"Pre-Emptive Arrest": An Open Invitation to Tyranny
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The FBI has published a document that concludes that "conspiracy theories" can motivate believers to commit crimes. | Considering the growing acceptance of pre-emptive arrest, that is, arresting someone before they can commit a crime that they are suspected of planning …
globalresearch.ca/pre-emptive-arrest-an-open-invitation-to-tyranny/5685816
Caught in the Strait. Britain's Confrontation with Iran
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
It is clear that the United Kingdom could not have thought this through. Was it a touch of the Suez jitters, the haunting syndrome of 1956 leaving a false impression that the Old Empire still had it? To taunt a …
globalresearch.ca/caught-strait/5685794
Trump Regime "Maximum Pressure" High Crimes Against World Peace. Illegal Embargo against Venezuela
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Maximum pressure is a Trump regime euphemism for unlawful political, economic and financial collective punishment against a sovereign state, its leadership and population — for not bending to Washington's will. | Binding international law Fourth Geneva's Article 33 prohibits it, stating: …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-maximum-pressure-high-crimes-against-world-peace-illegal-embargo-against-venezuela/5685826
India's Finding Out the Hard Way that It Isn't "America's Exclusive Ally"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
India hitherto thought that the US needed it more than the reverse and that's why took its nascent military-strategic alliance with it for granted by trying to play "hardball" in pressing for a better trade deal, yet it's now finding …
globalresearch.ca/india-finding-out-hard-way-it-isnt-us-exclusive-ally/5685793
India's Tryst with Destiny: Freedom Struggle from Exploitation and Degradation Is Global
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Today, we are in the grip of a globalised system of capitalism which drives narcissism, domination, ego, anthropocentrism, speciesism and plunder. A system that is using up oil, water and other resources much faster than they can ever be regenerated. …
globalresearch.ca/indias-tryst-destiny-freedom-struggle-exploitation-degradation-global/5685759
This Iranian War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don't Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess
Habib Ahmadzadeh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Dear President Trump, | In a recent Tweet, you claimed that "Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation." As a world citizen and a veteran of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, I have firsthand experience with the bitterness of …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-war-vet-has-some-advice-trump-dont-play-checkers-grandmasters-chess/5685775
Britain's Flagship Drone Projects: UK Government Spending Watchdog Highlights "Significant Issues"
Peter Burt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The Ministry of Defence's two flagship drone projects — the 'Protector' programme to introduce the Certifiable Predator B drone into service with the Royal Air Force, and the Army's Watchkeeper surveillance drone — continue to face 'significant issues' according to …
globalresearch.ca/government-spending-watchdog-highlights-significant-issues-uk-drone-projects/5685822
Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday that the Asian country will suspend the purchase of U.S. agricultural goods in response to the recent announcement that the President Donald Trump administration will increase tariffs to Chinese exports. | "It has been agreed that | …
globalresearch.ca/trade-war-china-suspends-purchases-us-agricultural-products/5685799
Future of Amazon Deforestation Data in Doubt as Research Head Sacked by Bolsonaro
Karla Mendes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
After a month of intensifying criticism from far-right President Jair Bolsonaro concerning data revealing a spike in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over recent months, the Brazilian President has fired the head of the government agency in charge of tracking …
globalresearch.ca/future-amazon-deforestation-data-doubt-research-head-sacked/5685832
China Just Went Nuclear in the Trade War, and There Is No Turning Back Now
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
When will Americans start to wake up and realize what is happening? At the end of last week, President Trump announced that the U.S. would be imposing a 10 percent tariff on 300 billion dollars worth of Chinese imports, and …
globalresearch.ca/china-just-went-nuclear-trade-war-no-turning-back-now/5685836
Assessing President Diaz-Canel's Commitment to the Ideals of the Cuban Revolution
Dr. Birsen Filip | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Fidel Castro was an unparalleled leader. Although some of his adversaries had hoped that the ideals and objectives of the Cuban Revolution would die with him, they have in fact persevered, thereby supporting Fidel's view that 'a combatant may die, …
globalresearch.ca/assessing-president-diaz-canels-commitment-ideals-cuban-revolution/5685751
The Skripal Poisoning: Anonymous' Revelations Point to UK Intelligence Motives
Karin Brothers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Sergei Skripal was a former Russian double agent for Britain. After a high-profile spy swap in 2010, he lived in Salisbury, England, near his former MI6 handler, Pablo Miller, who he reportedly kept in touch with. | Late in the …
globalresearch.ca/skripal-poisoning-anonymous-revelations-point-uk-intelligence-motives/5685778
Video: Collapse of Ceasefire, Syrian Military Vows to Resume Operations Against Al Qaeda Militants
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The new ceasefire agreement designed to cease hostilities in northwestern Hama and southern Idlib has just collapsed. | On August 3, the leader of Hay'at Tahir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), Abu Mohammad al-Julani, announced that his group would not withdraw …
globalresearch.ca/video-collapse-of-ceasefire-syrian-military-vows-to-resume-operations-against-al-qaeda-militants/5685745
Will Mercenaries Fight America's Wars? Private Mercenary Army on Behalf of Venezuela "Opposition"
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
President Donald Trump's pre-election pledge to end America's useless wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan just might turn out to be somewhat less than what was promised if some political allies of the president have their way. For …
globalresearch.ca/will-mercenaries-fight-americas-wars/5685769
Erdogan Announces Military Operation East of Euphrates River to Push Back Kurds, US Urges Him to Reconsider
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
In what would be Turkey's third cross-border military operation in Syria since the war began, in as many years, Erdogan announced on Sunday that he would be launching a military operation east of the Euphrates river, to push back Kurdish …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-announces-military-operation-east-euphrates-river-push-back-kurds-us-urges-him-reconsider/5685820
We're All Enemies of the State: Draconian Laws, Precrime and the Surveillance State
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary."–H.L. Mencken | We've been down this road many times before. | If …
globalresearch.ca/we-all-enemies-state-draconian-laws-precrime-surveillance-state/5685762
Hiroshima Unlearned: Time to Tell the Truth About US Relations with Russia
Alice Slater | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
August 6th and 9th mark 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Today, …
globalresearch.ca/hiroshima-unlearned-time-tell-truth-about-us-relations-russia/5685824
Syrian Security Confiscates Armored Vehicles, Weapons, Captagon, Drugs
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Syrian security units and Syrian Arab Army units operating in Hama northern countryside, northwest of Syria, and Daraa countryside, south of Syria, had a busy day busting, discovering, and confiscating large stashes of weapons, munition, gears, armored vehicles, illicit drugs …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-security-confiscates-armored-vehicles-weapons-captagon-drugs/5685732
Why Oliver Stone's Latest Film on Ukraine Is Must-watch
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Oliver Stone is afraid. Afraid of war. That was the stark message conveyed by his latest film on the Ukraine crisis, 'Revealing Ukraine' which picked up the Grand Prix at the Taormina film festival in Italy last month. The documentary, …
globalresearch.ca/why-oliver-stones-latest-film-ukraine-must-watch/5685676
"On a Scale of 1-10, It's an 11" — Wall Street Reacts to China's Retaliation
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
One day after China finally snapped, and demonstratively refused to intervene and keep the CNH above 7.00 vs the dollar, escalating the trade war into a currency war, stocks are tumbling and Wall Street analysts — all of whom had …
globalresearch.ca/scale-1-10-its-11-wall-street-reacts-china-retaliation/5685801
U.K. Breakup? New Poll Sets the Scene for Scottish Independence Referendum
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed as 'phenomenal' a new poll which shows majority support for Scottish Independence. The survey, which was carried out by Lord Ashcroft in the wake of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to Scotland …
globalresearch.ca/new-poll-sets-scene-scottish-independence-referendum/5685771
Can the Progressive-"Conspiracy" Divide be Bridged?
John Kirby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
People from a variety of advocacy communities who tackle issues ranging from the assassinations of the 1960's to vaccine safety are rightly upset by a recent NBC News.com op-ed authored by Lynn Parramore, a progressive journalist known for her …
globalresearch.ca/can-progressive-conspiracy-divide-bridged/5685749
Marxism and the philosophy of science
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-07
Marxists are primarily known for their concern with the development of human society and political struggle. As materialists, however, Marxists necessarily look to developments in science and new ways of understanding the material world. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/07/marxism-and-the-philosophy-of-science/
The War on Syria: Lightning Flashes in the Dark Night of War Propaganda
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The war on Syria is a war against children, and men, and women. | It is a war against Christians, and Muslims, and civilization itself. | It is a war for terrorism and sectarianism and extremist ideologies. | It is a war for …
globalresearch.ca/lightning-flashes-dark-night-war-propaganda/5685813
Selected Articles: The US-China Trade War
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-what-future-us-china-trade-war/5685810
Watch Susan Collins Drive Away as College Student Tells Her 'More Kids Are Going to Die' Without Gun Control Legislation
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-07
When asked directly by a college student whether she would take concrete action to push for gun control legislation that could prevent the deaths of more children in mass shootings, Sen. Susan Collins got into her car and drove away from the young woman. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/07/watch-susan-collins-drive-away-college-student-tells-her-more-kids-are-going-die?cd-origin=rss
How a Truly Epic Charter School Fraud Unfolded in Oklahoma
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2019-08-06
A case of ghost students, straw teachers, and parent bonuses sets a new low for privately operated schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/epic-charter-fraud-oklahoma-thompson-190806/
Reparations and the Student Debt Wars
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-06
The public college and university system in California was tuition-free during the sixties and into the seventies when the baby boomers were attending college in record numbers. Favorable budgets helped stoke the demand and new campuses were built to accommodate this explosion, propelled by an inclusive ethos special to this left-liberal era where a different…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/06/reparations-and-the-student-debt-wars/
Prenatal Estrogen Levels Linked to Autism: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-06
Scientist from the University of Cambridge and the State Serum Institute in Denmark say they have conducted a study that finds that the higher the level of estrogen in a mother's womb, the higher the likelihood her child will develop autism. | RELATED: | Chinese Scientists Will Test Long-Lasting HIV Vaccine in Humans | The researchers from both university say they have identified a link between exposure to estrogen sex hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing aut…
telesurenglish.net/news/Prenatal-Estrogen-Levels-Linked-to-Autism-Study-20190806-0022.html
'Port in a Storm': Rare Win for Pro-Palestine Advocates as Court Rules in Favor of Students
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-06
"Because of Justice Bannon's order, no Fordham student will be restricted or prohibited from advocating for justice in Palestine." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/06/port-storm-rare-win-pro-palestine-advocates-court-rules-favor-students?cd-origin=rss
Is the Rise in Lyme Disease Due to Weaponized Ticks?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-05
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…
therealnews.com/stories/is-the-rise-in-lyme-disease-due-to-weaponized-ticks
What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part I
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-08-05
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…
mronline.org/2019/08/05/what-the-new-deal-can-teach-us-about-winning-a-green-new-deal-part-i/
Charter School Apologia
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-05
The frenzied promotion of illusions about charter schools by the rich reflects their growing fear of losing the power to impose their narrow interests on the public. Mounting internal and external criticism of privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter schools rightly has charter school advocates and their wealthy supporters anxious. In this fractured context, it is …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/charter-school-apologia/
Victorian teachers' union votes to support Climate Strike
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-05
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/victorian-teachers-union-votes-support-climate-strike
The Canaries That Sang "Things Suck"
Jack Tucker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-03
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/the-canaries-that-sang-things-suck/
The Persistence of School Segregation
Alexandria Millet | progressive.org | 2019-08-03
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.
progressive.org/dispatches/persistence-school-segregation-millet-190803/
Four Truths About For-Profit Charter Schools
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2019-08-02
2020 Democratic candidates taking a stand against for-profit charters is like bravely standing up in opposition to yeti attacks.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/four-truths-about-for-profit-charter-schools-Greene-190802/
10 reasons to join the September 20 Climate Strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-02
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/10-reasons-join-september-20-climate-strike-0
"We Don't Want Another President Obama": Activist Urges Democrats to Reframe Immigration Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
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.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_democ…
New report reveals employers, other details about troubled J-1 summer work travel program
splcenter.org | 2019-07-29
The students from the Dominican Republic were told that they could experience American culture while working at resorts and ice cream shops.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/30/new-report-reveals-employers-other-details-about-troubled-j-1-summer-work-travel-program
When Kicking Around an Orange Gets You On Probation
aclu.org | 2019-07-26
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,…
aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/when-kicking-around-orange-gets-you-probation
This County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades — Until Now
aclu.org | 2019-07-25
Today, we filed a landmark settlement that will end the relationship between the probation department and school districts in Riverside. | Since 2001, the Riverside County, California probation department has been needlessly funneling young people struggling with grades, behavior, trauma, and mental health into the criminal justice system. | This direct line to the criminal system is the product of a partnership between local school districts and the county probation department called the Youth Accountability Team (YAT). Instead of counselors or other school and community-based supports stepping in to support and…
aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/school-prison-pipeline/county-criminalized-students-bad-grades-until-now
No Place at Northeastern: students, community members rally against DHS
Malcolm Clark | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-25
Students university complicity with repression during flash flood.
liberationnews.org/no-place-at-northeastern-students-community-members-rally-against-dhs/
VIDEO: Why members of the Puerto Rican diaspora support #RickyRenuncia
Dru Maxcy and Joe Tache | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-24
Liberation News spoke with José Hernandez of Puerto Rico Me Llama and Carlos Cabrera, a student at Berklee College of Music.
liberationnews.org/video-why-members-of-the-puerto-rican-diaspora-support-rickyrenuncia/