The Vultures of Caracas
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
We are frequently told that people in Venezuela have no food, clothing or toilet paper, and that popular discontent with the left wing government is driven by real hunger. There are elements of truth in this story, though the causes … | The post The Vultures of Caracas appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-vultures-of-caracas/5666649

Towards Another US-North Korea Summit?
Stuart Smallwood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
News of another summit between the US and North Korean heads of state is surely encouraging for advocates of Korean peace. Hopes are high that North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has an inkling the Trump administration will budge from … | The post Towards Another US-North Korea Summit? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/towards-another-us-north-korea-summit/5666563

Why Germany Leads in Renewables: It Has Its Own Green Bank
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
The Green New Deal endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more than 40 other US Representatives has been criticized as imposing a too-heavy burden on the rich and upper-middle-class taxpayers who will have to pay for it, but taxing the rich … | The post Why Germany Leads in Renewables: It Has Its Own Green Bank appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/germany-leads-renewables-own-green-bank/5666619

The Criminalization of Filipino Children
Prof. Phoebe Zoe Maria Sanchez | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-01-27
The post The Criminalization of Filipino Children appeared first on Global Research.
asia-pacificresearch.com/the-criminalization-of-filipino-children/5628485

Everybody Else's Business: Coup Fever in Venezuela
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
This could have been seen as audacious. Instead, it had the smell of a not so well concealed sponsorship, the backing of a meaty foreign hand. Venezuelan opposition leader and President of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó decided to take … | The post Everybody Else's Business: Coup Fever in Venezuela appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/everybody-elses-business-coup-fever-in-venezuela/5666611

How Globalisation Killed Our Mother
Matthew Caruana Galizia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
The worldwide network that facilitates transnational organised crime and corruption is, tragically, one of globalisation's most enduring success stories. It is also, therefore, one of its deadliest flaws. While the produce and proceeds of crime flow seamlessly across borders, justice … | The post How Globalisation Killed Our Mother appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/how-globalisation-killed-our-mother/5666646

Juan Guaido: Designated US Puppet in Venezuela
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
Nicolas Marduro is Venezuela's legitimate democratically elected and reelected president. | The country's process is scrupulously open, free, and fair, the world's best, a model for other nations. Polar opposite to America's fantasy democracy, the best money can buy. | Coup d'etats … | The post Juan Guaido: Designated US Puppet in Venezuela appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/juan-guaido-designated-us-puppet-in-venezuela/5666628

Netanyahu's Election Bombing Campaign May Lead to Battle: Syria and Hezbollah Have Their Fingers on the Trigger
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
Israel has attacked Syria many times during the last seven years of war imposed on Syria. It has run red-lights and broken taboos in order to provoke the "Axis of the Resistance" inside Syria, but has refrained from infuriating Hezbollah … | The post Netanyahu's Election Bombing Campaign May Lead to Battle: Syria and Hezbollah Have Their Fingers on the Trigger appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/netanyahus-election-bombing-campaign-may-lead-to-battle-syria-and-hezbollah-have-their-fingers-on-the-trigger/5666661

Building the Information Control Highway
Michael S. Rozeff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
With the rise of internet social media, patronized by multi-millions of receptive people and supplied by a small number of companies that have achieved dominance, a path way to information control was cleared. | To complete the highway, all that was … | The post Building the Information Control Highway appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/building-the-information-control-highway/5666657

Argentina — Is the IMF Intervention Helped by HAARP?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
HAARP — the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program — was initiated as an ionospheric research program, established in 1993 in Gakona, Alaska and operated by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. It was and is funded by the U.S. Air … | The post Argentina — Is the IMF Intervention Helped by HAARP? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/argentina-imf-intervention-helped-haarp/5666606

Michelle Alexander Is Right About Israel-Palestine
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
As a progressive Jew, I find that many of my family members and friends are still what we call "PEP" — progressive except Palestine. Amid ever-worsening injustices created by the Israeli system of apartheid and Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian … | The post Michelle Alexander Is Right About Israel-Palestine appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/michelle-alexander-is-right-about-israel-palestine/5666622

Politics Behind the Sunni-Shia Conflict in Middle East
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
Lately, it has become a habit of Orientalist apologists of Western imperialism to offer reductive historical and theological explanations of Sunni-Shi'a conflict in the Middle East region in order to cover up the blowback of ill-conceived Western military interventions and … | The post Politics Behind the Sunni-Shia Conflict in Middle East appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/politics-behind-the-sunni-shia-conflict-in-middle-east/5666663

"Naya Pakistan": Come One, Come All, and See "New Pakistan" with Your Own Eyes!
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
Prime Minister Imran Khan's "Naya Pakistan" ("New Pakistan") just passed legislation loosening the country's previously difficult visa procedure to allow for most of the world's nationalities to either receive one on arrival or electronically, which will not only boost … | The post "Naya Pakistan": Come One, Come All, and See "New Pakistan" with Your Own Eyes! appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/naya-pakistan-come-one-come-all-and-see-new-pakistan-with-your-own-eyes/5666641

International Appeal: Stop 5G on Earth and in Space
Arthur Firstenberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
To the UN, WHO, EU, Council of Europe and governments of all nations | We the undersigned scientists, doctors, environmental organizations and citizens from (__) countries, urgently call for a halt to the deployment of the 5G (fifth generation) wireless network, | … | The post International Appeal: Stop 5G on Earth and in Space appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/international-appeal-stop-5g-on-earth-and-in-space/5666602

CIA Was Aiding "Jihadists" before Soviets Invaded Afghanistan
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
Originally, there were four parties involved in the Afghan conflict which are mainly responsible for the debacle in the Af-Pak region. Firstly, the former Soviet Union which invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Secondly, Pakistan's security agencies which nurtured the Afghan … | The post CIA Was Aiding "Jihadists" before Soviets Invaded Afghanistan appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/cia-was-aiding-jihadists-before-soviets-invaded-afghanistan/5666624

Modern Medicine and Big Pharma. Healthcare Crisis in America
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
This new year will likely mark another milestone in science and medicine. Again, Americans will spend more money on diagnostic tests, surgeries and other medical procedures, and patients will consume more drugs and receive more treatments than any other time … | The post Modern Medicine and Big Pharma. Healthcare Crisis in America appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/modern-medicine-and-big-pharma-healthcare-crisis-in-america/5666218

Deal to End US Government Shutdown. "Fake National Emergency" on Mexican Border
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
Did Trump blink? Did undemocratic Dems win the 35-day standoff? | On Friday, DLT announced a deal to reopen government for three weeks without having gotten congressional border wall funding. | He vowed to build a "wall or steel barrier (in) predetermined … | The post Deal to End US Government Shutdown. "Fake National Emergency" on Mexican Border appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/deal-to-end-us-government-shutdown-invented-national-emergency-on-mexican-border/5666635

What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It
Eric Blanc | zcomm.org | 2019-01-27
Through their historic strike, Los Angeles teachers have taught working people across the country how to fight back and win…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-the-la-teachers-won-and-how-they-won-it/

Power Play: The U.S. and Canada back a Coup in Venezuela
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
"Never before has a high-level official said that the opposition should overthrow the government… this has no historic comparison in the 200 years of US-Venezuela relations." | — President Nicolás Maduro, January 23, 2019 [1] | . | . | LISTEN TO THE … | The post Power Play: The U.S. and Canada back a Coup in Venezuela appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/power-play-the-u-s-and-canada-back-a-coup-in-venezuela/5666551

The Fight for Quality Education
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2019-01-27
South Berkeley Senior Center | 2939 Ellis St, Berkeley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/26/18820841.php

The Vagina Monologues
Kayla Harper-Alvarez | indybay.org | 2019-01-27
San Jose State University Student Union Theater…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/25/18820786.php

Scientists Are Using Bacteria to Remove Harmful Contaminants From Our Water
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2019-01-27
John Coates' laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, hums with activity. Negative 80-degree freezers whirr, liquid nitrogen bubbles, grad students meticulously measure and mix complicated concoctions. But all of this is nothing compared with the commotion going on at a microscopic level. | The Coates lab is growing many different kinds of bacteria, multiplying in petri dishes at mind-boggling rates. But these bacteria aren't out to harm people or animals. In fact, quite the opposite — they're hard at work breaking down a dangerous chemical that pollutes waterways across the United States.
truthout.org/articles/scientists-are-using-bacteria-to-remove-harmful-contaminants-from-our-water/

Video: Israel, "Licensed to Kill"
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-27
"With its totally unexpected action, Israel has officialised attacks against military targets in Syria, and has warned Syrian authorities not to exact vengeance on Israel" — this was how the Italian medias reported yesterday's Israeli attack in Syria with cruise … | The post Video: Israel, "Licensed to Kill" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-licensed-kill/5666617

L.A. Teachers Showed Us How It's Done
Samantha Winslow | zcomm.org | 2019-01-26
We've heard that strikes are outdated and don't work. We've been told that union democracy takes too long and is too messy to work on a large scale. The L.A. teachers strike should finally set those myths to rest…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/l-a-teachers-showed-us-how-its-done/

Why Would the US Want Venezuela's Oil When It Already Buys 41% of Its Total Exports?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-26
The prevailing Alt-Media narrative that Washington wants to impose a pro-US puppet regime on Venezuela in order to control all of the country's oil doesn't make much sense when considering that it already buys 41% of the Bolivarian Republic's total … | The post Why Would the US Want Venezuela's Oil When It Already Buys 41% of Its Total Exports? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/why-would-the-us-want-venezuelas-oil-when-it-already-buys-41-of-its-total-exports/5666577

'It Is a Disgrace That Our Public Schools Are So Poorly Funded' – CounterSpin interview with Kent Wong on LA teachers strike
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-01-26
Janine Jackson interviewed Kent Wong about the Los Angeles teachers strike (since settled) for the January 18, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/it-is-a-disgrace-that-our-public-schools-are-so-poorly-funded/

The US Puts Venezuela Under High Pressure. Chronicle of an Announced 'Parliamentary Coup'
Marc Vandepitte | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-26
For a few days now, tension has been rising high in Venezuela. On 23 January, the President of Parliament proclaimed himself president. He was immediately recognized by the US, Brazil and a number of other countries. There are fears that … | The post The US Puts Venezuela Under High Pressure. Chronicle of an Announced 'Parliamentary Coup' appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-us-puts-venezuela-under-high-pressure-chronicle-of-an-announced-parliamentary-coup/5666569

Successful election result for IYSSE at Humboldt University in Berlin
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-26
The IYSSE increased its share of the vote by a third, from 3.75 percent to over 5 percent, and will be represented by three deputies in the student parliament.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/26/humb…

Indian Trotskyists campaign for Kolkata meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-26
Indian university students discuss the rising danger of war and the betrayal by the Stalinist parties of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/26/kolk…

Extreme Wealth is a Planet Killer
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-25
We either keep fossil fuels in the ground, or we fry. That's the conclusion of another new blockbuster study on climate change, this one from the National Academy of Sciences. Our fossil-fuel industrial economy, the study details, has made for the fastest climate changes our Earth has ever seen.
counterpunch.org/2019/01/25/extreme-wealth-is-a-planet-killer/

Native eyewitness gives account of what really happened at the Lincoln Memorial
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-25
The mocking harassment of a Native American elder at the January 18 Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, D.C. by Catholic high school students has sparked national and international outrage. Nathan Phillips, an elder of the Omaha Nation and Marine veteran who attended the march, was accosted by a large group of white students, at least 100, from the all-boys Covington Catholic …
peoplesworld.org/article/native-eyewitness-gives-account-of-what-really-happened-at-the-lincoln-memorial/

Denver teachers vote to strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-25
Denver, CO – Teachers from Denver Public Schools, represented by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA), voted 93% in favor of a strike after the breakdown of negotiations with the board of Denver Public Schools (DPS). This is the first strike authorization for Denver Teachers since 1994. | The DCTA and the Denver school board negotiated for a month until talks broke down on January 18. DCTA has been insisting on increased salaries for its members as it noted that the school district cannot retain quality teachers at the current rates. DCTA sees this struggle for higher wages as a social justice issue.
fightbacknews.org/2019/1/25/denver-teachers-vote-strike

My Message to Davos Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is
Greta Thunberg | commondreams.org | 2019-01-25
"Our house is on fire," said the Swedish student activist who has galvanized 100,000 fellow teens around the world to follow her example in striking for the climate. "At Davos, people like to talk about success, but financial success has come with a price tag, and on the climate we have failed. And unless we recognize the failures of our system, there will be unspoken suffering." (Image: World Economic Forum) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/01/25/my-message-davos-elites-act-if-our-house-fire-because-it?cd-origin=rss

South Dakota Rejects Restrictions on Trans Athletes
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-01-25
Rainbow flags for sale are photographed on June 24, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters | South Dakota lawmakers have rejected a bill which would have barred transgender students from participating in athletics consistent with their gender identity. | The ACLU and other organizations spoke out against the bill, with the South Dakota High School Activities Association, the Association of School Boards in South Dakota, the South Dakota Education Associa…
hrw.org/news/2019/01/25/south-dakota-rejects-restrictions-trans-athletes

Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-01-25
Former West Virginia State Sen. Richard Ojeda ended his long-shot presidential bid on Friday. A leader of the state's teachers strikes last year, Ojeda concluded that the campaign ultimately wasn't winnable and told his supporters that he could no longer ask people to contribute money to a cause he thought was lost. | "I don't want to see people send money to a campaign that's probably not going to get off the ground," he said in a video he recorded and provided to The Intercept and The Young Turks. | Hints that he was picking up momentum were strong, he said in an accompanying statement, but not strong enough. "
theintercept.com/2019/01/25/richard-ojeda-president-drops-out/

When Teachers Win the People Win & Put Privatization on the Run
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-01-25
LA Teacher's strike shows that unions can win more support for students and can open a battle against the unchecked creation of charter schools. Arlene Inouye, the Chair of the UTLA Bargaining Team discusses the result | The post When Teachers Win the People Win & Put Privatization on the Run appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/when-teachers-win-the-people-win-put-privatization-on-the-run

Ten Thousand Students March in Berlin as Global #ClimateStrike Movement Rises
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-25
An estimated ten thousand students took to the freezing cold streets of Berlin, Germany on Friday as they added their voices to the growing youth-led global uprising that is demanding urgent and far-reaching action to address the world's climate crisis. "The general problem is not that there's a lack of knowledge, but of action," said one student. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/25/ten-thousand-students-march-berlin-global-climatestrike-movement-rises?cd-origin=rss

Striking Tamil Nadu teachers denounce state and central governments
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-25
Protesting teachers told WSWS that all the parliamentary parties have inflicted similar attacks on pay and conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/25/tnin…

Indian teachers, government workers launch indefinite strike in Tamil Nadu
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-25
Defying mass arrests, 700,000 workers have been on strike since Tuesday, part of a growing global working class upsurge.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/25/tnst…

Los Angeles teachers livid over union's betrayal of strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-25
Teachers spoke out on how the United Teachers Los Angeles pushed through a contract vote on a deal that abandoned their most critical demands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/25/losa…

What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It
Eric Blanc | thenation.com | 2019-01-24
What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It…
thenation.com/article/la-teachers-strike-education-labor-unions/

Education Finally Gets Global Attention
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-01-24
| Launch Gallery | Today, the global community marks the first International Day of Education. | For students, teachers, and organizations that support children's right to education, it's been a long time coming. Since the 1990s, activists have mobilized to try and ensure education gets more attention globally and nationally. The United Nations hopes to use this day to highlight education's fundame…
hrw.org/news/2019/01/24/education-finally-gets-global-attention

"A human rights defender should have no limits"
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
Vincent, 27, grew up in Kibera, Kenya. Many of his friends dropped out of school, but he was determined to take a different path… | School was an hour's walk away. It had its good and bad sides. Some students came from rich families. It was frustrating as I didn't understand why we were poor. But I came to realise that's life and I wanted to make the best of the situation. | In Kibera, poverty is a huge problem. People live here because they do not have the opportunity or means to live elsewhere. Young people start taking drugs at an early age, gender-based violence is rife and children, especially girls, are r…
amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/01/a-human-rights-defender-should-have-no-limits/

Iran's 'year of shame': More than 7,000 arrested in chilling crackdown on dissent during 2018
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International, a year after a wave of protests against poverty, corruption and authoritarianism erupted across the country. | The organization has today revealed staggering new figures showing the extent of the Iranian authorities' repression during 2018. Over the course of the year, more than 7,000 protesters, students, journalists, environmental activists, workers and human rights defenders, including lawyers, women's rights activists, m…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/irans-year-of-shame-more-than-7000-arrested-in-chilling-crackdown-on-dissent-during-2018/

China: Secret detention places writer at risk of torture
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
Responding to the Chinese authorities' confirmation that Australian-Chinese writer Yang Hengjun has been detained on suspicion of "endangering national security", Joshua Rosenzweig, East Asia Research Director at Amnesty International commented: | "The Chinese authorities have serious questions to answer over the detention of Yang Hengjun, but it could be months before we find out anything more about his condition or what they're accusing him of doing. | "If it's true that Yang is being held under 'residential surveillance in a designated location', then there is cause for serious concern over his wellbeing. Faci…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/china-yang-hengjun-secret-detention-torture/

Russian Federation: Human rights defender under house arrest: Anastasia Shevchenko
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-24
On 23 January, Anastasia Shevchenko, an Open Russia human rights defender from Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, was put under house arrest and may face up to six years in prison if convicted. This is the first time the Russian authorities have opened a criminal case under the repressive "undesirable organizations" law. It is a worrying precedent and could open the floodgates to the prosecution of hundreds of Open Russia members across the country. Anastasia Shevchenko is a prisoner of conscience. She must be immediately and unconditionally released.
amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/9737/2019/en/

"This Was About the Survival of Public Education": LA Teachers Claim Victory After Week-Long Strike
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-23
Public school teachers in Los Angeles are returning to classrooms today after approving an agreement to end a historic 6-day strike. The strike was the first in Los Angeles in three decades. It came after more than 20 months of strained negotiations between the union–United Teachers Los Angeles–and the school district. The strike effectively shut down Los Angeles Unified, the nation's second largest school district. On Tuesday morning, union leaders and Los Angeles city officials announced that they had reached a deal on a new contract. After a vote, the union announced Tuesday night that the contract…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/23/this_was_…

Tentative agreement reached in LA teachers strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-01-23
Los Angeles, CA – This morning, January 22, LA Mayor Garcetti, the Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent (and former Wall Street banker) Austin Beutner, along with United Teachers of Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl announced a deal. On day six of the UTLA strike, LAUSD and UTLA came to a tentative agreement, which includes reducing class sizes, wage increases, hiring more support staff like librarians, psychologists and nurses, increasing spending on special education, putting a moratorium on charter schools, and investing more in community schools. | "Chapter chairs at 2 p.m. are meeting at…
fightbacknews.org/2019/1/22/tentative-agreement-reached-la-teachers-strike

SPLC: Florida Legislature should reject proposals in Parkland commission report that would threaten school safety and undermine student privacy
Bacardi Jackson, Managing Attorney | splcenter.org | 2019-01-23
The Florida Legislature should reject the harmful recommendations in a report from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission that would threaten, not improve, school safety.
splcenter.org/news/2019/01/23/splc-florida-legislature-should-reject-proposals-parkland-commission-report-would-threaten

Safer Schools for Whom?
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-01-23
The Trump Administration's "safety" recommendations would make schools less safe for black students.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/school-safety-panel-trump-miller-190123/