(2019-01-26). 'It Is a Disgrace That Our Public Schools Are So Poorly Funded' – CounterSpin interview with Kent Wong on LA teachers strike. fair.org 
Janine Jackson interviewed Kent Wong about the Los Angeles teachers strike (since settled) for the January 18, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
(2019-01-25). Denver teachers vote to strike. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – Teachers from Denver Public Schools, represented by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA), voted 93% in favor of a strike after the breakdown of negotiations with the board of Denver Public Schools (DPS). This is the first strike authorization for Denver Teachers since 1994. | The DCTA and the Denver school board negotiated for a month until talks broke down on January 18. DCTA has been insisting on increased salaries for its members as it noted that the school district cannot retain quality teachers at the current rates. DCTA sees this struggle for higher wages as a social justice issue.
(2019-01-25). Mobilize and Defend Venezuela! globalresearch.ca It is new and it is not new, but it is tremendously wicked and deadly — the latest type of coup the US invented and is now applying against Venezuela. | Of course, coups and attempted coups are what could be …
(2019-01-25). Chomsky, Other Scholars Reject US Coup Attempt in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky; co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Mark Weisbrot; and 68 other scholars published an Open Letter Thursday demanding that the United States Government back off Venezuela. | RELATED: | Former UN Expert Zayas: US-led Coup in Venezuela Violates International Law | "The United States Government must cease interfering in Venezuela's internal politics, especially for the purpose of overthrowing the country's gover…
(2019-01-25). Sixty Years of the Cuban Revolution. globalresearch.ca We are urged to resist Trump's lies: the lies of US capitalism. But there are lies about those lies that are not resisted. They are not recognized. | You see this in an intriguing new book about US interrogation during the …
(2019-01-25). A N.Y. Times Story Just Accidentally Shredded the Russiagate Hysteria. globalresearch.ca Every once in a while, one of those stories comes along that makes the mainstream corporate media look like a bunch of middle-school kids filming their "news show" on an iPhone with their neck ties crooked. Recently, one of those …
(2019-01-25). Pentagon Climate Change Report Ignores Its Own Role in Fueling the Crisis. globalresearch.ca The U.S. Department of Defense produces more hazardous waste than the five biggest U.S.-based chemical companies combined and is the biggest contributor to global pollution in the world. | *** | This week, the Department of Defense released a report to Senate …
(2019-01-25). Trump a Threat to US, Intelligence Strategy Report Says. globalresearch.ca The new National Intelligence Strategy of the United States (NIS) released its strategy for 2019 Tuesday. The document reveals that 17 intelligence agencies of the U.S. are against President Donald Trump's impulsive behavior on war and peace. | The 36-page report …
(2019-01-25). Russia, China, India and Iran: The Magic Quadrant that Is Changing the World. globalresearch.ca With the end of the unipolar moment, which saw Washington dominate international relations, the richest and most powerful Eurasian countries are beginning to organize themselves into alliance structures and agreements that aim to facilitate trade, development and cooperation. | At the …
(2019-01-25). Binghamton parents: Hope no other child experiences what our girls did. peoplesworld.org 
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(2019-01-25). Extreme Wealth is a Planet Killer. counterpunch.org We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or we fry. That's the conclusion of another new blockbuster study on climate change, this one from the National Academy of Sciences. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy, the study details, has made for the fastest climate changes our Earth has ever seen. "If we think about the future More
(2019-01-25). Shutting Down in Trumpland. globalresearch.ca It is a political idiosyncrasy that most political systems avoid: the state, as if suffering a stroke, operating at only partial capacity, incapable of paying certain employees and incapable of fronting certain services. And so it is in the United …
(2019-01-25). Native eyewitness gives account of what really happened at the Lincoln Memorial. peoplesworld.org 
The mocking harassment of a Native American elder at the January 18 Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C. by Catholic high school students has sparked national and international outrage. Nathan Phillips, an elder of the Omaha Nation and Marine veteran who attended the march, was accosted by a large group of white students, at least 100, from the all-boys Covington Catholic …
(2019-01-25). Ecuadorian Ex-president Correa: –°annot Rule Out US-backed 'Military Action' in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Washington's reckless push for regime change in Venezuela, where the US actively supports a person who "ignores all laws," might set a dangerous precedent, former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa told RT. | A situation, in which a man "declares himself …
(2019-01-25). TransCanada and First Nations' Rights: Who's Banking the Coastal GasLink Pipeline? globalresearch.ca On January 7, 2019, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police trespassed on the land of the Wet'suwet'en people and arrested 14 land defenders in heavily militarized fashion, following the orders of fossil fuel behemoth TransCanada. | The militarized police were enforcing an …
(2019-01-25). As Shutdown Ends, Workers Have Little Faith About Future. truthdig.com Federal workers who have gone a month without getting paid during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history expressed relief Friday that a deal had been reached to end the impasse, but are worried they'll be in the same spot in a few weeks. | Ivan Tauler and his wife spent an exhausting three weeks calling, researching and haggling to get relief from government agencies, schools, banks and utility companies to scrape by during the shutdown that caused him to be furloughed from his cartographer job at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in West Virginia. | For Tauler, the end of the shutdown…
(2019-01-25). Revolutionary Government Declaration: Aggression Against Venezuela Must Cease. globalresearch.ca The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns and energetically rejects the attempt to impose a coup d'etat, a puppet government at the service of the United States, in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and expresses its unwavering solidarity …
(2019-01-25). Canada's Diversity Imperialism. globalresearch.ca Canada's trade union-backed, ostensibly "progressive" Liberal government is playing a key role in the regime-change coup that Washington has launched against Venezuela's elected president, Nicolás Maduro. | Canada quickly seconded US President Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday recognizing Juan Guaidó, …
(2019-01-25). My Message to Davos Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is. commondreams.org "Our house is on fire," said the Swedish student activist who has galvanized 100,000 fellow teens around the world to follow her example in striking for the climate. "At Davos, people like to talk about success, but financial success has come with a price tag, and on the climate we have failed. And unless we recognize the failures of our system, there will be unspoken suffering." (Image: World Economic Forum) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-01-25). Venezuela — An Appeal to Russia, China and All Unaligned Countries for Support of Sovereign Venezuela. globalresearch.ca On 23 January 2018, the United States has initiated a coup against President Nicolás Maduro and his Government, by encouraging and fully supporting the "self-proclaimed" opposition leader, Juan Guaido, as interim President. Already days ago he had received the full …
(2019-01-25). UNESCO: Cuban Pharmaceutical Museum is 'Memory of the World'. telesurenglish.net Literature from the Pharmaceutical Museum in Matanzas, Cuba, were recognized Thursday as "Memory of the World" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). | RELATED: | Venezuela Welcomes 2,500 Cuban Doctors Leaving Brazil | The books include 61 volumes, 55 of which preserve formulas of the Ernesto Triolet's "French Botica," tha…
(2019-01-25). US Regime Change in Venezuela: The Documented Evidence. globalresearch.ca Washington's motivation is the fact that according to OPEC, Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves on Earth — more than Saudi Arabia and accounting for nearly a quarter of all OPEC production.
(2019-01-25). Ten Thousand Students March in Berlin as Global #ClimateStrike Movement Rises. commondreams.org An estimated ten thousand students took to the freezing cold streets of Berlin, Germany on Friday as they added their voices to the growing youth-led global uprising that is demanding urgent and far-reaching action to address the world's climate crisis. "The general problem is not that there's a lack of knowledge, but of action," said one student. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-01-25). The Vagina Monologues. indybay.org San Jose State University Student Union Theater…
(2019-01-25). Alameda school board still reeling from allegations of power play. indybay.org The Alameda school board is still reeling from allegations of a racially motivated power play. Some believe the issue was racist, while others think the issue is about charter schools and the renewal of the Superintendent's contract. Others say so-called progressives just want power, regardless if their actions are or appear racially motivated.
(2019-01-25). Los Angeles teachers livid over union's betrayal of strike. wsws.org Teachers spoke out on how the United Teachers Los Angeles pushed through a contract vote on a deal that abandoned their most critical demands.
(2019-01-25). Striking Tamil Nadu teachers denounce state and central governments. wsws.org Protesting teachers told WSWS that all the parliamentary parties have inflicted similar attacks on pay and conditions.
(2019-01-25). Indian teachers, government workers launch indefinite strike in Tamil Nadu. wsws.org Defying mass arrests, 700,000 workers have been on strike since Tuesday, part of a growing global working class upsurge.
(2019-01-25). 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.
(2019-01-25). South Dakota Rejects Restrictions on Trans Athletes. hrw.org 
| | Rainbow flags for sale are photographed on June 24, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters | South Dakota lawmakers have rejected a bill which would have barred transgender students from participating in athletics consistent with their gender identity. | The ACLU and other organizations spoke out against the bill, with the South Dakota High School Activities Association, the Association of School Boards in South Dakota, the South Dakota Education Associa…
(2019-01-25). Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race. theintercept.com Former West Virginia State Sen. Richard Ojeda ended his long-shot presidential bid on Friday. A leader of the state's teachers strikes last year, Ojeda concluded that the campaign ultimately wasn't winnable and told his supporters that he could no longer ask people to contribute money to a cause he thought was lost. | "I don't want to see people send money to a campaign that's probably not going to get off the ground," he said in a video he recorded and provided to The Intercept and The Young Turks. | Hints that he was picking up momentum were strong, he said in an accompanying statement, but not strong enough. "
(2019-01-25). Is Trump Using the Shutdown to Serve Energy and Hunting Special Interests? truthout.org Two years into the Trump administration, its attacks on environmental regulations, policy and science are already well documented. But the current partial government shutdown, now more than a month long, provides a unique lens through which to view the administration's priorities. The list of what isn't being done is long and troubling, but equally concerning is what is being done during the shutdown. | Over the past several weeks national parks have been trashed, climate change research stalled…
(2019-01-25). When Teachers Win the People Win & Put Privatization on the Run. therealnews.com 
LA Teacher's strike shows that unions can win more support for students and can open a battle against the unchecked creation of charter schools. Arlene Inouye, the Chair of the UTLA Bargaining Team discusses the result
(2019-01-25). Don't Build the Wall, Build Affordable Housing. truthout.org Trump's vanity wall is a solution in search of a problem. The only emergency is the one created by Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with their brutal repression and moves to deny migrants fleeing violence their legal right to seek asylum. Research shows that immigrants are actually an economic boon, so this manufactured crisis aimed at repre…
(2019-01-24). "This Was About the Survival of Public Education" zcomm.org LA Teachers Claim Victory After Week-Long Strike…
(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). 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). Video: Arab Protesters Clash with Kurdish SDF Forces in Raqqa Province. globalresearch.ca On January 23, hundreds of civilians took to the streets in the town of al-Mansoura in the province of Raqqa to protest against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the group's security forces had murdered a civilian. | According to local …
(2019-01-24). Terrorism and Islam: Correlation Is Not Causation. globalresearch.ca Since the time immemorial, it has been an article of faith of every Muslim that suicide is 'Haram' (prohibited) in Islam. There is a well-known Islamic precept that whoever commits suicide will go straight to hell. But the Takfirists (those …
(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). Breaking: Huge Blast Rocks Damascus after Bomb Is Set Off Near Russian Embassy. globalresearch.ca Minutes ago, a powerful blast ripped through the heart of Damascus after a bomb was set off near the Russian embassy. | According to a military source in Damascus city, the blast was a result of an IED (improvised explosive device) …
(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). 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). Venezuela: Preplanned Provocation by Washington,"The Indirect Adaptive Approach" to Regime Change. globalresearch.ca Venezuela is in the throes of a classic Hybrid War, and analyzing the indirect adaptive approach to regime change being applied there can be instructive for identifying and understanding similar processes whenever they unfold elsewhere. | The Hybrid War on Venezuela …
(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). 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). "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). 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). 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…