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Laborfest: Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-21
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

Climate crisis: We are not all in this together
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
Long-time climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call for unlikely partners to work together to avoid climate catastrophe. | In particular, their policy paper, Existential climate-related security risk: A scenario approach appears to call on the national security sector to step in and save the day. | The 10-page paper put out by the climate-focused think tank Breakthrough is a succinct warning of the dire consequences of not acting on the climate science now and spells out possible scenarios…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-crisis-we-are-not-all-together

Laborfest: S.F. City College Public Art Walk
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-21
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

Rally for free speech condemns AFP raids
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/rally-free-speech-condemns-afp-raids

Native People: Changing Our Ways of Seeing
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-21
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/21/native-people-changing-our-ways-of-seeing/

'Like a debtors' prison': American who fled to CHINA from $30k in student loans
rt.com | 2019-06-21
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. | …
rt.com/usa/462354-american-fled-china-student-loans/

'We do not approve!' Stop Adani sit-in
AlexBainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-21
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-do-not-approve-stop-adani-sit

America's Medical Apartheid
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/americas-medical-apartheid/5681184

38th Annual Walk for Peace: Urge Politicians to Pursue "Peaceful Options" and Support Nuclear Disarmament
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/38th-annual-walk-for-peace-urge-politicians-to-pursue-peaceful-options-and-support-nuclear-disarmament/5680842

Laborfest: Teacher Strike Wave
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-21
Tenderloin Museum, 398 Eddy Street, San Francisco. Powell St BART.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824125.php

A Slow Death: The Ills of the Casual Academic
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-21
Any sentient being should be offended. Eventually, the casualisation of the academic workforce was bound to find lazy enthusiasts who neither teach, nor understand the value of a tenured position dedicated to that musty, soon-to-be-forgotten vocation of the pedagogue. It shows in the designs of certain universities who confuse frothy trendiness with tangible depth: the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/a-slow-death-the-ills-of-the-casual-academic/

Laborfest: Film: The Teachers' Protest
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2019-06-21
518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824129.php

Accusing US of 'Intrusion' Into National Airspace, Iran Shoots Down American 'Spy' Drone
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-20
"U.S. drone intrusion to the Iranian airspace is clear violation of the U.N. Charter and national sovereignty of the country," said one top Iranian national security official | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/20/accusing-us-intrusion-national-airspace-iran-shoots-down-american-spy-drone?cd-origin=rss

Accusing US of Intrusion in National Airspace, Iran Shoots Down US Drone
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-20
Iran said it shot down a U.S. " spy" drone on Thursday after the aircraft entered Iranian airspace over the southern province of Hormozgan. | "U.S. drone intrusion to the Iranian airspace is clear violation of the U.N. Charter and national sovereignty of the country," Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a top Iranian national security official, said in a statement. | Abbas Mousavi, spokesman for Iran's foreign minis…
truthout.org/articles/accusing-us-of-intrusion-in-national-airspace-iran-shoots-down-us-drone/

Global Study Finds Europeans Show Lower Trust in Vaccines
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-20
A global study on attitudes towards science and medicine reported findings Wednesday showing that vaccines, one of the world's most widely- used medical products, is being confronted by increasing skepticism in high-income countries, especially in Europe. | RELATED: | Japan Battles Country's Largest Measles Outbreak in Decade | Most people in the world think vaccines are safe and efficient at preventing infectious diseases including rubella, diphtheria, smallpox, polio, and whoopin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Global-Study-Finds-Europeans-Show-Lower-Trust-in-Vaccines-20190619-0027.html

The Dangerous Methane Mystery
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-20
The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/20/the-dangerous-methane-mystery/

The Dangerous Methane Mystery
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-20
The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. | Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest mysteries of the world's climate puzzle, and it is highly controversial, which creates an enhanced level of uncertainty and casts shadows of doubt.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/20/the-dangerous-methane-mystery/

The Dangerous Methane Mystery
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-20
The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/the-dangerous-methane-mystery/

Teachers need more training to support traumatized refugee and migrant students, says UN on World Refugee Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-20
On World Refugee Day, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for more support to fill the gaps in training for teachers on trauma and psychosocial assistance for migrant and refugee students.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1040921

Women strike across Switzerland for equal pay and more
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2019-06-20
Wage. Time. Respect. That was the motto of the 24-hour "Women's Strike" for gender pay equity, equal rights, respect and an end to gender-based violence, which swept Switzerland on June 14. Hundreds of thousands of women and people of all genders from labor unions, women's rights and allied groups, educational . . . | Continue reading Women strike across Switzerland for equal pay and more at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/20/women-strike-across-switzerland-for-equal-pay-and-more/

Teachers need more training to support traumatized refugee and migrant students, says UN on World Refugee Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-20
On World Refugee Day, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for more support to fill the gaps in training for teachers on trauma and psychosocial assistance for migrant and refugee students.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1040921

Capitalism makes fishing destructive and deadly
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-20
Environment, labour and capitalism at sea: 'Working the ground' in Scotland | By Penny McCall Howard | Manchester University Press, 2018 | This is a compelling first-hand study that shows that fishing is a deadly occupation because capitalism forces workers to take terrible risks to survive. | Working at sea in the British fishing industry is 115 times more dangerous than the British average. It is a startling statistic, that is usually explained by the idea that the sea is "dangerous". Penny McCall Howard's important book is a detaile…
greenleft.org.au/content/capitalism-makes-fishing-destructive-and-deadly

UK sociologist Noah Carl and the cultivation of the far right in academia
wsws.org | 2019-06-20
We are posting today the speech by International Youth and Students for Social Equality member Thomas Scripps at a June 9 public meeting in Cambridge, England on the eugenicist Noah Carl and the far right in academia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/euge…

XVII Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium Starts in Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-20
The XVII Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium opened Thursday in Havana, Cuba with the contributions of dozens of researchers from Cuba and the United States. | RELATED: | Hemingway Legacy Writes Unifying Chapter for US, Cuba: Lawmaker | The event is dedicated to remembering the renowned author's time on the island. | Scholars from six countries i…
telesurenglish.net/news/XVII-Ernest-Hemingway-International-Colloquium-Starts-in-Cuba–20190620-0017.html

The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
globalresearch.ca/jackboots-coming-mass-arrests-power-grabs-politics-fear/5681173

Daesh-like "Scorched Earth" Terror Policy Sets Syrian and Iraqi Agricultural Land Ablaze
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
After years of deprivation and financial turmoil farmers across the most fertile parts of Syria and Iraq were looking forward to a much-needed return on their investment. Unfortunately, before that could happen, their hard work went up in flames, literally. …
globalresearch.ca/daesh-like-scorched-earth-terror-policy-sets-syrian-iraqi-land-ablaze/5681204

US-China Trade War, Negotiations to Resume? Xi and Trump to Meet on Sidelines of G20
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Talks broke down in early May over unacceptable US demands. Eleven rounds of talks since China's Xi Jinping met with Trump at his Mar a Lago, Florida estate in April 2017 failed to resolve major structural issues. | Blacklisting Chinese tech …
globalresearch.ca/sinous-trade-talks-resume-xi-trump-meet-hold-cheers/5681215

Egypt's El-Sisi Regime Let Mohamed Morsi Die from Medical Neglect
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Morsi was Egypt's only democratically elected president, serving from June 30, 2012 until the Obama regime orchestrated his ouster on July 3, 2013 — because he wasn't subservient enough to US interests, wanting a ruler it controls. | His toppling was …
globalresearch.ca/egypts-el-sisi-regime-let-mohamed-morsi-die-medical-neglect/5681153

Drone Crash Database
Drone Wars UK | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Drone Wars UK began compiling details of military drone crashes in 2010. Our database cover crashes of large ( Class II and III) military drones since 01 Jan 2007. It has been compiled from USAF Accident Investigation Board (AIB) …
globalresearch.ca/drone-crash-database/5681247

Sanctions Are "Genocidal", and They Are America's "Favorite Weapon"
Justin Podur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
After withdrawing from the nuclear deal with Iran last year and resuming sanctions last November, the White House in April announced that its goal was to "drive Iranian exports to zero." To make this drive happen, the White House stopped …
globalresearch.ca/sanctions-genocidal-they-us-favorite-weapon/5681236

Trump Against War on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Trump's geopolitical record shows he yielded to regime hawks Pompeo, Bolton, and in the war department on escalating aggression in multiple theaters. | Bolton pushed for war on Iran long before he became Trump's national security advisor. Pompeo largely favors war …
globalresearch.ca/trump-against-war-iran/5681150

Juneteenth 2019: The US Must Repair Historic and Current Racism
Howie Hawkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
On this Juneteenth, we must confront the impacts of racism dating back to the founding of the United States with the slave trade of Black people brought from Africa, Jim Crow segregation, and policies that continue to this day that …
globalresearch.ca/juneteenth-2019-us-must-repair-historic-current-racism/5681163

5G Resistance: Electromagnetic Radiation, Affecting People and the Planet
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Resistance to 5G is rapidly increasing, especially in Europe where many are unwilling to roll over for a 5G rollout. Fifth generation wireless threatens to massively increase electromagnetic radiation, affecting people and the planet. | On March 31, Brussels (Belgium) became …
globalresearch.ca/5g-resistance-concern-grows-european-rollout/5681177

America's Suicide Epidemic: The Economics of Stress. It's Hitting Trump's Base Hard
Prof. Rajan Menon | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
We hear a lot about suicide when celebrities like Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade die by their own hand. Otherwise, it seldom makes the headlines. That's odd given the magnitude of the problem. | In 2017, 47,173 Americans killed themselves. In …
globalresearch.ca/americas-suicide-epidemic-the-economics-of-stress-its-hitting-trumps-base-hard/5681255

Acclaimed Nollywood Film "God Calling" Screens At Schomburg July 10
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-20
" God Calling" an internationally acclaimed independent film by Director-Producer BB Sasore will be screening at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on July 10th, 2019. The film, centered around the "universality of faith," transcends global boundaries and culture, aiming for international audience. "God Calling" is the first Nollywood pick by The Schomburg Center. | Technology –particularly the internet and smartphones– has helped catapult the Nigerian emerging film industry "Nollywood" to the global stage. Nollywood is reported the lar…
www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/movi…

The 5G War — Technology versus Humanity
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) radiation is an ever-growing health risk in the modern world. The Cellular Phone Task Force website1 has a long list of governments and organizations that have issued warnings or banned wireless …
globalresearch.ca/the-5g-war-technology-versus-humanity/5681181

Media Black-Out on Arab Journalists and Civilians Beheaded in Syria by Western-Backed Mercenaries
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
In April 2017 in Damascus, BSNews co-ed Alison Banville filmed the wall (above), commemorating the Syrian journalists killed while reporting on the conflict. | Mike Raddie (co-editor) was being interviewed on Syrian national television that day and we both took the …
globalresearch.ca/media-black-out-arab-journalists-civilians-beheaded-syria-western-backed-mercenaries/5681076

Video: ISIS Command and Control Center Raided by Syrian Forces
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
ISIS remnants, with the help of their US sponsors, are trying to create new posts for their terrorist operations close to the towns and villages secured earlier by the Syrian Arab Army and its all…
globalresearch.ca/isis-command-control-center-raided-saa-east-deir-ezzor/5681251

Exposed: The Pentagon's Cyberwar Against Russia
Brian Becker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Five years before Robert Mueller was appointed Special Counsel to investigate the allegation that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and had conspired with the Trump campaign, the Pentagon had been waging secret cyberattacks against Russia's electrical grid. The cyberwar …
globalresearch.ca/exposed-pentagons-cyberwar-against-russia/5681226

Video: US-Russia Relations and the Expiry of Nuclear Treaties. Global Security in Jeopardy
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Nuclear treaties (mainly between the USA and Russia) have formed the cornerstone of world peace, stability and safety for decades. They have been an essential mechanism in the international security architecture. Nuclear treaties gave assurance to the world that the …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-russia-relations-and-the-expiry-of-nuclear-treaties-global-security-in-jeopardy/5681186

Iran Downs Hostile US Spy Drone in Its Airspace
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
On Thursday, Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said "the IRGC air force shot down an American spy drone, identified as RQ-4 Global Hawk, that had violated Iranian airspace in the Kuh Mubarak region located at Hormozgan province, south …
globalresearch.ca/iran-downs-hostile-us-spy-drone-its-airspace/5681219

A report on economic impacts of climate change by norvergence
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-20
Scientists have been doing comprehensive research over the past decade about the impact of climate change on economies of different countries. Till now, what they found that climate change badly affects the growth rate of the global economy and the number of people will get poorer in the upcoming years. At the same time, due …
nationofchange.org/2019/06/20/a-report-on-economic-impacts-of-climate-change-by-norvergence/

Video: New Al Qaeda Militant Attack in Hama Ends in Disaster
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
On June 18, the joint forces of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Turkish-backed militant groups launched an assault on several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama. | The so-called "moderate opposition" reportedly used at least two suicide vehicle …
globalresearch.ca/new-militant-attack-hama-ends-disaster/5681156

Russian Nationals Falsely Charged with Downing MH17
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Not a shred of credible evidence suggests Russia or its nationals had anything to do with downing Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) on July 17, 2014 in eastern Ukraine airspace, all passengers and crew members perishing at the time. | So-called …
globalresearch.ca/russian-nationals-falsely-charged-downing-mh17/5681210

Forget Trump's 'Deal of the Century'. Israel Was Always on Course to Annexation
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
When Israeli prime ministers are in trouble, facing difficult elections or a corruption scandal, the temptation has typically been for them to unleash a military operation to bolster their standing. In recent years, Gaza has served as a favourite punching …
globalresearch.ca/forget-trumps-deal-century-israel-always-course-annexation/5681230

Brazil under Bolsonaro: A Different Form of "Hybrid War"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Brazil's long-running Hybrid War crisis never really went away, it just took a few months for it to change form and turn against its original initiators after they failed to close the Pandora's Box of regime change protest potential that …
globalresearch.ca/different-form-hybrid-war-hitting-brazil/5681207

Matteo Salvini Sells Italy to US War Agenda
Enzo Pellegrin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
The US trip of Vice Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini comes on the eve of important deadlines for Italy in its relationship with the EU. | The EU has indeed notified Italy the infringement procedure for excessive debt. On 9 | …
globalresearch.ca/salvini-sells-italy-us-war-agenda/5681169

A Slow Death: The Ills of the Casual Academic
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Any sentient being should be offended. Eventually, the casualisation of the academic workforce was bound to find lazy enthusiasts who neither teach, nor understand the value of a tenured position dedicated to that musty, soon-to-be-forgotten vocation of the pedagogue. It …
globalresearch.ca/slow-death-ills-casual-academic/5681159

The USS Liberty Revisited
Elias Davidsson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
As readers may recall, the USS Liberty was attacked by Israel during the six-day war in 1967, as it sailed at 5 knots in international waters off the Sinai coast. Of 294 crew members, 34 were killed and 171 wounded …
globalresearch.ca/uss-liberty-revisited/5680251

In the U.S. They Are Never Called Human Rights Violations
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-20
Trump's 2020 budget proposal reflects another significant increase in military spending along with corresponding cuts in spending by Federal agencies tasked with the responsibility for providing critical services and income support policies for working class and poor people. Trump's call …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-they-never-called-human-rights-violations/5681165

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2019-06-20: News Headlines

Robert Hunziker (2019-06-20). The Dangerous Methane Mystery. counterpunch.org The East Siberian Arctic Shelf ("ESAS") is the epicenter of a methane-rich zone that could turn the world upside down. Still, the ESAS is not on the radar of mainstream science, and not included in calculations by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and generally not well understood. It is one of the biggest More

teleSUR (2019-06-20). Global Study Finds Europeans Show Lower Trust in Vaccines. telesurenglish.net A global study on attitudes towards science and medicine reported findings Wednesday showing that vaccines, one of the world's most widely- used medical products, is being confronted by increasing skepticism in high-income countries, especially in Europe. | RELATED: | Japan Battles Country's Largest Measles Outbreak in Decade | Most people in the world think vaccines are safe and efficient at preventing infectious diseases including rubella, diphtheria, smallpox, polio, and whoopin…

pip.hinman (2019-06-20). Capitalism makes fishing destructive and deadly. greenleft.org.au Environment, labour and capitalism at sea: 'Working the ground' in Scotland
| By Penny McCall Howard | Manchester University Press, 2018 | This is a compelling first-hand study that shows that fishing is a deadly occupation because capitalism forces workers to take terrible risks to survive. | Working at sea in the British fishing industry is 115 times more dangerous than the British average. It is a startling statistic, that is usually explained by the idea that the sea is "dangerous". Penny McCall Howard's important book is a detaile…

WSWS (2019-06-20). UK sociologist Noah Carl and the cultivation of the far right in academia. wsws.org We are posting today the speech by International Youth and Students for Social Equality member Thomas Scripps at a June 9 public meeting in Cambridge, England on the eugenicist Noah Carl and the far right in academia.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-20). Accusing US of 'Intrusion' Into National Airspace, Iran Shoots Down American 'Spy' Drone. commondreams.org "U.S. drone intrusion to the Iranian airspace is clear violation of the U.N. Charter and national sovereignty of the country," said one top Iranian national security official | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2019-06-20). The 5G War — Technology versus Humanity. globalresearch.ca Exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) radiation is an ever-growing health risk in the modern world. The Cellular Phone Task Force website1 has a long list of governments and organizations that have issued warnings or banned wireless …

John W. Whitehead (2019-06-20). The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear. globalresearch.ca "Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest— forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the …

Makia Freeman (2019-06-20). Video: US-Russia Relations and the Expiry of Nuclear Treaties. Global Security in Jeopardy. globalresearch.ca Nuclear treaties (mainly between the USA and Russia) have formed the cornerstone of world peace, stability and safety for decades. They have been an essential mechanism in the international security architecture. Nuclear treaties gave assurance to the world that the …

CGTN Africa (2019-06-20). South Sudan lawmakers quit budget presentation over unpaid public salaries. cgtn.com South Sudanese lawmakers stormed out of a budget presentation for the 2019/20 financial year by the finance minister on Thursday, with one citing frustrations over non-payment of salaries of civil servants and soldiers. | The disruption highlights issues affecting South Sudan months after the latest peace deal was signed to end a civil war, often fought along ethnic lines and that has crippled oil production, forced millions to flee and killed 400,000 people. | "Our army is cutting down trees to make a living, our foreign missions … it is now almost one year we are unable to pay them. Our teachers are not be…

teleSUR (2019-06-19). To Succeed in the US, Better to Be Born Rich Than Smart: Study. telesurenglish.net Being born wealthy is a better indicator of adult success in the United States (U.S.) than academic performance, according to a new study from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). | RELATED: | US: Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion Since 1989, Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion | "People with talent often don't succeed. What we found in th…

teleSUR (2019-06-19). Honduras: Dialogue Starts, Street Rallies Continue. telesurenglish.net The Honduran Platform for Defense of Education & Healthcare (PDSE) committee began its "Alternative Citizen Dialogue" to in Tegucigalpa Tuesday in order to discuss how the government can improve the health and education systems amid austerity protests across the country. | RELATED: | Honduras: Doctors, Teachers Continue Protests Against Gov't | "This democratic exercise has been created by people who cry for a better future," Suyapa Figueroa, the PDSE coordinator and president of the…

Paul Kawika Martin (2019-06-19). House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — June 19, 2019 — In response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2740 (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020), which includes language to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) eight months after …

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-19). Uganda MP Bobi Wine a Panelist at U.S. Human Rights forum Organized by Rev. Jesse Jackson — Former Vice President Biden, Special Speaker. blackstarnews.com The Ugandan international human rights leader Robert Kyagulanyi, a.k.a. Bobi Wine, is one of the featured speakers on July 1 at a conference organized by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, with former Vice President Joe Biden as a special guest. | | The five-day conference starts June 28 through July…

Alexandra Jacobo (2019-06-19). Seattle ends crucial indigenous youth program. nationofchange.org Seattle Schools' has decided to end Clear Sky, a crucial indigenous youth program that provides tutoring, mentorship, cultural lessons, and leadership and civic engagement training for children in the Seattle School District. | Clear Sky evening program was founded and operated by the Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA). According to the school district, UNEA was not meeting the appropriate requirements to have space in schools. The district claims that they attempted to communicate and work with UNEA to "bring the goals of the school and practices of the organization into alignment," said district spokespe…

commondreams (2019-06-19). New Analysis of Fracking Science (~1,500 Studies) Finds Serious Harms to Public Health, Environment, and Climate. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Rajan Menon (2019-06-19). America's suicide epidemic. nationofchange.org We hear a lot about suicide when celebrities like Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade die by their own hand. Otherwise, it seldom makes the headlines. That's odd given the magnitude of the problem. | In 2017, 47,173 Americans killed themselves. In that single year, in other words, the suicide count was n…

Lee Camp (2019-06-19). American Inequality Creates the Fascism We Fight Against. truthdig.com See if you can answer the following if / then statement without the help of a calculator, tape measure or quaaludes: | If inequality, then instability. | If instability, then _____ . … | I assume everybody remembers "if / then" statements from middle school? One day your jaded teacher, who had clearly just had some sort of relationship issue, walked into the room and said, "Class, it works like this: IF Tom is a good-looking man, THEN he is a pedophile. …That will be on the exam, so write it down!" | It's unclear whether learning if / then statements ever helped a single child later in life, especially when c…

The Canary (2019-06-19). Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband insists Johnson's comments impacted on her. thecanary.co The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has insisted that comments made by Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary "enabled a propaganda campaign" against her by Iran.Richard Ratcliffe directly contradicted claims by Mr Johnson in the Tory leadership TV debate that his remarks as foreign secretary had no bearing on the fate of the mother-of-one, who is in prison in Iran on spying charges.Apology: Mr Johnson was forced to apologise in 2017 after wrongly stating to a House of Commons committee that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran to teach journalists.Referring to the remarks, Mr Ratcliffe told BB…

Staff (2019-06-19). How the Charter School Movement Co-Opted Teach for America. truthdig.com ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. | 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 g…

WSWS (2019-06-19). Michigan teachers rally to "fund our schools" after 20 years of bipartisan cuts. wsws.org Teachers across Michigan rallied at the state capitol Tuesday voicing their outrage over a generation of budget cuts.

Adolph Reed Jr., Cornel West (2019-06-19). The Charter School Industry's Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders. thenation.com The Charter School Industry's Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders…

Dr. Vandana Shiva (2019-06-19). The Industrialisation of Fake Food. globalresearch.ca Food is not a commodity. It is not 'stuff' put together mechanically and artificially in labs and factories. Food is life. | Food holds the contributions of all beings that make the food web, and it holds the potential for maintaining …

Robert Fantina (2019-06-19). America's War against Iran: The Insidious Role of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) Terrorist Entity. globalresearch.ca In 2015, the United States, several other nations and the European Union signed an agreement with the government of Iran that limited Iran's nuclear development program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Iran. During the final years of …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-06-19). The 'Eve of Destruction' that Never Ends. From the "Old" and "New Cold War"… to the "Hot War"? globalresearch.ca In 1965 songwriter PF Sloan wrote the lyrics for 'Eve of Destruction'. The most famous recording was by singer Barry McGuire in the summer of that same year. Some of the lyrics obviously address the issue of the Cold War …

Global Research News (2019-06-19). Selected Articles: US War Based on Lies and Deception. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…

Marta Harnecker (2019-06-19). Eternal Builder of Dreams and Hopes: Marta Harnecker (1937 — 2019). globalresearch.ca "Well, friends, that's it for today. You have to live in uncertainty and get ahead no matter what it takes. A hug as always, full of dreams and hopes." — Marta | With these words Marta Harnecker bade farewell to all …

Staffan Dahllof (2019-06-19). Chlorpyrifos: The Most Dangerous Pesticide You've Never Heard of. globalresearch.ca Scientists say there is no acceptable dose to avoid brain damage. Its use is banned in several European countries. Yet its residues are found in fruit baskets, on dinner plates, and in human urine samples from all over Europe. Now …

The Global Research Team (2019-06-19). Truly Independent News and Analysis, a Dying Breed. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | 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, helping …

(2019-06-19). Trump EPA OKs 'Emergency' Use of Bee-killing Pesticide on 13.9 Million Acres. globalresearch.ca The Environmental Protection Agency announced so-called "emergency" approvals today to spray sulfoxaflor — an insecticide it considers "very highly toxic" to bees — on nearly 14 million acres of crops known to attract bees. | The approval includes 2019 crops of …

Staffan Dahllof (2019-06-19). Chlorpyrifos: The Most Dangerous Pesticide You've Never Heard of. globalresearch.ca Scientists say there is no acceptable dose to avoid brain damage. Its use is banned in several European countries. Yet its residues are found in fruit baskets, on dinner plates, and in human urine samples from all over Europe. Now …

Peter Symonds (2019-06-19). US Preparing "Assault" Against Iran. globalresearch.ca The Pentagon announced on Monday that the US is sending 1,000 additional troops and other military resources to the Middle East amid belligerent threats against Iran by the Trump administration. The troop movement follows the previous deployment of the USS …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-19). The US Is Now India's Number One Trading Partner and Ally, Jeopardizing Russia's Pipeline Plans. globalresearch.ca Russia's "Return to South Asia" was supposed to see it build the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline as a means of promoting peaceful multipolar regional integration, but the US is about to jeopardize this plan after it was disclosed just days …

Peter Oborne (2019-06-19). In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn's Brave and Lonely Stand on Calls for War Against Iran. globalresearch.ca The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is once again in the doghouse with the British media and the political establishment. | His offence? Once again it's for doing his job. | According to the political editor of the Sunday Times, Tim Shipman, …

Dr. Elias Akleh (2019-06-19). The War of Oil Tankers. globalresearch.ca The economic war waged by Trump's administration against Iran seems to have been escalated to involve false flag attacks against oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. Within a one-month period two …

Peter Koenig (2019-06-19). "Heightened Tensions With Iran": Provoking the Bear and the Dragon — And Hoping for the Best? globalresearch.ca "We are urging all the sides to show restraint," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, to avoid escalation in the Middle East after the US said it was deploying additional troops due to heightened tensions with Iran" | "We would …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-19). Overthrown in a 2013 Military Coup, The Passing of Egypt's Mohamed Morsi: Man vs. Myth. globalresearch.ca The passing of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi presents the perfect opportunity for reflecting on his controversial legacy and the real impact that this Muslim Brotherhood leader had on the region. | Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi passed away on Monday …

Eric Peters (2019-06-19). Synthesis Technology, Artificial Intelligence and "Deap-Fake" Videos: "I Don't Think the Public Is Aware of What's Coming" globalresearch.ca "I don't think we're well prepared at all. And I don't think the public is aware of what's coming," said the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He was discussing the rapid advance of synthesis technology. This new artificial …

South Front (2019-06-19). Video: Tanker War in Persian Gulf and US-Iranian Conflict. globalresearch.ca The Persian Gulf region has turned into a new hot point in the Middle East. | On May 12, a supposed sabotage attack targeted very large crude carrier Amjad and crude tanker Al Marzoqah (both owned by Saudi shipping firm Bahri). …

teleSUR (2019-06-19). Over 3.3M Brazilians Unemployed Since 2017: Report. telesurenglish.net The rate of unemployment in Brazil is rising with over three million Brazilians reported still without work after at least two years, new data from the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea) reveals. | RELATED: | Brazil: Police Repress Rallies Against Pension Reform | Using information from the National Continuous Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE) and t…

Jake Anderson (2019-06-19). New Theory Suggests We Live Inside of a Gigantic Higher Dimensional Black Hole. theantimedia.com (TMU) — New research into black holes has accelerated in recent years, producing some outlandish—though mind boggling—ideas. The newest theory advanced by researchers may take the cake in this regard. A team of astrophysicists at Canada's University of Waterloo have put forth a theory suggesting that our universe exists inside the event horizon of a massive higher …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-19). Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf? globalresearch.ca While the United States prepares a new escalation of tension in the Middle East by accusing Iran of attacking petrol tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Italian vice-Prime Minister Matteo Salvini met with one of the artisans of this strategy …

Philip Weiss (2019-06-19). 'What Is Trump's Motivation to be Provocative with Iran?' Pelosi Asks— and the Answer Is Adelson. globalresearch.ca Yesterday Nancy Pelosi asked a very pointed question on CNN, Why is Trump threatening a war with Iran? | [W]hat is his motivation? What is their motivation to be provocative with the Iranians? Why did the president turn his back …

Dr. Bachar al-Jaafari (2019-06-19). Idlib and the War of Terror Against the Syrian People. Ambassador Jaafari's Statement at UN Security Council. globalresearch.ca Syria's ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Bashar Jaafari delivered yet another speech at the UNSC focussing on the unfolding situation in Idlib, | The English transcript of his presentation is indicated below. | The video includes the full statement in Arabic …

Federico Pieraccini (2019-06-19). Why Russia's S-400 Is a More Formidable Threat to US Arms Industry than You Think. globalresearch.ca Generally, when discussing air-defense systems here, we are referring to Russian devices that have become famous in recent years, in particular the S-300 (and its variants) and the S-400. Their deployment in Syria has slowed down the ability of such …

Staff (2019-06-19). Poll: Majority Worry About 2020 Foreign Meddling. truthdig.com RALEIGH, N.C. — A majority of Americans are concerned that a foreign government might interfere in some way in the 2020 presidential election, whether by tampering with election results, stealing information or by influencing candidates or voter opinion, a new poll shows. | The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds Democrats far more likely to express the highest level of concern, but Democrats and Republicans alike have at least some concerns about interference. | Overall, half of Americans say they're extremely or very concerned about foreign interference in the form…

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-19). Trump Regime Planning War on Iran Based on Big Lies and Deception? globalresearch.ca Fast-moving events suggest that an unthinkable US preemptive war on Iran is possible, a reckless act if launched — like all wars, based on Big Lies and deception. More on this below. | Years earlier, former NATO commander General Wesley Clark…

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-06-19). Venezuela: Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido's Political Future. globalresearch.ca The political party of Juan Guaido — Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) — was never all that popular to begin with. The sixth largest political party in Venezuela, Popular Will is heavily financed by the United States Agency for International …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-19). Video: 200 Israeli Nuclear Weapons Targeted against Iran. globalresearch.ca For over 50 years, Israel has been producing nuclear weapons, with the help mainly of France and the US. It is not subject to inspections because Israel, the only nuclear power in the Middle East, does not adhere to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran signed fifty years ago.

WSWS (2019-06-18). Baltimore teachers' contract set to expire at end of month. wsws.org Neither one of the factions fighting for control of the Baltimore Teachers Union offers educators any way forward to fight the bipartisan attack on public education.

Jacob Howland (2019-06-18). Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire's Raid on the University of Tulsa. thenation.com Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire's Raid on the University of Tulsa…

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