Media Can't Even Tell the Truth About Canada's Foreign Policy History
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Media coverage of Canadian foreign policy is uniquely one-sided and biased. It's so bad that few readers, listeners or viewers will have ever seen or heard an honest analysis of this country's past, let alone current role around the world….
globalresearch.ca/media-cant-even-tell-the-truth-about-canadas-foreign-policy-history/5686502

Punishing the World with Sanctions. Intended to Cause Real Pain
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually …
globalresearch.ca/punishing-the-world-with-sanctions-intended-to-cause-real-pain/5686517

What Explains Russia and China's Differing Stances towards Kashmir?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Russia and China, two of the most important Great Powers that are jointly working to accelerate the emergence of the Multipolar World Order, are on totally opposite sides when it comes to Kashmir, with their differing stances being explained by …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-differing-stances-kashmir/5686499

US Waging Wars on Multiple Fronts: Cold Wars, Hot Wars, Economic Wars, Propaganda Wars
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-16
Supported by both hawkish wings of its war party, the US is waging hot wars, cold wars, economic wars, financial wars, trade wars, anti-social justice wars, anti-human rights wars, anti-democracy wars, propaganda wars, sanctions wars, tariffs wars, protest wars, homeland …
globalresearch.ca/us-waging-wars-on-multiple-fronts-cold-wars-hot-wars-economic-wars-propaganda-wars/5686511

The Modern Money Movement with Andrés Bernal
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2019-08-15
We are joined by Andrés Bernal, policy advisor to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and doctoral student at the New School for Public Engagement, Division of Policy Management and Environment. We speak with Bernal about his history with political organizing and the critical role he has come to play in the Modern Money movement, including the struggle for […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/15/the-modern-money-movement-with-andres-bernal/

Supporters of the "Life of Washington" mural in San Francisco speak their minds
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
At Tuesday's meeting of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD Board of Education), numerous speakers eloquently addressed the issues involved in the censorship of Victor Arnautoff's "Life of Washington" mural.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/comm…

It's Snowing Microscopic Plastic Particles in Arctic: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Winter is around the corner and with falling snowflakes come microscopic plastic particles, at least that's what scientists say is happening in the Arctic right now in a new study published in the journal Science Advances. | RELATED: | Sherpas Cleaning Up Everest Unearth 11 Tons of Trash, 4 Bodies | Over 10,000 particles of plastic were found per liter of snow in the Arctic, the study conducted by a team of German-Swiss researchers said. | Rubber particles and fibres were also…
telesurenglish.net/news/Its-Snowing-Microscopic-Plastic-Particles-in-Arctic-Study-20190815-0017.html

'Overpopulation': A Cover Story for the Money Cancer System
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
It is not "the rising tide of human numbers" simpliciter that loots, pollutes and destroys the life carrying capacities of the planet. It is what all over-populationists conveniently ignore: | (1) the much still exponentially self-multiplying tides of private money demand | …
globalresearch.ca/overpopulation-cover-story-money-cancer-system/5686456

"Creating Money out of Thin Air": Public Banking and Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt" Website
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
You may not have heard of Ellen Brown but she is without a doubt the world's most persistent advocate for public banking. | So what, you may ask! What she is fighting for is a change in our banking system so …
globalresearch.ca/web-debt-blog/5686433

Justin Trudeau and the Ethics of Interference. The SNC Lavalin Affair
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Ethics can be a slippery matter and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken, rather decidedly, the option of adding more grease. His understanding over the ethics, for instance, of interfering in the decision-making process involving an Attorney-General has led …
globalresearch.ca/justin-trudeau-ethics-interference/5686479

Fake News About Venezuela and the Power of Propaganda
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Public ignorance and indifference about major issues let US authorities get away with mass murder and much more. | In a June 1950 commencement address, Boston University President Daniel Marsh said: | "If the (television) craze continues…we are destined to have a | …
globalresearch.ca/fake-news-venezuela-power-propaganda/5686440

Sudan's "Constitutional Declaration" Leaves Out Key Political Forces. Attempted Military Coups and Regional Intrigue
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Members of the Sudanese Professional Association (SPA), a leading organization within the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), announced on August 9 that they would have no representatives in the soon to be created transitional government. | This report comes in …
globalresearch.ca/sudans-constitutional-declaration-leaves-out-key-political-forces-attempted-military-coups-and-regional-intrigue/5686446

Video: Syrian Army Reached Khan Shaykhun
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Government forces are developing their advance in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. | The Syrian military has deployed a new batch of reinforcements, including battle tanks from the 4th Armoured Division, to the frontline. According to pro-government …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-reached-khan-shaykhun/5686426

Report: 'No Evidence that Fracking Can Operate without Threatening Public Health'
Tara Lohan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
In 2010 when I first started writing about hydraulic fracturing — the process of blasting a cocktail of water and chemicals into shale to release trapped hydrocarbons — there were more questions than answers about environmental and public-health threats. That …
globalresearch.ca/report-no-evidence-fracking-can-operate-without-threatening-public-health/5686504

US Meddling Continues in Cambodia, but with Setbacks
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Two Cambodian employees of US government-funded "Radio Free Asia" (RFA) face espionage charges for continuing to work for the foreign information operation even after the Cambodian government ordered it closed. | Qatari state media, Al Jazeera, in their article, " Espionage …
globalresearch.ca/us-meddling-continues-cambodia-setbacks/5686480

Trump Regime Gutting the Endangered Species Act
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Richard Nixon was a friend of the earth, Donald Trump its mortal enemy. | Following the 1969 offshore Santa Barbara, CA February oil spill, the largest in US waters to that time, (now third-ranked after the 1989 Exxon Valdez and 2010 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-gutting-endangered-species-act/5686448

America's Enemies, Who's On the List?
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of 'enemy countries' to confront, attack, weaken & overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow 'enemy countries' depends on two considerations: the level of priority & the degree of vulnerability for a 'regime change' operation.
globalresearch.ca/americas-enemies-whos-on-the-list/5619763

French Court Rules Against Linky for Health Reasons
Connexion | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
The tribunal de grande instance (TGI or the civil court) of Tours considered the case of 121 "anti-Linky" complainants, and threw out 108 of the claims. The remaining 13 were accepted, with the court conceding a possible link between their …
globalresearch.ca/french-court-rules-against-linky-health-reasons/5686498

The Truth About the UK's Special Relationship with Israel
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
Britain does not have a special relationship with the USA. It is, and has been since the end of the World War, a subservient inferior 'partner' doing what it is told. Britain stands next to the schoolyard thug and tries …
globalresearch.ca/uk-special-relationship-israel/5686506

The Fading Home of Homo 'Sapiens'. Extreme Weather Events
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
In front of our eyes green forests are blackened by fire, draughts turn grassy planes to brown semi-deserts, fertile fields are flooded by muddy water, white snow and ice melt to pale blue water and clear blue skies turn grey …
globalresearch.ca/the-fading-home-of-homo-sapiens-extreme-weather-events/5686459

Damning new evidence is yet another reason why selling arms to Saudi Arabia is illegal
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
New evidence that shows the Saudi-led coalition is breaking humanitarian law in Yemen has been published by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Mwatana for Human Rights (Mwatana). Its research shows that the coalition: has continued to carry out apparently unlawful attacks throughout the course of the conflict, failed to credibly investigate, and whitewashed signif…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/08/15/damning-new-evidence-is-yet-another-reason-why-selling-arms-to-saudi-arabia-is-illegal/

America's "Hybrid War" against China has Entered a New Phase
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
The hybrid war, being conducted against China by the United States and its gaggle of puppet states from the UK to Canada to Australia, has entered a new phase. | The first stage involved the massive shift of US air and …
globalresearch.ca/americas-hybrid-war-against-china-has-entered-a-new-phase/5686429

A 19-year-old explains why she'd rather go to jail than fight in the Israeli army
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
An Israeli woman has released a video explaining why she's willing to go to prison rather than fight in the army. Maya Bernad-Figenbaum has already spent seven days in a military jail. But she's prepared to go back because: The state actively tries to separate us, [and] does not want connections and linkage between Jewish and Palestinian culture. | Thank you to Israelis of conscience like Maya who would rather serve multiple stints in military jail than be drafted into the Israeli…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/15/a-19-year-old-explains-why-shed-rather-go-to-jail-than-fight-in-the-israeli-army/

A-levels 'milestone' hailed as more girls than boys take science
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-15
Girls have overtaken boys in A-level science entries for the first time, national figures show.The gender switch was hailed as "a cause for celebration" by scientists as school leaders suggested that an increase in female role models in the subjects may be contributing to the trend.The figures came in national A-level results, published today, which showed that across all subjects, the proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or higher has fallen to the lowest level for more than a decade.Students celebrate their A-level results at Roedean School in Brighton (PA)Girls narrowly clawed back the lead from bo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/08/15/a-levels-milestone-hailed-as-more-girls-than-boys-take-science/

Our Lords, Their Flies
Richard Ward | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-15
As a college student, after reading Lord of the Flies for the second time (I'd first read it as a young teenager), I asked the professor in my philosophy of literature class if he thought humans were inherently evil. He responded by asking if I was pursued by daemons. Taken aback, I replied that I didn't know…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/15/our-lords-their-flies/

Australia: Pro-US ideologue brands student groups as China's "useful idiots"
wsws.org | 2019-08-15
Clive Hamilton's comments are a warning that Australia's involvement in the US drive to war with China will be accompanied by political repression domestically.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/15/hami…

What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part II–Movement building
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-08-15
The multifaceted crisis we face today is significantly different from the crisis activists faced in the first years of the Great Depression. But there is no question that, much like then, we will need to build a powerful, mass-movement for change if we hope to harness state power to advance a Green New Deal. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/15/what-the-new-deal-can-teach-us-about-winning-a-green-new-deal-part-ii-movement-building/

The Ghastly Return of the Federal Death Penalty
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
The Death Penalty Information Center presents clear and compelling statistics on the 2,500 people currently on death row in the U.S., and how unjustly the death penalty is implemented. (Photo: Eric Risberg / AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/15/ghastly-return-federal-death-penalty?cd-origin=rss

WATCH: Key to Defeating Trump, Sanders Tells Cardi B, Is Young People Voting in Massive Numbers
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-15
Musician and 2020 candidate discuss criminal justice reform, socialism, the demand for a $15 minimum wage, cancelling burdensome student debt, and Medicare for All | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/15/watch-key-defeating-trump-sanders-tells-cardi-b-young-people-voting-massive-numbers?cd-origin=rss

Access to abortion must be decriminalised and without restrictions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-15
As an abortion provider, pro-choice advocate and a woman who has undergone abortion in New South Wales, I support the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill. | Even with the best access to sex education, contraception and emergency contraception (which NSW does not have), there is no pro-active way for people engaged in potentially reproductive sex but not prepared for parenthood to guarantee they will not become pregnant. Sometimes, planned pregnancies become impossible to continue, whether for health or personal reasons. | Like contraception, miscarriage and childbirth, abortion is a part of reproductive life; be…
greenleft.org.au/content/access-abortion-must-be-decriminalised-and-without-restrictions

America's "War on Terrorism" and The Globalization of Poverty: Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-15
SPECIAL: 30$ for America's "War on Terrorism" + Globalization of Poverty: | Two Books by Michel Chossudovsky | Click here to buy! | America's War on Terrorism | To understand the complex web of deceit aimed at luring the American people and the rest …
globalresearch.ca/special-americas-war-on-terrorism-globalization-of-poverty-for-30-two-bestsellers-from-michel-chossudovsky/5408156

'Mexico Must Investigate All ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚ÄãDisappearance Cases': Ex-UN Rapporteur
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-15
Former member of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and former rapporteur on the case of Mexico, Rainer Huhle, warned at a conference held in Mexico City, that the Latin American country should be investigating all the disappeared and not focus only on the case of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students who went missing in 2014. | RELATED: | Mexico Urges US to Designate El Paso Shooting an Act of Terrorism | "I fear that the day the 43 are found, the many…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Must-InvestigateAll-Disappearance-CasesEx-UN-Rapporteur-20190815-0027.html

'SOMething rotten' at Sydney University, say staff
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-15
Under the banner of "SOMething Rotten" Sydney University staff, including members of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), as well as students protested against university management's Sydney Operating Model (SOM) on August 14. | Former employee and Aboriginal activist Jeremy Heathcote, who gave an Acknowledgement of Country, told the rally: "We are angry with the way the university has been managed. We called this rally SOMething Rotten because a lot of the things the university has been doing are emanating from the university's Sydney Operating Model."
greenleft.org.au/content/something-rotten-sydney-university-say-staff

Gender equality, education and the environment at the forefront of new SDG Advocate campaigns
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-14
Back in May, six innovative public figures joined the battle to push the world towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Each of the new official SDG Advocates committed themselves to pursue the 17 goals on behalf of "peace, prosperity, people, planet, and partnerships." | As we inch closer to the SDG Summit in September, UN News caught up with some of them.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043601

Brazil's Student Movement Mobilizes to Oppose Bolsonaro's Education Privatization
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-14
Students rallied and marched in 207 municipalities of Brazil, to declare their opposition to right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's education reform that would privatize much of Brazil's higher education. Mike Fox reports…
therealnews.com/stories/brazils-student-movement-mobilizes-to-oppose-bolsonaros-education-privatization

Restricting climate strikes to one day a year 'not acceptable', say pupils
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-14
Pupils have hit out at proposals to limit climate change protests to just one day a year.Thousands of children descended on the Scottish Parliament building in March and May as part of a wider movement in which action was planned in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK.Edinburgh City Council's education committee is to discuss the issue on Friday, with more action planned by the Scottish Youth Climate Strike (SYCS) group on September 20 and 27 as part of more global action. | Despite the local authority being one of the first to allow pupils to miss school with parental permission so they could protest, p…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/14/restricting-climate-strikes-to-one-day-a-year-not-acceptable-say-pupils/

Peak PC logic: To shield students from 'offensive' image, activists opt to censor anti-racist mural
rt.com | 2019-08-14
Who would ever have thought it would be liberal students and activists leading the charge to have an anti-racism mural removed from public view at an institute of education? | …
rt.com/usa/466509-george-washington-mural-censorship/

Venezuela Retains Political Control after New US Coercive Measures
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
In political terms the government of Venezuela had a good month of July while managing very critical economic circumstances. Reps of 120 Non Aligned Movement (NAM) countries attended their ministerial meeting in Caracas, and more than 700 delegates from dozens …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-retains-political-control-new-us-coercive-measures/5686354

How English Nationalist Boris Johnson Is Turning the UK into a "US Colony"
Henry McLeish | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
Boris Johnson and the right-wing Tories in Cabinet are English nationalists who hope to turn UK into a US 'colony', a country where EU regulations are replaced by limited welfare, minimum standards, low taxes and low pay, writes Henry McLeish….
globalresearch.ca/english-nationalist-boris-johnson-turning-uk-us-colony/5686376

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Its Tragic Aftermath
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
The three meltdowns and at least four big core explosions at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant's six American-designed Daiichi reactors in March 2011 still constitute the world's worst nuclear nightmare so far, surpassing even the Chernobyl #4 reactor's explosion and meltdown …
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-tragic-aftermath/5686404

Footage Captures NATO Intercept Attempt of Plane Carrying Russian Defense Minister
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-14
Russia's Defense Ministry has published dramatic video Tuesday showing another close encounter between its military planes and NATO jets over the Baltic Sea, but this time it involved a dangerous intercept as the NATO aircraft came just off the wing …
globalresearch.ca/footage-captures-nato-intercept-attempt-plane-carrying-russian-defense-minister/5686410

Trump Finalizes Disastrous Weakening of Endangered Species Act