(2019-02-26). The Bitter Fruit of Trump's China Bashing: Anti-Asian Racism. counterpunch.org 
Donald Trump's New Cold War with Beijing has caught Chinese foreign students at American universities in its crosshairs. His administration has tightened restrictions on their visas, accused them of spying for the Chinese state and its high tech giants, and in the process whipped up a climate of Anti-Asian racism. Trump's policies have yielded bitter More
(2019-02-26). Sanders Tackles Democratic Socialism, Racial Inequality, the 'Fraud' of Trump, the 'Existential' Climate Crisis, and Much More During CNN Town Hall. commondreams.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) covered the issues of democratic socialism, Trump's endless lying, racial inequality and reparations for slavery, Medicare for All, what he called the "existential crisis" of climate change, student debt, foreign policy and U.S. military intervention, and much else during Monday night's town hall event hosted by CNN. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-26). Is the Tide Turning on President Trump's War on Science? commondreams.org Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson questions NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology budget hearing, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls via Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-02-26). Final Steps of the Multipolar Revolution: Containing the US in Europe. globalresearch.ca We discussed in the previous article how China and Russia are using diplomatic, economic and military means in areas like Asia and the Middle East to contain the belligerence and chaos unleashed by the United States. In this analysis, we …
(2019-02-26). Dangerous Escalation Between Nuclear-armed Rivals India and Pakistan. globalresearch.ca In a pre-dawn airstrike at 3: 30 a.m. on Tuesday, 12 Indian Mirage 2000 fighter jets intruded into Pakistan's airspace and dropped their payload on the top of a mountain at a terrorist training camp, allegedly belonging to a jihadist group …
(2019-02-26). Emergencies Do Not Trump the Constitution. globalresearch.ca After Congress rejected President Trump's request for 5.7 billion dollars for the border wall, the president declared a national emergency at the southern border. Present Trump claims this "emergency" gives him the authority to divert funds appropriated for other purposes …
(2019-02-26). "Arab NATO" Isn't NATO-like at All. globalresearch.ca It's become popular over the past few years to talk about the so-called "Arab NATO" that the US is reportedly trying to assemble in the Mideast to militarily contain Iran, but the actual entity being created doesn't resemble its European …
(2019-02-26). Canadian 'Aid' to Venezuela Part of Plan to Overthrow Government. globalresearch.ca If more people understood that "aid" often goes hand in hand with military intervention there would be less uncritical support for it. | An important, though little acknowledged, principle of Canadian 'aid' policy is that military intervention elicits international assistance. Or, …
(2019-02-26). Shifting the Centre of Gravity: Julian Assange Receives His Passport. globalresearch.ca In March 2008, one Michael Horvath of the US Army Counterintelligence Center within the Cyber Intelligence Assessments Branch considered the risks posed by WikiLeaks in a 32 page document. Created under the auspices of the Department of Defence's Intelligence …
(2019-02-26). Attacking Iran. Fake News About a Terrorist Connection Could Serve as a Pretext for War. globalresearch.ca Observers of developments in the Middle East have long taken it as a given that the United States and Israel are seeking for an excuse to attack Iran. The recently terminated conference in Warsaw had that objective, which was clearly …
(2019-02-26). Black History: Trump Era Resistance, Mumia's Plight, and Freedom for the Move 9. globalresearch.ca "Bi-partisanship between neoliberals and conservatives built the monster we now call 'mass incarceration.' No so-called 'progressive prosecutor' can or will unbuild it. That's because it took the entire system — DAs, judges, cops, defense lawyers, and prison administrators, not …
(2019-02-26). The "New NAFTA" and Agribusiness' Secretive Plans to Unravel Food Safety and Worker Protections. globalresearch.ca As Congress and the public debate the pros and cons of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), or New NAFTA, behind the scenes and in the shadows transnational corporations are doubling down on their plans to weaken and eliminate public protections …
(2019-02-26). Video: Why There Will be No Full US Troops Withdrawal from Syria. globalresearch.ca A contingent of US troops will remain deployed in Syria even after the troops withdrawal declared by President Donald Trump. | On February 21, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced that "a small peacekeeping group of about 200" troops …
(2019-02-26). Diego Garcia: UN Court Calls on Britain to 'Decolonize' Chagos Islands. globalresearch.ca The United Nations' highest court on Monday called Britain's claim of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands "illegal" and urged London to "decolonize" the remote archipelago — which is home to one of the most important US overseas military bases — …
(2019-02-26). UK Aid to Yemen: The Best Thing May Can Do for Yemen Is to Stop Arming the Saudi Regime. globalresearch.ca Yesterday the Prime Minister, Theresa May pledged £200 million worth of aid for the people of Yemen. However, she has refused to stop arming and supporting the Saudi Arabian regime, which has caused much of the damage. The ongoing bombardment …
(2019-02-26). Cuba's Referendum on a New Constitution: Cuba Has Indeed "Changed", But Not as Some Had Hoped. globalresearch.ca The results were just announced at 4 PM today Monday February 25, the day after the referendum. They are excellent. However, based on my visit to Cuba last September/October during the course of the debate whereby people had the opportunity …
(2019-02-26). France and Italy Are Involved in a Proxy War in Libya. globalresearch.ca The following is the full English-language interview that Andrew Korybko gave to RT (German) about the latest developments in Libya, which was published by the outlet in an abridged form under the title " Colonialism 2.0: France & Italy Are …
(2019-02-26). Trump Threatens a Second Embargo of Cuba. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration is threatening to unleash a flood of lawsuits involving Cuba, which no U.S. president has ever done. It has set a deadline of March 2 to announce whether it will create, in the words of the National …
(2019-02-26). "Humanitarian Aid" for Nefarious Purposes. USAID and Guaido's February 23, 2019 — The Second Battle of Cucuta. globalresearch.ca On Sunday morn, February 28 1813, General Ramon Correa, commander of 800 Spanish Royalist troops, sat upon his favourite Cucuta pew. While Correa communed with the Almighty, Simon Bolivar marched 400 men to hilltops overlooking Cucuta. Futile attempts to …
(2019-02-26). Juan Guaido: A Traitor to His People. globalresearch.ca The self-proclaimed "Provisional President of Venezuela," Juan Guaidó, is an expert in dangerous actions, who — in pursuit of his unending ambition — will go down in history as a person that broke all the rules of decency and …
(2019-02-26). Renewed Attempt to Ban Uranium Mining Permanently Near the Grand Canyon. Rep. Raúl Grijalva. globalresearch.ca An Arizona lawmaker is renewing his push to halt uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, outlining a proposal Saturday that would make permanent a moratorium on new claims across 1 million acres of public lands. | Rep. Raúl Grijalva has introduced …
(2019-02-26). Alexander von Humboldt, Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution. globalresearch.ca "One cannot praise enough the intelligent legislation of Spanish America's new republics, which, since their inception, have been seriously concerned with slavery's total cessation. In that respect, this vast part of the earth has an immense advantage over the South …
(2019-02-26). The Conservatives, "Nam-Nam Friction" and Nuclear Crisis in South Korea. globalresearch.ca Recently, the heads of five South Korean political parties visited Washington (February 12 to 14) with a mission to assure the supports of American politicians for the success of the second Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi. | But, what is hard to …
(2019-02-26). Growing calls for nation-wide struggle. indybay.org The attack on public education is part of the broader onslaught against the rights and living standards of the working class across the United States and around the world. It is this global attack that produced the series of teachers strikes across the United States. | The only way in which the striking teachers can carry out their fight to defend public education is by forming rank-and-file committees independent of the union and building for a nationwide strike.
(2019-02-26). ICE Entraps Foreign Students: Not New, but Immigration Criminalization is Intensifying. therealnews.com 
While the Trump administration is continuing many of the anti-immigrant policies of the Clinton and Obama administration, his efforts to criminalize all immigrants represents a new twist, says Prof. Aviva Chomsky…
(2019-02-26). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz have voted to strike over pay increases and staffing shortages caused by the layoff of thousands of teachers.
(2019-02-26). Day Three of Oakland Teachers' Strike: Keith Brown, Minister Perkins, and Oakland High Teacher. indybay.org At the mid-day rally in Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland Education Association President Keith Brown reports on bargaining efforts with the Oakland Unified School District, before leading a march to the State Building to support OEA negotiators. "We as educators are winning because we have the power!"
(2019-02-26). Australian teachers pass workplace motion endorsing Free Assange rallies. wsws.org The motion was moved by a member of the Committee For Public Education (CFPE), which is actively promoting and campaigning for the demonstrations on March 3 and March 10.
(2019-02-26). Unions, Democrats rush to end strike. indybay.org The OEA and CTA are preparing to sell out the Oakland teachers strike. | To prevent this betrayal, teachers must form rank-and-file strike committees to take the conduct of the strike and negotiations out of the hands of the unions.
(2019-02-26). Day Two of Oakland Teachers' Strike: Picket Lines, Bargaining Update, Messages of Solidarity. indybay.org Teachers and allies picketed in front of schools across Oakland again on Day Two. Magdalene Armstrong and her daughter picket in front of their school, Futures Elementary in East Oakland.
(2019-02-26). Schoolidarity: screening and panel in support of the Oakland Teachers' Strike. indybay.org Omni Commons | 4799 Shattuck Ave | Oakland…
(2019-02-26). In wake of January teachers strike, further attacks on public schools planned in Los Angeles. wsws.org Details are emerging of how the Los Angeles Unified School District intends to prosecute its assault on teachers, including plans to break up the district into multiple local networks.
(2019-02-26). Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Sit-In at Mitch McConnell's Office. truthout.org Hundreds of Kentucky high school students and climate campaigners with the youth-led Sunrise Movement descended on the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday to deliver 100,000 petition signatures and stage a sit-in to make clear to lawmakers that young people want a Green New Deal for their communities and futures. | For calling on McConnell to heed public demands for federal lawmakers to pass policies that will phase out fossil fuels and combat the global climate crisis while also creating green jobs and a…
(2019-02-26). If Emissions Aren't Curbed, Clouds May Disappear. truthout.org A study just published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that if we continue with business-as-usual fossil fuel emissions, the atmosphere will hold 1,200 parts per million CO2 in about a century from now, which will cause stratocumulus clouds to disappear. Their absence could leave the Earth to warm by a staggering 8 degrees Celsius (8°C). | The computer simulation used in the study showed that once that 1,200 parts per million (ppm) tipping point of atmospheric CO2 is breached, the Earth's temperature would soar by 4°C just from the…
(2019-02-26). Will Militarizing Schools Make Them Safer? therealnews.com 
As Baltimore faces another uptick in shootings and violent crimes, officials are considering arming police officers to make schools safer. | After a shooting at Frederick Douglass high school that left one staffer injured, the Baltimore School Board is considering whether to support a bill that would allow school police officers to be armed during the school day. | On Tuesday, Feb. 25, Baltimore City's school board will reconsider the measure after originally voting unanimously against it on Jan. 23. During that hearing, students from the Baltimore Algebra Project took over the meeting to urge the school board to…
(2019-02-26). Behind the racist backlash against Green Book. wsws.org Its central crime, the critics declare, is the view that racial prejudice is a social problem that can be solved through education, reason and empathy, and that racial hatred is not an essential component of the human condition.
(2019-02-26). Why is there no strike pay for Oakland teachers? indybay.org Historically, the provision of strike pay was one of the elemental tasks of unions. | The Oakland Education Association, however, is not providing a penny in strike benefits to the embattled teachers even though union dues are regularly deducted from their paychecks.
(2019-02-26). The global struggle of teachers. wsws.org Throughout the world, teachers have come to the forefront of the struggle against decades of austerity and levels of social inequality not seen since the 1920s.
(2019-02-26). Unions, Democrats rush to end strike as Oakland teachers resist attack on public education. wsws.org The district's financial oversight trustee has threatened to veto any deal that provides wage increases above the rate of inflation.
(2019-02-26). Day Three of Oakland Teachers' Strike: Lincoln Elementary Teacher and Message from OEA. indybay.org Stacy, a second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary, says students deserve better support, school nurses and lower class sizes.
(2019-02-26). Day Two of Oakland Teachers' Strike: Morning Picket and Rally at DeFremery Park. indybay.org Pickets continued across the city on Day Two of the Oakland teacher's strike. A mid-day rally was held at DeFremery Park, then a march to GO Public Schools to protest charter schools and privatization. Picket lines went back up before the end of the traditional school day.
(2019-02-25). On the Picket Line with Oakland Teachers. progressive.org "A tremendous thank you to our beautiful city from the teachers of Oakland. Let's do this again tomorrow!"
(2019-02-25). 5G and GMO: Electromagnetic Waves and Genetic Engineering: Profit Driven Destruction. globalresearch.ca We know that the genetic engineering of the plant and animal kingdom alters their DNA, and does the same to those who regularly ingest GM foods. People, animals, fish, insects and plants that absorb or are cross contaminated by other …
(2019-02-25). Leading Israel Lobby Group Sees Massive Rise in Budget. globalresearch.ca A leading pro-Israel group in Brussels has seen its budget increase fivefold over the past few years. | The European Jewish Association has become increasingly prominent in efforts to counter the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. One of its …
(2019-02-25). The Media and the "Deep State": The Military-industrial Complex Eisenhower Warned About. globalresearch.ca While most of the US mainstream media was "shocked" by Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential Elections, the same can't be said about all media outlets. Although, to be fair, it was a difficult …
(2019-02-25). Federal Reserve "Tightening" and Crumbling Economic "Fundamentals" Expose the Recovery Lie. globalresearch.ca It is hard to say exactly when it started — in 2008 in the midst of the credit crisis, in the early 2000's when the Federal Reserve initiated artificially low interest rates which helped to create the vast US mortgage …
(2019-02-25). Is President Trump Seeking a Pretext for War against Venezuela? "Why Can't the U.S. Simply Invade the Troubled Country?" globalresearch.ca Last August during an Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed aides, asking why can't the US invade Venezuela to topple Maduro. | "why can't the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country?" | According to AP News, then-Secretary of State Tillerson and national …
(2019-02-25). Sao Paulo teachers, public workers strike against attack on pensions in Brazil. wsws.org Teachers have been on strike since February 4 in opposition to a pension reform that would significantly increase their required contributions.
(2019-02-25). Growing calls for nation-wide struggle as unions work to shut down Oakland teachers strike. wsws.org The Oakland Education Association is collaborating with the Democratic Party, which controls California, to end the strike on the basis of an agreement that will facilitate the continued assault on public education.
(2019-02-24). 'Both sides' of climate change debate are accurate: Trump's UN nominee's interview raises eyebrows. rt.com 
A resurfaced interview with US President Donald Trump's nominee for next UN ambassador, Kelly Craft, where she said she "believes the science on both sides" of the climate change argument has ignited fiery debate on Twitter.