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"The Globalization of War" and "Towards a World War III Scenario"
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The Globalization of War: America's "Long War" against Humanity, by Michel Chossudovsky | America's hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-and-towards-a-world-war-iii-scenario-two-books-by-michel-chossudovsky/5437767

The Power to Oversee the Education System, A Historical Timeline from the Prussian Empire to the Rockefeller Dynasty
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Throughout history, the idea of those in power to oversee the education system started in the 16th Century. The history is complex and is rarely mentioned. | The formation of the American public education system began in the Kingdom of Prussia …
globalresearch.ca/history-american-public-education-system-historical-timeline-prussian-empire-rockefeller-dynasty/5687403

The Small Freedom
Seana Sperling | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
We talk about protecting our freedom, however we suffer from a lack of freedom in this country. Healthcare, education and housing have all become out of reach for some living in the U.S.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825721.php

Why mental health education should be mandatory
Brave New Films | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-29
Emily Weinberg was 15 when she was hospitalized for depression and anxiety and 16 when she founded Sophrosyne Mental Health–a resource for teens to find a safe place to talk about mental health, learn skills, and meet other teens facing similar issues. Considering suicide is the second leading cause of death in people ages 10-24, …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/29/why-mental-health-education-should-be-mandatory/

Syrian Army Liberates Entire Hama Governorate and Idlib's Khan Sheikhoun
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Last week the town of Khan Sheikhoun was finally liberated by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), led by the Tiger Forces and Republican Guard. Earlier this month a truce was entered into force in Idlib. It was understood that if …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-liberates-hama-governorate-idlib-khan-sheikhoun/5687548

'A Very British Coup'
Vanessa Baird | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
One must be Boris Johnson's lucky number. He has been subjected to just one day of parliamentary scrutiny since being 'crowned' prime minister by the tiny fraction of the British electorate that happen to be paid-up Conservative party members….
globalresearch.ca/very-british-coup/5687535

In the "New Arms Race", Washington Can't Get Its Story Straight
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
As of August 18th, when the United States test-fired a cruise-missile from San Nicolas Island, California, it would not be an exaggeration to say that we have entered an exceptionally dangerous phase in Russia-US relations, perhaps more so than at …
globalresearch.ca/new-arms-race-washington/5687465

'We Are Waiting for War': Lebanese Say Israel Has Gone Too Far
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
After the recent Israeli attacks against Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Middle East has found itself in the midst of an undeclared war. | Almost everyone in Lebanon appears to agree. "This time Israel went too far. In just two days, …
globalresearch.ca/war-lebanese-say-israel-has-gone-too-far/5687498

"Israel" Will Never Let Iran Build a Pipeline to Syria Unless Russia Is Involved
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It's impossible to imagine any realistic scenario where "Israel" would sit back and let its number one enemy strengthen its influence in the region unless Russia was involved as a stakeholder for keeping Iran in check. | *** | Iran is reportedly…
globalresearch.ca/israel-will-never-let-iran-build-a-pipeline-to-syria-unless-russia-is-involved/5687544

'Totally not suspicious': DARPA freaks people out with urgent request for underground complex
rt.com | 2019-08-29
DARPA has prompted panic and mockery for its bizarre Twitter shout out urgently seeking complex urban tunnel systems for unspecified "research and experimentation" at very short notice. | "Attention, city dwellers! We're interested in identifying university-owned or commercially managed underground urban tunnels & facilities able to host research & experimentation," the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tweeted on Wednesday, sparking a wave of alarming theories ranging from zombie and alien invasions, to psyops and the end of the world. | Why did you pick the creepiest possible images to attach…
rt.com/usa/467549-darpa-twitter-tunnel-research/

Authoritarianism in Britain: Johnson's Attempt to Whittle away Democracy
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
I've been warning about this for a few years now. Authoritarianism in Britain is now the new norm and people are not calling out for what it really is. | Britain, exuding all the pomposity of a tolerant, strong and stable …
globalresearch.ca/uncivil-war-prorogue-state/5687520

UK Constitutional Crisis Deepens as Boris Suspends Parliament
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It has been termed a 'constitutional outrage' by Speaker of the UK House of Commons, John Bercow, as the UK government announced its plan to delay the beginning of the parliamentary year till mid October in an attempt to …
globalresearch.ca/uk-constitutional-crisis-deepens-as-boris-suspends-parliament/5687561

Israeli Attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Netanyahu's Election Strategy
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Benyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of "Israel", the occupier of Palestine, may lose the election on September 17th. He is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the occupation; however, he is facing possible defeat even though …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-syria-and-iraq-netanyahus-election-strategy/5687553

Boris Johnson Suspends UK Parliament
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It's called prorogation, marking the end of a UK parliamentary session. | It's usually for a week or two at most. Approved by Queen Elizabeth, PM Johnson is suspending it for five weeks — from either September 9 or 12 …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-suspends-uk-parliament/5687537

The Open Amazon and Its Enemies: A Call for Action and Optimism
Francesc Badia i Dalmases | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The Amazon, now on fire, has become the central political and geopolitical hot spot for humanity's right to its own future. Optimism is the gasoline that must feed the fight. | *** | June and July have been the hottest months on …
globalresearch.ca/open-amazon-its-enemies-call-action-optimism/5687542

Lying for Israel: Why Nearly Everyone in Washington Does It
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
It is not often that one hears anything like the truth in today's Washington, a city where the art of dissimulation has reached new heights among both Democrats and Republicans. Everyone who has not been asleep like Rip Van Winkle …
globalresearch.ca/lying-israel-nearly-everyone-washington-does-it/5687524

Cambodia Is Showing How Small Countries Could Stand Up to the US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
Cambodia, unlike its similarly sized and in many cases much larger peers in the international community, is relentless in is criticism of the US' blatant intervention in its domestic political affairs, showing how small countries could stand up to the …
globalresearch.ca/cambodia-showing-how-small-countries-could-stand-up-us/5687531

The American Gulag: Brick by Brick, Our Prison Walls Get More Oppressive by the Day
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
" The exile of prisoners to a distant place, where they can 'pay their debt to society,' make themselves useful, and not contaminate others with their ideas or their criminal acts, is a practice as old as civilization itself. The …
globalresearch.ca/american-gulag/5687500

Let's Save the Amazon! Let's Save the Planet!
Network in Defense of Humanity | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
"Tomorrow will be too late to do what we should have done a long time ago." Fidel Castro Ruz, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 12, 1992 | The Network in Defense of Humanity joins the …
globalresearch.ca/save-amazon-save-planet/5687505

Ukraine's Orthodox Church "Autocephalous Bloc": How Poroshenko Will Wage War Against Zelensky
Politeka | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
In spring, Ukraine witnessed an event that will surely be written down in the country's history — the presidential elections were won by Volodymyr Zelensky, a showman who had never been involved in politics before. And as Zelensky's victory …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-autocephalous-bloc-poroshenko-wage-war-against-zelensky/5687442

America's Hidden Iatrogenic Epidemic of Drug and Vaccine-induced Disorders
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
An iatrogenic condition is a state of ill health caused by medical, surgical, drug or vaccine treatments. It may qualify as the 3rd most common cause of death in the United States. | For much more information about this hidden | …
globalresearch.ca/america-iatrogenic-epidemic-drug-vaccine-induced-disorders/5687394

Will Hezbollah Respond to Israel? When? And at What Cost?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The "Axis of the Resistance" has been informed about Hezbollah's intention to respond to Israel imminently, confirmed sources within the decision-making leadership. The main offices of militant leadership and all gathering of forces have been abandoned or forbidden, and a | …
globalresearch.ca/hezbollah-will-respond-israel/5687523

Salmon fishermen blast Trump administration's war on science
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
Reacting to the news that Southern Resident Killer Whales are included in the list of species that would be jeopardized by the Department of the Interior plan, Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), concluded: |…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825720.php

SF SMART1741 School Bus Drivers Protest Attacks On Bus Safety & ZUM Outsourcing
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
San Francisco SFUSD school bus drivers and students are threatened by contracting out. Workers spoke out at the 8/13/19 SFUSD board meeting…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/28/18825789.php

Felton Fire District Captain Calls for Vigilante Justice Against Homeless People
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
In the wake of an alleged assault on a middle school student in the San Lorenzo Valley, Captain Daniel Bonfante of the Felton Fire Protection District has called for vigilante justice against homeless people, who he blames for the majority of crime in the area. On August 21 on Instagram, Captain Bonfante called for community members to "get the posse together" and "let the rift raft know that we are vigilant". "99% of all crime is homeless in felton right now," Bonfante said. "They are getting aggressive and don't care anymore." Photo: Captain Daniel Bonfante of the Felton Fire Protection District.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/27/18825766.php

McDonnell says 'dictator' Johnson running No 10 like Bullingdon Club
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-29
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has labelled Boris Johnson a "dictator" in a speech ahead of the spending review. | McDonnell said the prime minister is running Downing Street like the Bullingdon Club, an elite group of Oxford students attended by both Johnson and former PM David Cameron. He accused Johnson of "treating us like serfs" and warned that the public would not tolerate his controversial decision to suspend parliament for more than…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/08/29/mcdonnell-says-dictator-johnson-running-no-10-like-bullingdon-club/

Kennewick, Wa, teachers on strike for much-needed raise
Mitch Malloy | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-29
The Kennewick strike is set to be the longest strike in district history.
liberationnews.org/kennewick-wa-teachers-on-strike-for-much-needed-raise/

This is America: Teacher's 'bullet wound' photo illustrates US mass shooting problem
rt.com | 2019-08-29
A stark 'back to school' image being shared on social media highlights the United States' school shooting problem in a single sad and gruesome snap. | CBS This Morning host Tony Dokoupil shared a shocking photograph taken at his mother's back to school teacher training course, where she was "learning how to staunch a giant sucking bullet hole," he said. | My mom has been a teacher for 30 years. Now, because of mass shootings, this is part of her back to school training: learning how to staunch a giant sucking bullet hole. pic.twitter.com/YN8ooLSfCH– Tony Dokoupil (@t…
rt.com/usa/467565-teacher-bullet-training-shooting/

US Travel Industry Feels Chill as Chinese Tourists Stay Away
Xinhua | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-29
For tourists going to Washington, the historic White House is a centerpiece attraction. But the rhetoric coming out of the building is turning Chinese visitors away. | RELATED: | China Boycotts Saudi Shrimp, Will Buy From Iran Instead | Statistics confirmed that fear on Tuesday: the number of Chinese tourists to the U.S. capital city has seen a precipitous fall. | According to a report by Destination DC, a local tourism promotion organization, about 226,000 Chinese tourists descended…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Travel-Industry-Feels-Chill-as-Chinese-Tourists-Stay-Away-20190829-0008.html

The Boris Coup: 1.3 Million Sign Petition to Stop UK Parliament Being Shut
Oliver Rowland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
The petition against the prorogation of parliament — i.e. ending the current session (believed by opponents to be a deliberate move to stop opposition to a no-deal Brexit) — is the fastest-growing petition to the UK parliament and government after …
globalresearch.ca/1-3-million-sign-petition-stop-parliament-being-shut/5687527

Selected Articles: The EU and NATO Remain Closely Linked
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-lula-tells-the-world-hes-back-in-the-game-from-jail/5687472

Vote No. No contract, no work. Build rank-and-file committees to unite the working class in defense of public education
wsws.org | 2019-08-28
Washington state teachers again face a turning point in the fight to defend public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/28/seat…

What Is Happening in Hong Kong?
Brandon Turbeville | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
Over the past few months, both mainstream and alternative news outlets have been covering massive protests in Hong Kong where tens of thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations that have since devolved into violence both with police, counter-protesters, …
globalresearch.ca/what-happening-hong-kong/5687331

"Marxismo cultural", a pós-verdade no palco da crise mundial capitalista
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
Recentemente, o discurso de que haveria um "marxismo cultural" dominando o Brasil, embora esvaziado de qualquer constataàßà£o real ou racionalidade, tomou de braàßos a grande parcela reacionária que compàµe as pouco cultivadas classes médias do país. | O fenà¥meno é sintoma …
globalresearch.ca/marxismo-cultural-a-pos-verdade-no-palco-da-crise-mundial-capitalista/5687486

Malaysia: The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial. The Prosecutor's Opening Statement
Gopal Sri Ram | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
The following is appointed prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram's opening statement at Najib's 1MDB trial, reproduced in full. | 1. This case concerns the monies of a company called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, widely known as 1MDB. It was originally …
globalresearch.ca/sri-ram-opening-statement-najib-1mdb-trial/5687422

Video: "Dawn of Idlib": Syrian Army's Offensive in Northwestern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
August 2019 was marked by important changes on frontlines in northwestern Syria. | The month started with a declaration by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani that his group, the most powerful faction in Idlib and formerly the official branch …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-offensive-northwestern-syria/5687469

The Reality Brokers (or the rise of the Automagicians)
John Steppling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-28
In the case of both Big Tech and governmental surveillance agencies, undergirding a commitment to the inevitable and imminent time after-Earth is the appeal of science fiction aesthetics, concepts and projects, all aimed toward the new goal of having new places and opportunities to conquer, colonize and dominate post-Earth. — Sarah T. Roberts and Mél …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/the-reality-brokers-or-the-rise-of-the-automagicians/

UN to Honduras: State Must Include Citizens in Project Planning
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-28
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Wednesday urged the Honduran authorities to "act now" to address the causes of "extreme distrust" on part of the population toward the nation's institutions and ability to promote a "fair and inclusive" economy. | RELATED: | Hondurans Students Demand Resignation of President JOH | People affected by development projects must "have their rights fully respected and protected by the government and companies to avoid conflicts," the U.N.
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-to-Honduras-State-Must-Include-Citizens-in-Project-Planning-20190828-0025.html

What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part III–the First New Deal
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-08-28
If we hope to win a Green New Deal we will have to build a movement that is not only powerful enough to push the federal government to take on new responsibilities with new capacities, but also has the political maturity required to appreciate the contested nature of state policy and the vision necessary to […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/28/what-the-new-deal-can-teach-us-about-winning-a-green-new-deal-part-iii-the-first-new-deal/

What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-27
Students march in Melbourne, Australia. Source AAP. The Embassy Protectors Defense Committee is calling on the US State Department to drop the federal charges against us. On May 16, federal forces invaded the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in violation of the Vienna Convention and arrested four Embassy Protectors even though we were there with …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/what-will-it-take-to-declare-a-climate-emergency/

Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2019-08-27
Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?
thenation.com/article/big-business-is-suddenly-showing-a-conscience-but-is-that-enough/

St. Paul Teachers Union Picks the Health Care Battle
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-08-26
Skyrocketing insurance costs generated a national wave of teacher strikes last year. Now, Minnesota educators head into a new school year ready to fight for affordable health care.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/st-paul-teachers-union-health-care-lahm-190826/

Unreported Deaths, Child Cancer & Radioactive Meat: The Untold Story of Chernobyl
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-26
Following a mysterious nuclear accident in Russia that left seven dead, we look back at the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. It sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a large portion of Europe, but the death toll from Chernobyl remains unknown. Chernobyl is considered the worst nuclear accident in history, but Kate Brown, an MIT professor of science, technology and society, says much of what we understand about the disaster is inaccurate. Her new book, "Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future," chronicles the devastating and underreported impact of radiation on tens of t…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/26/kate_brow…

Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-24
In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: Let's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world. Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The 'GM will feed the world mantra' is pure industry spin. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/boris-johnson-gmos-and-glyphosate/

Charter School Fictions and Grandstanding
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-24
It is no secret that charter school advocates become disingenuous and belligerent when endless problems in the scandal-ridden charter school sector are exposed, criticized, and opposed with greater depth, sophistication, and regularity. For nearly 30 years charter school promoters have been reluctant to admit, let alone come to terms with, profound problems with privately-operated nonprofit …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/charter-school-fictions-and-grandstanding/

Say no to the McCarthyite attack on Chicago teachers
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-20
As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) find itself locked in tough contract negotiations and faces the possibility of a strike, corporate and right-wing media like the Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and others have launched a bizarre attack that seems like it is straight out of the 1950s red scare. Rather than addressing the real problems impacting teachers and students in Chicago schools, these reactionary pundits have decided the rant and rave about – of all things – a delegation of teachers that traveled to Venezuela earlier this summer. | Here are the facts of the matter. A group of teachers who are also members of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/20/say-no-m…

Maryland teacher incorporates hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum
Brad Bennett | splcenter.org | 2019-08-20
At a workshop for teachers about educating children on American slavery, one instructor grew angry and insisted that Thomas Jefferson — who fathered biracial children with an enslaved woman on one of his plantations — was an advocate for racial equality.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/20/maryland-teacher-incorporates-hard-lessons-about-slavery-public-school-curriculum

SPLC Responds to FRC and ADF's Attack Op-Ed
splcenter.org | 2019-08-17
On August 17, 2019, a former Family Research Council (FRC) staff member, who currently works at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) — two organizations designated as hate groups by the SPLC — attacked the SPLC in a USA Today OpEd for its hate group designations.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/17/splc-responds-frc-and-adfs-attack-op-ed

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2019-08-28: News Headlines

Martin Hart-Landsberg (2019-08-28). What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part III—the First New Deal. mronline.org If we hope to win a Green New Deal we will have to build a movement that is not only powerful enough to push the federal government to take on new responsibilities with new capacities, but also has the political maturity required to appreciate the contested nature of state policy and the vision necessary to […] | Source

WSWS (2019-08-28). Vote No. No contract, no work. Build rank-and-file committees to unite the working class in defense of public education. wsws.org Washington state teachers again face a turning point in the fight to defend public education.

WSWS (2019-08-28). The political battle facing teachers. wsws.org Teachers across the globe are escalating the fight against social inequality, the growing privatization of education and the unrelenting attacks on their standard of living.

Seana Sperling (2019-08-28). The Small Freedom. indybay.org We talk about protecting our freedom, however we suffer from a lack of freedom in this country. Healthcare, education and housing have all become out of reach for some living in the U.S.

Bryant Brown (2019-08-28). "Shadow Statistics": US Government's Fudging the Numbers on Unemployment, GDP and Inflation. globalresearch.ca John Williams has worked as a consulting economist since getting his BA and MA from Dartmouth college in New Hampshire in 1972. He now lives in California — these paragraphs are from his biography: | One of my early clients was …

Humane Society International (2019-08-28). Momentous Decision by CITES to Limit Trade in Wild Caught African Elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana for Zoos to "Exceptional Circumstances" with Independent Oversight. globalresearch.ca This momentous decision will save countless elephants from being snatched from their families and natural environment, says Humane Society International at CITES CoP18 in Geneva | *** | Wildlife experts from animal protection charity Humane Society International are celebrating a momentous win …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-28). New Delhi's Man in Moscow Is Right, Russia and India Are Global Partners. globalresearch.ca The Indian Ambassador to Russia was right when he said that his host nation increasingly views his homeland as a global player, an observation that's becoming all the more significant after Moscow has shown that it's willing to contradict China …

Telesur (2019-08-28). US Removes Palestine Authority from List of Countries. globalresearch.ca "Cancelling Palestine (Palestinian Authority or Palestinian Territories) from the U.S. State Department's list is not related to American national interests," PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said. | *** | Palestinian officials slammed the United States Sunday for removing it from its list of …

South Front (2019-08-28). Video: "Dawn of Idlib": Syrian Army's Offensive in Northwestern Syria. globalresearch.ca August 2019 was marked by important changes on frontlines in northwestern Syria. | The month started with a declaration by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani that his group, the most powerful faction in Idlib and formerly the official branch …

Brandon Turbeville (2019-08-28). What Is Happening in Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca Over the past few months, both mainstream and alternative news outlets have been covering massive protests in Hong Kong where tens of thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations that have since devolved into violence both with police, counter-protesters, …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-28). The Amazon Fires and the Dawn of Environmental Interventions. globalresearch.ca So-called "environmental interventions" might become commonplace as global powers seek excuses to intervene in the domestic affairs of sovereign states in order to seize control of their natural resources. | The entire world has watched in horror over the past week …

Andre Vltchek (2019-08-28). Israel Has Attacked Lebanon and Syria — So What? globalresearch.ca On August 25th, 2019, Israel attacked Lebanon. It has done it again. | Just as it attacked Syria, the same night. | RT reported the same day: | "Israeli drone flights were "an open attack on Lebanese sovereignty" and an …

Gopal Sri Ram (2019-08-28). Malaysia: The Najib Razak 1MDB Trial. The Prosecutor's Opening Statement. globalresearch.ca The following is appointed prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram's opening statement at Najib's 1MDB trial, reproduced in full. | 1. This case concerns the monies of a company called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, widely known as 1MDB. It was originally …

Shane Quinn (2019-08-28). The EU and NATO Remain Closely Linked on the Most Important Issues. Nuclear Weapons "Sharing Policy" directed against Russia. globalresearch.ca Of the European Union's 28 member states, it reveals much that 22 of these nations belong to NATO, the Pentagon-run military organization. | What is striking also is that, in…

Pepe Escobar (2019-08-28). Lula Tells the World He's "Back in the Game" from Jail. "Lula is Brazil's only Possible Factor of Stability" globalresearch.ca Brazil has always been a land of superlatives. Yet nothing beats the current, perverse configuration: a world statesman lingers in jail while a clownish thug is in power, his antics now considered a threat to the whole planet. | In a …

Scott Ritter (2019-08-28). The Media's Russian Radiation Story Implodes Upon Scrutiny. globalresearch.ca How the mainstream media reported an August 8 accident at a top-secret missile test facility in northern Russia should serve as a cautionary tale regarding the dangers of rushed judgments via institutional bias. | In the days following the initial report …

Alaeddin Saleh (2019-08-28). U.S. Africa Command Marks a Controversial Return to Libya. globalresearch.ca Mohammed Al-Ghasri confirmed in an interview to a Libyan media outlet "Ain Libiya" that U.S. African Command team arrived at Air Defense College airbase located in Libyan port city of Misurata on July 22….

Caroline Kirk (2019-08-28). Multiculturalism, In Morocco, Difference Is a Strength. globalresearch.ca Morocco's belief in the strength of pluralism has energized me and shown me that difference can serve as a strength for any country, whether it is religious or secular, large or small, developed or developing. | I was told that there …

Kavaljit Singh (2019-08-28). India's Shadow Banking Crisis Is Intensifying. globalresearch.ca The ongoing liquidity crisis in India's shadow banking sector is intensifying. The troubles that started with defaults by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) last year are far from over as the sector continues to face a severe liquidity …

South Front (2019-08-28). Video: Syrian Army (SAA) Works to Secure Recent Gains in Idlib. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces are conducting active security operations in the recently liberated parts of northern Hama and southern Idlib. The goal of the effort is to remove mines and improvised explosive devices, uncover weapons …

Max Parry (2019-08-28). Hollywood Reboots Russophobia for the New Cold War. globalresearch.ca It is an age-old question as to the extent art reflects the world we live in. Bertolt Brecht allegedly said to the contrary that art was "not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-28). US/Israel Upping the Stakes for More Middle East War. globalresearch.ca No nation may legally attack another state preemptively — what US-dominated NATO and Israel do time and again unaccountably. | It's what aggression is all about — defined by UN General Assembly Res. 3314. | Calling it the "most serious and dangerous …

Dan Bacher (2019-08-28). Salmon fishermen blast Trump administration's war on science. indybay.org Reacting to the news that Southern Resident Killer Whales are included in the list of species that would be jeopardized by the Department of the Interior plan, Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), concluded: | "We must produce more salmon, not less, for Southern Resident Killer Whales' dietary needs. The Department of the Interior is content to put fewer fish in the ocean, starving orcas and fishermen alike, but we are not content with their plans. The state of California must take action to resist these environmental rollbacks and increase the sa…

John Steppling (2019-08-28). The Reality Brokers (or the rise of the Automagicians). dissidentvoice.org In the case of both Big Tech and governmental surveillance agencies, undergirding a commitment to the inevitable and imminent time after-Earth is the appeal of science fiction aesthetics, concepts and projects, all aimed toward the new goal of having new places and opportunities to conquer, colonize and dominate post-Earth. — Sarah T. Roberts, b-20, August …

Santa Cruz News (2019-08-28). Felton Fire District Captain Calls for Vigilante Justice Against Homeless People. indybay.org In the wake of an alleged assault on a middle school student in the San Lorenzo Valley, Captain Daniel Bonfante of the Felton Fire Protection District has called for vigilante justice against homeless people, who he blames for the majority of crime in the area. On August 21 on Instagram, Captain Bonfante called for community members to "get the posse together" and "let the rift raft know that we are vigilant". "99% of all crime is homeless in felton right now," Bonfante said. "They are getting aggressive and don't care anymore." Photo: Captain Daniel Bonfante of the Felton Fire Protection District.

Dahn Shaulis (2019-08-28). Students for Trump is more dangerous than you think. indybay.org Charlie Kirk, Chairman of Students for Trump has promised to use "aggressive" means to help Donald Trump win the 2020 election. Kirk's organizations have already used shady tactics to win student body elections and possibly to violate IRS regulations covering charitable organizations and political action committees.

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-27). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal? counterpunch.org In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: "Let's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world." Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The 'GM will feed the world mantra' is pure industry spin. There More

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-08-27). What Will It Take To Declare A Climate Emergency? dissidentvoice.org Students march in Melbourne, Australia. Source AAP. The Embassy Protectors Defense Committee is calling on the US State Department to drop the federal charges against us. On May 16, federal forces invaded the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC in violation of the Vienna Convention and arrested four Embassy Protectors even though we were there with …

John Perry (2019-08-27). Counting Deaths for Dollars: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua's 'Human Rights' Organizations. globalresearch.ca In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan "human rights" NGO's inflated the death toll during last year's coup. Today, these groups are in a state of complete disarray. | *** | When political conflict results in people being killed — especially at …

Gerard Boyce (2019-08-27). Upshots and Unintended Consequences of Africa's Nuclear Energy Ambitions. globalresearch.ca Earlier this month, cash-strapped Zimbabwe announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia to engage in uranium exploration and enrichment with a view to the possibility of generating nuclear energy in future. In so doing, it joined …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-27). Israel's Infamous USS Liberty Attack. globalresearch.ca Throughout Israel's history, its ruling authorities have been responsible for virtually every form of indignity, degradation, barbarity, and other high crimes of war and against humanity imaginable. | Palestinians suffered most from the theft of 78% of their historic homeland in …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2019-08-27). Revival of Shintoism in Abe's Japan: Why? Another Holy War? globalresearch.ca It is possible that Abe's Korea bashing is a part of his ambition of restoring the pre-1945 Japan where Shintoism ruled the body and the mind of the Japanese people. | Under Shintoism, the Japanese were united, or forced to be …

The Canary (2019-08-27). Orangutans 'could hold key to how human speech evolved'. thecanary.co Orangutans can control their voice in a similar way to humans, with new research suggesting they may hold the key to how human speech evolved. | Scientists from the University of St Andrews and Indianapolis Zoo gathered a unique insight into the language similarities while studying great apes. | They worked alongside animal care staff at the zoo in the state of Indiana, home to one of the largest groups of orangutans in any American zoo, to analyse 11-year-old Rocky and 36-year-old Knobi. | Both orangutans were given a basic music instrument — a membranophone, such as a kazoo — and used their voice to…

Makia Freeman (2019-08-27). Taunting the Dragon: Background to US-China Trade War and Hong Kong Protests. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests are escalating, just as the US-China trade war is also escalating. None of this is out of the blue. For quite some time now, the US has been shifting the focus of its hegemonic and imperial …

Philip Giraldi (2019-08-27). Does Israel Interfere in American Elections? globalresearch.ca Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. | It did not discover any such …

Katrina vanden Heuvel (2019-08-27). Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? thenation.com Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?

Global Research News (2019-08-27). Selected Articles: Nestlé and the Privatization of Water. globalresearch.ca A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …

Sarah Lahm (2019-08-26). St. Paul Teachers Union Picks the Health Care Battle. progressive.org Skyrocketing insurance costs generated a national wave of teacher strikes last year. Now, Minnesota educators head into a new school year ready to fight for affordable health care.

Staff (2019-08-26). Unreported Deaths, Child Cancer & Radioactive Meat: The Untold Story of Chernobyl. democracynow.org Following a mysterious nuclear accident in Russia that left seven dead, we look back at the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. It sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Belarus and over a large portion of Europe, but the death toll from Chernobyl remains unknown. Chernobyl is considered the worst nuclear accident in history, but Kate Brown, an MIT professor of science, technology and society, says much of what we understand about the disaster is inaccurate. Her new book, "Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future," chronicles the devastating and underreported impact of radiation on tens of t…

Shawgi Tell (2019-08-24). Charter School Fictions and Grandstanding. dissidentvoice.org It is no secret that charter school advocates become disingenuous and belligerent when endless problems in the scandal-ridden charter school sector are exposed, criticized, and opposed with greater depth, sophistication, and regularity. For nearly 30 years charter school promoters have been reluctant to admit, let alone come to terms with, profound problems with privately-operated nonprofit …

Colin Todhunter (2019-08-24). Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate. dissidentvoice.org In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: Let's start now to liberate the UK's extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let's develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world. Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The 'GM will feed the world mantra' is pure industry spin. …

Eds. (2019-08-23). Top 1% up $21 Trillion. Bottom 50% down $900 Billion. mronline.org The insights of this new data series are many, but for this post here I want to highlight a single eye-popping statistic. Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion. The bottom 50 percent actually saw its net worth decrease by $900 billion over the same period. | Source

Paul Haeder (2019-08-23). One Woman's Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, Seaweed, Wave Energy. dissidentvoice.org Symbioses — prolonged associations between organisms often widely separated phylogenetically — are more common in biology than we once thought and have been neglected as a phenomenon worthy of study on its own merits. Extending along a dynamic continuum from antagonistic to cooperative and often involving elements of both antagonism and mutualism, symbioses involve pathogens, …

United Nations (2019-08-23). School closures triple in Central and Western Africa as education comes under fire. un.org A surge in "deliberate" attacks against students, teachers and schools in West and Central Africa has led to a tripling in school closures in the last year and left almost two million youngsters "robbed of an education", the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

United Nations (2019-08-23). Friday's Daily Brief: Education in Africa, Sudan flash-floods, WHO on Ebola, spike in South Sudan violence, Rwanda, Uganda move to normalize relations. un.org A recap of Friday's stories: Education under fire in Central and Western Africa; Sudan flash-floods wreak havoc; Ebola outbreak spreads, albeit with fewer transmissions; UN rights experts on South Sudan; and UN chief welcomes understanding between Rwanda and Uganda…

Fight Back (2019-08-20). Say no to the McCarthyite attack on Chicago teachers. fightbacknews.org As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) find itself locked in tough contract negotiations and faces the possibility of a strike, corporate and right-wing media like the Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and others have launched a bizarre attack that seems like it is straight out of the 1950s red scare. Rather than addressing the real problems impacting teachers and students in Chicago schools, these reactionary pundits have decided the rant and rave about – of all things – a delegation of teachers that traveled to Venezuela earlier this summer. | Here are the facts of the matter. A group of teachers who are also members of…

Brad Bennett (2019-08-20). Maryland teacher incorporates hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum. splcenter.org At a workshop for teachers about educating children on American slavery, one instructor grew angry and insisted that Thomas Jefferson — who fathered biracial children with an enslaved woman on one of his plantations — was an advocate for racial equality.

splcenter (2019-08-17). SPLC Responds to FRC and ADF's Attack Op-Ed. splcenter.org On August 17, 2019, a former Family Research Council (FRC) staff member, who currently works at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) — two organizations designated as hate groups by the SPLC — attacked the SPLC in a USA Today OpEd for its hate group designations.

ACLU (2019-08-15). The Challenges of Breastfeeding as a Black Person. aclu.org How our workplaces and healthcare system create barriers to breastfeeding. | The fight to protect individual choices about reproductive care, including breastfeeding, is an ongoing battle. The central lesson of the reproductive justice movement is that choice means little without access. That lesson applies equally to breastfeeding. | Though laws, in the workplace and other contexts, are in place to protect the right to breastfeed, many low-income women and w…

CounterSpin (2019-06-28). Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation. fair.org Media…

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