Financed by Tax on Wall Street Speculators, Sanders Plan Would Wipe Out All $1.6 Trillion in US Student Loan Debt
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
"We bailed out Wall Street in 2008. It's time to tax Wall Street's greed to help the American people." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Sanders and Omar's Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota released a bill to cancel all student debt in the nation, called the Student Debt Cancellation Act. Sen. Bernie Sanders is also introducing companion legislation for complete student debt cancellation as a part of broader package he is introducing on college affordability. While Representative Omar's Student Debt Cancellation Act isn't the first bill ever to propose canceling all student debt, it comes at a time when wide-scale student debt cancellation as a policy proposal is finally being tr…
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"Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815
The Mechanism of Economic Sanctions: Changing Perceptions and Euphemisms
Elias Davidsson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
"Economic sanctions", a mode of coercion in international relations resuscitated in recent years, has prompted renewed and lively scholarly interest in the subject. Why have such measures become so popular? | One answer is that they "constitute a means of exerting …
globalresearch.ca/mechanism-economic-sanctions-changing-perceptions-euphemisms/5681547
HBO's "Chernobyl": A Cautionary Tale About Splitting Atoms, or Another Chapter of Anti-Russia Propaganda?
Dennis Riches | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
I've always been kind of obsessed by things nuclear. From the time I learned about nuclear arsenals as a child, I wondered how masses of people could tolerate this Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. A few years ago, …
globalresearch.ca/hbos-chernobyl-cautionary-tale-about-splitting-atoms-another-chapter-anti-russia-propaganda/5681524
"Violent Voyeurism": Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise is privacy's violation; its working assumption is privacy's irrelevance; officially tolerated such a concept is …
globalresearch.ca/violent-voyeurism-surveillance-spyware-human-rights/5681540
Secret US-Russia-Israel National Security Summit in Jerusalem: What is the Hidden Agenda?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
This week's National Security Advisor summit in Jerusalem is an historic event because of the participation of the Russian, Israeli, and American representatives during this multi-day meeting from 24-26 June, but it's also a juicy one too because of …
globalresearch.ca/juicy-national-security-advisor-summit-jerusalem/5681560
Trained to Lie: The Making of the Modern Politician
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
It would appear these days, that unless one can show that one is important or an expert in some way or other, one will not be taken seriously by those who only see life as a social climbing highway called …
globalresearch.ca/trained-lie-making-modern-politician/5681562
The Monkey's Face. The Climate Crisis is Destroying "Real Environmentalism"
John Steppling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
"The more reified the world becomes, the thicker the veil cast upon nature, the more the thinking weaving that veil in its turn claims ideologically to be nature, primordial experience." — Theodor Adorno (Critical Models) | "Nature contains, though often unnoticed, | …
globalresearch.ca/the-monkeys-face-the-climate-crisis-is-destroying-real-environmentalism/5681579
Lying by Omission Is Still Lying
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
There is no doubt that lying in any form and for questionable reasons is not an accepted value. It can cause serious consequences on those who are the object of lies. It some cases it can cost lives. A person …
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Trained to Lie: The Making of the Modern Politician
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
It would appear these days, that unless one can show that one is important or an expert in some way or other, one will not be taken seriously by those who only see life as a social climbing highway called 'career making'.
globalresearch.ca/trained-lie-making-modern-politician/5681562
Bolton Is in Israel Conferring with Netanyahu How to Provoke US Attack on Iran
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
As I posted on June 22, the world still faces the danger of an attack on Iran by Washington acting as an agent of Netanyahu. Israeli agent John Bolton is already in Israel conferring with Netanyahu. It is a …
globalresearch.ca/bolton-israel-conferring-netanyahu-how-provoke-us-attack-iran/5681532
Trump "Rethinks", Abruptly Calls Off Military Strike: US Credibility Dented in Iran Standoff. The Danger of Escalation Remains
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
The US President Donald Trump's reported decision abruptly to call off military strike against Iran which he'd previously ordered, highlights the growing complexity of the US-Iranian entanglement. | Indeed, it takes political courage to rationalise amidst such a dangerous situation …
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Selected Articles: Lying by Omission Is Still Lying
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
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Iran and the Dangers of Nuclear War. The Risk of a US Preemptive War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Pompeo, Bolton, and their hardline underlings seek coalition partners of the willing for confronting Iran militarily. More on this below. | Sunday on NBC News Meet the Press, Trump made a rare candid statement, saying "(i)f it was up to (John …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-hawks-seek-anti-iran-coalition-war/5681567
Memo to the President: Is Pompeo's Iran Agenda the Same as Yours?
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
UPDATED: VIPS says its direct experience with Mike Pompeo leaves them with strong doubt regarding his trustworthiness on issues of consequence to the President and the nation. | DATE: June 21, 2019 | MEMORANDUM FOR: The President. | FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for …
globalresearch.ca/vips-memo-president-pompeos-iran-agenda-same-yours/5681521
U.S. "Military Aid" to Al Qaeda, ISIS-Daesh
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
The total shipment is of the order of 994 tons of "humanitarian" R2P light weapons for the "Moderates" in Syria. (in a single shipment out of Romania) among numerous comparable shipments by sea as well as by air…
globalresearch.ca/u-s-military-aid-to-al-qaeda-isis-daesh/5548960
As Conflict with Iran Escalates, Path to Peace Can be Found
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
The recent escalation of conflict between the United States and Iran threatens another US military quagmire that would create crisis and chaos in Iran, the region and perhaps globally as well as costing the US trillions of dollars. The US …
globalresearch.ca/conflict-iran-escalates-path-peace-found/5681582
'Modified': A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of "Food Supply for Profit"
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it's not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it's a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights …
globalresearch.ca/modified-film-about-gmos-corruption-food-supply-profit/5681527
Hundreds of 737 Max Pilots Sue Boeing over 'Unprecedented Cover-Up"
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Over 400 pilots have joined a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, accusing the company of an "unprecedented cover-up" of "known design flaws" on the company's top-selling 737 MAX, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. | The MAX, first put into service in …
globalresearch.ca/hundreds-737-max-pilots-sue-boeing-unprecedented-cover-up/5681557
Report Highlights Mistreatment of Refugee Children in US Internment Camps
Fred Mazelis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
A report this week by the Associated Press (AP) on conditions facing children at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas, highlights the inhuman treatment of children under the Trump Administration's savage anti-immigrant campaign. | The AP, in an account …
globalresearch.ca/report-highlights-mistreatment-refugee-children-us-internment-camps/5681518
'Plasticrust': A new form of pollution is forming on this Portuguese island
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-24
Plastic pollution: it seems to be taking over our oceans and beaches. An estimated 8 million tons of plastic ends up in our oceans every year, a number that has skyrocketed over the last 70 years as our demand for plastic has grown. Therefore it seems like it was only a matter of time before plastic pollution evolved into something even worse. | Researchers have discovered a new, maybe even more permanent, form of plastic pollution. Dubbed 'plasticrust', this type of pollution incorporates itself right into the rocky shoreline of the Portuguese island of Madeira. | In 2016 marine ecologist Ignacio Gestoso noti…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/24/plasticrust-a-new-form-of-pollution-is-forming-on-this-portuguese-island/
"Theoretical Lies" of the World Bank. Developing Countries and the Hidden Agenda of the "Washington Consensus"
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
In 2019, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF will be 75 years old. These two international financial institutions (IFI), founded in 1944, are dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that …
globalresearch.ca/theoretical-lies-world-bank/5681576
Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
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
Rwanda: Feminists Dialogue on Women's Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-24
Rwanda Women's Network, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promote and improve the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda, held Saturday a dialogue in the capital city of Kigali, to share views on the general state of feminism in the Central East African country. | RELATED: | France Will Finally Investigate Involvement in Rwandan Genocide | The dialogue was aimed to rethink the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists within the national context and fr…
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Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
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…
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Sanders, Jayapal and Omar Introduce Groundbreaking Bills to Ensure College For All and Eliminate All Student Debt
commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
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Ilhan Omar and Bernie Got It Right: Full Student Debt Cancellation Is the Best Approach
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are seen during the Capitol "Swamp" to unveil college affordability bills, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Sanders will Present Project to Eliminate Student Debt in the US
plenglish.com | 2019-06-24
Washington, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will present today a proposal to eliminate US student debt, estimated at 1.6 trillion (millions of millions) of dollars.
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Thousands of Students Cross the US-Mexico Border Every Day to Go to College
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
San Ysidro, California — The weight of her backpack is what comes to mind when Andrea Morín thinks about crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between Tijuana and San Diego every weekday to attend San Diego State University. | "We have to struggle with the most basic things sometimes," the 22-year-old theater major said. "My backpack is super heavy 'cause I have to be here the entire day. So I have to be carrying snacks, food, extra clothes." | Vannessa Falcón, a Ph.D. candidate in education in a joint program between San Diego State and Claremont Graduate University, was 12 when she started cros…
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Cuban Minister of Education Visits Nicaragua
plenglish.com | 2019-06-24
Managua, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Education Ana Elsa Velazquez kicked off an official visit to Managua on Sunday, after paying tribute to the Nicaraguan hero Carlos Fonseca Amador on his 83rd birthday.
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UNESCO Approves the Extension of Galapagos Biosphere Reserve Area
plenglish.com | 2019-06-24
24 de junio de 2019, 16: 13Quito, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has passed the extension of the Galapagos Biosphere Reserve area, the Ministry of Environment announced on Monday.
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FROM THE FIELD: Children in warzones denied right to education
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-24
Millions of children around the world are being denied a "safe place to learn", due to ongoing conflicts according to the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF.
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Campaign to defend historic, Depression-era "Life of Washington" murals in San Francisco
wsws.org | 2019-06-24
The San Francisco Board of Education is considering either destroying or covering over a series of 13 frescoes on the life of George Washington at a local high school. The WSWS spoke to professor emeritus of history Robert Cherny about the issue.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/24/mura…
Crazed US Government: As We Face "Armageddon" the Western World Is Leaderless
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
According to news reports, the validity of which cannot be ascertained by the general public, a crazed US government came within ten minutes of igniting a general conflagation in the Middle East, the consequences of which could have been catastrophic …
globalresearch.ca/face-armageddon-western-world-leaderless/5681453
Provoking Iran Could Start a War and Crash the World Economy
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Tensions in the Persian Gulf are reaching a point of no return. In recent weeks, six oil tankers have been subjected to Israeli sabotage disguised to look like Iranian attacks to induce the United States to take military action …
globalresearch.ca/provoking-iran-could-start-war-crash-entire-world-economy/5681482
History of World War II: The D-Day Landing, The Red Army's "Operation Bagration", Summer of 1944
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
President Trump's controversial visit to the UK finished with his departure to Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Trump gathered with other Western leaders for the usual photo op which did not include the leaders …
globalresearch.ca/red-armys-operation-bagration-not-d-day-landings-broke-back-german-fascism-summer-1944/5681456
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
The New York Times is reporting that on June 20, President Trump ordered military strikes against Iran to retaliate for its shootdown of a U.S. drone, but then pulled back and didn't launch them. Officials told the Times that …
globalresearch.ca/iran-had-legal-right-shoot-down-us-spy-drone/5681461
Trump Told Iran of Imminent Attack, Then Offered Talks
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Having signed off on an attack against Iran early Thursday, President Trump didn't just tell the military and diplomats that he was on board. Trump also sent a message to the Iranian government, by way of Oman, telling them that …
globalresearch.ca/trump-told-iran-imminent-attack-then-offered-talks/5681476
Be Thankful for Trump's Iran Indecision… For Now
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
We can for now be thankful Trump didn't kill people and blow things up in Iran yesterday. Even so, the fact he went full-throttle, and then backed off is worrisome. | It's been obvious for some time now the president is | …
globalresearch.ca/be-thankful-for-trumps-iran-indecision-for-now/5681506
Selected Articles: Lies and Sanctions — Iran and China
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
globalresearch.ca/us-feeds-lies-sanctions-iran-china/5681488
US-China Economic Warfare: Chinese Enterprises Blacklisted by the US
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
The US considers China a strategic adversary. Waging war on the China by other means makes reconciling major bilateral differences all the harder. | According to a US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) document, 143 tech-related Chinese …
globalresearch.ca/scores-chinese-enterprises-blacklisted-us/5681478
War Propaganda and the US-NATO "War of Terror" Against Syria and Its People
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Washington-led NATO has always sought to destroy Syria as a functioning state. In order to achieve this goal, its air campaign and its terrorists have continuously targeted infrastructure. Schools, hospitals, and their employees have been targeted for either for destruction …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-wests-war-terror-against-syria-its-peoples/5681467
Trump Has a $259 Million Reason to Bomb Iran
Eli Clifton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
On Thursday, the United States came perilously close to a military confrontation with Iran after it downed a U.S. drone that may or may not have entered the country's air space. President Donald Trump reportedly ordered a retaliatory military strike …
globalresearch.ca/trump-has-259-million-reason-bomb-iran/5681490
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
Germany vs. Iran — Has Germany Sold Out to the Devil?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Madame Angela Merkel — the head of Europe's strongest economy, of the leader of the European Union, said that there was strong evidence that Iran attacked the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Ten days ago, German Foreign Minister, …
globalresearch.ca/germany-vs-iran-has-germany-sold-out-to-the-devil/5681471
War Propaganda and the US-NATO "War of Terror" Against Syria and Its People
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Washington-led NATO has always sought to destroy Syria as a functioning state. In order to achieve this goal, its air campaign and its terrorists have continuously targeted infrastructure. Schools, hospitals, and their employees have been targeted either for destruction or …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-wests-war-terror-against-syria-its-peoples/5681467
Aleppo: Where Hospitals Were Turned into Sharia Gaols
Gail Malone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
This article was originally published in March 2017. | In April [2017] as part of our fact finding mission, we travelled to Aleppo. We visited a hospital there which MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctor's Without Borders) has accused Assad and Russia of …
globalresearch.ca/aleppo-where-hospitals-were-turned-sharia-goals/5681450
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