EU Dilemma: How to Deal with China
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-20
Facing China's irresistible rise all across the chessboard, and under relentless US pressure, the not exactly democratic EU leadership is on a backbreaking exercise to position itself between a geopolitical/geoeconomic rock and a hard place. | The 28-member EU holds a …
globalresearch.ca/eu-dilemma-deal-china/5672064
Yankees Go Home! Global Mobilizations in Solidarity with Venezuela
Peoples Dispatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-20
From Malaysia to the Argentina, peoples movements and organizations mobilized on Saturday March 16, to express their solidarity with Venezuela amid one of the most brutal attacks on the country by the US and its allies | *** | This weekend, movements …
globalresearch.ca/yankees-go-home-global-mobilizations-solidarity-venezuela/5672068
Reading Manifestos: Restricting Brenton Tarrant's "The Great Replacement"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-20
A censorious and censoring attitude has engulfed responses to the mental airings of the Christchurch shooter. Material in connection with Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman behind the killing of 50 individuals at two mosques in New Zealand, is drying …
globalresearch.ca/manifestos-restricting-brenton-tarrants-great-replacement/5672065
Georgia rules against DACA students
Arielle Robinson | workers.org | 2019-03-20
Undocumented students who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, have been barred from attending Georgia's top universities. An Atlanta Federal Appeals Court upheld this reactionary policy of the Georgia Board of Regents March 6. (tinyurl.com/y5hnwydm) <> on September 7, 2017 in New York City. . . . | Continue reading Georgia rules against DACA students at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/03/20/georgia-rules-against-daca-students/
Failing Students on Climate Change
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Last Friday hundreds of thousands of students around the globe walked out of classrooms to demand that our political leaders take concrete steps to address the deadly threat of climate change. They are right, of course, that the generations of their elders, from millennials to baby boomer grandparents, have failed in our responsibility to preserve…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/failing-students-on-climate-change/
Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
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…
French People Support General Strike Called by Trade Unions
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
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…
Captain Marvel: Money, feminism, militarism and previously "independent" filmmakers
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
The production and release of Captain Marvel, the new science fiction adventure from Marvel and Disney, has a number of remarkable features, but none of them involve the film's drama, action or characters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/marv…
Sri Lanka: Abbotsleigh Estate Workers Action Committee and SEP hold powerful conference
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
Over 100 people participated, including estate workers, workers from a diverse range of trades, students and a delegation from Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern province.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/conf…
UCSC on Strike: AFSCME Solidarity Strike with UPTE
Worker Student Solidarity Coalition, WSSC | indybay.org | 2019-03-20
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/18/18822046.php
Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes
Leanna First-Arai | zcomm.org | 2019-03-20
The youth-led movement builds on the momentum of the increasingly Black and Brown leadership behind the Green New Deal…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-students-of-color-are-stepping-up-to-lead-climate-strikes/
Ontario government savages public education
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
According to teacher union estimates, the Ford government's education "reform" will result in the elimination of nearly 10,000 teaching jobs and class sizes of up to 40 students.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/onta…
Trump, Bolsonaro and the danger of fascism
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
Trump hailed the "shared values" between his government and that of a former military officer, who praises the Brazilian military dictatorship that jailed, tortured and murdered tens of thousands of workers and students.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/pers…
Vietnamese MPs Discuss Amendments to the Education Law
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
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…
Sacramento, California teachers authorize strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
The overwhelming strike vote in California's state capital expresses the militancy of teachers across the country fighting the bipartisan assault on public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/sacr…
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
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/
Report: Wall Street pressure prompted GM plant closures
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-19
WASHINGTON–Wall Street pressure, particularly from rich and secretive hedge funds and their managers, prompted the General Motors plant closures that will throw at least 14,000 United Auto Worker members — and countless other workers in GM's supply chain — out of jobs, a new report says. The report, commissioned by the Teachers (AFT) is from …
peoplesworld.org/article/report-wall-street-pressure-prompted-gm-plant-closures/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For Those Who Value Global Research: We Need Your Support!
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
We are — as a society — inundated and overwhelmed with a flood of information from a wide array of sources, but these sources of information, by and large, serve the powerful interests and individuals that own them with the aim of controlling public perception and justifying their agendas.
globalresearch.ca/for-those-that-value-global-research-we-need-your-help/5369471
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
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
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
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/
Glyphosate Herbicides Are Altering the Food Chain
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-03-19
As the active ingredient in Bayer's Roundup herbicide is increasingly scrutinized for human health impacts, scientists say it also could be altering the wildlife and organisms at the base of the food chain. | Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides in history. Farmers in 2014 sprayed enough of the chemical to cover every acre of cropland in the entire world with nearly a half-pound of the herbicide, according to a 2016 study published in Environmental Sciences Europe. | Long thought to be relatively benign to non-target plants and animals, evidence is growing that glyphosate, the active ingredient…
truthout.org/articles/glyphosate-herbicides-are-altering-the-food-chain/
Trump Budget Ends Medicaid Expansion, Axes Affordable Housing Programs
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2019-03-19
On Monday, the Trump administration released full details of its 2020 budget request, the general outlines of which were released last week. The initial release called for cuts to nearly every federal agency, with deep cuts to the State Department, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and others. Only the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Veterans' Affairs would re…
truthout.org/articles/trump-budget-ends-medicaid-expansion-axes-affordable-housing-programs/
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/
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
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/
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/
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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/
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/