In Pictures: The Devastated City of Mosul Two Years On
Billy Briggs | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
More than 300,000 people are unable to return to their homes in Mosul two years after the end of a military operation to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State. | An estimated 138,000 houses were damaged or destroyed in …
globalresearch.ca/pictures-devastated-city-mosul-two-years-on/5683196

At NEA, Democratic candidates weave pro-teacher messages into campaign themes
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-10
HOUSTON–From Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro, Democratic presidential hopefuls weaved pro-teacher, pro-education messages into their general campaign themes at a 2-hour-long one-by-one q-and-a on the evening of July 5 at the convention of the National Education Association, the nation's largest union. There were few mentions of President Donald Trump, …
peoplesworld.org/article/at-nea-democratic-candidates-weave-pro-teacher-messages-into-campaign-themes/

Why Won't the Charter School Industry Acknowledge Its Documented Failures
Jeff Bryant | commondreams.org | 2019-07-10
In California, where charters are more plentiful than in any other state, the widespread scandals are starting to prompt talk among top state leaders of much-needed reforms. (Credit: American Federation of Teachers) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/10/why-wont-charter-school-industry-acknowledge-its-documented-failures?cd-origin=rss

Israel's Scheme to Bury the Nakba. "The Ethnic Cleansing oF Palestine"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/israels-scheme-bury-nakba/5683236

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

Brazil: Glenn Greenwald Invited to Students Union Event
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-10
More than 18,000 delegates from universities are gathering Wednesday in Brasilia to attend the 57th edition of the National Union of Students (UNE) Congress, an event whose central theme is the defense of education, employment and social security. | RELATED: | Sergio Moro Asks for a 5-Day Leave During Lava Jato Case | "In times of crisis, when there are attempts to restrict political participation, attacks on acquired rights and other setbacks happening across the country, Brazilian…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Glenn-Greenwald-To-Join-18000-Students-for-Their-Union-Meeting-in-Defense-of-Democracy–20190710-0004.html

"Wars Come About As a Result of Lies." Selected Radio Shows
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/wars-come-about-as-a-result-of-lies-selected-radio-shows/5683159

US Military Is a Bigger Polluter than as Many as 140 Countries — Shrinking this War Machine Is a Must
Benjamin Neimark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
The US military's carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-bigger-polluter-than-many-140-countries-shrinking-war-machine-must/5683201

"It's Going To Be Carnage" — Deutsche Begins Culling 18,000 Employees
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/its-going-carnage-deutsche-begins-culling-18000-employees/5683229

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

John Bolton and the Trump Derangement Syndrome
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/jake-tapper-john-bolton-trump-derangement-syndrome/5683162

The Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation. The Right to Know. Don't Put in Your Shirt Pocket
Environmental Health Trust | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/the-dangers-of-cell-phone-radiation-the-right-to-know-dont-put-in-your-shirt-pocket/5683223

How to Pay for It All: An Option the Candidates Missed
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-10
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/how-to-pay-for-it-all-an-option-the-candidates-missed/

If You Provoke the Entire World, Something May Happen
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/if-you-provoke-the-entire-world-something-may-happen/5683232

Unions' Demands Multiply in Chile
plenglish.com | 2019-07-10
Santiago, Chile, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) As the continuation of a long strike by teachers is decided on Wednesday, other trade unions are on strike in Chile to demand better salaries and labor guarantees.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

'Court banned me from teaching son basic rules for boys' — father of 7yo slated for transition
rt.com | 2019-07-10
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. | …
rt.com/usa/463826-court-battle-boy-transition/

Chilean MPs Reject Government's Controversial Education Project
plenglish.com | 2019-07-10
Santiago de Chile, Jul 10 ( Prensa Latina ) The Chilean Government has suffered a serious failure in one of its programs in the education sector when the Chamber of Deputies rejected by a majority the project called Fair Admission.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Venezuela and International Law
Urs P. Gascha | indybay.org | 2019-07-10
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

Unions' Demands Multiply in Chile
plenglish.com | 2019-07-10
Santiago, Chile, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) As the continuation of a long strike by teachers is decided on Wednesday, other trade unions are on strike in Chile to demand better salaries and labor guarantees.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Chilean union bureaucracy pleads with teachers to end five-week strike
wsws.org | 2019-07-10
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."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/10/chil…

Selected Articles: Towards a Banking Crisis?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-iran-rightfully-increases-uranium-stockpiles-and-enrichment-beyond-jcpoa-limits/5683238

Don't Be Charter-Fooled
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-09
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dont-be-charter-fooled/

The Limited Mind: Psychology as a Means to Understanding Conflict. Why Fear Is Driving Humanity
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it. See, for example, many …
globalresearch.ca/the-limited-mind-psychology-as-a-means-to-understanding-conflict-why-fear-is-driving-humanity/5683069

Israeli Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
Israeli occupation, colonialism and apartheid exceed the worst of South Africa's high crimes. | In 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled the West Bank occupied. The same holds for Gaza and East Jerusalem. | According to the ICJ, | "Israeli settlements | …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-occupation-colonialism-and-apartheid/5683096

Tuesday's Daily Brief: #GlobalGoals progress, essential meds, updates from Cox's Bazar, Sudan and DR Congo
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-09
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042101

"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/

Despite Talk of Promoting Democracy Trudeau in Bed with Repressive UAE Monarchy
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
Given his personal history perhaps it is no surprise that Justin Trudeau is fond of monarchies. | The United Arab Emirates is a repressive monarchy that pursues violent, anti-democratic, policies in its region. Despite this — or maybe because of it …
globalresearch.ca/despite-talk-promoting-democracy-trudeau-bed-repressive-monarchy/5683122

Support Global Research: Keep Independent Reporting and Analysis Online
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
At Global Research, our mandate is to strive for peace through increasing awareness on the broadest possible level while maintaining full independence in our reports and analyses. Our commitment is to make our content available to the broadest possible readership, …
globalresearch.ca/support-global-research-keep-independent-reporting-and-analysis-online/5683148

Why Aren't the Democrats Talking About Ending Patent Financed Drug Research?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
Many of the leading Democratic candidates, especially Sanders and Warren, have been putting forward bold progressive plans in a wide variety of areas. Sanders and Warren have both supported a quick transition to a universal Medicare program, with no premiums, co-pays, or deductibles. Several candidates have supported a Green New Deal, which in some versions…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/why-arent-the-democrats-talking-about-ending-patent-financed-drug-research/

America First and Diverse
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-09
What alliance of political voices will decide who the deserving are and what skills are needed? Should this task be left to the private sector, specific profit-driven companies that serve their own constituents first, to make it happen? Enlightened wonks sustained by the clout of peer-driven, but far-from-neutral research? How will the formula be constructed for determining how many should be processed? What's too little; too many?
counterpunch.org/2019/07/09/america-first-and-diverse/

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

Europe Freaks Out Over Minuscule Iranian Uranium Enrichment
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
Leave it to CBS News and all the other establishment propaganda mills to spin the obvious. | CBS and the others know the Iran nuke deal is a dead letter. | Trump refused to honor the agreement while Europe pretends the deal …
globalresearch.ca/europe-freaks-out-minuscule-iranian-uranium-enrichment/5683063

Frog-Marching Trump Toward War on Iran
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
Hypocrisy seems to have become a defining characteristic of US foreign policy, especially when it comes to Iran. After breaking the Iran deal last year and, de facto, forcing the Europeans to violate the deal in May, the US Administration …
globalresearch.ca/frog-marching-trump-toward-war-iran/5683125

Racism Dictates Ireland's Policy in Africa. The "French Connection" is Questioned in Dublin
Aidan O'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
"The tragedy of Africa is that the African has not fully entered into history….they have never really launched themselves into the future…" — Nicolas Sarkozy, 2007 | "The problems Africa face are completely different….they are civilizational…" — Emmanuel Macron, …
globalresearch.ca/french-imperialismracism-dictates-irish-policy-africa/5683105

La sceneggiata delle relazioni con la Russia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-09
La Russia, dove operano 500 aziende italiane, è il quinto mercato extra-europeo per il nostro export e fornisce il 35% del fabbisogno italiano di gas naturale. L'interscambio è stato di 27 miliardi di dollari nel 2018, ma nel 2013 ammontava …
globalresearch.ca/la-sceneggiata-delle-relazioni-con-la-russia/5683139

Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern, Security Council hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-09
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042111

Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-08
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041981

Opposing Charter Schools Without Really Opposing Them (Part 3)
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-08
Irrationalism and disinformation manifest themselves in endless ways. While both have intensified greatly in the neoliberal period which began in the late 1970s, the public should brace for even more of both. The obsolete forces who have long benefitted from an outdated economic system that cannot provide for the needs of the people will surely …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/opposing-charter-schools-without-really-opposing-them-part-3/

Tupac Shakur's Commitment to Resistance and Revolution Began in Baltimore
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-07
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…
therealnews.com/stories/tupac-shakurs-commitment-to-resistance-and-revolution-began-in-balti

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

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

Over 1000 union educators protest Houston Detention Center
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-05
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/5/over-1000…

Chicanos protest raids and deportations
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-05
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/5/chicanos-…

Labor votes for Coalition's billions in tax cuts for the rich
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-05
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/labor-votes-coalitions-billions-tax-cuts-rich

Venezuela: Amid crisis and sanctions, LGBTI activists continue to demand change
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-05
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-amid-crisis-and-sanctions-lgbti-activists-continue-demand-change

Brazil: Millions strike against Bolsonaro's pension reforms
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-05
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/brazil-millions-strike-against-bolsonaro%E2%80%99s-pension-reforms