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The fight against the racist Ramsay Centre continues
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-31
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/fight-against-racist-ramsay-centre-continues

Greta Thunberg: 'Act as if your life depended on it, because it does'
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-31
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/greta-thunberg-act-if-your-life-depended-it-because-it-does

A Million Extinctions Eclipsed by One Royal Grandbaby
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-05-31
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 …
fair.org/home/a-million-extinctions-eclipsed-by-one-royal-grandbaby/

Is the Galilee Basin coal 'bonanza' a damp squib?
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-31
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/galilee-basin-coal-bonanza-damp-squib

Trump administration and EPA anti-science work will cost lives
Mary Anne Hitt | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-31
The true human cost of the Trump administration's policies will continue to galvanize communities across the U.S. and will haunt Wheeler and the Trump administration as they pursue their reckless course of action.
nationofchange.org/2019/05/31/trump-administration-and-epa-anti-science-work-will-cost-lives/

Forum & Discussion: The Fight for Public Education
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-05-31
2969 Mission St. near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/29/18823661.php

If the US Congress Has No Mojo to Govern, Let's Make It a Part Time Job
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
If the American public needs any further evidence that the US Congress is unable to function as an operating legislative branch of the Federal government in the 'pursuit of happiness' or to 'promote the general welfare,' look no further than …
globalresearch.ca/if-congress-has-no-mojo-govern-lets-make-part-time-job/5679156

Europe as a Community of Values
Prof. Dr. Gjergj Sinani | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Kant in his work "Ideas for a Universal History with Cosmopolitan Intent", in Seventh Principle explained the need for peace and security among the nations as the following: "That is to say, wars, the excessive and never ending preparations for …
globalresearch.ca/europe-community-values/5678997

The Hangman of the Middle East: US-backed Regime in Egypt Hands Down Nearly 2,500 Death Sentences
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Egypt's US-backed dictatorship of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sentenced 2,443 people to death since coming to power in a bloody coup in 2013, according to a report issued this week by the UK-based human rights group Reprieve. | Of those …
globalresearch.ca/hangman-middle-east-us-backed-regime-egypt-hands-down-nearly-2500-death-sentences/5679152

Upcoming Trilateral Russia -Israel -US National Security Advisors Summit. Focus on Syria and Iran
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
The Russian, "Israeli", and American National Security Advisors will hold their first-ever trilateral summit in Jerusalem in June to discuss what the White House described as "regional security issues", which is an obvious euphemism for Syria & Iran and the …
globalresearch.ca/upcoming-rf-is-us-national-security-advisor-summit-focus-syria-iran/5679095

US Forces in Syria Causing Catastrophic Effects on Civilians Held in Rukban Concentration Camp
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
American forces occupying Syrian territory entered the country illegally and their presence impedes efforts to restore peaceful life to the country and constitutes an obstacle to stability in southeastern Syria and causing the catastrophic conditions of the residents of al-Rukban …
globalresearch.ca/us-forces-syria-causing-catastrophic-effects-civilians-rukban-concentration-camp/5679112

Al-Jaafari: It Is Syria's Duty and Right to Protect Its Citizens from Terrorism
Hamda Mustafa | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization, which controls most of Idleb province, continues its attacks on neighboring areas and on the Syrian army positions, Syria's Permanent Representative at the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari has stressed, reiterating that it is the Syrian state's …
globalresearch.ca/al-jaafari-syrias-duty-right-protect-its-citizens-terrorism/5679130

Global Poverty: How the Rich Eat the Poor and the World
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
62 individuals — 388 in 2010 — now own more wealth than 50% of the world's population. More shockingly, this share of wealth by half of the world's people has collapsed by over 40% in the last five years.
globalresearch.ca/the-davos-blind-eye-how-the-rich-eat-the-poor-and-the-world/5503273

Twisted Melodies: The Life and Times of Donny Hathaway at the Apollo
Deardra Shuler | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-31
Photo Credit: Richard Anderson | The Apollo Theater graciously asked me to come and review a play they are featuring entitled "Twisted Melodies" about the life of Donny Hathaway. | Hathaway was a musical genius plagued by mental illness in the form of paranoid schizophrenia. His diagnosis was severe and medicine only served to exacerbate the illness. In fact it retarded him, taking him on a journey of frenzied highs and devastating lows. | The causes of schizophrenia are complicated and still being researched. There is some thought that heredity may play a role. Research does show that genetics may deem who is mo…
www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/thea…

'Criminalizing Compassion': Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Arizona Desert
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Human rights advocates accused the U.S. Justice Department of " criminalizing compassion" as a federal trial began in Arizona Wednesday for activist Scott Warren, who faces up to 20 years in prison for providing humanitarian aid to migrants …
globalresearch.ca/trial-begins-humanitarian-facing-20-years-prison-giving-water-migrants-arizona-desert/5679138

Washington's Silent Weapon for Not-so-quiet Wars. "A World Full of Dollars", A 2019 Global Economic Crisis
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Today by far the deadliest weapon in the US arsenal is the ability of Washington to control the global supply of money, of dollars, through actions of the privately-owned Federal Reserve in coordination with the US Treasury and select Wall Street financial groups. The US is weaponizing the dollar.
globalresearch.ca/washingtons-silent-weapon-for-not-so-quiet-wars-a-world-full-of-dollars/5651266

Trumponomics: America First, the US-China Trade War, and the Future of Global Capitalism
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
"The value chains that link China into Western markets are value chains that are of course Chinese, but they're closely integrated with the international investment banks and the multi-national corporations. And people who therefore see the current world, in terms …
globalresearch.ca/trumponomics-america-first-the-us-china-trade-war-and-the-future-of-global-capitalism/5679127

Australia's Bob Hawke: Misunderstood in Memoriam
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-05-31
asia-pacificresearch.com/bob-hawke-memoriam/5628642

Canada's Trudeau Government Supportive of Venezuela Anti-democratic Hardline Elements
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Not only has Canada financed and otherwise supported opposition parties in Venezuela, Ottawa has allied with some of its most anti-democratic, hardline elements. While the Liberal government has openly backed Voluntad Popular's bid to seize power since January, Ottawa has …
globalresearch.ca/ottawa-anti-democratic-hardline-venezuelas-opposition/5679142

The Bankers' "Power Revolution": How the Government Got Shackled by Debt
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1. | The U.S. federal debt has more than doubled since the 2008 financial crisis, shooting up from …
globalresearch.ca/bankers-power-revolution-government-got-shackled-debt/5679159

The Victory of Small Visions in Australia: Scott Morrison Retains Government
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-05-31
asia-pacificresearch.com/scott-morrison-retains-government/5628645

Israeli 'Intelligence' Is Fostering US Bellicosity Toward Iran — But 'Quietly'
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
As the U.S. risks a major conflict with Iran, many have pointed out that the U.S. intelligence on alleged Iranian attacks is reminiscent of the faulty intelligence leading up to the Iraq war. And several mainstream sources have said that …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-intelligence-fostering-us-bellicosity-iran-quietly/5679125

A Compulsive Matter: Mandatory Voting in Australia and Its Discontents
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-05-31
asia-pacificresearch.com/mandatory-voting-its-discontents/5628653

US Hints at Sanctions Against Venezuela CLAP Food Programme. Bolivarian Militia to Protect CLAP
Paul Dobson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the incorporation of the National Bolivarian Militia into the subsidised CLAP (Local Supply and Production Committees) food programme. | The move comes as rumours circulate of upcoming US-led sanctions against the leaders of the programme, …
globalresearch.ca/us-hints-sanctions-against-venezuela-clap-food-programme-maduro-incorporates-militia/5679136

Full-blown US-China Trade War? Rare Earths — US Has So Much to Lose, China Barely Feels the Loss
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
The United States sees the trade dispute it has with China as one of many. It's been down this road before, with Japan, Canada, Mexico and the European Union. | China views it differently. In Beijing the trade issue is seen …
globalresearch.ca/full-blown-trade-war-rare-earths-us-so-much-lose-china-barely-feels-loss/5679114

Australia's Suspicion of China's South Pacific Investments Is a Zero-sum Game
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
The mainstream media revived its narrative of fear-mongering about China's South Pacific investments during the Vanuatu Prime Minister's visit to Beijing and ahead of the recently re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trip to the Solomon Islands next week. …
globalresearch.ca/australias-suspicion-chinas-south-pacific-investments-zero-sum-game/5679090

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 23 — 29 May, 2019. | Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. 11 Palestinian civilians, including 3 …
globalresearch.ca/pchr-weekly-report-israeli-human-rights-violations-occupied-palestinian-territory-2/5679131

The 2019 Beijing Consensus of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations
Dialogue of Asian Civilizations | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
On 15 May 2019, the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations was held in Beijing, China. A total of 1352 representatives from all 47 countries in Asia, countries in other parts of the world and international organizations attended the conference …
globalresearch.ca/2019-beijing-consensus-conference-dialogue-asian-civilizations/5678999

Video: Syrian Army Cracks Down on ISIS Cells Near Palmyra
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) eliminated an ISIS cell, which was preparing to attack an SAA convoy near Palmyra. According to reports, the SAA killed at least 5 ISIS members and eliminated a vehicle. | Earlier this year, ISIS carried out …
globalresearch.ca/army-cracks-down-isis-cells-near-palmyra/5679175

Video: Orthodox Crescent of Instability
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
The US continues its practice of creating zones and lines of chaos in key regions of the world. In the 2000s, it started a campaign to create an arc of instability stretching from Northern Africa to the east of the …
globalresearch.ca/orthodox-crescent-instability/5679094

Clubs, Cartels and Bilderberg
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-31
"After decades of neoliberalism, we are at the mercy of a cluster of cartels who are lobbying politicians hard and using monopoly power to boost profits." — Joseph Stiglitz, The Price of Inequality (2012) | The emergence of think tanks …
globalresearch.ca/clubs-cartels-bilderberg/5679121

Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Agree to Partner on Legislation
Texas Tribune | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-31
(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 …
theantimedia.com/ted-cruz-alexandria-oca…

WWII Lessons for the Climate Emergency
Judith Deutsch | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-31
"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…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/31/wwii-lessons-for-the-climate-emergency/

New Haven, California teachers strike at a crossroads
wsws.org | 2019-05-31
The New Haven Teachers Association is working with state Democrats to end the teachers strike as quickly as possible with a sellout contract…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/31/newh…

Society Is In Decay — When the Worst is First and the Best is Last
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-31
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/31/society-is-in-decay-when-the-worst-is-first-and-the-best-is-last/

Society Is in Decay
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-31
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/society-is-in-decay/

Support Greta's call for a global climate strike
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-30
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/support-gretas-call-global-climate-strike

Honduran Police Repress Protesters Amid Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-30
Honduran doctors, teachers, and students Thursday demanded the repeal of two executive orders issued by President Juan Orlando Fernandez (JOH) and were repressed by state police forces in cities and towns around the country. | RELATED | Honduras Teachers Unions Marching Against Privatization | The Platform for the Defense of Education and Health, an organization which brings the two sectors together, called for a national strike Thursday and Friday of this week, along with marches to d…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduran-Police-Repress-Protesters-Amid-National-Teacher-Doctor-Strike-20190530-0017.html

University cancels 'reporting on far right' class by disgraced fact-checker due to lack of interest
rt.com | 2019-05-30
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. | …
rt.com/usa/460686-nyu-cancels-far-right-reporting-class/

A major win for transgender rights: UN health agency drops 'gender identity disorder', as official diagnosis
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-30
"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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1039531

3 white women sue 'totalitarian' diversity-obsessed NYC school system for discrimination
rt.com | 2019-05-30
Three white New York City school administrators are suing the Department of Education, claiming they were demoted and replaced with less-qualified but racially-diverse colleagues as part of a crusade against "toxic whiteness." | …
rt.com/usa/460601-nyc-schools-discriminate-whites-lawsuit/

Stripped of Their Rights: Understanding the Gaza Strip
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-30
Many wonder why Israel continues to persecute the Palestinians in Gaza with such brutal repression. | The answer is simple; Palestinians in Gaza pose a demographic and, indeed, an existential threat to the Jewish state, which created the inferno that is …
globalresearch.ca/stripped-their-rights-understanding-gaza-strip/5679050

Garland, TX community confronts school board over trafficked teachers
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-30
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/30/garland-…

52,000 teachers strike in New Zealand
wsws.org | 2019-05-30
The biggest teachers' strike in the country's history drew support from many parents and workers who are affected by the worsening social crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/30/teac…

Bangladesh Charges 16 for Burning Alive Sexual Abuse Survivor
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-30
Bangladesh police charged 16 people for the murder of a female teenager burned to death last month after she registered a complaint against her teacher for sexually abusing her. | RELATED: | Bangladesh Schools Fight Sexual Harassment After Girl's Murder | Nusrat Jahan Rafi was 18 when her killers–classmates–poured kerosene over her and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bangladesh-Charges-16-for-Burning-Alive-Sexual-Abuse-Survivor–20190530-0010.html

Victorious Grassroots Caucus Faces Challenge From Longtime Incumbent in Teachers Union Election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-30
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.
therealnews.com/columns/victorious-grassroots-caucus-faces-challenge-from-longtime-incumbent-in-teachers-union-election

Fairfield University Announces New Veterans Fellowships for Graduate Students
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-29
Former servicemen and women interested in pursuing a master's degree in creative writing or public administration can apply to receive up to $10,000 in financial assistance from the College of Arts and Sciences. | Fairfield University takes great pride in serving veterans of the U.S. armed forces, just as they take pride in having served our country. As part of the University's commitment to helping these courageous individuals attain their educational goals, the College of Arts and Sciences is excited to offer a limited number of graduate level, veterans fellowships to former servicemen and servicewomen interest…
www.blackstarnews.com/education/educatio…

Science Won't Save the Planet
consortiumnews.com | 2019-05-29
We urgently need to wean ourselves off our addictive consumption, to stop identifying with the system that is killing us, writes Jonathan Cook. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net I don't write much directly about climate collapse, even though by any measure it… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/05/29/science-wont-save-the-planet/

A Teacher's Scorecard for Democratic 2020 Hopefuls
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2019-05-29
This time around, teachers unions have announced their intention to cast a wider net for member opinions. I'm happy to step up.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/teacher-scorecard-democratic-hopefuls-greene-190529/

Marijuana Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison for Using Facebook Live
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-28
A 20-year-old student activist was charged with felony wiretapping for using Facebook Live while in the office of Rep. Andy Harris, known for pushing back against the legalization of marijuana in DC…
therealnews.com/stories/marijuana-activist-faces-10-years-in-prison-for-using-facebook-live

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2019-05-30: News Headlines

Mary Anne Hitt (2019-05-30). Trump Administration and EPA Anti-Science Work Will Cost Lives. commondreams.org This repugnant attempt to swindle the public will not go unnoticed by the people whose lives and health Wheeler is jeopardizing. (Photo: iStock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

teleSUR (2019-05-30). Brazil: New Rallies to Defend Education and Social Security. telesurenglish.net Brazil is holding a new, nationwide strike Thursday as thousands of workers, teachers and students take to the streets to protests against President Jair Bolsonaro's policies related to social security privatization and budget cuts to universities and scientific research institutes. | RELATED: | Brazil's Economy Shrank, First Time Since 2016 | Conven…

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-05-30). Forum & Discussion: The Fight for Public Education. indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th St.

Aboulfotouh Kandil (2019-05-30). Unafraid, Egypt's teenagers rise up against the Sisi dictatorship. peoplesworld.org Egypt last week witnessed teenagers pouring into the streets to protest the failure of the new national exam system instituted by the country's military dictatorship. Thousands of freshman high schoolers, most of them 15 years of age, peacefully marched, calling for the dismissal of Tarek Shawqi, the minister of education. Since he took control of …

plenglish (2019-05-30). Another Nationwide Protest in Brazil against Cuts in Education. plenglish.com Brasilia, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian students, professors and workers are taking to the streets again in more than 150 cities of the country on Thursday to protest against the budgetary cuts in education and the reforms made by the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro.

plenglish (2019-05-30). Massive Protest in Brazil Against Bolsonaro's Policies. plenglish.com Brasilia, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting this Thursday in Brazil against the policies of budget cuts in education and reforms by the government of Jair Bolsonaro.

plenglish (2019-05-30). Teachers' Strike in Colombia to Demand Resources. plenglish.com Bogota, May 30 (Prensa Latina) About 33,000 public school teachers in Bogota are Thursday in strike in demanding greater resources for the education sector and improved health care for teachers.

RT (2019-05-30). 3 white women sue 'totalitarian' diversity-obsessed NYC school system for discrimination. rt.com Three white New York City school administrators are suing the Department of Education, claiming they were demoted and replaced with less-qualified but racially-diverse colleagues as part of a crusade against "toxic whiteness."

Rima Najjar (2019-05-30). Stripped of Their Rights: Understanding the Gaza Strip. globalresearch.ca Many wonder why Israel continues to persecute the Palestinians in Gaza with such brutal repression. | The answer is simple; Palestinians in Gaza pose a demographic and, indeed, an existential threat to the Jewish state, which created the inferno that is …

Bill Blum (2019-05-30). Unequal Justice: Julian Assange Is an Enemy in Trump's War on the First Amendment. globalresearch.ca The prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act represents a dangerous turn in President Donald Trump's war on the First Amendment. Whether you love Assange or loathe him, it is vital to understand the eighteen-count indictment…

teleSUR (2019-05-30). Study: Striped Maple Plant Swaps Sex Multiple Times. telesurenglish.net Striped maple trees (acer pensylvanicum ) change sex from year to year, researchers – who conducted a study published in the journal Annals of Botany, Rutgers University-New Brunswick – found. | RELATED: | Save Nature to Save Ourselves, UN Report Pleads | The study showed that some 54% of the striped maple trees changed sexes over a four-year period, with some carrying out the process at least twice. This adaptation, according to the scientists, aids the longevity of the striped maple plant.

Prof. Patrick Bond (2019-05-30). Death of South Africa's Lonmin Mining House. "Murder by Money" globalresearch.ca The death of the 110-year old mining house Lonmin at a London shareholders meeting on May 28 occurred not through bankruptcy or nationalisation, as would have been logical at various points in time. It was the result of a takeover …

Daniel R. DePetris (2019-05-30). Trump's Decision to Arm the Saudis Against Iran Will End in Disaster. globalresearch.ca Developments in the Persian Gulf are heating up, and they are heating up fast. | An additional 1,500 U.S. troops are packing their bags for the region—this on top of an accelerated deployment of an American aircraft carrier battle group and …

Global Research News (2019-05-30). Selected Articles: The Bilderbergers in Switzerland. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…

Prof. Greg Albo (2019-05-30). Hard Right Turn Ontario: Authoritarian Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca A decade after the global financial crisis, few of the initial political calculations on the trajectory of world capitalism remain intact. The assessments made by liberals and social democrats alike on the end of neoliberalism and a revival of Keynesian …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-05-30). South Africa Elections: African National Congress (ANC) Maintains Majority. globalresearch.ca South Africans voted overwhelmingly on May 8 for the ruling African National Congress (ANC), returning the party to government with a nearly 3-1 majority above the nearest runner up within the legislative structure. | Incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa, a former …

Sam Morgan (2019-05-30). France and Ireland Tap up EU for ‚Ǩ667 Million to Build Massive Energy Power Link. globalresearch.ca The leaders of France and Ireland asked European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday (28 May) to back their request for over half a billion euros in energy project funding, which would be earmarked to 'Brexit-proof' Ireland's power needs. | French …

Peter Koenig (2019-05-30). The Bilderbergers in Switzerland. globalresearch.ca The conferences of the Bilderbergers are the most secretive events, managed by those who pull the strings behind world leaders — politicians, corporate CEOs, big finance, and other business execs – artists, and the who-are-whose of the world elite.

Dr. Michael Brenner (2019-05-30). U.S. Government Seeks NGO Help for Removing Iran from Syria. globalresearch.ca The U.S.Department of State is offering a grant of $75,000,000 to non-government-organizations to help it to further meddle in Syria. | The grant SFOP0005916 — Supporting Local Governance and Civil Society in Syria will go to "Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status …

Daily Sabah (2019-05-30). Daesh Terror Group Burns 5,000 Acres of Crops Across Iraq: Official. globalresearch.ca Daesh terror group has been setting fire to the livelihoods of Iraqi farmers in Kirkuk, Salahaddin, Mosul, Al-Anbar and Diyala provinces, an Iraqi government official said Tuesday. | Iraqi Ministry of the Interior's Civil Defense General Director Kadim Salman told Anadolu …

Dr. Kelly Reed (2019-05-30). Agricultural Memory and Sustainability. globalresearch.ca A significant overhaul of the current global food system is needed to meet the challenges of feeding a growing world population and many stress that this is only achievable by changing diets, food production and reducing food waste. | How do …

Stephen Karganovic (2019-05-30). Srebrenica and Jasenovac: The Genuine Difference Between a Phony and a Real Genocide. globalresearch.ca Our investigation of Srebrenica points to some very important insights concerning Jasenovac. Jasenovac, for those who are unfamiliar with it, was a death camp in the Nazi satellite " Independent State of Croatia" during World War II, also known …

Eleanor Goldfield (2019-05-30). The American People Are the True Victims of the US Sponsored "Coup" against Venezuela. globalresearch.ca There's an office that you go to to overthrow a government. CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou stands in front of a packed house in the Chavez Room at the Venezuelan Embassy. A mural of Hugo Chavez looks on from the …

Richard Silverstein (2019-05-30). Former Israeli Defense Minister Confirms Israeli Collaboration with ISIS in Syria. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in April 2017. | In the midst of complaining about the Islamist threat to Israel and the world, Bibi Netanyahu conveniently forgets that his own country enjoys a tacit alliance with ISIS in Syria. It is …

Hassan Diab Support Committee (2019-05-30). Hassan Diab and His Supporters Demand Public Release of Segal Report and Renew Call for Public Inquiry and Reform of Canada's Extradition Act. globalresearch.ca Murray Segal, former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario, has delivered a report of his review of the extradition of Dr. Hassan Diab to the Minister of Justice, David Lametti. The Minister's office has confirmed receipt of the report …

Vanessa Beeley (2019-05-30). Latest Attempt to Prosecute President Assad at ICC. Criminalisation of "International Justice" globalresearch.ca In March 2019 two law firms filed cases at the ICC against Syria's President Bashar Al Assad and unnamed members of the Syrian government. Toby Cadman of Guernica Chambers and Rodney Dixon of Temple Garden Chambers were the protagonists in …

South Front (2019-05-30). Video: Kosovo Police Raids in Serb-majority Areas Spark New Round of Tensions in the Balkans. globalresearch.ca On May 28, Kosovo Police's Regional Operational Support Unit (ROSU) carried out mass raids in areas of compact settlement of ethnic Serbs in the northwestern part of the breakaway region. ROSU units, reportedly supported by over 70 vehicles, detained more …

John W. Whitehead (2019-05-30). "Technotyranny": The Iron-Fisted Authoritarianism of the Surveillance State. globalresearch.ca "There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me.'" ‚Äï Philip K. Dick | Red pill or blue pill? You decide. | Twenty years after …

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2019-05-30). The Sensation of "Financialization": How It Undermines Real Economic Development. globalresearch.ca Over recent decades, the scope, size, concentration, power and even the purpose and role of finance have changed so significantly that a new term, financialization, was coined to name this phenomenon. | Financialization refers to a process that has not only …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-05-30). Lies in Politics: Boris Johnson, the Law and the European Union. globalresearch.ca An enduring memory of the 2016 Brexit campaign, so marked by the foppish-haired blusterer, Boris Johnson, was the claim that the European Union was hungrily drawing out from British coffers £350 million a week. It was insufferable, unqualified and …

Global Research (2019-05-30). Don't Let Your News Be Silenced — Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca The world is changing — but whose voice is telling you how? | Global Research stands at a pivotal moment in its 18-year history. Increasingly we are faced with new challenges regarding how to keep our content flowing and accessible to …

Joris De Draeck (2019-05-30). Ukraine's New President Volodymyr Zelensky: Wing-Clipped in Rare, Public "Diplomatic" Document. globalresearch.ca It's not too often we get a behind-the-scenes look at "diplomacy" in all its ugliest of forms. Given the mess Ukraine is in — as witnessed by the election of a completely nonsensical presidential candidate — it may come as …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-05-30). How Yesterday Resembles Today: Iran Confronted the US in the Straits of Hormuz in the 1980s. globalresearch.ca "We are going to intercept and stop all oil exports from the (Middle East) region if we are prevented from exporting our oil. We shall take every measure possible to close the Straits of Hormuz. If the US aims — …

plenglish (2019-05-30). Brazilian Economy Falls 0.2 Percent in First Quarter 2019. plenglish.com 30 de mayo de 2019, 16: 13Brasilia, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Brazil"s economy, the largest in Latin America, contracted by 0.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, its first decline since late 2016, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported Thursday.

teleSUR (2019-05-30). Bangladesh Charges 16 for Burning Alive Sexual Abuse Survivor. telesurenglish.net Bangladesh police charged 16 people for the murder of a female teenager burned to death last month after she registered a complaint against her teacher for sexually abusing her. | RELATED: | Bangladesh Schools Fight Sexual Harassment After Girl's Murder | Nusrat Jahan Rafi was 18 when her killers—classmates—poured kerosene over her and…

WSWS (2019-05-30). 52,000 teachers strike in New Zealand. wsws.org The biggest teachers' strike in the country's history drew support from many parents and workers who are affected by the worsening social crisis.

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…

Jesse Jackson (2019-05-30). We Can Free a Generation From Burden of College Loan Debt. counterpunch.org The reaction — shock, joy, disbelief, euphoria — revealed the importance of Robert F. Smith's stunning gift, when he announced, unexpectedly, that he would pay off all the college debts of Morehouse College students graduating this year. His gift literally changed the prospects and the lives of the vast majority of those 396 graduates. Morehouse More

WSWS (2019-05-30). Istanbul public meeting calls for the defence of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. wsws.org Leading members of Sosyalist Eşitlik and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality addressed the meeting, which adopted a resolution calling for the freedom of Assange and Manning.

Staff (2019-05-30). Democrats' 2020 Policy Blitz Largely Lacking on Immigration. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contenders are in a feverish battle to one-up each other with ever-more-ambitious plans to beat back global warming, curb gun violence, offer universal health care coverage, slash student debt and preserve abortion rights. Larg…

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…

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.

David Underhill (2019-05-30). Imperial Joe: Biden Trades Bread and Circuses for War. counterpunch.org Bread and circuses pacified the Roman masses while the emperors with their legions patrolled far borders to pacify barbarians who resisted joining the empire. Joe Biden updated this governing method at his presidential campaign launch rally in Philadelphia.He offered a buffet of appetizing items to improve America's education, infrastructure, health care and climate policies. He pledged to unite the nation and restore its soul and backbone. And he said not a word about the country's ongoing and looming wars.He looked abroad only to lament that Trump's antics and his affections for "dictators and tyrants" like Put…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-05-29). Prominent Dems introduce anti-forced arbitration bill. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Prominent congressional Democrats, including the chair of the relevant House committee and eight presidential hopefuls, want to negate the Supreme Court's ruling that mandates company-friendly forced arbitration that overrides workers' rights. The Restoring Justice for Workers Act, unveiled by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott, D-Va., …

Special To The Black Star News (2019-05-29). Fairfield University Announces New Veterans Fellowships for Graduate Students. blackstarnews.com Former servicemen and women interested in pursuing a master's degree in creative writing or public administration can apply to receive up to $10,000 in financial assistance from the College of Arts and Sciences. | Fairfield University takes great pride in serving veterans of the U.S. armed forces, just as they take pride in having served our country. As part of the University's commitment to helping these courageous individuals attain their educational goals, the College of Arts and Sciences is excited to offer a limited number of graduate level, veterans fellowships to former servicemen and servicewomen interest…

Lawrence Wittner (2019-05-29). How About a Peace Race Instead of an Arms Race? counterpunch.org In late April, the highly-respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported that, in 2018, world military expenditures rose to a record $1.82 trillion. The biggest military spender by far was the United States, which increased its military budget by nearly 5 percent to $649 billion (36 percent of the global total). But most other nations More

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-29). Serbia President Vucic' Failed Efforts to "Recognize" Kosovo as an Independent Nation State. globalresearch.ca Serbian President Vucic has had a lot of difficulty getting his people to support his efforts to "recognize" the breakaway NATO-occupied Province of Kosovo as "independent", yet just a day after he told parliament that "we need to recognize that …

WSWS (2019-05-29). Honduran government cracks down on strike by teachers, doctors and nurses. wsws.org The trade unions and opposition parties have done everything possible to keep workers from appealing for a common struggle of the international working class against imperialism.

Peter Greene (2019-05-29). A Teacher's Scorecard for Democratic 2020 Hopefuls. progressive.org This time around, teachers unions have announced their intention to cast a wider net for member opinions. I'm happy to step up.

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