'Industry Front Group' Claims to Promote Public Health While Fighting Chemical and Food Safety Regulations, Study Finds
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-03
An international so-called science institute has for years embedded itself on public health panels run by the European Union and United Nations, only to work against the goals of such bodies by pushing the profit-focused agendas of the tobacco, pesticide, and other industries, according to a new study. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/03/industry-front-group-claims-promote-public-health-while-fighting-chemical-and-food?cd-origin=rss
Climate Science Denied as Trump Admin Orders Halt on Long Term Projections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-03
One way in which climate change deniers are getting their way in the Trump administration is by subverting the application of scientific findings by ignoring long-term projections when setting policy. We discuss the implications with Senior Greenpeace Climate Campaigner John Noel…
therealnews.com/stories/climate-science-denied-as-trump-admin-orders-halt-on-long-term-projections
Hawkish Trump White House Endangers our Collective Conscience
Elizabeth Fischer | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-03
The war drums in the White House have been beating louder in recent months. While Trump has shown himself willing to embrace bellicose rhetoric to further his political ambitions, until recently, it had been mostly all talk. However, the appointment of known war hawk John Bolton as national security adviser signaled a strong shift from…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/03/hawkish-trump-white-house-endangers-our-collective-conscience/
Climate Science Denied as Trump Admin Orders Halt on Long Term Projections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-03
One way in which climate change deniers are getting their way in the Trump administration is by subverting the application of scientific findings by ignoring long-term projections when setting policy. We discuss the implications with Senior Greenpeace Climate Campaigner John Noel…
therealnews.com/stories/climate-science-denied-as-trump-admin-orders-halt-on-long-term-projections
Tiananmen Square 1989: People's World on the scene
Carl Bloice | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-03
Carl Bloice (1939-2014), then the associate editor and Moscow correspondent of People's Daily World, was in Beijing in the summer of 1989 during the USSR-China summit. While there, he went to Tiananmen Square and talked with demonstrators who were demanding an end to corruption and greater democracy. Students first started to gather in the square …
peoplesworld.org/article/tiananmen-square-1989-peoples-world-on-the-scene/
Tiananmen: The Massacre that Wasn't
Brian Becker | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-03
The "pro-democracy" protest movement was led by privileged, well-connected students from elite universities who were explicitly calling for the replacement of socialism with capitalism.
liberationnews.org/tiananmen-the-massacre-that-wasnt/
Chile: Indigenous People Reject Piñera's Consultation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03
The Committees of Indigenous Peoples of the Communist, Progressive and Green Socialist Regionalist Front parties rejected the Indigenous Consultation being developed by the Chilean government to modify current Indigenous laws. | RELATED: | Chilean Police Repress Thousands of Protesting Students | The parties, in a statement, denounced changes proposed by the go…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Indigenous-People-Reject-Pineras-Consultation-20190603-0007.html
Thirty Years After Tiananmen Square: Can the Billion Prevail?
Erwin Knoll | progressive.org | 2019-06-03
At the height of the protests more than one million students and workers occupied the square. Ultimately, the government declared martial law and brought in troops and tanks.
progressive.org/dispatches/thirty-years-after-tiananmen-square-knoll-190603/
Joe Biden Supports Privately-Operated Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-03
Joe Biden is one of about two dozen 2020 democratic candidates running for President of the United States. This is not his first presidential campaign. Biden served under President Barack Obama as Vice President for eight years. Obama became well-known for many antisocial policies in many spheres, especially education, including the aggressive promotion of privately-operated …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/joe-biden-supports-privately-operated-charter-schools/
Does Modi's Re-Election Threaten India's Muslims? Religion is Poisoning Indian Politics
Azaz Zaman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
India's general elections were the most wide-ranging and possibly most expensive election campaign in the nation's history. More than 2,000 parties and over 8,000 candidates contested 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, and some 900 …
globalresearch.ca/does-modis-re-election-threaten-indias-muslims-religion-is-poisoning-indian-politics/5679341
Clean Hands, Dirty Hands… No Hands!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Seven years ago Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick wrote a book (and Stone followed with a 10 part series on The Showtime Channel) The Untold History of the United States. This is a 'must read' or 'should view' for anyone …
globalresearch.ca/clean-hands-dirty-hands-no-hands/5679423
Britain: How Low Can the Tory Leadership Race Go — This Low?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Just at the time of Britain's most needy moment since the last world war, the Tories have decided the best thing to do is not face up to the very serious challenges of our time but to have their own …
globalresearch.ca/how-low-tory-leadership-race-go/5679399
5G Wireless Technology Is War against Humanity
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
This article was first published in February 2019. | Disclosure about 5G — and its considerable risk for humanity — is occurring within the United Nations. This is thanks to longtime UN staff member and whistle-blower Claire Edwards, who recently contacted …
globalresearch.ca/5g-wireless-technology-is-war-against-humanity/5679372
"They Are Prone to Cracking": FAA Orders Boeing to Replace Wing Components on Hundreds of 737s
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
As if trade war wasn't enough for traders to worry about with futures reopening sharply lower after China's government blamed the U.S. for the latest collapse in trade talks, it appears that Boeing is about to resume the position as …
globalresearch.ca/they-are-prone-to-cracking-faa-orders-boeing-to-replace-wing-components-on-hundreds-of-737s/5679429
Brits to Protest Trump in London. 18 Anti-Trump Related Events. DJT to Meet Up Queen Elizabeth II
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Mass public resistance awaits him during his three-day visit, including photo-op meetings with Queen Elizabeth and UK officials. | Reportedly, millions of pounds were spent for security, largely for deploying thousands of police and other security forces. | Scotland Yard estimates that …
globalresearch.ca/brits-protest-trump-london-en-masse/5679438
"The Judaization of Jerusalem": ‚ÄäHow it Works
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The Judaization of Jerusalem. It used to work under cover of darkness, at least in the mainstream media, but now it's out in the open with official recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem from the United States. | Israel implements its …
globalresearch.ca/judaization-al-quds-jerusalem%e2%80%8a/5679330
Belt and Road, Consolidation of Russia-China Economic Relations: President Xi in Saint Petersburg
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Chinese President Xi will attend this week's Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and likely broker some Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) deals with his Russian counterpart. | Thousands of people from across the world will be descending on Russia's "second …
globalresearch.ca/belt-and-road-consolidation-of-russia-china-economic-relations-president-xi-in-saint-petersburg/5679334
"The Judaization of Jerusalem": ‚ÄäHow it Works
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The Judaization of Jerusalem. It used to work under cover of darkness, at least in the mainstream media, but now it's out in the open with official recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem from the United States. | Israel implements its …
globalresearch.ca/judaization-al-quds-jerusalem%e2%80%8a/5679330
US-Iran: Inverted Reality, Real War. America's Al Qaeda Mercenaries. Iran is Fighting the Largest State Sponsor of Terror
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
In its march toward yet another war, the United States accuses Iran of using military force to establish itself as a "regional hegemon." It accuses Iran of being the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. It accuses Iran …
globalresearch.ca/us-iran-inverted-reality-real-war-americas-al-qaeda-mercenaries-iran-is-fighting-the-largest-state-sponsor-of-terror/5679381
Trump, Netanyahu and Boris Johnson Would Cause Global Instability… War in the Middle East?
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
A vote for Boris Johnson as Britain's Prime Minister would effectively be a vote for US President Donald Trump and his sidekick, Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel. They have 'form' in working closely together to violate UN Security Council Resolutions. | To …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-johnson-cause-global-instability-war/5679395
Who Controls Our Genes? Congress Is Deciding Right Now And It Could Harm Our Health
aclu.org | 2019-06-03
Draft legislation will try to undo Supreme Court precedent forbidding patenting of human genes. | This morning the ACLU, along with 169 other civil rights, medical, scientific, patient advocacy, and women's health organizations, including the Mayo Clinic, Breast Cancer Action, Lung Cancer Research Foundation, the Huntington's Disease Society of America, the Women's March, University of Washington, and many others sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property strong…
aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/medical-and-genetic-privacy/who-controls-our-genes-congress-deciding-right
No Chemical Attacks in Syria. Misleading Public Opinion. Blaming Bashar Al Assad. The Media's "Humanitarian" Pro-War Narrative
Margaret Kimberley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The corporate media is concealing a leaked UN agency report that shows Syrian government innocence in an alleged chemical attack. | "Americans have been fed a steady diet of 'Assad the butcher' and any counter narrative is disappeared." | The corporate media …
globalresearch.ca/no-chemical-attacks-in-syria-misleading-public-opinion-blaming-bashar-al-assad-the-medias-humanitarian-pro-war-narrative/5679410
Grenfell, Windrush and Skripal: Theresa May's Tainted Tenure Finally Ends in Tears
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The next UK Prime Minister has their work cut out to unite a divided nation, but also to improve Britain's standing on the world stage, after one of the worst periods in UK-Russian relations | *** | UK Prime Minister Theresa May…
globalresearch.ca/grenfell-windrush-skripal-theresa-mays-tainted-tenure-finally-ends-tears/5679407
Clean Hands, Dirty Hands… No Hands!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Seven years ago Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick wrote a book (and Stone followed with a 10 part series on The Showtime Channel) The Untold History of the United States. This is a 'must read' or 'should view' for anyone …
globalresearch.ca/clean-hands-dirty-hands-no-hands/5679423
The Pentagon's "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" Is All About Containing China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Shanahan summarized the main points of the Pentagon's newly released "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" during the Shangri-La Dialogue forum in Singapore over the weekend, but the document itself contains many other important details that he failed to …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-indo-pacific-strategy-report-all-about-containing-china/5679332
Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
It is a giddy intoxicant, and making all who partake fall over in puddling nonsense. The Mueller Report is not turning out to be the cleansing agent any of its readers were hoping for. Originally encouraged to identify the cause …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-trump-wedging-democrats/5679350
Court Docs: Monsanto Paid Chemical Industry Front Group to Claim Cancer-Causing Weedkiller 'Safe' and Attack Its Critics
Bill Walker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Monsanto paid a shadowy chemical industry front group to help push back against the mounting scientific evidence that the company's signature Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, court documents reveal. | "If a company like [Monsanto] won't support us, then who will?" the | …
globalresearch.ca/court-docs-monsanto-paid-chemical-industry-front-group-claim-cancer-causing-weedkiller-safe-attack-its-critics/5679404
Making Prayer Safer: 94% of Homeland Security (DHS) Grants to Enhance Security Goes to Jewish Groups
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
There is an unfortunate tendency in the United States to throw money at a problem, particularly when the problem is related to powerful constituencies. The recent attacks on synagogues, churches, and mosques have included two attacks on synagogues in Pittsburgh…
globalresearch.ca/94-dhs-grants-enhance-security-goes-jewish-groups/5679390
A Primer for Corrupt Governments: How to Implement 5G Wireless Technology Against the Wishes of Your Population
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Spare a thought for all the governments wanting to cash in on the multi-trillion-dollar bonanza of the fifth generation of wireless technology or 5G while pacifying the half of their population who are anxious about its dire health and environmental …
globalresearch.ca/primer-governments-how-implement-5g-against-wishes-your-population/5679368
European Progressive Future? Failures of the Leftist Parties
Gal Kirn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
One cannot and should not turn away from the disastrous results of the recent European Parliament elections, especially considering that Leftist parties across the European Union (EU) expected to gain 38 Members of the European Parliament (MEP), achieving around …
globalresearch.ca/european-progressive-future-failures-of-the-leftist-parties/5679401
The Environmental and Economic Challenge of Our Time
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-03
James K. Boyce of the Political Economy Research Institute says we must develop new economics to serve human and environmental needs. We need to think deeply about these ethical foundations, says Boyce, as he discusses his latest book, Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change…
therealnews.com/stories/the-environmental-and-economic-challenge-of-our-time
A Nuclear War Has No Victor! U.S. Military Preparation is Underway
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
On May 30th, Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times wrote: "Mueller Delivered a Message. Washington Couldn't Agree on What It Was." In this article, he argues that the statement by "Robert S. Mueller …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-war-no-victor/5679339
Europe in Irreversible Decay, EU Elections Are Proof of It!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Europe, an "old" colonialist continent, is decaying, and in some places even collapsing. It senses how bad things are going. But it never thinks that it is its own fault. | North America is decaying as well, but there, people are …
globalresearch.ca/europe-irreversible-decay-eu-elections-proof/5679418
Scandalous Details of Trump's 'Deal of Century' for Palestine
Press TV | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
US President Donald Trump's "the deal of the century" wants Palestinian refugees to be naturalized and settled in several countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, Israeli daily Haaretz reports. | As the world marked the International Quds Day on Friday, …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-paper-betrays-scandalous-details-deal-century/5679355
Half of Black Caucus Signs on to Israeli Stance on Syria, in Defiance of Black Public Opinion
Glen Ford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The Congressional Black Caucus sides with its party's war mongers and in fear of the Israel lobby, while large Black majorities believe Israel is neither an ally nor a friend. | "The Black Caucus' tolerance of apartheid Israel's barbarism is infinite."…
globalresearch.ca/half-black-caucus-signs-israeli-stance-syria-defiance-black-public-opinion/5679413
"Extinction Rebellion", "Green New Deal" and the "Rebranding of Global Capitalism"
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
It is natural for people to come forward in defense of planet Earth once they become aware of the policies of ecocide built into corporate globalization. In fact, it is the general lack of such action which constitutes the real …
globalresearch.ca/uk-really-leading-rebellion/5679379
How Mainstream U.S. Media Is Failing Us on Trump and Bolton's March to War with Iran
Ben Armbruster | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The Trump administration and its allies are slow-walking the United States into war with Iran, and, with a few notable exceptions, mainstream U.S. media is helping them. | Much of this assistance has been overt. Just like during the run-up …
globalresearch.ca/mainstream-u-s-media-failing-us-trump-boltons-march-war-iran/5679327
Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
It is a giddy intoxicant, and making all who partake fall over in puddling nonsense. The Mueller Report is not turning out to be the cleansing agent any of its readers were hoping for. Originally encouraged to identify the cause …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-trump-wedging-democrats/5679350
Europe in Irreversible Decay, EU Elections Are Proof of It!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Europe, an "old" colonialist continent, is decaying, and in some places even collapsing. It senses how bad things are going. But it never thinks that it is its own fault. | North America is decaying as well, but there, people are …
globalresearch.ca/europe-irreversible-decay-eu-elections-proof/5679418
"Extinction Rebellion", "Green New Deal" and the "Rebranding of Global Capitalism"
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
It is natural for people to come forward in defense of planet Earth once they become aware of the policies of ecocide built into corporate globalization. In fact, it is the general lack of such action which constitutes the real …
globalresearch.ca/uk-really-leading-rebellion/5679379
Britain: How Low Can the Tory Leadership Race Go — This Low?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Just at the time of Britain's most needy moment since the last world war, the Tories have decided the best thing to do is not face up to the very serious challenges of our time but to have their own …
globalresearch.ca/how-low-tory-leadership-race-go/5679399
Hands Off Venezuela! Resolution of the Solidarity Event in Berlin on May 28, 2019
International Rosa Luxemburg Conference | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Venezuela is under attack. An alliance led by the United States and supported by most states of the European Union, including Germany, has set itself the goal to oust the government of President Nicolás Maduro, which was democratically elected one …
globalresearch.ca/hands-off-venezuela-resolution-solidarity-event-berlin-may-28-2019/5679358
Brits to Protest Trump in London. 18 Anti-Trump Related Events. DJT to Meet Up Queen Elizabeth II
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
Mass public resistance awaits him during his three-day visit, including photo-op meetings with Queen Elizabeth and UK officials. | Reportedly, millions of pounds were spent for security, largely for deploying thousands of police and other security forces. | Scotland Yard estimates that …
globalresearch.ca/brits-protest-trump-london-en-masse/5679438
Australia's Voters Betray Themselves, Their Homeland and Mother Earth
Irwin Jerome | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/australias-voters-betray-themselves-homeland-mother-earth/5628659
"They Are Prone to Cracking": FAA Orders Boeing to Replace Wing Components on Hundreds of 737s
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
As if trade war wasn't enough for traders to worry about with futures reopening sharply lower after China's government blamed the U.S. for the latest collapse in trade talks, it appears that Boeing is about to resume the position as …
globalresearch.ca/they-are-prone-to-cracking-faa-orders-boeing-to-replace-wing-components-on-hundreds-of-737s/5679429
Australia's Voters Betray Themselves, Their Homeland and Mother Earth
Irwin Jerome | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/australias-voters-betray-themselves-homeland-mother-earth/5628659
No Chemical Attacks in Syria. Misleading Public Opinion. Blaming Bashar Al Assad. The Media's "Humanitarian" Pro-War Narrative
Margaret Kimberley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
The corporate media is concealing a leaked UN agency report that shows Syrian government innocence in an alleged chemical attack. | "Americans have been fed a steady diet of 'Assad the butcher' and any counter narrative is disappeared." | The corporate media …
globalresearch.ca/no-chemical-attacks-in-syria-misleading-public-opinion-blaming-bashar-al-assad-the-medias-humanitarian-pro-war-narrative/5679410
'Absolutely Disgusting': West Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Teacher Strikes
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-03
The Republican measure was condemned as "pure retribution" for the mass teacher strikes that swept the state last year | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/03/absolutely-disgusting-west-virginia-senate-passes-bill-would-ban-teacher-strikes?cd-origin=rss
Honduras Gov't Backtracks on Neoliberal Laws Amid Large Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03
President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) announced Sunday that two decrees related to education and health will be repealed. The decrees have been rejected by the teachers and public sector doctors who are in an indefinite strike since Thursday. | RELATED: | Masked Men Set US Embassy in Honduras Ablaze, Teacher Blamed | "The repeal o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Govt-Backtracks-on-Neoliberal-Laws-Amid-Large-Strike-20190603-0005.html
Academic Strike in Chile Reaches Wide Support
plenglish.com | 2019-06-03
03 de junio de 2019, 16: 21Santiago de Chile, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina)The indefinite strike of primary and secondary school teachers in Chile, which began on Monday, has reached 80 percent of the support of those affiliated to the Chilean Teachers" Association.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…