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Betsy DeVos Uses a Racist Research Study to Defend Rescinding Obama-Era Discipline Guidance
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-04-11
To defend her decision to rescind a piece of civil rights legislation, DeVos has cited an academic known for research with an anti-black bias.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/betsy-devos-uses-racist-research-study-miller-190411/

What's Wrong With The United States?
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-11
In his 1995 book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle in The Dark, Carl Sagan wrote: I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/11/whats-wrong-with-the-united-states-2/

Silicon Valley and "communication weapons of war"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-04-11
What a Western Electric advert from 1944 can teach us about Google and Facebook. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/11/silicon-valley-and-communication-weapons-of-war/

Average Rent for a Two-Bedroom in San Francisco Is $4,500
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-04-11
This video is episode 1 of the series " Priced Out," created by [people. power. media]. | Meet Curtis, a high school teacher, and Riley, a pregnant tech gig worker, in their micro-unit in San Francisco. They've just received a rent increase and need to figure out how to keep their growing family in the city.
truthout.org/video/average-rent-for-a-two-bedroom-in-san-francisco-is-4500/

Students, Residents Protest Johns Hopkins ICE Contracts and Private Police
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-11
As student occupation continues, professors join in calls for the university to abandon plan for armed police…
therealnews.com/stories/students-residents-protest-johns-hopkins-ice-contracts-and-private-police

The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion. It's Time for New Priorities
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-04-11
U.S. taxpayers are no strangers to getting saddled with monstrously expensive weapons programs at the expense of basic needs like food, shelter and education. The Pentagon paid $44 billion for 21 very fragile B-2 stealth bombers, only one of which is still flying. The F-22 fighter, coming in at more than $350 million per plane, was built to combat Cold War adversaries who ceased to exist six years before the first jet rolled off the production line. The sticker price for Ronald Reagan's harebrained "
truthout.org/articles/the-f-35-fighter-jet-will-cost-1-5-trillion-its-time-for-new-priorities/

Iran Is Preparing to Link Tehran to the Mediterranean via a New Highway
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
The Islamic Republic of Iran is looking for new ways to link their capital, Tehran, with Syria ¥s Damascus and Iraq ¥s Baghdad. | One of the proposed actions they are taking to make this a reality is the construction of new highways …
globalresearch.ca/iran-preparing-link-tehran-mediterranean-new-highway/5674104

Video: War on Russia? Growing Military Deployment of US-NATO in the Black Sea
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
NATO is preparing a package of measures to counter Russia in the Black Sea region. This package includes the deployment of NATO warships to the Black Sea to guarantee 'passage' of Ukrainian ships via the Kerch Strait, U.S. ambassador to …
globalresearch.ca/whats-behind-growing-activity-us-nato-black-sea/5674094

Environmental Snags in Australia: The Approval Process for Adani, India's Mining Giant
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
Much hot air is coming out from the public relations unit of Adani, and the language used is that of a hostage taker seeking to earn a rich and ill-deserved ransom. With the date for the Australian federal election looming, …
globalresearch.ca/approval-process-adani/5674099

The ReCommonsEurope Manifesto: A Left-wing Initiative in Europe
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
While the campaign for the European elections on 26 May 2019 draws very little interest, the initiative launched by ReCommonsEurope with its ' Manifesto for a new popular internationalism in Europe' is on to a promising start. The text …
globalresearch.ca/recommonseurope-manifesto-left-wing-initiative-europe/5674120

NATO: No Need, NEXIT
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-11
"EXIT NATO!" was the glaring title on a huge screen greeting the several hundred participants of the Anti-NATO Conference in Florence, Italy, on 7 April 2019. Officially it was called The International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, sponsored by Global Research of Canada and the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW). I …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/nato-no-need-nexit/

Police State Britain: UK Police Forcibly Arrest Julian Assange
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
What's going on is a developing story. Events are fast moving. Here's what's known so far. | Days earlier, WikiLeaks accused Ecuadorian embassy personnel in London of "extensive spying" on Assange, according to its editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, saying: | It's been …
globalresearch.ca/police-state-britain-uk-police-forcibly-arrest-julian-assange/5674163

Access to Medical Care, a Human Right, Must Also be Guaranteed to Julian Assange
Sean Love | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
This article which is of particular relevance to the arrest of Julian Assange was originally written in June 2018. | This week marks six years since Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorean embassy in London and nearly three years since the UN …
globalresearch.ca/access-medical-care-human-right-must-also-guaranteed-julian-assange/5674137

British Bombs Are Being Dropped from Saudi Jets onto Yemeni Schools, Mosques and Hospitals, Court Hears
Phil Miller | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
A Yemeni city the size of Cambridge had just hours to evacuate before it was pummelled by Saudi war planes, the Court of Appeal in London heard today. | A panel of judges is reviewing a decision made by Sajid Javid…
globalresearch.ca/british-bombs-dropped-saudi-jets-yemeni-schools-mosques-hospitals/5674158

Who Is Killing Whom in the Middle East? Blaming Iran Might be an Excuse for War
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
Newsweek is reporting a story regarding how Iran "was responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011." The account is sourced to a newly revised estimate prepared by analysts at the Pentagon …
globalresearch.ca/killing-middle-east-blaming-iran-excuse-war/5674140

Egypt Withdraws from Trump's 'Arab NATO' Group
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
Egypt has reportedly withdrawn from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Arab NATO" initiative following President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Washington. | According to the Reuters News Agency, Egypt has made the decision to withdraw fro the U.S.-led "Middle East Security …
globalresearch.ca/egypt-withdraws-trumps-arab-nato-group/5674148

Like America with "Russiagate", India Is Now Obsessed with "Pakistangate"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
The Indo-American Strategic Partnership has rapidly progressed to such a point that the South Asian state is now copying some of the same conspiracy theories as its new patron, though instead of India being obsessed with suspected Russian interference in …
globalresearch.ca/america-russiagate-india-pakistangate/5674131

The Problem with Wikipedia and the Digital Revolution
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
Yesterday (April 10, 2019) a reader alerted me to the fact that I am being smeared on Wikipedia as a "vocal supporter of the current Russian government and its policies." The reader also reports that an article in the Daily …
globalresearch.ca/problem-wikipedia-digital-revolution/5674172

Brain scans may reveal concussion damage in living athletes
Marilynn Marchione | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-11
(AP) — Researchers may be closing in on a way to check athletes while they're alive for signs of a degenerative brain disease that's been linked to frequent head blows. Experimental scans found higher levels of an abnormal protein tied to the disease in a study of former National Football League players who were having …
peoplesworld.org/article/brain-scans-may-reveal-concussion-damage-in-living-athletes/

Poisoning Wildlife — A Growing Threat in Europe
European Wilderness Society | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
There are three main anthropogenic factors that pose a serious threat to European wildlife. These are causing the death of individuals by illegal poisoning, poaching, trapping or trading, reduced reproductive success due to habitat disturbance and habitat loss due to …
globalresearch.ca/poisoning-wildlife-growing-threat-europe/5674154

The Consequences of the Sudanese Coup
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
What just happened in Sudan was likely a military coup despite the "official" explanation being that President Bashir simply stepped down, and while this might appear on the surface to be a huge development, its immediate consequences will probably be …
globalresearch.ca/consequences-sudanese-coup/5674143

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Appears in London Court
RTE | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
Julian Assange faces extradition to the US after he was arrested and forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London almost seven years after he sought refuge there. | Mr Assange was brought before Westminster Magistrates' Court this afternoon. | He made …
globalresearch.ca/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-appears-london-court/5674134

Canada's CIJA Selective About Which Hate Crimes It Condemns
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs' response to the horrific attack on two mosques in New Zealand highlights tensions between promoting the most aggressive ongoing European settler colonialism and Jewish Canadian concern over hate crimes. | Forty-eight hours after the …
globalresearch.ca/cija-selective-hate-crimes/5674151

"Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: | …
globalresearch.ca/voices-from-syria-and-the-dirty-war-on-syria-mark-taliano-and-tim-anderson-analyze-the-war-on-syria/5620373

EU Parliamentary Elections 2019. Aspiring Politicians, Fear of Nationalist Movements
Andreas C Chrysafis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
The next Elections for the European Parliament scheduled on 23-26 May 2019 have already started with fervor! A total of 751 seats (MEPs) are currently up for grabs by those fortunate enough to secure a seat in one of the …
globalresearch.ca/eu-parliamentary-elections-2019-aspiring-politicians-fear-of-nationalist-movements/5674168

Video: Dichiarazione Di Firence Per Un Fronte Internazionale NATO Exit
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-dichiarazione-di-firence-per-un-fronte-internazionale-nato-exit/5674106

Largest Library in Bolivia with 62,000 Books
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-11
La Paz, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) A total of 62,000 books on educational subjects and pedagogy were offered in a new library by the Ministry of Education of Bolivia, now considered the largest of its kind in the South American country.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Tackling the challenges of Cuba's new economic model
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-11
"Cubans want a socialist country, a developed country, and support for the Cuban Revolution remains strong," Leima Martinez Freire told a 50-strong public meeting on April 4. | Freire, the Asia-Pacific Director of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, was speaking at the NSW Teachers Federation at an event organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society. | She said Cuba has been busy discussing the draft and re-draft of the new Constitution and "tackling the challenges of our new economic model". | About 7 million people took part in the discussions over a new constitution and 659,000 amendments…
greenleft.org.au/content/tackling-challenges-cuba%E2%80%99s-new-economic-model

The Florence Declaration: The Creation of a "NATO-Exit" International Front
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-11
The risk of a vast war which, with the use of nuclear weapons, could mean the end of Humanity, is real and growing, even though it is not noticed by the general public, which is maintained in the ignorance of …
globalresearch.ca/declaration-florence-international-front-nato-exit/5674125

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 Michaela 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 are…
greenleft.org.au/content/troglodyte-politics-eating-future

One-day strike by Sacramento, California teachers
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-11
Ninety-two percent of Sacramento City Teachers Association members voted last month to authorize strike action in the state capital.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/11/scta…

The resurgence of the class struggle in Poland
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-11
Thirty years after General Wojciech Jaruzelski's Stalinist regime began to collapse, paving the way for capitalist restoration, Polish teachers are mounting a national strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/11/pers…

Academic Freedom at Risk After Decades of Right-Wing Attacks and Cuts to Education
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-10
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…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/10/academic_…

International Coalition Calls for the EU to End Its Role in the Assault on the Amazon
FERN | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-10
On Jair Bolsonaro's 100th day in office, an international coalition of NGOs — including a group representing more than 300 Brazilian indigenous groups — have called for the European Union (EU) to end its complicity in the assault …
globalresearch.ca/international-coalition-calls-eu-end-role-assault-amazon/5674037

Despite a $ 22 Trillion National Debt, America Is on a Military Spending Spree. 800 Overseas US Military Bases
Masud Wadan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-10
While the national debt of the United States was recorded at 22.03 trillion as of April 2019, Washington's going ahead with its hawkish policies worldwide with recent NATO summit pushing for further unity against China, Russia and Iran. NATO's annual …
globalresearch.ca/us-22-trillion-debt-us-military-spending-spree/5673944

Middle East Activism and Double Standards towards Russia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-10
Refusing to acknowledge Russia's "balancing" acts with "Israel" and Saudi Arabia is a disservice to the Palestinian and Yemeni causes because it ignores the important role that Moscow plays in propping up Tel Aviv and Riyadh, resulting in the artificial …
globalresearch.ca/mideast-activists-need-stop-double-standards-russia/5674038

Video: A New Battle for Tripoli: Haftar's Blitzkrieg Is Turning into a Prolonged Siege
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-10
During the last 3 days, intense clashes were ongoing between militias loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) south of the capital of Tripoli and in several coastal areas. Pro-GNA factions concentrated …
globalresearch.ca/new-battle-tripoli-haftars-blitzkrieg/5674050

"The Greece Israel Cyprus Axis" (GRISCY): The US Key to Containing Multipolarity in the Eastern Mediterranean?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-10
The US' strengthening of its energy and security partnerships with the emerging strategic axis of Greece, "Israel", and Cyprus (GRISCY) through the proposed "Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act" will contribute to containing multipolarity in the region by working …
globalresearch.ca/griscy-us-key-containing-multipolarity-eastern-mediterranean/5674045

Dead Heat in Farcical Israeli Elections
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-10
With over 97% of votes counted, Netanyahu and leading challenger Benny Gantz each won 35 of the Knesset's 120 seats, according to the unofficial tally. | Apartheid right wing parties won a super-majority on Tuesday, results similar to recent past elections….
globalresearch.ca/israeli-elections/5674042

US Provides Three out of Five Weapons Saudi Arabia Used in Yemen (Pt 2/2)
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-10
Shadow Wars author Andrew Feinstein discusses new research showing that the US sold 70 billion dollars worth of arms to the Saudi Coalition for its war in Yemen, currently the world's worst humanitarian crisis…
therealnews.com/stories/us-provides-three-out-of-five-weapons-saudi-arabia-used-in-yemen-pt-2-2

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/

Venezuela Walks from OAS as Body Violates Charter in Support of US-Backed Coup
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-10
"You have converted the OAS into an empty shell that has violated its own principles and you're now proving that our decision to resign was the correct one. We are leaving the OAS and we will never come back. — Venezuela representative Asbina Marin…
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-walks-oas-body-violates-charter-support-us-backed-coup/257234/

Polish teachers strike confronts social disaster wrought by capitalist restoration
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-10
Hundreds of thousands of educators are continuing their strike against Poland's extreme right-wing government and its policies of austerity and social reaction.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/10/pola…

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/

In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation
Jordan Harb, Emma Rowland | thenation.com | 2019-04-09
In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation…
thenation.com/article/in-arizona-high-school-students-are-making-mental-health-the-focus-of-anti-gun-violence-legislation/

Charter Schools Just Bad Policy?
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-09
It is no secret that charter schools coast to coast are rife with fraud, waste, corruption, and racketeering. This is closely related to the fact that charter schools annually siphon billions of public dollars from public schools that serve 90% of the nation's youth, thereby undermining the ability of public schools to educate millions of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/charter-schools-just-bad-policy/

A big win for public education in LA, KIPP mega-charter school defeated
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-08
Los Angeles, CA – Centro CSO (Community Service Organization) along with teachers, parents and students from several East Area schools announced a historic victory, April 4. After months of struggle, corporate KIPP Promesa Charter school will not be building a new mega-charter school in Boyle Heights, at the location of the former Lincoln Hospital near 4th and Soto Street. | Rosario Bonilla, a mother who lives next to proposed site said, "I'm excited we obtained the victory against KIPP that I know would have affected the lives of my children and my community. Also, I feel proud to say that billionaires can'..
fightbacknews.org/2019/4/8/big-win-public-education-la-kipp-mega-charter-school-defeated

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/

Tampa Bay students rally against Trump's wall and demand protections for undocumented students
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-05
Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally April 3 to stand against the U.S.-Mexico border wall and demand protections for immigrant students at the University of South Florida (USF). One of these protections is non-deputization of campus police to enforce immigration policy. The event featured a mock border wall, symbolizing the recent attacks on immigrants by the U.S. government. | "USF needs to stand by its undocumented and immigrant students to make its claims of diversity true. USF has to become noncompliant with federal agencies like the Department of Homeland…
fightbacknews.org/2019/4/5/tampa-bay-students-rally-against-trump-s-wall-and-demand-protections-undocumented-students

Anti-Union University Administrations Fight Surge In Graduate Student Worker Organizing
Michael Sainato | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-04
Since the National Labor Relations Board ruled in August 2016 that graduate student workers at private universities have the right to unionize, graduate student unions in the United States have surged. Yet, currently, nearly all of these unions face resistance and union-busting efforts from their university administrations. | At Boston College, graduate student workers voted to unionize in September 2017. The univers…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/04/anti-union-university-administrations-fight-surge-in-graduate-student-worker-organizing/

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2019-04-10: News Headlines

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…

STAFF (2019-04-10). Academic Freedom at Risk After Decades of Attacks and Underfunding. truthout.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 b…

teleSUR (2019-04-10). Bolsonaro Swears in Conspiracy Theorist as Education Minister. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he wanted young people to "not start getting interested in politics in school" and instead learn "things that they can carry with them into the future." | RELATED: | Brazil: Bolsonaro Invites US to Do Business in the Amazon | Speaking at the inauguration of new Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub, the president…

FERN (2019-04-10). International Coalition Calls for the EU to End Its Role in the Assault on the Amazon. globalresearch.ca On Jair Bolsonaro's 100th day in office, an international coalition of NGOs — including a group representing more than 300 Brazilian indigenous groups — have called for the European Union (EU) to end its complicity in the assault …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-10). Sudan's "Deep State" Divisions Could Spell the End of President Bashir's Rule. globalresearch.ca It's unclear at this confusing moment whether the reports about serious "deep state" divisions in Sudan are real or not, but even in the event that they're just an infowar component of the ever-escalating Hybrid War being waged on the …

South Front (2019-04-10). Video: US and Israel Prepare for Coordinated Campaign Against Iranian Forces in Syria. globalresearch.ca The situation in Syria is remaining relatively stable amid the continued limited ISIS attacks on the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the eastern bank of the Euphrates and ceasefire violations in the Idlib de-militarized zone. | Over the past few …

Shane Quinn (2019-04-10). Elite and Media Support for NATO, Increasing Threat of War with Russia. globalresearch.ca Eleven years ago at NATO's April 2008 summit in Bucharest, it was agreed the former Soviet states of Georgia and the Ukraine "will become members of NATO". Early that same month, America's increasingly unpopular president George W. Bush was also …

Masud Wadan (2019-04-10). Despite a $ 22 Trillion National Debt, America Is on a Military Spending Spree. 800 Overseas US Military Bases. globalresearch.ca While the national debt of the United States was recorded at 22.03 trillion as of April 2019, Washington's going ahead with its hawkish policies worldwide with recent NATO summit pushing for further unity against China, Russia and Iran. NATO's annual …

Jake Johnson (2019-04-10). 'Clear Breach of His Oath of Office': Trump Reportedly Told Border Patrol to Refuse to Let Migrants in the US. globalresearch.ca During a visit to Calexico, California last Friday, President Donald Trump reportedly told Border Patrol agents to defy U.S. law and refuse to allow migrants into the country. | "Behind the scenes," CNN reported Monday, citing two anonymous sources, "the president …

Eric Walberg (2019-04-10). Somalia, Afghanistan: A Tale of Two Failed States. globalresearch.ca Somalia achieved independence only in 1960, and major general Said Barre took power in a coup in 1969. By the 1970s, Somalia was prospering, free of British/ Italian 'protection', socialist, a model third world state from the Soviet point of …

Free Press (2019-04-10). Momentum Builds for the Save the Internet Act with More than 210 Supporters in the House. globalresearch.ca The list of House members supporting the Save the Internet Act (H.R. 1644) has surged past 200 with the legislation moving to a floor vote as early as Tuesday evening. | The bill, which would restore the strong Net Neutrality rules …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-10). Dead Heat in Farcical Israeli Elections. globalresearch.ca With over 97% of votes counted, Netanyahu and leading challenger Benny Gantz each won 35 of the Knesset's 120 seats, according to the unofficial tally. | Apartheid right wing parties won a super-majority on Tuesday, results similar to recent past elections….

Steven Sahiounie (2019-04-10). Western Spies Among the Jihadis in Idlib: Planning A New Drama? A Chemical Attack? globalresearch.ca There are spies among the Jihadis in Idlib. Movements, storages and plans are well known to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Russian allies. Recently, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that European intelligence agents were inside Idlib, and planning …

Global Research News (2019-04-10). Selected Articles: Increasing Threat of War with Russia. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Global Research is at a critical crossroads: At present we are not covering our monthly costs. The support of our readers is much …

Ann Garrison (2019-04-10). The Boston Trial: Another African Convicted in Another Racist, Chauvinist Western Court. globalresearch.ca Last week a jury in Boston Federal Court convicted Rwandan asylum seeker Jean Leonard Teganya of fraud and perjury for lying on his immigration papers about his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. In other words, yet another racist, chauvinist, …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-04-10). Battlefield Libya: Fruits of US-NATO Regime Change. globalresearch.ca Libya is back in the news, as fighting escalates around the capital, Tripoli. | Forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar — a former Libyan general under the government of Muammar Gaddafi — turned opposition during the 2011 US-led NATO intervention …

STAFF (2019-04-10). US Provides Three out of Five Weapons Saudi Arabia Used in Yemen (Pt 2/2). therealnews.com Shadow Wars author Andrew Feinstein discusses new research showing that the US sold 70 billion dollars worth of arms to the Saudi Coalition for its war in Yemen, currently the world's worst humanitarian crisis…

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-10). The Nation's Food: Hazardous US Chemical and Biological Products. globalresearch.ca Government officials serve their interests. In the US, it includes appointing corporate executives to run federal agencies. | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with departments of agriculture, commerce, energy, health and human services, environmental protection, housing and urban development, …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-10). "The Greece Israel Cyprus Axis" (GRISCY): The US Key to Containing Multipolarity in the Eastern Mediterranean? globalresearch.ca The US' strengthening of its energy and security partnerships with the emerging strategic axis of Greece, "Israel", and Cyprus (GRISCY) through the proposed "Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act" will contribute to containing multipolarity in the region by working …

Ricardo Vaz (2019-04-10). Venezuela: US Imposes Fresh Sanctions as Rival Marches Held. globalresearch.ca The US Treasury Department imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Venezuela's oil industry on Friday. | The measures identified 34 vessels owned by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA as "blocked property" in a bid to further tighten the screws on …

South Front (2019-04-10). Video: A New Battle for Tripoli: Haftar's Blitzkrieg Is Turning into a Prolonged Siege. globalresearch.ca During the last 3 days, intense clashes were ongoing between militias loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) south of the capital of Tripoli and in several coastal areas. Pro-GNA factions concentrated …

Eresh Omar Jamal (2019-04-10). The Fall of Baghdad 16 Years Ago. globalresearch.ca Three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, coalition forces led by the US army entered Baghdad and formally occupied it on April 9, 2003. The city's infrastructure was seriously damaged. The Al-Yarmouk Hospital in the south received about 100 new …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-10). Terrorist Designations: Trump and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. globalresearch.ca It's designed to give the US more leg room in the sanction stakes but may end up having its own hemming consequences. The designation by the Trump administration of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation was …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-10). Middle East Activism and Double Standards towards Russia. globalresearch.ca Refusing to acknowledge Russia's "balancing" acts with "Israel" and Saudi Arabia is a disservice to the Palestinian and Yemeni causes because it ignores the important role that Moscow plays in propping up Tel Aviv and Riyadh, resulting in the artificial …

Kevin Zeese (2019-04-10). Greens Say 'No to NATO' While War Parties Give Standing Ovations to NATO. globalresearch.ca Greens are political activists and can be found in every movement for economic, racial and environmental justice as well as peace. They do not organize as Greens but as people who are part of the popular movement. The article below …

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…

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-04-10). Venezuela Walks from OAS as Body Violates Charter in Support of US-Backed Coup. mintpressnews.com "You have converted the OAS into an empty shell that has violated its own principles and you're now proving that our decision to resign was the correct one. We are leaving the OAS and we will never come back. — Venezuela representative Asbina Marin…

plenglish (2019-04-10). President Maduro Ratifies Commitment to the Development of Science. plenglish.com Caracas, April 10 (Prensa Latina) On Wednesday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro confirmed his commitment to scientific development for the country"s economy on World Science and Technology Day.

WSWS (2019-04-10). Christoph Vandreier kicks off US speaking tour with well-attended meeting at UC Berkeley. wsws.org Christoph Vandreier spoke to an audience of 70 university students and workers, in the first of six meetings on "The Threat Of Fascism And How To Fight It"

WSWS (2019-04-10). Polish teachers strike confronts social disaster wrought by capitalist restoration. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of educators are continuing their strike against Poland's extreme right-wing government and its policies of austerity and social reaction.

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.

Adeyinka Makinde (2019-04-09). Anti-Russia Nuclear First Strike? Poland Would Need a "Demographic Precaution" Plan. globalresearch.ca In a recent interview in the Polish media, retired General Waldemar Skrzypczak spoke of the possibility of NATO launching a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the Russian Federation. His remarks not only serve to remind of the danger of a thermonuclear …

The Global Research Team (2019-04-09). Global Research Strives for Peace. globalresearch.ca Dear Global Research Readers, | This is a year of change. Alliances are shifting, loyalties changing, and inaccurate and misleading comments are ripe, everywhere we look. Questions need to be asked — and answered — of political demagogues, controlling institutions, and …

South Front (2019-04-09). Video: A New Battle for Tripoli: Preconditions and Prospects. globalresearch.ca Libya has been in a state of the constant chaos since the NATO intervention in 2011. After the fall of the government of Muammar Gaddafi, the country fell into the hands of warrying armed factions, many of which were linked …

Jordan Harb, Emma Rowland (2019-04-09). In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation. thenation.com In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation…

Monica Moorehead (2019-04-09). What's behind the election of socialists in Chicago. workers.org April 8 — Chicago is the third most populous U.S. city today, after New York and Los Angeles, and is viewed as the main financial hub of the Midwest. In 2016, Chicago, with its suburbs, was also considered the second most segregated city in the U.S., with whites constituting 32.6 . . . | Continue reading What's behind the election of socialists in Chicago at Workers.org

Shawgi Tell (2019-04-09). Charter Schools Just Bad Policy? dissidentvoice.org It is no secret that charter schools coast to coast are rife with fraud, waste, corruption, and racketeering. This is closely related to the fact that charter schools annually siphon billions of public dollars from public schools that serve 90% of the nation's youth, thereby undermining the ability of public schools to educate millions of …

WSWS (2019-04-09). Polish teachers launch nationwide strike. wsws.org Over 86 percent of the country's 400,000 teachers have joined the first nationwide strike of teachers in Poland in 25 years.

Jake Johnson (2019-04-09). 'Blatant Violation of the First Amendment': Public Citizen Sues Betsy DeVos for Censoring Its Website. theantimedia.com (CD) — Public Citizen sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday for allegedly blocking access to the consumer group's website on her department's guest Wi-Fi and internal networks. "This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment," Public Citizen president Robert Weissman wrote in an email to supporters. "Users attempting to access Public Citizen's website though the department's guest …

Fight Back (2019-04-08). A big win for public education in LA, KIPP mega-charter school defeated. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Centro CSO (Community Service Organization) along with teachers, parents and students from several East Area schools announced a historic victory, April 4. After months of struggle, corporate KIPP Promesa Charter school will not be building a new mega-charter school in Boyle Heights, at the location of the former Lincoln Hospital near 4th and Soto Street. | Rosario Bonilla, a mother who lives next to proposed site said, "I'm excited we obtained the victory against KIPP that I know would have affected the lives of my children and my community. Also, I feel proud to say that billionaires can'..

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.

Fight Back (2019-04-05). Tampa Bay students rally against Trump's wall and demand protections for undocumented students. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally April 3 to stand against the U.S.-Mexico border wall and demand protections for immigrant students at the University of South Florida (USF). One of these protections is non-deputization of campus police to enforce immigration policy. The event featured a mock border wall, symbolizing the recent attacks on immigrants by the U.S. government. | "USF needs to stand by its undocumented and immigrant students to make its claims of diversity true. USF has to become noncompliant with federal agencies like the Department of Homeland…

Michael Sainato (2019-04-04). Anti-Union University Administrations Fight Surge In Graduate Student Worker Organizing. shadowproof.com Since the National Labor Relations Board ruled in August 2016 that graduate student workers at private universities have the right to unionize, graduate student unions in the United States have surged. Yet, currently, nearly all of these unions face resistance and union-busting efforts from their university administrations. | At Boston College, graduate student workers voted to unionize in September 2017. The univers…

Beyond Prisons (2019-04-03). Beyond Prisons: Rachel Herzing On Political Education. shadowproof.com Rachel Herzing joins Beyond Prisons for a conversation on political education, transformation, and more. | Rachel is the co-director of Center for Political Education, a resource for political organizations on the left, progressive social movements, the working class and people of color. She has been an organizer, activist, and advocate fighting the violence of policing and imprisonment for over 20 years. | She is a co-founder of Critical Resistance, a national grassroots organization dedicated to abolishing the prison industrial complex. She was also the director of research and training at Creative Intervention…

Janine Jackson (2019-04-03). 'A Lot of That Science They Point to Is Science They Paid For' – CounterSpin interview with Carey Gillam on Monsanto lawsuit. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed Carey Gillam about Hardeman v. Monsanto for the March 29, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…

Jeff Bryant (2019-04-02). New Report Spurs Congress to Question Up to $1 Billion Wasted on Charter Schools. progressive.org Congress members confronted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over a proposed budget increase for a program funding charter schools that quickly closed, or never opened at all.

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.

Lidya Azad (2019-03-31). University of Kentucky hunger strike demands that students' basic needs are met. liberationnews.org The strike is part of the Basic Needs Campaign, which is demanding that the University of Kentucky 1) establish and fund a physical Basic Needs Center, 2) establish a Basic Needs Fund, and 3) create a full-time Basic Needs staff position.

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

PACBI (2019-03-20). Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians. bdsmovement.net Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians: UpdateThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) calls on all academics, academic societies and student organizations to intensify the academic boycott as a response to this fresh, brutal call for m…

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