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Global Research: Information and Analysis for Societal Change
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change.With tensions mounting all over the world, we are more committed than ever to the struggle for Peace and the …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-information-and-analysis-for-societal-change/5684443

"Brand Boris": Britain's Clown Prince New Prime Minister
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Boris Johnson succeeded Theresa May as new Tory prime minister — chosen by Britain's power elite, ordinary Brits having no say over their new leader. | UK democracy in action resembles America's — pure fantasy, not the real thing. | Johnson is …
globalresearch.ca/brand-boris-britains-clown-prince-new-prime-minister/5684498

Chilean Lawmakers Abolish Law Requiring Codelco to Finance Military
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Chilean lawmakers passed a measure on Wednesday abolishing an antiquated, decades-old law under which state-run Codelco COBRE.UL, the world's largest copper miner, helped foot the bill for the country's military. | RELATED: | Chile's Teachers Vote to End Second-Longest Strike | The bill establishes a dedicated fund to finance the Chilean armed forces, and beefs up congressional oversight of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chilean-Lawmakers-Abolish-Law-Requiring-Codelco-to-Finance-Military-20190724-0020.html

Boris Johnson Becomes British PM: Will he Restrain Himself, or be Unduly Foolish on the World Stage?
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The BBC World Service took its listeners to the English cathedral town of Ely, set in picturesque Cambridgeshire, during the course of a hot July 23 in an effort to take the pulse of the country. Well, at least that …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-becomes-british-pm-will-he-restrain-himself-or-be-unduly-foolish-on-the-world-stage/5684459

Canada Must Condemn Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Homes
CFJPIME | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is deeply concerned by Israel's demolition of Palestinian housing units in East Jerusalem. Yesterday, Israeli Occupation Forces entered the Palestinian East Jerusalem village of Sur Bahir in the middle of …
globalresearch.ca/canada-must-condemn-israeli-demolition-of-palestinian-homes/5684456

The US-NATO Military Alliance Continues Confrontation Along Russia's Borders
Brian Cloughley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The Pentagon and its sub-office in Brussels, HQ NATO, in its new billion dollar building, are intent on maintaining military pressure around the globe. The US itself is much more widely spread, having bases tentacled from continent to continent, with …
globalresearch.ca/the-us-nato-military-alliance-continues-confrontation-along-russias-borders/5684493

The Cleaning Lady
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
She works hard for her money, as the song relates. She's the cleaning lady, the one who gets on her knees and scrubs your toilet of all the things that none of us would ever wish to look at, let …
globalresearch.ca/the-cleaning-lady/5684453

Global Research: Information and Analysis for Societal Change
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change.With tensions mounting all over the world, we are more committed than ever to the struggle for Peace and the …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-information-and-analysis-for-societal-change/5684443

What the Research Gets Wrong About State Takeovers of Public Schools
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-07-24
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.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/research-gets-wrong-state-takeovers-miller-190724/

US-Pakistan Relations: The Top Six Takeaways From The Trump-Khan Summit
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The press conference that was held before the summit of the Pakistani and American leaders covered a lot of ground and lasted quite a while, but here are the most important takeaways for those who didn't have time to watch …
globalresearch.ca/us-pakistan-relations-the-top-six-takeaways-from-the-trump-khan-summit/5684488

The Fight for Mauna Kea Is a Fight Against Colonial Science
Keolu Fox, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
The Fight for Mauna Kea Is a Fight Against Colonial Science…
thenation.com/article/mauna-kea-tmt-colonial-science/

Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
At a time when Russiaphobia is increasing in the United States, the thought that the US could be losing the arms race is far from what most Americans believe. Their dramatic game day fly pasts, hand over the heart anthems …
globalresearch.ca/losing-military-supremacy-the-myopia-of-american-strategic-planning/5684449

Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
"But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around–they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't …
globalresearch.ca/monsters-with-human-faces-the-tyranny-of-the-police-state-disguised-as-law-and-order/5684513

Trump's Demented Foreign Policy: How to Kill Ten Million Afghans and Not Win
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
"We're like policemen. We're not fighting a war. If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. But I don't want to kill 10 million people. Afghanistan could be …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-demented-foreign-policy-how-to-kill-ten-million-afghans-and-not-win/5684477

Resignation of Kosovo's Prime Minister Might Give Fresh Impetus To "New Balkans" Plan
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The resignation of the NATO-occupied Serbian Autonomous Province of Kosovo & Metohija's so-called "Prime Minister" in reaction to his unexpected summoning by an international court as a suspect in an ongoing war crimes investigation opens up the possibility of infusing …
globalresearch.ca/resignation-of-kosovos-prime-minister-might-give-a-fresh-impetus-to-the-new-balkans-plan/5684483

Iran Seizure of a British Tanker. More than Tit for Tat. Towards a War Scenario?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The British-flagged tanker "Steno Impero", heading for Saudi Arabia, was seized on Friday, 19 July 2019, by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the Strait of Hormuz, after it rammed an Iranian fishing boat, whose distress call it ignored….
globalresearch.ca/iran-seizure-of-a-british-tanker-more-than-tit-for-tat-towards-a-war-scenario/5684461

Britain's Dark Day, Funded by Dark Money. Boris Johnson Threatens to Suspend Parliament
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Today is a dark day for Britain. One year ago this week, the Electoral Commission, the supposed independent body which oversees elections and political finance, found Vote Leave to have broken the law. | It was only the steadfast investigative skills …
globalresearch.ca/britains-dark-day-funded-by-dark-money-boris-johnson-threatens-to-suspend-parliament/5684496

Remember 2016? Don't Put Your Faith in Political Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| "Averages and relationships and trends and graphs are not always what they seem. There may be more in them than meets the eye, and there may be a good deal less." –Darrell Huff, How to Lie With StatisticsHuff wrote his famous warning in 1954. Sixty-five years later, political polling somehow still dominates the "mainstream" national discourse. Even after what I call The Great Polling Uberfail of 2016, we still find ourselves mired in the statistical mud; "facts" are as malleable as mood, and clarity has…
truthout.org/articles/remember-2016-dont-put-your-faith-in-political-polls/

Remember 2016? Don't Put Your Faith in Political Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| "Averages and relationships and trends and graphs are not always what they seem. There may be more in them than meets the eye, and there may be a good deal less." –Darrell Huff, How to Lie With StatisticsHuff wrote his famous warning in 1954. Sixty-five years later, political polling somehow still dominates the "mainstream" national discourse. Even after what I call The Great Polling Uberfail of 2016, we still find ourselves mired in the statistical mud; "facts" are as malleable as mood, and clarity has…
truthout.org/articles/remember-2016-dont-put-your-faith-in-political-polls/

May launches one final attack on Corbyn at her last PMQs, but it totally backfires
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-07-24
Theresa May threw one last jab at Jeremy Corbyn during her final Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on 24 July. But it failed to land. | Propaganda to the last moment: | The outgoing prime minister accused Corbyn of using "fake news and fake information" at PMQs. | Corbyn has shared numerous statistics in parliament since becoming the leader of the Labour Party. And 24 July was no different. Holding May to a…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/24/may-launches-one-final-attack-on-corbyn-at-her-last-pmqs-but-it-totally-backfires/

New Teachers Union President: To Uplift Baltimore, Uplift Youth
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
In an exclusive interview, new Baltimore Teachers Union Diamonté Brown talks with TRNN's Jaisal Noor about her stunning victory, her plan to bridge divides within the union, and the many challenges facing Baltimore's schools…
therealnews.com/stories/new-teachers-union-president-to-uplift-baltimore-uplift-youth

Brexit, The Tories and the "Irish Question"
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Almost 100 years on since the formation of the Northern Irish state, it is still the Irish question that is bedeviling politics in the United Kingdom. Brexit is not about Europe. It is about the Tories and increasingly about Ireland. …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-the-tories-and-the-irish-question/5684464

The NATO Breeding-Pool for Neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Inquiries are under way about the modern arsenals discovered in Piedmont, Lombardy and Tuscany — a veritable neo-Nazi matrix, as revealed by the swastikas and Hitler quotes found with the weapons. However, there is still no answer to the question …
globalresearch.ca/the-nato-breeding-pool-for-neo-nazis-in-ukraine/5684451

Whitewashing American History: the WPA Mural Controversy in SF
Jack Heyman | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
Retired ILWU Local 10 member Jack Heyman talks about the attack on the George Washington High Victor Arnautoff murals and the union busting privatizer SFUSD Superintendent Vincent Matthews who was trained by Eli Broad To push charters and privatization…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/23/18824933.php

'We believe that organizing is a key tool in obtaining justice for our students.'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
In an exclusive interview, new Baltimore Teachers Union Diamonté Brown talks with TRNN's Jaisal Noor about her stunning victory, her plan to bridge divides within the union, and the many challenges facing Baltimore's schools…
therealnews.com/stories/we-believe-that-organizing-is-a-key-tool-in-obtaining-justice-for-our-students

A3 Newsletter: Zulu Whitmore Court Date and More
ICFA | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
The latest issue of our newsletter has just been released, spotlighting the important case of Kenny "Zulu" Whitmore and the recent work of Southern University Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell & her students. We also update you on the recent activities of Robert King and Albert Woodfox, including Albert's trip abroad to the United Kingdom.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/19/18824854.php

Commemoration of student massacre in El Salvador
Karl Kramer | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
Redstone Labor Temple, 2940 16th Street, Second floor theatre (Teatro del segundo piso) San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/24/18824950.php

Livestream An Evening of Conscience & Culture
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/20/18824865.php

International Laws Governing the Use of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space Expiring in 2021
Deb West | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
In recent rhetoric about a treaty between Russia and Pakistan to not be the first to deploy weapons in space, citing "The use of force against space-based objects, the development and deployment of Anti Ballistic Missile systems and their …
globalresearch.ca/international-laws-governing-use-nuclear-weapons-outer-space-expiring-2021/5684386

The Japan-Korea Trade Dispute Debunks Anti-Chinese Narratives
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
On July 1, the Japanese government announced it would impose restrictions on the sale of special chemicals to the Republic of Korea (ROK) that are required for use in its massive semiconductor industry. It took effect on July 4. It …
globalresearch.ca/japan-korea-trade-dispute-debunks-anti-chinese-narratives/5684350

Does Trump Want to "Wipe Afghanistan off The Face of the Earth". Dangerous Discourse. "There will be Nothing that America Cannot Do"
Masud Wadan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Before meeting Pakistani PM Imran Khan this Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he could win the war in Afghanistan in just one week if he really wanted to. But he said he won't do that because he doesn't …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-wrong-he-can-win-afghan-war-without-any-causality-only-days/5684360

Phony Blame Game: Russia Linked to Iran's UK Tanker Seizure?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
When in doubt about responsibility for events on the world stage, blame…you guessed it…Russia…who else! | The latest phony blame game accusation involves nonbelligerent Iran v. hostile Britain in cahoots with the Trump regime's war on the Islamic Republic by other …
globalresearch.ca/russia-linked-irans-uk-tanker-seizure/5684413

Imperialist Made Crisis of Migrants and Refugees
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The CBC article headline reads, "Majority of Canadians against accepting more refugees, poll suggests." It reports that, "the [poll] results come as no surprise to immigration experts and advocates, who point to a negative shift in tone on migration around …
globalresearch.ca/imperialist-made-crisis-migrants-refugees/5684376

Cuba Has 9 Doctors Per 1000 Citizens, Highest in Its History
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Cuba has more than 100,000 doctors, the highest number in the history of the country with a proportion of nine doctors per 1,000 citizens. | RELATED: | Cuba Continues to Ensure Safe Return of Kidnapped Doctors | Jose Angel Portal Miranda, head of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), said that after the revolution, there were barely 3,000 doctors in Cuba. The University of Medical Sciences of Havana, since then, has trained more than 376,000 health professionals including do…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-cuban-doctors-highest-number-in-history-20190723-0009.html

Modi Must be Mad Beyond All Belief at the Khan-Trump Meeting
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The long-awaited meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Khan and US President Trump was a nightmare come true for Indian Prime Minister Modi, whose country could only watch in horror as the American leader praised Pakistan's assistance "extricating" the Pentagon …
globalresearch.ca/modi-must-mad-beyond-all-belief-khan-trump-meeting/5684399

The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can't Solve
Dr. Cyril Widdershoven | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Saudi Arabia's CEO Amin Nasr's message to the press that oil flows to the market are guaranteed, should be taken with a pinch of salt. | Looking at the current volatility in the Persian/Arabian Gulf and the possibility of a temporary …
globalresearch.ca/oil-crisis-saudi-arabia-cant-solve/5684380

The Middle East Is Heading Towards "Maximum Danger". Khamenei's "Three Directives" for Iran
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The Middle East is heading for "maximum danger" following the "maximum pressure" imposed on Iran by US President Donald Trump who, unilaterally and unlawfully, withdrew over a year ago from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the …
globalresearch.ca/khameneis-three-commandment-iranians-middle-east-heading-towards-maximum-danger/5684361

The Most Perilous Time in World History. Tense US-Russia Relations
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
I've stressed time and again that today is the most perilous time in world history. | It's because of US rage to control planet earth, its resources, and populations by whatever it takes to achieve its objectives — preemptive wars against …
globalresearch.ca/sergey-lavrov-perilous-world-conditions/5684408

Algeria's Students Take to Streets Demanding Civilian Gov't
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Hundreds of students marched Tuesday through the center of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, to demand a civilian government, protests which they have carried out every Tuesday since Feb. 22, when protests broke out against the government of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. | RELATED: | Algeria's Interim President's Term Expires, Uncertainty Reigns | In the morning, the students arrived at the Grand Post square, which had been closed by the police for alleged works, through nearby streets and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Algerias-Students-Take-to-Streets-Demanding-Civilian-Govt-20190723-0012.html

Artificial Intelligence and "Voice AI": Dawn of the Reduction of Human Thinking
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Voice AI is becoming a normal part of life for many people. Whether it's a little cylinder of circle on your countertop (Amazon Echo/Alexa, Google Home/Google Assistant) or activated purely through your computer/smartphone (Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana), the Big Tech …
globalresearch.ca/voice-ai-dawn-reduction-human-thinking/5684389

Do You Choose the Truth or War Propaganda? Your Choice Makes a Difference
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
We first start to lose the truth when we enter the ring of war propaganda, which is the Western press. The lies, the omissions, the false equivalencies, the fabricated narratives, all grow there, mostly undetected. | In Western books promoted by …
globalresearch.ca/do-you-choose-truth-war-propaganda-your-choice-makes-difference/5684323

Another State Could Soon Insert Anti-Abortion Propaganda Into Public Schools
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-23
| As GOP-majority state legislatures pass laws aimed at drastically restricting access to abortion care, Republican lawmakers are seeking to control education and public messaging about abortion, pregnancy, and reproductive health. | Ohio Republicans are pushing a measure that would create a public school curriculum infusing anti-abortion language …
truthout.org/articles/another-state-could-soon-insert-anti-abortion-propaganda-into-public-schools/

Chicago Teachers show solidarity in Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-23
Caracas, Venezuela – A delegation of members from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) arrived in Caracas, Venezuela last week. Their goals were to learn what they could from Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, exchange views on effective education and to show solidarity with the students, teachers and social movements of Venezuela. | The trip falls on the heels of a union resolution that was passed by the CTU Executive Board and House of Delegates. The resolution calls for an end to U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Delegation member and CTU Area Vice President Sarah Chambers explains, "Through major economic hardships…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/23/chicago-…

China Must Avoid a Role in Destruction of Amazon
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
China is South America's top trading partner. Together, China's policy banks — the China Development Bank and Export-Import Bank of China — are the top source of development finance for the whole of Latin America. | Over the past few decades, …
globalresearch.ca/china-must-avoid-role-destruction-amazon/5684328

Chile's Teachers Vote to End Second-Longest Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Thousands of members of Chile's College of Teachers decided Tuesday to end their 50-day strike, the second-longest in the history of the country's education sector. | RELATED: | Chileans Take to Streets to Defend Public Health System | The president of the college, Mario Aguilar, made the announcement after the teachers voted by 67 percent to put an end to the strike while 32 percent wanted to continue. | The union leader said he was proud of the long-term mobilization that "taught…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chiles-College-of-Teachers-Vote-to-End-Second-Longest-Strike-20190723-0021.html

Does the U.S. Army Intend to Leave Syria?
Adel Karim | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Last December, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Pentagon started the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria. Even then, many people were quite skeptical about the words of the American president while a number of political analysts and …
globalresearch.ca/does-u-s-army-intend-leave-syria/5684402

Turkey's Multipolar Turn: Ankara and Beijing Come to Terms on Uyghurs Issue
United World International | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
China's relationship to its ethnic minority Uyghur population has been the central issue driving a wedge between China and the Muslim world in recent years. However, the situation is already beginning to change before our eyes — Pakistan, Turkey and …
globalresearch.ca/turkeys-multipolar-turn-ankara-beijing-come-terms-uyghurs-issue/5684370

Schools Reject Offer to Pay Students' Late Lunch Bills, CEO Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-23
The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a CEO's offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday. | Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District $22,000 to wipe out bills that generated the recent warning letter to parents. | But school board President Joseph Mazur rejected the offer during a phone conversation Monday, Ca…
truthdig.com/articles/schools-reject-offer-to-pay-students-late-lunch-bills-ceo-says/

Researchers Debunk Heart-Healthy Supplement Trend, Most Diets
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
After 277 randomized, clinical trials, researchers from the John Hopkins Institute determined that occassional dieting, or broad vitamin, mineral, and nutrient supplements do not ensure a longer life or protection from heart disease. | RELATED: | DR Congo's Health Minister Resigns Amidst Ebola Pandemic | Through 24 different interventions, medical researchers discovered that although there was no harm in temporary dieting or using supplements that include a wide range of vitamins, the only…
telesurenglish.net/news/Researchers-Debunk-Heart-Healthy-Supplement-Trend-Most-Diets-20190723-0020.html

War Propaganda: Iran Sleeper Cells Ready to Kill Brits
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
On Monday, The Sun ran a scary story insisting evil Hezbollah sleeper cells are "preparing to strike" the UK in the wake of Iran's tit-for-tat seizure of a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The newspaper picked up the …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-iran-sleeper-cells-ready-kill-brits/5684337

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2019-07-23: News Headlines

David Mattson (2019-07-23). Through the Climate Looking Glass into Grizzly Wonderland. counterpunch.org Strangely enough, grizzly bear researchers and managers seem to have integrated a faith-based version of climate-change-denial into their collective world view. In fact, these ostensibly well-educated men and women bring to mind well-schooled ecclesiastics professing a belief system: "Grizzly bears are omnivores. Grizzly bears are adaptable. Grizzly bears are unaffected by changes in habitat and More

Eds. (2019-07-23). Cuba witnesses Nation's first transgender marriage. mronline.org Cuba witnessed the nation's first transgender legal union this week when a couple was married at the Palace of Marriages of San Francisno de Paula in Havana, the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) reports. | Source

ICFA (2019-07-23). A3 Newsletter: Zulu Whitmore Court Date and More. indybay.org The latest issue of our newsletter has just been released, spotlighting the important case of Kenny "Zulu" Whitmore and the recent work of Southern University Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell & her students. We also update you on the recent activities of Robert King and Albert Woodfox, including Albert's trip abroad to the United Kingdom.

Revolution Books (2019-07-23). Livestream An Evening of Conscience & Culture. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Marc David (2019-07-22). "With 5G, We are Guinea Pigs": Swiss Magazine Reports First 5G Injuries in Geneva. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in French on L'illustré, translated into English by Claire Edwards on EMFacts Consultancy. | Since 5G antennas were installed near their home in the heart of Geneva, these residents of the same area suffer …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-22). Pentagon Angst over China-Russia Strategic Unity. globalresearch.ca Sino/Russian unity represents a vital anti-imperial alliance. A DOD/Pentagon white paper called Russia a strategic US threat, especially united with China. | NYT editors addressed the issue, falsely calling both countries "adversaries." Indeed they're "growing closer," both nations portrayed as strategic …

Michael Snyder (2019-07-22). A Bank with 49 Trillion Dollars in Exposure to Derivatives Is Melting Down Right in Front of Our Eyes. globalresearch.ca Could it be possible that we are on the verge of the next "Lehman Brothers moment"? Deutsche Bank is the most important bank in all of Europe, it has 49 trillion dollars in exposure to derivatives, and most of the …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-22). The War on Yemen Just Went from Bad to Worse for Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca The UAE's large-scale military drawdown in Yemen is extremely disadvantageous to the Saudis' strategic objectives in the conflict and will likely lead to the Kingdom scrambling for a "face-saving" exit of its own. | *** | Nobody's won the War on Yemen …

Pierre Gottiniaux (2019-07-22). Puerto Rico: People Are in the Streets Against Sexism, Homophobia, Austerity and Corruption. globalresearch.ca A political scandal recently pushed thousands of Puerto Rican people into the streets to march under the catchword 'Ricky Renuncia!', Ricardo, quit! — Ricardo Rossello is the island's current governor. | On 11 July 2019, an anonymous source published personal messages …

Mark Gruenberg (2019-07-22). Johns Hopkins Hospital: Union-buster and predatory debt collector. peoplesworld.org BALTIMORE—Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore may have a world-class reputation for medical research and care, but it's anything but world-class in the way it treats its nurses and its neighbors. And that contrast between reputation and reality brought almost 1,000 people to a mass demonstration in front of Hopkins' original building, now its administrative offices, …

Vince Montes (2019-07-22). Economic and Social Crisis in Puerto Rico: "The Ugly American" and the Puerto Rican National Question. globalresearch.ca The latest crisis in Puerto Rico involves Gov. Ricardo Rossello and appears to be the accumulation of other crises that now appear to question the legitimacy of the colonial political structure in Puerto Rico. Nearly 900 pages of personal messages …

Leisa Woodman (2019-07-22). Chronic Illnesses: Why Are Natural and Complementary Therapies Under Attack in Australia? asia-pacificresearch.com …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-22). Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain's Impounding of Iran's Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain's "Mistreatment of Iran" globalresearch.ca On Sunday, former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote a London Daily Mail op-ed on why Iranians will never trust Brits. | The same goes for their US counterparts Straw didn't address in his opinion piece. More on this below. | ***…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-22). Manus, Nauru and an Australian Detention Legacy. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Rossen Vassilev Jr. (2019-07-22). The "Battle of Seattle" and the Anti-globalization Movement. globalresearch.ca Next November will mark the 20th anniversary since the so-called "Battle of Seattle." It refers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held at Seattle, WA, in late 1999, which became the scene of widely-reported protest …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-22). India and the Khalistan Liberation Movement. Fleshing Out The Future Vision Of Indian Federalism. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Ed Sykes (2019-07-22). Corbyn launches online guide to fighting against antisemitism. thecanary.co On 21 July, Jeremy Corbyn emailed Labour Party members to announce the launch of "education materials for our members and supporters to help them confront bigotry, wherever it arises". The "first materials" deal with antisemitism. | Corbyn explained: The struggle for liberation of all people is never complete and must always be renewed. As a movement, we educate ourselves and each other to better stand in solidarity with and unite all those facing oppression and discrimination. | And addressi…

Niles Niemuth (2019-07-22). The Vindictive Campaign Against Chelsea Manning, America's Political Prisoner. globalresearch.ca Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has she been charged with a crime. Rather, she is being held in contempt of court for refusing—on principle and courageously—to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad …

True Publica (2019-07-22). Britain — Divided: Debt, Poverty and Homelessness in the UK. globalresearch.ca Winston Churchill famously said in 1940, a time of the Battle of Britain, that 'If the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour.' Without any doubt, the Tory …

Srebrenica Project (2019-07-22). Trnovo Execution Video: Another Low Point in the Conduct of The Hague Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY). globalresearch.ca The June 2005 showing of an inflammatory, prejudicial and irregularly acquired execution video during a court session at the Hague Tribunal illustrates the fundamental irregularity of the court itself. It also corroborates the assessment of the Hague Tribunal in our …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-22). National Security and Press Freedoms in Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-07-22). The Herpes Vaccine and Some of the Most Bizarre Human Experiments You Most Likely Never Heard of. globalresearch.ca Herpes also known as Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) a disease dating back centuries and is one of the oldest diseases known to man. In ancient Greece, the term "herpes" was first categorized for migratory (basically creeping or crawling) skin lesions. …

Alison Bodine (2019-07-22). Venezuela and Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America. globalresearch.ca "Today, 200 years later, we can say it: After having lost that independence that cost so much, Venezuela, in these last ten years…has recovered its independence…and this recovered independence is a door that we should keep open so that for …

Staff (2019-07-22). McDonald's Loves Exploiting Our Public Schools. truthdig.com Corporate America is looming larger and larger in U.S. public schools. That's not a good thing for educators, students, or workers. | Nowhere could this be more clear than the case of McDonald's, whose founder once scouted locations for new stores by flying over communities and looking for schools. The fast food giant pioneered methods of attracting school children to its stores — from Happy Meals to marketing schemes like McTeacher's Nights. | McTeacher's Nights have become almost commonplace in many parts of the country.

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-07-22). If Japan Continues Slaughtering Whales, Boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. counterpunch.org Japan is hosting the July 24 — August 9, 2020 Olympics. However, Japan is, once again, hunting and killing whales in "Japanese waters." Japan used to hunt whales for years under the masks of culture and scientific research. Now, in 2019, Japan dropped those fraudulent claims and it is sending its fleets against whales. More

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-22). WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat. globalresearch.ca The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society's scrutineers, has become something of a rabble. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by …

Staff (2019-07-22). EPA Refuses to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Linked to Brain Damage in Children. democracynow.org The Environmental Protection Agency will not ban the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos—even though the agency's own research shows that it can cause brain damage in children. The substance is sold under the commercial name Lorsban and is banned for household use. But it's still used by farmers on more than 50 fruit, nuts, cereal and vegetable crops. The announcement came Thursday. The Obama administration said it would ban the use of the toxic chemical in 2015, but the rule never took effect. It was suspended in 2017 by then-EPA head Scott Pruitt. We go to Seattle to speak with Patti Goldman, a managing at…

Peter Matanle (2019-07-22). In the Wake of Fukushima. Imagining Disasters in the Era of Climate Change: Is Japan's Seawall a New Maginot Line? asia-pacificresearch.com …

Cynthia Liu (2019-07-22). California's Strong Charter Accountability Bills Weakened by the Governor—Why? progressive.org A grassroots effort to close charter loopholes made its way to the State Assembly, just to be undermined by the state's highest office.

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-07-22). As Trump Tweets More Racism on His Way To 'Pay Respect' to Justice Stevens, Ilhan Omar Calls for Cancelling Student Debt in US. commondreams.org "Trump continues to foment hate and racism that is endangering the lives of women of color in Congress and so many others. We all need to call it out. And it must end NOW." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Crina Boros (2019-07-22). Revealed: UK Companies Opening Overseas Carbon Credit Accounts in Preparation for No-Deal Brexit. globalresearch.ca British companies are increasingly moving their carbon credits into new offshore accounts to get around punitive measures from the EU and in preparation for a no-deal Brexit, DeSmog can reveal. | At least 35 companies have filed for EU emissions trading …

The Canary (2019-07-22). Recession and severe downturn expected in no-deal Brexit, thinktank says. thecanary.co There is a one-in-four chance the UK economy is already in recession and would face a "severe downturn" in the event of a "disorderly" no-deal Brexit, according to an influential thinktank.The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) also said the chances of a no-deal Brexit have doubled in the last three months from around 15% to 30%, since Conservative leadership hopefuls Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson both refused to it rule out.It said: "The outlook beyond October, when the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, is very murky indeed with the possibility of a severe downturn in the…

WSWS (2019-07-22). With anger growing, Chicago Teachers Union floats threat of September walkout. wsws.org Teachers who have suffered through years of falling real income, deteriorating classroom conditions and mass layoffs are determined to fight, but they face a brick wall of opposition from the CTU.

Soapbox (2019-07-21). Video: US-China Trade War Explained. globalresearch.ca President Trump announced a followup of his ongoing trade war directed against China. | In May, he ordered the increase of tariffs on Chinese imports from 10 % to 25%, affecting a commodity flow of 200 billion dollars. | President Trump fails …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-07-21). A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure. globalresearch.ca What both the media and military analysts fail to acknowledge is that US CENTCOM's forward Middle East headquarters at the al-Udeid military base close to Doha de facto "lies in enemy territory". Since the May 2017 split of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Qatar has become a staunch ally of Iran…

Sarah Abed (2019-07-21). Washington's Bully Tactics Have Failed to Persuade Tehran to Negotiate a New Nuclear Deal. globalresearch.ca Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is in New York this week for high level talks at the UN. He has been confined to a six-block radius. It's not uncommon for Iranian diplomats along with envoys from North Korea, Syria …

Shawgi Tell (2019-07-21). Charter Schools Fetishize Parents and "The Kids" While Ignoring the Role of Education in a Modern Society. dissidentvoice.org The role of education in a society is to consciously pass on the accumulated knowledge of humanity to the next generation so that society keeps moving forward. This is especially true in a modern society based on mass industrial production where all sectors of the economy are interdependent and large-scale in character. Millions of highly-educated …

debunkified (2019-07-21). Video: 5G Apocalypse, The Imminent Dangers. globalresearch.ca What is 5G? We need to know the dangers of this technology. | A full length documentary by Sacha Stone exposing the 5G existential threat to humanity in a way we never imagined possible! | Scientists, environmental groups, medical doctors and citizens …

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2019-07-21). Pitfalls of Economic Globalization. globalresearch.ca This incisive article was first published on June 26, 2015′ | Nations that trade with each other make themselves mutually dependent: if one has an interest in buying, the other has an interest in selling, and all unions are based on …

Sharon Lerner (2019-07-20). How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World. theintercept.com The students at Westmeade Elementary School worked hard on their dragon. And it paid off. The plastic bag receptacle that the kids painted green and outfitted with triangular white teeth and a "feed me" sign won the students from the Nashville suburb first place in a recycling box decorating contest. The idea, as Westmeade's proud principal told a local TV news show, was to help the environment. But the real story behind the dragon — as with much of the escalating war over plastic waste — is more complic…

United Nations (2019-07-19). 'Indiscriminate blasts' in civilian areas 'must stop', UN mission in Afghanistan stresses. un.org The "deliberate targeting of educational facilities" during armed conflict is "a war crime", the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Friday after a bomb detonated near the entrance to Kabul University, in the country's capital.

Staff (2019-07-19). Anti-Racist Historian: Attacks on Rep. Omar Rooted in Belief "America Is for White People" democracynow.org On Thursday, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the racist chant of "send her back" about Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Trump campaign rally Wednesday in North Carolina. The chants rang across the rally in response to Trump's own verbal attack against the congresswoman. He did nothing to intervene. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution condemning Trump's racist remarks against Congressmembers Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We speak with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at A…

Andre Vltchek (2019-07-18). Why the West is Determined to Ignore China's Success. dissidentvoice.org It used to be comical, but suddenly it is not, anymore. In the past, blind hatred towards China could had been attributed to ignorance, or at least to indoctrination by the Western propaganda and mass media outlets. But now? China's tremendous leap forward, its excellent, humane social policies and determined people-oriented scientific research, as well …

Staff (2019-07-18). "It Is Not Just War. It Is Life": Acclaimed Doc "For Sama" Offers Rare Glimpse into War-Torn Syria. democracynow.org We look at the award-winning documentary feature titled "For Sama," a devastating account of war-torn Syria told through the eyes of director Waad al-Kateab. She filmed hundreds of hours of footage in her native Aleppo to create a stunning depiction of life during wartime. Amid airstrikes and attacks on hospitals, Waad falls in love with one of the last remaining doctors in Aleppo, gets married and has a baby girl, Sama, to whom the film is dedicated. When protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad first began in 2011, Waad al-Kateab was a young economics student who began filming on a cellphone. Fo…

Fight Back (2019-07-18). Rally demands "Justice for Isak Aden" fightbacknews.org Eagan, MN – Some 200 community members gathered here July 16 to demand justice for Isak Aden, a Somali man who was killed by police in this Saint Paul suburb on July 2. Aden was a 23-year-old college student who was killed by police after a four-hour standoff with 90 officers from nine different agencies. Five police officers from the cities of Eagan and Bloomington were named responsible for his death. | Marching behind a 30-foot banner, about 100 protesters took to the streets around the municipal center, which includes the Eagan Police Department and the Eagan City Hall. Then, the crowd poured into the center…

Staff (2019-07-18). Nearly 100,000 in Puerto Rico Protest Demanding Gov. Rosselló Resign over Lewd Texts & Corruption. democracynow.org Close to 100,000 Puerto Ricans took to the streets Wednesday chanting "Ricky Renuncia!" as they called for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló, following the leak by Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism of hundreds of misogynistic, homophobic and violent text messages between Rosselló and members of his Cabinet. On Monday, Denis Márquez of the Puerto Rican Independence Party introduced formal complaints against the governor and called for his impeachment. All of this comes as former Education Secretary Julia Keleher and five others have been arrested on charges of steering federal money to u…

pip.hinman (2019-07-18). Protestors demand water for the rivers. greenleft.org.au A protest outside New South Wales Parliament on July 10 demanded the state government take real action to combat the dire situation facing the Murray-Darling river system. | The action was opened by Muruwari and Budjiti man, water activist and artist Bruce Shillingsworth, who is organising a Water Corroborree in the drought-affected north-west and west of the state in early October. | Watershed AllianceAU's Kylie Lawrence, who has spent years researching the water crisis in the north-west and west of NSW, addressed the protest, sp…

Fight Back (2019-07-14). Milwaukee: 'Drop the Charges' rally for student who took placard from Nazi. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Activists rallied outside the Milwaukee County courthouse on the afternoon of July 11 to stand in solidarity with a student who was arrested and charged for taking a vulgar, racist sign away from a Nazi. | Grae Hosmanek is a freshman student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In May, she and others witnessed a racist student protesting a Jewish event on campus and gathered around to deter him from spreading hate speech and threats. The lone fascist, who called himself "Chris," was holding a sign that read "(((GAS)))" a reference to the Nazi holocaust, and another sign bearing a Nazi swastik…

Fight Back (2019-07-14). Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – On the evening of July 12, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted a Lights for Liberty rally, demanding an end to the Trump administration's detention policy and the closure of the concentration camps, where tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in clear breach of international law. The call to action drew roughly 30 people from Oshkosh and the surrounding Fox Valley area. | The event started with a silent candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to the disastrous conditions in the camps. The action featured 12 different people speaking…

Anya Parampil (2019-07-13). US-trained troops shoot Honduran students protesting privatization. thegrayzone.com Anya Parampil reports from inside a student occupation at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), where US-trained troops shot…

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