(2019-07-26). Britain Watches as Europe Braces for Trump Trade War. globalresearch.ca Brussels is once again bracing itself for a new round of U.S. tariff threats. And Britain is in the trade war firing line. | Just under a year after U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker struck a …
(2019-07-26). Birthright Does Not Apply to Palestinians in Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca Life has been difficult as a stateless person in Jerusalem for Mustafa Kharouf. He had the unfortunate case of being born to Jerusalem parents while they were in Algiers. His parents brought him back to Jerusalem but the Israelis …
(2019-07-26). Johnson's Westminster Cabinet Is Far to the Right of Thatcher. globalresearch.ca I can only imagine that the media people who are saying this is the most right wing cabinet since the 1980's were not sentient in the 80's. Thatcher never had a Home Secretary remotely as illiberal as Pritti Patel, …
(2019-07-26). The Demonization of Slobodan Milosevic. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2003. | U.S. leaders profess a dedication to democracy. Yet over the past five decades, democratically elected governments—guilty of introducing redistributive economic programs or otherwise pursuing independent courses that do not properly fit into the …
(2019-07-26). With Pakistan's Prime Minister at His Side, Trump Threatens to Wipe Afghanistan "Off the Face of the Earth" globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump threatened to "kill 10 million" Afghans in "a week" so as to win a quick victory in America's longest war, at a joint White House press conference Monday with Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister. | The US …
(2019-07-26). Did John Bolton Light the Fuse of the UK-Iranian Tanker Crisis? globalresearch.ca While Iran's seizure of a British tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday was a clear response to the British capture of an Iranian tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar on July 4, both the UK and U.S. governments …
(2019-07-26). Southeast Asia Was Hit by a Record-Breaking Disaster; It Was Called the United States. globalresearch.ca In my town in the United States — as is not especially unusual — we have big memorials in prominent public places marking some of the most catastrophically immoral actions of the past. Unfortunately, all five of these major monuments …
(2019-07-26). The Dogma that 5G Wireless Radiation is Absolutely Safe. globalresearch.ca Last Tuesday (July 16), the New York Times devoted most of the front page of its science section to Bill Broad's latest attack on those who challenge the dogma that wireless radiation is absolutely safe. | "The 5G Health Hazard …
(2019-07-26). Coming Out in Rural America. counterpunch.org I went to graduate school thinking I was straight. Then I realized I wasn't. I came out of the closet almost two years ago, right after deciding to do my graduate research in Montana. Suddenly, I had an extra consideration on my plate: What would it be like to be gay in Montana? What will More
(2019-07-26). The Cheapest Way to Save the Planet Grows Like a Weed. dissidentvoice.org Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the climate crisis. So states a Guardian article, citing a new analysis published in the journal Science. The author explains: As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating. New …
(2019-07-26). Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide" democracynow.org 
Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…
(2019-07-26). It's About the Benjamins — Trump's Smearing of Congresswomen Demonstrates Israel's Influence in US Politics. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump has brought up Israel again and again in his racist tweets aimed at the four Congresswomen he says should leave the country. He says that "the Radical Left Congresswomen" "hate" Israel and the United States and should "apologize" …
(2019-07-26). Commemoration of student massacre in El Salvador. indybay.org Redstone Labor Temple, 2940 16th Street, Second floor theatre (Teatro del segundo piso) San Francisco…
(2019-07-26). Stop Union Busting Bullying Attacks At SFUSD Against UESF Teacher Margaret Reyes. indybay.org San Francisco Superior Court | San Francisco Court Building | 400 McAllister St/Polk. St. | San. Francisco…
(2019-07-25). 13 Shocking Facts About Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. globalresearch.ca First published in November 2017. Can we trust Robert Mueller with Trump-Russia probe? | *** | Talking heads act like Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is fair, impartial and unbiased. | But the facts are a wee bit different … | Failure to Aggressively Prosecute …
(2019-07-25). Glaciers melting underwater 'faster than feared', according to new research. thecanary.co Glaciers could be melting underwater at a faster rate than previously thought, new research suggests. | Scientists have developed a method to directly measure the submarine melt rate of a tidewater glacier. | Their results suggest current theoretical models may be massively underestimating glacial melt. | Previously, direct melting measurements have been made on ice shelves in Antarctica by boring through to the ice-ocean interface beneath. | But where there are vertical-face glaciers that end at the ocean, those techniques are not possible. | University of Oregon oceanographer Dave Sutherland said: "We don't hav…
(2019-07-25). End Forever War? Divest Zionism. US Congress Passes Resolution which Violates Constitution. globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, the US House of "Representatives" passed a resolution that violates both the Constitution and natural law. | . | . | . | BREAKING: 398 House members just voted for H.Res.246 in a powerful statement opposing the global BDS campaign and its …
(2019-07-25). This County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades — Until Now. aclu.org Today, we filed a landmark settlement that will end the relationship between the probation department and school districts in Riverside. | Since 2001, the Riverside County, California probation department has been needlessly funneling young people struggling with grades, behavior, trauma, and mental health into the criminal justice system. | This direct line to the criminal system is the product of a partnership between local school districts and the county probation department called the Youth Accountability Team (YAT). Instead of counselors or other school and community-based supports stepping in to support and…
(2019-07-25). Trump's "Proximity" to the Nuclear Weapons Trigger. Racism in America. globalresearch.ca "He has been glorified as a hero and obeyed as a ruler, but fundamentally he is always the same. His most fantastic triumphs have taken place in our own time, among people who set great store by the idea …
(2019-07-25). Aleppo Rebuilding Its Infrastructure, 1216 Projects Since Eliminating Terror. globalresearch.ca As hundreds of thousands of Aleppo residents returning to their homes since the Syrian Arab Army and its allies cleaned it from US-sponsored terror, the infrastructure must be rehabilitated and whatever needs to be rebuilt must be completed at the …
(2019-07-25). Russia-Africa Relations: Economic, Strategic and Geopolitical Dimensions. globalresearch.ca Following the Russia-Africa Economic Conference in Moscow last month and the Russia-Africa Parliamentary Conference on July 3rd, the first ever Russia-Africa political summit is scheduled for Sochi on October 24th. The summit will henceforth be planned as an annual event. …
(2019-07-25). Getting Rid of Imperial Ambitions. UN Resolution to Terminate British Control over Chagos Archipelago. globalresearch.ca The British authorities cannot get rid of imperial ambitions and appear to be yearningly recalling the times of the British Empire under Queen Victoria. At least, this is what the Chagos Archipelago situation testifies to. | Just a reminder: on May …
(2019-07-25). A Joint-Russia-China Air Patrol Just Made South Korean-Japanese Tensions Worse. globalresearch.ca The first-ever long-range joint air patrol between the Russian and Chinese Air Forces got off to a scandalous start after South Korea reportedly fired hundreds of warning shots to ward off what it says was Moscow's violation of its sovereign …
(2019-07-25). New Koch-funded fossil exhibit at the Smithsonian is curiously quiet on fossil fuels. nationofchange.org After five years and $39 million, the Smithsonian's completely renovated Hall of Fossils is open again — complete with T. rex and a message about climate science. But though the exhibit clearly communicates the facts about human influence on Earth's climate, it is oddly quiet about the most important solution to the problem: rapidly reducing fossil fuel use. The …
(2019-07-25). New MH17 Documentary Proves Beyond a Doubt that a Cover-Up Took Place. globalresearch.ca MH17 – Call For Justice" sheds light on the dark truth of what happened immediately after the plane's downing. The video powerfully includes an interview with Malaysia's PM Minister Mahathir, who had earlier spoken out about the cover-up & reaffirms that Russia was blamed for before any information was known about the incident.
(2019-07-25). Conspiring with Neo-Nazi Parties: Washington and the EU's Role in the Kiev Coup. globalresearch.ca In the weeks preceding the February 2014 ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, US politicians were prominent in Kiev inciting the marchers to destabilize government institutions. Victoria Nuland, a high-ranking official in the US Department of State, made repeated trips to the Ukrainian capital…
(2019-07-25). Nicaragua: Telling the Truth as a Revolutionary Act. globalresearch.ca "The (soft coup) effort (June 2018) to topple the democratically-elected government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was originally led by students trained by US-funded "democracy promotion" programs (USAID). US-funded nongovernmental organizations, the Sandinista Renovation Movement political party, the Catholic Church …
(2019-07-25). America's Collapse: Asset Forfeiture. globalresearch.ca Readers aware that I, and Dmitry Orlov, have been chronicling America's rapid decline ask me, "where did it all begin?" To answer that question would require a massive history such as Jacques Bazun's From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of …
(2019-07-25). Big Pharma Fueled Opioid Crisis. globalresearch.ca The widespread opioid epidemic is perhaps the most serious public health crisis in the US. | It's fueled by Big Pharma greed and indifference to the health and welfare of ordinary people — facilitated by ruling authorities in Washington, doing little …
(2019-07-25). Johnson reveals where he got the idea for a cabinet of treacherous numbskulls. thecanary.co Despite stiff competition from May and Cameron, Boris Johnson has formed what may be the worst cabinet of all time: | Boris Johnson — Prime Minister | Sajid Javid — Chancellor | Priti Patel — Home Secretary | Dominic Raab — Foreign Secretary | Gavin Williamson — Education Secretary | Theresa Villiers — Environment Secretary | This isn't a cabinet. It's a medieval torture chamber. #cabinetreshuffle | — Chuka Umunna's Flip Flops (@Wa…
(2019-07-25). No Place at Northeastern: students, community members rally against DHS. liberationnews.org 
Students university complicity with repression during flash flood.
(2019-07-25). Iran Imposes Its Rule of Engagement: "An Eye for an Eye" globalresearch.ca Iran has meticulously selected its political steps and military targets in recent months, both in the Gulf and the international arena. Its partial and gradual withdrawal — tactical yet lawful -from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as …
(2019-07-25). Radioactive Fallout of the First Atomic Bomb Explosion, "Trinity", July 16, 1945: "The Most Significant Hazard of the Entire Manhattan Project" globalresearch.ca For the past several years, the controversy over radioactive fallout from the world's first atomic bomb explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945—code-named Trinity—has intensified. Evidence collected by the New Mexico health department but ignored for some 70 …
(2019-07-25). War Profiteers and the Demise of the US Military-Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca Within the vast bureaucratic sprawl of the Pentagon there is a group in charge of monitoring the general state of the military-industrial complex and its continued ability to fulfill the requirements of the national defense strategy. Office for acquisition and …
(2019-07-25). No Accountability in Washington. The CIA Wants to Hide All Its Employees. globalresearch.ca Government that actually serves the interests of the people who are governed has two essential characteristics: first, it must be transparent in terms of how it debates and develops policies and second, it has to be accountable when it fails …
(2019-07-25). Iran: How Bolton tricked Clueless UK Conservatives into Confrontation with Tehran. globalresearch.ca Simon Tisdall at The Guardian explains the difference between Socialist Spain and the disorganized Conservatives in control of UK on foreign policy. | US national security adviser John Bolton tried to hoodwink both of them about the Grace I, a Panamanian-flagged …
(2019-07-25). US Puppet Wants Help Making Thailand Like America. globalresearch.ca The US is involved in regime change worldwide — from Venezuela in South America, to Ukraine in Eastern Europe, to Syria in the Middle East, to Afghanistan in Central Asia. | But these headline-grabbing wars, coups, color revolutions, and interventions are …
(2019-07-25). Lebanon's New Work Permit Laws, Directed against Palestinians and Syrian Refugees. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) condemns the Lebanese government's new work permit laws which discriminate against Syrian and Palestinian refugees working in the country. CJPME urges the Lebanese government to put an end to its …
(2019-07-25). Imperial Duplicity and Mass Murder. globalresearch.ca A staple of Western war propaganda is what Prof. John McMurtry calls "Reverse Projection". The U.S. Empire, for example, projects its own crimes against prey nations. | So, it projects the lie that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is a "brutal …
(2019-07-25). Mueller's Congressional Testimony Lays an Egg. globalresearch.ca His 7-hour Wednesday Q & A spectacle was much ado about nothing. | Undemocratic Dems wanting grist for their rage to impeach Trump got nothing to make their case. | The charade was an embarrassment to the maestro of malign intent, unable …
(2019-07-25). 'This is the beginning': new study warns climate crisis may have been pivotal in rise of drug-resistant superbug. mronline.org 
Research argues that deadly Candida auris "may be the first example of a new fungal disease emerging from climate change." | Source
(2019-07-25). Two-thirds of Boris Johnson's Cabinet were privately educated, research says. thecanary.co Nearly two-thirds of Boris Johnson's first Cabinet were privately educated, research suggests. | The proportion of former independent school pupils is higher than David Cameron's 2015 top team and nearly twice Theresa May's in 2016, the Sutton Trust said. | The social mobility charity said the new Prime Minister's Cabinet highlights how unevenly spread opportunities are to "enter the elites". | Around 7% of school children in the UK go to fee-paying schools, meaning Cabinet ministers are currently nine times more likely to have been privately educated than the rest of the population. | Mr Johnson's Cabinet consis…
(2019-07-25). As Deadly Heat Waves Sweep Globe, Research Shows Planet Warming at Rate Not Seen in 2,000 Years. commondreams.org "Even when we push our perspective to the earliest days of the Roman Empire, we cannot discern any event that is remotely equivalent—either in degree or extent—to the warming over the last few decades." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-07-25). High school students demand: 'Abortion rights now'. greenleft.org.au An abortion rights march was organised by high school students in Newcastle on July 21 wanting the health procedure to be removed from the Crimes Act in NSW.
(2019-07-24). What the Research Gets Wrong About State Takeovers of Public Schools. progressive.org When studies like these are released, without mentioning the unevenness of the results, especially for children of color, it prompts me to question the authors' intentions.
(2019-07-24). The Fight for Mauna Kea Is a Fight Against Colonial Science. thenation.com The Fight for Mauna Kea Is a Fight Against Colonial Science…
(2019-07-24). 'We believe that organizing is a key tool in obtaining justice for our students.'. therealnews.com 
In an exclusive interview, new Baltimore Teachers Union Diamonté Brown talks with TRNN's Jaisal Noor about her stunning victory, her plan to bridge divides within the union, and the many challenges facing Baltimore's schools…
(2019-07-24). May launches one final attack on Corbyn at her last PMQs, but it totally backfires. thecanary.co 
Theresa May threw one last jab at Jeremy Corbyn during her final Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on 24 July. But it failed to land. | Propaganda to the last moment: | The outgoing prime minister accused Corbyn of using "fake news and fake information" at PMQs. | Corbyn has shared numerous statistics in parliament since becoming the leader of the Labour Party. And 24 July was no different. Holding May to a…
(2019-07-24). VIDEO: Why members of the Puerto Rican diaspora support #RickyRenuncia. liberationnews.org 
Liberation News spoke with José Hernandez of Puerto Rico Me Llama and Carlos Cabrera, a student at Berklee College of Music.
(2019-07-23). Chicago Teachers show solidarity in Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – A delegation of members from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) arrived in Caracas, Venezuela last week. Their goals were to learn what they could from Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, exchange views on effective education and to show solidarity with the students, teachers and social movements of Venezuela. | The trip falls on the heels of a union resolution that was passed by the CTU Executive Board and House of Delegates. The resolution calls for an end to U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Delegation member and CTU Area Vice President Sarah Chambers explains, "Through major economic hardships…