Kosovo War at 20: How Britain and America Backed Jihadists Throughout Conflict
Kit Klarenberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
On 24 March 1999, NATO launched a 78-day-long bombing campaign against the then-Republic of Yugoslavia. Still hailed by the Western mainstream as a successful 'humanitarian intervention', the true story of the conflict's roots and legacy is far darker, and points | …
globalresearch.ca/kosovo-war-how-britain-america-backed-jihadists-throughout-conflict/5672887

Rights Groups Urge UN to Protect Palestinians on 'Great March' Protest Anniversary
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
Almost 20 Palestinian rights groups — both regional and international — urged the United Nations to protect Gazans who participate in the anniversary of the "Great March of Return" protests this coming Saturday. | In a letter sent to UN Secretary-General …
globalresearch.ca/rights-groups-urge-un-protect-palestinians-great-march-protest-anniversary/5672913

Believing the RussiaGate Conspiracy Tale: Are The Democrats Self-Destructing?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
The Democrats cannot stop making fools of themselves. Thom Hartmann is an example. He writes for Common Dreams and has a progressive talk radio program. During the George W. Bush regime I was a frequent guest on his program. It …
globalresearch.ca/believing-the-russiagate-conspiracy-tale-are-the-democrats-self-destructing/5672898

Now It's Official: God, Not the Russians, Elected Trump
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
Governments that pride themselves on being either democratic or republican in nature claim that they are empowered by the will of the people, but the sad reality is that most regimes come to power based on promises that they have …
globalresearch.ca/god-not-russians-elected-trump/5672930

Cuba: The Revolution "Must be Fun"
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
Tony Perrottet's Cuba Libre! Che, Fidel and the improbable revolution that changed the world is a "colourful page turner".[i] Perrottet wanted a book that is "entertaining and readable, unsaturated by ideology". He succeeds in the first, not the second. | It…
globalresearch.ca/cuba-the-revolution-must-be-fun/5672954

The System, Youth and Democracy
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-28
When masses of students from all over the world mobilize around a utopia, adults become uncomfortable, writes Roberto Savio. By Roberto Savio in Rome Inter Press Service If we ever needed proof of how the political system has become self-referential… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/28/the-system-youth-and-democracy/

The Trump Administration's Ableist Cuts to the Special Olympics
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2019-03-28
The Trump Administration's Ableist Cuts to the Special Olympics…
thenation.com/article/trump-devos-ableism-special-olympics/

After betrayal of Oakland teacher strike, district lays off hundreds, prepares school closures
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
The settlement hailed by the Oakland Education Association as a "historic victory" has paved the way for savage austerity measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/oakl…

Strike by University of Illinois at Chicago grad students in danger
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
While graduate workers have received broad support from workers and students, their struggle has been isolated by the teachers unions, which are aligned with the state Democrats.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/grad…

Three suicides in two weeks linked to US mass shootings
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
Last week saw the tragic deaths of two students who survived the 2018 Parkland massacre, followed by the suicide of the parent of a girl who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/suic…

Left-wing students barred from King's College London during royal visit
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
UK students are being labeled as security threats, reported directly to the police and denied access to their own university.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/stud…

"The Opioid Crisis Isn't White": How the Lethal Epidemic Affects Communities of Color
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-27
As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a $270 million agreement in a lawsuit claiming the company knowingly helped create the opioid crisis responsible for nearly 50,000 deaths per year in the United States, we look at how the opioid crisis affects communities of color with Abdullah Shihipar, a graduate student of public health at Brown University who wrote an op-ed about his research for The New York Times headlined "The Opioid Crisis Isn't White."
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/the_opioi…

Phrase 'cultural Marxism' only antisemitic if you research it, Tories confirm
John Shafthauer | thecanary.co | 2019-03-27
On 26 March, Tory MP Suella Braverman said: As Conservatives, we are engaged in a battle against cultural Marxism. The phrase 'cultural Marxism' is … | Read more Phrase 'cultural Marxism' only antisemitic if you research it, Tories confirm | By John Shafthauer…
thecanary.co/off-the-perch/2019/03/27/phrase-cultural-marxism-only-antisemitic-if-you-research-it-tories-confirm/

"Trump Time": How to Make Yourself an Exception to the Rule of Law
Rebecca Gordon | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
Events just fly by in the ever-accelerating rush of Trump Time, so it's easy enough to miss important ones in the chaos. Paul Manafort is sentenced twice and indicted a third time! Whoosh! Gone! | The Senate agrees with the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-time-how-to-make-yourself-an-exception-to-the-rule-of-law/5672823

Rendition Plane, Increased Police Presence Raise Fears for Assange
Elizabeth Vos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
A mysterious flight of a U.S. rendition plane to London and increase of plainclothes British police outside the Ecuador embassy has heightened concern for the WikiLeaks founder, as Elizabeth Vos reports. | *** | In four days, it will be a full …
globalresearch.ca/rendition-plane-increased-police-presence-raise-fears-assange/5672808

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

OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement That Will Fund Addiction Center
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-27
The state of Oklahoma has reached a $270 million agreement with Purdue Pharma–the makers of OxyContin–settling a lawsuit that claimed the company contributed to the deaths of thousands of Oklahoma residents by downplaying the risk of opioid addiction and overstating the drug's benefits. The state says more Oklahomans have died from opioids over the last decade than have been killed in vehicle accidents. More than $100 million from the settlement will fund a new addiction treatment and research center at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. "It's really just the first move in what is a very complicated…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/oxycontin…

Victims of FBI Subversion Now Embrace America's Secret Police
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
It shouldn't come as a surprise the FBI and the DOJ obstructed justice last year when then acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee to pound sand after Republicans demanded he hand over work-related texts. | The obstruction …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-subversion-americas-secret-police/5672775

Are Federal Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids Hurting Patients with Chronic Pain?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-27
As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a landmark settlement, we look at an underreported result of the opioid crisis: the underprescribing of opioids for patients who rely on them for pain management. This month, more than 300 doctors and medical researchers sent an open letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning patients have been harmed by a lack of clarity in guidelines for prescribing opioids. The CDC revised the guidelines for primary care physicians in 2016 in order to improve safety and reduce risks associated with long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain. But many say the new guidelin…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/are_feder…

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/

Monsanto Ordered to Pay $81 Million in Roundup Cancer Trial
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-27
Monsanto was ordered on Wednesday to pay US$81 million to a U.S. retiree who accuses the agribusiness giant's weedkiller Roundup of provoking his cancer. | RELATED: | ExxonMobil to be Banned from European Parliament | A San Francisco jury found the firm, which is owned by Bayer- German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, had been "negligent by not using reasonable care" to warn of the risks of its product, ordering it to pay Edwin Hardeman US$75 million in punitive damage…
telesurenglish.net/news/Monsanto-Ordered-to-Pay-81-Million-in-Roundup-Cancer-Trial-20190327-0034.html

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/

Betsy DeVos Defends Cutting $18 Million in Special Olympics Funds
Julia Conley | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-27
(CD) — Critics expressed shock and anger Tuesday after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defended the Trump administration's proposed budget, which cuts ten percent of her department's overall funding–including huge cuts to the Special Olympics–while increasing funds private charter school. Appearing before a House subcommittee on appropriations for the Education Department, DeVos told lawmakers that the proposed budget "focuses on …
theantimedia.com/betsy-devos-defends-cut…

Over One Million Paraguayans Live in Total Poverty
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-27
Asuncion, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) In Paraguay, 1,679,810 people currently live in conditions of total poverty, according to data from the closing of 2018 of the General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (DGEEC).
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Beto O'Rourke's Free Ride on Charter Schools Won't Last for Long
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-03-27
When Beto O'Rourke ran for Senate in 2018, he highlighted the importance of public education and consistently said that he stood squarely in support of teachers. Given that his opponent was Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, that was more than enough to secure endorsements from both the Texas State Teachers Association and its parent union, the National Education Association. Teachers across the country helped fuel his small-dollar donor machine. | There was little reason, then, to probe Beto O'Rourke on charter schools. In the Democratic pres…
theintercept.com/2019/03/27/beto-orourke-charter-schools/

O "Partido Americano" nas instituiàßàµes da Unià£o Europeia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
"A Rússia já nà£o pode ser considerada um parceiro estratégico e a Unià£o Europeia deve estar pronta para impor-lhe novas sanàßàµes se ela continuar a violar o Direito Internacional": esta é a resoluàßà£o aprovada pelo Parlamento Europeu, em 12 de …
globalresearch.ca/o-partido-americano-nas-instituicoes-da-uniao-europeia/5672841

"Suicide Is Preventable": Public Health Advocates Push to End Stigma After Parkland & Newtown Suicides
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-26
The father of a 6-year-old girl who was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was found dead by apparent suicide Monday. Jeremy Richman was a neuroscientist who, after the death of his daughter Avielle, founded the Avielle Foundation to support brain science research, with the ultimate goal of preventing violence and building compassion. The news of his death came just days after two students who survived last year's shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, died by suicide. An unnamed student died Saturday, according to local authorities, and 19-ye…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/26/suicide_i…

Tampa students hold vigil for victims of Christchurch mosque shootings
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-26
Tampa, FL – On March 21 University of South Florida (USF) students and Tampa community members gathered to commemorate the lives of the victims of the Christchurch New Zealand mosque shootings. Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) hosted the event and laid out 50 flowers on the lawn in front of the Marshall Student Center to represent each victim of the attack. | The shootings were committed by Brenton Tarrant. Tarrant was motivated by white-supremacist and alt-right ideas, such as xenophobia and anti-immigration, which he rambled about in a written statement. | "The bottom line is that white suprema…
fightbacknews.org/2019/3/25/tampa-students-hold-vigil-victims-christchurch-mosque-shootings

UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-25
It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over a period of seven years. That's just one of the many startling facts to emerge from recent environmental research, which show that the cost of staying fashionable is a lot more than just the price tag.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035161

Students call next big climate action
AlexBainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-25
Hundreds of people turned out to the #ClimateElection kickstart event in Brisbane on March 25. This was the major event organisers encouraged participants in the March 15 School Strike to attend. | The most inspiring part of the night was the announcement of the next big action: on May 3. Details are still being worked out. | Demands of this campaign are: Stop Adani; No new coal, oil or gas; and for 100% renewable energy by 2030. | The timing has been set…
greenleft.org.au/content/students-call-next-big-climate-action

Indiana legislature ends elections for state education leader
Nigel Lisbon | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-24
Only a socialist democracy, where workers wield state power, will fully fund public schools.
liberationnews.org/indiana-legislature-ends-elections-for-state-education-leader/

Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America's Students
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-03-22
A new ACLU report shows that millions of kids are in schools that have no mental health staff. One of the report's authors discusses the implications. | Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attendees was exhaustion — a consequence of having to serve more students who are experiencing more trauma and other mental health problems without more help in carrying the load. | It's not just school psychologists who are concerned about being short-staffed. I know of far too ma…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-inequality-education/why-school-psychologists-are-worried-about-mental

School Strike 4 Climate organiser: 'We need mass support to achieve change'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-22
On March 15, students organised the biggest global strike for real action on climate change ever seen. More than 80 countries took part. | In Perth, 3000 students and supporters marched through the CBD, joining an estimated 150,000 people around the country. | Green Left Weekly's Chris Jenkins caught up with Mandurah high school student and protest organiser Chaela King about the strike and what is being planned next. | How did you find the protest? Did it meet your expectations? | I definitely wasn't expecting such a great turn out. The numbers on Facebook was nowhere near the 3000 or so people who came. I also…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-strike-4-climate-organiser-we-need-mass-support-achieve-change

Five Questions For: Pardeep Kaleka on New Zealand, White Supremacy, and What it Takes to Move Forward
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2019-03-21
His father was killed by a white supremacist in a mass shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple. Today, Pardeep Kaleka works in communities all over the country teaching about how to heal from hate.
progressive.org/dispatches/five-questions-pardeep-kaleka-on-new-zealand-190321/

Capitalism can't halt climate change
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-21
Three days before 150,000 students organised the biggest national school walkout in Australian history to demand politicians act on climate change, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Guy Debelle sounded a warning about the drastic effects of climate change on the economy. | When students and an RBA governor agree on the urgent need to stop the devastating impact of climate change on society and the planet, you know the movement is starting to bite. | But while the RBA views the climate threat from the perspective of the interests of big capital, students see it as a threat to their very future. | It…
greenleft.org.au/content/capitalism-cant-halt-climate-change

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