(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). '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). World Watching the Fate of Iranian Tanker. globalresearch.ca At 11: 30pm on Sunday, August 18, the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya-1 left the shores of Gibraltar at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. This ship had been detained about six weeks previous by British Royal Marines and Gibraltar officials. The …
(2019-08-23). Six European Countries to Receive 356 Migrants Rescued at Sea. telesurenglish.net The Government of Malta confirmed Friday that Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania will host 356 migrants on board the Ocean Viking, a Norwegian-flagged rescue vessel chartered by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée. | RELATED: | Italy: Officials Finally Allow 'Open Arms' Migrants to Land | " [We] welcome [the fact] t…
(2019-08-23). Bolivia Orders World's Largest Air Tanker to Combat Amazon Fires. globalresearch.ca Bolivia's President Evo Morales announced on Wednesday that Bolivia had contracted a Boeing 747 'Supertanker' to help extinguish huge forest fires in the Amazon that have that spilled over from Brazil. By Wednesday evening, the government confirmed that the tanker …
(2019-08-23). Giant 5G Drones in Hawaii Skies? Pushback Is Growing… globalresearch.ca As we approach the 5G Crisis: Awareness & Accountability online summit, Dr. Debra Greene uncovers a crazy development in Hawaii, in her 4-min video above, or on YouTube here. Sign the petition to help stop the 5G drone development …
(2019-08-23). The Politicization of the US Justice System. globalresearch.ca The American criminal justice system has long been a sharp painful thorn in the nation's consciousness as if to remind us of a major flaw in the American way of life. Mostly, that awareness has focused on the inequities of …
(2019-08-23). Why a Defense Agreement with Israel Would be a Disaster for Americans. Lindsey Graham's Blank Check. globalresearch.ca Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged his country's complete support for whatever response Austria-Hungary would choose to make …
(2019-08-23). Risks to Health and Well-Being from Radio-Frequency Radiation (RFR) Emitted by Cell Phones and Other Wireless Devices. globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of our readers this important scientific report on the health impacts of cellphone radio frequency radiation. | Below are relevant excerpts. To access the full report click here. | emphasis added | *** | Radiation exposure has long been …
(2019-08-23). U.S. to "Drown the World" in Oil. globalresearch.ca The U.S. could "drown the world in oil" over the next decade, which, according to Global Witness, would "spell disaster" for the world's attempts to address climate change. | The U.S. is set to account for 61 percent of all new …
(2019-08-23). Boris Johnson Government's High Speed 2 (HS2) Rail Link Evaluation Fatally Flawed by Incompetent Ministers. globalresearch.ca It is inappropriate that the cost benefit analysis of the largest civil construction project in Europe, worth between £56 billion and £100 billion, is essentially in the hands of a newly appointed, inexperienced transport minister with a less than savoury …
(2019-08-23). Indigenous People's Rights and Canada's 'Vampire' Pension Plan. globalresearch.ca Wet'suwet'en people have never ceded their land through treaty; like many Indigenous people they continue to practice relations of responsibility with the places and beings that give them life, including protecting them from ecological devastation. In January 2019, the RCMP …
(2019-08-23). The "Lungs of the Earth" Are Literally Being Burned Away as Unprecedented Wildfires Absolutely Ravage Our Planet. globalresearch.ca We have never seen anything quite like this. This week the skies above Brazil's largest city turned black in the middle of the afternoon due to the massive wildfires that are currently raging in that country. But the wildfires aren't …
(2019-08-23). US Navy "Ready" to "Restore Democracy" in Venezuela through Military Means? globalresearch.ca "I'm not going to detail what we're planning and what we're doing, but we're ready to implement policy decisions, and we're ready to act … | The United States Navy is the most powerful navy in the world. … | If there …
(2019-08-23). Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species Act. globalresearch.ca Environmental and animal protection groups today sued the Trump administration over its new regulations that dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Earthjustice filed the lawsuit on behalf of Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Natural …
(2019-08-23). Syrian Terrorists Cannot Hold Northern Hama Pocket for Long Time. globalresearch.ca The Syrian army has managed to make significant progress in clashes with "opposition" groups in Northwestern Syria, taking the strategically important city of Khan Sheikhoun. The SAA also cut the highway located to the North from the city, blocking supply …
(2019-08-23). If Statues Could Talk. globalresearch.ca A poem, (written by Emma Lazarus) that is highlighted on the base of the Statue of Liberty contains the following: | "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. …
(2019-08-23). Our Vanishing World: Melting Glaciers. globalresearch.ca Something is causing the worlds glaciers and mountain ice fields to melt. And, despite your first thought, it is not the ongoing climate catastrophe. | It does not matter where on Earth the glaciers and mountain ice fields are located, they …
(2019-08-23). Trump Fine-tunes Peace Deal with Taliban. globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump's remarks at the Oval Office in the White House on August 20 regarding the Afghan peace talks and related issues exuded an overall sense of satisfaction that the "endless war" is finally ending —although …
(2019-08-23). Suddenly the West Is Failing to Overthrow "Regimes" globalresearch.ca It used to be done regularly and it worked: The West identified a country as its enemy, unleashed its professional propaganda against it, then administered a series of sanctions, starving and murdering children, the elderly and other vulnerable groups. If …
(2019-08-23). Syria's SDF's Child Soldiers. globalresearch.ca In Syria news briefs today, two children were injured in another landmine blast; a child fleeing from US 'SDF' criminal militia was shot to death; Reconciliation continues; an increase in olive production is expected. | Two children were injured …
(2019-08-23). Eighty Years Ago… The Hitler-Stalin Pact of August 23, 1939: Myth and Reality. globalresearch.ca In a remarkable book, 1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War II, the Canadian historian Michael Jabara Carley describes how, at the end of the 1930s, the Soviet Union repeatedly tried, but finally failed, to …
(2019-08-23). Video: Khan Shaykhun Liberated, Northern Hama Pocket — Next. globalresearch.ca On August 21, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces liberated the town of Khan Shaykhun and the areas of Khazanat and Tal Taeri, thus fully encircling remaining militants in northern Hama. | The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham strong points …
(2019-08-23). California Tightens Restrictions of Police Use of Lethal Force to Counter Nationwide Outrage over Unarmed Civilian Murders. globalresearch.ca A new law passed on Monday in California and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom now allows police officers to only use lethal force when it is "necessary" in response to a threat instead of the existing "reasonable" standard. | Assembly bill …
(2019-08-23). Trump Regime Threatens Illegal Sanctions on Nations Legally Buying Iranian Oil. globalresearch.ca The US under both extremist right wings of its war party is a rogue state by any definition. | It operates extrajudicially at home and abroad. It's increasingly repressive and totalitarian, heading toward full-blown tyranny if the present trend continues unchecked….
(2019-08-23). Imperial Sentiments: Donald Trump, Greenland and Colonial Real Estate. globalresearch.ca Haven't the critics worked it out yet? US President Donald Trump chugs to the coal of nonsense that may come in the wrapping of some sense. Initial mad-cat comments, when cobbled together, might reveal some pattern in time. | Take, for …
(2019-08-23). Kashmir and the US-Russia Power Play in South Asia. globalresearch.ca Russia is reluctant to jeopardize its ultra-profitable arms relationship with India by strategically "balancing" South Asia, which is why the US decided to play this irreplaceable role instead by actively seeking to cut deals in both Afghanistan and Kashmir since …
(2019-08-23). "New Detente" Between Russia and The West? Impacts on the Russia-China Strategic Partnership. globalresearch.ca Macron's Mediation | The dynamics of the New Cold War might undergo a dramatic transformation if the geopolitical game-changer of a "New Detente" between Russia and the West succeeds, which is becoming increasingly possible as proven by recent events. | President Putin's …
(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…
(2019-08-23). Seven Whispers of the White Dove. indybay.org Hertz Hall | 101 Cross-Sproul Path | University of California | Berkeley, CA 94720…
(2019-08-23). Bill Frisell speaks with WSWS: "Music is like a teacher who opens your eyes to many things" wsws.org Virtuoso jazz guitarist Bill Frisell discussed some of the conceptions underpinning his musical approach and his forthcoming album during the Australian leg of his recent Asian tour.
(2019-08-23). Ontario teachers face threat of state repression, wage and job cuts in upcoming contract fight. wsws.org The role of the teacher unions has been to hand the initiative to the Ford government, allowing the Tories to unveil a sweeping assault on teachers' wages and working conditions without their organizing any meaningful opposition.
(2019-08-23). On Those Downward Jobs Revisions. counterpunch.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its benchmark revision to its job numbers shows that the economy created 501,000 fewer jobs between March of 2018 and March of 2019 than previously reported. There are a few points to be made about this number. First, there is nothing fishy here. Trump has zero to do More
(2019-08-23). Video: Under the "Shield", US Nuclear Weapons in Europe. globalresearch.ca The NATO missile site at Deveselu in Romania (photo), which is part of the US Aegis "defence missiles" system, has finished its "update", begun last April. NATO's communique assures that it has added "no offensive capacity to the system", which …
(2019-08-23). Selected Articles: The Geopolitics of the Kashmir Crisis. 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 …
(2019-08-23). The War on Libya, US-Turkey Power Play? Marshal Haftar vs Recep Erdogan. globalresearch.ca Marshal Haftar made this statement when speaking at the LNA TV channel from Benghazi for the first time after a long break. | "The Libyan National Army will defeat any plot to build foreign bases that support and finance terrorism in …
(2019-08-22). New Poll Reflects Trump's Widespread Unpopularity. truthdig.com 
NEW YORK — About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds some support for the president's handling of the U.S. economy but gives him weak marks on other major issues. | Just 36% of Americans approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president; 62% disapprove. | The numbers may be ugly for a first-term president facing reelection in 14 months, but they are remarkably consistent. Trump's approval rating has never dipped below 32% or risen above…
(2019-08-22). Defense Department kills multi-billion dollar missile contract with Boeing. rt.com 
The Pentagon is scrapping a multi-billion dollar deal with Boeing to replace an outdated missile interceptor, citing years of delays and technical problems and jealously eyeing rivals' capabilities. | "Ending the program was the responsible thing to do," Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, said in a statement on Wednesday. | We decided the path we're going down wouldn't be fruitful, so we're not going down that path anymore. | The exact details of the project's failure would not be released "due to the classified nature of the program," a spokesman for the Pentagon's Missile D…
(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
(2019-08-22). Students leading anti-gun crusade roll out comprehensive plan. peoplesworld.org 
Saying they're "taking matters into their own hands" because politicians have sat on theirs and produced "nothingness," the students who lead the nation's anti-gun violence crusade rolled out a comprehensive plan to cut the gun carnage in the nation's homes and on its streets, malls, theaters, and schools. Their objective: Cut the yearly gun murders …
(2019-08-22). California 'Nazi High' forced to reopen probe after students caught throwing salutes in more videos. rt.com 
Orange County high school students were caught on film giving Nazi salutes and singing Nazi marching songs, outraging the community after school administrators appeared to be trying to cover it up — until even more videos emerged. | About a dozen members of the Pacifica High School boys' water polo team are seen giving Nazi salutes in a banquet room in the first video, which went public on Monday. One begins to sing an obscure Nazi marching song and a few others join in before the clip ends. | A group of high-school athletes in Southern California reportedly gave a Nazi salute and sang a Nazi song during…
(2019-08-22). Trump's Science Record Is Already Worse Than Bush's. truthdig.com 
On July 19, President Trump hosted Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins and their families, along with the family of their deceased colleague Neil Armstrong, at a White House event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon. | "Tomorrow will represent 50 years from the time we planted a beautiful American flag on the moon," Trump said. "And that was an achievement, possibly one of the great, considered one of the great achievements ever."
(2019-08-22). Al-Golani's Defiance of Turkey Leads to Syrian Government Control of Khan Sheikhoun. globalresearch.ca During the first week of this month of August, the ex-ISIS commander and current head of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra) Abu Mohammad al-Golani held a press conference in the occupied northern city of Idlib. He declared …
(2019-08-22). Trump Regime's Hardball with China: A Losing Strategy. globalresearch.ca China is a major player on the world stage, geopolitical know-nothing Trump outclassed, outshined, and outwitted by its ruling authorities. | He's an embarrassment compared to other major world leaders, a laughing stock geopolitical wrecking ball. | His regime's unacceptable Indo/Pacific agenda …
(2019-08-22). "Seeds of Destruction" and "The Global Economic Crisis" globalresearch.ca We are happy to offer you two important books from Global Research Publishers at discounted prices: | Seeds of Destruction, by F. William Engdahl: | "Control the food and you control the people." This is no ordinary book about the perils of …
(2019-08-22). Despite Devastating Crashes, Boeing Stocks Fly High. globalresearch.ca In a turbulent world, some things remain stable, even to an irrational degree. One example is the price of Boeing stock, which, at $329 a share as of midday August 16, has barely moved—down just 1.6 percent—from a year ago. …
(2019-08-22). UK Licensed £6.3bn Worth of Arms to Saudi-led Forces in First Four Years of Yemen Conflict. globalresearch.ca The UK government licensed £6.3bn ($7.6bn) worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in the four years of the group's bombing campaign, according to a new report by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT). | According to new government …
(2019-08-22). US Unveils Warrant for Seizure of Iran-operated Grace 1. globalresearch.ca According to a Press TV report: | "The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled a warrant for the seizure of the Iran-operated Grace 1 supertanker a day after Gibraltar's Supreme Court confirmed the release of the vessel. On Thursday, Gibraltar's …
(2019-08-22). Children's Chorus Revitalizes Indigenous Language in Panama. telesurenglish.net Arranged in a circle from tallest to shortest, 20 children ages 6-12 breathe in unison and go through an exercise routine to relax their vocal muscles and make their voices clearer. | RELATED: | Panama Battles Childhood Obesity as Region Gains Weight | "Let go of all the tension and remember to breathe through your nose. Today we're going to start with 'Goe Machi,' " the group's teacher, Evelio Calvo tells the children while he gives instructions to the piano player to begin playing t…