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The Geopolitical Wrecking Ball Trump Regime. "MAGA Gone Mad"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Wall Street and other monied interests love Trump for handing them a bonanza of riches. Weapons and munitions makers support him and bipartisan congressional war party members for waging endless wars of aggression. | Big Oil, Big Pharma, other corporate predators, …
globalresearch.ca/geopolitical-wrecking-ball-trump-regime/5685441

UAE Withdrawal from Yemen. Turning Point. Did the Ansar Allah Just Win the Yemeni War?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The announcement that the UAE is in the process of a large-scale military drawdown in Yemen has been met with rapturous applause by the Ansar Allah's supporters who believe that this unofficially acknowledges their victory in the conflict, but these …
globalresearch.ca/did-ansar-allah-really-just-win-yemeni-war/5685403

The Retainer Solution: The European Union, Libya and Irregular Migration
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
There is a venom in international refugee policy that refuses to go away: officials charged with their tasks, passing on their labours to those who might see the UN Refugee Convention as empty wording, rather than strict injunction carved upon …
globalresearch.ca/european-union-libya-irregular-migration/5685406

Syria's "Opposition" Fails to Represent Syrians
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The Syrian population residing in Syria is suffering from having barely survived eight years of war. They didn't leave for camps in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon, or they are those who have returned to Syria from having been in camps. …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-opposition-fails-represent-syrians/5685456

Video: Al Qaeda Idlib "Militants" Rescued by Another "Ceasefire", Israeli Airstrikes against Syrian Army Positions
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
On August 1, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies continued their advance on militants' positions in northern Hama liberated the villages of Mushairifah, Aziziah, Abu Raeida Gharbi and Abu Raeida. | According to local sources, SAA units also pushed …
globalresearch.ca/video-al-qaeda-idlib-militants-rescued-by-another-ceasefire-israeli-airstrikes-against-syrian-army-positions/5685452

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/

No, Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Is Not "Assad Apologist"
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
With nearly two dozen declared candidates competing for the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary field and the opportunity to run against Donald Trump in the general election, it's no surprise that candidates are trying their best to "destroy" their opponents during …
globalresearch.ca/no-democratic-congresswoman-tulsi-gabbard-not-assad-apologist/5685451

A Mother, Six Newborns Die Every Two Hours in Yemen
Daily Sabah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
As the world approaches the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), mothers and children continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing Saudi-led war in Yemen. The brutal conflict continues to cost the lives …
globalresearch.ca/mother-six-newborns-die-every-two-hours-yemen/5685436

A Brief History of the CIA's Dirty War in South Sudan
Ryan Dawson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
With the CIA's Dirty War in South Sudan winding down its time to take a brief but comprehensive look at the origins and history of this most secret of Pax Americana crimes in Africa. | It is in the national interests …
globalresearch.ca/brief-history-cia-dirty-war-south-sudan/5685393

The Myth of a Racist Quebec
Nadia Alexan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Translated from French | The accusations of racism brought against the people of Quebec in the wake of Bill 21 on the secularism of the state are very ill-founded. On the contrary, the history of this minority people in North America | …
globalresearch.ca/myth-racist-quebec/5685449

5G Telecommunication: Tesla's Coil and the T-Mobile Merger
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The FCC, the telecoms and cooperating MSM continue their resolute pr campaign to sell 5G to an unsuspecting American public as if the technology is up and running at effortless full capacity. The truth is that even as 'spotty' coverage …
globalresearch.ca/sp-bearish-5g-teslas-coil-t-mobile-merger/5685387

Glyphosate Should be Phased Out Worldwide. Devastating Health Impacts
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the only global organisation representing obstetricians and gynaecologists, wants glyphosate phased out worldwide. | A statement published by the Federation's Reproductive and Developmental Environmental Health Committee says: | "Over the past fifteen years, an | …
globalresearch.ca/international-federation-gynecology-obstetrics-wants-glyphosate-phased-out/5685413

The American Empire and Its Media
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
This article was first crossposted on GR in July 2017. | Largely unbeknownst to the public, many media executives and top journalists of almost all major U.S. news outlets, political and business magazines, public broadcasters and press agencies have long been …
globalresearch.ca/the-american-empire-and-its-media/5600442

When the Lie Is Accepted as the Truth
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Memes create perceptions, and perceptions are everything. | Memes and slogans are empty and vacuous, but they fabricate consent from broad-based populations. | Evidence is not required. | One persistent "perception" that governing agencies have been implanting in the collective mindset is "You …
globalresearch.ca/when-lie-accepted-truth/5685374

Liz Cheney equates saving bears with destroying American way of life
Native News Online Staff | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-02
This article was reposted from Native News Online. RIVERTON, Wyo. — On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) "was not based on science or …
peoplesworld.org/article/liz-cheney-equates-saving-bears-with-destroying-american-way-of-life/

US Federal Court Exposes Democratic Party Conspiracy Against Assange and WikiLeaks. Judge Dismisses DNC Lawsuit
Eric London | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
In a ruling published late Tuesday, Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York delivered a devastating blow to the US-led conspiracy against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | In his ruling, Judge Koeltl, …
globalresearch.ca/judge-dismisses-dnc-lawsuit-us-federal-court-exposes-democratic-party-conspiracy-against-assange-wikileaks/5685410

Why Did the UK Commander of HM Montrose Refrain from Firing on Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)? Who in Iran Gave Orders to Capture the "Stena Impero"?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The US officially asked Europe, in particular the UK, France, Germany and Italy, to provide a naval force to patrol and protect ships sailing in the Straits of Hormuz, even if the command and control is handled by the Europeans …
globalresearch.ca/why-did-the-uk-commander-of-hm-montrose-refrain-from-firing-on-irans-revolutionary-guards-irgc-who-in-iran-gave-orders-to-capture-the-stena-impero/5685433

The Rise of China and the Decline of American Power
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The imperialist powers have a long history of colonialism in China, of reducing its people to beggars in their own land. The British, the French, the Germans, the Americans, the Japanese, all are guilty of crimes against China that cannot …
globalresearch.ca/china-conclusion-american-power/5685416

The Western Alliance Is Falling Apart
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Ever since Imran Khan became the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2018, the winds have changed. While his predecessors, though generally leaning eastwards, have often wavered between the US and the China orbit, Khan is in the …
globalresearch.ca/western-alliance-falling-apart/5685408

Climate Change in Siberia: Massive Wildlife Tragedy as Bears and Foxes Flee Taiga, While Smaller Animals Suffocate in Smoke
Svetlana Skarbo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Wild animals are turning to humans as they escape gas-chamber-like woods, with wildfires continuing to rage across almost 3 million hectares. | Even the Arctic is on fire, with smoke blanketing an area larger than the European Union, and a state …
globalresearch.ca/climate-change-in-siberia-massive-wildlife-tragedy-as-bears-and-foxes-flee-taiga-while-smaller-animals-suffocate-in-smoke/5685425

XXV Sao Paulo Forum Demonstrates that Venezuela Is Not Alone!
Alicia Jrapko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
From July 25-28 the XXV Sao Paulo Forum took place in Caracas, Venezuela, with the participation of 190 organizations, political parties, social movements, workers' movements, parliamentarians and intellectuals from Latin America, the Caribbean and several continents. | The date chosen for …
globalresearch.ca/xxv-sao-paulo-forum-demonstrates-venezuela-not-alone/5685438

Video: Game Changer: What's Behind US-Turkish Conflict over S-400 Deal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
According to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, receipt of the first batch of Russian S-400 missile defense systems was completed on July 25th. Besides making headlines all around the world and causing a harsh response from the US, …
globalresearch.ca/video-game-changer-whats-behind-us-turkish-conflict-s-400-deal/5685372

Defending Venezuela Is Defending Our America
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
The Sao Paulo Forum (SPF) that took place in Caracas just ended on July 28 fittingly within the framework of remembering the 65th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Chavez with a display of affection and respect for the …
globalresearch.ca/sao-paulo-forum-defending-venezuela-defending-our-america/5685369

July heatwave 'more intense due to human-induced climate change'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-02
The record-breaking July heatwave in central and western Europe would have been up to 3C (5.5F) cooler if the climate was not changing, new research has found.There is "extremely little chance" that some of the high temperatures would have been reached if humans had not had an impact on the climate, the World Weather Attribution report adds.It said heatwave temperatures recorded in France and the Netherlands in the last week of July, which exceeded 40C, would only occur around once every 1,000 years without climate change.And it said hot spells like the one recorded in the UK and Germany would only occur around e…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/02/july-heatwave-more-intense-due-to-human-induced-climate-change/

Tulsi Gabbard's "Hemp for Victory" Act
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-02
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) introduced a bill in Congress a few weeks ago that would modernize the hemp industry, develop specific guidelines and encourage federal research into a wide range of potential applications for the crop. Among other areas of investigation, it would mandate research into everything from the use of hemp food products for public …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/02/tulsi-gabbards-hemp-for-victory-act/

Employment Is High — But Job Growth Is Slowing Down
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-02
| The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 164,000 jobs in July, with the employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) inching up to 60.7 percent, a new high for the recovery. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent. There were downward revisions of 41,000 to the prior two months' data, bringing the average rate of job growth for the last three months to 140,000. | The big job gainers in July were professional and technical services, which added 30,800 jobs, and health care, which added 3…
truthout.org/articles/employment-is-high-but-job-growth-is-slowing-down/

The Mural Debate Rages On: Arnautoff Murals Opened Up For Public At George Washington High
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-02
The San Francisco Unified School District opened up Washington High School entrance so the public could view the Victor Arnautoff murals. The San Francisco School Board voted unanimously witht he support of SFUSD superintendent to spend $600,000 to destroy the murals. Board vice chair Mark Sanchez said it was "the first payment for reparations" to Native Americans for the genocide and theft of their lands. | Hundreds of people attended the opening and spoke out about the murals, the controversy and the state of public education.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/02/18825147.php

10 reasons to join the September 20 Climate Strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-02
School Strike 4 Climate outline just 10 of many reasons why you should join students when they go on strike to save the climate on September 20. | 1. Millions of people will be striking around the world with us. Beat the fear of missing out and make a plan to be there. | 2. Australia's climate pollution has never been higher than it is right now. We're on track to be responsible for almost one-fifth of the world's climate pollution by 2030. | 3. The people who did the least to contribute to this are being hit first and worst by climate impacts. And that is deeply unfair. | 4. This is only the biggest challenge hu…
greenleft.org.au/content/10-reasons-join-september-20-climate-strike-0

Homage to OSPAAAL, the organisation of solidarity for the peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-08-02
Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research. A few days ago, the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba came to a close. At the final meeting, Prachanda–the co-chair of the Nepal Communist Party–articulated a sentiment that is shared by billions of people around the world. Cuba, he said, 'is […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/02/homage-to-ospaaal-the-organisation-of-solidarity-for-the-peoples-of-asia-africa-and-latin-america/

Trump's Afghan Drawdown Plans. Reducing US Military Presence in Afghanistan Before 2020 Elections?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-01
Secretary of State Pompeo's surprise announcement that President Trump ordered him to reduce the US military presence in Afghanistan before the 2020 elections immediately raised the ire of the Mainstream Media and will probably see his domestic foes' hostile narratives …
globalresearch.ca/will-mainstream-media-india-team-up-oppose-trumps-afghan-drawdown-plans/5685291

Study Confirms Weight-Loss Benefits of Fasting, Early Meals
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-01
Intermittent fasting or early meal times can help lose weight, researchers gathered, saying that incorporating these habits will lower appetite and could be an alternative to calorie-burning workout routines. | RELATED: | Pounding Protein Shakes Could Lead to Early Death: Study | Published in the journal, Obesity, the research study stands out as the first to demonstrate the affects of 24-hour energy metabolism when met with consistent and frequent food intake. | "Coordinating meals…
telesurenglish.net/news/Study-Confirms-Weight-Loss-Benefits-of-Fasting-Early-Meals-20190801-0023.html

The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt
Natalia Abrams, Cody Hounanian | thenation.com | 2019-08-01
The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt…
thenation.com/article/democratic-debates-are-an-unprecedented-moment-for-americans-with-student-debt/

America's Economic Collapse. Capitalism is a Plunder Mechanism
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-01
Capitalists have claimed responsibility for America's past economic success. Let's begin by setting the record straight. American success had little to do with capitalism. This is not to say that the US would have had more success with something like …
globalresearch.ca/americas-economic-collapse-capitalism-is-a-plunder-mechanism/5685295

Two Books for One Price: Combined Special Offers from Global Research Publishers
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-01
Global Research Publishers bring you a number of special offers on two-book combined purchases. Click on a link below for more info or to order the combined book offer of your choice: | . | . | | | *SPECIAL OFFER: The Dirty War on : | …
globalresearch.ca/the-dirty-war-on-syria-the-globalization-of-war/5588394

When Japanese print workers resisted war
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-01
Against the Storm: How Japanese Print-Workers Resisted the Military Regime, 1935-1945 | By Masao Sugiura | Translated by Kaye Broadbent & Masa Sato | Interventions, Melbourne | 2019, $24.95 | "In doing what is normal for any trade union activist today –recruiting, arguing and organising — my comrades and I were made to suffer persecution, imprisonment and death," writes Masao Sugiura. | When researching Japanese working-class resistance to World War II, Kaye Broadbent discovered in a Japanese university archive Sugiura's 1964 memoirs detailing the formation and activities of the Shuppanako Kurabu…
greenleft.org.au/content/when-japanese-print-workers-resisted-war

Mass protests erupt after Sudan's military junta guns down school children
wsws.org | 2019-08-01
Six people were killed, including four young students, and more than 60 injured. The junta has now closed down all the nation's schools in an effort to shut down demonstrations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/01/suda…

Turkish-Chinese relations: fighting back against Western hegemony
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-31
Turkey and China are attracting attention due to their political past and their recent actions in the economic sphere. Emre Demir, a senior researcher at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the TED University (Turkish Educational Association) commented on the current situation in Turkish-Chinese relations after President Erdogan's recent visit to China. …
uwidata.com/4570-turkish-chinese-relations-fighting-back-against-western-hegemony/

"We Don't Want Another President Obama": Activist Urges Democrats to Reframe Immigration Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
Democratic candidates also sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_democ…

Why Karl Marx was right about capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-31
From the moment Karl Marx put pen to paper, pro-capitalist political commentators and academics have attempted to bury his ideas. But successive generations of political activists have continually turned to Marx's ideas, from the best working class fighters who joined the various communist and socialist parties in the early 20th century to the student radicals […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/31/why-karl-marx-was-right-about-capitalism/

Headlines for July 30, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/headlines

Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
"The University of Alaska Fairbanks ("UAF") is a hub for Arctic climate research, and a magnet for top scientists and international collaborations– and it's in trouble."1 UAF's International Arctic Research Center sits at the pinnacle of worldwide climate research…
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/alaska-governor-demolishes-climate-research/

New report reveals employers, other details about troubled J-1 summer work travel program
splcenter.org | 2019-07-29
The students from the Dominican Republic were told that they could experience American culture while working at resorts and ice cream shops.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/30/new-report-reveals-employers-other-details-about-troubled-j-1-summer-work-travel-program

When Kicking Around an Orange Gets You On Probation
aclu.org | 2019-07-26
I was in 8th grade. I just didn't want to get in more trouble, so I signed the papers, like I was told to. | I was in 8th grade when it happened. I'll never forget the feeling of those cold, clanky pairs of metal constraints. I was being handcuffed in front of my friends and classmates. | As a lot of middle school students do, I was fooling around with my friends outside at lunch. We found an orange and started kicking it around like a soccer ball. It turns out I picked a bad day to fool around, and a bad person to tick off. A school resource officer — basically a cop — was stationed in the cafeteria,…
aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/when-kicking-around-orange-gets-you-probation

Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/china_xin…

This County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades — Until Now
aclu.org | 2019-07-25
Today, we filed a landmark settlement that will end the relationship between the probation department and school districts in Riverside. | Since 2001, the Riverside County, California probation department has been needlessly funneling young people struggling with grades, behavior, trauma, and mental health into the criminal justice system. | This direct line to the criminal system is the product of a partnership between local school districts and the county probation department called the Youth Accountability Team (YAT). Instead of counselors or other school and community-based supports stepping in to support and…
aclu.org/blog/juvenile-justice/school-prison-pipeline/county-criminalized-students-bad-grades-until-now

No Place at Northeastern: students, community members rally against DHS
Malcolm Clark | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-25
Students university complicity with repression during flash flood.
liberationnews.org/no-place-at-northeastern-students-community-members-rally-against-dhs/

VIDEO: Why members of the Puerto Rican diaspora support #RickyRenuncia
Dru Maxcy and Joe Tache | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-24
Liberation News spoke with José Hernandez of Puerto Rico Me Llama and Carlos Cabrera, a student at Berklee College of Music.
liberationnews.org/video-why-members-of-the-puerto-rican-diaspora-support-rickyrenuncia/

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2019-08-01: News Headlines

F. William Engdahl (2019-08-01). Erdogan's Risky Geopolitical Pirouette. Turkey's Economy in "Troubled Waters" globalresearch.ca Turkey's economy has been in increasingly difficult straits for months, especially since the failed July 2016 coup attempt. The latest move by President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan to fire his central bank head and replace him with a more amenable loyalist …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2019-08-01). Intimacies from an Awful War. "For Sama" by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. globalresearch.ca If you think you've seen enough of conflict, especially the war in Syria, you haven't. From love of nation and loathing of military rule, from inchoate hope of redemption and improbable determination, indebted to lost friends and seeded in the …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-01). India Involved in China-Vietnam Dispute in the South China Sea? asia-pacificresearch.com …

Andrew Korybko (2019-08-01). Is India Preparing to Unleash "Weapons of Mass Migration" in Kashmir? asia-pacificresearch.com …

Julian Rose (2019-08-01). 5G Agriculture — Food from Frankenstein Farming. globalresearch.ca The director of development at Ericsson, Marcin Sugak, is excited. He has a new toy to sell to agribusiness farmers. This particular toy, he claims, is going to 'overcome' all the difficult new challenges facing agriculture today. It will be …

Makia Freeman (2019-08-01). Psychotechnology: How Artificial Intelligence Is Designed to Change Humanity. globalresearch.ca Psychotechnology is a word coined by William Ammerman, although the word may also have been coined by others and share multiple meanings. Ammerman defines the word as "technology that influences people psychologically by deploying artificial intelligence through digital media." …

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2019-08-01). Romanticism and Literature: Serving Human Liberty? globalresearch.ca "Swift has sailed into his rest; | Savage indignation there | Cannot lacerate his breast. | Imitate him if you dare, | World-besotted traveller; he | Served human liberty." | W. B. Yeats translation of Jonathan Swift's Latin epitaph. | Introduction | In this continuing series on the …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-08-01). The National Security State Needs an Enemy: Senator Warren Warns About "White Supremacist" Threat. globalresearch.ca The national security state requires a roster of enemies to justify its existence. Beginning in the late 1940s, it was the Commies, not simply the Soviet Union but Commies everywhere—in the State Department, the neighborhood PTA, even under your bed….

Miri Wood (2019-08-01). Idlib and NATO's War of Terror against the Syrian People. globalresearch.ca UN Bullies in meticulous suits have launched another hospitals bombing psywar campaign to support NATO's last terrorists in Idlib. It should be scandalous, international news, that key members of the United Nations continue to ignore the Geneva Agreements on hospitals, …

Asad Ismi (2019-08-01). Bolsonaro's Clearcut Populism."The Barbarism has Begun" globalresearch.ca "The barbarism has begun," declared the Pankarurú Indigenous nation after Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's neofascist president, won fraudulent elections in October 2018 amidst accusations of breaking financing rules and shamelessly spreading fake news. The Pankarurú inhabit a northeastern part of …

susan_p (2019-08-01). When Japanese print workers resisted war. greenleft.org.au Against the Storm: How Japanese Print-Workers Resisted the Military Regime, 1935-1945 | By Masao Sugiura
| Translated by Kaye Broadbent & Masa Sato | Interventions, Melbourne | 2019, $24.95 | "In doing what is normal for any trade union activist today —recruiting, arguing and organising — my comrades and I were made to suffer persecution, imprisonment and death," writes Masao Sugiura. | When researching Japanese working-class resistance to World War II, Kaye Broadbent discovered in a Japanese university archive Sugiura's 1964 memoirs detailing the formation and activities of the Shuppanako Kurabu…

WSWS (2019-08-01). Mass protests erupt after Sudan's military junta guns down school children. wsws.org Six people were killed, including four young students, and more than 60 injured. The junta has now closed down all the nation's schools in an effort to shut down demonstrations.

Labor Video Project (2019-08-01). Hands Off UESF Teacher Margaret Reyes! Protest At SF Court Hearing. indybay.org SFUSD UESF teacher Margaret Reyes was being bullied by her principal and then after she turned 40 she was placed in the PAR program with a coach being her principal who was bullying her. She refused to go into PAR and was fired with illegal Skelly hearings. She challenged the improper hearings in SF Superior Court without the support of her union UESF.

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2019-07-31). Mauna Kea Protectors vs. the science of colonizers. workers.org This article is based on a talk given at the July 25 Workers World Party meeting. The long-smoldering fight of the Kānaka Maoli people to save sacred Mauna Kea in Hawai'i blew up like a volcano on July 17 when work crews arrived to begin construction on the Thirty Meter . . . | Continue reading Mauna Kea Protectors vs. the science of colonizers at Workers.org

John W. Whitehead (2019-07-31). The Rise of the American Gestapo: Has It Already Happened Here? globalresearch.ca " Adolf Hitler is alive and well in the United States, and he is fast rising to power."—Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, on the danger posed by the FBI to our civil liberties | Despite the …

Staff (2019-07-31). "We Don't Want Another Obama": Immigration Activist Urges Democrats to Be Bold. truthout.org | | Democratic candidates sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We're also joined by Erika Andiola of RAICES. Erika, I wanted to…

The Canary (2019-07-31). Rapidly increasing Lyme disease cases 'may be three times official estimate'. thecanary.co Cases of Lyme disease have "increased rapidly" in the UK and may be three times more common than the current annual estimate, a study of GP records suggests. | Lyme disease was found in every UK region, with Scotland having the highest number of cases, followed by the south-west and south of England. | Researchers from the UK and Germany looked at a primary care database holding anonymised records of 8.4 million people registered with GP practices between 2001 and 2012 — about 8% of the general population. | Some 4,083 cases of Lyme disease were detected among 4,025 patients, 56 of whom appeared to have bee…

Padraig McGrath (2019-07-31). Ukraine: Language-laws Are Not Purely Symbolic. globalresearch.ca On February 22nd 2014 Oleksandr Turchynov, on his first day as speaker of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, made his now infamous speech concerning the disestablishment of the Russian language as a state language in Ukraine. What people who were …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-31). China's Proposed "Code of Conduct" for Antarctica. globalresearch.ca The Czech Republic hosted the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting from July 1 to 10 to discuss the future of the world's seventh continent, during which China proposed a code of conduct for all nations' active on the landmass, though it …

unitedEditor (2019-07-31). Turkish-Chinese relations: fighting back against Western hegemony. uwidata.com Turkey and China are attracting attention due to their political past and their recent actions in the economic sphere. Emre Demir, a senior researcher at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the TED University (Turkish Educational Association) commented on the current situation in Turkish-Chinese relations after President Erdogan's recent visit to China. …

South Front (2019-07-31). Video: Syrian Army Advancing in Northern Hama. globalresearch.ca On the evening of July 28 the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies renewed their advance on militant positions in northern Hama. In the ensuing series of clashes, government troops eliminated at least 5 units of …

James Wright (2019-07-31). That time Boris Johnson's special adviser spilled the beans on the real Tory Party. thecanary.co Boris Johnson's special adviser once spilled the beans on his new boss and the wider Conservative Party. | They "do not care": | Speaking at a behavioural science festival in 2017, Dominic Cummings said: People think, and by the way I think most people are right: 'The Tory party is run by people who bas…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-31). Trump Replaces Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with Right Wing Extremist Rep. John Ratcliffe. globalresearch.ca Most often when White House officials step down, they were sacked, usually allowed to submit a resignation letter — likely the fate of former senator/Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats. | His departure is effective on August 15, right-wing …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-31). 12th Round of Sino/US Trade Talks Falls Flat. US Rage for Global Dominance. globalresearch.ca Over a year of Sino/US trade talks failed to resolve major differences because of unacceptable Trump demands. | On matters of statecraft, China, Russia, Iran, and other countries have outwitted the US. | Sino/US disagreements have little to do with the trade …

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2019-07-31). Toxic Mine Waste. The Dangers of Copper Sulfide Mining. globalresearch.ca A few months ago, the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management renewed the previously cancelled mineral exploration leases to Antofagasta, the Chilean mining giant that owns Twin Metals, the Canadian penny-stock company that has been doing the groundwork for Antofagasta's …

teleSUR (2019-07-31). Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Wednesday a cut to the federal budget of 82.5 million dollars, representing the largest reduction in recent years in the country. | The new economic policy mainly affects education and social welfare programs, whose resources will be blocked by an unofficial decree of the Executive. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro's Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | Between 2016-2019 Brazil has experienced a reduction in its gross domest…

Ahmed AbdulKareem (2019-07-31). As US Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf, Yemen's Houthis Turn to Russia for Support. globalresearch.ca Houthi attempts to engage the UN to broker a peaceful solution to the war on Yemen have stalled. Now, out of options, the movement may have found a willing partner in Moscow. | *** | Yemen's Houthi movement has reacted with concern …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-07-31). Will Shake Up at IAEA Impact Iran? Washington's Abuse of International Institutions. globalresearch.ca International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano's passing has stirred up suspicion and further tensions amid US-Iranian tensions. | Amano was 72 years old and as of mid July 2019 had already begun preparing to step down due to …

Daniel Larison (2019-07-31). The Injustice of Economic Warfare. globalresearch.ca The AP reports on the harmful effects of sanctions on the availability of medicine in Iran: | "Our biggest concern is that channels to the outside world are closed," said Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, head of the Mahak Children's Hospital, which …

Rick Sterling (2019-07-31). Tulsi Gabbard vs Google Goliath. globalresearch.ca Introduction | The Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign has filed a major lawsuit against Google. This article outlines the main points of the lawsuit and evidence the the social media giant Google has quietly acquired enormous influence on public perceptions and has …

Ruth Milka (2019-07-31). Trump administration is making 'explicit attempts' to suppress climate change science. nationofchange.org The Trump administration "has sidelined scientists and experts, flattened the morale of the career staff, and by all accounts is bent on hollowing out the agency."

Staff (2019-07-31). CNN Tried to Derail Sanders and Warren Last Night. It Failed. truthout.org | | Tuesday night's Democratic debate was a CNN-engineered center-right ambush of Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that was so ham-fisted in its conception and execution, it could have been drawn up by Donald Trump himself. | "Is Bernie Sanders Too Extreme?" was an actual discussion topic. Zero-polling candidates like Rep. John Delaney and Sen. Amy Klobuchar were encouraged to take swipes at Medicare for All, student debt forgiveness, and other big-box ideas put forth by the two progressive fro…

Leo Panitch (2019-07-31). States and Capitalist Society. globalresearch.ca The illusions of the neoliberal era — that the market should or even could be freed from the state, or that an unstoppable process of capitalist globalization was bypassing even the most powerful of states — have suddenly dissipated. One …

Eds. (2019-07-31). Why Karl Marx was right about capitalism. mronline.org From the moment Karl Marx put pen to paper, pro-capitalist political commentators and academics have attempted to bury his ideas. But successive generations of political activists have continually turned to Marx's ideas, from the best working class fighters who joined the various communist and socialist parties in the early 20th century to the student radicals […] | Source

South Front (2019-07-31). Video: The War on Syria and the Next Loop of the Great Game. globalresearch.ca After the defeat of ISIS, the war in Syria entered a low intensity phase. However, the conflict is in no way near its end and the country remains one of the main points of instability around the world. | In August …

Staff (2019-07-31). "We Don't Want Another President Obama": Activist Urges Democrats to Reframe Immigration Debate. democracynow.org Democratic candidates also sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.

Johanna Ross (2019-07-31). British Pound Faces a Two-year Low as "Back Door Johnson" Prepares UK for "No Deal Brexit" globalresearch.ca 'Back door Boris' — the latest nickname for the UK Prime Minister, who can add it to a long line of other derogatory titles he has received over the years. The term was coined after Boris Johnson decided to exit …

Justin Mikulka (2019-07-31). Hard times in the climate denial business for the Heartland Institute. nationofchange.org Last week, the Heartland Institute was again trumpeting climate science denial at its 13th "International Conference on Climate Change" at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. But by a number of measures, the Chicago-based free-market think tank's science denial doesn't exactly seem to be a growing — or cohesive — movement at this point. That's even with more media coverage than five years ago, and with friends in high places. In …

Staff (2019-07-30). Headlines for July 30, 2019. democracynow.org Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…

Jim Naureckas (2019-07-30). The NYT's six percent solution for student debt. mronline.org Why are Democratic candidates going on about student loan debt? Why, the problem is practically solved already! | Source

Robert Hunziker (2019-07-29). Alaska Governor Demolishes Climate Research. dissidentvoice.org "The University of Alaska Fairbanks ("UAF") is a hub for Arctic climate research, and a magnet for top scientists and international collaborations— and it's in trouble."1 UAF's International Arctic Research Center sits at the pinnacle of worldwide climate research "with experts on permafrost, short-lived climate pollutants, sea ice and more, UAF has earned a reputation …

splcenter (2019-07-29). New report reveals employers, other details about troubled J-1 summer work travel program. splcenter.org The students from the Dominican Republic were told that they could experience American culture while working at resorts and ice cream shops.

Fred_F (2019-07-28). New bill looks set to overturn NSW's archaic abortion law. greenleft.org.au A decades-long feminist campaign to remove abortion from the anti-woman NSW Crimes Act is likely to take one more step towards victory with debate on a pro-choice private members' bill to begin in state parliament on August 6. | Independent MP for Sydney Alex Greenwich introduced the Reproductive Health Reform Bill 2019 on August 1. His bill has the support of the Coalition's health minister Brad Hazzard. | This is a strong indicator that the NSW Coalition has the numbers to pass the bill, even though it will give its MPs a conscience vote (as will Labor). | The bill is being co-sponsored by MPs from th…

Staff (2019-07-28). Hawaii Protectors Block the TMT Telescope to Respect Tradition and Science. therealnews.com What are the implications of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project that is at the center of the growing protest in Hawaii for indigenous Hawaiians, and for science? We discuss the issue with Katie Kamelamela, who is informing the conversation in Hawaii…

Staff (2019-07-26). Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide" democracynow.org Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…

ACLU (2019-07-26). When Kicking Around an Orange Gets You On Probation. aclu.org I was in 8th grade. I just didn't want to get in more trouble, so I signed the papers, like I was told to. | I was in 8th grade when it happened. I'll never forget the feeling of those cold, clanky pairs of metal constraints. I was being handcuffed in front of my friends and classmates. | As a lot of middle school students do, I was fooling around with my friends outside at lunch. We found an orange and started kicking it around like a soccer ball. It turns out I picked a bad day to fool around, and a bad person to tick off. A school resource officer — basically a cop — was stationed in the cafeteria,…

ACLU (2019-07-25). This County Criminalized Students for Bad Grades — Until Now. aclu.org Today, we filed a landmark settlement that will end the relationship between the probation department and school districts in Riverside. | Since 2001, the Riverside County, California probation department has been needlessly funneling young people struggling with grades, behavior, trauma, and mental health into the criminal justice system. | This direct line to the criminal system is the product of a partnership between local school districts and the county probation department called the Youth Accountability Team (YAT). Instead of counselors or other school and community-based supports stepping in to support and…

Malcolm Clark (2019-07-25). No Place at Northeastern: students, community members rally against DHS. liberationnews.org Students university complicity with repression during flash flood.

Rann Miller (2019-07-24). What the Research Gets Wrong About State Takeovers of Public Schools. progressive.org When studies like these are released, without mentioning the unevenness of the results, especially for children of color, it prompts me to question the authors' intentions.

Dru Maxcy and Joe Tache (2019-07-24). VIDEO: Why members of the Puerto Rican diaspora support #RickyRenuncia. liberationnews.org Liberation News spoke with José Hernandez of Puerto Rico Me Llama and Carlos Cabrera, a student at Berklee College of Music.

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