Twenty Years Ago: NATO's War of Aggression against Yugoslavia: Who are the War Criminals?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
The causes and consequences of this war have been the object of a vast media disinformation campaign, which has sought to camouflage NATO and US war crimes.
globalresearch.ca/nato-s-war-of-aggression-in-yugoslavia-who-are-the-war-criminals/2144

Algeria: New Gov't Talks Begin as Protests Continue
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-19
In Algiers, the capital of Algeria, thousands of students, teachers and doctors, who overflowed the streets surrounding the Grand Post Plaza, showed their rejection to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika plan to an "orderly transition." | RELATED: | Pressure Mounts on Algeria's Bouteflika as Allies Turn on Him Amid Fresh Protests | "We are he…
telesurenglish.net/news/Algeria-New-Govt-Talks-Begin-as-Anti-Bouteflika-Protests-Continue-20190319-0005.html

The Real Scandal Over Buying an Education
Julian Vasquez Heilig | progressive.org | 2019-03-19
Wealthy parents have been arrested for lavishing millions on a college admissions scam. But inequality in school funding is baked into our system.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/the-real-scandal-over-buying-an-education-heilig-190319/

Planetary Collapse Threatens Our Survival: A New Study Says that More than 1,200 Species "Will Almost Certainly Face Extinction"
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
We are witnessing a worldwide environmental collapse, and nobody seems to know how to stop it. As you will see below, a study that was just released that looked at more than 5,000 species of birds, mammals and amphibians discovered …
globalresearch.ca/planetary-collapse-new-study-says-more-than-1200-species-almost-certainly-face-extinction/5671937

AIPAC Is Coming to Town — Again! Yet Another Concession to Netanyahu Prior to Israel Elections
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
The Trump Administration has delivered yet another concession to Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of parliamentary elections: the Israeli military occupation of much of the Palestinian West Bank and of the Golan Heights will no longer …
globalresearch.ca/aipac/5671933

Shadow Wars — The Secret Struggle for the Middle East
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Christopher Davidson has gathered a huge amount of …
globalresearch.ca/shadow-wars-secret-struggle-middle-east/5671913

No Troop Withdrawal: The US is Planning the "Permanent Occupation" of Syria?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Trump lied about winning against ISIS, the scourge the US created and supports, along with al-Qaeda, its al-Nusra offshoot, and other jihadist groups. | Last December, he lied saying | "(o)ur boys, our young women, our men — they're all coming back | …
globalresearch.ca/permanent-us-occupation-syria-planned/5671951

Ukrainian Presidential Elections: Authoritarianism in Action
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
March 2019 is notable in…
globalresearch.ca/ukrainian-presidential-elections-authoritarianism/5671902

The Difficulty of Writing for Americans
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Writing for Americans, unless for their entertainment, is a challenging undertaking. One reason is that many, especially of the younger generations, no longer have a concept of objective truth. | For them "truth" is simply a bias reflecting one's race, gender, …
globalresearch.ca/difficulty-writing-americans/5671958

The US Is Pushing Lebanon into the Arms of Iran and Russia: US Sanctions Affect the Local Economy
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Lebanon is expecting the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week at a time when the Lebanese economic-political map is being redrawn and while Lebanon is suffering its most serious economic downturnin recent history. | Reasons for the …
globalresearch.ca/us-lebanon-iran-russia-us-sanctions-affect-local-economy/5671929

Selected Articles: The Planet Is Collapsing Before Our Very Eyes
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
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/planet-collapsing-our-eyes/5671940

Anti-Semitism and "The Israel Project"
Askiah Adam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Israel is off-limits. The criminalisation of anti-Semitism means nothing short of this. In fact, France's President Macron says anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism and both are now legally defined as "hate crimes". Will this be a global precursor? Will …
globalresearch.ca/anti-semitism-israel-project/5671909

Turkish Occupation Continues to Erase Cyprus' Heritage
Nick Kampouris | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Since the military invasion of Cyprus by the Turkish army during the summer of 1974, countless reports have been published about the atrocities the Turkish invaders committed on the beautiful Mediterranean island. | But less known is the continuous effort by …
globalresearch.ca/turkish-occupation-continues-erase-cyprus-heritage/5671974

Stealing Syria's Gold: US Is Behaving as True Looters Do
Viktor Mikhin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
According to the agency South Front, the United States has transported approximately 50 tons of gold from the regions occupied by ISIS in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The Kurdish news source reports that the gold was stolen from Syria, and …
globalresearch.ca/us-behaving-true-looters/5671932

Video: Caracas Streets and Store — Food Crisis? See for Yourself!
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
I filmed these scenes on March 10, but until now have been too busy and also lacking good enough internet to upload. | My objective in filming is not to say there is no poverty in Venezuela, nor to imply there …
globalresearch.ca/video-caracas-streets-and-store-food-crisis-see-for-yourself/5671921

The Turkish economy: worse than a recession
E. Ahmet Tonak | mronline.org | 2019-03-19
Turkey's economy is back in the news, and not in a good way. After the release of an economic report by the Turkish Statistical Institute, a big dispute has arisen over whether or not Turkey has entered a recession. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/18/the-turkish-economy-worse-than-a-recession/

Vietnamese MPs Discuss Amendments to the Education Law
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Hanoi, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) The criteria for the selection of textbooks for Vietnamese educational institutions focused on part of the debates of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly that analyzed the Education Law Wednesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

UCSC on Strike: AFSCME Solidarity Strike with UPTE
Worker Student Solidarity Coalition, WSSC | indybay.org | 2019-03-19
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/18/18822046.php

Researcher explains how young people can keep up the momentum
Harriet Thew | zcomm.org | 2019-03-19
Have confidence in your message, engage with others but stay true to your principles…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/researcher-explains-how-young-people-can-keep-up-the-momentum/

Bolivia to Host International Conference on Quinoa
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
18 de marzo de 2019, 09: 36La Paz, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Orinoca, a small town in the southwestern region of the Bolivian Oruro department, will host on Monday the International Quinoa Research Conference in the World.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Il ´partito americano ª nelle istituzioni Ue
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Una risoluzione approvata dal Parlamento europeo il 12 marzo sostiene che ´la Russia non puà≤ più essere considerata un partner strategico e l'Unione europea deve essere pronta a imporle ulteriori sanzioni se essa continua a violare il diritto internazionale ª. | ´La …
globalresearch.ca/il-partito-americano-nelle-istituzioni-ue/5671963

Workers Struggles: The Americas
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-19
Thousands of striking teachers in Salta protested against their union after rejecting a wage deal negotiated behind their backs…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/19/wrkr…

A Global Strike for Climate Change
Alysa Chen | zcomm.org | 2019-03-19
1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-global-strike-for-climate-change/

French People Support General Strike Called by Trade Unions
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Paris, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) A large majority of French citizens support the general strike called for Tuesday by several trade unions and student organizations, aimed at expressing opposition to the government and demanding greater social justice.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Caracas, March 12 (Prensa Latina) Labor and teaching activities were suspended from today for an additional 48 hours while the recovery and stabilization of the National Electric Service (SEN) are achieved, informed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

How Disability Rights Advocates Turned Back the Trump Administration's Attack on Students of Color
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-03-18
Rules designed to help children of color and children with disabilities will go into immediate effect. | Earlier this month, in response to a lawsuit from the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, a federal district court ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law when it delayed a Department of Education rule designed to protect students of color and students with disabilities. | Children of color are significantly more likely to be identified as needin…
aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/disability-rights-and-education/how-disability-rights-advocates-turned-back

A Global Strike for Climate Change: 1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-18
Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate. The mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate change. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York City on Friday with the young activists. We speak with 18-year-old Alysa Chen, one of the organizers of the walkout at New York City's Bronx High School of Science.
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/18/a_global_…

Study finds racial gap between who causes air pollution and who breathes it
Olivia Rosane | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-18
Studies have long shown that minority communities in the U.S.are disproportionately exposed to harmful pollution. But a study published Monday reveals a new level of environmental injustice: they are also less likely to contribute to it. The first-of-its-kind study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that black and Hispanic Americans breathe in …
peoplesworld.org/article/study-finds-racial-gap-between-who-causes-air-pollution-and-who-breathes-it/

The Oakland Teachers' Strike Revealed California's Education Crisis
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2019-03-18
The Oakland Teachers' Strike Revealed California's Education Crisis…
thenation.com/article/the-oakland-teachers-strike-revealed-californias-education-crisis/

For-Profit Colleges Are Dodging Regulation by Becoming… 'Nonprofits'?
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2019-03-18
For-Profit Colleges Are Dodging Regulation by Becoming… 'Nonprofits'?
thenation.com/article/higher-education-corporate-colleges/

Kept Secret for 17 Years: Intel Memo Warned Bush's Iraq Invasion to Create "Perfect Storm"
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
A newly declassified US intelligence memo has been unearthed this week and featured in a bombshell Wall Street Journal report. It proves that the year prior to the Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq the White House was expressly warned …
globalresearch.ca/intel-memo-warned-bushs-iraq-invasion-create-perfect-storm/5671850

Map (and Objectives) of the Irregular War on Energy in Venezuela
Misión Verdad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
The latest evidence gathered by the Venezuelan government and presented on Monday, March 11, to the Venezuelan population about the attack on the national electricity system, allows us to reconstruct the multidimensional nature of the attack that was unleashed in …
globalresearch.ca/map-objectives-war-energy-venezuela/5671839

Good Iraqi-Iranian Relations Are Not a Reason to Worry
Paul R. Pillar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been visiting Iraq this week–a friendly, extended visit that has yielded several bilateral agreements on trade and transportation. Such an event causes heartburn, of course, within the Trump administration and for others who believe that …
globalresearch.ca/good-iraqi-iranian-relations/5671871

The Deplorable State of Human Rights in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
In response to annual US reports on human rights in China, Beijing issues its own on the deplorable state of human rights in America. | It's latest report made the following introductory remarks, saying: | As in previous years, the latest US …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-documentation-us-human-rights-abuses/5671883

Organizational and Staff Structure of US and Russian Armies: Military Comparison
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
Introduction | Armed forces organization depends on several factors, from current and future threats and challenges (the nature of the projected theater of operations, or TO), to the country's economic and technological capabilities. The doctrines of the two world superpowers of …
globalresearch.ca/organizational-staff-structure-us-russian-armies-military-comparison/5671802

Three Days of Infamy
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
On Monday December 8th 1941 FDR stood before Congress and said "December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy…" and the people of our nation rallied to the cause for justice. | After 9/11 Junior Bush also rallied our …
globalresearch.ca/three-days-infamy/5671878

Tears for Christchurch: Australia First Imported Hate in 1788. Now We're in the "Export Business"
Chris Graham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
If you want to know why an Australian man massacred 50 Muslims in a mosque in New Zealand yesterday afternoon, then you need to understand a little bit about our nation's dark past and in particular the quality of our …
globalresearch.ca/christchurch-australia/5671860

Upping the Stakes in Yemen. Endless US-led War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
US forever war in Yemen rages, the Saudis, UAE, NATO, and Israel part of its so-called coalition — against peace in the country and elsewhere. | Over 17 years of war began by the Bush/Cheney regime. There's virtually no prospect for …
globalresearch.ca/upping-stakes-yemen/5671778

Video: Russia Deploys SU-25 Attack Aircraft to Contain Idlib Al Qaeda Militants
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
Government forces and the Russian Military Police have kicked off a joint security operation in the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus. In particular, the operation targeted Jisreen, Mohammedia, al-Aftaris, al-Nashabiyah and Marj al-Sultan where a notable number of weapons and …
globalresearch.ca/russia-deploys-su-25-attack-aircraft-contain-idlib-militants/5671881

John McCain's Disastrous Militaristic Legacy
James Bovard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
When Sen. John McCain passed away in August, he was lauded far and wide for his long career of public service. Rep. John Lewis, the famous civil-rights activist, hailed McCain as a "warrior for peace." In reality, McCain embodied …
globalresearch.ca/john-mccains-disastrous-militaristic-legacy/5671770

It's Time to Talk about Charter School Privilege
Mitchell Robinson | progressive.org | 2019-03-18
Everyone needs to understand the implications of their choice to support charter schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/its-time-to-talk-about-charter-school-privilege-robinson-190318/

1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Climate Action
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-03-18
Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate change. The mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate change. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York City on Friday with the young activists. We speak with 18-year-old Alysa Chen, one of the organizers of the walkout at New York City's Bronx High School of Science. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: Th…
truthout.org/video/1-4-million-students-walk-out-of-class-demanding-climate-action/

Nationwide strike by primary school educators in the Netherlands
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-18
The militant struggle of teachers in the Netherlands is part of an international strike wave among educators spanning five continents.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/18/dutc…

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Meets With Donald Trump to Consolidate Their Far-Right Alliance
Andrew Fishman | theintercept.com | 2019-03-18
There is perhaps no foreign leader more in tune with Donald Trump than Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Both men are unscripted, uninformed, and unburdened by the truth; they've whipped up devoted mass followings by breaking with conventions and using direct, simple language to preach a message of violence, hatred, victimhood, right-wing culture war, anti-science, and "anti-globalism." | Bolsonaro has difficulty staying on script in perso…
theintercept.com/2019/03/18/bolsonaro-trump-meeting/

Illinois votes to teach 'LGBT history' to schoolchildren, Republicans furious
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-17
The Illinois House of representatives has voted to require the teaching of 'LGBT history' to elementary school students in the state. Republican opponents have called the measure "indoctrination." | …
rt.com/usa/454073-illinois-lgbt-gay-history-school/

Kids Around the World Cut Class for Climate Justice
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-16
Students in over 100 countries skipped school and took to the streets to demand serious climate policy from world leaders…
therealnews.com/stories/kids-around-the-world-cut-class-for-climate-justice

School Shooters and Drones
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-15
Allegra Harpootlian links gun violence at home to U.S. wars abroad. By Allegra Harpootlian TomDispatch.com In the wake of the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/15/school-shooters-and-drones/

Labor's reproductive health pledge a win for activism
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-15
On International Women's Day, March 8, 57 countries signed on to a United Nations' statement calling for universal sexual and reproductive healthcare, including access to safe abortions, and comprehensive sexuality education. | Australia was not one of the signatories. | Two days before, federal Labor announced its national reproductive and sexual health strategy. If elected in May, it has committed to improve public hospital access to abortion services; support general practitioners to provide medical abortion; fund an abortion referral line and a public hospital reproductive health hub (including abortion servi…
greenleft.org.au/content/labor%E2%80%99s-reproductive-health-pledge-win-activism

Billionaire-Backed Lawsuit Against Teacher Tenure Fails in Minnesota
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-03-14
Trump has proposed to slash funding for public education in his 2020 budget. In courts across the country, however, public schools are holding up in lawsuits brought by pro-charter interests.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/billionaire-lawsuit-against-teacher-tenure-fails-lahm-190314/

Baltimore Is Slaughtering Black Children
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-14
In the aftermath of a shooting at Frederick Douglass High School, teacher Daniel Parsons argues Baltimore is systematically failing its young people…
therealnews.com/stories/baltimore-is-slaughtering-black-children