(2019-06-17). 'All-Out Assault on Science': Latest Executive Order by Trump Puts Expert Advice on the Chopping Block. commondreams.org Issued Friday, the order calls on agencies to slash advisory boards by one-third. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2019-06-17). False-Flagging the World to War: A Gulf of Tonkin Incident in the Gulf of Oman. globalresearch.ca Washington is playing false flag again, but this time, in the Gulf of Oman as Washington has accused Iran of attacking two commercial tanker ships from Japan and Norway while tensions in the region are at an all-time high. Why …
(2019-06-17). Trump and the Taiwan Gambit. globalresearch.ca Taiwan has become a new "eastern pivot" for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan, as indicating to the world that regardless of the established world rules which make Beijing, the Peoples Republic …
(2019-06-17). The War Hoax Redux. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration has a problem: How to start another war — this time with Iran — without having a justifiable reason for one. No doubt members of Trump's team, led by the war-thirsty and perdurable John Bolton, are …
(2019-06-17). Belgium's Left Breakthrough. globalresearch.ca
(2019-06-17). Poland Just Became America's Most Important NATO Ally. globalresearch.ca The US' decision to dispatch 1,000 additional "rotational" troops and even a squadron of surveillance drones to Poland makes the Central European country its most important NATO ally because of the threat that this poses to Russian strategic interests in …
(2019-06-17). Behind the Scenes and Elections: Koch-Oil Big Lies and Ecocide Writ Large in Canada. globalresearch.ca As we know, big lies can run free across borders with few joining the dots. | For example, no media reports that China's growing dispute with Canada is based on Canada's enforcement of the Trump administration's unilateral and illegal embargo against …
(2019-06-17). Hassan Diab and His Supporters Demand Public Release of Segal Report and Renew Call for Public Inquiry and Reform of Canada's Extradition Act. globalresearch.ca Murray Segal, former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario, has delivered a report of his review of the extradition of Dr. Hassan Diab to the Minister of Justice, David Lametti. The Minister's office has confirmed receipt of the report …
(2019-06-17). Will China's Automobile Market Trigger Next Economic Downturn? globalresearch.ca Sales of new cars in China, today the world's largest automobile market, plunged a dramatic 16.4% in May, making the worst month in the history of the relatively new China auto industry. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers …
(2019-06-17). Deadly Gas and Air Pollution: Cutting UK Farm Emissions in Half Could Save 3,000 Lives a Year. globalresearch.ca Thousands of deaths each year could be avoided if air pollution from UK farms was halved, new analysis has revealed, but the government's failure to act means the most damaging sectors are under no obligation to cut their emissions. | The …
(2019-06-17). Trump and Bolton Are Breaking What Nuclear Order There Is. globalresearch.ca It's 10 years now since US president Barack Obama made his famous Prague speech, committing to a nuclear weapons-free world. I remember hearing his words broadcast, amid the tumultuous cheers of the crowd in Hradƒçany Square, as if it were …
(2019-06-17). Pompeo's False Flag Refuted By Japanese Media: Tanker Hit by Flying Object, Not Mine — Confirms Onsite Worker. globalresearch.ca The Japanese state news agency NHK has revealed that workers on the tanker saw a plane flying toward the tanker before the explosion. United States is pinning the blame for the tanker attacks on Iran. Tehran denies the accusation. | The …
(2019-06-17). Our Reality Can Beat Up Your Reality. Spreading False News Stories on Iran. globalresearch.ca Twitter has declared victory over disinformation, deplatforming thousands of pro-Iranian Twitter accounts this week to coincide with US Secretary of State " Rapture Mike" Pompeo's evidence-free declaration that Iran had attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. …
(2019-06-17). Selected Articles: Trump and the Taiwan Gambit. globalresearch.ca Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
(2019-06-17). Matters of Water: Dubious Approvals and the Adani Carmichael Mine. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2019-06-17). Trump's Trade Threats Are Really Cold War 2.0. globalresearch.ca President Trump has threatened China's President Xi that if they don't meet and talk at the upcoming G20 meetings in Japan, June 29-30, the United States will not soften its tariff war and economic sanctions against Chinese exports and technology….
(2019-06-17). Citizenship and Partisan Gerrymandering: US Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy. globalresearch.ca The Supreme Court is poised to decide two cases that could prove devastating to the right to vote — the very foundation of a democracy. One case will review the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the …
(2019-06-17). Drugs deaths linked to people facing considerable adversity, study finds. thecanary.co The majority of drugs deaths occur among people who have experienced considerable adversity in their lives, often from a young age, research has found. | In a report focused on drug deaths in Tayside last year, published by the local health board, 62 out of 78 people (79.5%) who died as a result of using drugs were recorded as having experienced at least one adverse event during their lifetime. | The study also found that just under half (46.1%) of the total number of drug death casualties had been in prison or had been on remand at least once in adulthood. | A majority of those who died from drug consumption wer…
(2019-06-17). Israeli Government Establishes 'Trump Heights' Development on Stolen Land in Golan. globalresearch.ca In a move aimed at gaining more support from the already-enthusiastic Donald Trump for their policies of land expropriation and expansion, Israeli authorities on Sunday established a new development they coined "Trump Heights", with Binyamin Netanyahu presiding over the unveiling …
(2019-06-17). US Cyber Attack on Russia's Power Grid Is an 'Act of War'. globalresearch.ca Russia and the US are engaging in tit-for-tat hacking of each others' power grid, the New York Times is reporting, in what is really a kind of cyber "cold war" where the hackers from each country's military and intelligence services …
(2019-06-17). Trump Offered to Suspend Sanctions While Negotiating with Iran, Khamenei Rejected the Offer: More Attacks Expected. globalresearch.ca Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo conveyed a message from US President Donald Trump to the Iranian leadership, asking the release of 5 US prisoners and inviting Iran to sit around a negotiation table, adding "he [Donald Trump] would be ready …
(2019-06-17). Trump's Middle East 'Deal of the Century' Pushed Back Again. globalresearch.ca There are many false conspiracy theories in current circulation, but there are also very real conspiracies. One of the latter is the so-called "Deal of the Century," a thoroughly reactionary plan cooked up by the Trump administration. | The key conspirators, …
(2019-06-17). Modernization of World Nuclear Forces Continues Despite Overall Decrease in Number of Warheads. globalresearch.ca The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2019, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. | ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚ÄãThe modernization of nuclear forces continues | SIPRI Governing Board Chair Ambassador Jan Eliasson, …
(2019-06-17). Paying farmers fairly could curb climate change and hunger. nationofchange.org During a recent campaign stump through the Midwest, Bernie Sanders | walked the fields in Iowa, posed on a tractor, and galvanized the rural | crowd with a word not spoken by a presidential candidate in many | decades: parity. | Though foreign to most of the voting public, parity is at the core of | agriculture's potential to address the farm, food, and climate crises. | Parity is the notion that family farmers should be paid a fair price | for their product—one that covers their costs and provides them with a | decent livelihood. According to the National Agricultural Statistics | Service, "The idea of…
(2019-06-17). The French Yellow Vest Movement. indybay.org Berkeley City College auditorium | 2050 Center St. | Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2019-06-17). The Dark Side of Brexit: Britain's Ethnic Minorities Are Facing More and More Violence. counterpunch.org Pictures of Daniel Ezzedine show him to be a fresh-faced 17-year-old with a warm cheerful smile. His parents are Lebanese but he was brought up in Germany where he had just left school. His teachers brought him to celebrate his graduation on a trip to Canterbury, where he was assaulted and beaten half to death by a gang of youths in what local people are convinced was a racist attack. More
(2019-06-17). Brexit distraction at Westminster leaves children facing 'wretched' futures, says children's commissioner. thecanary.co Political efforts to improve the chances of vulnerable young people are being hampered by paralysis in Westminster and years focusing on Brexit, according to the Children's Commissioner for England. | "Westminster manoeuvring continues" and children's prospects remain "wretched": | Theresa May has set out plans for new teachers to receive training on how to spot the signs of mental health problems in youngsters. The package pledges to ensure people have…
(2019-06-17). Charles Koch ramps up higher ed funding to fuel 'talent pipeline'. nationofchange.org Billionaire Koch Industries CEO and Republican mega-donor Charles | Koch has, since the 1970s, funded higher education, typically giving | large donations to free-market economics programs at hundreds of U.S. | colleges and universities. | Recently released tax documents (accessible as attachments below) | reveal that these donations are ramping up. Two Koch family foundations | and one Koch institute gave $33 million to higher education in 2015, the | most ever in a single year for the nonprofits and nearly $10 million | more than the previous record in 2014. | The Koch structure of social change: | K…
(2019-06-17). California Seeks to Strip Doctors of Authority to Grant Kids Medical Exemptions for Vaccinations. theantimedia.com With approximately 6,700,000 children enrolled in public and private schools in California, Senate Bill 276 could have far-reaching implications. (FEE) — Imagine taking your two-month-old daughter in for her scheduled vaccines. Imagine watching as she begins to convulse soon after receiving her shots and then continues to experience seizures over the next few days. You might …
(2019-06-17). Household Income, or Higher Planes of Consciousness?*. dissidentvoice.org We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forgo the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks. —Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton University, said the following …
(2019-06-16). US Accuses Iran. Will the Real Bombers Please Stand Up. Japan's PM Abe: The Danger of "An Accidental Conflict" globalresearch.ca Who is attacking oil tankers in the Gulf between Oman and Iran? So far, the answer is still a mystery. The US, of course, accuses Iran. Iran says it's the US or its local allies Saudi Arabia and the United …
(2019-06-16). Is Pompeo Angling to Interfere in British Politics? globalresearch.ca Apparently, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had quite a lively, candid conversation in a recent closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders. Among the invited guests, someone recorded Pompeo's comments, and they were quite revealing. | The Washington Post, which was given …
(2019-06-16). Bernie Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights. globalresearch.ca Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered a full-throated defense of democratic socialism in his June 12 speech at George Washington University. Sanders quoted FDR's 1944 State of the Union address: | "We have come to a clear realization of the fact that …
(2019-06-16). US, Israel and Saudis Pushing for War on Iran? globalresearch.ca What's going on in Washington and the Middle East is eerily reminiscent of what preceded Bush/Cheney's 2003 war on Iraq — weapons of mass deception the pretext. | All wars are based on Big Lies and deception. Pretexts are needed to …
(2019-06-16). Once Upon a Time Never Comes Again: Bob Dylan, a Masked Man in Search of Redemption? globalresearch.ca "He wears a mask and his face grows to fit it." — George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant" | The lobby of the temple of time travel called the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, Massachusetts was suffused with a nostalgic vibe tinged …
(2019-06-16). The Tory Leadership Vote: Boris Johnson in the Lead. Brexit and the Paralysis of UK Politics. globalresearch.ca The Tory Leadership election is all but decided after the first round of voting: | Although Boris Johnson is some way short of a majority of the parliamentary party votes, it is very hard to see anyone else overtaking him, and …
(2019-06-16). Selected Articles: Gulf of Oman Attack: False Flag Towards Iran War? globalresearch.ca "It appears that Mike Pompeo has a hard time kicking his old habits. He appears to be as smug about lying as a CIA operative as he is as Secretary of State. Categorically blaming the Iranians for the recent oil …
(2019-06-16). Say Hello to the Russia-China Mobile Operating System. globalresearch.ca Google cuts Huawei off Android; so Huawei may migrate to Aurora. Call it mobile Eurasia integration; the evolving Russia-China strategic partnership may be on the verge of spawning its own operating system — and that is not a metaphor. | Aurora …
(2019-06-16). Is the Venezuelan Economy Stabilizing or Is the Worst Still to Come? globalresearch.ca Lots of readers have asked us via social media what we think are the reasons that led the government and the Central Bank (BCV) to publish, all of a sudden, indicators that, also suddenly, stopped being published over three …
(2019-06-16). Brazil Guts Environmental Agencies, Clears Way for Unchecked Deforestation. globalresearch.ca President Jair Bolsonaro appears intent on decriminalizing Amazon deforestation, ending most fines, straitjacketing law enforcement, and gutting environmental agencies with mass firings. | *** | The Brazilian government's environmental agency, IBAMA, has so far this year imposed the lowest number of fines …
(2019-06-16). Plenty of Fish in Gaza Sea, but Not for Palestinians. globalresearch.ca In a dangerous development June 12, Israel announced a full naval closure on the Gaza Strip until further notice, denying Palestinian fishermen access to the sea. Israel said it took the meas…
(2019-06-16). London's Grenfell Catastrophe — Who Are the Real Criminals? globalresearch.ca The image of the Grenfell residential building on fire in London, one of the richest cities in the world and the heartbreaking stories of how the entire family from elders to infants were trapped and burned alive without any chance …
(2019-06-16). Provocations in the Gulf of Oman: Will John Bolton Get His War on Iran? globalresearch.ca Bolton announced the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group and Air Force Bombers to the Middle East as part of an effort to "send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force."
(2019-06-16). The French Yellow Vest Movement. indybay.org Berkeley City College auditorium | 2050 Center St. | Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2019-06-16). Brazilian General Strike Against Privatization & Bolsonaro Government On 6/14/19. indybay.org Millions of workers and students in Brazil went on strike against privatization and the Bolsonaro government.
(2019-06-16). Trump and the Taiwan Gambit. dissidentvoice.org 
Taiwan has become a new "eastern pivot" for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan, as indicating to the world that regardless of the established world rules which make Beijing, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), the official and legitimate Authority of China, with Taiwan being a part of …
(2019-06-16). Chilean Teachers to Decide on Monday Whether to Continue Striking. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The roughly 70,000 Chilean teachers who are on indefinite national strike will decide on Monday in assemblies whether to continue the strike in demands for public education improvements.
(2019-06-16). Talk Africa: Education and employment in Africa. cgtn.com 
Africa has the world's largest population of young people and the highest rate of youth unemployment globally. Currently 60% of the unemployed on the continent are youth. This will spiral to about 70% by 2050, according to the World Bank. | Higher Education has long been seen as an avenue for finding skilled and well-paid employment. However, according to a World Bank report, even highly skilled young people in Africa increasingly find themselves working low-paying, unskilled jobs or remaining unemployed after graduation. | This week on Talk Africa we take a closer look at Higher Education and Employment and a…
(2019-06-15). New California bill could revolutionize how the U.S. tackles plastic pollution. nationofchange.org 
The ubiquity of plastic in our lives is leaving a mark — on the geologic record, in remote regions of the Earth, in the bodies of 90 percent of seabirds. Our oceans are a toxic soup, swirling with an estimated 50 million tons of plastic waste. But the t…
(2019-06-15). Video: Mysterious Attacks on Oil Tankers Around Persian Gulf. globalresearch.ca The tensions continued to grow around the Persian Gulf following a cruise missile strike on Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport carried out by the Houthis on June 12. | On June 13, Marshall Islands-flagged Front Altair and Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous oil …