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LAUSD Teachers' Strike: Day 1
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-01-15
The post LAUSD Teachers' Strike: Day 1 appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/photo-essays/lausd-teachers-strike-day-1/

Trump, Bolton and the Syrian Confusion
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
It's a messy, though typical picture. US President Donald Trump wants to pull out forces in Syria. When announced in December, jaws drooped and sharp intakes of breath were registered through the Washington establishment. Members of the military industrial complex … | The post Trump, Bolton and the Syrian Confusion appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-bolton-syrian-confusion/5665559

Tens of Thousands of L.A. Teachers Cut Class to Strike
Kasia Anderson | truthdig.com | 2019-01-15
Some 30,000 striking teachers braved a downpour to school district officials about what needs to change before they'll return to class. | The post Tens of Thousands of L.A. Teachers Cut Class to Strike appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/thousands-of-lausd-teachers-cut-class-in-favor-of-striking-in-the-rain/

LA Teachers Go On Strike for First Time in 30 Years
Glenn Sacks | zcomm.org | 2019-01-15
On Monday, the Los Angeles Unified School District teachers strike for the first time in 30 years. United Teachers of Los Angeles is demanding significantly lower class sizes and proper staffing of schools. LAUSD claims it agrees with most of our demands, but simply can't afford them. The "we have no money" mantra is so powerful, it's practically LAUSD's Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/la-teachers-go-on-strike-for-first-time-in-30-years/

Caring enough to strike: U.S. teachers' strikes in perspective
Tithi Bhattacharya | mronline.org | 2019-01-15
When it comes to the work of social reproduction of another human being, the care of another human cannot be limited by capital's ticking clock, so these workers put in their own time, or in the case of teachers, also their own money, to provide the best care they can. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/01/15/caring-enough-to-strike-u-s-teachers-strikes-in-perspective/

LA teachers strike: Educators demand better conditions and pay
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-15
More than 30,000 LA teachers walked off the job after negotiations for improved compensation and work conditions failed.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/la-teachers-strike-educators-strike-conditions-pay-190114170619413.html

Media Reports "Good News": Kids Are Dying in Venezuela, Sanctions are Working
David William Pear | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
The Guardian's Tom Phillips' article Venezuela Crisis Takes Deadly Toll on Buckling Health System (January 06, 2019) is more good news for US psychopaths, such as Trump, Bolton and Pompeo. Children are dying in Venezuela. Sanctions are working! | Tom is … | The post Media Reports "Good News": Kids Are Dying in Venezuela, Sanctions are Working… appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/media-reports-good-news-kids-are-dying-in-venezuela-sanctions-are-working/5665440

The Faux Political System by the Numbers
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-15
It's sort of funny in a diabolical way: Trump a Russian agent. That's the line that readers might expect from a remake of Back to the Future 1, 2, or 3, or a possible article from the National Enquirer… the stuff of science fiction, or fiction, or gossip. But the FBI, our national police, seem to have not much else…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/15/the-faux-political-system-by-the-numbers/

"Public Education Is Not Your Plaything": L.A. Teachers Strike Against Privatization & Underfunding
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-15
Los Angeles public school teachers are on strike for the first time in three decades. On Monday morning, tens of thousands of teachers braved pouring rain on the picket line for the strike's first day. Some 20,000 people marched through downtown Los Angeles, demanding smaller class sizes, higher pay, the regulation of charter schools and more nurses, counselors and librarians. Over 31,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles are striking. We speak with Cecily Myart-Cruz, strike leader and National Education Association vice president at United Teachers Los Angeles, and Eric Blanc, a reporter covering the strike…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/15/public_ed…

On the Picket Lines: Los Angeles Teachers Go On Strike for First Time in 30 Years
Glenn Sacks | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-15
On Monday, the Los Angeles Unified School District teachers strike for the first time in 30 years. United Teachers of Los Angeles is demanding significantly lower class sizes and proper staffing of schools. LAUSD claims it agrees with most of our demands, but simply can't afford them. The "we have no money" mantra is so powerful, it's practically LAUSD's…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/15/on-the-picket-lines-los-angeles-teachers-go-on-strike-for-first-time-in-30-years/

Entering a Major Regional Re-set — The Syria Outcome Will Haunt Those Who Started this War
Alastair Crooke | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
The Middle East is metamorphosing. New fault-lines are emerging, yet Trump's foreign policy 'hawks' still try to stage 'old movies' in a new 'theatre'. | The 'old movie' is for the US to 'stand up' Sunni, Arab states, and lead them … | The post Entering a Major Regional Re-set — The Syria Outcome Will Haunt Those Who Started this War appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/entering-a-major-regional-re-set-the-syria-outcome-will-haunt-those-who-started-this-war/5665566

L.A. teachers strike: Wearing red for ed on rainy Day One
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-15
peoplesworld.org/article/l-a-teachers-strike-wearing-red-for-ed-on-rainy-day-one/

The 'Private Governments' that Subjugate U.S. Workers
Chris Hedges | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
Corporate dictatorships–which strip employees of fundamental constitutional rights, including free speech, and which increasingly rely on temp or contract employees who receive no benefits and have no job security–rule the lives of perhaps 80 percent of working Americans. | These corporations, … | The post The 'Private Governments' that Subjugate U.S. Workers appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-private-governments-that-subjugate-u-s-workers/5665548

Democrats Prepare Hearings on "Rightwing Extremism"
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
Prior to the 2018 midterm election, I speculated a Democrat-controlled House would result in hearings targeting "hate groups," that is to say anybody on the "right" who challenges official narratives, otherwise known as "conspiracy theories." | "Rep. Bennie Thompson, | … | The post Democrats Prepare Hearings on "Rightwing Extremism" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/democrats-prepare-hearings-on-rightwing-extremism/5665497

Kenya: Upscale Hotel Under Attack With Heavy Gunfire
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-15
A fire and sustained gunfire sent workers fleeing for their lives at the DusitD2 upscale hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital Tuesday afternoon, Reuters witnesses said. | RELATED | Kenya: 15 Dead in Nairobi Market Fire, 70 Injured | One man came out covered in blood as students were evacuated from a nearby university building. Four ambulances and a fire truck arrived at the scene as fleeing office workers told Reuters colleagues were still huddled under their desks. | Three cars were…
telesurenglish.net/news/Kenya-Upscale-Hotel-Under-Attack-With-Heavy-Gunfire-20190115-0010.html

A Gentrified Little Town Goes to Pot
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
"In my little town/ I grew up believing/God keeps his eye on us all." — Simon and Garfunkel, My Little Town | Hello my old friends Paul and Art, | I'm just sitting here chilling out in the silent darkness of a … | The post A Gentrified Little Town Goes to Pot appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-gentrified-little-town-goes-to-pot/5665503

Counterfeit Currencies and Banknote Forgeries, The Decline of Paper Money
William Harrison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-15
Governments around the world have been fighting counterfeiters for several centuries. Eventually, the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies, banknote printing and minting works led to the fact that cost of fake money was high for most of the 20th … | The post Counterfeit Currencies and Banknote Forgeries, The Decline of Paper Money appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/counterfeit-currencies-and-banknote-forgeries-the-decline-of-paper-money/5665476

'This Model of Education is Not Sustainable'
Sarah Jaffe | thenation.com | 2019-01-15
'This Model of Education is Not Sustainable'…
thenation.com/article/la-teachers-strike-interviews-class-size/

L.A. Teachers Strike Set to Enter Second Day
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-01-15
30,000 teachers are on strike for better pay, smaller class size, and for a limit on the expansion for for-profit charter schools | The post L.A. Teachers Strike Set to Enter Second Day appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/l-a-teachers-strike-set-to-enter-second-day

30,000 Los Angeles teachers go on strike over pay
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-15
The second-largest school district in the US was paralyzed as 30,000 Los Angeles, California teachers went on strike for the first time in 30 years, demanding a pay raise. Some 480,000 children were affected. | …
rt.com/usa/448817-los-angeles-teacher-strike/

Hack job: Gillette tries to teach men 'social justice', meets massive online backlash
RT | rt.com | 2019-01-15
Gillette is learning most people don't want moral lessons from their razors after experiencing a colossal backlash against an ad they ran condemning "toxic masculinity." | …
rt.com/usa/448820-gillette-toxic-masculinity-ad/

Get Up Get Down! Oakland Is A Union Town — Mass March and Rally To Defend Public Education
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-01-15
On January 12, 2019 thousands of teachers, students and staff marched and rallied in Oakland to defend public education. The Oakland Education Association contract has expired and they are discussing striking in February.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/13/18820335.php

Oakland Rally — Defend Public Education, Jan 12
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-01-15
Large Oakland rally in support of public education.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/12/18820311.php

Concord committee discussing military research partnership
Rogue One | indybay.org | 2019-01-15
Concord Senior Center | 2727 Parkside Circle | Concord…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/14/18820371.php

China must revoke death sentence against Canadian citizen for drug crimes
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-15
| Responding to a death sentence given by a Chinese court to Canadian citizen Robert Schellenberg for drug smuggling, William Nee, China researcher at Amnesty International, commented: | "The death sentence given to Robert Schellenberg does not deliver justice. We urge the Chinese authorities to revoke this sentence. Drug-related offences do not meet internation…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/china-must-revoke-death-sentence-against-canadian/

Turn yourself into an agent of change with our new online course on the UDHR
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-01-15
Defending Dignity: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is open for enrolment and will begin 21 January. The three-week course created by Amnesty International provides an introduction to the revolutionary declaration. | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to all aspects of our lives, whether it is work, education, health, food or housing. When human rights are respected, they often go unnoticed and only become visible when they are being denied. | With Amnesty International's new course, in partnership with FutureLearn, you can turn yourself into an agent of change and equip yourself with k…
amnesty.org/en/latest/education/2019/01/turn-yourself-into-an-agent-of-change-with-our-new-online-course-on-the-udhr/

Los Angeles teachers, students and parents speak out on first day of strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-15
Teachers and their supporters denounced the bipartisan attack on public education and supported the call by the WSWS Teacher Newsletter to expand the strike throughout California and the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/15/lat2…

Denver, Colorado teachers move closer to strike action
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-15
If negotiations fail between the Denver Public Schools board and the union by January 18, a strike vote will be taken the next day.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/15/denv…

50,000 march on first day of Los Angeles teachers strike
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-01-15
The first strike by LA teachers in three decades is shaping up to be a direct conflict with the Democratic Party, which is backing the campaign to privatize public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/15/losa…

Trump's "Hail Mary" Becomes Bolton's Nightmare
Tom Luongo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
National Security Advisor John Bolton is making the rounds in the Middle East to try and salvage what's left of the long-standing plan to balkanize Syria and overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of President Trump's announced troop withdrawal…. | The post Trump's "Hail Mary" Becomes Bolton's Nightmare appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trumps-hail-mary-becomes-boltons-nightmare/5665408

A New Day for Mexican Workers
David Bacon | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
NAFTA had been in effect for just a few months when Ruben Ruiz got a job at the Itapsa factory in Mexico City in the summer of 1994. Itapsa made auto brakes for Echlin, a U.S. manufacturer later bought out … | The post A New Day for Mexican Workers appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-new-day-for-mexican-workers/5665459

LA Teachers Launch Strike in US Second Largest School District
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-14
Over 30,000 teachers are taking a stand in Los Angeles, demanding pay raises, smaller class sizes, and new charter schools after organizing a walk-out Monday. | RELATED: | US Democratic Party Corporate Leaders Try to Stop Ocasio-Cortez | Bracing the pounding rain, the teachers abandoned their classrooms and the country's largest education system, the Los A…
telesurenglish.net/news/LA-Teachers-Launch-Strike-in-US-Second-Largest-School-District-20190114-0019.html

"China's Nightmare": B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed to Hawaii, "On Watch" 24/7
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
The US Air Force is putting China on notice as it announced Friday a new deployment of three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Hawaii for training in the Pacific. The nuclear-capable aircraft departed Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and touched … | The post "China's Nightmare": B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed to Hawaii, "On Watch" 24/7 appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/chinas-nightmare-b-2-stealth-bombers-deployed-to-hawaii-on-watch-247/5665467

Selected Articles: Regime Change in America?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an … | The post Selected Articles: Regime Change in America? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-regime-change-in-america/5665477

Overcrowded classrooms, privatization schemes force LA teachers to strike
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-14
LOS ANGELES–Overcrowded classrooms and the schools' superintendent's push for charters and privatization were among the top reasons at least 31,000 unionized teachers and staffers in the nation's second largest school district, Los Angeles, had to strike on Jan. 14. The L.A. strike is the first there since 1989 and affects a district with 660,000 students. …
peoplesworld.org/article/overcrowded-classrooms-privatization-schemes-force-la-teachers-to-strike/

Ellen Perlo, 102; advocate for equality, peace, justice and socialism
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-14
When, as a student, she walked on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in the 1930s even her best friend didn't want to be seen with her. That was because Ellen Perlo often walked and talked with S.I. Hayakawa, a linguist who was, at that time, a young teacher at the university. It was …
peoplesworld.org/article/ellen-perlo-102-advocate-for-equality-peace-justice-and-socialism/

A New Narrative Control Firm Works to Destroy Alternative Media
Caitlin Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
The frenzied, hysterical Russia narrative being promoted day in and day out by western mass media has had two of its major stories ripped to shreds in the last three days. | A report seeded throughout the mainstream media by anonymous … | The post A New Narrative Control Firm Works to Destroy Alternative Media appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-new-narrative-control-firm-works-to-destroy-alternative-media/5665437

LA Teachers' Strike: "The Country Is Watching"
Glenn Sacks | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-14
The chair of UTLA at our high school today wrote: We are making history as this strike looms. Every school district in the country is watching what we are doing, and we are getting support from all over the country. We are not just fighting for us but for the future students of all school…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/14/la-teachers-strike-the-country-is-watching/

Two-step Solution for the American Government Shutdown
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
Two-step solution: | 1) End the Government Shutdown; | 2) A (YES or NO) National Referendum on allocating a budget for a border Wall | Everyone agrees that if a contractor is hired for a certain job, they have to do that job … | The post Two-step Solution for the American Government Shutdown appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/two-step-solution-for-the-american-government-shutdown/5665447

White House Asked for Options to Strike Iran After Baghdad Attack: Report
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
The White House's national security team asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran, after a group aligned with Tehran fired mortars in September into an area in Baghdad that is home to the US embassy, a … | The post White House Asked for Options to Strike Iran After Baghdad Attack: Report appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/white-house-asked-for-options-to-strike-iran-after-baghdad-attack-report/5665471

What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About
Pedro Noguera | thenation.com | 2019-01-14
What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About…
thenation.com/article/utla-teachers-strike-los-angeles-alex-caputo-pearl/

Political Prisoners in America
J. B. Gerald | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
Writing from another country I remember the Americans I'm supposed to forget, those forced into the lives that made them prisoners or simply targets of law enforcement programs. Some are religious people, Christians and Muslims. Many were Black Panthers. Some … | The post Political Prisoners in America appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/political-prisoners-in-america/5665395

Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
One of the new Democratic House majority's top priorities is so-called campaign finance reform legislation. Contrary to the claims of its supporters, campaign finance reform legislation does not limit the influence of powerful special interests. Instead, it violates the First … | The post Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/campaign-finance-reform-helps-special-interests/5665455

El Salvador: Presidential Candidates Debate Before Feb Election
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-14
Three of the four candidates for president in El Salvador participated in a presidential debate Sunday night where issues like security, migration, education were debated. | RELATED: | Salvadoran Woman Set Free, Ruled Innocent of Abortion Charges | The three candidates were: Josue Alvarado, representing the newly-established VAMOS party, billing itself as "the only party without a dark past;" Hugo Martinez of the leftist Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN); and Car…
telesurenglish.net/news/El-Salvador-Presidential-Candidates-Debate-Before-Feb-Election-20190114-0012.html

Video: Netanyahu Claims "Depots Full of Iranian Weapons" Destroyed in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
Early on January 12, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out an airstrike on Syria. According to reports, Israeli warplanes, coming from the direction of Galilee, fired several missiles at a depot in the Damascus International Airport. The Syrian Air … | The post Video: Netanyahu Claims "Depots Full of Iranian Weapons" Destroyed in Syria appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-netanyahu-claims-depots-full-of-iranian-weapons-destroyed-in-syria/5665453

Eric Reid's 'random' drug testing saga
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-14
When does a "random" workplace drug screen stop being a simple coincidence and instead becomes suspicious employer behavior? Seven times in the span of 11 weeks, according to Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid. Statistically it's not impossible, just improbable. "There's a .195 percent chance of flipping heads nine times in a row," said Nick Kapoor, …
peoplesworld.org/article/eric-reids-random-drug-testing-saga/

The Infowar on China's Xinjiang-Uyghur Crisis. Now They're Targeting Pakistan and PM Imran Khan
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
The Western Mainstream Media's infowar about the true state of the anti-terrorist situation in Xinjiang failed after a group of diplomats and journalists were unprecedentedly allowed to visit some of the education and job-training facilities in the strategically located province, … | The post The Infowar on China's Xinjiang-Uyghur Crisis. Now They're Targeting Pakistan and PM Imran Khan appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/infowar-xinjiang-failed-now-theyre-targeting-pakistan-pm-imran-khan/5665499

Grim Middle East Reality. Permanent US Occupation. American Forces will Stay Indefinitely
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
US forces came to Syria, Iraq, elsewhere in the region, and virtually everywhere else worldwide to stay. Bolton and Pompeo made similar comments on Syria, indicating no timeline for withdrawal. | US forces will stay indefinitely — on the phony pretext … | The post Grim Middle East Reality. Permanent US Occupation. American Forces will Stay Indefinitely appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/grim-middle-east-reality-permanent-us-occupation-american-forces-will-stay-indefinitely/5665399

LA Teachers Strike Is About Charter Schools and High Stakes Testing
Steven Singer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-14
Too many Democrats inside and outside the district don't support the very idea of public schools. They'd rather boost privatization. (Phooto: NPE Action/Twiiter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/01/14/la-teachers-strike-about-charter-schools-and-high-stakes-testing?cd-origin=rss

LA's Teachers' Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet
Eric Blanc | thenation.com | 2019-01-14
LA's Teachers' Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet…
thenation.com/article/los-angeles-teachers-strike-2019/

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2019-01-14: News Headlines

Al Neal (2019-01-14). Eric Reid's 'random' drug testing saga. peoplesworld.org When does a "random" workplace drug screen stop being a simple coincidence and instead becomes suspicious employer behavior? Seven times in the span of 11 weeks, according to Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid. Statistically it's not impossible, just improbable. "There's a .195 percent chance of flipping heads nine times in a row," said Nick Kapoor, …

Massoud Nayeri (2019-01-14). Two-step Solution for the American Government Shutdown. globalresearch.ca Two-step solution: | 1) End the Government Shutdown; | 2) A (YES or NO) National Referendum on allocating a budget for a border Wall | Everyone agrees that if a contractor is hired for a certain job, they have to do that job …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-01-14). Italien und das EU-Votum fàºr US-Raketen in Europa. globalresearch.ca In der Nà§he des Glaspalastes der Vereinten Nationen in New York befindet sich eine metallische Skulptur mit dem Titel "Evil Defeated by Good" [Das Bà∂se vom Guten besiegt], die den Heiligen Georg darstellt, der einen Drachen mit seiner Lanze durchbohrt. …

Consortiumnews (2019-01-14). A Workers' Struggle in India to 'Make the Land Proud'. consortiumnews.com This has been one of the largest general strikes in the world, writes Vijay Prasad from Kerala, in a roundup that also includes observations on Brazil and Palestine. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Over two days—Jan. 8 and… Read more →

aljazeera (2019-01-14). LA teachers strike: Educators demand better conditions and pay. aljazeera.com More than 30,000 LA teachers walked off the job after negotiations for improved compensation and work conditions failed.

Zero Hedge (2019-01-14). "China's Nightmare": B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed to Hawaii, "On Watch" 24/7. globalresearch.ca The US Air Force is putting China on notice as it announced Friday a new deployment of three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Hawaii for training in the Pacific. The nuclear-capable aircraft departed Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and touched …

J. B. Gerald (2019-01-14). Political Prisoners in America. globalresearch.ca Writing from another country I remember the Americans I'm supposed to forget, those forced into the lives that made them prisoners or simply targets of law enforcement programs. Some are religious people, Christians and Muslims. Many were Black Panthers. Some …

Global Research News (2019-01-14). Selected Articles: Regime Change in America? globalresearch.ca For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an …

Democracy Now! (2019-01-14). Headlines for January 14, 2019. democracynow.org Gov't Shutdown Now Longest in U.S. History, Trump Admin Considered Disaster Relief Funds to Build Border Wall, Interior Dept. Pushes Ahead Plans for New Arctic Drilling Leases, Texas: Tornillo Immigrant Prison Camp Shuts Down, Los Angeles: Public Teachers Go on Strike, Dems Vow to Investigate After 2 New Reports on Trump's Relationship with Russia, WSJ: Nat'l Sec. Council Asked About Possible Military Strike on Iran in 2018, Trump Threatens to "Devastate Turkey Economically" If Syrian Kurds Targeted, Saudi Arabia: Sec. of State Pompeo Meets with Crown Prince 3 Months After Khashoggi Killing, Canada Grants Asylum…

John Wojcik (2019-01-14). Ellen Perlo, 102; advocate for equality, peace, justice and socialism. peoplesworld.org When, as a student, she walked on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in the 1930s even her best friend didn't want to be seen with her. That was because Ellen Perlo often walked and talked with S.I. Hayakawa, a linguist who was, at that time, a young teacher at the university. It was …

teleSUR (2019-01-14). El Salvador: Presidential Candidates Debate Before Feb Election. telesurenglish.net Three of the four candidates for president in El Salvador participated in a presidential debate Sunday night where issues like security, migration, education were debated. | RELATED: | Salvadoran Woman Set Free, Ruled Innocent of Abortion Charges | The three candidates were: Josue Alvarado, representing the newly-established VAMOS party, billing itself as "the only party without a dark past;" Hugo Martinez of the leftist Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN); and Car…

Rep. Ron Paul (2019-01-14). Campaign Finance Reform Helps Special Interests. globalresearch.ca One of the new Democratic House majority's top priorities is so-called campaign finance reform legislation. Contrary to the claims of its supporters, campaign finance reform legislation does not limit the influence of powerful special interests. Instead, it violates the First …

Andy Rowell (2019-01-14). Canada's Trudeau Accused of Violating First Nations Rights over Gas Pipeline. globalresearch.ca There are moments that define a politician. There are legacies that they leave. But the reality of high office is often so different from the easy promises of opposition. | As a poster boy politician, who entered office promising a new …

Pedro Noguera (2019-01-14). What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About. thenation.com What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About…

Steven Singer (2019-01-14). LA Teachers Strike Is About Charter Schools and High Stakes Testing. commondreams.org Too many Democrats inside and outside the district don't support the very idea of public schools. They'd rather boost privatization. (Phooto: NPE Action/Twiiter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

South Front (2019-01-14). Video: Netanyahu Claims "Depots Full of Iranian Weapons" Destroyed in Syria. globalresearch.ca Early on January 12, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out an airstrike on Syria. According to reports, Israeli warplanes, coming from the direction of Galilee, fired several missiles at a depot in the Damascus International Airport. The Syrian Air …

Glenn Sacks (2019-01-14). LA Teachers' Strike: "The Country Is Watching" counterpunch.org The chair of UTLA at our high school today wrote: We are making history as this strike looms. Every school district in the country is watching what we are doing, and we are getting support from all over the country. We are not just fighting for us but for the future students of all school More

Eric Blanc (2019-01-14). LA's Teachers' Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet. thenation.com LA's Teachers' Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-01-14). Overcrowded classrooms, privatization schemes force LA teachers to strike. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—Overcrowded classrooms and the schools' superintendent's push for charters and privatization were among the top reasons at least 31,000 unionized teachers and staffers in the nation's second largest school district, Los Angeles, had to strike on Jan. 14. The L.A. strike is the first there since 1989 and affects a district with 660,000 students. …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-01-14). Dances of Disinformation: The Partisan Politics of the "Integrity Initiative" globalresearch.ca Is there such a plane of blissful, balanced information, deliberated and debated upon? No. Governments mangle; corporations distort. Interest groups tinker. Wars must be sold; deception must be perpetrated. Inconsistencies must be removed. There will be success, measured in small …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2019-01-14). How Long Can Nepal Blame Others for Its Woes? globalresearch.ca "Every family has someone outside." Conversations about Nepal's dysfunctional economy invariably lead to its four million citizens, mainly young men, working abroad. (Some say they number seven million— either way, a sizable slice in a population of 28 million.) | Those …

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-01-14). A New Narrative Control Firm Works to Destroy Alternative Media. globalresearch.ca The frenzied, hysterical Russia narrative being promoted day in and day out by western mass media has had two of its major stories ripped to shreds in the last three days. | A report seeded throughout the mainstream media by anonymous …

Middle East Eye (2019-01-14). White House Asked for Options to Strike Iran After Baghdad Attack: Report. globalresearch.ca The White House's national security team asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran, after a group aligned with Tehran fired mortars in September into an area in Baghdad that is home to the US embassy, a …

Tom Luongo (2019-01-14). Trump's "Hail Mary" Becomes Bolton's Nightmare. globalresearch.ca National Security Advisor John Bolton is making the rounds in the Middle East to try and salvage what's left of the long-standing plan to balkanize Syria and overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of President Trump's announced troop withdrawal….

Stephen Lendman (2019-01-14). Grim Middle East Reality. Permanent US Occupation. American Forces will Stay Indefinitely. globalresearch.ca US forces came to Syria, Iraq, elsewhere in the region, and virtually everywhere else worldwide to stay. Bolton and Pompeo made similar comments on Syria, indicating no timeline for withdrawal. | US forces will stay indefinitely — on the phony pretext …

Zero Hedge (2019-01-14). France, Germany to Merge Economic and Defense Policies; Create Cross-Border "Eurodistricts" globalresearch.ca Germany and France are set to forge a pact aligning their defense, diplomatic and economic policies in an unprecedented "twinning" pact "regarded as a prototype for the future of the European Union," according to The Times' Oliver Moody. | German …

David Bacon (2019-01-14). A New Day for Mexican Workers. globalresearch.ca NAFTA had been in effect for just a few months when Ruben Ruiz got a job at the Itapsa factory in Mexico City in the summer of 1994. Itapsa made auto brakes for Echlin, a U.S. manufacturer later bought out …

amnesty (2019-01-14). Nepal: Authorities must proactively act to eradicate the harmful practice of banishing women and girls to insanitary and dangerous huts during their menstrual cycles. amnesty.org Responding to the death in Bajura district, Nepal, of a woman and her two young sons who had been forced to sleep in an outhouse during her menstruation, a practice known as Chhaupadi, Amnesty International said, the authorities must take urgent action to eradicate this discriminatory, harmful practice. | "In order to prevent further deaths, the Nepali authorities must immediately put in place a comprehensive strategy, designed in consultation with Nepali women's rights groups, to eliminate Chhaupadi. This should include effective enforcement of existing laws criminalizing Chhaupadi and widespread education progr…

RT (2019-01-14). Notorious Big-ot: Maryland school district investigating student's pro-slavery rap songs. rt.com A school district in Maryland is investigating a student who allegedly posted "extremely offensive," pro-slavery rap songs to music sharing platform SoundCloud. |

Lynda Carson (2019-01-14). Some project-based housing projects may face bankruptcy if government shutdown continues. indybay.org San Rafael tenants meeting in 2004, teaching tenants how to fight back against HUD's funding cuts to the Section 8 voucher program (Housing Choice Voucher Program. Lydia Gans Photo.

Labor Video Project (2019-01-14). Get Up Get Down! Oakland Is A Union Town — Mass March and Rally To Defend Public Education. indybay.org On January 12, 2019 thousands of teachers, students and staff marched and rallied in Oakland to defend public education. The Oakland Education Association contract has expired and they are discussing striking in February.

Rogue One (2019-01-14). Concord committee discussing military research partnership. indybay.org Concord's campus visioning committee is contemplating military industrial partnerships for research and development labs. The public has the ability to speak at the next meeting against such a proposal. | January 17, 2019, 6: 00PM — 9: 00 PM | Concord Senior Center, 2727 Parkside Circle (Concord)…

Leon Kunstenaar (2019-01-14). Oakland Rally — Defend Public Education, Jan 12. indybay.org Large Oakland rally in support of public education.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-01-14). Beginning Walkout, Los Angeles Teachers Find Support From Sanders—But Not Corporate Democrats. commondreams.org As more than 30,000 educators and supporters prepared Monday to protest the Los Angeles school district's overcrowded classrooms, low teacher salaries, and refusal to hire sufficient support staff, observers took note of which politicians were voicing support for the city's teachers and students—and which powerful figures were lining up behind the former investment banker who runs the district. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Shared by Merula Furtado (2019-01-14). Matthew Whitaker Is Shaping Immigration Law Per Trump's Agenda. truthout.org On December 3, 2018, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker took the statistically rare step of " self-referral": He assumed authority over a question of immigration law on which the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) had ruled, in its own normal course and purview, in 2017. | The BIA, the appellate panel that reviews decisions of the immigration courts, had, in the case Matter of L-E-A, dealt with the question that Whitaker is now positing for himself, issuing his referr…

WSWS (2019-01-14). New year sees continuing strike wave in Portugal. wsws.org So far this year, strike action has taken place or is pending in the judicial system, dockyards, oil refineries and food industry and among teachers and nurses.

WSWS (2019-01-14). Los Angeles teachers strike in second largest school district in US. wsws.org Teachers across California and the nation looking for a way to defend public education are confronting the efforts of the unions to isolate them.

WSWS (2019-01-14). Massive campaign to defend Israeli religious students accused of killing Palestinian mother of nine. wsws.org The murder and its aftermath highlight the utter lawlessness and racism inherent in the Greater Israel project from which the settler movement stems.

Ezili Dantà≤ (2019-01-13). The Plantation Called Haiti: Feudal Pillage Masking as Humanitarian Aid. globalresearch.ca "For whose entertainment shall we sing our agony? In what hopes? That the destroyers, aspiring to extinguish us, will suffer conciliatory remorse at the sight of their own fantastic success?" — Ayi Kwei Armah, from the book "Two Thousand Seasons"…

Frei Betto (2019-01-13). Brazil and the Illusion of the Rich: An Island of Prosperity Surrounded by Misery and Suffering. globalresearch.ca Frei Betto (Carlos Alberto Libânio Christo) was born in 1944 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He began his political engagement as Catholic student and was imprisoned by the military regime that seized power in 1964 and ruled until 1985. I interviewed …

Prof. James Petras (2019-01-13). Walls or Roads. globalresearch.ca History is told by Walls and Roads which have marked significant turning points in the relation between peoples and states. | We will discuss the story behind two walls and one road and the circumstances which surround them and their consequences….

Marinella Correggia (2019-01-13). Syria. The Force of Civilization. globalresearch.ca "Our millennial history will help us". Between street mosaics, archaeological assets to be restored, photovoltaic energy for reconstruction, and agriculture that calls for peace | Finding a place in the Guinness for making the largest wall mosaic in the world with …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-01-13). Trump, The Manchurian Candidate: "Conspiracy" to Destabilize the Trump Presidency. Regime Change in America. globalresearch.ca We are dealing with a carefully planned operation, a "conspiracy" in the true sense of the word. In recent developments, the FBI investigation is being quoted by the media as evidence that Trump is "wittingly or unwittingly" an agent of the Kremlin

teleSUR (2019-01-13). Egypt University Expels Woman Student for Hugging Male Friend. telesurenglish.net Egypt's Al-Azhar university on Sunday said it had expelled a female student after she appeared in a video hugging a male colleague, accusing her of undermining the school's reputation. | RELATED: | Saudi Woman Arrives in Canada After Being Granted Asylum | The video, which went viral earlier this month, showed a young man carrying a bouquet of flowers kneeling before a young woman and then hugging her in what appeared to be a marriage proposal.

WSWS (2019-01-12). For a united struggle to defend public education in California and beyond! wsws.org As teachers in Los Angeles prepare to strike, they confront the fact that the unions are working to undermine and isolate their struggle against privatization and other attacks on public education.

WSWS (2019-01-12). US government workers call in sick, demand strike action against lockout and payless paydays. wsws.org The growing opposition of federal workers comes together with the preparations of Los Angeles teachers to strike, the mounting opposition of auto workers to plant closures, and a rising wave of class struggle internationally.

Democracy Now! (2019-01-11). Exclusive: Angela Davis Speaks Out on Palestine, BDS & More After Civil Rights Award Is Revoked. democracynow.org In a Democracy Now! exclusive, legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis speaks out after the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rescinded a human rights award for her, reportedly due to her activism for Palestinian rights. In September, the institute announced that it would award Davis the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, named after the civil rights icon. But last Friday, the institute voted to withdraw the award and cancel this year's gala event. The institute rescinded the award days after the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center sent a letter urging the board to reconsider honoring Davis due to he…

FAIR (2019-01-11). Stronger in 2019! fair.org FAIR is ready for 2019! Dear FAIR friend, FAIR's year-end fundraiser was a complete success—barrelling past our $50,000 goal and setting us up for a strong 2019. Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve our target! It means so much to us to go to work knowing that people support the research and …

Human Rights Watch (2019-01-11). Syria: Deadly School Attack Was Unlawful. hrw.org | | A photograph taken by a local anti-government media outlet of a remnant of a 240mm mortar projectile used in a deadly attack by Syrian government forces on Jarjanaz on November 24, 2018. | © 2016 Syria Now | (Beirut) — A November 24, 2018 attack by Syrian government forces near an elementary school that killed six children, a teacher, and a student's mother, appears to have been unlawful and indiscriminate. All parties to the conflict, including th…

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2019-01-11). China Leads the Way in Eradicating Extreme Poverty. therealnews.com Greatest contribution to global poverty reduction has come from China says Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

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