(2019-07-15). Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards "Greater Israel"? globalresearch.ca Israel is the only nation without official borders. From its inception it was planned this way to extrajudicially annex more territory. | A territorial expansion plan was drawn up in the 1980s as part of the US/Israel plan to redraw the …
(2019-07-15). America, The Incredible Disappearing Country. globalresearch.ca Americans celebrating Independence Day last week did so amidst levels of domestic discord unprecedented in their lifetimes. With the media establishment openly scoffing not merely at the "founding fathers," who could stand to be removed from their pedestals once in …
(2019-07-15). "This Omar from Minnesota". Trump's Aggressive Tweets. globalresearch.ca Just when you thought President Trump couldn't get any more absurd, out comes a series of tweets telling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came." | Omar …
(2019-07-15). "Radiating Insecurity": Will Europe Stand with "US Hooliganism", or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran? globalresearch.ca Since the Iranian revolution took power in 1979, the world stood against Iran because it is an "Islamic Republic", unwilling to acknowledge and bow to US dominance of the Middle East and the entire world. I say the world because …
(2019-07-15). Turkey's Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense System: A Blow to the US War Machine. globalresearch.ca Turkey's purchase of state-of-the-art Russian S-400 air defense equipment at the expense of less capable US Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missiles is of much greater significance than has been reported. More on this below. | The White …
(2019-07-15). America Pours "Oil into Fire" in Persian Gulf. Strategic Waterways. Control of Strait of Hormuz. globalresearch.ca The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the …
(2019-07-15). Top Five Trump Officials Who Resigned Because of Shocking Scandals. globalresearch.ca The resignation of Trump's Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, is only the most recent in a string of such scandals for Trump. In fact, what with all the things Trump himself has done plus those around him, his is surely the …
(2019-07-15). On Trump's "Misguided Trade War" with China. globalresearch.ca Trump started his trade war with China over a year ago. After a year of escalations, two high-profile G20 meetings and months of on-off-on again negotiations, the trade war has the world tittering on the edge of a global recession….
(2019-07-15). More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca While the partisan, fake faction fight over usage of concentration camp persists domestically, American politicians and US media continue to ignore the US Rukban concentration camp in Syria. US occupation criminals continue as illicit armed guards, dictating which Syrians may …
(2019-07-15). How to Serve Man? "The Narcotic Effect of Thinking We are a Democracy" globalresearch.ca Inspired by the 1962 Twilight Zone episode How to Serve Man this writer uses that to make some cogent points about our corporate and political system. We have (too) large corporations that do as little as possible to make we …
(2019-07-15). Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It's Ready. globalresearch.ca Western cultural arrogance rears its Medusa-like head each time US President Donald Trump rails about obliterating Iran. | Leaders and politicians of the self-proclaimed free and civilised world — along with some human rights organisations, major media outlets, and state-affiliated …
(2019-07-15). The S-400: Turkey Calls Trump's Bluff. globalresearch.ca Turkey has just called Donald Trump's bluff by going ahead with the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles. The outrage in Washington is volcanic. Trump is vowing to rain fire and brimstone sanctions down on the disobedient Turks. | The S-400 …
(2019-07-15). The US' Official View of "Strategic Rivalry" in the Western Hemisphere. The Chinese Threat to US Hegemony. globalresearch.ca The Commander of US SOUTHCOM shared the US' official view of strategic rivalry in the Western Hemisphere last week when speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Emerging Threats subcommittee, revealing that his country considers China to pose the greatest …
(2019-07-15). Increased TV and social media use 'linked to growth in teenage depression'. thecanary.co Increased social media use and television viewing are linked to worsening teenage depression, researchers say. | The more time adolescents spend on social media and in front of the television, the more severe their symptoms of depression become, it is suggested. | The study of 1,786 girls and 2,028 boys aged 12 to 16 found that if they reported their social media use and television viewing surpassed their overall mean level of use in a given year, then their symptoms also increased that year. | There was no evidence screen time had an impact on adolescent depression by reducing their involvement in physical activ…
(2019-07-15). The Media Uses Coal Miners to Attack the Green New Deal While Ignoring Pensions. truthout.org Anna Attie, Eleanor Colbert and Daniel Fernandez contributed research to this report.To stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, at least 80 percent of coal reserves must stay in the ground, according to a conservative estimate in the journal Nature. This means that coal miners would see their already declining industry all but disappear. The Green New Deal, the resolution put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-M…
(2019-07-15). The War on Syria Continues. Iran Is Next? globalresearch.ca Not only are the ethnic-cleansing SDF playing a central role in the balkanization of Syria, but their criminal occupation of resource rich areas east of the Euphrates affords them and their Imperial masters strategic locations, useful not only for their …
(2019-07-15). Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a "New Middle East" globalresearch.ca Towards the balkanization (division) and finlandization (pacification) of the Middle East…
(2019-07-15). Spectre of British Colonialism Is Haunting Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca Five years after the "umbrella revolution", Hong Kong residents took to the streets with the new force. This time they are struggling against the law on the extradition to mainland China. | As in 2014, the Chinese authorities blame the West …
(2019-07-15). US Waterboards Iran and Then Asks for Talks: Former IAEA Head. globalresearch.ca Washington is waterboarding Iran then asks for talks, said former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, adding that no country will cooperate under such 'humiliating conditions'. | "They are applying a waterboarding method to Iran, drowning Iran …
(2019-07-15). There's Far More Diversity in Venezuela's 'Muzzled' Media Than in US Corporate Press. globalresearch.ca The international corporate media have long displayed a peculiar creativity with the facts in their Venezuela reporting, to the point that coverage of the nation's crisis has become perhaps the world's most lucrative fictional genre. Ciara Nugent's recent piece for …
(2019-07-15). The UN's Free Speech Problem. globalresearch.ca Anyone willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, in its preamble, the ideal that "human beings shall …
(2019-07-15). The Death Penalty as a Political Weapon: The Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. globalresearch.ca June 19 marked the 66th anniversary since the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a young Jewish-American couple from New York City, whose alleged guilt as Soviet "atomic spies" has never been proved—in spite of the numerous lies, forgeries …
(2019-07-15). Stifling "The Amman Message": Threat to Bomb Islamic Studies Venue in Kuala Lumpur. globalresearch.ca In any civilised society no one will resort to violence, or the threat of violence, to stifle the voices that one does not want to hear. Unfortunately, this is what happened in Malaysia a few days ago when some bigots …
(2019-07-15). Strained US-Iraq Relations: Pompeo Considers Baghdad Embassy Pullout "Permanent": Officials. globalresearch.ca US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not willing to send back the diplomats to the country's embassy in Baghdad after they were evacuated earlier this year in May, according to several State Department officials. | The evacuation came after tensions …
(2019-07-15). Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question but Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants. globalresearch.ca On July 11, President Trump gave up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census. | The question, which the administration has been trying to add to the census since 2017, would have resulted in a significant …
(2019-07-15). Syria Calls on Civilized World to Intervene in Turkey Cultural Aggression. globalresearch.ca Turkey has a long history of criminal aggression against Syria. Even before the NATO Spring was imposed in March 2011, Turkey had built tent cities for refugees, before they felt the need to flee. It has housed various terrorists, fraudulent …
(2019-07-15). Three Months Since Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher: UK Government Holds "Media Freedom" Conference While Imprisoning Assange. globalresearch.ca Thursday marked three months since WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy and into London's Belmarsh Prison, where he is being held pending extradition to the United States and a drumhead trial on Espionage Act charges …
(2019-07-15). Over 39,000 Honduran Migrants Deported From Mexico. telesurenglish.net Over 39 400 Hondurans were deported from Mexico, from October 2018 to the date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | RELATED: | Two Honduran Vessels Wreck at Sea, 27 People Killed | Statistics released by the Consular and Migratory Observatory of Honduras reported that over 60 000 Hondurans have been sent back to the Central American nation, 43 percent higher than the same period of 2018. | In statements to the press, the head of the General Directorate of Migrant Protection, Li…
(2019-07-15). China Reports High Economic Growth of 6.3%. telesurenglish.net Despite the US trade war, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that the country has met its growth targets after recording a 6.3 percent rise in GDP and an 8.8 percent rise in average disposable incomes. | RELATED: | Chinese VP Says World Cannot Shut China Out | Analysts awaited the publication of growth figures to see if U.S. sanctions and tariff war would hinder China's ability to reach the government's official growth targets, which were a 6 percent rise in GDP for the f…
(2019-07-15). The Darroch Affair: Brexit Britain Losing Control. globalresearch.ca If one thing that Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have just demonstrated in the Darroch affair — it is that the UK's postwar self-image has been all but destroyed in full view. | I wrote about such events occurring in The …
(2019-07-15). Strikes get "silent treatment" at NEA convention, as candidates take center stage. wsws.org The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, met to promote the Democrats in 2020.
(2019-07-15). States Tackle Student Debt and For-Profit Colleges Rise. indybay.org Washington, DC – As Democratic presidential candidates debate student debt, States attempt to tackle what they see as a debt problem impacting their economies.
(2019-07-15). Direct Action to Liberate the Locked Louden Nelson Bathrooms. indybay.org Louden Nelson Community Center at Laurel and Center Streets in Santa Cruz…
(2019-07-14). Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – On the evening of July 12, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted a Lights for Liberty rally, demanding an end to the Trump administration's detention policy and the closure of the concentration camps, where tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in clear breach of international law. The call to action drew roughly 30 people from Oshkosh and the surrounding Fox Valley area. | The event started with a silent candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to the disastrous conditions in the camps. The action featured 12 different people speaking…
(2019-07-14). 60 Years Since the Largest U.S. Nuclear Accident and Captured Federal Agencies. globalresearch.ca 60 years ago today the largest nuclear accident in U.S. history occurred above the Southern California community of Simi Valley when the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL) site suffered a partial nuclear meltdown. That accident, kept secret for two decades, …
(2019-07-14). China Building Secular Schools for Muslims in Xinjiang Province. Western Media Critique. globalresearch.ca China's recent building-spree of schools in its underdeveloped and remote region of Xinjiang — in a saner world — would be good news. But for editors at the BBC it is being depicted as sinister and dystopian. | The BBC's article, …
(2019-07-14). Guaido Security Arrested for Selling Stolen Venezuelan Army Weapons. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan communication minister announces arrests of Guaido security members trying to sell army weapons stolen the day of the opposition member's failed coup. | *** | Venezuelan Minister of Communication Jorge Rodriguez reports that two security guards of the self-declared interim president, …
(2019-07-14). "Playing With Fire": China's Military Warns US Over Taiwan Arms Sales. globalresearch.ca China's military has predictably slammed Washington's recent approval to send $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, announced Monday. The PLA warned among other things that the move "severely undermined Sino-US military-to-military relations" at an already sensitive juncture in relations. …
(2019-07-14). The Resigning British Ambassador: Sir Kim Darroch Bashes Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca Rarely do ambassadors resign after an intense self-assessment of worth. Diplomatic immunity does not merely extend to protecting the official from the reach of local laws; it encourages a degree of freedom in engaging as a country's representative. Sir Kim …
(2019-07-14). Britain's Betrayal: Siding with Trump Against Iran. globalresearch.ca The US/UK special relationship is longstanding. Throughout…
(2019-07-14). Angolans Graduate From Cuban University in Global South Program. telesurenglish.net 30 Angolan students have concluded their studies at the University of Ciego de Avila "Maximo Gomez Baez" in Cuba, as part of an ongoing program that the island maintains to promote and train students from countries of the global South. | RELATED: | Cuba and Spain Sign Agreement for Scientific, Academic Exchange | A total of 400 students graduated from the university and will come to reinforce the social and economic programs of the Ciego de Avila province, which is located abo…
(2019-07-14). Milwaukee: 'Drop the Charges' rally for student who took placard from Nazi. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Activists rallied outside the Milwaukee County courthouse on the afternoon of July 11 to stand in solidarity with a student who was arrested and charged for taking a vulgar, racist sign away from a Nazi. | Grae Hosmanek is a freshman student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In May, she and others witnessed a racist student protesting a Jewish event on campus and gathered around to deter him from spreading hate speech and threats. The lone fascist, who called himself "Chris," was holding a sign that read "(((GAS)))" a reference to the Nazi holocaust, and another sign bearing a Nazi swastik…
(2019-07-14). After Alleged UK Tanker Incident in Persian Gulf, EU Powers Threaten Iran. globalresearch.ca US and UK military sources claim that Iranian boats intercepted a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, before a British warship, the HMS Montrose, chased them off. | None of the reports about this incident can be taken …
(2019-07-14). Trump Advisors Giuliani and Bolton Support MEK, the Iran Terrorist Organization. globalresearch.ca Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, tweeted on Saturday that MEK is a viable alternative to the rule of the mullahs in Iran. | Rudy, of course, didn't bother to point out that NCRI is a front organization for MEK, short for …
(2019-07-14). 'Weaponizing Human Rights': UN Chief Bachelet's Venezuela Report Follows US Regime Change Script. globalresearch.ca Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet's report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by "advocates of regime change" | *** | When United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet traveled to …
(2019-07-14). Imran Khan's Trip to America: Pakistan's Geopolitical Balancing Act. globalresearch.ca The Pakistani Premier's upcoming trip to the US is the next logical step in the global pivot state's geopolitical balancing act and is expected to greatly contribute to the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan that's of importance for the entire …
(2019-07-14). Oil Prices Rise in Response to the U.S.-Iran Tensions in the Gulf. globalresearch.ca A series of events have unfolded, which dates back to the U.S. President Trump's decision to break the U.S. participation in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which was signed by the U.S., Iran, China, the EU, France, Germany, Russia, and …
(2019-07-14). Why Are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy? globalresearch.ca Almost every day we read about the latest outbursts in Europe, targeting pro-immigration policies. There are protests, even riots. Right-wing governments get voted in, allegedly, because the Europeans "have had enough of relaxed immigration regulations". | That is what we are …
(2019-07-14). Colombia: 15 Million People Feel They Live in Poverty. telesurenglish.net Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) presented Friday the country's report for poverty in 2018. According to the results 15 million Colombians "feel" they live in a condition of poverty. | RELATED: | Rural Colombia and Central America Facing Hunger and Poverty: FAO | The statistics body reported that among the 32 departments that compose Colombia, 19.6 percent of the people suffer from high rates of multidimensional poverty, meaning they are poo…
(2019-07-13). From Enlightenment to "Enfrightenment": Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Romanticism is an eighteenth century artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement which emerged as a reaction to Enlightenment ideas of science, reason and human progress. Its effect on politics has been to reassert conservative ideas about society based on …