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Juggling with Kim and Moon: Donald Trump's Diplomatic Copy Book
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/juggling-with-kim-and-moon-donald-trumps-diplomatic-copy-book/5683375

"The Globalization of War" and "The Globalization of Poverty" — Two Books by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
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…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-globalization-of-poverty-two-books-by-michel-chossudovsky/5436244

Skull of Death: Mass Media, Inauthentic Opposition, and Eco-Existential Reality in a Pre-Fascist Age of Appeasement
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/skull-of-death-mass-media-inauthentic-opposition-and-eco-existential-reality-in-a-pre-fascist-age-of-appeasement-2/

Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate and The Russia Probe. The Rosenstein Comey Mueller Intrigue
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
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.
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-the-manchurian-candidate-and-the-russia-probe-rod-rosenstein-james-comey-and-robert-mueller/5655073

Political Agreement in Sudan Sets Stage for Interim Governing Council
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
What has been hailed as an historic pact between the Forces for Freedom Change (FFC) and the Transitional Military Council (TMC) in the Republic of Sudan, the two major entities vying for state power, has left out some important interests …
globalresearch.ca/political-agreement-sudan-sets-stage-interim-governing-council/5683383

Iran vs. Spineless Europe. How far will US-western Threats Go?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
Iran announced the second step in reducing her commitment under the 2015 so-called Nuclear Deal, officially known as The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), by exceeding the limit set by agreement of 3.67% uranium enrichment and 300 kg of …
globalresearch.ca/iran-vs-spineless-europe-how-far-will-us-western-threats-go/5683369

The US Wants Sri Lanka to Become Its "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier in South Asia"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
The US' interest in replacing the 1995 Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Sri Lanka stems from its desire to turn the island nation into its unsinkable aircraft carrier in South Asia and possibly even the base of a prospective …
globalresearch.ca/us-wants-sri-lanka-become-its-unsinkable-aircraft-carrier-south-asia/5683391

5G Threatens Weather Forecasting. Devastating Health Impacts
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
It comes as no surprise that the American public remains oblivious to a not-so-slight glitch in the 5G Race with China as the US strives to be the first, the best and most technologically advanced country in the world with …
globalresearch.ca/5g-threatens-weather-forecasting-devastating-health-impacts/5683373

How to Pay for Major Progressive Programs: Add New Money to the System
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-12
The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic Income to Medicare for All to a Green New Deal to student debt forgiveness and free college tuition. The problem, as Stuart Varney observed on FOX Business, was that no one had a viable way to pay for it all without raising taxes or taking from other programs,…
truthout.org/articles/how-to-pay-for-it-all-an-option-the-candidates-missed/

"Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/go-forth-lie-israel-rolls-out-mandatory-course-students-travelling-abroad/5683371

The Young Cree Man from Saskatchewan. Without Truth There Is No Reconciliation: Two Colten Boushie Stories
Marjaleena Repo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
This important article was first published on GR in March 2018. | It seems there are two versions of the August 2016 death of Colten Boushie, the young Cree man from Saskatchewan. | The most repeated one is that he and …
globalresearch.ca/young-cree-man-from-saskatchewan-without-truth-there-no-reconciliation-two-colten-boushie-stories/5631849

OIL: The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis
Michael T. Klare | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
It's always the oil. While President Trump was hobnobbing with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G-20 summit in Japan, brushing off a recent U.N. report about the prince's role in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal …
globalresearch.ca/oil-the-missing-three-letter-word-in-the-iran-crisis/5683398

While climate breakdown destroys one of the ocean's most important ecosystems, a new study shows there may be some hope
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
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…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/07/12/while-climate-breakdown-destroys-one-of-the-oceans-most-important-ecosystems-a-new-study-shows-there-may-be-some-hope/

India Doubles Down on Its Military Alliance with Israel
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
India's $100 million purchase of 1,000 Barak-8 medium-range surface-to-air missiles and an as-yet unknown number of anti-tank Spike missiles proves that the South Asian state is doubling down on its military alliance with "Israel" and giving its old partner Russia …
globalresearch.ca/india-doubles-down-its-military-alliance-israel/5683387

GBM Brain Tumor Cancer Rising. Impacts of RF Radiation from Wireless Devices?
Microwave News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-12
New government data, released in May by a member of the Danish Parliament, show a near doubling of this fatal brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, since the year 2000. You can see the trend by following the orange line in …
globalresearch.ca/gbm-brain-tumor-cancer-rising-impacts-of-rf-radiation-from-wireless-devices/5683395

Grassroots Activist Diamonte Brown Confirmed as Victor in Teachers Union Election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-12
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…
therealnews.com/columns/grassroots-activist-diamonte-brown-confirmed-as-victor-in-teachers-union-election

Grassroots Activist Diamonté Brown Confirmed as Victor in Teachers Union Election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-12
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…
therealnews.com/columns/grassroots-activist-diamonte-brown-confirmed-as-victor-in-teachers-union-election

States Tackle Student Debt and For-Profit Colleges Rise
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-12
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

Venezuela and International Law
Urs P. Gascha | indybay.org | 2019-07-12
International law professors explain a US military incursion in Venezuela would violate the UN Charter. "All nations must desist from any threat or use of force in their international relations. The media and governments denounce violations of international law very selectively. International norms promote peaceful coexistence, not the right of the stronger.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/10/18824567.php

I Still Can't Get No Satisfaction. Relentless War Propaganda
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
I can't get no satisfaction | I can't get me no satisfaction | And I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try try | I can't get no I can't get me no | When I'm riding in my car | And a man …
globalresearch.ca/i-still-cant-get-no-satisfaction-relentless-war-propaganda/5683271

Chilean Teachers Continue Strike, Plan National Assembly Friday
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-11
The College of Teachers of Chile convened Thursday a national assembly for July 12 after they declined to accept the proposal of the Ministry of Education and decided to continue the indefinite strike. | RELATED: | Chileans Take to Streets to Defend Public Health System | The president of the Teachers' Association, Mario Aguilar said they have to analyze and t…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-striking-teachers-call-national-assembly-20190711-0011.html

Joe Biden Didn't Just Vote for the 2003 Iraq Invasion–He Helped Lead the March to War
Branko Marcetic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
As the Trump administration's saber-rattling toward Iran threatens another disastrous war in the Middle East, foreign policy has gained newfound focus in the 2020 presidential race. And former Vice President Joe Biden's 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq …
globalresearch.ca/joe-biden-didnt-just-vote-iraq-invasion-he-helped-lead-march-war/5683314

Iran Declares War on the USA's Covert Influence in Iraq
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
When US officials visited Baghdad and met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, they had two requests: first, to close all commerce and financial exchanges with Iran to strangle the Iranian economy and bring it to its knees. …
globalresearch.ca/iran-declares-war-usas-covert-influence-iraq/5683333

Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
Tamara Starblanket's book, Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State (with a foreword by Ward Churchill and an afterword by Sharon H. Venne), does what she declares it to do in the first chapter: | "… …
globalresearch.ca/suffer-the-little-children-genocide-indigenous-nations-and-the-canadian-state/5683311

Many Democrats are Now Opposed to US-Israel "Friendship": Senator Elizabeth Warren
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The faux "conservative" and corporate radio and TV propagandist Sean Hannity "caught" Senator Elizabeth Warren telling two American Jews she would like to see Israel end its occupation of Palestine. | A post on Hannity's website puts the word "occupation" in …
globalresearch.ca/faux-conservative-hannity-busts-faux-progressive-warren-support-palestine/5683269

US to Be the World's Second Spanish-Speaking Country in 2060
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-11
By 2060 the United States will become the second most numerous Spanish-speaking country after Mexico, according to "The future of the Spanish Language in the World", a study released Thursday by the Cervantes Institute in Madrid, Spain. | RELATED: | Record Number of Women Legislators Join US Congress | According to this research, potential users of Spanish exceed 580 millon, a figure which includes native speakers, limited competition speakers and foreign language learners. This prospect…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-to-Be-the-Worlds-Second-Spanish-Speaking-Country-in-2060-20190711-0010.html

Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …
globalresearch.ca/ongoing-atrocities-in-syria-missile-attacks-directed-against-civilians/5683283

Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel
John Clarke | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
On June 25, Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that the Trudeau government's new anti-racism strategy would include the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The Co-Chair of the Centre for Israel and …
globalresearch.ca/canada-joins-campaign-stifle-criticism-israel/5683337

Photo ID is Obsolete and Unnecessary. Facial Recognition Technology Makes It Dangerous
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-11
In mid-May, San Francisco, California became the first American city to ban use of facial recognition surveillance technology by its police department and other city agencies. That's a wise and ethical policy, as a July 7 piece at the Washington Post proves. Citing documents gathered by Georgetown Law researchers,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/11/photo-id-is-obsolete-and-unnecessary-facial-recognition-technology-makes-it-dangerous/

The Forthcoming Eastern Economic Forum: Of Geostrategic Significance, Russia's Vision of the "Asian Sea Arc"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
September's Eastern Economic Forum in Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok will see the participation of the Indian, Japanese, Malaysian, and Mongolian leaders with whom Moscow is attempting to advance its vision of the "Asian Sea Arc" by integrating itself …
globalresearch.ca/eastern-economic-forum-advance-russias-vision-asian-sea-arc/5683304

Debunking the Indo-Pacific Myth
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The Trump administration is obsessively spinning the concept of a "free and open Indo-Pacific". Apart from a small coterie of scholars, very few people around the world, especially across the Global South, know what that means since the then incipient …
globalresearch.ca/debunking-indo-pacific-myth/5683301

How to pay for it all: An option the candidates missed
Ellen Brown | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-11
The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic Income to Medicare for All to a Green New Deal to student …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/11/how-to-pay-for-it-all-an-option-the-candidates-missed/

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/

How to Pay for It All: Central Banking Asia Style
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from …
globalresearch.ca/how-pay-it-all-option-candidates-missed/5683275

Russia-India China (RIC) on "Indo-Pacific": Resolving Strategic Problems. India's Military Alliance with the U.S. Remains an Impediment
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
The upcoming meeting that Russian, Indian, and Chinese (RIC) authorities plan to hold on the "Indo-Pacific" will help each Great Power find common ground on this originally US-envisaged concept in an attempt to sort out their strategic problems and regain …
globalresearch.ca/rics-indo-pacific-powwow-will-attempt-sort-out-their-strategic-problems/5683321

Video: Prospects of War in the Persian Gulf Region
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
Since Donald Trump has been in office, Iran and the United States have faced the worst crisis in their relations since the fall of the pro-American Shah regime in 1979. The situation escalated in early May, when US sanctions came …
globalresearch.ca/video-prospects-war-persian-gulf-region/5683272

The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
It is discouraging to note just how the United States has been taking on the attributes of a police state since 9/11. Stories of police raids on people's homes gone wrong are frequently in the news. In one recent incident, …
globalresearch.ca/death-privacy-government-fearmongers-read-your-mail/5683328

Chilean Teachers Continue Strike, Plan National Assembly Friday
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-11
The College of Teachers of Chile convened Thursday a national assembly for July 12 after they declined to accept the proposal of the Ministry of Education and decided to continue the indefinite strike. | RELATED: | Chileans Take to Streets to Defend Public Health System | The president of the Teachers' Association, Mario Aguilar said they have to analyze and t…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-striking-teachers-call-national-assembly-20190711-0011.html

Controversial Justice Department Inspector General Russiagate Report, FBI "Willingness" to Damage Trump's Presidential Campaign
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
Michael Horowitz serves as Justice Department inspector general (IG). | His 2016 — 2018 probe into Hillary's unsecured private server use for official State Department business — including easily hacked documents marked "classified," "secret" and "top secret" was damning. | Horowitz found …
globalresearch.ca/controversial-justice-department-inspector-general-russiagate-report-fbi-willingness-to-damage-trumps-presidential-campaign/5683327

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/

Can Amy McGrath Take Down Mitch McConnell? Maybe Not — But Democrats Still Could
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-11
Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath's Tuesday announcement that she would run against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat R-Ky., was welcomed by more than $2.5 million in donations in the first 24 hours — and near-universal dismissal from election forecasters and political pundits. | As New York Times statistician Dave Wasserman tweeted: "Folks, there is just no amount of $$$ that is going to elect a Dem to federal office next…
truthout.org/articles/can-amy-mcgrath-take-down-mitch-mcconnell-maybe-not-but-democrats-still-could/

Brexit: British Lorries to be Turned Back at Dover by Shipping Companies
Pà∂là∂s Zsófia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
British lorries that do not have proper documentation will not be able to reach France after a no-deal Brexit because shipping companies will not allow them to board their ships in Dover. These trucks are going to be turned back | …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-british-lorries-turned-back-dover-shipping-companies/5683319

We're invited to support student strikers
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/were-invited-support-student-strikers

Venezuela and International Law
Urs P. Gascha | indybay.org | 2019-07-11
International law professors explain a US military incursion in Venezuela would violate the UN Charter. "All nations must desist from any threat or use of force in their international relations. The media and governments denounce violations of international law very selectively. International norms promote peaceful coexistence, not the right of the stronger.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/10/18824567.php

Stop Immigrant Arrests, Close the Camps, Transform Immigration Policy
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
Public awareness of the brutal repression against immigrants seeking entry to the United States, the reasons for their migration, and terrorism against immigrants living in the US are reaching levels that make them hard to ignore. The current immigration crisis …
globalresearch.ca/stop-immigrant-arrests-close-camps-transform-immigration-policy/5683281

Maritime Union backs student-led climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-11
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/maritime-union-backs-student-led-climate-strike

Selected Articles: Geopolitical Crisis in the Middle East
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
Global Research has over 50,000 subscribers to our Newsletter. | Our objective is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-geopolitical-crisis-in-the-middle-east-monetary-system-no-deal-brexit/5683340

Turkey's Erdogan Meet's China's Xi: Sultan Shines in the Court of the Dragon King
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
The graphic image of Turkey pivoting away from NATO towards the Russia-China strategic partnership was provided, in more ways than one, by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing right after the G20 in Osaka. | Turkey …
globalresearch.ca/sultan-shines-court-dragon-king/5683189

Trump Wants His Friend Boris Johnson to Win the Tory Leadership Race
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
Whoever leaked the British Ambassador to the US' diplomatic telegrams to London did so with the intent that the resultant tiff that it predictably provoked with Trump would probably make Boris Johnson win the Tories' leadership vote with a landslide….
globalresearch.ca/trumps-tiff-british-ambassador-will-make-boris-win-landslide/5683193

China's Belt and Road, Trump's Trade War and the Future of the Global Economy
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan told the audience at this year's World Peace Forum that "development is the key to resolving all issues", remarking in the run-up to his conclusion that "China's development can't shut out the rest of the …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-belt-and-road-trumps-trade-war-and-the-future-of-the-global-economy/5683192

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-07-13 00:27 GMT (20:27 EST)

2019-07-11: News Headlines

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

Pepe Escobar (2019-07-11). Debunking the Indo-Pacific Myth. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration is obsessively spinning the concept of a "free and open Indo-Pacific". Apart from a small coterie of scholars, very few people around the world, especially across the Global South, know what that means since the then incipient …

Thomas Knapp (2019-07-11). Photo ID is Obsolete and Unnecessary. Facial Recognition Technology Makes It Dangerous. counterpunch.org In mid-May, San Francisco, California became the first American city to ban use of facial recognition surveillance technology by its police department and other city agencies. That's a wise and ethical policy, as a July 7 piece at the Washington Post proves. Citing documents gathered by Georgetown Law researchers,…

Ellen Brown (2019-07-11). How to Pay for It All: Central Banking Asia Style. globalresearch.ca The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-11). Iran Declares War on the USA's Covert Influence in Iraq. globalresearch.ca When US officials visited Baghdad and met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, they had two requests: first, to close all commerce and financial exchanges with Iran to strangle the Iranian economy and bring it to its knees. …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-07-11). I Still Can't Get No Satisfaction. Relentless War Propaganda. globalresearch.ca I can't get no satisfaction | I can't get me no satisfaction | And I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try try | I can't get no I can't get me no | When I'm riding in my car | And a man …

John Clarke (2019-07-11). Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel. globalresearch.ca On June 25, Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that the Trudeau government's new anti-racism strategy would include the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The Co-Chair of the Centre for Israel and …

Philip Giraldi (2019-07-11). The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail. globalresearch.ca It is discouraging to note just how the United States has been taking on the attributes of a police state since 9/11. Stories of police raids on people's homes gone wrong are frequently in the news. In one recent incident, …

Christopher Black (2019-07-11). Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State. globalresearch.ca Tamara Starblanket's book, Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State (with a foreword by Ward Churchill and an afterword by Sharon H. Venne), does what she declares it to do in the first chapter: | "… …

South Front (2019-07-11). Video: Prospects of War in the Persian Gulf Region. globalresearch.ca Since Donald Trump has been in office, Iran and the United States have faced the worst crisis in their relations since the fall of the pro-American Shah regime in 1979. The situation escalated in early May, when US sanctions came …

Miri Wood (2019-07-11). Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians. globalresearch.ca 9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …

Ellen Brown (2019-07-11). How to pay for it all: An option the candidates missed. nationofchange.org The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic Income to Medicare for All to a Green New Deal to student …

Staff (2019-07-11). Can Amy McGrath Take Down Mitch McConnell? Maybe Not — But Democrats Still Could. truthout.org Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath's Tuesday announcement that she would run against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat R-Ky., was welcomed by more than $2.5 million in donations in the first 24 hours — and near-universal dismissal from election forecasters and political pundits. | As New York Times statistician Dave Wasserman tweeted: "Folks, there is just no amount of $$$ that is going to elect a Dem to federal office next…

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.

Kevin Zeese (2019-07-11). Stop Immigrant Arrests, Close the Camps, Transform Immigration Policy. globalresearch.ca Public awareness of the brutal repression against immigrants seeking entry to the United States, the reasons for their migration, and terrorism against immigrants living in the US are reaching levels that make them hard to ignore. The current immigration crisis …

Pà∂là∂s Zsófia (2019-07-11). Brexit: British Lorries to be Turned Back at Dover by Shipping Companies. globalresearch.ca British lorries that do not have proper documentation will not be able to reach France after a no-deal Brexit because shipping companies will not allow them to board their ships in Dover. These trucks are going to be turned back …

Global Research News (2019-07-11). Selected Articles: Geopolitical Crisis in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca Global Research has over 50,000 subscribers to our Newsletter. | Our objective is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us …

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…

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…

Urs P. Gascha (2019-07-11). Venezuela and International Law. indybay.org International law professors explain a US military incursion in Venezuela would violate the UN Charter. "All nations must desist from any threat or use of force in their international relations. The media and governments denounce violations of international law very selectively. International norms promote peaceful coexistence, not the right of the stronger.

Michael Welch (2019-07-10). "Wars Come About As a Result of Lies." Selected Radio Shows. globalresearch.ca "When we understand that wars come about as a result of lies peddled to the British public and the American public and the publics all over Europe and other countries then who are the war criminals? It is not …

Andre Vltchek (2019-07-10). If You Provoke the Entire World, Something May Happen. globalresearch.ca The United States believes that it is so invincible, exceptional and so frightening that no one would ever dare to protest, let alone defend its people against constant humiliation, economic embargos and military threats. | It used to be like this …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-10). Trump Wants His Friend Boris Johnson to Win the Tory Leadership Race. globalresearch.ca Whoever leaked the British Ambassador to the US' diplomatic telegrams to London did so with the intent that the resultant tiff that it predictably provoked with Trump would probably make Boris Johnson win the Tories' leadership vote with a landslide….

Environmental Health Trust (2019-07-10). The Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation. The Right to Know. Don't Put in Your Shirt Pocket. globalresearch.ca A landmark Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the City of Berkeley's cell phone right to know ordinance rejecting industries argument that the ordinance violates the first amendment. The Berkeley ordinance requires retailers to inform consumers that cell phones emit …

(2019-07-10). The Environmental Fallout of Toxic Plastics. globalresearch.ca Louisiana will hold a public hearing on issuing 15 air permits for Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics. The massive proposed complex would be one of the largest and most toxic plastic production facilities in the world. | On Tuesday, July 9, at …

Pepe Escobar (2019-07-10). Turkey's Erdogan Meet's China's Xi: Sultan Shines in the Court of the Dragon King. globalresearch.ca The graphic image of Turkey pivoting away from NATO towards the Russia-China strategic partnership was provided, in more ways than one, by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing right after the G20 in Osaka. | Turkey …

Ellen Brown (2019-07-10). How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed. dissidentvoice.org The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic Income to Medicare for All to a Green New Deal to student …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-10). China's Belt and Road, Trump's Trade War and the Future of the Global Economy. globalresearch.ca Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan told the audience at this year's World Peace Forum that "development is the key to resolving all issues", remarking in the run-up to his conclusion that "China's development can't shut out the rest of the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-10). Israel's Scheme to Bury the Nakba. "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" globalresearch.ca Israel's 1947-48 Nakba against the Palestinian people was and remains one of history's great crimes — what Ilan Pappe called "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" in his book by this title. | Establishment of the Jewish state came at the expense …

Zero Hedge (2019-07-10). "It's Going To Be Carnage" — Deutsche Begins Culling 18,000 Employees. globalresearch.ca Update (9 am ET): Deutsche Bank shares have continued to sell off ahead of the US market open. They were recently off 5% at a new session low, as the bank's shareholders have apparently realized that DB won't be able …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-07-10). John Bolton and the Trump Derangement Syndrome. globalresearch.ca CNN's Jake Tapper's anti-Donald vendetta, amplified by the Trump Derangement Syndrome, demonstrates just how disingenuous a corporate script-reader can be. | It's true, Bolton wasn't on the Trump neocon team during the campaign, but this is largely irrelevant. | From the very …

RT (2019-07-10). 'Court banned me from teaching son basic rules for boys' — father of 7yo slated for transition. rt.com Jeff Younger, who is locked in a court battle with his ex-wife over whether their son should undergo transition to a girl, says a court order bans him from discussing things like religion or the need to be respectful to girls.

Global Research News (2019-07-10). Selected Articles: Towards a Banking Crisis? 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 …

The Canary (2019-07-10). Mystery of sex change in fish unlocked, scientists say. thecanary.co The mystery of how some fish change their sex has been unlocked, scientists say.Around 500 species such as clownfish made famous by Finding Nemo, the kobudai from Blue Planet II, and the Caribbean bluehead wrasse, routinely change their sex in adulthood as a natural part of their life cycle.Most bluehead wrasses begin life as females, but can become males later in life in a process that takes 10 to 21 days, researchers say.Sex change in the bluehead wrasse: Loss of a dominant male signals sex change in a female (Er…

WSWS (2019-07-10). Chilean union bureaucracy pleads with teachers to end five-week strike. wsws.org Teachers striking in defense of public education are being told by the union to "pull our movement back, end the strike, and go back to school before vacations."

Shawgi Tell (2019-07-09). Don't Be Charter-Fooled. dissidentvoice.org Major problems in the charter school sector have been detailed by many researchers and writers over the years. In the last year or two, however, persistent charter school problems have been exposed with much greater depth, breadth, and regularity by more individuals and organizations. It has become abundantly clear to more people that the charter …

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.

United Nations (2019-07-08). Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows. un.org Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than five times the number killed in armed conflict over the same period, UN researchers said on Monday.

Staff (2019-07-07). Tupac Shakur's Commitment to Resistance and Revolution Began in Baltimore. therealnews.com In celebration of Black Music Month, we honored Tupac Shakur whose commitment to resistance and revolution was fostered in Baltimore. Interviews include Marc Steiner a former teacher of his and author John Potash about the FBI targeting of both Tupac Shakur and his mother Black Panther leader Afeni Shakur…

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.

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…

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."

susan_p (2019-07-05). Venezuela: Amid crisis and sanctions, LGBTI activists continue to demand change. greenleft.org.au One of the sectors hardest hit by Venezuela's economic crisis is the nation's LGBTI community. Lacking access to life-saving medicines and denied certain rights, activists say there is still much to be done within the revolution. | A recent report by the Washington-based Centre for Economic and Policy Research found that there are more than 300,000 people at risk of death in Venezuela due to a lack of access to medicines or treatment. This includes about 80,000 people living with HIV, many of whom are LGBTI or sexual and gender diverse — the term commonly used in Venezuela. | United States sanctions ha…

susan_p (2019-07-05). Brazil: Millions strike against Bolsonaro's pension reforms. greenleft.org.au The streets answered with a resounding "no" to Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform proposition, to his intentions of restraining rights, and to the continuity of attacks against the people since former president Michel Temer's coup d'etat in 2016. | The protests, part of a general strike called by national union organisations, mobilised millions of people in 360 cities from north to south, across 26 states and the Federal district. | The general strike on June 14 developed out of the unified struggle of national unions, popular movements and progressive sectors fighting for public education and ag…

pip.hinman (2019-07-05). Labor votes for Coalition's billions in tax cuts for the rich. greenleft.org.au It is an image that captured Labor's class betrayal on July 3, the first day of the new federal parliament. | A division had been called in the House of Representatives over the Coalition government's bill for huge tax cuts, which will disproportionately benefit the rich, erode progressive income tax by making marginal tax rates flatter, and force more cuts to public health, education and welfare. | On one side sat the sole Greens MP Adam Bandt and independent MP Andrew Wilkie. On the other, Labor and Coalition MPs. | The tax cuts then passed through the Senate the following day, with only Greens senators voting…

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.

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