Trump Regime Planning War on Iran Based on Big Lies and Deception?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Fast-moving events suggest that an unthinkable US preemptive war on Iran is possible, a reckless act if launched — like all wars, based on Big Lies and deception. More on this below. | Years earlier, former NATO commander General Wesley Clark…
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-planning-war-iran-based-big-lies-deception/5681040

"Heightened Tensions With Iran": Provoking the Bear and the Dragon — And Hoping for the Best?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
"We are urging all the sides to show restraint," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, to avoid escalation in the Middle East after the US said it was deploying additional troops due to heightened tensions with Iran" | "We would …
globalresearch.ca/provoking-bear-dragon-hoping-best/5681050

The Industrialisation of Fake Food
Dr. Vandana Shiva | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Food is not a commodity. It is not 'stuff' put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. | Food holds the contributions of all beings that make the food web, and it holds the potential for maintaining …
globalresearch.ca/industrialisation-fake-food/5681106

US Preparing "Assault" Against Iran
Peter Symonds | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The Pentagon announced on Monday that the US is sending 1,000 additional troops and other military resources to the Middle East amid belligerent threats against Iran by the Trump administration. The troop movement follows the previous deployment of the USS …
globalresearch.ca/us-preparing-assault-against-iran/5681088

Why Russia's S-400 Is a More Formidable Threat to US Arms Industry than You Think
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Generally, when discussing air-defense systems here, we are referring to Russian devices that have become famous in recent years, in particular the S-300 (and its variants) and the S-400. Their deployment in Syria has slowed down the ability of such …
globalresearch.ca/why-s-400-more-formidable-threat-us-arms-industry-than-you-think/5681069

In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn's Brave and Lonely Stand on Calls for War Against Iran
Peter Oborne | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is once again in the doghouse with the British media and the political establishment. | His offence? Once again it's for doing his job. | According to the political editor of the Sunday Times, Tim Shipman, …
globalresearch.ca/defence-jeremy-corbyns-brave-lonely-stand-calls-war-against-iran/5681102

'What Is Trump's Motivation to be Provocative with Iran?' Pelosi Asks– and the Answer Is Adelson
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Yesterday Nancy Pelosi asked a very pointed question on CNN, Why is Trump threatening a war with Iran? | [W]hat is his motivation? What is their motivation to be provocative with the Iranians? Why did the president turn his back | …
globalresearch.ca/what-trumps-motivation-provocative-iran-pelosi-asks-answer-adelson/5681097

Chlorpyrifos: The Most Dangerous Pesticide You've Never Heard of
Staffan Dahllof | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Scientists say there is no acceptable dose to avoid brain damage. Its use is banned in several European countries. Yet its residues are found in fruit baskets, on dinner plates, and in human urine samples from all over Europe. Now …
globalresearch.ca/most-dangerous-pesticide-youve-never-heard/5681080

Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
While the United States prepares a new escalation of tension in the Middle East by accusing Iran of attacking petrol tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Italian vice-Prime Minister Matteo Salvini met with one of the artisans of this strategy …
globalresearch.ca/who-arsonists-petrol-tankers-gulf/5681046

The War of Oil Tankers
Dr. Elias Akleh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
The economic war waged by Trump's administration against Iran seems to have been escalated to involve false flag attacks against oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. Within a one-month period two …
globalresearch.ca/war-oil-tankers/5681037

The Charter School Industry's Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders
Adolph Reed Jr., Cornel West | thenation.com | 2019-06-19
The Charter School Industry's Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders…
thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-charter-schools/

For a socialist policy to fully fund public schools!
wsws.org | 2019-06-18
The following statement is being distributed to teachers and their supporters who are attending the "Red for Ed" rally in Lansing, Michigan today.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/18/mich…

US Teachers' Strikes: A New Class Politics Emerging
Eric Blanc | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
In the spring of 2018, teachers and school staff across the United States fought back and won. By walking out for better pay and school funding, hundreds of thousands of educators etched their imprint onto the course of history. The …
globalresearch.ca/teachers-strikes-new-class-politics-emerging/5681006

Chilean Teachers Multiply Protests
plenglish.com | 2019-06-18
18 de junio de 2019, 09: 34Santiago de Chile, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean teaching profession grows with the continuation of the indefinite national strike of the College of Teachers while preschool education will also carry out this Tuesday a warning strike.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Baltimore teachers' contract set to expire at end of month
wsws.org | 2019-06-18
Neither one of the factions fighting for control of the Baltimore Teachers Union offers educators any way forward to fight the bipartisan attack on public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/18/balt…

Vote no to union sellout of New Zealand teachers! Mobilise the working class against the Ardern Labour government!
wsws.org | 2019-06-18
Following last month's historic strike, the primary and secondary teacher unions are seeking to impose a sellout deal and shut down the teachers' struggle.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/18/nzte…

Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire's Raid on the University of Tulsa
Jacob Howland | thenation.com | 2019-06-18
Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire's Raid on the University of Tulsa…
thenation.com/article/higher-education-corporate-takeover-kaiser-university-of-tulsa/

Record number of school leavers in Scotland moving into work, study or training
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-18
The rate of young people in Scotland working, studying or training nine months after leaving school has hit its highest recorded level. | Official statistics show 93.2% of pupils were in "positive destinations", while 5.5% were unemployed. | The largest proportion were in higher education at 39%, while 28.3% were employed, 22.7% were in further education, and 1.7% were in training. | Statistics published today show that: a record percentage of young people went on to a positive destination within nine months of leaving school last year the deprivation gap in positive destinations has fallen by more than half | Re…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/18/record-number-of-school-leavers-in-scotland-moving-into-work-study-or-training/

Medical IDs: Enemy of Privacy, Liberty, and Health
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill amendment to repeal the prohibition on the use of federal funds to create a "unique patient identifier." Unless this prohibition, …
globalresearch.ca/medical-ids-enemy-privacy-liberty-health/5680982

False Flags: The Process of "False Flagging" the World towards War. The CIA Weaponizes Hollywood
Larry Chin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Almost all wars begin with false flag operations. The coming conflicts in North Korea and Russia are no exception. Mass public hysteria is being manufactured to justify aggression against Moscow and Pyongyang, in retaliation for acts attributed to the North Korean and Russian governments, but orchestrated and carried out by the CIA and the Pentagon.
globalresearch.ca/false-flagging-the-world-towards-war/5421649

World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
The extent of devastation inflicted upon Japan by the American military during World War II is not broadly known, even today. In reprisal for the attack over Pearl Harbor, which killed almost 2,500 Americans, US aircraft first began unloading bombs …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-destroyed-66-japanese-cities-before-planning-wipe-out-same-number-soviet-cities/5680934

Chi sono gli incendiari di petroliere
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Mentre gli Stati uniti preparano una nuova escalation in Medio Oriente, accusando l'Iran di attaccare le petroliere nel Golfo di Oman, il vice-premier Matteo Salvini incontra a Washington il segretario di Stato Mike Pompeo, uno degli artefici di tale strategia, …
globalresearch.ca/chi-sono-gli-incendiari-di-petroliere/5681017

Gulf of Oman Recalls Gulf of Tonkin Lies. The Use of "Deepfake Videos" Could Lead to Global War
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million. Online videos uploaded to the internet and shown around the world via news media, as well as social media, are telling a visual story, …
globalresearch.ca/gulf-oman-recalls-gulf-tonkin-lies/5680940

Letter to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf Demands Fracking Permit Pause, Investigation of Cancer Crisis
Food & Water Watch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Over a hundred groups and more than 800 individuals from Pennsylvania signed onto a letter to Governor Tom Wolf calling for an official investigation into recent reports of rare cancers in counties heavily impacted by shale gas development over the …
globalresearch.ca/letter-wolf-demands-fracking-permit-pause-investigation-cancer-crisis/5680980

Opposition Research: It's Not Trump's Fault That Politics is a "Dirty" Game
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
In a June 12 interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, President Donald Trump freely admitted that he would listen to foreigners offering him "dirt" on his political opponents:…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/opposition-research-its-not-trumps-fault-that-politics-is-a-dirty-game/

The Management of Savagery — How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Even though the ending is known, Max Blumenthal's book The Management of Savagery draws the reader through an intriguing tale of media management, political management, financial management all with the goal of achieving the management of savagery. The title …
globalresearch.ca/management-savagery-how-americas-national-security-state-fueled-rise-al-qaeda-isis-donald-trump/5680944

Quem sà£o os incendiários dos petroleiros
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Enquanto os Estados Unidos preparam uma nova escalada no Médio Oriente, acusando o Irà£o de atacar petroleiros no Golfo de Omà£, o Vice-Primeiro Ministro, Matteo Salvini, encontra, em Washington, o Secretário de Estado, Mike Pompeo, um dos arquitectos dessa estratégia, …
globalresearch.ca/quem-sao-os-incendiarios-dos-petroleiros/5681024

Boaty McBoatface makes significant discovery on debut research mission
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-18
The yellow submarine dubbed Boaty McBoatface has returned from its first expedition with data which links increasing Antarctic winds to rising sea temperatures.The mission was undertaken in April 2017 and saw the autonomous vessel explore 110 miles at depths of up to 4,000 metres in the Orkney Passage, a region of the Southern Ocean some 500 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula.The data collected was published on Monday in the scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) and showed Antarctic winds, growing stronger due to the ozone layer's depletion and increasing greenhouse gases, were…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/06/18/boaty-mcboatface-makes-significant-discovery-on-debut-research-mission/

Hong Kong's Extradition Bill Is Not in China's Interests
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
One country, two systems. One event, two interpretations. The crisis in Hong Kong was sparked by chief executive Carrie Lam's efforts to champion an extradition bill that would allow both residents and visitors to be sent to China for …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kongs-extradition-bill-not-chinas-interests/5680973

US Foreign Policy Exposed
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
In the last week, the realities of US foreign policy have been exposed by a leaked audio tape, a leak about a US attack on the Russian electrical grid, and US attempts to extradite Julian Assange. All the information points …
globalresearch.ca/us-foreign-policy-exposed/5680952

NATO Consolidation: The "Baltic Reassurance Act" Is a Ruse for Provoking Russia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
The proposed "Baltic Reassurance Act" aims to more closely integrate the Baltic countries into NATO, but its most controversial clause is the suggestion that "the United States should lead a multilateral effort to develop a strategy to deepen joint capabilities …
globalresearch.ca/baltic-reassurance-act-ruse-provoking-russia/5680969

Video: Turkish Artillery Struck Syrian Army Positions Near Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
On June 16, Turkey said on that its forces had struck positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in response to an attack on one of its observation posts in the Idlib de-escalation zone. | According to the Turkish Defense Ministry, …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-artillery-struck-syrian-army-positions-near-idlib/5680923

False Identities Become the New Weapon: War with Iran Promoted by Fake Journalists
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
One of the claims made about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election was that Kremlin-controlled entities were using fake identities to create dissension and confusion on social network sites. This should surprise no one, if it is true, …
globalresearch.ca/false-identities-become-new-weapon-war-iran-promoted-fake-journalists/5680990

The Trump-Bolton Duo Is Just Like the Bush-Cheney Duo: Warmongers Using Lies to Start Illegal Wars
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
History repeats itself. Indeed, those who live by war are at it again. Their crime: starting illegal wars by committing false flag attacks and blaming other countries for their own criminal acts. On this, the Donald Trump-John Bolton duo is just like the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney duo. It is amazing that in an era of 24-hour news, this could still going on.
globalresearch.ca/trump-bolton-duo-like-bush-cheney-duo-warmongers-using-lies-start-illegal-wars/5680929

US-India Military Cooperation: Pompeo Might Have the "Perfect Carrot" to Dangle in Front of Modi's Mouth
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
The US is planning to include India on its International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) list in order to place it at par with its NATO allies, "Israel", and a few others for the export of high-level military technologies, which …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-might-have-perfect-carrot-dangle-front-modis-mouth/5680978

US and Canada Are Backing an Elite White Supremacist Minority in Venezuela
David William Pear | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
"Racism is one of the main engines and expressions of the current counter-revolution. In Venezuela the revolutionary struggle to end white supremacy and for self-determination is slow, and complicated by white elites, backed by US imperialism, and by the denial …
globalresearch.ca/us-canada-backing-elite-white-supremacist-minority-venezuela/5681004

World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
The number of Japanese cities destroyed was the exact figure that the Pentagon compiled when finalizing plans, in mid-September 1945, to eviscerate the Soviet Union. Indeed, 66 Soviet cities were earmarked to be wiped out — with 204 atomic bombs — less than 2 weeks after Japan's surrender.
globalresearch.ca/us-military-destroyed-66-japanese-cities-before-planning-wipe-out-same-number-soviet-cities/5680934

People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops During the Vietnam War
Han Gil Jang | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-18
asia-pacificresearch.com/peoples-tribunal-war-crimes-south-korean-troops-during-vietnam-war/5628705

Iran at the Center of the Eurasian Riddle
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
With the dogs of war on full alert, something extraordinary happened at the 19th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) late last week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Virtually unknown across the West, the SCO is the foremost Eurasian political, economic …
globalresearch.ca/iran-center-eurasian-riddle/5680947

The Trump-Bolton Duo Is Just Like the Bush-Cheney Duo: Warmongers Using Lies to Start Illegal Wars
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
[False flag operations: ] "The powers-that-be understand that to create the appropriate atmosphere for war, it's necessary to create within the general populace a hatred, fear or mistrust of others regardless of whether those others belong to a certain group of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-bolton-duo-like-bush-cheney-duo-warmongers-using-lies-start-illegal-wars/5680929

Uganda gives approval for experimental Ebola treatments
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-18
Health workers received the all-clear to use experimental Ebola treatments in Uganda, a week after the deadly disease spread over the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Tuesday. | "Happy to inform you all that we got clearance from both Uganda National Council for Science and Technology and National Drug Authority to bring in the Therapeutic treatment for #Ebola patients in the country," Uganda's Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, said on Twitter. | She did not give more details on which drugs had been approved, or what quantities would be brought in. | Two people who had traveled…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/18/uganda-gives-approval-for-experimental-ebola-treatments/

The limit does not exist
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-18
An interview with Marxist philosopher Joshua Moufawad-Paul about the science of revolution at a time when socialism is supposedly becoming mainstream. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/18/the-limit-does-not-exist/