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The "Original Sin"!
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
In every struggle for Peace and Justice, there are critical moments that can change the outcome of that struggle. These days are so crucial to save the Body and Mind of two great humble human beings who are under immense …
globalresearch.ca/the-original-sin/5674830

Moscow's Strategy in the Middle East: Geopolitics and the Versatility of Diplomacy
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Important events have occurred in the Middle East and North Africa in recent weeks that underline how the overall political reconfiguration of the region is in full swing. The Shia axis continues its diplomatic relations and, following Rouhani's meeting in …
globalresearch.ca/moscows-strategy-in-the-middle-east-geopolitics-and-the-versatility-of-diplomacy/5674839

Unsealed Affidavit Demonstrates US Seeking to Prosecute Assange for His Journalism
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
An affidavit unsealed by US prosecutors on Monday has underscored the unlawful character of the Trump administration's request that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to the US in the wake of his illegal expulsion from Ecuador's London embassy and …
globalresearch.ca/unsealed-affidavit-demonstrates-us-seeking-prosecute-assange-journalism/5674829

Revisiting "Collateral Murder". Released by Wikileaks in 2010
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
In watching the grotesque arrest of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuador Embassy, it occurred to me that this 'show' in broad daylight was a deliberate attempt to intimidate and convey a message of omnipotent power and control. | Instead, …
globalresearch.ca/revisiting-collateral-murder-released-by-wikileaks-in-2010/5674808

Death of Free Speech: Criticizing Israel Will Land You in Prison
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Soon, this blog will be illegal. | No, I'm not selling drugs or peddling child pornography. I write about America's wars and the primary objective of those illegal and immoral wars–to make Israel the hegemon of the Middle East along with …
globalresearch.ca/death-free-speech-criticizing-israel-prison/5674790

Burning Gothic: Reflections on Notre-Dame de Paris
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
"But no matter the destruction, the spirit of what it means to be a cathedral can and does survive such catastrophes." — Becky Clark, Church of England director of cathedrals and church buildings, April 17, 2019 | The destruction of …
globalresearch.ca/burning-gothic-notre-dame-de-paris/5674794

The Triumph of Evil
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Today (April 17) I heard a NPR "news" report that described the democratically elected president of Venezuela as "the Venezuelan dictator Maduro." By repeating over and over that a democratically elected president is a dictator, the presstitutes create that image …
globalresearch.ca/triump-evil/5674799

Venezuela — Still on the Brink?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
The silence is almost deafening. Is it the quiet before the storm? — Or is the US giving up on Venezuela? I don't think so. It's more like a regrouping after a first defeat, well, it's a multiple defeat, if …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-still-on-the-brink/5674826

Empire Versus Democracy and Freedom
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
The public interest, and democratic political economies, both domestic and internationally, are poison to Empire. But this must be hidden from view, hence war propaganda/fake news is protected by legislation, while Constitutionally-protected, evidence-based real journalism, a dying phenomenon, continues to …
globalresearch.ca/empire-versus-democracy-and-freedom/5674851

Video: Israel's Magic Lamp: Iron Dome Missile Defense
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Since its inception, Israel has faced difficult political and military challenges. It defines the operational space in which IDF exists, the nature of development of its armed forces, and of individual weapons systems it uses. | The key objective and permanent …
globalresearch.ca/israels-magic-lamp-iron-dome-missile-defense/5674792

U.S. Continues Supplying Military Aid to Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria against Turkey, a US Ally and NATO Member State
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
The mass media has been widely covering the details of the disastrous humanitarian situation in Rukban refugee camp over recent months. By the way, the crisis in other sites deserves more considerable attention. Al-Hol refugee camp located in Al-Hasakah province …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-continues-supplying-military-aid-to-kurdish-forces-in-northern-syria-against-turkey-a-us-ally-and-nato-member-state/5674812

Pro-Apartheid Israel Australian Labor Party Scraps Outstanding Anti-Israel Apartheid Candidate, Melissa Parke
Gideon Polya | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Decent Australians want the Labor Party to win in the forthcoming Australian elections for the sake of the young, poor, disabled, sick, elderly, unemployed, Indigenous and the environment. However the right wing-dominated Labor Opposition is merely better than the appalling …
globalresearch.ca/pro-apartheid-israel-australian-labor-party-anti-apartheid-candidate-melissa-parke/5674801

Making US Schools Less Great Again
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-18
Three weeks ago, I sat in a cramped conference room in the large public high school where I teach in Beaverton, Oregon. I was listening to the principal deliver a scripted PowerPoint presentation on the $35 million budget deficit our district faces in the upcoming school year. | Teachers and staff members slumped in chairs. A thick funk of disappointment, resignation, hopelessness, and simmering anger clung to us. After all, we've been here before. We know the drill: expect layoffs, ballooning class sizes, diminished instructional time, and not enough resources. Accept that the teacher-student relationship [md…
truthout.org/articles/making-us-schools-less-great-again/

Teaching in Florida: "Almost all of us work multiple jobs"
Shelby Shoup | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-18
Florida schools are among some of the most underfunded in the United States, ranked 42nd nationally in education spending per-student, which hovers at a dismal $8,800; in comparison, per-inmate spending in the Florida Department of Corrections is about $19,000.
liberationnews.org/teaching-in-florida-almost-all-of-us-work-multiple-jobs/

Dialing 911 Can Get You Evicted
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-04-18
The eviction of Beverley Somai for calling the police is part of a disturbing trend | Last year, Beverley Somai learned a brutal truth that too many people across the country face: Calling the police can get you evicted. | In 2017, Ms. Somai and her adult disabled son moved to Bedford, Ohio, to seek housing stability and better educational and employment opportunities. However, a few months after settling in, Ms. Somai discovered that her neighbor played loud music at all hours of the night, making it impossible for her and her son to rest. Even worse, the neighbor began to intimidate Ms. Somai and her son by fol…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/violence-against-women/dialing-911-can-get-you-evicted

Stop Defunding Our Public Schools
Belle Chesler | thenation.com | 2019-04-18
Stop Defunding Our Public Schools…
thenation.com/article/oregon-education-defunding-public-schools/

Defunding Children, A National Crisis of the Soul
Belle Chesler | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
Teachers rallied at Manzanita Community School in Oakland on Thursday as about 3,000 educators went on strike to demand fair pay and more investment in public schools. (Photo: @CTAJulian/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/18/defunding-children-national-crisis-soul?cd-origin=rss

Frankfurt students protest presence of far-right Alternative for Germany on university campus
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-18
Defying protests by students, politicians from all of the establishment political parties, including the Left Party, shared a platform with Jà∂rg Meuthen from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) at Frankfurt's University for Applied Sciences.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/18/fran…

SF Greeting For Billionaire Union Busting Charter King Reed Hastings
Defend Public Education NOW! | indybay.org | 2019-04-18
San Francisco Design Center: 101 Henry Adams St | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/17/18822789.php

The Strategy of Controlled Chaos
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Everyone against everyone else — this is the media image of chaos which is spreading across the Southern shores of the Mediterranean, from Libya to Syria. It is a situation before which even Washington seems powerless. But in reality, Washington …
globalresearch.ca/strategy-controlled-chaos/5674806

The Israeli "Deal of the Century" Won't Go Through: Extremism Dominates the Knesset, Splits within the Palestinian Leadership
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
For over a year now, the Israeli "Deal of the Century" for Palestine has been endorsed by the US establishment and is now echoing to the four corners of the world. The two novices in foreign policy, US President Donald …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-wont-go-through-split-palestinians-supports-israel/5674734

Em Florenàßa, celebraàßà£o em oposiàßà£o ao 70 ∞ aniversário da NATO
Comita No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
O 70 ∫ aniversário da NATO foi celebrado por 29 Ministros dos Negócios Estrangeiros, que se reuniram, nà£o no quartel general da NATO, em Bruxelas, mas no do Departamento de Estado em Washington. O 'mestre de cerimónias' foi o Secretário Geral …
globalresearch.ca/em-florenca-celebracao-em-oposicao-ao-70-aniversario-da-nato/5674783

The Florence Declaration: An International Front Calling for NATO-Exit (14 Languages)
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
The Florence Declaration (original in Italian) is now available in 14 languages including Chinese. It was drafted by the Italian Committee No War- No NATO and the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal. | More than 600 participants from all …
globalresearch.ca/the-florence-declaration-towards-an-international-front-calling-for-nato-exit-14-languages/5674741

The Race Towards Extinction: Climate Change versus the 5G Microwave Technology Roll Out
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
By now, most of us should have come to realize that plant, animal and human life is not eternal on this planet. For several decades atmospheric scientists have been warning that the orgy of anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases, if …
globalresearch.ca/extinction-climate-change-versus-5g-roll-out/5674688

Bamiyan, Babylon, Palmyra, Notre-Dame
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
The Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed by an intolerant sect pretending to follow Islam. Buddhism all across Asia grieved. The West hardly paid attention. | The remaining ruins of Babylon, and the attached museum, were occupied, plundered and vandalized by a US …
globalresearch.ca/bamiyan-babylon-palmyra-notre-dame/5674738

Overturning Roe v. Wade: Ohio "heartbeat" bill brings right-wing goal closer
Michelle Zacarias | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-17
Last week, the Ohio General Assembly passed Senate Bill 23–the six-week abortion ban that Republican legislators are calling the "heartbeat" bill. Ohio is one of 16 states to pursue such a bill, part of a growing trend to limit women's access to reproductive health options. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research and …
peoplesworld.org/article/overturning-roe-v-wade-ohio-heartbeat-bill-brings-right-wing-goal-closer/

Why Isn't Oil-Rich Russia Helping Its Syrian "Ally" Survive the Fuel Crisis?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
It's seemingly inexplicable to many that one of the world's top oil exporters won't help its "ally" survive the ever-worsening fuel crisis, but upon closer consideration and after much-needed critical thinking, it becomes clear that Russia intends to politicize this …
globalresearch.ca/why-isnt-oil-rich-russia-helping-syrian-ally-survive-fuel-crisis/5674753

Julian Assange and the Agenda for Global War
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
Introduction | For almost a decade Washington has sought to silence, jail and eliminate the world's most prominent investigative journalist, Julian Assange (JA) and his team of co-workers at WikiLeaks (WL). | Never has the mass media been so thoroughly discredited by …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-agenda-global-war/5674743

Farcical Ukraine Runoff Presidential Election
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
Ahead of the April 21 runoff, the winner is clear — imperial USA, controlling Ukraine as a vassal state no matter who's "elected" president on Sunday. | According to a KIIS research poll published Tuesday, comedian/entertainer Vladimir Zelensky is favored over …
globalresearch.ca/farcical-ukraine-runoff-presidential-election/5674749

Venezuela: A Cocaine Super-Highway to the US?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro is in the forefront of combatting illicit drugs. More on this below. | The US is the world's leading facilitator of the illicit trade — working with drug cartels, notably through the CIA. Major US banks …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-cocaine-super-highway-us/5674757

Dublin university students vote to back boycott of Israel
Bryan Wall | thecanary.co | 2019-04-17
Students at Dublin City University (DCU) in Ireland have voted in favour of boycotting Israel. They voted by 1,400 votes to 300 to align … | Read more Dublin university students vote to back boycott of Israel | By Bryan Wall…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/04/17/dublin-university-students-vote-to-back-boycott-of-israel/

An announcement from Corbyn brings a standing ovation from a hall full of teachers
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-04-17
An announcement from Jeremy Corbyn brought about a standing ovation from a hall full of teachers on 16 April. At the annual conference of … | Read more An announcement from Corbyn brings a standing ovation from a hall full of teachers | By James Wright…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/04/17/an-announcement-from-corbyn-brings-a-standing-ovation-from-a-hall-full-of-teachers/

Selected Articles: Preventing the Sale of Venezuelan Oil to Cuba
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/preventing-the-sale-of-venezuelan-oil-to-cuba/5674761

Polish government vows to fight wage rises as teachers' strike enters second week
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-17
Both the Polish government and the ZNP union are trying to isolate the national teachers' strike and keep it from sparking a broader movement of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/17/pola…

A estratégia do caos encaminhado
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
Tudo contra todos: é a imagem mediática do caos que se alarga à mancha de petróleo na costa sul do Mediterrâneo, da Líbia à Síria. Uma situaàßà£o perante a qual até Washington parece impotente. Na realidade, Washington nà£o é um …
globalresearch.ca/a-estrategia-do-caos-encaminhado/5674781

Nicaragua crisis: One year in, more than 60,000 have fled, seeking refuge
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-16
Doctors, journalists, students and farmers are among more than 60,000 Nicaraguans who have fled the country in fear of their lives since anti-Government demonstrations began last April, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1036711

The struggle for a just society is long, requiring action on many fronts
Farooque Chowdhury | mronline.org | 2019-04-16
'The struggle for a socially just and ecologically sound society requires activity on many fronts. This includes the crucial work of organizing and activist engagement, as well as education about the economic, political, and ecological complexities that exist and why so many of the problems facing humanity are either caused or made worse by capitalism.' | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/16/the-struggle-for-a-just-society-is-long-requiring-action-on-many-fronts/

A Marriage of Conscience: Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
"About suffering they were never wrong," wrote W. H. Auden in the poem "Musée Des Beaux Arts." These lines occurred to me last week when all eyes were focused on the brutal British seizure of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. No one should have been surprised by this despicable spectacle carried out …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/a-marriage-of-conscience-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/

Chaos, Anarchy, and Violence in the Charter School Sector
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
Chaos, anarchy, and violence are inherent features of the free market.1 Instability, uncertainty, disequilibrium, unevenness, imbalance, volatility, turmoil, impulsiveness, alienation, greed, anxiety, jealousy, risk, irrational behavior, and "animal spirits" are fellow-travelers of advanced commodity production and exchange, especially in the final and highest stage of capitalism. The free market abhors security, predictability, certainty, stability, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/chaos-anarchy-and-violence-in-the-charter-school-sector/

Madison, WI TAA organizes mass occupation of Bascom Hall
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-13
Madison, WI – On April 5, graduate workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison occupied Bascom Hall for three hours, organized by the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA). The primary demands were that segregated fees be waived for graduate workers, that the international student fee also be waived, and that the university respect the collective bargaining process. Over 400 graduate workers and supporters, including undergraduates, the faculty and staff union, and community members, turned out in the TAA's largest action in roughly a decade. | For graduate workers, for whom a typical yearly income from the Un…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/4/13/madison-…

Chicago Teachers Union members vote to strike four operators at five charter schools
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-12
Chicago, IL – Five charter schools could face strikes in coming weeks, as educators battle for living wages, adequate student supports, pension rights and protections for immigrant and diverse learners. | After two historic strikes against charter operators, including the first in the nation's history last December, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members who work at five charter schools announced strike vote results April 9, at Instituto del Progreso Latino, one of the charter operators with which union members are bargaining. The five schools employ 134 CTU members who educate almost 1800 students. | 94% of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/4/12/chicago-…

Betsy DeVos Uses a Racist Research Study to Defend Rescinding Obama-Era Discipline Guidance
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-04-11
The researchers argued that disparities in disciplining of black and white students are due to "prior problem behavior."
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/betsy-devos-uses-racist-research-study-miller-190411/

The troglodyte politics that is eating the future
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-11
The farcical political posturing over electric cars by Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his minister for small and family business Senator Michaelia Cash says a lot about the state of Australian politics. | It's clear we have a government in the pocket of fossil fuel companies and allied rip-off merchants who are hell-bent on sacrificing our future in pursuit of their narrow interests. | That is why the school students who have gone on strike for climate action ar…
greenleft.org.au/content/troglodyte-politics-eating-future

OAS Sacrifices Its Charter for Trump's Desperate Venezuelan Regime Change Bid
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-10
In a legally dubious attempt to legitimize Juan Guaido's shadow regime, the US pushed to install a neoliberal operative implicated…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/10/oas-guaido-trump-venezuela-tarre/

Ron DeSantis Has 'Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals' for Florida Education and That's Bad
Kathleen Oropeza | progressive.org | 2019-04-09
The new governor wants to arm teachers, undermine local school boards, and generally double down on decades of education reform efforts that have gutted the state's public schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/ron-desantis-big-hairy-audacious-goals-florida-education-oropeza-190409/

Stop Federal Funding of Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-04-08
Up to $1 billion of federal grant money went to charter schools that never opened or opened for only brief periods before being shut down.
progressive.org/op-eds/stop-federal-funding-of-charter-schools-bryant-190408/

White Supremacist Symbol Found Spray-Painted at the Site of Fire, Civil Rights Center Says
Michael Edison Hayden | splcenter.org | 2019-04-02
Someone painted a white supremacist symbol at the scene where fire ravaged a building tied to the civil rights movement, according to a statement from the Highlander Research and Education Center.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/04/02/white-supremacist-symbol-found-spray-painted-site-fire-civil-rights-center-says

Venezuela's Oil Production Plummets in February Due to New US Sanctions
Dan Beeton, CEPR | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-03-29
The Center for Economic Policy Research in Washington DC analyzes the "very harsh impact" of the latest sanctions imposed on Venezuela's oil sector.
venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14411

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2019-04-17: News Headlines

teleSUR (2019-04-17). AMLO: Past Govt Officials Use State Funds For Plastic Surgeries. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) highlighted the government's austerity plan and other topics, including education reform, during a press conference held at the National Palace in Mexico City. | RELATED: | Mexico to Protect Pemex with Stabilization Funds | The president also used the occasion to lambast previous government officials of using public funds to pay for plastic surgery. "They underwent plastic surgery procedures at the expense of the public treasury," AMLO sai…

teleSUR (2019-04-17). New Orleans Mayor Visits Cuba to Build Relations. telesurenglish.net New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell traveled to the Cuban capital of Havana on April 2 to meet with officials and to learn about their educational and health systems, ESSENCE magazine reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | US Official Confirms Anti-Cuba Law to Move Forward, Pushing Relations to 'Worst Levels' | According to ESSENCE, the New Orleans Mayor traveled to Cuba wit…

Nino Pagliccia (2019-04-17). Preventing the Sale of Venezuelan Oil to Cuba: Killing Two Birds with a Stone. globalresearch.ca Recent US sanctions have been directed at the heart of Venezuela's economy: the oil industry, an industry that has also been crippled by the continued sabotages on the electric power grid of the country. | But when you think that enough …

South Front (2019-04-17). Video: Haftar Forces Stalled South of Tripoli. GNA Fighters Shot Down LNA Warplane. globalresearch.ca By April 16, the Libyan National Army (LNA) advance on Tripoli has appeared to be dragged into a trench war on the approach to the southern gate of the city. Militias loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have …

NRDC (2019-04-17). Trump Administration Ignores Environmental Impacts of Mining 30 Million Tons of Coal Near Bryce Canyon National Park. globalresearch.ca A lawsuit against the Trump Administration's approval of Alton Coal's mine expansion near Bryce Canyon National Park was filed today by Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Grand Canyon Trust, Utah Physicians for …

Middle East Eye (2019-04-17). Trump Vetoes 'Dangerous' Resolution to End US Military Involvement in Yemen. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House has said. | "This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the …

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich (2019-04-17). A Cathedral and a Mosque Engulfed in Fire; One Ravages the Past, the Other Threatens the Future. globalresearch.ca The world reacted with shock to the fire that engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral. A symbol of Paris, this 13th Century architectural marvel is home to precious historical religious relics and artwork; made even more famous throughout the world …

John Stanton (2019-04-17). The Price of Participating in Society Is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self. globalresearch.ca In what is arguably one of the most craven opportunistic moves by a business/media group to increase its circulation/profitability, on 10 April the New York Times (NYT) embarked on what it describes as its Privacy Project. | A day later …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-17). Permissible Influences: Israel and the Australian Elections. globalresearch.ca So much hullabaloo; so much pent-up anger and, let's face it, so much opportunity for the political classes of Australia. The theme since 2016 is electoral interference; the object: whichever power so happens to afford an opportunity to gather support …

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-17). Julian Assange's Victory. globalresearch.ca Throughout history, dark and reactionary forces have always attempted to control the world; by violence, by deceit, by kidnapping and perverting the mainstream narrative, or by spreading fear among the masses. | Consistently, brave and honest individuals have been standing up, …

Edward Curtin (2019-04-17). Between Yes and No, Heaven and Earth with Albert Camus on a Spring Morning. globalresearch.ca "To give up beauty and the sensual happiness that comes with it and devote one's self exclusively to unhappiness requires a nobility I lack. However, after all, nothing is true that compels us to make it exclusive. Isolated beauty ends …

STAFF (2019-04-17). The Solution to Cities' Sweltering Summers. truthdig.com Tomorrow's sweltering cities could be tamed, thanks to their trees' shade. Leafy figs and magnolias, beeches and birches, planes and chestnuts in the sterile tarmac and cement world of the great modern city could deliver canopies that could bring temperatures down by more than 5 ∞C in the hottest of the heatwave summers. | And researchers now know this, not because they tested it with computer simulations, and not because they interpreted the radiation signal from satellite studies. They know it because one scientist fitted one…

Leslie J. Pollard Sr. (2019-04-17). Segregated Doctoring: Black Physicians in Augusta, Georgia, 1902—1952. globalresearch.ca African American physicians began arriving in post Reconstruction era Augusta, Georgia during the mid-1880s. Initially these black physicians were offered work at the city's only African American public hospital, but as racial prejudices hardened, they were barred from practicing at …

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-17). Annexation of West Bank May Provide Key to Unlocking Netanyahu's Legal Troubles. globalresearch.ca After winning the Israeli election with a slim majority, in a campaign that grew more sordid and vilifying by the day, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to begin his fifth term as Israeli prime minister. | The culmination of his dirty tricks …

WSWS (2019-04-17). Polish government vows to fight wage rises as teachers' strike enters second week. wsws.org Both the Polish government and the ZNP union are trying to isolate the national teachers' strike and keep it from sparking a broader movement of the working class.

plenglish (2019-04-17). Chilean Students Announce Protest Marches. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) Student organizations in Chile called for demonstrations throughout the country to call for solutions to many of the demands of the Youth Movement the Sebastian Piñera government has left unanswered.

United Nations (2019-04-16). Nicaragua crisis: One year in, more than 60,000 have fled, seeking refuge. un.org Doctors, journalists, students and farmers are among more than 60,000 Nicaraguans who have fled the country in fear of their lives since anti-Government demonstrations began last April, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Tuesday.

teleSUR (2019-04-16). AMLO Scraps Education Reforms from Previous Administration. telesurenglish.net A "so-called" reform for Mexico's education system introduced during the Peña Nieto administration is being shelved, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) said Tuesday. | RELATED: | Mexico to Protect Pemex with Stabilization Funds | The reform was "ineffective" and not in line with the needs of the teaching sector, the president said, adding that Congress…

Farooque Chowdhury (2019-04-16). The struggle for a just society is long, requiring action on many fronts. mronline.org 'The struggle for a socially just and ecologically sound society requires activity on many fronts. This includes the crucial work of organizing and activist engagement, as well as education about the economic, political, and ecological complexities that exist and why so many of the problems facing humanity are either caused or made worse by capitalism.' | Source

Shane Quinn (2019-04-16). US and NATO's Ongoing Support for Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Over the past few months, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg has continued outlining his organization's "recognition" for Ukraine "to become a member of NATO". Two weeks ago Stoltenberg pronounced publicly in Washington that "we work with Ukraine to help Ukraine move forward …

Christopher Black (2019-04-16). Libya and the Scramble for Africa. globalresearch.ca North Africa is in turmoil again and the cause of it can be found in the plots of the Europeans and Americans to break nations states into pieces in order to control the oil and gas producing areas of the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-16). Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis? globalresearch.ca Will the Trump regime order military action against Venezuela on the phony pretexts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect (R2P)? | Though highly unlikely, we've seen it many times before — "humanitarian" naked aggression, raping and destroying nations for their …

Peter Koenig (2019-04-16). Julian Assange Arrested — Murdering Human Rights, Freedom of Speech — Murdering Freedom. globalresearch.ca Indignation has no limits! Arresting Julian Assange is murdering the truth, murdering Human Rights — and eliminating freedom of speech, let alone freedom of the media. The latter has been a farce since a while, but what happened on 11 …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-16). Assange Used Ecuadorian Embassy for Spying? Lenin Moreno. globalresearch.ca Unacceptable actions need a veneer of plausibility to make them appear justifiable, no matter how outrageous they are in the cold light of day. | The US unjustifiably justifies naked aggression and other hostile actions on the phony pretexts of humanitarian …

Mike Whitney (2019-04-16). Brzezinski's Warning to America. The Liberal World Order is Falling Apart. America's Unavoidable Decline. globalresearch.ca The liberal world order, which lasted from the end of World War 2 until today, is rapidly collapsing. The center of gravity is shifting from west to east where China and India are experiencing explosive growth and where a revitalized …

Dr. Dennis M. Nilsen (2019-04-16). The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Qods Force. globalresearch.ca When the Islamic Revolution occurred in February 1979 with the return to Iran of the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a political earthquake in the Middle East very visibly began. Until this year, the Iranians had only experienced the rule …

Comité No Guerra no Nato (2019-04-16). 70 Anni della Nato: Di Guerra in Guerra. Dichiarazione di Firenze. globalresearch.ca Il rischio di una grande guerra che, con l'uso delle armi nucleari potrebbe segnare la fine dell'Umanità , è reale e sta aumentando, anche se non è percepito dall'opinione pubblica tenuta all'oscuro dell'incombente pericolo. | àà di vitale importanza il massimo impegno …

Deena Stryker (2019-04-16). From Tribe, to King, to 'Democracy' to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics. globalresearch.ca The dramatic arrest of Julian Assange, hauled bodily from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, will be touted as an example of 'rules-based' politics, and yet his 'crime' is to have revealed the underside of modern democracy. | The problem is no …

The Global Research Team (2019-04-16). No War No NATO: Support the Anti-War Movement. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | April 7th, 2019 marked the adoption of the Florence Declaration, drafted by Italy's Anti-war Committee and the Centre for Research on Globalization during the Florence No War No NATO Conference. | The declaration states that | The risk of …

Global Research News (2019-04-16). The Truth about Venezuela: Speaking events April 18-29. globalresearch.ca Mainstream media is spreading lies and half truths about the crisis in Venezuela. Canadians are not immune to this influence. Recently Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced more sanctions against the Maduro government on the grounds that he is …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-04-16). Researchers Tie Climate Crisis to Hurricane Maria's Record-Breaking Rainfall Over Puerto Rico. commondreams.org A new study about the record-breaking rain that Hurricane Maria dropped on Puerto Rico in 2017 offers more evidence that the climate crisis is making extreme weather events more common and destructive. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Manlio Dinucci (2019-04-16). La strategia del caos guidato. globalresearch.ca Tutti contro tutti: è l'immagine mediatica del caos che si allarga a macchia l'olio sulla sponda sud del Mediterraneo, dalla Libia alla Siria. Una situazione di fronte alla quale perfino Washington sembra impotente. In realtà Washington non è l'apprendista stregone …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-04-16). Plankton Research Equipment Inadvertently Reveals Skyrocketing Plastic Pollution Levels in World's Oceans. commondreams.org Equipment that has been towed across millions of miles of ocean over the past six decades by marine scientists was meant to collect plankton—but its journeys have given researchers a treasure trove of data on plastic pollution as well. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Prof Alfred McCoy (2019-04-16). Decriminalizing the Drug War? globalresearch.ca We live in a time of change, when people are questioning old assumptions and seeking new directions. In the ongoing debate over health care, social justice, and border security, there is, however, one overlooked issue that should be at the …

Sejal Singh, Andre Manuel (2019-04-15). Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration. thenation.com Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration…

Éric Toussaint (2019-04-15). The mountain of corporate debt will be the seed of the next financial crisis. mronline.org What have they done with the money? Have they invested in research and development, in production, in the ecological transition, in creating descent jobs, warding off climate change? Not at all! | Source

Edward Curtin (2019-04-14). A Marriage of Conscience: Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. dissidentvoice.org "About suffering they were never wrong," wrote W. H. Auden in the poem "Musée Des Beaux Arts." These lines occurred to me last week when all eyes were focused on the brutal British seizure of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. No one should have been surprised by this despicable spectacle carried out …

Kim Petersen (2019-04-14). What Now Should People of Conscience Do to Protect Julian Assange? dissidentvoice.org Several headlines have blared "Julian Assange Arrested." This is misleading because Assange has been under de facto arrest ever since the Swedish authorities sought his extradition regarding sex-related allegations. Assange always stated that he was amenable to going to Sweden with a guarantee of no-further extradition to the United States. Sweden refused to accede to …

Shawgi Tell (2019-04-14). Chaos, Anarchy, and Violence in the Charter School Sector. dissidentvoice.org Chaos, anarchy, and violence are inherent features of the free market.1 Instability, uncertainty, disequilibrium, unevenness, imbalance, volatility, turmoil, impulsiveness, alienation, greed, anxiety, jealousy, risk, irrational behavior, and "animal spirits" are fellow-travelers of advanced commodity production and exchange, especially in the final and highest stage of capitalism. The free market abhors security, predictability, certainty, stability, and …

RT (2019-04-14). US' only black, all-male college to start taking transgender students who identify as men. rt.com America's only historically black, all-male college has announced a major admissions policy shift, taking in transgender men from 2020. However, Morehouse College in Atlanta says it will not allow transitioning females to attend.

Fight Back (2019-04-13). Madison, WI TAA organizes mass occupation of Bascom Hall. fightbacknews.org Madison, WI – On April 5, graduate workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison occupied Bascom Hall for three hours, organized by the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA). The primary demands were that segregated fees be waived for graduate workers, that the international student fee also be waived, and that the university respect the collective bargaining process. Over 400 graduate workers and supporters, including undergraduates, the faculty and staff union, and community members, turned out in the TAA's largest action in roughly a decade. | For graduate workers, for whom a typical yearly income from the Un…

Fight Back (2019-04-12). Chicago Teachers Union members vote to strike four operators at five charter schools. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Five charter schools could face strikes in coming weeks, as educators battle for living wages, adequate student supports, pension rights and protections for immigrant and diverse learners. | After two historic strikes against charter operators, including the first in the nation's history last December, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members who work at five charter schools announced strike vote results April 9, at Instituto del Progreso Latino, one of the charter operators with which union members are bargaining. The five schools employ 134 CTU members who educate almost 1800 students. | 94% of…

David Dayen (2019-04-12). Betsy DeVos Quietly Making It Easier for Dying For-Profit Schools to Rip Off a Few More Students on the Way Out. theintercept.com The Obama administration initially dithered while for-profit colleges preyed on students, but eventually it cracked down on the sector. Not Betsy DeVos.

Rann Miller (2019-04-11). Betsy DeVos Uses a Racist Research Study to Defend Rescinding Obama-Era Discipline Guidance. progressive.org The researchers argued that disparities in disciplining of black and white students are due to "prior problem behavior."

pip.hinman (2019-04-11). The troglodyte politics that is eating the future. greenleft.org.au The farcical political posturing over electric cars by Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his minister for small and family business Senator Michaelia Cash says a lot about the state of Australian politics. | It's clear we have a government in the pocket of fossil fuel companies and allied rip-off merchants who are hell-bent on sacrificing our future in pursuit of their narrow interests. | That is why the school students who have gone on strike for climate action ar…

Democracy Now! (2019-04-10). Academic Freedom at Risk After Decades of Right-Wing Attacks and Cuts to Education. democracynow.org As higher education faces an increasingly dire crisis of underfunding, we look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom. Academic and author Henry Reichman takes on this threat in a new book, out this week, titled "The Future of Academic Freedom." In it, he writes, "Academic capitalism—or, as many term it, 'corporatization'—has greatly impacted academic work and the ability of the faculty to unite in defense of professional norms, including academic freedom." Academic capitalism is just one of a number of topics Reichman tackles in the book, which starts by ask…

Anya Parampil (2019-04-10). OAS Sacrifices Its Charter for Trump's Desperate Venezuelan Regime Change Bid. thegrayzone.com In a legally dubious attempt to legitimize Juan Guaido's shadow regime, the US pushed to install a neoliberal operative implicated…

Kathleen Oropeza (2019-04-09). Ron DeSantis Has 'Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals' for Florida Education and That's Bad. progressive.org The new governor wants to arm teachers, undermine local school boards, and generally double down on decades of education reform efforts that have gutted the state's public schools.

Jeff Bryant (2019-04-08). Stop Federal Funding of Charter Schools. progressive.org Up to $1 billion of federal grant money went to charter schools that never opened or opened for only brief periods before being shut down.

Michael Edison Hayden (2019-04-02). White Supremacist Symbol Found Spray-Painted at the Site of Fire, Civil Rights Center Says. splcenter.org Someone painted a white supremacist symbol at the scene where fire ravaged a building tied to the civil rights movement, according to a statement from the Highlander Research and Education Center.

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