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9/11, Osamagate and The "Blowback"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Author's Note | The article below entitled "Osamagate" was first published on October 9, 2001, two days after the onslaught of the bombing campaign directed against Afghanistan. | Within hours of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden was identified as the architect …
globalresearch.ca/9-11-osamagate-and-the-blowback/26471

The Globalization of War, America's "Long War" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Professor Michel Chossudovsky shows how the various conflicts we are witnessing today in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Palestine are inter-locked through a single-minded agenda in pursuit of global hegemony helmed by the United States and buttressed by its allies…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-americas-long-war-against-humanity-michel-chossudovsky/5427720

Colombian Teachers Begin National Strike for Peace and Life
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-12
The Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) began Thursday a 24-hour national strike to protest against insecurity, violence and threats affecting social leaders and teachers. | RELATED: | Colombia Hides Largest Mass Grave in Latin America | "From different parts of the country, union leaders, educators and students demand the defense of the life and physical integrity of social leaders and ratify their support for the peace process," Fecode president Nelson Alarcon said and add…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Teachers-Begin-National-Strike-in-Solidarity-with-Social-Leaders-20190912-0001.html

Debt-Entrapping: The US Student Loan Racket
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Entrapping students into longterm or permanent debt bondage is part of a government/corporate scheme to enrich private lenders. | Because of the high cost of higher education, millions of students need large loans to pay tuition, fees, and other expenses. | Some …
globalresearch.ca/debt-entrapping-the-us-student-loan-racket/5688988

Trump the Russian Puppet. A Story That Just Will Not Die
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Certainly, there are many things that President Donald Trump can rightly be criticized for, but it is interesting to note how the media and chattering classes continue to be in the grip of the highly emotional but ultimately irrational "Trump …
globalresearch.ca/trump-russian-puppet/5688948

Al Qaeda: The Data Base
Pierre-Henri Bunel | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Osama bin Laden with Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1979 (source unconfirmed) | Global Research Editor's Note | This article originally published by Global Research in 2005 sheds light on the nature of Al Qaeda, an intelligence construct used by Washington to destabilize and destroy …
globalresearch.ca/al-qaeda-the-database-2/24738

"USA Pretend" Unmasked
S. Brian Willson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
There was a moment in Viet Nam when I questioned whether everything I had been taught about "America" was one big fabricated lie — a huge pretend. It was April 1969, witnessing the aftermath of the bombings of supposed military targets. They were inhabited villages where virtually everyone perished from low flying bombings, that included napalming.
globalresearch.ca/usa-pretend-unmasked/5688927

September 11, 2001: 21 Reasons to Question the Official Story about 9/11
David Ray Griffin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
First published on September 11, 2008 | *** | Note: Although the points are stated briefly, I give in each case the pages in my most recent book–"The New Pearl Harbor Revisited"–where the issue is documented and discussed more extensively. | (1) Although …
globalresearch.ca/september-11-2001-21-reasons-to-question-the-official-story-about-9-11/10145

China-India Relations Are Real Shaky Ahead of President Xi's Unconfirmed Visit Next Month
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Chinese-Indian relations are worsening after reckless statements by the latter's media and officials, proving that ties between the two Asian Great Powers are much shakier than either side publicly acknowledges and thus raising the risk that President Xi's unconfirmed visit …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-indian-relations-shaky-ahead-xi-unconfirmed-visit/5688965

Post-Bolton Thaw in US Relations with Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Hold the cheers! | The US has been hostile toward Iran since its 1979 revolution. It's hostile toward all nations it doesn't control. | Its imperial project calls for transforming them into US client states, pro-Western puppet rule replacing their sovereign independence, …
globalresearch.ca/post-bolton-thaw-us-relations-iran/5688982

Video: Color Revolution Comes to Hong Kong
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
The Hong Kong protests represent a major challenge not only to the authorities of Hong Kong itself, but also to Beijing, due to both their protracted nature and a high level of organization resembling the Kiev Maidan of 2013/14. | The …
globalresearch.ca/video-color-revolution-hong-kong/5688907

A Morning in Afghanistan
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
On a very warm September morning in Kabul, several dozen men, women, and children sit on the carpeted floor of a room at the Afghan Peace Volunteers' Borderfree Center. The women cluster together. All wear burqas, but because of …
globalresearch.ca/morning-afghanistan/5688921

Afghanistan: 18 Years of US-NATO Occupation. The Decision to Invade Afghanistan was Taken on 9/12
James Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
18 years after NATO's invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, the 9/11 and Al Qaeda lies that were used to justify the war have disappeared. | Now the truth about oil and gas, mineral wealth, opium and naked imperial ambition are all …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-18-years-of-us-nato-occupation-the-decision-to-invade-afghanistan-was-taken-on-912/5689002

The Psychotic Impacts of Stalking, Electronic Surveillance, Harassment and Wiretaps: The Neuro-Behavioral Symptoms
B.L. Love | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
There is a phenomenon being reported by numerous people worldwide. A growing number of citizens are becoming aware of being stalked, surveilled and manipulated possibly by their own government, other organizations or even individuals. The resulting symptoms include, but are …
globalresearch.ca/alternatives-psychotic-diagnosis/5688991

Assad Government Saves Christianity in Syria
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Syria is being reborn, and its religious pluralism is being resurrected, sometimes literally from the ashes. | The ancient town of Maaloula, where Aramaic, the language of Christ, is still spoken, where St. Takla miraculously cured the sick, where NATO's takfiri …
globalresearch.ca/assad-saves-christianity-syria/5688536

Hong Kong Protest Leader Hangs Out with White Helmets Boss
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Joshua Wong has recently been doing some flyin' around and hobnobbing with the rich, famous and powerful. He went to Berlin and met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other 'pro-democracy' figures like Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko, who …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protest-leader-hangs-out-white-helmets-boss/5688967

Are India and Japan Challenging the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Russia's Far East?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Although the Russian Far East has huge investment potential in the fields of raw materials, mineral resources, fisheries, forestry's and tourism, it still remains a sparely populated area of only around 7 million people. With China, India, Japan, Indonesia and …
globalresearch.ca/india-japan-challenging-bri-russia-far-east/5688900

Britain's Snap Election — Powered by a "Tory Crime Syndicate"
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Will there be a snap-election or not — that is the big question right now. The earliest date is now mid-November. Whatever happens, money needs to be raised for campaigning. Theresa May's snap election cost over £18million and she lost …
globalresearch.ca/snap-election-tory-crime-syndicate/5688954

"Low-quality Scientific Advice" on GMOs: New EU Study Endorses Monsanto's Genetically Modified Maize MON810
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
In a new peer-reviewed paper, the GMO Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) stands accused of giving "low-quality scientific advice" in its favourable opinion on the cultivation in the European Union of Monsanto/Bayer's GM Bt insecticidal maize …
globalresearch.ca/low-quality-scientific-advice-on-gmos-new-eu-study-endorses-monsantos-genetically-modified-maize-mon810/5688819

Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
On the eve of the 18-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the illegal U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the United States and the Taliban completed nine rounds of peace talks with no deal. | Although they had reportedly reached …
globalresearch.ca/observe-911-anniversary-calling-end-afghan-war/5688973

Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires
Negin Owliaei | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses destroying what's popularly known as the "lungs of the Earth." On September 5, people around the globe stood …
globalresearch.ca/activists-follow-money-fueling-amazon-fires/5688958

Weakening U.S. Shale Productivity "Very Bullish" for Oil Prices
Nick Cunningham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
After years of improvements in drilling techniques and impressive "efficiency gains," there is now evidence that the U.S. shale industry is reaching the end of the road on well productivity. | A report earlier this month from Raymond James & Associates …
globalresearch.ca/weakening-shale-productivity-oil-prices/5688942

Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Established on August 22, 2011, around six months after US launched aggression on the country, the so-called "Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI)" is mandated to investigate war-related human rights abuses. | Instead, it produced over …
globalresearch.ca/syria-un-commission-inquiry-country/5688993

Argentina Returns to Capital Controls
Kavaljit Singh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
On September 1, the Argentine government led by President Mauricio Macri imposed capital controls in a bid to stem the fall in the foreign exchange reserves and the peso currency. This unexpected move was initiated soon after the authorities spent …
globalresearch.ca/argentina-returns-capital-controls/5688980

The New American Oil Empire Built on Sand. The "Fracking Revolution"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-12
Over the course of the past decade the United States, following decades of relative stagnation in oil production, has surprised many to become the largest oil producer in the world, exceeding Russia as well as Saudi Arabia. | Latest daily production …
globalresearch.ca/new-american-oil-empire-built-sand/5688961

YouTubers arrested for trespassing near Area 51 ahead of planned 'invasion' of secret base
rt.com | 2019-09-12
Two Dutch YouTubers have been arrested after entering a secure US government area in the Nevada desert while in search of Area 51. | The Nye County Sheriff's Office arrested 20-year-old Ties Granzier and his friend Govert Charles Wilhelmus Jacob Sweep, 21, after they were found filming about three miles inside the Nevada National Security Site, which is approximately 10 miles from Area 51. | The site is a secure area where US government researchers are known to carry out top-secret nuclear experiments. | | © Nye County Sheriff's Office | Nye County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that Granzier and…
rt.com/usa/468668-youtubers-arrested-trespassing-area-51/

Feinstein, Costa Support Weakening of CA Bill Blocking Trump Rollbacks of Environmental Regulations
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-09-12
John McManus, President of the Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA), took issue with the contention of Senator Feinstein and Congressmen Costa, Garamendi, Harder and Cox that SB 1 "would prevent the state from incorporating the latest science and other information in permitting decisions." | "That letter cites new science on species that won't be used if SB 1 goes into effect," said McManus. "This Is completely false. SB 1 would allow the state to review and revise any of the species protections adopted. The state would be able to use any and all science to protect its wildlife."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/10/18826152.php

The EPA will end mammal testing by 2035
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-12
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged Tuesday to "aggressively reduce animal testing" and to end funding for mammal tests by 2035. The move makes the EPA the first federal agency to set a timeline for ending animal tests, according to Science Magazine. The EPA will first reduce new mammal tests and funding by 30 percent by 2025, EPA …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/12/the-epa-will-end-mammal-testing-by-2035/

'Holy Smokes, This Thing Could Get HUGE': NYC Public Schools to Let Students #ClimateStrike
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-12
Climate advocates celebrated Thursday after New York City's public school system announced it would excuse the absences of students who have a parent's permission to participate in the global climate strike on Friday, Sept. 20. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/12/holy-smokes-thing-could-get-huge-nyc-public-schools-let-students-climatestrike?cd-origin=rss

Oliver Sacks, the "Neurological Philosopher"
Susan Babbitt | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
Oliver Sacks, the "neurological philosopher", did a "different sort of medicine on behalf of chronic often warehoused and largely abandoned patients." It combined art and science. Lawrence Weschler, in How Are You, Dr. Sacks?, says Sacks was from "the period before the science and the humanities split apart".[1] But they didn't just "split apart". They…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/114831/

Astronomers Find Water on Possible Life likely planet
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-11
In a first study beyond the Earth's solar system revealed water vapor in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet, about 111 light-years away from the system. The discovery comes from years of observations of the conducted with the Hubble Space Telescope of exoplanet K2-18b. | RELATED: | Evidence of First Post-Big-Bang Molecule Found Among the Stars | However, beyond the size, the exoplanet differs significantly from our human-inhabited planet. The mass of K2-18b is more than eig…
telesurenglish.net/news/exoplanet-water-astronomy-science-20190911-0036.html

Knowledge in the Blood: Stories About 9-11
Rachel Cunliffe | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
A Saudi Arabian exchange student starting 12thgrade in an American high school this fall is bullied because his name is Osama. "Something about 11thof September?" I learn. Jonathan Jansen called it "knowledge in the blood" when he wrote of the vindictiveness and hostility of Afrikaaner youth born after the end of apartheid as they entered…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/knowledge-in-the-blood-stories-about-9-11/

Reflections on "Peace" in Afghanistan
Andrew Bacevich | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-11
When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Since…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/11/reflections-on-peace-in-afghanistan/

Chicago's Impending Teacher Strike is Ten Years in the Making
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-09-11
The union is still fighting to restore the damage caused by a decade of austerity measures, layoffs, and budget cuts.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/chicago-impending-teacher-strike-lahm-190911/

Brazil: The dangers of being young and Black
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-11
The latest statistics released by the UN show that some 23,000 young Blacks die violently every year in Brazil, equivalent to one every 23 minutes. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/11/brazil-the-dangers-of-being-young-and-black/

What a pro-trophy hunting open letter failed to mention about its 'conservationist' backers
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-09-10
An open letter recently appeared in the journal Science. As the Independent reported at the time, in it "133 conservationists and commun…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/09/10/what-a-pro-trophy-hunting-open-letter-failed-to-mention-about-its-conservationist-backers/

The struggle continues for the Ayotzinapa 43
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2019-09-10
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa 43, an event which unleashed a movement for justice in Mexico that inspired the world. On Sept. 26, 2014, six people were murdered and 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Normal Rural School in the small community . . . | Continue reading The struggle continues for the Ayotzinapa 43 at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/10/the-struggle-continues-for-the-ayotzinapa-43/

Kenosha SDS wins demand for gender neutral bathrooms on campus
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-10
Kenosha, WI – Just in time for the new semester, Students for a Democratic Society at UW Parkside came out victorious in their gender neutral bathrooms campaign from the previous semester. Four bathrooms were converted on campus to support the trans and gender non-conforming community, a demand which some students have been proposing for several years. | Before, there were only two gender neutral bathrooms on campus located on the opposite ends of campus. This was an obstacle for transgender students taking classes in the central area of the university, as the only gender neutral bathrooms were inconveniently far…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/10/kenosha-…

More Than 300 Privately-Operated Ohio Charter Schools Have Closed In 20 Years
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-10
Across the country, thousands of charter schools have closed in under 30 years. Corruption and poor academic performance are two key reasons for the high failure rate in the charter school sector. Between 1998 and 2019, 306 charter schools closed in Ohio. On average, that is more than one charter school closing per month for …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/more-than-300-privately-operated-ohio-charter-schools-have-closed-in-20-years/

From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-10
Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/palestini…

Segregation Is Worse in Charter Schools: a Q&A with Julian Vasquez-Heilig
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-09-09
"If the charter schools don't want to be diverse, they don't have to be."
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/segregation-worse-charter-schools-vasquez-heilig-miller-190909/

Engaging 'head and mind', key for effective learning, says UNESCO chief on Literacy Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-08
On International Literacy Day, Sunday, the chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) maintained that "engaging with both head and mind is a key for effective learning".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045852

Texas protest says "No kids in cages"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-07
Arlington, TX – 60 people showed up at a protest organized by the Progressive Student Union (PSU) at the University of Texas at Arlington, September 4, against the Trump administration's change to of policy on the detention of undocumented children. | Mark Napieralski, an organizer from the Progressive Student Union, spoke about how the Flores Agreement banned holding children indefinitely – and how the Trump administration is moving to keep children in indefinite detention in concentration camps along the southern border. | Speakers at the rally included Minister Katie Hays from the Galileo Church and Harold Ch…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/7/texas-pro…

Are Charter Schools Public Schools?
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-07
Charter school advocates have always desperately sought to convince themselves and the public that privately-run nonprofit and for-profit charter schools that operate like businesses are actually public and similar in many ways to public schools. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Charter schools are not public schools. In reality, privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/are-charter-schools-public-schools/

FOX Says Baltimore Schools Aren't Underfunded. They're Wrong
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-06
Education finance expert Jess Gartner joins TRNN's Jaisal Noor and Stephen Janis to discuss recent right-wing news coverage of Baltimore city schools…
therealnews.com/stories/fox-says-baltimore-schools-arent-underfunded-theyre-wrong

Exxon Mobil Is Funding Centrist Democratic Think Tank, Disclosures Reveal
Kate Aronoff | theintercept.com | 2019-09-06
The Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank that grew out of the party's pro-business wing in the 1980s and '90s, received $50,000 from Exxon Mobil in 2018 via its parent organization, the Third Way Foundation, according to the oil giant's 2018 Worldwide Giving Report. | Exxon Mobil did not return The Intercept's multiple requests for comment. In an email, PPI Executive Director Lindsay Lewis said the money was used for general support and that "we only accept general support funding from corporate interests, we do not do paid for work/research or have any donor run programs." | Lewis also…
theintercept.com/2019/09/06/exxon-mobil-progressive-policy-institute-climate/

Why Are the Feds Blocking Marijuana Reform when Research Shows Cannabis Saves Lives?
Gladys Weinberg | progressive.org | 2019-09-04
For many people, marijuana offers a viable alternative to opioid use.
progressive.org/op-eds/why-is-the-federal-government-blocking-marijuana-reform-weinberg-190904/

Midwest Dispatch: The Drivers on the Bus Go . . . Where?
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-09-04
Around the country, schools desperate to free up funds are outsourcing their bussing services–and dealing a blow to students and workers alike.
progressive.org/dispatches/midwest-dispatch-bus-driver-jobs-lahm-190904/

Civil rights conference featuring renowned activist Angela Davis to gather in Chicago this November
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-04
Chicago, IL – Founded in 1973 as an organization that grew out of the movement to free the wrongfully imprisoned Angela Davis and other political prisoners, the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is set to relaunch this November. This refounding, led by the Chicago Alliance against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) and other organizations, will be taking place in Chicago, Illinois on November 22-24 at the Chicago Teachers' Union Hall. | The organizers' main objectives for this conference are to continue to build the struggle for police accountability as well as stand in solidari…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/4/civil-rig…

Kennewick teachers' strike shows power of the union in Washington state
Mitch Malloy | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-01
Teachers win gains on important issues including pay and insurance.
liberationnews.org/kennewick-teachers-strike-shows-power-of-the-union-in-washington-state/

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2019-09-11: News Headlines

Susan Babbitt (2019-09-11). Oliver Sacks, the "Neurological Philosopher" counterpunch.org Oliver Sacks, the "neurological philosopher", did a "different sort of medicine on behalf of chronic often warehoused and largely abandoned patients." It combined art and science. Lawrence Weschler, in How Are You, Dr. Sacks?, says Sacks was from "the period before the science and the humanities split apart".[1] But they didn't just "split apart". They More

Jon Schwarz (2019-09-11). A Memoir From Hell: Samantha Power Will Do Anything for Human Rights Unless It Hurts Her Career. theintercept.com A new book by Obama's ambassador to the U.N. won't honestly tell us what she saw on the mountaintop because she wants to get back there.

Eds. (2019-09-11). Brazil: The dangers of being young and Black. mronline.org The latest statistics released by the UN show that some 23,000 young Blacks die violently every year in Brazil, equivalent to one every 23 minutes. | Source

Andrew Bacevich (2019-09-11). Reflections on "Peace" in Afghanistan. counterpunch.org When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Since More

Staff (2019-09-11). Afghanistan May Never Recover From the U.S. Invasion. truthdig.com When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). | Since ARVN's founding two decades earlier, the United States had assigned itself the task of professionalizing that fledgling military establishment. Based on a conviction that the standards, methods, and ethos of our armed forces were universally applicable and readily exportable, the attendance of ARVN personnel…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-11). Where was Osama bin Laden on September 11, 2001? globalresearch.ca On September 10. 2001, Osama was in a Pakistani military hospital in Rawalpindi, courtesy of America's indefectible ally Pakistan…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-11). THE 9/11 READER. The September 11, 2001 Terror Attacks. globalresearch.ca The tragic events of September 11, 2001 constitute a fundamental landmark in American history. a decisive watershed. 9/11 opens up an era of crisis, upheaval and militarization of American society.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-11). Chile, September 11, 1973: The Inauguration of Neoliberalism, "Shock Treatment" and the Instruments of Economic Repression: The Junta's Deadly "Economic Medicine" globalresearch.ca The Junta ordered a hike in the price of bread from 11 to 40 escudos. While food prices had skyrocketed, wages had been frozen. From one day to the next, an entire country had been precipitated into abysmal poverty; in less than a year the price of bread in Chile increased thirty-six fold.

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez (2019-09-11). From a Lebanese refugee camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi inspires other Palestinian students. nationofchange.org Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends …

WSWS (2019-09-11). India: Kolkata students and workers demand freedom for Assange and Manning. wsws.org ICFI supporters spoke to students at Jadavpur University in Kolkata and workers from BSNL, the Indian government-owned telecommunication company.

WSWS (2019-09-11). Ontario education unions disarm teachers, support staff facing attack on jobs and conditions. wsws.org The unions are seeking to block a teachers strike, because they fear it could trigger a broader working-class challenge to the Ford government and the agenda of austerity.

Consensus911 (2019-09-11). The Alleged Cell Phone Calls from the 9/11 Flights. globalresearch.ca An unpublished manuscript investigating the alleged cell phone calls from the 9/11 flights has recently been released by the well-known British writer and Consensus 9/11 panelist, Rowland Morgan. | Morgan, a former columnist for London's The Guardian and The Independent, …

John W. Whitehead (2019-09-11). James Madison's Bill of Rights Turns 230, and What Do We Have to Show for It? Nothing Good. globalresearch.ca "That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put …

wtc7.net (2019-09-11). 9/11 Truth: Foreknowledge of WTC 7's Collapse. globalresearch.ca Of the two principal theories of WTC 7's collapse — one being global structural failure due to prior debris impact and ongoing fire damage, and the other being controlled demolition — the second is favored by foreknowledge of the collapse. …

South Front (2019-09-11). Video: Hezbollah Shoots Down Israeli Drone over Lebanon. globalresearch.ca On September 9, Hezbollah announced that it had shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle over the village of Ramyeh in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah added that the UAV is now in its hands. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in …

David W. Mathisen (2019-09-11). Video: Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7: "The Bamboozle Has Captured Us" globalresearch.ca Below is a video showing several film sequences taken from different locations and documenting multiple angles of World Trade Center Building 7 collapsing at freefall speed eighteen years ago on September 11, 2001. | The four words "Building Seven Freefall Speed"…

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-11). Trump Sacks Bolton. Who is the Next National Security Advisor? globalresearch.ca It's a good start, way short of what's needed — cleaning house of all Trump regime far-right extremists, notably Pompeo and likeminded hardliners. | Chance for positive change is virtually nil. Dirty business as usual in Washington won't miss a beat …

David Ray Griffin (2019-09-11). 9/11 Contradictions: Bush in the Classroom on the Morning of September 11, 2001. globalresearch.ca He arrived at the school at 8: 55 AM, at which time he reportedly first learned that a plane had struck one of the Twin Towers. Dismissing the crash as an accident, Bush said that they would go ahead and "do the reading thing anyway."

Dr. Ludwig Watzal (2019-09-11). The 9/11 Legend Lives On. The "Official Story" Prevails. globalresearch.ca The 18th anniversary of the attacks on 11 September 2001 (9/11) will be commemorated in the US and worldwide by the corporate media to keep the legend about 9/11 alive. | The official 9/11 narrative, however, is not only riddled with …

David Sullivan (2019-09-11). People Should be Warned of the Adverse Health Effects of 5G Mobile Phone Microwave Radiation Technology. globalresearch.ca Read the Irish Independent article here. | *** | Dear Adrian, | I read with dismay your article in Saturdays Independent on the safety of 5G. I think you do a huge disservice to Ireland Inc but in particular to Irish Children …

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-11). Western Media Portrays Hong Kong Hooligans as Heroes. But Are They? globalresearch.ca Whenever Hong Kong protesters are destroying public property, there are no cameras of Western media outlets in sight. But when police decide to intervene, protecting their city, Western media crusaders emerge in full force. | On Sunday, huge US flags were …

Tom Clifford (2019-09-11). China's Perspective: Economic Growth over Military Spending. globalresearch.ca Question. What leader saw his country's military dropping 26,171 bombs in one year? | That works out at every day of that year, the country's military dropped 72 bombs, or 3 bombs every hour, 24 hours a day, according to the …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-09-11). When Americans Fell for the 9/11 Deception They Lost Their Country. globalresearch.ca Today is the 18 anniversary of 9/11, an event that has turned a once free America into a domestic police state and an international warmonger during the 21st century. America's reputation has been shattered along with the Constitution, international law, …

UNCTAD (2019-09-11). How Israel Steals Palestine's Offshore Oil and Gas Revenues. Outright Theft. Billions of Dollars Stolen. globalresearch.ca Executive summary | "In 2018 and early 2019, the performance of the Palestinian economy and humanitarian conditions reached an all-time low. Per capita income fell, mass unemployment increased, poverty deepened and the environmental toll of occupation has been rising in both …

George Szamuely (2019-09-11). "Nothing Urgent" on 9/11: The Curious Lack of Military Action on the Morning of September 11, 2001. globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note | Today, September 11, 2019. The anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. 18 years laters, are we any closer to the truth about what really happened on that fateful day? | George Szamuely's incisive article published more …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-09-11). Will Iran be a Full Nuclear Power by the End of 2020? No Return to the 2015 Agreement. globalresearch.ca French President Emmanuel Macron failed to promote successfully his Iranian initiative with the US administration despite the initial blessing of his US counterpart. This failure led Iran to make a third gradual withdrawal from its JCPOA nuclear deal commitment, raising …

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-11). Bolton's Failures in Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan and Russia Proved to be His Downfall. globalresearch.ca Trump's decision to fire Bolton likely stemmed from the latter's string of failures in Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan, and Russia, with the American President finally realizing that enough is enough and that he needs to once again shuffle the "deep state" …

Dr. Meryl Nass (2019-09-11). Why Are Legislatures Now Imposing "Vaccine Mandates"? globalresearch.ca I am a veteran of the vaccine war in the US, and today I feel compelled to speak about what I saw in that war. Legislators were forced to change their votes to revoke vaccine exemptions and rescind the historic …

Christopher Black (2019-09-11). The Whitewashing of the Nazis. globalresearch.ca I was going to write about Iraq and the American control of that tragic nation that has been, like many others, destroyed by the American war machine, but it is difficult to find out any real facts about anything in …

Renee Parsons (2019-09-11). "Forecasting" Hurricane Dorian. Relentless Media Disinformation. "Scripting of Extreme Weather Events" globalresearch.ca As Hurricane Dorian approached the Bahamas, the mainstream media "scared the hell" out of thousands of Floridians as they trembled with the forecast of a calamitous weather scenario about to ravage the entire east coast. Intimidated by the power of …

Jacob G. Hornberger (2019-09-11). 9/11 "Justice": The Pentagon's Upcoming Kangaroo Show Trial in Cuba. globalresearch.ca After 18 years, there is a possibility that the Pentagon is finally going to permit a "trial" of five men who are accused of conspiracy to commit the 9/11 attacks. If so, the proceedings will prove what a charade …

Dan Bacher (2019-09-11). Feinstein, Costa Support Weakening of CA Bill Blocking Trump Rollbacks of Environmental Regulations. indybay.org John McManus, President of the Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA), took issue with the contention of Senator Feinstein and Congressmen Costa, Garamendi, Harder and Cox that SB 1 "would prevent the state from incorporating the latest science and other information in permitting decisions." | "That letter cites new science on species that won't be used if SB 1 goes into effect," said McManus. "This Is completely false. SB 1 would allow the state to review and revise any of the species protections adopted. The state would be able to use any and all science to protect its wildlife."

Rachel Cunliffe (2019-09-11). Knowledge in the Blood: Stories About 9-11. counterpunch.org A Saudi Arabian exchange student starting 12thgrade in an American high school this fall is bullied because his name is Osama. "Something about 11thof September?" I learn. Jonathan Jansen called it "knowledge in the blood" when he wrote of the vindictiveness and hostility of Afrikaaner youth born after the end of apartheid as they entered More

Andrew J. Bacevich (2019-09-11). Reflections on "peace" in Afghanistan. nationofchange.org When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Since …

Dani Rodrik (2019-09-11). Should we worry about income gaps within or between countries? nationofchange.org At the beginning of classes every autumn, I tease my students with the following question: Is it better to be poor in a rich country or rich in a poor country? The question typically invites considerable and inconclusive debate. But we can devise a more structured and limited version of the question, for which there …

Sarah Lahm (2019-09-11). Chicago's Impending Teacher Strike is Ten Years in the Making. progressive.org The union is still fighting to restore the damage caused by a decade of austerity measures, layoffs, and budget cuts.

Brendan Montague (2019-09-11). Brexit Threatens UK Food Regulations. globalresearch.ca The UK public faces the prospect of watered-down food regulations after Brexit with Parliament having little say, the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UK TPO) is warning. | New analysis by legal experts at the University of Sussex-based UK TPO warns that …

teleSUR (2019-09-11). GoFundMe Shuts Down Homophobic Page Against LGBT School Lessons. telesurenglish.net The crowdfunding website GoFundMe said Tuesday that they have taken down a page launched in June to campaign against LGTBQ education inside schools in the United Kingdom. | RELATED: | Brazil Newspaper Publishes Gay Kiss To Rebuke Homophobic Mayor | "We have removed this page as it violates our terms of service," the website said. Humanists U.K. had demanded twice…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-09-11). Amnesty International Chief's Plea to 30,000+ Schools Worldwide: Let the Students Climate Strike! commondreams.org In a personal plea sent to more than tens of thousands of schools around the world Wednesday, Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo called on educators and administrators to allow students to join global climate strikes later this month. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Global Research News (2019-09-11). Selected Articles: Trump Sacks Bolton. Who Is the Next National Security Advisor? 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 …

Lauren-Brooke Eisen (2019-09-11). The 1994 Crime Bill and Beyond: How Federal Funding Shapes the Criminal Justice System. commondreams.org There are stockpiles of research finding that incarceration has dramatically increased without yielding large crime-reduction benefits for the country — and has in fact harmed communities and torn apart families. Not only that, but in states where prison rates have fallen, the crime rates have fallen as well. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Mohsen Abdelmoumen — Stuart Newman (2019-09-10). Are We Headed Toward a Techno-Eugenic Future? counterpunch.org Dr. Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D., is professor of cell biology and anatomy. He has been a visiting professor at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, the Centre à l'Energie Atomique-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, the University of Tokyo, and was a Fogarty Senior International Fellow at Monash University, Australia. He was a founding member of More

Michael Welton (2019-09-10). Adorno is Not a Cheery Guy. counterpunch.org Maybe Teddy would be lots of laughs in a Berlin pub after one too many. But, judging from his essay, "Education after Auschwitz," written in popular style in 1966 (three years from his death), Adorno might chase away the crowds. "Hey, see that dreary old guy sitting alone in the corner? That's sad old Adorno." More

Teresa Gutierrez (2019-09-10). The struggle continues for the Ayotzinapa 43. workers.org This year marks the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa 43, an event which unleashed a movement for justice in Mexico that inspired the world. On Sept. 26, 2014, six people were murdered and 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Normal Rural School in the small community . . . | Continue reading The struggle continues for the Ayotzinapa 43 at Workers.org

The Canary (2019-09-10). UK has one of youngest teaching workforces among leading economies. thecanary.co The UK has one of the youngest teaching workforces among the world's leading economies, according to a report. | Almost one in three UK primary teachers (31%) are 30 or younger, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's latest Education at a Glance study indicates. | This is compared with 13% on average across OECD countries. | The report, which looks at the state of education systems across 36 OECD nations and economies, plus 10 others, also said that in England and Scotland, statutory salaries for teachers with 15 years of experience and the most common qualification "have not recovered to th…

Tracy Keeling (2019-09-10). What a pro-trophy hunting open letter failed to mention about its 'conservationist' backers. thecanary.co An open letter recently appeared in the journal Science. As the Independent reported at the time, in it "133 conservationists and commun…

Fight Back (2019-09-10). Kenosha SDS wins demand for gender neutral bathrooms on campus. fightbacknews.org Kenosha, WI – Just in time for the new semester, Students for a Democratic Society at UW Parkside came out victorious in their gender neutral bathrooms campaign from the previous semester. Four bathrooms were converted on campus to support the trans and gender non-conforming community, a demand which some students have been proposing for several years. | Before, there were only two gender neutral bathrooms on campus located on the opposite ends of campus. This was an obstacle for transgender students taking classes in the central area of the university, as the only gender neutral bathrooms were inconveniently far…

Staff (2019-09-10). From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students. democracynow.org Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…

Shawgi Tell (2019-09-10). More Than 300 Privately-Operated Ohio Charter Schools Have Closed In 20 Years. dissidentvoice.org Across the country, thousands of charter schools have closed in under 30 years. Corruption and poor academic performance are two key reasons for the high failure rate in the charter school sector. Between 1998 and 2019, 306 charter schools closed in Ohio. On average, that is more than one charter school closing per month for …

Rann Miller (2019-09-09). Segregation Is Worse in Charter Schools: a Q&A with Julian Vasquez-Heilig. progressive.org "If the charter schools don't want to be diverse, they don't have to be."

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