(2019-08-26). How the women of Standing Rock are building sovereign economies. nationofchange.org 
Sources reviewed this article for accuracy. | For Sicangu Lakota water protector Cheryl Angel, Standing Rock helped her define what she stands against: an economy rooted in extraction of resources and exploitation of people and planet. It wasn't until she'd had some distance that the vision of what she stands for came into focus. | "Now I understand that sustainable sovereign economies are needed to replace the system we support with our purchasing power," she said. "Our ancient teachings have all of those economies passed down in traditional families." | Cheryl Angel leads a group on pilgrimage at Black El…
(2019-08-26). Israel's Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires. globalresearch.ca During Congress's August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congressmembers traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes congressional trips to Israel in order to further the "special relationship" …
(2019-08-26). 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…
(2019-08-26). Germany: New higher education law in North Rhine-Westphalia allows military research. wsws.org The focus of the law is the abolition of the Civil Clause, which proscribes research for military purposes.
(2019-08-26). 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.
(2019-08-26). 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). Beijing Launches Plans for Shenzhen to Become World Hub, in Apparent Bid to Replace Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca Beijing has released a new policy laying out its ambitions for Shenzhen City—located in Guangdong Province just across the border from Hong Kong—to become a world-class tech innovation city. | Media in Hong Kong are theorizing that it signals the …
(2019-08-26). Who Is Behind Blowing Up Ammunition Warehouses in Iraq? Iran Is the Target. globalresearch.ca An explosion occurred Tuesday at an ammunition storage warehouse used by Iraqi security forces operating under the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) close to the US air and military base in Balad, Salahuddin province, 64 km north of Baghdad. Over a …
(2019-08-26). Lawsuit Challenges New Trump Administration Land Swap to Bulldoze Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. globalresearch.ca Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today to challenge a land-swap deal with King Cove Corporation aimed at putting a road through the heart of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. | Izembek is one of America's most ecologically significant wildlife …
(2019-08-26). White House Aides Evacuate Over Asbestos Risks as Administration Moves to Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal. globalresearch.ca Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and other senior White House aides have vacated their West Wing offices while asbestos is removed — even as the Trump administration is manipulating a federal chemical safety law to keep asbestos legal. | Bloomberg reported that …
(2019-08-26). Hong Kong and the Audacity of the U.S. Part of a "Destabilization War" with China. globalresearch.ca The US has sent a couple of war ships into China waters at Hong Kong. They had the audacity to ask Beijing to grant them the right to dock at Hong Kong harbor. Beijing refused and warned Washington — do not meddle in our internal affairs.
(2019-08-26). Trump Escalates Trade War with China. Orders Corporate America to Stop Doing Business with China. Beijing Will Retaliate. globalresearch.ca Trade wars assure losers, not winners, Trump waging it on multiple fronts — China his main target, a nation able to give as much as it takes directly and asymmetrically. | His MAGA agenda has nothing to do with reducing the …
(2019-08-26). A Critical Threshold Has Just Been Crossed, and Things Will Never be the Same Again… globalresearch.ca Just when things seemed to be settling down a little bit, our conflict with China has suddenly escalated to a dangerous new phase. This is not simply just a "trade war" any longer, and our relationship with China will never …
(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). Illegal Activity of Western Special Forces in Syria. globalresearch.ca In late June 2019, Fox News Channel published a video material, taken in Al-Hol refugee camp in northwestern Syria. On the footage, we can see a group of children under five chanting ISIS slogans. "We will stand on the heads …
(2019-08-26). Trump's Other Wall. "The Wall of Money". Towards a Global Currency War? globalresearch.ca Trump brags about the 'wall of money' now flowing into the US from abroad—from Europe, Asia, emerging market economies—as the global economy slides into recession there faster than in the US. He thinks that is great news for the US …
(2019-08-26). MAGA Republican Joe Walsh: Get Rid of Trump, Vote for Me. globalresearch.ca Most of us agree. Donald Trump is a disaster. He's an unmoored mental case consumed with attacking enemies real and perceived. Trump's not Hitler or a white supremacist. He's a malignant narcissist. | Joe Walsh, a former Illinois Republican representative, …
(2019-08-26). Turkey Affirms Its Claim on Cyprus Oil and Gas. globalresearch.ca Turkey will continue exploring for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean waters around disputed Cyprus, and "No project can be realised if Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are not involved," said President Recep Erdogan as quoted …
(2019-08-26). After Covering the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Non-Stop, Media Silent as the Amazon Burns for Weeks. globalresearch.ca When the famous Notre Dame Cathedral erupted in flames last April, images of the blaze were plastered across television and computer screens alike. For days on end, mainstream media networks around the world devoted round-the-clock coverage to this burning church. …
(2019-08-26). The Media's Response to Bernie Sanders' "Climate Plan" globalresearch.ca U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, a U.S. Presidential candidate in the Democratic Party primaries, presented on August 22nd the most-detailed climate-plan that has ever been presented by any U.S. Presidential candidate — 14,000 words, or the equivalent of a normal …
(2019-08-26). Spending on Defense Is One Great Big Lie. globalresearch.ca Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson is worried. He thinks that maybe — just maybe — the U.S. government is not spending enough on defense. In a column entitled, " Here's Why We Could Be Under-Spending on Defense," Samuelson has …
(2019-08-26). Venezuela's Maduro Confirms Secret Trump Talks as US Navy 'Ready' for Action. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan government officials have had secret contact with US officials for "months," President Maduro revealed Tuesday. | "I confirm that for months there have been contacts between senior officials from the Trump administration and from the Bolivarian government, with my express …
(2019-08-26). Tulsi Gabbard's Anti-War Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca Her public statements, website positions, and body language suggest she's a genuine anti-war presidential aspirant. | Wanting US wars of aggression ended against nations threatening no one makes her worthy of everyone's support. | At the same time, it's important to note …
(2019-08-26). Amazonia in Flames — Brazil's Bolsonaro Is a World Criminal — Encouraging Jungle Burning for Private Exploitation of Freed Land. globalresearch.ca On 28 October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil with 55.1% of the vote — and with a gigantic help from Cambridge Analytica. | At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in January 2019 in Davos Switzerland, Bolsonaro made a …
(2019-08-26). If Trudeau Cared About Environment He'd Stop "Making Nice" with Brazilian President Bolsonaro. globalresearch.ca By now most environmentally conscious people understand that Jair Bolsonaro is a bad guy. Brazil's president has scandalously blamed environmentalists for starting fires burning in the Amazon region, after having called for more "development" of the huge forests. | Canadians are …
(2019-08-26). Anti-China witch-hunt targets Australian universities. wsws.org The government and the security agencies convened a meeting with universities, threatening research involving Chinese academics.
(2019-08-26). Fire and the "Changing Narrative" Thing. globalresearch.ca Changing narratives is a new buzz term. I even heard a Distinguished Professor say he can change the narrative about himself. He can't change it much. Narratives are intellectual, depending on concepts that depend on societies. They are ultimately conservative….
(2019-08-26). Norvergence: Climate change fueled Syria's civil war. nationofchange.org "Until now the main cause of civil war is a wealth of the nation in few men hands but Syria showed us another reason; Climate Change" With this blog post, environmentalists at Norvergence have taken their research and study to a whole new level. The purpose of this content is to make people aware of …
(2019-08-26). India is Reviving an Old Narrative in Its Anti-Khalistan Infowar. globalresearch.ca The influential Indian online opinion outlet Daily O is reviving the old narrative that the Khalistani cause is supposedly backed by Pakistan and therefore represents a betrayal of Sikh interests as part of the latest stage of the state's increasingly …
(2019-08-26). 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, 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 salmon…
(2019-08-26). Free College Is a Good Start, But Low-Income Students Need Additional Support. truthout.org | | Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are thought to represent the left-leaning wing of the Democratic Party and even to embrace some socialist ideals. | Their ambitious proposals to eliminate undergraduate tuition and fees at public two-year and four-year colleges, as well as at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), though, signal that the real constituency they are courting is the American middle class.
(2019-08-26). 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.
(2019-08-26). 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). 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…
(2019-08-26). Good Job, Little Man. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(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). 'This is Not Berlin': South of the border like never before. peoplesworld.org 
The young rebels also find themselves at demonstrations and fighting their parents, teachers and the police, as part of their cultural revolution against Mexico's middle-class mores. It's to the barricades, amidst lots of generation gap angst. Marina de Tavira (who was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress for portraying the mother in Roma) plays Carlos and Maud's mamacita, who may not be as un-hip as she appears to her kiddies. | Sama's film, which has been making the festival circuit—including Sundance, Tribeca, and Outfest (where I recently saw it, coincidentally sitting beside the director)[mda…
(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). 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). 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…
(2019-08-22). Bolivarian revolution and Black liberation. workers.org 
Portland's Hands Off Venezuela PDX sponsored a Skype teach-in on Aug. 17 with Dr. Layla Brown-Vincent, an assistant professor of Africana Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, who spoke about the role of racism in Bolivarian Venezuela to a room of 25 Oregonians. She said, "Just as Haiti . . . | Continue reading Bolivarian revolution and Black liberation at Workers.org
(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…
(2019-08-20). 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.
(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…