Thousands Of California Teachers Rally in Sacramento For Funding & To "Reform Charters"
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-05-23
Thousands of teachers, parents and supporters of public education rallied in Sacramento on May 22, 2019. The CTA called for reforming the charters and more funding for public education. Teachers talked about their conditions and the effect of charters and privatization of education.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/23/18823575.php

Brazil: More than 1 million take to the streets
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-23
A nationwide education strike on May 15 became the platform for the biggest anti-government protests since President Jair Bolsonaro took power. | More than 1 million people demonstrated, some estimating up to 2 million. Protests brought together unions, academics, teachers, students, campaign groups, political parties and other diverse factions — the birth of a movement, and the strongest display of left unity in Brazil in decades, on a scale that took many by surprise. | This is a battle for the country's future: it is the beginning of the fightback against Bolsonaro's war on education — a needless w…
greenleft.org.au/content/brazil-more-1-million-take-streets

Five new books for ecosocialists
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-23
In this month's round up of new books, Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus looks at books providing two views of food and farming; the origin of climate science denial; the high cost of living well; and a socialist who mostly disagrees with ecosocialism. | *** | Living Well At Others' Expense: The Hidden Costs of Western Prosperity | By Stephan Lessenich | Polity, 2019 | At the heart of developed societies lies an in…
greenleft.org.au/content/five-new-books-ecosocialists-5

Ending the Generational Abuse of Student Debt
Chuck Collins | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-23
When I speak on college campuses, I ask students to write the amount of debt they anticipate graduating with on a slip of paper. In a recent class of 25 undergraduates at Boston College, just eight will graduate without debt, either because of full scholarships or family wealth. For the rest, an imposing debt looms…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/23/ending-the-generational-abuse-of-student-debt/

New Haven teachers strike enters fourth day
wsws.org | 2019-05-23
To carry their struggle forward, New Haven teachers must break free from the pro-Democratic Party teachers' unions, which are preparing to sell them out in the same manner as in Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/23/newh…

"Research": The US Navy Wants to Archive 350 Billion Social Media Posts
Mac Slavo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
The United States Navy wants to archive 350 billion social media posts in order to conduct "research." What exactly does the military want to study? "Modes of collective expression." | The Department of the Navy has posted a solicitation asking contractors | …
globalresearch.ca/us-navy-wants-archive-350-billion-social-media-posts/5678309

Blaming Dead Pilots Brought to You by Boeing
Corporate Crime Reporter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
The House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation held an oversight hearing last week on the two recent Boeing 7373 MAX airplane crashes. | Testifying were the heads of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). | Asking questions …
globalresearch.ca/blaming-dead-pilots-brought-you-boeing/5678288

Defunding UNRWA: Trump's Legal Sleight of Hand against Palestine
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
Trump wants to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and shift responsibility for Palestine refugees to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). What has UNHCR got …
globalresearch.ca/defunding-unrwa-trumps-legal-sleight-hand/5678258

The EU Opens to Colonialism Reparations. "Fundamental rights of people of African descent"
Colonialism Reparation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
Colonialism Reparation welcomes that the European Parliament has approved by a large majority the resolution on the "Fundamental rights of people of African descent" recognising the current situation of structural racism and asks that the former colonising Member States follow …
globalresearch.ca/the-eu-opens-to-colonialism-reparations-fundamental-rights-of-people-of-african-descent/5678299

US Is About to Sanction the World if They Don't Stop Purchasing Russian Weapons
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
The CAATSA (Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) sanctions concept of economically punishing countries that continue to purchase Russian and Chinese arms is about to become much more effective after the forthcoming global application of the "European Recapitalisation Incentive Programme", …
globalresearch.ca/us-sanction-world-they-dont-stop-purchasing-russian-arms/5678282

Preparations for War: NATO Intelligence Activity Around Russia's Borders
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
In addition to the militarization of Eastern Europe, NATO partakes in active intelligence operations — be it by land, sea and air. | There are numerous reports of various intelligence (spy) aircraft going and even entering Russian airspace, and the …
globalresearch.ca/preparations-war-nato-intelligence-activity-around-russia-borders/5678314

Oiling the Wheels of Injustice. Indigenous Communities in the Amazon
Khaled Diab | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
After a quarter of a century of legal battles, indigenous communities in the Amazon are still awaiting justice for the damage inflicted on their environments and health by Texaco, which was taken over by US oil giant Chevron. Civil society …
globalresearch.ca/oiling-wheels-injustice/5678286

Monsanto, Scientific Deception and Cancer
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
Money may not be able to buy the purest love, but it can buy the best, life-ending cancer. For Monsanto, giant of rule and misrule in matters of genetically modified crops, known for bullying practices towards farmers, things have not …
globalresearch.ca/monsanto-scientific-deception-cancer/5678271

Hardball Trump Regime Tactics Against China Doomed to Fail
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
Washington's geopolitical agenda is based on the notion that it can prevail against other nations by pressuring, bullying, warning, and intimidating them to bow to its interests. | It works against some countries, by no means not all, notably not in …
globalresearch.ca/hardball-trump-regime-tactics-against-china-doomed-fail/5678324

"Mass Sterilization": Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine
Brian Shilhavy | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
According to LifeSiteNews, a Catholic publication, the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association is charging UNICEF and WHO with sterilizing millions of girls and women under cover of an anti-tetanus vaccination program sponsored by the Kenyan government. | The Kenyan government denies …
globalresearch.ca/mass-sterilization-kenyan-doctors-find-anti-fertility-agent-un-tetanus-vaccine-2/5678295

Turkish Army Pullout Will Bring Peace to Northern Syria?
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
In mid-January 2018, the Turkish General Staff announced the beginning of Olive Branch Operation. The goal was to oust the Kurds from the outskirts of Afrin, as well as to create a buffer zone along the Syrian-Turkish border. | These steps …
globalresearch.ca/turkish-army-pullout-bring-peace-northern-syria/5678263

Britain: The Database State. Intrusive Surveillance
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
Britain is a surveillance state, the worst in the democratic West. In a short period of time, it has amassed a rather sordid history of citizen surveillance — and it continues to be unlawful. Last September's damning judgement of British …
globalresearch.ca/britain-the-database-state-intrusive-surveillance/5678302

Video: Al Qaeda Militants Develop Large-scale Advance on Syria Army Positions
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
Militant groups are attacking key military and civilian infrastructure in the government-controlled area. | The Reconciliation Center for Syria revealed that militants launched 17 rockets at the Russian Hmeimim airbase early on May 22. 8 rockets did not reach the base. …
globalresearch.ca/militants-develop-large-scale-advance-army-positions/5678327

Video: Syrian Army Is Repelling Large Militant Attack on Kafr Nabudah
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
On May 21, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (the former branch of al-Qaeda in Syria) and its Turkish-backed allies launched an attack from the direction of al-Habit and Qusaybiyah in northwestern Hama on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in Kafr …
globalresearch.ca/army-repelling-large-militant-attack-kafr-nabudah/5678261

Risk of Nuclear War Now Highest Since World War 2: UN
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-23
The Director of the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Renata Dwan, warned that all states with nuclear weapons are pushing for weapon modernization programs, while arms control regulations are changing or fading. | The Director of the U.N. Institute | …
globalresearch.ca/risk-nuclear-war-now-highest-since-world-war-2-un/5678292

RNs Applaud Reintroduction of Robin Hood Tax Act to Raise Money for Education, Health Care, and Vital Social Programs
commondreams.org | 2019-05-22
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/05/22/rns-applaud-reintroduction-robin-hood-tax-act-raise-money-education-health-care?cd-origin=rss

Albright & Powell to Speak at Major International Education Conference: What Were They Thinking?
Mark Ashwill | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
The last time I used this subtitle was when I first wrote about the morally noxious appointment of Bob Kerrey as chairman of the Fulbright University Vietnam board of trustees in 2016. I had the exact same gut reaction to this message, which appeared in my inbox earlier this year: NAFSA (Association of International Educators*)…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/albright-powell-to-speak-at-major-international-education-conference-what-were-they-thinking/

Voltaire's Analysis of Chinese Civilization. A Model for a "Better Europe"
Prof. Dr. Gjergj Sinani | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
The following text by Professor Gjergj Sinani of the University of Tirana, Albania, was presented at the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilisations, programme organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, May 15-16, 2019 | *** | Voltaire is …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-civilization-model-better-europe-thought-voltaire/5678168

McCarthyism in Israel: Left-wing professors targeted
Special to People's World | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-22
A fascist Israeli organization announced Tuesday, May 14, that it has launched a new website listing Israeli university professors and lecturers who are "anti-Zionist and Leftists" and inviting students to file complaints about teachers who "preach anti-Israel rhetoric." The Im Tirzu movement said the McCarthyite website, "Know Your Professor," already lists 85 academics, among them members of …
peoplesworld.org/article/mccarthyism-in-israel-left-wing-professors-targeted/

Teachers strike in New Haven School District, Northern California
wsws.org | 2019-05-22
The California Teachers Association is sponsoring a #RedForEd "Day of Action" at the state capital of Sacramento on Wednesday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/22/ctas…

Union, BlueGreen Alliance leaders unveil "green energy" plan at hearings
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-22
WASHINGTON –Nine top union leaders, including Steelworkers President Leo Gerard, Teachers President Randi Weingarten, and Communications Workers President Chris Shelton, unveiled a comprehensive and detailed "Green Energy" plan as Congress opened hearings on the issue on May 22. The labor-environmental BlueGreen Alliance also supports it. Their plan came as the House Energy and Commerce Committee …
peoplesworld.org/article/union-bluegreen-alliance-leaders-unveil-green-energy-plan-at-hearings/

Ecuador: Retirees Demand Gov't Pay Their Pensions
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-22
Hundreds of Ecuadorean pensioners from the public sector took to the streets of Quito on Wednesday to demand Lenin Moreno's government pay their severance pensions that have been in default since 2008. | RELATED: | Lenin Moreno's 'Social Deal' Could Raise Retirement Age to 70 | "It is preferable to die fighting than to go begging," the coordinator of the Federation of Retirees of Ecuador, Galo Bacca, said while announcing that the affected retired teachers and health workers will g…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Retirees-Demand-Govt-Pay-Their-Pensions-20190522-0016.html

Teaching Tolerance magazine explores social justice educators' use of social media
splcenter.org | 2019-05-22
José Vilson co-founded the EduColor collective the same year that George Zimmerman — who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin — was acquitted of murder, and #BlackLivesMatter was born.
splcenter.org/news/2019/05/22/teaching-tolerance-magazine-explores-social-justice-educators-use-social-media

"High-Quality" Charter Schools Versus "Low-Quality" Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-22
Charter school promoters want the public, especially poor, low-income, and vulnerable minority families who have long been exploited by the rich and their state, to believe that when it comes to nonprofit and for-profit charter schools the issue is really "high-quality" charter schools versus "low-quality" charter schools. We are told that we need more of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/high-quality-charter-schools-versus-low-quality-charter-schools/

"MuellerGate", A Report Review: Who Cooked Up the "RussiaGate" Conspiracy"?
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
We need a bipartisan Muellergate investigation to determine who cooked up the Russiagate conspiracy that has taken over US foreign policy and driven American political discourse from idiotic to imbecilic. | However, in the schreechfest that our domestic politics has become, …
globalresearch.ca/muellergate-report-review/5678180

Labeled 'No Vacation Nation,' US Still Lags Behind Other Wealthy Countries in Giving Workers Paid Holidays
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-22
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate Memorial Day, the Center for Economic and Policy Research released a report Wednesday revealing that the U.S. has made little improvement in guaranteeing paid vacation for workers—falling far behind other wealthy countries. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/05/22/labeled-no-vacation-nation-us-still-lags-behind-other-wealthy-countries-giving?cd-origin=rss

Dear Global Research Readers, Your Support Is Essential
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
Dear Readers, | Our team works tirelessly day in, day out, to promote peace and a world without war. Currently, however, peace is not a money making endeavour. Without financial support from our readers, we are faced with a monthly deficit….
globalresearch.ca/dear-global-research-readers-your-support-is-essential/5678136

The World Would be Much Safer if President Trump Replaced Bolton and Pompeo
Richard H. Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
It is still uncertain whether the United States will go to war with Iran or not, according to the Virginia State Senator Richard Hayden Black. | According to Senator Richard Hayden Black, the world would be much safer if the …
globalresearch.ca/world-much-safer-president-trump-replaced-bolton-pompeo/5678207

The Iraqi National Museum of Modern Art: Journey of Destruction
Ali I. al-Dulaimi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
A glimpse of the plastic arts in Iraq | The contemporary Iraqi plastic art is considered to be the legitimate heir of the ancient Iraqi civilizations of Sumer and Babylon. Relics have beem found indicating that the Iraqi craftsman is the …
globalresearch.ca/journey-destruction-iraqi-national-museum-modern-art/5678222

62 Organizations to U.S. Congress: Pass Legislation to Halt a "March to War" with Iran
NIAC Action | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
In light of President Trump and John Bolton's dangerous escalations against Iran and a forthcoming intelligence briefing on Capitol Hill this afternoon, 62 organizations — including J Street, Indivisible, NIAC Action and Win Without War — sent a letter calling …
globalresearch.ca/62-organizations-to-u-s-congress-pass-legislation-to-halt-a-march-to-war-with-iran/5678219

The Trump Administration "Panicked over Nothing". Pompeo Exaggerated Claims. "Do They Think We are Stupid"
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
The Trump administration's overhyped claims of an increased Iranian threat went over like a lead balloon with allied officials this week: | A NATO military intelligence official who was briefed on Pompeo's claims about increased Iranian aggression in the Middle East | …
globalresearch.ca/the-trump-administration-panicked-over-nothing-pompeo-exaggerated-claims-do-they-think-we-are-stupid/5678216

Bombing Black People: The Philadelphia Police's War on MOVE
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
globalresearch.ca/bombing-black-people-the-philadelphia-polices-war-on-move/5504692

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Will Not be Thwarted by BLA Terrorist Threats
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
The so-called "Balochistan Liberation Army" (BLA) issued a video ultimatum over the weekend calling on China to cancel the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) or face the consequences of more terrorist attacks against its interests in the Pakistani province that pivotally …
globalresearch.ca/cpec-will-not-thwarted-terrorist-threats/5678202

How Johns Hopkins' Influence Haunts Baltimore (2/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-21
In part two, Antero Pietila, author of "The Ghosts Of Johns Hopkins," discusses recent protests by students, community members and Hopkins employees over the institution's relationship with…
therealnews.com/stories/how-johns-hopkins-influence-haunts-baltimore-2-2

Sick teachers forced to pay for own substitutes
Evelyn Martinez | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-21
At a time when teachers are struggling to find ways to continue living in the most unaffordable city in the country, they are expected to pay for their own substitute teacher after they use up their sick days.
liberationnews.org/sick-teachers-forced-to-pay-for-own-substitutes/

Chicago Teachers Union members re-elects CORE slate to leadership
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-21
Chicago, IL – Members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted May 19 to re-elect the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) leadership slate, headed by President Jesse Sharkey, Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, Financial Secretary Maria Moreno, and Recording Secretary Christel Williams Hayes. The result was 66% for CORE, 34% for the challengers. | The contested election underscores the internal democracy inside the CTU, in which debates about the direction and functioning of the union took place in school meetings across the city, in member forums on the internet, and in the union's governing body, the House…
fightbacknews.org/2019/5/21/chicago-teachers-union-members-re-elects-core-slate-leadership-0

US Navy wants to create archive of 350 BILLION social media posts for 'research' purposes
rt.com | 2019-05-21
The US Navy is seeking to create an archive that will store no less than 350 billion social media posts, as part of the military branch's "research efforts" into "modes of collective expression." | …
rt.com/usa/459902-social-media-navy-archive/

Trump Appointees Refuse to Say They Support Brown v. Board of Education
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-20
65 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to end school segregation. Now Trump's appointees to the federal bench and Department of Justice refuse to say they support it. What does the future hold?
therealnews.com/stories/trump-appointees-refuse-to-say-they-support-brown-v-board-of-education

Scientists against the machine
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-05-20
Jane Shallice examines the history of radical research at the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/05/20/scientists-against-the-machine/

What's Trending: Black News Recap
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-05-20
Washington Post: Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay off Morehouse College Class of 2019‚Ä≤s student loans Smith told the graduates how he launched his lucrative career. He gave them wise words on grit and success. Then he deviated from his prepared remarks. "My family is going to create a grant to …
naacp.org/latest/whats-trending-black-news-recap-2/

'Coordinated anti-Trump campaign' on Instagram found by data analytics firm
rt.com | 2019-05-20
Italian researchers have uncovered what they called a "coordinated social media operation"on Instagram intended to undermine US President Donald Trump, with many identical posts using hashtags like #ihatetrump and #ImpeachTrump. | …
rt.com/usa/459846-anti-trump-instagram-campaign/

New Abortion Laws 'Go Against Common Sense'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-19
Conservatives have launched a new attack on abortion rights, which go against both medical science and common sense, says Anoa Changa, but the point is to bring the issue to the new conservative Supreme Court majority…
therealnews.com/stories/new-abortion-laws-go-against-common-sense

US Public Education Still Segregated 65 Years After Brown
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-17
Sixty-five years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, a new report published by Pennsylvania State University reveals the persistent racial segregation in America's public schools, and the many factors that contribute to it…
therealnews.com/stories/us-public-education-still-segregated-65-years-after-brown

NAACP and Civil Rights Groups Hold Rally on the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-05-17
On May 16, NAACP along with civil rights organizations and members of Congress held a rally on Capitol Hill to make the promise of Brown v. Board of Education a reality for all. In honor of the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, speakers addressed the still urgent struggle for education equity as well …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-civil-rights-groups-hold-rally-65th-anniversary-brown-v-board/

NAPLAN treats students like machines
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-17
A small but determined group of teachers, parents and students gathered in the rain on May 3 on the steps of the Victorian Parliament to demonstrate their opposition to the NAPLAN tests. | The speak out was organised by the Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice, a rank-and-file group within the Australian Education Union (AEU). | The NAPLAN tests are standardised tests, meaning that students right across Australia answer the same questions from a common bank of questions. They are supposed to indicate whether students are behind, above or equal to their peers. It treats students as cogs in a ma…
greenleft.org.au/content/naplan-treats-students-machines