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The US' Official View of "Strategic Rivalry" in the Western Hemisphere. The Chinese Threat to US Hegemony
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The Commander of US SOUTHCOM shared the US' official view of strategic rivalry in the Western Hemisphere last week when speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Emerging Threats subcommittee, revealing that his country considers China to pose the greatest …
globalresearch.ca/us-official-view-strategic-rivalry-western-hemisphere/5683609

Revanchist Israel Bent on Territorial Expansion. Towards "Greater Israel"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/revanchist-israel-bent-on-territorial-expansion-towards-greater-israel/5683600

Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It's Ready
Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Western cultural arrogance rears its Medusa-like head each time US President Donald Trump rails about obliterating Iran. | Leaders and politicians of the self-proclaimed free and civilised world — along with some human rights organisations, major media outlets, and state-affiliated …
globalresearch.ca/iran-faces-us-aggression-european-hypocrisy-this-time-its-ready/5683531

There's Far More Diversity in Venezuela's 'Muzzled' Media Than in US Corporate Press
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The international corporate media have long displayed a peculiar creativity with the facts in their Venezuela reporting, to the point that coverage of the nation's crisis has become perhaps the world's most lucrative fictional genre. Ciara Nugent's recent piece for …
globalresearch.ca/theres-far-more-diversity-venezuelas-muzzled-media-than-us-corporate-press/5683635

The Media Uses Coal Miners to Attack the Green New Deal While Ignoring Pensions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-15
Anna Attie, Eleanor Colbert and Daniel Fernandez contributed research to this report.To stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, at least 80 percent of coal reserves must stay in the ground, according to a conservative estimate in the journal Nature. This means that coal miners would see their already declining industry all but disappear. The Green New Deal, the resolution put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-M…
truthout.org/articles/the-media-uses-coal-miners-to-attack-the-green-new-deal-while-ignoring-pensions/

Turkey's Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense System: A Blow to the US War Machine
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey's purchase of state-of-the-art Russian S-400 air defense equipment at the expense of less capable US Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missiles is of much greater significance than has been reported. More on this below. | The White | …
globalresearch.ca/turkeys-purchase-russian-s-400s-blow-us-war-machine/5683541

The War on Syria Continues. Iran Is Next?
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Not only are the ethnic-cleansing SDF playing a central role in the balkanization of Syria, but their criminal occupation of resource rich areas east of the Euphrates affords them and their Imperial masters strategic locations, useful not only for their …
globalresearch.ca/war-syria-continues-iran-next/5675904

America, The Incredible Disappearing Country
Helen Buyniski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Americans celebrating Independence Day last week did so amidst levels of domestic discord unprecedented in their lifetimes. With the media establishment openly scoffing not merely at the "founding fathers," who could stand to be removed from their pedestals once in …
globalresearch.ca/incredible-disappearing-country/5683579

How to Serve Man? "The Narcotic Effect of Thinking We are a Democracy"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-serve-man/5683537

More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/more-families-freed-us-ss-rukban-concentration-camp/5683558

Stifling "The Amman Message": Threat to Bomb Islamic Studies Venue in Kuala Lumpur
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
In any civilised society no one will resort to violence, or the threat of violence, to stifle the voices that one does not want to hear. Unfortunately, this is what happened in Malaysia a few days ago when some bigots …
globalresearch.ca/stifling-amman-message/5683570

Top Five Trump Officials Who Resigned Because of Shocking Scandals
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The resignation of Trump's Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, is only the most recent in a string of such scandals for Trump. In fact, what with all the things Trump himself has done plus those around him, his is surely the …
globalresearch.ca/top-5-trump-officials-who-resigned-because-shocking-scandals/5683595

Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a "New Middle East"
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Towards the balkanization (division) and finlandization (pacification) of the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/plans-for-redrawing-the-middle-east-the-project-for-a-new-middle-east/3882

Strained US-Iraq Relations: Pompeo Considers Baghdad Embassy Pullout "Permanent": Officials
Bas News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not willing to send back the diplomats to the country's embassy in Baghdad after they were evacuated earlier this year in May, according to several State Department officials. | The evacuation came after tensions …
globalresearch.ca/strained-us-iraq-relations-pompeo-considers-baghdad-embassy-pullout-permanent-officials/5683622

Syria Calls on Civilized World to Intervene in Turkey Cultural Aggression
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey has a long history of criminal aggression against Syria. Even before the NATO Spring was imposed in March 2011, Turkey had built tent cities for refugees, before they felt the need to flee. It has housed various terrorists, fraudulent …
globalresearch.ca/syria-calls-civilized-world-intervene-turkey-cultural-aggression/5683556

Three Months Since Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher: UK Government Holds "Media Freedom" Conference While Imprisoning Assange
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Thursday marked three months since WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy and into London's Belmarsh Prison, where he is being held pending extradition to the United States and a drumhead trial on Espionage Act charges …
globalresearch.ca/three-months-since-arrest-wikileaks-publisher-uk-government-holds-media-freedom-conference-while-imprisoning-assange/5683650

Spectre of British Colonialism Is Haunting Hong Kong?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/spectre-british-colonialism-haunting-hong-kong/5683592

"This Omar from Minnesota". Trump's Aggressive Tweets
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Just when you thought President Trump couldn't get any more absurd, out comes a series of tweets telling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came." | Omar …
globalresearch.ca/omar-from-minnesota/5683548

"Radiating Insecurity": Will Europe Stand with "US Hooliganism", or Stand by Its Treaty Obligations to Iran?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/will-europe-stand-us-hooliganism-stand-its-treaty-obligations-iran/5683527

The Death Penalty as a Political Weapon: The Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
June 19 marked the 66th anniversary since the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a young Jewish-American couple from New York City, whose alleged guilt as Soviet "atomic spies" has never been proved–in spite of the numerous lies, forgeries …
globalresearch.ca/death-penalty-political-weapon-execution-ethel-julius-rosenberg/5683539

The UN's Free Speech Problem
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Anyone willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, in its preamble, the ideal that "human beings shall …
globalresearch.ca/un-free-speech-problem/5683553

On Trump's "Misguided Trade War" with China
Allen Yu | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Trump started his trade war with China over a year ago. After a year of escalations, two high-profile G20 meetings and months of on-off-on again negotiations, the trade war has the world tittering on the edge of a global recession….
globalresearch.ca/trumps-misguided-trade-war-china/5683641

Trump Gives Up Citizenship Question but Doubles Down on Terrorizing Immigrants
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
On July 11, President Trump gave up his fight to ask people about their citizenship on the 2020 census. | The question, which the administration has been trying to add to the census since 2017, would have resulted in a significant …
globalresearch.ca/trump-gives-up-citizenship-question-doubles-down-terrorizing-immigrants/5683534

Increased TV and social media use 'linked to growth in teenage depression'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-15
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…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/15/increased-tv-and-social-media-use-linked-to-growth-in-teenage-depression/

America Pours "Oil into Fire" in Persian Gulf. Strategic Waterways. Control of Strait of Hormuz
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the …
globalresearch.ca/america-pours-oil-into-fire-in-persian-gulf-strategic-waterways-control-of-strait-of-hormuz/5683658

US Waterboards Iran and Then Asks for Talks: Former IAEA Head
The Iran Project | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Washington is waterboarding Iran then asks for talks, said former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, adding that no country will cooperate under such 'humiliating conditions'. | "They are applying a waterboarding method to Iran, drowning Iran | …
globalresearch.ca/us-waterboards-iran-then-asks-talks-former-iaea-head/5683528

The S-400: Turkey Calls Trump's Bluff
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
Turkey has just called Donald Trump's bluff by going ahead with the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missiles. The outrage in Washington is volcanic. Trump is vowing to rain fire and brimstone sanctions down on the disobedient Turks. | The S-400 …
globalresearch.ca/the-s-400-turkey-calls-trumps-bluff/5683525

Over 39,000 Honduran Migrants Deported From Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Over 39 400 Hondurans were deported from Mexico, from October 2018 to the date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | RELATED: | Two Honduran Vessels Wreck at Sea, 27 People Killed | Statistics released by the Consular and Migratory Observatory of Honduras reported that over 60 000 Hondurans have been sent back to the Central American nation, 43 percent higher than the same period of 2018. | In statements to the press, the head of the General Directorate of Migrant Protection, Li…
telesurenglish.net/news/Over-39000-Honduran-Migrants-Deported-From-Mexico-20190715-0018.html

China Reports High Economic Growth of 6.3%
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Despite the US trade war, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that the country has met its growth targets after recording a 6.3 percent rise in GDP and an 8.8 percent rise in average disposable incomes. | RELATED: | Chinese VP Says World Cannot Shut China Out | Analysts awaited the publication of growth figures to see if U.S. sanctions and tariff war would hinder China's ability to reach the government's official growth targets, which were a 6 percent rise in GDP for the f…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Reports-High-Economic-Growth-of-6.3—20190715-0014.html

Over 39,000 Honduran Migrants Deported From Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Over 39 400 Hondurans were deported from Mexico, from October 2018 to the date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | RELATED: | Two Honduran Vessels Wreck at Sea, 27 People Killed | Statistics released by the Consular and Migratory Observatory of Honduras reported that over 60 000 Hondurans have been sent back to the Central American nation, 43 percent higher than the same period of 2018. | In statements to the press, the head of the General Directorate of Migrant Protection, Li…
telesurenglish.net/news/Over-39000-Honduran-Migrants-Deported-From-Mexico-20190715-0018.html

The Darroch Affair: Brexit Britain Losing Control
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-15
If one thing that Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have just demonstrated in the Darroch affair — it is that the UK's postwar self-image has been all but destroyed in full view. | I wrote about such events occurring in The …
globalresearch.ca/the-darroch-affair-brexit-britain-losing-control/5683628

States Tackle Student Debt and For-Profit Colleges Rise
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-15
Washington, DC – As Democratic presidential candidates debate student debt, States attempt to tackle what they see as a debt problem impacting their economies.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/12/18824643.php

Strikes get "silent treatment" at NEA convention, as candidates take center stage
wsws.org | 2019-07-15
The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, met to promote the Democrats in 2020.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/15/neaa…

Direct Action to Liberate the Locked Louden Nelson Bathrooms
Conscience and Action | indybay.org | 2019-07-15
Louden Nelson Community Center at Laurel and Center Streets in Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/13/18824679.php

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…

China Building Secular Schools for Muslims in Xinjiang Province. Western Media Critique
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
China's recent building-spree of schools in its underdeveloped and remote region of Xinjiang — in a saner world — would be good news. But for editors at the BBC it is being depicted as sinister and dystopian. | The BBC's article, …
globalresearch.ca/china-building-secular-schools-for-muslims-in-xinjiang-province-western-media-critique/5683484

Angolans Graduate From Cuban University in Global South Program
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-14
30 Angolan students have concluded their studies at the University of Ciego de Avila "Maximo Gomez Baez" in Cuba, as part of an ongoing program that the island maintains to promote and train students from countries of the global South. | RELATED: | Cuba and Spain Sign Agreement for Scientific, Academic Exchange | A total of 400 students graduated from the university and will come to reinforce the social and economic programs of the Ciego de Avila province, which is located abo…
telesurenglish.net/news/30-Angolan-Students-Complete-University-in-Cuba-20190714-0011.html

After Alleged UK Tanker Incident in Persian Gulf, EU Powers Threaten Iran
Alex Lantier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
US and UK military sources claim that Iranian boats intercepted a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, before a British warship, the HMS Montrose, chased them off. | None of the reports about this incident can be taken …
globalresearch.ca/after-alleged-uk-tanker-incident-persian-gulf-eu-powers-threaten-iran/5683475

'Weaponizing Human Rights': UN Chief Bachelet's Venezuela Report Follows US Regime Change Script
Anya Parampil | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet's report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by "advocates of regime change" | *** | When United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet traveled to …
globalresearch.ca/weaponizing-human-rights-un-chief-bachelets-venezuela-report-follows-us-regime-change-script/5683479

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…

Trump Advisors Giuliani and Bolton Support MEK, the Iran Terrorist Organization
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, tweeted on Saturday that MEK is a viable alternative to the rule of the mullahs in Iran. | Rudy, of course, didn't bother to point out that NCRI is a front organization for MEK, short for …
globalresearch.ca/trump-consiglieres-giuliani-bolton-paid-big-bucks-mek-terrorist-group/5683486

Imran Khan's Trip to America: Pakistan's Geopolitical Balancing Act
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
The Pakistani Premier's upcoming trip to the US is the next logical step in the global pivot state's geopolitical balancing act and is expected to greatly contribute to the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan that's of importance for the entire …
globalresearch.ca/pm-imran-khans-trip-us-part-pakistans-geopolitical-balancing-act/5683491

Oil Prices Rise in Response to the U.S.-Iran Tensions in the Gulf
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
A series of events have unfolded, which dates back to the U.S. President Trump's decision to break the U.S. participation in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which was signed by the U.S., Iran, China, the EU, France, Germany, Russia, and …
globalresearch.ca/oil-prices-rise-response-u-s-iran-tensions-gulf/5683478

"Playing With Fire": China's Military Warns US Over Taiwan Arms Sales
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
China's military has predictably slammed Washington's recent approval to send $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, announced Monday. The PLA warned among other things that the move "severely undermined Sino-US military-to-military relations" at an already sensitive juncture in relations. …
globalresearch.ca/playing-fire-chinas-military-warns-us-over-taiwan-arms-sales/5683502

Guaido Security Arrested for Selling Stolen Venezuelan Army Weapons
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Venezuelan communication minister announces arrests of Guaido security members trying to sell army weapons stolen the day of the opposition member's failed coup. | *** | Venezuelan Minister of Communication Jorge Rodriguez reports that two security guards of the self-declared interim president, | …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-security-arrested-selling-stolen-venezuelan-army-weapons/5683499

Britain's Betrayal: Siding with Trump Against Iran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
The US/UK special relationship is longstanding. Throughout…
globalresearch.ca/britains-betrayal-siding-trump-against-iran-jcpoa/5683493

60 Years Since the Largest U.S. Nuclear Accident and Captured Federal Agencies
Robert Dodge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
60 years ago today the largest nuclear accident in U.S. history occurred above the Southern California community of Simi Valley when the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL) site suffered a partial nuclear meltdown. That accident, kept secret for two decades, …
globalresearch.ca/60-years-since-largest-u-s-nuclear-accident-captured-federal-agencies/5683505

Why Are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Almost every day we read about the latest outbursts in Europe, targeting pro-immigration policies. There are protests, even riots. Right-wing governments get voted in, allegedly, because the Europeans "have had enough of relaxed immigration regulations". | That is what we are …
globalresearch.ca/why-anti-migrant-arguments-e-u-u-s-pure-hypocrisy/5683482

The Resigning British Ambassador: Sir Kim Darroch Bashes Donald Trump
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-14
Rarely do ambassadors resign after an intense self-assessment of worth. Diplomatic immunity does not merely extend to protecting the official from the reach of local laws; it encourages a degree of freedom in engaging as a country's representative. Sir Kim …
globalresearch.ca/resigning-ambassador-sir-kim-darroch-donald-trump/5683489

Colombia: 15 Million People Feel They Live in Poverty
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-14
Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) presented Friday the country's report for poverty in 2018. According to the results 15 million Colombians "feel" they live in a condition of poverty. | RELATED: | Rural Colombia and Central America Facing Hunger and Poverty: FAO | The statistics body reported that among the 32 departments that compose Colombia, 19.6 percent of the people suffer from high rates of multidimensional poverty, meaning they are poo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-15-Million-People-Feel-Poor–20190714-0013.html

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2019-07-14: News Headlines

Steven Sahiounie (2019-07-14). Oil Prices Rise in Response to the U.S.-Iran Tensions in the Gulf. globalresearch.ca A series of events have unfolded, which dates back to the U.S. President Trump's decision to break the U.S. participation in the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which was signed by the U.S., Iran, China, the EU, France, Germany, Russia, and …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-07-14). China Building Secular Schools for Muslims in Xinjiang Province. Western Media Critique. globalresearch.ca China's recent building-spree of schools in its underdeveloped and remote region of Xinjiang — in a saner world — would be good news. But for editors at the BBC it is being depicted as sinister and dystopian. | The BBC's article, …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-14). Britain's Betrayal: Siding with Trump Against Iran. globalresearch.ca The US/UK special relationship is longstanding. Throughout…

Andre Vltchek (2019-07-14). Why Are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy? globalresearch.ca Almost every day we read about the latest outbursts in Europe, targeting pro-immigration policies. There are protests, even riots. Right-wing governments get voted in, allegedly, because the Europeans "have had enough of relaxed immigration regulations". | That is what we are …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-14). Imran Khan's Trip to America: Pakistan's Geopolitical Balancing Act. globalresearch.ca The Pakistani Premier's upcoming trip to the US is the next logical step in the global pivot state's geopolitical balancing act and is expected to greatly contribute to the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan that's of importance for the entire …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-14). Trump Advisors Giuliani and Bolton Support MEK, the Iran Terrorist Organization. globalresearch.ca Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, tweeted on Saturday that MEK is a viable alternative to the rule of the mullahs in Iran. | Rudy, of course, didn't bother to point out that NCRI is a front organization for MEK, short for …

Anya Parampil (2019-07-14). 'Weaponizing Human Rights': UN Chief Bachelet's Venezuela Report Follows US Regime Change Script. globalresearch.ca Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet's report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by "advocates of regime change" | *** | When United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet traveled to …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-14). The Resigning British Ambassador: Sir Kim Darroch Bashes Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca Rarely do ambassadors resign after an intense self-assessment of worth. Diplomatic immunity does not merely extend to protecting the official from the reach of local laws; it encourages a degree of freedom in engaging as a country's representative. Sir Kim …

Zero Hedge (2019-07-14). "Playing With Fire": China's Military Warns US Over Taiwan Arms Sales. globalresearch.ca China's military has predictably slammed Washington's recent approval to send $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, announced Monday. The PLA warned among other things that the move "severely undermined Sino-US military-to-military relations" at an already sensitive juncture in relations. …

Alex Lantier (2019-07-14). After Alleged UK Tanker Incident in Persian Gulf, EU Powers Threaten Iran. globalresearch.ca US and UK military sources claim that Iranian boats intercepted a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday, before a British warship, the HMS Montrose, chased them off. | None of the reports about this incident can be taken …

Robert Dodge (2019-07-14). 60 Years Since the Largest U.S. Nuclear Accident and Captured Federal Agencies. globalresearch.ca 60 years ago today the largest nuclear accident in U.S. history occurred above the Southern California community of Simi Valley when the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL) site suffered a partial nuclear meltdown. That accident, kept secret for two decades, …

Telesur (2019-07-14). Guaido Security Arrested for Selling Stolen Venezuelan Army Weapons. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan communication minister announces arrests of Guaido security members trying to sell army weapons stolen the day of the opposition member's failed coup. | *** | Venezuelan Minister of Communication Jorge Rodriguez reports that two security guards of the self-declared interim president, …

Conscience and Action (2019-07-14). Direct Action to Liberate the Locked Louden Nelson Bathrooms. indybay.org Louden Nelson Community Center at Laurel and Center Streets in Santa Cruz…

Kate Zeller (2019-07-14). States Tackle Student Debt and For-Profit Colleges Rise. indybay.org Washington, DC – As Democratic presidential candidates debate student debt, States attempt to tackle what they see as a debt problem impacting their economies.

Robert Fantina (2019-07-13). Europe and the JCPOA: International Hypocrisy, Will the US Start a Disastrous War in the Middle East? globalresearch.ca The special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, called by the hypocritical United States due to Iran's announcement that it had 'breached' part of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has come and gone. The …

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…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2019-07-13). U.S. Eyes Sri Lanka as Its Military Logistics Hub. globalresearch.ca The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21st April in which 259 people were killed and over 500 injured were initially attributed to the Islamic State (IS). But no hard evidence is available to substantiate such a reading …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-13). Trump, Brits Tireless in Attempt to Get War on Iran Going. globalresearch.ca On Thursday evening, social media posts claimed the UK flagged and Japanese owned crude oil tanker Atlantic Pioneer had crossed over into Iranian territorial waters. According to the Marine Traffic website, on Friday morning the tanker was in the Gulf …

Rossen Vassilev Jr. (2019-07-13). Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity? globalresearch.ca The two most often cited reasons for President Truman's controversial decision were to shorten the war and to save the lives of "between 250,000 and 500,000" American soldiers.

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2019-07-13). From Enlightenment to "Enfrightenment": Romanticism as a Tool for Elite Agendas. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Romanticism is an eighteenth century artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement which emerged as a reaction to Enlightenment ideas of science, reason and human progress. Its effect on politics has been to reassert conservative ideas about society based on …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-07-13). Shifting Alliances: Is Turkey Now "Officially" an Ally of Russia? Acquires Russia's S-400. Exit from NATO Imminent? globalresearch.ca Turkey's de facto exit from NATO points to a historical shift in the structure of military alliances which could potentially contribute to weakening US hegemony in the Middle East as well as creating conditions which could lead to a breakup of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Staff (2019-07-13). Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon's Only Public University. truthout.org Over the last month and a half, a strike by faculty and student-led sit-ins and demonstrations against austerity measures effectively shut down Lebanese University, Lebanon's only public university. | Regular protests — drawing hundreds of students, faculty members and organizations from different schools, cities and political affiliations — took place in downtown Beirut. | On June 18, students, joined by supporters from independent clubs, demonstrated in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Learning, marching from there to the headquarters of the League of Lebanese University Ful…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-13). The Myth of Low Interest Rates Stimulating Economic Growth in the US. globalresearch.ca Tax cuts for the rich and near-rock bottom low interest rates don't stimulate economic growth. | Corporations have been using the windfall for executive pay increases and bonuses, stock buybacks raising their valuations, mergers and acquisitions to reduce competition, dividends to …

teleSUR-EF (2019-07-13). Israeli Education Minister Gaffes Again: Advocates Gay Conversion Therapy. telesurenglish.net Israel's education minister says gay "conversion therapy" works because he has conducted it on students. | RELATED: | Israel Seeks to Deport Palestinian Human Rights Journalist | Rafael Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi and head of the ultranationalist United Right party who assumed the role as the education leader within Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet last month, told Israel's Channel 12 TV he believes in conversion therapy because he has "done this." | "I have a very deep familiarity with…

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.

South Front (2019-07-13). Video: Syrian Army Repelled Large Attack in Northern Hama. UK Claims Iran Attempted to Capture Its Tanker. globalresearch.ca On July 10, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its allies launched a surprise attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama and captured the town of al-Hamameyat and the …

teleSUR (2019-07-13). Monsoon Season Tears Through South Asia, Kills 30 in Nepal. telesurenglish.net Flash floods and landslides in Nepal have killed 12, injured 12, and disappeared 18 people Friday night as the year's torrential monsoon season continues to downpour over South Asia. | RELATED: | Philippines: Several Dead, Over 700,000 Affected By Cyclones | The latest rainfall brought Nepal's death toll to 30, official statistics show, while in India, over the last 72 hours alone, 11 have died so far and thousands have been washed out of their homes. | The worst may be yet to come…

Mat Hope (2019-07-13). The 'historical jigsaw of climate deception': Private notes show how Big Oil spread climate science denial. nationofchange.org "These documents are another stain on the fossil fuel industry's track-record as a disingenuous rogue agent in climate science and politics."

Glen Black (2019-07-12). While climate breakdown destroys one of the ocean's most important ecosystems, a new study shows there may be some hope. thecanary.co Back-to-back heatwaves in the central Indian Ocean killed more than two-thirds of corals in two years, a study has shown. But research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests some corals were more resilient to the high sea temperatures, which could provide hope for the important habitat as the planet warms. | Heatwave statistics: | Scientists studied reefs in the remote Chagos Archipelago of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-12). Juggling with Kim and Moon: Donald Trump's Diplomatic Copy Book. globalresearch.ca Cue the shots, take the snaps: US President Donald Trump was back entertaining his fetish with firm handshakes proclaiming the making of history in the last round of discussions with Kim Jong-un. The press were, despite periodic attacks of …

Global Research (2019-07-12). "The Globalization of War" and "The Globalization of Poverty" — Two Books by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca Special Price: $29.00 for two books!: | Click here to order! | The Globalization of War: America's "Long War" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky | America's hegemonic project in…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-07-12). Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate and The Russia Probe. The Rosenstein Comey Mueller Intrigue. globalresearch.ca Trump's Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was to organize the so-called Russia Probe pertaining to alleged Kremlin interference in the November 2016 elections. Rosenstein's first step consisted in the firing of FBI Director James Comey & appointing former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the Russia Probe.

Miko Peled (2019-07-12). "Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad. globalresearch.ca While Israel tries to portray a friendly face to the outside world, internally it is promoting racism and violence at levels that are more alarming than ever before. A course to prepare young high school students traveling overseas to be …

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…

Staff (2019-07-12). Grassroots Activist Diamonté Brown Confirmed as Victor in Teachers Union Election. therealnews.com An internal report obtained by The Real News found that educator activist Diamonte Brown was rightfully elected as the president of the Baltimore Teachers Union…

Paul Street (2019-07-12). Skull of Death: Mass Media, Inauthentic Opposition, and Eco-Existential Reality in a Pre-Fascist Age of Appeasement. counterpunch.org Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair | Alongside and consistent with other privilege- and power-serving missions, so-called mainstream corporate media's role is to keep the populace focused as best it can on relatively trivial matters and diverted from the most urgent topics of our time. | Kamala Harris Wants to Kill Your Health Insurance | Two Sundays ago, in a fit of masochistic media research, I watched some cable news talking heads do their weekly news roundups. CNN had a panel of know-it-all neoliberals who reflected on the Democratic Party's first two presidential debates. Everyone agreed that Kamala Harris had…

United Nations (2019-07-11). Science is 'key' to pushing forward the 2030 Agenda, UN development forum told. un.org The implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was front and centre at the United Nations on Thursday as the third day of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) focused on the important role that science plays in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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…

United Nations (2019-07-09). Tuesday's Daily Brief: #GlobalGoals progress, essential meds, updates from Cox's Bazar, Sudan and DR Congo. un.org This Tuesday's UN top stories are: high-level discussions on the progress made towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals; falling behind on universal education dream; the UN list of essential medicines updated; life-threatening floods in Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; and human rights in Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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.

United Nations (2019-07-09). Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern, Security Council hears. un.org The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday. That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.

Esteban Guevara (2019-07-06). Medicare for all means radical change, not just reforms. liberationnews.org Healthcare, along with education, jobs, and affordable housing, are essential human rights indispensable for everyone.

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."

Fight Back (2019-07-05). Chicanos protest raids and deportations. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – A protest on June 29, at the busy intersection of Soto Street and César E. Chávez in Boyle Heights, demanded an end to ICE raids and deportations. Attended by 30 people, the participants included students, parents and Centro CSO. The protest was energetic and extremely well-received by locals, people driving by, public transportation bus drivers and everyone in between. | Chanting, "When I say, 'Stop the raids' you say, 'Now!' Stop the raids! Now! Stop the raids! Now!" and "Dump! Trump!" the energetic protest gathered much support. One Boyle Heights resident joined after hearing the chant, " &de…

Fight Back (2019-07-05). Over 1000 union educators protest Houston Detention Center. fightbacknews.org Houston, TX – July 4 saw union educators push for freedom for refugees and undocumented families. After a daylong meeting of the annual National Education Association's annual Representative Assembly, a massive group of educators demonstrated their anger at Trump's concentration camps for children and families. | Rank-and-file education workers organized the protest within less than 48 hours of arriving at the convention. The group marched around a detention center located in downtown Houston, holding signs reading "Free the children!" and "Close the camps!" As they marched, they chanted "Up up with education! Do…

Fight Back (2019-07-04). Dallas protesters march against Trump's concentration camps. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – About 100 protesters gathered at Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the evening of July 2 to demand an end to the Trump administration's immigrant concentration camps. After the rally, the protesters marched through downtown Dallas. | The protest was organized by North Texas Action Committee, North Texas Dream Team, Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Monsignor Romero Community Center, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | Signs demanded an end to the concentration camps and legalization for all. Chants included "Down, down deportations, up, up, education," and "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.

CounterSpin (2019-06-28). Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation. fair.org Media…

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