A question and answer session with Oakland's master luthier Ervin Somogyi
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
This beautiful acoustic cutaway steel string guitar was made in 1985 by Lynda Carson in the guitar workshop of master luthier Ervin Somogyi under his guidance and wonderful teaching skills! It has a Sitka spruce top, and Indian rosewood for the back and sides.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824287.php

Racist Nazi Attack On CCSF Ethnic Studies Professor & Class
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
CCSF Professor Dr. David Palaita faced a racist nazi attack in his class by two students. The students were seeking to terrorize and bust up the class. This has been combined with the CCSF Chancellor Mark Rocha and his rubber stamp Board of Trustees in mass cutbacks in classes, financial mismangement including use of bond funds for PAEC for consultants and cronies who want to privatize the college and sell off the Balboa reservoir to developer Avalon for 1500 high priced condos.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824280.php

UC Santa Cruz Lobby Corps Addresses Recall Effort
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
The UC Santa Cruz Lobby Corps has issued a letter opposing the recall effort being made by Santa Cruz United against Santa Cruz City Councilmembers Drew Glover and Chris Krohn. The letter states that, "students are at serious risk of losing some of our strongest advocates in local government" if the recall is successful. The letter accuses Santa Cruz United of spreading false information about the candidates, including, "falsely accusing Glover of perjury in federal court."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824334.php

They're Still Dying at an Early Age
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-01
The same day that Jonathan Kozol appeared on Democracy Now ("Jonathan Kozol: Joe Biden Didn't Just Praise Segregationists. He Also Spent Years Fighting Busing,"June 25, 2019), a report from a review team at Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy on the state of the Providence public schools in Rhode Island was released. The report was so damning…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/01/theyre-still-dying-at-an-early-age/

Hawai'i Board of Education Bans Herbicides on School Grounds in Response to Community Concerns
Center for Food Safety | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Honolulu, HI, June 28, 2019 — This week, the Hawai'i State Board of Education (BOE) released a memo announcing that it will be banning the use of herbicides on public school campuses effective immediately. The announcement is the result of a public meeting held on Monday between BOE officials, community members, and Dewayne "Lee" Johnson–the first plaintiff to win a cancer suit brought against Monsanto/Bayer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824340.php

Japan resumes commercial whaling after three-decade break
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-01
Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that is seen as a largely lost cause.Whaling boats embarked on their first commercial hunts since 1988, when Japan switched to so-called research whaling, but will stay within the country's exclusive economic waters.Japan's six-month notice to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) took effect on Sunday.The Fisheries Agency said the catch quota through until the end of this year is set at 227 whales, fewer than the 333 that Japan hunted in the Antarctic in recent years.A whaling boat leaves port…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/01/japan-resumes-commercial-whaling-after-three-decade-break/

How Sen. Rick Scott Became Big Oil's Point Man on Venezuelan Regime Change
Dan Cohen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
The US oil cartel has given Florida's Rick Scott 500 million reasons to be one of the Senate's most fanatical cheerleaders for toppling Venezuela's leftist government. | *** | While National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, …
globalresearch.ca/how-sen-rick-scott-became-big-oils-point-man-venezuelan-regime-change/5682251

"People Without a Country": Palestinians Seen 'Stateless' in Kushner's Economic Plan: Analyst
Tasnim News Agency | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
A senior author and analyst based in Sweden said Palestinians are regarded "as a people without a country" in the economic plan raised by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in a recent conference in Bahrain. | *** | "I …
globalresearch.ca/people-without-a-country-palestinians-seen-stateless-in-kushners-economic-plan-analyst/5682285

The Trilateral Summit: Russia-India-China (RIC) "Share a Room with a View". Putin, Xi, Modi Meet in Secrecy
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
The most important trilateral at the G20 in Osaka was confined to a shoddy environment unworthy of Japan's unrivaled aesthetic minimalism. | Japan excels in perfect planning and execution. So it's hard to take this setup as an unfortunate "accident." At …
globalresearch.ca/the-trilateral-summit-russia-india-china-ric-share-a-room-with-a-view-putin-xi-modi-meet-in-secrecy/5682270

'We Need to Ban Fracking': New Analysis of 1,500 Scientific Studies Details Threat to Health and Climate
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
A comprehensive analysis of nearly 1,500 scientific studies, government reports, and media stories on the consequences of fracking released Wednesday found that the evidence overwhelmingly shows the drilling method poses a profound threat to public health and the climate. | The …
globalresearch.ca/we-need-ban-fracking-new-analysis-1500-scientific-studies-details-threat-health-climate/5682290

UAE: "We Don't Have Evidence" that Iran Carried Out Tanker Attacks
The Maritime Executive | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
The United Arab Emirates appeared to part ways with the Trump administration Wednesday on the question of whether Iran is responsible for the recent attacks on merchant tankers in the Gulf of Oman. | The White House maintains that Iran or …
globalresearch.ca/uae-we-dont-have-evidence-iran-carried-out-tanker-attacks/5682244

Calling Trump's Rationale "Contrived," Supreme Court Halts Citizenship Question
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
In a surprise decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the four liberal members of the Supreme Court — Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — halted the Trump administration's plans, at least …
globalresearch.ca/calling-trumps-rationale-contrived-supreme-court-halts-citizenship-question/5682247

US v. China: From Tariff War to Economic War
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
This past weekend, June 29, Trump and China president, Xi, met again at the G20 in Japan in the midst of a pending escalating trade war. But the outcome looks eerily similar to that of the prior G20 meeting in …
globalresearch.ca/us-v-china-tariff-war-economic-war/5682253

Video: Trump Meets Kim Jong-un in the DMZ, First U.S. President to Enter North Korea
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
globalresearch.ca/video-trump-meets-kim-jong-un-in-the-dmz-first-u-s-president-to-enter-north-korea/5682273

Charter School Advocates Reject Analysis
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-30
Advocates of privately-operated charter schools that siphon billions of dollars a year from public schools have been a little more defensive and restive than usual in recent months. This is to be expected given the growing number of mainstream and academic reports exposing their long-standing problems, as well as the fact that more people are …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/charter-school-advocates-reject-analysis/

New Research Warns Journalism Students To Explore Careers Outside Traditional News Media Because Of Industry Changes And Challenges
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-30
Report underscores urgent need for journalism students–particularly Blacks–to explore employment avenues (including entrepreneurship) outside of traditional news media… | As the journalism industry rapidly evolves, what are professors in the field telling students about their job prospects? | A new study from Rice University and Rutgers University finds educators are encouraging aspiring journalists to look for work outside the news business. | "Professionalizing contingency: How Journalism Schools Adapt to Deprofessionalization," will appear in an upcoming edition of Social Forces. Authors Max Besbris, an a…
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Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a "New Middle East"
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Towards the balkanization (division) and finlandization (pacification) of the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/plans-for-redrawing-the-middle-east-the-project-for-a-new-middle-east/3882

Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions in Detroit
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
A white corporate-imposed mayor of the City of Detroit has been projected by the mainstream media as a savior of the majority African American populated municipality. | Although there have been enormous problems since the ascendancy of Mike Duggan through a …
globalresearch.ca/capitalist-development-community-demolitions-detroit/5682180

Trump's Dubious Outreach to North Korea
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
US relations with other countries, especially sovereign independent ones it doesn't control, are long on unacceptable demands, woefully short on seeking cooperative relations. | Two summits between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un failed to improve bilateral relations. | They featured …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-dubious-outreach-north-korea/5682167

Selected Articles: Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-demasking-the-torture-of-julian-assange/5682201

To Avoid War, the US Must Stop the Sanctions against Iran and Return to the JCPOA
Mehrnaz Shahabi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Iran's decision to increase its stock of low enriched uranium from 174.1 kilograms on 20 May to beyond the JCPOA's agreed limit of 300 kilograms on 27 June 2019, is not a "violation" or "breach" of the nuclear deal, as …
globalresearch.ca/avoid-war-us-must-stop-sanctions-iran-return-jcpoa/5682170

General Haftar Is Trying to Trick Turkey into Overextending Itself in Libya
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Libyan National Army leader General Haftar ordered his forces to attack Turkish ships and companies that he accused of helping the internationally recognized Government of National Accord, as well as to arrest Turkish citizens in the country, which is nothing …
globalresearch.ca/haftar-trying-trick-turkey-overextending-itself-libya/5682189

Persian Peril: Brinkmanship in the Post-INF Treaty Era
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
"By sending this signal of massive retaliation, I think Iran may have stopped an American attack on Natanz (nuclear facility) in July, because the United States now knows that any attack against Iran cannot be contained. It will not be …
globalresearch.ca/persian-peril-brinkmanship-in-the-post-inf-treaty-era/5682152

The San Francisco Murals and the "Suicide of the Left"
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
The decision of the San Francisco school board to obliterate the historic murals in George Washington High School is not just another instance of Identity Politics foolishness. It is also a terrifying illustration of the drastic mental decline of what …
globalresearch.ca/san-francisco-murals-suicide-left/5682193

"Make America Great Again" on July 4th: Trump's Military Parade Is MAGA at Its Finest
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Trump's dream of holding a military parade in the American capital will finally come true this July 4th, which epitomizes his promise to "Make America Great Again" and might even begin a new annual tradition. | *** | President Trump is an …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-military-parade-maga/5682168

Washington's Infatuation with Iran's Mujahedin-e Khalq (M.E.K) Terrorist Organization
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Inarguably, Washington has a long history of supporting terrorists. As General William Odom, President Reagan's former National Security Agency (NSA) Director wrote in his 2007 article " American Hegemony, How to Use It, How to Lose It": | "[T]errorism | …
globalresearch.ca/washingtons-infatuation-mek/5682175

Trump-Xi Meeting: US to Lift Ban on High Tech Sales to China's Huawei? While Keeping Chinese Telecom Companies on a Blacklist
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
In May, the Trump regime placed China's tech giant Huawei and its 70 affiliates on its so-called Entity List. | The action shut them out of the US market, along with banning sales of US tech products and components to the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-lift-ban-tech-sales-chinas-huawei/5682163

US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II
James A. Lucas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
First published in November 2015 | GR Editor's Note | Let us put this in historical perspective: the commemoration of the War the End All Wars acknowledges that 15 million lives were lost in the course of World War I (1914-18). | The | …
globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Visit to China Will Elevate Bangladesh's Role in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Extend China's Influence in South Asia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit China from July 3 to 5, during which time she's expected to ink several agreements focusing mostly on power generation and economic cooperation, according to her country's media. The South Asian state has …
globalresearch.ca/sheikh-hasinas-visit-china-elevate-bangladeshs-role-bri/5682178

UN Secretary General Guterres 'Has Hidden Behind Protocol' over Khashoggi, No UN Investigation into Murder
Dania Akkad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "has hidden behind protocol" rather than push for an investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the UN special rapporteur who probed the killing has told Middle East Eye. | Speaking on the sidelines of …
globalresearch.ca/un-secretary-general-guterres-has-hidden-behind-protocol-over-khashoggi-no-un-investigation-into-murder/5682191

Trump's Re-election? Did the Federal Reserve Already "Decide the 2020 US Election"?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
As of beginning July 2019 prospects look positive for a re-election of Donald Trump as President in November 2020. Headline stock market and GDP figures all look positive…at the present. The huge unanswered question is whether that can be sustained …
globalresearch.ca/did-fed-already-decide-2020-us-election/5682197

Fukushima: "An Ongoing Global Radiological Catastrophe". "A Huge Coverup". Dr. Helen Caldicott
Dr. Helen Caldicott | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
I have been to Fukushima and spoken to people there and the parents are desperate to hear the truth even if it's not good truth. And they thanked me for telling them the truth. So it's an absolute medical catastrophe I would say, and a total cover up to protect the nuclear industry and all its ramifications.
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-an-ongoing-global-radiological-catastrophe-a-huge-coverup-dr-helen-caldicott/5672265

West Virginia legalizes charter schools
wsws.org | 2019-06-29
Defying the overwhelming sentiments of teachers, students and workers, Governor Jim Justice signed a bill legalizing the state's first-ever charter schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/29/wvir…

FBI pushes US universities to spy on Chinese students & visitors
rt.com | 2019-06-29
The FBI is urging American universities to help the agency spy on Chinese students and scholars from Chinese research institutions, particularly those working in tech, science, math, engineering, and anything defense-related. | …
rt.com/usa/462960-fbi-spy-chinese-students-universities/

Study: Over 63,000 Victims of Extortion in Guatemala
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-29
Nearly 64,000 people were victims of extortion in Guatemala between 2008 and 2018, according to statistics released on Friday by a humanitarian organization. | RELATED: | Guatemala Cannot Be A Safe Third Country For Migrants: VP | Extortion is one of the most common crimes in Guatemala, affecting men more than women, a new study releas…
telesurenglish.net/news/Study-Reports-Over-63000-Victims-of-Extortion-in-Guatemala-20190628-0018.html

Environmental and Public Interest Groups Demand EPA Revoke Monsanto's License to Pollute
Friends of the Earth | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
Today, environmental and consumer organizations are delivering more than 149,000 public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency advocating for a ban on glyphosate, aka Monsanto's RoundUp, which is linked to cancer. The EPA is collecting public comments …
globalresearch.ca/environmental-public-interest-groups-demand-epa-revoke-monsantos-license-pollute/5682090

Ideological Manipulation: Attacking Progressive Ideas and Policies, Misrepresenting Socialism
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
Capitalist ideology apparatuses (i.e. talk shows, cable news, think tanks, business press editorialists, etc.) have been gearing up in recent months, targeting new progressive ideas that have begun to emerge: medicare for all, modern money theory, green new deal, Socialism, …
globalresearch.ca/ideological-manipulation-attacking-progressive-ideas-and-policies-misrepresenting-socialism/5682043

In Indonesian Borneo: Humiliate Native People, Then Loot Their Land
Andre Vltchek | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-29
asia-pacificresearch.com/indonesian-borneo-humiliate-native-people-then-loot-their-land/5628724

The $5,000,000,000,000,000 Question? The Unspoken Cause of Planetary Destruction
William Bowles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
Apparently, if we add up all the 'values' that make up Planet Earth, we arrive at the figure of $5 quadrillion [1]! We've reduced the irreducible to the level of an accountant's spreadsheet. Yet, it's exactly this kind of thinking …
globalresearch.ca/the-5000000000000000-question-the-unspoken-cause-of-planetary-destruction/5682098

Crisis in Northern Syria: A Look Inside the Real Idlib Today
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
Idlib has always been a small farming area, but the western media has inflated it to gargantuan proportions. There were only 34 hospitals total in Idlib, and yet we hear of dozens of hospitals being hit by airstrikes. The Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/look-inside-real-idlib-today/5682114

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Prevalence and Characteristics of Virginia Hospitals Suing Patients and Garnishing Wages for Unpaid Medical Bills
William E. Bruhn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
An estimated 20% of US consumers had medical debt in collections in 2014.1 Medical debt has been increasing with direct patient billing, rising insurance deductibles, and more out-of-network care being delivered, even at in-network facilities. Bills sent directly to …
globalresearch.ca/prevalence-characteristics-virginia-hospitals-suing-patients-garnishing-wages-unpaid-medical-bills/5682089

Latest Weapon of US Imperialism: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
One of the most important energy battles of the future will be fought in the field of liquid natural gas (LNG). Suggested as one of the main solutions to pollution, LNG offers the possibility of still managing to meet …
globalresearch.ca/latest-weapon-us-imperialism-liquified-natural-gas/5682092

What's Happening in the "Land of the Free" and the "Home of the Brave"?
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
There's something happening here/What it is ain't exactly clear." — Buffalo Springfield | The Sunday newspaper had been left on the park bench. Its book page had lists of best-sellers, as if numbers two through ten could be the "best" along …
globalresearch.ca/happenings-land-free-home-brave/5682116

Trump-Xi Meeting in Osaka: Smiles and Handshakes, Are Things "Back on Track" Between the US and China?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
Xi Jinping/Trump talks on the sidelines of the Osaka, Japan G20 summit turned out as expected — replicating the outcome of their talks at the Buenos Aires G20 summit late last year. | Then and now, both leaders agreed to continue …
globalresearch.ca/things-back-track-between-us-china/5682106

Tanzania's Decision to Suspend the Bagamoyo Port Project: A Surprise Blow against China's Silk Road Vision for East Africa
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
The East African country has the proud distinction of hosting China's first modern-day Silk Road, the 1970s TAZARA railway, which is why Tanzania's decision to suspend the $10 billion Bagamoyo port project that was supposed to be built by the …
globalresearch.ca/tanzanias-decision-to-suspend-the-bagamoyo-port-project-a-surprise-blow-against-chinas-silk-road-vision-for-east-africa/5682119

JCPOA Talks Fall Short, US Middle East Military Buildup. Bolton Seeks Partners for War on Iran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
JCPOA nuclear deal Joint Commission members include Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia. | On Friday, talks in Vienna involving officials of these countries fell short, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying the following at their conclusion: | "It was | …
globalresearch.ca/jcpoa-talks-fall-short-us-middle-east-military-buildup-bolton-seeks-partners-for-war-on-iran/5682110

Media Debates on Network TV: The 500 Pound Gorilla in a "Room of Jackasses"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-29
MSNBC, with its empire loving moderators, held the 2nd of two great 'nights of comedy' last evening. With an audience made up of nice folks, a majority of whom don't have a clue as to how the Two Party/One Party …
globalresearch.ca/500lb-gorilla-room-jackasses/5682101

Activists Lie Under Sheets to Protest Colombian Murders at OAS
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-28
Protesters covered themselves in white sheets and lay outside the Organization of American States (OAS) taking place in Medellin since Tuesday to demonstrate the increasing number of murders of rural leaders in Colombia, and OAS leadership contradicting state statistics. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | Human rights organizations, Don't Kill, Peace in the Streets, and Peace Generation, organized the performance protest Friday to demonstra…
telesurenglish.net/news/Activists-Lie-Under-Sheets-to-Protest-Colombian-Murders-at-OAS-20190628-0019.html

Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-06-28
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