New Trump Rules Can Deny Green Cards to Immigrants on Food Stamps
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-12
A new initiative would allow the government to consider such factors as education, household income and health when granting legal status.
truthdig.com/articles/new-trump-rules-can-deny-green-cards-for-immigrants-on-food-stamps/

The World Is Uniting for International Law, Against US Empire
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures." | That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become …
globalresearch.ca/world-uniting-international-law-against-us-empire/5686144

Deniers deflated as climate reality hits home
David Suzuki | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-12
Climate science deniers are becoming desperate as their numbers diminish in the face of incontrovertible evidence that human-caused global warming is putting our future at risk. Although most people with basic education, common sense, and a lack of financial interest in the fossil fuel industry accept what scientists worldwide have proven through decades of research, some media outlets continue to publish inconsistent, incoherent opinions of people who reject climate science. | Over the past few weeks, Canada's Postmedia chain has run columns denying or downplaying the seriousness of climate change by Fraser I…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/12/deniers-deflated-as-climate-reality-hits-home/

China's Belt and Road (BRI): Could Save Destroyed Southeast Asia?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Most of the people in the West or in North Asia usually never think about it, but Southeast Asia is one of the most depressed and depressing parts of the world. | It has been through genocides, wars and atrocious military …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-belt-and-road-bri-could-save-destroyed-southeast-asia/5686164

Sick to the Stomach: Pesticides and the Cocktail of Toxicity
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Dame Sally Davies is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England and recently released the CMO annual report for 2019. The report focuses on UK engagement with global health and forging partnerships. | However, there appears to be no mention …
globalresearch.ca/pesticides-cocktail-toxicity/5686153

Could The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Contribute to Resolving the Kashmir Crisis?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
The onset of the latest Kashmir Crisis following India's "Israeli"-like unilateral moves there last week have raised the question among many in the Alt-Media Community of whether the SCO could help mediate a solution between New Delhi and Islamabad, but …
globalresearch.ca/could-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-contribute-to-resolving-the-kashmir-crisis/5686223

Britain: The Union Is Now All but Dead. The U.K. is Inevitably Breaking Up?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Boris Johnson declares himself a champion of the UK union, a prime minister who wants to strengthen "the ties that bind our United Kingdom". This is just part of the propaganda game being played. But as the FT headline goes …
globalresearch.ca/britain-union-now-all-dead/5686190

"Opposition" or Terrorists? Who Is Syria and Russia Targeting in Idlib?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Scott Lucas — a professor at the University of Birmingham UK — would decry with the rest of the Western media — resumed joint military operations carried out by Syria and Russia in and around the northwestern governorate of Idlib….
globalresearch.ca/opposition-terrorists-who-syria-russia-bombing-idlib/5686183

'Gold Over Life, Literally': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem
Jon Queally | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
"Gold over life, literally." | That was the succinct and critical reaction of Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein to reporting on Friday that President Donald Trump had personally intervened–after a meeting with Alaska's Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy on Air Force …
globalresearch.ca/gold-over-life-literally-how-trump-forced-reversal-mining-project-epa-scientists-warn-could-destroy-alaskan-salmon-ecosystem/5686195

Undemocratic Dems for President. Only Tulsi Gabbard and Mike Gravel are Genuinely Anti-war
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
The crowded field has 25 Dems in it so far, maybe more to come, dropouts along the way for lack of enough support. | Tulsi Gabbard and 89-year-old former senator Mike Gravel are the only worthy candidates. | Both have genuine anti-war, …
globalresearch.ca/undemocratic-dems-president/5686221

Contrasting Development Experiences of the Arab World and East Asia
Prof. Ray Bush | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
On the surface, it might be incongruous to assert that there is a single law that has shaped what appear to be the contrasting development experiences of the Arab World (AW) and East Asia (EA). After all, as Ali Kadri…
globalresearch.ca/cordon-sanitaire-single-law-governing-development-east-asia-arab-world/5686155

Bayer Gets Help from Donald Trump as US Regulators Veto Warnings Its Roundup Weedkiller Causes Cancer
Theron Mohamed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Embattled Bayer is getting a helping hand from Donald Trump. | The German pharmaceuticals titan is currently inundated with lawsuits claiming Roundup, a weedkiller owned by its Monsanto subsidiary, causes cancer. The Trump administration is refusing to approve product labels …
globalresearch.ca/bayer-gets-help-donald-trump-us-regulators-veto-warnings-roundup-weedkiller-causes-cancer/5686208

Our Vanishing World: Rainforests
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth's biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth's climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth's hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most of the world's species, …
globalresearch.ca/our-vanishing-world-rainforests/5686159

Global Research's Most Popular Articles Last Week
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
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Hair-trigger Nuclear Alert over Kashmir
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Two of the world's most important powers, India and Pakistan, are locked into an extremely dangerous confrontation over the bitterly disputed Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir. Both are nuclear armed. | Kashmir has been a flashpoint since Imperial Britain divided India …
globalresearch.ca/hair-trigger-nuclear-alert-over-kashmir/5686209

Keep World News Unchained: We Need Your Support
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Dear Global Research Readers, | As we take stock of our rapidly changing world, it can be easy to get swept along by the fierce tide of disinformation coming from many sources. While we strive for awareness and comprehension in the …
globalresearch.ca/keep-world-news-unchained-support-global-research/12746

Electoral Defeat for Ruling Argentinian Neo-Liberal Regime
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
Since taking office in December 2015, President Mauricio Macri created socio-economic crisis conditions by serving privileged interests exclusively at the expense of the public welfare. | He slashed social benefits at the behest of internal monied interests, Wall Street and the …
globalresearch.ca/electoral-defeat-for-ruling-argentinian-neo-liberal-regime/5686215

What Is Really Happening in Syria?
Revd Andrew Ashdown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
In this episode of "The Beloved Community", Mark Taliano and Andrew Ashdown shed light on what is really happening in Syria. Their evidence-based, on the ground narratives, are shockingly different from the fake, monochromatic narratives fed to Western populations on …
globalresearch.ca/beloved-community-mark-taliano-reverend-andrew-ashdown/5686145

Adding Context to 'News' About Venezuela
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
This past week's meeting of the U.S.-and-Canada-created anti-Venezuela Lima Group of nations failed to achieve the U.S. regime's intention of organizing a coalition of its members to participate in a U.S.-led invasion to overthrow Venezuela's Government and install Trump's choice, …
globalresearch.ca/adding-context-news-about-venezuela/5686151

District 5 Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum
LWVSF | indybay.org | 2019-08-12
University of California San Francisco, Cole Hall, UCSF Medical Sciences Building, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/11/18825413.php

Deniers Deflated as Climate Reality Hits Home
David Suzuki | commondreams.org | 2019-08-12
Those who continue to spread doubt and confusion about climate science are starting to look even more ridiculous with their many conflicting, insubstantial arguments. (Photo: dullhunk/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/12/deniers-deflated-climate-reality-hits-home?cd-origin=rss

University bans beef burgers to do its part in the fight against climate chaos
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-12
Beef burgers have been banned by a university as part of efforts to tackle the climate emergency.Goldsmiths, University of London said it will remove all products containing beef from sale from next month as the institution aims to become carbon neutral by 2025.Students will also face a 10p levy on bottles of water and single-use plastic cups when the academic year starts to discourage use of the products.The college's new Warden, Prof Frances Corner, said staff and st…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/12/university-bans-beef-burgers-to-do-its-part-in-the-fight-against-climate-chaos/

Lawsuit Seeks to Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-12
| Medicare paid for Betty Gordon's knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old former high school teacher needed a nursing home stay and care at home to recover. | Yet Medicare wouldn't pay for that. So Gordon is stuck with a $7,000 bill she can't afford — and, as if that were not bad enough, she can't appeal. | The reasons Medicare won't pay have frustrated the Rhode Island woman and many others trapped in the maze of regulations surrounding something called "observation…
truthout.org/articles/lawsuit-seeks-to-let-medicare-patients-appeal-gap-in-nursing-home-coverage/

The Long and Bloody History of White Supremacy in the U.S
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-12
What can settler colonialism and slavery teach us about Donald Trump and 8chan? Quite a bit, says author and professor Gerald Horne.
truthdig.com/articles/the-long-and-bloody-history-of-white-supremacy-in-the-u-s/

Global sea-level rise began accelerating '30 years earlier' than previously thought
Ayesha Tandon | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-12
The study, published in Nature Climate Change, introduces a new technique to more accurately determine historical global sea levels by combining two different statistical approaches. | It was found that the southern hemisphere, home to many developing small island nations, experienced the majority of the observed sea level rise, the lead author tells Carbon Brief. | The implication of this work is that ocean heat uptake will "likely increase again in the near future, further increasing the rate of current sea level rise", another scientist tells Carbon Brief. | Measuring our rising seas: | Global sea l…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/12/global-sea-level-rise-began-accelerating-30-years-earlier-than-previously-thought/

'Disgusting and Disturbing': Trump Guts Endangered Species Act in Gift to Big Business
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-12
"This administration seems set on damaging fragile ecosystems by prioritizing industry interests over science." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/12/disgusting-and-disturbing-trump-guts-endangered-species-act-gift-big-business?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: Hard-Brexit Job Losses Across Europe?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
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-predicted-hard-brexit-job-losses-across-europe/5686226

Project Fear Panic: Predicted Hard-Brexit Job Losses Across Europe
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-12
As a no-deal, hard Brexit becomes ever more likely, the fearmongering of the establishment has been turned up to '11' as it appears they have little to no control over the process — no matter what they think — now …
globalresearch.ca/project-fear-panic-predicted-hard-brexit-job-losses-across-europe/5686188

50 years on and the Battle of the Bogside could teach us about the dangers of a Tory no-deal Brexit
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2019-08-12
On 12 August 1969, a battle between Irish republicans on one side and British police and loyalist gangs on the other raged for two days in Derry city. The battle of the Bogside, as it became known, ensured the conflict in Ireland would continue for anothe…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/08/12/50-years-on-and-the-battle-of-the-bogside-could-teach-us-about-the-dangers-of-a-tory-no-deal-brexit/

Chomsky Slams Macri's Neoliberal Policies in Education
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-11
Noam Chomsky, the renowned academic and political thinker from the United States, slammed Argentinian President Mauricio Macri for subordinating of public education to favor neoliberal markets in an article published by La Garganta Poderosa Saturday. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | He said the advanced neoliberal p…
telesurenglish.net/news/noam-chomsky-slams-mauricio-macri-imf-public-education-neoliberal-policies-20190811-0005.html

Insulated from the Truth
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
In 1933, soon after Hitler's ascent to power, the British ambassador to Germany made this assertion: "I have the impression that the persons directing the policy of the Hitler government are not normal. Many of us, indeed, have a feeling …
globalresearch.ca/insulated-truth/5686113

Climate Change and a New Agricultural System
Juliette Majot | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
This week, the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a long-awaited report on land, climate change and agriculture.[1] The report's findings confirm that the agriculture and food systems on which we now depend are no longer viable. …
globalresearch.ca/climate-change-new-agricultural-system/5686098

Did Indian Intelligence Invent a Russian Diplomatic Statement to Pressure Moscow on Kashmir?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-11
It remains unclear at the time of writing whether the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs really did back India's unilateral actions in Kashmir or not, with the mysterious circumstances surrounding its now-viral alleged statement of support suggesting that it might …
globalresearch.ca/did-indian-intelligence-invent-russian-diplomatic-statement-pressure-moscow-kashmir/5686115

Student Debt Reform, or Student Debt Forgiveness? What The Candidates' Plans Mean
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-11
Students leaving college with their hard-earned degrees also have a significant and growing amount of debt. Which Democratic candidate's plan is the most effective at addressing this growing problem?
therealnews.com/stories/student-debt-reform-or-student-debt-forgiveness-what-the-candidates-plans-mean

FROM THE FIELD: 'Eco-warriors' fight climate change in South Africa
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-11
Schools in South Africa have been designating students as "eco-warriors" as part of an initiative supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), to drive environmental and climate change awareness amongst the young and old in their communities.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044101

Can Deregulated Charter Schools Not Be Deregulated Charter Schools?
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-11
Privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter schools have always been a top-down neoliberal economic project. The main features of neoliberalism, launched at home and abroad in the late 1970s, are privatization, deregulation, and abdication of government responsibility for the well-being of people. Charter schools meet all three criteria: they are deregulated arrangements that reflect government abandoning …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/can-deregulated-charter-schools-not-be-deregulated-charter-schools/

Is 'political correctness' threatening freedom of speech?
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-10
"As a result of the cultural-left's long march through the institutions … political correctness involving identity politics, privileging victimhood and virtue signalling dominate public policy and debate", whined Kevin Donnelly, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). | "Like never before Free Speech is facing extinction in Australia", exclaimed conservative activist group Advance Australia…
greenleft.org.au/content/political-correctness-threatening-freedom-speech

Militarized Observers: Institutional Daydreams of Ethics End Runs to Weaponize Culture
David Price | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
A significant limitation facing scholars studying US military uses of anthropology and other social sciences is that while the existence and activities of various military programs are known, and some related documents are available, there is much about these programs that remains unknown to outsiders. Yet, even with these gaps in knowledge, it is possible…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/militarized-observers-institutional-daydreams-of-ethics-end-runs-to-weaponize-culture/

Atomic Bombs Are Not Lifesavers
Timothy Braatz | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
One shouldn't have to state the obvious. It is well known that two atomic detonations, in early August, 1945, killed over 100,000 Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents, revealing the unlimited human capacity for atrocity in wartime. But it seems many U.S. history teachers are still telling students that the atomic bombings somehow saved lives. Whence cometh…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/atomic-bombs-are-not-lifesavers/

U.S. Imperialism, Iran and the Context for War
Margot Patterson | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-09
The Trump administration's efforts to collapse Iran's economy can't be divorced from the history of U.S. imperialism. If Americans remember the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the 444 days in which 52 U.S. diplomats and embassy staff were held hostage, Iranians remember the 1953 CIA coup that brought down the…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/09/u-s-imperialism-iran-and-the-context-for-war/

Defensive Charter School Advocates
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-09
Charter schools are privatized arrangements imposed on society by the rich and their retinue. There is nothing public about charter schools. Nonprofit and for-profit charter schools lack most of the features of public schools and typically operate as deregulated businesses. Calling a charter school public is mainly for the self-serving purpose of illegitimately funneling vast …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/defensive-charter-school-advocates/

Documents Reveal Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists & Even Musician Neil Young
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-09
Explosive new documents reveal the U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto ran a "fusion center" to surveil and discredit journalists and activists who criticized or wrote damning reports about Monsanto, as well as legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who released an album in 2015 called "The Monsanto Years." Monsanto monitored Young's Twitter activity and even analyzed the lyrics of his album. The fusion center also surveilled journalist Carey Gillam, who has done extensive research and writing about Monsanto and its popular pesticide Roundup, which has been linked to cancer. The corporation also targeted the nonpro…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/9/monsanto_f…

Socialist seminar discusses anti-capitalist solutions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-09
Socialism. Today. was the theme of a lively day-long seminar about critical issues facing the movements for social and ecological change, hosted by the Socialist Alliance on August 4. | Extinction Rebellion and Student Strike 4 Climate activist Parker Craig said support for the September 20 student climate strike is growing, despite attempts by some school authorities to stifle it. | Maritime Union of Australia activist and author Penny McCall Howard said the recent student climate strikes had helped shift politics, including in the union movement. | She said: "We now face the task of building a class-conscious e…
greenleft.org.au/content/socialist-seminar-discusses-anti-capitalist-solutions

To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags
Adrienne Pine | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-08
Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering violence and repression at home or risking the dangerous journey to the United States.
mintpressnews.com/flee-honduras-child-braves-tear-gas-sell-vinegar-bags/261243/

Death by Police is Now the 6th Leading Cause of Death Among Young Men
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-08
It was once believed that police killings were the 14th leading cause of death among young people. However, a new Rutgers University study by Frank Edwards, which used federal statistics and journalistic investigation found that the death rate is far higher now. We discuss the research with Frank Edwards…
therealnews.com/stories/death-by-police-is-now-the-6th-leading-cause-of-death-among-young-men

Fordham U students win fight to have Palestine rights club
Sapphira Lurie | liberationnews.org | 2019-08-08
On Aug. 5, Justice Nancy Bannon of the Supreme Court of the State of New York annulled Fordham University's decision to ban Students for Justice in Palestine from its campus.
liberationnews.org/fordham-u-students-win-fight-to-have-palestine-rights-club/

Westpac workers back student climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-08
The following motion to support the student climate stike on September 20 was passed on July 31. | We, the Finance Sector Union, Local Enterprise Council, Westpac, NSW/ACT: | a) Recognise that climate change: | Presents an existential threat, being a "global emergency" according to the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report; | Has already had negative impacts both internationally and in Australia, as evidenced by the breaking of heat records, prolonged and more aggressive bushfire seasons, bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and increased droughts; | Is the product of corporate greed and pro…
greenleft.org.au/content/westpac-workers-back-student-climate-strike

How a Truly Epic Charter School Fraud Unfolded in Oklahoma
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2019-08-06
A case of ghost students, straw teachers, and parent bonuses sets a new low for privately operated schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/epic-charter-fraud-oklahoma-thompson-190806/

The Persistence of School Segregation
Alexandria Millet | progressive.org | 2019-08-03
Students are still isolated in their own schools because almost no one looks like them, or they are concentrated in schools in which almost everyone does.
progressive.org/dispatches/persistence-school-segregation-millet-190803/

Four Truths About For-Profit Charter Schools
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2019-08-02
2020 Democratic candidates taking a stand against for-profit charters is like bravely standing up in opposition to yeti attacks.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/four-truths-about-for-profit-charter-schools-Greene-190802/