(2019-06-25). Canada Enables Corrupt Haitian President to Remain in Power. globalresearch.ca At the front of a protest against Haiti's president last week a demonstrator carried a large wooden cross bearing the flags of Canada, France and the US. The Haiti Information Project tweeted that protesters " see these three nations as …
(2019-06-25). U.S. Rejectionist Policy Toward Palestinian Participation, Rights. globalresearch.ca Upon hearing the news that Palestinian diplomat Dr. Hanan Ashrawi had been denied entry to the United States on a speaking engagement, my husband wrote an e-mail to Indiana Senator Mike Braun titled, 'Tell State Dept & Trump to give …
(2019-06-25). How to Start an Unnecessary War: Targeting Iran Started Before 2016. globalresearch.ca I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing a good job. To be sure, the economy continues to add mostly low paying jobs …
(2019-06-25). The Presence of Foreign Troops in Australia: The US Marines in Darwin. globalresearch.ca Subordinates rarely have a good time of dictating matters to their superiors. In the webbed power relations that pass as realpolitik, Australia is the well behaved child in the front of the room, yearning to be caned and spoilt in …
(2019-06-25). Will the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Extend into the Middle East? globalresearch.ca It's inevitable that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will eventually lead to it strategically expanding into the Gulf, so China and Pakistan should use Trump's latest tweet urging countries to militarily protect their own oil tankers there to operationalize …
(2019-06-25). A Europa na estratégia nuclear do Pentágono. globalresearch.ca Os Ministros da Defesa da NATO (de Itália, Elisabetta Trenta, M5S, de Portugal, Joà£o Gomes Cravinho) foram convocados para reunir em Bruxelas, em 26 e 27 de Junho, a fim de aprovar as novas medidas de "dissuasà£o" contra a …
(2019-06-25). How Iran Decided to Down a US Drone and Narrowly Averted War by Sparing Another US Plane. globalresearch.ca Iran averted all-out war in the Middle East at the last moment when the Central command and control operational room of its Army and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ordered not to shoot down a US Navy anti-submarine warfare, …
(2019-06-25). Most Democratic Candidates Still Afraid to Criticise Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights. globalresearch.ca The attitudes of Democratic voters toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have become decidedly more balanced in the past two decades. Favourable attitudes toward Palestinians are up, while attitudes toward Israel appear to be in decline. While overall views of Israel …
(2019-06-25). Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an Opposition Front Group Became Western Media's Go-to monitor. globalresearch.ca Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group's seamless connection to Syria's opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or …
(2019-06-25). Pompeo's "Indo-Pacific" Tour Is Aimed Against Iran and China. globalresearch.ca The Secretary of State is on a tour of the Indo-Pacific region that will take him to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India, Japan, and South Korea by the time it concludes next week, with the aim of this global voyage …
(2019-06-25). Ethiopia's Failed Coup Attempt Almost Pushed the Country to the Edge of Collapse. globalresearch.ca A coup attempt in the historic Ethiopian core region of Amhara was narrowly thwarted even though the state chief was killed and the country's top military leader was assassinated in a related incident that later took place in the capital, …
(2019-06-25). Beyond Climate Tipping Points: Greenhouse Gas Levels Exceed the Stability Limit of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. globalresearch.ca The pace of global warming has been grossly underestimated. As the world keeps increasing its carbon emissions rising in 2018 to a record 33.1 billion ton CO2 per year, the atmospheric greenhouse gas level has now exceeded 560 ppm …
(2019-06-25). The Diminishing American Economy. globalresearch.ca Since June 2009 Americans have lived in the false reality of a recovered economy. Various fake news and manipulated statistics have been used to create this false impression. However, indicators that really count have not supported the false picture and …
(2019-06-25). Iran Barred from Closed UN Security Council Session Pertaining the US Threats against Iran. globalresearch.ca On Monday at the Trump regime's request, Security Council members met in closed session on the mid-June Gulf of Oman and earlier hostile incidents last month. | Iran was barred from attending to stress it had nothing to do with what …
(2019-06-25). Video: Trump Stopped Strike on Iran, but Tensions Continued to Grow. globalresearch.ca Tensions continued to grow in the Persian Gulf region after the shoot-down of a $110 million U.S. RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps over the Straight of Hormuz on June 20. | According …
(2019-06-25). The ICTY Srebrenica Trials: The Unseen Evidence. globalresearch.ca One of the key evidentiary issues that arose during several ICTY Srebrenica trials was the right of the accused to conduct an independent examination of the forensic evidence used against them. That right exists as a matter of course in …
(2019-06-25). Transforming Capitalist Power: From the Streets to the State. globalresearch.ca The communist playwright Bertolt Brecht once wrote, "The individual can be annihilated/But the Party cannot be annihilated" (1977, 29). And yet, in the neoliberal era, the Party has been annihilated — only the individual remains. Or so it seemed until …
(2019-06-25). L'Europa nella strategia nucleare del Pentagono. globalresearch.ca I ministri della Difesa della Nato (per l'Italia Elisabetta Trenta, M5S) sono stati convocati a Bruxelles, il 26 e 27 giugno, per approvare le nuove misure di ´deterrenza ª contro la Russia, accusata senza alcuna prova di aver violato il Trattato …
(2019-06-25). The G20 Meeting in Japan: The Trade War Unleashed by the United States Against China. globalresearch.ca At the G20 in Japan, the leaders of the world's leading economies will meet on the next 28 June. On the table there is the discussion on the reform of international trade. In a context in which the US aims …
(2019-06-25). Revealed: UK Approved £14m in Arms Sales to Israel During Gaza Protests. globalresearch.ca The British government licensed arms deals worth over £14m ($17.8m) to Israel last year even as Israeli soldiers were accused of intentionally firing on Palestinian protesters at the Gaza border in what the UN says may be potential war crimes….
(2019-06-25). Mercedes Martinez's "homework assignment": Keep Puerto Rico in mind. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—Mercedes Martinez has a "homework assignment" for all of the U.S. "I want Puerto Rico to remain visible and for people to keep in mind the political situation we face," says Martinez, president of the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, a top Puerto Rican teachers union. That situation ranges from political indifference to outright …
(2019-06-25). Student loan wipeout: Bernie says tax Wall Street, erase college debt. peoplesworld.org 
Over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt hangs like dead weight on the U.S. economy. Every year, more than 45 million people choose not to do things like buy new homes and cars—activities that would help create jobs and drive growth—because they are burdened with crushing college debts that suck up a huge part of …
(2019-06-25). What Corruption in Sports Can Teach Us About Trump's America. truthdig.com 
Our increasingly decaying civic society has leaked into the professional sports world. Now, an even more perverse reversal is taking place.
(2019-06-25). Cuba To Help Nicaragua Improve Its Education System. telesurenglish.net Cuba's government has signed cooperation agreements with Nicaragua, which the Sandinista government hopes will help strengthen its education system. There will be "exchanges" whereby Cuba will visit and share their experiences building a world-class school system. | RELATED: | Nicaragua Creates 2,000 'Reconciliation Commissions' for Peace | Nicaragua's Vice President Rosario Murillo announced Tuesday that Cuba's Education Minister Ana Elsa Velazquez is visiting the country. The v…
(2019-06-25). Cuba and Nicaragua Strengthen Ties in Education. plenglish.com Managua, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Ties between Cuba and Nicaragua in the educational sector were strengthened after a meeting between Cuban Minister Ena Elsa Velazquez with professors and students in two departments.
(2019-06-25). RIP Medical Debt Charity Promotes Book About America's Crippling $1 Trillion Medical Debt Emergency. blackstarnews.com 
Authors of END MEDICAL DEBT book are donating all royalties toward paying off medical debt for individuals throughout America… | The amazing charity, RIP Medical Debt, has quietly worked over its 4+ years in existence to accept public donations with which to go to the debt market to purchase now over $700,000,000 (a half-billion!) in unpaid and unpayable medical debt only to forgive those debts. | RIP's intention for 2019 is to abolish ONE BILLION DOLLARS in such debt. They are now going public, by way of a book entitled End Medical Debt, to equip every one of its readers with the education and tools they need…
(2019-06-25). SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight. indybay.org Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
(2019-06-25). UN chief praises impact of Palestine refugee agency as 'our common success', at key pledging conference. un.org The work of the UN body responsible for assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which has allowed millions of children to receive an education that promotes UN values of human rights and tolerance, as well as democracy and conflict resolution, should be viewed "not only as our common responsibility, but as our common success", said Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday.
(2019-06-25). Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism. truthout.org Suzanne talks with internationally renowned writer and cultural critic Henry A. Giroux about how corporate values have changed the nature of higher education and the connections between the dismantling of public education and the rise of fascism in the U.S. Henry A. Giroux is well known for his groundbreaking work in critical pedagogy and has just published The Terror of The Unforeseen, a searing take-down of the populist authoritarian vision of the U.S. The book examines the resurgence of fascism in the age of Donald Trump's presidency, the language of hatred, state-sanctioned racism, casino capitalism, and f…
(2019-06-25). Students and staff to protest imposition of trimesters at Australian university. wsws.org The University of New South Wales management has put commercial interests ahead of education.
(2019-06-25). Jonathan Kozol: Joe Biden Didn't Just Praise Segregationists. He Also Spent Years Fighting Busing. democracynow.org 
Former Vice President Joe Biden made headlines last week when he fondly reminisced about his "civil" relationship in the 1970s and 1980s with segregationist senators James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia. While Biden's recent comments made the news, far less attention has been paid to the former vice president's actual record. In the 1970s, then-Senator Biden was a fierce critic of Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools. We speak with National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol about Biden's track record.
(2019-06-25). Beyond Praise of Segregationists, Biden Spent Years Fighting Busing. truthout.org Former Vice President Joe Biden made headlines last week when he fondly reminisced about his "civil" relationship in the 1970s and 1980s with segregationist senators James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia. While Biden's recent comments made the news, far less attention has been paid to the former vice president's actual record. In the 1970s, then-Senator Biden was a fierce critic of Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools. We speak with National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol about Biden's track record. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This…
(2019-06-25). Bernie Sanders' Student Debt Plan Trumps Warren's. truthdig.com The Vermont senator's new proposal would erase a $1.6 trillion burden on 45 million Americans. It's by far and away the best path forward.
(2019-06-25). Progressive legislation would tax Wall Street to pay for free college and eliminate student debt. nationofchange.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) have an unprecedented plan to eliminate student debt and provide free public college for everyone: tax Wall Street. | This week the three Senators unveiled new legislation "eliminate tuition and fees at all public four-year colleges and universities, as well as make community colleges, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs tuition- and fee-free for all." Futhermore, the legislation also calls for the elimination of the $1.6 trillion in student debt for all Americans, not just those that qualify under certain conditi…
(2019-06-24). Lying by Omission Is Still Lying. globalresearch.ca There is no doubt that lying in any form and for questionable reasons is not an accepted value. It can cause serious consequences on those who are the object of lies. It some cases it can cost lives. A person …
(2019-06-24). "Theoretical Lies" of the World Bank. Developing Countries and the Hidden Agenda of the "Washington Consensus" globalresearch.ca In 2019, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF will be 75 years old. These two international financial institutions (IFI), founded in 1944, are dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that …
(2019-06-24). Bolton Is in Israel Conferring with Netanyahu How to Provoke US Attack on Iran. globalresearch.ca As I posted on June 22, the world still faces the danger of an attack on Iran by Washington acting as an agent of Netanyahu. Israeli agent John Bolton is already in Israel conferring with Netanyahu. It is a …
(2019-06-24). Iran and the Dangers of Nuclear War. The Risk of a US Preemptive War. globalresearch.ca Pompeo, Bolton, and their hardline underlings seek coalition partners of the willing for confronting Iran militarily. More on this below. | Sunday on NBC News Meet the Press, Trump made a rare candid statement, saying "(i)f it was up to (John …
(2019-06-24). HBO's "Chernobyl": A Cautionary Tale About Splitting Atoms, or Another Chapter of Anti-Russia Propaganda? globalresearch.ca I've always been kind of obsessed by things nuclear. From the time I learned about nuclear arsenals as a child, I wondered how masses of people could tolerate this Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. A few years ago, …
(2019-06-24). The Mechanism of Economic Sanctions: Changing Perceptions and Euphemisms. globalresearch.ca "Economic sanctions", a mode of coercion in international relations resuscitated in recent years, has prompted renewed and lively scholarly interest in the subject. Why have such measures become so popular? | One answer is that they "constitute a means of exerting …
(2019-06-24). Hundreds of 737 Max Pilots Sue Boeing over 'Unprecedented Cover-Up" globalresearch.ca Over 400 pilots have joined a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, accusing the company of an "unprecedented cover-up" of "known design flaws" on the company's top-selling 737 MAX, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. | The MAX, first put into service in …
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(2019-06-24). U.S. "Military Aid" to Al Qaeda, ISIS-Daesh. globalresearch.ca The total shipment is of the order of 994 tons of "humanitarian" R2P light weapons for the "Moderates" in Syria. (in a single shipment out of Romania) among numerous comparable shipments by sea as well as by air…
(2019-06-24). Secret US-Russia-Israel National Security Summit in Jerusalem: What is the Hidden Agenda? globalresearch.ca This week's National Security Advisor summit in Jerusalem is an historic event because of the participation of the Russian, Israeli, and American representatives during this multi-day meeting from 24-26 June, but it's also a juicy one too because of …
(2019-06-24). The Monkey's Face. The Climate Crisis is Destroying "Real Environmentalism" globalresearch.ca "The more reified the world becomes, the thicker the veil cast upon nature, the more the thinking weaving that veil in its turn claims ideologically to be nature, primordial experience." — Theodor Adorno (Critical Models) | "Nature contains, though often unnoticed, …
(2019-06-24). Memo to the President: Is Pompeo's Iran Agenda the Same as Yours? globalresearch.ca UPDATED: VIPS says its direct experience with Mike Pompeo leaves them with strong doubt regarding his trustworthiness on issues of consequence to the President and the nation. | DATE: June 21, 2019 | MEMORANDUM FOR: The President. | FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for …
(2019-06-24). Trained to Lie: The Making of the Modern Politician. globalresearch.ca It would appear these days, that unless one can show that one is important or an expert in some way or other, one will not be taken seriously by those who only see life as a social climbing highway called 'career making'.
(2019-06-24). Selected Articles: Lying by Omission Is Still Lying. globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
(2019-06-24). Report Highlights Mistreatment of Refugee Children in US Internment Camps. globalresearch.ca A report this week by the Associated Press (AP) on conditions facing children at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas, highlights the inhuman treatment of children under the Trump Administration's savage anti-immigrant campaign. | The AP, in an account …
(2019-06-24). Trump "Rethinks", Abruptly Calls Off Military Strike: US Credibility Dented in Iran Standoff. The Danger of Escalation Remains. globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump's reported decision abruptly to call off military strike against Iran which he'd previously ordered, highlights the growing complexity of the US-Iranian entanglement. | Indeed, it takes political courage to rationalise amidst such a dangerous situation …