(2019-01-28). The Empire's "Left Intellectuals" Call for Regime Change. The Role of "Progressives" and the Antiwar Movement. globalresearch.ca What is now unfolding in both North America and Western Europe is fake social activism, controlled and funded by the corporate establishment. This manipulated process precludes the formation of a real mass movement against war, racism and social injustice.
(2019-01-28). Trump Floated "Military Option" in Venezuela with Sen. Graham. globalresearch.ca Military option on the table — that's what Axios reporter Jonathan Swan was told when discussing the Venezuela crisis with Sen. Lindsey Graham. In a breaking exclusive Sunday evening, Axios has revealed key explosive contents of a recent meeting …
(2019-01-28). Before Venezuela: The Long History of U.S. Intervention in Latin America. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses the United States of trying to orchestrate a coup against him, and that allegation has resonance among many in a region where Washington has a long history of interventions—military and otherwise. | Ever since the early …
(2019-01-28). Trump's Latest Neocon Adviser Assigned Task of Overthrowing Maduro in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump is no different than his predecessors. During the campaign, he said whatever he had to in order to get elected. He promised to close down the neocon foreign wars and also fight the "deep state" by draining the …
(2019-01-28). US-Led Economic War, Not Socialism, Is Tearing Venezuela Apart. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2016. | Americans have been trained by decades of Cold War propaganda to look for any confirmation that 'socialism means poverty.' But in the case of Venezuela and other states not governed by the free …
(2019-01-28). Citizen Scientists and Bee Populations. globalresearch.ca Imidacloprid — a type of neonicotinoid — changes the way that worker bees interact with the colony's larvae: they become less social, stop nursing larvae, experience altered social and spatial dynamics within nests, and cease hive insulation construction. | A research …
(2019-01-28). Texas Border Sheriffs: There Is No Crisis and We Don't Want Trump's Wall. globalresearch.ca Despite Trump's attempt to paint the Texas-Mexico border as a war zone, border counties are safer than the president's own backyard. And local lawmen don't believe a wall will do any good. | *** | President Trump visited McAllen earlier this month …
(2019-01-28). On Target: Ukraine Re-writes History by Celebrating Nazi Collaborator. globalresearch.ca For the approximately 200 Canadian military trainers currently deployed to Ukraine, it is likely that on the first of January they would have witnessed a torch lit procession. Throughout Kiev and numerous other towns in Western Ukraine, thousands of civilians …
(2019-01-28). Bank of England Refused to Return $1.2bn in Gold to Venezuela — Reports. globalresearch.ca Britain rejected Venezuela's request to withdraw $1.2bn in gold stored in the UK, according to reports. It was enough for the self-declared and US-backed 'president', Juan Guaido, to support the alleged move. | The Bank of England blocked Venezuela's attempts …
(2019-01-28). 'Muslim Ban': Two Years on, Trump's Order Still Destroying Lives. globalresearch.ca Families split; travellers stranded; students unable to attend their universities; people being forced to be away from their loved ones. | Two years after President Donald Trump signed an executive order severely restricting travel from several Muslim-majority countries, the effects of …
(2019-01-28). Israeli General Mounts Challenge to Netanyahu by Flaunting Gaza Carnage. globalresearch.ca With April's elections looming, Benjamin Netanyahu has good reason to fear Benny Gantz, his former army chief. Gantz has launched a new party, named Israeli Resilience, just as the net of corruption indictments is closing around the prime minister….
(2019-01-28). Some early lessons from the Los Angeles teachers strike. mronline.org 
Corporate media absolutely won't tell you this, but this year's Los Angeles teachers strike is the latest chapter in the long running struggle against the privatization of public education in the U.S | Source
(2019-01-28). 'When You Take Healthcare Away From People, People Die' – CounterSpin interview with Rebecca Vallas on Medicaid under attack. fair.org 
Janine Jackson interviewed Rebecca Vallas about Trump's attack on Medicaid for the January 18, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
(2019-01-28). Mexico: AMLO Promotes Baseball, 'King of Sports'. telesurenglish.net Mexican President, and ardent baseball fan Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, AMLO, announced his office will endorse the 'king of sports' by introducing regional national baseball academies, which will be available to elementary and high-school students. | RELATED: | Mexico: Oil Pipeline Explosion Death Toll Rises to 114 | "Sports are extraordinary, any sport, we d…
(2019-01-28). New UCS Report Tallies Attacks on Science in Trump Era Harming Public Health. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-01-28). Students protest in Toronto against cuts to financial aid. wsws.org Around 2,000 students marched from Yonge-Dundas square to the provincial legislature at Queens Park to oppose the gutting of financial assistance for college and university students by Premier Doug Ford's right-wing Tory government.
(2019-01-28). Citing $750 Million Tax Break for Amazon While Students Suffer, Teachers Walk Out in Virginia. commondreams.org Fed up with plummeting school funds and low teacher salaries in a state that recently offered hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to one of the world's richest companies, educators in Virginia traveled to the state capital on Monday to demand that their state legislators begin fighting for them and their students—not powerful corporations. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-01-28). Israel, lizenziert zum Tà∂ten. globalresearch.ca ‚ÄûMit seiner và∂llig unerwarteten Aktion hat Israel Angriffe auf milità§rische Ziele in Syrien offiziallisiert und die syrischen Behà∂rden davor gewarnt, Rache an Israel zu àºben" — so berichteten die italienischen Medien àºber den gestrigen Angriff Israels in Syrien mit Marschflugkà∂rpern …
(2019-01-28). China: Disgraceful 4 and a half years prison term for human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang. amnesty.org | Responding to the 4 and a half years prison sentence handed down by a Chinese court to human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was found guilty of "subverting state power", Doriane Lau, China Researcher at Amnesty International, commented: | "Today's verdict is a gross injustice. It's outrageous that Wang Quanzhang is being punished for peacefully standing up for human rights in China.
(2019-01-28). The Vagina Monologues. indybay.org San Jose State University Student Union Theater…
(2019-01-28). Colorado Labor Department blocks Denver teachers' strike. wsws.org After a 93 percent vote last week for strike action by 5,600 Denver teachers, the state of Colorado has intervened to prevent the walkout.
(2019-01-28). Congress Must Stop USDA's Animal Experiments, Says Whistleblower. truthout.org In December, the Senate introduced legislation called the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now (KITTEN) Act, the companion to a bipartisan House bill of the same name targeting outdated food safety experiments at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) explained to CNN when he introduced the bill, "The USDA breeds up to 100 kittens a year, feeds them parasite-infected meat in order to have the…
(2019-01-28). India: Striking Tamil Nadu teachers and government employees defy state repression. wsws.org In an attempt to break the strike, the state government has arrested hundreds of teachers who face charges of unlawful assembly and other bogus allegations.
(2019-01-28). The Fight for Quality Education. indybay.org South Berkeley Senior Center | 2939 Ellis St, Berkeley…
(2019-01-28). Virginia teachers and the fight against social inequality. wsws.org The demonstration today in Virginia is part of a growing movement of teachers, students and workers against attacks on public education.
(2019-01-27). "Naya Pakistan": Come One, Come All, and See "New Pakistan" with Your Own Eyes! globalresearch.ca Prime Minister Imran Khan's "Naya Pakistan" ("New Pakistan") just passed legislation loosening the country's previously difficult visa procedure to allow for most of the world's nationalities to either receive one on arrival or electronically, which will not only boost …
(2019-01-27). The Vultures of Caracas. globalresearch.ca We are frequently told that people in Venezuela have no food, clothing or toilet paper, and that popular discontent with the left wing government is driven by real hunger. There are elements of truth in this story, though the causes …
(2019-01-27). Netanyahu's Election Bombing Campaign May Lead to Battle: Syria and Hezbollah Have Their Fingers on the Trigger. globalresearch.ca Israel has attacked Syria many times during the last seven years of war imposed on Syria. It has run red-lights and broken taboos in order to provoke the "Axis of the Resistance" inside Syria, but has refrained from infuriating Hezbollah …
(2019-01-27). CIA Was Aiding "Jihadists" before Soviets Invaded Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca Originally, there were four parties involved in the Afghan conflict which are mainly responsible for the debacle in the Af-Pak region. Firstly, the former Soviet Union which invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Secondly, Pakistan's security agencies which nurtured the Afghan …
(2019-01-27). Juan Guaido: Designated US Puppet in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Nicolas Marduro is Venezuela's legitimate democratically elected and reelected president. | The country's process is scrupulously open, free, and fair, the world's best, a model for other nations. Polar opposite to America's fantasy democracy, the best money can buy. | Coup d'etats …
(2019-01-27). Deal to End US Government Shutdown. "Fake National Emergency" on Mexican Border. globalresearch.ca Did Trump blink? Did undemocratic Dems win the 35-day standoff? | On Friday, DLT announced a deal to reopen government for three weeks without having gotten congressional border wall funding. | He vowed to build a "wall or steel barrier (in) predetermined …
(2019-01-27). Building the Information Control Highway. globalresearch.ca With the rise of internet social media, patronized by multi-millions of receptive people and supplied by a small number of companies that have achieved dominance, a path way to information control was cleared. | To complete the highway, all that was …
(2019-01-27). Politics Behind the Sunni-Shia Conflict in Middle East. globalresearch.ca Lately, it has become a habit of Orientalist apologists of Western imperialism to offer reductive historical and theological explanations of Sunni-Shi'a conflict in the Middle East region in order to cover up the blowback of ill-conceived Western military interventions and …
(2019-01-27). Duke University professor warns students of 'consequences' for speaking Chinese. rt.com 
A Duke University professor has stepped down, after an email in which she warned Chinese students to speak English on campus or face "unintended consequences" went viral.
(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…
(2019-01-26). The International Socialist Organization, Jacobin hail betrayal of Los Angeles teachers' strike. wsws.org Before, during and after the six-day strike by 33,000 teachers, the ISO and the Democratic Socialists of America sought to subordinate educators to the unions and the Democratic Party.
(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). 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). 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). 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
(2019-01-24). 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). 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). 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). "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). 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). 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…
(2019-01-23). "This Was About the Survival of Public Education": LA Teachers Claim Victory After Week-Long Strike. democracynow.org 
Public school teachers in Los Angeles are returning to classrooms today after approving an agreement to end a historic 6-day strike. The strike was the first in Los Angeles in three decades. It came after more than 20 months of strained negotiations between the union—United Teachers Los Angeles—and the school district. The strike effectively shut down Los Angeles Unified, the nation's second largest school district. On Tuesday morning, union leaders and Los Angeles city officials announced that they had reached a deal on a new contract. After a vote, the union announced Tuesday night that the contract…
(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.