Model Actress Pam Anderson, Defender of Assange: The US is Guilty of War Crimes
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Model, actress, and Julian Assange defender Pamela Anderson said something you rarely if ever hear on corporate television: the US is guilty of war crimes. She made this remark during an exchange with the daughter of the late John McCain, …
globalresearch.ca/pam-anderson-meghan-mccain-war-crimes/5688632
Where Was Osama bin Laden on September 10, 2001? One Day Before 9/11. His Whereabouts Were Known
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly claimed that the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden were unknown: "It is like looking for a needle in a stack of hay". It's an outright lie. Needless to say, "Going after bin Laden" in the wake of 9/11 has served to sustain the legend of the "world's most wanted terrorist".
globalresearch.ca/where-was-osama-bin-laden-on-september-10-2001-one-day-before-911-he-was-in-a-pakistani-military-hospital/5607143
Video: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The tragic events of September 11, 2001 constitute a fundamental landmark in American history. a decisive watershed, a breaking point. Millions of people have been misled regarding the causes and consequences of 9/11. | September 11 2001 opens up an era …
globalresearch.ca/video-911-and-the-war-on-terror/5688740
Colombian Teachers to Go On National Strike in Defense of Life
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
The Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) called a 24-hour nationwide strike on September 12 to protest against the "serious situation of insecurity" that this South American country is experiencing. | RELATED: | Colombia: Special Jurisdiction for Peace Announces 650 New Applications | "The protest aims at defending life and physical integrity of teachers, union and social leaders and rejecting all forms of violence in this country wherever they come from."
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Teachers-to-Go-On-National-Strike-in-Defense-of-Life-20190910-0014.html
UK has one of youngest teaching workforces among leading economies
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-10
The UK has one of the youngest teaching workforces among the world's leading economies, according to a report. | Almost one in three UK primary teachers (31%) are 30 or younger, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's latest Education at a Glance study indicates. | This is compared with 13% on average across OECD countries. | The report, which looks at the state of education systems across 36 OECD nations and economies, plus 10 others, also said that in England and Scotland, statutory salaries for teachers with 15 years of experience and the most common qualification "have not recovered to th…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/10/uk-has-one-of-youngest-teaching-workforces-among-leading-economies/
Adorno is Not a Cheery Guy
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
Maybe Teddy would be lots of laughs in a Berlin pub after one too many. But, judging from his essay, "Education after Auschwitz," written in popular style in 1966 (three years from his death), Adorno might chase away the crowds. "Hey, see that dreary old guy sitting alone in the corner? That's sad old Adorno."
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/adorno-is-not-a-cheery-guy/
Why Wages Are Lower, Inflation Higher, and GDP Over-Stated
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
In a post last week I took issue with the Trump administration's claim–repeated ad nauseam in the media–that wages were rising at a 3.1% pace this past year, according to the Labor Dept. In my post I explained the 3 …
globalresearch.ca/why-wages-lower-inflation-higher-gdp-over-stated/5688685
"Hands Off Hong Kong" — The Cry that Seldom Is Heard
John V. Walsh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Through the summer the world has watched as protests shook Hong Kong. As early as April they began as peaceful demonstrations which peaked in early June, with hundreds of thousands, in protest of an extradition bill. That bill would have …
globalresearch.ca/hands-off-hong-kong/5688696
The Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: A Path to Peace and Rapprochement?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The Russian-Ukrainian prisoner swap proves that some degree of goodwill exists on both sides towards the other after Zelensky's historic election and recent clinching of a parliamentary majority, thus making it more likely that they'll continue down the path of …
globalresearch.ca/russian-ukrainian-prisoner-swap-path-peace-rapprochement/5688663
Devastating Fires in Bolivia: A Political Tool
Carlos Guzman Vedia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The fires in the lowlands of Bolivia have burnt more than 1 million hectares, affecting forest reserves, protected areas and national parks. These fires represent the environmental tensions generated by the agricultural extractivism (McKay, 2018) that the drives the Bolivian …
globalresearch.ca/devastating-fires-bolivia-political-tool/5688627
How the U.S. Created the Cold War
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
There was a speech that the smug Harvard neoconservative Graham Allison presented at the US aristocracy's TED Talks on 20 November 2018, and which is titled on youtube as "Is war between China and the US inevitable?" It currently has …
globalresearch.ca/us-created-cold-war/5688653
Trump-Taliban Talks Like Those with North Korea — A Photo Op on the Deck of the Titanic
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The Afghanistan government has been miffed and apprehensive for some time that the Trump administration has been talking to the Taliban in Qatar without any representation from Kabul. Government officials were therefore happy about Trump's abrupt cancellation of what he …
globalresearch.ca/trump-taliban-talks/5688680
Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Every Israeli prime minister — not least Benjamin Netanyahu — understands that a military entanglement with Hezbollah, Lebanon's armed Shia movement on Israel's northern border, is a dangerous wager, especially during an election campaign. | It was Shimon Peres who lost …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-risks-unwinnable-war-avoid-losing-election/5688669
As Bolsonaro Incinerates the Amazon, Urgent Action Is Needed for Climate Justice
Prof. Mary Galvin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Did South Africa need another high-profile reminder of climate chaos, after the Cape Town drought in 2015 to 2018; the two cyclones in March to April that ravaged Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe and killed more than 1 000 of our …
globalresearch.ca/bolsonaro-incinerates-amazon-climate-justice/5688711
Mohandas K. Gandhi vs. Contemporary Leaders
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
On 2 October 2019, it will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gujarat, India. I would like to reflect on the visionary leadership that Gandhi offered the world, briefly comparing it with some …
globalresearch.ca/comparative-political-leadership-gandhi-contemporary-leaders/5688650
Netanyahu Cries Wolf About a Nonexistent Iranian Nuclear Threat — Again
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Nuclear armed and dangerous Israel is a global menace, an indisputable fact. | It maintains unlawful stockpiles of chemical, biological, and other terror weapons as well. | The world community and establishment media remain silent about its existential threat to regional peace …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-cries-wolf-nonexistent-iranian-nuclear-threat/5688698
US Is Behind Hong Kong Protests Says US Policymaker
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The US continues to deny any involvement in ongoing unrest in China's special administrative region of Hong Kong. | However, even a casual look at US headlines or comments made by US politicians makes it clear the unrest not only suits …
globalresearch.ca/us-behind-hong-kong-protests-says-us-policymaker/5688690
Nuclear Power Has No Role in Fighting the Climate Emergency
Linda Pentz Gunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
The Aug. 26 editorial "A plan that goes nowhere" in the Washington Post claimed that Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) proposed $16.3 trillion climate plan was made "unnecessarily expensive" by his exclusion of new nuclear power construction and his intention to deny existing nuclear plants license extensions. According to research by the Environmental Working Group, five…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/nuclear-power-has-no-role-in-fighting-the-climate-emergency/
Was Isaac Newton a 9/11 "Conspiracy Theorist"?
Robin Davis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
This article was originally published in September 2011. | Strange isn't it? To be labelled a 9/11 "conspiracy theorist" you don't even need to have a theory. It's enough to express any doubt about the official version of events. | Stranger still, …
globalresearch.ca/isaac-newton-911-conspiracy-theorist/5688656
Damascus Strongly Condemns US-Turkish Joint Military Patrols in Northeastern Syria
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
On Sunday, six military vehicles from Akcakale district in southeast Sanliurfa in Turkey, crossed the border into Syria and joined a US military convoy in carrying out joint military ground patrols from Tel Abyad, Al Raqqa governorate to Ras Al …
globalresearch.ca/damascus-condemns-us-turkish-joint-military-patrols-northeastern-syria/5688708
Is It Time to Ditch the NPT, in Favor of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Ban Treaty)?
Prof. Joelien Pretorius | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
In 2020, the participants in the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will congregate for the treaty's 10th review conference. Which means that it may be a good time to re-examine the relevance of the NPT, and …
globalresearch.ca/time-ditch-npt/5688717
Video: Turkey Expands Its Military Presence in Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Turkey is increasing its military presence in northern Syria. | On September 8, Turkish and US forces carried out a first joint patrol east of the Euphrates in the framework of the 'safe zone' agreement recently reached by Ankara and Washington. …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkey-expands-military-presence-northern-syria/5688629
Denmark Announces Increased Military Contributions and NATO Support in Syria and Beyond
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Denmark is recognized as one of the most socially and economically developed countries in the world, which enjoys a high standard of living as well as high metrics in national performance, protection of civil liberties, and the lowest perceived level …
globalresearch.ca/denmark-announces-military-contributions-nato-syria/5688623
Mining, Murder, and Impunity. Protests in Mexico against Canadian Mining company
Katarina Sabados | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
In a small town in southern Mexico, a public square is decorated with the bust of Mariano Abarca Roblero, a beloved father whose violent death remains unsolved. | Abarca was shot dead in 2009 after organizing protests against Canadian mining …
globalresearch.ca/mining-murder-impunity/5688705
5G Wireless: A Ridiculous Front for Global Control
Jon Rappoport | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
First, a few quotes to give a bit of background. | 5G speed, for people who must download a whole season of their favorite show in two seconds: | "It's the next (fifth) generation of cellular technology which promises to greatly enhance | …
globalresearch.ca/5g-wireless-ridiculous-front-global-control/5688670
Science Group Calls for Secretary Ross to Resign, Full Investigation of Manipulation of Science at NOAA
commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/10/science-group-calls-secretary-ross-resign-full-investigation-manipulation?cd-origin=rss
Are We Headed Toward a Techno-Eugenic Future?
Mohsen Abdelmoumen — Stuart Newman | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
Dr. Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D., is professor of cell biology and anatomy. He has been a visiting professor at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, the Centre à l'Energie Atomique-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, the University of Tokyo, and was a Fogarty Senior International Fellow at Monash University, Australia. He was a founding member of…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/are-we-headed-toward-a-techno-eugenic-future/
What a pro-trophy hunting open letter failed to mention about its 'conservationist' backers
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-09-10
An open letter recently appeared in the journal Science. As the Independent reported at the time, in it "133 conservationists and commun…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/09/10/what-a-pro-trophy-hunting-open-letter-failed-to-mention-about-its-conservationist-backers/
Algerian Prime Minister to Resign After Short Stint in Office
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Algeria's Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will be resigning from his position in order to facilitate a new round of elections, the Reuters News Agency reported, citing two senior officials. | RELATED: | Algeria's Students Take to Streets Demanding Civilian Gov't | According to the Reuters sources, Bedoui is planning to resign amid ongoing protests against the current government. | Last wek, Army chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Saleh stated that the electoral commission should…
telesurenglish.net/news/Algerian-Prime-Minister-to-Resign-After-Short-Stint-in-Office-20190910-0001.html
Kenosha SDS wins demand for gender neutral bathrooms on campus
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-10
Kenosha, WI – Just in time for the new semester, Students for a Democratic Society at UW Parkside came out victorious in their gender neutral bathrooms campaign from the previous semester. Four bathrooms were converted on campus to support the trans and gender non-conforming community, a demand which some students have been proposing for several years. | Before, there were only two gender neutral bathrooms on campus located on the opposite ends of campus. This was an obstacle for transgender students taking classes in the central area of the university, as the only gender neutral bathrooms were inconveniently far…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/10/kenosha-…
As in Vietnam, the US Will Leave Afghanistan a Disaster for Its Citizens
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-10
| When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). | Since ARVN's founding two decades earlier, the United States had assigned itself the task of professionalizing that fledgling military establishment. Based on a conviction that the standards,…
truthout.org/articles/as-in-vietnam-the-us-will-leave-afghanistan-a-disaster-for-its-citizens/
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Resigns
teleSUR-LA | telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Jack Ma, co-founder and CEO of China's largest online retailer Alibaba, is scheduled to step down from his position as the company's executive chairman on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Amazon Employees to Strike over Company's Climate Policies | Last year, Jack Ma announced in an open letter that he would retire on his 55th birthday, which falls on September 10 this year, and the company CEO Daniel Zhang will take over as the chairman of the board. | Ma's journey from English teacher to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Alibaba-Founder-Jack-Ma-Resigns–20190910-0009.html
More Than 300 Privately-Operated Ohio Charter Schools Have Closed In 20 Years
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-10
Across the country, thousands of charter schools have closed in under 30 years. Corruption and poor academic performance are two key reasons for the high failure rate in the charter school sector. Between 1998 and 2019, 306 charter schools closed in Ohio. On average, that is more than one charter school closing per month for …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/more-than-300-privately-operated-ohio-charter-schools-have-closed-in-20-years/
"Exactly What I've Hoped For": 100+ Education Leaders Voice Support for Sanders K-12 Plan
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
More than 100 national education leaders are publicly backing 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders' plan to reform the American school system, his campaign announced Tuesday | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/10/exactly-what-ive-hoped-100-education-leaders-voice-support-sanders-k-12-plan?cd-origin=rss
Selected Articles: 18 Years after 9/11 Attacks
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-18-years-911-attack/5688719
Dov'è l'Impegno antinucleare di Luigi Di Maio?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
C'è finalmente un ministro degli Esteri che si impegnerà a far aderire l'Italia al Trattato Onu sulla proibizione delle armi nucleari? Il neoministro Luigi Di Maio ha sottoscritto nel 2017 il Parliamentary Pledge dell'Ican, coalizione internazionale insignita del Premio Nobel …
globalresearch.ca/dove-limpegno-antinucleare-di-luigi-di-maio/5688730
Onde está o empenho antinuclear de Luigi Di Maio?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Existe, finalmente, um Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros que se empenhará em fazer aderir a Itália ao Tratado ONU sobre a proibiàßà£o das armas nucleares? O novo Ministro Luigi Di Maio assinou, em 2017, o Juramento Parlamentar do ICAN, a …
globalresearch.ca/onde-esta-o-empenho-antinuclear-de-luigi-di-maio/5688736
The Bin Ladens and the Bushes: On 9/11 George Herbert W. Bush Meets Osama's Brother Shafiq bin Laden
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Lest we forget, one day before the 9/11 attacks, the dad of the sitting President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush was meeting none other than Shafig bin Laden, the brother of alleged terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.
globalresearch.ca/the-bin-ladens-the-bushes-and-911-a-former-us-president-meets-osamas-brother-not-subject-to-anti-terrorism-legislation/5582436
From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-10
Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/palestini…
Segregation Is Worse in Charter Schools: a Q&A with Julian Vasquez-Heilig
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-09-09
"If the charter schools don't want to be diverse, they don't have to be."
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/segregation-worse-charter-schools-vasquez-heilig-miller-190909/
Engaging 'head and mind', key for effective learning, says UNESCO chief on Literacy Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-08
On International Literacy Day, Sunday, the chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) maintained that "engaging with both head and mind is a key for effective learning".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045852
Texas protest says "No kids in cages"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-07
Arlington, TX – 60 people showed up at a protest organized by the Progressive Student Union (PSU) at the University of Texas at Arlington, September 4, against the Trump administration's change to of policy on the detention of undocumented children. | Mark Napieralski, an organizer from the Progressive Student Union, spoke about how the Flores Agreement banned holding children indefinitely – and how the Trump administration is moving to keep children in indefinite detention in concentration camps along the southern border. | Speakers at the rally included Minister Katie Hays from the Galileo Church and Harold Ch…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/7/texas-pro…
Are Charter Schools Public Schools?
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-07
Charter school advocates have always desperately sought to convince themselves and the public that privately-run nonprofit and for-profit charter schools that operate like businesses are actually public and similar in many ways to public schools. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Charter schools are not public schools. In reality, privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/are-charter-schools-public-schools/
FOX Says Baltimore Schools Aren't Underfunded. They're Wrong
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
Education finance expert Jess Gartner joins TRNN's Jaisal Noor and Stephen Janis to discuss recent right-wing news coverage of Baltimore city schools…
therealnews.com/stories/fox-says-baltimore-schools-arent-underfunded-theyre-wrong
Exxon Mobil Is Funding Centrist Democratic Think Tank, Disclosures Reveal
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2019-09-06
The Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank that grew out of the party's pro-business wing in the 1980s and '90s, received $50,000 from Exxon Mobil in 2018 via its parent organization, the Third Way Foundation, according to the oil giant's 2018 Worldwide Giving Report. | Exxon Mobil did not return The Intercept's multiple requests for comment. In an email, PPI Executive Director Lindsay Lewis said the money was used for general support and that "we only accept general support funding from corporate interests, we do not do paid for work/research or have any donor run programs." | Lewis also…
theintercept.com/2019/09/06/exxon-mobil-progressive-policy-institute-climate/
Why Are the Feds Blocking Marijuana Reform when Research Shows Cannabis Saves Lives?
Gladys Weinberg | progressive.org | 2019-09-04
For many people, marijuana offers a viable alternative to opioid use.
progressive.org/op-eds/why-is-the-federal-government-blocking-marijuana-reform-weinberg-190904/
Midwest Dispatch: The Drivers on the Bus Go . . . Where?
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-09-04
Around the country, schools desperate to free up funds are outsourcing their bussing services–and dealing a blow to students and workers alike.
progressive.org/dispatches/midwest-dispatch-bus-driver-jobs-lahm-190904/
Civil rights conference featuring renowned activist Angela Davis to gather in Chicago this November
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-04
Chicago, IL – Founded in 1973 as an organization that grew out of the movement to free the wrongfully imprisoned Angela Davis and other political prisoners, the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is set to relaunch this November. This refounding, led by the Chicago Alliance against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) and other organizations, will be taking place in Chicago, Illinois on November 22-24 at the Chicago Teachers' Union Hall. | The organizers' main objectives for this conference are to continue to build the struggle for police accountability as well as stand in solidari…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/4/civil-rig…
Join Growing Resistance to Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-04
It has taken some time, but finally, even though they have been pillaged for decades by privately-operated unaccountable charter schools, more public school districts across the country are fighting back with greater vigor against nonprofit and for-profit charter schools. Gone are the days of silent toleration and looking the other way while charter schools wreak …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/join-growing-resistance-to-charter-schools/
Hong Kong's "Father of Democracy" Martin Lee Calls on Gov't to Heed Demonstrators' Demands
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-03
Following another weekend of mass protests in Hong Kong, this marks 13 weeks of protesters calling for greater political freedom and the scrapping of a controversial extradition bill with China. For the past two days, thousands of students have boycotted the beginning of classes. On Sunday, protesters returned to Hong Kong's airport, where they barricaded roads in an attempt to shut down the airport again. On Saturday, police fired tear gas and water cannons during a chaotic night of street demonstrations. Some masked protesters were seen throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. Earlier today, Carrie Lam denied…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/3/hong_kong