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September 9, 2001: Two Days Before 9/11, Global Research Was Born
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
We started up in late August with a handmade web design in FrontPage. A student in philosophy gave me a hand in drafting the home page and putting the project online. On the morning of September 8, I took a two hour "crash course" on the use of file transfer FTP software.
globalresearch.ca/september-9-2001-2-days-before-911-global-research-was-born/5303875

Betsy DeVos Is Abandoning Students Seeking Loan Forgiveness
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-09
| People who chose to take lower-paying public service jobs after college or graduate school are still getting screwed over by the Trump administration. | A new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that, from May 2018 to May 2019, only 1% of all applications have been approved by the Department of Education, led by Secretary Betsy DeVos. Worst of all, this is…
truthout.org/articles/betsy-devos-is-abandoning-students-seeking-loan-forgiveness/

Betsy DeVos Is Abandoning Students Seeking Loan Forgiveness
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-09
| People who chose to take lower-paying public service jobs after college or graduate school are still getting screwed over by the Trump administration. | A new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that, from May 2018 to May 2019, only 1% of all applications have been approved by the Department of Education, led by Secretary Betsy DeVos. Worst of all, this is…
truthout.org/articles/betsy-devos-is-abandoning-students-seeking-loan-forgiveness/

Oliver Sacks, the "Neurological Philosopher"
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
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 a new biography, says Sacks was from "the period …
globalresearch.ca/oliver-sacks-neurological-philosopher/5688508

9/11 after 18 Years. "Hard Evidence Cannot Prevail over a Transparent Official Lie"
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
I would appreciate hearing from readers whether they have come across a report in the print, TV, or NPR media of the highly professional four-year investigation of WTC Building 7's demise. The international team of civil engineers concluded that the …
globalresearch.ca/911-after-18-years-hard-evidence-cannot-prevail-over-a-transparent-official-lie/5688559

Netanyahu Fighting for His Political Life
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
On April 9, Israeli Knesset elections were held, 61 coalition seats needed for majority rule. | New elections were called after Netanyahu failed to cobble together enough support for reelection as prime minister. He remains interim PM. | On September 17, Israelis …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-fighting-political-life/5688552

The Taliban's Recent Kabul Attack Inadvertently Tanked the Afghan Peace Talks
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
Neither the Taliban nor the US wanted to throw away the unprecedented progress that's been made towards peace thus far, but pressure on both sides from within their own ranks and outside regrettably led to the suspension of the Afghan …
globalresearch.ca/taliban-kabul-attack-afghan-peace-talks/5688528

The Raytheon United Technologies Merger and the Military Industrial Complex. William Hartung
William D. Hartung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
The planned merger between Raytheon and United Technologies will only further consolidate a bloated military-industrial complex. | That's the take of William D. Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy. | He is is …
globalresearch.ca/william-hartung-raytheon-united-technologies-military-industrial-complex/5688579

Revisiting Stuxnet: The Israeli-American Computer Virus that Started Cyber-Warfare
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
New evidence has surfaced to demonstrate how both American and Israeli intelligence services, aided by European partners, have long been targeting Iran in spite of clear evidence that it constituted no threat. The story involves the Stuxnet virus or "worm," …
globalresearch.ca/stuxnet-israeli-american-computer-virus-cyber-warfare/5688506

Bolsonaro, o falso nacionalismo e a destruiàßà£o do Brasil
Carlos Eduardo Martins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
A crise ambiental e diplomática promovida pelo governo brasileiro, em razà£o de sua cumplicidade com o Dia do Fogo organizado por setores do agronegócio na Amazà¥nia e das hostilidades que dirigiu ao governo francês, é apenas mais um capítulo de …
globalresearch.ca/bolsonaro-o-falso-nacionalismo-e-a-destruicao-do-brasil/5688619

Car Safety Group Pushes for Tesla Recall after Damning NTSB Report on 2018 Crash
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
The Center For Auto Safety — a non profit car safety advocacy group — is asking the NHTSA for a recall of Tesla vehicles, according to Law 360. | The outcry comes after a an NTSB report blamed a 2018 …
globalresearch.ca/car-safety-group-pushes-nhtsa-tesla-recall-2018-crash/5688500

US-Taliban No-Peace "Peace Talks"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
On Sunday, Pompeo called talks with the Taliban dead, no agreement forthcoming without "significant commitments" from its authorities. | On Saturday, Trump cancelled what he called secret talks with the Taliban and (US-installed Afghan puppet) president Ghani to be held separately …
globalresearch.ca/us-taliban-peace-talks/5688555

Both Israel and Hezbollah Imagined a Horrid Black Hole and Stopped
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
There are rare moments in history, when even the most determined enemies can suddenly recognize the futility of battle. Sometimes, just for a moment or two. Sometimes, for longer. Such moments of sanity may save thousands, even millions of human …
globalresearch.ca/israel-hezbollah-imagined-horrid-black-hole/5688531

Gold Price Suffers Biggest Fall in Six Years
Frik Els | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
The gold price plunged in early morning trade on Thursday, in one of the worst trading sessions in dollar terms in gold market history. | The gold price dropped to $1,514.30 an ounce in mid-morning — down 3% or $46.10 an …
globalresearch.ca/gold-price-biggest-fall/5688493

A Secret US-Iran Deal over Oil Supplies to Syria
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
A secret deal has been set up between the US and Iran, through a third party, to enable the Iranian super tanker Adrian Darya 1 (formerly Grace 1) to deliver its 2.1 million barrels of oil to the Syrian government. …
globalresearch.ca/secret-us-iran-deal-oil-supplies-syria/5688575

Spikes of Violence: Protest in West Papua
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-09-09
asia-pacificresearch.com/protest-west-papua/5628885

Trade Wars Are a Fool's Game
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
According to the great military thinker, Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, 'the object of war is not victory. It is to achieve political goals.' | Too bad President Donald Trump does not read books. He has started economic wars against China, …
globalresearch.ca/trade-wars/5688504

Europeans Must Face Their Own Role in the Destruction of the Amazon
Hannah Mowat | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
Images of the Amazon burning have caused global alarm. They have also, say observers, triggered a response unparalleled in the history of the politics around climate change: the setting of international red lines on environmental destruction. For President Macron …
globalresearch.ca/europeans-own-role-destruction-amazon/5688567

Wildfires and the Climate Crisis: Brazil, Siberia, California, South Europe, Queensland
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
The planetary consequences of injecting 910 billion tons CO2 into the atmosphere are playing in real time. | The Arctic Circle is suffering from an unprecedented number of wildfires in the latest sign of a climate crisis. With some blazes …
globalresearch.ca/wildfires-and-the-climate-crisis-brazil-siberia-california-south-europe-queensland/5688516

Identity Politics: A Control Mechanism Exploited by the Ruling Elite
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
There will not be a Peasants' Revolt like the one in 1381. We don't have a Jack Straw, John Ball, or Wat Tyler to lead and guide us. Those revolutionaries were betrayed by officers of Richard II–Richard was 14 at …
globalresearch.ca/identity-politics-exploited-ruling-elite/5688511

Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Are Driving Up Drug Prices
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-09
| Most of the leading Democratic presidential contenders have put forward a plan to reduce drug prices. But for some reason, none of them have embraced the simple idea of not making drugs expensive in the first place. Specifically, none of the contenders have proposed moving away from the current system of financing the research and development of new drugs through government-granted patent monopolies. | The point is a simple one that should be obvious to people in policy debates. Drugs are almost in…
truthout.org/articles/government-granted-patent-monopolies-are-driving-up-drug-prices/

Book review: Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South by Keri Leigh Merritt
wsws.org | 2019-09-09
Merritt's research refutes the New York Times' Project 1619 claim that poor whites benefited from slavery.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/09/mast…

Trump Hits Lebanon Bank with His Favorite Econo-Political Battering Ram
Marwa Osman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
The fact that the U.S. sanctions countries whenever its president pleases could in itself be considered a hostile act. Even in wartime, these sorts of collective punishments are illegal under the Geneva Conventions. | *** | Economic sanctions are not only a | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-lebanon-bank/5688501

Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
Chris Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
We live in a paradoxical time. On the one hand, workers and organized labor are in their worst state since the early 1930s. Only 6.4 percent of private-sector workers belong to unions; average hourly pay is below what it was …
globalresearch.ca/beaten-down-worked-up-the-past-present-and-future-of-american-labor/5688539

Vaccine Exemptions: California Pediatrician Appeals to Governor Newsom: Do the Right Thing and Preserve the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Dr. Elisa Song | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
Dear Honorable Governor Newsom, | I am a California-licensed, board-certified, Stanford-, NYU, & UCSF-trained pediatrician. I am not anti-vax. I administer vaccines in my pediatric practice. I believe that vaccines can be effective at reducing the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases for …
globalresearch.ca/california-pediatrician-appeals-governor-newsom-preserve-doctor-patient-relationship/5688562

The Future of US Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-09
| We were just handed a wake-up call. Newly released numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics project that six of the ten occupations expected to have the most total job growth over the next decade pay less than $27,000 a year. Three of those six are low-paying jobs in the restaurant industry. Even more striking is the concentration of low-paid healthcare jobs at the top of the list, with personal care aides at number one and home health a…
truthout.org/articles/the-future-of-us-jobs-looks-bleak-unions-are-the-answer/

The Future of US Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-09
| We were just handed a wake-up call. Newly released numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics project that six of the ten occupations expected to have the most total job growth over the next decade pay less than $27,000 a year. Three of those six are low-paying jobs in the restaurant industry. Even more striking is the concentration of low-paid healthcare jobs at the top of the list, with personal care aides at number one and home health a…
truthout.org/articles/the-future-of-us-jobs-looks-bleak-unions-are-the-answer/

Boris Johnson Could 'Face Jail' if He Ignores UK Parliament
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
Just when one thought Brexit could not get any more dramatic, the UK Brexit crisis took on a more serious tone when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was warned he could face jail time if he refuses to respect the law …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-jail-ignores-uk-parliament/5688557

Brexit is an Ideological Gamble with many Downsides: What 'Taking Back Control' Actually Looks Like Right Now
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
Three Prime Ministers in three years. | Boris Johnson has lost four out of four votes over Brexit in parliament. | An election has been denied by the opposition as the opposition has more support and therefore, has more control over what …
globalresearch.ca/taking-back-control-looks-like/5688570

Selected Articles: US Media Propaganda. Drawing "Liberals" and "Leftists" into the CIA's Orbit
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-09
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-protest-west-papua/5688549

Who Is Osama Bin Laden?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
It was Eighteen years ago: I started writing on the evening of September 11, late into the night, going through piles of research notes, which I had previously collected on the history of Al Qaeda. This first text on 9/11 …
globalresearch.ca/osama-bin-laden/5688305

Papua New Guinea New Leader James Marape's Ambitious Vision: Make His Country "The Richest Black Christian Nation on Earth"?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
The new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG) recently elaborated on his vision to make his country "the richest black Christian nation on earth" through a combination of fairer resource deals with transnational corporations and a renewed focus on …
globalresearch.ca/papua-new-guinea-new-leader-james-marapes-ambitious-vision-make-his-country-the-richest-black-christian-nation-on-earth/5688406

Video: US Seeks to Destabilize Southern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
The US is seeking to reanimate insurgency in southern Syria. According to the pro-militant Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a number of Free Syrian Army commanders that fled Syria in 2018 are now working to form a new militant group, …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-seeks-destabilize-southern-syria/5688414

Financial Warfare: Mastercard Blocks Two Venezuelan Banks as Inflation Rises
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
US-based financial services company Mastercard has cut service to two Venezuelan banks sanctioned by the Donald Trump administration. | Effective this past Wednesday, clients of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces Bank (BANFANB) and the Agricultural Bank of Venezuela have been cut …
globalresearch.ca/mastercard-blocks-two-venezuelan-banks/5688440

What if President Trump Is in "Cognitive Decline"? No, Seriously
Steve Almond | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
For the past few days, our president — back at work after a busy August spent golfing and rage tweeting — has been making stuff up about Hurricane Dorian, the deadly storm currently battering the Southeast. | Late-night comedians have been …
globalresearch.ca/president-trump-cognitive-decline-seriously/5688403

The Courage of Saying No: Children, Rebellion and Greta Thunberg
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
There is something to be said of wariness when it comes to revolutionary voices. As Albert Camus argued in that beautiful tract of illumination and contradiction, The Rebel, "All modern revolutions have ended in the reinforcement of the power of …
globalresearch.ca/children-rebellion-greta-thunberg/5688244

Strangelove Redux: US Experts Propose Having Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control Nuclear Weapons
Matt Field | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
Hypersonic missiles, stealthy cruise missiles, and weaponized artificial intelligence have so reduced the amount of time that decision makers in the United States would theoretically have to respond to a nuclear attack that, two military experts say, it's time for …
globalresearch.ca/strangelove-redux-us-experts-propose-having-artificial-intelligence-ai-control-nuclear-weapons/5688448

Venezuelan Usurper Guaido to be Charged with High Treason?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
Nicolas Maduro is Venezuela's democratically elected and reelected president — an indisputable hard truth Trump regime hardliners want erased. The Bolivarian Republic's electoral process is "the best in the world," Jimmy Carter earlier explained. | It's scrupulously open, free and …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelan-usurper-guaido-charged-high-treason/5688425

Devastation of Bee Colonies in America: Trump's EPA Said this Bee-killing Insecticide Is Safe, Now Beekeepers Are Suing
Earth Justice | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
Today, beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, sued Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing sulfoxaflor, a bee-killing pesticide linked to a nation-wide honeybee die-off, back on the market. The lawsuit comes as beekeepers around the country lost over 40 percent of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-epa-bee-killing-insecticide-safe-now-beekeepers-suing/5688450

You Don't Need a Weatherman… Junior Bush On the Morning of 9/11
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
Taken from one of Bob Dylan's songs, Subterranean Homesick Blues, this lyric "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" is fitting for what went down on 9/11/01 in that classroom in Sarasota, Florida. | If you …
globalresearch.ca/you-dont-need-a-weatherman-junior-bush-on-the-morning-on-911/5688443

The US Economic War on France
Terje Maloy | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
"France does not know it, but we are at war with America. Yes, a permanent war, a vital war, an economic war, a war seemingly without dead. Yes, they are very hard the Americans, they are voracious, and they want …
globalresearch.ca/us-economic-war-france/5688419

US Media Propaganda. Drawing "Liberals" and "Leftists" into the CIA's Orbit. NPR
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
Back in the 1960s, the CIA official Cord Meyer said the agency needed to "court the compatible left." He knew that drawing liberals and leftists into the CIA's orbit was the key to efficient propaganda. Right-wing and left-wing collaborators were …
globalresearch.ca/us-media-propaganda-drawing-liberals-and-leftists-into-the-cias-orbit-npr/5688411

Trump Administration Goes after State Governments for Protecting the Environment. Collision course with California
Don Anair | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
The Trump administration has been on a collision course with California, and it appears that collision is imminent. An administrative action to undermine the authority granted to the state by the Clean Air Act to protect its citizens from vehicle …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-goes-after-state-governments-for-protecting-the-environment-collision-course-with-california/5688453

Boris Johnson Trips: Duvets, Toothbrushes and the House of Lords
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
In 2017, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory creature trapped in cold storage, suggested that the UK's withdrawal from the European Union was tantamount to fighting the battles of Agincourt, Waterloo and Trafalgar, a true statement of British strength. (Much …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-trips/5688430

Will China Invest in Iran's Transport and Industrial Infrastructure? There are Reasons to be Skeptical
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
Petroleum Economist recently published a report citing an unnamed senior Iranian source who alleged that China will invest $120 billion in the Islamic Republic's transport and manufacturing infrastructure and even deploy 5,000 security personnel to the country to protect those …
globalresearch.ca/latest-report-about-china-iran-likely-false/5688405

Corporate TV News Covered Climate Connection to Hurricane Dorian Only Once
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-08
| Even as Hurricane Dorian tore through the Bahamas and crept up the southeastern U.S. seaboard, broadcast news networks were loathe to connect the powerful storm's strength to the climate crisis in spite of the science linking warmer sea surface temperatures to increased frequency of strong hurricanes. | According to a study by watchdog Media Matters For America, on…
truthout.org/articles/corporate-tv-news-covered-climate-connection-to-hurricane-dorian-only-once/

No-deal Brexit Warnings Report — A 'Social Catastrophe' Awaits Us, "A Slow Train of Economic Chaos"
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
'Project Fear' was used to criticise the campaign being run by 'Britain Stronger in Europe', supporters of the UK remaining in the European Union. Ironically, it was Boris Johnson who reintroduced the term after the governments' original use of …
globalresearch.ca/no-deal-brexit-warnings-social-catastrophe/5688438

Could Brexit Leave the UK Vulnerable to Pressure from U.S. Hawks? Titanic Shift in Global Alliances
Barbara Boland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-08
By unyoking London from Europe, a no deal Brexit would unleash a titanic shift in global alliances that could strengthen Washington's hand and help it achieve its "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran. | That's an ironic turn of events for populists …
globalresearch.ca/could-brexit-leave-uk-vulnerable-pressure-u-s-hawks/5688434

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir: Insufficient Evidence to Blame Russia for MH17 Crash over Eastern Ukraine
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-07
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad casts doubt on the controversial Dutch JIT investigation pertaining to the July 2014 crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Eastern Ukraine. | In an interview with Sputnik News at the Vladivostok East Asia Economic Summit, Mahathir …
globalresearch.ca/malaysias-prime-minister-mahathir-insufficient-evidence-to-blame-russia-for-mh17-crash-over-eastern-ukraine/5688369

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…

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-09-09 23:44 GMT (19:44 EST)

2019-09-08: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-08). Who Is Osama Bin Laden? globalresearch.ca It was Eighteen years ago: I started writing on the evening of September 11, late into the night, going through piles of research notes, which I had previously collected on the history of Al Qaeda. This first text on 9/11 …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-08). The Courage of Saying No: Children, Rebellion and Greta Thunberg. globalresearch.ca There is something to be said of wariness when it comes to revolutionary voices. As Albert Camus argued in that beautiful tract of illumination and contradiction, The Rebel, "All modern revolutions have ended in the reinforcement of the power of …

Shawgi Tell (2019-09-07). Are Charter Schools Public Schools? dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Fight Back (2019-09-07). Texas protest says "No kids in cages" fightbacknews.org 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…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-07). Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir: Insufficient Evidence to Blame Russia for MH17 Crash over Eastern Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad casts doubt on the controversial Dutch JIT investigation pertaining to the July 2014 crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Eastern Ukraine. | In an interview with Sputnik News at the Vladivostok East Asia Economic Summit, Mahathir …

Christopher Brauchli (2019-09-07). Betsy DeVos, Redux. commondreams.org Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

teleSUR (2019-09-07). 'Brazil In Mourning', Rallies in Defense of Public Education. telesurenglish.net On September 7th, the Independence Day of Brazil, the National Student Union (UNE) led protests in defense of the Amazon and public education, both of which are being threatened by policies in favor of private companies promoted by President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Brazilians to Celebrate Amazon Rainforest Day by Protesting | "Education-related b…

Joseph Thomas (2019-09-07). The 5G Network: Southeast Asia Ignores US War on Huawei. globalresearch.ca The Western media has begun complaining about Southeast Asia's collective decision to move forward with 5G network technology from Chinese telecom giant Huawei despite US demands that nations ban all Huawei products. | These demands are predicated on clearly fabricated security …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-09-07). Portents of 21st Century Global Warming. globalresearch.ca Global Research has decided to publish different perspectives and competing viewpoints regarding Climate Change, with a view to promoting debate and critical analysis. | *** | "We will be in a position where we set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-07). Robert Mugabe's Legacy: Revolution, Amity and Decline. globalresearch.ca Robert Mugabe is the sort of figure that always caused discomfort. He was a permanent revolutionary, becoming, in time, the despotic ruler who frittered away revolutionary gain. He played multiple roles in international political consciousness. As Zimbabwe's strongman, he was …

Colin Todhunter (2019-09-07). Treadmill of Magic Seeds and Broken Promises: Dismantling the Myth of Bt Cotton Success in India. asia-pacificresearch.com …

John Stanton (2019-09-07). The United States: A Nation on Suicide Watch. globalresearch.ca "The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through FY 2018, the direct costs of the wars will have …

Steve Topple (2019-09-07). CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged meets… Jahmiel. 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 series two of #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 caught up with a global dancehall superstar with a conscience: Jahmiel. | Mr Topple x Jahmiel: | Jahmiel has been making serious waves on the music scene for over a decade. He's clocked up countless worldwide hits with views and streams numbering in the tens of millions…

WSWS (2019-09-07). Argentine teachers strike to protest assault by union thugs. wsws.org Argentine teachers, students and workers mobilized nationally after Chubut teachers were physically attacked Wednesday when demanding an end to austerity and hunger.

Michael T. Hertz (2019-09-07). Why shouldn't accusations be admissible evidence? nationofchange.org There are some famous proceedings involving rape where bystanders who wanted to accuse the perpetrator of other rapes were not allowed to testify. For instance, William Kennedy Smith (nephew of President Kennedy and his two brothers) was accused of rape, and the prosecutor wanted to include testimony by three women other than the victim. "Three women — a doctor, medical student and law student — said that between 1983 and 1988 Mr. Smith either raped them or tried to. Twice, Judge Mary E. Lupo barred their testimony, rejecting arguments by the prosecutor, Moira K. Lasch." | Similarly, in connection…

WSWS (2019-09-07). Australian teachers and educators back US autoworkers' fight. wsws.org "Autoworkers need to take action outside the unions."

Staff (2019-09-07). The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. truthout.org | | The new book Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of Black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish." In the book, author Monique Morris shows how, despite obstacles, stigmas, stereotypes, and despair, Black girls still find ways to breathe remarkable dignity into their lives in classrooms, juvenile fac…

WSWS (2019-09-07). Chicago teachers union sets September 26 date for strike authorization vote. wsws.org If a strike wins support by 75 percent of CTU members, teachers could walk out October 7.

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-07). UK House of Lords Members Block No-Deal Brexit. globalresearch.ca Overnight Thursday, majority House of Lords members voted to require Boris Johnson to ask Brussels for a Brexit delay until end of January if a deal isn't reached by October 19 — blocking his no-deal Brexit aim by October …

PAI (2019-09-06). Jobs numbers conceal real unemployment and underemployment rate of 7.2%. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—The U.S. unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 3.7% in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. A separate survey said employers created 130,000 new jobs—but 25,000, or almost 20% of them, were temps whom the U.S. Census Bureau hired as it revs up for next year's nationwide decennial headcount. "These are temp jobs, so …

Staff (2019-09-06). FOX Says Baltimore Schools Aren't Underfunded. They're Wrong. therealnews.com Education finance expert Jess Gartner joins TRNN's Jaisal Noor and Stephen Janis to discuss recent right-wing news coverage of Baltimore city schools…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-06). What Happened on the Planes on September 11, 2001? The 9/11 Cell Phone Calls. The 9/11 Commission "Script" Was Fabricated. globalresearch.ca Given the prevailing technology in September 2001, it was extremely difficult, if not impossible, to place a wireless cell call from an aircraft traveling at high speed above 8000 feet: At least part of the Commission's script in Chapter 1 on the cell phone conversations, is fabricated.

Global Research News (2019-09-06). September 11, 2001: The Fight for 9/11 Truth, Science and Justice 18 Years Later. globalresearch.ca Global Research will be publishing a series of important 9/11 Truth articles in the course of the next few days leading up to the 18th anniversary commemoration of 9/11 attacks. | Follow us on Global Research. | Our archive contains an important …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-09-06). Congress Aims "Honest Ads" at the Alternative Media. globalresearch.ca Lee E. Goodman, the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, completely misses the point in an op-ed posted at The Hill. | Goodman says a bill working its way through Congress, the Honest Ads Act, will fail to target …

Sarah Abed (2019-09-06). New U.N. Report Highlights US, UK, France War Crimes in Yemen Since 2014. globalresearch.ca The second largest sovereign state in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen, has been ravaged by war, deliberate starvation, and cholera for over four years. A 274 page U.N. report released on Tuesday, highlights the human rights situation including violations and abuses …

South Front (2019-09-06). Video: Syrian Army Prepares Security Operation in Western Aleppo. globalresearch.ca Late on September 3, Idlib militants carried out an attack on Russia's Hmeimim Airbase with armed unmanned aerial vehicles. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the airbase's air-defense forces intercepted all the UAVs. The attack caused no casualties or damage …

Shane Quinn (2019-09-06). China's Challenge to American Power? globalresearch.ca By the year 1918, Great Britain's once far-reaching empire was crumbling, with the rate of British decline increased by her hugely expensive and unnecessary involvement in World War I. The United States, meanwhile, was taking over Britain's mantle as the …

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2019-09-06). 9/11 Truth: Why Do Good People Become Silent About the Documented Facts that Disprove the Official 9/11 Narrative. globalresearch.ca "It is my firm belief that 9/11 skeptics—and true skeptics of any paradigm-shifting and taboo subject—who publicly expose lies and 'naked emperors' are heroes …They have suffered the ridicule and wrath of those emperors, their minions, and the just plain …

Garikai Chengu (2019-09-06). Gaddafi vs the West: Two Revolutions on the Wrong Side of History. globalresearch.ca Sunday marked half a century since Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan revolution, which led to the overthrow of the American-backed King Idris. | In Libya's 1969 revolution, Muammar Gaddafi inherited one of the poorest nations in Africa; however, by the time …

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-06). A US-Taliban Peace Deal Would Redefine the Regional Balance of Power. globalresearch.ca The tentative peace deal that the US is negotiating with the Taliban would redefine the regional balance of power if it's officially promulgated, thus continuing the ongoing trend of Great Power realignment in Eurasia. | It's been widely reported that the …

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (2019-09-06). Video: Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Speaks at the Vladivostok Summit. globalresearch.ca Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad spoke at a plenary session of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia on Thursday. | Malaysia was taking part in the forum for the first time. | Other leaders who attended the plenary …

Kate Aronoff (2019-09-06). Exxon Mobil Is Funding Centrist Democratic Think Tank, Disclosures Reveal. theintercept.com 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…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-09-06). Looking Back to Move Forward: The First Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algeria, 1969. globalresearch.ca Fifty years ago this year from July 21-31, 1969 in the capital of Algeria, thousands of people gathered for a groundbreaking Pan-African Cultural Festival (PACF). | Official delegations were sent to the manifestation from over 30 independent and contested nations on …

Mac Slavo (2019-09-06). America's "Ministry of Truth" Has Unleashed the Military to Fight "Disinformation" globalresearch.ca The dystopian times warned about by George Orwell in his iconic book, 1984 are upon us. The United States has just unleashed DARPA (The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the Pentagon, as their own Ministry of Truth in order …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-06). Trump Regime Training Paramilitaries to Attack Venezuela? globalresearch.ca Washington wants Bolivarian Venezuela transformed into a US vassal state — to eliminate its social democracy and gain control over its vast oil reserves, the world's largest. | On Wednesday, the Trump regime earmarked over $120 million for Colombia. | Masquerading as …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-06). Trump's Anti-Iran "Blood Money" Offer: "$15 Million for Any Person Who Helps Us Disrupt the Financial Operations of Iran's IRGC-Qods Force" globalresearch.ca According to Christian scripture, bribe money is blood money, a longstanding US specialty — followed by toughness when offers are rejected. | Bribery for political, economic, military, and/or other purposes reflects a corrupt society — what characterizes US public and private …

David Klein (2019-09-06). Boycotts, Benjamins, and America's University Leaders. commondreams.org A Palestinian student takes a selfie during his graduation ceremony at the end of the academic year on May 20, 2016 at Birzeit University in the West Bank town of Birzeit, near Ramallah. / AFP / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

teleSUR (2019-09-06). Serena Poised for Multiple Record-Breakers at US Open Final. telesurenglish.net Tantalizingly close to tying Margaret Court's record 24 Grand Slam titles, Williams is already tennis' undisputed GOAT (Greatest of All Time) in the eyes of her legions of adoring fans, with an ever-growing, odds-defying career and trophy case. | RELATED: | #UyineneMrwetyana: South Africans Storm Twitter Against University Student's Rape, Murder | Of course, winning at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday would also mean breaking Chris Evert's record of 10…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-06). Examining 9/11 and America's "War on Terrorism" globalresearch.ca At 11 o'clock, on the morning of 9/11, the Bush administration had already announced that Al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks. That same evening at 9: 30 pm, a "War Cabinet" was formed. And at 11: 00 pm, at the end of that historic meeting at the White House, the "War on Terrorism" was officially launched.

Janelle Velina (2019-09-06). "Peace" at Home on the Western Front, Exporting Terrorism Abroad: Social Antagonisms and the Contradictions of Capitalism. globalresearch.ca 'Freedom of speech' continues to be a very complicated subject matter that remains unresolved, especially in the context of geopolitics. To further complicate matters, very few realize that Liberalism (not to be confused with 'leftism') is actually the current world-dominating …

Conn Hallinan, Max Elbaum (2019-09-05). Leon Wofsy: The Organizer (1921-2019). peoplesworld.org When Leon Wofsy died at age 97 on Aug. 25, 2019, progressive movements throughout the United States lost a champion. Leon accomplished many things in his long life. He was an innovative scientist, and a fine writer and teacher, but above all things, he was a patient and peerless organizer. He honed those skills during …

Mairav Zonszein (2019-09-05). From Harvard Students to Diplomats—the US Is Blocking Visas to Ever More Palestinians. thenation.com From Harvard Students to Diplomats—the US Is Blocking Visas to Ever More Palestinians…

Staff (2019-09-05). Headlines for September 5, 2019. democracynow.org 2020 Dem Candidates Talk Fracking, Green New Deal, Nuclear Energy & More at Climate Crisis Town Hall, Brexit Battle Heats Up as Lawmakers Vote to Block "No-Deal" Scenario, Trump Shows Doctored Hurricane Map as Dorian Hits U.S. Coast After Ravaging Bahamas, Report: FBI Tracking Immigration Activists Who Oppose Trump Policies, Aid Groups Uncover More Human Remains at Arizona-Mexico Border, State Dept. Official Offered Millions to Captain of Iranian Oil Tanker to Divert Vessel, Mexico: Main Suspect in 2014 Ayotzinapa Student Disappearance Acquitted, Denmark Bans PFAS from Food Packaging, Germany Announces Glyphosate…

Shawgi Tell (2019-09-04). Join Growing Resistance to Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org It has taken some time, but finally, even though they have been pillaged for decades by privately-operated unaccountable charter schools, more public school districts across the country are fighting back with greater vigor against nonprofit and for-profit charter schools. Gone are the days of silent toleration and looking the other way while charter schools wreak …

United Nations (2019-09-04). New UN book club helps children deal with global issues. un.org For children in Chad, getting an education can involve manual labour. That's because, every year, there's a chance that the rainy season will destroy their school, and they will have to join their teachers in rebuilding it. This is the story recounted in the children's book "Rain School", which is on the reading list of the UN's SDG Book Club.

Gladys Weinberg (2019-09-04). Why Are the Feds Blocking Marijuana Reform when Research Shows Cannabis Saves Lives? progressive.org For many people, marijuana offers a viable alternative to opioid use.

Sarah Lahm (2019-09-04). Midwest Dispatch: The Drivers on the Bus Go . . . Where? progressive.org Around the country, schools desperate to free up funds are outsourcing their bussing services—and dealing a blow to students and workers alike.

Fight Back (2019-09-04). Civil rights conference featuring renowned activist Angela Davis to gather in Chicago this November. fightbacknews.org 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…

pip.hinman (2019-09-04). Climate Strike wins unlikely allies as banks, IT firms and unis come on board. greenleft.org.au Student Strike Pip HinmanIssue 1236 Australia climate emergency capitalism carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrationSep…

David Cantor (2019-09-03). Racist Ideology and Practice Rooted in Speciesism. dissidentvoice.org When perceived authorities like President Trump designate immigrants "animals," they authorize abuse of those officially disparaged people. Conscience-challenged people predictably seek to enhance their status by carrying out apparent or explicit wishes of adored "leaders." Trump probably has not personally killed or rounded up anyone. Neither have many other authoritarian despots whose policies and rhetoric …

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