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'Ukrainegate' teaches us more about ourselves than Trump or Biden
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-30
As residents in a corrupt, corporate-controlled, imperialist country, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the world to take action to stop the US disastrous foreign policy.
nationofchange.org/2019/09/30/ukrainegate-teaches-us-more-about-ourselves-than-trump-or-biden/

Syrians Continue Protests Against US-Owned SDF Terrorists
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Syrians under the occupation of US illegals and their terrorist SDF are continuing public protests against the illicit militia that burns agricultural fields, appropriates or bombs homes, kidnaps Syrian children for criminal training in military camps. In a recent …
globalresearch.ca/syrians-continue-protests-against-us-owned-sdf-terrorists/5690546

SF Forum: The Arnautoff Murals, Identity Politics, Privatization & Public Education
UPWA | indybay.org | 2019-09-30
518 Valencia St. | San Francisco, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/27/18826821.php

Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders's Campaign Chair, Led Charge for Education Reform as Ohio Legislator
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-09-30
Nina Turner said she's "definitely evolved" since her time in the Ohio state Senate, but she remains proud of pro-charter policies she helped pass.
theintercept.com/2019/09/30/nina-turner-cleveland-ohio-education-reform/

American Higher Education Is Even More Corrupt Than It Looks
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-30
This story is a collaboration between ProPublica and New York magazine. | The play was written by Elizabeth Meriwether, who would go on to create the sitcom "New Girl" for Fox. Her fictionalized account of her brief stint working for the Wall Street billionaire David E. Shaw never reached a wide audience, but the script became samizdat among the harried members of Shaw staff — as the family's highly compensated, Ivy-educated, hierarchical cadre is known. Her disgruntled protagonist's job making sure "nothing bad can ever happen to this family" has felt familiar to some of Meriwether's successors. | The 68-y…
truthdig.com/articles/american-higher-education-is-even-more-corrupt-than-it-looks/

Restoring Scientific Analysis in U.S Air Pollution Standard-Setting. We're Putting It Back
Gretchen Goldman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
EPA leaders have now irreparably damaged the agency's process for setting health-based air pollution standards. That's why scientists are taking matters into their own hands. To ensure that independent science informs the particulate matter standards and beyond, the very particulate …
globalresearch.ca/epa-cut-science-air-pollution-standard-setting/5690480

The 'Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act' Will Intensify the Hybrid War on China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
As if the ongoing "trade war" wasn't an intense enough Hybrid War against China as it is, the US might soon pass the so-called "Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act" in order to take its asymmetrical aggression even further …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-human-rights-democracy-act-intensify-hybrid-war-china/5690611

The Sickness of American Foreign Policy
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
The Military-Industrial Complex runs US foreign policies. What passes for international 'news' reporting in the United States media was supremely represented by the instance of those 'news' media stenographically reporting the Government's lies about 'Saddam's WMD', even after it …
globalresearch.ca/american-foreign-policy/5690291

The Untold Story of the Trump-Ukraine 'Scandal': The Routine Corruption of US Foreign Policy
Joe Lauria | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
The most crucial aspects of the Trump-Ukraine "scandal," which has led to impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, are not being told, even by Republicans. | Trump was very likely motivated by politics if he indeed withheld military aid to Ukraine in …
globalresearch.ca/untold-story-trump-ukraine-scandal/5690573

Cuba versus "The Blockade". Losses and Damages Over Six Decades
Ana Laura Palomino García | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Granma International shares facts and figures from Cuba's report, presented by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, on Resolution 73/8 of the United Nations General Assembly | *** | The significant negative impact of measures recently adopted by the U.S. to tighten the …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-versus-the-blockade-losses-and-damages-over-six-decades/5690618

The Legacy of President Jacques Chirac: The Art of Being Vague
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
The tributes have been dripping in heavy praise: former French president Jacques Chirac and mayor of Paris, the great statesman; the man who said no to the US-led war juggernaut into Iraq; the man loved for being loved. Many of …
globalresearch.ca/jacques-chirac/5690543

The US Wants Iran to Become a "Toothless Shark": Its Allies and Missile Programme to be Swept Off the Table
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
There will be no deal between Iran and the US as long as President Donald Trump is unwilling to lift his aggressive sanctions against the "Islamic Republic". Washington and Riyadh's top leaders have asked Pakistan and Iraq to mediate with …
globalresearch.ca/us-wants-iran-become-toothless-shark-allies-missile-programme-swept-off-table/5690608

Become a Member of Global Research — Receive Free Books!
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
At Global Research, our mandate is to increase awareness on the broadest possible level while maintaining full independence in our reports and analyses. Our commitment is to make our articles and videos available to the broadest possible readership, on a …
globalresearch.ca/become-a-member-of-global-research-receive-free-books/32464

Unified Action to Fight Deforestation
Nicole Polsterer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Jair Bolsonaro defied his critics at the UN General Assembly in New York this month — as expected — denouncing those maintaining that his policies have fanned the flames of the Amazon fires. | Brazil's President declared: | "We all know | …
globalresearch.ca/unified-action-fight-deforestation/5690597

The Bee: "The Most Important Living Being on the Planet"
Physics and Astronomy Zone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Its sting hurts a lot, but if they were to disappear, it would hurt much more. | The Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last debate of the Royal Geographical Society of London, that bees are the most important living being on …
globalresearch.ca/bee-most-important-living-being/5690603

Third Israeli Election Likely over Impasse?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Netanyahu's Likud finished second to Gantz/Lapid's Blue and White party in September 17 rerun elections. | President Rivlin broke precedent by choosing Netanyahu to form a coalition government, showing partisanship in breach of his mandate to serve interests of the state, …
globalresearch.ca/third-israeli-election/5690554

Leonard Cohen: Songs of Longing for "Social Beauty"?
Dr. Robert Rennebohm | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
I recently watched Marianne and Leonard, a documentary film about Leonard Cohen, the great Canadian poet and musician. The film, directed by Nick Broomfield, focuses on Leonard's relationship with Marianne Ihlen, but also dwells extensively on Cohen's depression, drug …
globalresearch.ca/leonard-cohen-songs-longing-social-beauty/5690575

The Relationship between the CIA and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Early last year, the Swiss Propaganda Research center (SPR) published information cementing into place something many of us already know–the "mainstream" corporate media is controlled by the Council on Foreign Relations. | "It is no secret that over the last 4 …
globalresearch.ca/cia-cfr-work-together-destroy-truth/5690552

Houthis Claim Ambush of Saudis Killed Hundreds
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
It is being reported Houthi fighters, aka Ansarallah, have pulled off a major military offensive against Saudi troops in northern Yemen. | . | . | . | . | Yemen's Houthis say attacked Saudi border frontline, no immediate Saudi confirmation t.co/2ba748JR4Y pic.twitter.com/Jq7TIxzGYE | — Reuters | …
globalresearch.ca/houthis-claim-saudis-killed-hundreds/5690558

When Convenience Counts: Leaking and Whistleblowing. Trump and the Zelensky Affair
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
The entire Trump presidency has been a sequence of "watch this space" moments. Dismissals and political executions; attacks and distractions; gestures of deal making and promises of apocalypse. Perhaps it was high time for another bit of material to be …
globalresearch.ca/leaking-whistleblowing-democrats/5690595

The Majority of Jews, 8 Million, Have No Wish to Live in a Conflicted Israel
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Out of a global Jewish population of 14.8 million, over 54% do not, and presumably have no wish to live in the hard-Right, Likud-dominated, settler-controlled, extremist state that is today's Israel. | These population figures, recently published in the American Jewish …
globalresearch.ca/majority-jews-8-million-have-no-wish-live-conflicted-israel/5690568

The Anti-Trump Character Assassination. Spinoff from DNC/Hillary "Dodgy Dossier"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
A personal note: Throughout his tenure, I've been a sharp Trump critic for numerous legitimate reason. | He escalated wars of aggression inherited from Bush/Cheney and Obama, continuing the rape and destruction of nonbelligerent states threatening no one. | He's waging economic …
globalresearch.ca/cia-anti-trump-character-assassin/5690590

October 1, 1949: China's Miracle — as seen by the Official China Itself
Jan Oberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China has achieved the dream of the millennium, marched toward national rejuvenation, and led one-fifth of the world's population to approach the center of the global stage, said the article …
globalresearch.ca/china-miracle/5690599

Turkey's Erdogan Plans Annexation of Northern Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Wannabe sultan Erdogan covets expanding Turkey's borders to include oil-rich northern Iraqi and Syrian territory. | Combatting Kurds in Syria, posing no cross-border threat, is part of his annexation scheme — what Damascus officials condemn and won't tolerate. | In cahoots with …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-erdogan-plans-annexation-of-northern-syrian-territory/5690592

Palestinian Rights: Israeli Army Forcibly Evicts Nonviolent Demonstrators at the Dead Sea
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Today, over 100 activists came together at the northern banks of the Dead Sea to reclaim Palestinian rights to land and its natural resources amidst the deepening Israeli occupation of the West Bank. After decades of apartheid and colonialization, and …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-army-forcibly-evicts-nonviolent-demonstrators-dead-sea/5690549

These scientists were disbanded by the EPA — they plan to meet anyway
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-30
"This is the first time in the history of EPA where the credibility of the agency's science review process has been so compromised that an independent panel of experts has recognized the need for and will be conducting a comprehensive review."
nationofchange.org/2019/09/30/these-scientists-were-disbanded-by-the-epa-they-plan-to-meet-anyway/

Support PCS Teachers: Sign-Making Party and Rally
Support PCS Teachers | indybay.org | 2019-09-30
Pacific Collegiate School | 3004 Mission St, Santa Cruz | 3: 30 pm-4: 30 pm: Sign-making in Rm 125 | 4: 30 pm – 5: 30 pm: Rally and speak during public comments portion of the PCS Board meeting in the Student Center…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/29/18826913.php

Florida: Terminate Public Funds for Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-30
Nearly 10 county school boards in Florida recently took collective action to pursue a case against privately-operated-owned charter schools in the Florida Supreme Court. These public school systems that serve tens of thousands of students oppose the dreaded HB 7069 legislation, which the neoliberal governor of Florida, Rick Scott, signed into law in 2017. The …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/florida-terminate-public-funds-for-charter-schools/

Milwaukee: Charges against anti-Nazi student dropped
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-30
Milwaukee, WI – A rally to support Grae Hosmanek at her court hearing on Friday, September 27, was cancelled due to the charges against her being dropped. | On May 6, Hosmanek was arrested and charged for vandalism on UW-Milwaukee's campus. She took hold of a reactionary student's sign that had a swastika and other antisemitic language on it. This student was holding the sign near an event that was being hosted by a Jewish student group. | Hosmanek had attended two court hearings, and the hearing on September 27 would have been the third one. | Young People's Resistance Committee (YPRC) and Milwaukee Area Labor C…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/29/milwauke…

Berkeley Students Say System Change Needed, Rally and Walk Out from Campus on Global Climate Strike Day
To the Streets | indybay.org | 2019-09-30
Three days before the international Climate Strike of September 20 in which students at UC Berkeley participated on a grand scale, the University of California committed to urgent action to address the climate crisis. Students expressed despair, worry, and shock about the state of the climate already. | [Photos by Bob Shonkoff, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/27/18826828.php

San Jose Students Demonstrate, Ready to Act for Climate Justice
On the Move | indybay.org | 2019-09-30
An estimated 1,000 students expressed their commitment to a clean climate and a more just world…not only that, they have plans to make that happen. | [Photos: Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826866.php

John Cornyn Has Mastered the Art of Political Subservience. As Texas Inches Left, His Fate Hangs in the Balance
Justin Miller | theintercept.com | 2019-09-30
A student of Karl Rove, the Texas senator has been a loyal partisan, first to the GOP establishment and now to Trump. Will that hurt his chances in 2020?
theintercept.com/2019/09/30/john-cornyn-texas-senate-election/

California law: College athletes deserve some of the millions in value they create
Adam Beam | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-30
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)–Defying the NCAA, California's governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements–a move that could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge. Under the law, which takes effect in 2023, students at public and private universities in the state …
peoplesworld.org/article/california-law-college-athletes-deserve-some-of-the-millions-in-value-they-create/

The Unmet Promises of a New Orleans Charter School
Casey Parks | thenation.com | 2019-09-30
The Unmet Promises of a New Orleans Charter School…
thenation.com/article/sci-academy-graduation-new-orleans/

Selected Articles: The Bee: "The Most Important Living Being on the Planet"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Global Research, like many independent voices all over the globe, is feeling the effects of online measures set up to curtail access to our website, and by consequence, hinder our finances. We sail on despite the unpredictable currents and unfavourable …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-unified-action-fight-deforestation/5690626

Accusations that Disaster Capitalists Are Piling the Pressure on Johnson to Pursue No-deal Brexit
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
"For the first time in 35 years, I am not packing my bag to travel to the Tory party conference tomorrow. The party I joined as a student and first campaigned for in the 1979 general election is suffering …
globalresearch.ca/accusations-disaster-capitalists-pressure-johnson-pursue-no-deal-brexit/5690605

Britain's Political Crisis: Problems and Possibilities for the Left
Kate Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
The British political crisis continues, with the latest developments consolidating the hard right takeover of the Tory Party and Government that began with the Brexit referendum in 2016 and is now leading to the development of a potentially mass neo-fascist …
globalresearch.ca/britain-political-crisis-problems-possibilities-left/5690615

CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged meets… Bella Blair
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2019-09-29
THIS PODCAST CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS EPISODE ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE HOST AND GUESTS. | Welcome to #ToppleUncaged! | Every week, The Canary will be bringing you an innovative podcast for the media landscape; hosted by me, Steve Topple. | In a special episode, I met one of the the rising stars to emerge from Jamaica in the past few years: Bella Blair. | Mr Topple x Bella Blair: | Bella was heavily involved in the performing arts from a young age, having studied it at every level of education. She first came to prominence via her comedy skits…
thecanary.co/podcasts/2019/09/29/canarypod-topple-uncaged-meets-bella-blair/

SDS strengthens at 14th annual national convention
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-29
Jacksonville, FL — On September 20, New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters from across the United States convened at the University of North Florida to reaffirm their commitment to student organizing and to discuss ways to, "Stop Trump, Stop Racism, Stop U.S. Military and Police Terror." The conference peaked at over 80 students with a dozen chapters represented. | Speeches and applause rang through the halls all weekend. Students opened the conference chanting, "Dare to struggle, dare to win!" The conference ended with, "It is our duty to fight for each other, it is our duty to win!" | On Sat…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/29/sds-stre…

Johnson blimp unveiled for protest at Tory conference
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-29
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Manchester as the Conservative conference gets underway.A giant Boris Johnson blimp was inflated at Castlefield Bowl ahead of a Reject Brexit — Defend Our Democracy event on Sunday afternoon.The six-metre tall inflatable depicted the prime minister dressed in blue shorts with red hearts and the word "Nigel" on, and a T-shirt showing a £350 million bus.Demonstrators gathered on Oxford Road at about midday for a Shut Down the Tories event before marching through heavy downpours to Deansgate, where a rally was due to be held.Shadow education secretary An…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/29/johnson-blimp-unveiled-for-protest-at-tory-conference/

Chicago Teachers Union authorizes strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-28
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Teachers Union released totals of the September 24-26 strike authorization vote, on September 26. The CTU Rules and Election Committee reported that as of 9: 30 p.m., the union passed the 75% threshold of members voting "yes." 94% of teachers, clinicians, PSRPs, nurses and librarians voted to authorize a strike to win the schools Chicago's students deserve. | The vote stands as a mandate from CTU members for Chicago Public Schools to uphold promises of equity and educational justice made by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and that those promises must be in writing in an enforceable contract. This i…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/27/chicago-…

170,000 join climate change protests in New Zealand
wsws.org | 2019-09-28
School students were joined by tens of thousands of workers and university students to demand action to prevent catastrophic climate change.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/28/nzcl…

UC Berkeley students say 'No tech for ICE'
Zach Chacon | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-28
On Sept. 24, more than 50 UC Berkeley students and faculty members marched across campus and held a rally to protest the school's continuing support of data technology companies that collaborate with ICE, and to celebrate the cancellation of a Palantir Technologies recruitment "info-session" that was to be hosted that day on campus.
liberationnews.org/uc-berkeley-students-say-no-tech-for-ice/

The Trump Administration Can't Force Colleges to Further Its Anti-Muslim Agenda
aclu.org | 2019-09-27
We're demanding the administration end its politicized investigation into Duke-UNC's Middle East Studies program, and turn over all related records. | In a move that would make even Senator McCarthy blush, the Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from a Middle East Studies program for failing to toe the government's line on Islam and Muslims. | Last week, Betsy DeVos's Department of Education sent a letter to administrators…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/using-religion-discriminate/trump-administration-cant-force-colleges-further

Brazilian Students Take Protest to Next Level, Launch Strike Against Bolsonaro Education Cuts
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed privatization and immediate slashing of the public education budget. Students worried about the future of education in Brazil are beginning to mobilize with a strike at one of the county's main universities. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…
therealnews.com/stories/brazil-students-protest-bolsonaro-education-cuts

The Good (Free Tuition!), the Bad (Student Debt), & the Ugly (DeVos's DOE) in Higher Ed
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-09-27
The Good (Free Tuition!), the Bad (Student Debt), & the Ugly (DeVos's DOE) in Higher Ed…
thenation.com/article/education-debt-devos-loans/

Education Dept says Middle East Studies program has to advance the security interests of the United States in order to receive further funding
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-26
The U.S. Department of Education has determined the Duke-University of North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies misused Title VI funds and they're requiring the program to provide a revised list of activities that will use these funds over the coming year. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/25/education-dept-says-middle-east-studies-program-has-to-advance-the-security-interests-of-the-united-states-in-order-to-receive-further-funding/

No Justification for the Existence of Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-26
One of the main claims to fame of privately-operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools is that they will deliver bigger and better results than public schools in exchange for greater flexibility and autonomy to operate than public schools. Two recent reports, however, build on extensive previous research which shows that academic performance in privately operated …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/no-justification-for-the-existence-of-charter-schools/

Trumpsters: Grad Students Are Not Workers, Have No Rights
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2019-09-26
The National Labor Relations Board just proposed a rule returning to their Bush-era position, undermining years of steady gains in graduate worker organizing.
progressive.org/dispatches/trumpsters-grad-student-no-rights-chen-190926/

'We are a wave of change,' say New York climate strikers
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-26
climate action Barry SheppardIssue 1239 United States student strike for climate SS4CSeptember 26, 2019I had no idea that September 20 would be so huge. Greta Thunberg said to a reporter as she…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-are-wave-change-say-new-york-climate-strikers

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2019-09-29: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2019-09-29). Annals of Impeachment: From Nixon's "Smoking Gun" Tape to Trump Zelensky Summary. globalresearch.ca On August 5, 1974, Nixon was forced by the Supreme Court to release the smoking gun tape in which he and his chief of staff H. R. Haldemann had a conversation, in the course of which Nixon could be heard …

Ralph Nader (2019-09-29). Will Constitutional Outlaw Trump Implode With Lies Before He is Impeached? globalresearch.ca Donald Trump said he believes the Constitution lets him do "whatever I want as President." In over two and a half years, Trump has been a serial violator of the Constitution, unmatched by any president in American history. Just about …

Clark D. Cunningham (2019-09-29). America's Founders: Removal from Office Is Not the Only Purpose of Impeachment. globalresearch.ca As Congress moves toward a possible formal impeachment of President Donald Trump, they should consider words spoken at the Constitutional Convention, when the Founders explained that impeachment was intended to have many important purposes, not just removing a president …

Global Research News (2019-09-29). Selected Articles: Trump's Impeachment. globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …

Steve Topple (2019-09-29). CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged meets… Bella Blair. thecanary.co THIS PODCAST CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS EPISODE ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE HOST AND GUESTS. | Welcome to #ToppleUncaged! | Every week, The Canary will be bringing you an innovative podcast for the media landscape; hosted by me, Steve Topple. | In a special episode, I met one of the the rising stars to emerge from Jamaica in the past few years: Bella Blair. | Mr Topple x Bella Blair: | Bella was heavily involved in the performing arts from a young age, having studied it at every level of education. She first came to prominence via her comedy skits…

UPWA (2019-09-29). SF Forum: The Arnautoff Murals, Identity Politics, Privatization & Public Education. indybay.org 518 Valencia St. | San Francisco, California…

On the Move (2019-09-29). San Jose Students Demonstrate, Ready to Act for Climate Justice. indybay.org An estimated 1,000 students expressed their commitment to a clean climate and a more just world…not only that, they have plans to make that happen. | [Photos: Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…

Fight Back (2019-09-29). SDS strengthens at 14th annual national convention. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL — On September 20, New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters from across the United States convened at the University of North Florida to reaffirm their commitment to student organizing and to discuss ways to, "Stop Trump, Stop Racism, Stop U.S. Military and Police Terror." The conference peaked at over 80 students with a dozen chapters represented. | Speeches and applause rang through the halls all weekend. Students opened the conference chanting, "Dare to struggle, dare to win!" The conference ended with, "It is our duty to fight for each other, it is our duty to win!" | On Sat…

To the Streets (2019-09-29). Berkeley Students Say System Change Needed, Rally and Walk Out from Campus on Global Climate Strike Day. indybay.org Three days before the international Climate Strike of September 20 in which students at UC Berkeley participated on a grand scale, the University of California committed to urgent action to address the climate crisis. Students expressed despair, worry, and shock about the state of the climate already. | [Photos by Bob Shonkoff, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-29). Afghanistan: The Wounds of War. globalresearch.ca Its economy gutted by war, Afghanistan's largest cash crop remains opium. Yet farmers there do grow other crops for export. Villagers in the Wazir Tangi area of Nangarhar province, for example, cultivate pine nuts. As a precaution, this year at …

Edward Curtin (2019-09-29). Public Notices, Private Questions, Musical Dreams. globalresearch.ca Two women out walking do not stop talking. An elderly man and woman out dining do not start talking. | Who says the most? | "Hello in There," John Prine | Every morning at sunrise, a simple, mild, and gentle man, seemingly somehow …

Staff (2019-09-29). iPhone Workers Are 25 Times More Exploited Than 19th Century Textile Workers. truthout.org | | A recent report by the International Labour Organisation shows that the total global labour force is now measured at 3.5 billion workers. This is the largest size of the global labour force in recorded history. Talk of the demise of workers…

Michael Welch (2019-09-29). Green New Deal and the Climate Movement. Trojan Horses for the Billionaire Class? globalresearch.ca "As the oligarchs financed, shaped and largely managed the climate movement — it's only natural that they alone benefit from it. The power-elites repackaged our oppression as revolution and sold it back to us. By exploiting the innocent youth, which …

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-09-29). Is Greece Becoming a Weaponized Anti-Russian Small Power? globalresearch.ca According to an exclusive report published by Greek online media Rizospastis this week, within the framework of the " Greece-USA Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement," Washington and Athens have agreed to expand and increase U.S. military installations in the Mediterranean …

Eric Walberg (2019-09-29). Toronto Climate Strike: Let a Hundred Posters Bloom. Corporate Society Gone Mad. globalresearch.ca The culmination of Toronto's Global Climate Strike on Friday September 27, 2019 made history. 20,000 demonstrators flooded downtown Toronto with a dazzling array of colourful, often witty, some devastating posters, vowing to stay the course in the battle with corporate …

Craig Murray (2019-09-29). Heroes, Villains and Establishment Hypocrisy: Trump and Johnson Populism. globalresearch.ca Trump and Johnson's populism have shaken the old Establishment, and raised some very interesting questions about who is and who is not nowadays inside the Establishment and a beneficiary of the protection of the liberal elite. Yesterday two startling examples …

Dr. Arshad M. Khan (2019-09-29). The Climate Action Summit Fiasco. globalresearch.ca No one could fail to be touched by the fear (for the future) and urgency in Greta Thunberg's young voice as she broke down while addressing world leaders on the last day of the UN Climate Summit. The IPCC (Intergovernmental …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-09-29). Greta Thunberg and Big-Biz' Climate Charade. globalresearch.ca A 16 year old girl is obviously not behind a "global movement" demanding "climate action" from governments. | The massive corporate Western media is. And anything the corporate media is behind certainly cannot be described as "grassroots." | It is the Western …

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-29). Annexation of Kashmir: Pakistan Just Warned the World About the 21st Century's Munich Moment. globalresearch.ca Pakistani Prime Minister Khan warned the world that India's annexation of Kashmir is akin to Nazi Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland and might even lead to a nuclear war if New Delhi proceeds to follow in the Fuhrer's footsteps and …

Hans Stehling (2019-09-29). The Twin Threats of Nuclear War and Global Warming. globalresearch.ca There are now far fewer nuclear weapons than at the height of the Cold War, the five major nuclear powers — US, Russia. China, France and UK -having all signed-up to the principle of eventual nuclear disarmament. | But there are …

The Canary (2019-09-29). Johnson blimp unveiled for protest at Tory conference. thecanary.co Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Manchester as the Conservative conference gets underway.A giant Boris Johnson blimp was inflated at Castlefield Bowl ahead of a Reject Brexit — Defend Our Democracy event on Sunday afternoon.The six-metre tall inflatable depicted the prime minister dressed in blue shorts with red hearts and the word "Nigel" on, and a T-shirt showing a £350 million bus.Demonstrators gathered on Oxford Road at about midday for a Shut Down the Tories event before marching through heavy downpours to Deansgate, where a rally was due to be held.Shadow education secretary An…

teleSUR (2019-09-28). AMLO: 'We Defend Mexico's Dignity'. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obredor (AMLO) declared Friday that his government defends Mexico's sovereignty and is acting in accordance with the bilateral immigration agreements signed with the United States a few months ago. "We have nothing to be ashamed of," said the head of state in response to statements made by U.S. President Donald Trump the day before. | RELATED: | Mexico Digs Remains of 43 Students 5 Years After Disappearance | While speaking from the St. An…

Fight Back (2019-09-28). Chicago Teachers Union authorizes strike. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Chicago Teachers Union released totals of the September 24-26 strike authorization vote, on September 26. The CTU Rules and Election Committee reported that as of 9: 30 p.m., the union passed the 75% threshold of members voting "yes." 94% of teachers, clinicians, PSRPs, nurses and librarians voted to authorize a strike to win the schools Chicago's students deserve. | The vote stands as a mandate from CTU members for Chicago Public Schools to uphold promises of equity and educational justice made by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and that those promises must be in writing in an enforceable contract. This i…

teleSUR (2019-09-28). Colombia: Police Suppress March Against Police Brutality. telesurenglish.net Thousands of Colombian students from public and private universities marched in Bogota on Friday to protest against police violence. Ironically, they were harshly repressed the security forces during the demonstrations. | RELATED: | Drivers Take Over the Streets in Colombia | "In response to repression experienced over the last week, students decided to mobilize in solidarity with the District University and defend higher education in Colombia," the Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement (MAIS) sena…

WSWS (2019-09-28). Chicago teachers vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike. wsws.org The 94 percent authorization vote is a powerful expression of opposition to the conditions imposed by decades of Democratic mayoral administrations.

Staff (2019-09-28). Union Members Demand a Voice in Presidential Endorsements. truthout.org | | This story was originally published at Labor Notes.As the first union endorsements for president trickle in, union members and leaders are fighting to shape both the outcomes and the process of how endorsements are made. | Four years ago, by September 2015, seven national unions had made endorsements in the Democratic primary, though the AFL-CIO had requested that affiliates delay action. | Six—the Teachers (AFT), Machinists, Roofers, Plumbers, Bricklayers,…

Bryan Dyne (2019-09-28). Millions March against Climate Change, Capitalism and War. globalresearch.ca Four million people participated in the global climate strike across every continent on Friday, many of them students who skipped school on that day. Demonstrations at more than 5,800 locations in 161 countries began in Australia and the Pacific, moved …

WSWS (2019-09-28). 170,000 join climate change protests in New Zealand. wsws.org School students were joined by tens of thousands of workers and university students to demand action to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Zach Chacon (2019-09-28). UC Berkeley students say 'No tech for ICE'. liberationnews.org On Sept. 24, more than 50 UC Berkeley students and faculty members marched across campus and held a rally to protest the school's continuing support of data technology companies that collaborate with ICE, and to celebrate the cancellation of a Palantir Technologies recruitment "info-session" that was to be hosted that day on campus.

Ruth Milka (2019-09-28). Air pollution exposure during pregnancy affects children's lung function in early years. nationofchange.org Another study has shown more negative health impacts of air pollution particles crossing the placenta and affecting children even before they are born. | Research published by the Center for Environment Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester found that exposure to air pollution from road traffic during pregnancy reduces children's lung function at the age eight. | The data is a result of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) a large long-term study of over 14,000 children born in the former country of Avon between 1991 and 1992. The Avon study is the largest stud…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-09-27). The Real Purpose of the Impeachment Investigation against Trump. Political Power Play. globalresearch.ca The Democrats know that there is no impeachable offense. What they intend to do is to use the investigation to look into every aspect of Trump's life and try to make dirt out of things unrelated to his talk with …

Kevin Zeese (2019-09-27). At UN Session, US Empire in Decline and Global Solidarity on the Rise. globalresearch.ca As the United Nations General Assembly conducts its fall session, Popular Resistance is in New York City for the People's Mobilization to Stop the US War Machine and Save the Planet. Themes of the mobilization are connecting militarism and …

Kevin Zeese (2019-09-27). Marijuana Goes to House Floor with Landslide Victory for Safe Banking Act. globalresearch.ca For the first time since the war on marijuana was declared by President Richard Nixon, progressive marijuana law reform was considered on the Floor of the House of Representatives, and won by a landslide. Now, it is likely to be …

The Canary (2019-09-27). Laid off Wrightbus workers 'face struggle to house families'. thecanary.co Wrightbus workers face a struggle to house their families, one former employee has said. | Ryan Price, a supervisor aged 29, is married and his two children share a bedroom in a rental property. | He was bidding to buy a house and had saved a deposit but will find it difficult to access state benefits because of his savings. | The musician picked up his guitar and sang a song by Irish performer and social conscience Christy Moore about the impact of factory closures on ordinary men. | Mr Price said: "A lot of people are down and out, it is not just us, it affects other companies too. | "Morale still seems good bu…

ACLU (2019-09-27). The Trump Administration Can't Force Colleges to Further Its Anti-Muslim Agenda. aclu.org We're demanding the administration end its politicized investigation into Duke-UNC's Middle East Studies program, and turn over all related records. | In a move that would make even Senator McCarthy blush, the Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from a Middle East Studies program for failing to toe the government's line on Islam and Muslims. | Last week, Betsy DeVos's Department of Education sent a letter to administrators…

Sasha Abramsky (2019-09-27). The Good (Free Tuition!), the Bad (Student Debt), & the Ugly (DeVos's DOE) in Higher Ed. thenation.com The Good (Free Tuition!), the Bad (Student Debt), & the Ugly (DeVos's DOE) in Higher Ed…

Staff (2019-09-27). Brazilian Students Take Protest to Next Level, Launch Strike Against Bolsonaro Education Cuts. therealnews.com Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed privatization and immediate slashing of the public education budget. Students worried about the future of education in Brazil are beginning to mobilize with a strike at one of the county's main universities. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…

Paul Street (2019-09-27). Protest Alone Won't Save Our Planet. truthdig.com We can all use a shot of hope. I got one from 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and the disproportionately youthful masses—4 million across 150 cities worldwide—who came out for climate sanity last week. I listened online to the speech Thunberg delivered to more than 300,000 mostly young people in lower Manhattan on Friday. She spoke eloquently about the supreme ecological danger we face, thanks to the relentless pursuit of profit and to the insincere assurances and pathetic inaction of politicians and policymakers the world over: | We have not taken to the streets, sacrificing our education…

Margaret Klein Salamon (2019-09-27). With a Planet on Fire, This Is What It Means to Enter Emergency Mode. commondreams.org School students, Local Citizens, Environmental Activists shout slogans as they participate in a global climate strike to protest against governmental inaction towards climate breakdown and environmental pollution, part of demonstrations being held worldwide in a movement dubbed "Fridays for Future" in Kolkata, India, September 27, 2019. (Photo: Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

WSWS (2019-09-27). Mandarin announcement of Australian lecture series on 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution. wsws.org The lectures, which are being held on university campuses across the country, have been organised by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-27). Ukraine's Federalization: Lavrov vs. Lukashenko. globalresearch.ca Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Belarusian President Lukashenko are publicly at odds over the issue of Ukraine's federalizaton as a possible outcome of Kiev finally implementing the Minsk Accords in the event of the "New Detente" succeeding, with this serious …

The Canary (2019-09-27). Charity warns scrapping TV licence for over-75s risks fraud 'bonanza'. thecanary.co More pensioners are at risk from a "bonanza" of fraud following the decision to scrap universal free TV licences for the over-75s, according to new research.The BBC announced earlier this year that it would means-test licence fees for the elderly.Households without someone who receives pension credit…

Basma Qaddour (2019-09-27). Washington Sends Arms and Logistic Equipment to Its Occupation Forces in Syria. globalresearch.ca Washington had sent over the past hours new reinforcements to its occupation troops in Syria, according to local sources in Qameshli. | The sources said that a convey composed of dozens of cars and trucks carrying weapons plus military and logistic …

John Krzyzaniak (2019-09-27). Forty Years Ago, the Carter Administration Covered Up a Presumed Israeli Nuclear Test. globalresearch.ca On September 22, 1979, a US Vela satellite detected a "double flash" signal far off the coast of South Africa. It was the tell-tale sign of an atmospheric nuclear explosion: US Vela satellites, launched to help enforce the Partial Test …

True Publica (2019-09-27). Leaked: Johnson to Use NHS Privatisation Failure as Centre Piece in Snap Election. globalresearch.ca In 2013, the Conservative party famously went about purging its website and the internet of press releases it made about its 2010 manifesto promises. Basically, they lied to get into power and U-turned on the most significant of promises. | In …

Great Game India (2019-09-27). 145,000 Tons of Indian Oil at Risk after US Blacklists Chinese Shipping Companies. globalresearch.ca The US has put sanctions on several Chinese companies and their top officials for allegedly shipping Iranian oil, putting dozens of supertankers off limits to western energy traders. As a direct impact of the blacklisting of Chinese shipping company Cosco, …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-27). Longstanding US Electoral Dirty Tricks. Ukrainegate is a Russiagate Spinoff. globalresearch.ca Along with clear evidence of US meddling in scores of foreign elections, wanting ruling authorities serving its interests installed, the US political process was rife with fraud and other dirty tricks time and again since early in the 18th century. …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-09-27). Why Didn't Iraq Retaliate Against Israel? globalresearch.ca The US and Israel are manoeuvring between the internal Iraqi differences in order to hit Hashd al-Shaabi, the "Popular Mobilisation Forces" (PMF). These forces have gathered significant domestic support and created many enemies among the Iraqis. The reason for this …

Joseph Thomas (2019-09-27). Hong Kong Protests: Fading Foreign Tantrum, Not Genuine Revolution. globalresearch.ca Just as unfolded in 2014 during the so-called "Umbrella protests" or "Occupy Central" movement, a growing backlash has begun across Hong Kong against US-funded protests that have attempted to disrupt governance and commerce as part of a floundering movement to …

Steven Sahiounie (2019-09-27). Turkey Gives the US a Deadline in Syrian 'Safe-zone'. globalresearch.ca The Syrian war ends in Idlib | While most of Syria struggles to recover from 8 years of bloody conflict, Idlib is left as the last hot-spot. The population in Idlib today includes foreign terrorists following the tenets of Al Qaeda. …

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