Why Are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Almost every day we read about the latest outbursts in Europe, targeting pro-immigration policies. There are protests, even riots. Right-wing governments get voted in, allegedly, because the Europeans "have had enough of relaxed immigration regulations". | That is what we are …
globalresearch.ca/why-anti-migrant-arguments-e-u-u-s-pure-hypocrisy/5683482
Oil Prices Rise in Response to the U.S.-Iran Tensions in the Gulf
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
A series of events have unfolded, which dates back to the U.S. President Trump's decision to break the U.S. participation in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which was signed by the U.S., Iran, China, the EU, France, Germany, Russia, and …
globalresearch.ca/oil-prices-rise-response-u-s-iran-tensions-gulf/5683478
China Building Secular Schools for Muslims in Xinjiang Province. Western Media Critique
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
China's recent building-spree of schools in its underdeveloped and remote region of Xinjiang — in a saner world — would be good news. But for editors at the BBC it is being depicted as sinister and dystopian. | The BBC's article, …
globalresearch.ca/china-building-secular-schools-for-muslims-in-xinjiang-province-western-media-critique/5683484
Imran Khan's Trip to America: Pakistan's Geopolitical Balancing Act
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
The Pakistani Premier's upcoming trip to the US is the next logical step in the global pivot state's geopolitical balancing act and is expected to greatly contribute to the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan that's of importance for the entire …
globalresearch.ca/pm-imran-khans-trip-us-part-pakistans-geopolitical-balancing-act/5683491
60 Years Since the Largest U.S. Nuclear Accident and Captured Federal Agencies
Robert Dodge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
60 years ago today the largest nuclear accident in U.S. history occurred above the Southern California community of Simi Valley when the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL) site suffered a partial nuclear meltdown. That accident, kept secret for two decades, …
globalresearch.ca/60-years-since-largest-u-s-nuclear-accident-captured-federal-agencies/5683505
Britain's Betrayal: Siding with Trump Against Iran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
The US/UK special relationship is longstanding. Throughout…
globalresearch.ca/britains-betrayal-siding-trump-against-iran-jcpoa/5683493
After Alleged UK Tanker Incident in Persian Gulf, EU Powers Threaten Iran
Alex Lantier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
US and UK military sources claim that Iranian boats intercepted a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, before a British warship, the HMS Montrose, chased them off. | None of the reports about this incident can be taken …
globalresearch.ca/after-alleged-uk-tanker-incident-persian-gulf-eu-powers-threaten-iran/5683475
Guaido Security Arrested for Selling Stolen Venezuelan Army Weapons
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Venezuelan communication minister announces arrests of Guaido security members trying to sell army weapons stolen the day of the opposition member's failed coup. | *** | Venezuelan Minister of Communication Jorge Rodriguez reports that two security guards of the self-declared interim president, | …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-security-arrested-selling-stolen-venezuelan-army-weapons/5683499
'Weaponizing Human Rights': UN Chief Bachelet's Venezuela Report Follows US Regime Change Script
Anya Parampil | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet's report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by "advocates of regime change" | *** | When United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet traveled to …
globalresearch.ca/weaponizing-human-rights-un-chief-bachelets-venezuela-report-follows-us-regime-change-script/5683479
"Playing With Fire": China's Military Warns US Over Taiwan Arms Sales
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
China's military has predictably slammed Washington's recent approval to send $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, announced Monday. The PLA warned among other things that the move "severely undermined Sino-US military-to-military relations" at an already sensitive juncture in relations. …
globalresearch.ca/playing-fire-chinas-military-warns-us-over-taiwan-arms-sales/5683502
Trump Advisors Giuliani and Bolton Support MEK, the Iran Terrorist Organization
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, tweeted on Saturday that MEK is a viable alternative to the rule of the mullahs in Iran. | Rudy, of course, didn't bother to point out that NCRI is a front organization for MEK, short for …
globalresearch.ca/trump-consiglieres-giuliani-bolton-paid-big-bucks-mek-terrorist-group/5683486
The Resigning British Ambassador: Sir Kim Darroch Bashes Donald Trump
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Rarely do ambassadors resign after an intense self-assessment of worth. Diplomatic immunity does not merely extend to protecting the official from the reach of local laws; it encourages a degree of freedom in engaging as a country's representative. Sir Kim …
globalresearch.ca/resigning-ambassador-sir-kim-darroch-donald-trump/5683489
States Tackle Student Debt and For-Profit Colleges Rise
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-14
Washington, DC – As Democratic presidential candidates debate student debt, States attempt to tackle what they see as a debt problem impacting their economies.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/12/18824643.php
Direct Action to Liberate the Locked Louden Nelson Bathrooms
Conscience and Action | indybay.org | 2019-07-14
Louden Nelson Community Center at Laurel and Center Streets in Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/13/18824679.php
Europe and the JCPOA: International Hypocrisy, Will the US Start a Disastrous War in the Middle East?
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
The special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, called by the hypocritical United States due to Iran's announcement that it had 'breached' part of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has come and gone. The …
globalresearch.ca/europe-and-the-jcpoa-international-hypocrisy-will-the-us-start-a-disastrous-war-in-the-middle-east/5683433
From Enlightenment to "Enfrightenment": Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
Introduction | Romanticism is an eighteenth century artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement which emerged as a reaction to Enlightenment ideas of science, reason and human progress. Its effect on politics has been to reassert conservative ideas about society based on …
globalresearch.ca/from-enlightenment-enfrightenment-romanticism-tool-elite-agendas/5683432
The Myth of Low Interest Rates Stimulating Economic Growth in the US
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
Tax cuts for the rich and near-rock bottom low interest rates don't stimulate economic growth. | Corporations have been using the windfall for executive pay increases and bonuses, stock buybacks raising their valuations, mergers and acquisitions to reduce competition, dividends to …
globalresearch.ca/myth-low-interest-rates-stimulating-economic-growth-us/5683419
The 'historical jigsaw of climate deception': Private notes show how Big Oil spread climate science denial
Mat Hope | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-13
"These documents are another stain on the fossil fuel industry's track-record as a disingenuous rogue agent in climate science and politics."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/13/the-historical-jigsaw-of-climate-deception-private-notes-show-how-big-oil-spread-climate-science-denial/
Shifting Alliances: Is Turkey Now "Officially" an Ally of Russia? Acquires Russia's S-400. Exit from NATO Imminent?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
Turkey's de facto exit from NATO points to a historical shift in the structure of military alliances which could potentially contribute to weakening US hegemony in the Middle East as well as creating conditions which could lead to a breakup of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
globalresearch.ca/shifting-alliances-is-turkey-now-officially-an-ally-of-russia-acquires-russias-s-400-exit-from-nato-imminent/5683458
Trump, Brits Tireless in Attempt to Get War on Iran Going
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
On Thursday evening, social media posts claimed the UK flagged and Japanese owned crude oil tanker Atlantic Pioneer had crossed over into Iranian territorial waters. According to the Marine Traffic website, on Friday morning the tanker was in the Gulf …
globalresearch.ca/trump-brits-tireless-attempt-get-war-iran-going/5683422
Israeli Education Minister Gaffes Again: Advocates Gay Conversion Therapy
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-13
Israel's education minister says gay "conversion therapy" works because he has conducted it on students. | RELATED: | Israel Seeks to Deport Palestinian Human Rights Journalist | Rafael Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi and head of the ultranationalist United Right party who assumed the role as the education leader within Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet last month, told Israel's Channel 12 TV he believes in conversion therapy because he has "done this." | "I have a very deep familiarity with…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Minister-Gaffes-Again-Advocates-Gay-Conversion-Therapy-20190713-0008.html
Video: Syrian Army Repelled Large Attack in Northern Hama. UK Claims Iran Attempted to Capture Its Tanker
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
On July 10, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its allies launched a surprise attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama and captured the town of al-Hamameyat and the …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-repelled-large-attack-northern-hama-uk-claims-iran-attempted-capture-its-tanker/5683424
Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon's Only Public University
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-13
Over the last month and a half, a strike by faculty and student-led sit-ins and demonstrations against austerity measures effectively shut down Lebanese University, Lebanon's only public university. | Regular protests — drawing hundreds of students, faculty members and organizations from different schools, cities and political affiliations — took place in downtown Beirut. | On June 18, students, joined by supporters from independent clubs, demonstrated in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Learning, marching from there to the headquarters of the League of Lebanese University Ful…
truthout.org/articles/professors-and-students-unite-to-oppose-cuts-to-lebanons-only-public-university/
With half of Somaliland children not in school, UNICEF and partners launch education access programme
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-13
Access to education in Somaliland is extremely limited, with more than 50 per cent of children in Somaliland out of school. In an effort to address the problem, the UN children's fund, UNICEF, has partnered with the government, and the global fund Education Cannot Wait, to launch a programme designed to help children affected by ongoing crises in the country.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042401
U.S. Eyes Sri Lanka as Its Military Logistics Hub
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21st April in which 259 people were killed and over 500 injured were initially attributed to the Islamic State (IS). But no hard evidence is available to substantiate such a reading …
globalresearch.ca/us-eyes-sri-lanka-its-military-logistics-hub/5683444
Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity?
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-13
The two most often cited reasons for President Truman's controversial decision were to shorten the war and to save the lives of "between 250,000 and 500,000" American soldiers.
globalresearch.ca/were-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-nagasaki-war-crime-crime-against-humanity/5683441
US-trained troops shoot Honduran students protesting privatization
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-13
Anya Parampil reports from inside a student occupation at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), where US-trained troops shot…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/13/unah-us-trained-troops-shoot-honduran-students-protesting-privatization/
Monsoon Season Tears Through South Asia, Kills 30 in Nepal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-13
Flash floods and landslides in Nepal have killed 12, injured 12, and disappeared 18 people Friday night as the year's torrential monsoon season continues to downpour over South Asia. | RELATED: | Philippines: Several Dead, Over 700,000 Affected By Cyclones | The latest rainfall brought Nepal's death toll to 30, official statistics show, while in India, over the last 72 hours alone, 11 have died so far and thousands have been washed out of their homes. | The worst may be yet to come…
telesurenglish.net/news/Monsoon-Season-Tears-Through-South-Asia-Kills-12-in-Nepal-20190713-0007.html
"Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
While Israel tries to portray a friendly face to the outside world, internally it is promoting racism and violence at levels that are more alarming than ever before. A course to prepare young high school students traveling overseas to be …
globalresearch.ca/go-forth-lie-israel-rolls-out-mandatory-course-students-travelling-abroad/5683371
"The Globalization of War" and "The Globalization of Poverty" — Two Books by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
Special Price: $29.00 for two books!: | Click here to order! | The Globalization of War: America's "Long War" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky | America's hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-globalization-of-poverty-two-books-by-michel-chossudovsky/5436244
While climate breakdown destroys one of the ocean's most important ecosystems, a new study shows there may be some hope
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
Back-to-back heatwaves in the central Indian Ocean killed more than two-thirds of corals in two years, a study has shown. But research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests some corals were more resilient to the high sea temperatures, which could provide hope for the important habitat as the planet warms. | Heatwave statistics: | Scientists studied reefs in the remote Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/07/12/while-climate-breakdown-destroys-one-of-the-oceans-most-important-ecosystems-a-new-study-shows-there-may-be-some-hope/
Skull of Death: Mass Media, Inauthentic Opposition, and Eco-Existential Reality in a Pre-Fascist Age of Appeasement
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair | Alongside and consistent with other privilege- and power-serving missions, so-called mainstream corporate media's role is to keep the populace focused as best it can on relatively trivial matters and diverted from the most urgent topics of our time. | Kamala Harris Wants to Kill Your Health Insurance | Two Sundays ago, in a fit of masochistic media research, I watched some cable news talking heads do their weekly news roundups. CNN had a panel of know-it-all neoliberals who reflected on the Democratic Party's first two presidential debates. Everyone agreed that Kamala Harris had…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/skull-of-death-mass-media-inauthentic-opposition-and-eco-existential-reality-in-a-pre-fascist-age-of-appeasement-2/
Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate and The Russia Probe. The Rosenstein Comey Mueller Intrigue
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
Trump's Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was to organize the so-called Russia Probe pertaining to alleged Kremlin interference in the November 2016 elections. Rosenstein's first step consisted in the firing of FBI Director James Comey & appointing former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the Russia Probe.
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-the-manchurian-candidate-and-the-russia-probe-rod-rosenstein-james-comey-and-robert-mueller/5655073
Juggling with Kim and Moon: Donald Trump's Diplomatic Copy Book
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
Cue the shots, take the snaps: US President Donald Trump was back entertaining his fetish with firm handshakes proclaiming the making of history in the last round of discussions with Kim Jong-un. The press were, despite periodic attacks of …
globalresearch.ca/juggling-with-kim-and-moon-donald-trumps-diplomatic-copy-book/5683375
Rojava conference calls for regional security and stability through self-administration
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
An international conference hosted by the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies in the city of Amude in Kurdish-liberated northern Syria from July 7-9 called for international support for the establishment of self-administration in areas liberated from Islamic State of Syria (ISIS) terrorist rule. | The "International Forum on ISIS: Dimensions, challenges, and confrontation strategies" was attended by more than 200 people, including politicians, researchers and representatives of civil society institutions from several countries. | Conference participants discussed various aspects of ISIS' terrorism, including poli…
greenleft.org.au/content/rojava-conference-calls-regional-security-and-stability-through-self-administration
Grassroots Activist Diamonté Brown Confirmed as Victor in Teachers Union Election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-12
An internal report obtained by The Real News found that educator activist Diamonte Brown was rightfully elected as the president of the Baltimore Teachers Union…
therealnews.com/columns/grassroots-activist-diamonte-brown-confirmed-as-victor-in-teachers-union-election
Activists, students protest outside largest ICE prison in California
Cristian Alcaraz | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-11
Demonstrators call for the abolition of ICE, closure of concentration camps.
liberationnews.org/activists-students-protest-outside-largest-ice-prison-in-california/
Science is 'key' to pushing forward the 2030 Agenda, UN development forum told
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-11
The implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was front and centre at the United Nations on Thursday as the third day of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) focused on the important role that science plays in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042301
As 2020 Primary Nears, Candidates Struggle with Positions on Charter Schools
Jake Jacobs | progressive.org | 2019-07-11
After years of avoidance, Democrats are being forced to take a stand charter schools–and most are straddling both sides.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/2020-candidates-struggle-charter-schools-jacobs-190711/
We're invited to support student strikers
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
The Socialist Alliance National Council voted on June 30 to encourage its members and supporters to support of the September 20 climate strike and put motions along the following lines to their trade unions and other community-based organisations. | * * * | The School Strike 4 Climate has asked adults worldwide to come out onto the streets alongside them and make our voices heard. | To do that we too must strike for climate action. We must break with business as usual, leave our workplaces and rally with the students. | Yes, we will then cross a line. The rules do not let us strike when we want, for what we need…
greenleft.org.au/content/were-invited-support-student-strikers
Maritime union backs student-led climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
The following motion was passed unanimously at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Sydney Branch monthly member's meeting on June 25. | * * * | The MUA Sydney Branch welcomes the call from the School Strike 4 Climate movement for workers to join their next global strike. We will build for the widest possible stoppage of work to join demonstrations on September 20. We call on our national union to support this action and campaign for stoppages across the global union movement. | We note with anger that the climate crisis is already affecting millions in Australia and around the world. We reaffirm MUA policy that…
greenleft.org.au/content/maritime-union-backs-student-led-climate-strike
"Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-09
Israel new course to prepare high school students traveling overseas to be good "ambassadors" includes training on how to combat BDS, claims of apartheid and…
mintpressnews.com/israel-mandatory-course-students-abroad/260240/
Call to Action: Close the Concentration Camps Now!
Arun Gupta and Juan Carlos Ruiz | progressive.org | 2019-07-09
We are calling on all people of conscience to shut down the concentration camps on the US-Mexico border through any nonviolent means necessary.
progressive.org/dispatches/call-to-action-Gupta-190709/
Tuesday's Daily Brief: #GlobalGoals progress, essential meds, updates from Cox's Bazar, Sudan and DR Congo
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-09
This Tuesday's UN top stories are: high-level discussions on the progress made towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals; falling behind on universal education dream; the UN list of essential medicines updated; life-threatening floods in Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; and human rights in Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042101
Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern, Security Council hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-09
The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042111
Medicare for all means radical change, not just reforms
Esteban Guevara | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-06
Healthcare, along with education, jobs, and affordable housing, are essential human rights indispensable for everyone.
liberationnews.org/medicare-for-all-means-radical-change-not-just-reforms/
Over 1000 union educators protest Houston Detention Center
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-05
Houston, TX – July 4 saw union educators push for freedom for refugees and undocumented families. After a daylong meeting of the annual National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly, a massive group of educators demonstrated their anger at Trump's concentration camps for children and families. | Rank-and-file education workers organized the protest within less than 48 hours of arriving at the convention. The group marched around a detention center located in downtown Houston, holding signs reading "Free the children!" and "Close the camps!" As they marched, they chanted "Up up with education! Do…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/5/over-1000…
Education Reformers Still Don't Understand Racism
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-07-05
"Those of us actually working in education tried and tried and tried and tried and tried to tell you."
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/education-reformers-still-dont-understand-racism-Miller-190705/
Chicanos protest raids and deportations
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-05
Los Angeles, CA – A protest on June 29, at the busy intersection of Soto Street and César E. Chávez in Boyle Heights, demanded an end to ICE raids and deportations. Attended by 30 people, the participants included students, parents and Centro CSO. The protest was energetic and extremely well-received by locals, people driving by, public transportation bus drivers and everyone in between. | Chanting, "When I say, 'Stop the raids' you say, 'Now!' Stop the raids! Now! Stop the raids! Now!" and "Dump! Trump!" the energetic protest gathered much support. One Boyle Heights resident joined after hearing the chant, " &de…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/5/chicanos-…
Dallas protesters march against Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-04
Dallas, TX – About 100 protesters gathered at Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the evening of July 2 to demand an end to the Trump administration's immigrant concentration camps. After the rally, the protesters marched through downtown Dallas. | The protest was organized by North Texas Action Committee, North Texas Dream Team, Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Monsignor Romero Community Center, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | Signs demanded an end to the concentration camps and legalization for all. Chants included "Down, down deportations, up, up, education," and "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/3/dallas-pr…