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Teacher Gives Boy With Autism 'Most Annoying Male' Award
Emma Fiala | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(TMU) — A special education teacher in Indiana is in hot water after giving an 11-year-old student with autism a trophy for "most annoying male." Speaking to the Times of Northwest Indiana, the boy's father, Rick Castejon, said he was "blindsided" when his nonverbal son was given the award last month during an end-of-the-year awards ceremony at …
theantimedia.com/teacher-gives-boy-with-…

American Professor At Jamaica's Edna Manley College Contemplates Hunger Strike Amid Student Sex Scandal "Coverup"
Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-05
Visiting African-American Maluwa Williams-Myers has a story to tell about sex abuse at Edna Manley… | On Tuesday, African-American Professor Maluwa Williams-Myers told the Black Star News she is contemplating a hunger strike to force change at a Jamaican college where a serial sex offender has allegedly abused female students "for a decade." | Professor Williams-Myers told Black Star News she is compelled to consider this drastic approach because officials at this college are involved in a "coverup." She is worried about the victimization of other young women. | Is there a rape culture problem inside this Jama…
www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/ot…

Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
WorkWeek interviews SJSU professor Sang Hea Kil about her trip to South Africa to attend the Teaching Palestine confernce in March 2019. While at the conference she and two other women were sexually harassed by Muhammed Desai, the director of South Africa BDS. She talks about that experience and the cover-up that followed. She also discusses the role of Israel and the attacks against professors and students in the United States who are critical of Israel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823720.php

'Coward from Broward' cop arrested for failing to act during Parkland school shooting
rt.com | 2019-06-05
Florida school security officer Scot Peterson has been charged with neglect of duty after an investigation into his failure to act for nearly an hour allowed an ex-student to gun down 17 people at a Parkland high school last year. | …
rt.com/usa/461094-parkland-shooting-officer-arrested-neglect/

Stop Stalinist Terror Against Chinese Workers
wsws.org | 2019-06-05
The ICFI statement entitled "Stop Stalinist Terror Against Chinese Workers" was issued on June 22, 1989, as the scope of the police dragnet and repression against workers and students expanded following the Tiananmen Square massacre.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/05/tian…

GOP moves to ban teacher strikes in West Virginia
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-05
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (PAI)–The Republican-run state House here will take up legislation on June 17 to boost charter schools and vouchers to parents of private school kids, outlaw public school teacher strikes, fire all public workers–not just teachers–who strike, and withhold pay from strikers. The State Senate approved the bill on an 18-15 party line …
peoplesworld.org/article/republicans-move-to-ban-teacher-strikes-boost-charter-schools-in-west-virginia/

Chicago Public Schools lay off hundreds of teachers and staff
wsws.org | 2019-06-05
Layoff notices were sent to 220 teachers and 498 support staff ahead of the June 30 Chicago Teachers Union contract expiration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/05/chic…

Zimbabwe moves to ban strikes and protests
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-05
Zimbabwe's leaders are expected to enact a law this week that will bar workers from staging strikes and other protests before using other measures. | Zimbabwean schoolchild awaits transport from school during a teachers' strike in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo | The country has dealt with several strikes by doctors, teachers since its disputed general elections took place in 2018. Zimbabwe is currently facing a threat of a strike by the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA). ZINA recently issued a two-week notice to the Health Services Board. Nurses are threatening a walkout over sala…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/05/zimbabwe-moves-to-ban-strikes-and-protests/

Where the 2020 Hopefuls Stand on Public Education
Yohuru Williams | progressive.org | 2019-06-05
Broad support for the wave teacher strikes has candidates jostling each other step up on public education.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/-2020-hopefuls-public-education-burris-williams-190605/

Beware of Authoritarian Christians
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-05
Christianity and authoritarianism are commonly believed to be at opposite ends of the democratic-autocratic continuum. A commonly held belief is that Christians, guided by The Bible, are accepting and caring of each other and others, and are thus democratic. Yes, many Christians do good with-and-for others, inspired by Jesus' Sermon on the Mount's emphasis on mercy and forgiveness and peacemaking (Matthew 5: 1-10), his teaching that doing to others as you would have then do to you is the bottom line of religion (Matthew 7L 12), and his saying that the greatest commandments are to love God and one's neighbor as on…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/beware-of-authoritarian-christians/

Chilean Teachers on Third Day of National Strike
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
05 de junio de 2019, 11: 25Santiago de Chile, June 5 (Prensa Latina) Chilean teachers indefinite national strike is this Wednesday on in its third day after thousands of members of Teachers Association protested in several cities.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Cuba's Diaz-Canel Rejects New Cultural Restrictions by US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Wednesday rejected the new restrictions by the United States on cultural and educational trips to the island. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Praised for Their Work in Post-Cyclone Mozambique | The new measures, which enter into force this Wednesday, will intensify the blockade and violate international law, the president said in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cubas-Diaz-Canel-Rejects-New-Cultural-Restrictions-by-US-20190605-0006.html

'Straight-Up Cruel': Trump Admin Condemned for Canceling Education, Recreation, and Legal Services for Detained Migrant Children
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-05
Human rights advocates responded with outrage Wednesday to the Trump administration's decision to start canceling education, recreation, and legal services for unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters across the country, purportedly because of high detention rates and low funds. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/straight-cruel-trump-admin-condemned-canceling-education-recreation-and-legal?cd-origin=rss

Chaos as Trump Administration Bans Cruises From Visiting Cuba
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-05
(ANTIWAR.COM) — The Trump Administration has made clear that their anger toward Venezuela's government also extends to Cuba, and this was shown again today with the administration imposing new restrictions to prevent Americans ever setting foot on Cuban soil. The new restrictions target educational trips as well as cruise ships, forbidden all cruises from stopping in Cuba for …
theantimedia.com/chaos-trump-bans-cruise…

US Bans Educational and Recreational Travel to Cuba
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
As of June 5, U.S. citizens will be prohibited from making group educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" travel to Cuba, Secretary of Commerce Steve Mnuchin of the U.S. Treasury Department confirmed in a statement Tuesday. | According …
globalresearch.ca/us-bans-educational-recreational-travel-cuba/5679637

EU Sued at International Criminal Court over Mediterranean Migration Policy — As More Die at Sea
Maurice Stierl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
In the same week that more migrant lives were lost at sea, the EU's migration policy in the Mediterranean has been brought to the attention of the International Criminal Court (ICC). | It emerged on June 3 that the ICC had …
globalresearch.ca/eu-sued-international-criminal-court-mediterranean-migration-policy-more-die-sea/5679633

Brazil had a Historic Record of 65,602 Murders in 2017
plenglish.com | 2019-06-05
Brasilia, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Brazil had 65,602 people killed in 2017, revealed this Wednesday the Atlas of Violence, prepared by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and the Brazilian Public Security Forum.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

How US "Good Guys" Wiped Out an Afghan Family
Jessica Purkiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
It was 4am when Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez's wife Amina called, an unusually early time for their daily chat. When he picked up the phone, he could hear the panic in her voice. | Amina was calling from the Afghan province of …
globalresearch.ca/how-us-good-guys-wiped-out-afghan-family/5679645

The 75th Anniversary of the Allied D-Day Liberation of Nazi-Occupied Western Europe. A Civilizational Provocation, Russia was Not Invited
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The decision not to invite President Putin to attend the 75th D-Day commemoration event was a civilizational provocation aimed at dividing the European Allies during World War II and reinforcing the historically revised notion that the Soviet Union was an …
globalresearch.ca/75th-d-day-commemoration-event-civilizational-provocation/5679619

Warring Against Sources: The Australian National Security State, Journalism and the Public Interest
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
"What's gone on this morning sends clear and dangerous signals to journalists and newsrooms across Australia. This will chill public interest reporting." — News Corp Australia spokesperson, The West Australian, June 4, 2019 | These are dark times for journalists …
globalresearch.ca/warring-against-sources-australian-national-security-state-journalism-public-interest/5679617

"The Lesson of the Soviet Union Is that the Bureaucracy Chooses Capitalist Restoration"
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Wilder Pérez Varona (WPV): My first question to you is about the issue of bureaucracy. | Before 1917 the issue of the socialist transition is one thing. The 1848 Revolution, the Paris Commune (which is a crucial episode, but of …
globalresearch.ca/lesson-soviet-union-bureaucracy-chooses-capitalist-restoration/5679655

"Freedom of Expression" and "The Battle of Ideas"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Dear Readers, | This is a personal message. Please read carefully. | When Global Research was born in September 2001, we were convinced that "Freedom of Expression" and "The Battle of Ideas" would contribute to reversing the tide of war, while also …
globalresearch.ca/freedom-of-expression-and-the-battle-of-ideas/5679578

The EU Votes and the CIA Wins Again
Aidan O'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The European Union voted last month but not one of its 21st century war crimes and war criminals were a topic of conversation. The real possibility of a nuclear war between the EU and Russia wasn't an issue either. The | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-votes-cia-wins-again/5679587

Advancing Its War on Science, Trump Admin Blocks Fetal Tissue From Being Used in Federal Research
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-05
"This will make it harder to find cures for deadly diseases." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/advancing-its-war-science-trump-admin-blocks-fetal-tissue-being-used-federal?cd-origin=rss

After the Fall of the Berlin War: Between Dystopia and Democratic Socialism
Andrew Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a widespread sense that liberal capitalism had triumphed in the battle of ideas, and that socialism as a plausible alternative was pretty much dead. But the many crises of contemporary …
globalresearch.ca/between-dystopia-democratic-socialism/5679657

The Ukrainian State's Interference in Church Affairs
Nadia Bazuk | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The recent presidential elections in Ukraine ended quite unexpectedly — the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky whose bid for presidency hadn't been taken seriously by experts and voters in early 2019, defeated Petro Poroshenko and won a landslide victory. The margin between …
globalresearch.ca/another-proof-ukrainian-states-interference-church-affairs/5679590

Kushner-Trump Family Plan for an Enlarged Israel, Ridiculed as the 'Confidence Trick of the Century'
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
700,000 illegal settlers, economic migrants from Israel who have built temporary homes on Palestinian land, are proposed to be legitimised under a Kushner family plan dubbed the 'confidence trick of the century'. | The son-in-law of Donald Trump, Jared Kushner is …
globalresearch.ca/kushner-trump-family-plan-enlarged-israel/5679649

ISIS Remnants Regroup and Attack Syrian Army Posts in the Desert with U.S. Help
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
ISIS terrorists, defeated by the Syrian Arab Army in the major battles of Der Ezzor and Albukamal east of Syria, have regrouped and launched a new wave of attacks against the SAA posts in the dese…
globalresearch.ca/isis-remnants-regroup-attack-saa-posts-desert-us-help/5679627

Video: War Propaganda and US Military Buildup Against Iran
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Tensions continue to grow in the Persian Gulf. | In early May, the US deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group as well as the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock, additional marines, amphibious vehicles, rotary aircraft, Patriot missiles and a bomber …
globalresearch.ca/war-propaganda-us-military-buildup-iran/5679593

The US-China Trade War Can be Traced Back to the Failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The current "trade war" owes its origins to the US' failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution that convinced the Chinese authorities that their late-Old Cold War-era American "allies" couldn't be trusted, which in turn inspired the Communist Party to use the …
globalresearch.ca/trade-war-traced-back-failed-tiananmen-square-color-revolution/5679624

Video: US-Sponsored Kurdish Militia Burn Wheat Fields in Northern Syria
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The Kurdish separatist militia SDF and its affiliates from PYD and Asayish are burning wheat fields in the territories under their occupation northeast of Syria. | Some of the most fertile lands as well as territories rich with oil are under …
globalresearch.ca/us-sponsored-kurdish-militia-burn-wheat-fields-qamishli/5679629

Trudeau Government Squeezes Cuba
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Ottawa faces a dilemma. How far are Trudeau's Liberals prepared to go in squeezing Cuba? Can Canadian corporations with interests on the island restrain the most pro-US, anti-socialist, elements of the ruling class? | Recently, the Canadian Embassy in Havana closed …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-government-squeezes-cuba/5679642

From Glyphosate to Front Groups: Fraud, Deception and Toxic Tactics
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and the British Medical Association Council Chairman, Chaand Nagpaul. | Her purpose is to not only draw attention to the impact of biocides, not least that …
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-front-groups-fraud-deception-toxic-tactics/5679596

What the Horror of "Chernobyl" Reveals About the Deceit of the Trump Era
Peter Maass | theintercept.com | 2019-06-05
The HBO miniseries reveals the perils of a society based on lies. It also warns about ignoring the laws of science — and climate change.
theintercept.com/2019/06/05/what-the-horror-of-chernobyl-reveals-about-the-deceit-of-the-trump-era/

Black women display leadership during presidential forum attack
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-04
A white male protester grabbed the microphone from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., after he jumped onto the stage last Saturday during a presidential candidates' forum sponsored by MoveOn. Harris was in the middle of remarks about student loans for black students when the animal rights activist lunged toward her and grabbed her mic. In an …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-women-display-leadership-during-presidential-forum-attack/

Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-06-04
WorkWeek interviews SJSU professor Sang Hea Kil about her trip to South Africa to attend the Teaching Palestine confernce in March 2019. While at the conference she and two other women were sexually harassed by Muhammed Desai, the director of South Africa BDS. She talks about that experience and the cover-up that followed. She also discusses the role of Israel and the attacks against professors and students in the United States who are critical of Israel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823720.php

Victory to the Political Revolution in China
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
The following statement was published on June 8, 1989, just four days after the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown on students and workers in Tiananmen Square.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/tia1…

WSWS republishes ICFI statements on Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, 1989
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
Thirty years after the brutal military crackdown on unarmed workers and students in Beijing, these documents contain the essential political lessons for the revolutionary struggles ahead.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/intr…

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
Mass protests are continuing in Brazil against education cuts by the right-wing Bolsanaro administration while striking Honduran teachers and doctors held protests against privatization of healthcare and education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/wrkr…

Education in the Service of Assimilation: The Founding Vision of Residential Schools in Canada
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-04
Many of us can scarcely comprehend why a teacher might smack a child across the mouth with a ruler for "speaking Indian" (one of thousands of cruel acts perpetrated on Native children). They were stripped of their clothing and given a number upon entering the residential school. They were separated from their siblings by gender and removed from parental contact and community bonds. They were fed lousy food in lousy buildings. Around 6000 children died of various diseases, particularly tuberculosis. Their own spiritual traditions and practices were attacked mercilessly. Spiritual desolation awaited them down the r…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/04/education-in-the-service-of-assimilation-tthe-founding-vision-of-residential-schools-in-canada/

New Haven teachers strike enters third week
wsws.org | 2019-06-04
The New Haven Teachers Association has dropped their wage demands beneath inflation, leaving teachers at a loss.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/04/nhav…

'GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children:' West Virginia passes education bill that bans teacher strikes
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-04
Lawmakers in West Virginia recently passed an education bill with an amendment that would ban teachers strikes. The legislation, which passed the Senate, heads to the state's House of Delegates later this month. | While the right-to-work state already doesn't give employees collective bargaining rights, many call the amendment "pure retribution, retaliation." | "This is just I think another stab at trying to punish us, making the law perhaps a little more severe with such language," Fred Albert, president of the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). | The amendment would "specify…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/04/gop-retaliates-against-the-people-who-educate-our-children-west-virginia-passes-education-bill-that-bans-teacher-strikes/

US Bans Educational and Recreational Travel to Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-04
As of June 5, U.S. citizens will be prohibited from making group educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" travel to Cuba, Secretary of Commerce Steve Mnuchin of the U.S. Treasury Department confirmed in a statement Tuesday. | RELATED: | US Sanctions Violate Human Rights, International Law: UN Expert | According to the commercial director at Cuba's tourism ministry, Michel Bernal, the island nation received about 250,000 U.S. visitors in the first four months of…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Bans-Educational-and-Recreational-Travel-to-Cuba-20190604-0024.html

Huawei, AU deepen relationship with new 3-year deal
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-04
Chinese technology giant, Huawei, and the African Union (AU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to consolidate ICT cooperation. The MoU aims at strengthening the partnership between the two sides on broadband, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, 5G and artificial intelligence, according to a statement issued by Huawei. | The initiative will also train young people in tech skills, and offer AU departments support in dealing with cybersecurity, as well as digital health and education. | The deal follows a 2015 MOU which focused on improving the union's technological capabilities, including by or…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/04/huawei-au-deepen-relationship-with-new-3-year-deal/

Trump's Bellicosity Sells Weapons but Also Boosts Iran and the Palestinian Cause
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-04
When the "Islamic State" (ISIS) occupied large territories in Iraq and Syria, it shifted Middle East and world attention to it, moving the focus away from the Palestinian cause. The countries affected by the ISIS horror concentrated on recovering their …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-bellicosity-sells-weapons-boosts-iran-palestinian-cause/5679505

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2019-06-04: News Headlines

South Front (2019-06-04). Video: Israeli Military Intensifies Attacks on Syria. globalresearch.ca Overnight on June 2, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a missile strike on Syrian Arab Army (SAA) targets in the southern part of the country. According to the IDF, the missiles hit 2 artillery batteries, observation and intelligence …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-04). South Asia's Role in the Pentagon's "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" globalresearch.ca The US' recently released "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" envisages India playing a key role in this vast transregional space in order to "contain" China, while Pakistan is conspicuously absent from the text despite being one of the few nuclear weapons states, …

George Szamuely (2019-06-04). Strange Defenders: Assange and the Press. globalresearch.ca In recent days, in response to the Trump administration's issuance on May 23 of a 17-charge indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a number of prominent liberal columnists and Democratic politicians have come out with highly critical comments. Understandably, …

WSWS (2019-06-04). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Mass protests are continuing in Brazil against education cuts by the right-wing Bolsanaro administration while striking Honduran teachers and doctors held protests against privatization of healthcare and education.

Labor Video Project (2019-06-04). Palestinian Solidarity, South Africa BDS & Director Muhammed Desai. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews SJSU professor Sang Hea Kil about her trip to South Africa to attend the Teaching Palestine confernce in March 2019. While at the conference she and two other women were sexually harassed by Muhammed Desai, the director of South Africa BDS. She talks about that experience and the cover-up that followed. She also discusses the role of Israel and the attacks against professors and students in the United States who are critical of Israel…

Michael Welton (2019-06-04). Education in the Service of Assimilation: The Founding Vision of Residential Schools in Canada. counterpunch.org Many of us can scarcely comprehend why a teacher might smack a child across the mouth with a ruler for "speaking Indian" (one of thousands of cruel acts perpetrated on Native children). They were stripped of their clothing and given a number upon entering the residential school. They were separated from their siblings by gender and removed from parental contact and community bonds. They were fed lousy food in lousy buildings. Around 6000 children died of various diseases, particularly tuberculosis. Their own spiritual traditions and practices were attacked mercilessly. Spiritual desolation awaited them down the r…

WSWS (2019-06-04). New Haven teachers strike enters third week. wsws.org The New Haven Teachers Association has dropped their wage demands beneath inflation, leaving teachers at a loss.

CGTN Africa (2019-06-04). Huawei, AU deepen relationship with new 3-year deal. cgtn.com Chinese technology giant, Huawei, and the African Union (AU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to consolidate ICT cooperation. The MoU aims at strengthening the partnership between the two sides on broadband, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, 5G and artificial intelligence, according to a statement issued by Huawei. | The initiative will also train young people in tech skills, and offer AU departments support in dealing with cybersecurity, as well as digital health and education. | The deal follows a 2015 MOU which focused on improving the union's technological capabilities, including by or…

WSWS (2019-06-04). WSWS republishes ICFI statements on Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, 1989. wsws.org Thirty years after the brutal military crackdown on unarmed workers and students in Beijing, these documents contain the essential political lessons for the revolutionary struggles ahead.

WSWS (2019-06-04). Victory to the Political Revolution in China. wsws.org The following statement was published on June 8, 1989, just four days after the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown on students and workers in Tiananmen Square.

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-03). Brits to Protest Trump in London. 18 Anti-Trump Related Events. DJT to Meet Up with Queen Elizabeth II. globalresearch.ca Mass public resistance awaits him during his three-day visit, including photo-op meetings with Queen Elizabeth and UK officials. | Reportedly, millions of pounds were spent for security, largely for deploying thousands of police and other security forces. | Scotland Yard estimates that …

Julian Rose (2019-06-03). "Extinction Rebellion", "Green New Deal" and the "Rebranding of Global Capitalism" globalresearch.ca It is natural for people to come forward in defense of planet Earth once they become aware of the policies of ecocide built into corporate globalization. In fact, it is the general lack of such action which constitutes the real …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-03). Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats. globalresearch.ca It is a giddy intoxicant, and making all who partake fall over in puddling nonsense. The Mueller Report is not turning out to be the cleansing agent any of its readers were hoping for. Originally encouraged to identify the cause …

Johanna Ross (2019-06-03). Grenfell, Windrush and Skripal: Theresa May's Tainted Tenure Finally Ends in Tears. globalresearch.ca The next UK Prime Minister has their work cut out to unite a divided nation, but also to improve Britain's standing on the world stage, after one of the worst periods in UK-Russian relations | *** | UK Prime Minister Theresa May…

Claire Edwards (2019-06-03). 5G Wireless Technology Is War against Humanity. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in February 2019. | Disclosure about 5G — and its considerable risk for humanity — is occurring within the United Nations. This is thanks to longtime UN staff member and whistle-blower Claire Edwards, who recently contacted …

Andre Vltchek (2019-06-03). Europe in Irreversible Decay, EU Elections Are Proof of It! globalresearch.ca Europe, an "old" colonialist continent, is decaying, and in some places even collapsing. It senses how bad things are going. But it never thinks that it is its own fault. | North America is decaying as well, but there, people are …

ACLU (2019-06-03). Who Controls Our Genes? Congress Is Deciding Right Now And It Could Harm Our Health. aclu.org Draft legislation will try to undo Supreme Court precedent forbidding patenting of human genes. | This morning the ACLU, along with 169 other civil rights, medical, scientific, patient advocacy, and women's health organizations, including the Mayo Clinic, Breast Cancer Action, Lung Cancer Research Foundation, the Huntington's Disease Society of America, the Women's March, University of Washington, and many others sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property strong…

International Rosa Luxemburg Conference (2019-06-03). Hands Off Venezuela! Resolution of the Solidarity Event in Berlin on May 28, 2019. globalresearch.ca Venezuela is under attack. An alliance led by the United States and supported by most states of the European Union, including Germany, has set itself the goal to oust the government of President Nicolás Maduro, which was democratically elected one …

Claire Edwards (2019-06-03). A Primer for Corrupt Governments: How to Implement 5G Wireless Technology Against the Wishes of Your Population. globalresearch.ca Spare a thought for all the governments wanting to cash in on the multi-trillion-dollar bonanza of the fifth generation of wireless technology or 5G while pacifying the half of their population who are anxious about its dire health and environmental …

Massoud Nayeri (2019-06-03). A Nuclear War Has No Victor! U.S. Military Preparation is Underway. globalresearch.ca On May 30th, Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times wrote: "Mueller Delivered a Message. Washington Couldn't Agree on What It Was." In this article, he argues that the statement by "Robert S. Mueller …

Zero Hedge (2019-06-03). "They Are Prone to Cracking": FAA Orders Boeing to Replace Wing Components on Hundreds of 737s. globalresearch.ca As if trade war wasn't enough for traders to worry about with futures reopening sharply lower after China's government blamed the U.S. for the latest collapse in trade talks, it appears that Boeing is about to resume the position as …

Hans Stehling (2019-06-03). Trump, Netanyahu and Boris Johnson Would Cause Global Instability… War in the Middle East? globalresearch.ca A vote for Boris Johnson as Britain's Prime Minister would effectively be a vote for US President Donald Trump and his sidekick, Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel. They have 'form' in working closely together to violate UN Security Council Resolutions. | To …

Bill Walker (2019-06-03). Court Docs: Monsanto Paid Chemical Industry Front Group to Claim Cancer-Causing Weedkiller 'Safe' and Attack Its Critics. globalresearch.ca Monsanto paid a shadowy chemical industry front group to help push back against the mounting scientific evidence that the company's signature Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, court documents reveal. | "If a company like [Monsanto] won't support us, then who will?" the …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-06-03). US-Iran: Inverted Reality, Real War. America's Al Qaeda Mercenaries. Iran is Fighting the Largest State Sponsor of Terror. globalresearch.ca In its march toward yet another war, the United States accuses Iran of using military force to establish itself as a "regional hegemon." It accuses Iran of being the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. It accuses Iran …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-03). The Pentagon's "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" Is All About Containing China. globalresearch.ca Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Shanahan summarized the main points of the Pentagon's newly released "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" during the Shangri-La Dialogue forum in Singapore over the weekend, but the document itself contains many other important details that he failed to …

Azaz Zaman (2019-06-03). Does Modi's Re-Election Threaten India's Muslims? Religion is Poisoning Indian Politics. globalresearch.ca India's general elections were the most wide-ranging and possibly most expensive election campaign in the nation's history. More than 2,000 parties and over 8,000 candidates contested 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, and some 900 …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-06-03). Clean Hands, Dirty Hands… No Hands! globalresearch.ca Seven years ago Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick wrote a book (and Stone followed with a 10 part series on The Showtime Channel) The Untold History of the United States. This is a 'must read' or 'should view' for anyone …

Philip Giraldi (2019-06-03). Making Prayer Safer: 94% of Homeland Security (DHS) Grants to Enhance Security Goes to Jewish Groups. globalresearch.ca There is an unfortunate tendency in the United States to throw money at a problem, particularly when the problem is related to powerful constituencies. The recent attacks on synagogues, churches, and mosques have included two attacks on synagogues in Pittsburgh…

Ben Armbruster (2019-06-03). How Mainstream U.S. Media Is Failing Us on Trump and Bolton's March to War with Iran. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration and its allies are slow-walking the United States into war with Iran, and, with a few notable exceptions, mainstream U.S. media is helping them. | Much of this assistance has been overt. Just like during the run-up …

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-03). Brits to Protest Trump in London. 18 Anti-Trump Related Events. DJT to Meet Up Queen Elizabeth II. globalresearch.ca Mass public resistance awaits him during his three-day visit, including photo-op meetings with Queen Elizabeth and UK officials. | Reportedly, millions of pounds were spent for security, largely for deploying thousands of police and other security forces. | Scotland Yard estimates that …

Press TV (2019-06-03). Scandalous Details of Trump's 'Deal of Century' for Palestine. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump's "the deal of the century" wants Palestinian refugees to be naturalized and settled in several countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, Israeli daily Haaretz reports. | As the world marked the International Quds Day on Friday, …

Stephen Lendman (2019-06-03). Pompeo's Phony Outreach to Iran. globalresearch.ca Since its 1979 revolution, ending a generation of US-installed fascist dictatorship, Washington has been militantly hostile toward Iran — especially since Trump took office. | His regime continues all out war by other means to topple its government, wanting the Islamic …

Gal Kirn (2019-06-03). European Progressive Future? Failures of the Leftist Parties. globalresearch.ca One cannot and should not turn away from the disastrous results of the recent European Parliament elections, especially considering that Leftist parties across the European Union (EU) expected to gain 38 Members of the European Parliament (MEP), achieving around …

True Publica (2019-06-03). Britain: How Low Can the Tory Leadership Race Go — This Low? globalresearch.ca Just at the time of Britain's most needy moment since the last world war, the Tories have decided the best thing to do is not face up to the very serious challenges of our time but to have their own …

Staff (2019-06-03). The Environmental and Economic Challenge of Our Time. therealnews.com James K. Boyce of the Political Economy Research Institute says we must develop new economics to serves human and environmental needs, we need to think deeply about these ethical foundations. He discusses his latest book, Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change…

Margaret Kimberley (2019-06-03). No Chemical Attacks in Syria. Misleading Public Opinion. Blaming Bashar Al Assad. The Media's "Humanitarian" Pro-War Narrative. globalresearch.ca The corporate media is concealing a leaked UN agency report that shows Syrian government innocence in an alleged chemical attack. | "Americans have been fed a steady diet of 'Assad the butcher' and any counter narrative is disappeared." | The corporate media …

Rima Najjar (2019-06-03). "The Judaization of Jerusalem": ‚ÄäHow it Works. globalresearch.ca The Judaization of Jerusalem. It used to work under cover of darkness, at least in the mainstream media, but now it's out in the open with official recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem from the United States. | Israel implements its …

Glen Ford (2019-06-03). Half of Black Caucus Signs on to Israeli Stance on Syria, in Defiance of Black Public Opinion. globalresearch.ca The Congressional Black Caucus sides with its party's war mongers and in fear of the Israel lobby, while large Black majorities believe Israel is neither an ally nor a friend. | "The Black Caucus' tolerance of apartheid Israel's barbarism is infinite."…

Irwin Jerome (2019-06-03). Australia's Voters Betray Themselves, Their Homeland and Mother Earth. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-03). Belt and Road, Consolidation of Russia-China Economic Relations: President Xi in Saint Petersburg. globalresearch.ca Chinese President Xi will attend this week's Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and likely broker some Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) deals with his Russian counterpart. | Thousands of people from across the world will be descending on Russia's "second …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-03). 'Absolutely Disgusting': West Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Teacher Strikes. commondreams.org The Republican measure was condemned as "pure retribution" for the mass teacher strikes that swept the state last year | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

teleSUR (2019-06-03). Honduras Gov't Backtracks on Neoliberal Laws Amid Large Strike. telesurenglish.net President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) announced Sunday that two decrees related to education and health will be repealed. The decrees have been rejected by the teachers and public sector doctors who are in an indefinite strike since Thursday. | RELATED: | Masked Men Set US Embassy in Honduras Ablaze, Teacher Blamed | "The repeal o…

plenglish (2019-06-03). Academic Strike in Chile Reaches Wide Support. plenglish.com 03 de junio de 2019, 16: 21Santiago de Chile, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina)The indefinite strike of primary and secondary school teachers in Chile, which began on Monday, has reached 80 percent of the support of those affiliated to the Chilean Teachers" Association.

plenglish (2019-06-03). Chile's Professors Go on Indefinite Strike. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Teachers" Association has begun an indefinite strike Monday in response to the position of the Ministry of Education (Mineduc), which rejected a series of requests from the union.

Eds. (2019-06-03). Interview with Michael Heinrich. mronline.org Think about it: when we look at our own biography, to what influenced us, why we became what we became, why we became leftists, very often there are already events in childhood. When you were a youngster, perhaps there was a teacher, who influenced you or an early friend, who opened your eyes to this […] | Source

Shawgi Tell (2019-06-03). Joe Biden Supports Privately-Operated Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org Joe Biden is one of about two dozen 2020 democratic candidates running for President of the United States. This is not his first presidential campaign. Biden served under President Barack Obama as Vice President for eight years. Obama became well-known for many antisocial policies in many spheres, especially education, including the aggressive promotion of privately-operated …

Austyn Ross (2019-06-03). NAACP to Host 110th National Convention in Detroit. naacp.org NAACP to Highlight 110 Years of Civil Rights History, and the Current Fight for Voting Rights, Criminal Justice Reform, Economic Opportunity, Education Equality & More BALTIMORE — Thousands are expected to gather in Detroit to commemorate the NAACP's 110th National Convention from July 20-24, 2019. With the theme, "When We Fight, We Win," the convention …

PACBI (2019-06-03). Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education. bdsmovement.net Scientists Protest Holding International Physics Olympiad in Israel over Its Denial of Palestinian Right to Education: In the NewsTwenty scientists, including the 2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry George P. Smith, wrote an open letter to the organizers of the next International Physics Olympiad to protest against holding the contest in Israel due to its denial of Palestinian human ri…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-06-03). Forum & Discussion: The Fight for Public Education. indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th St.

Elizabeth Fischer (2019-06-03). Hawkish Trump White House Endangers our Collective Conscience. counterpunch.org The war drums in the White House have been beating louder in recent months. While Trump has shown himself willing to embrace bellicose rhetoric to further his political ambitions, until recently, it had been mostly all talk. However, the appointment of known war hawk John Bolton as national security adviser signaled a strong shift from More

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