(2019-08-21). Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange. globalresearch.ca At a Sydney "Politics in the Pub" meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposing the extent of the betrayal of Julian Assange by the Guardian and the New York Times, and refuting the …
(2019-08-21). Omar, Tlaib, and the United States of Israel. globalresearch.ca I'm trying to remember when Israel wasn't the fifty-first state. It receives my tax money and a blank check by the United States government to torture, ethnically cleanse, and murder Palestinians. | Israelis are apparently more important and cherished than Americans, …
(2019-08-21). Trump-Netanyahu: The Disgraceful President and the Contemptible Prime Minister. globalresearch.ca Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, to enter Israel. Netanyahu, like a poodle, simply obeys his …
(2019-08-21). Routing the two-tier system: Part III — Education. nationofchange.org One of the best education systems in the world belongs to Finland. Its constitution makes free education a right. Section 16 of the country's constitution states unequivocally: "Everyone has the right to basic education free of charge" and this right guarantees citizens "the opportunity to develop themselves without being prevented by economic hardship." I've written …
(2019-08-21). One year after Washington state strikes, layoffs and cuts propel educators into new fight. wsws.org Though teachers are ready to fight to defend jobs and public education, the unions and Democratic Party claim the only way to fund schools is through regressive taxes.
(2019-08-21). Video: Syrian Tiger Forces Advance to Encircle Khan Shaykhun. globalresearch.ca Government forces are rapidly advancing in southern Idlib inflicting large casualties to radical militant groups. | During the weekend, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies have liberated the villages of Khirbat Abidin, Hursh al-Tawilah, Mughr Hunta, …
(2019-08-21). Russiagate: The Miserable Truth. globalresearch.ca Introductory Disclaimer: I have never voted Republican for Federal office and I deplore most of what Fox News has to offer. I am currently registered Democrat in order to vote in the Presidential primary for either Bernie Sanders or Tulsi …
(2019-08-21). The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Tragedy, Blamed on Russia. NGOs Say They Will Seek PM Mahathir Support to Prevent the MH17 Trial of Four Men. globalresearch.ca Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today said they will soon ask for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's help to prevent the trial of four individuals over the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from starting. | Chandra Muzaffar…
(2019-08-21). What Globalism Did Was to Transfer the US Economy to China. globalresearch.ca The main problem with the US economy is that globalism has been deconstructing it. The offshoring of US jobs has reduced US manufacturing and industrial capability and associated innovation, research, development, supply chains, consumer purchasing power, and tax base of …
(2019-08-21). History: US Encroachment Encouraged Japan To Support Hitler and Mussolini. globalresearch.ca During late September 1940, Japanese representatives like Sabur≈ç Kurusu flew to Berlin where they were greeted by the ruler of Europe, Adolf Hitler. Kurusu, an experienced career diplomat from Yokohama, could not help but notice the Nazi self-assurance at …
(2019-08-21). Half a Billion Bees Drop Dead in Brazil Amid Jump in Pesticide Use. globalresearch.ca Bee apocalypse has unfolded in four of Brazil's southern states in 1Q19. More than half a billion bees died earlier this year, in a short period, experts are suggesting that pesticides are likely to be blamed, reported Bloomberg. ….
(2019-08-21). Video: Khan Shaykhun Is About to Fall into the Hands of Syrian Army. globalresearch.ca Militants' defense in southern Idlib and northern Hama has collapsed. | On August 19, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies backed up by Syrian and Russian air power cut off the M5 highway north of Khan …
(2019-08-21). A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams. globalresearch.ca Cathy Crowe's book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and challenging a growing blight of destitution and poverty in Toronto that has developed with the advance of the neoliberal agenda. …
(2019-08-21). Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA's 200 Million-acre Expansion of Bee-killing Pesticide. globalresearch.ca The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety sued the Trump administration today over its July decision to approve use of the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor across more than 200 million acres of crops. | The approval was granted despite …
(2019-08-21). Video: Militant Groups Lose Lots of Equipment in Southern Idlib. globalresearch.ca Units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces, backed up by the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces, have liberated Umm Zaytunah and Kafr Tab, and advanced on Abedin and Madaya in southern Idlib. | Meanwhile, …
(2019-08-21). Colonization and Americanization of Hawaii: Replacing Hawaiian Culture. globalresearch.ca Summary | In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 1469 relieving the U.S. from the reporting requirements under Article 73 e, after finding that the people of the territory had exercised self-government by choosing to become a state of the …
(2019-08-21). Fast Bowling, Concussions and Jofra Archer. globalresearch.ca We should all be cheering on some level. So much in this age of cricket favours the pampered bat over the stifled ball. The game of duration has suffered: five-day test matches are struggling before diminishing attention spans and ever …
(2019-08-21). Unique climate change has no natural cause. nationofchange.org European and U.S. scientists have cleared up a point that has been nagging away at climate science for decades: not only is the planet warming faster than at any time in the last 2,000 years, but this unique climate change really does have neither a historic precedent nor a natural cause. Other historic changes — the …
(2019-08-21). Trump Administration's Attacks on Science Already Surpass Two Bush Terms. commondreams.org Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin shakes President Trump's hand as Vice President Mike Pence watches on July 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Shealah Craighead/White House) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-08-21). Selected Articles: Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange. globalresearch.ca 
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
(2019-08-21). Brexit — or Not? Fearmongering. Masters of Manipulating Public Opinion. globalresearch.ca BREXIT deadline is 31 October 2019. On 23 June 2016, the British people voted 52% against 48% to leave the European Union. In England alone, the margin was somewhat higher, 53.4% for leaving the EU, against 46.6% for staying.
(2019-08-21). UK budget surplus misses forecasts as Government spending jumps before Brexit. thecanary.co The UK public purse delivered a smaller-than-expected surplus last month as public spending continued to increase. | The government posted a £1.3bn surplus in July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), as it highlighted the budget restraints facing prime minister Boris Johnson amid significant Brexit-related spending commitments. | The surplus was £2.2bn smaller than in July 2018 and fell short of analyst forecasts of a £2.7bn surplus. | It's typical for the public finances to show a surplus in July, due to the boost from self-assessment income tax payments swelling the nationa…
(2019-08-21). "We Don't Have to Live Like This": March for Our Lives Unveils Sweeping Plan to Address Gun Violence and Strengthen Democracy. commondreams.org After spending a year and a half traveling the country to register young people to vote and urge high school and college students to participate in the 2020 election, the national organization March For Our Lives released a sweeping gun control proposal Wednesday, calling on the federal government to listen to the demands of young voters. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-08-20). Toni Morrison: Beloved or Belovéd? counterpunch.org 
One of the strangest-turned-ugly conversations I've ever found myself trapped in had to do with the pronunciation of Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. Should you say it with or without the accent? I was beginning a new career as an English teacher overseas — in Istanbul — and was unpacking my books in my new "digs" More
(2019-08-20). 'Run, hide, or fight': Louisiana State University warns of 'armed intruder' in a tweet. rt.com 
The Louisiana State University's campus was temporarily placed on lockdown after a report of a gunman on its grounds. The university responded with a warning, telling its students in a tweet to "run, hide or fight." | The university first warned about an armed intruder on Tuesday afternoon, and soon followed up its initial tweet with advice to "Run: Exit the area and move away from danger. Hide: If escape is not possible, find a safe area to hide. Fight: This is an absolute last resort." | Run: Exit the area and move away from danger. | Hide: If escape is not possible, find a safe area to hide. | Fight: This i…
(2019-08-20). Demand Progress Education Fund: Business Roundtable's Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-08-20). Sob o "escudo" de mísseis nucleares USA na Europa. globalresearch.ca A instalaàßà£o de mísseis da NATO em Deveselu, na Roménia, que faz parte do sistema Aegis americano de "defesa anti-mísseis", terminou a "actualizaàßà£o" que comeàßou em Abril passado. Comunica a NATO, assegurando que "nà£o conferiu nenhuma capacidade ofensiva ao sistema", …
(2019-08-20). Say no to the McCarthyite attack on Chicago teachers. fightbacknews.org As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) find itself locked in tough contract negotiations and faces the possibility of a strike, corporate and right-wing media like the Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and others have launched a bizarre attack that seems like it is straight out of the 1950s red scare. Rather than addressing the real problems impacting teachers and students in Chicago schools, these reactionary pundits have decided the rant and rave about – of all things – a delegation of teachers that traveled to Venezuela earlier this summer. | Here are the facts of the matter. A group of teachers who are also members of…
(2019-08-20). The Metaphysics of Revolution. dissidentvoice.org Socrates was the first revolutionary. He opened up with a legendary oracular search of the inner space from which the individual, as we understand him today, would eventually emerge. His "daemon" was that which spoke the necessary freedom and autonomy to become what we are. His was the first lesson. His student, Plato, brought on …
(2019-08-20). Is Hong Kong Important? For Whom? counterpunch.org Hundreds of thousands in the streets of Hong Kong protesting the anti-extradition bill for now over ten weeks; thousands closing down the busy international airport; an influential British parliamentarian proposing to return UK citizenship to Hong Kong residents; Chinese students supporting the government and those supporting the protesters clashing in foreign countries; videos showing Chinese More
(2019-08-20). Maryland teacher incorporates hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum. splcenter.org At a workshop for teachers about educating children on American slavery, one instructor grew angry and insisted that Thomas Jefferson — who fathered biracial children with an enslaved woman on one of his plantations — was an advocate for racial equality.
(2019-08-20). Sotto lo ´scudo ª missili nucleari Usa in Europa. globalresearch.ca ll sito missilistico Nato di Deveselu in Romania, facente parte del sistema statunitense Aegis di ´difesa missilistica ª, ha terminato ´l'aggiornamento ª iniziato lo scorso aprile. Lo comunica la Nato, assicurando che ´esso non ha conferito alcuna capacità offensiva al sistema ª, il …
(2019-08-19). Trump is Taking More Money for Raids and Detention. Congress Should Stop Him. aclu.org Without congressional checks, ICE and CBP will continue to overspend and overstep. | The budget for Trump's turbo-charged immigration enforcement and border militarization is now larger than ever. And just last week, we learned that ICE plans to redirect even more money to further expand immigration detention and enforcement. The plan is currently being reviewed by congressional appropriato…
(2019-08-19). Anti-War Committee denounces Israel's ban of Omar and Tlaib. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 15 statement from the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. | The Minnesota Anti-War Committee condemns the Israeli government's August 15 decision not to allow US Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering occupied Palestine, to which the Israeli state controls all access. Reps. Omar and Tlaib join the thousands of peace activists, human rights officials and people of conscience around the world who are denied entry over their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel and its Zionist policies of occu…
(2019-08-19). A concentraàßà£o de riqueza conduz o novo imperialismo global. globalresearch.ca As mudanàßas de regime no Iraque e na Líbia, a guerra na Síria, a crise na Venezuela, as sanàßàµes a Cuba, Irà£o, Rússia e Coreia do Norte reflectem o novo imperialismo global imposto por um núcleo de naàßàµes capitalistas em …
(2019-08-19). The Price of Publishing Independent Thought: We Need Your Support! globalresearch.ca Dear readers, | With freedom of speech continually being curtailed, running an independent counter-current news media in 2019 is no easy feat. By todays standards, you are by all means free to speak if what you say upholds the mainstream narrative. …
(2019-08-19). Trump's Anti-Iran Warrant. globalresearch.ca Time and again, hard evidence shows the US is a nation run by hawkish right-wing extremists, dismissive of the rule of law and democratic values they abhor and don't tolerate. | Operating exclusively by their own rules, they maintain that UN …
(2019-08-19). Marcus Ball's "Proposed Prosecution" against Boris Johnson: "Not Everything Is as It Seems" globalresearch.ca Marcus Ball says "there is something majorly wrong going on behind the scenes" after his appeal to take Boris to Supreme Court for "wilfully misleading the British public" gets thrown out. | *** | On 14th August, the High Court rejected an …
(2019-08-19). The Truth Is Out About Israel's Cover-up of Nakba Facts. globalresearch.ca Recent news reports have shed light on the lengths to which Israel's security establishment is going in order to cover-up the history of the country's war crimes against Palestinians. A long piece in Haaretz earlier this month explained that for …
(2019-08-17). Media Blackout on Brazil's Anti-Bolsonaro Protests – Why are New York Times and Guardian downplaying resistance to Brazil's far-right president? fair.org 
August 13 protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, one of 211 cities where demonstrations took place (photo: Dowglas Silva). | Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of 211 cities on August 13 to protest far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's austerity cuts and privatization plans for the public university system. It was the third in series of national education strikes, dubbed "the Education Tsunamis,…
(2019-08-17). SPLC Responds to FRC and ADF's Attack Op-Ed. splcenter.org On August 17, 2019, a former Family Research Council (FRC) staff member, who currently works at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) — two organizations designated as hate groups by the SPLC — attacked the SPLC in a USA Today OpEd for its hate group designations.
(2019-08-16). Two years after exodus, Myanmar's 'desperate' Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF. un.org The daily struggle to survive for Myanmar's Rohingya people in one of the world's largest refugee settlements, has caused "overwhelming" despair and jeopardized the hopes of an entire generation, the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Friday.
(2019-08-16). Friday's Daily Brief: Education key for Rohingya, DR Congo violence continues, Zimbabwe protest latest, women's rights in Iran, environmental protection. un.org Our main stories today: Two years in, Myanmar's Rohingya youth need more education; DR Congo testimonies highlight armed brutality; appeals for Zimbabwe to 'stop cracking down' on protesters; Iran urged to release women jailed for protesting veiling laws; and new human rights agreement on environmental protection.
(2019-08-15). The Challenges of Breastfeeding as a Black Person. aclu.org How our workplaces and healthcare system create barriers to breastfeeding. | The fight to protect individual choices about reproductive care, including breastfeeding, is an ongoing battle. The central lesson of the reproductive justice movement is that choice means little without access. That lesson applies equally to breastfeeding. | Though laws, in the workplace and other contexts, are in place to protect the right to breastfeed, many low-income women and w…
(2019-08-13). Ibram X. Kendi: IQ Tests, SAT Scores and Other "Intelligence" Tests Propagate Racism. democracynow.org 
Author and professor Ibram X. Kendi joins us to discuss his new book, "How to Be an Antiracist." He talks about the racist development of intelligence tests that blatantly discriminate against people of color under a veneer of scientific objectivity. "Even when we talk about antiracism, when most people think of who needs to be an antiracist, they think of Southerners. They think of people who voted for Trump," says Kendi. "They don't think of people who are advocating for the maintenance of these tests, which are denying access to some of the best schools in New York City to black and Latino kids."
(2019-08-08). To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags. mintpressnews.com 
Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering violence and repression at home or risking the dangerous journey to the United States.
(2019-08-08). Fordham U students win fight to have Palestine rights club. liberationnews.org 
On Aug. 5, Justice Nancy Bannon of the Supreme Court of the State of New York annulled Fordham University's decision to ban Students for Justice in Palestine from its campus.
(2019-08-06). How a Truly Epic Charter School Fraud Unfolded in Oklahoma. progressive.org A case of ghost students, straw teachers, and parent bonuses sets a new low for privately operated schools.
(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 …