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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 | 2019-06-27
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php

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

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

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

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/

New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Macy's Over Criminal History Screening Policy
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-26
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,…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/news/new-…

High Court told of 'genuine crisis' in special educational needs funding
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
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…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/06/26/high-court-told-of-genuine-crisis-in-special-educational-needs-funding/

Discussing the Black Panthers
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-26
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…
mronline.org/2019/06/26/discussing-the-black-panthers/

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/

Former footballer urges graduates to show solidarity as he picks up degree
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
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…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/06/26/former-footballer-urges-graduates-to-show-solidarity-as-he-picks-up-degree/

New Zealand primary teacher union pushes through sellout pay deal
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/nzed…

SF Board of Education Will Hear the "Life of Washington" Mural Tonight
Paint Down Washington High's Racist Mural | indybay.org | 2019-06-26
Reflection & Action Committee, Native & Black community and Allies say Paint It Down and No Cover Ups!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824227.php

'Summon the spirit of San Francisco', says General Assembly President on UN Charter anniversary
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-26
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1041401

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/

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…

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/

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

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/

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……
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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…

What Ever Happened to the Energy Transition?
John Treat | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/what-ever-happened-energy-transition/5681836

Trump Rejected Attacking Iran: 'We Don't Need Any More Wars'
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-rejected-attacking-iran-we-dont-need-any-more-wars/5681776

Trump Imposes New Sanctions Amid Continuing War Threat Against Iran
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imposes-new-sanctions-amid-continuing-war-threat-against-iran/5681771

Arms Dealers and Lobbyists Get Rich as Yemen Burns
Barbara Boland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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….
globalresearch.ca/arms-dealers-lobbyists-get-rich-yemen-burns/5681821

"Overwhelming Will Mean Obliteration", according to Trump: A World Gone Mad, A Demented Head of State, Total Destruction of Iran is Contemplated?
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/obliterate-destroy-wipe-annihilate-exterminate-liquidate-kill-wipe-off-face-earth/5681795

Video: Avian Bird Flu, New Strains of the Flu Virus: Let's Fight Global Pandemics by Maybe Starting One?
Thomas Gaulkin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/hey-lets-fight-global-pandemics-maybe-starting-one-say-what/5681806

Attempted Coup in Ethiopia
Asif Haroon Raja | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/attempted-coup-ethiopia/5681797

Western Allies Terror-bombed 70 German Cities by 1945
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/western-allies-terror-bombed-70-german-cities-1945/5681730

Life Expectancy Falters in the UK: Slow Death but Fast Profits for the Agrochemical Sector
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/life-expectancy-falters-uk-slow-death-fast-profits-agrochemical-sector/5681854

Canada: Lifting the Veil of Identity Politics
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/lifting-veil-identity-politics/5681768

The Shameful "Deal of the Century"
Dr. Elias Akleh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/shameful-deal-century/5681780

Egypt's Former President Morsi Died, or Was Murdered, While Reciting a Patriotic Poem in a Cage
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/morsi-died-was-murdered-while-reciting-patriotic-poem-cage/5681759

Russia-Israel-US National Security Chiefs Meet Behind Closed Doors in Jerusalem: Moscow Seeks Iran-Israel "Compromise"
Maxim A. Suchkov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/moscow-seeks-iran-israel-compromise-jerusalem-security-chiefs-meeting/5681774

The Golden Asteroid that Could Make Everyone on Earth a Billionaire
Joao Peixe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/golden-asteroid-could-make-everyone-earth-billionaire/5681800

"5G Ready"? UK Government's "5G Rural First": "Dangerously High" Levels of Electromagnetic Field Radiation (EMF) in Southern England
Annie Dieu-Le-Veut | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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…
globalresearch.ca/glastonbury-festival-goers-walking-emf-minefield/5681851

Trudeau Should Cut His Losses on the Trans Mountain Pipeline
Gordon Laxer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-should-cut-his-losses-trans-mountain-pipeline/5681733

Selected Articles: How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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-how-evil-wins-the-hypocritical-double-standards-of-political-outrage/5681861

Shift to renewable energy could have biodiversity cost, researchers caution
Ashley Stumvoll | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-26
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 …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/26/shift-to-renewable-energy-could-have-biodiversity-cost-researchers-caution/

Bipartisan Congressional Effort to Prevent War on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/bipartisan-congressional-effort-prevent-war-iran/5681790

Childish Diplomacy: Donald Trump's New Play Against Iran
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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; …
globalresearch.ca/childish-diplomacy-donald-trumps-new-play-against-iran/5681840

An Antidote to Isolation?
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/an-antidote-to-isolation/5681865

Not Another Mount Polley! Minnesota Delegation in Toronto to Sound Alarm over PolyMet Mine
Amnesty International Canada | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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….
globalresearch.ca/not-another-mount-polley-minnesota-delegation-toronto-sound-alarm-polymet-mine/5681740

How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-evil-wins-hypocritical-double-standards-political-outrage/5681766

Reparations and the Liberation of the African American People
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/reparations-and-the-liberation-of-the-african-american-people/5681756

NY Times Admits It Sends Stories to US Government for Approval Before Publication
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/ny-times-admits-it-sends-stories-us-government-approval-before-publication/5681831

In protest: the sci-fi contribution to Arabic resistance literature
Emad El-Din Aysha | mronline.org | 2019-06-26
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…
mronline.org/2019/06/26/in-protest-the-sci-fi-contribution-to-arabic-resistance-literature/

Australian teachers establish new Facebook "support network" against ongoing victimisation
wsws.org | 2019-06-26
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/26/netw…

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/

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/

Students and staff to protest imposition of trimesters at Australian university
wsws.org | 2019-06-25
The University of New South Wales management has put commercial interests ahead of education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/unsw…

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2019-06-26: News Headlines

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.

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!

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.

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.

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…

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

plenglish (2019-06-25). Cuba and Nicaragua Strengthen Ties in Education. plenglish.com Managua, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Ties between Cuba and Nicaragua in the educational sector were strengthened after a meeting between Cuban Minister Ena Elsa Velazquez with professors and students in two departments.

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-25). RIP Medical Debt Charity Promotes Book About America's Crippling $1 Trillion Medical Debt Emergency. blackstarnews.com Authors of END MEDICAL DEBT book are donating all royalties toward paying off medical debt for individuals throughout America… | The amazing charity, RIP Medical Debt, has quietly worked over its 4+ years in existence to accept public donations with which to go to the debt market to purchase now over $700,000,000 (a half-billion!) in unpaid and unpayable medical debt only to forgive those debts. | RIP's intention for 2019 is to abolish ONE BILLION DOLLARS in such debt. They are now going public, by way of a book entitled End Medical Debt, to equip every one of its readers with the education and tools they need…

Staff (2019-06-25). Henry A. Giroux: The Dismantling of Public Education Fuels Fascism. truthout.org Suzanne talks with internationally renowned writer and cultural critic Henry A. Giroux about how corporate values have changed the nature of higher education and the connections between the dismantling of public education and the rise of fascism in the U.S. Henry A. Giroux is well known for his groundbreaking work in critical pedagogy and has just published The Terror of The Unforeseen, a searing take-down of the populist authoritarian vision of the U.S. The book examines the resurgence of fascism in the age of Donald Trump's presidency, the language of hatred, state-sanctioned racism, casino capitalism, and f…

WSWS (2019-06-25). Students and staff to protest imposition of trimesters at Australian university. wsws.org The University of New South Wales management has put commercial interests ahead of education.

United Nations (2019-06-25). UN chief praises impact of Palestine refugee agency as 'our common success', at key pledging conference. un.org The work of the UN body responsible for assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which has allowed millions of children to receive an education that promotes UN values of human rights and tolerance, as well as democracy and conflict resolution, should be viewed "not only as our common responsibility, but as our common success", said Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday.

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…

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). Cuba To Help Nicaragua Improve Its Education System. telesurenglish.net Cuba's government has signed cooperation agreements with Nicaragua, which the Sandinista government hopes will help strengthen its education system. There will be "exchanges" whereby Cuba will visit and share their experiences building a world-class school system. | RELATED: | Nicaragua Creates 2,000 'Reconciliation Commissions' for Peace | Nicaragua's Vice President Rosario Murillo announced Tuesday that Cuba's Education Minister Ana Elsa Velazquez is visiting the country. The v…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-06-25). The Diminishing American Economy. globalresearch.ca Since June 2009 Americans have lived in the false reality of a recovered economy. Various fake news and manipulated statistics have been used to create this false impression. However, indicators that really count have not supported the false picture and …

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Iran Not Looking for War with US: Rouhani. telesurenglish.net Iran is not interested in beginning a war with the United States, the nation's president, Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reports. | RELATED: New Sanctions Mean 'Permanent Closure of Path to Diplomacy': Iran | "If the Americans want to violate the waters or airspace of Iran again, Iran's armed forces have a duty to confront them and they will have a decisive clash," Rouhani said, referri…

Ruth Milka (2019-06-25). Progressive legislation would tax Wall Street to pay for free college and eliminate student debt. nationofchange.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) have an unprecedented plan to eliminate student debt and provide free public college for everyone: tax Wall Street. | This week the three Senators unveiled new legislation "eliminate tuition and fees at all public four-year colleges and universities, as well as make community colleges, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs tuition- and fee-free for all." Futhermore, the legislation also calls for the elimination of the $1.6 trillion in student debt for all Americans, not just those that qualify under certain conditi…

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Protests in New Dehli Against US 'Imperialism' and Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Hundreds of activists marched Tuesday in the Indian capital to protest the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, denouncing the aggressive foreign policy in the Middle East and South America. | RELATED: | One of India's Major Cities Fights for Drinkable Water | Protestors, including students, teachers, leftist polical leaders, demanded the end of U.S. sanctions against the governments of Venezuela, Iran and Cuba, calling them "imperialist." | The demonstrations were convoked by…

Staff (2019-06-25). Beyond Praise of Segregationists, Biden Spent Years Fighting Busing. truthout.org Former Vice President Joe Biden made headlines last week when he fondly reminisced about his "civil" relationship in the 1970s and 1980s with segregationist senators James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia. While Biden's recent comments made the news, far less attention has been paid to the former vice president's actual record. In the 1970s, then-Senator Biden was a fierce critic of Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools. We speak with National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol about Biden's track record. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This…

Staff (2019-06-25). Jonathan Kozol: Joe Biden Didn't Just Praise Segregationists. He Also Spent Years Fighting Busing. democracynow.org Former Vice President Joe Biden made headlines last week when he fondly reminisced about his "civil" relationship in the 1970s and 1980s with segregationist senators James Eastland of Mississippi and Herman Talmadge of Georgia. While Biden's recent comments made the news, far less attention has been paid to the former vice president's actual record. In the 1970s, then-Senator Biden was a fierce critic of Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools. We speak with National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol about Biden's track record.

Staff (2019-06-25). Bernie Sanders' Student Debt Plan Trumps Warren's. truthdig.com The Vermont senator's new proposal would erase a $1.6 trillion burden on 45 million Americans. It's by far and away the best path forward.

C.J. Atkins (2019-06-25). Student loan wipeout: Bernie says tax Wall Street, erase college debt. peoplesworld.org Over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt hangs like dead weight on the U.S. economy. Every year, more than 45 million people choose not to do things like buy new homes and cars—activities that would help create jobs and drive growth—because they are burdened with crushing college debts that suck up a huge part of …

Mark Gruenberg (2019-06-25). Mercedes Martinez's "homework assignment": Keep Puerto Rico in mind. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—Mercedes Martinez has a "homework assignment" for all of the U.S. "I want Puerto Rico to remain visible and for people to keep in mind the political situation we face," says Martinez, president of the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, a top Puerto Rican teachers union. That situation ranges from political indifference to outright …

Staff (2019-06-25). What Corruption in Sports Can Teach Us About Trump's America. truthdig.com Our increasingly decaying civic society has leaked into the professional sports world. Now, an even more perverse reversal is taking place.

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Chemists Use Virtual Reality to Create New Drugs. telesurenglish.net Virtual reality is changing the face of science for medical researchers who have now created new drugs to combat diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's, as well as some forms of addiction. | RELATED: | Global Study Finds Europeans Show Lower Trust in Vaccines | Borrowing its digital platform from the popular game, Fortnite, chemists have developed their own i…

Francesco Maringià≤ (2019-06-25). The G20 Meeting in Japan: The Trade War Unleashed by the United States Against China. globalresearch.ca At the G20 in Japan, the leaders of the world's leading economies will meet on the next 28 June. On the table there is the discussion on the reform of international trade. In a context in which the US aims …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-25). A Europa na estratégia nuclear do Pentágono. globalresearch.ca Os Ministros da Defesa da NATO (de Itália, Elisabetta Trenta, M5S, de Portugal, Joà£o Gomes Cravinho) foram convocados para reunir em Bruxelas, em 26 e 27 de Junho, a fim de aprovar as novas medidas de "dissuasà£o" contra a …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-25). Pompeo's "Indo-Pacific" Tour Is Aimed Against Iran and China. globalresearch.ca The Secretary of State is on a tour of the Indo-Pacific region that will take him to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India, Japan, and South Korea by the time it concludes next week, with the aim of this global voyage …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-25). Ethiopia's Failed Coup Attempt Almost Pushed the Country to the Edge of Collapse. globalresearch.ca A coup attempt in the historic Ethiopian core region of Amhara was narrowly thwarted even though the state chief was killed and the country's top military leader was assassinated in a related incident that later took place in the capital, …

Yves Engler (2019-06-25). Canada Enables Corrupt Haitian President to Remain in Power. globalresearch.ca At the front of a protest against Haiti's president last week a demonstrator carried a large wooden cross bearing the flags of Canada, France and the US. The Haiti Information Project tweeted that protesters " see these three nations as …

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-25). Iran Barred from Closed UN Security Council Session Pertaining the US Threats against Iran. globalresearch.ca On Monday at the Trump regime's request, Security Council members met in closed session on the mid-June Gulf of Oman and earlier hostile incidents last month. | Iran was barred from attending to stress it had nothing to do with what …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-25). L'Europa nella strategia nucleare del Pentagono. globalresearch.ca I ministri della Difesa della Nato (per l'Italia Elisabetta Trenta, M5S) sono stati convocati a Bruxelles, il 26 e 27 giugno, per approvare le nuove misure di ´deterrenza ª contro la Russia, accusata senza alcuna prova di aver violato il Trattato …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-25). The Presence of Foreign Troops in Australia: The US Marines in Darwin. globalresearch.ca Subordinates rarely have a good time of dictating matters to their superiors. In the webbed power relations that pass as realpolitik, Australia is the well behaved child in the front of the room, yearning to be caned and spoilt in …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-25). L'Unione europea nella strategia nucleare del Pentagono. globalresearch.ca I ministri della Difesa della Nato (per l'Italia Elisabetta Trenta, M5S) sono stati convocati a Bruxelles, il 26 e 27 giugno, per approvare le nuove misure di ´deterrenza ª contro la Russia, accusata senza alcuna prova di aver violato il Trattato …

Stephen Karganovic (2019-06-25). The ICTY Srebrenica Trials: The Unseen Evidence. globalresearch.ca One of the key evidentiary issues that arose during several ICTY Srebrenica trials was the right of the accused to conduct an independent examination of the forensic evidence used against them. That right exists as a matter of course in …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-06-25). Beyond Climate Tipping Points: Greenhouse Gas Levels Exceed the Stability Limit of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. globalresearch.ca The pace of global warming has been grossly underestimated. As the world keeps increasing its carbon emissions rising in 2018 to a record 33.1 billion ton CO2 per year, the atmospheric greenhouse gas level has now exceeded 560 ppm …

South Front (2019-06-25). Video: Trump Stopped Strike on Iran, but Tensions Continued to Grow. globalresearch.ca Tensions continued to grow in the Persian Gulf region after the shoot-down of a $110 million U.S. RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps over the Straight of Hormuz on June 20. | According …

James J. Zogby (2019-06-25). Most Democratic Candidates Still Afraid to Criticise Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights. globalresearch.ca The attitudes of Democratic voters toward the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have become decidedly more balanced in the past two decades. Favourable attitudes toward Palestinians are up, while attitudes toward Israel appear to be in decline. While overall views of Israel …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-25). Will the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Extend into the Middle East? globalresearch.ca It's inevitable that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will eventually lead to it strategically expanding into the Gulf, so China and Pakistan should use Trump's latest tweet urging countries to militarily protect their own oil tankers there to operationalize …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-06-25). How Iran Decided to Down a US Drone and Narrowly Averted War by Sparing Another US Plane. globalresearch.ca Iran averted all-out war in the Middle East at the last moment when the Central command and control operational room of its Army and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ordered not to shoot down a US Navy anti-submarine warfare, …

Rima Najjar (2019-06-25). U.S. Rejectionist Policy Toward Palestinian Participation, Rights. globalresearch.ca Upon hearing the news that Palestinian diplomat Dr. Hanan Ashrawi had been denied entry to the United States on a speaking engagement, my husband wrote an e-mail to Indiana Senator Mike Braun titled, 'Tell State Dept & Trump to give …

Dania Akkad (2019-06-25). Revealed: UK Approved £14m in Arms Sales to Israel During Gaza Protests. globalresearch.ca The British government licensed arms deals worth over £14m ($17.8m) to Israel last year even as Israeli soldiers were accused of intentionally firing on Palestinian protesters at the Gaza border in what the UN says may be potential war crimes….

Max Blumenthal (2019-06-25). Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an Opposition Front Group Became Western Media's Go-to monitor. globalresearch.ca Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group's seamless connection to Syria's opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or …

Prof. Paul Christopher Gray (2019-06-25). Transforming Capitalist Power: From the Streets to the State. globalresearch.ca The communist playwright Bertolt Brecht once wrote, "The individual can be annihilated/But the Party cannot be annihilated" (1977, 29). And yet, in the neoliberal era, the Party has been annihilated — only the individual remains. Or so it seemed until …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-25). A Unià£o Europeia na estratégia nuclear do Pentágono. globalresearch.ca Os Ministros da Defesa da NATO (de Itália, Elisabetta Trenta, M5S, de Portugal, Joà£o Gomes Cravinho) foram convocados para reunir em Bruxelas, em 26 e 27 de Junho, a fim de aprovar as novas medidas de "dissuasà£o" contra a …

Philip Giraldi (2019-06-25). How to Start an Unnecessary War: Targeting Iran Started Before 2016. globalresearch.ca I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing a good job. To be sure, the economy continues to add mostly low paying jobs …

plenglish (2019-06-24). Cuban Minister of Education Visits Nicaragua. plenglish.com Managua, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Education Ana Elsa Velazquez kicked off an official visit to Managua on Sunday, after paying tribute to the Nicaraguan hero Carlos Fonseca Amador on his 83rd birthday.

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