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2019-07-06: Social Media Postees

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Chinese Investments in US Grind to Halt, Trade War Blamed
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
Chinese foreign direct investments in the US, including new factories, has collapsed: down to just $5 billion last year, from $29 billion in 2017 and $46 billion the prior year, according to the Rhodium Group, a New York-based economic …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-investments-us-grind-halt-trade-war-blamed/5682864

Lawsuit Seeks to Block Colorado Coal Mine Expansion Threatening Climate, National Forest
WildEarth Guardians | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
Five conservation groups sued the Trump administration late yesterday and called on a federal judge to block approval of Arch Coal's West Elk mine expansion, which would invade the wildlands of western Colorado's Gunnison National Forest. | The lawsuit and …
globalresearch.ca/lawsuit-seeks-block-colorado-coal-mine-expansion-threatening-climate-national-forest/5682873

Power versus the Press: The Extradition Cases of Pinochet & Assange
Elizabeth Vos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-06
With Julian Assange facing possible extradition from Britain to the U.S. for publishing classified secrets, Elizabeth Vos reflects on the parallel but divergent case of a notorious Chilean dictator. | *** | Eight months from now one of the most consequential extradition …
globalresearch.ca/power-versus-press-extradition-cases-pinochet-assange/5682836

Australian Student Expelled From North Korea For 'Spying Acts'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-06
The official news agency for North Korea stated on Saturday that an Australian student was expelled from the country after spending ten days in detention for "spying acts" through his work with foreign media. | RELATED: | Nuclear Talks To Resume After Surprise Trump-Kim Meeting | The student,Alek Sigley, who had been held in North Korea since June 25, was an active social media user and also a regular contributor to international media organizations including NK News about his time in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Australian-Student-Expelled-From-North-Korea-For-Spying-Acts-20190706-0003.html

North Korea Slams US Hostility. Donald Invites Kim to the White House
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Trump met at the DMZ separating both Koreas. | DJT became the first sitting US president to set foot on North Korean territory, a symbolic gesture only while unacceptably hardline US policies against …
globalresearch.ca/north-korea-slams-us-hostility-donald-invited-kim-to-the-white-house/5682790

Can Haitians Help "Make Canada Better"?
Jean Saint-Vil | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
This year, an unprecedented event took place on Canada Day, in Ottawa. A group of Canadians answered a fellow citizen's challenge to host the first ever "Make Canada Better — Speaker's Corner". The challenge went up on Facebook and Twitter, …
globalresearch.ca/can-haitians-help-make-canada-better/5682755

The "Critics" of 9/11 Truth. Do They Have a Case?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
The short answer to the question in the title is no. The 9/11 truth critics have nothing but ad hominem arguments.
globalresearch.ca/the-critics-of-9-11-truth-do-they-have-a-case/26520

The Un-submersible US-Iran Stalemate
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
A thick veil of mystery surrounds the fire that broke out in a state of the art Russian submersible in the Barents Sea, leading to the death of 14 crew members poisoned by toxic fumes. | According to the Russian Defense …
globalresearch.ca/un-submersible-us-iran-stalemate/5682745

Canadian Firm's Lobbying Contract with Sudan Military Rulers May Face Police Probe
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Canada's government has referred a lobbying contract between a Montreal-based firm and Sudan's ruling military council to federal police to determine whether the deal violates Canadian sanctions on the country. | A spokeswoman for the Canadian foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada, …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-firms-lobbying-contract-sudan-military-rulers-may-face-police-probe/5682799

Global Effort to Plant a Trillion Trees 'Overwhelmingly' Among Most Effective—and Cheapest—Solutions to Climate Emergency: Study
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-05
Amid record-setting temperatures worldwide and predictions by experts that this year will be among the hottest humanity has ever seen, researchers behind a new study say a rapid global effort to plant billions of trees and the restoration of forests would be the "most effective" strategy for battling the planetary climate emergency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Vladimir Putin: A Social Conservative Leader?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
The Russian leader reminded the world of his original appeal as one of its socio-conservative leaders during an interview that he gave to the Financial Times late last week in which he spoke out strongly against liberalism and staunchly defended …
globalresearch.ca/putins-social-conservatism-full-display-during-his-ft-interview/5682781

Voices from Syria's Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Eva Bartlett visited refugees in Syria escaping the horrid conditions in the Rukban Refugee Camp, a desolate outpost in the US administered deconfliction zone. What she found was very different than the 'reality' depicted by the Western press. | *** | A …
globalresearch.ca/voices-syrias-rukban-refugee-camp-belie-corporate-media-reporting/5682760

American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
David William Pear | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong have explored the albatross of myths, legends, lies and damn lies around America's neck in their book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News–From the Revolutionary War to the War on …
globalresearch.ca/american-exceptionalism-and-american-innocence/5682770

Europeans Witness Climate Change, It's Only the Beginning: WWF
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-05
Record-breaking temperatures, droughts and heatwaves across Europe represent the reality of climate change, the global conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Thursday. | RELATED: | Scotland's Environmental Rights at Risk if Brexit Passes | The region hasn't witnesses seasonal changes at this level since the 1940's, researchers said. | In Ge…
telesurenglish.net/news/Europeans-Witness-Climate-Change-Its-Only-the-Beginning-WWF-20190705-0022.html

"Critical and Informed Thinking Is Dangerous to the Powerful". Workers Cooperatives and Revolution
Chris Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You wrote " Worker Cooperatives and Revolution" where you talk about workers' cooperatives. In this fascinating book, we note your optimism about the coming of a new era where the human is at the center. You …
globalresearch.ca/critical-informed-thinking-dangerous-powerful/5682764

Does Justin Trudeau Hate Palestinians?
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Is Justin Trudeau a racist? He and his government certainly accept and promote anti-Palestinianism. Two recent moves reaffirm his government's pattern of blaming Palestinians for their dispossession and subjugation. | Last week the government released its updated terrorist list. An …
globalresearch.ca/does-justin-trudeau-hate-palestinians/5682802

Complexities of 5G and National Security. "China, The Dominant Malicious Actor"
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
In case you missed the kickoff, there is an unprecedented 'must win' wireless race for the US to cross the 5G finish line before China as alluded to during the recent Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing on the Federal Commerce …
globalresearch.ca/complexities-5g-national-security/5682767

Oral opening statement from Michael Mann testimony to U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on climate change & natural disasters
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-05
And I would also like to emphasize that we're using the term "natural disasters" but in many cases there is absolutely nothing natural about the disasters we are talking about. We're not saying they have been caused by climate change, we're saying that it has worsened them. That's what the research shows. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/05/oral-opening-statement-from-michael-mann-testimony-to-u-s-house-oversight-committee-hearing-on-climate-change-natural-disasters/

Video: Dozens Militants Killed in Airstrikes on Greater Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Six improvised-explosive devices (IEDs) exploded on a part of the Kirkuk–Ceyhan oil pipeline passing near Iraq's Mosul on July 3. The IEDs attack caused a major fire on the 970km long pipeline with a capacity of 1,600 thousand barrels per …
globalresearch.ca/video-dozens-militants-killed-airstrikes-greater-idlib/5682742

Genetically Engineered Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Seeds of Destruction | The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation | by F. William Engdahl | Global Research, ISBN 978-0-937147-2-2 | SPECIAL ONLINE AND MAIL ORDER PRICE US$18.00 (list price $25.95) | Order your copy now | | This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small …
globalresearch.ca/genetically-engineered-destruction/24598

Reasons for the 1776 Revolution
Prof. Matthew Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
"Before the Constitution and before the Bill of Rights there was the Declaration of Independence. The founders took little time to enshrine in the Declaration of Independence the most fundamental and primary right from which all other rights flow: that …
globalresearch.ca/reasons-1776-revolution/5682747

Much Ado About Nothing: Asking Who Won the Political Debates. "If Voting changed Anything, they'd Make it Illegal."
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
It amazes me that alternative journalists would spend even a minute writing about the ongoing Democratic Party debates. They are meaningless and they are not debates. How many times do we have to go through this ridiculous charade before this …
globalresearch.ca/much-ado-about-nothing-asking-who-won-political-debates/5682772

The Wealthy and The Miserable: Replacing Global Capitalism. "The Highest Duty is to Think of Others". Victor Hugo
Dr. Robert Rennebohm | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Victor Hugo was one of the greatest Social Clinicians who ever lived. He provided accurate diagnosis; he sought root cause; and he offered brilliant remedy–"create vast fields of Public Activity." | Hugo believed in the imperishability of Human Goodness and the …
globalresearch.ca/create-vast-fields-public-activity/5682775

End of Globalization with Western Characteristics
Prof. Fabio Massimo Parenti | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Western, US-driven globalization is defunct, but not globalization per se. A higher degree of economic and cultural interdependence has found favor in the form of new regionalism since the 1990s. | Recently, The Economist interviewed Michael O'Sullivan, former banker and …
globalresearch.ca/end-globalization-western-characteristics/5682709

'Canada Adopts America First Foreign Policy'
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
The US embassy in Ottawa boasted in a March 2017 memo, "Canada Adopts 'America First' Foreign Policy," just after PM Trudeau appointed hard-line hawk Chrystia Freeland as foreign minister. | *** | The US State Department boasted in a declassified memo in …
globalresearch.ca/canada-adopts-america-first-foreign-policy-us-state-dept-boasted-2017-appointment-fm-chrystia-freeland/5682794

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

Second World War Could Have Ended in 1943 Had Allied Bombing Focused on Military-related Targets
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Britain's air commander Arthur Harris was convinced that efforts to "scourge the Third Reich" by "bombing Germany city by city", as he put it in July 1942, would bring the war to a swift end. The outcome behind these increasingly …
globalresearch.ca/second-world-war-could-have-ended-1943-had-allied-bombing-focused-military-related-targets/5682757

Money for the Wrong Something. The Corrupt Rabbit Hole of "Obscene Military Spending"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
This writer has been focussing tirelessly on the (obscene) fact that over half of our federal taxes goes down the rabbit hole of military spending. Well, writer and researcher Andre Damon of the World Socialist Website just wrote a piece …
globalresearch.ca/money-wrong-something/5682751

Second World War Could Have Ended in 1943 Had Allied Bombing Focused on Military-related Targets
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-05
Britain's air commander Arthur Harris was convinced that by "bombing Germany city by city", would bring the war to a swift end. The bombings against densely populated areas often avoided armament hotspots, which served to lengthening the war.
globalresearch.ca/second-world-war-could-have-ended-1943-had-allied-bombing-focused-military-related-targets/5682757

Job Growth Bounces Back in June, But Unemployment Edges Upward
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-05
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 224,000 jobs in June, a sharp bounce back from the revised figure of 72,000 jobs reported for May. With a small downward revision to the April data, this brings the three-month average to 171,000. The average hourly wage is up 3.1 percent from the year-ago level. There is evidence of further slowing, with the annualized rate of increase from the first quarter to the second quarter at just 2.7 percent. | There was little change in the household survey. Unemployment edged up slightly to 3.7 percent, but this was primarily due to an increase in labor…
truthout.org/articles/job-growth-bounces-back-in-june-but-unemployment-edges-upward/

Ballooning Student Debt Debated by Presidential Hopefuls
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-05
Republicans and Democrats Propose Student Loan Relief Solutions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/05/18824457.php

Ballooning Student Debt Debated by Presidential Hopefuls
commondreams.org | 2019-07-05
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/05/ballooning-student-debt-debated-presidential-hopefuls?cd-origin=rss

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

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

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/

Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change and Julian Assange
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-05
In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. In this hour-long special, we air an excerpt of Chomsky's speech and his on-stage interview with Amy Goodman. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: Today, a Democracy Now! special, an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned dissident and father of modern linguistics. In April, Noam Chomsky visited his hometown of Boston, where he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than half a century. He now teaches at the University of Arizona, Tucso…
truthout.org/video/noam-chomsky-on-fascism-nuclear-weapons-climate-change-and-julian-assange/

Ethiopian Airlines crash families criticize Boeing's donations plan
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-05
REUTERS/Randall Hill | The families of victims of March's Ethiopian Airlines crash criticized Boeing's plan to donate $100 million to unspecified charities and communities affected by two crashes, saying it was too vague and that families should have been consulted first. | Some of the families said Wednesday's announcement from the U.S. planemaker also triggered an avalanche of unwelcome phone calls from relatives and acquaintances who believed they had just received compensation. | "This is unacceptable. They did not consult us, we only learned this morning," said Quindos Karanja, a retired Kenyan teacher whos…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/05/ethiopian-airlines-crash-families-criticize-boeings-donations-plan/

Iran to Reach the Mediterranean Through the Proposed Iran-Iraq-Syria Railway Corridor
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
Iran will get to the Mediterranean bypassing the dangerous waters of ever challenged Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, and the Suez Canal, where US satellite states and US Navy are present and threatening this …
globalresearch.ca/iran-reach-mediterranean-through-iraq-syria-railway/5682699

Abu Graib at Home in America
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
"This is not what America is about" argues a reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol 'guarding' migrants held in detention centers. | Sorry Mr. Thompson (Propublica journalist who broke this story); …
globalresearch.ca/abu-graib-home-america/5682706

Poll shows majority backing for LGBTQI+ relationship education in schools
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-04
In a poll conducted by YouGov for PinkNews, 59% of people backed children learning about LGBTQI+ relationships at school. 25% opposed the idea, while 16% were unsure. | Most people also supported transgender people being able to self-identify their sex, the research published on Thursday suggests. | Education is not about "trying to turn people gay": | New guidance on relationships and sex education, which will be compulsory from 2020 and will require pupils to learn about LGBTQI+ families, was published last week by the Department for Education. | Guidance states that pupils must understand and respect t…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/04/poll-shows-majority-backing-for-lgbtqi-relationship-education-in-schools/

A World without Dollars? Are We Approaching the End of America's Financial Order?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
For Washington, the U.S. dollar is leverage, a financial weapon to dominate the world economy, to impose its foreign policy agendas and to secure a steady flow of natural resources over sovereign countries who use the currency.
globalresearch.ca/a-world-without-dollars-are-we-approaching-the-end-of-americas-financial-order/5667143

Putin's Trip to Italy Is Actually Pretty Important. Meetings with Pope Francis
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
President Putin's upcoming trip to Italy is much more important than some people might think because it represents further progress being reached on a "New Detente", and could help improve Orthodox-Catholic relations after his scheduled meeting with the Pope. | ***…
globalresearch.ca/putins-trip-italy-actually-pretty-important/5682718

Amid Revelations of Fascist Network at Customs and Border Protection, Ocasio-Cortez, Other Congress Members Threatened by Border Police
Barry Grey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
A delegation of more than a dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus reported feeling unsafe and facing taunts and ridicule from Border Patrol agents during a visit Monday to immigrant detention facilities in Texas. | The Democratic legislators included Representative …
globalresearch.ca/amid-revelations-fascist-network-customs-border-protection-ocasio-cortez-other-congress-members-threatened-border-police/5682687

Selected Articles: What Does the 4th of July Really Mean for America?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-04
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-what-does-4th-july-truly-mean-america/5682726

Honduran Police Repress Protesting Teachers with Teargas
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-04
Teachers and students are renewing round of protests across the country in favor of public healthcare and education services on Thursday and Friday amid police violence and repression, reported local media. | RELATED: | Honduras: Students Occupy University Campuses to Support Strike | The Platform for the Defense of Health and Education, which convoked the demonstrations, said the government had intensified the repression and harassment against the teachers who went back to work, especially…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduran-Police-Repress-Teachers-With-Teargas-20190704-0013.html

Dallas protesters march against Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-04
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.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/3/dallas-pr…

An Open Letter to Randi Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers Regarding the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
Eric W. Maroney | commondreams.org | 2019-07-04
That collective imagination, that boldness to dream, is exactly what is needed in this moment of national crisis when families and children are being detained at the border, kept in squalid conditions and held, in what Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rightly calls, concentration camps. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Dossier 18: The only answer is to mobilise the workers
The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2019-07-03
Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research launches its eighteenth dossier, "The Only Answer Is to Mobilize the Workers." The challenges facing Indian workers and their strategies to fight back are explained through the insights and expertise of K. Hemalata, president of the Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/03/dossier-18-the-only-answer-is-to-mobilise-the-workers/

Immigration Lobby Group Launches DACA "Renewals Now" Campaign To Increase Resources And Support For Dreamers
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-03
WASHINGTON, DC — FWD.us today announced the launch of the DACA Renewals Now campaign, a long-term educational campaign and resource drive to support the more than 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who are impacted by changes to the DACA program. | The effort, which will continue through this year, will help encourage and facilitate DACA renewals for Dreamers by driving donations to organizations working around renewals, raising public awareness, and partnering with organizations to offer other related services, such as renewal clinics. The FWD.us Education Fund will adapt the…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/news/i…

Charter School Advocates Try to Downplay Growing Opposition to Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-03
Prominent charter school advocates are understandably shaken and worried about the growing tide of opposition to privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter schools that have been wreaking havoc across the country for nearly 30 years. Charter school supporters are speaking out more in hopes of saving these deregulated and segregated schools that often perform poorly and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/charter-school-advocates-try-to-downplay-growing-opposition-to-charter-schools/

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2019-07-04: News Headlines

Eve Ottenberg (2019-07-04). Solidarity and Manufacturing. counterpunch.org If there's one thing the hotel workers' and teachers' strikes last year have driven home, it's that the future of American labor does not lie with manufacturing. Most of those jobs are gone. And according to David Ranney in his new book, "Living and Dying on the Factory Floor," they're not coming back. "The height More

WSWS (2019-07-04). South Australian teachers strike for better wages and conditions. wsws.org South Australia teachers have joined their counterparts in New Zealand, other Australian states and around the world, to strike against their current, unsustainable wages and conditions.

WSWS (2019-07-04). Statement of the IYSSE Karlsruhe: Against militarism, fascism and war! For socialism! Vote IYSSE! wsws.org The Trotskyist youth movement is running two candidates in the elections for the Student Parliament in at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Center for Food Safety (2019-07-04). Hawai'i Board of Education Bans Herbicides on School Grounds in Response to Community Concerns. indybay.org Honolulu, HI, June 28, 2019 — This week, the Hawai'i State Board of Education (BOE) released a memo announcing that it will be banning the use of herbicides on public school campuses effective immediately. The announcement is the result of a public meeting held on Monday between BOE officials, community members, and Dewayne "Lee" Johnson—the first plaintiff to win a cancer suit brought against Monsanto/Bayer.

WSWS (2019-07-04). UK National Education Union and #SchoolCuts hold Together for Education rally. wsws.org The "turning point" in the campaign involves waiting for the autumn budget statement and the local elections in 2020 to put pressure on politicians to change their minds on increasing school funding.

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.

Bryant Brown (2019-07-04). Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else. globalresearch.ca In the nineteen seventies multinational corporations were buying all the Canadian businesses they could so the Pierre Trudeau government established the Foreign Investment Review Agency to try to control it. In Ontario we were seeing celebrities like Goldie Hawn buying …

Joe Catron (2019-07-04). Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon. globalresearch.ca As deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reaches the highest level in a decade, the rainforest's indigenous peoples and their supporters have called for action against the political and business interests they blame for a spike in illegal logging and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-04). Going Nuclear in the Antipodes: Australia's Megadeath Complex. globalresearch.ca The antipodes has had a fraught relationship with the nuclear option. At the distant ends of the earth, New Zealand took a stand against the death complex, assuming the forefront of restricting the deployment of nuclear assets in its proximity. …

Manuel Zelaya (2019-07-04). Video: 'The Coup Turned Honduras into Hell': Interview with President Manuel Zelaya on the 10th Anniversary of Overthrow by the US. globalresearch.ca The Grayzone's Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him. | He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan …

Edward Fox (2019-07-04). Depleted Uranium: An Iraqi Scientist Speaks Out on the Lingering Effects of Radioactive Weapons. globalresearch.ca Souad Naji al-Azzawi, an Iraqi environmental scientist (and longtime contributor to Global Research), has devoted much of her professional life to studying one of the thorniest problems remaining from the years of war in her home country—the effect …

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-04). Militarism Defines Trump's 4th of July Spectacle. globalresearch.ca Trump intends turning this year's Independence Day commemoration into a show of US military might — reflecting a nation permanently at war against invented enemies. More on the July 4 DC display below. | Annual US Independence Day commemorations reflect hypocrisy, …

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-07-04). Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in February 2018. | When I entered the Office of Pesticide Programs of the US Environmental Protection Agency in May 1979, I knew practically nothing about pesticides. Though I had taken classes in chemistry in college …

Shawgi Tell (2019-07-03). Charter School Advocates Try to Downplay Growing Opposition to Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org Prominent charter school advocates are understandably shaken and worried about the growing tide of opposition to privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter schools that have been wreaking havoc across the country for nearly 30 years. Charter school supporters are speaking out more in hopes of saving these deregulated and segregated schools that often perform poorly and …

teleSUR (2019-07-03). China and Mexico Reject US Interference in Venezuelan Affairs. telesurenglish.net China and Mexico invited the Venezuelan opposition and the government on Wednesday to renew dialogue, rejecting foreign interferences in Venezuela's domestic affairs. | RELATED: | President Maduro Ratifies Commitment to Dialogue in Norway | "The international community must insist in the respect of the objectives and principles of the U.N. Charter, as well as the basic rules of international relations," China's Foreign Minister Wang Li said according to Mexican media. | The foreig…

teleSUR (2019-07-03). Judge Lets NY Pursue Student Loan Debt Relief Scam Case. telesurenglish.net A federal judge gave New York's attorney general the go-ahead to sue Debt Resolve Inc., and nine other defendants, of systematically scheming to entice thousands of struggling student loan owners into paying for debt relief services they could have gotten for free. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Dem Debate: Education, Health Care For All | U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan rejected requests by Debt Resolve Chief Executive Bruce Bellmare, his predecessor Stanley Freimuth and…

The Canary (2019-07-03). Almost half of UK universities and colleges see drop in student satisfaction. thecanary.co Almost half of the UK's universities and colleges have seen a fall in the proportion of students who are happy with their experience of higher education, figures show. | The latest National Student Survey (NSS) reveals that the overall percentage of students who are satisfied with their course and institution increased to 84%. | This was an increase of one percentage point on the previous year. | In England, 83% of students were satisfied with the quality of their course — the same percentage as in 2018. | A PA analysis of the data shows that of 354 universities and colleges that have comparable figures for…

teleSUR (2019-07-03). Honduras Announces State Emergency Over Dengue Outbreak. telesurenglish.net Honduras has called a state of emergency Tuesday after more than 15,400 dengue patients were confirmed and 44 deaths recorded so far this year, authorities said. | RELATED: | Honduras: Students Occupy University Campuses to Support Strike | Right-wing president Juan Orlando Hernandez officialized the call to action, Health Minister Alba Consuelo Flores told mem…

Special To The Black Star News (2019-07-03). Immigration Lobby Group Launches DACA "Renewals Now" Campaign To Increase Resources And Support For Dreamers. blackstarnews.com WASHINGTON, DC — FWD.us today announced the launch of the DACA Renewals Now campaign, a long-term educational campaign and resource drive to support the more than 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients who are impacted by changes to the DACA program. | The effort, which will continue through this year, will help encourage and facilitate DACA renewals for Dreamers by driving donations to organizations working around renewals, raising public awareness, and partnering with organizations to offer other related services, such as renewal clinics. The FWD.us Education Fund will adapt the…

teleSUR (2019-07-03). Progressives Rejoice as Biden's Lead Weakens After Debate: Poll. telesurenglish.net Joe Biden remains comfortably ahead as a new poll, reported on by Politico reveals the former vice president remains in the lead but has lost some percentage points following last week's debate, while Bernie Sander Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren are the only other contenders polling above one percent among Democratic supporters. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Dem Debate: Education, Health Care For All | The data showed that Harris is growing in support at the expense of Joe Biden, s…

The Global Research Team (2019-07-03). Global Research Needs Your Support. globalresearch.ca Global Research provides penetrating analysis of world events. The articles published by this invaluable website pull no punches in reporting on global power relations. | -Marjorie Cohn (Professor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law) | Global Research is one of the few …

John W. Whitehead (2019-07-03). It's Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America. globalresearch.ca "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and …

Dr. Robert Rennebohm (2019-07-03). Nature's Garden: A Model for a Healthy Human Social Ecosystem. globalresearch.ca At one point in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, Les Miserables, Jean Valjean and Cosette lived, secretly, in a house on Rue Plumet, where a garden hid their house from passers-by. This garden had been left uncultivated for fifty years. …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-03). Bolsonaro's Brazil Is a Pretty Bleak Place to Live. globalresearch.ca It's been a little over half a year since the right-wing leader took office, but already Bolsonaro has made Brazil a pretty bleak place to live, and it doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon. | Nobody denies …

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2019-07-03). A Thought for the Fourth of July: Can the U.S. Constitution Accommodate a Rogue President? globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on June 24, 2017 | "He [FBI Director James Comey] was fired because he was investigating the White House… This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies."Jeffrey Toobin (1960- …

Danny Haiphong (2019-07-03). What is July 4th to US Imperialism? What is it to the Oppressed? globalresearch.ca What does America's national celebration mean to those under the heel of "Manifest Destiny," at home and abroad? "For the victims of US imperialism, the 4th of July is indeed a 'hollow mockery' and 'mere bombast, fraud, and deception' …

Joseph S. Tulchin (2019-07-03). China's Careful New Focus on Latin America. globalresearch.ca Latin America's shifting geopolitics and the prolonged slowdown in China's economic growth in recent years have led to a significant change in Beijing's strategic approach to the region. The commodities boom at the beginning of this century coincided with a …

Howard Zinn (2019-07-03). Fourth of July: "Put Away the Flags" globalresearch.ca This article was first published by The Progressive and Global Research in July 2010 | On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2019-07-03). The Trump-Kim Meeting: Mr. President, Your 20 Steps into North Korea Toward Pyongyang Were Dramatic and Historical. But, "How Far Are You Going"? globalresearch.ca The Trump-Kim meeting at DMZ on June 30 took the world off guard; it was theatrical; it was historical. It gave a glimpse of hope for long waited peace on the Korean peninsula and the falling-down of the last frontier …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-03). Syria's Second S-200 Debacle in Less than a Year Shows How Desperate It's Becoming. globalresearch.ca Syria suffered its second S-200 debacle after a stray missile landed in Cyprus less than a year since a previous one accidentally hit a Russian spy plane last September, with these two incidents showing just how desperate it is to …

Natylie Baldwin (2019-07-03). Americans Are Complacent When It Comes to the Dangers of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca In a recent post, I mentioned the Congressional debate over authorizing and funding the use of "low-yield" or usable nukes, which has many worried that the threshold for the utilization of nuclear weapons would be significantly lowered. On June …

Tim Lydon (2019-07-03). A Gray Whale Washed Ashore in Alaska May Hold Clues to this Year's Deadly Migration. globalresearch.ca Most years the annual gray whale migration along North America's West Coast is a sure sign of spring. But this year something has gone wrong. Since January at least 167 dead whales have washed ashore from Mexico to Alaska. Scientists …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-03). Trump Imagines a Quick US War with No Plan B, but Overlooks Iran's Possible Plan B. globalresearch.ca In another of his characteristic messages via Twitter, US President Donald Trump declared his army's capacity to use "obliteration" fire power against Iran if necessary and in case of war between the two countries. Further, Trump's claimed that such a …

Mehrnews (2019-07-03). The JCPOA Nuclear Deal: Why Europe Cannot Use the 'Snap Back' Mechanism Against Iran. globalresearch.ca Western media are likely to jump on the 'snapback mechanism' wagon now that Iran has released details about the second stage of its reduction in commitments to the nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)….

Jovita Aranha (2019-07-03). This Roadside Mechanic from Rajasthan Has Rescued over 1,180 Injured Wild Animals! asia-pacificresearch.com …

Eitay Mack (2019-07-03). The Unwritten History of Israel's Alliance with Iran's Shah Dictatorship. globalresearch.ca This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, during which the Ayatollahs took control of the country and brought down the Shah's absolutist monarchy. The Iranian masses, who were undergoing various ideological changes at the time, …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-07-03). 'Good News': Austria Poised to Become First EU Nation to Fully Ban Cancer-Linked Weed Killer Glyphosate. commondreams.org Austria is on track to become the first country in the European Union to fully ban the world's most commonly used herbicide after the nation's lower house of parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would outlaw all uses of glyphosate, which researchers and global health experts have tied to cancer. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Prof. Fiona Greenland (2019-07-03). We're Just Beginning to Grasp the Toll of the Islamic State's Archaeological Looting in Syria. globalresearch.ca The Islamic State surrendered its last scrap of territory, in Baghouz, Syria, this past March. | While some argue that celebrations of IS's demise are premature, there's no question that the terrorist group left a trail of destruction in its …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-03). India's Looming Agricultural Crisis: A Unique Chance to Change the System? asia-pacificresearch.com …

Kenneth Surin (2019-07-03). From Japan to Houston During the G20 Circus. counterpunch.org In 2017, just 3 people were killed in shooting incidents in Japan, where there is strict gun control. By contrast, and let's focus on children alone, data from the Center for Disease Control shows that 6.63 children, 18 and under, died each day from violence-related firearm deaths in 2017, the last year those statistics are available (2,420 total deaths divided by 365 days = 6.63). More

Saul Foster (2019-07-03). Dossier 18: The only answer is to mobilise the workers. mronline.org Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research launches its eighteenth dossier, "The Only Answer Is to Mobilize the Workers." The challenges facing Indian workers and their strategies to fight back are explained through the insights and expertise of K. Hemalata, president of the Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). | Source

Robert Hunziker (2019-07-02). Is Bottled Water Safe to Drink Every Day? dissidentvoice.org The next time you put your lips to a plastic bottle of "crystal-clear mountain spring water" think about Trump's herculean efforts to dismantle federal agencies that protect health. More to the point, Trump's innate distrust of science is already starting to impact health risks; e.g., according to Consumer Reports (CR) excessive levels of arsenic are …

Special To The Black Star News (2019-07-02). NEW REPORT: NEXT PRESIDENT MUST IMPLEMENT "EXPLICIT RACE EQUITY" MEASURES TO ERADICATE RACIAL INEQUITIES IN EDUCATION. blackstarnews.com Center For American Progress says institutional racism must be honestly confronted to eradicate educational inequities… | Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report laying out what the next president of the United States should do to center equity in a policy agenda to improve K-12 education in America. | In stark contrast to the current administration's efforts to unwind tools designed to address disparities between opportunities available to nonwhite students, the report makes a robust case for scaling the role of the federal government in education in order to addr…

Special To The Black Star News (2019-07-02). NEW YORK STATE SENATOR JAMES SANDERS PRESENTS YOUTH AWARDS AND NYSABPRL SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING BLACK AND MINORITY STUDENTS. blackstarnews.com Senator James Sanders Jr. (D-Far Rockaway, Rochdale Village) presented awards and scholarships to select community youth at a ceremony at his District Office in South Ozone Park on Monday July 1, 2019. | "You are a blessing to this community and I know you will go on to do great things," Sanders said. "It is my hope that you will learn from the recognition you have received today and come back to your respective neighborhoods to inspire others after you have achieved success in your own lives." | Some of the recipients were high school undergraduates who received a NYS Senate Youth Leadership Award for their aca…

S.M. Gibson (2019-07-02). Swimming Pools Can Turn Your Sunscreen Into a Cancerous Toxin. theantimedia.com (TMU) — Smothering yourself in sunscreen before getting into a swimming pool may actually be detrimental to your health, according to research. The study—which was conducted at Lomonosov Moscow State University—found that the combination of ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun and chlorinated water cause ingredients in sunscreens to break down and produce toxic chemicals. These …

RT (2019-07-02). Kamala Harris hires lawyer who paid Fusion GPS for Trump 'research' on behalf of Hillary Clinton. rt.com The lawyer who hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS — which was instrumental in the Trump-Russia narrative — on behalf of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign is now working for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Shawgi Tell (2019-06-30). Charter School Advocates Reject Analysis. dissidentvoice.org Advocates of privately-operated charter schools that siphon billions of dollars a year from public schools have been a little more defensive and restive than usual in recent months. This is to be expected given the growing number of mainstream and academic reports exposing their long-standing problems, as well as the fact that more people are …

Staff (2019-06-28). Kamala Harris Challenges Biden on Opposing Busing & Integration in 1970s: "That Little Girl Was Me" democracynow.org The second night of the first Democratic presidential debate was billed as a face-off between front-runners former Vice President Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders, but it was California Senator Kamala Harris who took command of the stage Thursday night. Harris sparred with Biden over his recent comments about working with segregationists in the Senate and for his opposition to Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools in the 1970s. "There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. That lit…

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

Sarah Lahm (2019-06-27). Segregated Charter Schools Allowed in Minnesota—For Now. progressive.org The problem is exacerbated by the number of racially segregated charter schools in the state.

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