(2019-07-20). How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World. theintercept.com 
The students at Westmeade Elementary School worked hard on their dragon. And it paid off. The plastic bag receptacle that the kids painted green and outfitted with triangular white teeth and a "feed me" sign won the students from the Nashville suburb first place in a recycling box decorating contest. The idea, as Westmeade's proud principal told a local TV news show, was to help the environment. But the real story behind the dragon — as with much of the escalating war over plastic waste — is more complic…
(2019-07-20). Trump Regime Bans Sale of F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey for Purchasing Russian S-400s. globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note | The Pentagon ban on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, which is presented as a penalty for not conforming to US demands, is ultimately a slap in the face for Lockheed Martin which …
(2019-07-20). US "Downs" Legitimacy After Claims of Downing Iranian Drone. globalresearch.ca The US boasted of downing an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, admittedly in international waters, just miles off Iran's coast, and thousands of miles from Washington. | It claims the drone was "threatening" a US amphibious assault ship, the …
(2019-07-20). Endangered Species Mural Project. globalresearch.ca Just as nature inspires art, art inspires actions to defend wild places and the wild creatures that live in them. With this in mind, the Center for Biological Diversity's Endangered Species Mural Project works with artists, scientists, and organizers to …
(2019-07-20). A3 Newsletter: Zulu Whitmore Court Date and More. indybay.org The latest issue of our newsletter has just been released, spotlighting the important case of Kenny "Zulu" Whitmore and the recent work of Southern University Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell & her students. We also update you on the recent activities of Robert King and Albert Woodfox, including Albert's trip abroad to the United Kingdom.
(2019-07-20). Climate Smart Farming and Gardening Workshop. indybay.org The event will be held on site at Terra Cultura, a nonprofit eco-education farm in Aromas, CA. Our mission is to cultivate resilient communities empowered through education and collaboration in agrecology, sustainable living, and the arts.
(2019-07-19). Inside Junior's War Room. globalresearch.ca Deep deep deep inside the bowels of the White House is this private, very private chamber. Some say its the place where REAL PRESIDENT Cheney stays, and operates the REAL government. | Today, on this cold, bitter cold Sunday, Super Sunday, …
(2019-07-19). The "Squad" Will Need to Realize that You Can't Defeat White Supremacy with White Supremacy. globalresearch.ca The "squad" condemns Trump for his white nationalism, not understanding that as a white supremacist settler-colonial state, white nationalism is "American" nationalism. | "Biden as a neoliberal white supremacist imperialist was always clear where he stood." | The story of Trump's white …
(2019-07-19). Thought police: Growing censorship of comics threatens education. peoplesworld.org 
"It is only through the imagination that we reinvent ourselves and our relation to others. [In the era of neoliberalism] education has been instrumentalized…reconceived as a means of acquiring more—more money, more commodities, more and more…. Knowledge at its best is about transforming our world—making life more habitable for humans and other beings, and about …
(2019-07-19). Nicaragua 1979-2019. History of the Sandinista Revolution. globalresearch.ca The Nicaraguan government's violent repression against demonstrators protesting its brutal neoliberal policies, resulting in more than 300 people being killed by regime forces since April 2018, is only one of the reasons why various leftist social movements have condemned the …
(2019-07-19). Russia and China Compete In Africa. Moscow's "Pivot to Africa" globalresearch.ca The heavily Russian-influenced government in the Central African Republic is recommending the closure of four Chinese-run gold mines over environmental concerns, making it possible that these firms could be replaced with Russian ones and potentially creating a model whereby Moscow …
(2019-07-19). 'An Insanely Bad Move': Experts Sound Alarm as Trump's Nuclear Safety Agency Weighs Rollback of Plant Inspections. globalresearch.ca After months of experts raising alarm over the nuclear power industry pressuring U.S. regulators to roll back safety policies, staffers at the federal agency that monitors reactors sparked concerns Tuesday with official recommendations that include scaling back required inspections to …
(2019-07-19). Unions slam reports of pay rise for public sector workers. thecanary.co 
Leaders of public sector workers have angrily attacked reports of a pay rise for teachers, police officers and other employees as a "last- gasp" attempt to curry favour with an austerity hit workforce.The Treasury is reportedly set to unveil the biggest public sector wage increase for six years, worth £2 billion, after years of pay caps.The move would affect two million workers, with any announcement coming just before Theresa May leaves Downing Street.(PA Graphics)Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said: "Millions of hard-working public servants will not be fooled by this last-gasp attempt by…
(2019-07-19). 'Indiscriminate blasts' in civilian areas 'must stop', UN mission in Afghanistan stresses. un.org The "deliberate targeting of educational facilities" during armed conflict is "a war crime", the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Friday after a bomb detonated near the entrance to Kabul University, in the country's capital.
(2019-07-19). Nigerian Political Prisoner Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. globalresearch.ca Nigerian rule is tyrannical, headed by military dictator/turned politician Muhannadu Buhari and his so-called All Progressives Congress party (APC). | His February re-electoral triumph was dubious at best, critics citing voter-suppression and vote-buying. | Political violence occurred in the run-up to the …
(2019-07-19). Israel's Choice for U.S. President. globalresearch.ca In late June, President Donald Trump flailed away with his own particular brand of nondiplomacy at the G20 Summit in Japan, but it is worthwhile noting on the plus side that his administration is so inept that it could not …
(2019-07-19). The World Is Dedollarizing. globalresearch.ca What if tomorrow nobody but the United States would use the US-dollar? Every country, or society would use their own currency for internal and international trade, their own economy-based, non-fiat currency.
(2019-07-19). Sudan's Agreement on Political Declaration Leaves Many Unanswered Questions. globalresearch.ca An agreement on the Political Declaration signed by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the leadership of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) on July 17 postpones firm decisions on key aspects of a comprehensive program which will determine …
(2019-07-19). Anti-Racist Historian: Attacks on Rep. Omar Rooted in Belief "America Is for White People" democracynow.org 
On Thursday, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the racist chant of "send her back" about Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Trump campaign rally Wednesday in North Carolina. The chants rang across the rally in response to Trump's own verbal attack against the congresswoman. He did nothing to intervene. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution condemning Trump's racist remarks against Congressmembers Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We speak with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at A…
(2019-07-19). The Sidama Region and Ethiopia's "Perfect Storm" globalresearch.ca The last-minute compromise deal by the Sidama Liberation Movement and the Ethiopian government to delay the former's planned declaration of a new regional state until an upcoming referendum in December doesn't solve the deeper problem of the country's contentious internal …
(2019-07-19). New library of fossil fuel industry documents provide key ingredient against climate denial and inaction. nationofchange.org On every front, academics, journalists and policymakers compare the fossil fuel industry to the tobacco industry. The two industries share the same playbook: strategies of delay, exculpating blame by making the consumer responsible, denying scientific consensus, publishing industry-funded science and fostering public confusion over the real impacts of their products. A major difference between the …
(2019-07-19). Brain-Damaging Pesticide for Use on Foods Kids Eat. It's Legal. globalresearch.ca Farmers can keep spraying fruits and vegetables with a pesticide shown to harm a child's brain even at low levels of exposure, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency said today. | With a court deadline looming, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced …
(2019-07-19). "Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria. globalresearch.ca Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: …
(2019-07-19). From Mad Cow Disease to Agrochemicals: Time to Put Public Need Ahead of Private Greed. globalresearch.ca The first part of this article documenting the development of BSE in Britain was written by Rosemary Mason and is taken from her new report ' Why didn't the UK media report the documentary on Mad Cow Disease?' It …
(2019-07-19). Multibillion-pound investment in schools 'desperately' needed, say MPs. thecanary.co 
Schools "desperately need" a multibillion-pound cash injection and the Government should draw up a 10-year funding plan, a cross-party group of MPs has said.A report by the Education Select Committee found that funding for schools and colleges had failed to keep pace with the extra demands being placed on institutions, such as providing mental health support and disabilities provision.This, coupled with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, meant the sector had been put under "significant strain" over the past 10 years, the MPs found.Robert Halfon, chairman of the committee, called for a "bottom-up national ass…
(2019-07-19). Rural America and the 5G Digital Divide. Telecoms Expanding Their "Toxic Infrastructure" globalresearch.ca While there is considerable telecom hubris regarding the 5G rollout and increasing speculation that the next generation of wireless is not yet ready for Prime Time, the industry continues to make promises to Rural America that it has no intention …
(2019-07-19). The Blob Fought the Squad, and the Squad Won. counterpunch.org 
For students of political history, a cottage industry has grown in recent years around identifying the historical circumstances and intellectual origins of neoliberalism. While the initial conditions have been identified in…
(2019-07-18). Head of NEA, country's biggest union, says Trump is a danger to democracy. peoplesworld.org 
HOUSTON (PAI)—Republican President Donald Trump is a danger to democracy and that automatically disqualified him from even being considered for an endorsement from the nation's largest union. That explanation came from Lily Eskelsen-Garcia, president of the 3.2-million-member National Education Association (NEA), in her keynote address to the union's recent convention in Houston, held over the …
(2019-07-18). Media Lies About Iran Deal, Headlines Repeat Unfound State Department Claims. globalresearch.ca Iran announced last week they will be enriching uranium to 5% which is over the 3.67% limit set by the Joint Comprehension Plan of Action signed in 2015 under the Obama administration. | Iran has every right to go over that …
(2019-07-18). Rally demands "Justice for Isak Aden" fightbacknews.org Eagan, MN – Some 200 community members gathered here July 16 to demand justice for Isak Aden, a Somali man who was killed by police in this Saint Paul suburb on July 2. Aden was a 23-year-old college student who was killed by police after a four-hour standoff with 90 officers from nine different agencies. Five police officers from the cities of Eagan and Bloomington were named responsible for his death. | Marching behind a 30-foot banner, about 100 protesters took to the streets around the municipal center, which includes the Eagan Police Department and the Eagan City Hall. Then, the crowd poured into the center…
(2019-07-18). "It Is Not Just War. It Is Life": Acclaimed Doc "For Sama" Offers Rare Glimpse into War-Torn Syria. democracynow.org 
We look at the award-winning documentary feature titled "For Sama," a devastating account of war-torn Syria told through the eyes of director Waad al-Kateab. She filmed hundreds of hours of footage in her native Aleppo to create a stunning depiction of life during wartime. Amid airstrikes and attacks on hospitals, Waad falls in love with one of the last remaining doctors in Aleppo, gets married and has a baby girl, Sama, to whom the film is dedicated. When protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad first began in 2011, Waad al-Kateab was a young economics student who began filming on a cellphone. Fo…
(2019-07-18). Nearly 100,000 in Puerto Rico Protest Demanding Gov. Rosselló Resign over Lewd Texts & Corruption. democracynow.org 
Close to 100,000 Puerto Ricans took to the streets Wednesday chanting "Ricky Renuncia!" as they called for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló, following the leak by Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism of hundreds of misogynistic, homophobic and violent text messages between Rosselló and members of his Cabinet. On Monday, Denis Márquez of the Puerto Rican Independence Party introduced formal complaints against the governor and called for his impeachment. All of this comes as former Education Secretary Julia Keleher and five others have been arrested on charges of steering federal money to u…
(2019-07-18). Trump Ignorant of China's Resolve. globalresearch.ca Trump is an artful dealmaker in his own mind, his mastery more myth than reality. | Former Trump Organization executive Barbara Res earlier said he wasn't a great dealmaker. | "In terms of taking the responsibility for the buck, he just would …
(2019-07-18). Why the West is Determined to Ignore China's Success. dissidentvoice.org 
It used to be comical, but suddenly it is not, anymore. In the past, blind hatred towards China could had been attributed to ignorance, or at least to indoctrination by the Western propaganda and mass media outlets. But now? China's tremendous leap forward, its excellent, humane social policies and determined people-oriented scientific research, as well …
(2019-07-18). Five Years Ago: Was Malaysia Flight MH17 Shot Down by a Ukrainian Fighter Plane? globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2014. | July 17th is the commemoration of the downing of MH17, July 17, 2014 | "From start to finish, the Ukraine crisis has been instigated by US imperialism. Every action Washington has taken has been …
(2019-07-18). Video: Waiting for New Idlib Offensive. US Continues to Provide Syria Rebels with Weapons and Military Supplies. globalresearch.ca The situation in northwestern Hama and along the entire contact line around the Idlib de-escalation zone has remained stable but tense during the past week. The Syrian Arab Army, the Tiger Forces and their allies have repeatedly engaged in local …
(2019-07-18). Trophy Hunting in Southern Africa. Elephant Poaching. globalresearch.ca A recent slew of articles have hit international media in the wake of Botswana's decision to lift its moratorium on trophy hunting. | Typically, the argument is that Botswana now has too many elephants, which have exceeded the country's carrying capacity. …
(2019-07-18). Die absurden Beziehungen der EU-Là§nder zu Russland. globalresearch.ca Der Stand der Beziehungen zwischen Italien und Russland ist ‚Äûausgezeichnet": So lautete die Erklà§rung von Premierminister Giuseppe Conte, als er Prà§sident Vladimir Putin in Rom empfing. Die Botschaft war als Beruhigungsmittel, gar als Schlafmittel fàºr die à∂ffentliche Meinung gedacht. Grundsà§tzlich …
(2019-07-18). Die Europà§ische Union in der Atomstrategie des Pentagons. globalresearch.ca Der General der Marine-Infanterie und Prà§sident des Gemeinsamen Ausschusses der Stabschefs, Joseph Dunford, àºberreichte am 13. Juni 2019 die Diplome an die Studenten der National Defense University. Er nutzte die Gelegenheit, um ihnen zu versichern, dass es ‚ÄûAufgabe der Generaldirektoren …
(2019-07-18). A Farsa das Relaàßàµes com a Rússia. globalresearch.ca O estado das relaàßàµes entre a Itália e a Rússia é "excelente": afirmou o Primeiro Ministro Conte, ao receber em Roma, o Presidente Putin. A mensagem é reconfortante, na verdade, soporífera em relaàßà£o à opinià£o pública. Limitamo-nos, fundamentalmente, ao estado …
(2019-07-18). Protestors demand water for the rivers. greenleft.org.au 
A protest outside New South Wales Parliament on July 10 demanded the state government take real action to combat the dire situation facing the Murray-Darling river system. | The action was opened by Muruwari and Budjiti man, water activist and artist Bruce Shillingsworth, who is organising a Water Corroborree in the drought-affected north-west and west of the state in early October. | Watershed AllianceAU's Kylie Lawrence, who has spent years researching the water crisis in the north-west and west of NSW, addressed the protest, sp…
(2019-07-14). Milwaukee: 'Drop the Charges' rally for student who took placard from Nazi. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Activists rallied outside the Milwaukee County courthouse on the afternoon of July 11 to stand in solidarity with a student who was arrested and charged for taking a vulgar, racist sign away from a Nazi. | Grae Hosmanek is a freshman student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In May, she and others witnessed a racist student protesting a Jewish event on campus and gathered around to deter him from spreading hate speech and threats. The lone fascist, who called himself "Chris," was holding a sign that read "(((GAS)))" a reference to the Nazi holocaust, and another sign bearing a Nazi swastik…
(2019-07-14). Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – On the evening of July 12, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted a Lights for Liberty rally, demanding an end to the Trump administration's detention policy and the closure of the concentration camps, where tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in clear breach of international law. The call to action drew roughly 30 people from Oshkosh and the surrounding Fox Valley area. | The event started with a silent candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to the disastrous conditions in the camps. The action featured 12 different people speaking…
(2019-07-13). US-trained troops shoot Honduran students protesting privatization. thegrayzone.com Anya Parampil reports from inside a student occupation at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), where US-trained troops shot…
(2019-07-11). As 2020 Primary Nears, Candidates Struggle with Positions on Charter Schools. progressive.org After years of avoidance, Democrats are being forced to take a stand charter schools—and most are straddling both sides.
(2019-07-09). Call to Action: Close the Concentration Camps Now! progressive.org We are calling on all people of conscience to shut down the concentration camps on the US-Mexico border through any nonviolent means necessary.
(2019-07-05). Education Reformers Still Don't Understand Racism. progressive.org "Those of us actually working in education tried and tried and tried and tried and tried to tell you."
(2019-06-28). Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation. fair.org 
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(2019-06-19). House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — June 19, 2019 — In response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2740 (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020), which includes language to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) eight months after …