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_…
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/
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
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
Venezuela: US Imperialism Is Based on Lies and Threats
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-us-imperialism-based-lies-threats/5671789
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
The USDA Admits to Killing Over a Million Wild Animals Per Year to Protect Livestock
Sara Burrows | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/usda-killing-million-wild-animals-per-year-protect-livestock/5671827
Paying the Price for Peace: The Story of S. Brian Willson and Voices from the Peace Movement
S. Brian Willson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/paying-price-peace-story-s-brian-willson-voices-peace-movement/5671781
Canada's Next Target After Venezuela: Cuba?
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/canadas-next-target-venezuela-cuba/5671832
The Advent of Extreme Weather Events and Climate Tipping Points
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/extreme-weather-events-climate-tipping-points/5671803
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
Saving the Planet One Child at a Time: Children, School Strikes and Global Climate Action
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/saving-planet-one-child-time-children-school-strikes-global-climate-action/5671794
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
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
Right Now, Trump Can Start a Nuclear War, "On a Whim"
Olivia Alperstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-18
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 — …
globalresearch.ca/trump-can-start-nuclear-war/5671830
Bolivia to Host International Conference on Quinoa
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-18
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…
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…
Organizing against Koch influence on college campuses
Samantha Parsons | zcomm.org | 2019-03-18
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…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/organizing-against-koch-influence-on-college-campuses/
Thousands of New Zealand students join climate change protests
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-18
Students defied pressure from school principals and the media to join climate strike walkouts on Friday in cities across New Zealand.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/18/nzcl…
Vigil for Victims of Christchurch Mosques Massacre (Santa Clara University)
SCU Muslim Student Association | indybay.org | 2019-03-18
Multifaith Sanctuary at Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/16/18821958.php
Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-18
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…
Vietnamese MPs Discuss Amendments to the Education Law
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-18
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…
English-language edition of Why are they Back? launched in London
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-18
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/18/back…
United States Persists in Escalating Aggressions against Cuba
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-18
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id…
Right-wing campaign targets student critics of Chelsea Clinton
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-18
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/18/clin…
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"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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.
globalresearch.ca/syria-who-is-behind-the-protest-movement-fabricating-a-pretext-for-a-us-nato-humanitarian-intervention/24591
The Myth of White Meritocracy
Linda Wiggins-Chavis | commondreams.org | 2019-03-17
"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……
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/17/myth-white-meritocracy?cd-origin=rss
Fukushima at Eight: Ongoing Cover-Up of the Nuclear Hazards in Japan and Abroad
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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.
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-at-eight-ongoing-cover-up-of-the-nuclear-hazards-in-japan-and-abroad/5671690
Selected Articles: President Trump and the Democratic Congress
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-murdoch-media-stories-trashing-islam/5671741
Trump's Methylene Chloride Rule Leaves Workers Exposed to Deadly Chemical
Earth Justice | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-methylene-chloride-rule-leaves-workers-exposed-deadly-chemical/5671732
Quantitative Easing and Universal Basic Income
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/quantitative-easing-universal-basic-income/5671710
VIPS: Mueller's Forensics-Free Findings
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/vips-muellers-forensics-free-findings/5671727
The Real Irish American Story Not Taught in Schools
Bill Bigelow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/real-irish-american-story-not-taught-schools/5671730
Germany: Women To Pay Less on Public Transit on 'Equal Pay Day'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-Women-Pay-Less-for-Public-Transport-to-Mark-Berlins-Equal-Pay-Day-20190317-0010.html
Millions of Children Skipped School to Protest Climate Change
AFP | zcomm.org | 2019-03-17
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…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/millions-of-children-skipped-school-to-protest-climate-change/
David Cameron, Wikileaks, America and Brexit
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/david-cameron-wikileaks-america-brexit/5671698
War Against Venezuela Is War Against Us All
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/war-venezuela-war-us/5671702
Lest We Forget, 20 Years Since the NATO Aggression Against Yugoslavia
Živadin Jovanović | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/lest-forget-20-years-nato-aggression-yugoslavia/5671707
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/
Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes
Leanna First-Arai | commondreams.org | 2019-03-16
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……
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/16/why-students-color-are-stepping-lead-climate-strikes?cd-origin=rss
Who's Afraid of Public Schools?
Steven Singer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-16
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……
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/16/whos-afraid-public-schools?cd-origin=rss
Australian students speak out at climate strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-16
"I can see that climate change is a product of capitalism. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/16/clin…
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
Millions of students and youth march against climate change
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-16
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/16/clim…
Youth at global climate protests speak out on capitalism, socialism and scientific planning
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-16
Reporting teams from the World Socialist Web Site interviewed students who protested in countries around the world for action on climate change.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/16/ints…
Want Your Kids to Make it Big in the World of Elite Education in the U.S.?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/want-your-kids-to-make-it-big-in-the-world-of-elite-education-in-the-u-s/
Trump's $34 Trillion Deficit and Debt Bomb
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
This week Trump released his latest budget for 2019-20 fiscal year. It calls for $2.7 trillion in various social spending cuts over the decade, including $872 billion in reductions in Medicare, Social Security, Disability spending; another $327 billion in food stamps, housing support, and Medicaid; a further $200 billion in student loan cuts; and hundreds…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/trumps-34-trillion-deficit-and-debt-bomb/
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
Global Climate Strike in Pictures: Millions of Students Walk Out to Demand Planetary Transformation
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-15
"We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
