(2018-09-07). Parliamentary Elections in Sweden. Shift to the Right? Towards "A NATO Sweden"? globalresearch.ca The current Swedish Government, led by the Social Democrats, is governed by a coalition with the Green Party since 2014. Incumbent PM, Stefan Löfven, intends to continue his government and …
(2018-09-07). Teachers Leave For-Profit Charter Schools at Alarming Rates, Report Says. truthout.org Students attending many of the nation's 6,900 public charter schools may see unfamiliar faces as they head back to school this year. | Public schools already experience high levels of turnover among educators, but school teachers are leaving charter schools managed by private, for-profit groups at an "alarming" rate, according to a new study published in The Social Science Journal. | Charter schools run by nonprofit groups also have higher turnover rates than regular charter schools, which tend to be run by local school officials and parents rather than "management organizations" that can operate several schools at once. | Public charter schools are publicly funded, but they are run by private or nonprofit groups under a contract or "charter" with a state government or local school district that holds them accountable to certain standards. From 2000 to 2016, the number of public…
(2018-09-07). Can the Wall Between Church and State Survive Brett Kavanaugh? aclu.org The Supreme Court nominee's testimony this week signals an intent to weaken the separation of church and state. | Public schools are educational institutions, not temples of religious indoctrination. For over half a century, the Supreme Court has thus recognized that the Constitution prohibits public schools from imposing prayer on children and that religious education is the province of parents and religious communities, not government bureaucrats. | On Wednesday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, however, strongly suggested that he disagrees and that, if confirmed, he will vote to weaken the separation of…
(2018-09-07). Economy Adds 201,000 Jobs in August, Unemployment Steady at 3.9 Percent. truthout.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the economy added 201,000 jobs in August; although downward revisions of 50,000 to the prior two months' data brought the three-month average to 185,000. The unemployment rate remained at 3.9 percent, but the overall employment-to-population (EPOP) fell by 0.2 percentage points to 60.3 percent. | This 0.2 percentage point drop also showed up for prime-age workers (ages 25 to 54), although the EPOP for prime-age workers is still 0.9 percentage points above its year-ago level. For men, the year-over-year increase is 1.1 percentage points, while for women it is 0.8 percent. In both cases, EPOPs remain below prerecession peaks and well below the peaks hit in 2000. | Perhaps the most encouraging news in the report is evidence of a modest acceleration in wage growth. The average hourly wage increased by 2.9 percent over the last year.
(2018-09-07). New War Powers Resolution Seeks To End US Support For 'Catastrophic War In Yemen'. iranian.com As the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition admitted for the second time this week that its bombing campaign in Yemen last month killed dozens of children and adult civilians, peace advocates praised a group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday for announcing a new effort to revoke American support for the "catastrophic" conflict that has produced the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Led by […]
(2018-09-07). Occupation Captured 09/18: Photos of Palestinian Life and Israeli Occupation in the West Bank City of Hebron. imemc.org POSTED BY: CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 Photos of Palestinian life and Israeli occupation in the West Bank city of Hebron. Use of force Pictured here:…
(2018-09-07). Israeli Army Injures Several Palestinians In Ni'lin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession in Ni'lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing many injuries. The procession started from the center of the village, before the locals, accompanied by international peace activists, marched towards the isolated Palestinian orchards, while chanting against the […]…
(2018-09-07). Activists Arrested for Blocking Boeing Arms Plant Speak Out Against Yemen War. therealnews.com 
To protest the US-Saudi war on Yemen, peace activists blocked a Boeing weapons facility in Missouri with a bus — a symbol of the 40 Yemeni children on a school bus massacred by Saudi Arabia with a US-made bomb. The anti-war protesters speak with TRNN's Ben Norton
(2018-09-07). Resistance in the White House? Please, Let's Not Fall for That One. alternet.org 
If Anonymous Times Contributor had any guts, he or she would quit and tell the truth about Trump in public | The spectacle of draft-dodger in chief Donny Bone Spurs playing at being commander in chief is making some people whom "liberals" love to hate look good. Maybe a little too good. Neoliberal Democrats who stage "Resistance" galas in Manhattan's palatial Beaux Arts Stephen A. Schwarzman Building are much too excited about the anonymous New York Times op-ed that announces a "'Resistance' Inside the Trump Administration" but tells us nothing we don't already know about "adults in the room" supposedly tempering or deflecting President Trump's gyrations. Not a syllable in the column suggests that the author and his confederates would be anything but delighted to implement Vice President Mike Pence's (or Brett Kavanaugh's) paleo-conservative, evangelical-pandering agenda from the. . .
(2018-09-07). The US Air Raid on Schweinfurt: a WW II Memory. counterpunch.org Tuesday, August 17, 1943 is a hot day. We are working away in papa's machine shop; that is dad, apprentice Fritz, great grand father Schobert, apprentice Heinrich, forced laborer Rochus from Slovenia and my humble self. The machines are humming and we are almost happy. All of a sudden hydro blacks out and now we More
(2018-09-07). Adolph Hitler is "The Torchbearer of Democracy" according to Chairman of Ukraine's Parliament. globalresearch.ca On September 4, the Chairman of Ukraine's Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Andriy Parubiy's intimated that Adolf Hitler was "the torchbearer of democracy". | His statement was broadcast on Ukraine's ICTV channel. Parubiy …
(2018-09-07). Latin America: Rightwing Interlude and the Death Rattle of Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca By the beginning of 2015 and extending to 2018 a series of rightwing neo-liberal regimes came to power in Latin America. These included Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia. They joined a cluster of existing 'free market' regimes in Mexico, Peru, Honduras and Paraguay.
(2018-09-07). Russia's Alleged Skripal 'Assassins' Caught Breaking the Laws of Physics. globalresearch.ca As we detailed earlier, in what appears to be the latest escalation in the UK government's campaign to blame Russia for the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal, …
(2018-09-07). Civilization Versus Barbarism. Why Does the West Support Al Qaeda? globalresearch.ca The civilized world should be celebrating the fact that Syria and its allies are on the cusp of defeating al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria. | If Canada, the West, and their allies conducted …
(2018-09-07). South Africa, Finance Capital and the Land Question. globalresearch.ca South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the technical recession announced inside the country and internationally is only a transitional phase. | The ruling African National Congress (ANC) leader and head-of-state …
(2018-09-07). Facts That Disprove the Official 9/11 White House "Conspiracy Theory": Why Are Good Americans Silent? globalresearch.ca Over the past 17 years since 9/11/01, the title question has plagued the tens of thousands of committed groups of highly intelligent and thorough truth-seeking scientists, physicists, architects, engineers, pilots, ex-military …
(2018-09-07). Tony Blair Confirms Receiving Millions in Donations From Saudi Arabia. mintpressnews.com 
Tony Blair's relationship with Saudi Arabia has come under scrutiny following the revelation that the non-government organisation set up under his name has received millions of pounds from Riyadh. | Accounts published yesterday by the Tony Blair Institute confirmed earlier reports that Blair had received donations of up to $12 million from the Kingdom. | The Saudi donation, according to the Financial Times, comes from an organisation called Media Investment Limited (MIL), which is a subsidiary of Saudi Research & Marketing Group, registered in Guernsey. | Publication of the accounts confirmed July reports that Tony Blair Institute had made an agreement with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, effective ruler of Saudi Arabia, earlier this year to help with a programme of modernisation for the Kingdom. | The agreement was said to be the first major deal to have emerged involving the Tony Blair…
(2018-09-07). Net Neutrality: 'The FCC Chair Is Outright Lying to Reporters and Congress'. globalresearch.ca Janine Jackson interviewed Evan Greer about the FCC's net neutrality cyber fraud for the August 24, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | *** | Janine Jackson: In …
(2018-09-07). Selected Articles: World Chaos — Caused by What? globalresearch.ca More than ever, Global Research needs your support. Our task as an independent media is to "Battle the Lie". | Our objective is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our 50,000 …
(2018-09-07). Corporate Power and Expansive U.S. Military Policy. globalresearch.ca The U.S. military provides its services by supporting compliant political leaders in developing countries and by punishing or deposing regimes that threaten the interests of U.S.-based corporations.
(2018-09-07). Invasion and Interference: US Designs on Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The irresistible allure of invasion and interference has never been far from US law makers. The imperium needs its regular feed and what a feed it has been over the decades, …
(2018-09-07). China and the United States: Cooperation and Competition Instead of Trade War and Cold War. globalresearch.ca The relationship between the United States and China is sliding toward trade war tinged with threat of militarization. The explicit subtext of Trump administration animus toward China is to undermine China …
(2018-09-07). Words Get in the Way. counterpunch.org If compassion were contagious, they'd mandate a vaccine to prevent transmission. I write but the words get in the way. Words, bombarding my conscience, breaking my heart. I write. I delete. It's a release to let my fingers dance across the keyboard. And reassuring that I can delete the dance. I write more words and More
(2018-09-07). Petroleum Junkies of the World, Unite! counterpunch.org 
Like most Americans, I was born into a lifestyle of cheap energy and took it for granted. Growing up in the latter half of the 20th century, cars and electricity were just part of daily life. Nobody thought of it as addiction; it was progress. Every new electronic device and labor saving appliance was a testament to the miracle of modern science and technology. The future was usually portrayed as a technological utopia where all our wants and needs would be met by some new scientific wonder. Remember The Jetsons? More
(2018-09-07). Healing in North Lawndale. counterpunch.org "This isn't rocket science," Jackie Ingram said, humorously downplaying her involvement in the Restorative Justice Community Court, a pilot project of the Cook County Circuit Court, which has brought a new, healing-focused system of justice to her community this past year. My thought in that moment was: She's right. Saving kids and reclaiming a troubled, More
(2018-09-07). Striking Tacoma, Washington, teachers demand better pay, funding for education. wsws.org On Thursday, teachers in Tacoma joined thousands of striking teachers throughout the state of Washington as the unions work to contain and isolate the struggles in each district.
(2018-09-07). Waste plastics poison the food chain and contribute to global warming. wsws.org A variety of recent research highlights the ways in which the huge amounts of discarded plastic products are harmful to the environment and human health.
(2018-09-06). Los Angeles Teachers Prepare to Strike: An Organizing Drive Long in the Making. therealnews.com 
LA teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, should contract negotiations fail. Each side accusing the other of illegal tactics. However, teachers say this is not mainly about wages, but about improving children's education. Jane McAlevey explains
(2018-09-06). In Louisville, a Web of Private Interests Conspire to Expand Charter Schools. progressive.org Members of the Kentucky Board of Education have allied with corporate interests to privatize education, including involvement in potential real estate deals.
(2018-09-06). Panelists: Kavanaugh 'would repeal the 20th century'. peoplesworld.org 
(2018-09-06). Donbass Leader Zakharchenko: A Hero Is Dead. Killing the Minsk Peace Initiative. Kiev Troop Movements Near Donbass. globalresearch.ca The cruel assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the Donetsk Republic, in Donetsk on August 31 by elements of the Kiev regime's forces backed by NATO, and the wounding of …
(2018-09-06). 9/11 and America's "War on Terrorism" globalresearch.ca "The livelihood of millions of people throughout the World is at stake. It is my sincere hope that the truth will prevail and that the understanding provided in this detailed study will serve the cause of World peace. This objective, …
(2018-09-06). Why Socialists must back Democrats in November elections. peoplesworld.org 
Since the election in 1980 of Ronald Reagan and especially with the subsequent consolidation of control over the Republican Party by right-wing extremism, the main challenge for the progressive and socialist movement has been to build a broad democratic coalition to defeat this threat to living standards, democratic rights, peace and the environment. | The immediate battle is the November elections in which left forces must accept the reality that the only electoral vehicle capable of defeating the extremists is the Democratic Party. Therefore, there is no question but that every effort must be made to elect the Democratic candidates. Third party candidates, especially the Greens, serve only to divert activists and siphon their votes and resources away from the main task of stopping the right. | Of course, while there is temporary agreement about the desired outcome of the elections, Democrats, in…
(2018-09-06). Criticism of Saudi Leadership Seeps Through Cracks as Report Questions Kingdom's Utility for Britain. globalresearch.ca Featured image: Saudi Prince Ahmed engages with protesters | Signs of opposition to policies of Saudi King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and potentially increased domestic polarization …
(2018-09-06). Two Days Before 9/11: The Assassination of the Leader of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance Ahmad Shah Massoud. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on Global Research in September 2003. | It happened two days before September 11, 2001, media reports presented these two events: 9/11 and 9/11 as totally unrelated….
(2018-09-06). Apparently the "Deep State's" a "Conspiracy Theory" But the "Steady State" Isn't. globalresearch.ca A supposedly anonymous high-ranking member of the Trump Administration published an op-ed in the New York Times bragging about the existence of the so-called "steady state" that's resisting the President's policies …
(2018-09-06). Israel to Sell Freedom Flotilla Boats to Support Settlers. globalresearch.ca Israel plans to sell four boats seized while sailing towards the besieged Gaza Strip and distribute the funds among two settlers families. | Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported yesterday that the move came …
(2018-09-06). The Burning Down of Brazil's National Museum: A Capitalist Crime Against the Heritage of Humanity. globalresearch.ca Brazil's National Museum in Rio de Janeiro was gutted Sunday night by a massive fire that consumed not only the historic 19th century palace that housed the institution, but a vast …
(2018-09-06). Senator Rubio's "Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative": How Scared is the U.S. of China's "Belt and Road"? globalresearch.ca The "Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative" jointly proposed by Senators Marco Rubio and three others threatens the US' partners with the downgrading of bilateral relations and possible suspension of …
(2018-09-06). The Gaza Strip: Funding for Emergency Fuel Needed Immediately to Avoid Catastrophic Breakdown in Essential Services. globalresearch.ca This week, final stocks of emergency fuel will be delivered to critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, through the United Nations-Assisted Emergency Fuel Program. The Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, has written …
(2018-09-06). Dirty Open Secret: Israel's Military (IDF) Admits Aiding Al Qaeda Terrorists in Syria. globalresearch.ca image: Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front | All wars are unjustifiably justified by Big Lies, drowning out hard truths — perpetrators falsely pretending that military aggression is about democracy building and/or …
(2018-09-06). Iranian-American Identity, Community And The Cultural Space: An Interview With Professor Maboud Ansari. iranian.com I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Maboud Ansari, a pioneer on researching the Iranian-American and current Professor of Sociology at William Patterson University. Professor Maboud Ansari talks about the reenergized debate on the complex symmetry of race, identity, culture and the future of the Iranian-American community. Shahrooz Shekaraubi: Professor Ansari with everything […]
(2018-09-06). Skripals – The Mystery Deepens. globalresearch.ca The time that "Boshirov and Petrov" were allegedly in Salisbury carrying out the attack is all entirely within the period the Skripals were universally reported to have left their home with …
(2018-09-06). Controversy Regarding China's Investments in Africa. globalresearch.ca The Mainstream Media has been propagating the narrative that China's only interest in "Global South" countries is to deviously ensnare them in so-called "debt traps" so that it can squeeze territorial …
(2018-09-06). Once Again, Palestinians Are Shafted by The British Government, Responding to Pressures from pro-Israeli Lobby. globalresearch.ca I am appalled and angry at the British government's adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ( IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism following pressure by various Jewish Zionist groups for the …
(2018-09-06). When Sea Turtles and Fishermen Collide. therealnews.com 
Ecologically sustainable fishing communities and marine life can coexist and great community-level efforts are underway to maintain their livelihood, says Bryan Wallace, Senior Scientist with the Conservation Science Partners
(2018-09-06). US billionaire Richard DeVos, Amway co-founder and Orlando Magic owner, dies at 92. rt.com 
American billionaire Richard DeVos, the co-founder of Amway, owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team and father-in-law of US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has died at the age of 92.
(2018-09-06). Only three percent of students have received Governor Cuomo's "free tuition" scholarship. wsws.org Despite the fact that the SUNY and CUNY systems are the second and third largest public higher education systems in the United States, with about 700,000 students in all, fewer than 21,000 Excelsior Scholarships were awarded last academic year.
(2018-09-06). Tacoma teachers strike as walkouts spread across Washington. wsws.org School officials in three districts threatened disciplinary action against striking teachers while educators in Tacoma joined walkouts in 10 other districts Thursday.
(2018-09-05). Plutocracy Now! consortiumnews.com The United States today qualifies as a plutocracy — on a number of grounds, and it is having a profound impact on the media, education and think tanks—indeed on the whole of society, says Michael Brenner. By Michael Brenner Plutocracy… Read more →