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Julian Assange Against the Imperium: Day Two of Extradition Hearings
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
The second day of extradition hearings against Julian Assange and by virtue of that, WikiLeaks, saw Mark Summers QC deliver a formidable serve for the defence at Woolwich Crown Court. "It's difficult to conceive of a clearer example of an …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-against-imperium-day-two-extradition-hearings/5704815

Bahrain orders all schools & kindergartens SHUT DOWN for 2 weeks as coronavirus cases soar
rt.com | 2020-02-26
Bahraini students will be skipping classes due to a perfectly valid reason for the next two weeks, after the country's education ministry ordered schools and nurseries to be temporarily closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases. | State-run as well as private kindergartens and schools in Bahrain will shut their doors for two weeks starting Wednesday, the Gulf monarchy's authorities announced on Tuesday, after the 9 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 were reported, bringing the total number to 17. | All of the new cases so far have been linked to Iran. The authorities said that those infected traveled from the Isl…
rt.com/news/481687-bahrain-coronavirus-school-shutdown/

Victor Arnautoff's "Life & Era of George Washington's New Deal Murals"
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
On Washington's Birthday a panel was held in San Francisco on the Victor Arnautoff murals and the New Deal. Speakers discussed the role of art in education and the failure of public education officials to provide signage and other information about the world historic Arnautoff murals at George Washington High in San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/25/18831041.php

Arguments About Bloomberg's "Electability" Overlook His Racism and Misogyny
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
As billionaire Michael Bloomberg endeavors to buy his way to the presidency, some pundits continue to speculate that he has the best chance of defeating Donald Trump, even after his abysmal debate performance in Nevada. Bloomberg's campaign says Bernie …
globalresearch.ca/arguments-bloomberg-electability-overlook-racism-misogyny/5704820

Netanyahu's Holy Alliance with Rightwing, Ultra-Orthodox
Shlomi Eldar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
Until a few weeks ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign tactic was to help the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) garner enough votes to enter the Knesset and thereby ensure a 61-seat majority for his right-wing, ultra-Orthodox bloc of …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-holy-alliance-rightwing-ultra-orthodox/5704777

How Globalization and China's Economic Crisis Might Jeopardize Our Precarious Medical Supply Chains
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
The grave risks and dangers in the process of worldwide out-sourcing and so-called globalization of the past 30 years or so are becoming starkly clear as the ongoing health emergency across China threatens vital world supply chains from China to …
globalresearch.ca/globalization-medical-supply-chains/5704794

Brazil in Search for "Fake Enemies"
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
Recently, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense published a dossier on possible threats to national security over the next two decades. The document, however, is far from showing any sign of seriousness, being full of unfounded predictions, which call into question …
globalresearch.ca/brazil-search-false-enemies/5704779

Turkey's Request for U.S. Patriot Missiles to Pressure Russia in Syria Will Not Work
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
Ankara's statements about an imminent military operation in Syria and the Turkish authorities' request for Washington to supply them with U.S.-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems are just Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's manoeuvres to leverage against Russia that his …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-request-u-s-patriot-missiles-pressure-russia-syria-not-work/5704787

Recall Campaign Uses Darkened Photo of Councilmember Glover in Facebook Ad
Santa Cruz News Network | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
The group Santa Cruz United is running a Facebook ad that features a visibly darkened photo of Santa Cruz City Councilmember Drew Glover, who is African American. The photo has been converted to gray-scale and covered in text containing allegations of misconduct. The ad was placed to promote the recall of Councilmember Glover, as well as Councilmember Chris Krohn, who is not featured in the photo. The imagery preys on human perception through what has been termed by researchers as the "Bad is Black" effect. In 2016, Professor Adam Alter of New York University and three colleagues found the darker the appearance o…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831010.php

A new Israeli atrocity in Gaza was carried out with the help of a multinational corporation
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-02-26
Trigger warning: this piece contains video footage that some viewers may find distressing. | Disclosure: The author of this piece is also a researcher for Corporate Occupation, whose work this article cites. | On Monday 24 February the world woke up to a new set of gruesome images showing the terrible reality of Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip. | A young man called Mohammed al-Naem was killed by the Israeli military, close to the Israeli…
thecanary.co/global/2020/02/26/a-new-israeli-atrocity-in-gaza-was-carried-out-with-the-help-of-a-multinational-corporation/

UC-Santa Cruz grad students continue wildcat strikes
wsws.org | 2020-02-26
Another "Doomsday" rally is scheduled for Thursday, the new deadline set by the administration for grad students to end their strike or be fired.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/26/ucsc…

Nashville art school students, alumni oppose takeover by Christian college
wsws.org | 2020-02-26
Students, alumni and faculty spoke out against the proposed merger of Watkins College of Art with Belmont University at a pop-up art exhibit on Saturday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/26/arts…

'PR Stunt': Huawei Blasts US Official's 'Mafia' Remark as 'Disingenuous'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-26
Washington has of late been grappling with Huawei's leverage in a promising chunk of the big tech market – 5G networks. Following Britain's okaying some Huawei equipment at home, the US has gone to great lengths to exert pressure on its allies.
sputniknews.com/science/202002261078408655-pr-stunt-huawei-blasts-us-officials-mafia-remark-as-disingenuous/

'Frozen Mobile Home' Picture Wins 2020 Underwater Photo Prize
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-26
The picture was taken during an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula during which participants explored and documented the hidden face of icebergs, which scientists say fertilise oceans as they carry nutrients from land.
sputniknews.com/science/202002261078409704-frozen-mobile-home-picture-wins-2020-underwater-photo-prize/

'Pinch me Harder, Baby!' Humongous Coconut Crabs Talk During Sex, Scientists Claim
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-26
The birgus latro or coconut crab is the largest land-living invertebrate in the world. They can grow up to 1 metre in length and weigh up to 4 kilograms. They primarily feed on fruit on nuts, but also consume small animals like tortoise hatchlings and are not squeamish about eating birds or even their own kind.
sputniknews.com/science/202002261078409320-pinch-me-harder-baby-humongous-coconut-crabs-talk-during-sex-scientists-claim/

We're Asking One Question in Assange's Case: Should Journalists be Punished for Exposing War Crimes?
Caitlin Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Tomorrow in the UK a judge will start the process of answering a very important question. It's a question that many of us knew was the heart of this debate back in 2010, ten years ago, when this all started. …
globalresearch.ca/were-asking-one-question-assange-case-should-journalists-punished-exposing-war-crimes/5704661

Trump's Betrayal of Julian Assange
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
One thing we've learned from the Trump Presidency is that the "deep state" is not just some crazy conspiracy theory. For the past three years we've seen that deep state launch plot after plot to overturn the election. | It all | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-betrayal-julian-assange/5704693

New Conflict of Interest Evidence Against UK Judge in Charge of Assange Extradition Process
Kevin Reed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Information has come to light demonstrating that the chief magistrate overseeing the extradition proceedings against Julian Assange received financial benefits from organizations with close ties to the UK Foreign Office prior to her appointment. | According to a report on Friday …
globalresearch.ca/new-conflict-interest-evidence-against-uk-judge-charge-assange-extradition-process/5704662

On a great trade unionist and revolutionary's birthday, a reading from W.Z. Foster
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-25
To mark the Feb. 25, 1881 birthday of the outstanding trade union leader and communist William Z Foster, Fight Back News Service is circulating one of his early important writings. | The Principles and Program of the Trade Union Educational League | In every country but one an advanced state of capitalism has produced a highly developed trade union movement. The single exception is the United States. Here we have a very elaborate industrial system and the world's most militant and powerful capitalist class, but, paradoxically enough, a trade union movement which, for general weakness and backwardness, has f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/25/great-tr…

Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders releases plan for guaranteed 'child care and pre-k for all'
Jon Queally | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-25
"We know that the first four years of a child's life are the most important years of human development, so it is unconscionable that in the wealthiest country in the world, we do not properly invest in early childhood education."
nationofchange.org/2020/02/25/democratic-frontrunner-bernie-sanders-releases-plan-for-guaranteed-child-care-and-pre-k-for-all/

Costa Rica: Jehry Rivera Dies While Defending Indigenous Lands
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-25
Costa Rica's Indigenous leader Jehry Rivera was shot dead on Monday night while the Mano de Tigre community inhabitants tried to defend themselves from hitmen in San Antonio de Terraba, in the Puntarenas province. | RELATED: | Costa Rican Teachers Protest Against Privatization of Education | The events happened inside an area in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ((IACHR) issued protective measures in favor of the Indigenous population, for they have been cons…
telesurenglish.net/news/Costa-Rica-Jehry-Rivera-Dies-While-Defending-Indigenous-Lands-20200225-0005.html

Harvard Genetic Research Team Collected and Transferred China Blood and DNA Samples Back to the US
Zhao Yandong | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Introduction. | . | We bring to the attention of Global Research readers, excerpts from an important study entitled "An International Collaborative Genetic Research Project Conducted in China" which has a bearing on our understanding of China's coronavirus epidemic. | At this …
globalresearch.ca/harvard-genetic-research-team-collected-and-transferred-china-blood-and-dna-samples-back-to-the-us/5704728

The Issue with Tissue: How the U.S. Is Flushing Canada's Boreal Forests Away
Jennifer Skene | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
This article was originally published in 2019. | For most people, toilet paper only becomes an issue when it unexpectedly runs out. Otherwise, it's cheap and it's convenient, something we don't need to think twice about. But toilet paper's ubiquity and …
globalresearch.ca/how-u-s-flushing-forests-away/5704679

1st Vaccine Batch Against Coronavirus Shipped to Clinical Study
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-25
U.S. biotech company Moderna announced on Monday that it has shipped its first batch of novel coronavirus vaccine to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for further research. | RELATED: | Hundreds More Infected of Covid-19 in Italy and South Korea | Vials of mRNA-1273 have been shipped to the NIAID to be used by government researchers in what is known as a Phase 1 Study at the National Institutes of Health,…
telesurenglish.net/news/1st-Vaccine-Batch-Against-Coronavirus-Shipped-to-Clinical-Study-20200225-0014.html

How We Stay Blind to the Story of Power
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
If one thing drives me to write, especially these blog posts, it is the urgent need for us to start understanding power. Power is the force that shapes almost everything about our lives and our deaths. There is no more …
globalresearch.ca/how-we-stay-blind-story-power/5704646

Libya's US Base Request Reveals How Desperate the Turkish-Backed Government Has Become
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Libya's recent request for the US to open up a base in the North African country under the pretext of supposedly fighting terrorism, countering organized crime, and "containing" Russia reveals just how desperate the Turkish-backed government has become since it …
globalresearch.ca/libya-us-base-request-reveals-desperate-turkish-backed-government/5704697

Intelligence Officials Sow Discord by Stoking Fear of Russian Election Meddling
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Another presidential election year is upon us, and the intelligence agencies are hard at work stoking fears of Russian meddling. This time it looks like the Russians do not only like the incumbent president but also favor who appears to …
globalresearch.ca/intelligence-officials-sow-discord-stoking-fear-russian-election-meddling/5704641

Overt Trump Regime Support for Al-Qaeda Offshoots in Syria, ISIS-Daesh Et Al are Pentagon/CIA Proxies
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Both right wings of the US war party support ISIS, Al-Qaeda, its offshoots, and likeminded terrorist groups in Syria and other countries where their fighters are deployed as Pentagon/CIA proxy troops. | Instead of explaining reality on the ground in US …
globalresearch.ca/overt-trump-regime-support-al-qaeda-offshoot/5704675

Egypt's Former President Hosni Mubarak Has Passed Away
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-25
Egypt's government Tuesday announced that former President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled this African country from 1981 to 2011, passed away at the age of 91. | RELATED: | Egypt Upholds Detention of Researcher Patrick George Zaki, Denies Torture | Alaa Mubarak confirmed his father's death through social networks where he posted a video in which two images of Mubarak are presented, one as president and another as a young Army officer. | "With and against us, the homeland remains and peo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypts-Former-President-Hosni-Mubarak-Has-Passed-Away-20200225-0007.html

New starting point(s): Marx, technological revolutions and changes in the centre-periphery divide
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-02-25
This paper presents the last book that Marx excerpted in his life: La Physique Moderne, written by Hospitalier and published in 1882. This last Notebook (B156, in the IISG's archives) contains hints of other issues that he was researching in his last years, especially societies at the periphery. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/24/new-starting-points-marx-technological-revolutions-and-changes-in-the-centre-periphery-divide/

The Nevada Caucus and the Desperation of Democrat Elites
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
The events of the past week–beginning with the TV debates of the candidates on February 19 and culminating in the Nevada Democrat Party caucus in Nevada on February 22 this past Saturday–show a growing desperation in the ranks of the …
globalresearch.ca/nevada-caucus-desperation-democrat-elites/5704640

Huawei in the Crosshairs: "Great Power Confrontation", The Geopolitical Battle for 5-G Technology
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Huawei is China's behemoth technology company that has recently come under fire by the Trump administration for violating sanctions against Iran and for providing network equipment that (allegedly) poses security risks for its customers. Both charges are baseless, but they're …
globalresearch.ca/huawei-crosshairs/5704644

What the Vermont Electorate Can Teach You About Bernie Sanders
Nancy Braus | commondreams.org | 2020-02-25
Before becoming a national figure, he hosted free, simple meals with discussions of the vital issues of the day in communities small and smaller (this is Vermont). (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/25/what-vermont-electorate-can-teach-you-about-bernie-sanders?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: Assange's Extradition Hearing
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Your Man in the Public Gallery

Pandemia do vírus do medo
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Dado que o Coronavírus nà£o deve ser subestimado e que as 10 regras preventivas do Ministério da Saúde devem ser seguidas, uma décima primeira regra fundamental deve ser adoptada: impedir a disseminaàßà£o do vírus do medo.Ele é transmitido principalmente pela …
globalresearch.ca/pandemia-do-virus-do-medo/5704759

Pandemia del virus della paura
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Premesso che il Coronavirus non va sottovalutato e che si devono seguire le 10 regole preventive del Ministero della salute, occorre adottare una 11a regola fondamentale: impedire il diffondersi del virus della paura. Esso viene sparso soprattutto dalla televisione, …
globalresearch.ca/pandemia-del-virus-della-paura/5704735

Tampa students rally for justice for Jamee Johnson
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-24
Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally at the University of South Florida calling for justice and all victims of police brutality, highlighting Jamee Johnson, a Black man who was murdered by officers in Jacksonville. At the February 19 protest, about 15 students promoted the need for community control of the police through police accountability councils. They also demonstrated for their ongoing campaign to increase Black enrollment at USF. | With chants saying, "USF shame on you! Black lives matter too!" the students used the rally to reach out to the student body about the wa…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/24/tampa-st…

Flat-Earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes killed in crash-landing after homemade rocket launch (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-23
Daredevil Flat-Earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes has died after launching himself into the sky in a homemade rocket. Purported video of the accident shows the fatal launch. | Hughes and a colleague built the steam-powered rocket in hopes of shooting the daredevil 5,000 feet (1.5km) into the air. The endeavor was being documented by the Science Channel, which wanted to feature him in a new series called 'Homemade Astronauts'. | A video purportedly filmed at the site shows the rocket being launched into the sky near Barstow, California, before Hughes plunges back down to the earth. | Warning: This video contains disturb…
rt.com/usa/481495-mad-mike-hughes-video-rocket-death/

Minnesota Governor Walz flees protesters demanding action against killer cops
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-22
Minneapolis, MN – When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appeared at the University of Minnesota to reflect on his first year of governing, he was confronted by angry community members demanding that he call for the prosecutions of killer cops across the state. Family members of police murder victims were joined by Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, UMN Students for a Democratic Society, SMASH students from Minneapolis South High School, and others. | Shortly after Walz and the event moderator were settled into two cozy armchairs on a stage at the front of a packed auditorium, one person rose from the middle of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/22/minnesot…

Climate emergency demands system change
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-21
Climate Socialist AllianceIssue 1254 Australia just transitionsFebruary 21, 2020The Socialist Alliance has been developing this charter for climate action since it…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-emergency-demands-system-change

Bloomberg Gains in Democratic Primaries, But Has History of Hostility to Unions Key to Voter Turnout
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-19
We continue our conversation with Marcie Wells, activist and waitress who is a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada, and Hamilton Nolan, labor reporter with In These Times. Nolan says 2020 had been "the most promising election year for organized labor in a long time," with Democratic candidates releasing platforms with strong labor protections. But Michael Bloomberg's entry into the race threatens to upend the Democratic Party's pro-worker shift. The billionaire former mayor of New York has a long track record of hostility toward organized labor, particularly teachers' unions, whom he has comp…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/19/hamilton_…

"Worth the Price?" New Film Shows How Biden Played Leading Role in Push for U.S. to Invade Iraq
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-18
The Democratic presidential candidates face off in Las Vegas Wednesday night ahead of the Nevada caucuses. Nevada could be a decisive state for candidates who performed poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, including former Vice President Joe Biden. As Biden hopes for a comeback, a new short documentary sheds light on his extensive role in the Iraq War

SPLC sues Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School safety commission for not allowing students to voice concerns
splcenter.org | 2020-02-06
Kinsey Akers had to take the PSAT but was determined to make her voice heard at a public meeting on school safety that same day.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/06/splc-sues-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-safety-commission-not-allowing-students

Alabama Charter Schools: Principles for Ensuring Equity and Access
splcenter.org | 2020-02-04
splcenter.org/20200205/alabama-charter-schools-principles-ensuring-equity-and-access

Why is Animal Research So Seldom in the News?
Martha Rosenberg | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
The animal-research industry is a vast, macabre enterprise richly supporting medical centers and individual researchers with almost no transparency or accountability…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/why-is-animal-research-so-seldom-in-the-news/

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2020-02-25: News Headlines

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-02-25). Julian Assange and the Imperium's Face: Day One of the Extradition Hearings. globalresearch.ca If we are to believe it, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, the man behind showing the ugliness of power, is the one responsible for having abused it. It is a running theme in the US case against this Australian publisher, who …

Santa Cruz News Network (2020-02-25). Recall Campaign Uses Darkened Photo of Councilmember Glover in Facebook Ad. indybay.org The group Santa Cruz United is running a Facebook ad that features a visibly darkened photo of Santa Cruz City Councilmember Drew Glover, who is African American. The photo has been converted to gray-scale and covered in text containing allegations of misconduct. The ad was placed to promote the recall of Councilmember Glover, as well as Councilmember Chris Krohn, who is not featured in the photo. The imagery preys on human perception through what has been termed by researchers as the "Bad is Black" effect. In 2016, Professor Adam Alter of New York University and three colleagues found the darker the appearance o…

Stephen Lendman (2020-02-25). No Russian 2020 Election Meddling Says US Intelligence Community Official. globalresearch.ca In January 2017, days before Trump's inauguration, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) concluded with "high confidence (that) Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election (sic)." | Weeks before the US 2016 …

Ralph Nader (2020-02-25). Sanctions and Corruption: Three Major News Stories that Need to be Exposed. globalresearch.ca The news is filled with stories about President Trump and his predecessors imposing sanctions on other countries, their officials, and other prominent persons. But the media rarely spells out exactly what these sanctions are, the intermediaries who enforce them, the …

Tom Clifford (2020-02-25). The New Coronavirus Outbreak, COVID-19, Sounds Menacing and Is. globalresearch.ca Tom Clifford Reporting from Beijing | There is no room for complacency or outright fear. The new coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, sounds menacing and is. But there's another viral epidemic hitting countries around the world: the flu. | COVID-19 has, since December, led …

Olivia Alperstein (2020-02-25). We Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is. globalresearch.ca If the current state of global affairs reminds you of an over-the-top plot by a white-cat-stroking James Bond villain, you're not far off. When it comes to nuclear policy, we are closer than ever to a real-life movie disaster. | During …

Telesur (2020-02-25). Bolivia's Electoral Body Disqualifies Evo Morales' Candidacy. globalresearch.ca The president of the Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia (TSE) Salvador Romero informed that the former President Evo Morales will not be able to participate in the 2020 general elections, which will be held on May 3. | During a press …

Cary Funk (2020-02-25). Key Findings about Americans' Confidence in Science. zcomm.org Science knowledge levels sometimes correlate with public attitudes. But partisanship has a stronger role…

John W. Whitehead (2020-02-25). Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn Schools into Prisons. counterpunch.org "Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning." —Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes Just when you thought the government couldn't get any more tone-deaf about civil liberties and the growing

Spread The Strike! (2020-02-25). Censorship By UCSC: Administration Blocks Network Access to PayUsMoreUCSC.com. indybay.org Access to payusmoreucsc.com, the website for Striking Workers at University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC), has been blocked on the UCSC network. | On February 23, an update posted on GoFundMe by Jane Komori states, "In addition to blocking our website on their network, EVC Kletzer took the openly authoritarian step of forcing department chairs to run all communications with students through her. These petty actions have more in common with dictatorships than universities."

WSWS (2020-02-25). Four months before 2020 contract fight: Detroit schools superintendent tells teachers "no increases" wsws.org Four years after Detroit teachers organized wildcat sickouts, the city's schools remain on the brink.

yenisafak (2020-02-25). Four more infected with coronavirus in Iraq. yenisafak.com Some four people have been infected with the coronavirus in Kirkuk, north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, according to country's Health Ministry on Tuesday.In a statement, the ministry confirmed that four people were from the same family who recently returned from Iran.On Monday, the Iraqi authorities confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the country's Najaf city, saying an Iranian student tested positive for the coronavirus, and was immediately quarantined.Coronavirus outbreak, officially known as COVID-19, which was first detected in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the capital of central Hubei provin…

sputniknews (2020-02-25). Sensors Detect Enigmatic Pulsations in Mars' Stronger-Than-Expected Magnetic Field, Study Says. sputniknews.com Researchers have zoomed in on the characteristics of Mars' magnetic field, conducting a study not from high above the planet and the environment around it, as was done previously, but right on its surface.

sputniknews (2020-02-25). Quakes, Dust Devils, and Weird Magnetic Fields: NASA Reveals Details of Mars' Interior. sputniknews.com The robotic spacecraft landed on the Red Planet in November of 2018 after completing a journey of 300 million miles that lasted almost seven months. The mission could bring an understanding on how planets in the Solar System form and evolve.

sputniknews (2020-02-25). US First Lady Interacts With Cheerful Students on Visit to Delhi School's Happiness Class. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): US President Donald Trump, accompanied by FLOTUS was given a grand reception by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind at the forecourt of the imposing Presidential Palace. Both Donald and Melania Trump later paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and planted a sapling at his memorial on the banks of the River Yamuna.

Eds. (2020-02-25). New starting point(s): Marx, technological revolutions and changes in the centre-periphery divide. mronline.org This paper presents the last book that Marx excerpted in his life: La Physique Moderne, written by Hospitalier and published in 1882. This last Notebook (B156, in the IISG's archives) contains hints of other issues that he was researching in his last years, especially societies at the periphery. |

Mark Gruenberg (2020-02-24). AFT endorses Warren, Biden, Sanders — for now. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Citing responses from more than 300,000 members, union town halls, regional forums, and meetings with state and local members and leaders, the Teachers (AFT) board endorsed Sens. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination — for now. But regardless of who wins the Democratic …

Staff (2020-02-24). Bernie Sanders Releases Plan for Guaranteed "Child Care and Pre-K for All" truthout.org Now running as the presumptive front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday morning unveiled a sweeping new proposal that would guarantee high-quality child care and then pre-kindergarten education to every child — regardless of income or status — in the United States. | Citing figures that show the average American family with young children spends $10,000 per year on childcare — a burden that eats as much as 35 percent out of the annual bu…

TCFBDAF (2020-02-24). Environmental Voter Guide. Democratic Candidates 2020. globalresearch.ca The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund evaluated each candidate on four key environmental issue areas: | saving wildlife, protecting public lands, ensuring environmental justice and ending the climate crisis. | We evaluated every candidate polling above 1% in the latest national …

Staff (2020-02-24). What Happened to the Keynesian Dream of a 15-Hour Workweek? truthout.org Now a famous economist, Thomas Piketty (along with co-researcher Emmanuel Saez) wrote Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), contending that capitalism has within it the germinating seeds of ever-growing inequality. That is what his longitudinal study of masses of data proved conclusively. | Yet millions of alarm bells still sound in the wee hours each Monday morning, as people hit their snooze buttons, hoping for a moment's rest before the inevitable rush to the office. Their weekend is over. Their fun…

Dean Henderson (2020-02-24). Who Is Behind the Mexican Drug Cartels? globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump has declared that the "Drug Cartels" in Mexico are terrorists, intimating that America should wage a new "war on terrorism" in Mexico modelled on America's counter-terrorism initiative in the Middle East against Al Qaeda. | What do the …

Adeyinka Makinde (2020-02-24). African Military Rulers: Musician Fela Kuti and Ghana's Colonel Acheampong. globalresearch.ca A lot of people think that Thomas Sankara was the only African military ruler who was liked and respected by Fela Anikulapo Kuti. | This is not true. | For sure, Sankara was the only military ruler with whom he had a …

Davide Mastracci (2020-02-24). Canada: Why Public Transit Should be Free for All. globalresearch.ca Drivers in Canada often complain of a "war on cars" that is supposedly being waged in cities throughout the country. This metaphorical war is non-existent, but that's unfortunate because such a war would be justified, given the severity of the …

Hugo Turner (2020-02-24). Bolivia: Anatomy of a CIA Coup. globalresearch.ca Last November a horrifying coup took place overthrowing the socialist government of Bolivia and the nation's first indigenous president Evo Morales. It was a textbook example of a CIA coup recalling the dark days of Operation Condor when the …

The Global Research Team (2020-02-24). Global Research: Sailing Onwards…With Your Help! globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We are greatly indebted to all of you who have dug deep and come to our aid during this challenging period for Global Research. We may not be on dry land yet, but the support shown certainly puts …

Stephen Lendman (2020-02-24). Russia Accused of Campaign Blaming US for Coronavirus Outbreak. globalresearch.ca Russia has been a prime US target since its 1917 revolution, relations between both countries uneasy at best from that time to now. | Propaganda by US officials and establishment media demonizes the country and its leadership, ongoing for over a …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-02-24). China-US Relations: Mixed Returns for the Huawei Bashing Tour. globalresearch.ca The US imperium is rattled, so much so it's letting everyone else know about it. Move over the trade war with its bitchy insistence on redressing imbalances, surpluses and deficits; the next phase of conflict with China is being waged …

Edward Curtin (2020-02-24). The Christian Gospel for Americans: A Systematic Theology. David Ray Griffin. globalresearch.ca There are very few writers who have done more to try to open the public's mind to the evil nature of the American empire than David Ray Griffin. | His series of books on the false flag attacks of September 11, …

Prof. Gregory D. Koblentz (2020-02-24). The Dangers of Synthetic Biology: A Biotech Firm Made a Smallpox-like Virus on purpose. Nobody Seems to Care. globalresearch.ca In 2017, the virologist David Evans made headlines when he used synthetic biology to recreate the extinct horsepox virus, which is closely related to the virus that causes smallpox, a disease eradicated in 1980. Evans and his team, ordering the …

Eric Walberg (2020-02-24). Toronto Wet'suwet'en Solidarity March. "Long Live Mother Earth" globalresearch.ca February 22, 2020. The sun was brilliant, the slogans and posters striking, the round dance in the heart of Canada's financial district, the 6 concentric circles of the real Canadians, those who honour Canada's First Nations, made February 22, 2020 …

Andrew Korybko (2020-02-24). Venezuela's Next Economic Shock Might Come from India's Compliance with US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca India is Venezuela's largest oil customer but the two companies that import its oil just declared that they'll comply with the US' latest sanctions against the Bolivarian Republic's Russian intermediary, which could lead to the South American state experiencing an …

Steve Sweeney (2020-02-24). US 'Looking Very Carefully' at Silencing Socialist News Network Telesur. globalresearch.ca US Special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams has said that the US is "looking very carefully" at taking "measures" against Telesur, in the latest threat to the socialist news network. | Mr Abrams said yesterday that the Trump administration was considering …

Gary D. Barnett (2020-02-24). The U.S. Is the World Leader of Bio-Weapons Research, Production, and Use Against Mankind. globalresearch.ca Those that prevent disease and expose virus creation are heroic, but those that create and purposely spread disease and virus are inhuman. Given the history of the United States government and its military industrial complex concerning biological and germ warfare, …

George Wuerthner (2020-02-24). Trojan Horse Timber Sales on the Bitterroot. counterpunch.org The proposed Darby Lumber Timber Sale Phase Two on the Bitterroot National Forest is a Trojan Horse being implemented under the guise of "forest health" based on numerous false assumptions. The proposal displays the Forest Service's Industrial Forestry bias and its subterfuge of science. The timber sale is being litigated by the Friends of the

Rick Meis (2020-02-24). Public Lands "Collaboration" is Lousy Management. counterpunch.org Collaboration is a process of playing two sides off against each other in order to create enough guilt in one or all parties that a compromise is reached. The primary problem is that it is specifically not based on science or best available data, thus eliminating the concept of best management practices and the long-term

Fight Back (2020-02-24). Tampa students rally for justice for Jamee Johnson. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally at the University of South Florida calling for justice and all victims of police brutality, highlighting Jamee Johnson, a Black man who was murdered by officers in Jacksonville. At the February 19 protest, about 15 students promoted the need for community control of the police through police accountability councils. They also demonstrated for their ongoing campaign to increase Black enrollment at USF. | With chants saying, "USF shame on you! Black lives matter too!" the students used the rally to reach out to the student body about the wa…

WSWS (2020-02-24). Striking Ontario teachers speak out against Ford's savage cuts. wsws.org "We can't teach lessons anymore because class sizes and conditions have gotten so bad," said a veteran teacher with 27 years' experience who participated in Friday's mass rally outside the Ontario legislature.

WSWS (2020-02-24). Hundreds of San Diego teachers slated to receive layoff notices due to $30 million budget deficit. wsws.org Sweetwater board of trustees will vote Monday to approve pink slips and closures of learning centers…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-02-24). The "Future of America", Increasingly Weaponised. Does "The Future of America" Mean "The End of the World"? globalresearch.ca The Budget for the Future of America, presented by the US government, shows the priorities of the Trump Administration in the federal balance sheet for fiscal year 2021 (which begins on 1 October this year). | Above all, the intention is …

Global Research News (2020-02-24). Selected Articles: Bioweapons as Weapons of Modern Warfare? globalresearch.ca 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 …

True Publica (2020-02-24). Missing in Action — Boris Johnson's 'Global Britain' in a Post-Brexit World. globalresearch.ca Officially, the Boris Johnson government, in a post-Brexit world sees Global Britain punching way above its weight as it has traditionally done in the past. The

RT (2020-02-23). Flat-Earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes killed in crash-landing after homemade rocket launch (VIDEO). rt.com Daredevil Flat-Earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes has died after launching himself into the sky in a homemade rocket. Purported video of the accident shows the fatal launch. | Hughes and a colleague built the steam-powered rocket in hopes of shooting the daredevil 5,000 feet (1.5km) into the air. The endeavor was being documented by the Science Channel, which wanted to feature him in a new series called 'Homemade Astronauts'. | A video purportedly filmed at the site shows the rocket being launched into the sky near Barstow, California, before Hughes plunges back down to the earth. | Warning: This video contains disturb…

Fight Back (2020-02-22). Minnesota Governor Walz flees protesters demanding action against killer cops. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appeared at the University of Minnesota to reflect on his first year of governing, he was confronted by angry community members demanding that he call for the prosecutions of killer cops across the state. Family members of police murder victims were joined by Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, UMN Students for a Democratic Society, SMASH students from Minneapolis South High School, and others. | Shortly after Walz and the event moderator were settled into two cozy armchairs on a stage at the front of a packed auditorium, one person rose from the middle of…

Staff (2020-02-19). Bloomberg Gains in Democratic Primaries, But Has History of Hostility to Unions Key to Voter Turnout. democracynow.org We continue our conversation with Marcie Wells, activist and waitress who is a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada, and Hamilton Nolan, labor reporter with In These Times. Nolan says 2020 had been "the most promising election year for organized labor in a long time," with Democratic candidates releasing platforms with strong labor protections. But Michael Bloomberg's entry into the race threatens to upend the Democratic Party's pro-worker shift. The billionaire former mayor of New York has a long track record of hostility toward organized labor, particularly teachers' unions, whom he has comp…

Staff (2020-02-18). "Worth the Price?" New Film Shows How Biden Played Leading Role in Push for U.S. to Invade Iraq. democracynow.org The Democratic presidential candidates face off in Las Vegas Wednesday night ahead of the Nevada caucuses. Nevada could be a decisive state for candidates who performed poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, including former Vice President Joe Biden. As Biden hopes for a comeback, a new short documentary sheds light on his extensive role in the Iraq War — an issue that has been raised repeatedly on the campaign trail. Biden has apologized for supporting the war, but the new film, directed by the Center for Economic and Policy Research's Mark Weisbrot, exposes Biden's central role in pushing for an Iraq invasion.

Staff (2020-02-14). One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler & Taína Asili Mark V-Day and Campaign to End Sexual Violence. democracynow.org This Valentine's Day, people around the world are taking to the streets to protest violence against women and girls. From the Philippines to India to Italy to Bolivia, thousands of women in more than 100 countries will reclaim public space through dance and performance as part of a global movement called One Billion Rising. The movement takes its name from the shocking statistic that one in three women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. One Billion Rising started on Valentine's Day 2012 and has continued to grow every year since. Participants say they won't stop dancing until violence…

splcenter (2020-02-06). SPLC sues Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School safety commission for not allowing students to voice concerns. splcenter.org Kinsey Akers had to take the PSAT but was determined to make her voice heard at a public meeting on school safety that same day.

splcenter (2020-02-04). Alabama Charter Schools: Principles for Ensuring Equity and Access. splcenter.org …

Martha Rosenberg (2020-02-02). Why is Animal Research So Seldom in the News? zcomm.org The animal-research industry is a vast, macabre enterprise richly supporting medical centers and individual researchers with almost no transparency or accountability…

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