(2019-02-21). Headlines for February 21, 2019. democracynow.org White Supremacist Coast Guard Lt. Had "Hit List" of Democratic Targets, Trump Considering Anti-Science Adviser to Head Climate Change Committee, SCOTUS Limits State and Local Civil Asset Forfeiture, Massive Fire Kills At Least 80 in Bangladesh, Mexico: 2 Radio Journalists Killed in Past Week, U.N. Warns of Oil Company Complicity in South Sudan Mass Atrocities, Egypt Executes 9 Men over 2015 Prosecutor Killing Amid Claims of Torture, Syria: Civilians Evacuated from ISIS Enclave, Trump Says Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Should Not Be Allowed Back in U.S., West Virginia Teachers End Strike After Killing Pro-Charter…
(2019-02-21). Fixing Tech's Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom. thenation.com Fixing Tech's Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom…
(2019-02-21). Oakland Teachers Strike, Joining #RedforEd Movement on Picket Lines. truthout.org Today, teachers in Oakland, California, are joining their #RedforEd counterparts in Los Angeles and across the nation in striking for better working conditions and fully funded schools. The city's schools remain open as substitutes teach more than 36,000 students across 87 Oakland Unified School District schools. | The strike comes on the heels of West Virginia teachers' second strike since they walked out of their classrooms a year ago this month. Teachers there demanded that lawmakers imme…
(2019-02-21). The Educators' Revolt Is Spreading to Oakland. thenation.com The Educators' Revolt Is Spreading to Oakland…
(2019-02-21). Charter school strike in Chicago ends with workers' victory. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Solidarity matters. Teachers and paraprofessionals at the Chicago International Charter Schools hit the picket lines at 6: 00 a.m. on February 5 and stayed out until they had won what they needed at 3: 15 a.m. on February 17. What they need was smaller class sizes for their students, adequate staffing for special education students, maternity leave for educators and a wage scale close enough to the Chicago Public School teachers to bring some measure of stability to the classroom. | They won these things by sticking together. The cold nasty weather did not deter the strikers. They kept in communicatio…
(2019-02-21). West Virginia teachers end strike as Senate votes to postpone the controversial bill on education. peoplesdispatch.org The controversial bill, named SB: 451, was set to introduce charter schools in West Virginia for the first time, in a bid to privatize education…
(2019-02-21). Oakland Teachers to Start Strike Thursday. truthdig.com OAKLAND, Calif. — Teachers in Oakland, California, plan to raise picket signs Thursday in the country's latest strike by educators over classroom conditions and pay. | The city's 3,000 teachers are demanding a 12 percent retroactive raise covering 2017 to 2020 to compensate for what they say are among the lowest salaries for public school teachers in the exorbitantly expensive San Francisco Bay Area. | They also want the district to hire more counselors to support students and more full-time nurses. | The walkout will affect 36,000 students at 86 schools. | The Oakland Educators Association called for the s…
(2019-02-21). Arts Organizing Lifts Oakland Teachers Strike. commondreams.org "For strikes," explains arts organizer Joe Brusly, "my role is to just capture moments and share stories that help sustain those on the line. The beauty is, the art created in the hands of those picketing tells so much of the story on their own." (Photo: Brooke Anderson Photography) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-21). Why Oakland Teachers Are Going to Strike. commondreams.org Oakland teachers make their way into Taylor Memorial Methodist Church in Oakland on Monday to discuss the possibility of a strike Thursday, Feb. 21. The vote was to strike. (Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-21). Why Canada Should Withdraw from NATO. globalresearch.ca Hon. Lloyd Longfield MP | February 20, 2019 | Dear Lloyd, | I am a longstanding member of Science for Peace, Canada's most renowned scientific community for peace research and advocacy over more than 30 years centered in the Department of Physics of …
(2019-02-21). Global Research PDF Collection: 6 PDF Books for 1 Price. globalresearch.ca Purchase six e-books from Global Research Publisher's PDF collection at a discounted price. Download your order as a zipped folder straight to your computer and avoid shipping and handling costs. | Special Offer: Global Research PDF Collection — 6 PDF Books : …
(2019-02-21). Canadian Peace Congress: Act Now to Defend Venezuela's Sovereignty! No Sanctions! No Coup d'État! No Military Intervention! globalresearch.ca The orchestrated campaign to remove the elected government in Venezuela and replace it with a puppet authority willing to serve U.S. economic and political interests has now reached a critical moment, one which may well end in a bloody civil …
(2019-02-21). Trump and the World Economy. globalresearch.ca Martin Thomas (MT): I can see four main sorts of possible outcomes to be considered from Trump's economic jousting. | One: it may reshape some deals, like NAFTA [the North American Free Trade Agreement] to the USA's advantage or imagined advantage, …
(2019-02-21). The Most Selfish of Virtues: Alan Bennett's "Lady in the Van" globalresearch.ca It does seem specific. A middle class concern centred on a man and an elderly woman, a sort of surrogate, irritating mother type of indulgent wisdom and uncertain past, seemingly irritating yet, on some level, fulfilling. Alan Bennett writes prose …
(2019-02-21). Trump Regime Pursuing Nuclear Technology Sales to the Saudis. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia is a fascist dictatorship run in cahoots with religious extremists — the Middle East's most dangerous regime after Israel. | Other than nations already with nukes, it's likely the last regime on earth anti-war activists would want to be …
(2019-02-21). Obstructed Justice: Law and Disorder in the Klan Age. globalresearch.ca Forty years after the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation it still wasn't safe to be free and black in Kentucky. For Celia Mudd, who was born into slavery but had inherited the Lancaster farm in Bardstown, it was time to …
(2019-02-21). The Ins and Outs of the West's Anti-Russian Infowar. The Role of "Government Organized" NGOs. globalresearch.ca Western governments are indirectly promoting hostile narratives against Russia simultaneously with censoring those that are supposedly "Russian-linked". | *** | It is obvious that the US and Russia are at loggerheads in a New Cold War, one which is taking a completely …
(2019-02-21). Shocking Quotes from High-Ranking Government Officials on Unaccounted For Military Spending. globalresearch.ca Defense Secretaries Sound the Alarm | This first quote was an important admission from Robert Gates, as Defense Secretary during the second-term of the Bush Administration and first-term of the Obama Administration, it was his responsibility to sign off on …
(2019-02-21). Russia to Press for Putting "White Helmets" on Trial for Crimes in Syria. globalresearch.ca Russia will press for putting the White Helmets on trial for crimes committed in Syria, including faked videos of chemical attacks, the director of the Foreign Ministry's department of new challenges and threats, Ilya Rogachyov, told TASS in an …
(2019-02-21). Education and the Capitalist Myth of Equality of Opportunity. globalresearch.ca We commit a big fallacy when we assume that our educational accomplishments are our individual achievements. We like to believe that we are born with a certain innate talent that makes us intellectually superior to all the rest. | But the …
(2019-02-21). Fraught Times for Europe's Jews Now Advised to Reconsider Their Unqualified Support for Israel. globalresearch.ca Jewish communities in Britain and France, London and Paris, together with the rest of Europe are now reconsidering their unqualified support for the state of Israel in terms of money and arms which they concede are used for the subjugation …
(2019-02-21). The Fake News About Humanitarian Aid and Venezuela. globalresearch.ca In recent times the international media, including many who promised to "resist" the dangerous commander-in-chief Donald Trump, have been awash with stories about Nicolas Maduro blocking US "humanitarian aid" reaching Venezuela. Maduro is said to have even blocked …
(2019-02-21). Dollar Dominance and the Third World. globalresearch.ca The history of international political economy has consisted of several monetary regimes, each corresponding to a particular stage of capitalist development and possessing traits which reflect said stage. | In order to illuminate the dynamics of the dollar regime, I will …
(2019-02-21). What If They Started a War and No One Showed Up? globalresearch.ca The humiliation of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Warsaw last week was a good thing. The ancient Greeks, exercising their demonstrated ability to synthesize defining characteristics, had a word for it: hubris. Hubris is when one develops …
(2019-02-21). Big Economic Questions of the Day: Trump Tax Cuts, Economic Growth, Inflation. Monetary Policy. Undocumented Immigrants. globalresearch.ca Recently I have had several journalists, academics and progressive activists ask me my opinion on some of the key economic questions of the day. Here are some of my replies: on Trump tax cuts and US growth, current immigration debates, …
(2019-02-21). Who Gains from Turning Europe into a Potential Nuclear Battlefield? globalresearch.ca The United States and its NATO partners are attempting to make the case for Washington's decision to abandon the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. | Claims that the Russian Federation has been violating the treaty have yet to be substantiated with …
(2019-02-21). Tampa Bay students rally against Trump's 'National Emergency'. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In the wake of President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to get increased funding to the border wall, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of South Florida (USF) held a rally to respond to the attacks on immigrants. The rally, held on campus on February 19, called for a halt to the preparation of a border wall, as well as pushing for more protections for immigrants across the country and at USF. | "This state of emergency is an abuse of power that has resulted from the implementation of racist ideas from the Trump administration. The wall is a symbol of white supremac…
(2019-02-21). 'Save the world by changing the rules'. zcomm.org Two students explain why they walked out of school to demand action on climate change…
(2019-02-21). Oakland, California teachers walk out as unions sabotage West Virginia strike. indybay.org Oakland's teachers walkout began as unions sabotaged the two-day strike by 33,000 teachers and school employees in West Virginia. | The unions are not working class organizations, but instruments of the ruling class. | Oakland teachers must draw the sharpest lessons from these experiences if their struggle is not to be isolated and betrayed.
(2019-02-21). Oakland, California teachers walk out as unions sabotage West Virginia strike. wsws.org Teachers in Oakland, California will walk out of schools in the latest of a series of strikes by educators in the US and internationally against austerity and social inequality.
(2019-02-21). NSW universities increasingly integrated into Australian military build-up. wsws.org The Defence Innovation Network is aimed at subordinating university research ever more directly to the ruling elite's preparations for war.
(2019-02-21). 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…
(2019-02-21). Anti-Semitic and far-right violence on the rise in Germany. wsws.org Statistics shedding light on dangerous political developments in Germany were released over the past week.
(2019-02-21). Thousands of teachers attacked by riot police in Morocco. wsws.org The confrontation came in the midst of a general strike of Moroccan workers on the eighth anniversary of a revolt that was part of the 2011 "Arab Spring."
(2019-02-21). United Arab Emirates: Further Information: Jordanian Journalist Released: Tayseer Salman al-Najjar. amnesty.org On 12 February 2019, Jordanian journalist and poet, Tayseer Salman al-Najjar was released from al-Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE authorities waived the fine imposed on him and he was flown back to Jordan on the same day. A prisoner of conscience, Tayseer had been due for release on 13 December 2018, having served his three-year prison sentence, but as his family could not pay the fine imposed by the court, his detention was extended…
(2019-02-21). Who Is Refusing to Back the Green New Deal? Follow the Fossil Fuel Money. commondreams.org "The Green New Deal is our generation's last and best hope at avoiding climate catastrophe in our lifetimes. Any politician with a conscience will stand up to the fossil fuel lobby and co-sponsor this resolution." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-21). Trump regime targets "loser teachers" in red-baiting tirade. wsws.org Speaking in El Paso last week, Donald Trump, Jr. launched into a vicious McCarthyite attack on public school teachers, one of a series of anti-socialist diatribes by the administration.
(2019-02-21). Latest to Join Nationwide Uprising, Oakland Teachers Strike to Defend Public Education. commondreams.org Nearly 3,000 teachers and other school staffers in Oakland, California were set to join the nationwide wave of #RedForEd strikes on Thursday, demanding greater investment in the district's public schools, students, and teachers—instead of a continuation of the recent unregulated growth of charter schools in the area. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(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). "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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). When India Tries to Regulate Amazon, US Media Qualms About Monopoly Disappear. fair.org 
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 bestseller" essay in…
(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). A Supreme Court Milestone for Students' Free Speech Rights. aclu.org In 1969, a group of public school students protesting the Vietnam War made First Amendment history that stands strong to this day. | This month marks 50 years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling that cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools, Tinker v. Des Moines. We're inspired to see that students still take advantage of their First Amendment rights and speak out on political issues today. | We grew up in Iowa, where our father was a Methodist minister. Believing that faith s…