(2019-01-24). Canada Provides Itself "Wiggle Room" for China's Huawei Case. globalresearch.ca Meng Wanzhou was arrested at Vancouver International airport in December by Canadian authorities at the request of the U.S. government. Canada at first maintained a position of not wanting to make the case "political" and to continue with …
(2019-01-24). The Corporatists Who Want Venezuela's President Ousted. truthdig.com Gleisi Hoffmann grew up in a Catholic household in Curitiba where, after giving up plans to become a nun, she entered the student movement, affiliated with the Brazilian Communist Party (PC do B) and was elected President of the Curitiba, Parana State and National High School Student's Unions. Afterward, she became a lawyer, affiliated with the Workers Party (Partido de Trabalhadores/PT) and began a political trajectory that culminated with her serving as Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff (2011-2014), senator, and her current position as national president of the PT. | In 2015 she was accused of corruption as part…
(2019-01-24). Betsy DeVos and the Privatizers She Backs Have Met Their Match. truthdig.com Los Angeles teachers' big win against charter school expansion and lack of funding for public schools could be an indication of what's to come.
(2019-01-24). Kagame's Sponsors Avert Their Eyes While Repression Continues in Rwanda. globalresearch.ca The world has heard that Victoire Ingabire has been released after 8 years in Kagame's prisons. But the world is not being reminded that leading members of her party are still in prison without trial — and that one of …
(2019-01-24). Regime Change in Venezuela: Trump, Almagro and Guaidó — The Troika of Insanity. globalresearch.ca As I write this comment events in Venezuela are still developing this January 23. The date marks the day Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was overthrown 61 years ago. It is an important date for all Venezuelans. It is understandable …
(2019-01-24). Deal Breaker, Donald Trump and The Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Agreement. globalresearch.ca Scott Ritter needs little introduction. He is well-known for informing the world that Iraq never had weapons of mass destruction, the pretext the US used for their aggression and occupation of Iraq with a view to seizure of Iraq's oil …
(2019-01-24). What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It. thenation.com What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It…
(2019-01-24). The US Paved the Ground for Regional Powers to Seek a Stake in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca Whether the US is really willing to pull troops out of Afghanistan and Syria or not, it has triggered a huge wave of diplomatic and military provocations across the immediate region, the mess which the US might possibly want to …
(2019-01-24). Video: Syria Threatens to Strike 'Tel Aviv Airport'. globalresearch.ca Late on January 22, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) repelled a major attack by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) in the Idlib de-escalation zone. | According to the Russian military, about 150-200 militants supported by …
(2019-01-24). China Warns Against Extraditing Huawei's CFO to US. globalresearch.ca A previous article explained that the Trump regime will formally request Canada to extradite Huawei's chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou to the US. | Arrested by Canadian authorities in Vancouver on December 1, Ottawa acting as a US proxy, she's …
(2019-01-24). The United States Is at It Again: Compiling an "Enemies List". "A Wolf Pack of Rogue States" globalresearch.ca Many American still long for the good old days when men were still manly and President George W. Bush was able to announce that there was a "new sheriff in town" pledged to wipe terrorism from the face of the …
(2019-01-24). Assange Takes Legal Action to Force Trump Administration to Reveal Charges Against Him. globalresearch.ca Lawyers Further Seek To Compel Ecuador To Prevent Extradition To The United States | Lawyers for Julian Assange have filed an urgent application to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), based in Washington D.C., to direct the Trump Administration to …
(2019-01-24). China: Genetically Edited Monkeys Will Aid Biomed Research. telesurenglish.net Five cloned monkeys have been born with genes that were edited to cause sleep disorder, a team of researchers from the Institute of Neuroscience at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai announced Wednesday. | RELATED: | Researchers Grow World's First 'Perfect Human' Blood Vessels | "Circadian rhythm disorder is related to many human diseases, such as sleep disorders, diabetes mellitus, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, which means that our genetically edited monkeys could…
(2019-01-24). Putting on Yellow Vests — to Stop Trump's Throwing the U.S. Constitution over a Wall. globalresearch.ca As a long-time activist, I just bought a yellow vest made famous in France by the hundred thousands of the 99% who don them every Saturday. They are finally revolting after 40 years of grinding austerity imposed by successive governments …
(2019-01-24). Venezuelan Armed Forces Recognize Maduro as President. globalresearch.ca Venezuela's Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, declared Wednesday that the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) refuses to accept the opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of the Latin American country. | "The Homeland's soldiers don't accept a president …
(2019-01-24). The Coup in Venezuela Must be Resisted. globalresearch.ca Venezuela has elections. Juan Guaido has never even been a Presidential candidate. Despite massive CIA opposition funding and interference over years as Big Oil tries to regain control of the World's largest oil reserves, Nicolas Maduro was democratically re-elected in …
(2019-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2019. democracynow.org Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Attempting to Engineer Coup, Competing Senate Bills to End Government Shutdown Unlikely to Pass, Federal Workers Flood Senate Office Building to Protest Shutdown, Trump to Delay State of the Union Address Until Shutdown Ends, Witness: El Chapo's Sons Murdered Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez, Brazil: Son of President Bolsonaro Linked to Criminal Syndicate, Iowa Anti-Abortion Law Struck Down as New York Pro-Choice Bill Passes, Michael Cohen Cancels Congressional Testimony, Citing Trump's Threats, House Committee to Probe White House Handling of Security Clearances, U.S. Climate Science Ha…
(2019-01-24). The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce. globalresearch.ca The mainstream media continues to harvest all the disinformation it can concerning the relationship between Trump and Putin and the character of Putin himself, not to mention the overall generalizations about the state of Russia and the kind of people …
(2019-01-24). Israeli student charged for killing Palestinian in stone attack. aljazeera.com Prosecutors have charged an unnamed 16-year-old Israeli for his involvement in the killing of a 47-year-old Palestinian.
(2019-01-24). BuzzFeed Throws Hail Mary: Publishes New Trump Tower Moscow Docs. globalresearch.ca After last week's embarrassing debacle in which special counsel Robert Mueller issued a rare statement calling bullshit on BuzzFeed over their Trump Tower Moscow report that Trump ordered his attorney Michael Cohen to lie about the timeline, the beleaguered news …
(2019-01-24). Washington Has Appointed a President for Venezuela. globalresearch.ca After listening since 2016 to the American presstitutes complain, without providing a mere scrap of evidence, of Russia meddling in US elections, a person would think that the last thing Washington would do would be to meddle in other countries' …
(2019-01-24). Mike Pence Calls for Coup d'Etat in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Since Hugo Chavez established Bolivarian social democracy in Venezuela, a vibrant system, a model for other nations, the US plotted to replace it with fascist tyranny. | Democratically elected and reelected Nicolas Maduro carries the torch Chavez lit. Venezuela's electoral system …
(2019-01-24). L.A. Teachers on What Was Won—And Which Battles Are Next. commondreams.org Educators, parents, students, and supporters of the Los Angeles teachers strike wave and cheer in Grand Park on January 22, 2019 in downtown Los Angeles, California at a victory rally. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-01-24). We Don't Need a New Deal: We Need a Whole New Deck. globalresearch.ca The gap between the earth's wardens of wealth and the nearly eight billion humans under their control has grown wider and more dangerous but is beginning to be understood by some as a systemic problem and not simply a matter …
(2019-01-24). "This Was About the Survival of Public Education" zcomm.org LA Teachers Claim Victory After Week-Long Strike…
(2019-01-24). L.A. Teachers Strike Dispatch #9: What We Won. counterpunch.org The United Teachers of Los Angeles strike was enormously popular, with tens of thousands of parents and students joining already full picketlines. There were many intangibles won, including but not limited to: ∑ We learned that despite the PR hatchet job the anti-union, anti-public school forces have waged for the past 25 years, the general public More
(2019-01-24). New Coup Attempt in Venezuela Led by Juan Guaido. globalresearch.ca The Venezuelan right-wing, backed by the United States and other right-wing governments in the region, continue with their coup agenda against the Bolivarian government. | *** | The Venezuelan and international right advances in its destabilizing plans, which are rejected by revolutionary …
(2019-01-24). Education Finally Gets Global Attention. hrw.org 
| Today, the global community marks the first International Day of Education. | For students, teachers, and organizations that support children's right to education, it's been a long time coming. Since the 1990s, activists have mobilized to try and ensure education gets more attention globally and nationally. The United Nations hopes to use this day to highlight education's fundame…
(2019-01-24). "A human rights defender should have no limits" amnesty.org Vincent, 27, grew up in Kibera, Kenya. Many of his friends dropped out of school, but he was determined to take a different path… | School was an hour's walk away. It had its good and bad sides. Some students came from rich families. It was frustrating as I didn't understand why we were poor. But I came to realise that's life and I wanted to make the best of the situation. | In Kibera, poverty is a huge problem. People live here because they do not have the opportunity or means to live elsewhere. Young people start taking drugs at an early age, gender-based violence is rife and children, especially girls, are r…
(2019-01-24). China: Secret detention places writer at risk of torture. amnesty.org Responding to the Chinese authorities' confirmation that Australian-Chinese writer Yang Hengjun has been detained on suspicion of "endangering national security", Joshua Rosenzweig, East Asia Research Director at Amnesty International commented: | "The Chinese authorities have serious questions to answer over the detention of Yang Hengjun, but it could be months before we find out anything more about his condition or what they're accusing him of doing. | "If it's true that Yang is being held under 'residential surveillance in a designated location', then there is cause for serious concern over his wellbeing. Faci…
(2019-01-24). Russian Federation: Human rights defender under house arrest: Anastasia Shevchenko. amnesty.org On 23 January, Anastasia Shevchenko, an Open Russia human rights defender from Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, was put under house arrest and may face up to six years in prison if convicted. This is the first time the Russian authorities have opened a criminal case under the repressive "undesirable organizations" law. It is a worrying precedent and could open the floodgates to the prosecution of hundreds of Open Russia members across the country. Anastasia Shevchenko is a prisoner of conscience. She must be immediately and unconditionally released.
(2019-01-24). Iran's 'year of shame': More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018. amnesty.org The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International, a year after a wave of protests against poverty, corruption and authoritarianism erupted across the country. | The organization has today revealed staggering new figures showing the extent of the Iranian authorities' repression during 2018. Over the course of the year, more than 7,000 protesters, students, journalists, environmental activists, workers and human rights defenders, including lawyers, women's rights activists, m…
(2019-01-24). How the UTLA orchestrated the betrayal of Los Angeles teachers. wsws.org Well aware that the sellout deal would provoke widespread opposition, the union rushed through the contract without providing teachers time to study and discuss it.
(2019-01-24). Final IYSSE election meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin. wsws.org More than 50 students and young workers participated in the IYSSE's final meeting in its campaign for the student parliament election at Humboldt University.
(2019-01-24). Virginia and Denver teachers set to strike as educators struggles continue to spread. wsws.org Teachers are entering into struggle after decades of bipartisan defunding of public schools, accompanied by the promotion of privatization and charter schools.
(2019-01-24). Ontario guts financial aid for low-income students. wsws.org Outraged students have called a rally in Toronto tomorrow to protest the gutting of student aid—the latest volley in the Ford government's war on the working class.
(2019-01-24). Workshop: Socialist Analysis of LA Teachers' Strike. indybay.org 2969 Mission St. btwn 25th and 26th Sts.
(2019-01-24). Oakland OEA Teachers, Students and Parents Protest Closure Of Roots International Academy. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, students and parents protest threatened closure of the Roots International Academy Middle School in Oakland at the Oakland Board Of Education on January 23, 2019. They also protested attack on librarians and the role of charters in destroying community public schools. | Also some teachers talked about the role of the UTLA strike…
(2019-01-24). 'March Now or Swim Later': As Elites Chit-Chat in Davos, Climate Strike Swells With 35,000 Students Marching in Brussels. commondreams.org Thursday's student demonstration in Brussels confirmed that the global climate strike movement is showing no signs of slowing down, with an estimated 35,000 young people marching through the European Union capital to demand that world leaders take bold action to stem the climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-01-24). Portraying the MAGA Teens as Victims Is an Extension of Native American Erasure. theintercept.com 
A woman speaks during the Indigenous Peoples March on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18, 2019. | of dozens of Catholic schoolboys sporting "Make America Great Again," or MAGA, hats tomahawk-chopping and mocking a Native elder, who was drumming and singing at the feet of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Nathan Phillips, the military veteran and water protector from the Omaha Nation, waded into the crowd of high school students,…
(2019-01-24). Theresa May's Plan B: Brexit Plan A with a Rhetorical Facelift. globalresearch.ca It's Plan A with a rhetorical face lift, practically the same, no-Brexit/Brexit. May pretends to want what she opposes, clearly stating opposition to leaving the EU as home secretary. | She wasted over two-and-half years accomplishing nothing, cutting a deal …
(2019-01-23). Walking and talking with L.A. teachers on strike. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22—As I was completing the final edit on my interviews with several striking teachers that I conducted on Fri., Jan. 18, I received from an LAUSD preschool teacher the following text message at 10: 01 a.m. today: "We've reached a tentative agreement. Now it has to be ratified by ALL the members or …
(2019-01-23). Forest Service Ignores Science to Justify Logging. counterpunch.org The Helena National Forest has released its Ten Mile-South Helena Project, which will include logging, prescribed burning on more than 17,500 acres including in roadless lands proposed for wilderness designation. Throughout its document, the FS ignores the preponderance of fire science to justify logging/thinning of the forest and ignores the many environmental impacts that result More
(2019-01-23). Make MLK's teachings part of school curriculum. mronline.org 
Dr Martin Luther King's writings and speeches "should be a part of the curriculum of public schools," said Larry Hamm, chairman of the People's Organization for Progress, based in Newark, New Jersey. | Source
(2019-01-23). A Blue State Teacher Rebellion: Denver Teachers Vote to Strike as L.A. Educators Win Big Victory. democracynow.org 
As Los Angeles teachers agreed to end their strike on Tuesday, Denver teachers voted to strike for the first time in 25 years. The strike could begin as soon as Monday. Meanwhile, teachers in Oakland are planning to vote on a strike next week. We speak with Arlene Inouye, chair of the bargaining team for United Teachers Los Angeles, and Sarah Jaffe, reporting fellow at the Type Media Center.
(2019-01-23). Selected Articles: Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On. globalresearch.ca For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an …
(2019-01-23). SPLC: Florida Legislature should reject proposals in Parkland commission report that would threaten school safety and undermine student privacy. splcenter.org The Florida Legislature should reject the harmful recommendations in a report from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission that would threaten, not improve, school safety.
(2019-01-23). Jacksonville rallies for workers hit by government shutdown. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees) held a rally and march to end the government shutdown on January 19. Over 10 unions were represented, including teachers, electricians and nearly a dozen rank-and-file Teamsters. Several speakers gave personal accounts of how they and their families had been affected. The 70 union members marched down to a busy intersection while chanting "End the shutdown, call the vote!" | Protesters held signs that read "29 days without pay" and "Do what is right." They stood and waved to honking cars and semi trucks. Bike police couldn't resist coming over…
(2019-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2019. democracynow.org Senators to Vote on Competing Funding Bills as Gov't Shutdown Drags On, Federal Agencies Call Out Consequences of Gov't Shutdown, SCOTUS Green-Lights Trump Ban on Transgender Servicemembers, SCOTUS Will Not Take on Trump's DACA Challenge For Now, SCOTUS to Hear Case Backed by Gun Advocates, DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Review Census Citizenship Case, GOP Considers "Nuclear Option" to Confirm Trump-Nominated Judges, L.A. Teachers End Strike After Agreeing to Contract Deal, Zimbabwe: Popular Protests Met with Violence by Military, Sudan: Authorities Crack Down on Press and Protesters, Venezuela: VP Pence Calls for Overthrow…
(2019-01-23). Pakistan's Choice, The US Afghan Campaign: Totally Out-maneuvered by The Taliban. globalresearch.ca US Afghan Campaign continues to totter along undefined paths towards an as yet undetermined end state. The US is now not the only power dominating the strategic environment in Afghanistan; the Afghan Taliban/Haqqani Network (TTA/HN) have staked competing claims too. …