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The Syrian American Council's Pressure Campaign to Censor One of Its Major Critics
Alexander Rubinstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The Syrian American Council and a collection of pro-war lobbyists have led an intimidation campaign aimed at bullying a major Washington-based bookstore, Politics and Prose, into canceling award-winning journalist and author Max Blumenthal's launch event for his new book …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-american-councils-pressure-campaign-censor-one-major-critics/5673878

Trump Sacks DHS Secretary Nielsen
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The USA Patriot Act was written months before 9/11, kept on the shelf, ready to be enacted into law following the mother of all false flags. | Numerous other police state laws, executive orders, presidential and homeland security directives, congressional authorization …
globalresearch.ca/trump-sacks-dhs-secretary-nielsen/5673865

Is this the Epicentre of Corbyn's Antisemitism Story?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The British-American Project for the Successor Generation, to give it its full title, was officially founded in 1985 — "to perpetuate the close relationship between the United States and Britain," and in the words of BAP's official history, through "transatlantic …
globalresearch.ca/epicentre-corbyns-antisemitism-story/5673905

On the Pavement with Wikileaks
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Entirely unexpectedly, I have been down in London this last three days outside and around the Ecuadorean Embassy, following WikiLeaks' announcement that their sources indicate Julian might be expelled within hours or days. Plainly Julian's position within the Embassy has …
globalresearch.ca/pavement-wikileaks/5673873

This Israeli Election Is Between the Right Wing and the Even More Right Wing
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Israel's election campaign, now in its last days, must be the first in which a sitting Israeli prime minister has sought to win over voters by boasting about how much he insulted a president of the United States. | One of …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-election-between-right-wing-more-right-wing/5673860

Trump's Neocons See Erdogan as Their Ticket to a Region-Wide Middle East War
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Turkish troops and armored units are massed along Turkey's southern border awaiting orders to invade northern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to clear a ten mile-deep swath of land east of the Euphrates River in order to remove …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-neocons-see-erdogan-ticket-region-wide-middle-east-war/5673848

Secret Document Reveals Plans for Civil War in Lebanon, Israeli False Flags, and Invasion
Randi Nord | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
During his visit with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Lebanese President Michael Aoun reportedly received a US-Israeli document detailing plans for creating a civil war in Lebanon with covert false flag operations and possible Israeli invasion. | Although the …
globalresearch.ca/secret-document-reveals-plans-civil-war-lebanon-israeli-false-flags-invasion/5673906

Let the People See: Emmett Till, and Why They Don't See
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
A new book about Emmett Till, Let the People See,[i] aims to explore "not just history but memory". Elliott J. Gorn says Emmett Till's story "keeps resurfacing in unexpected times and places … [and] like the dark Tallahatchie river, …
globalresearch.ca/let-people-see-emmett-till-why-they-dont-see/5673840

ISIS/Al Qaeda in the Middle East and Ukraine's "Neo-Nazis": Two Sides of the Imperial Coin
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Western-supported ISIS/al Qaeda and western-supported neo-Nazis are two sides to the same Imperial coin. | They are the product of the West's moral degradation, its disdain for international law, and its anti-Life core. A rotten apple by any measure. | Imperial strategies …
globalresearch.ca/isisal-qaeda-neo-nazis-two-sides-imperial-coin/5673819

The Burning of Highlander Center: a Fascist-like Attack
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-08
The deadly racist spree in Charlottesville in 2017 and the killing of 11 congregants at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg in 2018 were fire bells in the night. Another rang out in New Market, Tennessee on March 29 as the main building at the Highlander Research and Education Center burned to the ground,…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/08/the-burning-of-highlander-center-a-fascist-like-attack/

There's Something Rotten in Virginia: Israel Is a Malignant Force in Local Politics
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
One of the more interesting aspects of the relentless march of the Israel Lobby in the United States is the extent to which it has expanded its reach down into the state and even local level. Previously, the American Israel …
globalresearch.ca/virginia-israel-malignant-force-local-politics/5673823

Venezuela Under Siege
Hugo Turner | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
America's war on the world continues to escalate. The arrogance of mad emperor Trump and his minions seemingly knows no bounds. The cowardice and insanity of the "resistance" is revealed yet again in their support for Trump's plot to destroy …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-siege/5673846

Endless War and Chaos in Libya
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
US-led NATO aggression raped and destroyed Libya, transforming Africa's most developed nation into a cauldron of endless violence, chaos and human misery — what happens virtually wherever US forces show up. | In 2011, Libya was terror-bombed and attacked on the …
globalresearch.ca/endless-war-chaos-libya/5673861

Assange Faces Ongoing Threats at Ecuador's London Embassy
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Over the weekend, the Ecuadorian government issued a statement denying that it was going to "imminently" expel Julian Assange from its London embassy. This followed mounting opposition to its threats to terminate the WikiLeaks founder's political asylum, including from United …
globalresearch.ca/assange-faces-ongoing-threats-ecuadors-london-embassy/5673868

Easternization — Asia's Rise and America's Decline — From Obama to Trump and Beyond
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Rachman's …
globalresearch.ca/easternization-asias-rise-and-americas-decline-from-obama-to-trump-and-beyond-2/5673836

The World Watches as Netanyahu First Annexes Jerusalem, then the Golan, Now the Occupied Territories
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
In an orgy of illegal land expropriations that makes a mockery of the United Nations and treats Europe and the international community, as a bunch of fools. | What will it take to rid politics of this puffed-up, power-seeking politician? | Without …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-annexes-jerusalem-golan-occupied-territories/5673841

No to NATO: Time to End Aggressive Militarism
Margaret Flowers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
This week, the Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries met in Washington, DC. NATO was greeted with bi-partisan support from Congress and by protesters who held actions and events from Saturday, March 30 through their meeting …
globalresearch.ca/no-nato-end-aggressive-militarism/5673893

The Last Battle for Libya
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The prize is Tripoli, for anyone that can take it and secure it by this summer. That will, it's felt by many, stabilise Libya or, conversely, at worse, make Her descend into a greater quagmire resulting in a new phase …
globalresearch.ca/last-battle-libya/5673885

NATO — 70 Years Too Many
Kate Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
As we head for NATO's 70th birthday, it's time to assess the nuclear-armed military alliance that came into being to ensure western military superiority during the Cold War. Most strikingly, during its first 40 years of existence — namely …
globalresearch.ca/nato-70-years-too-many/5673817

Rwanda: 25 Years On, U.S. Taxpayers Paying Millions for Homeland Security's Sham 'Genocide Fugitive' Trials in Boston
Keith Harmon Snow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
On 6 April 1994, the Hutu presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, their top military staff and six French crew members were assassinated when surface-to-air missiles shot down the Rwandan presidential jet on approach to Kigali airport. It is now well …
globalresearch.ca/rwanda-25-years-on-u-s-taxpayers-paying-millions-for-homeland-securitys-sham-genocide-fugitive-trials-in-boston/5673791

Libya: There's a Reason Why the West Is Portraying Haftar as a "Russian-Backed" Bogeyman
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The Mainstream Media's deliberate misportrayal of Libyan National Army General Haftar as "Russian-backed" is meant to turn him into a bogeyman for the purpose of discrediting his military gains after he turned on his American patron. | Haftar "Goes Rogue" | Much …
globalresearch.ca/reason-why-west-portraying-haftar-russian-backed-bogeyman/5673897

Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists Would Paint a Big Red Target on US Troops in Iraq
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The Trump administration is considering designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization. This is an old Joe Lieberman idea from 2007, and it is a very bad idea. It keeps being done rhetorically (2007, 2017), and then …
globalresearch.ca/designating-iranian-rev-guards-terrorists-paint-big-red-target-us-troops-iraq/5673870

The US' Plans to Designate the Iran Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as "Terrorists" Aren't Just for Show
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The US plans to use this possibly impending designation as the basis upon which to "justify" forthcoming Hybrid War measures against the Islamic Republic aimed at dismantling its "deep state" network in the Mideast, including through possible strikes against the …
globalresearch.ca/us-plans-designate-irgc-terrorists/5673900

West Finds New Anti-China Puppet in Wake of Thai Elections
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Western political meddling abroad faced another serious setback — this time in the Southeast Asian country of Thailand. | With a population of 70 million people, the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia, and transforming into a key regional partner for …
globalresearch.ca/west-finds-new-anti-china-puppet-thai-elections/5673857

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'..
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/4/8/big-win-p…

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/

Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-08
A new research paper by American and European climate scientists focused on Arctic warming published Monday reveals that the "smoking gun" when it comes to changes in the world's northern polar region is rapidly warming air temperatures that are having—and will continue to have—massive and negative impacts across the globe. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/04/08/researchers-warn-arctic-has-entered-unprecedented-state-threatens-global-climate?cd-origin=rss

Mexico to Spain and Vatican: Apologize for Your Crimes!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Several years ago, the renowned linguist and thinker, Noam Chomsky, asked me, point blank, as we were working on our book: "On Western Terrorism — From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare": | "Do you think it is possible that most …
globalresearch.ca/mexico-spain-vatican-apologize-crimes/5673825

"If You Were President … What Would You Do?": Solutions to Save Our Nation
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-07
I actually wrote an earlier text on this issue in 2012 when Obama was running for re-election. Sadly, ALL of the issues and ideas below were those that neither of the Two Party/One Party system would dare to agree with. …
globalresearch.ca/if-you-were-president-what-would-you-do-solutions-to-save-our-nation/5673458

US teachers' unions oppose bill to make sex with students a crime
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-06
Teachers' unions in the state of Rhode Island came out to show their opposition to a bill that would criminalize sex between employees and students, complaining that the bill unfairly singled out school employees. | …
rt.com/usa/455701-teachers-unions-oppose-criminalization-sex/

'Experiment on kids': Cross-sex hormone therapy age down to 8 in US govt-funded study, doctor finds
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-06
Cross-sex hormones may now be given to US children as young as eight in a government-supported research program, despite the risks these drugs can pose, a doctor skeptical of transitioning gender-dysphoric kids has discovered. | …
rt.com/usa/455696-kids-given-hormones-transgender-panel/

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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/4/5/tampa-bay…

Sensational: A teacher rips into Sajid Javid for 'blaming' her profession for knife crime
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-04-05
During BBC Question Time on 4 April, a teacher ripped into home secretary Sajid Javid. Earlier in the week, Javid appeared to suggest that … | Read more Sensational: A teacher rips into Sajid Javid for 'blaming' her profession for knife crime | By James Wright…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/04/05/sensational-a-teacher-rips-into-sajid-javid-for-blaming-her-profession-for-knife-crime/

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/

Hopkins Students Sit-In to Oppose University's Private Police and ICE Contract
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-04
The protestors say they will occupy Hopkins until officials end the militarization of its campus…
therealnews.com/stories/hopkins-students-sit-in-to-oppose-universitys-private-police-and-ice-contract

Women outliving men 'everywhere', new UN health agency statistics report shows
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-04
Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men "everywhere", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1036091

Facebook's Ad Algorithm Is a Race and Gender Stereotyping Machine, New Study Suggests
Sam Biddle | theintercept.com | 2019-04-04
How exactly Facebook decides who sees what is one of the great pieces of forbidden knowledge in the information age, hidden away behind nondisclosure agreements, trade secrecy law, and a general culture of opacity. New research from experts at Northeastern University, the University of Southern California, and the public-interest advocacy group Upturn doesn't reveal how Facebook's targeting algorithms work, but does show an alarming outcome: They appear to deliver certain ads, including for housing and employment, in a way that aligns with race and gender stereotypes…
theintercept.com/2019/04/03/facebook-ad-algorithm-race-gender/

Beyond Prisons: Rachel Herzing On Political Education
Beyond Prisons | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-03
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…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/03/beyond-prisons-rachel-herzing-on-political-education/

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

New Report Spurs Congress to Question Up to $1 Billion Wasted on Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-04-02
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.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/new-report-spurs-congress-to-question-charter-grants-bryant-190402/

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

University of Kentucky hunger strike demands that students' basic needs are met
Lidya Azad | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-31
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.
liberationnews.org/university-of-kentucky-hunger-strike-demands-that-students-basic-needs-are-met/

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

SPLC reacts to Facebook policy on white nationalism
Keegan Hankes, Senior Research Analyst | splcenter.org | 2019-03-27
The internet, and social media in particular, continues to be a powerful tool used by the radical right to accelerate the spread of hate into the mainstream.
splcenter.org/news/2019/03/27/splc-reacts-facebook-policy-white-nationalism

Islamic Center of Tallahassee and Students For Justice in Palestine hold solidarity vigil honoring Christchurch victims
Katie Logan & Shelby Shoup | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-27
There was a touching show of unity as over 40 community members, both Muslim and non-Muslim, came to the steps of the Florida Historic Capitol to observe the candlelit vigil. The event started out with a few words from Imam Munir Alfarra, who said, "If I could tell him something I would say he did not waste his time to know about Muslims. To know how they pray, and when and where. To know that Muslims' doors are always open…"
liberationnews.org/islamic-center-of-tallahassee-and-students-for-justice-in-palestine-hold-solidarity-vigil-honoring-christchurch-victims/

Boston Teachers Union "All In" to fight for a fair contract
Hersch Rothmel | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-27
"Do you realize we are the only school district in Massachusetts that does not have a full time nurse in every school?"
liberationnews.org/boston-teachers-union-all-in-to-fight-for-a-fair-contract/

Paid Facebook Ad by Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Advocates Increased "Hopelessness" for Palestinians
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-20
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…
bdsmovement.net/news/paid-facebook-ad-bar-ilan-universitys-begin-sadat-center-advocates-increased-%E2%80%9Chopelessness%E2%80%9D

Palestinians Salute Pitzer College for Overwhelming Vote in Support of Palestinian Rights, Condemn Anti-democratic Veto by University President
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-03-20
Palestinians Salute Pitzer College for Overwhelming Vote in Support of Palestinian Rights, Condemn Anti-democratic Veto by University President: UpdatePitzer College faculty, students and staff voted overwhelmingly to suspend a study abroad program with Haifa University over Israel's discriminatory policies against Palestinians. In an anti-democratic move, Pitzer's president ve…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-salute-pitzer-college-overwhelming-vote-support-palestinian-rights-condemn-anti

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2019-04-07: News Headlines

Michael Welch (2019-04-07). NATO at 70: Global Enforcers of Western Imperialism. globalresearch.ca "Today, our Alliance is the strongest in history, guaranteeing the freedom of our almost one billion citizens, the security of our territory, and the protection of our values, including democracy, individual liberty, human rights, and the rule of law." — …

Christian Addai-Poku and Michael Galant (2019-04-07). Education Privatizers Have Gone Global. So Must We If We Want to Stop Them. commondreams.org In February 2018, West Virginia teachers launched a strike that reawakened a movement. Tens of thousands of teachers from around the country have taken part in what is now the largest strike wave in decades, demanding better public education in the face of years of austerity.

Sarah Khosla (2019-04-07). Implicit Biases Installation. indybay.org Hi All! I'm Sarah Khosla, a student doing her thesis and I'm in need of some voices for my topic!

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-06). Trump Regime Considering Aggression against Venezuela? globalresearch.ca International law is clear and unequivocal. It's automatically US constitutional law under the Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) — pertaining to treaties, conventions, and other international agreements to which the US is a signatory. | According to the UN Charter …

Hans Stehling (2019-04-06). Why Israel Is Seen on Campus, in Both Europe and the US, as Treating the United Nations with Total Contempt. globalresearch.ca Because no other claimed democratic government: | 1. Kills unarmed protestors, including students, as an everyday alleged security operation and imprisons thousands of dissidents, including teenagers, without trial | 2. Imposes a inhumane blockade of essential goods upon 2 million civilians in …

RT News (2019-04-06). Video: The Dissolution of NATO. globalresearch.ca German lawmaker Alexander Neu lambasted NATO for conducting aggressive wars and raking up defense spending, suggesting Germany should quit its military command, and the bloc be dissolved altogether. | NATO's 70th birthday is "not a reason to celebrate, but rather an …

Joaquin Flores (2019-04-06). U.S. Admits It Cannot Attack Venezuela — Confirmed S-300 Anti-Air Systems. globalresearch.ca The U.S State Department special operator for Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, has revealed that Venezuela is already in possession numerous highly effective S-300 (Antey 2500 version) systems . This makes a military campaign against Venezuela highly unlikely, given the high-importance …

Peter Koenig (2019-04-06). NATO — 70th Anniversary of the Most Murderous — and Legal — Organization on our Planet. globalresearch.ca On 4th of April 2019 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) "celebrated" the 70th Anniversary of its murderous existence. This horror organization was born sort of as a "Rosemary's Baby", signed into life in Washington DC, as the North Atlantic …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-06). Assange to be Handed over to the UK, then to the US? globalresearch.ca According to WikiLeaks on Thursday, Julian Assange's freedom is gravely threatened, tweeting: | "BREAKING: A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told @WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within 'hours to days' using the #INAPapers offshore (corruption …

Oscar Grenfell (2019-04-06). US Extradition of Assange Would be Violation of International Law: UN Special Rapporteur. globalresearch.ca Following WikiLeaks' warning yesterday that Julian Assange faced imminent eviction from Ecuador's London embassy, widespread opposition has emerged to the illegal plans to terminate his political asylum. | Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, issued a statement calling …

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (2019-04-06). Veteran Intelligence Professionals (VIPS) Urge Trump to Avoid War Russia Over Venezuela. globalresearch.ca VIPS warn that Trump's policies regarding Venezuela appear to be on a slippery slope that could take us toward war in Venezuela and military confrontation with Russia. | *** | MEMORANDUM FOR: The President | FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) | SUBJECT: …

Workers World Philadelphia bureau (2019-04-06). Philadelphia students take over school board meeting. workers.org The Philadelphia Board of Education voted 7-2 on March 28 to mandate metal detectors in all city high schools. Angered student activists, teachers and their supporters responded by shutting down the meeting and taking over board members' seats. All 49 city high schools now have metal detectors, but three schools . . . | Continue reading Philadelphia students take over school board meeting at Workers.org

WSWS (2019-04-06). Ontario workers need an international socialist program to defend public education and fight austerity. wsws.org If public education from kindergarten to university is to be defended, workers and students must launch a political struggle independently of the unions and in opposition to the entire political establishment.

WSWS (2019-04-06). Thousands of Ontario students walk out to protest school cuts. wsws.org The student-led initiative saw thousands rally across the province against the right-wing government of Doug Ford.

RT (2019-04-06). US teachers' unions oppose bill to make sex with students a crime. rt.com Teachers' unions in the state of Rhode Island came out to show their opposition to a bill that would criminalize sex between employees and students, complaining that the bill unfairly singled out school employees.

WSWS (2019-04-06). Mexico's López Obrador attacks teachers through right-wing education reform. wsws.org AMLO and Morena have adopted the education legislation of his predecessor, while the CNTE union works to isolate teachers' struggles.

WSWS (2019-04-06). Australia: Tasmanian teachers take strike action. wsws.org Teachers in Tasmania are the lowest paid of any state in Australia.

RT (2019-04-06). 'Experiment on kids': Cross-sex hormone therapy age down to 8 in US govt-funded study, doctor finds. rt.com Cross-sex hormones may now be given to US children as young as eight in a government-supported research program, despite the risks these drugs can pose, a doctor skeptical of transitioning gender-dysphoric kids has discovered.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-04-05). The Globalization of War. America's "Long War" against Humanity. globalresearch.ca America's hegemonic project in…

Kim Petersen (2019-04-05). Protecting Julian Assange: A Must for People of Conscience. globalresearch.ca A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told Wikileaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within 'hours to days.' — WikiLeaks on Twitter. | The Mueller investigation of an alleged collusion between Donald Trump and Russia to influence the …

South Front (2019-04-05). Video: Russian Jets Pound Idlib Terrorists, Kurdish Rebels Attack Turkish Proxies. globalresearch.ca On April 4, the Afrin Liberation Forces (ALF) announced that their units had carried out a series of attacks on Turkish-backed militants. According to the ALF, on April 2, Kurdish fighters destroyed a bulldozer of Turkish-backed militants with an anti-tank …

Prof. Paul Heroux (2019-04-05). 'Telecom Industry Did No Research on Health Impacts of 5G'. globalresearch.ca India plans to begin 5G trials by 2020, but experts and industry stand at odds over its impact on human health and environment. The fifth generation wireless network promises to be 50 times faster than its predecessor — 4G. Down …

South Front (2019-04-05). Video: Israeli Air Strikes on Syria: Weapons, Effects, Consequences. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continue their bombing campaign in Syria. In the framework of this campaign, IDF aircraft strike what the Israeli leadership describes as Iranian infrastructure and weapon shipments to Hezbollah and pro-Iranian armed groups. Nonetheless, positions and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-05). Syariah Law Matters: The Kingdom of Brunei's Stoning Affair. globalresearch.ca From time to time, celebrities recoil and, in anger, seek to march for a change to the status quo. Much of is never intended to alter much, but they can count their names among the indignant luminaries and say they …

Yves Engler (2019-04-05). Let's Build the Kind of Left that Demands Canada Withdraw from NATO. globalresearch.ca Final in a four-part series on the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. | The first two installments discussed how NATO was set up to blunt the European left and to enable global dominance while the third focused …

Pepe Escobar (2019-04-05). Pentagon Obsession: China, China, China. globalresearch.ca Chinese nuclear bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese carrier killer missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weaponry. Chinese militarization of the South China Sea. Chinese Huawei spying. | So many Chinese "malign intentions". And we're not even talking about Russia. | Few people around …

Zero Hedge (2019-04-05). Saudis Threaten to Ditch Petrodollar as "Nuclear Option" to Block NOPEC Bill. globalresearch.ca Three years ago — almost to the day — Saudi Arabia rattled its first sabre towards the United States, with an implicit threat to dump US Treasuries over Congress' decision to allow the Saudis to be held responsible for the …

Meena Miriam Yust (2019-04-05). Dangerous Plastics Are a Threat to Us and Future Generations. globalresearch.ca Every day people make decisions about what to eat, sometimes opting for colorful fruits and veggies, sometimes finding the smell of bacon irresistible. At the end of the day people are controlling their own health. What is remarkable though, is …

The Automatic Earth (2019-04-05). Boeing's Problem Is Not Software. globalresearch.ca We had already been told that in the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crash which killed all 157 people on board, the 4-month old 737 MAX 8's anti-stall software reengaged itself four times in 6 minutes as the pilots struggled to …

(2019-04-05). Lawsuit Seeks Records on Trump Administration's OK of Bee-killing Pesticides, GE Crops on National Wildlife Refuges. globalresearch.ca The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for public records on the Trump administration's decision to allow bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides and genetically engineered crops on national wildlife refuges. | Today's lawsuit follows an August 2018 …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-04-05). Pompeo Appoints Fox News Neocon as Spokesperson. globalresearch.ca And the neocon-ization of the Trump administration continues. While The Donald is packing away Big Macs and Diet Cokes, his neocon secretary of state is appointing likeminded warmongers. | Morgan Ortagus is a deep insider with connections to both sides of …

Edward Curtin (2019-04-05). An Open Letter to Chelsea Manning: A Free Woman in an American Prison. globalresearch.ca "We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination …

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-05). The Media Smoothed the Path to British Soldiers Using Corbyn as Target Practice. globalresearch.ca It is time to stop believing these infantile narratives the British political and media establishments have crafted for us. Like the one in which they tell us they care deeply about the state of political life, and that they lie …

Dr. Hans Kà∂chler (2019-04-05). The NATO War of 1999 and the Impotence of International Law. globalresearch.ca Abstract | The unilateral use of force by NATO member states against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 has made obvious the flaws of the United Nations system of collective security and has demonstrated the unenforceability of the ban on …

Matthew Pappalardo (2019-04-05). Lies our Senators Tell Us, or, Whither Congress? counterpunch.org Last month, a group of student activists from various Bay Area climate justice groups visited Senator Feinstein's office in California to deliver a letter urging her to support the Green New Deal. While the students may have held out some hope Feinstein would see the light after agreeing to meet them without a scheduled appointment, More

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…

Allan Axelrod (2019-04-05). Wisconsin, Michigan grad students occupy buildings as UIC strike continues. peoplesworld.org UPDATE: "2019-04-05 4pm: The UIC GEO won the right to make up lost hours and have declared victory." This week, graduate employees from the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University occupied buildings to declare fees imposed on them by their employer as a form of wage theft. These occupations coincide with the third week …

Cesar Chelala (2019-04-05). Donald Trump, or the Difficulties in Bar Tendering. counterpunch.org Traditionally, bartending was considered a profession of low reputation. However, in more recent years, bartenders go through a process of training that makes it a key profession in the hospitality industry. As a result, bartending today is considered a profession of choice, rather than of necessity. In many countries, bartending includes specialized education. For example, More

Paul Bentley (2019-04-05). The Death of the Teacher. counterpunch.org Then Socrates sat down, and "How fine it would be, Agathon," he said, "if wisdom were a sort of thing that could flow out of the one of us who is fuller into him who is emptier, by our mere contact with each other, as water will flow through wool from the fuller cup into More

James Wright (2019-04-05). Sensational: A teacher rips into Sajid Javid for 'blaming' her profession for knife crime. thecanary.co During BBC Question Time on 4 April, a teacher ripped into home secretary Sajid Javid. Earlier in the week, Javid appeared to suggest that … | Read more Sensational: A teacher rips into Sajid Javid for 'blaming' her profession for knife crime | By James Wright

STAFF (2019-04-05). Economy Adds 196,000 Jobs in March Amid Signs of Slowing Wage Growth. truthout.org Employment-to-population ratio for men between 25 to 34 jumps 0.8 percentage points to a new high for recovery.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the economy added 196,000 jobs in March, a sharp bounce back from the 20,000 originally reported for February. This figure was revised up to 33,000, which brought the average over the last three months to 180,000. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8 percent. | While the job growth figure for March is healthy, there is some evidence that wage growth might actually be slowing in spite of the relatively tight labor market. Wage growth over the last 12 months…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2019-04-05). #UnapologeticallyFeministScientist: Tucker Carlson Twitter Shamed After Wondering How 'Feminists Do Science' in US. commondreams.org Absurd question by Fox News host prompts response: "you underestimate how many of us feminist scientists there really are" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

STAFF (2019-04-04). Hopkins Students Sit-In to Oppose University's Private Police and ICE Contract. therealnews.com The protestors say they will occupy Hopkins until officials end the militarization of its campus…

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…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-04-04). Lawmakers to push worker safety bills, but timetable uncertain. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The majority Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee will push two key pro-worker safety bills this year, but the exact timetable is uncertain. In an informal conversation after the first congressional briefing in years on worker health and safety, a top committee aide on the issue said he expects the legislation will hit …

United Nations (2019-04-04). Women outliving men 'everywhere', new UN health agency statistics report shows. un.org Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men "everywhere", the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Sam Biddle (2019-04-04). Facebook's Ad Algorithm Is a Race and Gender Stereotyping Machine, New Study Suggests. theintercept.com How exactly Facebook decides who sees what is one of the great pieces of forbidden knowledge in the information age, hidden away behind nondisclosure agreements, trade secrecy law, and a general culture of opacity. New research from experts at Northeastern University, the University of Southern California, and the public-interest advocacy group Upturn doesn't reveal how Facebook's targeting algorithms work, but does show an alarming outcome: They appear to deliver certain ads, including for housing and employment, in a way that aligns with race and gender stereotypes…

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…

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-03). Like Libya and Syria, Venezuela is not "just about oil". dissidentvoice.org Yes, the latest research confirms that Venezuela is so rich in natural resources that it could single-handedly satisfy all global demand for oil for over 30 years. And it has much more than oil to offer, in its Orinoco basin and in other areas of the country. But it is not all 'about oil'; actually, …

Fight Back (2019-04-03). Hillsborough, FL custodians and teachers rally against privatization. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Over 40 custodians, teachers and concerned community members rallied outside the Hillsborough County School Board meeting, April 2, to stop plans to privatize the custodial staff at all Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS). The rally was hosted by the Hillsborough State Employee Federation and Hillsborough County Teachers Association. Chants at the rally included "It's time to stop the greed, give custodians what they need!" and "Up up with education, down down with privatization!" | The Hillsborough County School Board (HCSB) claims there are currently no plans to contract out custodial services…

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