(2019-02-12). Africa: Teachers call on politicians to reject privatization. peoplesworld.org 
Education International's African leaders have released a statement February 11 calling on their Heads of States to reject privatization and to invest in quality public education for all. Entrenched inequality, especially for girls and the socially disadvantaged, will be made far worse by the privatization of education, cautions the statement by the Education International (EI) …
(2019-02-12). Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike. thenation.com Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike…
(2019-02-12). Arctic Refuge Protectors — An Open Letter from Teachers and Scholars. globalresearch.ca As teachers and scholars from across the United States, Canada, and other parts of the world, we are united in our opposition to oil and gas exploration and drilling in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in …
(2019-02-12). Denver Teachers Strike over Bonus-Based Pay System, Demanding Reliable Salary Plan & Better Wages. democracynow.org 
Public school teachers in Denver, Colorado, are striking for the second day, after negotiations between the teachers' union and the school district failed to reach a contract over the weekend. The Denver Classroom Teachers Association is demanding an increase in teachers' base salaries rather than putting money in incentives and bonuses. The Denver teachers walked out Monday following 15 months of negotiations over a controversial bonus-based pay system that educators say leaves them unable to predict their salaries and guarantee financial security. The starting salary for a Denver teacher for the 2019-2020 schoo…
(2019-02-12). Dear House Democrats: Go Easy on Betsy DeVos. progressive.org I'm not looking for gotcha moments or public chastising of the Secretary, I'm after something larger.
(2019-02-12). Global Research: Not out of the Water yet (but Getting There!). globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We are greatly indebted to all of you who have dug deep and come to our aid during this challenging period for Global Research. We may not be on dry land yet, but the support shown certainly puts …
(2019-02-12). Scotland's Bomb: Six Times More Powerful than Hiroshima. globalresearch.ca The Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament looks forward to 2019 as another year of campaigning to rid our country and our world of the scourge of nuclear weapons, writes ARTHUR WEST | *** | In Scotland we are very conscious that 25 …
(2019-02-12). Boxing and Pan-Africanism: Kwame Nkrumah Meets Roy Ankrah. globalresearch.ca African boxing and boxers merged into the consciousness of the different societies fighting for liberation from colonial control and as such the careers of the most successful ones became entwined with the nationalist sentiments of the day as the connection …
(2019-02-12). Demise of Sri Lanka's Independence. Deepening of Foreign Control: China, US, India, Japan. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2019-02-12). Video: US-led Coalition Is About to Reach Another Deal with ISIS? globalresearch.ca Last week, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) uncovered a large ISIS base in the outskirt of the city of al-Mayadin in the province of Deir Ezzor. The base contained several mass graves of civilians who had been executed by the …
(2019-02-12). Being Marco Rubio. globalresearch.ca Americans consistently indicate in opinion polls that they approve of congress less than any other part of the federal government. The approval rating is sometimes in the single digits. As the congress was intended, per the Founders, to serve as …
(2019-02-12). President Starts a War? Congress Yawns. Threatens to End One? Condemnation! globalresearch.ca Last week's bipartisan Senate vote to rebuke President Trump for his decision to remove troops from Syria and Afghanistan unfortunately tells us a lot about what is wrong with Washington, DC. While the two parties loudly bicker about minor issues, …
(2019-02-12). Is America's "Deep State" Divided over the Taliban Peace Talks? globalresearch.ca Not everyone in America's permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies ("deep state") is on the same page regarding the ongoing Taliban peace talks, especially when it comes to the official role of increasingly irrelevant Kabul in this process. | Acting Defense …
(2019-02-12). Invito al Convegno internazionale per il 70 ∞ della NATO. globalresearch.ca Consapevoli della crescente pericolosità della situazione mondiale, della drammaticità dei conflitti in atto, della accelerazione della crisi, riteniamo che sia necessario far comprendere all'opinione pubblica e ai parlamenti il rischio esistente di una grande guerra. | Essa non sarebbe in alcun …
(2019-02-12). Indigenous Activists Set Up Protest Camp at South Texas Cemetery to Stop Trump's Wall. globalresearch.ca Environmentalists, veterans of the Standing Rock protests and Carrizo/Comecrudo tribal members are vowing to stare down the president's bulldozers. | *** | The 154-year-old Eli Jackson Cemetery sits about a mile from the Rio Grande, south of the Hidalgo County town of …
(2019-02-12). Football, Refugee Rights and Hakeem al-Araibi. globalresearch.ca "Al-Araibi's case has become a crucial test of world football's commitment to human rights." So observed the director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights at Monash University, Sarah Joseph, in a piece last month. "Is this commitment real, …
(2019-02-12). Venezuela Regime Change 'Made in the USA'. globalresearch.ca Since its outset, the Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela and radicalized its positions. In the process, the Venezuelan opposition has become more and more associated with—and dependent on—Washington and its allies. An example is the opposition protests …
(2019-02-12). Denver Teachers Strike Over Bonus-Based Pay System. truthout.org Public school teachers in Denver, Colorado, are striking for the second day, after negotiations between the teachers' union and the school district failed to reach a contract over the weekend. The Denver Classroom Teachers Association is demanding an increase in teachers' base salaries rather than putting money in incentives and bonuses. The Denver teachers walked out Monday following 15 months of negotiations over a controversial bonus-based pay system that educators say leaves them unable to predict their salaries and guarantee financial security. The starting salary for a Denver teacher for the 2019-2020 sc…
(2019-02-12). Pesticide Levels in Families Dropped by 60% After One-Week Organic Diet: Study. theantimedia.com (CD) — A new peer-reviewed study shows that eating a completely organic diet—even for just one week—can dramatically reduce the presence of pesticide levels in people, a finding that was characterized as "groundbreaking" by critics of an industrial food system that relies heavily on synthetic toxins and chemicals to grow crops and raise livestock. Published in the Environmental Research, the study—titled Organic …
(2019-02-12). Remembering Alison Des Forges, 10 Years Later. hrw.org 
| | Alison Des Forges | Ten years ago today, our beloved colleague Alison Des Forges died in the crash of Flight 3407 traveling from Newark to her home in Buffalo. Alison had recently been in Uganda to meet with her research team that, to my great fortune, included me. A colleague and I had just finished documenting a series of massacres by the Lord's Resistance Army, headed by Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. While in Kampal…
(2019-02-12). Ucraina, la NATO nella Costituzione. globalresearch.ca Il giorno dopo la firma del protocollo di adesione alla NATO della Macedonia del Nord quale 30 ∞ membro, l'Ucraina ha compiuto un atto senza precedenti: ha incluso nella propria Costituzione l'impegno a entrare ufficialmente nella NATO e allo stesso tempo …
(2019-02-12). Trump orders US agencies to turbocharge AI research and ensure American dominance. rt.com 
President Donald Trump has compelled federal agencies to step up research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) with a new order, calling the US lead in AI of "paramount importance" to America's national security.
(2019-02-12). PC totalitarianism? Yale student says she's collecting dirt on 'ambitious white boys' (VIDEO). rt.com 
A Yale University student has pledged to monitor "white boys" on campus and document any potentially embarrassing behavior — in hopes of sabotaging their future careers. RT analysts weighed in on the controversial op-ed.
(2019-02-12). Chicago charter teachers strike enters second week. wsws.org Charter school teachers are fighting for decent wages and smaller class sizes, but the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is looking to expands its franchise into the charter business.
(2019-02-12). Denver teachers strike backed by student walkouts. wsws.org Thousands of high school students walked out of class in solidarity with their nearly 3,000 striking teachers.
(2019-02-12). Unions join students' call to strike for real climate action. greenleft.org.au 
School students are calling on universities, unions, faith groups and others to join their next strike for climate on March 15. | They are leading the debate on climate change by organising large gatherings of students, across the nation, to demand governments stop perpetuating catastrophic climate change. | They have the high moral ground: they are not responsible for the climate disasters that are unfolding, disproportionately hurting the poor. But, they will have to pick up the pieces after bad policy wrecks global havoc on communities, ecosystems and the climate. | Embarrassingly for the prime minister, it is…
(2019-02-12). Because Society 'Leaps Forward' When People Take Action, UK Headteachers Union Backs Student #ClimateStrike. commondreams.org Arguing that the catastrophic future young people are facing amid the climate crisis—and governments' refusal to take meaningful action to solve it—qualifies as a worthy reason for missing school, school officials and other authority figures are throwing their support behind the Youth Strike for Climate that thousands of students are expected to join on Friday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-12). A Green New Deal for India? therealnews.com 
A new report from the Political Economy Research Institute puts forth a proposal to boost equity while lowering carbon emissions. Shouvik Chakraborty, an author of the report, explains
(2019-02-12). Ucrânia, a NATO na Constituiàßà£o. globalresearch.ca No dia seguinte à assinatura do protocolo de adesà£o da Macedónia do Norte à NATO, como 30 ∫ membro, a Ucrânia efectuou um acto sem precedentes: incluiu na Constituiàßà£o o compromisso de entrar oficialmente na NATO e, ao mesmo tempo, na …
(2019-02-12). Unions See an Opening in the Wake of a Ruling That Was Supposed to Finish Them Off. theintercept.com 
At a conference in Washington, labor leaders said their losses following the Supreme Court's decision in Janus were not as severe as they had feared.
(2019-02-11). UN Secretary General Meets with Venezuelan Foreign Minister. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza met Monday the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in order to strengthen programs of cooperation with health, food and education, among others. | RELATED: | Venezuela: Long Lineups to Sign for Peace | Arreaza thanked the UN official from his Twitter account, saying that "multilaterism needed to be strengthened in order to defend the principles of the UN Chart: Peace, Development and H…
(2019-02-11). Is Erik Prince Helping China Build Concentration Camps For Muslims? mintpressnews.com 
One of America's most famous private security contractors – and, incidentally, brother to President Trump's secretary of education, has found himself caught up in China's intermittent of up to one million Uighur Muslims.
(2019-02-11). 'Future of Unions' conference speakers push sectoral bargaining. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—-What was supposed to be an intellectual weekend conference on the future of the U.S. union movement turned into a conference on the future of collective bargaining, and specifically the promotion of sectoral bargaining, instead. The Feb. 8-9 confab in D.C., hosted by the Albert Shanker Institute — a think-tank the Teachers (AFT) set up …
(2019-02-11). Headlines for February 11, 2019. democracynow.org Shutdown Talks Stall as Friday Deadline Looms, Virginia: Gov. Northam Refuses to Step Down Amid Racism Crisis, Second Woman Accuses Virginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax of Rape, Venezuela: U.S. and Russia Dig In at U.N. with Rival Resolutions, Venezuela: Standoff over Aid Pits Military Against Guaidó Supporters, Rio: At Least 13 Dead in Shootout, Haiti: At Least 2 Killed in Anti-Government Protests, Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 2 Teenage Protesters, Acting Pentagon Chief: No Orders to Withdraw U.S. Troops from Afghanistan, AMI, Saudi Official Respond After Bezos Accuses Nat'l Enquirer of Blackmail, Denver Public School Teacher…
(2019-02-11). Day of Women, Girls in Science Focuses on Growth, Inclusivity. telesurenglish.net During this year's International Day of Women and Girls in Science, intellectuals are encouraging equal opportunities and growth in the science world for future generations. | RELATED: | Gender-Focused Research Pitches Widens Funding Gap | Celebrating its fourth anniversary, the commemorative day this year is targeting youths around the globe, advocating for a more…
(2019-02-11). America's Egregious Economic Inequality in a Single Statistic. truthdig.com As egregious as America's economic inequality may appear, the reality is somehow even worse. Those are the findings of the University of California, Berkeley's Gabriel Zucman, whose latest research reveals that the .00025 percent now own more than the bottom 60 percent. To put that statistic in perspective, 400 individuals control more wealth than 150 million combined. | "After a period of remarkable stability in the 1950s and 1960s, the top 0.1% wealth share reached its low-water mark in the 1970s, and since the 1980s it has been gradually rising to clos…
(2019-02-11). Denouncing Socialism, Practicing Fascism. globalresearch.ca With Trump the silences are usually as expressive of his intentions as the incoherent dogmas. Indeed, his Second State of the Union Address (delivered in Congress on February 5, 2019) gives a clear insight into the political mentality of tormentor …
(2019-02-11). Pompeo Cairo Speech: Misreading History. globalresearch.ca Mike Pompeo, the current American Secretary of State, gave a speech at the American University in Cairo on January 10, 2019. He started the speech identifying himself an evangelical Christian, that is also a Christian Zionist, and said, "In …
(2019-02-11). Chile and the U.S: Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup, September 11, 1973. globalresearch.ca GR Editor's Note | I lived through the September 11, 1973 military coup in Chile. I was a Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago. | Project FUBELT" was the codename for CIA covert operations to promote a military …
(2019-02-11). The Cynicism of Empire: Sen. Rubio Tells Venezuelans to Overthrow Their Government…or Starve! globalresearch.ca There is a sad disregard for human life among the neocon regime-changers. The devastation of Iraq, with its million dead, was a mere stepping stone to a "re-making" of the Middle East. A Libya turned into a modern day slave …
(2019-02-11). Gearing Up for Possibility of Another Trump Shutdown, Airport Workers Ready Mass Protests in 80 Major Cities. globalresearch.ca "We're going to continue running as fast as we can right up to February 15, so that we can take action immediately on February 16 if necessary." | *** | With congressional negotiators still working on a deal to keep the federal …
(2019-02-11). The Worldwide Threat to the Biodiversity of Insects. globalresearch.ca Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the underlying drivers. Our work reveals dramatic rates of decline that may lead to …
(2019-02-11). Pop that Balloon! Personal Bankruptcy. He Was Broke… globalresearch.ca Here he was, mid 30s and facing personal bankruptcy. He was coming out of a terrible divorce, with two young sons and child support that was too high for his present state of affairs. | A few years earlier, when he …
(2019-02-11). West Virginia teachers, school staff vote "overwhelmingly" to authorize work action. wsws.org Teachers and other school workers in all 55 West Virginia counties voted last week to call a work action against a reactionary omnibus education bill moving through the legislature.
(2019-02-11). Oakland students walk out as school board prepares major cuts. wsws.org Thousands of Oakland students voiced their support for teachers and hostility to planned budget cuts and school closures.
(2019-02-11). In their first strike in 25 years, Denver, Colorado teachers walk out. wsws.org The Denver strike highlights the growing determination of educators, nationally and internationally, in the face of a concerted assault on public education.
(2019-02-11). Think Tank Censured by Charity Commission for Hard Brexit Lobbying. globalresearch.ca Ever since the EU referendum debate kicked off in 2016 after David Cameron's announcement to hold one, we at TruePublica have had very grave concerns about the undue influence of a prominent and highly influential think tank — the …
(2019-02-11). 'For Our Students and For Our Profession': Denver Educators Strike for First Time in 25 Years. commondreams.org Demanding that their school district take steps to end a crisis of high teacher turnover rates, thousands of Denver, Colorado teachers went on strike Monday after 15 months of negotiations stalled. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-10). Author Chris Wilson Unveils his Master Plan with New Book. therealnews.com 
Chris Wilson, convicted as an adult at 17 and sentenced to life in prison without parole, tells his harrowing story in his new book, The Master Plan. The book details him turning his life around in prison, including teaching himself 5 languages and helping other youth offenders re-enter society.
(2019-02-08). Striking Chicago charter school teachers beef up CICS picket lines. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) educators at four CICS schools struck for the third day, February 7, with management dug in on exchanging wage parity with CPS educators for higher caseloads for counselors and social workers, larger class sizes with no enforcement language, and no written guarantee not to cut student services or resources. Management wants to increase the student-to-counselor/social worker ratio, which is already well over nationally recommended ratios, giving management the wiggle room to lay off some frontline staff. | CICS still refuses to dip into $36 million in public educati…