFEFormer Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Leaked WikiLeaks emails provide a behind-the-scenes look at the negotiations between the State Department, OAS representatives and Honduran coup regime.

Leaked email exchanges between U.S. State Department officials in the days after the 2009 Honduran coup show that U.S. diplomatic staff pressured the head of the Organization of American States, OAS, against actions in support of the country's ousted president, and even entertained proposals by coup leaders to dialogue without the OAS head or countries that had opposed the ouster.

In a June 5, 2009 email, sent by then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly, he stated he had been in contact with former Honduran president and coup supporter, Roberto Flores, who had a proposal for U.S. diplomats on behalf of the head of the de facto coup government which toppled President Manuel Zelaya.
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Syrian army repels major Nusra/rebel offensive, suicide bomb attacks


Sputnik
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:58 UTC
aleppo
Militants burn tires in Aleppo to block Russian/Syrian jets' visibility.
Syrian armed forces have managed to successfully repel a massive offensive by the besieged Nusra Front terrorists, which began early Sunday, capturing a warehouse of US-made weapons in process.

A fierce battle sparked today at the Southern and South-Western outskirts of Aleppo, some 223 miles (360 km) from Damascus, as several units of Jabhat Fath ash-Sham (former Al-Nusra Front) terrorist group tried to attack parts of city that are under government control. The offensive has been concentrated around Ramouseh district, on the South-Western part of the city.

"Fighters of the government forces repelled the militants and inflicted casualties upon them," reports Al Manar TV channel.

If the militants succeeded in their attack, they would have breached the Syrian armed forces lines and likely would have established a supply route for militants trapped inside.

Conflict News reported two major suicide attacks that blew up massive columns of dust and smoke which could have been seen from a long distance.

Comment: The Nusrats and FSAzzhats occupying Aleppo are on their last legs. It looks like they'll throw as much into the battle as they can. But their fate is pretty much sealed.

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Lemon

Trump: Bloomberg 'made a deal' with Clinton for his endorsement

Connor O'Brien
Politico
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 09:03 UTC
Drumph
© ABC News
Donald Trump is slamming Michael Bloomberg's endorsement of Hillary Clinton, speculating that the former New York mayor cut a deal with the former secretary of state to get a job in any new Clinton administration.

"Personally, I think he made a deal with Hillary, where ... he gets a job," the Republican presidential nominee said in an interview airing Sunday on ABC News' "This Week."

Though not affiliated with either major political party, Bloomberg endorsed Clinton and spoke on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. In his speech, the billionaire media mogul called Trump "a dangerous demagogue" and criticized his business record.

"Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's run his business. God help us," Bloomberg said.
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Iran's nuclear program plans leaked, 3 countries suspected


Sputnik
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:04 UTC
tehran
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Tehran suspects three countries of being behind the leakage of secret documents on the Iranian nuclear program, Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) spokesman Bahrouz Kamalvandi said on Sunday.

Earlier in July, media published a report based on Iranian secret documents claiming that major restrictions against Iranian nuclear program would be eased in 11-13 years. This would allow Tehran to update over 5,000 centrifuges and to obtain a nuclear bomb, if needed, in six months.

Kamalvandi did not specify which countries were allegedly implicated in the leaks, adding that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) denied its involvement.

"We objected to unveiling parts of the IAEA document. The IAEA itself has some concerns as well," the IAEO official said, as quoted by ISNA.

He added that Tehran would seek "solution to the leakage."

Comment: Which nations have a vested interest in stoking the overblown threat of a nuclear Iran? The list is short.

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Trump agrees Crimean citizens want to be with Russia, not with Ukraine


Sputnik
Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:38 UTC
Young girl with Russian flag face paint
© REUTERS/ Maxim Shemetov
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said Crimeans want to be with Russia rather than Ukraine.

US Republican Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that the people of Crimea prefer to be with Russia.

"The people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were [Ukraine]," Trump told ABC News in an interview.

Russia's historical southern region of Crimea rejoined Russia after a 2014 referendum. Almost 97 percent of the region's population voted for reunification in a referendum. Sevastopol, which has a federal city status, supported the move by 95.6 percent of votes.

Comment: From the same interview:
"If we can have a good relationship with Russia, and if Russia would help us get rid of ISIS [Daesh], frankly, as far as I'm concerned, you're talkin' about tremendous amounts of money and lives and everything else. That would be a positive thing, not a negative," Trump told ABC News in an interview.
Trump is telling a lot people what they want to hear. Of course, that doesn't mean he'll do any of the things he says he will if elected. But it's a novel thing to see a presidential nominee actually tell the truth about some things. Here's the interview in question:



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