SEP wins support for Assange and Manning at Sri Lanka's Peradeniya university
wsws.org | 2019-06-29
Tenishan, an agriculture student, asked: "Is it democratic to imprison journalists who have revealed war crimes?"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/29/slas…
FBI pushes US universities to spy on Chinese students & visitors
rt.com | 2019-06-29
The FBI is urging American universities to help the agency spy on Chinese students and scholars from Chinese research institutions, particularly those working in tech, science, math, engineering, and anything defense-related. | …
rt.com/usa/462960-fbi-spy-chinese-students-universities/
West Virginia legalizes charters schools
wsws.org | 2019-06-29
Defying the overwhelming sentiments of teachers, students and workers, Governor Jim Justice signed a bill legalizing the state's first-ever charter schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/29/wvir…
Racist Nazi Attack On CCSF Ethnic Studies Professor & Class
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-06-29
CCSF Professor Dr. David Palaita faced a racist nazi attack in his class by two students. The students were seeking to terrorize and bust up the class. This has been combined with the CCSF Chancellor Mark Rocha and his rubber stamp Board of Trustees in mass cutbacks in classes, financial mismangement including use of bond funds for PAEC for consultants and cronies who want to privatize the college and sell off the Balboa reservoir to developer Avalon for 1500 high priced condos.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824280.php
Students block right-wing think tank on "Dictatorship Research" at Berlin's Humboldt University
wsws.org | 2019-06-29
The attempt of far-right professor and Eastern European historian Jà∂rg Baberowski to set up a think tank at Humboldt University has failed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/29/babe…
SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-29
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php
Canceling All College Debt Will Make Us Smarter and Richer
Astra Taylor | commondreams.org | 2019-06-28
Every class winds up deeper in debt than the last, with racial minorities and women hardest hit. (Photo: Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/28/canceling-all-college-debt-will-make-us-smarter-and-richer?cd-origin=rss
Kamala Harris Challenges Biden on Opposing Busing & Integration in 1970s: "That Little Girl Was Me"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-28
The second night of the first Democratic presidential debate was billed as a face-off between front-runners former Vice President Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders, but it was California Senator Kamala Harris who took command of the stage Thursday night. Harris sparred with Biden over his recent comments about working with segregationists in the Senate and for his opposition to Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools in the 1970s. "There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. That lit…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/28/kamala_ha…
Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-06-28
Media…
fair.org/home/kevin-kumashiro-on-student-debt-cancellation/
SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-28
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php
Honduras at Ten Years After the Coup: a Critical Assessment
James Phillips | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-28
As the tenth anniversary arrives, many Hondurans see the coup of 2009 as a major turning point that began a downward spiral in the country's troubled history. In recent weeks huge popular protests have once again filled the streets and plazas of most of the country's major cities and have appeared also in rural areas, leading up to what are expected to be even larger protests around the June 28 anniversary. The immediate cause of the latest protests was the government's passage of a set of laws that for many Hondurans signaled the privatization of the public health and education sectors and the layoff of thousand…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/28/honduras-at-ten-years-after-the-coup-a-critical-assessment/
Socialism 2019: the Left at a Crossroads
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-28
For a number of years, the International Socialists Organization, once the largest Marxist group in the USA, held educational conferences either in Chicago or in various American cities. In 2004, I attended a plenary session of a regional conference at City College in New York, mostly to hear my old friend Peter Camejo who was…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/28/socialism-2019-the-left-at-a-crossroads/
Lessons for the Climate Emergency
Judith Deutsch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
"The bad news is that if history teaches us one thing, it is that there never has been an energy transition… The history of energy is not one of transitions, but rather of successive additions…" Bonneuil and Fressoz, The Shock | …
globalresearch.ca/lessons-climate-emergency/5681987
The Russia-India-China Summit, Secret and "Informal", Rich in Symbolism and Opportunities?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
The leaders of Russia, India and China (RIC) will hold an informal summit during the G20 gathering in Japan, which is an event of monumental significance rich with symbolism and opportunities. These three countries don't always see eye to eye | …
globalresearch.ca/the-russia-india-china-summit-secret-and-informal-rich-in-symbolism-and-opportunities/5682035
Hong Kong: Can Two Million Marchers Be Wrong?
Kim Petersen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
In February 2003, protest organizers estimated that nearly 2 million people took to the streets of London in opposition to going to war against Iraq. United States president George W. Bush came across as dismissive of the protestors, likening them …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-can-two-million-marchers-be-wrong/5682059
Libra: Facebook's Audacious Bid for Global Monetary Control
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies. This has now been demonstrated — not in the United States but in China. Unlike in the US, where numerous firms feast on fees from handling and processing …
globalresearch.ca/libra-facebooks-audacious-bid-global-monetary-control/5681969
Was There Ever an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program?
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
This incisive article was first published in May 2018 | Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which has set the stage for another Iran crisis, has opened a new round of domestic …
globalresearch.ca/was-there-ever-an-iranian-nuclear-weapons-program/5640634
Liberty Has Lost Its Protection
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
July 4 should be a day of mourning. The rights our ancestors fought for have been taken away. | Over the course of my lifetime there has been a fundamental shift in the attitude of the judiciary toward Constitutional rights. I …
globalresearch.ca/liberty-has-lost-its-protection/5682003
100 Years Ago: The Treaty of Versailles. Peace or Armistice?
Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
June 28, 1918, one hundred years ago… | (An excerpt from Jacques R. Pauwels, The Great Class War 1914-1919, James Lorimer, Toronto, 2016) | On June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the infamous assassination in Sarajevo, the signing of the Peace …
globalresearch.ca/100-years-ago-the-treaty-of-versailles-peace-or-armistice/5682005
Video: US-backed Forces Came with "List of Demands" to Damascus
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
One Turkish soldier was killed and 5 others were injured during clashes with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in the region of Afrin, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on June 26. According to …
globalresearch.ca/us-backed-forces-came-fresh-demands-damascus/5681972
Theologians: Constantinople Lost Its Weight in the Orthodox World
Sophia Iliadi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
The Orthodox world is facing a total rearrangement. The balance of powers and the distribution of influence between 14 mutually recognized Local Orthodox Churches is shifting as the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, historically first among equal autocephalous Churches, has completely …
globalresearch.ca/theologians-constantinople-lost-its-weight-orthodox-world/5681952
The Globalization of War. America's "Long War" against Humanity
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
America's hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-americas-long-war-against-humanity/5426125
Remembering Justin Raimondo, Outstanding Geopolitical Analyst and Antiwar Activist. RIP (1951-2019)
Antiwar Staff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Justin was an outstanding author, antiwar activist, an inspiration to all of us. I first met Justin in Kuala Lumpur at the very outset of the Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalize War. He had been invited by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad…
globalresearch.ca/remembering-justin-raimondo-outstanding-geopolitical-analyst-and-antiwar-activist-rip-1951-2019/5682030
On Global Capitalist Crises: Failure of Economic Theory and Capitalist Restructurings
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Read part I, II, III IV and V 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 –…
globalresearch.ca/global-capitalist-crises-failure-economic-theory-capitalist-restructurings/5681958
Russia-India-China Will be the Big G20 Hit
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
It all started with the Vladimir Putin–Xi Jinping summit in Moscow on June 5. Far from a mere bilateral, this meeting upgraded the Eurasian integration process to another level. The Russian and Chinese presidents discussed everything from the progressive interconnection …
globalresearch.ca/russia-india-china-big-g20-hit/5681980
Tweets of Praise: Donald Trump, Australia and Refugees
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Praise from US President Donald Trump has a tendency of tarnishing gold and ungilding matters, and there was something of the muck in his tweet praising Australia for its sadistic approach to refugee arrivals. Operation Sovereign Borders, which commenced in …
globalresearch.ca/tweets-of-praise-donald-trump-australia-and-refugees/5682039
Iran Has Warned to Target Arab Countries in Case of War: The US "Like a Lion in a Persian Story"
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Iran has summoned the United Arab Emirates' chargé d'affaires in Tehran to protest that the UAE allowed the US to use its Al-Dhafra base in UAE to launch the Global Hawk surveillance drone (worth some $130 million) that was downed …
globalresearch.ca/iran-warned-target-arab-countries-case-war-us-like-lion-persian-story/5681975
Investigate Egypt's Former President Morsi's Death
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Immediately after Dr Mohammed Morsi's death on the 17th of June 2019, a number of organisations and individuals had called for a thorough, independent investigation into the cause of his death while on trial in a Cairo court …
globalresearch.ca/investigate-egypts-former-president-morsis-death/5682064
"Rise and Kill First." — The Secret Israeli Worldwide Assassination Program. Book Review
Brett Redmayne-Titley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
"It made no difference which Palestinians we killed… They either were terrorists or would become terrorists or they gave birth to terrorists." — former IDF commander, Rafael " Raful" Eitan. | Spies, Femme fatale, deadly plots, killings, bombs, knives, guns, and …
globalresearch.ca/rise-and-kill-first-the-secret-israeli-worldwide-assassination-program/5682052
Albania's Local Elections Have Sparked An Explosive Political Crisis
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
The President and the Prime Minister are divided over whether local elections should take place as originally scheduled this Sunday, with the former attempting to postpone them until October after the opposition promised to boycott the polls while the latter …
globalresearch.ca/albanias-local-elections-have-sparked-an-explosive-political-crisis/5682009
The "Let Em Eat Cake" Deal of the Century: Trump's "No Peace Deal Peace Plan" for Palestine and the Middle East
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
A peace conference without participation of warring sides is an affront to what the process is supposed to be all about. | Trump's no-peace/deal of the century peace plan was partly introduced at the so-called June 25-26 "Peace to Prosperity Workshop" …
globalresearch.ca/the-let-em-eat-cake-deal-of-the-century-trumps-no-peace-deal-peace-plan-for-palestine-and-the-middle-east/5682049
Trump Administration to Dredge San Francisco Bay to Make Room for More Oil Tankers
OAKLAND, Calif.– Public-interest groups filed a joint letter Monday with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers strongly warning against efforts to dredge a deeper channel through San Francisco Bay. | The Army Corps' proposal would result in a 13-mile dredging project | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-to-dredge-san-francisco-bay-to-make-room-for-more-oil-tankers/5682020
Fracking Health Impacts: Pennsylvanians Demand a Response to Rare Cancer Cases
Erica Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
New research on fracking health impacts, combined with unusually high rates of pediatric cancer, sound alarm bells in Pennsylvania | FracTracker isn't the only one digging deeper into the health impacts of fracking in the past few months. Last week, the …
globalresearch.ca/fracking-health-impacts-pennsylvanians-demand-a-response-to-rare-cancer-cases/5682011
The EU in Crisis. Merkel for President?
Frank Schnittger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
EU Prime Ministers met last week-end to try to fill the key EU posts of President of the Commission, President of the Council, President of the Central Bank, and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. | …
globalresearch.ca/merkel-president/5681957
Water Not Oil: Battle Cry of the "Blue Planet"
Irwin Jerome | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
It's a battle cry inspired by the dire climate crisis that has been sung by many for years yet still hasn't been resolutely taken up by the world as a whole. So the question remains: what ultimately is more important: …
globalresearch.ca/water-not-oil-battle-cry-of-the-blue-planet/5682066
US Special Envoy Abrams Welcomes Venezuela's Former Intelligence Chief to the US, Reaffirms Trump's Commitment to Ousting Maduro
Paul Dobson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
United States Special Envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams has publicly welcomed Venezuela's ex-intelligence chief to the country after he deserted and joined efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro. | Manuel Cristopher Figuera, who served as chief of the Bolivarian …
globalresearch.ca/abrams-welcomes-venezuelas-former-intelligence-chief-us-reaffirms-trumps-commitment-ousting-maduro/5681989
2 Soldiers Killed in Fresh Shelling on Turkish Observation Post
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
On June 27, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation (NFL) attacked positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in Qasabiyeh and Qiratah near the administrative border between Hama and Idlib provinces. | According to pro-government sources, the …
globalresearch.ca/2-soldiers-killed-in-fresh-shelling-on-turkish-observation-post/5682062
Monsters Walk the Earth. Why These Three Countries Are the Real Troika of Evil
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
There are monsters among us. Every day I read about an American "plan" to either invade some place new or to otherwise inflict pain to convince a "non-compliant" foreign government how to behave. Last week it was Iran but next …
globalresearch.ca/monsters-walk-earth-why-these-three-countries-real-troika-evil/5681965
Children "Too Frail to Even Cry": The War in Yemen and Its Bounty of Suffering
George Capaccio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Children who die in this way suffer immensely as their vital organ functions slow down and eventually stop. Their immune systems are so weak they are more prone to infections with some too frail to even cry. Parents are having | …
globalresearch.ca/too-frail-even-cry-war-yemen-its-bounty-suffering/5681983
Dear Grown-Ups, It's Time to Let LGBTQ Students Be Our Teachers
Takeru Nagayoshi | thenation.com | 2019-06-27
Dear Grown-Ups, It's Time to Let LGBTQ Students Be Our Teachers…
thenation.com/article/stonewall-education-lgbtq-students/
Sanders & Warren Pitch Rival Plans to Address $1.6 Trillion in Student Debt
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-27
Renowned education expert Kevin Kumashiro says the plans put forth by two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are a step in the right direction, but America's fundamentally broken education system needs to be radically changed from top to bottom…
therealnews.com/stories/sanders-warren-pitch-rival-plans-to-address-1-6-trillion-in-student-debt
'The Bold Solution We Need': Over 100 Academics Endorse Sanders Student Debt Cancellation and Tuition-Free College Plan
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-27
"In the face of this crisis, nothing short of a complete overhaul of our public higher education system will suffice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/27/bold-solution-we-need-over-100-academics-endorse-sanders-student-debt-cancellation?cd-origin=rss
The Honorable Course in Iran Starts With Ending Sanctions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-27
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 imported goods, includi…
truthout.org/articles/the-honorable-course-in-iran-starts-with-ending-sanctions/
When Going to School Means Being Afraid
Uma Menon | progressive.org | 2019-06-27
Gun violence has overshadowed my education and entire life. Central Florida is not just a survivor; it is a continual victim.
progressive.org/dispatches/when-going-to-school-means-being-afraid-menon-190627/
Philosophy group discussion
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-27
Today in San Miguel de Allende we had our usual Philosophy Group meeting. This time we listened to the words of Allan Watts. He told us why modern education is a hoax. His basic thought is that education is poured into our brains from an early age but that we are really taught nothing that …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/27/philosophy-group-discussion/
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
The Power of Transgender Political Representation
Ruben J. Gonzales | thenation.com | 2019-06-27
The Power of Transgender Political Representation…
thenation.com/article/stonewall-transgender-politicians-devos/
What the Concentration Camps of Bosnia Can Teach Us About the Abuse of Immigrants on the U.S. Border
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-06-27
I never thought the pattern of abuse and deceit that I saw at Serb-run prison camps in the 1990s would be relevant to America — but it is.
theintercept.com/2019/06/27/immigration-detention-bosnia/
Iran and Tajikistan — Towards Pragmatic Relations?
Omid Rahimi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Last week Iran's President Rouhani concluded a trip to Tajikistan to attend CICA. The visit of the Iranian president to Dushanbe came after a period of four years. The last meeting between the Presidents of the two countries was …
globalresearch.ca/iran-tajikistan-towards-pragmatic-relations/5681748
Osaka G20 Summit to Seek Unity Around Multilateralism?
Prof. Fabio Massimo Parenti | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
The G20 summit in Osaka, Japan is bringing together all the contradictions of an interconnected but highly fragmented world. The Middle East, or West Asia, is still in turmoil, and international terrorism keeps being a disruptive issue in many regions …
globalresearch.ca/g20-to-seek-unity-around-multilateralism/5681920