'Should Send Chills Down the Spine of Anyone with a Conscience': Trump Reportedly Considered Detaining Kids at Guantanamo
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The Trump administration earlier this year reportedly considered detaining migrant children at Guantánamo Bay, the 17-year-old U.S. prison in Cuba that human rights advocates have condemned as a horrific stain on American history. | "The idea of incarcerating children at Guantánamo | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-considered-detaining-kids-guantanamo/5675623
The Climate Rebellion May Be Growing, But Big Oil Keeps on Drilling
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2019-04-25
"Life will not be better with continued hydrocarbons causing climate chaos. The science tells us that," writes Rowell. "The science is screaming that. And that is why Extinction Rebellion was right in targetting the financial district of London this morning." (Photo: Alamy) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/25/climate-rebellion-may-be-growing-big-oil-keeps-drilling?cd-origin=rss
Human Flourishing (Eudaimonia): an Antidote to Extinction?
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-25
In a 1977 book, From Know-How to Nowhere, Elting Morison, an MIT professor, explained the confusion in America between science and the public good. What do we have to do to be ourselves?
counterpunch.org/2019/04/25/human-flourishing-eudaimonia-an-antidote-to-extinction/
Julian Assange: Prisoner of Conscience
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
On April 11, Assange was illegally arrested, forcibly dragged from Ecuador's London embassy where he was given asylum by former President Rafael Correa in August 2012. | He's held under draconian solitary confinement conditions at London's high-security Belmarsh prison, Britain's Gitmo …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-prisoner-conscience/5675541
Scouts 'Perversion Files' Has Over 7,800 Alleged Sexual Abusers
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-25
A review of data compiled from the Boy Scouts of America has shown 7,819 reported sexual offenders and 12,254 identified victims. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Orgs Propose Strategies Against Sexual Abuse of Minors | The data, which spans from 1994 to 2016, was analyzed by Janet Warren, a professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia. The professor spent five years going through an extensive amount of information, which resulted in findings that sug…
telesurenglish.net/news/Boy-Scouts-Perversion-Files-Show-Almost-8000-Alleged-Sexual-Abusers-20190425-0005.html
ISIS Attacks in DR Congo: Latest Phase of a Western Cover for Resource Plunder
Boniface Musavuli | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
In October 2017, a video calling for an Islamic State jihad in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appeared online and in a few news reports. It was purportedly made in Beni Territory, within Congo's North Kivu Province, where …
globalresearch.ca/isis-attacks-dr-congo-western-cover-resource-plunder/5675621
The Renewal of NATO in the Post-Cold War Era
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The Following text is Section 2 of | The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War, : | by the Italian Committee No War No NATO | * | Documentation presented at the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, Florence, April 7, …
globalresearch.ca/the-renewal-of-nato-in-the-post-cold-war-era/5675561
The Road Beckons
Michael D. Yates | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-25
In his latest book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, Robert Caro says that the quality of the writing is as important in nonfiction as in fiction. He argues that the writer must make the reader feel and see what is being described. In his magisterial The Power Broker, a study of Robert Moses, the great builder…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/25/the-road-beckons/
5G Wireless Technology Is the "Stupidest Idea in the History of the World"
Arjun Walia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
We are in the midst of a 5G wireless technology rollout, and politicians have yet to address safety concerns. I recently used Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as an example, but it's happening worldwide. It's one of many examples …
globalresearch.ca/5g-stupidest-idea-history-world/5675638
US Hegemony: America Will Stop at Nothing. The Role of Europe in "Saving the Earth"
Dr. Sergey Tsygankov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
"Give the American a ton of dynamite and a mountain of rock and he is happy" [1]. | For many millennia for Humanity, the Earth was almost infinite, and its depths were bottomless. The situation has changed since the mid-20th century, …
globalresearch.ca/us-hegemony-role-europe-saving-earth/5675496
Muslim or Christian Religion in the UK?
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
On the 23rd April, many of us marked Saint George's Day, an occasion to reflect on our history, it being 'the feast day of Saint George' as celebrated by the majority of England's Christian Churches and by the several nations, …
globalresearch.ca/muslim-or-christian-religion-in-the-uk/5675646
Socialism, Capitalism and Health Care
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
First published by Global Research on November 28, 2017 | Introduction | The US political and economic elites have always bragged that capitalism is far superior to socialism in terms of providing people's personal welfare. They claim that citizens live longer, healthier …
globalresearch.ca/socialism-capitalism-and-health-care/5620412
Cubans Visit Detroit to Share Information on the African Presence and the Cuban Revolution
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
Detroit has been a center of interest and support of the Cuban Revolution for many decades where the majority African American population has engaged in various projects to enhance interactions between both geo-political regions. | A four-day visit by Gisela Arandia …
globalresearch.ca/cubans-visit-detroit-share-information-african-presence/5675549
Preventing Palestine — A Political History from Camp David to Oslo
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
Preventing Palestine stands out as being one of the best written — if not the best — and one of the most essential for understanding the overall historical process of …
globalresearch.ca/preventing-palestine-political-history-camp-david-oslo/5675615
Talking To Ordinary Venezuelans, Pro and Anti-Government Demonstrations: Eva Bartlett
Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
Fearless independent Canadian journalist, Eva Bartlett, has just returned from a month in the streets and barrios of Caracas, Venezuela, covering pro- and anti-government demonstrations, experiencing electrical blackouts, and talking to ordinary Venezuelans. | My objective in filming is not | …
globalresearch.ca/talking-to-ordinary-venezuelans-pro-and-anti-government-demonstrations-eva-bartlett/5675559
The Russia -US -China -Taliban Talks in Moscow Are Bad News for India
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
Indian strategists are watching in horror as Russian, American, and Chinese interests increasingly converge in Afghanistan, with representatives from each of those three aforementioned Great Powers meeting in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the Taliban peace process in a major …
globalresearch.ca/thursdays-rf-us-prc-taliban-talks-moscow-bad-news-india/5675536
Is this a "Game Changer" for Lithium? Strategic Battery Metal Known as "White Petroleum"
Charles Kennedy | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
2018 was a terrible year for commodities, but few sectors fared as badly as lithium. | The crucial battery metal, also known as "White petroleum", struggled through a 50 percent price correction as supply soared and demand fears spread like …
globalresearch.ca/is-this-a-game-changer-for-lithium-strategic-battery-metal-known-as-white-petroleum/5675607
Researchers Advance Transparent 3-D Print Organ Technology
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-25
German researchers have developed transparent human organs, using state-of-the-art technology that could lead to three-dimensional printing of organs for transplants. | RELATED: | Mexico: National University Experts Create Biodegradable Lenses | Scientists at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, led by Turkish doctor Ali Erturk, advanced a technique that uses a solvent to produce organs such as the brain and kidneys, but transparent. The organ is scanned by lasers in a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Researchers-Advance-Transparent-3-D-Print-Organ-Technology-20190425-0007.html
US-Led Bombing Campaign in Syria Killed 1,600 Civilians, Leaving Raqqa Destroyed
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-25
An " unprecedented" new study released on Thursday revealed that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017 — which one military commander at the time claimed was the "most precise air campaign in history" — killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city on a scale unparalleled in recent decades. | The research collated almost two years of investigations into the assault on Raqqa, the groups said in a state…
truthout.org/articles/us-led-bombing-campaign-in-syria-killed-1600-civilians-leaving-raqqa-destroyed/
Arresting Members of the Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective Would be Unlawful
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
We told the State Department that if they enter the Venezuelan Embassy, they are violating international law, and if they arrest members of the Collective for trespass or unlawful entry, these will be unlawful arrests. Members of the Collective are …
globalresearch.ca/arresting-members-of-the-venezuela-embassy-protection-collective-would-be-unlawful/5675626
US Sanctions Killed Over 40,000 Venezuelans Since 2017
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-25
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) released Thursday a study revealing that President Donald Trump's actions against Venezuela are mostly affecting not President Nicolas Maduro's administration but the civilian population, as more than 40,000 deaths have been brought about by U.S. economic sanctions. | RELATED: | Russian Intel: West 'Tearing Apart' Venezuela Like Syria, Libya | "The sanctions are depriving Venezuelans of lifesaving me…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Sanctions-Killed-Over-40000-Venezuelans-Since-2017-20190425-0015.html
Serbs Survive in Ghettos in the Heart of Europe. The "Republic of Kosovo", A Criminal Entity
Radovan Spasic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
After 19 years since a part of the international community, under the auspices of NATO and the US, took control over the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija, following two ethnic pogroms of the Serbs and non-Albanians occurred in 1999 …
globalresearch.ca/serbs-survive-ghettos-europe/5675104
Mueller Report: A Blueprint for Impeachment of Donald Trump?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
There's plenty about Trump to criticize, indisputable just cause to impeach him — for the right reasons, not the wrong ones, for high crimes of war and against humanity, for numerous other offenses harmful to the general welfare, for what …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-blueprint-impeachment/5675537
Belt and Road Forum in Beijing and How Western 'Reports' Are Smearing China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is about to open in Beijing. It will take place from 25 th to 27th April, 2019. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver the keynote address. | It …
globalresearch.ca/belt-and-road-forum-in-beijing-and-how-western-reports-are-smearing-china/5675597
Will Donbass Unite with Russia?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
President Putin's decree simplifying the granting of Russian citizenship to the people of Donbass won't result in the region's unification with Russia but is one of several tactics designed to put pressure on Ukraine's new president to peacefully implement the …
globalresearch.ca/despite-citizenship-stunt-donbass-wont-unite-russia/5675604
Daniel Ellsberg Speaks Out on the Arrest of Julian Assange. Assault on First Amendment
Daniel Ellsberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
As Julian Assange awaits his fate, socked away in maximum security lockdown in Great Britain, his supporters and friends–many of whom believe he is one of the most significant publishers of our time–are vigiling, writing, and speaking out in support …
globalresearch.ca/daniel-ellsberg-speaks-arrest-julian-assange/5675618
Siren Sounds on Nuclear Fallout Embedded in Melting Glaciers
Patrick Galey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
Radioactive fallout from nuclear meltdowns and weapons testing is nestled in glaciers across the world, scientists said Wednesday, warning of a potentially hazardous time bomb as rising temperatures melt the icy residue. |
| For the first time, an international team of …
globalresearch.ca/siren-sounds-nuclear-fallout-embedded-melting-glaciers/5675629
Continued Detentions: The Intended Role for Chelsea Manning
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The noose is tightening around the WikiLeaks world, yet another dedicated attempt to strangle the channels of information that might cast light over the dastardly deeds of state. Connections are being targeted; associates are being brought in. Officials of the …
globalresearch.ca/intended-role-chelsea-manning/5675532
In 10 Years, Half of Elders Won't Be Able to Afford Housing and Medical Care
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-25
In 10 years, more than half of middle-income Americans age 75 or older will not be able to afford to pay for yearly assisted living rent or medical expenses, according to a study published Wednesday in Health Affairs. | The researchers used demographic and income data to project estimates of a portion of the senior population, those who will be 75 or older in 2029, with a focus on those in the middle-income range — currently $25,001 to $74,298 per year for those ages 75 to 84. | And it doesn't look go…
truthout.org/articles/in-10-years-half-of-elders-wont-be-able-to-afford-housing-and-medical-care/
Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Plight of Political Prisoners
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
An historic conference entitled "Freedom for the Unjustly Incarcerated" was held on April 20 in the Midtown District of Detroit when MOVE organizer Pam Africa and the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor spoke extensively on the plight of political …
globalresearch.ca/pam-africa-visits-detroit-public-meeting-mumia-abu-jamal-unjustly-convicted/5675605
Labour Protest in Mexico 2019: The SITUAM Strike
Richard Roman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
SITUAM, Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Independent Union of Workers of the Metropolitan Autonomous University), is an industrially organized university union; that is, it represents scholars as well as both blue-collar and white-collar workers. The Universidad …
globalresearch.ca/labour-protest-mexico-2019-situam-strike/5675665
Iran Is No One's Colony: US Aggression Escalating to a Level that Threatens World War
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The American aggression against Iran is escalating to a level that threatens world war. On Monday April 22, the USA declared that it has withdrawn "waivers" given to China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece, under the …
globalresearch.ca/iran-is-no-ones-colony-us-aggression-escalating-to-a-level-that-threatens-world-war/5675544
Colombia: Nationwide Strike Against Duque's Neoliberal Policies
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-25
Workers, farmers, teachers, students, and pensioners are staging a nationwide "Peace and Justice" strike to reject President Ivan Duque's neoliberal policies, supporting Indigenous rights and defending the peace process in Colombia being left behind by the head of state. | RELATED: | Colombians Protest After Infant of FARC Ex-Militant Murdered | The Central Union of Workers (CUT) president Diogenes Orjuela informed that demonstrators in Bogota will march towards the Bolivar Squar…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Nationwide-Strike-Against-Duques-Neoliberal-Policies-20190425-0012.html
The Untold Story of the Nation's Biggest School Cheating Scandal (3/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-25
In part three, authors Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton argue a lack of efforts to confront poverty and excessive standardized testing continue to set up students to fail…
therealnews.com/stories/the-untold-story-of-the-nations-biggest-school-cheating-scandal-3-3
Los Angeles high school students lead rally for Yemen
Chakib Mouzaoui | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-25
High school students organize the community in solidarity with Yemen.
liberationnews.org/los-angeles-high-school-students-lead-rally-for-yemen/
Is America Finally Waking Up to the Student Debt Crisis?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-25
New polling data suggest that there is broad-based support for policies that provide economic relief to a generation burdened with loans.
truthdig.com/articles/is-america-finally-waking-up-to-the-student-debt-crisis/
American Healthcare Horror Stories: An Incomplete Inventory
Fran Quigley | commondreams.org | 2019-04-25
The horrible statistics of the U.S. healthcare system mask the reality that every data point is someone's mother or spouse or beloved child, enduring unrelenting, grinding pain and days and nights tortured by illness. (Photo: US Navy/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/25/american-healthcare-horror-stories-incomplete-inventory?cd-origin=rss
US-Led Bombing Campaign in Syria Killed 1,600 Civilians and Left Raqqa Destroyed
Julia Conley | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-25
(CD) — An "unprecedented" new study released on Thursday revealed that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017–which one military commander at the time claimed was the "most precise air campaign in history"–killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city on a scale unparalleled in recent decades. The research collated almost two years …
theantimedia.com/us-led-bombing-syria-ki…
'Fat Sex Therapist' compares fitness to Nazism, dieting to rape
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-25
Fatness is health, dieting is sexual assault, and fitness is a white supremacist Nazi science — so stated a self-described 'Fat Sex Therapist" at a college talk. Commenters were shocked, but the anti-fitness backlash is growing. | …
rt.com/usa/457529-fat-sex-therapist-nazi/
Emperor Penguin Breeding Colony Vanish Due to 'Fast Ice'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-25
A new study indicates that Antarctica's second-largest breeding ground for the Emperor Penguin species have been virtually unproductive since 2016 and looks to continue on that trend in 2019. | RELATED: | Aussie Same-sex Penguin 'Couple' Tickled Pink by Foster Egg | An Antarctic Science study discloses that the favored Halley Bay site normally hosts between 15,000 to 24,000 breeding pairs of penguins annually and is now virtually empty. | The scientists have blamed the disappearanc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Emperor-Penguin-Breeding-Colony-Vanish-Due-to-Fast-Ice-20190425-0008.html
Student migrant faces deportation
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-25
Students, unionists and community members protested outside the immigration department on April 11 against the threatened deportation of Kinley Wangchuck, an 18-year-old hearing-impaired student who lives in Queanbeyan, NSW. | Wangchuck's family, who have lived in Australia for 7 years and are seeking permanent residency, was told in early April that their son did not meet Australia's migration health requirements and had to be deported as otherwise he would be a "financial burden" on the country. | Will Edwards from the National Union of Students (NUS) Disabilities Department called the protest, which als…
greenleft.org.au/content/student-migrant-faces-deportation
Students Carry Out Demonstrations and Mobilizations in Chile
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-25
Santiago de Chile, April 25 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Student Confederation (Confech) and the Coordinating Assembly of Secondary Students (ACES) have called on Thursday demonstrations in several cities, in what constitutes the first youth mobilization of the year.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…
Rutgers University faculty union blocks strike by professors and teaching assistants
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-25
The American Federation of Teachers acted to prevent a coordinated fight by educators against the Democrats' austerity measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/25/rutg…
Greet Union Busting Billionaire Reed Hastings Who Brought Prop 39 & Charters To California
Defend Public Education NOW! | indybay.org | 2019-04-25
San Francisco Design Center: 101 Henry Adams St | San Francisco…
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Polish teachers speak out on why they are striking
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-25
The main teachers' union has called for the suspension of the powerful strike to allow students to complete their exams.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/25/poli…
Ending Public Funds For Privately-Operated Charter Schools Versus Improving Persistently Deplorable Charter School Transparency and Accountability
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-24
One of the ways that even those who skillfully expose and critique endless charter school problems still miss the mark and (un)wittingly support the destruction of public education through more school privatization schemes is by obsessing over how to improve disturbingly low levels of transparency and accountability in the charter school sector, instead of demanding …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/ending-public-funds-for-privately-operated-charter-schools-versus-improving-persistently-deplorable-charter-school-transparency-and-accountability/
The Communist Party in the 1920s: The first decade of struggle
Norman Markowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-24
In the first decade of the Communist Party's existence in the United States, 1919-1929, activists fought to build inclusive industrial unions, working within the existing AFL unions. They formed an organization, the Trade Union Educational League (TUEL), to coordinate these activities. William Z. Foster, who had led the great Steel Strike of 1919, the largest …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-communist-party-in-the-1920s-the-first-decade-of-struggle/
Interview With Max Ajl: What Internationalist Green New Deal Would Look Like
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-24
For the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Max Ajl, who is a doctoral student in development studies at Cornell University. He speaks to them from Tunisia, where he is conducting research on the environment and agriculture as it relates to decolonization and…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/24/interview-with-max-ajl-what-internationalist-green-new-deal-would-look-like/
The Marxist turn in animal liberation?
Daniel Werding | mronline.org | 2019-04-24
The Alliance is a political association of various animal liberation groups centered in Germany and Switzerland. It was formed to support research, criticism and debate over the ideas of Marxism as they impact the animal liberation struggle and to contribute to a new approach to the praxis of the movement. The Alliance published it's 18 […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/24/the-marxist-turn-in-animal-liberation/
Indecency, hypocrisy reign in Macron's France
Rémy Herrera | workers.org | 2019-04-24
Herrera is a Marxist economist and researcher at France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He works at the Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, and wrote this sarcastic commentary on April 18 on the response of the French ruling class and government to the burning of Notre-Dame cathedral. . . . | Continue reading Indecency, hypocrisy reign in Macron's France at Workers.org…
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