SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-27
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php
Hawks Behind Trump's Back
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Iran is not provoking but is provoked by a group that wants a war between the U.S. and Iran. Recently, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton, and CIA director Gina Haspel all favored a …
globalresearch.ca/hawks-behind-trumps-back/5681724
Hawks Behind Trump's Back
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Iran is not provoking but is provoked by a group that wants a war between the U.S. and Iran. Recently, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton, and CIA director Gina Haspel all favored a …
globalresearch.ca/hawks-behind-trumps-back/5681724
And then, Man Created God!
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Yuval Noah Harari is an Oxford graduate and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has written Sapiens, a book about our history, we are the sapiens as in homo sapiens. He traces …
globalresearch.ca/and-then-man-created-god/5681728
66% of US college grads regret their education, study finds
rt.com | 2019-06-26
Nearly two thirds of US college graduates have serious regrets about their education, with many resentful of taking on huge student loan burdens or pursuing worthless humanities degrees, a recent survey has found. | …
rt.com/usa/462686-college-graduates-regret-education-debt/
New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Macy's Over Criminal History Screening Policy
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-26
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP (O&G), and Youth Represent (YR) filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York against Macy's, Inc. (Macy's), challenging its use of an unnecessarily punitive criminal history screening policy. | According to the lawsuit, the policy disproportionately disqualifies Black and Latinx applicants and employees from job opportunities in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the New York City Human Rights Law. | Plaintiffs, The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) and Ms. Jenetta Rolfer,…
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High Court told of 'genuine crisis' in special educational needs funding
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
A "genuine crisis" in funding for young people with special educational needs could "blight their lives forever", the High Court has heard.Lawyers representing three families who are bringing a landmark legal challenge against the Government said funding intended to support those with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) was "manifestly insufficient".Jenni Richards QC, for the families, told the court during a hearing on Wednesday that there was "clear and incontrovertible evidence" of a "substantial national shortfall" in funding.Nico Heugh Simone, right, with his parents who are helping bring the c…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/26/high-court-told-of-genuine-crisis-in-special-educational-needs-funding/
Discussing the Black Panthers
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-26
With the development of new anti-racist movements, there is a renewed interest in the history of the Black Panther Party. Shaun Harkin spoke to Donna Murch–historian and author of 'Living for the City'–about the overlooked aspects of the Panthers, from their founding days, to their focus on political education. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/26/discussing-the-black-panthers/
66% of US college grads regret their education, study finds
rt.com | 2019-06-26
Nearly two thirds of US college graduates have serious regrets about their education, with many resentful of taking on huge student loan burdens or pursuing worthless humanities degrees, a recent survey has found. | …
rt.com/usa/462686-college-graduates-regret-education-debt/
Former footballer urges graduates to show solidarity as he picks up degree
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
World Cup winner Lilian Thuram urged graduates to "put solidarity at the heart of our society" as he received an honorary degree.The former France defender said he feared the rise of right-wing ideology across Europe and increased focus on competition would lead to people becoming isolated.He was at the University of Stirling on Wednesday to be recognised for his contribution to football, as well as his commitment to tackling racism through education. | In 2008, at the end of his football career, the former defender — a Unicef ambassador — set up the Lilian Thuram Foundation, which educates against raci…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/06/26/former-footballer-urges-graduates-to-show-solidarity-as-he-picks-up-degree/
New Zealand primary teacher union pushes through sellout pay deal
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
The ramming through of the sellout by the NZ Educational Institute will intensify pressure on secondary teachers to accept the rotten agreement, which will freeze wages and intensify the crisis in schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/nzed…
SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-26
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php
'Summon the spirit of San Francisco', says General Assembly President on UN Charter anniversary
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-26
Reaffirming faith in human rights, promoting social justice and saving the world from the "scourge of war": just some of the founding principles of the United Nations, which appear in the Organization's bedrock Charter, signed exactly 74 years ago in San Francisco.
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Are Campus Activists Missing the Point?
Adam Szetela | progressive.org | 2019-06-26
From Harvard to UW-Madison, students are protesting the wrong people.
progressive.org/dispatches/are-campus-activists-missing-the-point-Szetela-190626/
AFT's Weingarten On Public Service Freedom To Negotiate Act And Protecting Employee Rights
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-26
AFT members, including AFT President Randi Weingarten, at townhall with 2020 presidential candidate California Senator Kamala Harris… | WASHINGTON–American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in support of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, reintroduced today in the House of Representatives, which will guarantee collective bargaining rights for public sector employees across the country: | "Public workers educate our students, treat our patients and keep our communities strong and safe. But in many states, they have been denied their basic freedom to…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/policy…
Investors in Companies Profiting Off Student Loans Are Worried About Democrats' Proposals to Cancel Debt
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-06-26
Democratic presidential candidates are laying out plans to wipe out some or all of America's $1.6 trillion in student debt — and investors in companies that manage student loans are expressing concern. | Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was the first to lay out a detailed plan for clearing at least $50,000 in student debt for borrowers earning less than $100,000. Earlier this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered a more sweeping policy, outlining a
theintercept.com/2019/06/26/student-loan-debt-cancellation-companies/
Falling Oil Profits Drive U.S. War Threats Against Iran?
Bill Dores | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
"I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. … We had entire training courses." That's what Trump regime Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told students at Texas A&M University on April 15. | On June 14, Pompeo told …
globalresearch.ca/falling-oil-profits-drive-u-s-war-threats-against-iran/5681811
An Honorable Course in Iran: End Sanctions, Resume Dialogue
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-26
Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about how U.S. policies cause suffering and trauma far beyond U.S. borders. Her diabetic father, for example, is in danger of losing access to medicines because sanctions against Iranian banks make it nearly impossible to pay for …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/an-honorable-course-in-iran-end-sanctions-resume-dialogue/
Intergenerational Warfare Is a Scam—We Need to Expand Social Security and End Student Debt
Nancy J. Altman | commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
"In the fight to pass these wise proposals into law," writes Altman, "we must be ready for Roosevelt's "tyrants," who will seek to use their money and influence to thwart the common good. They have always been with us and probably always will." (Image: iStock / bearsky23) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Honduran military invades university and shoots down students
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
The most recent military repression recalls nothing so much as the methods employed against radicalized students and workers during the 1980s.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/hond…
What Ever Happened to the Energy Transition?
John Treat | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Anyone trying to understand what's happening with the world's energy systems right now can be forgiven if they are confused. On one hand, most people know about the climate emergency, and the need to move away from fossil fuels. On …
globalresearch.ca/what-ever-happened-energy-transition/5681836
Trump Rejected Attacking Iran: 'We Don't Need Any More Wars'
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
The Wall Street Journal is reporting in increasing detail on President Trump's Thursday decision to not attack Iran, providing reports from aides that described Trump as very reluctant to be dragged into another war. | Trump reportedly told one of his …
globalresearch.ca/trump-rejected-attacking-iran-we-dont-need-any-more-wars/5681776
Trump Imposes New Sanctions Amid Continuing War Threat Against Iran
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
President Donald Trump and his treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, unveiled Monday what the US administration had touted as new "harsh" and "hard-hitting" economic sanctions against Iran in the wake of last week's Iranian shoot-down of a sophisticated US drone …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imposes-new-sanctions-amid-continuing-war-threat-against-iran/5681771
Arms Dealers and Lobbyists Get Rich as Yemen Burns
Barbara Boland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Chronic human rights violator Saudi Arabia is using American-made weapons against civilians in the fifth-poorest nation in the world, Yemen. And make no mistake: U.S. defense contractors and their lobbyists and supporters in government are getting rich in the process….
globalresearch.ca/arms-dealers-lobbyists-get-rich-yemen-burns/5681821
"Overwhelming Will Mean Obliteration", according to Trump: A World Gone Mad, A Demented Head of State, Total Destruction of Iran is Contemplated?
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
This is what the Republican-elected, property-developer-president in the US White House in Washington has specifically threatened to do to the sovereign state of Iran: which action is presumably endorsed by the UK Conservative government — for it has said nothing …
globalresearch.ca/obliterate-destroy-wipe-annihilate-exterminate-liquidate-kill-wipe-off-face-earth/5681795
Video: Avian Bird Flu, New Strains of the Flu Virus: Let's Fight Global Pandemics by Maybe Starting One?
Thomas Gaulkin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Feed a cold, starve a fever … mutate the flu? | A couple of labs in Wisconsin and The Netherlands have been given the green light to do controversial work with a deadly strain of avian flu that kills two thirds …
globalresearch.ca/hey-lets-fight-global-pandemics-maybe-starting-one-say-what/5681806
Attempted Coup in Ethiopia
Asif Haroon Raja | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Early in the morning of June 22, an orchestrated coup attempt was made against the executive leadership of Amhara Regional Government of Ethiopia, north of Addis Ababa. | A "hit squad" led by Amhara's security chief Brig Gen Asaminew Tsige burst …
globalresearch.ca/attempted-coup-ethiopia/5681797
Western Allies Terror-bombed 70 German Cities by 1945
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
During late November 1944, the German armaments minister Albert Speer met with his leader, Adolf Hitler, at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin so as to debate the ongoing war effort. Much to Hitler's incredulity, Speer had been overseeing what …
globalresearch.ca/western-allies-terror-bombed-70-german-cities-1945/5681730
Life Expectancy Falters in the UK: Slow Death but Fast Profits for the Agrochemical Sector
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
A special report in the Observer newspaper in the UK on 23 June 2019 asked the question: Why is life expectancy faltering? The piece noted that for the first time in 100 years, Britons are dying earlier. The UK now …
globalresearch.ca/life-expectancy-falters-uk-slow-death-fast-profits-agrochemical-sector/5681854
Canada: Lifting the Veil of Identity Politics
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's time-honored participation in Pride parades belies something much more sinister. | The Prime Minister's recent statement that, "(t)his message, that politicians of all different stripes are out to support them, that the country takes to the …
globalresearch.ca/lifting-veil-identity-politics/5681768
The Shameful "Deal of the Century"
Dr. Elias Akleh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Much have been said and written about the so-called "Deal of the Century", also called by different names depending on the perspective of different parties. The deal has been in development for two years and is eventually being unveiled this …
globalresearch.ca/shameful-deal-century/5681780
Egypt's Former President Morsi Died, or Was Murdered, While Reciting a Patriotic Poem in a Cage
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Former President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, had finished his 15-minute discourse in a courtroom, while being locked inside a sound-proofed cage. He read a poem about his love for Egypt, and then collapsed, and died. | His demise sent shock-waves …
globalresearch.ca/morsi-died-was-murdered-while-reciting-patriotic-poem-cage/5681759
Russia-Israel-US National Security Chiefs Meet Behind Closed Doors in Jerusalem: Moscow Seeks Iran-Israel "Compromise"
Maxim A. Suchkov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
The much-awaited trilateral meeting of the security chiefs of Russia, Israel and the United States delivered on expectations: no breakthroughs nor revelations of concrete proposals, but lots of mutual political signaling, diplomatic posturing and ground-setting for next engagements. | Iran predictably …
globalresearch.ca/moscow-seeks-iran-israel-compromise-jerusalem-security-chiefs-meeting/5681774
The Golden Asteroid that Could Make Everyone on Earth a Billionaire
Joao Peixe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don't really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we've already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals. | If anything launches this …
globalresearch.ca/golden-asteroid-could-make-everyone-earth-billionaire/5681800
"5G Ready"? UK Government's "5G Rural First": "Dangerously High" Levels of Electromagnetic Field Radiation (EMF) in Southern England
Annie Dieu-Le-Veut | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
230 scientists and doctors are appealing to the WHO to move the 5G wireless signal from a Group 2B carcinogen to a Group 1, the same as asbestos and arsenic. They point to the dangers to health from 5G including increased cancer, genetic damages, neurological disorders, etc…
globalresearch.ca/glastonbury-festival-goers-walking-emf-minefield/5681851
Trudeau Should Cut His Losses on the Trans Mountain Pipeline
Gordon Laxer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Justin Trudeau is in over a barrel. In 2015, he made a deal with Alberta. He would get an oil pipeline built to a coast if the province joined his pan-Canadian climate plan. After his election this past April, Conservative …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-should-cut-his-losses-trans-mountain-pipeline/5681733
Selected Articles: How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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/selected-articles-how-evil-wins-the-hypocritical-double-standards-of-political-outrage/5681861
Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution
Ashley Stumvoll | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-26
Climate change has widely reported negative consequences, and innovations in renewable energy technologies are central to achieving the Paris climate treaty goals to mitigate these effects. A new report cautions that mining of metals used in manufacturing renewable technologies like wind turbines, solar power, and electric vehicles has costs, including for biodiversity. Negative effects from …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/26/shift-to-renewable-energy-could-have-biodiversity-cost-researchers-caution/
Bipartisan Congressional Effort to Prevent War on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
When the US plans war on a targeted country, it fabricates pretexts and seeks world community, congressional, and public support — establishment media backing virtually automatic. | Congressional authorization for war hasn't been gotten since December 8, 1941, following imperial Japan's …
globalresearch.ca/bipartisan-congressional-effort-prevent-war-iran/5681790
Childish Diplomacy: Donald Trump's New Play Against Iran
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Diplomacy has been seen historically as a practitioner's art, nurtured in schools of learning, tested and tried in the boardrooms of mild mannered summitry. Klemens von Metternich and Otto von Bismarck practiced it with varying degrees of ruthlessness and skill; …
globalresearch.ca/childish-diplomacy-donald-trumps-new-play-against-iran/5681840
An Antidote to Isolation?
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Dear Readers, | As the modern day world grows more and more isolated, the view points we put forth are not selected in the interest of pushing a specific narrative, but rather in breaking down walls and building a dialogue. We …
globalresearch.ca/an-antidote-to-isolation/5681865
Not Another Mount Polley! Minnesota Delegation in Toronto to Sound Alarm over PolyMet Mine
Amnesty International Canada | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
A delegation of concerned downstream residents and elected leaders will be travelling from Minnesota to Toronto this week to raise concerns about a Canadian junior mining company's plan to build a massive copper mine near a sensitive watershed in Duluth….
globalresearch.ca/not-another-mount-polley-minnesota-delegation-toronto-sound-alarm-polymet-mine/5681740
How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
"She was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80 percent could …
globalresearch.ca/how-evil-wins-hypocritical-double-standards-political-outrage/5681766
Reparations and the Liberation of the African American People
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
Note: These following remarks were made by Abayomi Azikiwe at a public meeting held at the Cass Commons in Midtown on June 19 to celebrate the annual Cuba Caravan which arrived in the city at the invitation of the Moratorium …
globalresearch.ca/reparations-and-the-liberation-of-the-african-american-people/5681756
NY Times Admits It Sends Stories to US Government for Approval Before Publication
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
The New York Times casually acknowledged that it sends major scoops to the US government before publication, to make sure "national security officials" have "no concerns." | *** | The New York Times has publicly acknowledged that it sends some of its …
globalresearch.ca/ny-times-admits-it-sends-stories-us-government-approval-before-publication/5681831
In protest: the sci-fi contribution to Arabic resistance literature
Emad El-Din Aysha | mronline.org | 2019-06-26
Palestinian resistance literature helped break the bounds of many of the literary taboos holding Arabic literature back. A whole new genre within a genre developed with the Palestinian intifada. It is a shame that there is no science fiction as future-oriented as Palestinian resistance literature is. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/26/in-protest-the-sci-fi-contribution-to-arabic-resistance-literature/
Australian teachers establish new Facebook "support network" against ongoing victimisation
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
Three victimised teachers have launched a new "Bullied Teachers Support Network," under conditions where nearly 25 percent of NSW high school teachers claim to have been bullied.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/netw…
US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling American
Sophie Mitra and Debra Brucker | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-26
Who counts as poor in the U.S. today? Measuring the share of the population that experiences poverty is important to understanding and monitoring how the country's economy is doing. It also informs the administration of safety net programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps. Poverty is measured in the U.S. in two ways — but …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/26/us-poverty-statistics-ignore-millions-of-struggling-american/
UK population growth stalls, with births down and deaths up
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
The population of the UK has risen to 66.4 million but the growth rate has stalled, official estimates show. | The latest calculations show there was an estimated 66,436,000 people living in the country at the end of June 2018, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). | But the growth rate remained the same as the previous year. | Over the 12 months to the middle of 2018, the UK population rose year-on-year by 0.6%, with the annual growth rate remaining slower than any year since mid-2004. | Neil Park, head of the ONS population estimates unit, said: "For the fifth year in a row, net intern…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/26/uk-population-growth-stalls-with-births-down-and-deaths-up/
Students and staff to protest imposition of trimesters at Australian university
wsws.org | 2019-06-25
The University of New South Wales management has put commercial interests ahead of education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/unsw…