Tens of thousands join climate strike in New Zealand
wsws.org | 2019-05-29
While organisers called for "pressure" to be placed on the parliamentary parties, many students agreed climate change could not be addressed without abolishing capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/clnz…

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…

University of Chicago graduate student union authorizes strike action
wsws.org | 2019-05-29
The vote is in response to the U of C administration's anti-democratic attempt to block the recognition of the graduate student union for nearly two years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/grad…

Prominent Dems introduce anti-forced arbitration bill
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-29
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., …
peoplesworld.org/article/prominent-dems-introduce-anti-forced-arbitration-bill/

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

The Egregious Disparity Behind Anti-Abortion Laws
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-29
In the past few weeks, my Facebook feed has exploded with posts about abortion. If you use Facebook, probably yours has too. | There's a lot to say about abortion, especially now that Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, and Ohio have passed extremely restrictive laws banning abortions in cases where they previously would be legal. But I think there's a bigger picture to look at too. | The bigger picture is women's sexuality. Straight men's sexuality is treated as more legit than women's. The differences start at a young age. | How many families teach bo…
truthdig.com/articles/the-egregious-disparity-behind-anti-abortion-laws/

Honduran government cracks down on strike by teachers, doctors and nurses
wsws.org | 2019-05-29
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/hond…

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/

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/

Speeding into the Void of Cyberspace as Designed
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
"The internet was hardwired to be a surveillance tool from the start. No matter what we use the network for today — dating, directions, encrypted chat, email, or just reading the news — it always had a dual-use nature rooted …
globalresearch.ca/speeding-void-cyberspace-designed/5678879

How About a Peace Race Instead of an Arms Race?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-29
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/29/how-about-a-peace-race-instead-of-an-arms-race/

US Senator Calls for Grenada-like Invasion of Venezuela
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
"I would do exactly what Reagan did. I would give Cuba the ultimatum to get out of Venezuela. If they don't, I would let the Venezuelan military know, you've got to choose between democracy and Maduro. And if you choose | …
globalresearch.ca/us-senator-calls-grenada-like-invasion-venezuela/5678908

Warzone: 42 People Shot in Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
During the lengthened Memorial Day weekend, Chicago police responded to 42 people shot, seven of whom died of their injuries. | The violence was slightly above average for this time of year, according to homicide data indexed by the Chicago Tribune…
globalresearch.ca/42-people-shot-chicago-memorial-day-weekend/5678895

If Trump Really Only Wants 'No Iranian Nukes,' then He Should Just Rejoin the Nuclear Deal
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
Trump said in Japan that he is not looking for regime change in Iran. | Trump said at a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister ABE Shinzo, | "We aren't looking for regime change — I just want to make that | …
globalresearch.ca/if-trump-really-only-wants-no-iranian-nukes-then-he-should-just-rejoin-nuclear-deal/5678892

Military Madness: German Hi Tech Weapons for Israel
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
Merkel is the most powerful and influential politician not only in Europe but in the world, today. | Yet she, herself, made arguably the greatest political and military error of the past 70 years by unilaterally agreeing to supply Israel's tiny …
globalresearch.ca/military-madness-german-hi-tech-weapons-for-israel/5678860

The Decline of Jamaica's Trade Union Movement in the Era of Capitalist Globalization
Tina Renier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
Jamaica's development project was largely influenced by Western expansionism and colonialism. Colonialism was predicated on the demand for extraction of resources and forced labour of African slaves in order to market the industrial products of metropolitan countries (McMichael, 2004 and …
globalresearch.ca/decline-jamaicas-trade-union-movement-era-capitalist-globalization/5678844

Detroit's Water Austerity: Lack of Household Water, Contamination, Potential Public Health Crisis
Julia Kassem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
A report based on morbidity data from Henry Ford Hospital and the Detroit Health Department from 2012 to 2017 tracked the trends between waterborne illnesses and year. The drastic increase in levels of waterborne diseases showed links between the lack …
globalresearch.ca/detroits-water-austerity-endangering-seniors/5678856

Congress Fiddles While Trump Lurches Toward War on Iran
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
Congress, and particularly the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, seems determined to see the end of the Trump Administration before the 2020 vote. Although House Speaker Pelosi claims she is not seeking impeachment, she's accusing the president of "covering up" something. …
globalresearch.ca/congress-fiddles-while-trump-lurches-toward-war-iran/5678899

Growth in Renewable Energy Has Stalled. Investment Is Falling. But Why?
John Treat | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently announced that the growth of capacity additions to renewable power generation stalled in 2018, after nearly two decades of growth. Calling the new findings an "unexpected flattening of growth trends," the IEA noted that …
globalresearch.ca/growth-renewables-stalled-investment-falling/5678889

Robert Stuart vs the BBC: "Saving Syria's Children". Was the Video Footage "Real" or "Staged"?
Susan Dirgham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
It's a David vs Goliath story. A former local newspaper reporter, Robert Stuart, is taking on the British Broadcasting Corporation. Stuart believes that a sensational video story about an alleged atrocity in Syria "was largely, if not entirely, staged." The …
globalresearch.ca/robert-stuart-bbc/5678850

Sabotage to Ten Cargo Ships Preventing Them from Arriving in Venezuela
Maritime Herald | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, on Monday announced that ten boats with gasoline heading to the South American country were the object of sabotage, as part of the "persecution" resulting from the sanctions imposed by the US, against …
globalresearch.ca/sabotage-10-cargo-ships-preventing-them-arriving-venezuela/5678911

China Has Three Trump Cards to Win the US-China Trade War
Jin Canrong | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
China is not afraid of the US on trade issues. It is better for the trade war not to happen since it will hurt both sides. But if the trade war happens, China will win. It may be an unexpected …
globalresearch.ca/china-three-trump-cards-win-trade-war-us/5678905

Serbia President Vucic' Failed Efforts to "Recognize" Kosovo as an Independent Nation State
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/albanians-suspiciously-confirmed-vucics-lost-kosovo-claim-right/5678926

Can Boris Johnson Save Brexit?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
There are few things in this world as divisive as Brexit, and few that are as uncertain as it too. Outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May made a major mess of what voters originally assumed would be a clear-cut process …
globalresearch.ca/can-boris-johnson-save-brexit/5678839

The Ever Dependable Bully on Embassy Row; Venezuela and Iraq Are No Longer Worlds Apart
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
The United States is still punishing Iran for the 1979 takeover of its 'sacred' premises, its embassy in Tehran. By contrast, when American authorities occupy another nation's embassy there's nothing but approval from the American public and silent acquiescence by …
globalresearch.ca/bully-embassy-row-venezuela-iraq/5678758

Will America Go to War? Trump's Middle East Troop Dispatch Is Nothing More than Chest-thumping
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
This stage-managed drama is all about selling more arms to America's Gulf allies in an attempt to undercut the strategic gains that Russia and China's "military diplomacy" have recently made | *** | The entire world is wondering whether the US will …
globalresearch.ca/will-america-go-to-war-trumps-middle-east-troop-dispatch-is-nothing-more-than-chest-thumping/5678931

Endless Procedural Abuses Show Julian Assange Case Was Never About Law
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
It is astonishing how often one still hears well-informed, otherwise reasonable people say about Julian Assange: "But he ran away from Swedish rape charges by hiding in Ecuador's embassy in London." | That short sentence includes at least three factual …
globalresearch.ca/endless-procedural-abuses-show-julian-assange-case-was-never-about-law/5678884

Video: Syria Ambassador Jaafari at UN Security Council: "Words may Lie, but Actions will always Tell the Truth"
Dr. Bachar al-Jaafari | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-29
At the UN Security Council meeting on May 28, 2019, Syria's permanent representative Dr. Bashar Jaafari called upon foreign military forces to withdraw from Syria? | But who are these foreign military forces? | How to compel the United States and its …
globalresearch.ca/video-syria-ambassador-jaafari-at-un-security-council-words-may-lie-but-actions-will-always-tell-the-truth/5678887

European Elections — Read What You Want from These Statistics. Britain Cannot Decide on Brexit
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
The European elections were always going to be interesting if nothing else. We've put lots of stats together so you can see them in a different way. | One thing is for sure — this particular vote proved only one thing …
globalresearch.ca/european-elections-read-what-you-want-from-these-statistics-britain-cannot-decide-on-brexit/5678795

DeJaun Davis-Correia & Ben Jealous on Billionaire's Pledge to Pay Debt of Morehouse Graduating Class
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-28
Earlier this month, the billionaire investor Robert Smith stunned many when he offered to pay off the student loans of the 2019 graduating class at the historically black Morehouse College. The average student debt is now $32,000. Nationwide, 44 million people owe nearly $1.5 trillion. Student debt is expected to increase to $2 trillion by 2022. We speak with Ben Jealous, former national president of the NAACP, and De'Jaun Davis-Correia, a 2019 Morehouse graduate who will benefit from Smith's donation.
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/28/as_studen…

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

In Afghanistan, attacks against schools have tripled in one year
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-28
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that much greater protection for educational facilities was needed across Afghanistan where attacks against schools have increased three-fold in just one year. The call coincides with the third International Conference on Safe Schools, taking place this week in Mallorca, Spain.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1039321

New Zealand teachers' strike: Break from Labour and the unions! Unite the working class against austerity!
wsws.org | 2019-05-28
The nationwide strike by 52,000 primary and secondary teachers points to the intensifying struggle against the Labour Party-led government's austerity measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/28/teac…

New Haven, California teacher strike enters second week
wsws.org | 2019-05-28
The New Haven school district has made no change to its offer of a one percent raise or its plans to lay off staff and close a school.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/28/newh…

Brazilian media, Workers Party and pseudo-lefts attempt to derail opposition to Bolsonaro
wsws.org | 2019-05-28
The militant attitude of hundreds of thousands of working class youth who flocked to the teachers' demonstrations horrified Bolsonaro's ostensible opponents.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/28/braz…

Under Massive Extinction Threat, Recreational Trapping Must End
Anja Heister | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-28
One million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction. "The essential, interconnected web of life on Earth is getting smaller and increasingly frayed," notes Professor Josef Settele, a contributor to the recent report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/28/under-massive-extinction-threat-recreational-trapping-must-end/

Despite US Ban, Huawei Still World's No.2 Smartphone Seller
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-28
Despite having been blacklisted by the United States government, Chinese company Huawei Technologies remains the world's second-largest smartphone seller in the first quarter of 2019, according to market research firm Gartner. | RELATED: | Trade War: China May Retaliate by Cutting Rare-Earths Supplies | The South Korean technology giant Samsung retained its top spot in worldwide smartphone sales, obtaining 19.2 percent of market share. While Huawei snagged 15.7 percent, particul…
telesurenglish.net/news/Despite-US-Ban-Huawei-Still-Worlds-No.2-Smartphone-Seller-in-First-Quarter-20190528-0022.html

Leaked OPCW engineering report concludes alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria was staged
wsws.org | 2019-05-28
The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media research group conclude that its findings "establish beyond reasonable doubt that the alleged chemical attack in Douma… was staged."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/28/doum…

Selected Articles: The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | The Rockefeller Way: The Family's …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-the-rockefeller-way-the-familys-covert-climate-change-plan/5678812

Confirmed: Secretive Bilderberg Meeting to be Held in Switzerland from May 30th
The Local | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
The 2019 edition of the exclusive Bilderberg Meeting will take place at the Hotel Montreux Palace in the Swiss town of Montreux from Thursday to Sunday. | *** | It will feature Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer, French Economy Minister Bruno …
globalresearch.ca/secretive-bilderberg-meeting-switzerland-may-30th/5678817

Trump's 'Big, Beautiful' Wall Crumbles in Court
Dror Ladin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
From the beginning of his campaign for president, Donald Trump claimed that he was going to build a wall along the southern border. He said " nobody builds walls better than me." He said the wall would be "big" …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-big-beautiful-wall-crumbles-court/5678799

"The True Story of the Bilderberg Group" and What They May Be Planning Now
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | The Bilderberg Group will be meeting behind closed doors at the Hotel Montreux Palace, Montreux from the 30th of May to the 2nd of June, 2019. | Henry Kissinger, Jared Kushner, Jens …
globalresearch.ca/the-true-story-of-the-bilderberg-group-and-what-they-may-be-planning-now/13808

La nave d'assalto dei nuovi crociati
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
Alla presenza del Capo della Stato Sergio Mattarella, del ministro della Difesa Elisabetta Trenta, del ministro dello sviluppo economico Luigi di Maio, e delle massime autorità militari, è stata varata il 25 maggio nei Cantieri di Castellammare di Stabia (Napoli) …
globalresearch.ca/la-nave-dassalto-dei-nuovi-crociati/5678829

The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan
The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
"Beginning in the 1980s, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund became leading advocates of the global warming agenda. … In their Sustainable Development Program Review, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund boasts of being one of the first major global warming activists, citing its …
globalresearch.ca/rockefeller-familys-covert-climate-change-plan/5678775

Charter Schools: A Pig With Lipstick Is Still A Pig
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-27
Deregulated, deunionized, segregated, test-obsessed, privately-operated charter schools that lose employees regularly, manipulate student enrollment frequently, and funnel huge sums of public funds to the rich and their allies under the banner of high ideals cannot be prettified. Engaging in all kinds of fraud and racketeering, including endless shady, if not illegal, real estate deals that …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/charter-schools-a-pig-with-lipstick-is-still-a-pig/

Students from 1,600 cities just walked out of school to protest climate change. It could be Greta Thunberg's biggest strike yet
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-05-27
Hundreds of thousands of students around the world walked out of their schools and colleges Friday in the latest in a series of strikes urging action to address the climate crisis. According to event organizers Fridays for Future, over 1664 cities across 125 countries registered strike actions, with more expected to report turnouts in the […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/05/27/students-from-1600-cities-just-walked-out-of-school-to-protest-climate-change-it-could-be-greta-thunbergs-biggest-strike-yet/

NGO "Sovereign Venezuela" Demands Trump Administration Stop Imperialist Meddling And "Unblock Venezuela"
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-27
Trump Administration continues to meddle in internal affairs of Venezuela… | Sovereign Venezuela is a non-governmental association of progressive organizations and individuals who advocate in defense of Venezuelan sovereignty. This is done by means of research and analysis as well as building links between the North American and Venezuelan grassroots social movements. | Below is a brief analysis of recent events and the positions that form the bases of our solidarity. Please consider endorsing this important effort as an organization or individual and contributing to our work. Since the election of Hugo Chavez…
www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/la…

The Steep Cost of Camden's Charter Schools
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-05-25
Black families in the city have been sold "safer schools," but must that come at the high price of over-suspension of their children?
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/the-cost-camden-charter-schools-miller-190524/

Philippines: Expect the people's resistance to rise further
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-25
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following May 22 statement by Jose Maria Sison, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Chief Political Consultant. | Expect the people's resistance to rise further against the escalation of oppression and exploitation | As a result of his rigging the May 13 elections, Duterte has more than two-thirds majority in the Senate and is in a position to dictate the realization of his fascist dictatorship through charter change to bogus federalism and declare martial law nationwide at his whim. | Foreign monopoly capitalism, domestic feudalism and bureaucratic c…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/25/philippi…

Thousands of Charter Schools Perform Poorly
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-25
"Performance-based accountability" is a hackneyed, Skinnerian, neoliberal buzz-phrase often repeated dogmatically by charter school promoters in order to falsely claim that privately-operated nonprofit and for-profit charter schools are more accountable and higher-performing than public schools. But it is becoming clearer to everyone with each passing day that charter school promoters have long vastly over-promised and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/thousands-of-charter-schools-perform-poorly/