2020-06-30: News Headlines

Mark Gruenberg (2020-06-30). Panel on Black workers: Government action critical. peoplesworld.org

en.mehrnews (2020-06-30). Council for Modernization of Educational System. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) — The meeting of the specialized council for the transformation and modernization of Iran's educational system was held in the presence of Iran's Minister of Education Mohsen Haji Mirzaei on Monday.

Soni Lloyd (2020-06-30). Saturday 7/11: LaborFest 2020: Privatization, charters & the Defense Of Public Education. indybay.org This is a free Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.

Staff (2020-06-30). NJ Latinx Parents & Students Fight Robert Wood Johnson Plan to Demolish Public School. democracynow.org In a story Democracy Now! has followed closely, Juan González shares an update on efforts to prevent the demolition of the Lincoln Annex public school in New Brunswick, New Jersey. City officials are trying to proceed with demolishing the public school this summer, in a move that would force 760 students to be bused to other schools for years, and parents and local activists are holding a rally in front of the Lincoln Annex School. "They want to keep the pressure on in the streets and to call on allies … who support public education, who are against gentrification and the abuse of immigrants, to join the rally,…

IADL (2020-06-30). IADL Calls on UK Court to Grant Bail to Julian Assange, Ill and Vulnerable to COVID-19. globalresearch.ca The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) is a non-governmental organization with consultative status in ECOSOC and UNESCO. Founded in 1946 to promote the goals of the United Nations Charter, IADL and its affiliated organizations throughout the world have consistently …

The Global Research Team (2020-06-30). "I've been coming here a lot lately…" globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | As we enter the third week of our month-long annual Global Research fundraiser, we wish to thank you for your support so far. We will need a big push in the next 2 weeks if we are to …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-06-30). The Kafkaesque Imperium: Julian Assange and the Second Superseding Indictment. globalresearch.ca The Kafkaesque Imperium has taken yet another absurd step towards mean absurdity

Bianca Mugyenyi (2020-06-30). Grassroots Voices Key to Reimagining Canadian Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca The international community's rejection of Justin Trudeau's UN Security Council bid should be a catalyst for a fundamental reassessment of Canada's foreign policy and spur a corresponding drive to democratize international affairs. | In recent days, many commentators representing different …

South Front (2020-06-30). Video: Russian Private Military Contractors Took Control of Libya's Largest Oil Field. globalresearch.ca Washington is concerned by the growing Russian influence in Libya as Turkish-led forces are preparing to storm the port city of Sirte, controlled by the Libyan National Army. | On June 26, the US embassy in Libya released a statement claiming …

Ian Zabarte (2020-06-30). Nuclear Weapons' Testing in Nevada and the Shoshone People. The Dark Legacy of Radiation Exposure. globalresearch.ca Regarding Gary Martin's June 15 Review-Journal article, "Nuke test rumors spur Nevada lawmakers": As a Shoshone, we always had horses. My grandfather always told me, "Stop kicking up dust." Now I understand that it was because of the radioactive fallout….

Philip Giraldi (2020-06-30). The Fall of Eliot Engel: Israel-Firster Defeated in Congressional Primary. globalresearch.ca Sometimes listening to the morning news on television is a bit like entering into an alternate universe. Last Wednesday, the day after primary elections in New York State, CBS News reported that New York Congressman Eliot Engel was "facing a …

Stephen Lendman (2020-06-30). Trump Regime Further Escalates "Get Tough" on China Policy. Adding Fuel to the Fire… globalresearch.ca US policy toward China shifted over time from the 19th century's "yellow peril" to today's public enemy No. 1 — unrelated to any threat, none posed by its ruling authorities. | As the US declines, its grip on world leadership eroding, …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-06-30). NATO's Appeasement to Turkey Is Pushing France Out of the Alliance. globalresearch.ca French President Emmanuel Macron created a stir last November when he said that NATO is experiencing a "brain death." This single comment created a flurry of reactions as Member States attempted to justify the existence of NATO. Macron's comments must …

Yves Engler (2020-06-30). How Venezuela Helped Defeat UN Canada's Security Council Bid. globalresearch.ca Was Canada defeated in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council because of Justin Trudeau's effort to overthrow Venezuela's government? Its intervention in the internal affairs of another sovereign country certainly didn't help. | According to …

Scott Ritter (2020-06-30). New York Times Takes Anti-Russian Hysteria to New Level with Report on Russian 'Bounty' for US Troops in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca The New York Times published an article claiming that Russia was paying out monetary bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan. There's just one problem — none of what they reported was true. | As news reporting goes, …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-06-30). The Media Is Lying About the 'Second Wave'. globalresearch.ca For months, the Washington Post and the rest of the mainstream media kept a morbid Covid-19 "death count" on their front pages and at the top of their news broadcasts. The coronavirus outbreak was all about the number of dead. …

Elizabeth Woodworth (2020-06-30). The Media Sabotage of Hydroxychloroquine Use for COVID-19: Doctors Worldwide Protest the Disaster. globalresearch.ca Introduction | A dangerous, life-threatening sequence of events has unfolded since The Lancet's fraudulent[i] hydroxychlorquine (HCQ) article appeared May 22, followed by headlines demonizing this ancient anti-malarial drug — aka quinine, aka chloroquine, and known to antiquity as the "sacred bark".[ii]…

Renee Parsons (2020-06-30). Lockdowns: Essential to the Master Plan. globalresearch.ca If given the choice between maintaining a toxic world of fear, pollution and violence controlled by the State or a

Benjamin Bourgeois (2020-06-30). How did the World go Crazy? Who Decided the Lockdown? Who Justified It? Who Thought It Up? globalresearch.ca Part I. The Virus King is naked | This is now recognized by all those who have the courage to face facts. I will not enumerate in this article the immense body of evidence that exists. All of you have probably …

Amanda Doyle (2020-06-30). UK Confirms It Will Not Align with EU Chemicals Agency. globalresearch.ca The UK Government has said that it will not align with EU chemicals policy, instead bringing in its own controversial system. | The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the UK will implement its own version …

Joshua Tartakovsky (2020-06-30). Sergei Khrushchev: A Eulogy from His Close Student. globalresearch.ca Sergey Khrushchev, son of former USSR premier, Nikita Khrushchev, who relocated to the United States after the USSR collapsed and became a professor of international relations at Brown University, died several days ago at the age of 84. …

Mike Whitney (2020-06-30). The Covid-BLM Diversion: Economic "Shock Therapy" Behind a Smokescreen of Hysteria and Racial Incitement. globalresearch.ca The imposition of the nationwide lockdowns required elite consensus. There's no way that a project of that magnitude could have been carried out absent the nearly universal support of establishment elites and their lackeys in the political class. There must …

sputniknews (2020-06-30). US COVID-19 Public Health Practices Being Debated in Political, Not Scientific Field – Researcher. sputniknews.com As COVID-19 spreads rapidly across several US states including Florida, Texas, Arizona and California, the US government also continues to politicize the public health issue, Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, an assistant professor of viral pathogenesis at the University of Manitoba and Canada Research Chair in molecular pathogenesis, told Sputnik Monday.

John W. Whitehead (2020-06-30). America's Revolutionary Founders Would be Anti-Government Extremists Today. globalresearch.ca "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government."—Thomas Paine | "When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights …

Global Research News (2020-06-30). Selected Articles: The Media Sabotage of Hydroxychloroquine Use for COVID-19. globalresearch.ca We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …

en.mehrnews (2020-06-30). Five COVID-19 human vaccines to be unveiled: VP Sattari. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) — The Vise President for Science and Technology, Sorena Sattari announced that two human vaccines for treating the novel coronavirus are ready to be unveiled and three other ones will be ready by the end of the current year (March 2021).

Joyce Dalsheim (2020-06-30). Police states, pandemic, and the end of the university. zcomm.org "One of my roles is to be in the classroom with my students come September, because coming together to think in real time and real space is fundamental to any other cause we care about."

imperial.ac.uk (2020-06-30). Imperial hosts climate investment competition for university students. imperial.ac.uk MBA and Masters students were invited to pitch investment solutions that address climate change in a bid to win a prize worth £7,500.

Rest in Power (2020-06-30). Berkeley H.S. Students Lead their Fifth Racial Justice Protest, "Say Her Name" indybay.org Berkeley High School student organizers said their Say Her Name demonstration was held "in recognition of all the identities that have been neglected in the fight against police brutality and systemic racism."

Jeffrey Elkner (2020-06-29). Public Tools for Public Schools: Stopping tech giants' online education takeover. peoplesworld.org The tech oligarchs are about to get a lot richer, and you and I are going to pay for it. Naomi Klein's recent Intercept article, "Screen New Deal," illustrates one particular example of this rapidly developing process, describing how New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could not contain a sly smile during his press conference on …

Matt Sedlar (2020-06-29). Don't Neglect Funding Early Childcare and Education Infrastructure. cepr.net AlterNet See article on original site The COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the economy in March has led to sharp declines in employment and output. In December, women made up more than half the workforce; now, for the first time, women have lost jobs at a more rapid rate than men. They need to be able to …

Andrew Emett (2020-06-29). Bernie: Cut Pentagon by 10% to invest in education, health care, and housing. nationofchange.org "And when we talk about real change it is incredible to me the degree to which Congress continues to ignore our bloated $740 billion defense budget—which has gone up by over $100 billion since Trump has been in office."

WSWS (2020-06-29). World Bank pushes privatized distance learning in Brazil. wsws.org The Sà£o Paulo secretary of education's declared intention of "facilitating teachers' work" is actually aimed at furthering a shift to distance learning.

Eileen Appelbaum (2020-06-29). The Pandemic Shows the Importance of Funding Early Childcare and Education Infrastructure. counterpunch.org The COVID-19 pandemic that shut down the economy in March has led to sharp declines in employment and output. In December, women made up more than half the workforce; now, for the first time, women have lost jobs at a more rapid rate than men. They need to be able to return to employment in

WSWS (2020-06-29). University of Michigan Flint cuts 41 percent of lecturers. wsws.org "I think higher education is over for the working class," sociology lecturer Laura MacIntyre told the WSWS.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-06-29). Developing the doctors of tomorrow with MEdIC. imperial.ac.uk Leaders from Imperial's Medical Education Innovation and Research Centre took time out to discuss their evidence based approach to medical education.

The Canary (2020-06-29). Parents who do not send children back to school in September could be fined. thecanary.co Parents in England could be fined if they do not send their children back to school in September, education secretary Gavin Williamson has said. | Williamson said a return to school will be "compulsory". Families may face financial penalties if they keep their children at home — unless there is a "good reason" for the absence. | A detailed plan on how the government will ensure that all children in England are back in the classroom in the autumn will be set out by 3 July, the minister said. | His remarks came as Labour leader Keir Starmer accused the government of being "asleep at the wheel" on the issue of…

John Helmer (2020-06-29). The Dutch Prosecution and the Judge Have Rigged the Outcome of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 Trial on a Charge that Requires No Proof. globalresearch.ca The Dutch Government has devised an evidence-proof scheme for ensuring the trial of the Russian government for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 will end in a conviction. | This scheme will work without evidence to prove that the four …

Doctors for Assange (2020-06-29). Doctors for Assange Say UK May be Liable for His Torture. globalresearch.ca In a new letter to the British medical journal The Lancet, Doctors for Assange say that the British government may be held legally responsible for the torture of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher. | *** | Here is the doctors' statement followed by …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-06-29). 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Caused Brain Damage in Children. Dr. Anthony Fauci on "Vaccine Safety" Issues. globalresearch.ca In 2009, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci was firmly in support of a multibillion dollar H1N1 vaccine project | Today he is an avid supporter of a COVID-19 vaccine. | What he fails to acknowledge is that the 2009 H1N1 Vaccine caused brain …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-06-29). –°riminal Roots of Kosovo Further Exposed by Thaàßi's Indictment in The Hague. globalresearch.ca Serbian President Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá was due to meet Kosovo leader Hashim Thaàßi on Saturday at the White House. This was at the behest of US envoy for Kosovo-Serbia negotiations, Richard Grenell, after his much-publicized success in organizing the meeting. However, …

John Young (2020-06-29). Sudan: Popular Struggles, Elite Compromises, and Revolution Betrayed. globalresearch.ca After more than six months of sustained and growing demonstrations across Sudan demanding the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, on 11 April 2019 the military placed him under arrest and attempted to rule the country for an indeterminate period …

Chris Jones (2020-06-29). Just Action for Refugees and Locals: Green Shoots on Greece's Samos Island. globalresearch.ca Recently, I had the opportunity to meet with Vasilis and Lene who have created Just Action, a new NGO on Samos. In the few months of its existence Just Action has more than lived up to its name distributing thousands …

Peter Koenig (2020-06-29). The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A "Universal Lockdown" globalresearch.ca First published on May 1, 2020 | First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown — literally for the collapse of the world economy …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2020-06-29). While the World Burns, the Road Map to War with Iran Continues. globalresearch.ca Let's face it, the long prediction held by many all agree on one thing, the US empire is on the way into the dustbins of history, but not without a fight to the end. Geopolitically speaking, the US military-industrial complex …

Seymour M. Hersh (2020-06-29). US War Crimes: The Massacre at My Lai. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on The New Yorker in January 1972. | Early on March 16, 1968, a company of soldiers in the United States Army's Americal Division were dropped in by helicopter for an assault against a hamlet known …

Andre Vltchek (2020-06-29). Some Italian Thinkers Are Now Resisting Lies About the Soviet Union and World War II. globalresearch.ca Lying about world history is one of the main weapons of the Western imperialists, through which they are managing to maintain their control of the world. | European and North American countries are inventing and spreading a twisted narrative about almost …

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir (2020-06-29). An Illuminating Farmer-to-Farmer Story in Morocco. globalresearch.ca Bill Nichols served as a volunteer consultant to the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) through the Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F) for two weeks in January 2020. Originally from New Mexico, now residing in Boston, Bill collaborated as an F2F volunteer with four …

Sarah Lazare (2020-06-29). First You Bomb and Starve a Country. Then You're Praised for Sending in Aid. globalresearch.ca The United Nations

Torsten Engelbrecht (2020-06-29). COVID19 PCR Tests Are Scientifically Meaningless. globalresearch.ca Lockdowns and hygienic measures around the world are based on numbers of cases and mortality rates created by the so-called SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests used to identify "positive" patients, whereby "positive" is usually equated with "infected." | But looking closely at the …