(2019-08-27). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal? counterpunch.org 
In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: "Let's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world." Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The 'GM will feed the world mantra' is pure industry spin. There More
(2019-08-27). What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency? dissidentvoice.org 
Students march in Melbourne, Australia. Source AAP. The Embassy Protectors Defense Committee is calling on the US State Department to drop the federal charges against us. On May 16, federal forces invaded the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in violation of the Vienna Convention and arrested four Embassy Protectors even though we were there with …
(2019-08-27). Are Sanders and Warren Throwing a Lifeline to the Military-Industrial Complex? globalresearch.ca Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, pro-diplomacy foreign policy agenda. The sharpest distinction between them is that Sanders has voted …
(2019-08-27). Bernie Sanders Devotes San Francisco Rally To His Free Education Platform Plank. indybay.org Students talk of their financial hardships and struggles to fund higher education…
(2019-08-27). The Small Freedom. indybay.org We talk about protecting our freedom, however we suffer from a lack of freedom in this country. Healthcare, education and housing have all become out of reach for some living in the U.S.
(2019-08-27). Orangutans 'could hold key to how human speech evolved'. thecanary.co Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans, with new research suggesting they may hold the key to how human speech evolved. | Scientists from the University of St Andrews and Indianapolis Zoo gathered a unique insight into the language similarities while studying great apes. | They worked alongside animal care staff at the zoo in the state of Indiana, home to one of the largest groups of orangutans in any American zoo, to analyse 11-year-old Rocky and 36-year-old Knobi. | Both orangutans were given a basic music instrument — a membranophone, such as a kazoo — and used their voice to…
(2019-08-27). Upshots and Unintended Consequences of Africa's Nuclear Energy Ambitions. globalresearch.ca Earlier this month, cash-strapped Zimbabwe announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia to engage in uranium exploration and enrichment with a view to the possibility of generating nuclear energy in future. In so doing, it joined …
(2019-08-27). Trump's entire worldview is a nut job conspiracy theory. nationofchange.org Once upon a time, when I first was writing for newspapers and magazines, because I was the junior guy in the rotation, one of my many beats was the conspiracy theorists—in those days, mostly small, cult-like groups with some truly bizarre ideas. | One Thanksgiving weekend, I was assigned to cover a conference on assassination investigations, held at Georgetown University. The place was awash in conspiracy junkies although there also were journalists and others who had performed real research and were raising interesting questions about the motives behind a number of political killings in America, includi…
(2019-08-27). What Everybody Needs to Know About the Amazon Rainforest. globalresearch.ca The Amazon Rainforest biome has an extension of about 6.7 million square kilometers shared between Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and the French Guyana. Some 62% of it is in Brazil, where 84% of its original area …
(2019-08-27). Counting Deaths for Dollars: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua's 'Human Rights' Organizations. globalresearch.ca In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan "human rights" NGO's inflated the death toll during last year's coup. Today, these groups are in a state of complete disarray. | *** | When political conflict results in people being killed — especially at …
(2019-08-27). Don't be Evil? Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Artificial Intelligence. A Survey of the Tech Sector's Stance. globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention our readers excerpts from an important study on the development of autonomous weapons largely guided by artificial intelligence. The report entitled Don't be evil? A survey of the tech sector's stance on lethal autonomous weapons…
(2019-08-27). America 2019: A Woody Allen Film? "Waking Up in the Future to Learn Civilization Was Destroyed" globalresearch.ca In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when …
(2019-08-27). Israel's Infamous USS Liberty Attack. globalresearch.ca Throughout Israel's history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …
(2019-08-27). Tinderbox Earth: The Significance of the Amazon and Siberian Fires. globalresearch.ca As fires rage across tens of thousands square km the Amazon forest, dubbed the Planet's lungs, producing some 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere, with some 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, where fires on such a …
(2019-08-27). Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …
(2019-08-27). The Putin-Erdogan Summit Will Influence the Syrian End Game. globalresearch.ca Turkish President Erdogan's visit to Moscow on 27 August will see him and his Russian counterpart hashing out the details of the Syrian end game. | The kinetic (military) phase of the War on Syria is rapidly drawing to a close …
(2019-08-27). Does Israel Interfere in American Elections? globalresearch.ca Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …
(2019-08-27). Nestlé and the Privatization of Water. globalresearch.ca Last February, the Government of Switzerland announced the creation of a Foundation in Geneva, under the name 'Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator' (GSDA). The purpose of this new foundation is to regulate new technologies, from drones and automatic cars …
(2019-08-27). World Extreme Weather: Is it Man or Something Else? globalresearch.ca Our planet seems to be in a growing crisis in terms of agriculture and crop production related to unusual weather shifts. Many reports in recent months use the term "extreme weather" to describe record heat across Europe this summer, record …
(2019-08-27). America's Authoritarian Use of the Word "Authoritarianism" globalresearch.ca We see the word "authoritarianism" all over the US media, a blanket term employed to describe countries that the United States government currently considers as threats to its interests. Although "authoritarian" refers to a society in which political power is …
(2019-08-27). Video: Military Escalation in the Middle East. Israel Carries Out Strikes on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. globalresearch.ca The situation in the Middle East is once again escalating. | On August 24, Israeli warplanes bombed what the Israeli military described as 'Iranian targets' near the town of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Syrian air-defense forces intercepted …
(2019-08-27). G7 Nations at Odds on Iran? Macron to Lead G7 Discussions with Tehran in Defiance of Washington? globalresearch.ca The short answer is yes and no. | G7 nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US are united in one respect. They're profoundly undemocratic while pretending otherwise. | They're united for privileged interests over beneficial social change. They operate …
(2019-08-27). Anti-China Witch-hunt Targets Australian Universities. globalresearch.ca On August 21, the Australian government convened a "crisis meeting" with representatives of the universities and the intelligence agencies, as part of a hysterical campaign alleging pervasive "Chinese influence" throughout society. | Little has been revealed about what was discussed at …
(2019-08-27). Globalization and Women's Rights: Economic Restructuring, Women's Experiences and Responses to "Neoliberal Shocks" globalresearch.ca There is a critical nexus between colonial development and economic re-structuring processes in the Third world whereby globalization is an ideological weapon that extends imperial control over ex-colonies through persistent poverty and underdevelopment. | Globalization is also an external war that …
(2019-08-27). Can we reach 100 percent renewable energy in time to avert climate catastrophe? nationofchange.org Ten years ago, two climate scientists, Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi, published a groundbreaking article in Scientific American outlining a road map for becoming 100 percent reliant on energy generated by water, wind and sun by 2030. This was something that needed to be done "if the world has any hope of slowing climate change," the researchers warned at the time. | The article proved incendiary. "First of all, nobody believed it when we put out that paper in 2009," Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, told…
(2019-08-27). Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? thenation.com Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?
(2019-08-27). Salmon fishermen blast Trump administration's war on science. indybay.org Reacting to the news that Southern Resident Killer Whales are included in the list of species that would be jeopardized by the Department of the Interior plan, Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), concluded: | "We must produce more salmon, not less, for Southern Resident Killer Whales' dietary needs. The Department of the Interior is content to put fewer fish in the ocean, starving orcas and fishermen alike, but we are not content with their plans. The state of California must take action to resist these environmental rollbacks and increase the sa…
(2019-08-27). The future is socialism, but it must be fought for. wsws.org Students and youth must fight to build an independent political movement of the working class, in opposition to all the parties and organizations that support capitalism.
(2019-08-27). Students for Trump is more dangerous than you think. indybay.org Charlie Kirk, Chairman of Students for Trump has promised to use "aggressive" means to help Donald Trump win the 2020 election. Kirk's organizations have already used shady tactics to win student body elections and possibly to violate IRS regulations covering charitable organizations and political action committees.
(2019-08-27). Tensions rise as unions and district attempt to head off strike by Las Vegas teachers. wsws.org After thousands of teachers flooded a meeting of the Clark County School District demanding their contractually-mandated raises, school board members abruptly ended the meeting before being escorted out by police.
(2019-08-27). Selected Articles: Nestlé and the Privatization of Water. 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 …
(2019-08-27). Selected Articles: Amazonia in Flames — Brazil's Bolsonaro Is a World Criminal. 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 …
(2019-08-27). Brexit "Transition": The Calm before the Storm for Boris. globalresearch.ca UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron last week in Paris as part of his continuing tour with European leaders in a last-minute attempt to strike a deal over Brexit. President Macron echoed the words of …
(2019-08-27). Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science. commondreams.org At the heart of the Mauna Kea action is thus a challenge not only to a telescope, but to capital and the pursuit of unmitigated industrial growth at any cost. (Photo: Screenshot/Washington Post) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-08-26). "Cracking Down" on Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Support. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We often receive words of encouragement from those of you who regularly check our website or are subscribed to our daily newsletter. As we do not follow a mainstream narrative, the recent online trend has generally been to …
(2019-08-26). Privatizaàßà£o da água: notícias preocupantes que vêm da Suíàßa. globalresearch.ca No último mês de fevereiro o Governo da Suíàßa anunciou a criaàßà£o de uma Fundaàßà£o em Genebra ( www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foundation-for-the-… ) , com o nome de "Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator" (GSDA). | O objetivo desta nova fundaàßà£o é o de regulamentar …
(2019-08-26). The West Is Spinning the "Cultural Genocide" of Macedonians. globalresearch.ca What they could be doing, instead, is preventing the forced name and identity change on Macedonia and Macedonians. Yes, the one initiated by Greece, and executed by the West. You see, the US, EU and other Western countries have forcibly …
(2019-08-26). St. Paul Teachers Union Picks the Health Care Battle. progressive.org Skyrocketing insurance costs generated a national wave of teacher strikes last year. Now, Minnesota educators head into a new school year ready to fight for affordable health care.
(2019-08-26). Brexit Britain: The Serious Question of Becoming a "Failed State" globalresearch.ca This is the formal description of a failed state — "A failed state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly. A state can …
(2019-08-26). 'If A Kid Says Help, You Help': Climate Action Advocates Call On Adults to Join Young Activists in September's Global Climate Strike. commondreams.org As climate activist Greta Thunberg neared the United States on a boat which set sail from Britain on August 14, the global climate action movement ramped up efforts to call people of all ages to join in the climate strike which the 16-year-old Swedish student helped to inspire. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-08-26). Unreported Deaths, Child Cancer & Radioactive Meat: The Untold Story of Chernobyl. democracynow.org 
Following a mysterious nuclear accident in Russia that left seven dead, we look back at the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. It sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a large portion of Europe, but the death toll from Chernobyl remains unknown. Chernobyl is considered the worst nuclear accident in history, but Kate Brown, an MIT professor of science, technology and society, says much of what we understand about the disaster is inaccurate. Her new book, "Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future," chronicles the devastating and underreported impact of radiation on tens of t…
(2019-08-24). Charter School Fictions and Grandstanding. dissidentvoice.org 
It is no secret that charter school advocates become disingenuous and belligerent when endless problems in the scandal-ridden charter school sector are exposed, criticized, and opposed with greater depth, sophistication, and regularity. For nearly 30 years charter school promoters have been reluctant to admit, let alone come to terms with, profound problems with privately-operated nonprofit …
(2019-08-24). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate. dissidentvoice.org In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: Let's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world. Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The 'GM will feed the world mantra' is pure industry spin. …
(2019-08-23). One Woman's Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, Seaweed, Wave Energy. dissidentvoice.org 
Symbioses — prolonged associations between organisms often widely separated phylogenetically — are more common in biology than we once thought and have been neglected as a phenomenon worthy of study on its own merits. Extending along a dynamic continuum from antagonistic to cooperative and often involving elements of both antagonism and mutualism, symbioses involve pathogens, …
(2019-08-23). Top 1% up $21 Trillion. Bottom 50% down $900 Billion. mronline.org 
The insights of this new data series are many, but for this post here I want to highlight a single eye-popping statistic. Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion. The bottom 50 percent actually saw its net worth decrease by $900 billion over the same period. | Source
(2019-08-23). School closures triple in Central and Western Africa as education comes under fire. un.org A surge in "deliberate" attacks against students, teachers and schools in West and Central Africa has led to a tripling in school closures in the last year and left almost two million youngsters "robbed of an education", the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
(2019-08-23). Friday's Daily Brief: Education in Africa, Sudan flash-floods, WHO on Ebola, spike in South Sudan violence, Rwanda, Uganda move to normalize relations. un.org A recap of Friday's stories: Education under fire in Central and Western Africa; Sudan flash-floods wreak havoc; Ebola outbreak spreads, albeit with fewer transmissions; UN rights experts on South Sudan; and UN chief welcomes understanding between Rwanda and Uganda…
(2019-08-23). 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Is a Science Fiction Film. thenation.com 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Is a Science Fiction Film…
(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). 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.