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How to fight for public education in Indiana
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-12
Teacher strikes are escalating in the fight against a brutal drive by big business to privatize education and further plunder public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/11/indi…

Israel's Stranglehold on American Politics
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2019-03-11
The Israel lobby's buying off of nearly every senior politician in the United States, facilitated by our system of legalized bribery, is not an anti-Semitic trope. It is a fact. The lobby's campaign of vicious character assassination, smearing and blacklisting against those who defend Palestinian rights–including the Jewish historian Norman Finkelstein and university students, many of them Jewish, in organizations such as…
truthdig.com/articles/israels-stranglehold-on-american-politics/

Venezuela Opens Border Crossing with Colombia
teleSUR, trp-ML | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-11
The Venezuelan government announced the opening of a humanitarian corridor on its border with Colombia to allow passage for students who live one side but go to school in the other one, and for citizens that need medical attention. Beyond this, the rest of the border remains closed. | RELATED | Venezuela Denounces 2nd False Flag Operation at Colombia Border | The instruction to open the corridor was given by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and came into effect Monday at 5:…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Opens-Border-Crossing-with-Colombia–20190311-0013.html

Adults won't take climate change seriously. So we, the youth, are forced to strike
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-03-11
The authors are the lead organizers of U.S. Youth Climate Strike, part of a global student movement inspired by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg's weekly school strikes in Sweden and other European countries. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/11/adults-wont-take-climate-change-seriously-so-we-the-youth-are-forced-to-strike/

On Biblical Inerrancy: Some Reflections for United Methodists and Other "Christians"
M. G. Piety | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-11
The United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States , voted on voted on Tuesday, February 26th, to affirm its official stance that homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching." Not all Methodists agree with this view, of course, as is detailed in an article on the vote in The New York Times. Many do, though, hence the outcome of the vote. And Methodists are not the only "Christians" who consider homosexuality incompatible with Christian teaching. People who hold this view usually justify it by pointing to specific passages in the New Testament that appear to su…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/11/on-biblical-inerrancy-some-reflections-for-united-methodists-and-other-christians/

Indiana teachers join nationwide movement to save public education
Jason Jones | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-11
INDIANAPOLIS–Thousands of teachers and community allies wearing red–the color of the public school movement–filled the Indiana State Capitol Building on the rainy and cold afternoon of Saturday, March 9. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA), led by their president, Teresa Meredith, called on legislators to increase teacher wages …
peoplesworld.org/article/indiana-teachers-join-nationwide-movement-to-save-public-education/

Teachers Strikes Prompt Renewed Calls for More Education Funding
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-03-11
The second-largest teachers union in America is building on labors momentum with a new nationwide campaign.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/teachers-strikes-education-funding-lahm-190311/

Breaking Our Biggest Taboo
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
"Tell me who you cannot criticize and I will tell you who is your master". Attributed to Voltaire. | Saying anything negative about Israel has long been the third rail of US politics and media. Israel is our nation's most sacred …
globalresearch.ca/breaking-our-biggest-taboo/5670965

Trump Regime Electricity War in Venezuela More Serious than First Believed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
On Thursday, Venezuela's Guri dam hydroelectric power plant was cyberattacked at 5: 00 PM during the late afternoon rush hour to cause maximum disruption. | Up to 80% of the country was affected, damage done more severe than initially thought. Weeks or …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-electricity-war-venezuela/5670970

Snap-Shots along the Road of Life
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
"You road I travel and look around! I believe you are not all that is here! I believe that something unseen is also here."– Walt Whitman, Poem of the Road | Jimmy C., age 9, died on the evening of Dec …
globalresearch.ca/snap-shots-along-the-road-of-life/5670996

The New Politics of Disablement: The Contribution of Mike Oliver
Prof. Ravi Malhotra | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Michael Oliver (3 February 1945 to 2 March 2019) was a British academic, author, and disability rights activist. He was Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich. His research focused on the social model of disability, and …
globalresearch.ca/new-politics-disablement-mike-oliver/5671034

Selected Articles: Venezuela. Hands Off!
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
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/selected-articles-venezuela-hands-off/5671061

Faces of Gazan Children Killed by Israeli Soldiers Appear in Tel Aviv
Haim Schwarczenberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Thursday March 7th 2018 Tel Aviv- Jews for Return, hung pictures of six of the children who were shot dead by Israeli soldiers while participating in the return demonstrations that began on the 30th of March 2018 on the streets …
globalresearch.ca/faces-gazan-children-killed-israeli-soldiers-tel-aviv/5670968

NYT Denies that Venezuela Burned Aid Convoy
Prensa Latina | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
An exclusive video quoted by The New York Times contradicts the US statement that the Venezuelan government set fire to an aid convoy last month on the border with Colombia. | An article signed by journalists of the newspaper in Colombia …
globalresearch.ca/nyt-denies-venezuela-burned-aid-convoy/5671014

US Is Pushing Venezuela to the Brink by Attacking Its Power Grid
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
The Hybrid War on Venezuela just took a dark turn — literally — after the US used cyber weapons and insider sabotage to attack the country's power grid last week, cutting off most of its electricity and creating a chain …
globalresearch.ca/us-venezuela-power-grid/5671009

Ilhan Omar: Challenging Establishment Politics in Washington
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Though way too early to judge her after barely over two months in Congress, her forthright outspokenness is encouraging. She supported what demanded rejection — HR 676, the NATO Support Act, banning use of federal funds for withdrawal, requiring …
globalresearch.ca/ilhan-omar-challenging-establishment-politics-in-washington/5670983

The UN Fails to Name and Shame Firms Aiding Israel's Illegal Settlements
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
The United Nations postponed last week for the third time the publication of a blacklist of Israeli and international firms that profit directly from Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied territories. | The international body had come under enormous pressure to …
globalresearch.ca/un-fails-name-shame-firms-aiding-israels-illegal-settlements/5671032

Lies and Crimes, Peace and Democracy
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
We can not have Peace and Democracy if we accept the Lies and Crimes which deny us Peace and Democracy. Some of the Lies are foundational to the "War on Terror", which itself is a lie. Al Qaeda, for example, is not responsible for the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center buildings. To believe so would be to believe in miracles, fairy tales.
globalresearch.ca/peace-democracy/5670989

How to Enjoy Dinner Knowing Fellow Americans Have Caused 85,000 Yemeni Kids to Starve to Death?
Jay Janson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
I looked down at the food on my plate, and wished I hadn't just heard PBS's News anchor Judy Woodruff report that the war in Yemen had already caused 85,000 children to starve to death. She read the one liner …
globalresearch.ca/fellow-americans-caused-85000-yemeni-kids-starve-death/5670992

Marco Polo Is Back in China — Again
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in Italy for an official visit on March 22. The top theme of discussion will be the New Silk Road, or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). | A day earlier, in Brussels, the …
globalresearch.ca/marco-polo-back-china-again/5670998

England and Wales Authority Issues Licences to Property Developers to Kill Protected Robins, Starlings, Blackbirds, Sparrows, Bullfinches
Tom Pride | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Natural England and Natural Resources Wales have mysteriously given the go-ahead for protected species such as robins, starlings, blackbirds and bullfinches to be shot: Licences granted to kill multiple Red-listed species | I say mysteriously, because the reasons given are very …
globalresearch.ca/england-and-wales-authority-issues-licences-to-property-developers-to-kill-protected-robins-starlings-blackbirds-sparrows-bullfinches/5670954

The US Must Grow Up and Respect Iran's Independence
Adam Edelman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
One of the lessons from our recent visit to Iran as a Peace Delegation is that Iran is a mature country. It is 2,500 years old, ten times as old as the United States and one of the world's oldest …
globalresearch.ca/the-us-must-grow-up-and-respect-irans-independence/5671059

We Are Being Lied into War Again
Lee Camp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
This is not the first time our government and our media have conspired to drag the American people into war with another country–or helped create a coup that will inevitably have disastrous results | *** | I was 23 when we invaded …
globalresearch.ca/we-are-being-lied-into-war-again/5670988

Intelligence Contractors Make New Attempt to Provoke Tensions with North Korea
William Craddick | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
It's the second, but no less ludicrous, attempt in one week to sway the opinion of the public and President Donald Trump against the concept of denuclearization and peaceful dialogue with North Korea. | A March 8, 2019 report from National …
globalresearch.ca/intelligence-contractors-new-attempt-provoke-tensions-north-korea/5670960

US Negotiations: Masters of Defeats
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Introduction | The US is currently engaged in negotiations with at least a dozen countries; which involve fundamental political, military and economic issues. | The US has adopted diplomatic strategies in the face of its 'inability' to secure military victories. The purpose | …
globalresearch.ca/us-negotiations-masters-defeats/5670949

Video: Syrian Army Hunts Down ISIS Cells in Desert
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Three US service members were killed in an ISIS suicide bomber attack on a joint convoy of the US-led coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Manbij in northern Syria on March 9, the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq claimed….
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-hunts-down-isis-cells-desert/5671047

NATO "Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize" and "Wars Make Us Safer"?
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
In a world built of spin, our goal has always been to present you with the facts. | If we were to take mainstream news headlines at face value, we would have to believe the following: | . | . | . | . | A …
globalresearch.ca/nato-deserves-the-nobel-peace-prize-and-wars-make-us-safer/5671065

Trump's Venezuela Allies Have Credibility Issues of Their Own
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-11
What follows is a conversation between co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research Mark Weisbrot and Sharmini Peries of the Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-venezuela-allies-have-credibility-issues-of-their-own/

The Death of Milosevic and NATO Responsibility
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
This article first appeared in Izvestia in March of 2015. | On March 11, 2006, President Slobodan Milosevic died in a NATO prison. No one has been held accountable for his death. In the 10 years since the end of his …
globalresearch.ca/death-milosevic-nato-responsibility/5671019

Grand Jury Efforts: Jailing Chelsea Manning
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
"I will not comply with this, or any other grand jury." So explained Chelsea Manning in justifying her refusal to answer questions and comply with a grand jury subpoena compelling her to testify on her knowledge of WikiLeaks. | "Imprisoning me | …
globalresearch.ca/grand-jury-jailing-chelsea-manning/5670952

Talking About Israel. The Relationship with Israel is Poison for the United States
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
A recent article by Andrew Sullivan in the New York magazine considers how one might discuss the issue of Israel and its powerful domestic lobby without being accused of anti-Semitism. Sullivan is a keen observer of the dynamics of American …
globalresearch.ca/talking-about-israel-the-relationship-with-israel-is-poison-for-the-united-states/5671022

Rwanda: Truth, Freedom and Peace Will Prevail
Robin Philpot | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-11
Robin Philpot's acceptance speech of the Victoire Ungabire Umuhoza award in Brussels, translated from French | I would first like to thank the International Women's Network for Democracy and Peace honouring me with this Award that bears the name of …
globalresearch.ca/truth-freedom-peace-rwanda/5671041

What's Behind the Weak February Jobs Report
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-11
The index of aggregate hours fell 0.3 percent in February and is below the December level. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the economy added just 20,000 jobs in February. While this is a very weak number, it most likely is a bounce back from the extraordinarily rapid growth reported in January, which was…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/11/whats-behind-the-weak-february-jobs-report/

Indiana teachers rally against low pay, attacks on public education
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-11
While more than a thousand Indiana teachers rallied in the state Capitol against a decline in teacher salaries over the last 20 years, the unions are actively working to prevent any mass walkouts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/11/demo…

Donald Trump Deserves an "F" on Trade
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-03-11
We learned from Michael Cohen's testimony last month that Donald Trump went to great lengths to ensure that his high school and college grades and test scores would never see the light of day. We can be pretty certain that they were not very good, since Donald Trump is a person who is quick to brag about anything he has done, and even many things he has not done. If Trump had been a straight-A student, we would all know about it. | Ordinarily, there would be no reason to care about how a politician did in an English class more than half a century ago, except that Donald Trump felt that it was important to talk…
truthout.org/articles/donald-trump-deserves-an-f-on-trade/

16-Year-Olds Want to Vote — and States Are Starting to Listen to Them
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-03-11
While canvassing her district while running for state senator in Oregon in 2018, one event changed the tone of Sen. Shemia Fagan's conversations with voters: the deadly Parkland, Florida, school shooting, which took place that February. | Her constituents discussed how the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School seized the national conversation on gun safety. | "As I was out at the doors, I had many conversations with older voters who were so impressed with the results the Parkland students were getting," Fagan said. "The examples of the 16- and 17-year-olds out there were moving the needle." | It's w…
truthout.org/articles/16-year-olds-want-to-vote-and-states-are-starting-to-listen-to-them/

Palestine Flag Raising
SJSU Students for Justice in Palestine | indybay.org | 2019-03-11
San Jose City Hall Plaza | 200 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/10/18821819.php

Here Come the Frankenfish: Critics Warn GE Salmon Import Approval Puts Consumers and Fisheries at 'Serious Risk'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-11
The Trump administration has lifted a ban on importing genetically engineered or GE salmon, which critics have long called "Frankenfish," in a move that consumer advocates charge "runs counter to sound science and market demand." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/11/here-come-frankenfish-critics-warn-ge-salmon-import-approval-puts-consumers-and?cd-origin=rss

Teachers speak out at Indianapolis rally to defend public education
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-11
Teachers attending Saturday's rally denounced low pay, the promotion of charter schools and other privatization schemes, while chanting "strike!" multiple times.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/11/indy…

Kentucky teachers speak against attacks on public education
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-11
Teachers in Kentucky are holding discussions and seeking to develop their fight for pension rights and the defense of public education in the face of sabotage by the state and local teacher unions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/11/kent…

Panel of Black Professionals at Cabrillo College
Office of Student Equity | indybay.org | 2019-03-11
Cabrillo College, Building 300, Room 322, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/10/18821825.php

Banner Drop: UC Must Divest/End Study Abroad in "Israel" Now
UCSC Students for Justice in Palestine | indybay.org | 2019-03-11
On Wednesday, March 7th, a group of people dropped a banner in Quarry Plaza that read "UC must divest/End Study Abroad in "Israel" Now." SJP supports the message these students were sending.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/10/18821821.php

March 11, 2011: Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-10
The dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination… Eventually all major regions of the World will be affected.
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-nuclear-war-worldwide-nuclear-radiation-2/28870

Government employees in India demand regularization, equal pay for equal work
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-03-10
Thousands of employees in the State of Punjab plan to block the movement of government vehicles if their demands are not met. Teachers, clerical staff and doctors are among those who are agitating…
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/03/10/government-employees-in-india-demand-regularization-equal-pay-for-equal-work/

CNN may be sued for over $250mn in damages for 'vicious' attacks on Covington 'MAGA kids' — lawyer
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-10
CNN will be slapped with a massive lawsuit for its "vicious" and "direct attacks" on Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, the kid's lawyer told Fox News. The Washington Post has already been hit with a similar suit. | …
rt.com/usa/453467-covington-maga-boys-cnn-lawsuit/

30,000 teachers in India block road to State education minister's office demanding higher pay
Ditsa Bhattacharya | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-03-09
Thousands of teachers of Shishu Shiksha Kendras (SSKs) and Madhyamik Shiksha Kendras (MSKs) (primary and middle educational institutions) in the State of West Bengal have been protesting since March 1. Their honorarium has not been increased for the last seven years…
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/03/09/30000-teachers-in-india-block-road-to-state-education-ministers-office-demanding-higher-pay/

Teachers Won in California. What's Next?
Cynthia Liu | progressive.org | 2019-03-08
Will a new quintet of bills be sufficient to appropriately regulate California's charters?
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/whats-next-for-california-public-schools-liu-190308/

Lost Children Archive: Valeria Luiselli's New Novel Bears Witness to the U.S. Immigration Crisis
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-08
Days after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, we speak with Valeria Luiselli about her new book, "Lost Children Archive." It chronicles one family's journey from New York to the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona as the mother researches the plight of migrant children seeking refuge in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/8/lost_child…

The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train
Margaret Cerullo | thenation.com | 2019-03-08
The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train…
thenation.com/article/hampshire-college-higher-education-crisis/

"Deaths of Despair": Trump and the White Working Class
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-08
In November 2015 two Princeton economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton (a Nobel Prize winner), released a revealing study, "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among whitenon-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century." It was published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The economists' findings were scary:…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/08/deaths-of-despair-trump-and-the-white-working-class/

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2019-03-10: News Headlines

Colin Todhunter (2019-03-10). Monsanto, Bayer, Cargill and India's Prime Minister Modi: Doing Business or Corporate Imperialism? globalresearch.ca India-Pakistan relations are in crisis. Elections are forthcoming in India. The incisive article by Colin Todhunter addresses the issue of Prime Minister Modi's "business friendly" role in opening the door to the plunder of India's agriculture. First published in June …

Norbert Haering (2019-03-10). A Well-Kept Open Secret: Washington Is Behind India's Brutal Demonetization Project. globalresearch.ca Who are the institutions behind this decisive attack on cash? According to USAID: "Over 35 key Indian, American and international organizations have partnered with the Ministry of Finance and USAID on this initiative."

WSWS Repost (2019-03-10). DSA and Jacobin cover for union sellout of Oakland teachers strike. indybay.org Pseudo-leftists crow a victory for Oakland teachers.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-03-09). Neoliberalism and "The Vietnam Model". Who Won the Vietnam War? globalresearch.ca April 1975 marks the official end of the Vietnam War. Yet today, Vietnam is an impoverished countries. The Hanoi government is a US proxy regime. Vietnam has become a new cheap labor frontier of the global economy. Neoliberalism prevails.

teleSUR (2019-03-09). Reasons For a War? US Dominates Global Arms Industry: Report. telesurenglish.net Many analysts question the motives behind the United State's alleged "humanitarian efforts" in Venezuela and its determination to keep all options- including a military invasion- "on the table." However, the U.S.'s leading position in the "top 100" global arms industry, as reported by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in a December study, may have something to do with it. | RELATED: | US Plans to Deliver Arms to Venezuelan Opposition, Russia Warns | A…

South Front (2019-03-09). Video: Israeli Navy Ready to Block Iranian Oil Transit, US-backed Forces Starve Refugees in Syria. globalresearch.ca Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham will continue its attacks on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Russian forces around Idlib province, a spokesman for the terrorist group said in an official video message released on March 6. Abu Khalid al-Shami threatened that …

James Corbett (2019-03-09). The Pentagon's Missing Trillions. What You Need to Know. globalresearch.ca Dr. Mark Skidmore of Michigan State University joins us to discuss his research with Catherine Austin Fitts into the $21 trillion in unaccounted transactions on the books of the US Department of Defence and the US Department of Housing and …

Mike Whitney (2019-03-09). Has Trump Gone Full Neocon?? globalresearch.ca The details of what took place at the Hanoi Summit strongly suggests that President Donald Trump has joined the neocons in their quest to strangle the North Korean economy and bring about regime change. As it happens, the Trump delegation …

Judith Deutsch (2019-03-09). Trudeau, Bolsonaro, et al: "Informed Consent" and the Political Contempt for Human Life. globalresearch.ca In Memory of Dave Vasey who knew first-hand about official callousness toward life in the small town of Walkerton where people died needlessly of water contamination. Dave dedicated his too short life to fighting against climate injustice, militarization, …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-03-09). And They Say I'm the Crazy One! "For Rejecting the Military-Industrial Empire and the Two Party 'One Party' System" globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in August 2014. | There is a scene from Danny Devito's fine film Hoffa when Jimmy Hoffa is organizing a teamsters' strike in the midst of WW2. As he walks through the trucking company yard the …

teleSUR (2019-03-09). Facebook Previews Give Users Exaggerated Sense of Knowledge: Study. telesurenglish.net A recent study by researchers at York College shows that users who only read article previews in their Facebook feed think they know more than they do, compared to those who actually read the article. | RELATED: | UK Parliament Seize Facebook Docs in Analytica Scandal Probe | The investigation was first published on Feb. 4 in the peer-reviewed Research & Politics scientific journal. Its objective was to measure how much knowledge test subjects gained from a highlighted issue, as…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-03-09). Corporate Media "Presstitutes" Turn Blind Eye to UN Report on Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Don't you think something is fishy when the presstitutes orchestrate a fake news "humanitarian crisis" in Venezuela, but totally ignore the real humanitarian crises in Yemen and Gaza? | Don't you think something is really very rotten when the expert, Alfred …

Telesur (2019-03-09). Venezuela Denounces US Participation in Electric Sabotage. globalresearch.ca Jorge Rodriguez showed evidence of the participation of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio in the sabotage of the electrical system that left the country without service for more than 24 hours. | *** | The Vice President of Communication, Tourism and Culture of …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-03-09). Commemorating the Vietnam War, 8 March 1965: US Government Sanitizes Vietnam War History. globalresearch.ca First published on October 30, 2014 | For many years after the Vietnam War, we enjoyed the "Vietnam syndrome," in which US presidents hesitated to launch substantial military attacks on other countries. They feared intense opposition akin to the powerful movement …

Canadian Peace Congress (2019-03-09). An Urgent Appeal for Unity Against the Growing Danger of War. globalresearch.ca To all those who share our sense of urgency about the worsening international situation, and the grave danger that war poses for the world today, we issue this Appeal for a united and powerful response. | At this critical moment, ending …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-03-09). Syria Preparing Its Missiles for the Next Battle with Israel. globalresearch.ca Syria and its allies are preparing their missiles for a forthcoming battle with Israel if Tel Aviv decides to open fire against significant military positions under the control of the Syrian army. | Well informed sources say that "it all depends …

Sustainable Pulse (2019-03-09). German Beer Industry in Shock Over Monsanto Glyphosate Contamination. globalresearch.ca The Munich Environmental Institute has released shocking results of laboratory testing: The probable carcinogen and World's most used herbicide — glyphosate — was found in all of the 14 beers tested.

Andrew Korybko (2019-03-09). Pakistan: The Global Pivot State. globalresearch.ca First published on February 14, 2019 | Pakistan's promising economic potential, international connectivity capabilities, and unparalleled geostrategic location combine with its world-class military and proven diplomatic finesse over the decades to turn the South Asian country into the global pivot state …

Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (2019-03-09). The Ghosts of Revolution? The Yellow Vests Rise Up against the Totalitarian Financial Empire. globalresearch.ca Elated, with the single-mindedness of the "We" of the many, suddenly aware of its power, the crowd pours out of the narrow street in which it was crammed, to the spacious Place de la Republique while singing the Marseillaise. It …

George Ciccariello-Maher (2019-03-09). Another Failed Coup in Venezuela? globalresearch.ca If you repeat your own lies enough—so goes the apocryphal Goebbels quote—you start to believe them yourself. For two decades, the Venezuelan opposition and its supporters in Washington have smeared Hugo Chávez and now his successor, Nicolás Maduro, as …

Chris Marcus (2019-03-09). The Next Currency Crisis, When? Impacts on the Prices of Gold and Silver. globalresearch.ca With government money printing and debt loads skyrocketing out of control, it seems that Rick Rule is likely correct that the next currency crisis is a matter of " when" rather than "if." And when that occurs, it's fascinating …

teleSUR (2019-03-09). Tech Bias: Self-driving Cars More Likely to Hit Black People. telesurenglish.net Self-driving cars are more likely to hit anyone who isn't white based on algorithmic bias, according to a recent study. | RELATED: | Leaked Docs Show US Border Patrol Gathering Intelligence on Journalists Covering Caravan | Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, United States found that detection systems like sensors and cameras of automated cars detect people with lighter skin tones more easily. | While the report, "Predictive Inequity i…

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-09). The Arrest of Chelsea Manning. Unconstitutional US Grand Jury System. globalresearch.ca Remanding Chelsea Manning into federal custody for contempt on Friday, jailing her for invoking her constitutional rights, refusing to answer prosecutorial and grand juror questions, is one of countless examples of grand jury abuses of power — symptomatic of police …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-03-09). Assad's Tehran Visit Signals Iran's Victory in Syria. globalresearch.ca For the first time since war broke out in Syria in 2011, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has travelled to Iran to meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. | President Assad had only travelled outside …

Ditsa Bhattacharya (2019-03-09). 30,000 teachers in India block road to State education minister's office demanding higher pay. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of teachers of Shishu Shiksha Kendras (SSKs) and Madhyamik Shiksha Kendras (MSKs) (primary and middle educational institutions) in the State of West Bengal have been protesting since March 1. Their honorarium has not been increased for the last seven years…

Kathy Kelly (2019-03-09). Can We Divest from Weapons Dealers? zcomm.org How different our world could be if efforts were instead directed toward education, health care, and community welfare…

Peoples Dispatch (2019-03-09). Regional strike in Cauca, Colombia enters twelfth day despite violent police repression. peoplesdispatch.org In response to the demands of the people for dialogue on implementing state promises in education and agriculture, the government has unleashed special police units which have arrested many and injured dozens…

Shared by Anton Woronczuk (2019-03-09). Fracking Linked to Increased Hospitalizations for Genital and Urinary Issues. truthout.org Fracking may put Pennsylvania communities at greater risk for skin, genital, and urinary diseases, according to new research. | The study, which was published in the March issue of the journal Public Health, looked at hospital records in Pennsylvania's 67 counties from 2003-2014. | Researchers found that the more fracking wells were in a county, the more hospitalizations the county saw for genital and urinary problems like urinary tract infections, kidney infections, and kidney stones. Frack…

Julie Lévesque (2019-03-08). Women's Day 2019: From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-08). Lost Children Archive: Valeria Luiselli's New Novel Bears Witness to the U.S. Immigration Crisis. democracynow.org Days after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, we speak with Valeria Luiselli about her new book, "Lost Children Archive." It chronicles one family's journey from New York to the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona as the mother researches the plight of migrant children seeking refuge in the United States.

Global Research News (2019-03-08). Women's Day 2019: Selected Articles. globalresearch.ca …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-03-08). Women's Day 2019: Women's Suffrage and African Emancipation During the 19th Century. globalresearch.ca Since the mid-19th century there has been a periodic interrelationship between the movements for African emancipation and women's liberation. | Of course these convergences have not been without serious contradictions particularly in light of the historic racial and class divisions …

Garikai Chengu (2019-03-08). America Created Al-Qaeda and the ISIS Terror Group. globalresearch.ca Incisive article originally published by GR in September 2014. | Much like Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) is made-in-the-USA, an instrument of terror designed to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran's growing influence in the …

commondreams (2019-03-08). AFT's Weingarten on DC Public Schools' $5 Million Settlement with Teachers. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Cynthia Liu (2019-03-08). Teachers Won in California. What's Next? progressive.org Will a new quintet of bills be sufficient to appropriately regulate California's charters?

Margaret Cerullo (2019-03-08). The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train. thenation.com The Unmaking of a College: Notes From Inside the Hampshire Runaway Train…

Ron Jacobs (2019-03-08). Hijack the Starship, Major Tom. counterpunch.org One of my favorite rock albums of the early 1970s is Paul Kantner and Grace Slick's science fiction story titled Blows Against the Empire. Although the album was released under the auspices of Kantner and Slick's ensemble Jefferson Starship, the truth is that the collection of musicians in this work are quite different than those More

David Rosen (2019-03-08). "Deaths of Despair": Trump and the White Working Class. counterpunch.org In November 2015 two Princeton economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton (a Nobel Prize winner), released a revealing study, "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among whitenon-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century." It was published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The economists' findings were scary: "Over the 15-y[ear] period, midlife all-cause mortality fell by more More

kathy_f (2019-03-08). Why you should join the Student Strike 4 Climate. greenleft.org.au Climate change is already impacting our lives.: | As it gets worse, we will be affected by more floods and storms, bushfires and droughts. Globally there will be less clean water and farmland available. This disproportionately affects those who have the least — women, Indigenous people and those living in exploited nations. | Capitalism cannot resolve the climate crisis.: | It cannot because of its structured social and ecological irrationality. This is why, regardless of what the science tells us we should do, fossil fuels are still being burnt and sustainable energy systems still have to b…

pip.hinman (2019-03-08). Socialist candidate: 'Organised people are a force for change'. greenleft.org.au Susan Price is the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Parramatta in the March 23 NSW state election. She has been an active unionist and socialist for more than 20 years. She was branch president of the UNSW branch of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in 2006 and 2010, and a member of the NTEU national executive from 2010 to 2012. | She is an activist in the refugee rights movement; a campaigner for women's rights; and is national co-convenor of the Socialist Alliance. Price spoke to Green Left Weekly's Jim McIlroy about the Socialist Alliance election campaign, its aims and policies.

kathy_f (2019-03-08). School Strike 4 Climate: history, challenges and what's next. greenleft.org.au After the milestone School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) rallies on November 30 last year, the movement faces a critical point. | Describing itself as a "decentralised, grassroots and ambitious" activist organisation, SS4C has certainly breathed fresh energy into the climate debate. However, with its second major action looming, where does it go from here? | One positive to emerge immediately following the November strike was the collective enthusiasm for maintaining participation in direct action. | Rather than resting on its laurels after so spectacularly mobilising more than 15,000 students in 30 cities and towns in…

kathy_f (2019-03-08). The mining union should join students fighting for a transition from coal. greenleft.org.au The mining and energy division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining, Maritime and Energy Union (CFMMEU) does not seem to have a strategy for life after coal, if the leaked minutes from its Queensland division's December meeting can be believed. | It intends to cling tightly to the coalmining multinationals and hope for the best as global climate and renewable energy policies kick in. | Meanwhile in New South Wales, anti-coal campaigners reported seeing the CFMMEU's Hunter Valley branch acting as a cheer squad f…

kathy_f (2019-03-08). 'NSW not for sale!'. greenleft.org.au "NSW not for sale!" was one of the chants at a Fix NSW rally on March 3, 20 days out from the state election. It expressed a common element in NSW government projects that have sparked resistance from numerous communities and trade unions. | Giant banners featuring the face of Liberal Premier Gladys Berejiklian and the words "$elling NSW" were the backdrop to speeches from Raymond Weatherall from Fighting In Resistance Equally, the coalition that organised the huge Invasion Day march on January 26; Jean Hinchliffe and Daisy Jeffrey from the Student Strike 4 Climate; Julie Lyford from Groundswell Gloucester; Deput…

Fight Back (2019-03-07). Pasco teachers and staff say #RespectUsNow. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Over 30 teachers, staff, parents and community members rallied outside the Pasco County School District Office, March 5, to build support for United School Employees of Pasco (USEP) and challenge dismal salaries for school district employees, along with the lack of funding for public education. The rally occurred only minutes before a Pasco County school board meeting inside. | Teachers and school employees in Pasco are underpaid. In contract negotiations with the school district last year they won across-the-board 2% salary increases. However, this will do little to alleviate the financial pressure o…

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2019-03-07). Black History Month Spotlight: Maria Broom — Actress, Storyteller, Teacher and Dancer. therealnews.com Maria Broom talks about her career in Baltimore, starting as a reporter at WJZ-TV, as a teacher at Baltimore School for the Arts, a storyteller and a world-renowned dancer and theater and television actress. Broom talks about the state of the arts community in Baltimore…

unitedEditor (2019-03-06). A Case Against Saudi Arabia: the War in Yemen, the Iranian Angle and the Israeli Perspective. uwidata.com In academia, we're in constant pursuit of indisputable facts which lead us to truth, the kind of self-evident truth that our founding fathers wrote so much about. And as the gospels teach us, truth shall set us free: Free from constant lies, exaggerations, distortions, distractions, deceptions, diversions and manipulations — basically all the specialties of …

splcenter (2019-03-06). SPLC statement on Florida Senate bill that would fund private school vouchers with public school money. splcenter.org The Florida Senate Education Committee today endorsed a proposal from Gov. Ron DeSantis that would take more taxpayer money away from public schools and give it to unregulated private schools.

Fight Back (2019-03-06). South Florida students rally on anniversary of Trayvon Martin's murder. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On February 28, the Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a Black Lives Matter rally at the University of South Florida for the seventh anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death. In 2012, Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, after returning from a nearby gas station. The trial of Zimmerman became a national phenomenon with him walking free due to Florida's 'stand your ground' law. The shooting is still fresh on Florida's mind, with many questioning the judicial system that let a man off with murder. | The protest was aimed at the jud…

Robert Mackey (2019-03-06). Anger in Turkey as Melania Trump Visits Oklahoma School Linked to Turkish Dissident. theintercept.com In what sounds like an example of life imitating "Veep," first lady Melania Trump's visit to a school in Oklahoma this week might have accidentally triggered an international incident after reporters in Turkey revealed that the school was founded by followers of a dissident Turkish cleric who Turkey's government blames for an attempted coup in 2016.. @FLOTUS is taking "Be Best" on the road! Her three-state tour began at Dove School of Discovery to…

ACLU (2019-03-04). Student Surveillance Versus Gun Control: The School Safety Discussion We Aren't Having. aclu.org Identifying the best way to combat school shootings cannot occur unless Congress repeals amendments blocking gun research and data collation. | On April 20, 1999, two male students walked into Columbine High School and started shooting. By the time it was over, 15 students were dead and 24 more had been injured. America had changed forever. But in some ways, it hasn't changed at all. | Nineteen years later, 17 students were murdered on Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. That event marked the 2…

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