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/

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

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…

South Sudan lawmakers quit budget presentation over unpaid public salaries
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-20
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…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/20/south-sudan-lawmakers-quit-budget-presentation-over-unpaid-public-salaries/

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

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

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

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

Seattle ends crucial indigenous youth program
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-19
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…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/19/seattle-ends-crucial-indigenous-youth-program/

House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-19
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 …
peaceaction.org/2019/06/19/house-casts-historic-vote-to-repeal-authorization-for-endless-war/

Honduras: Dialogue Starts, Street Rallies Continue
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-19
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Dialogue-Starts-Street-Rallies-Continue-20190619-0007.html

To Succeed in the US, Better to Be Born Rich Than Smart: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-19
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/To-Succeed-in-the-US-Better-to-Be-Born-Rich-Than-Smart-Study-20190619-0025.html

New Analysis of Fracking Science (~1,500 Studies) Finds Serious Harms to Public Health, Environment, and Climate
commondreams.org | 2019-06-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/19/new-analysis-fracking-science-1500-studies-finds-serious-harms-public-health?cd-origin=rss

Michigan teachers rally to "fund our schools" after 20 years of bipartisan cuts
wsws.org | 2019-06-19
Teachers across Michigan rallied at the state capitol Tuesday voicing their outrage over a generation of budget cuts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/19/lans…

Michigan teachers rally to "fund our schools" after 20 years of bipartisan cuts
wsws.org | 2019-06-19
Teachers across Michigan rallied at the state capitol Tuesday voicing their outrage over a generation of budget cuts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/19/lans…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband insists Johnson's comments impacted on her
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-19
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…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/06/19/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffes-husband-insists-johnsons-comments-impacted-on-her/

American Inequality Creates the Fascism We Fight Against
Lee Camp | truthdig.com | 2019-06-19
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…
truthdig.com/articles/the-inequality-america-celebrates-creates-the-fascism-we-fight-against/

How the Charter School Movement Co-Opted Teach for America
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-19
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…
truthdig.com/articles/how-the-charter-school-movement-co-opted-teach-for-america/

The Charter School Industry's Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders
Adolph Reed Jr., Cornel West | thenation.com | 2019-06-19
The Charter School Industry's Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders…
thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-charter-schools/

Truly Independent News and Analysis, a Dying Breed
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/truly-independent-news-and-analysis-a-dying-breed/5681131

Poll: Majority Worry About 2020 Foreign Meddling
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-19
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…
truthdig.com/articles/poll-majority-worry-about-2020-foreign-meddling/

In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn's Brave and Lonely Stand on Calls for War Against Iran
Peter Oborne | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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, …
globalresearch.ca/defence-jeremy-corbyns-brave-lonely-stand-calls-war-against-iran/5681102

Venezuela: Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido's Political Future
Alexander Rubinstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-massive-embezzlement-scandal-threatens-juan-guaidos-political-future/5681085

Selected Articles: US War Based on Lies and Deception
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-war-based-on-lies-and-deception/5681125

New Theory Suggests We Live Inside of a Gigantic Higher Dimensional Black Hole
Jake Anderson | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-19
(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 …
theantimedia.com/we-live-inside-gigantic…

Why Russia's S-400 Is a More Formidable Threat to US Arms Industry than You Think
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/why-s-400-more-formidable-threat-us-arms-industry-than-you-think/5681069

Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/who-arsonists-petrol-tankers-gulf/5681046

The War of Oil Tankers
Dr. Elias Akleh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/war-oil-tankers/5681037

US Preparing "Assault" Against Iran
Peter Symonds | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-preparing-assault-against-iran/5681088

Trump EPA OKs 'Emergency' Use of Bee-killing Pesticide on 13.9 Million Acres