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SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-28
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php

Socialism 2019: the Left at a Crossroads
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-28
For a number of years, the International Socialists Organization, once the largest Marxist group in the USA, held educational conferences either in Chicago or in various American cities. In 2004, I attended a plenary session of a regional conference at City College in New York, mostly to hear my old friend Peter Camejo who was…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/28/socialism-2019-the-left-at-a-crossroads/

Honduras at Ten Years After the Coup: a Critical Assessment
James Phillips | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-28
As the tenth anniversary arrives, many Hondurans see the coup of 2009 as a major turning point that began a downward spiral in the country's troubled history. In recent weeks huge popular protests have once again filled the streets and plazas of most of the country's major cities and have appeared also in rural areas, leading up to what are expected to be even larger protests around the June 28 anniversary. The immediate cause of the latest protests was the government's passage of a set of laws that for many Hondurans signaled the privatization of the public health and education sectors and the layoff of thousand…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/28/honduras-at-ten-years-after-the-coup-a-critical-assessment/

Children "Too Frail to Even Cry": The War in Yemen and Its Bounty of Suffering
George Capaccio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Children who die in this way suffer immensely as their vital organ functions slow down and eventually stop. Their immune systems are so weak they are more prone to infections with some too frail to even cry. Parents are having | …
globalresearch.ca/too-frail-even-cry-war-yemen-its-bounty-suffering/5681983

Monsters Walk the Earth. Why These Three Countries Are the Real Troika of Evil
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
There are monsters among us. Every day I read about an American "plan" to either invade some place new or to otherwise inflict pain to convince a "non-compliant" foreign government how to behave. Last week it was Iran but next …
globalresearch.ca/monsters-walk-earth-why-these-three-countries-real-troika-evil/5681965

Libra: Facebook's Audacious Bid for Global Monetary Control
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Payments can happen cheaply and easily without banks or credit card companies. This has now been demonstrated — not in the United States but in China. Unlike in the US, where numerous firms feast on fees from handling and processing …
globalresearch.ca/libra-facebooks-audacious-bid-global-monetary-control/5681969

Russia-India-China Will be the Big G20 Hit
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
It all started with the Vladimir Putin–Xi Jinping summit in Moscow on June 5. Far from a mere bilateral, this meeting upgraded the Eurasian integration process to another level. The Russian and Chinese presidents discussed everything from the progressive interconnection …
globalresearch.ca/russia-india-china-big-g20-hit/5681980

Iran Has Warned to Target Arab Countries in Case of War: The US "Like a Lion in a Persian Story"
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Iran has summoned the United Arab Emirates' chargé d'affaires in Tehran to protest that the UAE allowed the US to use its Al-Dhafra base in UAE to launch the Global Hawk surveillance drone (worth some $130 million) that was downed …
globalresearch.ca/iran-warned-target-arab-countries-case-war-us-like-lion-persian-story/5681975

Video: US-backed Forces Came with "List of Demands" to Damascus
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
One Turkish soldier was killed and 5 others were injured during clashes with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in the region of Afrin, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on June 26. According to …
globalresearch.ca/us-backed-forces-came-fresh-demands-damascus/5681972

On Global Capitalist Crises: Failure of Economic Theory and Capitalist Restructurings
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-28
Read part I, II, III IV and V from the links below. | Part I — On Global Capitalist Crises: Systemic Changes and Challenges | Part II — On Global Capitalist Crises. Debt Defaults, Bankruptcies and Real Economy Decline | Part III –…
globalresearch.ca/global-capitalist-crises-failure-economic-theory-capitalist-restructurings/5681958

'The Bold Solution We Need': Over 100 Academics Endorse Sanders Student Debt Cancellation and Tuition-Free College Plan
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-27
"In the face of this crisis, nothing short of a complete overhaul of our public higher education system will suffice." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/27/bold-solution-we-need-over-100-academics-endorse-sanders-student-debt-cancellation?cd-origin=rss

The Honorable Course in Iran Starts With Ending Sanctions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-27
Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about how U.S. policies cause suffering and trauma far beyond U.S. borders. Her diabetic father, for example, is in danger of losing access to medicines because sanctions against Iranian banks make it nearly impossible to pay for imported goods, includi…
truthout.org/articles/the-honorable-course-in-iran-starts-with-ending-sanctions/

Sanders & Warren Pitch Rival Plans to Address $1.6 Trillion in Student Debt
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-27
Renowned education expert Kevin Kumashiro says the plans put forth by two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are a step in the right direction, but America's fundamentally broken education system needs to be radically changed from top to bottom…
therealnews.com/stories/sanders-warren-pitch-rival-plans-to-address-1-6-trillion-in-student-debt

Dear Grown-Ups, It's Time to Let LGBTQ Students Be Our Teachers
Takeru Nagayoshi | thenation.com | 2019-06-27
Dear Grown-Ups, It's Time to Let LGBTQ Students Be Our Teachers…
thenation.com/article/stonewall-education-lgbtq-students/

SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-27
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php

Philosophy group discussion
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-27
Today in San Miguel de Allende we had our usual Philosophy Group meeting. This time we listened to the words of Allan Watts. He told us why modern education is a hoax. His basic thought is that education is poured into our brains from an early age but that we are really taught nothing that …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/27/philosophy-group-discussion/

When Going to School Means Being Afraid
Uma Menon | progressive.org | 2019-06-27
Gun violence has overshadowed my education and entire life. Central Florida is not just a survivor; it is a continual victim.
progressive.org/dispatches/when-going-to-school-means-being-afraid-menon-190627/

Photo of drowned father and daughter on border shows how US is 'ignoring its obligations to humanity'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-27
Leading Democrats in the US have said they hope a photo of the bodies of a father and his baby daughter on the US border with Mexico will challenge the Trump administration's conscience. | House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi referenced a picture that has gone viral of a Salvadoran man who drowned alongside his 23-month-old daughter while trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. | The photo caught the attention of politicians as members of Congress work to provide 4.5 billion US dollars in 'humanitarian aid' for people…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/06/27/photo-of-drowned-father-and-daughter-on-border-shows-how-us-is-ignoring-its-obligations-to-humanity/

5G as a Globalist Tool
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
The recent Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing regarding oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) failed to shed any real light on details of the proposed 5G network as it received less scrutiny than expected given its highly …
globalresearch.ca/5g-globalist-tool/5681932

As Heat Wave Boils Europe, Lackluster Bonn Talks Marred by US and Saudi-Led Obstruction of Climate Science
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-27
As cities across Europe faced record-breaking heatwaves and public safety alerts, two weeks of climate talks by nearly 200 delegations in Bonn, Germany wrapped up on Thursday with the negotiations marked by obstruction and climate denial rather than a sense of urgency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/27/heat-wave-boils-europe-lackluster-bonn-talks-marred-us-and-saudi-led-obstruction?cd-origin=rss

Segregated Charter Schools Allowed in Minnesota–For Now
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-06-27
The problem is exacerbated by the number of racially segregated charter schools in the state.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/segregated-charter-schools-minnesota-lahm-062719/

Osaka G20 Summit to Seek Unity Around Multilateralism?
Prof. Fabio Massimo Parenti | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
The G20 summit in Osaka, Japan is bringing together all the contradictions of an interconnected but highly fragmented world. The Middle East, or West Asia, is still in turmoil, and international terrorism keeps being a disruptive issue in many regions …
globalresearch.ca/g20-to-seek-unity-around-multilateralism/5681920

US Sponsored "Color Revolution" Struggles in Hong Kong
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
The Western media has been boasting over recent protests in Hong Kong. Western headlines have claimed the protests have "rattled" Beijing's leadership. | The protests have been organized to obstruct Hong Kong's elected government from moving forward with an extradition bill. …
globalresearch.ca/us-color-revolution-struggles-hong-kong/5681898

US War of Words on Iran Heads Toward Turning Hot
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Since taking office, Trump yielded to White House hawks on issues of war and peace, favoring the former, scorning the latter. | He breached his campaign promises to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan and Syria, escalating war instead, including in Iraq …
globalresearch.ca/us-war-words-iran-heads-toward-turning-hot/5681893

Hawks Behind Trump's Back
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Iran is not provoking but is provoked by a group that wants a war between the U.S. and Iran. Recently, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton, and CIA director Gina Haspel all favored a …
globalresearch.ca/hawks-behind-trumps-back/5681724

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5G and the US-China Trade War: Washington Pressures Telecom Firms Selling 5G Equipment in US "To Move Their Production out of China"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the Donald Trump Administration is considering requiring any telecommunications firms that want to sell their 5G equipment in the U.S. to move their production outside of China. | The article says that the …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-consideration-reshuffling-global-supply-chain-may-fail/5681889

Vaccinology: Big Pharma's Highly Profitable "Over-Vaccination Campaigns"
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
"Don't criticize what you can't understand."– Bob Dylan | In his iconic anthem "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1962), Minnesota's Bob Dylan immortalized the totally logical imperative ("don't criticize") that admonishes those who want to express their thoughts about an issue …
globalresearch.ca/identifying-vaccinology-illiterate-among-us-journalists-talking-heads-legislators-lobbyists-medical-school-professors-physicians-internet-trolls-parents-vulnerable-infants-etc/5681845

Waking Up to Empire and "False Flags"
Barry Kissin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
In the June 18 Frederick News-Post, page A1, from The Associated Press: | "It appears as if Iran has begun its own maximum pressure campaign on the world. … The development follows apparent attacks last week in the Strait of Hormuz | …
globalresearch.ca/waking-up-to-empire-and-false-flags/5681945

"They Decided to Kill Him": Egyptian Officials Threatened Morsi Days Before Death
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top officials to disband the organisation or face the consequences, Middle East Eye has learned. | They had until the end of Ramadan to decide. Morsi …
globalresearch.ca/they-decided-to-kill-him-egyptian-officials-threatened-morsi-days-before-death/5681913

"Stooge Time" 2019. America's Uber Rich Celebrities
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
This writer remembers one afternoon in the late 70s. My business partner and I went over to the local pub for a sandwich and a brew. As we sat at the bar, the pub manager Bob turned on the television …
globalresearch.ca/stooge-time-2019-americas-uber-rich-celebrities/5681926

Biodiversity can help coral reefs survive in current climate crisis
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-27
Coral reefs, often referred to as "the rainforests of the seas," are currently facing a variety of threats from ocean warming and acidification, overfishing, pollution, and overall climate change. Coral reefs provide homes for many species, more than twenty-five percent of marine life, and are at risk of becoming extinct themselves. While many researchers, like …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/27/biodiversity-can-help-coral-reefs-survive-in-current-climate-crisis/

And then, Man Created God!
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Yuval Noah Harari is an Oxford graduate and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has written Sapiens, a book about our history, we are the sapiens as in homo sapiens. He traces …
globalresearch.ca/and-then-man-created-god/5681728

The US-Iran Tension: The US May Never Attack Iran? The Fear of Retaliation
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Yes, I believe the US may never attack Iran. It is based on past experience that the US never attacks a state where it has a fear of retaliation. Iraq war was a good example where Iraq was blamed for …
globalresearch.ca/the-us-iran-tension-the-us-may-never-attack-iran-the-fear-of-retaliation/5681927

Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy Avoids Real Action. Includes a Definition of Islamophobia
CFJPIME | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) skeptically welcomes the Trudeau government's announcement of its new anti-racism strategy, which includes a definition of Islamophobia. Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez unveiled " Building a Foundation for Change" …
globalresearch.ca/canadas-federal-anti-racism-strategy-avoids-real-action-includes-a-definition-of-islamophobia/5681929

Behind Closed Doors: Strategic Meetings on the Sideline of the G-20 Summit: Russia, India, US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
The G20 Summit in Japan is important in and of itself, but far more significant are the many meetings that will take place between several world leaders at this event. | The G20 is always a newsworthy event that has grown …
globalresearch.ca/behind-closed-doors-strategic-meetings-on-the-sideline-of-the-g-20-summit-russia-india-us/5681902

Iran and Tajikistan — Towards Pragmatic Relations?
Omid Rahimi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-27
Last week Iran's President Rouhani concluded a trip to Tajikistan to attend CICA. The visit of the Iranian president to Dushanbe came after a period of four years. The last meeting between the Presidents of the two countries was …
globalresearch.ca/iran-tajikistan-towards-pragmatic-relations/5681748

The Power of Transgender Political Representation
Ruben J. Gonzales | thenation.com | 2019-06-27
The Power of Transgender Political Representation…
thenation.com/article/stonewall-transgender-politicians-devos/

What the Concentration Camps of Bosnia Can Teach Us About the Abuse of Immigrants on the U.S. Border
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-06-27
I never thought the pattern of abuse and deceit that I saw at Serb-run prison camps in the 1990s would be relevant to America — but it is.
theintercept.com/2019/06/27/immigration-detention-bosnia/

UK population growth stalls, with births down and deaths up
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
The population of the UK has risen to 66.4 million but the growth rate has stalled, official estimates show. | The latest calculations show there was an estimated 66,436,000 people living in the country at the end of June 2018, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). | But the growth rate remained the same as the previous year. | Over the 12 months to the middle of 2018, the UK population rose year-on-year by 0.6%, with the annual growth rate remaining slower than any year since mid-2004. | Neil Park, head of the ONS population estimates unit, said: "For the fifth year in a row, net intern…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/26/uk-population-growth-stalls-with-births-down-and-deaths-up/

US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling American
Sophie Mitra and Debra Brucker | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-26
Who counts as poor in the U.S. today? Measuring the share of the population that experiences poverty is important to understanding and monitoring how the country's economy is doing. It also informs the administration of safety net programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps. Poverty is measured in the U.S. in two ways — but …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/26/us-poverty-statistics-ignore-millions-of-struggling-american/

An Honorable Course in Iran: End Sanctions, Resume Dialogue
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-26
Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about how U.S. policies cause suffering and trauma far beyond U.S. borders. Her diabetic father, for example, is in danger of losing access to medicines because sanctions against Iranian banks make it nearly impossible to pay for …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/an-honorable-course-in-iran-end-sanctions-resume-dialogue/

66% of US college grads regret their education, study finds
rt.com | 2019-06-26
Nearly two thirds of US college graduates have serious regrets about their education, with many resentful of taking on huge student loan burdens or pursuing worthless humanities degrees, a recent survey has found. | …
rt.com/usa/462686-college-graduates-regret-education-debt/

66% of US college grads regret their education, study finds
rt.com | 2019-06-26
Nearly two thirds of US college graduates have serious regrets about their education, with many resentful of taking on huge student loan burdens or pursuing worthless humanities degrees, a recent survey has found. | …
rt.com/usa/462686-college-graduates-regret-education-debt/

Honduran military invades university and shoots down students
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
The most recent military repression recalls nothing so much as the methods employed against radicalized students and workers during the 1980s.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/hond…

Intergenerational Warfare Is a Scam—We Need to Expand Social Security and End Student Debt
Nancy J. Altman | commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
"In the fight to pass these wise proposals into law," writes Altman, "we must be ready for Roosevelt's "tyrants," who will seek to use their money and influence to thwart the common good. They have always been with us and probably always will." (Image: iStock / bearsky23) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/26/intergenerational-warfare-scam-we-need-expand-social-security-and-end-student-debt?cd-origin=rss

Investors in Companies Profiting Off Student Loans Are Worried About Democrats' Proposals to Cancel Debt
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-06-26
Democratic presidential candidates are laying out plans to wipe out some or all of America's $1.6 trillion in student debt — and investors in companies that manage student loans are expressing concern. | Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was the first to lay out a detailed plan for clearing at least $50,000 in student debt for borrowers earning less than $100,000. Earlier this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered a more sweeping policy, outlining a
theintercept.com/2019/06/26/student-loan-debt-cancellation-companies/

AFT's Weingarten On Public Service Freedom To Negotiate Act And Protecting Employee Rights
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-26
AFT members, including AFT President Randi Weingarten, at townhall with 2020 presidential candidate California Senator Kamala Harris… | WASHINGTON–American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in support of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, reintroduced today in the House of Representatives, which will guarantee collective bargaining rights for public sector employees across the country: | "Public workers educate our students, treat our patients and keep our communities strong and safe. But in many states, they have been denied their basic freedom to…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/policy…

Are Campus Activists Missing the Point?
Adam Szetela | progressive.org | 2019-06-26
From Harvard to UW-Madison, students are protesting the wrong people.
progressive.org/dispatches/are-campus-activists-missing-the-point-Szetela-190626/

Falling Oil Profits Drive U.S. War Threats Against Iran?
Bill Dores | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
"I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. … We had entire training courses." That's what Trump regime Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told students at Texas A&M University on April 15. | On June 14, Pompeo told …
globalresearch.ca/falling-oil-profits-drive-u-s-war-threats-against-iran/5681811

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2019-06-27: News Headlines

Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural (2019-06-27). SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight. indybay.org Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!

Bryant Brown (2019-06-27). And then, Man Created God! globalresearch.ca Yuval Noah Harari is an Oxford graduate and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has written Sapiens, a book about our history, we are the sapiens as in homo sapiens. He traces …

Steven Sahiounie (2019-06-27). Hawks Behind Trump's Back. globalresearch.ca Iran is not provoking but is provoked by a group that wants a war between the U.S. and Iran. Recently, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton, and CIA director Gina Haspel all favored a …

Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural (2019-06-26). SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight. indybay.org Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!

The Canary (2019-06-26). Former footballer urges graduates to show solidarity as he picks up degree. thecanary.co World Cup winner Lilian Thuram urged graduates to "put solidarity at the heart of our society" as he received an honorary degree.The former France defender said he feared the rise of right-wing ideology across Europe and increased focus on competition would lead to people becoming isolated.He was at the University of Stirling on Wednesday to be recognised for his contribution to football, as well as his commitment to tackling racism through education. | In 2008, at the end of his football career, the former defender — a Unicef ambassador — set up the Lilian Thuram Foundation, which educates against raci…

RT (2019-06-26). 66% of US college grads regret their education, study finds. rt.com Nearly two thirds of US college graduates have serious regrets about their education, with many resentful of taking on huge student loan burdens or pursuing worthless humanities degrees, a recent survey has found.

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-26). New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Macy's Over Criminal History Screening Policy. blackstarnews.com The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP (O&G), and Youth Represent (YR) filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York against Macy's, Inc. (Macy's), challenging its use of an unnecessarily punitive criminal history screening policy. | According to the lawsuit, the policy disproportionately disqualifies Black and Latinx applicants and employees from job opportunities in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the New York City Human Rights Law. | Plaintiffs, The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) and Ms. Jenetta Rolfer,…

The Canary (2019-06-26). High Court told of 'genuine crisis' in special educational needs funding. thecanary.co A "genuine crisis" in funding for young people with special educational needs could "blight their lives forever", the High Court has heard.Lawyers representing three families who are bringing a landmark legal challenge against the Government said funding intended to support those with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) was "manifestly insufficient".Jenni Richards QC, for the families, told the court during a hearing on Wednesday that there was "clear and incontrovertible evidence" of a "substantial national shortfall" in funding.Nico Heugh Simone, right, with his parents who are helping bring the c…

WSWS (2019-06-26). New Zealand primary teacher union pushes through sellout pay deal. wsws.org The ramming through of the sellout by the NZ Educational Institute will intensify pressure on secondary teachers to accept the rotten agreement, which will freeze wages and intensify the crisis in schools.

RT (2019-06-26). 66% of US college grads regret their education, study finds. rt.com Nearly two thirds of US college graduates have serious regrets about their education, with many resentful of taking on huge student loan burdens or pursuing worthless humanities degrees, a recent survey has found.

United Nations (2019-06-26). 'Summon the spirit of San Francisco', says General Assembly President on UN Charter anniversary. un.org Reaffirming faith in human rights, promoting social justice and saving the world from the "scourge of war": just some of the founding principles of the United Nations, which appear in the Organization's bedrock Charter, signed exactly 74 years ago in San Francisco.

WSWS (2019-06-26). Honduran military invades university and shoots down students. wsws.org The most recent military repression recalls nothing so much as the methods employed against radicalized students and workers during the 1980s.

Nancy J. Altman (2019-06-26). Intergenerational Warfare Is a Scam—We Need to Expand Social Security and End Student Debt. commondreams.org "In the fight to pass these wise proposals into law," writes Altman, "we must be ready for Roosevelt's "tyrants," who will seek to use their money and influence to thwart the common good. They have always been with us and probably always will." (Image: iStock / bearsky23) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Kathy Kelly (2019-06-26). An Honorable Course in Iran: End Sanctions, Resume Dialogue. dissidentvoice.org Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about how U.S. policies cause suffering and trauma far beyond U.S. borders. Her diabetic father, for example, is in danger of losing access to medicines because sanctions against Iranian banks make it nearly impossible to pay for …

Adam Szetela (2019-06-26). Are Campus Activists Missing the Point? progressive.org From Harvard to UW-Madison, students are protesting the wrong people.

Lee Fang (2019-06-26). Investors in Companies Profiting Off Student Loans Are Worried About Democrats' Proposals to Cancel Debt. theintercept.com Democratic presidential candidates are laying out plans to wipe out some or all of America's $1.6 trillion in student debt — and investors in companies that manage student loans are expressing concern. | Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was the first to lay out a detailed plan for clearing at least $50,000 in student debt for borrowers earning less than $100,000. Earlier this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered a more sweeping policy, outlining a …

Bill Dores (2019-06-26). Falling Oil Profits Drive U.S. War Threats Against Iran? globalresearch.ca "I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. … We had entire training courses." That's what Trump regime Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told students at Texas A&M University on April 15. | On June 14, Pompeo told …

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-26). AFT's Weingarten On Public Service Freedom To Negotiate Act And Protecting Employee Rights. blackstarnews.com AFT members, including AFT President Randi Weingarten, at townhall with 2020 presidential candidate California Senator Kamala Harris… | WASHINGTON—American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in support of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, reintroduced today in the House of Representatives, which will guarantee collective bargaining rights for public sector employees across the country: | "Public workers educate our students, treat our patients and keep our communities strong and safe. But in many states, they have been denied their basic freedom to…

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-26). Bipartisan Congressional Effort to Prevent War on Iran? globalresearch.ca When the US plans war on a targeted country, it fabricates pretexts and seeks world community, congressional, and public support — establishment media backing virtually automatic. | Congressional authorization for war hasn't been gotten since December 8, 1941, following imperial Japan's …

Jason Ditz (2019-06-26). Trump Rejected Attacking Iran: 'We Don't Need Any More Wars'. globalresearch.ca The Wall Street Journal is reporting in increasing detail on President Trump's Thursday decision to not attack Iran, providing reports from aides that described Trump as very reluctant to be dragged into another war. | Trump reportedly told one of his …

Joao Peixe (2019-06-26). The Golden Asteroid that Could Make Everyone on Earth a Billionaire. globalresearch.ca Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don't really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we've already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals. | If anything launches this …

Annie Dieu-Le-Veut (2019-06-26). "5G Ready"? UK Government's "5G Rural First": "Dangerously High" Levels of Electromagnetic Field Radiation (EMF) in Southern England. globalresearch.ca 230 scientists and doctors are appealing to the WHO to move the 5G wireless signal from a Group 2B carcinogen to a Group 1, the same as asbestos and arsenic. They point to the dangers to health from 5G including increased cancer, genetic damages, neurological disorders, etc…

Andre Vltchek (2019-06-26). Egypt's Former President Morsi Died, or Was Murdered, While Reciting a Patriotic Poem in a Cage. globalresearch.ca Former President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, had finished his 15-minute discourse in a courtroom, while being locked inside a sound-proofed cage. He read a poem about his love for Egypt, and then collapsed, and died. | His demise sent shock-waves …

John W. Whitehead (2019-06-26). How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage. globalresearch.ca "She was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80 percent could …

Bill Van Auken (2019-06-26). Trump Imposes New Sanctions Amid Continuing War Threat Against Iran. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump and his treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, unveiled Monday what the US administration had touted as new "harsh" and "hard-hitting" economic sanctions against Iran in the wake of last week's Iranian shoot-down of a sophisticated US drone …

Global Research News (2019-06-26). Selected Articles: How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage. 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 Global Research Team (2019-06-26). An Antidote to Isolation? globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | As the modern day world grows more and more isolated, the view points we put forth are not selected in the interest of pushing a specific narrative, but rather in breaking down walls and building a dialogue. We …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-26). Childish Diplomacy: Donald Trump's New Play Against Iran. globalresearch.ca Diplomacy has been seen historically as a practitioner's art, nurtured in schools of learning, tested and tried in the boardrooms of mild mannered summitry. Klemens von Metternich and Otto von Bismarck practiced it with varying degrees of ruthlessness and skill; …

Maxim A. Suchkov (2019-06-26). Russia-Israel-US National Security Chiefs Meet Behind Closed Doors in Jerusalem: Moscow Seeks Iran-Israel "Compromise" globalresearch.ca The much-awaited trilateral meeting of the security chiefs of Russia, Israel and the United States delivered on expectations: no breakthroughs nor revelations of concrete proposals, but lots of mutual political signaling, diplomatic posturing and ground-setting for next engagements. | Iran predictably …

Ben Norton (2019-06-26). NY Times Admits It Sends Stories to US Government for Approval Before Publication. globalresearch.ca The New York Times casually acknowledged that it sends major scoops to the US government before publication, to make sure "national security officials" have "no concerns." | *** | The New York Times has publicly acknowledged that it sends some of its …

Thomas Gaulkin (2019-06-26). Video: Avian Bird Flu, New Strains of the Flu Virus: Let's Fight Global Pandemics by Maybe Starting One? globalresearch.ca Feed a cold, starve a fever … mutate the flu? | A couple of labs in Wisconsin and The Netherlands have been given the green light to do controversial work with a deadly strain of avian flu that kills two thirds …

Mark Taliano (2019-06-26). Canada: Lifting the Veil of Identity Politics. globalresearch.ca Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's time-honored participation in Pride parades belies something much more sinister. | The Prime Minister's recent statement that, "(t)his message, that politicians of all different stripes are out to support them, that the country takes to the …

Gordon Laxer (2019-06-26). Trudeau Should Cut His Losses on the Trans Mountain Pipeline. globalresearch.ca Justin Trudeau is in over a barrel. In 2015, he made a deal with Alberta. He would get an oil pipeline built to a coast if the province joined his pan-Canadian climate plan. After his election this past April, Conservative …

John Treat (2019-06-26). What Ever Happened to the Energy Transition? globalresearch.ca Anyone trying to understand what's happening with the world's energy systems right now can be forgiven if they are confused. On one hand, most people know about the climate emergency, and the need to move away from fossil fuels. On …

Asif Haroon Raja (2019-06-26). Attempted Coup in Ethiopia. globalresearch.ca Early in the morning of June 22, an orchestrated coup attempt was made against the executive leadership of Amhara Regional Government of Ethiopia, north of Addis Ababa. | A "hit squad" led by Amhara's security chief Brig Gen Asaminew Tsige burst …

Amnesty International Canada (2019-06-26). Not Another Mount Polley! Minnesota Delegation in Toronto to Sound Alarm over PolyMet Mine. globalresearch.ca A delegation of concerned downstream residents and elected leaders will be travelling from Minnesota to Toronto this week to raise concerns about a Canadian junior mining company's plan to build a massive copper mine near a sensitive watershed in Duluth….

Colin Todhunter (2019-06-26). Life Expectancy Falters in the UK: Slow Death but Fast Profits for the Agrochemical Sector. globalresearch.ca A special report in the Observer newspaper in the UK on 23 June 2019 asked the question: Why is life expectancy faltering? The piece noted that for the first time in 100 years, Britons are dying earlier. The UK now …

Barbara Boland (2019-06-26). Arms Dealers and Lobbyists Get Rich as Yemen Burns. globalresearch.ca Chronic human rights violator Saudi Arabia is using American-made weapons against civilians in the fifth-poorest nation in the world, Yemen. And make no mistake: U.S. defense contractors and their lobbyists and supporters in government are getting rich in the process….

Dr. Elias Akleh (2019-06-26). The Shameful "Deal of the Century". globalresearch.ca Much have been said and written about the so-called "Deal of the Century", also called by different names depending on the perspective of different parties. The deal has been in development for two years and is eventually being unveiled this …

Hans Stehling (2019-06-26). "Overwhelming Will Mean Obliteration", according to Trump: A World Gone Mad, A Demented Head of State, Total Destruction of Iran is Contemplated? globalresearch.ca This is what the Republican-elected, property-developer-president in the US White House in Washington has specifically threatened to do to the sovereign state of Iran: which action is presumably endorsed by the UK Conservative government — for it has said nothing …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-06-26). Reparations and the Liberation of the African American People. globalresearch.ca Note: These following remarks were made by Abayomi Azikiwe at a public meeting held at the Cass Commons in Midtown on June 19 to celebrate the annual Cuba Caravan which arrived in the city at the invitation of the Moratorium …

Shane Quinn (2019-06-26). Western Allies Terror-bombed 70 German Cities by 1945. globalresearch.ca During late November 1944, the German armaments minister Albert Speer met with his leader, Adolf Hitler, at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin so as to debate the ongoing war effort. Much to Hitler's incredulity, Speer had been overseeing what …

Emad El-Din Aysha (2019-06-26). In protest: the sci-fi contribution to Arabic resistance literature. mronline.org Palestinian resistance literature helped break the bounds of many of the literary taboos holding Arabic literature back. A whole new genre within a genre developed with the Palestinian intifada. It is a shame that there is no science fiction as future-oriented as Palestinian resistance literature is. | Source

WSWS (2019-06-26). Australian teachers establish new Facebook "support network" against ongoing victimisation. wsws.org Three victimised teachers have launched a new "Bullied Teachers Support Network," under conditions where nearly 25 percent of NSW high school teachers claim to have been bullied.

The Canary (2019-06-26). UK population growth stalls, with births down and deaths up. thecanary.co The population of the UK has risen to 66.4 million but the growth rate has stalled, official estimates show. | The latest calculations show there was an estimated 66,436,000 people living in the country at the end of June 2018, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). | But the growth rate remained the same as the previous year. | Over the 12 months to the middle of 2018, the UK population rose year-on-year by 0.6%, with the annual growth rate remaining slower than any year since mid-2004. | Neil Park, head of the ONS population estimates unit, said: "For the fifth year in a row, net intern…

Sophie Mitra and Debra Brucker (2019-06-26). US poverty statistics ignore millions of struggling American. nationofchange.org Who counts as poor in the U.S. today? Measuring the share of the population that experiences poverty is important to understanding and monitoring how the country's economy is doing. It also informs the administration of safety net programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps. Poverty is measured in the U.S. in two ways — but …

Eds. (2019-06-26). Discussing the Black Panthers. mronline.org With the development of new anti-racist movements, there is a renewed interest in the history of the Black Panther Party. Shaun Harkin spoke to Donna Murch—historian and author of 'Living for the City'—about the overlooked aspects of the Panthers, from their founding days, to their focus on political education. | Source

Ashley Stumvoll (2019-06-26). Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution. nationofchange.org Climate change has widely reported negative consequences, and innovations in renewable energy technologies are central to achieving the Paris climate treaty goals to mitigate these effects. A new report cautions that mining of metals used in manufacturing renewable technologies like wind turbines, solar power, and electric vehicles has costs, including for biodiversity. Negative effects from …

Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural (2019-06-25). SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight. indybay.org Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Costa Rican Teachers Protest Education Reforms. telesurenglish.net Teachers affiliated with the Association of Secondary School Teachers APSE marched Tuesday in the capital toward the National Assembly, protesting against the neoliberal policies affecting the public sector that will criminalize strikes. | RELATED: | Activists, Right Groups Demand Justice for Slain Costa Rican Indigenous Leader | "The protest aims to show the public that the government and most legislators are attempting to criminal…

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