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2019-07-18: Social Media Postees

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Beware Facebook's Libra: A Corporate Surveillance Leviathan With No Precedent Outside the Realm of Science Fiction
Robert Weissman | commondreams.org | 2019-07-18
David Marcus, Head of Calibra at Facebook, testifies about Facebook's proposed digital currency called Libra, during a Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 16, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/18/beware-facebooks-libra-corporate-surveillance-leviathan-no-precedent-outside-realm?cd-origin=rss

African Free Trade Area Launched in Niger
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
On July 4 the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) was held in Niamey, Niger to officially proclaim a project that is inherent within the notions of sovereignty and unity on the continent. | This African Continental Free …
globalresearch.ca/african-free-trade-area-launched-niger/5683962

Julian Assange: US Coopts Patriotic Opposition in Ecuador, Former President Correa goes against Wikileaks Founder
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Former President Rafael Correa's claim that Julian Assange abused his political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to influence the US' 2016 elections and his publicly proclaimed admiration for Hillary amount to nothing less than the completion of America's …
globalresearch.ca/us-just-completed-its-quest-co-opt-patriotic-opposition-ecuador/5683931

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

Donald Trump, "the Democrat Squad" and Failed Impeachment
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Twitter has become policy. It is platform, direction and determination. It has served one particular person well, a hazy mechanism to fog up the lenses of law makers. When President Donald Trump needs an air-wave filling distraction, a bilious splurge …
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-democrat-squad-failed-impeachment/5683921

Top 10 Facts About Cell Phones and Wi-Fi
Environmental Health Trust | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
1. All Cell Phones And Wireless Devices Emit Radiation. | Every wireless device is actually a two-way microwave radio that sends and receives a type of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation called radio frequency radiation RF — EMF. This machine-made radiation is millions | …
globalresearch.ca/top-10-facts-about-cell-phones-and-wi-fi/5683939

"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_…

How Iranian MEK Went from US Terror List to Halls of Congress
Ali Harb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
As soon as Maryam Rajavi, her face beaming across a giant screen, finished speaking, the sky above hundreds of her supporters in the United States filled with red, white and green confetti — the colours of the Iranian flag….
globalresearch.ca/how-iranian-mek-went-from-us-terror-list-halls-congress/5683959

Western Intellectuals Freak Over 'Frankenstein' China
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Western economists and intellectuals obsessed with demonization of China are never shy of shortcuts glaringly exposing their ignorance. | The latest outburst posits that "we" — as in Western intellectuals — "are the modern version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," who electro-shocked …
globalresearch.ca/western-intellectuals-freak-over-frankenstein-china/5683895

Korea-Japan Trade Plus War: Where Are You Going Mr. Shinzo Abe?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Right after the G20 Conference (28-28 June 2019) in Osaka, Japan, Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan declared the beginning of trade war against South Korea. It was indeed an irony that Abe was the host of the Conference …
globalresearch.ca/korea-japan-trade-plus-war-where-you-going-mr-shinzo-abe/5683898

Fracking wastewater may trigger earthquakes for decades even after operations cease
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-18
Oil wastewater disposal from oil and gas production may cause earthquakes for decades even after operations or are reduced, says new research published earlier this week. | Fracking, along with oil and gas production in general, in the United States is a booming industry. With this comes an increase in the rate of oilfield wastewater production. Fracking, the process of shooting water mixed with sand and chemicals into the earth to release the oil and natural gas from rock formations. | Fracking produces huge volumes of wastewater that contains cancer-causing chemicals, salts and naturally occurring radioactiv…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/18/fracking-wastewater-may-trigger-earthquakes-for-decades-even-after-operations-cease/

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…

Vaccine Safety and Immunization: Suppressing Critique, Silencing Scientific Evidence
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
During the past year there has been a deliberate assault on medical sanity by the Silicon Valley's internet giants and popular social media platforms to abolish and censor voices and websites challenging the orthodoxy of the CDC's vaccination policies. Last …
globalresearch.ca/vaccine-safety-and-immunization-suppressing-critique-silencing-scientific-evidence/5683705

Some Like It Hot
William Bowles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
I am nothing if not an optimist, a trait that most on the Left seem to share. A belief in the future, that there is one that includes us. That things, eventually, get better, if we fight for it. | 'Unrealistic', …
globalresearch.ca/some-like-it-hot/5683926

Trump: America's "Racist-in-Chief"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Racism defines Trump's private and public life. He falsely said "I am not a racist." | "I'm the least racist person you" will ever meet is belied by his unacceptable Trump Organization practices, his hostile actions against unwanted aliens of the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-americas-racist-in-chief/5683929

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

'Flawed evidence used to deport students accused of cheating language tests', new report says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-18
Tens of thousands of international students accused of cheating in English language tests have had their visas revoked based on flawed evidence, according to a new report.The Home Office used "confused, misleading, incomplete and unsafe" information in its investigations into the English test scandal, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Test of English for International Communication claims.Its report states that Home Office officials conceded in August 2014 in a confidential meeting that evidence used to remove students accused of cheating the test may not be robust enough to stand up in court.The Home Office s…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/18/flawed-evidence-used-to-deport-students-accused-of-cheating-language-tests-new-report-says/

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/

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

Elon Musk Wants to Put Implants Into People's Brains Next Year
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-18
In what may appear as a plot for a science fiction story, tech mogul Elon Musk announced Tuesday that his neurotechnology startup, Neuralink, hopes to begin implanting devices into human brains as early as 2020. | RELATED: | Chemists Use Virtual Reality to Create New Drugs | "We hope to have this aspirationally in a human patient before the end of next year," Musk said at a press conference, adding that the Neuralink system would allow for humans to achieve "symbiosis with artificial intelli…
telesurenglish.net/news/Elon-Musk-Implants-Brains-Neuralink-20190718-0021.html

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 Outreach: Pandering to Christian Zionism, "Preparing the Nation for An Inevitable War"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
In Washington on the weekend after the Fourth of July, Israel was praised and Iran was condemned in the strongest terms, with a bit of a call to arms thrown in to prepare the nation for an inevitable war. It …
globalresearch.ca/pandering-christian-zionism-trump-outreach-display-washington/5683942

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

Bernie Sanders, Anti-Imperialism and Venezuela
Timothy M. Gill | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-18
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair | Throughout the last century, socialists have faced an uphill battle within the United States. Unlike other similarly high-income countries, the U.S. has largely remained a bastion of deeply individualist attitudes and unregulated capitalist policies. | Yet, over the span of the past decade, socialism has transformed from a demonized ideology to a publicly discussed economic model that many Americans are now seriously considering. Indeed, the Pew Research Center just last month published data showing that 42 percent of the country has a positive view of socialism, including 65 perc…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/18/bernie-sanders-anti-imperialism-and-venezuela/

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

New Zealand's Role at the Biggest US Bombing Base in the Middle East
Darius Shahtahmasebi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
A recent issue of Air Force News revealed that a senior NZDF officer served a six-month posting at the Qatar base, placing New Zealanders at the heart of the main targeting and bombing centre in that region, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi….
globalresearch.ca/trouble-nzs-role-biggest-us-bombing-base-middle-east/5683907

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

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…

The Mad Corruptions of Trump Inc
Jim Hightower | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Where's Shakespeare when we need him? Only the Bard of Avon could do literary justice to the tortured madness of Donald Trump, who fluctuates between petulant self-pity and weird self-praise. | His brags are especially weird because they usually involve …
globalresearch.ca/mad-corruptions-trump-inc/5683951

Government Watchdogs Call on the New York Attorney General to Dissolve Trump's Company and Revoke Its Corporate Charter
commondreams.org | 2019-07-18
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/18/government-watchdogs-call-new-york-attorney-general-dissolve-trumps-company-and?cd-origin=rss

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

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

Brexit 'Deal Dead', New Financial Market Fears and Unredacted Riot Report
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
If you didn't know it, you would think the British establishment had been deliberately rocking every boat possible to ensure a no-deal or hard-Brexit from the outset. From David Cameron's so-called 'miscalulation' to Theresa May's guaranteed failure to produce a …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-deal-dead-new-financial-market-fears-unredacted-riot-report/5683956

Selected Articles: The Race for the Domination of Space
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-race-domination-space/5683975

Alaska governor cuts $400 million from education, social services
wsws.org | 2019-07-18
The 41 percent reduction in the state budget for the University of Alaska will result in the elimination of dozens of degree programs and jeopardize climate research.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/18/alas…

Climate Smart Farming and Gardening Workshop
Terra Cultura | indybay.org | 2019-07-18
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

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

Teach the Children Well: the Unrealized Vision In Teaching and Learning in the Residential Schools
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-17
Through the entire era of the residential school in Canada, from the 1880s until the 1980s, parents, public school inspectors and departmental officials made serious complaints about the "poor education" the Native children were receiving. John Milloy (A national crime: the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986 [1999]) observes poignantly:…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/17/teach-the-children-well-the-unrealized-vision-in-teaching-and-learning-in-the-residential-schools/

Lord Hall 'resents' claims BBC not honouring deal in row over TV licences
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-17
The director general of the BBC has said he "refutes and resents" the idea the corporation is not honouring its agreement with the Government over free TV licences for the over-75s. | From June next year, the benefit will be restricted to over-75s who claim pension credit, with the BBC saying it cannot afford to take on the financial burden from the Government. | The free TV licence was introduced in 2000, but the BBC agreed to take on the cost as part of the charter agreement hammered out in 2015. | Giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday, Lord Hall said the BBC had carrie…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/17/lord-hall-resents-claims-bbc-not-honouring-deal-in-row-over-tv-licences/

Massive photo databases secretly gathered in US and Europe to develop facial recognition
wsws.org | 2019-07-17
Large digital face and "selfie" photo databases have been used by state agencies, software engineers and researchers involved in perfecting AI algorithms and image pattern analyses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/17/face…

Science group opposes planned immigration raids, mistreatment of immigrants
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-16
Statement by Ken Kimmell, President, Union of Concerned Scientists | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/16/science-group-opposes-planned-immigration-raids-mistreatment-of-immigrants/

As Republicans Push Pro-Life Agenda, Maternal and Infant Death Rates Rise
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
Not only has maternal and infant health mortality rates increased in the U.S. but these rates are double for black women compared to their white counterparts–no matter what their education or income level. Community Doulas and midwives think they have part of the solution…
therealnews.com/stories/as-republicans-push-pro-life-agenda-maternal-and-infant-death-rates-rise

Trump's Attack against Immigrants Meets Resistance
Alicia Jrapko and Bill Hackwell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-15
Photo Credit: Bill Hackwell Nearly 800 events took place this weekend across the United States organized by grassroots organizations including religious sectors, community groups, students, labor and many individuals who had had enough of the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids taking place in working and poor communities against immigrants and Trump's concentration camps on the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/trumps-attack-against-immigrants-meets-resistance/

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…

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…

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/

Rojava conference calls for regional security and stability through self-administration
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
An international conference hosted by the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies in the city of Amude in Kurdish-liberated northern Syria from July 7-9 called for international support for the establishment of self-administration in areas liberated from Islamic State of Syria (ISIS) terrorist rule. | The "International Forum on ISIS: Dimensions, challenges, and confrontation strategies" was attended by more than 200 people, including politicians, researchers and representatives of civil society institutions from several countries. | Conference participants discussed various aspects of ISIS' terrorism, including poli…
greenleft.org.au/content/rojava-conference-calls-regional-security-and-stability-through-self-administration

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/

"Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-09
Israel new course to prepare high school students traveling overseas to be good "ambassadors" includes training on how to combat BDS, claims of apartheid and…
mintpressnews.com/israel-mandatory-course-students-abroad/260240/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-07-19 02:24 GMT (22:24 EST)

2019-07-17: News Headlines

Michael Welton (2019-07-17). Teach the Children Well: the Unrealized Vision In Teaching and Learning in the Residential Schools. counterpunch.org Through the entire era of the residential school in Canada, from the 1880s until the 1980s, parents, public school inspectors and departmental officials made serious complaints about the "poor education" the Native children were receiving. John Milloy (A national crime: the Canadian government and the residential school system, 1879 to 1986 [1999]) observes poignantly: "From More

The Canary (2019-07-17). Traditional part-time student jobs 'falling out of favour'. thecanary.co The traditional Saturday job for young people appears to be in decline, with just half of 14 to 21-year-olds saying they work part-time compared with seven in 10 of their parents' generation who did so. | Some 50% of young people in education currently have a part-time job, Barclays LifeSkills found. | This compares with 69% of 38 to 58-year-olds who worked when they were younger. | Gaining financial independence and improving their CV were common reasons why 14 to 21-year-olds said they had a job. | Among those who did not, 44% said this was because they received an allowance or income elsewhere such as pocket m…

WSWS (2019-07-17). Massive photo databases secretly gathered in US and Europe to develop facial recognition. wsws.org Large digital face and "selfie" photo databases have been used by state agencies, software engineers and researchers involved in perfecting AI algorithms and image pattern analyses.

WSWS (2019-07-17). Closure of Detroit's Marygrove College will worsen teacher shortage crisis. wsws.org The closure of Marygrove College, which offers advanced teacher training, comes as university education departments in Michigan and across the country are shrinking.

Hans Stehling (2019-07-16). Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse. globalresearch.ca These are the demented Gang of Four who are determined to destroy 74 years of international cooperation for peace by waging a completely unwarranted war against Iran in a bid for global supremacy, and oil, that will provoke nuclear war …

Paul Gottinger (2019-07-16). FBI Surveillance of Iranians After the 1988 Downing of Flight 655. globalresearch.ca This month marks 31 years since the U.S. Navy ship, the USS Vincennes, shot down Iran Air flight 655, killing 290 Iranian civilians, including 66 children. The downing of the airliner on July 3, 1988 remains one of the …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-07-16). How Iran's Soviet Era Air Defense System Shot Down America's Global Hawk UAV over Strait of Hormuz. globalresearch.ca On the night of June 19-20, Iran shot down a US Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV over the Strait of Hormuz. | President Trump responded by calling for retaliatory air strikes against Iran. | In response to the President and Commander in Chief's …

Josh del Sol (2019-07-16). The 5G Wireless Crisis: Awareness & Accountability Summit. globalresearch.ca 5G wireless… the industry HAS NOT shown it to be safe for your health or privacy — yet THOUSANDS of peer-reviewed, independent studies show the risks it presents. | Understand the dangers and find solutions in your community! | The 5G Crisis: …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2019-07-16). The Podcast Revolution: The Power of Our Human Voice, from Marconi to Woods Hole. globalresearch.ca Heard "Trader Joe's" podcast yet? I don't know who might listen to a 22-minute corporate ad. But, given how cool podcasts have become: hey, that sounds inviting. The idea is also an implicit endorsement for radio — because that's where …

Dr. Dennis Etler (2019-07-16). Henry Wallace's Internationalism: A Path that American Foreign Policy Could Have Taken and Still Can. globalresearch.ca As America fumbles around for a way out of "forever wars," can we draw inspiration from an alternative vision that once was mainstream? | Following twenty years of decay, US foreign policy has spun out of control since Donald Trump's …

Yves Engler (2019-07-16). Liberals Use 'Human Rights' to Push Coup in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The modern way to overthrow a government the capitalist world doesn't like is by claiming to do it in the name of supporting 'human rights'. This requires that the target be portrayed as a rights violator. | As part of their …

Kevin Gosztola (2019-07-16). CIA Pushes for Expansion of Secrecy Law to Stifle Public Criticism. globalresearch.ca When the CIA and other agencies in the United States government pushed for the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA) in 1981, it was crafted to exclude "covert agents" who resided in the U.S. | There was consideration by the House Permanent …

Eds. (2019-07-16). Science group opposes planned immigration raids, mistreatment of immigrants. mronline.org Statement by Ken Kimmell, President, Union of Concerned Scientists | Source

Ethan Indigo Smith (2019-07-16). Nuclear Experimentation: Year 74. globalresearch.ca Nuclear experimentation began with the first detonation of the Manhattan Project. The first detonation began the unstable and unceasing chain reaction that is the nuclear era. The scientists involved in the detonation experiment actually debated on whether or not it …

Economic and Political Refugee Solidarity Initiative (2019-07-16). Greece and the Refugee Crisis. Squatting at Athens' City Plaza. globalresearch.ca On July 10th, 2019, the keys of squatted City Plaza, Athens, Greece, were handed back to the former employees of the hotel, to whom the mobile equipment in the building belongs. All refugees living at City Plaza have been moved …

Ruediger Frank (2019-07-16). North Korea Is Not Desperate: The New Geostrategic Environment in East Asia. globalresearch.ca The discussion surrounding the surprise meeting at the DMZ between US President Donald Trump and DPRK State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un has shown a remarkable ignorance of the fact that North Korea is by no means desperate …

Rossana Cambron (2019-07-16). Call me a communist. peoplesworld.org As an activist in my early 20s, I didn't know much about what communism really was; all I'd heard was they were bad people that could hurt you and your loved ones. Being active in the Chicano student movement, I came across a member of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán) who mentioned to me …

Jonathan Cook (2019-07-16). How the Goliath of the Jerusalem Settler Movement Persuaded the World It's Really David. globalresearch.ca Israeli police forced out the Siyam family from their home in the heart of occupied East Jerusalem last week, the final chapter in their 25-year legal battle against a powerful settler organisation. | The family's defeat represented much more than just …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-16). Moscow's "Military Diplomacy" in the Middle East: A Major Headache for the US. globalresearch.ca The success of Moscow's "military diplomacy" in the Mideast is proving to be a major headache for the US because of the strategic inroads that Russia is poised to make with many of America's traditional partners in the region. | ***…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). Israel Wants to Stop Intersectional Solidarity With Palestine. telesurenglish.net Pro-Israel lobbies are founding ways to break up intersectional solidarity with Palestine and identifying progressive Jews who are critical of Israel, a new report by Israeli research organization the Reut Group has revealed. | RELATED: | Israel's Apartheid Wall Stands 15 Years After UN Deemed it Illegal | Israel and its advocates view solidarity between Palestine and other oppressed groups as t…

Chris Jarvis (2019-07-16). Shocking number of universities won't take action on sweatshops in their supply chains. thecanary.co On July 16, a new league table of universities was published. The league ranks the UK's universities on the strength of their environmental policies and their work to uphold human rights. It's produced by student campaign group People & Planet. | One of its sections focuses on workers' rights. And its findings don't reflect well on the UK's universities. They suggest many universities are failing to take action to defend the rights of workers in their supply chains. | Two-thirds of universi…

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-16). The UK Must Release the Iranian Tanker; The UAE's Mission to Tehran. globalresearch.ca Before Emmanuel Bonne, the special envoy of the French President Emmanuel Macron to Iran, visited President Hassan Rouhani, he promised to deal with the " Grace I" crisis between Iran and the UK. Iran considered the UK …

Ruth Milka (2019-07-16). Pollution could be leading to shorter babies says new study. nationofchange.org Newborns and babies still in the womb during a woman's third-trimester face an increased risk of being short for their age or stunted later in life if exposed to high levels of air pollution, says a new international study published last week in Environmental Health. | Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, studied 200,000 children born between February 2010 and December 2015. Results of the study revealed that children born during peak pollution times, between November and January, face the highest decline of heigh…

Prof. Stuart Rees (2019-07-16). Cruelty Prompts Trump's Deal of the Century in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca If there's one thing real estate moguls understand it's the value of land. Which begs the question why Donald Trump's plan to broker peace in the Middle East is so spectacularly ignorant of reality. Stuart Rees weighs in. | The …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-16). Russia's Bolivia Gambit Is a Bold Economic Move. globalresearch.ca Bolivian President Evo Morales visited Moscow last week and announced that his country is interested in stepping up lithium cooperation with Russia, which if successful and taken to its fullest extent could see the Eurasian Great Power leverage its global …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-16). Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF): Rep. McCaul Struggles to Keep "War On Terror" Alive. globalresearch.ca Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, minority leader of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is struggling to keep Bush's unconstitutional AUMF in place. If the no-end-in-sight "war on terror" is to continue and the AUMF is to remain embedded in the …

Reese Erlich (2019-07-16). What's Really Going on in Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca For more than three months, people in Hong Kong massed in the streets to protest a proposed extradition law. Critics say it would allow China to extradite dissenting students, journalists, and business people to the mainland, where they could face …

Tracy Keeling (2019-07-16). Walt Disney donates a 'paltry' sum to the lions it's about to make a killing from. thecanary.co Walt Disney's new version of The Lion King will open in US cinemas on 19 July. But the company — which had assets worth over $98bn as of 2018 — has only donated a "paltry" $1.5m to lion conservation in the lead up to the movie's opening, according to the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting (CBTH). | What's more, it's only pledged to contribute a…

Staff (2019-07-16). As Republicans Push Pro-Life Agenda, Maternal and Infant Death Rates Rise. therealnews.com Not only has maternal and infant health mortality rates increased in the U.S. but these rates are double for black women compared to their white counterparts—no matter what their education or income level. Community Doulas and midwives think they have part of the solution…

Manlio Dinucci (2019-07-16). La corsa al dominio dello Spazio. globalresearch.ca ´L'uomo volante strega Parigi alla parata del 14 luglio ª: con titoli come questo ci è stata descritta la sfilata delle forze armate francesi lungo l'Avenue degli Champs Elysées. Come al solito, sembra di essere informati su tutto fin nei minimi …

Global Research News (2019-07-16). Selected Articles: Wake Up, America! globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …

Jake Johnson (2019-07-16). 'Act now. Our lives are in your hands': Demanding climate action, Extinction Rebellion shuts down traffic in five UK cities. nationofchange.org "We've all read the science, we know the story, the whole phase of denial is over, and if it takes civil disobedience to make a difference, then so be it."

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-15). "Radiating Insecurity": Will Europe Stand with "US Hooliganism", or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran? globalresearch.ca Since the Iranian revolution took power in 1979, the world stood against Iran because it is an "Islamic Republic", unwilling to acknowledge and bow to US dominance of the Middle East and the entire world. I say the world because …

Miri Wood (2019-07-15). More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca While the partisan, fake faction fight over usage of concentration camp persists domestically, American politicians and US media continue to ignore the US Rukban concentration camp in Syria. US occupation criminals continue as illicit armed guards, dictating which Syrians may …

South Front (2019-07-15). Spectre of British Colonialism Is Haunting Hong Kong? globalresearch.ca Five years after the "umbrella revolution", Hong Kong residents took to the streets with the new force. This time they are struggling against the law on the extradition to mainland China. | As in 2014, the Chinese authorities blame the West …

The Canary (2019-07-15). Increased TV and social media use 'linked to growth in teenage depression'. thecanary.co Increased social media use and television viewing are linked to worsening teenage depression, researchers say. | The more time adolescents spend on social media and in front of the television, the more severe their symptoms of depression become, it is suggested. | The study of 1,786 girls and 2,028 boys aged 12 to 16 found that if they reported their social media use and television viewing surpassed their overall mean level of use in a given year, then their symptoms also increased that year. | There was no evidence screen time had an impact on adolescent depression by reducing their involvement in physical activ…

Philip A Farruggio (2019-07-15). How to Serve Man? "The Narcotic Effect of Thinking We are a Democracy" globalresearch.ca Inspired by the 1962 Twilight Zone episode How to Serve Man this writer uses that to make some cogent points about our corporate and political system. We have (too) large corporations that do as little as possible to make we …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-15). Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards "Greater Israel"? globalresearch.ca Israel is the only nation without official borders. From its inception it was planned this way to extrajudicially annex more territory. | A territorial expansion plan was drawn up in the 1980s as part of the US/Israel plan to redraw the …

Alicia Jrapko and Bill Hackwell (2019-07-15). Trump's Attack against Immigrants Meets Resistance. dissidentvoice.org Photo Credit: Bill Hackwell Nearly 800 events took place this weekend across the United States organized by grassroots organizations including religious sectors, community groups, students, labor and many individuals who had had enough of the Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids taking place in working and poor communities against immigrants and Trump's concentration camps on the …

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…

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…

United Nations (2019-07-13). With half of Somaliland children not in school, UNICEF and partners launch education access programme. un.org Access to education in Somaliland is extremely limited, with more than 50 per cent of children in Somaliland out of school. In an effort to address the problem, the UN children's fund, UNICEF, has partnered with the government, and the global fund Education Cannot Wait, to launch a programme designed to help children affected by ongoing crises in the country.

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…

susan_p (2019-07-12). Rojava conference calls for regional security and stability through self-administration. greenleft.org.au An international conference hosted by the Rojava Center for Strategic Studies in the city of Amude in Kurdish-liberated northern Syria from July 7-9 called for international support for the establishment of self-administration in areas liberated from Islamic State of Syria (ISIS) terrorist rule. | The "International Forum on ISIS: Dimensions, challenges, and confrontation strategies" was attended by more than 200 people, including politicians, researchers and representatives of civil society institutions from several countries. | Conference participants discussed various aspects of ISIS' terrorism, including poli…

Jake Jacobs (2019-07-11). As 2020 Primary Nears, Candidates Struggle with Positions on Charter Schools. progressive.org After years of avoidance, Democrats are being forced to take a stand charter schools—and most are straddling both sides.

pip.hinman (2019-07-11). Maritime union backs student-led climate strike. greenleft.org.au The following motion was passed unanimously at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Sydney Branch monthly member's meeting on June 25. | * * * | The MUA Sydney Branch welcomes the call from the School Strike 4 Climate movement for workers to join their next global strike. We will build for the widest possible stoppage of work to join demonstrations on September 20. We call on our national union to support this action and campaign for stoppages across the global union movement. | We note with anger that the climate crisis is already affecting millions in Australia and around the world. We reaffirm MUA policy that…

pip.hinman (2019-07-11). We're invited to support student strikers. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Alliance National Council voted on June 30 to encourage its members and supporters to support of the September 20 climate strike and put motions along the following lines to their trade unions and other community-based organisations. | * * * | The School Strike 4 Climate has asked adults worldwide to come out onto the streets alongside them and make our voices heard. | To do that we too must strike for climate action. We must break with business as usual, leave our workplaces and rally with the students. | Yes, we will then cross a line. The rules do not let us strike when we want, for what we need…

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

Miko Peled (2019-07-09). "Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad. mintpressnews.com Israel new course to prepare high school students traveling overseas to be good "ambassadors" includes training on how to combat BDS, claims of apartheid and more.

Rann Miller (2019-07-05). Education Reformers Still Don't Understand Racism. progressive.org "Those of us actually working in education tried and tried and tried and tried and tried to tell you."

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