Turkey's education spending goes up in 2018
yenisafak.com | 2019-12-18
Turkey's education expenditures increased nearly 22% year-on-year in 2018, the country's statistical authority announced on Wednesday.The country spent 214.6 billion Turkish liras ($44.5 billion) last year, up from 176.5 billion Turkish liras ($48.3 billion) in 2017, the Turkish Statistical Institute said.The figure rose most for pre-primary education by 27.3% and upper secondary education with 24.3% during the same period.The share of education spending on Turkey's GDP stood at 5.8% in 2018, compared to 5.7% a year earlier.Public sources financed 72.9% of the education expenditure in Turkey last year. The larges…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/turkeys-education-spending-goes-up-in-2018-3507725
Mexico Finds "World's Largest Lithium Deposit" Just Before US Focus & $1.4 Trillion War-Aimed NDAA
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-18
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/17/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Boris Johnson's Britain
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-18
Britain is looking drenched at the moment; colours blue and yellow seem to be streaking through the country. The Scottish Nationalists have re-asserted control lost to the Conservatives in 2016. In the rest of the country, seats never touched by …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-britain/5698117
De-Facto Bolivian President to Issue Arrest Warrant for Morales
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-18
The self-proclaimed president of Bolivia, Jeanine àÅñez, said on Saturday that an arrest warrant could be issued for the democratically elected President, Evo Morales, in the coming days. | "If he has to come to Bolivia, he knows that | …
globalresearch.ca/de-facto-bolivian-president-issue-arrest-warrant-morales/5698107
Afghanistan War — The Crime of the Century
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-18
"We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan. We didn't know what we were doing." So said Gen. Douglas Lute, who oversaw the US war on Afghanistan under Presidents Bush and Obama. Eighteen years into the longest war …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-war-crime-century/5698096
The Threat to Life as We Know It: The View from Sri Lanka
Quincy Saul | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-18
Ranil Senanayake is the originator of the science and art of Analog Forestry, and founder of the Belipola Arboretum and the International Analog Forestry Network. He is respected as the foremost systems ecologist in Sri Lanka, and has lectured and worked throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In addition to scientific papers, he also writes…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/18/the-threat-to-life-as-we-know-it-the-view-from-sri-lanka/
UC Santa Cruz graduate students wildcat strike enters critical phase
wsws.org | 2019-12-18
The students, whose demand is a "Cost of Living Adjustment" to their wages as Graduate Teaching Assistants, are withholding submitting the final grades for Fall quarter.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/18/ucsc…
India's highest court greenlights repression of protests against discriminatory citizenship law
wsws.org | 2019-12-18
India's Supreme Court has refused to order a probe into brutal police assaults on students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/18/icaa…
'Mind your business': Mixed reaction in India after 19 American universities condemn police amid Citizenship Act protests
rt.com | 2019-12-18
Students and faculties from more than a dozen American universities have produced a joint statement decrying police abuses on Indian college campuses. However, not everybody has welcomed the message from abroad. | A collective effort of several top schools, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Stanford, the 400 signatories voiced "solidarity" with demonstrators protesting the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act and slammed police excesses in quelling the unrest. | We express full solidarity with students across universities in India who are peacefully protesting against the recent passing of the unconst…
rt.com/news/476148-us-universities-india-police/
Presidential Hopefuls Vie for Votes of Public Education Supporters
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-12-17
At a Pittsburgh education forum, seven candidates were forced to take a stand on charter schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/presidential-hopefuls-ed-forum-lahm-191217/
For Many of the World's Children, Education Proves Elusive
Elin Martinez | progressive.org | 2019-12-17
Especially in countries with widespread human rights abuses, kids–especially girls–don't get the chance to go to school.
progressive.org/dispatches/for-many-children-education-proves-elusive-martinez-van-esveld-191217/
Democratic 2020 Candidates Focus on Public Education at Historic Forum
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-17
Ahead of the last Democratic presidential debate of the year this Thursday, seven candidates appeared Saturday at the historic Democratic Presidential Forum on Public Education in Pittsburgh, an event organized by public education organizations, unions, civil rights organizations and community groups. We play highlights from the forum and get response from Keron Blair, director of the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools in Atlanta; Jitu Brown, national director of the Journey for Justice Alliance; and Car…
truthout.org/video/democratic-2020-candidates-focus-on-public-education-at-historic-forum/
Bulgaria's Willingness to Host NATO Naval Center Is Aimed at Containing Russia in the Black Sea
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
In a joint statement between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the latter announced last Thursday that the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna is a willing new home of NATO's Naval Force Coordination …
globalresearch.ca/bulgaria-host-nato-naval-center-containing-russia-black-sea/5698034
Deforestation on Brazilian Indigenous Lands Highest in 11 Years
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-17
Deforestation on protected Indigenous lands in the Amazon was almost three times higher than the loss of trees in the region as a whole and the highest since 2008, according to a new study based on satellite imagery published Friday. | RELATED: | UN Accuses Brazil's Bolsonaro of Violating Anti-Torture Pact | The data from Brazil's space research institute INPE st…
telesurenglish.net/news/Deforestation-on-Brazilian-Indigenous-Lands-Highest-in-11-Years-20191217-0019.html
Our Vanishing World: Birds
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, it is estimated that the total number of passenger pigeons in the United States was about three billion birds. The bird was immensely abundant, as illustrated by this passage written by the famous …
globalresearch.ca/vanishing-world-birds/5697990
The Child that Christmas Forgot: How Would Jesus Fare in the American Police State?
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
"Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry, a blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven't forgotten that night down the centuries. We celebrate it with stars on Christmas trees, …
globalresearch.ca/child-christmas-forgot-how-would-jesus-fare-american-police-state/5697994
Black Alliance for Peace: The War over Meaning
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
The struggle over interpretation or meaning has emerged as a critical terrain of struggle as the ruling class desperately attempts to maintain the dominance of the liberal capitalist/democratic discourse as the only legitimate interpretative framework. | The ruling elite's efforts to …
globalresearch.ca/war-over-meaning/5697977
The So-called "China Threat": NATO and America's "New Cold War" on China
Jenny Clegg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
The powers that be in the US are now viewing China as a deadly rival in a duel for global supremacy. Their aim at the summit was to draw their European allies into their China containment strategy. This was made …
globalresearch.ca/nato-us-new-cold-war-china/5698056
Two Huge Suppressed News Reports Display Corrupt US and Allied Mainstream Press
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
On Friday, December 12th, Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept reported and documented that the mainstream U.S. press has lied through its teeth about "Russiagate," and Zero Hedge reported and documented that not only had the U.S., UK, and France, committed …
globalresearch.ca/two-huge-suppressed-news-reports-3-day-period-display-corrupt-u-s-allied-mainstream-press/5697970
The Real Interest of the U.S. in Latin America and the Caribbean. Preserve Imperialism
Enrique Moreno Gimeranez | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
What are the real interests of the U.S. and corporations in the region? Freedom, democracy, human rights? No. Their goal is to preserve imperialist domination of our natural resources | *** | Our America is again suffering escalating aggression by U.S. imperialism …
globalresearch.ca/real-interest-united-states-transnational-corporations-latin-america-caribbean/5698022
Video: Syria's President Assad Discusses Syria's Reconstruction, China's "Belt and Road" and US Aggression
Bashar al Assad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
In the third of recent international interviews, Syria's President Bashar al Assad met with Phoenix Television, to discuss Belt and Road development projects with China's Phoenix Television. | Given that Syria and China are both part of the original Silk Road …
globalresearch.ca/assad-discusses-belt-road-us-aggression-china-phoenix-television/5697983
Cruising Pamir Highway, the Heart of the Heartland. The New Silk Roads and Greater Eurasia
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Read part 1 here. | Traveling the Pamir Highway, we're not only facing a geological marvel and a magic trip into ancient history and customs. It's also a privileged window on a trade revival that will be at the heart of …
globalresearch.ca/cruising-pamir-highway-heart-heartland/5697838
Neoliberal Economics Has Destroyed the U.S. Economy and America's Middle Class
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
According to official US government economic data, the US economy has been growing for 10.5 years since June of 2009. The reason that the US government can produce this false conclusion is that costs that are subtrahends from GDP are …
globalresearch.ca/neoliberal-economics-destroyed-economy-middle-class/5697972
US Regime Change In Mexico, US Bombs Afghan Hospital, Saudis Get Involved In Syria & More OPCW Leaks
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Video: Douma 'Chemical Attack' Narrative Collapses, Russia Trains New Militia in Hasakah
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Russia has started creating a local force that will operate in northeastern Syria areas abandoned by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, several Syrian media outlets claim. | According to reports, the Russian military will train and equip a new pro-government militia …
globalresearch.ca/video-douma-chemical-attack-narrative-collapses-russia-trains-new-militia-hasakah/5697974
Patents, Theft of Intellectual Property (IP), Product Piracy and US-China Relations
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
There is one factor that contributed heavily to the wealth of America today that US history books seem to neglect. The US government and corporations today produce volumes of propaganda accusing China of copying American products or ideas, of having …
globalresearch.ca/winner-copying-olympics/5698015
Troop "Reduction" in Afghanistan!
W.J. Astore | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Trump was elected president in 2016 partly because he railed against America's wasteful wars. So, what did his advisers talk him into? A mini-surge of troops to Afghanistan. I still recall the odd news of Trump being shown photos of …
globalresearch.ca/troop-reduction-afghanistan/5698025
Huge Climate Victory! Denmark Mandates Global Warming Cure…By Law!
Brett Redmayne-Titley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Friday, Dec 6, 2019, saw the most important victory to date in the battle against Global Warming. Denmark's "Climate Act" will entirely revamp Denmark's climate policy — by law- and thrust it onto the world's centre stage by showcasing the …
globalresearch.ca/huge-climate-victory-denmark-mandates-global-warming-cure-law/5697730
Nestlé and the Privatization of Water: A Tale of Many Cities
Franklin Frederick | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
On November 14th the Canadian group Wellington Water Watchers organized the "All Eyes on Nestlé" conference in the city of Guelph, Ontario, bringing together indigenous' peoples and citizens' movements fighting Nestlé's water takings from Canada, the US, France and Brazil. …
globalresearch.ca/water-new-colonial-powers-tale-many-cities/5697982
American Values, Chinese Values: The New Global Order and the Cultural Dimension of the US-China Conflict
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
The Sino-American hegemonic conflict has several dimensions including political and economic issues. But we cannot overlook the cultural aspect of the conflict, for the cultural factors affect the nature of socio-economic relations as well as the unfolding New Global Order….
globalresearch.ca/american-values-chinese-values-new-global-order/5697872
Finland-Estonia Relations: Estonian Interior Minister Was Kinda Right but Also Kinda Wrong About Finland
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
The Estonian Interior Minister was correct in calling out the new Finnish government's extreme Europhilia which he fears is destined to turn the country into a so-called "euro-province" at the expense of its national sovereignty, but his invocation of Lenin …
globalresearch.ca/estonian-interior-minister-right-wrong-about-finland/5698001
Indian students unite in solidarity against police brutality
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-12-17
On Sunday December 15, police brutally attacked two institutions (Jamia Millia Islamia University in the New Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh) where students were protesting the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). At least 125 people were injured in the police attacks and 50 were detained. In response to the barbaric violence, students from across India have taken to the streets against police brutality and the 'unconstitutional' CAA. | The university campus and the surrounding areas remain besieged by the police. Despite the imminent risk of further violent repression by the poli…
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/17/indian-students-unite-in-solidarity-against-police-brutality/
Missing Kashmiri Teenager Picked up by Army, Alleges Family
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-12-17
A testimonial from Kashmir sheds light on 19-year-old Naseer Ahmad Wani from Doompora village, Shopian district. Naseer's family alleged that he was picked up from the house by Army personnel on November 30, 2019. Even after two weeks, they have not been given any information about his whereabouts. The family is inconsolable and are fearing for his safety. Is Naseer Ahmad Wani another statistic in the history of enforced disappearances in Kashmir?
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/17/missing-kashmiri-teenager-picked-up-by-army-alleges-family/
"The Science is Screaming!"
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2019-12-17
Climate Crisis after Disappointing COP 25…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-science-is-screaming-2/
Possible mass grave from 1921 Tulsa race massacre, featured in HBO's 'Watchmen,' uncovered
rt.com | 2019-12-17
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have identified two possible mass grave sites in Oklahoma which they believe may be connected to the infamous Tulsa race riots of 1921. | The two spots, one of which measures roughly 30 by 25 feet, were identified at the Oaklawn Cemetery using ground-penetrating radar, though the research team of team of forensic archaeologists are unsure how many bodies the possible mass graves may contain. | | National Guard and wounded during 1921 Tulsa race riots. © Wikimedia Commons | "I'm as confident as I can be in the results that this is a very big candidate with someth…
rt.com/usa/476083-mass-grave-tulsa-race-riot/
'I believe!' Maxine Waters defends Russiagate, brings up 'facts' debunked by Mueller
rt.com | 2019-12-17
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters might have no facts to prove any collusion between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that won't stop her from believing in the Russiagate conspiracy theory. | Waters had wanted to impeach Trump since the beginning, she bragged to CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday, because she had "done some research" and therefore "knew about [Trump's] alignment with Putin." | She "knew" that campaign chair Paul Manafort — who actually worked as a lobbyist for Ukraine, not Russia, but who's counting? — was "sent there by Putin, in essence, to head up…
rt.com/usa/476134-maxine-waters-russiagate-facts-cult/
Selected Articles: How Would Jesus Fare in the American Police State?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Global Research strives to shine light on the under-reported, less known injustices ignored or buried. | | Governments know it too, which is why there is an unprecedented threat to the independent media and the Internet. Fight-back was never more needed. | Please, …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-would-jesus-fare-american-police-state/5698064
Três Triliàµes de Dólares no Poàßo Sem Fundo Afegà£o
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Na Declaraàßà£o de Londres (3 de Dezembro de 2019), os 29 países da NATO reafirmaram "o empenho na seguranàßa e na estabilidade, a longo prazo, do Afeganistà£o". Uma semana depois, de acordo com a "Lei da Liberdade de Informaàßà£o" (usada …
globalresearch.ca/tres-trilioes-de-dolares-no-poco-sem-fundo-afegao/5698062
3000 miliardi $ nel pozzo afghano senza fondo
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Nella Dichiarazione di Londra (3 dicembre) i 29 paesi della Nato hanno riaffermato ´l'impegno per la sicurezza e stabilità a lungo termine dell'Afghanistan ª. Una settimana dopo, in base alla ´Legge sulla libertà di informazione ª (usata per svuotare dopo anni alcuni …
globalresearch.ca/3000-miliardi-nel-pozzo-afghano-senza-fondo/5698019
"One Country, Two Systems"? Britain and Northern Ireland on Brexit
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
One country, two systems. Britain is leaving the European Union. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not leaving on the same terms. | In the UK election, more Irish nationalists than Unionists were elected in Northern Ireland …
globalresearch.ca/one-country-two-systems-britain-northern-ireland-brexit/5698004
UK Tories Intend Anti-BDS Legislation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-17
Emboldened by a landslide electoral triumph last week, gaining a parliamentary majority, getting no-Brexit/Brexit done and passing anti-BDS legislation are two Boris Johnson-led Tory priorities. | More below on his aim to compromise free expression in Britain. | Efforts to enact anti-boycotting …
globalresearch.ca/uk-tories-intend-anti-bds-legislation/5698031
Democratic Candidates Focus on Public Education at Historic Forum with Civil Rights & Labor Groups
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-17
Ahead of the last Democratic presidential debate of the year this Thursday, seven candidates appeared Saturday at the historic Democratic Presidential Forum on Public Education in Pittsburgh, an event organized by public education organizations, unions, civil rights organizations and community groups. We play highlights from the forum and get response from Keron Blair, director of the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools in Atlanta; Jitu Brown, national director of the Journey for Justice Alliance; and Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education Action. She recently authored a report titled "S…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/17/democrat…
Millions Wasted on Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-12-16
The Network for Public Education calls the findings in its recent report "nothing short of a national scandal."
progressive.org/op-eds/millions-wasted-on-charter-schools-bryant-191216/
Midwest Dispatch: Minnesota Runs a Huge Budget Surplus Amid Higher Education Cuts
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-12-16
State Republicans want new tax breaks, not a strong university system.
progressive.org/dispatches/minnesota-runs-a-huge-budget-surplus-amid-higher-education-cuts-lahm-191216/
EXPLAINED: What Really Happened in Jamia?
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-12-16
In the afternoon of December 15, news broke about violent clashes between youths and students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the police in Delhi's Jamia area. What followed was a series of violent attacks and detentions through the evening and night to early Monday morning. As these developments took place, social media started getting flooded with different reports about the events, some true, and some unverified. But what really happened? NewsClick brings to you a timeline of events, as they took place yesterday.
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/16/explained-what-really-happened-in-jamia/
No Justification For The Existence of Any Kind of Charter School
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-16
Charter school promoters are skilled at promoting disinformation about charter schools and public schools; they have decades of experience. One of the most worn-out forms of disinformation deployed repeatedly by charter school promoters is to pressure people into thinking that the problem is not that privately-operated charter schools run by unelected individuals and funded by …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/no-justification-for-the-existence-of-any-kind-of-charter-school/
US Threatens To Attack Iran Over Rockets Fired In Iraq & Assange Blocked From Seeing Key Evidence
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-15
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-threatens-to-attack-iran-over-rockets-fired-in-iraq-assange-blocked-from-seeing-key-evidence/
'Linked to white supremacy': Paper celebrating Google's quantum computer SOUNDS RACIST, say SJW scientists
rt.com | 2019-12-15
A Google computer recently achieved "quantum supremacy," performing a calculation that'd be impossible on a regular machine. Some scientists are up in arms — not at the breakthrough, but because "supremacy" sounds vaguely racist. | Put short, a quantum computer developed by Google managed to perform a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken the world's most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years. The research paper on the calculation is published in Nature, the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal…
rt.com/usa/475957-google-quantum-supremacy-computer-racist/
The Mother of Us All: Ancient India's Vedic Civilization
William T. Hathaway | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-14
Researchers have determined that the Vedic culture of India was the first global civilization. They have uncovered archeological and historical evidence indicating that the society which began millennia ago in the Indus Valley grew to encompass all of South Asia, then spread peacefully to many parts of the world. Science and technology in ancient India …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/the-mother-of-us-all-ancient-indias-vedic-civilization/
UN Counters US Claims Of "Proof" Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu Impunity & Turkey Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-13
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/12/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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