(2019-02-20). The Planning of a Coup against Venezuela: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. The Imposition of a Neoliberal Agenda. globalresearch.ca In early 1970s, in a note to the CIA, Henry Kissinger recommended "Make the economy scream." The same concept has been applied to Venezuela, with advanced techniques of financial warfare.
(2019-02-20). West Virginia Teachers Continue Strike Against Neoliberal Bill. telesurenglish.net West Virginia teachers continued to be on strike Wednesday to maintain pressure against a bill that allows the opening of the state's first seven charter schools and creates an education savings account program, which would allow low-income families to apply for public funds to pay tuition in private institutions. | RELATED: | Union Win: Denver Teachers Reach Agreement with City | The educators, who also left their jobs in 2018 to demand higher salaries, reactivated their struggle this we…
(2019-02-20). College "for the People" Who Can Pay. globalresearch.ca Preface: | In 2011, The Quebec Liberal government of Jean Charest decided to hike post-secondary school tuition fees by 75 percent over a five-year period. This move mobilized students across Quebec and by 2012 a demonstration in Montreal brought out between …
(2019-02-20). Effort to Streamline Free Lunch Programs Muddles Student Poverty Stats. truthout.org In 2014, schools had a new way to give students free breakfast and lunch, paid for by Uncle Sam. Instead of asking low-income families to apply for the meals, a school district could opt to give everyone free food if at least 40 percent of the student population was already on other forms of public assistance or fell into a needy category, such as being homeless or in foster care. | This new " community eligibility" option was a policy change by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the school lun…
(2019-02-20). When India Tries to Regulate Amazon, US Media Qualms About Monopoly Disappear. fair.org 
by John C. O'Day The "breakthrough idea" heralded by the New York Times ( 9/7/18)—that antitrust should be about power, not just prices—was nowhere to be seen when US media reported on India's attempt to regulate Amazon. | Last September, the New York Times ( 9/7/18) ran a remarkable profile on a law student who had, as the Times characterized it, "rocked the antitrust establishment" with a "runaway bests…
(2019-02-20). The 'Viscerally Terrifying' Lockdown a Mom Experienced in a Classroom of 4-Year-Olds: 'I'd Never Witnessed the Real Thing. And, Oh God, This Was the Real Thing.'. commondreams.org A student helps block the classroom door with furniture during a mock lockdown drill at Moody High School in Corpus Christi, Tex., in 2013. (Photo: Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-20). Saudis Facing Criminal Charges in the U.S. Keep Disappearing. Is the Kingdom Helping Them Escape? democracynow.org 
A growing number of Saudi students are vanishing while facing serious criminal charges in the U.S. Federal law enforcement officials are now launching an investigation into the suspicious disappearances to probe if the Saudi government was involved and how. We speak with Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian reporter who broke the story about the spate of Saudi student disappearances. He found that in at least four cases the Saudi government paid a defendant's bail and legal fees before he disappeared. In one case, police believe Saudi officials snuck a Saudi national out of the country on a private plane using a…
(2019-02-20). Sudanese Forces Tortured and Killed Dozens: Activists. telesurenglish.net Despite Sudanese security forces' violent crackdown on protests, and reports of rape threats and sexual harassment, protesters have been unrelenting — as has the President Omar al-Bashir who refuses to resign. | RELATED: | Sudanese Teacher Beaten to Death by Police During Interrogation: Gov't Investigator | About 60 people have been killed and many others tortured by security agents, activists and rights groups said. However, official numbers are marke…
(2019-02-20). Headlines for February 20, 2019. democracynow.org Dems Probe White House Plan to Transfer Nuclear Technology to Saudis, West Virginia Teachers Celebrate as Lawmakers Halt Pro-Charter School Bill, NYT: Trump Asked DOJ to Put Loyalist In Charge of "Hush Money" Probe, Trump to Nominate Transportation Sec. Jeffrey Rosen as Deputy AG, Trump Signs Order to Establish "Space Force", France: 20,000 Protesters Denounce Surge in Anti-Semitic Attacks, Haiti: Police Arrest 5 Americans Amid Political Unrest, WaPo: Pope Ignored Claims of Sexual Abuse Against Deaf Children, Women Survivors of Church Sexual Abuse Speak Out, Arkansas Signs "Trigger" Abortion Ban into Law, Illinoi…
(2019-02-20). Something New and Something Old: a Story Still Being Told. counterpunch.org The patently cynical declaration of a national state of emergency by *45 offers a teachable moment on history, politics and empire. The lies and fear-mongering of those in power, the propaganda to legitimize violating the sovereignty of other nations, the use of fake manufactured crises and old war criminals to promote new atrocities — these More
(2019-02-20). What the mugging of Ilhan Omar teaches us. zcomm.org If we allow the apologists to obscure Israel's crimes with a sideshow of phony outrage and hypocritical posturing, we'll only encourage the mugging of the next person who dares to tell the truth about the real State of Israel…
(2019-02-20). West Virginia Teachers Strike Again. zcomm.org Appear to Score Another Victory…
(2019-02-20). Venezuela Expels Euro Deputies Amid Reports of Talks with Washington. globalresearch.ca Foreign Minister Arreaza has confirmed meeting twice with US Special Envoy Abrams despite denials by the latter of any dialogue with Caracas. | *** | Venezuelan authorities have expelled six deputies of the European Parliament (EP) this Sunday after denying them entrance …
(2019-02-20). Military Coups, Regime Change…: The CIA Has Interfered In Over 81 Foreign Elections… globalresearch.ca Timely article first posted on Global Research in January 2017, prior to the inauguration of president Donald Trump. | *** | The CIA has accused Russia of interfering in the 2016 presidential election (with absolutely zero evidence) by hacking into Democratic and …
(2019-02-20). Political Correctness Demands Diversity in Everything but Thought. globalresearch.ca In remembrance of the late William Blum, his legacy Lives. | *** | For 50 years I've been painstakingly cataloguing the brutal militarism and human-rights violations of US foreign policy, building up in the process a very loyal audience. | To my …
(2019-02-20). Canadian Policy on Venezuela, Haiti Reveals Hypocrisy that Media Ignores. globalresearch.ca If the dominant media was serious about holding the Canadian government to account for its foreign policy decisions, there would be numerous stories pointing out the hypocrisy of Ottawa's response to recent political developments in Haiti and Venezuela. | Instead silence, …
(2019-02-20). Survey Reveals Many Jewish Canadians Critical of Israel. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) welcomes the results of a national survey co-sponsored by Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) and United Jewish People's Order (UJPO) on Jewish Canadians opinion to…
(2019-02-20). Russia's Nuclear Energy Edge Got the US to "Cut Ethical Corners" with the Saudis. globalresearch.ca One of the latest American scandals revolves around former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's alleged breach of ethical norms in trying to secretly push through a nuclear energy deal with the Saudis which might have even been illegal if …
(2019-02-20). Hispaniola Rising: How the US Coup in Venezuela Is Taking Root in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. globalresearch.ca For more than a decade Venezuela has aided the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through a preferential system known as Petrocaribe, and the people of those nations are not taking their governments' support for the US coup in …
(2019-02-20). Imran Khan's "Socialist Revolution" in Pakistan. globalresearch.ca In order to assess the prospects of Imran Khan's Pakistan Movement for Justice (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) as a political institution, we need to study its composition. With the benefit of hindsight, it seems the worst decision Pakistan's former Prime Minister…
(2019-02-20). 'K' Metamorphoses into 'G'. "We must Take Away your Freedom in Order to Preserve It" globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on April 24, 2004. | Author's note: | What the British Labour government initiated in 2004 has now reached, not only fruition but is now sweeping the 'democratic' West as the crisis of capital intensifies and …
(2019-02-20). Video: Staged Chemical Attack Videos and Other Trends in Modern Propaganda. globalresearch.ca The scandal regarding the fake hospital video published by the White Helmets as a proof of the Douma chemical attack has reached its peak in the media and has caused reaction on the diplomatic level. | On February 13, BBC Syria's …
(2019-02-20). Reshaping the Middle East: Why the West Should Stop Its Interventions. globalresearch.ca Foreign intervention has pushed many Middle Eastern populations into poverty, at the same time making them more determined to confront and reject the global domination sought by the USA. The number of Middle Eastern countries and non-state actors opposed to …
(2019-02-20). Selected Articles: Political Correctness Demands Diversity in Everything but Thought. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | At present we are not covering our monthly costs. The support of our readers is much appreciated. | Click to donate or click here to …
(2019-02-20). Scientists Miscalculate Saturn Rings Lifespan By 200M Years. telesurenglish.net New research discloses that Saturn's distinctive rings, the largest and brightest in our solar system, are disintegrating more rapidly than scientists had originally anticipated. | RELATED: | NASA Calls Time of Death for 15 Year Rover, Mars Mission | The gradual disappearance of the planet's noted feature has been a known phenomenon since the 1980s when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Voyager mission discovered 'ring rain' caught in Saturn's magnetic field…
(2019-02-20). Military, Deep State and the American Innocence. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | Incisive and timely article first posted by Global Research on July 22, 2018 | While only 11% of Americans trust Congress, a whopping 74% have a "great deal or quite a lot …
(2019-02-20). "Electability" is Real (Unless Married with the Junk Science of Ideological Spectrum Analysis). counterpunch.org 
If electability were dependent on how moderate a candidate is, or is perceived to be, Jimmy Carter would likely have won a second term. We also likely would have had Presidents Mondale, Kerry, McCain, Romney and President Hillary Clinton. Maybe also President Gore. Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi is disgusted with the way "electability" was used More
(2019-02-20). Washington Post slapped with $250mn defamation suit by Covington student. rt.com 
The boy who became the face of "white privilege" when an edited video of his confrontation with an indigenous protester went viral is suing the Washington Post for defamation, asking for its entire value in a 2013 sale as damages.
(2019-02-20). US Student Arrested After Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance. telesurenglish.net An 11-year-old student in U.S. state of Florida, was arrested after an escalation with police and school officials erupted from his refusal to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance on Feb. 4, authorities said. | RELATED: | Trump's ICE Policies Targeting Immigrants 'Terrorism': Advocate | A local news outlet, Bay News 9, reported that the incident b…
(2019-02-20). Join us at the Oakland teacher's picket line! indybay.org Priority Schools (map here): | Ralph J Bunche High School (West Oakland – 1240 18th Street) | Prescott Elementary (West Oakland – 920 Campbell Street) | McClymonds High School (Off San Pablo and 27th – 2608 Myrtle Street) | Hoover Elementary (Off San Pablo & 33rd St – 890 Brockhurst Street) | Piedmont Elementary (Piedmont – 4314 Piedmont Avenue) | Downtown Admin Building (Downtown – 1000 Broadway) | Lakeview Admin Building (Lake Merritt – 746 Grand Ave) | Bella Vista (Lake Merritt – 1025 East 28th Street) | Fruitvale Elementary (Lower Dimond – 3200 Boston Avenue) | Burckhalter Elementary (North East Oakland – 399…
(2019-02-20). West Virginia teachers denounce attack on public education. wsws.org Teachers and their allies condemned attacks on public education and expressed enthusiasm for the expansion of strikes.
(2019-02-20). Argentina: The ignored law of Sexual Education. amnesty.org Even though the implementation of Sexual Education has been mandatory in all schools in Argentina since 2006, many young people around the country still have no access to basic knowledge of their sexual rights.: | We finish our look into the fight for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Argentina by looking at how two different communities, in La Plata and Tucuman, address the lack of Sexual Education available to young people. | For young people, having Sexual Education classes is key to learning about their changing bodies, desires and relationships. But, equally important, these classes are necessary for…
(2019-02-20). Residents Caught in Outbreak of Violence in Cameroon. hrw.org 
| | A school classroom in the Anglophone region of Cameroon. | © 2018 Bede Sheppard/Human Rights Watch | On February 16, 170 students, mostly girls under 18, were abducted by a group of armed separatists from a boarding school in Kumbo, in the North-West region of Cameroon. The separatists, who stormed the building in the early hours, also abducted a teacher and two guards. Everyone was released the following day amid rumours of ransoms being paid. The school remains closed. | Human Rights Watch has interviewed numerou…
(2019-02-20). Chicago Teachers Union shuts down strike at CICS charter schools. wsws.org Despite hailing it as yet another "victory," the union agreed to a deal that leaves conditions and teacher compensation at charter schools well below traditional public schools.
(2019-02-20). West Virginia educators remain defiant in second day of statewide strike. wsws.org The unions' attempts to declare "victory" have so far failed to convince teachers, who remember all too well similar claims after the betrayal of their statewide strike last year.
(2019-02-19). Thousands march in India against Modi government's anti-student education policies. peoplesdispatch.org Students from across India affiliated to various communist organisations marched to the Indian parliament demanding education policies that ensure accessibility and quality education for all. For more on the student march: 5,000 students march in India against education policies of Modi government…
(2019-02-19). A Wisconsin School District Shrugged After High School Coaches Body-Shamed Cheerleaders. aclu.org Parents say staff are subjecting students to pervasive gender discrimination in the Kenosha Unified School District. | The cheerleaders at Tremper High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, looked forward to the annual spring banquet as a time to celebrate their hard work in the company of over 100 friends and family members. What they never expected was for the banquet to become a humiliating exercise in body shaming. | In the banquet hall of a Kenosha restaurant in March 2018, the cheer coaches presented some squad members with…
(2019-02-19). Early-Childhood-Education Initiatives Are Promising More Than They Deliver. thenation.com Early-Childhood-Education Initiatives Are Promising More Than They Deliver…
(2019-02-19). Cleveland labor gears up for fights on multiple fronts. peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND — Like bees preparing to swarm, delegates to the Feb. 13 AFL-CIO meeting in Cleveland gathered to plan actions to support workers rights to organize, strike, hold political office and protect their working conditions. The meeting revealed the wide ranging attack now facing organized labor. "We will be much weaker if we lose these …
(2019-02-19). Headlines for February 19, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Attacks President Maduro at Miami Rally, Calls on Military to Defect, President Maduro Fires Back at Trump Attacks on Socialism, Daily Beast: U.S. Considering Extending TPS to Venezuelans, Senator Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Bid, Sen. Warren to Unveil Universal Child Care Plan, West Virginia Teachers Launch Strike, 16 States Sue over Trump's Nat'l Emergency Declaration, Mexican Migrant Dies While in Border Patrol Custody, Transgender Salvadoran Woman Killed After Deportation from U.S., Syria: Bomb Attacks Kill 15 in Idlib, UAE Buys $1.6 Billion in Arms from Raytheon, Yemen: Warring Parties Ag…
(2019-02-19). Postmodernism: A Realm Beyond Renaissance Humanism. globalresearch.ca There is a fundamental distinction between scientism, or scientific worldview, which is an ideology based on unproven hypotheses and empirically proven science. Karl Popper addressed the demarcation problem between scientific worldview and science proper (empirical and verifiable science) in his …
(2019-02-19). When It Comes to Middle East Policy, the UK Is Nothing but a Rogue State. globalresearch.ca This article was originally crossposted on Global Research in April 2018. | In the current crisis with Moscow, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has written that "Russia cannot break international rules with impunity". | Britain, along with Russia, has a particular obligation …
(2019-02-19). Securing the Future Of "Truly Independent" News. globalresearch.ca "I have been reading GlobalResearch.ca for many years and have yet to find another site of a similar quality with respect to its being truly independent, well informed, analytically deep, close to many different realities of this world, and reader-friendly. …
(2019-02-19). Selected Articles: Consequences of Imperialism. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | At present we are not covering our monthly costs. The support of our readers is much appreciated. | Click to donate or click here to …
(2019-02-19). Trump's Big Lie Pledge to Lower Drug Prices. globalresearch.ca Time and again, Trump promises one thing for ordinary Americans and does something entirely different. | Candidate Trump pledged to let Medicare negotiate discounts for prescription drugs. Straightaway in office, he yielded to Pharma lobbyists, abandoning his promise, falsely claiming "smaller, …
(2019-02-19). Venezuela False Flag Brewing? Under the Cloak of "the Humanitarian Convoy" globalresearch.ca According to Russian media, yet to be confirmed, "A False Flag is Brewing" under the Cloak of the so-called "Humanitarian Convoy for Venezuela" (TASS) | The alleged false flag operation is intended to justify "an outside invasion" of Venezuela by one …
(2019-02-19). The Twitter Smearing of Corbyn and Assange. Britain's "Integrity Initiative" globalresearch.ca Historian and U.K. analyst Mark Curtis checks out the Twitter accounts of journalists whose names have been associated with the Integrity Initiative, a British "counter disinformation" program. | *** | The U.K.-financed Integrity Initiative, managed by the Institute for Statecraft, is ostensibly …
(2019-02-19). Challenging Dollar Hegemony: Russia and China Are Containing America's Attempts to "Reshape the World Order" globalresearch.ca Fortunately the world today is very different from that of 2003, Washington's decrees are less effective in determining the world order. But in spite of this new, more balanced division of power amongst several powers, Washington appears ever more aggressive …
(2019-02-19). Black Alliance for Peace: Struggle in Haiti and Venezuela Connected. globalresearch.ca The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) remains in steadfast solidarity with the people of Haiti, whose revolutionary spirit in 1791 showed the world what is possible when Africans organize and struggle together to remove their shackles and dispose of their …
(2019-02-19). Turkey: Courts being used to strangle media freedom. amnesty.org Responding to the decision of a Turkish first instance appeals court to uphold the conviction of journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, Amnesty International's Turkey Strategy and Research Manager, Andrew Gardner said: | "Today's ruling to send the former Cumhuriyet staff back to prison exposes yet again the way in which politically motivated trials and unsound court decisions are simply rubber stamped by an equally biased appeals process. |