Al Baghdadi: The US Couldn't Wish for a Greater Ally
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
With US-backed militants having already reached the full extent of their gains on the battlefield and now facing incremental but inevitable defeat — the US appeared to be out of time and out of options. | Then suddenly — as if …
globalresearch.ca/al-baghdadi-us-greater-ally/5677156

Venezuela: President Maduro Reveals General Behind Coup Recruited by CIA
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
General Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, one of the masterminds behind the coup attempt of April 30, had been recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States for more than a year, the president said. | President of …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-president-maduro-reveals-general-behind-coup-recruited-cia/5677164

Trudeau Continues Push to Overthrow Venezuela's Government
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The effort Justin Trudeau is putting into overthrowing Venezuela's government is remarkable. | During the past 12 days the prime minister has raised the issue separately with the leaders of the EU, Spain, Japan and Cuba.On Tuesday Trudeau had a phone …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-push-overthrow-venezuelas-government/5677150

Deal of the Century Adds "New" to the Four Thousand Year Old Name "Palestine"
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The apartheid regime we know as "Israel" was built on the very ruins of Palestine and imposed a brutal regime on those who still live in their country. Millions of Palestinians still languish in refugee camps in and around Palestine, …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-adds-new-four-thousand-year-old-name-palestine/5677187

Chelsea Manning Released from Jail, but Fresh Subpoena Means 'She May Have Just over a Week of Freedom'
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from jail Thursday after being held for 62 days– including a month in solitary confinement–for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury, but she could be imprisoned again as soon as …
globalresearch.ca/chelsea-manning-released-jail/5677161

The Zionist Idea Has Never Been More Terrifying than It Is Today
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
On this seventy-first annual commemoration of Palestine's Jewish-state Nakba, let's resolve not to continue to oversimplify things. | Whether you believe the American rabbi and historian Arthur Hertzberg's assessment of the Zionist idea as "unprecedented … an essential dialogue between …
globalresearch.ca/zionist-idea-more-terrifying-today/5677171

Trump Has Defied Nearly All Subpoenas. What Can the House Do?
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
After the redacted Mueller report was made public, Donald Trump tweeted, "No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION." But when the House Judiciary Committee asked to see Mueller's full report, Trump said no way. | The Constitution gives Congress …
globalresearch.ca/trump-defied-nearly-all-subpoenas/5677177

Washington Had the Wrong Approach to US-China Trade Talks from the Start
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The long-running trade talks between the U.S. and China seem to have unfortunately fizzled out, but while American commentators are busy blaming Beijing for their apparent failure, the fact of the matter is that President Donald Trump's team had …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-wrong-approach-trade-talks/5677153

Pre-emptive Nuclear War: The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The text below is Chapter III of Michel Chossudovsky book entitled: The Globalization of War. America's Long War against Humanity, Global Research Publishers, Montreal, 2015. To order the book directly from Global Research click here | This chapter provides a …
globalresearch.ca/pre-emptive-nuclear-war-role-israel-attack-iran/5677025

Rockets Remind the World of the 12-Year Blockade of 1.8 Million Gazans
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The blockade of the Gaza Strip is the ongoing land, air, and sea blockade of essential food, medical and building supplies imposed by Israel in 2007 under the pretext of arms-control but which, in reality, is in order to try …
globalresearch.ca/rockets-remind-world-12-year-blockade-1-8m-gazans/5677183

Study Finds High Levels of Pesticide Exposure among Teenage Girls in California's Salinas Valley
Beyond Pesticides | indybay.org | 2019-05-11
(Beyond Pesticides, April 26, 2019) Research by the youth participatory action team of the CHAMACOS of the Salinas Evaluating Chemicals in Homes and Agriculture (COSECHA) reveals that teenagers in the Salinas Valley, California are routinely exposed to concerning levels of multiple toxic pesticides, several of them known endocrine disruptors. In an interview with Kion News, COSECHA research director Kimberly Parra remarked that the study is especially important because teenagers are in a stage of rapid reproductive development. As the study authors emphasize, it is their developmental stage that makes teenagers m…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/08/18823330.php

The Shaman of Football: Jàºrgen Klopp and Liverpool FC
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
You cannot bottle him, export him or use him as a precedent for anything. His calm, even tempered disposition is the stuff of bafflement and bemusement, and yet, after his tenure at one of Europe's most known football clubs, Jàºrgen …
globalresearch.ca/football-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-fc/5677048

Pompeo Suffers Meltdown over Venezuela's Arrest of Coup-Backer, Zambrano
Joaquin Flores | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
US State Department head Mike Pompeo has suffered a public meltdown, reacting forcefully that the constitutional government of Venezuela actually arrested a key member of the upper house of parliament (AN) — Edgar Zambrano — who was actively engaged in …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-venezuelas-arrest-coup-backer-zambrano/5677167

Looking Through the Screen at the World's Suffering
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
"If you are really going to be free, you have to overcome the love of wealth and the fear of death." — Martin Luther King, Jr. as quoted by Andrew Young in the documentary "King in the Wilderness" | Most people …
globalresearch.ca/worlds-suffering/5677175

Low-paid South Carolina teachers recruited for factory work
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
South Carolina's teachers, frustrated by pay that has not kept up with inflation, have become a reliable source of labor for a pharmaceutical company.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/scte…

Women of Color Call on Congress to End Ban on Federal Abortion Funding
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-11
As women of color fighting for reproductive health and rights, we must speak truth to power because too often the policies of those in power do not reflect the priorities or lived truths of our communities. We see decisions that time and again ignore the daily struggle our communities must contend with as a result of policies that systematically hinder our ability to thrive — and that's exactly what happened in Democrats' Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) funding bill. | Although we welcome the inclusion of much-needed protections to Title X family planning funding…
truthout.org/articles/women-of-color-call-on-congress-to-end-ban-on-federal-abortion-funding/

'Brazil Needs More Education, Not More Guns', Lula Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
In an interview aired Friday by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that his country's problems will not be solved by governmental decisions that facilitate the use of weapons instead of promoting education. | RELATED: | BBC to Broadcast Lula's Interview Banned by Local Brazilian TV | The Workers' Party leader said Bolsonaro, "barbarously defends an armed, police state. He only makes that firing gesture. In his…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Needs-More-Education-Not-More-Guns-Lula-Warns-20190511-0013.html

Afghan Journalist, Women's Education Advocate Shot Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
Gunmen shot and killed a former television journalist and cultural adviser to the Afghan parliament in Kabul Saturday, underlining threats to women and drawing widespread condemnation. | RELATED | Afghan Women Activists Wary of 'Superficial' Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks | Mina Mangal, who used to report for prominent TV station Ariana News, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorbike close to her home in eastern Kabul in a public place, police…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghan-Journalist-Womens-Education-Advocate-Shot-Dead-20190511-0020.html

Florida Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-10
Under the veil of high ideals, nonprofit and for-profit charter schools across the nation have long been violating the public interest in a variety of ways. One of the most destructive ways is the non-stop siphoning of unthinkable sums of public funds from public schools–schools that are often chronically-underfunded, over-tested, constantly-shamed, and increasingly militarized and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/florida-charter-schools/

The Two Narratives of Palestine: The People Are United, the Factions Are Not
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-10
The International Conference on Palestine held in Istanbul between April 27-29 brought together many speakers and hundreds of academics, journalists, activists and students from Turkey and all over the world. The Conference was a rare opportunity aimed at articulating a discourse of international solidarity that is both inclusive and forward thinking. There was near consensus that the…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/10/the-two-narratives-of-palestine-the-people-are-united-the-factions-are-not/

CIA Veteran to Chair Kent State 50th May 4 Commemoration Advisory Committee
Russell Mokhiber | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-10
Kent State has appointed a 25 year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to chair a committee to create plan and execute activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the shootings at the campus that killed four and wounded nine students on May 4, 1970. Stephanie Smith, an associate professor in Kent State's School…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/10/cia-veteran-to-chair-kent-state-50th-may-4-commemoration-advisory-committee/

Greens, preferences and radical social change
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-10
This federal election is taking place at a time when the need for radical social and economic change is palpable: the escalating climate crisis and rampant and growing inequality are two major symptoms of the bankruptcy of capitalism. | The school climate strike movement is one manifestation of the desire for meaningful change. And there are many others too. | But while radical change is needed, those who campaign for it are still too often derided as extremist or idealist (with the exception of the students who the powers-that-be hope will "grow up" and embrace pragmatism). | There is a strong desire to get rid…
greenleft.org.au/content/greens-preferences-and-radical-social-change

US Can't Force Countries to Accept Non-Recyclable Imports: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-10
World leaders will be able to refuse imports of unrecyclable, polluting plastics per new regulation introduced by the United Nations (U.N.) Friday during the final day of the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) in Geneva, Switzerland. | RELATED: | US: Scientists Advance Research to Make Plastic 100% Recyclable | "For far too long developed coun…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Cant-Force-Countries-to-Accept-Non-Recyclable-Imports-UN-20190510-0019.html

Boondoggle, Inc.: Making Sense of the $1.25 Trillion National Security State Budget
William D. Hartung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
In its latest budget request, the Trump administration is asking for a near-record $750 billion for the Pentagon and related defense activities, an astonishing figure by any measure. If passed by Congress, it will, in fact, be one of the …
globalresearch.ca/1-25-trillion-national-security-state-budget/5677080

A Matter of Independence: Equinor and Drilling the Great Australian Bight
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-05-10
asia-pacificresearch.com/equinor-drilling-great-australian-bight/5628633

The US and Iran Flex Their Muscles. The Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) One Year after US Withdrawal
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
One year after the US unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (known also as JCPOA- Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action), the US is flexing its muscles by announcing an already previously scheduled departure of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike …
globalresearch.ca/jpoa-us-withdrawal-us-iran/5677066

African Human Traffickers Changing Strategies to Avoid Arrest
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-10
Human traffickers in east and north Africa are re-strategizing their business models to avoid detection, a new report from the Research and Evidence Facility (a European Union affiliate) said Friday. | RELATED: | Governor Removes Homicide Charges from Sex Trafficking Victim | According to the study, routes which traditionally were used to escort…
telesurenglish.net/news/African-Human-Traffickers-Changing-Strategies-to-Avoid-Arrest-20190510-0020.html

The Western American Empire Plays the War Card
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
The Following text is Section 14 of 16 | The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War, : | by the Italian Committee No War No NATO | * | Documentation presented at the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, Florence, April …
globalresearch.ca/western-american-empire-plays-war-card/5677124

Capitalist charity can't solve homelessness or any other social problem
Julianne Tveten | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-10
Earlier this month, the University of California, San Francisco inaugurated the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, an institute founded to "research causes of homelessness," collect "data," and "identify evidence-based solutions." The center is named for benefactor Marc Benioff, the founder and co-CEO of cloud-computing firm Salesforce and owner of Time magazine, whose $30 million donation …
peoplesworld.org/article/capitalist-charity-cant-solve-homelessness-or-any-other-social-problem/

Do EU Nations Side with the US over Iran on the JCPOA?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
As long as the US was onboard, Iran nuclear deal signatories Britain, France, and Germany supported its implementation and provisions — no longer after Trump's withdrawal. | Their rhetoric says one thing, their actions another. In response to Iran giving EU …
globalresearch.ca/do-eu-nations-us-over-iran-jcpoa/5677115

The Democrats and the Mueller Report: "Muellerisation"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
The psychic problems facing the Democrats continue to bite, and with their foiled efforts to see the full, unredacted report of the Mueller Report, they look distracted, confused and bitter. In politics, the sense of vengeance and retribution has a …
globalresearch.ca/democrats-muellerization/5677120

IEA: Renewable Energy Growth Is Stalling. Wind and Solar Energy
Nick Cunningham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
Renewable energy deployment stalled out last year, raising alarm bells about the pace of the clean energy transition. | In 2018, total deployment of renewable energy stood at about 180 gigawatts (GW), which was the same as the previous year. It …
globalresearch.ca/iea-renewables-growth-stalling/5677013

Why the U.S. Labeled Iran's Revolutionary Guards a Terrorist Organization
Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
It can be readily demonstrated that the proffered U.S. justifications for labeling Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization are no more than hare-brained excuses designed to put further pressure on the Iranian people in pursuit of its long-standing policy …
globalresearch.ca/why-u-s-labeled-irans-revolutionary-guards-terrorist-organization/5677119

Video: 5G Apocalypse, The Imminent Dangers
debunkified | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
What is 5G? We need to know the dangers of this technology. | A full length documentary by Sacha Stone exposing the 5G existential threat to humanity in a way we never imagined possible! | Scientists, environmental groups, medical doctors and citizens …
globalresearch.ca/video-5g-apocalypse-the-imminent-dangers/5677009

Globalizing China: Confucius Institutes and the Paradoxes of Authenticity and Modernity
Prof. Jennifer Hubbert | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-05-10
asia-pacificresearch.com/globalizing-china-confucius-institutes-and-the-paradoxes-of-authenticity-and-modernity/5628621

Victory Day Reminds the World About the Evils of Fascism
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-10
Russia, most of the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Israel all celebrate the end of World War II on 9 May, with this year's commemoration in Moscow being the 74th in history. This solemn day marks the victory …
globalresearch.ca/victory-day-evils-fascism/5677049

Abdication, Succession and Japan's Imperial Future: An Emperor's Dilemma
Prof. John Breen | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-05-10
asia-pacificresearch.com/abdication-succession-japans-imperial-future-emperors-dilemma/5628625

Danny Baker's final apology, and what the reaction to it tells us about racism
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-05-10
This week, the BBC fired Danny Baker for his racist tweet about the latest royal baby. Almost immediately, the Centrist light entertainment luvvies swamped Twitter with apologia. He's such a great guy! He's been the victim of a politically correct Twitter hit mob! He was taken out of context! The excuses were endless. But due to the resistance of black Twitter and allies, Baker was forced to reflect further and make a fullsome apology. The whole debacle and its aftermath can teach us a lot about how racism works. If we're prepared to listen.The Danny Baker moment: Portraying a mixed race child as a chimpan…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/05/10/danny-bakers-final-apology-and-what-the-reaction-to-it-tells-us-about-racism/

Weekend Read: Brown v. Board of Education and modern-day segregation
splcenter.org | 2019-05-10
Friday marks the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools as a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
splcenter.org/news/2019/05/11/weekend-read-brown-v-board-education-and-modern-day-segregation

House Funding Bill Shows How Far We've Come in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom–And How Far We Have to Go
aclu.org | 2019-05-10
A key bill makes important strides for reproductive health, and shows why we need presidential candidates to show leadership on abortion coverage | This week the House Appropriations Committee advanced the Labor, Health, and Human Services appropriations bill, the annual bill that funds federal health and education programs. It makes important strides forward on reproductive health and rights–and it also shines a light on the need for presidential leadership on abortion coverage.
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/house-funding-bill-shows-how-far-weve-come-fight-reproductive

Pedagogical Terrorism and Hope in the age of Fascist Politics
Henry Giroux | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-10
Something sinister and horrifying is happening to liberal democracies all over the globe.Democratic institutions such as the independent media, schools, the legal system, certain financial institutions, and higher education are under siegeworldwide. Some of the latest examples of this can be found in the United States with the resurgence of vigilantes and right-wing militia groups along the southern border and the intrusion of tech-based educational practices into schools producing curricula that some parents claim turn kids into zombies. Trump's continued attack on higher education offers another highly visible…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/10/pedagogical-terrorism-and-hope-in-the-age-of-fascist-politics/

Paradise islands of Pacific increasingly vulnerable to climate change, as UN boosts resilience
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-10
A seeming paradise, life on the Pacific islands is threatened by climate change and extreme weather, frustrated by remoteness and a lack of educational and economic opportunities. Secretary-General António Guterres begins a visit to the region this weekend, where he will speak to people living on some of the islands and see for himself how the UN is helping to mitigate some of the biggest issues.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1038292

What's in the recent jobs report — and what's not
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2019-05-10
Much is being said in the capitalist media about the monthly jobs report for April issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the BLS, Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in April, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent." This is being reported as good news . . . | Continue reading What's in the recent jobs report — and what's not at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/09/whats-in-the-recent-jobs-report-and-whats-not/

The Mueller Report Isn't The Only Thing That William Barr Is Hiding
aclu.org | 2019-05-10
Barr's attempt to block a report detailing how often the government seeks to spy on Twitter's users is inappropriate and dangerous. | Attorney General William Barr recently invoked a powerful, rarely used privilege to withhold information from the public, marking a dramatic turn of events in a battle over the release of a highly contested report. | Only this time, we're talking about a report that would provide much-needed information on the government's spying activities. | For the past five years, Twitter has been trying to make public a transparency report with detailed statistics about how often the U.S. gove…
aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/mueller-report-isnt-only-thing-william-barr-hiding

Chicago Teachers Union signs tentative agreement with charter operator Instituto
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-09
Chicago, IL — Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members at charter schools are reforming the industry one charter operator at a time and that campaign won better working conditions for educators and better learning conditions for students at two charter schools run by Instituto del Progresso Latino. Teachers and support staff from two schools, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy and Instituto Justice Leadership Academy, had been on strike against the charter operator since the end of the day on May 1. The tentative agreement was finalized just before 11 p.m. on May 6. | Strikers won decreases in class sizes…
fightbacknews.org/2019/5/8/chicago-teachers-union-signs-tentative-agreement-charter-operator-instituto

Charter Schools Have a Big Problem, and Rebranding Won't Help
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2019-05-09
Charters promised all sorts of miraculous educational achievements at low, low prices. But those achievements haven't appeared. More people are understanding that what we're really talking about is the privatization of our public school system.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/charter-schools-have-a-big-problem-and-rebranding-wont-help-greene-190509/

Jacksonville celebrates May Day
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-09
Jacksonville, FL — About 35 people gathered on May 1 to celebrate International Workers' Day in Jacksonville. The rally was held in front of the Duval County Courthouse. Members of several local trade unions were present, including Letter Carriers, Teamsters, SEIU, Teachers, and IATSE. Other local activist groups included the Community Action Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Progressive Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Network, the Northside Coalition, and the local Democratic Black Caucus. | The rally was united under the theme of building alliances between different groups and organizations. A…
fightbacknews.org/2019/5/8/jacksonville-celebrates-may-day

From May Day to Teacher Appreciation Week, educators fight for public ed
Nathalie Hrizi | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-09
Teachers in Oregon walk out, closing 600 schools to demand services and smaller class sizes for their students.
liberationnews.org/from-may-day-day-to-teacher-appreciation-week-educators-fight-for-public-ed/

Shocking UN Report Warns up to a Million Species are at Risk of Extinction Due to Human Activity
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-09
An alarming new report by a panel of leading scientists warns that human activity is causing the disappearance and deterioration of wildlife at a rate that could represent an existential threat to humanity within our lifetimes. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released its conclusions earlier this week, and found that one million plant and animal species could go extinct in the foreseeable future unless current trends are reversed. The study estimates the global extinction rate is "already at least tens to hundreds of times higher than it average…
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/9/shocking_u…

Trump's China Tariffs: A Misplaced Strategy for the US Economy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-09
Instead of imposing additional tariffs, which will hurt the Chinese and U.S. economies, the U.S. should have its own research and development strategy, says Richard Vague, author of The Next Economic Disaster…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-china-tariffs-a-misplaced-strategy-for-the-us-economy