Beware Facebook's Libra: A Corporate Surveillance Leviathan With No Precedent Outside the Realm of Science Fiction
Robert Weissman | commondreams.org | 2019-07-18
David Marcus, Head of Calibra at Facebook, testifies about Facebook's proposed digital currency called Libra, during a Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 16, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/18/beware-facebooks-libra-corporate-surveillance-leviathan-no-precedent-outside-realm?cd-origin=rss
African Free Trade Area Launched in Niger
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
On July 4 the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) was held in Niamey, Niger to officially proclaim a project that is inherent within the notions of sovereignty and unity on the continent. | This African Continental Free …
globalresearch.ca/african-free-trade-area-launched-niger/5683962
Julian Assange: US Coopts Patriotic Opposition in Ecuador, Former President Correa goes against Wikileaks Founder
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Former President Rafael Correa's claim that Julian Assange abused his political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to influence the US' 2016 elections and his publicly proclaimed admiration for Hillary amount to nothing less than the completion of America's …
globalresearch.ca/us-just-completed-its-quest-co-opt-patriotic-opposition-ecuador/5683931
Trophy Hunting in Southern Africa. Elephant Poaching
Ross Harvey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
A recent slew of articles have hit international media in the wake of Botswana's decision to lift its moratorium on trophy hunting. | Typically, the argument is that Botswana now has too many elephants, which have exceeded the country's carrying capacity. | …
globalresearch.ca/hunting-clickbait/5683947
Donald Trump, "the Democrat Squad" and Failed Impeachment
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Twitter has become policy. It is platform, direction and determination. It has served one particular person well, a hazy mechanism to fog up the lenses of law makers. When President Donald Trump needs an air-wave filling distraction, a bilious splurge …
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-democrat-squad-failed-impeachment/5683921
Top 10 Facts About Cell Phones and Wi-Fi
Environmental Health Trust | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
1. All Cell Phones And Wireless Devices Emit Radiation. | Every wireless device is actually a two-way microwave radio that sends and receives a type of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation called radio frequency radiation RF — EMF. This machine-made radiation is millions | …
globalresearch.ca/top-10-facts-about-cell-phones-and-wi-fi/5683939
"It Is Not Just War. It Is Life": Acclaimed Doc "For Sama" Offers Rare Glimpse into War-Torn Syria
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-18
We look at the award-winning documentary feature titled "For Sama," a devastating account of war-torn Syria told through the eyes of director Waad al-Kateab. She filmed hundreds of hours of footage in her native Aleppo to create a stunning depiction of life during wartime. Amid airstrikes and attacks on hospitals, Waad falls in love with one of the last remaining doctors in Aleppo, gets married and has a baby girl, Sama, to whom the film is dedicated. When protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad first began in 2011, Waad al-Kateab was a young economics student who began filming on a cellphone. Fo…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/18/for_sama_…
How Iranian MEK Went from US Terror List to Halls of Congress
Ali Harb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
As soon as Maryam Rajavi, her face beaming across a giant screen, finished speaking, the sky above hundreds of her supporters in the United States filled with red, white and green confetti — the colours of the Iranian flag….
globalresearch.ca/how-iranian-mek-went-from-us-terror-list-halls-congress/5683959
Western Intellectuals Freak Over 'Frankenstein' China
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Western economists and intellectuals obsessed with demonization of China are never shy of shortcuts glaringly exposing their ignorance. | The latest outburst posits that "we" — as in Western intellectuals — "are the modern version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," who electro-shocked …
globalresearch.ca/western-intellectuals-freak-over-frankenstein-china/5683895
Korea-Japan Trade Plus War: Where Are You Going Mr. Shinzo Abe?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Right after the G20 Conference (28-28 June 2019) in Osaka, Japan, Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan declared the beginning of trade war against South Korea. It was indeed an irony that Abe was the host of the Conference …
globalresearch.ca/korea-japan-trade-plus-war-where-you-going-mr-shinzo-abe/5683898
Fracking wastewater may trigger earthquakes for decades even after operations cease
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-18
Oil wastewater disposal from oil and gas production may cause earthquakes for decades even after operations or are reduced, says new research published earlier this week. | Fracking, along with oil and gas production in general, in the United States is a booming industry. With this comes an increase in the rate of oilfield wastewater production. Fracking, the process of shooting water mixed with sand and chemicals into the earth to release the oil and natural gas from rock formations. | Fracking produces huge volumes of wastewater that contains cancer-causing chemicals, salts and naturally occurring radioactiv…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/18/fracking-wastewater-may-trigger-earthquakes-for-decades-even-after-operations-cease/
Rally demands "Justice for Isak Aden"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-18
Eagan, MN – Some 200 community members gathered here July 16 to demand justice for Isak Aden, a Somali man who was killed by police in this Saint Paul suburb on July 2. Aden was a 23-year-old college student who was killed by police after a four-hour standoff with 90 officers from nine different agencies. Five police officers from the cities of Eagan and Bloomington were named responsible for his death. | Marching behind a 30-foot banner, about 100 protesters took to the streets around the municipal center, which includes the Eagan Police Department and the Eagan City Hall. Then, the crowd poured into the center…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/18/rally-de…
Vaccine Safety and Immunization: Suppressing Critique, Silencing Scientific Evidence
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
During the past year there has been a deliberate assault on medical sanity by the Silicon Valley's internet giants and popular social media platforms to abolish and censor voices and websites challenging the orthodoxy of the CDC's vaccination policies. Last …
globalresearch.ca/vaccine-safety-and-immunization-suppressing-critique-silencing-scientific-evidence/5683705
Some Like It Hot
William Bowles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
I am nothing if not an optimist, a trait that most on the Left seem to share. A belief in the future, that there is one that includes us. That things, eventually, get better, if we fight for it. | 'Unrealistic', …
globalresearch.ca/some-like-it-hot/5683926
Trump: America's "Racist-in-Chief"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Racism defines Trump's private and public life. He falsely said "I am not a racist." | "I'm the least racist person you" will ever meet is belied by his unacceptable Trump Organization practices, his hostile actions against unwanted aliens of the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-americas-racist-in-chief/5683929
Five Years Ago: Was Malaysia Flight MH17 Shot Down by a Ukrainian Fighter Plane?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
This article was originally published in 2014. | July 17th is the commemoration of the downing of MH17, July 17, 2014 | "From start to finish, the Ukraine crisis has been instigated by US imperialism. Every action Washington has taken has been …
globalresearch.ca/five-years-ago-was-malaysia-flight-17-shot-down-by-a-ukrainian-fighter-plane/5682406
'Flawed evidence used to deport students accused of cheating language tests', new report says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-18
Tens of thousands of international students accused of cheating in English language tests have had their visas revoked based on flawed evidence, according to a new report.The Home Office used "confused, misleading, incomplete and unsafe" information in its investigations into the English test scandal, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Test of English for International Communication claims.Its report states that Home Office officials conceded in August 2014 in a confidential meeting that evidence used to remove students accused of cheating the test may not be robust enough to stand up in court.The Home Office s…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/18/flawed-evidence-used-to-deport-students-accused-of-cheating-language-tests-new-report-says/
Why the West is Determined to Ignore China's Success
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-18
It used to be comical, but suddenly it is not, anymore. In the past, blind hatred towards China could had been attributed to ignorance, or at least to indoctrination by the Western propaganda and mass media outlets. But now? China's tremendous leap forward, its excellent, humane social policies and determined people-oriented scientific research, as well …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/why-the-west-is-determined-to-ignore-chinas-success/
Trump Ignorant of China's Resolve
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Trump is an artful dealmaker in his own mind, his mastery more myth than reality. | Former Trump Organization executive Barbara Res earlier said he wasn't a great dealmaker. | "In terms of taking the responsibility for the buck, he just would | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-ignorant-chinas-resolve/5683854
Elon Musk Wants to Put Implants Into People's Brains Next Year
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-18
In what may appear as a plot for a science fiction story, tech mogul Elon Musk announced Tuesday that his neurotechnology startup, Neuralink, hopes to begin implanting devices into human brains as early as 2020. | RELATED: | Chemists Use Virtual Reality to Create New Drugs | "We hope to have this aspirationally in a human patient before the end of next year," Musk said at a press conference, adding that the Neuralink system would allow for humans to achieve "symbiosis with artificial intelli…
telesurenglish.net/news/Elon-Musk-Implants-Brains-Neuralink-20190718-0021.html
Head of NEA, country's biggest union, says Trump is a danger to democracy
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-18
HOUSTON (PAI)–Republican President Donald Trump is a danger to democracy and that automatically disqualified him from even being considered for an endorsement from the nation's largest union. That explanation came from Lily Eskelsen-Garcia, president of the 3.2-million-member National Education Association (NEA), in her keynote address to the union's recent convention in Houston, held over the …
peoplesworld.org/article/head-of-nea-countrys-biggest-union-says-trump-is-a-danger-to-democracy/
Trump Outreach: Pandering to Christian Zionism, "Preparing the Nation for An Inevitable War"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
In Washington on the weekend after the Fourth of July, Israel was praised and Iran was condemned in the strongest terms, with a bit of a call to arms thrown in to prepare the nation for an inevitable war. It …
globalresearch.ca/pandering-christian-zionism-trump-outreach-display-washington/5683942
Media Lies About Iran Deal, Headlines Repeat Unfound State Department Claims
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Iran announced last week they will be enriching uranium to 5% which is over the 3.67% limit set by the Joint Comprehension Plan of Action signed in 2015 under the Obama administration. | Iran has every right to go over that …
globalresearch.ca/msm-lies-about-iran-deal-repeats-unfound-state-department-claims/5683840
Bernie Sanders, Anti-Imperialism and Venezuela
Timothy M. Gill | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-18
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair | Throughout the last century, socialists have faced an uphill battle within the United States. Unlike other similarly high-income countries, the U.S. has largely remained a bastion of deeply individualist attitudes and unregulated capitalist policies. | Yet, over the span of the past decade, socialism has transformed from a demonized ideology to a publicly discussed economic model that many Americans are now seriously considering. Indeed, the Pew Research Center just last month published data showing that 42 percent of the country has a positive view of socialism, including 65 perc…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/18/bernie-sanders-anti-imperialism-and-venezuela/
Video: Waiting for New Idlib Offensive. US Continues to Provide Syria Rebels with Weapons and Military Supplies
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
The situation in northwestern Hama and along the entire contact line around the Idlib de-escalation zone has remained stable but tense during the past week. The Syrian Arab Army, the Tiger Forces and their allies have repeatedly engaged in local …
globalresearch.ca/video-waiting-for-new-idlib-offensive-us-continues-to-provide-syria-rebels-with-weapons-and-military-supplies/5683916
New Zealand's Role at the Biggest US Bombing Base in the Middle East
Darius Shahtahmasebi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
A recent issue of Air Force News revealed that a senior NZDF officer served a six-month posting at the Qatar base, placing New Zealanders at the heart of the main targeting and bombing centre in that region, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi….
globalresearch.ca/trouble-nzs-role-biggest-us-bombing-base-middle-east/5683907
Die absurden Beziehungen der EU-Là§nder zu Russland
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Der Stand der Beziehungen zwischen Italien und Russland ist ‚Äûausgezeichnet": So lautete die Erklà§rung von Premierminister Giuseppe Conte, als er Prà§sident Vladimir Putin in Rom empfing. Die Botschaft war als Beruhigungsmittel, gar als Schlafmittel fàºr die à∂ffentliche Meinung gedacht. Grundsà§tzlich …
globalresearch.ca/die-absurden-beziehungen-der-eu-lander-zu-russland/5684017
Nearly 100,000 in Puerto Rico Protest Demanding Gov. Rosselló Resign over Lewd Texts & Corruption
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-18
Close to 100,000 Puerto Ricans took to the streets Wednesday chanting "Ricky Renuncia!" as they called for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló, following the leak by Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism of hundreds of misogynistic, homophobic and violent text messages between Rosselló and members of his Cabinet. On Monday, Denis Márquez of the Puerto Rican Independence Party introduced formal complaints against the governor and called for his impeachment. All of this comes as former Education Secretary Julia Keleher and five others have been arrested on charges of steering federal money to u…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/18/seg_1_pue…
The Mad Corruptions of Trump Inc
Jim Hightower | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Where's Shakespeare when we need him? Only the Bard of Avon could do literary justice to the tortured madness of Donald Trump, who fluctuates between petulant self-pity and weird self-praise. | His brags are especially weird because they usually involve …
globalresearch.ca/mad-corruptions-trump-inc/5683951
Government Watchdogs Call on the New York Attorney General to Dissolve Trump's Company and Revoke Its Corporate Charter
commondreams.org | 2019-07-18
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/18/government-watchdogs-call-new-york-attorney-general-dissolve-trumps-company-and?cd-origin=rss
A Farsa das Relaàßàµes com a Rússia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
O estado das relaàßàµes entre a Itália e a Rússia é "excelente": afirmou o Primeiro Ministro Conte, ao receber em Roma, o Presidente Putin. A mensagem é reconfortante, na verdade, soporífera em relaàßà£o à opinià£o pública. Limitamo-nos, fundamentalmente, ao estado …
globalresearch.ca/a-farsa-das-relacoes-com-a-russia/5684013
Protestors demand water for the rivers
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-18
A protest outside New South Wales Parliament on July 10 demanded the state government take real action to combat the dire situation facing the Murray-Darling river system. | The action was opened by Muruwari and Budjiti man, water activist and artist Bruce Shillingsworth, who is organising a Water Corroborree in the drought-affected north-west and west of the state in early October. | Watershed AllianceAU's Kylie Lawrence, who has spent years researching the water crisis in the north-west and west of NSW, addressed the protest, sp…
greenleft.org.au/content/protestors-demand-water-rivers
Brexit 'Deal Dead', New Financial Market Fears and Unredacted Riot Report
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
If you didn't know it, you would think the British establishment had been deliberately rocking every boat possible to ensure a no-deal or hard-Brexit from the outset. From David Cameron's so-called 'miscalulation' to Theresa May's guaranteed failure to produce a …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-deal-dead-new-financial-market-fears-unredacted-riot-report/5683956
Selected Articles: The Race for the Domination of Space
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-race-domination-space/5683975
Alaska governor cuts $400 million from education, social services
wsws.org | 2019-07-18
The 41 percent reduction in the state budget for the University of Alaska will result in the elimination of dozens of degree programs and jeopardize climate research.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/18/alas…
Climate Smart Farming and Gardening Workshop
Terra Cultura | indybay.org | 2019-07-18
The event will be held on site at Terra Cultura, a nonprofit eco-education farm in Aromas, CA. Our mission is to cultivate resilient communities empowered through education and collaboration in agrecology, sustainable living, and the arts.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/17/18824817.php
Die Europà§ische Union in der Atomstrategie des Pentagons
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Der General der Marine-Infanterie und Prà§sident des Gemeinsamen Ausschusses der Stabschefs, Joseph Dunford, àºberreichte am 13. Juni 2019 die Diplome an die Studenten der National Defense University. Er nutzte die Gelegenheit, um ihnen zu versichern, dass es ‚ÄûAufgabe der Generaldirektoren …
globalresearch.ca/die-europaische-union-in-der-atomstrategie-des-pentagons/5684020
Teach the Children Well: the Unrealized Vision In Teaching and Learning in the Residential Schools
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-17
Through the entire era of the residential school in Canada, from the 1880s until the 1980s, parents, public school inspectors and departmental officials made serious complaints about the "poor education" the Native children were receiving. John Milloy (A national crime: the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986 [1999]) observes poignantly:…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/17/teach-the-children-well-the-unrealized-vision-in-teaching-and-learning-in-the-residential-schools/
Lord Hall 'resents' claims BBC not honouring deal in row over TV licences
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-17
The director general of the BBC has said he "refutes and resents" the idea the corporation is not honouring its agreement with the Government over free TV licences for the over-75s. | From June next year, the benefit will be restricted to over-75s who claim pension credit, with the BBC saying it cannot afford to take on the financial burden from the Government. | The free TV licence was introduced in 2000, but the BBC agreed to take on the cost as part of the charter agreement hammered out in 2015. | Giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday, Lord Hall said the BBC had carrie…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/17/lord-hall-resents-claims-bbc-not-honouring-deal-in-row-over-tv-licences/
Massive photo databases secretly gathered in US and Europe to develop facial recognition
wsws.org | 2019-07-17
Large digital face and "selfie" photo databases have been used by state agencies, software engineers and researchers involved in perfecting AI algorithms and image pattern analyses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/17/face…
Science group opposes planned immigration raids, mistreatment of immigrants
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-16
Statement by Ken Kimmell, President, Union of Concerned Scientists | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/16/science-group-opposes-planned-immigration-raids-mistreatment-of-immigrants/
As Republicans Push Pro-Life Agenda, Maternal and Infant Death Rates Rise
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
Not only has maternal and infant health mortality rates increased in the U.S. but these rates are double for black women compared to their white counterparts–no matter what their education or income level. Community Doulas and midwives think they have part of the solution…
therealnews.com/stories/as-republicans-push-pro-life-agenda-maternal-and-infant-death-rates-rise
Trump's Attack against Immigrants Meets Resistance
Alicia Jrapko and Bill Hackwell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-15
Photo Credit: Bill Hackwell Nearly 800 events took place this weekend across the United States organized by grassroots organizations including religious sectors, community groups, students, labor and many individuals who had had enough of the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids taking place in working and poor communities against immigrants and Trump's concentration camps on the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/trumps-attack-against-immigrants-meets-resistance/
Milwaukee: 'Drop the Charges' rally for student who took placard from Nazi
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-14
Milwaukee, WI – Activists rallied outside the Milwaukee County courthouse on the afternoon of July 11 to stand in solidarity with a student who was arrested and charged for taking a vulgar, racist sign away from a Nazi. | Grae Hosmanek is a freshman student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In May, she and others witnessed a racist student protesting a Jewish event on campus and gathered around to deter him from spreading hate speech and threats. The lone fascist, who called himself "Chris," was holding a sign that read "(((GAS)))" a reference to the Nazi holocaust, and another sign bearing a Nazi swastik…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/14/milwauke…
Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-14
Oshkosh, WI – On the evening of July 12, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted a Lights for Liberty rally, demanding an end to the Trump administration's detention policy and the closure of the concentration camps, where tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in clear breach of international law. The call to action drew roughly 30 people from Oshkosh and the surrounding Fox Valley area. | The event started with a silent candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to the disastrous conditions in the camps. The action featured 12 different people speaking…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/14/activist…
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/
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
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/
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/
"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/