Trump Regime Bans Sale of F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey for Purchasing Russian S-400s
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-20
Global Research Editor's Note | The Pentagon ban on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, which is presented as a penalty for not conforming to US demands, is ultimately a slap in the face for Lockheed Martin which …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-bans-sale-f-35s-turkey-purchasing-russian-s-400s/5684101

How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2019-07-20
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…
theintercept.com/2019/07/20/plastics-industry-plastic-recycling/

Climate Smart Farming and Gardening Workshop
Terra Cultura | indybay.org | 2019-07-20
The event will be held on site at Terra Cultura, a nonprofit eco-education farm in Aromas, CA. Our mission is to cultivate resilient communities empowered through education and collaboration in agrecology, sustainable living, and the arts.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/17/18824817.php

A3 Newsletter: Zulu Whitmore Court Date and More
ICFA | indybay.org | 2019-07-20
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

Sudan's Agreement on Political Declaration Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
An agreement on the Political Declaration signed by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the leadership of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) on July 17 postpones firm decisions on key aspects of a comprehensive program which will determine …
globalresearch.ca/sudanese-agreement-political-declaration-leaves-many-unanswered-questions/5684063

Brain-Damaging Pesticide for Use on Foods Kids Eat. It's Legal
EWG | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Farmers can keep spraying fruits and vegetables with a pesticide shown to harm a child's brain even at low levels of exposure, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency said today. | With a court deadline looming, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced …
globalresearch.ca/epas-wheeler-keeps-brain-damaging-pesticide-legal-use-foods-kids-eat/5684093

Rural America and the 5G Digital Divide. Telecoms Expanding Their "Toxic Infrastructure"
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
While there is considerable telecom hubris regarding the 5G rollout and increasing speculation that the next generation of wireless is not yet ready for Prime Time, the industry continues to make promises to Rural America that it has no intention …
globalresearch.ca/rural-america-5g-digital-divide/5684074

Multibillion-pound investment in schools 'desperately' needed, say MPs
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-19
Schools "desperately need" a multibillion-pound cash injection and the Government should draw up a 10-year funding plan, a cross-party group of MPs has said.A report by the Education Select Committee found that funding for schools and colleges had failed to keep pace with the extra demands being placed on institutions, such as providing mental health support and disabilities provision.This, coupled with growing pupil numbers and rising costs, meant the sector had been put under "significant strain" over the past 10 years, the MPs found.Robert Halfon, chairman of the committee, called for a "bottom-up national ass…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/19/multibillion-pound-investment-in-schools-desperately-needed-say-mps/

Nicaragua 1979-2019. History of the Sandinista Revolution
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The Nicaraguan government's violent repression against demonstrators protesting its brutal neoliberal policies, resulting in more than 300 people being killed by regime forces since April 2018, is only one of the reasons why various leftist social movements have condemned the …
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-1979-2019-history-of-the-sandinista-revolution/5684056

From Mad Cow Disease to Agrochemicals: Time to Put Public Need Ahead of Private Greed
Rosemary Mason | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The first part of this article documenting the development of BSE in Britain was written by Rosemary Mason and is taken from her new report ' Why didn't the UK media report the documentary on Mad Cow Disease?' It …
globalresearch.ca/mad-cow-disease-agrochemicals-time-put-public-need-ahead-private-greed/5684032

The Sidama Region and Ethiopia's "Perfect Storm"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The last-minute compromise deal by the Sidama Liberation Movement and the Ethiopian government to delay the former's planned declaration of a new regional state until an upcoming referendum in December doesn't solve the deeper problem of the country's contentious internal …
globalresearch.ca/sidama-region-ethiopia-perfect-storm/5684033

Unions slam reports of pay rise for public sector workers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-19
Leaders of public sector workers have angrily attacked reports of a pay rise for teachers, police officers and other employees as a "last- gasp" attempt to curry favour with an austerity hit workforce.The Treasury is reportedly set to unveil the biggest public sector wage increase for six years, worth £2 billion, after years of pay caps.The move would affect two million workers, with any announcement coming just before Theresa May leaves Downing Street.(PA Graphics)Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said: "Millions of hard-working public servants will not be fooled by this last-gasp attempt by…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/19/unions-slam-reports-of-pay-rise-for-public-sector-workers/

The Blob Fought the Squad, and the Squad Won
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-19
For students of political history, a cottage industry has grown in recent years around identifying the historical circumstances and intellectual origins of neoliberalism. While the initial conditions have been identified in…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/19/the-blob-fought-the-squad-and-the-squad-won/

Russia and China Compete In Africa. Moscow's "Pivot to Africa"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The heavily Russian-influenced government in the Central African Republic is recommending the closure of four Chinese-run gold mines over environmental concerns, making it possible that these firms could be replaced with Russian ones and potentially creating a model whereby Moscow …
globalresearch.ca/russia-and-china-compete-in-africa-moscows-pivot-to-africa/5683935

Israel's Choice for U.S. President
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
In late June, President Donald Trump flailed away with his own particular brand of nondiplomacy at the G20 Summit in Japan, but it is worthwhile noting on the plus side that his administration is so inept that it could not …
globalresearch.ca/israels-choice-u-s-president/5684079

"Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: | …
globalresearch.ca/voices-from-syria-and-the-dirty-war-on-syria-mark-taliano-and-tim-anderson-analyze-the-war-on-syria/5620373

Thought police: Growing censorship of comics threatens education
Chauncey K. Robinson | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-19
peoplesworld.org/article/thought-police-growing-censorship-of-comics-threatens-education/

'An Insanely Bad Move': Experts Sound Alarm as Trump's Nuclear Safety Agency Weighs Rollback of Plant Inspections
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
After months of experts raising alarm over the nuclear power industry pressuring U.S. regulators to roll back safety policies, staffers at the federal agency that monitors reactors sparked concerns Tuesday with official recommendations that include scaling back required inspections to …
globalresearch.ca/insanely-bad-move-experts-sound-alarm-trumps-nuclear-safety-agency-weighs-rollback-plant-inspections/5684090

Inside Junior's War Room
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Deep deep deep inside the bowels of the White House is this private, very private chamber. Some say its the place where REAL PRESIDENT Cheney stays, and operates the REAL government. | Today, on this cold, bitter cold Sunday, Super Sunday, …
globalresearch.ca/inside-juniors-war-room/5684038

'Indiscriminate blasts' in civilian areas 'must stop', UN mission in Afghanistan stresses
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-19
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042901

New library of fossil fuel industry documents provide key ingredient against climate denial and inaction
Yogi Hale Hendlin and Naomi Oreskes | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-19
On every front, academics, journalists and policymakers compare the fossil fuel industry to the tobacco industry. The two industries share the same playbook: strategies of delay, exculpating blame by making the consumer responsible, denying scientific consensus, publishing industry-funded science and fostering public confusion over the real impacts of their products. A major difference between the …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/19/new-library-of-fossil-fuel-industry-documents-provide-key-ingredient-against-climate-denial-and-inaction/

Nigerian Political Prisoner Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
Nigerian rule is tyrannical, headed by military dictator/turned politician Muhannadu Buhari and his so-called All Progressives Congress party (APC). | His February re-electoral triumph was dubious at best, critics citing voter-suppression and vote-buying. | Political violence occurred in the run-up to the …
globalresearch.ca/nigerian-political-prisoner-sheikh-ibrahim-zakzaky/5683923

The World Is Dedollarizing
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
What if tomorrow nobody but the United States would use the US-dollar? Every country, or society would use their own currency for internal and international trade, their own economy-based, non-fiat currency.
globalresearch.ca/world-dedollarizing/5684049

Anti-Racist Historian: Attacks on Rep. Omar Rooted in Belief "America Is for White People"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-19
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…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/donald_tr…

The "Squad" Will Need to Realize that You Can't Defeat White Supremacy with White Supremacy
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-19
The "squad" condemns Trump for his white nationalism, not understanding that as a white supremacist settler-colonial state, white nationalism is "American" nationalism. | "Biden as a neoliberal white supremacist imperialist was always clear where he stood." | The story of Trump's white …
globalresearch.ca/squad-will-need-realize-you-cant-defeat-white-supremacy-white-supremacy/5684053

Rally demands "Justice for Isak Aden"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-18
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/18/rally-de…

Why the West is Determined to Ignore China's Success
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-18
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/why-the-west-is-determined-to-ignore-chinas-success/

Nearly 100,000 in Puerto Rico Protest Demanding Gov. Rosselló Resign over Lewd Texts & Corruption
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-18
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…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/18/seg_1_pue…

Video: Waiting for New Idlib Offensive. US Continues to Provide Syria Rebels with Weapons and Military Supplies
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
The situation in northwestern Hama and along the entire contact line around the Idlib de-escalation zone has remained stable but tense during the past week. The Syrian Arab Army, the Tiger Forces and their allies have repeatedly engaged in local …
globalresearch.ca/video-waiting-for-new-idlib-offensive-us-continues-to-provide-syria-rebels-with-weapons-and-military-supplies/5683916

Five Years Ago: Was Malaysia Flight MH17 Shot Down by a Ukrainian Fighter Plane?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
This article was originally published in 2014. | July 17th is the commemoration of the downing of MH17, July 17, 2014 | "From start to finish, the Ukraine crisis has been instigated by US imperialism. Every action Washington has taken has been …
globalresearch.ca/five-years-ago-was-malaysia-flight-17-shot-down-by-a-ukrainian-fighter-plane/5682406

Die absurden Beziehungen der EU-Là§nder zu Russland
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Der Stand der Beziehungen zwischen Italien und Russland ist ‚Äûausgezeichnet": So lautete die Erklà§rung von Premierminister Giuseppe Conte, als er Prà§sident Vladimir Putin in Rom empfing. Die Botschaft war als Beruhigungsmittel, gar als Schlafmittel fàºr die à∂ffentliche Meinung gedacht. Grundsà§tzlich …
globalresearch.ca/die-absurden-beziehungen-der-eu-lander-zu-russland/5684017

Head of NEA, country's biggest union, says Trump is a danger to democracy
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-18
HOUSTON (PAI)–Republican President Donald Trump is a danger to democracy and that automatically disqualified him from even being considered for an endorsement from the nation's largest union. That explanation came from Lily Eskelsen-Garcia, president of the 3.2-million-member National Education Association (NEA), in her keynote address to the union's recent convention in Houston, held over the …
peoplesworld.org/article/head-of-nea-countrys-biggest-union-says-trump-is-a-danger-to-democracy/

Trump Ignorant of China's Resolve
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Trump is an artful dealmaker in his own mind, his mastery more myth than reality. | Former Trump Organization executive Barbara Res earlier said he wasn't a great dealmaker. | "In terms of taking the responsibility for the buck, he just would | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-ignorant-chinas-resolve/5683854

Trophy Hunting in Southern Africa. Elephant Poaching
Ross Harvey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
A recent slew of articles have hit international media in the wake of Botswana's decision to lift its moratorium on trophy hunting. | Typically, the argument is that Botswana now has too many elephants, which have exceeded the country's carrying capacity. | …
globalresearch.ca/hunting-clickbait/5683947

"It Is Not Just War. It Is Life": Acclaimed Doc "For Sama" Offers Rare Glimpse into War-Torn Syria
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-18
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…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/18/for_sama_…

Media Lies About Iran Deal, Headlines Repeat Unfound State Department Claims
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Iran announced last week they will be enriching uranium to 5% which is over the 3.67% limit set by the Joint Comprehension Plan of Action signed in 2015 under the Obama administration. | Iran has every right to go over that …
globalresearch.ca/msm-lies-about-iran-deal-repeats-unfound-state-department-claims/5683840

Die Europà§ische Union in der Atomstrategie des Pentagons
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Der General der Marine-Infanterie und Prà§sident des Gemeinsamen Ausschusses der Stabschefs, Joseph Dunford, àºberreichte am 13. Juni 2019 die Diplome an die Studenten der National Defense University. Er nutzte die Gelegenheit, um ihnen zu versichern, dass es ‚ÄûAufgabe der Generaldirektoren …
globalresearch.ca/die-europaische-union-in-der-atomstrategie-des-pentagons/5684020

Protestors demand water for the rivers
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-18
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/protestors-demand-water-rivers

A Farsa das Relaàßàµes com a Rússia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
O estado das relaàßàµes entre a Itália e a Rússia é "excelente": afirmou o Primeiro Ministro Conte, ao receber em Roma, o Presidente Putin. A mensagem é reconfortante, na verdade, soporífera em relaàßà£o à opinià£o pública. Limitamo-nos, fundamentalmente, ao estado …
globalresearch.ca/a-farsa-das-relacoes-com-a-russia/5684013

Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-14
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/14/activist…

Milwaukee: 'Drop the Charges' rally for student who took placard from Nazi
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-14
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/14/milwauke…

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

Activists, students protest outside largest ICE prison in California
Cristian Alcaraz | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-11
Demonstrators call for the abolition of ICE, closure of concentration camps.
liberationnews.org/activists-students-protest-outside-largest-ice-prison-in-california/

As 2020 Primary Nears, Candidates Struggle with Positions on Charter Schools
Jake Jacobs | progressive.org | 2019-07-11
After years of avoidance, Democrats are being forced to take a stand charter schools–and most are straddling both sides.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/2020-candidates-struggle-charter-schools-jacobs-190711/

Call to Action: Close the Concentration Camps Now!
Arun Gupta and Juan Carlos Ruiz | progressive.org | 2019-07-09
We are calling on all people of conscience to shut down the concentration camps on the US-Mexico border through any nonviolent means necessary.
progressive.org/dispatches/call-to-action-Gupta-190709/

Education Reformers Still Don't Understand Racism
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-07-05
"Those of us actually working in education tried and tried and tried and tried and tried to tell you."
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/education-reformers-still-dont-understand-racism-Miller-190705/

Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-06-28
Media…
fair.org/home/kevin-kumashiro-on-student-debt-cancellation/

House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-19
Washington, D.C. — June 19, 2019 — In response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2740 (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020), which includes language to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) eight months after …
peaceaction.org/2019/06/19/house-casts-historic-vote-to-repeal-authorization-for-endless-war/