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Twenty Years Ago: NATO's War of Aggression against Yugoslavia: Who are the War Criminals?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
The causes and consequences of this war have been the object of a vast media disinformation campaign, which has sought to camouflage NATO and US war crimes.
globalresearch.ca/nato-s-war-of-aggression-in-yugoslavia-who-are-the-war-criminals/2144

Algeria: New Gov't Talks Begin as Protests Continue
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-19
In Algiers, the capital of Algeria, thousands of students, teachers and doctors, who overflowed the streets surrounding the Grand Post Plaza, showed their rejection to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika plan to an "orderly transition." | RELATED: | Pressure Mounts on Algeria's Bouteflika as Allies Turn on Him Amid Fresh Protests | "We are he…
telesurenglish.net/news/Algeria-New-Govt-Talks-Begin-as-Anti-Bouteflika-Protests-Continue-20190319-0005.html

The Real Scandal Over Buying an Education
Julian Vasquez Heilig | progressive.org | 2019-03-19
Wealthy parents have been arrested for lavishing millions on a college admissions scam. But inequality in school funding is baked into our system.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/the-real-scandal-over-buying-an-education-heilig-190319/

Planetary Collapse Threatens Our Survival: A New Study Says that More than 1,200 Species "Will Almost Certainly Face Extinction"
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
We are witnessing a worldwide environmental collapse, and nobody seems to know how to stop it. As you will see below, a study that was just released that looked at more than 5,000 species of birds, mammals and amphibians discovered …
globalresearch.ca/planetary-collapse-new-study-says-more-than-1200-species-almost-certainly-face-extinction/5671937

AIPAC Is Coming to Town — Again! Yet Another Concession to Netanyahu Prior to Israel Elections
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
The Trump Administration has delivered yet another concession to Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of parliamentary elections: the Israeli military occupation of much of the Palestinian West Bank and of the Golan Heights will no longer …
globalresearch.ca/aipac/5671933

Shadow Wars — The Secret Struggle for the Middle East
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Christopher Davidson has gathered a huge amount of …
globalresearch.ca/shadow-wars-secret-struggle-middle-east/5671913

No Troop Withdrawal: The US is Planning the "Permanent Occupation" of Syria?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Trump lied about winning against ISIS, the scourge the US created and supports, along with al-Qaeda, its al-Nusra offshoot, and other jihadist groups. | Last December, he lied saying | "(o)ur boys, our young women, our men — they're all coming back | …
globalresearch.ca/permanent-us-occupation-syria-planned/5671951

Ukrainian Presidential Elections: Authoritarianism in Action
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
March 2019 is notable in…
globalresearch.ca/ukrainian-presidential-elections-authoritarianism/5671902

The Difficulty of Writing for Americans
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Writing for Americans, unless for their entertainment, is a challenging undertaking. One reason is that many, especially of the younger generations, no longer have a concept of objective truth. | For them "truth" is simply a bias reflecting one's race, gender, …
globalresearch.ca/difficulty-writing-americans/5671958

The US Is Pushing Lebanon into the Arms of Iran and Russia: US Sanctions Affect the Local Economy
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Lebanon is expecting the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week at a time when the Lebanese economic-political map is being redrawn and while Lebanon is suffering its most serious economic downturnin recent history. | Reasons for the …
globalresearch.ca/us-lebanon-iran-russia-us-sanctions-affect-local-economy/5671929

Selected Articles: The Planet Is Collapsing Before Our Very Eyes
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/planet-collapsing-our-eyes/5671940

Anti-Semitism and "The Israel Project"
Askiah Adam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Israel is off-limits. The criminalisation of anti-Semitism means nothing short of this. In fact, France's President Macron says anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism and both are now legally defined as "hate crimes". Will this be a global precursor? Will …
globalresearch.ca/anti-semitism-israel-project/5671909

Turkish Occupation Continues to Erase Cyprus' Heritage
Nick Kampouris | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Since the military invasion of Cyprus by the Turkish army during the summer of 1974, countless reports have been published about the atrocities the Turkish invaders committed on the beautiful Mediterranean island. | But less known is the continuous effort by …
globalresearch.ca/turkish-occupation-continues-erase-cyprus-heritage/5671974

Stealing Syria's Gold: US Is Behaving as True Looters Do
Viktor Mikhin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
According to the agency South Front, the United States has transported approximately 50 tons of gold from the regions occupied by ISIS in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The Kurdish news source reports that the gold was stolen from Syria, and …
globalresearch.ca/us-behaving-true-looters/5671932

Video: Caracas Streets and Store — Food Crisis? See for Yourself!
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
I filmed these scenes on March 10, but until now have been too busy and also lacking good enough internet to upload. | My objective in filming is not to say there is no poverty in Venezuela, nor to imply there …
globalresearch.ca/video-caracas-streets-and-store-food-crisis-see-for-yourself/5671921

The Turkish economy: worse than a recession
E. Ahmet Tonak | mronline.org | 2019-03-19
Turkey's economy is back in the news, and not in a good way. After the release of an economic report by the Turkish Statistical Institute, a big dispute has arisen over whether or not Turkey has entered a recession. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/18/the-turkish-economy-worse-than-a-recession/

Vietnamese MPs Discuss Amendments to the Education Law
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Hanoi, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) The criteria for the selection of textbooks for Vietnamese educational institutions focused on part of the debates of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly that analyzed the Education Law Wednesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

UCSC on Strike: AFSCME Solidarity Strike with UPTE
Worker Student Solidarity Coalition, WSSC | indybay.org | 2019-03-19
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/18/18822046.php

Researcher explains how young people can keep up the momentum
Harriet Thew | zcomm.org | 2019-03-19
Have confidence in your message, engage with others but stay true to your principles…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/researcher-explains-how-young-people-can-keep-up-the-momentum/

Bolivia to Host International Conference on Quinoa
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
18 de marzo de 2019, 09: 36La Paz, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Orinoca, a small town in the southwestern region of the Bolivian Oruro department, will host on Monday the International Quinoa Research Conference in the World.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Il ´partito americano ª nelle istituzioni Ue
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Una risoluzione approvata dal Parlamento europeo il 12 marzo sostiene che ´la Russia non puà≤ più essere considerata un partner strategico e l'Unione europea deve essere pronta a imporle ulteriori sanzioni se essa continua a violare il diritto internazionale ª. | ´La …
globalresearch.ca/il-partito-americano-nelle-istituzioni-ue/5671963

Workers Struggles: The Americas
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-19
Thousands of striking teachers in Salta protested against their union after rejecting a wage deal negotiated behind their backs…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/19/wrkr…

A Global Strike for Climate Change
Alysa Chen | zcomm.org | 2019-03-19
1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-global-strike-for-climate-change/

French People Support General Strike Called by Trade Unions
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Paris, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) A large majority of French citizens support the general strike called for Tuesday by several trade unions and student organizations, aimed at expressing opposition to the government and demanding greater social justice.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Caracas, March 12 (Prensa Latina) Labor and teaching activities were suspended from today for an additional 48 hours while the recovery and stabilization of the National Electric Service (SEN) are achieved, informed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…

How Disability Rights Advocates Turned Back the Trump Administration's Attack on Students of Color
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-03-18
Rules designed to help children of color and children with disabilities will go into immediate effect. | Earlier this month, in response to a lawsuit from the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, a federal district court ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law when it delayed a Department of Education rule designed to protect students of color and students with disabilities. | Children of color are significantly more likely to be identified as needin…
aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/disability-rights-and-education/how-disability-rights-advocates-turned-back

A Global Strike for Climate Change: 1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-18
Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate. The mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate change. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York City on Friday with the young activists. We speak with 18-year-old Alysa Chen, one of the organizers of the walkout at New York City's Bronx High School of Science.
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/18/a_global_…

Study finds racial gap between who causes air pollution and who breathes it
Olivia Rosane | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-18
Studies have long shown that minority communities in the U.S.are disproportionately exposed to harmful pollution. But a study published Monday reveals a new level of environmental injustice: they are also less likely to contribute to it. The first-of-its-kind study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that black and Hispanic Americans breathe in …
peoplesworld.org/article/study-finds-racial-gap-between-who-causes-air-pollution-and-who-breathes-it/

The Oakland Teachers' Strike Revealed California's Education Crisis
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2019-03-18
The Oakland Teachers' Strike Revealed California's Education Crisis…
thenation.com/article/the-oakland-teachers-strike-revealed-californias-education-crisis/

For-Profit Colleges Are Dodging Regulation by Becoming… 'Nonprofits'?
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2019-03-18
For-Profit Colleges Are Dodging Regulation by Becoming… 'Nonprofits'?
thenation.com/article/higher-education-corporate-colleges/

Kept Secret for 17 Years: Intel Memo Warned Bush's Iraq Invasion to Create "Perfect Storm"
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
A newly declassified US intelligence memo has been unearthed this week and featured in a bombshell Wall Street Journal report. It proves that the year prior to the Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq the White House was expressly warned …
globalresearch.ca/intel-memo-warned-bushs-iraq-invasion-create-perfect-storm/5671850

Map (and Objectives) of the Irregular War on Energy in Venezuela
Misión Verdad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
The latest evidence gathered by the Venezuelan government and presented on Monday, March 11, to the Venezuelan population about the attack on the national electricity system, allows us to reconstruct the multidimensional nature of the attack that was unleashed in …
globalresearch.ca/map-objectives-war-energy-venezuela/5671839

Good Iraqi-Iranian Relations Are Not a Reason to Worry
Paul R. Pillar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been visiting Iraq this week–a friendly, extended visit that has yielded several bilateral agreements on trade and transportation. Such an event causes heartburn, of course, within the Trump administration and for others who believe that …
globalresearch.ca/good-iraqi-iranian-relations/5671871

The Deplorable State of Human Rights in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
In response to annual US reports on human rights in China, Beijing issues its own on the deplorable state of human rights in America. | It's latest report made the following introductory remarks, saying: | As in previous years, the latest US …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-documentation-us-human-rights-abuses/5671883

Organizational and Staff Structure of US and Russian Armies: Military Comparison
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
Introduction | Armed forces organization depends on several factors, from current and future threats and challenges (the nature of the projected theater of operations, or TO), to the country's economic and technological capabilities. The doctrines of the two world superpowers of …
globalresearch.ca/organizational-staff-structure-us-russian-armies-military-comparison/5671802

Three Days of Infamy
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
On Monday December 8th 1941 FDR stood before Congress and said "December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy…" and the people of our nation rallied to the cause for justice. | After 9/11 Junior Bush also rallied our …
globalresearch.ca/three-days-infamy/5671878

Tears for Christchurch: Australia First Imported Hate in 1788. Now We're in the "Export Business"
Chris Graham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
If you want to know why an Australian man massacred 50 Muslims in a mosque in New Zealand yesterday afternoon, then you need to understand a little bit about our nation's dark past and in particular the quality of our …
globalresearch.ca/christchurch-australia/5671860

Upping the Stakes in Yemen. Endless US-led War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
US forever war in Yemen rages, the Saudis, UAE, NATO, and Israel part of its so-called coalition — against peace in the country and elsewhere. | Over 17 years of war began by the Bush/Cheney regime. There's virtually no prospect for …
globalresearch.ca/upping-stakes-yemen/5671778

Video: Russia Deploys SU-25 Attack Aircraft to Contain Idlib Al Qaeda Militants
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
Government forces and the Russian Military Police have kicked off a joint security operation in the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus. In particular, the operation targeted Jisreen, Mohammedia, al-Aftaris, al-Nashabiyah and Marj al-Sultan where a notable number of weapons and …
globalresearch.ca/russia-deploys-su-25-attack-aircraft-contain-idlib-militants/5671881

John McCain's Disastrous Militaristic Legacy
James Bovard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
When Sen. John McCain passed away in August, he was lauded far and wide for his long career of public service. Rep. John Lewis, the famous civil-rights activist, hailed McCain as a "warrior for peace." In reality, McCain embodied …
globalresearch.ca/john-mccains-disastrous-militaristic-legacy/5671770

It's Time to Talk about Charter School Privilege
Mitchell Robinson | progressive.org | 2019-03-18
Everyone needs to understand the implications of their choice to support charter schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/its-time-to-talk-about-charter-school-privilege-robinson-190318/

1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Climate Action
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-03-18
Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate change. The mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate change. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York City on Friday with the young activists. We speak with 18-year-old Alysa Chen, one of the organizers of the walkout at New York City's Bronx High School of Science. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: Th…
truthout.org/video/1-4-million-students-walk-out-of-class-demanding-climate-action/

Nationwide strike by primary school educators in the Netherlands
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-18
The militant struggle of teachers in the Netherlands is part of an international strike wave among educators spanning five continents.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/18/dutc…

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Meets With Donald Trump to Consolidate Their Far-Right Alliance
Andrew Fishman | theintercept.com | 2019-03-18
There is perhaps no foreign leader more in tune with Donald Trump than Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Both men are unscripted, uninformed, and unburdened by the truth; they've whipped up devoted mass followings by breaking with conventions and using direct, simple language to preach a message of violence, hatred, victimhood, right-wing culture war, anti-science, and "anti-globalism." | Bolsonaro has difficulty staying on script in perso…
theintercept.com/2019/03/18/bolsonaro-trump-meeting/

Illinois votes to teach 'LGBT history' to schoolchildren, Republicans furious
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-17
The Illinois House of representatives has voted to require the teaching of 'LGBT history' to elementary school students in the state. Republican opponents have called the measure "indoctrination." | …
rt.com/usa/454073-illinois-lgbt-gay-history-school/

Kids Around the World Cut Class for Climate Justice
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-16
Students in over 100 countries skipped school and took to the streets to demand serious climate policy from world leaders…
therealnews.com/stories/kids-around-the-world-cut-class-for-climate-justice

School Shooters and Drones
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-15
Allegra Harpootlian links gun violence at home to U.S. wars abroad. By Allegra Harpootlian TomDispatch.com In the wake of the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/15/school-shooters-and-drones/

Labor's reproductive health pledge a win for activism
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-15
On International Women's Day, March 8, 57 countries signed on to a United Nations' statement calling for universal sexual and reproductive healthcare, including access to safe abortions, and comprehensive sexuality education. | Australia was not one of the signatories. | Two days before, federal Labor announced its national reproductive and sexual health strategy. If elected in May, it has committed to improve public hospital access to abortion services; support general practitioners to provide medical abortion; fund an abortion referral line and a public hospital reproductive health hub (including abortion servi…
greenleft.org.au/content/labor%E2%80%99s-reproductive-health-pledge-win-activism

Billionaire-Backed Lawsuit Against Teacher Tenure Fails in Minnesota
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-03-14
Trump has proposed to slash funding for public education in his 2020 budget. In courts across the country, however, public schools are holding up in lawsuits brought by pro-charter interests.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/billionaire-lawsuit-against-teacher-tenure-fails-lahm-190314/

Baltimore Is Slaughtering Black Children
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-14
In the aftermath of a shooting at Frederick Douglass High School, teacher Daniel Parsons argues Baltimore is systematically failing its young people…
therealnews.com/stories/baltimore-is-slaughtering-black-children

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2019-03-18: News Headlines

Democracy Now! (2019-03-18). A Global Strike for Climate Change: 1.4 Million Students Walk Out of Class Demanding Action. democracynow.org Up to 1.4 million children around the world took part in a global climate strike on Friday to demand world leaders do more to address the dangers of climate. The mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has skipped school every Friday to sit outside the Swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate change. Democracy Now! was in the streets of New York City on Friday with the young activists. We speak with 18-year-old Alysa Chen, one of the organizers of the walkout at New York City's Bronx High School of Science.

Bryce Covert (2019-03-18). The Oakland Teachers' Strike Revealed California's Education Crisis. thenation.com The Oakland Teachers' Strike Revealed California's Education Crisis…

Yves Engler (2019-03-18). Canada's Next Target After Venezuela: Cuba? globalresearch.ca "First we take Caracas then we take Havana." | That's the thinking driving the Donald Trump administration's policy towards Venezuela, according to a Wall Street Journal story titled " U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela's Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to …

Kevin Zeese (2019-03-18). Venezuela: US Imperialism Is Based on Lies and Threats. globalresearch.ca We are completing what became more than a week-long peace delegation to Venezuela organized by the US Peace Council and the Committee for International Solidarity in Venezuela (COSI). The trip was complicated by American Airlines cancelling all flights in and …

Olivia Alperstein (2019-03-18). Right Now, Trump Can Start a Nuclear War, "On a Whim" globalresearch.ca Right now, Donald Trump could start a nuclear war on a whim, and no one could stop him. | Under any circumstances, the prospect of nuclear war is terrifying, the deadly consequences irreversible. Yet with a single order, the president — …

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-18). Upping the Stakes in Yemen. Endless US-led War. globalresearch.ca US forever war in Yemen rages, the Saudis, UAE, NATO, and Israel part of its so-called coalition — against peace in the country and elsewhere. | Over 17 years of war began by the Bush/Cheney regime. There's virtually no prospect for …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-03-18). The Advent of Extreme Weather Events and Climate Tipping Points. globalresearch.ca According to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, chief climate advisor to the European Union, "We're simply talking about the very life support system of this planet". As fascism and the horror of murderous hate crimes are on the rise, governments are …

Paul R. Pillar (2019-03-18). Good Iraqi-Iranian Relations Are Not a Reason to Worry. globalresearch.ca Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been visiting Iraq this week—a friendly, extended visit that has yielded several bilateral agreements on trade and transportation. Such an event causes heartburn, of course, within the Trump administration and for others who believe that …

Misión Verdad (2019-03-18). Map (and Objectives) of the Irregular War on Energy in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The latest evidence gathered by the Venezuelan government and presented on Monday, March 11, to the Venezuelan population about the attack on the national electricity system, allows us to reconstruct the multidimensional nature of the attack that was unleashed in …

South Front (2019-03-18). Organizational and Staff Structure of US and Russian Armies: Military Comparison. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Armed forces organization depends on several factors, from current and future threats and challenges (the nature of the projected theater of operations, or TO), to the country's economic and technological capabilities. The doctrines of the two world superpowers of …

Sara Burrows (2019-03-18). The USDA Admits to Killing Over a Million Wild Animals Per Year to Protect Livestock. globalresearch.ca According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's own reports, it has killed over 34 million animals in the last decade alone. | Most of those animals were native, wild animals. The rest were accidental killings of domesticated animals. | In 2017 …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-03-18). Saving the Planet One Child at a Time: Children, School Strikes and Global Climate Action. globalresearch.ca Children's crusades do not necessarily end well. During the years of armed missions to the Holy Land, when Jerusalem meant something to the sacredly inclined in Europe, children were encouraged to take to the rough and dangerous road as it …

James Bovard (2019-03-18). John McCain's Disastrous Militaristic Legacy. globalresearch.ca When Sen. John McCain passed away in August, he was lauded far and wide for his long career of public service. Rep. John Lewis, the famous civil-rights activist, hailed McCain as a "warrior for peace." In reality, McCain embodied …

S. Brian Willson (2019-03-18). Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson and Voices from the Peace Movement. globalresearch.ca Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson paid the price for peace as he was run over and nearly killed by a military train during a non-violent protest at The Concord Naval Weapons Station in California on September 1st, 1987. The train …

Zero Hedge (2019-03-18). Kept Secret for 17 Years: Intel Memo Warned Bush's Iraq Invasion to Create "Perfect Storm" globalresearch.ca A newly declassified US intelligence memo has been unearthed this week and featured in a bombshell Wall Street Journal report. It proves that the year prior to the Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq the White House was expressly warned …

plenglish (2019-03-18). Vietnamese MPs Discuss Amendments to the Education Law. plenglish.com Hanoi, Mar 13 (Prensa Latina) The criteria for the selection of textbooks for Vietnamese educational institutions focused on part of the debates of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly that analyzed the Education Law Wednesday.

WSWS (2019-03-18). Thousands of New Zealand students join climate change protests. wsws.org Students defied pressure from school principals and the media to join climate strike walkouts on Friday in cities across New Zealand.

WSWS (2019-03-18). Nationwide strike by primary school educators in the Netherlands. wsws.org The militant struggle of teachers in the Netherlands is part of an international strike wave among educators spanning five continents.

plenglish (2019-03-18). Bolivia to Host International Conference on Quinoa. plenglish.com 18 de marzo de 2019, 09: 36La Paz, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Orinoca, a small town in the southwestern region of the Bolivian Oruro department, will host on Monday the International Quinoa Research Conference in the World.

SCU Muslim Student Association (2019-03-18). Vigil for Victims of Christchurch Mosques Massacre (Santa Clara University). indybay.org Multifaith Sanctuary at Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053…

plenglish (2019-03-18). Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes. plenglish.com Caracas, March 12 (Prensa Latina) Labor and teaching activities were suspended from today for an additional 48 hours while the recovery and stabilization of the National Electric Service (SEN) are achieved, informed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

WSWS (2019-03-18). English-language edition of Why are they Back? launched in London. wsws.org Around 150 people, including workers, students and professionals, heard speeches from Christoph Vandreier, deputy chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (Germany), and David North, chairperson of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-18). Headlines for March 18, 2019. democracynow.org New Zealand PM to Reform Gun Laws as Death Toll from Mosque Terrorist Attack Hits 50, Trump Denies Threat of White Nationalist Terrorism, WH Chief of Staff Mulvaney: "The President Is Not a White Supremacist", Trump Issues First Veto over Nat'l Emergency Resolution, "Clear Similarities" Found Between Ethiopian Airlines & Lion Air Crashes, U.S. to Deny Visas for ICC Investigators over Afghanistan Probe, The Philippines Withdraws from ICC over Duterte Drug War Investigation, Students Take to Streets for International "Youth Climate Strike", Extreme Weather in Midwest Brings Massive Floods, Kills 2 in Nebraska, At L…

plenglish (2019-03-18). United States Persists in Escalating Aggressions against Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, March 14 (Prensa Latina) The United States persists in using the term attacks to refer to the alleged health incidents reported by U.S. diplomats in Havana, even though science does not support such accusations, the Cuban government reiterated this Thursday.

WSWS (2019-03-18). Right-wing campaign targets student critics of Chelsea Clinton. wsws.org Two New York University students who confronted Chelsea Clinton have been piled upon by Donald Trump, Jr., Bill de Blasio and a significant portion of the international media.

Samantha Parsons (2019-03-18). Organizing against Koch influence on college campuses. zcomm.org Interview on how students, faculty, and community members nationwide are joining forces to build power, promote transparency, and limit corporate influence at the university level…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-03-17). It Started in Daraa on March 17, 2011: The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 "Protest Movement"? globalresearch.ca It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported "jihadist" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist "freedom fighters" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey's High Command.

Linda Wiggins-Chavis (2019-03-17). The Myth of White Meritocracy. commondreams.org "White privilege is real, and this recent cheating scandal attests to that fact. Other, more deserving students have been denied access to a higher education because the parents of less-qualified students have more money and allegedly chose to commit crimes so their children would be accepted to elite institutions." (Photo: Theresa Power/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Bill Bigelow (2019-03-17). The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools. globalresearch.ca "Wear green on St. Patrick's Day or get pinched." That pretty much sums up the Irish-American "curriculum" that I learned when I was in school. Yes, I recall a nod to the so-called Potato Famine, but it was mentioned only …

Earth Justice (2019-03-17). Trump's Methylene Chloride Rule Leaves Workers Exposed to Deadly Chemical. globalresearch.ca Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a rule that leaves workers across the United States exposed to methylene chloride, a lethal chemical used in paint strippers that has already caused dozens of worker deaths. Breaking EPA's repeated promises to …

Michael Welch (2019-03-17). Fukushima at Eight: Ongoing Cover-Up of the Nuclear Hazards in Japan and Abroad. globalresearch.ca The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster marks a critical turning point in human history. As of November 2018, 18,434 people are known to have died. Radioactive water has for years now been draining into the Pacific Ocean. Toxic debris spewed into the Earth's atmosphere.

Ellen Brown (2019-03-17). Quantitative Easing and Universal Basic Income. globalresearch.ca Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute, and author of twelve books including Web of Debt and The Public Bank Solution. | Philip A Farruggio has a internet interview show, 'It's the Empire… Stupid' with …

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (2019-03-17). VIPS: Mueller's Forensics-Free Findings. globalresearch.ca The final Mueller report should be graded "incomplete," says VIPS, whose forensic work proves the speciousness of the story that DNC emails published by WikiLeaks came from Russian hacking. | *** | . | MEMORANDUM FOR: The Attorney General | FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals …

Global Research News (2019-03-17). Selected Articles: President Trump and the Democratic Congress. globalresearch.ca A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …

teleSUR (2019-03-17). Germany: Women To Pay Less on Public Transit on 'Equal Pay Day'. telesurenglish.net Women were paid 21 percent less in Germany than men last year, leaving the gender pay gap in Europe's biggest economy unchanged, the Federal Statistics Office said Thursday. | RELATED: | Bolivia's Evo Morales Outlines Gov't Measures to Curb Violence Against Women, Promote Equality | Men earned on average 21.00 euros (a…

RT (2019-03-17). Illinois votes to teach 'LGBT history' to schoolchildren, Republicans furious. rt.com The Illinois House of representatives has voted to require the teaching of 'LGBT history' to elementary school students in the state. Republican opponents have called the measure "indoctrination." |

True Publica (2019-03-17). David Cameron, Wikileaks, America and Brexit. globalresearch.ca By now, there should be serious doubts about how the Brexit debate and EU referendum even got off the ground in the first place. David Cameron would have been advised by countless experts, both political and economic about the demons …

AFP (2019-03-17). Millions of Children Skipped School to Protest Climate Change. zcomm.org Classrooms in capitals from Bangkok to Berlin and Lagos to London emptied as organizers of the student strike called demonstrations in more than 100 countries…

≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá (2019-03-17). Lest We Forget, 20 Years Since the NATO Aggression Against Yugoslavia. globalresearch.ca The real problems in the Province of Kosovo and Metohija have been provoked by Albanian separatism and terrorism continuously supported by some western powers. This support was motivated by their geopolitical interests: weakening and fragmenting Serbia has always meant for …

Christopher Black (2019-03-17). War Against Venezuela Is War Against Us All. globalresearch.ca The American war on Venezuela continues to escalate with the sabotage of its electricity grid, the most serious action of all so far, which was not only an act of terrorism against the entire civilian population but also an attempt …

Associated Press (2019-03-16). Estudiantes exigen acción contra el cambio climático. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP) — Estudiantes de diversas partes de la Tierra abogaron el viernes por sus vidas, su futuro y su planeta, exigiendo acciones contundentes para revertir el cambio climático. Desde el Pacífico sur hasta el extremo del Círculo àÅrtico, alumnos enojados en más de 100 países salieron de las aulas para protestar contra lo que …

Leanna First-Arai (2019-03-16). Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes. commondreams.org The Sunrise Movement has lobbied members of Congress to support and work to pass the Green New Deal. (Photo: @SunriseMvmt/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Steven Singer (2019-03-16). Who's Afraid of Public Schools? commondreams.org President Donald Trump and his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have promoted school privatization and voucher programs. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2019-03-16). Kids Around the World Cut Class for Climate Justice. therealnews.com Students in over 100 countries skipped school and took to the streets to demand serious climate policy from world leaders…

WSWS (2019-03-16). Australian students speak out at climate strike. wsws.org "I can see that climate change is a product of capitalism. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer."

WSWS (2019-03-16). Youth at global climate protests speak out on capitalism, socialism and scientific planning. wsws.org Reporting teams from the World Socialist Web Site interviewed students who protested in countries around the world for action on climate change.

WSWS (2019-03-16). Millions of students and youth march against climate change. wsws.org The internationally coordinated protests, the largest in sixteen years, were organized in response to the failure of world governments and the ruling class to do anything to halt global warming.

Howard Lisnoff (2019-03-15). Want Your Kids to Make it Big in the World of Elite Education in the U.S.? counterpunch.org Ever wonder how dangerous nincompoops like Donald Trump and George W. Bush were admitted to, and graduated from, so-called good schools? Forget the legacy shtick and pay close attention to the latest celebrity and wealthy individuals' scheme that involved about 50 people (of whom 33 were parents of students) who allegedly encouraged and facilitated the most More

Consortiumnews (2019-03-15). School Shooters and Drones. consortiumnews.com Allegra Harpootlian links gun violence at home to U.S. wars abroad. By Allegra Harpootlian TomDispatch.com In the wake of the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members,… Read more →

Democracy Now! (2019-03-15). Headlines for March 15, 2019. democracynow.org 49 Dead as Far-Right Shooter Opens Fire on New Zealand Mosques, President Trump Threatens Political Opponents with Violence, Connecticut Court Allows Sandy Hook Parents to Sue Gun Maker, Students Walk Out of Schools to Protest Gun Violence, Senate Rebukes Trump's Border Emergency Declaration, House Votes 420 to 0 to Make Mueller Report Public, Schoolchildren in Over 100 Countries Strike to Demand Climate Action, Swedish Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Prize, NYC to Spend $500 Million Protecting Manhattan from Climate Change, Interior Official Hails Trump for Distracting Media from Drilling Pla…

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