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'Industry Front Group' Claims to Promote Public Health While Fighting Chemical and Food Safety Regulations, Study Finds
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-03
An international so-called science institute has for years embedded itself on public health panels run by the European Union and United Nations, only to work against the goals of such bodies by pushing the profit-focused agendas of the tobacco, pesticide, and other industries, according to a new study. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/03/industry-front-group-claims-promote-public-health-while-fighting-chemical-and-food?cd-origin=rss

Climate Science Denied as Trump Admin Orders Halt on Long Term Projections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-03
One way in which climate change deniers are getting their way in the Trump administration is by subverting the application of scientific findings by ignoring long-term projections when setting policy. We discuss the implications with Senior Greenpeace Climate Campaigner John Noel…
therealnews.com/stories/climate-science-denied-as-trump-admin-orders-halt-on-long-term-projections

Hawkish Trump White House Endangers our Collective Conscience
Elizabeth Fischer | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-03
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/03/hawkish-trump-white-house-endangers-our-collective-conscience/

Climate Science Denied as Trump Admin Orders Halt on Long Term Projections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-03
One way in which climate change deniers are getting their way in the Trump administration is by subverting the application of scientific findings by ignoring long-term projections when setting policy. We discuss the implications with Senior Greenpeace Climate Campaigner John Noel…
therealnews.com/stories/climate-science-denied-as-trump-admin-orders-halt-on-long-term-projections

Tiananmen Square 1989: People's World on the scene
Carl Bloice | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-03
Carl Bloice (1939-2014), then the associate editor and Moscow correspondent of People's Daily World, was in Beijing in the summer of 1989 during the USSR-China summit. While there, he went to Tiananmen Square and talked with demonstrators who were demanding an end to corruption and greater democracy. Students first started to gather in the square …
peoplesworld.org/article/tiananmen-square-1989-peoples-world-on-the-scene/

Tiananmen: The Massacre that Wasn't
Brian Becker | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-03
The "pro-democracy" protest movement was led by privileged, well-connected students from elite universities who were explicitly calling for the replacement of socialism with capitalism.
liberationnews.org/tiananmen-the-massacre-that-wasnt/

Chile: Indigenous People Reject Piñera's Consultation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03
The Committees of Indigenous Peoples of the Communist, Progressive and Green Socialist Regionalist Front parties rejected the Indigenous Consultation being developed by the Chilean government to modify current Indigenous laws. | RELATED: | Chilean Police Repress Thousands of Protesting Students | The parties, in a statement, denounced changes proposed by the go…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Indigenous-People-Reject-Pineras-Consultation-20190603-0007.html

Thirty Years After Tiananmen Square: Can the Billion Prevail?
Erwin Knoll | progressive.org | 2019-06-03
At the height of the protests more than one million students and workers occupied the square. Ultimately, the government declared martial law and brought in troops and tanks.
progressive.org/dispatches/thirty-years-after-tiananmen-square-knoll-190603/

Joe Biden Supports Privately-Operated Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-03
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/joe-biden-supports-privately-operated-charter-schools/

Does Modi's Re-Election Threaten India's Muslims? Religion is Poisoning Indian Politics
Azaz Zaman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/does-modis-re-election-threaten-indias-muslims-religion-is-poisoning-indian-politics/5679341

Clean Hands, Dirty Hands… No Hands!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/clean-hands-dirty-hands-no-hands/5679423

Britain: How Low Can the Tory Leadership Race Go — This Low?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-low-tory-leadership-race-go/5679399

5G Wireless Technology Is War against Humanity
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/5g-wireless-technology-is-war-against-humanity/5679372

"They Are Prone to Cracking": FAA Orders Boeing to Replace Wing Components on Hundreds of 737s
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/they-are-prone-to-cracking-faa-orders-boeing-to-replace-wing-components-on-hundreds-of-737s/5679429

Brits to Protest Trump in London. 18 Anti-Trump Related Events. DJT to Meet Up Queen Elizabeth II
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/brits-protest-trump-london-en-masse/5679438

"The Judaization of Jerusalem": ‚ÄäHow it Works
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/judaization-al-quds-jerusalem%e2%80%8a/5679330

Belt and Road, Consolidation of Russia-China Economic Relations: President Xi in Saint Petersburg
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/belt-and-road-consolidation-of-russia-china-economic-relations-president-xi-in-saint-petersburg/5679334

"The Judaization of Jerusalem": ‚ÄäHow it Works
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/judaization-al-quds-jerusalem%e2%80%8a/5679330

US-Iran: Inverted Reality, Real War. America's Al Qaeda Mercenaries. Iran is Fighting the Largest State Sponsor of Terror
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-iran-inverted-reality-real-war-americas-al-qaeda-mercenaries-iran-is-fighting-the-largest-state-sponsor-of-terror/5679381

Trump, Netanyahu and Boris Johnson Would Cause Global Instability… War in the Middle East?
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-johnson-cause-global-instability-war/5679395

Who Controls Our Genes? Congress Is Deciding Right Now And It Could Harm Our Health
aclu.org | 2019-06-03
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…
aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/medical-and-genetic-privacy/who-controls-our-genes-congress-deciding-right

No Chemical Attacks in Syria. Misleading Public Opinion. Blaming Bashar Al Assad. The Media's "Humanitarian" Pro-War Narrative
Margaret Kimberley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/no-chemical-attacks-in-syria-misleading-public-opinion-blaming-bashar-al-assad-the-medias-humanitarian-pro-war-narrative/5679410

Grenfell, Windrush and Skripal: Theresa May's Tainted Tenure Finally Ends in Tears
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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…
globalresearch.ca/grenfell-windrush-skripal-theresa-mays-tainted-tenure-finally-ends-tears/5679407

Clean Hands, Dirty Hands… No Hands!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/clean-hands-dirty-hands-no-hands/5679423

The Pentagon's "Indo-Pacific Strategy Report" Is All About Containing China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-indo-pacific-strategy-report-all-about-containing-china/5679332

Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-trump-wedging-democrats/5679350

Court Docs: Monsanto Paid Chemical Industry Front Group to Claim Cancer-Causing Weedkiller 'Safe' and Attack Its Critics
Bill Walker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/court-docs-monsanto-paid-chemical-industry-front-group-claim-cancer-causing-weedkiller-safe-attack-its-critics/5679404

Making Prayer Safer: 94% of Homeland Security (DHS) Grants to Enhance Security Goes to Jewish Groups
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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…
globalresearch.ca/94-dhs-grants-enhance-security-goes-jewish-groups/5679390

A Primer for Corrupt Governments: How to Implement 5G Wireless Technology Against the Wishes of Your Population
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/primer-governments-how-implement-5g-against-wishes-your-population/5679368

European Progressive Future? Failures of the Leftist Parties
Gal Kirn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/european-progressive-future-failures-of-the-leftist-parties/5679401

The Environmental and Economic Challenge of Our Time
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-03
James K. Boyce of the Political Economy Research Institute says we must develop new economics to serve human and environmental needs. We need to think deeply about these ethical foundations, says Boyce, as he discusses his latest book, Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change…
therealnews.com/stories/the-environmental-and-economic-challenge-of-our-time

A Nuclear War Has No Victor! U.S. Military Preparation is Underway
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-war-no-victor/5679339

Europe in Irreversible Decay, EU Elections Are Proof of It!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/europe-irreversible-decay-eu-elections-proof/5679418

Scandalous Details of Trump's 'Deal of Century' for Palestine
Press TV | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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, …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-paper-betrays-scandalous-details-deal-century/5679355

Half of Black Caucus Signs on to Israeli Stance on Syria, in Defiance of Black Public Opinion
Glen Ford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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."…
globalresearch.ca/half-black-caucus-signs-israeli-stance-syria-defiance-black-public-opinion/5679413

"Extinction Rebellion", "Green New Deal" and the "Rebranding of Global Capitalism"
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/uk-really-leading-rebellion/5679379

How Mainstream U.S. Media Is Failing Us on Trump and Bolton's March to War with Iran
Ben Armbruster | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/mainstream-u-s-media-failing-us-trump-boltons-march-war-iran/5679327

Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-trump-wedging-democrats/5679350

Europe in Irreversible Decay, EU Elections Are Proof of It!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/europe-irreversible-decay-eu-elections-proof/5679418

"Extinction Rebellion", "Green New Deal" and the "Rebranding of Global Capitalism"
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/uk-really-leading-rebellion/5679379

Britain: How Low Can the Tory Leadership Race Go — This Low?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-low-tory-leadership-race-go/5679399

Hands Off Venezuela! Resolution of the Solidarity Event in Berlin on May 28, 2019
International Rosa Luxemburg Conference | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/hands-off-venezuela-resolution-solidarity-event-berlin-may-28-2019/5679358

Brits to Protest Trump in London. 18 Anti-Trump Related Events. DJT to Meet Up Queen Elizabeth II
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/brits-protest-trump-london-en-masse/5679438

Australia's Voters Betray Themselves, Their Homeland and Mother Earth
Irwin Jerome | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/australias-voters-betray-themselves-homeland-mother-earth/5628659

"They Are Prone to Cracking": FAA Orders Boeing to Replace Wing Components on Hundreds of 737s
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/they-are-prone-to-cracking-faa-orders-boeing-to-replace-wing-components-on-hundreds-of-737s/5679429

Australia's Voters Betray Themselves, Their Homeland and Mother Earth
Irwin Jerome | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-03
asia-pacificresearch.com/australias-voters-betray-themselves-homeland-mother-earth/5628659

No Chemical Attacks in Syria. Misleading Public Opinion. Blaming Bashar Al Assad. The Media's "Humanitarian" Pro-War Narrative
Margaret Kimberley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-03
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 …
globalresearch.ca/no-chemical-attacks-in-syria-misleading-public-opinion-blaming-bashar-al-assad-the-medias-humanitarian-pro-war-narrative/5679410

'Absolutely Disgusting': West Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Would Ban Teacher Strikes
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-03
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……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/03/absolutely-disgusting-west-virginia-senate-passes-bill-would-ban-teacher-strikes?cd-origin=rss

Honduras Gov't Backtracks on Neoliberal Laws Amid Large Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-03
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Govt-Backtracks-on-Neoliberal-Laws-Amid-Large-Strike-20190603-0005.html

Academic Strike in Chile Reaches Wide Support
plenglish.com | 2019-06-03
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

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2019-06-02: News Headlines

Editor (2019-06-02). 'Liberal' — to a point. workers.org The so-called liberal media in the U.S. — most notably the New York Times, the Washington Post and some television news sources — profess independence. But they dare not offend their ruling-class owners on key international issues. Take, for example, the "reporting" we are handed each day on three important . . . | Continue reading 'Liberal' — to a point at Workers.org

Sadegh Abbasi (2019-06-02). 8-10 Million Iranians Died over Great Famine Caused by British Empire (1917-1919), Documents Reveal. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in November 2015. | The document in the American Archives, reporting the widespread famine and spread of epidemic disease in Iran, estimates the number of the deceased due to the famine to be about 8-10 million….

Sonali Kolhatkar (2019-06-02). Plastic Is Just as Destructive to the Climate as Oil and Gas. globalresearch.ca The phenomenon of climate change invokes images of black smoke billowing out of smokestacks, emissions from exhaust pipes on an endless highway of bumper-to-bumper traffic, or the insect-like cranes of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and drilling operations dotting the landscape. We …

Yossi Gurvitz (2019-06-02). Benjamin Netanyahu: The Fugitive Crime Minister. globalresearch.ca In a move considered surreal even two days ago, the Israeli Knesset — elected on April 9th — dissolved itself last night (Wednesday). Some new Members of Knesset didn't even get to get to give their maiden speech. | The vote …

Global Research News (2019-06-02). Selected Articles: America's Policy of "Creative Chaos" globalresearch.ca A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …

Middle East Eye (2019-06-02). Rising Tensions, US Strike Group to the Gulf. Iran Once Again Passes IAEA Nuclear Inspections. globalresearch.ca The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its quarterly report that Iran has stayed within the main restrictions of its nuclear deal at a time when tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high. | The report on Friday found that …

Azaz Zaman (2019-06-02). Is Saudi Arabia Joining Trump's Political Game? globalresearch.ca In quest of seeking the support of the Arab Muslim leaders for an international stance against Iran, Saudi Arabia is hosting three consecutive summits at the holy city of Mecca after Iran's alleged attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil installations. Saudi …

F. William Engdahl (2019-06-02). Do We Face a Global Food Disaster? globalresearch.ca No, this is not at all an endorsement of the apocalyptic scenarios of AOC or that famous young Swedish climate expert, Greta. It is, however, a look at unusual weather disasters in several key growing regions from the USA to …

Adrian Weir (2019-06-02). Cuba's New Blockade. globalresearch.ca On 2 May 2019, the Trump administration implemented Title III of the 1996 Helms Burton Act. In doing so, it unleashed the most severe economic sanctions against Cuba since the blockade was first introduced by President Kennedy in 1962. | Title …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-02). O navio de assalto dos novos cruzados. globalresearch.ca Na presenàßa do Chefe de Estado, Sergio Mattarella, da Ministra da Defesa, Elisabetta Trenta, do Ministro do Desenvolvimento Económico, Luigi di Maio e das mais altas autoridades militares, o navio Trieste, construído pela Fincantieri, foi lanàßado ao mar, em 25 …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-06-02). Desperate MH17 "Intelligence" Spin. Ukraine Secret Service Contends that "Pro-Russian Rebels had Targeted a Russian Passenger Plane". "But Shot Down Flight MH17 by Mistake" globalresearch.ca According to Ukraine's Secret Service, the alleged design of the pro-Russian rebels was to shoot down a Russian passenger plane, with a view to blaming the Ukrainian government and justifying a Russian invasion.

Manlio Dinucci (2019-06-02). Italy's Assault Ship for the New Crusaders. globalresearch.ca On 25 May 2019, Head of State Sergio Mattarella, Minister for Defence Elisabetta Trenta, Minister for Economic Development Luigi Di Maio, and the highest military authorities, were all present for the launching of the ship Trieste, built …

Staff (2019-06-02). While Combating Trump, We Must Set Our Sights on Total Liberation. truthout.org "Marcuse believed in 'a universe where the sensuous, the playful, and the beautiful become the form of society itself'," says cartoonist Nick Thorkelson, who illustrated the new graphic biography Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia. How did philosopher Herbert Marcuse develop this belief, and what can it teach us as the U.S. flounders in political crisis? In this interview, Thorkelson discusses the work of Herbert Marcuse, his relationship to the radical movements of the 1960s and how his philosophy remains pertinent in the era of Trump. | Samantha Borek: For many people, especially younger radicals like my…

Jeff Bryant (2019-06-02). Why Democratic Presidential Candidates May Have to Choose Between Teacher Pay Raises and Charter Schools. commondreams.org Milwaukee public school teachers, parents, students and supporters stage a picket line in Milwaukee on April 24, 2018. (Photo: Charles Edward Miller, Flickr cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-06-02). Forum & Discussion: The Fight for Public Education. indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th St.

IPBES (2019-06-01). Nature's Dangerous Decline: Animal and Plant Species Extinction Rates 'Accelerating'. globalresearch.ca Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …

Dr. David Halpin (2019-06-01). Political Upheaval in the United Kingdom. globalresearch.ca Here in these beautiful isles there are many good people. Those not affected by class or university 'education' say 'We should have been out of the EU within a few weeks of the vote. The EU is a racket. We …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-06-01). Findings of Torture: The UN Rapporteur and Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Another crude and sad chapter, yet more evidence of a system's vengeance against its challengers. Julian Assange, like they dying Roman emperor Vespasian, may be transforming into a god of sorts, but the suffering of his mortal physical is …

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-01). Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Has Dismantled the West's Official Narrative About Malaysian Airlines MH17. globalresearch.ca Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad surprised observers when he unexpectedly spoke out against the MH-17 cover-up and dismantled the West's official narrative blaming Russia for this tragedy. The nonagenarian leader raised questions that no non-Russian had hitherto dared to publicly …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-06-01). Spectators, Shoppers and Voters… NOT Citizens! globalresearch.ca I begin my column with the profound words from the great anti empire documentarian Paul Edwards, at the end of his fine new piece Idiocracy: | "The naive cry out for answers to our absurd paralysis, but there are none. …

South Front (2019-06-01). "Fort Trump": Permanent US Military Base in Poland. globalresearch.ca Polish authorities appear to have become obsessed with establishing the "Fort Trump" permanent military base in Poland, but the US does appear to be in no hurry to make any such deployment. | Moreover, periodically there are reports that Washington has …

Jake Johnson (2019-06-01). 'Beyond Barbaric': Internal Government Report Reveals Migrants Forced to Stand on Toilets for Breathing Space at Overcrowded US Detention Center. globalresearch.ca "This is insane. Not only can they not move, they can't breathe, they can't eat, they can't do anything like this. Children have died and will continue to die if this is not stopped now." | *** | A federal immigrant detention …

Dr. Leon Tressell (2019-06-01). UN Condemns the Psychological Torture Inflicted Upon Julian Assange. "Coordinated" by UK, US, Sweden and Ecuador. globalresearch.ca The UN Torture Expert, Nils Melzer, has strongly condemned the psychological torture inflicted upon WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange by a coalition of countries led by the United States and United Kingdom. | The WikiLeaks publisher has spent over 7 weeks …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-06-01). "Manufacturing Dissent": The Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites. globalresearch.ca The People's Movement has been Hijacked…

Mark Taliano (2019-06-01). The Policy of Creative Chaos: America's Project for a "Middle-East Holocaust" globalresearch.ca The Project for a New Middle East[1] is a Project for a New Holocaust. It is happening now. The policy of "Creative Chaos"[2] underpins the holocaust. Empire willfully destroys the sovereignty and territorial integrity of prey nations such as Libya, …

Craig Murray (2019-06-01). Julian Assange and the Unrelenting State. globalresearch.ca We are seriously worried about the condition of Julian Assange. He was too unwell to appear in court yesterday, and his Swedish lawyer, Per Samuelson, found him in a state where he was unable to conduct a conversation …

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-06-01). Assange Is Reportedly Gravely Ill, and Hardly Anyone's Talking About It. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that "Assange's health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him." | This jarring revelation has been reported by a small …

Al-Masdar News (2019-06-01). US State Department's "Updated Maps" Show Golan Heights as Part of Israeli. globalresearch.ca The US State Department has changed its maps to show the disputed Golan Heights as Israeli territory, spokesperson Morgan Ortagus confirmed on Thursday, after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had received one of the updated versions. | "I know …

WSWS (2019-06-01). University of Chicago graduate student union plans three-day strike. wsws.org Graduate students must take this struggle out of the hands of the American Federation of Teachers-backed Graduate Students United union and form rank-and-file committees.

WSWS (2019-06-01). Democrat Tony Thurmond fails to shut down New Haven teachers strike in California. wsws.org After facilitating the betrayal of the Oakland and Los Angeles teachers strikes, Thurmond has been brought in by the New Haven Teachers Association to end their strike.

WSWS (2019-06-01). American educators demand freedom for Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. wsws.org The WSWS Teacher Newsletter has received many statements from educators in support of Assange and Manning.

WSWS (2019-06-01). New Haven teachers speak on conditions. wsws.org Teachers across the New Haven School District spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about the strike and the difficult conditions they face as educators.

Shawgi Tell (2019-06-01). Charter School Promoters Criticize and Complain About Charter Schools While Pushing For More Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org The narrow aim of maximizing profit as fast as possible compels owners of capital to say and do whatever they have to to get richer, no matter how irrational and contradictory, and no matter the cost to society and the environment. Such an aim is irresponsible and outdated, and needs to be replaced by a …

John Shafthauer (2019-06-01). Man who endorsed 'Trump University' endorses Boris Johnson. thecanary.co Boris Johnson enjoys the support of some interesting characters. He's recently won the backing of the man who promoted 'Trump University' — an establishment that was to education what Donald Trump is to presidenting.

Staff (2019-06-01). Brazilian Students Stage New Mass Protests Against Bolsonaro's Education Reform. therealnews.com As President Jair Bolsonaro's approval ratings plummet, students make a massive show of force, opposing his plans to drastically cut education budgets. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…

Staff (2019-06-01). The History of Black Women Championing Demands for Reparations. truthout.org The American media has paid increasing attention to the legacies of slavery. The new National Museum of African American History and Culture features a huge exhibition on the history of slavery. Many US universities are studying their links with slavery and the slave trade. In several cases, schools decided to provide symbolic reparations by renaming buildings and/or creating memorials and monuments to honor enslaved men and women. | But these measures do not seem to suffice: several activists and ordinary citizens are calling for financial reparations. Students of Georgetown University recently voted to pay a…

Janine Jackson (2019-06-01). A million extinctions eclipsed by one royal grandbaby. nationofchange.org As many as 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to the scientists and researchers behind a new UN report. The assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive review to date of the damage humans are causing to biodiversity. The group's chair, Robert Watson, says: The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is deteriorating more rap…

pip.hinman (2019-05-31). Is the Galilee Basin coal 'bonanza' a damp squib? greenleft.org.au True to her word, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on May 31 that another approval had been given to the controversial Adani coal mine in the Galillee Basin. But while more approvals still have to be gained and other coal miners are getting out, it is not yet clear that Adani will succeed. | On the last day in May, the Department of Environment and Science (DES) approved mining giant Adani's management plan for the endangered black-throated finch. This is one of many outstanding approvals necessary before the Adani Carmichael mine can legally go ahead. It comes on the back of a huge campaign by…

kathy_f (2019-05-31). The fight against the racist Ramsay Centre continues. greenleft.org.au Eighty people gathered at Sydney University on May 23 for a forum "Ramsay and the new academic racism", to hear speakers condemn the Ramsay Centre's proposed Western Civilisation degree. | Chaired by Robert Boncardo (lecturer at Sydney University's School of Languages and Cultures), the speakers included Layla Mkhayber (undergraduate student, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), Dr Nesrine Basheer (Arabic Language and Cultures) and Jeff Sparrow (Guardian Australia columnist and author) | The Ramsay Centre is a right-wing think tank, established by the wealthy philanthropist Paul Ramsay. It is chaired by former…

Ralph Nader (2019-05-31). Society Is In Decay — When the Worst is First and the Best is Last. counterpunch.org Plutocrats like to control the range of permissible public dialogue. Plutocrats also like to shape what society values. If you want to see where a country's priorities lie, look at how it allocates its money. While teachers and nurses earn comparatively little for performing critical jobs, corporate bosses including those who pollute our planet and More

Ralph Nader (2019-05-31). Society Is in Decay. dissidentvoice.org Plutocrats like to control the range of permissible public dialogue. Plutocrats also like to shape what society values. If you want to see where a country's priorities lie, look at how it allocates its money. While teachers and nurses earn comparatively little for performing critical jobs, corporate bosses including those who pollute our planet and …

Judith Deutsch (2019-05-31). WWII Lessons for the Climate Emergency. counterpunch.org "The bad news is that if history teaches us one thing, it is that there never has been an energy transition….The history of energy is not one of transitions, but rather of successive additions . . ." Bonneuil and Fressoz, The Shock of the Anthropocene The New Deal and World War II are reminders of More

susan_p (2019-05-31). Greta Thunberg: 'Act as if your life depended on it, because it does'. greenleft.org.au Hundreds of thousands of students and environmentalists took to the streets around the world as part of the Global Strike for Future climate actions on May 24. Elections for the European Parliament took place two days later, on May 26 and resulted in Greens (along with the far right) gaining votes. | In Copenhagen, Denmark, 40,000 people took part in the People's Climate March on May 25. Swedish student and environmentalist Greta Thunberg addressed the rally. An abridged transcript of Thunberg's speech follows. | * * * | It is absolutely crazy that things have gone so far that children feel like they must sacrifi…

Texas Tribune (2019-05-31). Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Agree to Partner on Legislation. theantimedia.com (TT) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz committed on Thursday to partner up with his political opposite, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to move legislation that would ban members of Congress from becoming corporate lobbyists after they leave public life. The coming together played out over Twitter. Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, tweeted Thursday afternoon a statistic from Public Citizen, an …

Janine Jackson (2019-05-31). A Million Extinctions Eclipsed by One Royal Grandbaby. fair.org As many as 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to the scientists and researchers behind a new UN report. The assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive …

United Nations (2019-05-30). A major win for transgender rights: UN health agency drops 'gender identity disorder', as official diagnosis. un.org "To reflect critical advances in science and medicine", the World Health Organization, WHO, has removed so-called "gender identity disorder" from its official manual of diagnoses, which is being hailed as a major win for transgender rights.

Staff (2019-05-30). Victorious Grassroots Caucus Faces Challenge From Longtime Incumbent in Teachers Union Election. therealnews.com In Baltimore, longtime teachers union incumbents have demanded a re-election after a grassroots slate's surprise victory. Now the American Federation of Teachers may decide the outcome.

Fight Back (2019-05-30). Garland, TX community confronts school board over trafficked teachers. fightbacknews.org Garland, TX – On May 28 members of the community, together with some of the affected teachers, confronted the Garland school board about the board's failure to act to help teachers who had been trafficked from the Philippines to work in the Garland school district. | Three teachers and several community supporters addressed the school board, while dozens of other supporters sat in the room wearing t-shirts and buttons in support of the teachers' cause. After the last speaker, the supporters began chanting "When teachers are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!" and were escorted from the b…

pip.hinman (2019-05-30). Support Greta's call for a global climate strike. greenleft.org.au The inspiring, global student-led climate strike protests on May 24, initiated by high school students, took place in an incredible 1594 cities and towns across more than 118 countries. | It shows the global student strike movement is growing, out-mobilising strike actions just two months before and joining up with other climate networks such as Extinction Rebellion. | The #FridaysfortheFuture protests, started by Swedish school student Greta Thunberg, were also organised in several cities in Australia on May 24, the largest of which was called by Extinction Rebellion in Melbourne. Thousands of students and other…

RT (2019-05-30). University cancels 'reporting on far right' class by disgraced fact-checker due to lack of interest. rt.com New York University has canceled an undergraduate journalism class entitled 'Reporting on the Far Right' after only two students signed up. The controversial lecturer quit her fact-checking job last year for false reporting.

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