Ongoing Genocide and the Plight of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Internationally
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
"Imagine that a group of bandits entered your house without permission and booted you and your family members out. Afterwards the bandits continue to occupy the house, but they graciously allow you and your family to stay in the cellar. …
globalresearch.ca/ongoing-genocide-and-the-plight-of-indigenous-peoples-in-canada-and-abroad/5681439
Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-23
50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, Balboa Park BART | Meet at street level at the bottom of hill below Science Hall, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, near St. Francis of the Guns statue in front of the Science Building.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824146.php
Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-23
ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824144.php
Back from Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Iran Crisis that He Created with Severe US Sanctions
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
The warmongers on Trump's national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday in retaliation for the downing of a US drone over waters claimed by Iran. | Then at the last minute, Michael …
globalresearch.ca/trump-wants-walk-back-iran-crisis-he-created-severe-us-sanctions/5681391
Has India Abandoned Palestine?
Askiah Adam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
India has recently voted in support of Israel at the United Nations (UN) for the first time in its post-independence history. At the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on June 6 she voted with Israel to deny a Palestinian …
globalresearch.ca/has-india-abandoned-palestine/5681384
Video. US and Russian Armed Forces: Comparative Analysis of Organizational Structures
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
Introduction | Armed forces organization depends on several factors, from current and future threats and challenges (the nature of the projected theater of operations, or TO), to the country's economic and technological capabilities. The doctrines of the two world superpowers of …
globalresearch.ca/us-russian-armies-organizational-staff-structure/5681379
The American Way of War
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
The infamous Herman Goering had this quote at the time of the Nuremberg Trials in the wake of World War II [1]: | "Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in …
globalresearch.ca/amerikan-nazi-germany-way-war/5681394
Britain and Oman: Will Their Growing Special Relationship Survive Succession?
Mark Curtis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
Sixty years ago, Britain won a long-forgotten war in Oman, setting the special relationship between the two countries that is still being boosted today. | The anniversary falls as the head of the British army recently visited Oman, and as the …
globalresearch.ca/britain-oman-will-their-growing-special-relationship-survive-succession/5681402
Bill Clinton in Kosovo: Reminiscing KLA Terrorism and US-NATO Humanitarian Warfare
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
"War in the name of morality provides as many reasons for historical shudders as war in the name of self-interest, for at least the latter may be easier to call off when self-interest calls for compromise." — Lawrence Freedman, Review …
globalresearch.ca/bill-clinton-in-kosovo-reminiscing-kla-terrorism-and-us-nato-humanitarian-warfare/5681382
Video: The US Has Threatened Several Times to Stage an Attack and Blame It on Iran
The Corbett Report | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
Transcript of the video below. | 1) PATRICK CLAWSON ON "CRISIS INITIATION" | CLAWSON: I frankly think that crisis initiation is really tough and it's very hard for me to see how the United States president can get us to war …
globalresearch.ca/4-times-us-threatened-stage-attack-blame-iran/5681419
'Lies, Slander': Cuba Rejects US "Human Trafficking" Blacklist
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
Cuba denounced a decision by the United States to blacklist the island nation for allegedly contributing to human trafficking as based on "lies and slander." | The U.S. State Department's annual report on human trafficking released Thursday added Cuba and Saudi …
globalresearch.ca/lies-slander-cuba-rejects-us-human-trafficking-blacklist/5681406
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How Close Was the Trump Regime to Waging War on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
From Harry Truman's aggression on North Korea to post-9/11 preemptive US wars, US ruling authorities acted with coalition of the willing partners — in lieu of going it alone. | World community opposition gives Washington pause about attacking another nation unilaterally, …
globalresearch.ca/how-close-trump-regime-waging-war-iran/5681387
A Brief History of US Concentration Camps
Brett Wilkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
Concentration camp (noun): a place in which large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. …
globalresearch.ca/brief-history-us-concentration-camps/5681410
The American Way of War
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
The infamous Herman Goering had this quote at the time of the Nuremberg Trials in the wake of World War II [1]: | "Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in …
globalresearch.ca/the-american-way-of-war/5681394
Sorting Out Reality from Fiction About Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
Last April marked a special anniversary for Cuba but one that we should all reflect upon given the current events in Latin America, particularly in Venezuela. In mid-April 1961 three cities in Cuba were bombed at the same time from …
globalresearch.ca/sorting-out-reality-fiction-about-venezuela/5681400
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-22
When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, its press release did not reveal the unusual terms for the grant. | Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the foundation, a staunch supporter of school ch…
truthout.org/articles/how-teach-for-america-evolved-into-an-arm-of-the-charter-school-movement/
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-22
When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, its press release did not reveal the unusual terms for the grant. | Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the foundation, a staunch supporter of school ch…
truthout.org/articles/how-teach-for-america-evolved-into-an-arm-of-the-charter-school-movement/
Cameroonian students of Confucius Institute receive Chinese ambassador scholarship
Sarah Mukabana | cgtn.com | 2019-06-22
A student from the Confucius Institute in Cameroon receives a scholarship from the Chinese ambassador Wang Yingwu (front R) in Yaounde, Cameroon, June 21, 2019. Fifty-nine students from the Confucius Institute in Cameroon received a scholarship on Friday from the Chinese ambassador Wang Yingwu. (Xinhua/Jean Pierre Kepseu)China | Fifty-nine students from the Confucius Institute in Cameroon received a scholarship on Friday from the Chinese ambassador Wang Yingwu. | The scholarship was shared among the students who performed exceptionally well in the Chinese proficiency test (HSK) and during the class. | Ariane Zet…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/22/cameroonian-students-of-confucius-institute-receive-chinese-ambassador-scholarship/
Massive review of fracking science confirms the industry poses a serious threat to both environment and human health
NationofChange Staff | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-22
"All together, the data show that fracking impairs the health of people who live nearby, especially pregnant women, and swings a wrecking ball at the climate,"
nationofchange.org/2019/06/22/massive-review-of-fracking-science-confirms-the-industry-poses-a-serious-threat-to-both-environment-and-human-health/
Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-22
50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, Balboa Park BART | Meet at street level at the bottom of hill below Science Hall, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, near St. Francis of the Guns statue in front of the Science Building.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824146.php
Activists Step Up Trainings in Wake of Deportation Threats
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-22
CHICAGO–Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. | "He failed to remain silent," said the U.S. citizen mother of five. "He proceeded and told the truth." | The Chicago woman now spends her time teaching others how to avoid her husband's fate, part of a growing national effort since President Donald Trump took office that has taken on new urgency in recent days. As he kicked off his 2020 campaign, Trump had p…
truthdig.com/articles/activists-step-up-trainings-in-wake-of-deportation-threats/
Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-22
ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824144.php
On Global Capitalist Crises: Resisting US Financial Imperialism in Venezuela
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Read part I, II, III and IV from the links below. | Part I — On Global Capitalist Crises: Systemic Changes and Challenges | Part II — On Global Capitalist Crises. Debt Defaults, Bankruptcies and Real Economy Decline | Part III — On …
globalresearch.ca/global-capitalist-crises-resisting-us-financial-imperialism-venezuela/5681314
US Exceptionalism: Exploiting Certain Syrians, Ignoring Others
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Syria and Russia have been evacuating civilians from yet another region starved by its Western-backed terrorists. But Western corporate media ignore this and instead continue spinning nightmarish war propaganda on Syria. | Predictably, copy-paste Syrian reports emanate from Western governments and | …
globalresearch.ca/us-exceptionalism-exploiting-certain-syrians-ignoring-others/5681242
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Official Nuclear Operations Doctrine Published, Taken Offline
Steven Aftergood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
The Joint Chiefs of Staff briefly published and then removed from public access a new edition of their official doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons. But a public copy was preserved. See Joint Publication 3-72, Nuclear Operations, June …
globalresearch.ca/dod-doctrine-nuclear-operations-published-taken-offline/5681349
Should Measles Vaccination be Compulsory?
John Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Supplementary to my earlier letter [1] it strikes me that public criticism of vaccine products may come a poor third in the spread of measles in comparison with failure of outreach and failure of the vaccine technology itself. In addition …
globalresearch.ca/should-measles-vaccination-compulsory/5681351
U.S. Steel Plants Are Going Idle, but the Fed Continues to Perpetuate the Myth that the "Economy is in Good Shape"
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Even though there is a tremendous amount of evidence to the contrary, the Federal Reserve continues to insist that the U.S. economy is in good shape. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told the nation that "the economy …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-steel-plants-are-going-idle-but-the-fed-continues-to-perpetuate-the-myth-that-the-economy-is-in-good-shape/5681341
Shift in Military Alliances: America Declares War on Turkey? #NATOExit?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
While Turkey is still "officially" a member of NATO, president Erdoğan has been developing "friendly relations" with two of America's staunchest enemies, namely Iran and Russia. US -Turkey military cooperation dates back to the Cold War. Today Turkey is sleeping with the enemy. And Trump has "rhetorically" declared war on Turkey. We are ready for war, says President Erdogan.
globalresearch.ca/shift-in-military-alliances-america-declares-war-on-turkey-nato-in-disarray/5651137
The Broader View Reveals the Ugliest of Prospects
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Standing back a little and surveying the events of the last couple of weeks, gives a bleak view of the current state of western democracy. | We have seen what appears to be the most unconvincing of false flags in the …
globalresearch.ca/broader-view-reveals-ugliest-prospects/5681348
America's Medical Apartheid
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Introduction by Dr. Gary Null | About a decade ago, my late colleague Dr. Martin Feldman and I were invited to be keynote speakers at a conference on anti-aging and alternative medicine in Chicago. | The hall was packed with several thousand …
globalresearch.ca/americas-medical-apartheid/5681184
Malaysian Airlines MH17: Prime Minister Mahathir Calls It a Political Plot Against Russia
Mazwin Nik Anis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described the decision to charge three Russians and one Ukranian with murder over flight MH17 as a political plot against Russia. | "We are very unhappy. From the very beginning, it became a political | …
globalresearch.ca/malaysian-airlines-mh17-prime-minister-mahathir-calls-it-a-political-plot-against-russia/5681297
Undocumented plant extinctions are a big problem — here's why they go unnoticed
David Coates | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-21
A recent survey on the world's plants found a shocking number have gone extinct — 571 since 1750. And this is likely to be a stark underestimate. Not all plants have been discovered, so it's likely other plants have gone extinct before researchers know they're at risk, or even know they exist. In Australia, the situation is …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/21/undocumented-plant-extinctions-are-a-big-problem-heres-why-they-go-unnoticed/
38th Annual Walk for Peace: Urge Politicians to Pursue "Peaceful Options" and Support Nuclear Disarmament
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
This Saturday, Winnipeggers will hold the city's 38th annual Walk for Peace. The theme of this year's march is to call for Canada to adopt a foreign policy that focuses on international peace, development and co-operation. The event is sponsored …
globalresearch.ca/38th-annual-walk-for-peace-urge-politicians-to-pursue-peaceful-options-and-support-nuclear-disarmament/5680842
Escalating Color Revolution: The "Georgian Dream" Might Turn into an American Nightmare
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
The ruling "Georgian Dream" party of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is at risk of falling in the face of an ever-escalating Color Revolution that was preplanned to coincide with the symbolic visit of a Russian parliamentarian during the …
globalresearch.ca/georgian-dream-might-turn-american-nightmare/5681290
Iran Goes for "Maximum Counter-pressure". Is Closing the Strait of Hormuz an Option?
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Sooner or later the US "maximum pressure" on Iran would inevitably be met by "maximum counter-pressure". Sparks are ominously bound to fly. | For the past few days, intelligence circles across Eurasia had been prodding Tehran to consider a quite straightforward …
globalresearch.ca/iran-goes-for-maximum-counter-pressure-is-closing-the-strait-of-hormuz-an-option/5681305
America's New Strategic Ally: India's Naval Deployment to the Persian Gulf. Directed against Iran?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
India's dispatch of naval and air assets to the Gulf in response to the latest US-provoked crisis there is anti-Iranian to the core and intended to serve as an exercise for improving the South Asian state's interoperability with its new …
globalresearch.ca/indias-military-deployment-gulf-anti-iranian-core/5681292
MH17: Charging Individuals on the Basis of a Deeply Flawed Investigation. Placing the Blame on Russia
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) and the Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) share Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's skepticism about Russia's alleged culpability in the shooting down of MH17 on the 17th of July …
globalresearch.ca/mh17-charging-individuals-basis-deeply-flawed-investigation/5681309
Bias, Lies and Videotape: Doubts Dog 'Confirmed' Syria Chemical Attacks
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Thanks to an explosive internal memo, there is no reason to believe the claims put forward by the Syrian opposition that President Bashar al-Assad's government used chemical weapons against innocent civilians in Douma back in April. This is a scenario …
globalresearch.ca/bias-lies-and-videotape-doubts-dog-confirmed-syria-chemical-attacks/5681319
Iran and US Officials Attend a Russian Security Forum but Nobody Is Talking About It
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
The tenth international meeting on security has just concluded in the Russian the city of Ufa. The forum has been under-reported, but it represents one of the few global examples of multilateral meetings between high-level representatives of countries that are …
globalresearch.ca/iran-us-officials-attend-russian-security-forum-nobody-talking-about-it/5681325
Trump Threatens to Attack Iran, Then Pulls Back
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Days after calling last week's Gulf of Oman incident "very minor," stepping back from possible war on Iran, Trump called its downing of a US spy drone (in its own airspace he failed to explain) "a very big mistake." | Responding …
globalresearch.ca/trump-threatens-attack-iran-pulls-back/5681353
Video: Gulf Conflict: Iran Shot Down US Global Hawk. Houthis Struck Saudi Power Plant with Cruise Missile
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
Late on June 19, Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) carried out a new one "cruise missile" strike on Saudi Arabia. The missile strike targeted a major power plant in the area of al-Shuqaiq in the Kingdom's southern province …
globalresearch.ca/gulf-conflict-iran-shot-down-us-global-hawk-houthis-struck-saudi-power-plant-cruise-missile/5681286
Laborfest: Film: The Teachers' Protest
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-21
518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824129.php
Laborfest: Teacher Strike Wave
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-21
Tenderloin Museum, 398 Eddy Street, San Francisco. Powell St BART.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824125.php
Native People: Changing Our Ways of Seeing
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-21
In the early 1960s while a student at the University of British Columbia I became fascinated with the study of cultural anthropology. Anthropology, for me, held up a "mirror for man." It challenged us to see ourselves in the experience of others of different colour, to respect different ways of seeing values, kinship systems and…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/21/native-people-changing-our-ways-of-seeing/
NAACP Invites Detroit and Surrounding Cities Residents to 110th National Convention Events
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-06-21
NAACP Experience Hall, Health Pavilion and Career Fair to headline free events at Convention. BALTIMORE‚ÄØ– Families, students, professionals and residents of Detroit, MI and surrounding areas are invited to attend the NAACP Experience taking place Saturday, July 20 through Tuesday, July 23. Hosted at the COBO Center, hundreds of partners, companies, civic organizations, and vendors …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-invites-detroit-surrounding-cities-residents-110th-national-convention-events/
Rally for free speech condemns AFP raids
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
About 100 people protested against Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on News Corp and ABC journalists, outside the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices on June 15. | The rally, called by NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge, heard from former ABC and SBS journalist and multiple Walkley Award winner Mark Davis, Stop the War Coalition founding member Pip Hinman, National Union of Students Ethno-Cultural Officer Hersha Kadkol, investigative journalist Michael West and independent journalist Paul Gregoire. | Statements from Mary Kostakidis and Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi were read out. | Shoebridge informed protesters…
greenleft.org.au/content/rally-free-speech-condemns-afp-raids
'Like a debtors' prison': American who fled to CHINA from $30k in student loans
rt.com | 2019-06-21
Millions of Americans are struggling under the weight of student loans, but the government would rather bomb Iran than fix it, the graduate who packed his bags for China to escape his own crippling college debt tells RT. | …
rt.com/usa/462354-american-fled-china-student-loans/
Native People: Changing Our Ways of Seeing
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-21
In the early 1960s while a student at the University of British Columbia I became fascinated with the study of cultural anthropology. Anthropology, for me, held up a "mirror for man." It challenged us to see ourselves in the experience of others of different colour, to respect different ways of seeing values, kinship systems and…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/21/native-people-changing-our-ways-of-seeing/
'We do not approve!' Stop Adani sit-in
AlexBainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
Two thousand people took over a major roadway in Brisbane on a Friday night, standing and sitting in. The action is likely to be the prelude to future disruption in the city if approval for the Adani coal mine is not withdrawn. | The rally first heard from a range of speakers, including Wangan and Jagalingou spokesperson Adrian Burragubba; MUA Qld state secretary Bob Carnegie; and organisers with University Students for Climate Action, Front-Line Action on Coal and others. | Numerous community groups were visible in the rally, noticeably some bearing Extinction Rebellion signs announcing a day of disruption to be…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-do-not-approve-stop-adani-sit