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Financed by Tax on Wall Street Speculators, Sanders Plan Would Wipe Out All $1.6 Trillion in US Student Loan Debt
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
"We bailed out Wall Street in 2008. It's time to tax Wall Street's greed to help the American people." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/24/financed-tax-wall-street-speculators-sanders-plan-would-wipe-out-all-16-trillion-us?cd-origin=rss

Sanders and Omar's Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota released a bill to cancel all student debt in the nation, called the Student Debt Cancellation Act. Sen. Bernie Sanders is also introducing companion legislation for complete student debt cancellation as a part of broader package he is introducing on college affordability. While Representative Omar's Student Debt Cancellation Act isn't the first bill ever to propose canceling all student debt, it comes at a time when wide-scale student debt cancellation as a policy proposal is finally being tr…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-omars-plan-would-wipe-out-every-outstanding-student-loan/

"Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

The Mechanism of Economic Sanctions: Changing Perceptions and Euphemisms
Elias Davidsson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
"Economic sanctions", a mode of coercion in international relations resuscitated in recent years, has prompted renewed and lively scholarly interest in the subject. Why have such measures become so popular? | One answer is that they "constitute a means of exerting …
globalresearch.ca/mechanism-economic-sanctions-changing-perceptions-euphemisms/5681547

HBO's "Chernobyl": A Cautionary Tale About Splitting Atoms, or Another Chapter of Anti-Russia Propaganda?
Dennis Riches | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
I've always been kind of obsessed by things nuclear. From the time I learned about nuclear arsenals as a child, I wondered how masses of people could tolerate this Sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. A few years ago, …
globalresearch.ca/hbos-chernobyl-cautionary-tale-about-splitting-atoms-another-chapter-anti-russia-propaganda/5681524

"Violent Voyeurism": Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise is privacy's violation; its working assumption is privacy's irrelevance; officially tolerated such a concept is …
globalresearch.ca/violent-voyeurism-surveillance-spyware-human-rights/5681540

Secret US-Russia-Israel National Security Summit in Jerusalem: What is the Hidden Agenda?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
This week's National Security Advisor summit in Jerusalem is an historic event because of the participation of the Russian, Israeli, and American representatives during this multi-day meeting from 24-26 June, but it's also a juicy one too because of …
globalresearch.ca/juicy-national-security-advisor-summit-jerusalem/5681560

Trained to Lie: The Making of the Modern Politician
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
It would appear these days, that unless one can show that one is important or an expert in some way or other, one will not be taken seriously by those who only see life as a social climbing highway called …
globalresearch.ca/trained-lie-making-modern-politician/5681562

The Monkey's Face. The Climate Crisis is Destroying "Real Environmentalism"
John Steppling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
"The more reified the world becomes, the thicker the veil cast upon nature, the more the thinking weaving that veil in its turn claims ideologically to be nature, primordial experience." — Theodor Adorno (Critical Models) | "Nature contains, though often unnoticed, | …
globalresearch.ca/the-monkeys-face-the-climate-crisis-is-destroying-real-environmentalism/5681579

Lying by Omission Is Still Lying
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
There is no doubt that lying in any form and for questionable reasons is not an accepted value. It can cause serious consequences on those who are the object of lies. It some cases it can cost lives. A person …
globalresearch.ca/lying-omission-still-lying/5681538

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Trained to Lie: The Making of the Modern Politician
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
It would appear these days, that unless one can show that one is important or an expert in some way or other, one will not be taken seriously by those who only see life as a social climbing highway called 'career making'.
globalresearch.ca/trained-lie-making-modern-politician/5681562

Bolton Is in Israel Conferring with Netanyahu How to Provoke US Attack on Iran
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
As I posted on June 22, the world still faces the danger of an attack on Iran by Washington acting as an agent of Netanyahu. Israeli agent John Bolton is already in Israel conferring with Netanyahu. It is a …
globalresearch.ca/bolton-israel-conferring-netanyahu-how-provoke-us-attack-iran/5681532

Trump "Rethinks", Abruptly Calls Off Military Strike: US Credibility Dented in Iran Standoff. The Danger of Escalation Remains
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
The US President Donald Trump's reported decision abruptly to call off military strike against Iran which he'd previously ordered, highlights the growing complexity of the US-Iranian entanglement. | Indeed, it takes political courage to rationalise amidst such a dangerous situation …
globalresearch.ca/trump-rethinks-abruptly-calls-off-military-strike-us-credibility-dented-in-iran-standoff-the-danger-of-escalation-remains/5681523

Selected Articles: Lying by Omission Is Still Lying
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
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-lying-omission-still-lying/5681602

Iran and the Dangers of Nuclear War. The Risk of a US Preemptive War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Pompeo, Bolton, and their hardline underlings seek coalition partners of the willing for confronting Iran militarily. More on this below. | Sunday on NBC News Meet the Press, Trump made a rare candid statement, saying "(i)f it was up to (John …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-hawks-seek-anti-iran-coalition-war/5681567

Memo to the President: Is Pompeo's Iran Agenda the Same as Yours?
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
UPDATED: VIPS says its direct experience with Mike Pompeo leaves them with strong doubt regarding his trustworthiness on issues of consequence to the President and the nation. | DATE: June 21, 2019 | MEMORANDUM FOR: The President. | FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for …
globalresearch.ca/vips-memo-president-pompeos-iran-agenda-same-yours/5681521

U.S. "Military Aid" to Al Qaeda, ISIS-Daesh
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
The total shipment is of the order of 994 tons of "humanitarian" R2P light weapons for the "Moderates" in Syria. (in a single shipment out of Romania) among numerous comparable shipments by sea as well as by air…
globalresearch.ca/u-s-military-aid-to-al-qaeda-isis-daesh/5548960

As Conflict with Iran Escalates, Path to Peace Can be Found
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
The recent escalation of conflict between the United States and Iran threatens another US military quagmire that would create crisis and chaos in Iran, the region and perhaps globally as well as costing the US trillions of dollars. The US …
globalresearch.ca/conflict-iran-escalates-path-peace-found/5681582

'Modified': A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of "Food Supply for Profit"
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it's not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it's a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights …
globalresearch.ca/modified-film-about-gmos-corruption-food-supply-profit/5681527

Hundreds of 737 Max Pilots Sue Boeing over 'Unprecedented Cover-Up"
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Over 400 pilots have joined a class-action lawsuit against Boeing, accusing the company of an "unprecedented cover-up" of "known design flaws" on the company's top-selling 737 MAX, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. | The MAX, first put into service in …
globalresearch.ca/hundreds-737-max-pilots-sue-boeing-unprecedented-cover-up/5681557

Report Highlights Mistreatment of Refugee Children in US Internment Camps
Fred Mazelis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
A report this week by the Associated Press (AP) on conditions facing children at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas, highlights the inhuman treatment of children under the Trump Administration's savage anti-immigrant campaign. | The AP, in an account …
globalresearch.ca/report-highlights-mistreatment-refugee-children-us-internment-camps/5681518

'Plasticrust': A new form of pollution is forming on this Portuguese island
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-24
Plastic pollution: it seems to be taking over our oceans and beaches. An estimated 8 million tons of plastic ends up in our oceans every year, a number that has skyrocketed over the last 70 years as our demand for plastic has grown. Therefore it seems like it was only a matter of time before plastic pollution evolved into something even worse. | Researchers have discovered a new, maybe even more permanent, form of plastic pollution. Dubbed 'plasticrust', this type of pollution incorporates itself right into the rocky shoreline of the Portuguese island of Madeira. | In 2016 marine ecologist Ignacio Gestoso noti…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/24/plasticrust-a-new-form-of-pollution-is-forming-on-this-portuguese-island/

"Theoretical Lies" of the World Bank. Developing Countries and the Hidden Agenda of the "Washington Consensus"
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
In 2019, the World Bank (WB) and the IMF will be 75 years old. These two international financial institutions (IFI), founded in 1944, are dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that …
globalresearch.ca/theoretical-lies-world-bank/5681576

Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, Balboa Park BART | Meet at street level at the bottom of hill below Science Hall, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, near St. Francis of the Guns statue in front of the Science Building.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824146.php

Rwanda: Feminists Dialogue on Women's Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-24
Rwanda Women's Network, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promote and improve the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda, held Saturday a dialogue in the capital city of Kigali, to share views on the general state of feminism in the Central East African country. | RELATED: | France Will Finally Investigate Involvement in Rwandan Genocide | The dialogue was aimed to rethink the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists within the national context and fr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rwanda-Feminists-Dialogue-on-Womens-Rights-20190623-0017.html

Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824144.php

Sanders, Jayapal and Omar Introduce Groundbreaking Bills to Ensure College For All and Eliminate All Student Debt
commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
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Ilhan Omar and Bernie Got It Right: Full Student Debt Cancellation Is the Best Approach
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are seen during the Capitol "Swamp" to unveil college affordability bills, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/24/ilhan-omar-and-bernie-got-it-right-full-student-debt-cancellation-best-approach?cd-origin=rss

Sanders will Present Project to Eliminate Student Debt in the US
plenglish.com | 2019-06-24
Washington, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will present today a proposal to eliminate US student debt, estimated at 1.6 trillion (millions of millions) of dollars.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Thousands of Students Cross the US-Mexico Border Every Day to Go to College
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
San Ysidro, California — The weight of her backpack is what comes to mind when Andrea Morín thinks about crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between Tijuana and San Diego every weekday to attend San Diego State University. | "We have to struggle with the most basic things sometimes," the 22-year-old theater major said. "My backpack is super heavy 'cause I have to be here the entire day. So I have to be carrying snacks, food, extra clothes." | Vannessa Falcón, a Ph.D. candidate in education in a joint program between San Diego State and Claremont Graduate University, was 12 when she started cros…
truthout.org/articles/thousands-of-students-cross-the-us-mexico-border-every-day-to-go-to-college/

Cuban Minister of Education Visits Nicaragua
plenglish.com | 2019-06-24
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

UNESCO Approves the Extension of Galapagos Biosphere Reserve Area
plenglish.com | 2019-06-24
24 de junio de 2019, 16: 13Quito, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has passed the extension of the Galapagos Biosphere Reserve area, the Ministry of Environment announced on Monday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

FROM THE FIELD: Children in warzones denied right to education
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-24
Millions of children around the world are being denied a "safe place to learn", due to ongoing conflicts according to the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1041141

Campaign to defend historic, Depression-era "Life of Washington" murals in San Francisco
wsws.org | 2019-06-24
The San Francisco Board of Education is considering either destroying or covering over a series of 13 frescoes on the life of George Washington at a local high school. The WSWS spoke to professor emeritus of history Robert Cherny about the issue.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/24/mura…

Crazed US Government: As We Face "Armageddon" the Western World Is Leaderless
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
According to news reports, the validity of which cannot be ascertained by the general public, a crazed US government came within ten minutes of igniting a general conflagation in the Middle East, the consequences of which could have been catastrophic …
globalresearch.ca/face-armageddon-western-world-leaderless/5681453

Provoking Iran Could Start a War and Crash the World Economy
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Tensions in the Persian Gulf are reaching a point of no return. In recent weeks, six oil tankers have been subjected to Israeli sabotage disguised to look like Iranian attacks to induce the United States to take military action …
globalresearch.ca/provoking-iran-could-start-war-crash-entire-world-economy/5681482

History of World War II: The D-Day Landing, The Red Army's "Operation Bagration", Summer of 1944
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
President Trump's controversial visit to the UK finished with his departure to Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Trump gathered with other Western leaders for the usual photo op which did not include the leaders …
globalresearch.ca/red-armys-operation-bagration-not-d-day-landings-broke-back-german-fascism-summer-1944/5681456

Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down US Spy Drone
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
The New York Times is reporting that on June 20, President Trump ordered military strikes against Iran to retaliate for its shootdown of a U.S. drone, but then pulled back and didn't launch them. Officials told the Times that …
globalresearch.ca/iran-had-legal-right-shoot-down-us-spy-drone/5681461

Trump Told Iran of Imminent Attack, Then Offered Talks
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Having signed off on an attack against Iran early Thursday, President Trump didn't just tell the military and diplomats that he was on board. Trump also sent a message to the Iranian government, by way of Oman, telling them that …
globalresearch.ca/trump-told-iran-imminent-attack-then-offered-talks/5681476

Be Thankful for Trump's Iran Indecision… For Now
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
We can for now be thankful Trump didn't kill people and blow things up in Iran yesterday. Even so, the fact he went full-throttle, and then backed off is worrisome. | It's been obvious for some time now the president is | …
globalresearch.ca/be-thankful-for-trumps-iran-indecision-for-now/5681506

Selected Articles: Lies and Sanctions — Iran and China
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
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/us-feeds-lies-sanctions-iran-china/5681488

US-China Economic Warfare: Chinese Enterprises Blacklisted by the US
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
The US considers China a strategic adversary. Waging war on the China by other means makes reconciling major bilateral differences all the harder. | According to a US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) document, 143 tech-related Chinese …
globalresearch.ca/scores-chinese-enterprises-blacklisted-us/5681478

War Propaganda and the US-NATO "War of Terror" Against Syria and Its People
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Washington-led NATO has always sought to destroy Syria as a functioning state. In order to achieve this goal, its air campaign and its terrorists have continuously targeted infrastructure. Schools, hospitals, and their employees have been targeted for either for destruction …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-wests-war-terror-against-syria-its-peoples/5681467

Trump Has a $259 Million Reason to Bomb Iran
Eli Clifton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
On Thursday, the United States came perilously close to a military confrontation with Iran after it downed a U.S. drone that may or may not have entered the country's air space. President Donald Trump reportedly ordered a retaliatory military strike …
globalresearch.ca/trump-has-259-million-reason-bomb-iran/5681490

Ongoing Genocide and the Plight of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Internationally
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
"Imagine that a group of bandits entered your house without permission and booted you and your family members out. Afterwards the bandits continue to occupy the house, but they graciously allow you and your family to stay in the cellar. …
globalresearch.ca/ongoing-genocide-and-the-plight-of-indigenous-peoples-in-canada-and-abroad/5681439

Germany vs. Iran — Has Germany Sold Out to the Devil?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Madame Angela Merkel — the head of Europe's strongest economy, of the leader of the European Union, said that there was strong evidence that Iran attacked the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Ten days ago, German Foreign Minister, …
globalresearch.ca/germany-vs-iran-has-germany-sold-out-to-the-devil/5681471

War Propaganda and the US-NATO "War of Terror" Against Syria and Its People
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
Washington-led NATO has always sought to destroy Syria as a functioning state. In order to achieve this goal, its air campaign and its terrorists have continuously targeted infrastructure. Schools, hospitals, and their employees have been targeted either for destruction or …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-wests-war-terror-against-syria-its-peoples/5681467

Aleppo: Where Hospitals Were Turned into Sharia Gaols
Gail Malone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
This article was originally published in March 2017. | In April [2017] as part of our fact finding mission, we travelled to Aleppo. We visited a hospital there which MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctor's Without Borders) has accused Assad and Russia of …
globalresearch.ca/aleppo-where-hospitals-were-turned-sharia-goals/5681450

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Michael Welch (2019-06-23). Ongoing Genocide and the Plight of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Internationally. globalresearch.ca "Imagine that a group of bandits entered your house without permission and booted you and your family members out. Afterwards the bandits continue to occupy the house, but they graciously allow you and your family to stay in the cellar. …

Laborfest (2019-06-23). Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk. indybay.org 50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, Balboa Park BART | Meet at street level at the bottom of hill below Science Hall, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, near St. Francis of the Guns statue in front of the Science Building.

Laborfest (2019-06-23). Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools. indybay.org ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…

Staff (2019-06-22). Bolsonaro's New Security Policy Will Endanger Black and Marginalized Women. truthout.org Today, Brazil is the highest ranked country in the world for homicides and murders by firearm and fifth for female homicides. Black women fall victim particularly often to gun murders: In 2016, 66% of all women killed by a firearm were of color. | While Brazil's militarized approach to public security has systemically contributed to civilian victimization in armed operations, j…

Philip A Farruggio (2019-06-22). The American Way of War. globalresearch.ca The infamous Herman Goering had this quote at the time of the Nuremberg Trials in the wake of World War II [1]: | "Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-06-22). The American Way of War. globalresearch.ca The infamous Herman Goering had this quote at the time of the Nuremberg Trials in the wake of World War II [1]: | "Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in …

Juan Cole (2019-06-22). Back from Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Iran Crisis that He Created with Severe US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca The warmongers on Trump's national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday in retaliation for the downing of a US drone over waters claimed by Iran. | Then at the last minute, Michael …

Nino Pagliccia (2019-06-22). Sorting Out Reality from Fiction About Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Last April marked a special anniversary for Cuba but one that we should all reflect upon given the current events in Latin America, particularly in Venezuela. In mid-April 1961 three cities in Cuba were bombed at the same time from …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-22). Bill Clinton in Kosovo: Reminiscing KLA Terrorism and US-NATO Humanitarian Warfare. globalresearch.ca "War in the name of morality provides as many reasons for historical shudders as war in the name of self-interest, for at least the latter may be easier to call off when self-interest calls for compromise." — Lawrence Freedman, Review …

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-22). How Close Was the Trump Regime to Waging War on Iran? globalresearch.ca From Harry Truman's aggression on North Korea to post-9/11 preemptive US wars, US ruling authorities acted with coalition of the willing partners — in lieu of going it alone. | World community opposition gives Washington pause about attacking another nation unilaterally, …

Brett Wilkins (2019-06-22). A Brief History of US Concentration Camps. globalresearch.ca Concentration camp (noun): a place in which large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. …

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Askiah Adam (2019-06-22). Has India Abandoned Palestine? globalresearch.ca India has recently voted in support of Israel at the United Nations (UN) for the first time in its post-independence history. At the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on June 6 she voted with Israel to deny a Palestinian …

The Corbett Report (2019-06-22). Video: The US Has Threatened Several Times to Stage an Attack and Blame It on Iran. globalresearch.ca Transcript of the video below. | 1) PATRICK CLAWSON ON "CRISIS INITIATION" | CLAWSON: I frankly think that crisis initiation is really tough and it's very hard for me to see how the United States president can get us to war …

Telesur (2019-06-22). 'Lies, Slander': Cuba Rejects US "Human Trafficking" Blacklist. globalresearch.ca Cuba denounced a decision by the United States to blacklist the island nation for allegedly contributing to human trafficking as based on "lies and slander." | The U.S. State Department's annual report on human trafficking released Thursday added Cuba and Saudi …

Mark Curtis (2019-06-22). Britain and Oman: Will Their Growing Special Relationship Survive Succession? globalresearch.ca Sixty years ago, Britain won a long-forgotten war in Oman, setting the special relationship between the two countries that is still being boosted today. | The anniversary falls as the head of the British army recently visited Oman, and as the …

South Front (2019-06-22). Video. US and Russian Armed Forces: Comparative Analysis of Organizational Structures. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Armed forces organization depends on several factors, from current and future threats and challenges (the nature of the projected theater of operations, or TO), to the country's economic and technological capabilities. The doctrines of the two world superpowers of …

Staff (2019-06-22). How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement. truthout.org When the Walton Family Foundation announced in 2013 that it was donating $20 million to Teach For America to recruit and train nearly 4,000 teachers for low-income schools, its press release did not reveal the unusual terms for the grant. | Documents obtained by ProPublica show that the foundation, a staunch supporter of school ch…

Sarah Mukabana (2019-06-22). Cameroonian students of Confucius Institute receive Chinese ambassador scholarship. cgtn.com A student from the Confucius Institute in Cameroon receives a scholarship from the Chinese ambassador Wang Yingwu (front R) in Yaounde, Cameroon, June 21, 2019. Fifty-nine students from the Confucius Institute in Cameroon received a scholarship on Friday from the Chinese ambassador Wang Yingwu. (Xinhua/Jean Pierre Kepseu)China | Fifty-nine students from the Confucius Institute in Cameroon received a scholarship on Friday from the Chinese ambassador Wang Yingwu. | The scholarship was shared among the students who performed exceptionally well in the Chinese proficiency test (HSK) and during the class. | Ariane Zet…

Laborfest (2019-06-22). Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk. indybay.org 50 Frida Kahlo Way, San Francisco, Balboa Park BART | Meet at street level at the bottom of hill below Science Hall, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, near St. Francis of the Guns statue in front of the Science Building.

NationofChange Staff (2019-06-22). Massive review of fracking science confirms the industry poses a serious threat to both environment and human health. nationofchange.org "All together, the data show that fracking impairs the health of people who live nearby, especially pregnant women, and swings a wrecking ball at the climate,"

Staff (2019-06-22). Activists Step Up Trainings in Wake of Deportation Threats. truthdig.com CHICAGO—Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. | "He failed to remain silent," said the U.S. citizen mother of five. "He proceeded and told the truth." | The Chicago woman now spends her time teaching others how to avoid her husband's fate, part of a growing national effort since President Donald Trump took office that has taken on new urgency in recent days. As he kicked off his 2020 campaign, Trump had p…

Laborfest (2019-06-22). Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools. indybay.org ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…

Mazwin Nik Anis (2019-06-21). Malaysian Airlines MH17: Prime Minister Mahathir Calls It a Political Plot Against Russia. globalresearch.ca Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described the decision to charge three Russians and one Ukranian with murder over flight MH17 as a political plot against Russia. | "We are very unhappy. From the very beginning, it became a political …

Global Research News (2019-06-21). 38th Annual Walk for Peace: Urge Politicians to Pursue "Peaceful Options" and Support Nuclear Disarmament. globalresearch.ca This Saturday, Winnipeggers will hold the city's 38th annual Walk for Peace. The theme of this year's march is to call for Canada to adopt a foreign policy that focuses on international peace, development and co-operation. The event is sponsored …

South Front (2019-06-21). Video: Gulf Conflict: Iran Shot Down US Global Hawk. Houthis Struck Saudi Power Plant with Cruise Missile. globalresearch.ca Late on June 19, Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) carried out a new one "cruise missile" strike on Saudi Arabia. The missile strike targeted a major power plant in the area of al-Shuqaiq in the Kingdom's southern province …

Scott Ritter (2019-06-21). Bias, Lies and Videotape: Doubts Dog 'Confirmed' Syria Chemical Attacks. globalresearch.ca Thanks to an explosive internal memo, there is no reason to believe the claims put forward by the Syrian opposition that President Bashar al-Assad's government used chemical weapons against innocent civilians in Douma back in April. This is a scenario …

Steven Aftergood (2019-06-21). US Joint Chiefs of Staff Official Nuclear Operations Doctrine Published, Taken Offline. globalresearch.ca The Joint Chiefs of Staff briefly published and then removed from public access a new edition of their official doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons. But a public copy was preserved. See Joint Publication 3-72, Nuclear Operations, June …

Eva Bartlett (2019-06-21). US Exceptionalism: Exploiting Certain Syrians, Ignoring Others. globalresearch.ca Syria and Russia have been evacuating civilians from yet another region starved by its Western-backed terrorists. But Western corporate media ignore this and instead continue spinning nightmarish war propaganda on Syria. | Predictably, copy-paste Syrian reports emanate from Western governments and …

John Stone (2019-06-21). Should Measles Vaccination be Compulsory? globalresearch.ca Supplementary to my earlier letter [1] it strikes me that public criticism of vaccine products may come a poor third in the spread of measles in comparison with failure of outreach and failure of the vaccine technology itself. In addition …

Craig Murray (2019-06-21). The Broader View Reveals the Ugliest of Prospects. globalresearch.ca Standing back a little and surveying the events of the last couple of weeks, gives a bleak view of the current state of western democracy. | We have seen what appears to be the most unconvincing of false flags in the …

David Coates (2019-06-21). Undocumented plant extinctions are a big problem — here's why they go unnoticed. nationofchange.org A recent survey on the world's plants found a shocking number have gone extinct — 571 since 1750. And this is likely to be a stark underestimate. Not all plants have been discovered, so it's likely other plants have gone extinct before researchers know they're at risk, or even know they exist. In Australia, the situation is …

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-21). Trump Threatens to Attack Iran, Then Pulls Back. globalresearch.ca Days after calling last week's Gulf of Oman incident "very minor," stepping back from possible war on Iran, Trump called its downing of a US spy drone (in its own airspace he failed to explain) "a very big mistake." | Responding …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-21). America's New Strategic Ally: India's Naval Deployment to the Persian Gulf. Directed against Iran? globalresearch.ca India's dispatch of naval and air assets to the Gulf in response to the latest US-provoked crisis there is anti-Iranian to the core and intended to serve as an exercise for improving the South Asian state's interoperability with its new …

Pepe Escobar (2019-06-21). Iran Goes for "Maximum Counter-pressure". Is Closing the Strait of Hormuz an Option? globalresearch.ca Sooner or later the US "maximum pressure" on Iran would inevitably be met by "maximum counter-pressure". Sparks are ominously bound to fly. | For the past few days, intelligence circles across Eurasia had been prodding Tehran to consider a quite straightforward …

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2019-06-21). On Global Capitalist Crises: Resisting US Financial Imperialism in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Read part I, II, III and IV 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 — On …

Richard Gale (2019-06-21). America's Medical Apartheid. globalresearch.ca Introduction by Dr. Gary Null | About a decade ago, my late colleague Dr. Martin Feldman and I were invited to be keynote speakers at a conference on anti-aging and alternative medicine in Chicago. | The hall was packed with several thousand …

Michael Snyder (2019-06-21). U.S. Steel Plants Are Going Idle, but the Fed Continues to Perpetuate the Myth that the "Economy is in Good Shape" globalresearch.ca Even though there is a tremendous amount of evidence to the contrary, the Federal Reserve continues to insist that the U.S. economy is in good shape. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told the nation that "the economy …

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2019-06-21). MH17: Charging Individuals on the Basis of a Deeply Flawed Investigation. Placing the Blame on Russia. globalresearch.ca The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) and the Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) share Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's skepticism about Russia's alleged culpability in the shooting down of MH17 on the 17th of July …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-06-21). Shift in Military Alliances: America Declares War on Turkey? #NATOExit? globalresearch.ca While Turkey is still "officially" a member of NATO, president Erdoğan has been developing "friendly relations" with two of America's staunchest enemies, namely Iran and Russia. US -Turkey military cooperation dates back to the Cold War. Today Turkey is sleeping with the enemy. And Trump has "rhetorically" declared war on Turkey. We are ready for war, says President Erdogan.

Federico Pieraccini (2019-06-21). Iran and US Officials Attend a Russian Security Forum but Nobody Is Talking About It. globalresearch.ca The tenth international meeting on security has just concluded in the Russian the city of Ufa. The forum has been under-reported, but it represents one of the few global examples of multilateral meetings between high-level representatives of countries that are …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-21). Escalating Color Revolution: The "Georgian Dream" Might Turn into an American Nightmare. globalresearch.ca The ruling "Georgian Dream" party of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is at risk of falling in the face of an ever-escalating Color Revolution that was preplanned to coincide with the symbolic visit of a Russian parliamentarian during the …

Laborfest (2019-06-21). Laborfest: Teacher Strike Wave. indybay.org Tenderloin Museum, 398 Eddy Street, San Francisco. Powell St BART.

Laborfest (2019-06-21). Laborfest: Film: The Teachers' Protest. indybay.org 518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART…

By Bill de Blasio (2019-06-21). Your Vote Matters, As Democratic Legislature Delivers Big for New Yorkers — De Blasio. blackstarnews.com Mayor de Blasio. Photo: ABC screenshot | | When New Yorkers went to the polls in November, they voted for real Democrats in the State Senate and a new day in Albany. As we tally up the score card for the end of session, one thing is clear: New Yorkers have won big on a host of progressive legislation that will help make our state fairer. | | The legislature wasted no time passing key reforms we have spent years fighting for. With Mayoral Accountability, our students and parents can rest assured that we'll continue to build upon our progress and that responsibility for the quality of our school system is cent…

Michael Welton (2019-06-21). Native People: Changing Our Ways of Seeing. counterpunch.org In the early 1960s while a student at the University of British Columbia I became fascinated with the study of cultural anthropology. Anthropology, for me, held up a "mirror for man." It challenged us to see ourselves in the experience of others of different colour, to respect different ways of seeing values, kinship systems and More

RT (2019-06-21). 'Like a debtors' prison': American who fled to CHINA from $30k in student loans. rt.com Millions of Americans are struggling under the weight of student loans, but the government would rather bomb Iran than fix it, the graduate who packed his bags for China to escape his own crippling college debt tells RT.

pip.hinman (2019-06-21). Rally for free speech condemns AFP raids. greenleft.org.au About 100 people protested against Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on News Corp and ABC journalists, outside the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices on June 15. | The rally, called by NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge, heard from former ABC and SBS journalist and multiple Walkley Award winner Mark Davis, Stop the War Coalition founding member Pip Hinman, National Union of Students Ethno-Cultural Officer Hersha Kadkol, investigative journalist Michael West and independent journalist Paul Gregoire. | Statements from Mary Kostakidis and Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi were read out. | Shoebridge informed protesters…

AlexBainbridge (2019-06-21). 'We do not approve!' Stop Adani sit-in. greenleft.org.au Two thousand people took over a major roadway in Brisbane on a Friday night, standing and sitting in. The action is likely to be the prelude to future disruption in the city if approval for the Adani coal mine is not withdrawn. | The rally first heard from a range of speakers, including Wangan and Jagalingou spokesperson Adrian Burragubba; MUA Qld state secretary Bob Carnegie; and organisers with University Students for Climate Action, Front-Line Action on Coal and others. | Numerous community groups were visible in the rally, noticeably some bearing Extinction Rebellion signs announcing a day of disruption to be…

Austyn Ross (2019-06-21). NAACP Invites Detroit and Surrounding Cities Residents to 110th National Convention Events. naacp.org NAACP Experience Hall, Health Pavilion and Career Fair to headline free events at Convention. BALTIMORE‚ÄØ— Families, students, professionals and residents of Detroit, MI and surrounding areas are invited to attend the NAACP Experience taking place Saturday, July 20 through Tuesday, July 23. Hosted at the COBO Center, hundreds of partners, companies, civic organizations, and vendors …

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