South Australian teachers strike for better wages and conditions
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
South Australia teachers have joined their counterparts in New Zealand, other Australian states and around the world, to strike against their current, unsustainable wages and conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/teac…
Solidarity and Manufacturing
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-04
If there's one thing the hotel workers' and teachers' strikes last year have driven home, it's that the future of American labor does not lie with manufacturing. Most of those jobs are gone. And according to David Ranney in his new book, "Living and Dying on the Factory Floor," they're not coming back.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/04/solidarity-and-manufacturing/
Statement of the IYSSE Karlsruhe: Against militarism, fascism and war! For socialism! Vote IYSSE!
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
The Trotskyist youth movement is running two candidates in the elections for the Student Parliament in at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/iyss…
UK National Education Union and #SchoolCuts hold Together for Education rally
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
The "turning point" in the campaign involves waiting for the autumn budget statement and the local elections in 2020 to put pressure on politicians to change their minds on increasing school funding.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/educ…
Hawai'i Board of Education Bans Herbicides on School Grounds in Response to Community Concerns
Center for Food Safety | indybay.org | 2019-07-04
Honolulu, HI, June 28, 2019 — This week, the Hawai'i State Board of Education (BOE) released a memo announcing that it will be banning the use of herbicides on public school campuses effective immediately. The announcement is the result of a public meeting held on Monday between BOE officials, community members, and Dewayne "Lee" Johnson–the first plaintiff to win a cancer suit brought against Monsanto/Bayer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824340.php
Dallas protesters march against Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-04
Dallas, TX – About 100 protesters gathered at Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the evening of July 2 to demand an end to the Trump administration's immigrant concentration camps. After the rally, the protesters marched through downtown Dallas. | The protest was organized by North Texas Action Committee, North Texas Dream Team, Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Monsignor Romero Community Center, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | Signs demanded an end to the concentration camps and legalization for all. Chants included "Down, down deportations, up, up, education," and "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/3/dallas-pr…
Militarism Defines Trump's 4th of July Spectacle
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
Trump intends turning this year's Independence Day commemoration into a show of US military might — reflecting a nation permanently at war against invented enemies. More on the July 4 DC display below. | Annual US Independence Day commemorations reflect hypocrisy, …
globalresearch.ca/militarism-defines-trumps-4th-july-spectacle/5682614
Going Nuclear in the Antipodes: Australia's Megadeath Complex
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
The antipodes has had a fraught relationship with the nuclear option. At the distant ends of the earth, New Zealand took a stand against the death complex, assuming the forefront of restricting the deployment of nuclear assets in its proximity. …
globalresearch.ca/going-nuclear-antipodes-australias-megadeath-complex/5682640
Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today
Evaggelos Vallianatos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
This article was originally published in February 2018. | When I entered the Office of Pesticide Programs of the US Environmental Protection Agency in May 1979, I knew practically nothing about pesticides. Though I had taken classes in chemistry in college …
globalresearch.ca/tear-gas-battlefields-world-war-i-streets-today/5682622
Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
In the nineteen seventies multinational corporations were buying all the Canadian businesses they could so the Pierre Trudeau government established the Foreign Investment Review Agency to try to control it. In Ontario we were seeing celebrities like Goldie Hawn buying …
globalresearch.ca/private-island-why-britain-now-belongs-someone-else/5682642
Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon
Joe Catron | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
As deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reaches the highest level in a decade, the rainforest's indigenous peoples and their supporters have called for action against the political and business interests they blame for a spike in illegal logging and …
globalresearch.ca/report-shows-corporations-bolsonaro-teaming-destroy-amazon/5682629
Video: 'The Coup Turned Honduras into Hell': Interview with President Manuel Zelaya on the 10th Anniversary of Overthrow by the US
Manuel Zelaya | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
The Grayzone's Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him. | He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan …
globalresearch.ca/coup-turned-honduras-hell-interview-president-manuel-zelaya-10th-anniversary-overthrow-us/5682633
Depleted Uranium: An Iraqi Scientist Speaks Out on the Lingering Effects of Radioactive Weapons
Edward Fox | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
Souad Naji al-Azzawi, an Iraqi environmental scientist (and longtime contributor to Global Research), has devoted much of her professional life to studying one of the thorniest problems remaining from the years of war in her home country–the effect …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-scientist-speaks-lingering-effects-radioactive-weapons/5682626
New Zealand secondary teachers' union pushes through sellout
wsws.org | 2019-07-03
The deal pushed through by…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/03/ednz…
Charter School Advocates Try to Downplay Growing Opposition to Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-03
Prominent charter school advocates are understandably shaken and worried about the growing tide of opposition to privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter schools that have been wreaking havoc across the country for nearly 30 years. Charter school supporters are speaking out more in hopes of saving these deregulated and segregated schools that often perform poorly and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/charter-school-advocates-try-to-downplay-growing-opposition-to-charter-schools/
China and Mexico Reject US Interference in Venezuelan Affairs
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
China and Mexico invited the Venezuelan opposition and the government on Wednesday to renew dialogue, rejecting foreign interferences in Venezuela's domestic affairs. | RELATED: | President Maduro Ratifies Commitment to Dialogue in Norway | "The international community must insist in the respect of the objectives and principles of the U.N. Charter, as well as the basic rules of international relations," China's Foreign Minister Wang Li said according to Mexican media. | The foreig…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Mexico-Reject-Interference-in-Venezuelan-Affairs-20190703-0028.html
Australia: Hundreds of students and staff protest against trimesters at UNSW
wsws.org | 2019-07-03
"Orientating the uni towards profit rather than education is not a good thing overall for education."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/03/unsw…
UC Santa Cruz Lobby Corps Addresses Recall Effort
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2019-07-03
The UC Santa Cruz Lobby Corps has issued a letter opposing the recall effort being made by Santa Cruz United against Santa Cruz City Councilmembers Drew Glover and Chris Krohn. The letter states that, "students are at serious risk of losing some of our strongest advocates in local government" if the recall is successful. The letter accuses Santa Cruz United of spreading false information about the candidates, including, "falsely accusing Glover of perjury in federal court."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824334.php
Honduras Announces State Emergency Over Dengue Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
Honduras has called a state of emergency Tuesday after more than 15,400 dengue patients were confirmed and 44 deaths recorded so far this year, authorities said. | RELATED: | Honduras: Students Occupy University Campuses to Support Strike | Right-wing president Juan Orlando Hernandez officialized the call to action, Health Minister Alba Consuelo Flores told mem…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-State-Emergency-Over-Dengue-Outbreak-20190703-0021.html
Judge Lets NY Pursue Student Loan Debt Relief Scam Case
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
A federal judge gave New York's attorney general the go-ahead to sue Debt Resolve Inc., and nine other defendants, of systematically scheming to entice thousands of struggling student loan owners into paying for debt relief services they could have gotten for free. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Dem Debate: Education, Health Care For All | U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan rejected requests by Debt Resolve Chief Executive Bruce Bellmare, his predecessor Stanley Freimuth and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Judge-Lets-NY-Pursue-Student-Loan-Debt-Relief-Scam-Case-20190703-0026.html
Almost half of UK universities and colleges see drop in student satisfaction
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-03
Almost half of the UK's universities and colleges have seen a fall in the proportion of students who are happy with their experience of higher education, figures show. | The latest National Student Survey (NSS) reveals that the overall percentage of students who are satisfied with their course and institution increased to 84%. | This was an increase of one percentage point on the previous year. | In England, 83% of students were satisfied with the quality of their course — the same percentage as in 2018. | A PA analysis of the data shows that of 354 universities and colleges that have comparable figures for…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/03/almost-half-of-uk-universities-and-colleges-see-drop-in-student-satisfaction/
Immigration Lobby Group Launches DACA "Renewals Now" Campaign To Increase Resources And Support For Dreamers
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-03
WASHINGTON, DC — FWD.us today announced the launch of the DACA Renewals Now campaign, a long-term educational campaign and resource drive to support the more than 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who are impacted by changes to the DACA program. | The effort, which will continue through this year, will help encourage and facilitate DACA renewals for Dreamers by driving donations to organizations working around renewals, raising public awareness, and partnering with organizations to offer other related services, such as renewal clinics. The FWD.us Education Fund will adapt the…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/news/i…
Immigration Lobby Group Launches DACA "Renewals Now" Campaign To Increase Resources And Support For Dreamers
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-03
WASHINGTON, DC — FWD.us today announced the launch of the DACA Renewals Now campaign, a long-term educational campaign and resource drive to support the more than 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who are impacted by changes to the DACA program. | The effort, which will continue through this year, will help encourage and facilitate DACA renewals for Dreamers by driving donations to organizations working around renewals, raising public awareness, and partnering with organizations to offer other related services, such as renewal clinics. The FWD.us Education Fund will adapt the…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/news/i…
Progressives Rejoice as Biden's Lead Weakens After Debate: Poll
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
Joe Biden remains comfortably ahead as a new poll, reported on by Politico reveals the former vice president remains in the lead but has lost some percentage points following last week's debate, while Bernie Sander Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren are the only other contenders polling above one percent among Democratic supporters. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Dem Debate: Education, Health Care For All | The data showed that Harris is growing in support at the expense of Joe Biden, s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Progressives-Rejoice-as-Bidens-Lead-Weakens-After-Debate-Poll-20190703-0008.html
Taking sides and telling the truth: The hidden history of the Arnautoff mural
David Bacon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-03
Editor's note: Last week, the San Francisco Board of Education voted to paint over a 1936 mural titled "The Life of George Washington," at the city's George Washington High School. The mural is the work of artist Victor Arnautoff. The mural critically depicts the racist and colonialist history of the U.S.' founding. Misunderstandings about its …
peoplesworld.org/article/taking-sides-and-telling-the-truth-the-hidden-history-of-the-arnautoff-mural/
Hawai'i Board of Education Bans Herbicides on School Grounds in Response to Community Concerns
Center for Food Safety | indybay.org | 2019-07-03
Honolulu, HI, June 28, 2019 — This week, the Hawai'i State Board of Education (BOE) released a memo announcing that it will be banning the use of herbicides on public school campuses effective immediately. The announcement is the result of a public meeting held on Monday between BOE officials, community members, and Dewayne "Lee" Johnson–the first plaintiff to win a cancer suit brought against Monsanto/Bayer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824340.php
Latin American Indigenous Peoples Congress Begins in Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
The University of Brasilia began hosting Wednesday the third International Congress of Latin American Indigenous Peoples (Cipial), a scientific event which joins together more than 2,500 participants who seek to promote intercultural dialogues on Indigenous issues. | RELATED: | Mark Ruffalo, DiCaprio Stand With Ecuador's Indigenous Waoranis | "Cipial is a long-awaited moment because it is an opportunity for exchanging research results and experiences as well as for buil…
telesurenglish.net/news/Latin-American-Indigenous-Peoples-Congress-Begins-in-Brazil-20190703-0001.html
Harvard awards fellowship to Rick Snyder, Flint's poisoner-in-chief
wsws.org | 2019-07-03
The former Michigan governor, who presided over the lead poisoning of Flint's water supply, has been awarded a prestigious senior research fellowship at Harvard University.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/03/flin…
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The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
Global Research provides penetrating analysis of world events. The articles published by this invaluable website pull no punches in reporting on global power relations. | -Marjorie Cohn (Professor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law) | Global Research is one of the few …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-needs-your-support-3/5682586
A Gray Whale Washed Ashore in Alaska May Hold Clues to this Year's Deadly Migration
Tim Lydon | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
Most years the annual gray whale migration along North America's West Coast is a sure sign of spring. But this year something has gone wrong. Since January at least 167 dead whales have washed ashore from Mexico to Alaska. Scientists …
globalresearch.ca/gray-whale-washed-ashore-alaska-hold-clues-years-deadly-migration/5682562
China's Careful New Focus on Latin America
Joseph S. Tulchin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
Latin America's shifting geopolitics and the prolonged slowdown in China's economic growth in recent years have led to a significant change in Beijing's strategic approach to the region. The commodities boom at the beginning of this century coincided with a …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-careful-new-focus-latin-america/5682541
Dossier 18: The only answer is to mobilise the workers
Saul Foster | mronline.org | 2019-07-03
Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research launches its eighteenth dossier, "The Only Answer Is to Mobilize the Workers." The challenges facing Indian workers and their strategies to fight back are explained through the insights and expertise of K. Hemalata, president of the Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/03/dossier-18-the-only-answer-is-to-mobilise-the-workers/
It's Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and …
globalresearch.ca/its-time-declare-your-independence-tyranny-america/5682536
Trump Imagines a Quick US War with No Plan B, but Overlooks Iran's Possible Plan B
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
In another of his characteristic messages via Twitter, US President Donald Trump declared his army's capacity to use "obliteration" fire power against Iran if necessary and in case of war between the two countries. Further, Trump's claimed that such a …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imagines-quick-us-war-no-plan-b-overlooks-irans-possible-plan-b/5682575
What is July 4th to US Imperialism? What is it to the Oppressed?
Danny Haiphong | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
What does America's national celebration mean to those under the heel of "Manifest Destiny," at home and abroad? "For the victims of US imperialism, the 4th of July is indeed a 'hollow mockery' and 'mere bombast, fraud, and deception' …
globalresearch.ca/what-is-july-4th-to-us-imperialism-what-is-it-to-the-oppressed/5389882
'Good News': Austria Poised to Become First EU Nation to Fully Ban Cancer-Linked Weed Killer Glyphosate
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-03
Austria is on track to become the first country in the European Union to fully ban the world's most commonly used herbicide after the nation's lower house of parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would outlaw all uses of glyphosate, which researchers and global health experts have tied to cancer. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/03/good-news-austria-poised-become-first-eu-nation-fully-ban-cancer-linked-weed-killer?cd-origin=rss
The Unwritten History of Israel's Alliance with Iran's Shah Dictatorship
Eitay Mack | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, during which the Ayatollahs took control of the country and brought down the Shah's absolutist monarchy. The Iranian masses, who were undergoing various ideological changes at the time, …
globalresearch.ca/unwritten-history-israels-alliance-shahs-dictatorship/5682569
Eight Years Ago: Regime Change at the IMF: Christine Lagarde and The Frame-Up of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
Five years ago Flashback to February-June 2011. The DSK Honey Trap Scandal was instrumental in Lagarde's accession to the IMF. Dominque Strauss Khan (DSK), managing director of the IMF was framed and Christine Lagarde was appointed to replace him.
globalresearch.ca/regime-change-at-the-imf-the-frame-up-of-dominique-strauss-kahn/24866
We're Just Beginning to Grasp the Toll of the Islamic State's Archaeological Looting in Syria
Prof. Fiona Greenland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
The Islamic State surrendered its last scrap of territory, in Baghouz, Syria, this past March. | While some argue that celebrations of IS's demise are premature, there's no question that the terrorist group left a trail of destruction in its …
globalresearch.ca/were-just-beginning-grasp-toll-islamic-states-archaeological-looting-syria/5682564
This Roadside Mechanic from Rajasthan Has Rescued over 1,180 Injured Wild Animals!
Jovita Aranha | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-07-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/roadside-mechanic-rajasthan-rescued-1180-injured-wild-animals/5628714
Americans Are Complacent When It Comes to the Dangers of Nuclear War
Natylie Baldwin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
In a recent post, I mentioned the Congressional debate over authorizing and funding the use of "low-yield" or usable nukes, which has many worried that the threshold for the utilization of nuclear weapons would be significantly lowered. On June …
globalresearch.ca/americans-complacent-it-comes-dangers-nuclear-war/5682561
The Trump-Kim Meeting: Mr. President, Your 20 Steps into North Korea Toward Pyongyang Were Dramatic and Historical. But, "How Far Are You Going"?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
The Trump-Kim meeting at DMZ on June 30 took the world off guard; it was theatrical; it was historical. It gave a glimpse of hope for long waited peace on the Korean peninsula and the falling-down of the last frontier …
globalresearch.ca/mr-president-your-20-steps-north-korea-pyongyang-dramatic-historical-how-far-you-going/5682553
Fourth of July: "Put Away the Flags"
Howard Zinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
This article was first published by The Progressive and Global Research in July 2010 | On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in …
globalresearch.ca/fourth-of-july-put-away-the-flags/20019
The British Empire Created the Reserve Bank of India, as a "Sheathed Weapon," Used to Fleece Indian Wealth
Masood Rezvi | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-07-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/the-british-empire-created-the-reserve-bank-of-india-as-a-sheathed-weapon-used-to-fleece-indian-wealth/5628719
India's Looming Agricultural Crisis: A Unique Chance to Change the System?
Andrew Korybko | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-07-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/indias-looming-agricultural-crisis-unique-chance-change-system/5628735
Nature's Garden: A Model for a Healthy Human Social Ecosystem
Dr. Robert Rennebohm | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
At one point in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, Les Miserables, Jean Valjean and Cosette lived, secretly, in a house on Rue Plumet, where a garden hid their house from passers-by. This garden had been left uncultivated for fifty years. …
globalresearch.ca/natures-garden-model-healthy-human-social-ecosystem/5682539
Syria's Second S-200 Debacle in Less than a Year Shows How Desperate It's Becoming
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
Syria suffered its second S-200 debacle after a stray missile landed in Cyprus less than a year since a previous one accidentally hit a Russian spy plane last September, with these two incidents showing just how desperate it is to …
globalresearch.ca/syrias-second-s-200-debacle-less-than-year-shows-how-desperate-its-becoming/5682468
The JCPOA Nuclear Deal: Why Europe Cannot Use the 'Snap Back' Mechanism Against Iran
Mehrnews | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
Western media are likely to jump on the 'snapback mechanism' wagon now that Iran has released details about the second stage of its reduction in commitments to the nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)….
globalresearch.ca/the-jcpoa-nuclear-deal-why-europe-cannot-use-the-snap-back-mechanism-against-iran/5682535
A Thought for the Fourth of July: Can the U.S. Constitution Accommodate a Rogue President?
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
First published by Global Research on June 24, 2017 | "He [FBI Director James Comey] was fired because he was investigating the White House… This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies."Jeffrey Toobin (1960- …
globalresearch.ca/a-thought-for-the-fourth-of-july-can-the-u-s-constitution-accommodate-a-rogue-president/5595898
Bolsonaro's Brazil Is a Pretty Bleak Place to Live
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-03
It's been a little over half a year since the right-wing leader took office, but already Bolsonaro has made Brazil a pretty bleak place to live, and it doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon. | Nobody denies …
globalresearch.ca/bolsonaros-brazil-pretty-bleak-place-live/5682581