Honduras: National Strike Against Education, Health Reforms
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-26
Former president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya says the country should support the teacher and medical professional national strike Friday after Congress approved a law to privatize the nation's teaching and healthcare systems. | RELATED: | Honduras: Displaced People at 'State of Emergency' Levels | The Honduran Medical Association (HMA) and Union of Public Education Employees (Siempe), among other organizations, are calling for a work stoppage Friday after the National Congress, ruled by…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-National-Strike-Against-Education-Health-Reforms–20190426-0009.html
What the UK's Labour Party Can Teach Democrats About Internationalism
Michael Galant | commondreams.org | 2019-04-26
Despite the clear policy space to its left, A World For The Many put out by the UK Labour Party is not just a lesser evil — it is, in both specific recommendations and broad framing, a categorical improvement from the neoliberal consensus. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/26/what-uks-labour-party-can-teach-democrats-about-internationalism?cd-origin=rss
The College Admissions Scam Isn't About Education
Ruth Fowler | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
What's most surprising to me about the College Admissions Scam where fifty affluent and influential people were charged with bribery and fraud to get their unqualified children into top US colleges, is that these people actually thought that a college degree would help their children even more than their evident power and influence. Reading through…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/the-college-admissions-scam-isnt-about-education/
All out this weekend: People's mobilization must continue to protect Venezuelan Embassy from illegal seizure
ANSWER Coalition | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-26
We are calling for a full mobilization of all people of conscience to join us on Saturday, April 27 at 2: 00 p.m. at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C.
liberationnews.org/all-out-this-weekend-peoples-mobilization-must-continue-to-protect-venezuelan-embassy-from-illegal-seizure/
Death Can be a Slow Traveler: Peltier, Mumia and Rap Brown
Stanley L. Cohen | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
When the history of our times is recorded, any volume on domestic political prisoners must, per force, begin with the legendary ones of conscience. To these icons of principle, determination and courage we owe much. It is, after all, not by mere default that they risked, and often paid, all to demand the gale of change sweep away generations of ignorance, hatred and greed that have long fed on communities of color and poverty, from coast to coast, in the United States. For them, it was never about personal risk for they knew all too well the price that can be exacted for such integrity. For them, the alternative…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/death-can-be-a-slow-traveler-peltier-mumia-and-rap-brown/
Indonesia: 2 New Bird Species Bring Hope to Conservationists
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-26
Two species of bird, the Wakatobi white-eye and the Wangi-Wangi white-eye, have newly been discovered in the Wakatobi Archipelago southeast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. | RELATED: | Bird Advocates Pressure France by Taking Complaints to EU | The research conducted by zoologists from the Trinity College Dublin and Halu Oleo University in Sulawesi was published, on April 24, in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. The study of birds on the Indonesian island, by the scientists, wa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indonesia-2-New-Bird-Species-Bring-Hope-to-Conservationists-20190426-0004.html
Commemorating the Rwandan Genocide: A Senate Resolution "In Praise of Blood"
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Last week New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez introduced a Senate Resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. It "calls on the United States and the international community to cooperate in preventing and responding to genocide and crimes …
globalresearch.ca/commemorating-rwandan-genocide-senate-resolution-praise-blood/5675702
NATO Demolishes Yugoslavia
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
The Following text is Section 3 of | The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War, : | by the Italian Committee No War No NATO | * | Documentation presented at the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, Florence, April 7, …
globalresearch.ca/nato-demolishes-yugoslav-state/5675712
$220,000 for Every Man, Woman and Child — America Is Now 72 Trillion Dollars in Debt
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Are you ready to cough up $220,000 to pay your share? One of the reasons why a day of reckoning for the U.S. economy is inevitable is because we are in way too much debt. The 22 trillion dollar debt …
globalresearch.ca/america-now-72-trillion-dollars-debt/5675760
US-backed Saudi Regime Beheads 37 Political Prisoners
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
The monarchical dictatorship of Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it had carried out another killing spree, publicly executing 37 people in the cities of Riyadh, Medina and Mecca, as well as in central Qassim Province and in the kingdom's …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-regime-beheads-37-political-prisoners/5675739
Video: The Veto. The Western Media's Propaganda Campaign against Syria
Rafiq Lutf | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
The Veto tracks the evolution of the propaganda campaign waged by Western media against Syria. From Baba Amr in Homs 2011/2012 until the modern day "propaganda construct" — the NATO-member-state funded White Helmets. | It honours Russia and China's vetoes that …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-veto-the-western-medias-propaganda-campaign-against-syria/5675694
Ontario Day of Action Against Healthcare Cuts and Privatization
Ontario Health Coalition | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Across Ontario, in more than one hundred hospitals and healthcare facilities, staff and patient advocates staged an "Health Action Day" on Tuesday April 23rd. In an unprecedented show of unity, more than 150,000 health professionals and workers and tens of …
globalresearch.ca/day-action-against-healthcare-cuts-privatization/5675754
Video: "Managing Russia's Dissolution"
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
At the start of the year, on January 9, The Hill, a leading US political newspaper, as if setting the year's agenda put out an article entitled " Managing Russia's dissolution". The article reviews the measures needed to dismantle …
globalresearch.ca/managing-russias-dissolution/5675673
The 2020 Presidential Race: Is Mayor Pete Buttigieg the Real Deal?
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
It seems totally implausible that the 2020 Presidential race has already reached a near fever pitch as the previously obscure Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg has taken third place in the latest polls leaving at least five US …
globalresearch.ca/mayor-pete-real-deal/5675701
The Karma of Empire
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
As one flows into the 'senior years' questions never really asked become prevalent. Why are we here, or what does this so called 'life' mean? | Setting aside those who feel that the earth and this 3rd dimensional life was created …
globalresearch.ca/karma-empire/5675745
War on Iran and Calling America's Bluff
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
The Trump administration once again has graphically demonstrated that in the young, turbulent 21st century, "international law" and "national sovereignty" already belong to the Realm of the Walking Dead. | As if a deluge of sanctions against a great deal …
globalresearch.ca/war-iran-calling-americas-bluff/5675750
Clouds Gather Above the Middle East: War or No War?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
In recent years, Israel has proved capable of reading between the lines to assess accurately the politico-military situation in the Middle East, exploiting timely opportunities to hit targets of its enemies in Syria and Iraq. Domestic, regional and unlimited US …
globalresearch.ca/middle-east-war-or-no-war/5675752
Did Russia and China Get the US to Accelerate Its Diplomatic Drawdown in Afghanistan?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Reuters quoted "deep state" sources as reporting that the US will accelerate its diplomatic drawdown in Afghanistan, with this breaking news coming on the same day as its representatives met with their Russian and Chinese counterparts in Moscow to discuss …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-us-accelerate-diplomatic-drawdown-afghanistan/5675737
Climate Destruction — Bearing Witness with Dahr Jamail
Lesley Docksey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
"The question is not are we going to fail. The question is how?" Stephen Jenkinson, author and storyteller. | Water, glaciers, oceans, food, forests and fires — all of these things are part of global warming under the magnifying glass of | …
globalresearch.ca/climate-destruction-bearing-witness-with-dahr-jamail/5675741
The Alarming Rise of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi MPs Since the 2014 "Pro-democracy Revolution"
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Less than two years ago, the Ukraine's parliament (Verkhovna Rada) voted to outlaw the St George's Ribbon, an emblem often worn to commemorate those who liberated the Soviet Union from Hitler's rule. Up to seven million Ukrainian infantrymen comprised part …
globalresearch.ca/rise-ukraines-neo-nazi-mps-since-2014-pro-democracy-revolution/5675691
Russia's "Military Diplomacy" Might Succeed in Getting Turkey to Switch Sides
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Turkey's planned purchase of Russia's S-400s has created a serious crisis within NATO and might lead to the Mideast country's de-facto departure from the bloc | *** | Turkish-American ties have been seriously strained over the past few years since the US …
globalresearch.ca/russias-military-diplomacy-turkey-switch-sides/5675733
SPLC: Louisiana's title of incarceration capital of the world an opportunity for reform
Jamila Johnson, SPLC Senior Supervising Attorney | splcenter.org | 2019-04-26
Louisiana once again has the highest incarceration rate, imprisoning 719 of every 100,000 residents, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
splcenter.org/news/2019/04/26/splc-louisiana%25E2%2580%2599s-title-incarceration-capital-world-opportunity-reform
Haiti: US mercenaries caught moving $80M from Petrocaribe fund
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-26
Embattled President Jovenel MoàØse used United States' help in a poorly executed, but serious, effort to consolidate power writes Matthew Cole (The Intercept) and Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte). | Reprinted with permission of The Intercept. | *** | Most of the Americans arrived in Port-au-Prince from the United States by private jet early on the morning of February 16. They had packed the eight-passenger charter plane with a stockpile of semiautomatic rifles, handguns, Kevlar bulletproof vests and knives. Most had been p…
greenleft.org.au/content/haiti-us-mercenaries-caught-moving-80m-petrocaribe-fund
Ontario Tory government intensifies assault on workers' rights
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-26
Ford's thinly veiled threat to criminalize teachers' strikes must be taken as a serious warning: emboldened by the unions' complicity, the Tories are escalating their class-war assault.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/26/ford…
PhRMA Is Funding a Democratic Think Tank Trying to Derail Medicare for All
Akela Lacy | theintercept.com | 2019-04-26
Since 2009, Big Pharma has given a decent amount of money each year to the Third Way Foundation, the parent of the Progressive Policy Institute, a center-left think tank with ties to Democratic Party leadership. The giving wasn't astronomical, ranging between $25,000 and $75,000, but in 2016, the health care debate in the Democratic Party got real, and the contributions swelled, as Sen. Bernie Sanders gave Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton a scare, running on Medicare for All as a signature issue. | According to tax records, PhRMA, or the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, upped its gift t…
theintercept.com/2019/04/26/medicare-for-all-democrats-phrma/
Infiltration of Vandals in Demonstrations in Colombia
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-26
26 de abril de 2019, 15: 44Bogotá, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) University leaders today denounced the infiltration of vandals in the mobilizations in Colombia in order to delegitimize the magnitude of the social protest and its objectives. This was emphasized by the student leader of the Pedagogical University José Gaitán in statements this Friday to the W Radio of Colombia.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…
Trump Has Taken Over 40,000 Venezuelan Lives With Sanctions: Report
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-26
(CJ Opinion) — A new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has found that tens of thousands of Venezuelans have died as a direct result of Trump administration sanctions put into effect in August 2017, and that tens of thousands more are expected to die as a result of additional sanctions put into place …
theantimedia.com/trump-murdered-40000-ve…
Friday's Daily Brief: UN chief in China, counter-terrorism, updates from Bangladesh, Mali and Mozambique
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-26
This Friday, we cover: the UN Secretary-General's message in China for sustainable development; the toll of a second cyclone in Mozambique; what UN officials saw first-hand in the Rohingya refugee camp of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh; the impact of insecurity on education in Mali; and the importance of information-sharing in the fight against terrorism.
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University of Illinois at Chicago faculty announces deal on eve of strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-26
More than 1,100 professors, lecturers, instructors and assistant professors are voting on a concessionary contract being pushed by the UIC United Faculty union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/26/illi…
200+ students & staff in 2 California universities put under quarantine amid measles scare
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-26
The measles outbreak is feared to have spread to California State University (CSU) and UCLA after two students contracted measles, potentially exposing over 200 students and staff to the disease. | …
rt.com/usa/457593-measles-outbreak-california-universities/
Chilean Police Repress Thousands of Protesting Students
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-25
Thousands of students peacfully demonstrated in Santiago Thursday during a renewed protest to demand sweeping education reforms, but were attacked by anti-riot police. | RELATED: | Chile: 'Carabineros' Police Crack Down on Mapuche March Again | The march, which had started peacefully with thousands of students carrying signs and banners demanding reforms, turned into violent clashes as anti-riot police attacked protesters. | Police used water canons and tear gas to disperse the la…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chilean-Police-Repress-Thousands-of-Protesting-Students-20190425-0021.html
Serbs Survive in Ghettos in the Heart of Europe. The "Republic of Kosovo", A Criminal Entity
Radovan Spasic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
After 19 years since a part of the international community, under the auspices of NATO and the US, took control over the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija, following two ethnic pogroms of the Serbs and non-Albanians occurred in 1999 …
globalresearch.ca/serbs-survive-ghettos-europe/5675104
The Renewal of NATO in the Post-Cold War Era
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The Following text is Section 2 of | The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War, : | by the Italian Committee No War No NATO | * | Documentation presented at the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, Florence, April 7, …
globalresearch.ca/the-renewal-of-nato-in-the-post-cold-war-era/5675561
5G Wireless Technology Is the "Stupidest Idea in the History of the World"
Arjun Walia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
We are in the midst of a 5G wireless technology rollout, and politicians have yet to address safety concerns. I recently used Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as an example, but it's happening worldwide. It's one of many examples …
globalresearch.ca/5g-stupidest-idea-history-world/5675638
Will Donbass Unite with Russia?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
President Putin's decree simplifying the granting of Russian citizenship to the people of Donbass won't result in the region's unification with Russia but is one of several tactics designed to put pressure on Ukraine's new president to peacefully implement the …
globalresearch.ca/despite-citizenship-stunt-donbass-wont-unite-russia/5675604
Muslim or Christian Religion in the UK?
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
On the 23rd April, many of us marked Saint George's Day, an occasion to reflect on our history, it being 'the feast day of Saint George' as celebrated by the majority of England's Christian Churches and by the several nations, …
globalresearch.ca/muslim-or-christian-religion-in-the-uk/5675646
Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Plight of Political Prisoners
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
An historic conference entitled "Freedom for the Unjustly Incarcerated" was held on April 20 in the Midtown District of Detroit when MOVE organizer Pam Africa and the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor spoke extensively on the plight of political …
globalresearch.ca/pam-africa-visits-detroit-public-meeting-mumia-abu-jamal-unjustly-convicted/5675605
Labour Protest in Mexico 2019: The SITUAM Strike
Richard Roman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
SITUAM, Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Independent Union of Workers of the Metropolitan Autonomous University), is an industrially organized university union; that is, it represents scholars as well as both blue-collar and white-collar workers. The Universidad …
globalresearch.ca/labour-protest-mexico-2019-situam-strike/5675665
Belt and Road Forum in Beijing and How Western 'Reports' Are Smearing China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is about to open in Beijing. It will take place from 25 th to 27th April, 2019. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver the keynote address. | It …
globalresearch.ca/belt-and-road-forum-in-beijing-and-how-western-reports-are-smearing-china/5675597
Arresting Members of the Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective Would be Unlawful
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-25
We told the State Department that if they enter the Venezuelan Embassy, they are violating international law, and if they arrest members of the Collective for trespass or unlawful entry, these will be unlawful arrests. Members of the Collective are …
globalresearch.ca/arresting-members-of-the-venezuela-embassy-protection-collective-would-be-unlawful/5675626
The Untold Story of the Nation's Biggest School Cheating Scandal (3/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-25
In part three, authors Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton argue a lack of efforts to confront poverty and excessive standardized testing continue to set up students to fail…
therealnews.com/stories/the-untold-story-of-the-nations-biggest-school-cheating-scandal-3-3
Los Angeles high school students lead rally for Yemen
Chakib Mouzaoui | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-25
High school students organize the community in solidarity with Yemen.
liberationnews.org/los-angeles-high-school-students-lead-rally-for-yemen/
Student migrant faces deportation
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-25
Students, unionists and community members protested outside the immigration department on April 11 against the threatened deportation of Kinley Wangchuck, an 18-year-old hearing-impaired student who lives in Queanbeyan, NSW. | Wangchuck's family, who have lived in Australia for 7 years and are seeking permanent residency, was told in early April that their son did not meet Australia's migration health requirements and had to be deported as otherwise he would be a "financial burden" on the country. | Will Edwards from the National Union of Students (NUS) Disabilities Department called the protest, which als…
greenleft.org.au/content/student-migrant-faces-deportation
US-Led Bombing Campaign in Syria Killed 1,600 Civilians and Left Raqqa Destroyed
Julia Conley | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-25
(CD) — An "unprecedented" new study released on Thursday revealed that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017–which one military commander at the time claimed was the "most precise air campaign in history"–killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city on a scale unparalleled in recent decades. The research collated almost two years …
theantimedia.com/us-led-bombing-syria-ki…
'Fat Sex Therapist' compares fitness to Nazism, dieting to rape
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-25
Fatness is health, dieting is sexual assault, and fitness is a white supremacist Nazi science — so stated a self-described 'Fat Sex Therapist" at a college talk. Commenters were shocked, but the anti-fitness backlash is growing. | …
rt.com/usa/457529-fat-sex-therapist-nazi/
Ending Public Funds For Privately-Operated Charter Schools Versus Improving Persistently Deplorable Charter School Transparency and Accountability
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-24
One of the ways that even those who skillfully expose and critique endless charter school problems still miss the mark and (un)wittingly support the destruction of public education through more school privatization schemes is by obsessing over how to improve disturbingly low levels of transparency and accountability in the charter school sector, instead of demanding …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/ending-public-funds-for-privately-operated-charter-schools-versus-improving-persistently-deplorable-charter-school-transparency-and-accountability/
Interview With Max Ajl: What Internationalist Green New Deal Would Look Like
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-24
For the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast, hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola are joined by Max Ajl, who is a doctoral student in development studies at Cornell University. He speaks to them from Tunisia, where he is conducting research on the environment and agriculture as it relates to decolonization and…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/24/interview-with-max-ajl-what-internationalist-green-new-deal-would-look-like/
The Marxist turn in animal liberation?
Daniel Werding | mronline.org | 2019-04-24
The Alliance is a political association of various animal liberation groups centered in Germany and Switzerland. It was formed to support research, criticism and debate over the ideas of Marxism as they impact the animal liberation struggle and to contribute to a new approach to the praxis of the movement. The Alliance published it's 18 […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/24/the-marxist-turn-in-animal-liberation/
For all the Talk About School Competition in Camden, Families Really Haven't Had a Choice
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-04-24
Publicly funded charter schools were presented with the unique opportunity to shape their schools as reflective of their student populations. They have not done that.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/camden-families-havent-a-choice-schools-miller-190424/
Joseph Stiglitz: Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders Want to Make the Economy Work for All Americans
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-24
As the 2020 election race barrels forward with nearly 20 Democratic candidates, we speak with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about the policy platforms of progressive hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, including Warren's plan to break up big tech companies and cancel student debt and Sanders's commitment to democratic socialism, which Stiglitz compares to "what in Europe is called social democracy, sometimes called the welfare state." Stiglitz has a new book out titled "People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent."
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/24/joseph_st…