(2019-08-05). Is the Rise in Lyme Disease Due to Weaponized Ticks? therealnews.com 
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases affects 400,000 Americans each year, and the reported cases are rising. Did the pentagon weaponized ticks and unleash them on an unsuspecting public? We discuss the possibility with science writer Kris Newby…
(2019-08-05). Newsflash: Trump and DeVos Do Not Want to Get Government Out of For-Profit College Industry. counterpunch.org 
It is far too common for progressives to accept the right's framing of economic issues. In the standard story, the right portrays itself as the champion of free markets. The image is of the rugged individualist who struggles against the current to come out ahead. They want to be able to make their way in More
(2019-08-05). What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part I. mronline.org 
The New Deal has recently become a touchstone for many progressive efforts, illustrated by Bernie Sanders' recent embrace of its aims and accomplishments and the popularity of calls for a Green New Deal. | Source
(2019-08-05). How Joe Biden's Privatization Plans Helped Doom Latin America and Fuel the Migration Crisis. globalresearch.ca On the campaign trail, Joe Biden has boasted of his role in transforming Colombia and Central America through ambitious economic and security programs. Colombians and Hondurans tell The Grayzone about the damage his plans did to their societies. | *** | While …
(2019-08-05). Email fraud warning issued to students ahead of A-Level results. thecanary.co UK students are at risk from email scams because many top universities are not following best practices to block fraudulent emails, new research has claimed. | According to a report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, 65% of the UK's top 20 universities were not using any form of an industry-recommended email authentication tool. | It says this could enable cybercriminals to imitate the universities in question easily, placing students applying for higher education after receiving their A-Level results at greater risk of email fraud. | The Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) recor…
(2019-08-05). Costa Rican Health Workers Begin Strike Against Privatization. telesurenglish.net Costa Rican health workers started a general strike Monday for 48 hours in demand for strong health services and to defend the Costa Rican Social Security (CCSS). | RELATED: | Costa Rica Celebrates the Month of Afrodescendence | Workers associated with the health sector's Trade Union Front began the stoppage, which will last until early Wednesday as reported by…
(2019-08-05). Israeli Ministers To Honor Rabbi Who Praised Palestine Massacre. telesurenglish.net Two Israeli ministers will speak at a conference organized in honor of a right-wing rabbi, who praised the 1994 massacre of Palestinian worshipers in Hebron and was previously charged with racism. | RELATED: | Intermarriages Among Jews Is 'Like Second Holocaust': Israeli Education Minister | Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz and Transportation…
(2019-08-05). Rethinking Medicare for All — slightly. nationofchange.org After listening to the second set of Democratic debates, I realized that there exists a substantial divide among the presidential candidates on the question of whether private healthcare plans should be abolished once Medicare for All is provided by the government. I think that the question can be answered by looking at the way the education system is run in Finland. | "If you require all Americans to be insured through the same system, then the wealthy Americans are in the same boat with everyone else. Instead of wasting energy trying to cut services from the government health system (and trying to save money…
(2019-08-05). More Fake News and US Statistics About Payroll Jobs. The Trend Towards Part-Time Employment. globalresearch.ca Yesterday's column referred to a "falling labor force participation rate." | One of the main points of the article is that the number of payroll jobs are not the same thing as the number of employed Americans. Jobs have been trending …
(2019-08-05). Trump Regime Aiming to Blockade Iran and Venezuela? globalresearch.ca International law is clear. Blockades are undeclared acts of war. | No nation may legally use this tactic against another state unilaterally or with coalition partners. | UN Charter provisions are binding international law. Article 39 authorizes the Security Council alone to …
(2019-08-05). Europe Says 'No Safe Level' of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Trump EPA Refused to Ban. globalresearch.ca European food safety regulators have found there is no safe level of exposure for a brain-damaging pesticide President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency recently refused to ban. | The European Food Safety Authority said today that chlorpyrifos, widely used on fruits and …
(2019-08-05). The Dangerous New US Consensus on China and the Future of US-China Relations. globalresearch.ca The trade war and technological competition with China are symptomatic of a much larger issue: a dangerous gridlock in US-China relations that may become permanent, with dire consequences not just for the two countries' economies but also for the global …
(2019-08-05). Seeking Justice for 9/11 Heroes: An Interview with New York Area Fire Commissioner Christopher Gioia. globalresearch.ca On this week's episode of 9/11 Free Fall, host Andy Steele is joined by Franklin Square Fire Commissioner Christopher Gioia to discuss his fire district's recent passage of a historic resolution supporting a new investigation into events of 9/11. | We …
(2019-08-05). Reiwa Shinsengumi: A New Unconventional Politician has Emerged in Japan. Power to the People! asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2019-08-05). The Resurgence of the "Absentee Landlord" Beast. globalresearch.ca No politician from either of the Two Party/One Party imbroglio will ever mention anything about this Absentee Landlord disgrace. Sadly, absentee landlords have been with us since time in memoriam. These people were even mentioned in the story of Jesus …
(2019-08-05). Democracy Threat? Trump Demands 'Realignment of British Politics'. The Americanization of Britain. globalresearch.ca I said that this moment would come. It has almost arrived. I warned that Britain is to become a European outpost of America (READ: The global alliance taking over Britain) and if ever proof was needed, it is the …
(2019-08-05). Trump's Trade War Measures Hit the Financial Markets. globalresearch.ca Financial markets around the world fell on Friday as a result of the shock wave from US President Trump's surprise announcement Thursday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff from September 1 on a further $300 billion worth …
(2019-08-05). The Global Currency War Has Begun. China's Yuan Breaks the 7 to $1 Band. Why is The Dollar Rising? globalresearch.ca Over this weekend, China's Yuan currency broke out of its band and devalued to more than 7 to $1. At the same time China announced it would not purchase more US agricultural goods. The Trump-US Neocon trade strategy has just …
(2019-08-05). Tulsi Gabbard, the Mainstream Media and Treason. globalresearch.ca In case you had not noticed, there is an existential crisis going on within both the MSM and Democratic party that has been on full display during the June and July DNC sponsored presidential debates — and today the DNC …
(2019-08-05). Trump Administration Ends Long-standing Safeguards Protecting Kids from Dangerous Class of Pesticides. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will end long-running safeguards meant to protect children from harmful pesticide ingredients used in bug sprays, pet shampoos and on fruits and vegetables. | After receiving data from the pesticide industry …
(2019-08-05). A Blockade of Venezuela Must be Opposed. globalresearch.ca When Trump said he was considering a blockade of Venezuela yesterday, it was possible to dismiss it as a meaningless statement that would have no policy implications. Unfortunately, Trump seems to have meant what he said: | Donald Trump is …
(2019-08-05). Is There a Third Way in Libya? What can Break the Deadlock in Libya's Civil War? globalresearch.ca What can break the deadlock in Libya's civil war? | Ghassan Salame, the UN's point man for Libya began his analysis and brief to the Security Council last week by emphasising that the armed conflict in Libya "shows no signs …
(2019-08-05). Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif Drives Trump to Insanity. globalresearch.ca At a time when the Trump administration has no problem negotiating with the secretary of the Russian national security council Nikolai Patrushev, who is technically under US sanctions since April 2018, the cut and thrust of Washington's move to …
(2019-08-05). Nobody Will Stop the US if It Blockades Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The US has full escalation dominance in the Hybrid War on Venezuela, so while it would be internationally illegal and morally wrong, neither Caracas nor its partners in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran would do anything of substance to stop Washington …
(2019-08-05). Cheering a New Arms Race: The End of the INF. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump is a master of the withdrawal method. That said, it is often forgotten that the United States remains that most fickle of creatures, joining, or abandoning international regimes that might be seen to jar with the …
(2019-08-05). Omission of Atrocities Committed by the Venezuelan "Opposition" Discredits UN Human Rights Report. globalresearch.ca Former lawyer for the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Alfred de Zayas stated: | "As a former staffer of the Office of the High Commissioner For Human Rights, I know how things work. There are people with prejudices. They have …
(2019-08-05). The Silencing of Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Help. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | An increasing number of search engines implement algorithms which are negatively biased against independent news and analysis websites such as Global Research. Our website gets filtered out from their results, making our articles harder to find, which reduces …
(2019-08-05). World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities. globalresearch.ca 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.
(2019-08-05). Mass Shootings in America. The US is a "Gun Society" globalresearch.ca They happen with disturbing regularity, two over the weekend. More on them below. | *** | Gun Violence Archive maintains a database of reported shootings in the US, information gotten from law enforcement, media, and government sources. | In 2019, it reported 33,028 …
(2019-08-05). Fascist Violence Has Gone Mainstream. truthdig.com As repulsive as it might be to take the manifesto of the El Paso killer seriously, we must shed inhibition aside and take a close look at it. For a 21-year old, it's quite well articulated, beyond the reach of most American college students in terms of linking cause and effect and describing motivation and rationale. The murderer realizes that his manifesto might well be "meh" at this point (he hasn't had time enough to deliberate), but thinks it's better to…
(2019-08-05). Bangladesh primary school teachers demand government nationalise schools. wsws.org Even if non-government primary schools are taken over by the Hasina government there is no guarantee that teachers and school staff will be regularly paid.
(2019-08-05). Selected Articles: Venezuela: US Blockade Is Next? globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
(2019-08-05). Victorian teachers' union votes to support Climate Strike. greenleft.org.au 
The Australian Education Union's (AEU) Victorian branch has voted to support a student-initiated call for a Climate Strike on September 20. The internationally coordinated strike, which will be held just days before a United Nations Emergency Climate Summit, is seeking to pressure governments to take serious action to address the climate crisis. | The motion, which was passed unanimously at the union's August 2 state council meeting, calls on AEU officials to negotiate with the state government "to ensure students participating in the student strike planned for Sept 2019 and future actions are afforded thei…
(2019-08-04). The Canaries that Sang "Things Suck" globalresearch.ca Don't get me wrong. I am not foul-mouthed or in any way vulgar, having been trained in the niceties of academic discretionary writing and research. I apologize for the title and even for using the personal pronoun "I." As "one" …
(2019-08-04). Trump and the World. globalresearch.ca At this point, everyone on the planet with the exception of United States President Donald Trump and his own, perverse, neocon circle, must see that the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has been an unmitigated …
(2019-08-03). The Canaries That Sang "Things Suck" dissidentvoice.org Don't get me wrong. I am not foul-mouthed or in any way vulgar, having been trained in the niceties of academic discretionary writing and research. I apologize for the title and even for using the personal pronoun "I." As "one" knows, to write as if you are a person with values and beliefs is very …
(2019-08-03). The Persistence of School Segregation. progressive.org Students are still isolated in their own schools because almost no one looks like them, or they are concentrated in schools in which almost everyone does.
(2019-08-03). Australian households' cost of living soars above consumer price index. wsws.org A large gap has emerged between the official statistics and the standard of living, thanks to skyrocketing prices for essential goods and services, as opposed to prices for discretionary items.
(2019-08-02). Four Truths About For-Profit Charter Schools. progressive.org 2020 Democratic candidates taking a stand against for-profit charters is like bravely standing up in opposition to yeti attacks.
(2019-08-02). Homage to OSPAAAL, the organisation of solidarity for the peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. mronline.org 
Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research. A few days ago, the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba came to a close. At the final meeting, Prachanda—the co-chair of the Nepal Communist Party—articulated a sentiment that is shared by billions of people around the world. Cuba, he said, 'is […] | Source
(2019-08-02). 10 reasons to join the September 20 Climate Strike. greenleft.org.au 
School Strike 4 Climate outline just 10 of many reasons why you should join students when they go on strike to save the climate on September 20. | 1. Millions of people will be striking around the world with us. Beat the fear of missing out and make a plan to be there. | 2. Australia's climate pollution has never been higher than it is right now. We're on track to be responsible for almost one-fifth of the world's climate pollution by 2030. | 3. The people who did the least to contribute to this are being hit first and worst by climate impacts. And that is deeply unfair. | 4. This is only the biggest challenge hu…
(2019-08-01). Headlines for August 1, 2019. democracynow.org Presidential Hopefuls Take Aim at Joe Biden During Second Night of Debates, Protesters Confront Joe Biden over Immigration Record, Protesters Confront NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over Eric Garner's Death, NY Medical Examiner: Layleen Polanco Died of Epilepsy in Solitary Cell, U.N. Warns 21st Century's Worst Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding in Syria, Trump Administration Sanctions Iran's Foreign Minister, Sudan Schools Closed After Soldiers Massacre Students, Greenland Ice Melts at Rapid Pace as Temperatures Climb 30 Degrees Above Normal, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Promotes Climate Justice Proposal, 66 Seek Medical Care…
(2019-08-01). The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt. thenation.com The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt…
(2019-08-01). When Japanese print workers resisted war. greenleft.org.au 
Against the Storm: How Japanese Print-Workers Resisted the Military Regime, 1935-1945 | By Masao Sugiura
| Translated by Kaye Broadbent & Masa Sato | Interventions, Melbourne | 2019, $24.95 | "In doing what is normal for any trade union activist today —recruiting, arguing and organising — my comrades and I were made to suffer persecution, imprisonment and death," writes Masao Sugiura. | When researching Japanese working-class resistance to World War II, Kaye Broadbent discovered in a Japanese university archive Sugiura's 1964 memoirs detailing the formation and activities of the Shuppanako Kurabu…
(2019-07-31). Turkish-Chinese relations: fighting back against Western hegemony. uwidata.com 
Turkey and China are attracting attention due to their political past and their recent actions in the economic sphere. Emre Demir, a senior researcher at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the TED University (Turkish Educational Association) commented on the current situation in Turkish-Chinese relations after President Erdogan's recent visit to China. …
(2019-07-31). "We Don't Want Another President Obama": Activist Urges Democrats to Reframe Immigration Debate. democracynow.org 
Democratic candidates also sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.
(2019-07-30). Headlines for July 30, 2019. democracynow.org Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…
(2019-07-29). New report reveals employers, other details about troubled J-1 summer work travel program. splcenter.org The students from the Dominican Republic were told that they could experience American culture while working at resorts and ice cream shops.
(2019-07-26). When Kicking Around an Orange Gets You On Probation. aclu.org I was in 8th grade. I just didn't want to get in more trouble, so I signed the papers, like I was told to. | I was in 8th grade when it happened. I'll never forget the feeling of those cold, clanky pairs of metal constraints. I was being handcuffed in front of my friends and classmates. | As a lot of middle school students do, I was fooling around with my friends outside at lunch. We found an orange and started kicking it around like a soccer ball. It turns out I picked a bad day to fool around, and a bad person to tick off. A school resource officer — basically a cop — was stationed in the cafeteria,…
(2019-07-25). No Place at Northeastern: students, community members rally against DHS. liberationnews.org 
Students university complicity with repression during flash flood.