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2019-05-08: Social Media Postees

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Save the Planet—With Good Union Jobs
Héctor Figueroa | commondreams.org | 2019-05-08
What we really need to make the Green New Deal real is for people of conscience to work together, grow our movement, and push our representatives to invest in a just transition for our communities. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/05/08/save-planet-good-union-jobs?cd-origin=rss

U.S. Has the Most Climate-Change Deniers of Any Rich Country: Survey
Natasha Hakimi Zapata | truthdig.com | 2019-05-08
"The U.S. is a hotbed of climate science denial," according to the global study, and Donald Trump and the media have a lot to do with it.
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-has-the-most-climate-change-deniers-of-any-rich-country-survey/

US Public Among the Most Likely in the World to Deny Climate Crisis, Global Survey Shows
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-08
Two days after the Trump administration blocked a global declaration from even mentioning the term "climate change," an international survey revealed the effects U.S. leaders' denial of climate science has had on the public. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/05/08/us-public-among-most-likely-world-deny-climate-crisis-global-survey-shows?cd-origin=rss

Accepting union challenge, Kamala Harris spends day with teachers
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-08
DEARBORN, Mich. (PAI)–Accepting a challenge from national union leaders to Democratic presidential hopefuls, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., spent a day in Michigan walking in workers'–in this case, teachers'–shoes. And between reading to elementary schoolers in Dearborn and fielding their questions, and answering adults at a town hall meeting sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers …
peoplesworld.org/article/accepting-union-challenge-kamala-harris-spends-day-with-teachers/

Teachers walking out statewide today in Oregon
wsws.org | 2019-05-08
The SEP calls for the creation of rank-and-file committees to unite all educators, workers, parents and students in a common fight across the United States and internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/08/oreg…

'Climate Strike' Students Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment from CalSTRS
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-05-08
"When you become a teacher, you sign up to not only care for children, but to educate the future leaders of society," said 12 year-old Samantha of Youth vs Apocalypse. "To find out that the people I have spent most of my life with are funding to pour toxins into my future is a real slap to the face. It's a message telling the youth that you don't really care for our future, and it contradicts exactly what a teacher is."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/07/18823312.php

Panama election a distorted expression of growing opposition to austerity
wsws.org | 2019-05-08
The election came after a year dominated by strikes, including by teachers, construction workers and a general strike against an electricity rate hike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/08/pana…

Syria Testimonies: "The White Helmets Are More Dangerous than Any Terrorist" — Retired Schoolteacher, Mesyaf
Vanessa Beeley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
"The White Helmets are more dangerous than any terrorist". | Find out why by listening to this important testimony from the town of Mesyaf that has recently been under attack from Israel and the Israeli-backed terrorists in northern Hama and Idleb. …
globalresearch.ca/syria-white-helmets-more-dangerous-terrorist-retired-schoolteacher-mesyaf/5676813

One dead, seven injured in Denver, Colorado suburb school shooting
wsws.org | 2019-05-08
A shooting at a public charter school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on Tuesday afternoon took place just a few miles from the site of the 1999 Columbine shooting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/08/scho…

China Reaffirms Respect for UN Charter on Venezuela Issue Resolution
plenglish.com | 2019-05-08
Beijing, May 8 ( Prensa Latina ) China reaffirmed Wednesday its call to respect the basic principles of the UN Charter in any initiative to resolve the situation in Venezuela, stressing that internal affairs belong to its government and people.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

The West — Full Spectrum Dementia: Bogus News Media, Corruption of Academic Research, Irrational Lies Fed into the Educational System
Stephen Sefton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information." — Henry Wallace, New York Times, April 9th 1944. | Journalism has never been free of propaganda. News has always been …
globalresearch.ca/the-west-full-spectrum-dementia-bogus-news-media-corruption-of-academic-research-irrational-lies-fed-into-the-educational-system/5676928

The "Pro-Western Revolution" in Ukraine Has Been a Fascist-infested Fraud
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
The great deception of "a real democracy" in the Ukraine, which the New York Times insisted on 31 March 2019, shows little sign of relenting. For five years, Western populations have been consistently misled through skewed and slanted reporting, assuring …
globalresearch.ca/pro-western-revolution-ukraine-fascist-infested-fraud/5676872

Will Washington be Held Accountable for Its War Crimes?
Jean Périer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
For more than a decade, the United States has been steadily increasing the scale of its illegal military operations across the Middle East, resulting in hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths. | Eighteen years ago, the US invaded Afghanistan under the …
globalresearch.ca/will-washington-held-accountable-its-war-crimes/5676894

Sri Lanka Slammed the "Indo-Pacific" Concept as a Threat to China and Russia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Somewhat surprisingly, tiny Sri Lanka has emerged as the loudest voice in South Asia opposing the "Indo-Pacific" concept that New Delhi and Washington are jointly pursuing, pointing out how it's "aimed at restraining China and even the Greater Eurasia by …
globalresearch.ca/sri-lanka-indo-pacific-concept-threat-china-russia/5676935

Syria Military Operation to Liberate Idlib Has Begun. Estimated 40,000 Terrorists in Idlib
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
The zero-hour has arrived in Idlib, as the long awaited military operations to clear the last remaining terrorist-controlled area in Syria has begun. It is estimated that there are 40,000 terrorists, some with their families, and they comprise many …
globalresearch.ca/military-operation-liberate-idlib-begun/5676941

US Air Force Shoots Down Multiple Missiles With Classified Laser Weapon
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-08
(ZH) — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program, has completed a series of tests last month that successfully shot down "several" missiles with a ground-based laser. The field training exercise occurred on April 23 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, reported the 88th Air …
theantimedia.com/us-air-force-shoots-dow…

NATO Is Endangering Us All
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
When Canadians support NATO, they are supporting ISIS and al Qaeda. They are also supporting international illicit drug trafficking, a source of covert funding for covert war crimes. | In Syria, the proxies are al Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates, commanded …
globalresearch.ca/nato-endangering-us-all/5676736

Calmly Fighting for a Nonviolent Future
Jose Cervantes, Michaela Goldstein, Olivia Iv | indybay.org | 2019-05-08
In reviewing nonviolent movements across history, our group realized that practicing non violence can manifest in a many diverse ways. Through our research we came to understand that "nonviolence" is essentially a way of life, as opposed to existing only in single instances or short-lived movements. We will briefly introduce some of the non violent practices currently occurring in Sonoma County, illuminate what motivates these individuals to follow a nonviolent way of life, as well as explore a few of the many forms nonviolence can take.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/07/18823269.php

Lowering Standards: Australian Universities, English Requirements and Student Cash Cows
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
There are no protests on the streets and no effigies of university officials being burned by protesting students today. There are no protests outside the officers of the over-remunerated Vice Chancellors and their various henchpersons. | It is business and malpractice …
globalresearch.ca/australian-universities-english-requirements-student-cash-cows/5676930

Trump Floats Proposal to Cancel 2020 Elections
Eric London | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
On Sunday, Donald Trump re-tweeted a post by the arch-reactionary evangelical preacher and prominent Trump confidant Jerry Falwell, Jr. calling for the president to extend his term from the constitutionally mandated four years to six. | Referring to the Democratic Party-led …
globalresearch.ca/trump-floats-proposal-cancel-2020-elections/5676898

Video: Volodymyr Zelensky, the Donald Trump of Ukrainian Politics?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Introduction | The parallels between the successor to Poroshenko and the current occupant of the White House are striking. Neither has had significant prior experience with national politics prior to launching a bid for the supreme executive office of their respective …
globalresearch.ca/volodymyr-zelensky-donald-trump-ukrainian-politics/5676564

Iran to Even the Nuclear Score with the US
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
It is going to be 30 years in another six months since the USS Abraham Lincoln, named in honour of the 16th US President, was commissioned on Nov.11, 1989 as the 5th Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the American Navy. Now, …
globalresearch.ca/iran-even-nuclear-score-us/5676978

Senior Trump Adviser Uses Fake Video to Defend Israel's Attacks on Gaza
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
An advisor to US President Donald Trump has been caught red handed using fake videos to attack Palestinians, even as Israeli airstrikes killed 24 civilians in Gaza over the weekend. | Katrina Pierson, senior advisor to Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, …
globalresearch.ca/senior-trump-adviser-uses-fake-video-defend-israels-attacks-gaza/5676888

Is the Iran Nuclear Deal Doomed?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
On Wednesday, Iran announced the suspension of some of its JCPOA commitments, short of withdrawing from the nuclear deal altogether. More on this below. | Trump's year ago pullout greatly jeopardizes the deal's sustainability over the longterm, what its hardliners aim …
globalresearch.ca/iran-nuclear-deal-doomed/5676974

Money Laundering — Why the UK Does Not Prosecute It
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
A study by the CCP Research Foundation — which analyses banks' so-called 'conduct costs' — revealed that the biggest 20 banks worldwide, including the biggest four in Britain, had paid or set aside £264 billion for fines in the five …
globalresearch.ca/money-laundering-uk-does-not-prosecute/5676800

Full Metal Empire. Ain't War Hell?
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
A must see film, from 1987, is Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. This movie follows a group of young Marines from Parris Island boot camp right smack dab into 'The Shit' that GIs called Vietnam. There are literally countless scenes …
globalresearch.ca/full-metal-empire-aint-war-hell/5676926

Julian Assange Tortured with Psychotropic Drug
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Retired USAF lieutenant colonel Karen Kwiatkowski writes in an article posted at Lew Rockwell's website that Julian Assange is receiving the same treatment as suspected terrorists while in captivity at "Her Majesty's Prison Service" at Belmarsh. | The FBI, Pentagon, and …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-tortured-psychotropic-drug/5676921

Panama's Win-win Cooperation with China Will Continue Under Cortizo
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Laurentino Cortizo narrowly won Panama's elections on Sunday to become the country's next president-elect, prior to which he implied in an exclusive interview with Reuters that the U.S. needed to re-engage the region otherwise it risks being replaced by China. …
globalresearch.ca/panamas-win-win-cooperation-china-continue-cortizo/5676917

Fracking can cause earthquakes tens of kilometers away — new research
Gillian Foulger | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-08
New research has now linked distant earthquakes to fracking, providing evidence that much larger areas surrounding sites may be at risk from drilling operations than previously demonstrated.
nationofchange.org/2019/05/08/fracking-can-cause-earthquakes-tens-of-kilometers-away-new-research/

NATO and the Culture of War: Ireland's History of Resistance
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Established as a peacetime alliance between the United States and Europe to prevent expansion of the Soviet …
globalresearch.ca/nato-culture-war-irelands-history-resistance/5676943

Israel Damaged over 800 Gaza Homes in Three Days
PNN | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Deputy Housing Minister in Gaza Naji Sarhan said that 130 residential apartments were completely destroyed, while 700 others were partially destroyed in the three day Israeli strikes on Gaza. | In a statement, Sarhan said that the emergency staff of the …
globalresearch.ca/israel-damaged-800-gaza-homes-three-days/5676904

Will the Trump Regime Attack Venezuela and Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Imperial madness defines US geopolitics under Republicans and undemocratic Dems, seeking dominion over planet earth, its resources and populations. | Naked aggression and other hostile actions are its favored strategies. Trump delegated his geopolitical agenda to hardline extremists Pompeo and Bolton….
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-attack-venezuela-iran/5676819

Afghanistan, the Forgotten Proxy War. The Role of Osama bin Laden and Zbigniew Brzezinski
Janelle Velina | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-08
Read Part I from the link below. | Afghanistan, the Forgotten Proxy War | By Janelle Velina, April 30, 2019 | Below is the second half and conclusion of "Afghanistan, the Forgotten Proxy War". While the previous sections examined the economic roots …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-forgotten-proxy-war-2/5676947

Remembering the Woman Who Renovated the House that RBG Built
aclu.org | 2019-05-08
Lenora Lapidus led the ACLU's Women's Right Project for nearly two decades. She died on Sunday, May 5. | On the 50th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday, one of the darkest stains in our nation's civil rights history, President Obama spoke with hope and confidence about Americans who were "unencumbered by what is, and ready to seize what ought to be." Lenora Lapidus lived her life by both of these tenets. | Public servants come in many forms. They're elected officials, politicians, activists, lawyers, organizers, students, ordinary citizens, and steadfast patriots. Our beloved Lenora represented the ve…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/remembering-woman-who-renovated-house-rbg-built

Lowering Standards: Australian Universities, English Requirements and Student Cash Cows
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-08
There are no protests on the streets and no effigies of university officials being burned by protesting students today. There are no protests outside the offices of the over-remunerated Vice Chancellors and their various hench persons. It is business and malpractice as usual after revelations by Australia's national broadcaster that Australian universities have been adjusting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/lowering-standards-australian-universities-english-requirements-and-student-cash-cows/

Arizona students demand release of classmate detained by immigration agents
wsws.org | 2019-05-08
Over 200 high school students in Tucson, Arizona walked out of school Monday to protest the detention and deportation of their classmate, Thomas Torres.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/08/walk…

One tweet shows the terrifying priorities of the corporate media
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-05-07
On 6 May, Meghan Markle gave birth to a baby. This news swamped the corporate media. On the same day, another vitally important story broke, one that affects us all. But the corporate media buried it amid royal baby hysteria. | "1 royal baby 2 royal baby…": | The other news that broke on 6 May was a landmark report from the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This states that: Nature is declining globally at rates un…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/05/07/one-tweet-shows-the-terrifying-priorities-of-the-corporate-media/

On May Day U.S. workers on the rise
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2019-05-07
The year leading up to May Day 2019 in the U.S. saw increasing numbers of successful strikes and workers' actions from coast to coast, involving retail, restaurant, tech industries, education workers and the gig economy. In the Carolinas on May Day, thousands of teachers, wearing red shirts, walked out . . . | Continue reading On May Day U.S. workers on the rise at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/07/on-may-day-u-s-workers-on-the-rise/

1 student killed, 8 injured in Colorado school shooting
rt.com | 2019-05-07
At least one person was killed and eight injured in a shooting at a charter school in Highland Ranch, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. Two suspects have been arrested, both students at the school. | …
rt.com/usa/458660-colorado-school-shooting-injured/

SPLC Action Fund: Demand transparency, accountability in Louisiana schools
Victor Jones, SPLC Action Fund senior supervising attorney | splcenter.org | 2019-05-07
The Louisiana House Education Committee today voted unanimously in favor of House Bill 160, which would require school districts in the state to collect data on school climate and school discipline.
splcenter.org/news/2019/05/07/splc-action-fund-demand-transparency-accountability-louisiana-schools

Beyond Prisons: Abolition Is A Horizon feat. Sarah K. Tyson
Beyond Prisons | shadowproof.com | 2019-05-07
CONTENT WARNING: SEXUAL VIOLENCE, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | Sarah K. Tyson joins Beyond Prisons for a conversation about her work as a philosopher, anti-violence advocate, and prison educator. | We explore the contradiction between anti-violence work and its reliance on the criminal punishment system, what it's like to do philosophy in prison, the importance of building relationships with people inside, and so much more. | Sarah Tyson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Affiliated Faculty of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado, Denver. | Her research focuses on questions of authority, histor…
shadowproof.com/2019/05/07/beyond-prisons-abolition-is-a-horizon-feat-sarah-k-tyson/

Community forum regarding human trafficking held in Richardson, TX
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-06
Richardson, TX – About 60 people came together at Faith United Methodist Church here, May 3, for a community forum on the trafficking of Filipino teachers in the nearby suburb of Garland. The forum was hosted by Migrante USA, Malaya Movement Texas, United Federation of Fil-Am Educators Texas, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, North Texas Dream Team, Pilipino American Unity for Progress, and RAICES. | Three of the trafficked teachers, Adelaida Legaspi, Jamie Rivadelo and Josie Rivadelo, told their story. Starting in the early 2000s, about 60 or 70 teachers were recruited in the Philippines by unscrupulous r…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/5/community…

Nationalism blinds Québecers to Oppression at Home and Abroad
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-06
To protect its culture Québec has decided veiled women shouldn't be allowed to teach. But the crucifix adorning the National Assembly can stay, as well as a large cross atop the highest point in Montréal, not to mention the streets named after Catholic saints. The government has decided laàØcité (secularism) should be pursued on the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/nationalism-blinds-quebecers-to-oppression-at-home-and-abroad/

New York Machine Trying to Toss Kat Brezler, Organizer for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Off Local Ballot
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-05-06
For decades, political bosses in New York have clung to power by using the state's complicated election laws to keep primary challengers off the ballot — laws written just for that purpose. | The laws are enforced, in turn, by judges appointed by and intertwined with the very machine they are ostensibly keeping in check. | A textbook case is unfolding this week in White Plains, Westchester County, where New York's Democratic machine is trying to force a progressive Common Council candidate off the ballot. Kat Brezler is a public school teacher, but the role that has her in the machine's sights goes back to…
theintercept.com/2019/05/06/kat-brezler-white-plains-new-york/

Real Talk Tho Pilot
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-06
The Real News is launching our Community Editorial Committee to bring people together and talk about the issues that matter most you. Join your neighbors, friends, family and colleagues in open and honest discussions about jobs, crime, education, climate change, and more. The Real News is dedicated to reporting on the underlying reasons for chronic…
therealnews.com/stories/real-talk-tho-pilot

One of World's Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press
Michael Rothberg | thenation.com | 2019-05-06
One of World's Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press…
thenation.com/article/stanford-university-press-persis-drell-austerity-humanities/

A Radical Reunion: Harvard's Student Strikers, 50 Years Later
Katha Pollitt | thenation.com | 2019-05-06
A Radical Reunion: Harvard's Student Strikers, 50 Years Later…
thenation.com/article/harvard-strike-sds-vietnam/

Ten Years After a Landmark Study Blew the Whistle on Junk Science, the Fight Over Forensics Rages On
Liliana Segura | theintercept.com | 2019-05-05
In a fluorescent-lit ballroom atop Baltimore's downtown convention center, Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler stepped off the stage and began to pace. He'd had 14 cups of coffee, he boomed, along with a Hershey's bar with almonds. He was not about to stay still. | It was a snowy morning in late February. Sattler, a motivational speaker and retired Marine who once directed strategic planning for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the final panelist at the opening plenary of the 71st Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. The annual conference brings together lawyers, scientists, and forensic pract…
theintercept.com/2019/05/05/forensic-evidence-aafs-junk-science/

May Day march and rally in Boyle Heights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-05
Los Angeles, CA – On the afternoon of May 1, International Workers Day, Boyle Heights families, workers and students protested the Trump anti-immigrant attacks and raised the demand "Legalization for all" and "No Wall on the Mexico border!" | The lead banner, with the red flag of Aztlan, called for fighting Trump. The organizers called for self-determination for Chicanos in Aztlan, the U.S. Southwest. The fifth annual May Day in Boyle Heights united hundreds of poor working-class families, students, teachers and workers, mostly Chicanos. Among the demands were respect and equality for Chicanos and Central America…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/5/may-day-m…

Students march against University of Georgia's historical and present-day racism
Brian Perez-Canto | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-04
In November 2015, the expansion and reconstruction of Baldwin Hall came to a temporary halt when the University of Georgia uncovered the remains of former slaves.
liberationnews.org/students-march-against-university-of-georgias-historical-and-present-day-racism/

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2019-05-07: News Headlines

Lauren Smith (2019-05-07). Venezuela Is Not Alone — No Esta Sola. globalresearch.ca United States activists stand with President Maduro and the people of Venezuela in resistance to Washington's attempts at regime change. Departing Venezuelan diplomats, ordered out of the country on April 15th by the Trump administration, gave the keys to its …

Kevin Zeese (2019-05-07). Embassy Protection Collective: We're Still Here and We're Staying. globalresearch.ca The Embassy Protection Collective formed on April 10, the day after the Trump administration manipulated the Organization of American States (OAS) to change the rules so they could recognize their puppet, Juan Guaido, as president of Venezuela. The OAS …

Tom Secker (2019-05-07). Documents Expose How Hollywood Promotes War on Behalf of the Pentagon, CIA and NSA. globalresearch.ca Featured image: Plato's Cave reimagined for the Hollywood era‚Ää (Photo by: Derek Swansonn) |

| First published by Medium and Global Research on July 7, 2017 | Tom Secker and Matthew Alford report on their astonishing findings from trawling through thousands of new …

Whitney Webb (2019-05-07). Bolton's Vague Press Release Lays Foundation for Military Attack Against Iran. globalresearch.ca According to Bolton's statement, an attack launched by a "proxy" of Iran on not just assets but "interests" of the U.S. in the region or "interests" of a U.S. ally in the region, would now be sufficient to trigger a …

South Front (2019-05-07). Video: Turkey-led Forces Suffer Casualties in Failed Attack on Kurdish YPG Positions. globalresearch.ca The Idlib de-escalation zone and the northern part of Aleppo province are now two main sources of instability in Syria. | On May 4, the pro-Turkish National Syrian Army (NSA), backed by Turkish special forces, launched a surprise attack on positions …

Roger Waters (2019-05-07). Video: The Occupation of the American Mind. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. globalresearch.ca This video was originally published in May 2018. | Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world …

Comitato No Nato (2019-05-07). Italy, the Aircraft Carrier on the War Front. globalresearch.ca The Following text is Section 11 of | 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 7, …

Alex Lawson, Stephanie Taylor (2019-05-07). Raise Your Hand If You Like Being Ripped Off by Pharmaceutical Corporations. commondreams.org "Voters across the country," write Lawson and Taylor, "understand that with our tax dollars already paying for the research to develop new prescription drugs, we should be able to access lifesaving drugs at prices we can afford." (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Stephen Lendman (2019-05-07). Pompeo Claims US Aggression Against Venezuela Would be Lawful. globalresearch.ca According to Pompeo, US presidents have constitutional authority under Article II to preemptively attack other nations. | The article states the following: "The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States…" | Nothing in the …

Rubble (2019-05-07). People's Park 50th Anniversary Rally and Concert – April 13, 2019. indybay.org Listen to audio from the first of two People's Park 50th Anniversary rally and concert held in People's Park on April 13th, 2019. The event is to both celebrate the 50th year of public ownership of the park since the people seized from UC Berkeley in 1969; and to actively stand against the current UC plan to take it back from the homeless and public to use for student housing. Listen and use this audio, spread this recording around, because more activist support is needed to stop the current development plans. (3 hrs. and 38 min.)…

Rubble (2019-05-07). People's Park 50th Anniversary Rally and Concert – April 28, 2019. indybay.org Listen to audio from most of the second 5-hour rally and concert held this month at People's Park, to both celebrate the Park still held for homeless and others in the general public since it was seized by force from the U.C. Berkeley regime in 1969. The latest U.C. privatization plan, if successful, will have the university take back, pave over, and use for student housing. Park residents and the general public are ramping up the organizing to retain control of the park. | (3 hrs. and 44 min.).

Fréa Lockley (2019-05-07). One tweet shows the terrifying priorities of the corporate media. thecanary.co On 6 May, Meghan Markle gave birth to a baby. This news swamped the corporate media. On the same day, another vitally important story broke, one that affects us all. But the corporate media buried it amid royal baby hysteria. | "1 royal baby 2 royal baby…": | The other news that broke on 6 May was a landmark report from the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This states that: Nature is declining globally at rates un…

teleSUR (2019-05-07). Qatar Pledges $480M to Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Gaza. telesurenglish.net The State of Qatar announced on Tuesday that it will send US$480M to the Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. This move by Qatar comes a day after a ceasefire deal was established in Gaza. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Speaks Out About Unbearable Conditions In Gaza | Qatar's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday morning that US$300M of the US$480 would support health and education programmes of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA), which controls parts of the West…

Labor Video Project (2019-05-07). On May Day 2019 OEA Pres Keith Brown On Stadium, Port, ILWU & Public Education. indybay.org Oakland Education Association president Keith Brown talked about the role of the proposed A's stadium on Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland and the ILWU and the need for more funding for education.

Arthur Wyns (2019-05-06). A Million Species 'Threatened with Extinction'. globalresearch.ca The …

Norman Finkelstein (2019-05-06). Israel Has No Right of Self-Defense Against Gaza. globalresearch.ca This article was first crossposted in July 2018. | Since the overwhelmingly nonviolent demonstrations in Gaza began on March 30, 2018, the international community has strongly condemned Israel's armed attacks.A UN General Assembly resolution "deplore[d] the use of any excessive, disproportionate …

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (2019-05-06). Around 70 Airstrikes within 12 Hours… Israel Violates the Gaza Strip: Pregnant Woman and Her Baby Girl Killed, Residential Buildings Targeted and Israeli Attacks Continue. globalresearch.ca The Israeli forces escalated their attacks against the Gaza Strip and continued to carry out intense airstrikes and shelling throughout the Gaza Strip. Moreover, the Israeli warplanes continue until the moment to target residential buildings in central Gaza neighborhoods in …

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-06). It's Crunch Time for China's Central American Strategy. globalresearch.ca Two recent electoral regime changes in Central America pose serious challenges for China's regional strategy since the incoming leaders of El Salvador and Panama have pledged to take a tougher stance towards the People's Republic than their predecessors and thus …

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-06). Trump's Threatened Tariffs Undermine China's Trust in Negotiating with America. globalresearch.ca US President Trump tweeted that he will impose tariffs of 25% on $200 billion of Chinese goods by Friday and possibly even do the same to another $325 billion of them too if the ongoing trade talks between the US …

Mark Curtis (2019-05-06). How the West's War in Libya Has Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries. globalresearch.ca Eight years on from Nato's war in Libya in 2011, as the country enters a new phase in its conflict, I have taken stock of the number of countries to which terrorism has spread as a direct product of that …

Julian Rose (2019-05-06). Are We Witnessing the End of the United Kingdom as an Independent Nation State? globalresearch.ca Ever since 'the wrong result' occurred at the referendum launched by then Prime Minister David Cameron, a fiasco of unprecedented proportions has been taking place in British politics. It is a depressing and, owing to the pathos, a tragi-comical …

F. William Engdahl (2019-05-06). Ever More Complex EU Gas Pipeline Geopolitics. globalresearch.ca Israel plans to construct the world's longest underwater gas pipeline together with Cyprus and Greece to carry Eastern Mediterranean gas on to Italy and the EU southern states. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just endorsed the project. It …

True Publica (2019-05-06). Britain's Prime Minister and the Huawei Scandal. globalresearch.ca Last Wednesday, Senior U.K. Cabinet ministers were hauled before a leak inquiry to determine who was responsible for the unprecedented reporting of highly secret discussions concerning national security. | Gavin Williamson was found to be guilty by an investigation of Theresa …

Comitato No Nato (2019-05-06). Video: 70 Years of NATO. The Florence Declaration Calls for NATO-Exit. globalresearch.ca The following video (Part I) brings to the forefront the analysis and debate on NATO's 70th anniversary in Florence, Italy (april 7, 2019). | The Florence Declaration adopted by more than 600 participants calls for NATO-Exit: the withdrawal of NATO member …

Yves Engler (2019-05-06). Nationalism Blinds Québecers to Oppression at Home and Abroad. globalresearch.ca To protect its culture Québec has decided veiled women shouldn't be allowed to teach. But the crucifix adorning the National Assembly can stay, as well as a large cross atop the highest point in Montréal, not to mention the streets …

Anya Parampil (2019-05-06). US State Department Publishes, then Deletes Sadistic Venezuela Hit List Boasting of Economic Ruin. globalresearch.ca The Grayzone has obtained a list of "key outcomes" on Venezuela deleted out of apparent embarrassment by the State Department. It boasts of wrecking the nation's economy, destabilizing its military, and puppeteering its political opposition. | *** | On April 24, six …

Bruno Guigue (2019-05-06). La caduta dell'aquila è vicina. globalresearch.ca Avremmo raggiunto questo momento cruciale in cui l'iperpotenza declinante comincia a dubitare di se stessa? La stampa nordamericana ha appena raccontato quello che l'ex-presidente Jimmy Carter ha detto a Donald Trump durante l'ultimo incontro. L'inquilino della Casa Bianca aveva invitato …

Forest Peoples Programme (2019-05-06). Saving the World's Nature and Biodiversity. globalresearch.ca Nature is decreasing worldwide at an alarming rate — it is time to look to indigenous peoples to help find the solution. This was one of the key conclusions reached in the first global assessment of nature and biodiversity, released …

Katha Pollitt (2019-05-06). A Radical Reunion: Harvard's Student Strikers, 50 Years Later. thenation.com A Radical Reunion: Harvard's Student Strikers, 50 Years Later…

Aída Chávez (2019-05-06). New York Machine Trying to Toss Kat Brezler, Organizer for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Off Local Ballot. theintercept.com For decades, political bosses in New York have clung to power by using the state's complicated election laws to keep primary challengers off the ballot — laws written just for that purpose. | The laws are enforced, in turn, by judges appointed by and intertwined with the very machine they are ostensibly keeping in check. | A textbook case is unfolding this week in White Plains, Westchester County, where New York's Democratic machine is trying to force a progressive Common Council candidate off the ballot. Kat Brezler is a public school teacher, but the role that has her in the machine's sights goes back to…

Yves Engler (2019-05-06). Nationalism blinds Québecers to Oppression at Home and Abroad. dissidentvoice.org To protect its culture Québec has decided veiled women shouldn't be allowed to teach. But the crucifix adorning the National Assembly can stay, as well as a large cross atop the highest point in Montréal, not to mention the streets named after Catholic saints. The government has decided laàØcité (secularism) should be pursued on the …

Fight Back (2019-05-06). Community forum regarding human trafficking held in Richardson, TX. fightbacknews.org Richardson, TX – About 60 people came together at Faith United Methodist Church here, May 3, for a community forum on the trafficking of Filipino teachers in the nearby suburb of Garland. The forum was hosted by Migrante USA, Malaya Movement Texas, United Federation of Fil-Am Educators Texas, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, North Texas Dream Team, Pilipino American Unity for Progress, and RAICES. | Three of the trafficked teachers, Adelaida Legaspi, Jamie Rivadelo and Josie Rivadelo, told their story. Starting in the early 2000s, about 60 or 70 teachers were recruited in the Philippines by unscrupulous r…

Mat Callahan (2019-05-06). National Liberation in an International Context. counterpunch.org Navigating the Zeitgeist By Helena Sheehan Monthly Review Press (2019) Navigating the Zeitgeist, is the first installment of Helena Sheehan's two-part autobiography, covering the period between her birth in 1944 and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Sheehan's many books and essays include, Marxism and the Philosophy of Science, which made a vital contribution when More

Staff (2019-05-06). Productivity Booms in First Quarter, But Will It Last? truthout.org For the last decade, we have been bombarded with stories about how robots were going to take all of our jobs. This claim made little sense since productivity growth, which measures the rate at which technology is displacing labor, was extraordinarily low through this period. | It averaged just 1.3 percent a year from 2005 to 2018. That compares to productivity growth rates of 3 percent in the long Golden Age from 1947 to 1973, and again from 1995 to 2005. If the robots were taking all the jobs, they were doing a good job of hiding the evidence from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which compiles the data. | But…

teleSUR (2019-05-06). 1,000 Israeli Soldiers To Arrive in Honduras to Train Troops. telesurenglish.net A multilateral military treaty between Honduras, Israel, and the United States will see the deployment of 1000 Israeli soldiers at Honduras. They will train the Armed Forces of Honduras (FFAA) and National Police (PN). | RELATED: | Honduran Police Clashes with Protesters over Health and Education | The main mission of the troops is to train…

Michael Rothberg (2019-05-06). One of World's Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press. thenation.com One of World's Wealthiest Educational Institutions May Close Its Renowned Press…

Staff (2019-05-06). Real Talk Tho Pilot. therealnews.com The Real News is launching our Community Editorial Committee to bring people together and talk about the issues that matter most you. Join your neighbors, friends, family and colleagues in open and honest discussions about jobs, crime, education, climate change, and more. The Real News is dedicated to reporting on the underlying reasons for chronic…

Fight Back (2019-05-05). May Day march and rally in Boyle Heights. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On the afternoon of May 1, International Workers Day, Boyle Heights families, workers and students protested the Trump anti-immigrant attacks and raised the demand "Legalization for all" and "No Wall on the Mexico border!" | The lead banner, with the red flag of Aztlan, called for fighting Trump. The organizers called for self-determination for Chicanos in Aztlan, the U.S. Southwest. The fifth annual May Day in Boyle Heights united hundreds of poor working-class families, students, teachers and workers, mostly Chicanos. Among the demands were respect and equality for Chicanos and Central America…

Liliana Segura (2019-05-05). Ten Years After a Landmark Study Blew the Whistle on Junk Science, the Fight Over Forensics Rages On. theintercept.com In a fluorescent-lit ballroom atop Baltimore's downtown convention center, Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler stepped off the stage and began to pace. He'd had 14 cups of coffee, he boomed, along with a Hershey's bar with almonds. He was not about to stay still. | It was a snowy morning in late February. Sattler, a motivational speaker and retired Marine who once directed strategic planning for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the final panelist at the opening plenary of the 71st Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. The annual conference brings together lawyers, scientists, and forensic pract…

Brian Perez-Canto (2019-05-04). Students march against University of Georgia's historical and present-day racism. liberationnews.org In November 2015, the expansion and reconstruction of Baldwin Hall came to a temporary halt when the University of Georgia uncovered the remains of former slaves.

Andrew Emett (2019-05-04). Teacher under investigation for kicking 5yr old girl on video. nationofchange.org Caught on surveillance video kicking a five-year-old child on the ground, a Kansas elementary school teacher has been fired and remains under investigation for potential criminal charges. The former teacher also faces a civil suit against her for kicking the innocent child. | On February 21, a surveillance camera inside the library of the Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School in Shawnee, Kansas recorded several students filing out of the building as a five-year-old girl remained behind and sat inside one of the bookshelves. Instea…

Alan Johnstone (2019-05-04). Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible. dissidentvoice.org In a previous article on the World Socialist Party of the United States reference was made to Impossibilism. Students of America's left history will recognise it as an outlook represented by the now defunct Socialist Labor Party, the extinct Proletarian Party and the still (only just) going Socialist Party of Canada which Larry Gambone describes …

Dan Farber (2019-05-04). How climate change will affect real lives — now and in the future. nationofchange.org Climate change has already had serious effects, but as we know from the steady and increasingly loud drumbeat of projections from various scientific bodies, the dangers will grow much greater in future decades. | But what does this actually look like? | Projections of life in 2050 or 2100 seem like the stuff of science fiction, yet those seemingly distant decades are not so far off. The 22nd century is roughly one lifetime away. The great majority of today's young adults will see 2050, and many children currently in your local daycare or elementary school will see 2100. | It seems difficult for us to plan for…

susan_p (2019-05-03). US sanctions have killed more than 40,000 people in Venezuela. greenleft.org.au US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in 2017 contributed to the deaths of more than 40,000 people last year, according to a new report — and this figure is set to rise due to the latest round of sanctions. | According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research report co-authored by economists Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Weisbrot, the 2017 sanctions deprived Venezuela of billions of dollars it needed to pay for essential food and medicine, leading to a rise in disease and mortality and the displacement of millions seeking to flee the worsening situation. | The report states: "The sanctions exacerbated Venezuela'

Democracy Now! (2019-05-03). Mass. Judge Refuses to Halt Pro-Palestinian Event at UMass Featuring Roger Waters & Linda Sarsour. democracynow.org "Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, and the Battle for Palestinian Human Rights." That's the title of an event set to take place Saturday at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After three anonymous UMass students filed a lawsuit to stop the event, a judge ruled Thursday the event can proceed, saying, "There's nothing that comes even close to a threat of harm or incitement to violence or lawlessness." We get an update from Sut Jhally, event organizer and professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts, and Rachel Weber, attorney and member Jewish Voice for Peace, Western Massachusetts chapt…

Democracy Now! (2019-05-03). We Can't Back People Who Hate Our Kids: Kentucky & Minnesota Teachers of Year Boycott Trump Meeting. democracynow.org We speak with two award-winning teachers who are trying to teach Trump a lesson. On Monday, Jessica Dueñas, the 2019 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and Kelly Holstine, the 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, boycotted a White House ceremony honoring them and other state winners of the award in protest of the Trump administration's education policies. But Dueñas and Holstine skipped the event to register their opposition to Trump's policies on immigration, education and LGBTQ rights, saying many of the White House policies directly impact their immigrant and refugee students.

pip.hinman (2019-05-03). High school student: 'I am a climate warrior and you should be too'. greenleft.org.au Fifteen-year-old Parker Craig gave the following speech on April 27 before a screening of Accelerate, a film by 350.org, at the Parramatta Activist Centre. | *** | I would like to acknowledge and pay my respects to the original custodians of this land. It is upon their ancestral lands that we meet and I extend my respect to elders both past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. | I'm a 15-year-old activist and climate warrior. | If you had asked 5-year-old me what I was scared of, I would've said the monster in my cupboard. Ten years later and I'm scared of the monster in Parliament House. | I am no…

Dora Taylor (2019-05-03). Oregon Teachers Walking off the Job May 8 Want Us All to Do Better. progressive.org "My labor is mine and mine alone to give or withhold, Siegel tells me. "This day of action is a small step toward waking up the working class to the real power they possess when they organize and act in solidarity."

Staff (2019-05-03). As Pugh Resigns, Is a Better Baltimore Possible? therealnews.com Baltimore's powerful mayor resigned amid corruption allegations. Three activists ask if the city charter can be amended to limit mayoral power and create a more just city…

Shawgi Tell (2019-05-03). Charter School Fatigue. dissidentvoice.org Charter schools have always attracted criticism due to the serious problems inherent to them, but it is no secret that in recent months charter schools have been taking it on the chin a little more than usual. This is not unexpected. More detailed reports, articles, and investigations are exposing with greater regularity the multi-faceted corruption …

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