La nuova cortina di ferro
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-18
La Lettonia sta costruendo una recinzione metallica di 90 km, alta 2,5 metri, lungo il confine con la Russia, che sarà ultimata entro l'anno. Sarà estesa nel 2019 su oltre 190 km di confine, con un costo previsto di 17 … | The post La nuova cortina di ferro appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/la-nuova-cortina-di-ferro/5654393

Hungrier Insects Will Bite Into World's Crops
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-09-18
Researchers have confirmed, once again, that a warmer world is likely to have hungrier insects. The new predators could increase their share of the harvest of wheat, rice and maize by up to 25%. | That is, for every 1 ∞C rise in average temperature, aphids, beetles, borers, caterpillars and other crop pests could increase their consumption of grain by between one tenth and one quarter. | And with a 2 ∞C rise above the average temperature for most of human history — the target set by 195 nations in Paris in 2015 — additional global losses of grain to insect pests could reach 213 million tonnes a year. | For once, the steepest losses could be experienced in the temperate zones, home to the richest nations, rather than in the poorest communities. The reasoning is simple, and the…
truthdig.com/articles/hungrier-insects-will-bite-into-worlds-crops/

Stop KIPP & Rocketship Racist Privatization Union Busting Charter School Chains
DPEN | indybay.org | 2018-09-18
GAP Corporate HQ | 2 Folsom St. Near The Embarcadero San Francisco, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/17/18817581.php

Workers Struggles: the Americas
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-18
Costa Rican public sector workers, backed by students and others, protest anti-worker fiscal reforms last week; meanwhile 500 Sun-Maid workers are fighting management's concession demands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/18/wkrs…

SPLC, Rock the Vote launch voter education class
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-09-17
The SPLC and Rock the Vote — a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to building the political power of young people — today launched a class designed to teach high school students the importance of voting.
splcenter.org/news/2018/09/17/splc-rock-vote-launch-voter-education-class

Help Us Protect the Future of Globalresearch.ca
TGRT | 2018-09-17
Dear Readers, | The repercussions of efforts by certain well known internet companies to divert search engines away from our website as well as from our articles shared on social media are real and quantifiable. These efforts, combined with other actions … | The post Help Us Protect the Future of Globalresearch.ca appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/help-us-protect-the-future-of-globalresearch-ca/5654122

Needled Strawberries in Australia: Food Terrorism Down Under
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
There is something peculiar doing the rounds in Australian food circles. The land down under, considered something of a nirvana of fruit and vegetable production despite horrendous droughts and calamitous cyclones, is facing a new challenge: human agency, namely in … | The post Needled Strawberries in Australia: Food Terrorism Down Under appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/needled-strawberries-in-australia-food-terrorism-down-under/5654311

CIJA, B'nai B'rith Smear Palestine Activist Instead of Racists, Anti-Semite
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Like British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn Canadian lawyer Dimitri Lascaris is the victim of a "Big Lie" slander campaign. Defenders of the most aggressive ongoing European settler colonialism have once again smeared a " proud, anti-racist advocate for … | The post CIJA, B'nai B'rith Smear Palestine Activist Instead…
globalresearch.ca/cija-bnai-brith-smear-palestine-activist-instead-of-racists-anti-semite/5654279

Trump Can Kill Oslo, But Not Palestinian National Aspirations
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has taken a series of drastic punitive actions against the Palestinian people. Some analysts have accepted the official White House explanation that many of the actions were done either out of displeasure with actions … | The post Trump Can Kill Oslo, But Not Palestinian National Aspirations appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-can-kill-oslo-but-not-palestinian-national-aspirations/5654283

Prayers: For Our Sins as Individuals and as a Society
Michael Lerner | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
These Prayers by Rabbi Michael Lerner constitute a powerful and far-reaching humanitarian message, coupled with an accurate and incisive analysis of the unfolding global crisis. | What Rabbi Lerner puts forth is an understanding of the World we live in. | The … | The post Prayers: For Our Sins as Individuals and as a Society appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/prayers-for-our-sins-as-individuals-and-as-a-society/5654300

The Bluffer's Guide to Bombing Syria
Peter Ford | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
The propaganda mills of the British and American governments – spokespersons, media, think tanks – are working overtime churning out 'talking points' to justify the upcoming large scale bombing of Syria on the pretext of use of prohibited weapons. | Here … | The post The Bluffer's Guide to Bombing Syria appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-bluffers-guide-to-bombing-syria/5654266

Overheard at the Fat Cats Club. Political Satire
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Being a 'fly on the wall' is not such a bad thing… unless of course you get swatted. Listen to what this fly overheard at the Fat Cats Private Club the other day: | Fat Cat #1: Well I'll tell you | … | The post Overheard at the Fat Cats Club. Political Satire appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/overheard-at-the-fat-cats-club-political-satire/5654292

Syria's Christian City: Seven Years Under Fire at the Idlib Frontline
Tom Westcott | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Each night, the streets of the Christian town of Mhardeh teem with life. | Young people in trendy attire drink beer and smoke Shisha pipes, shyly eyeing up attractive passersby and posing for group selfies, while off-duty soldiers with their girlfriends … | The post Syria's Christian City: Seven Years Under Fire at the Idlib Frontline appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/syrias-christian-city-seven-years-under-fire-at-the-idlib-frontline/5654308

How Donald Trump Desecrates America's Founders
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
George Washington's Farewell Address — one of the most important documents of America's Founders — warned against any and all permanent alliances; he said, on 19 September 1796: | The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a … | The post How Donald Trump Desecrates America's Founders appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/how-donald-trump-desecrates-americas-founders/5654302

Who is Osama bin Laden. Interview with Michel Chossudovsky
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
A few hours after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, the Bush administration concluded without supporting evidence, that "Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda organisation were prime suspects". CIA Director George Tenet stated that bin … | The post Who is Osama bin Laden. Interview with Michel Chossudovsky appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/who-is-osama-bin-laden-interview-with-michel-chossudovsky/5654247

Trump's Reckless Hostility Unites China and Russia
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Good work Mr. President! You have now managed to lay the groundwork for a grand Chinese-Russian alliance. The objective of intelligent diplomacy is to divide one's foes, not to unite them. | This epic blunder comes at a time when the … | The post Trump's Reckless Hostility Unites China and Russia appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trumps-reckless-hostility-unites-china-and-russia/5654315

In the Wake of the 2008 Global Economic Crisis: Banking Structures Untouched. How the Financial Lobby Won the Battle in Brussels
Corporate Europe Observatory | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Despite their responsibility for the 2008 economic crash, the financial sector has successfully avoided major reform in the decade since. Their army of lobbyists has won almost all the major battles, leaving new legislation full of loopholes and conditions similar … | The post In the Wake of the 2008 Global Economic Crisis: Banking Structures Untouched. How the Financial Lobby Won the Battle in Brussels appeared first on…
globalresearch.ca/in-the-wake-of-the-2008-global-economic-crisis-banking-structures-untouched-how-the-financial-lobby-won-the-battle-in-brussels/5654336

US War Strategists: Military Defeats and Political Success
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Introduction | In a previous article (" US: The Century of Lost Wars") I recorded the repeated US military defeats over the past two decades. In this discussion I will describe the role of military strategists who bear responsibility for … | The post US War Strategists: Military Defeats and Political Success appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-war-strategists-military-defeats-and-political-success/5654317

Elections in Pakistan: A Populist Moment?
Ayyaz Mallick | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
The third consecutive general election was held in Pakistan on July 25th, with the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, PTI) of celebrity-cricketer Imran Khan emerging as the largest party in parliament. For a country marred by long bouts … | The post Elections in Pakistan: A Populist Moment? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/elections-in-pakistan-a-populist-moment/5654273

Sustainability and Ecological Civilization: An Outline for Getting From Here to There
Roy Morrison | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Industrialism and business as usual is the path to ecological destruction. | Imperative task for the 21st century is to move toward a sustainable ecological civilization. | Working definition in a market society of ecological civilization (or ecocivilization) is to make … | The post Sustainability and Ecological Civilization: An Outline for Getting From Here to There appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/sustainability-and-ecological-civilization-an-outline-for-getting-from-here-to-there/5654345

The Liberation of Idlib: Turkey Is in the Way, with Russia Slowing Down
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Turkey is pushing further reinforcements of troops, commando units and tanks into the northern Syrian city of Idlib and around it, for a specific objective: to disrupt the attack against the city by the Syrian forces and their allies supported … | The post The Liberation of Idlib: Turkey Is in the Way, with Russia Slowing Down appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-liberation-of-idlib-turkey-is-in-the-way-with-russia-slowing-down/5654276

Hurricane Florence: Sixty Foot Flood to Inundate Brunswick Nuclear Plant on Cape Fear River NC
Roy Morrison | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
On Saturday morning, CNN reports that National Weather Service forecast flood waters on Cape Fear River in Wilmington N.C. to crest at 60 feet (sixty feet) early next week. Wilmington is near Southport, home of two reactor Brunswick nuclear plant | … | The post Hurricane Florence: Sixty Foot Flood to Inundate Brunswick Nuclear Plant on Cape Fear River NC appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/hurricane-florence-sixty-foot-flood-to-inundate-brunswick-nuclear-plant-on-cape-fear-river-nc/5654269

5 things you need to know about one of the anti-LGBT movement's biggest events: the 'Values Voter Summit'
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-09-17
One of the most powerful anti-LGBT hate groups, the Family Research Council (FRC), is getting ready for its annual gathering in the nation's capital.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/17/5-things-you-need-know-about-one-anti-lgbt-movements-biggest-events-values-voter-summit

PLO-UNWRA Meeting: Dr. Ashrawi Meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl
TPLO | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi received Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl who was accompanied by his Chief of Staff Hakam Shahwan at the PLO Headquarters in Ramallah. | Dr. … | The post PLO-UNWRA Meeting: Dr. Ashrawi Meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl appeared first on …
globalresearch.ca/plo-unwra-meeting-dr-ashrawi-meets-with-unrwa-commissioner-general-pierre-krahenbuhl/5654287

The Aftershocks of the 2008 Economic Collapse Are Still Being Felt
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
The Real Confrontation Is Yet To Come | There has been a spate of articles recently on the ten year anniversary of the financial collapse. We wrote about this anniversary two weeks ago, describing the cause of the collapse and the … | The post The Aftershocks of the…
globalresearch.ca/the-aftershocks-of-the-2008-economic-collapse-are-still-being-felt/5654352

Agent Orange: 17 Chilling Photos of the Vietnam War Crimes the US Got Away With
Amanda Froelich | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
This article was first posted on Global Research in September 2017. | For ten years during the Vietnam War, the United States used a toxic concoction of two herbicides, labeled 'Agent Orange,' to wipe out large areas of Vietnam which were … | The post Agent Orange: 17 Chilling Photos of the Vietnam War Crimes the US Got Away With appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/agent-orange-24-chilling-photos-of-the-vietnam-war-crimes-the-us-got-away-with/5609892

American Fascism
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-17
Fascism is a loaded topic for Americans. The term is usually put forward as oppositional, as the flip side of representative democracy, e.g. authoritarian. Left unaddressed is whose interests' American representative democracy represents. Twenty years of research by political scientist Thomas Ferguson strongly supports the conclusion that it is monied interests (a/k/a the rich) that determines public policy. And while this isn't the authoritarian leader alluded to with the charge of fascism, neither does it contrast with it in the sense implied.
counterpunch.org/2018/09/17/american-fascism/

Laura Flanders Show: Education Activists Back To School With A Test for DeVos
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-17
2018 has been a year of upheaval for students, in and out of the classroom. This week on the Laura Flanders show, educators and education activists talk about educational justice, teaching in Trump times, and taking stock of the current state of education. We're joined by Natasha Capers, of the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice;… | The post Laura Flanders Show: Education Activists Ba…
therealnews.com/stories/laura-flanders-show-education-activists-back-to-school-with-a-test-for-devos

Texas special education students face teacher shortage and budget shortfall
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-17
The state of Texas is in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for its failure to educate disabled children.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/17/txed…

New Zealand primary teachers' union presents sellout offer
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-17
The Labour government's proposal does not begin to address stagnant wages and the staffing crisis afflicting schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/17/nzte…

US schools hiring private companies to spy on students' social media
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-17
Monitoring students' social media accounts is a violation of privacy, revealing the partnership of the US government and tech companies in internet surveillance and censorship.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/17/soci…

Texas Education Board votes to cut Hillary Clinton's name from student curriculum
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-16
Students in Texas will not be obliged to learn about Hillary Clinton in their history class, but will discuss the impact of Moses on the nation's founding documents, following a vote by the State Board of Education.
rt.com/usa/438544-clinton-curriculum-texas-removed/

Teacher strike in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania wins broad support
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-15
On Friday, approximately 1,000 teachers, students, and supporters picketed East Stroudsburg's South High School as a strike continues by instructors over management demands for major cuts in health care.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/15/stro…

Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Celebrity Salesman for the Military-Industrial-Complex
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-14
The idea for this article came from one of those annoying "Recommended for you" thumbnails on YouTube. The title was: "Neil deGrasse Tyson: Trump's Space Force Is Not a Crazy Idea." Having written about and researched space weapons for over a decade, I was intrigued as to why a seemingly intelligent man (Tyson) would want…
counterpunch.org/2018/09/14/neil-degrasse-tyson-a-celebrity-salesman-for-the-military-industrial-complex/

From CO2 to Methane, Trump's Hurricane of Destruction
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-14
Photo Source Becker1999 | CC BY 2.0 | While the Trump administration swirls around in a vortex of Tweets, lies and Russiagate, one thing is for certain, while we are all distracted and perplexed by the daily mayhem, Trump and his fossil fuel buddies are getting away with environmental plunder. | It's not a surprise, really, given that Trump believes man-made climate change is a bunch of stale chow mein, as he notoriously tweeted: | The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. | — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012 | Unfortunately, Trump has moved beyond his wacky conspiracy theory and sparked a full-on assault on the environmental laws, science and regulatory apparatus which act as our best hope to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In documents
counterpunch.org/2018/09/14/from-co2-to-methane-trumps-hurricane-of-destruction/

The IMF's 'Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience'
Lauren Carasik | thenation.com | 2018-09-14
The IMF's 'Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience' appeared first on The Nation.
thenation.com/article/the-imfs-large-brain-unhealthy-ego-and-tiny-conscience/

'It's science fiction': Professor doubts claims of 'microwave attacks' on US diplomats in Cuba
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-14
There's no conclusive evidence that US diplomats stationed in Cuba were injured by a futuristic weapon, Kenneth R. Foster, a professor of bioengineering, told RT, adding that theories involving microwaves were "science fiction."
rt.com/usa/438425-microwave-cuba-attack-science-fiction/

Schools Have Committed to Hiring Teachers of Color. Now They Need to Keep Them
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2018-09-13
When schools fail to challenge Eurocentric curricula and pedagogy, they alienate teachers of color.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/schools-must-retain-teachers-of-color-180913/

New York's Democratic Primary is a Showdown for Charter School Politics
Jake Jacobs | progressive.org | 2018-09-11
The upcoming New York primary could redefine the Democratic party in the state–and could mean drastic change for the charter school industry.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/democratic-primaries-charter-schools-180911/

AI detects 'mysterious repeating' signals from 'alien galaxy' 3 billion light years away
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-11
Researchers at Breakthrough Listen, a project involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), have used AI to study signals from distant galaxies and found that we may have missed a lot in the hunt for alien life.
rt.com/news/438199-ai-signals-aliens-seti/

Let's Heal Kids, Not Harden Schools
Suzanne Bohan | progressive.org | 2018-09-08
Betsy DeVos has proposed to make federal funding available for schools to purchase weapons. But the proliferation of guns will not curb violence in schools.
progressive.org/op-eds/lets-heal-kids-not-harden-schools180905/

'Punitive Discipline Policies Have Proven to Be Destructive to Children'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-09-07
CBS News ( 8/14/18) | Janine Jackson: Nothing says America 2018 like a spate of stories on how back-to-school shopping includes bulletproof backpacks. Arming teachers and gearing kids up like commandos are presented as more-or-less reasonable responses to concerns about school safety. | Any violence in schools is too much, of course, but a conversation about school safety that's focused on guns and bullets is a narrow and distorted conversation. Recasting our definition of a "safe school environment" could lead us in some very different directions. | Karen Dolan is director of the Criminalization of Race and Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and co-author, with Ebony Slaughter-Johnson and Myacah Sampson, of the recent report Students Under Siege: How the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Poverty and Racism Endanger Our Schoolchildren. She joins us now by phone…
fair.org/home/punitive-discipline-policies-have-proven-to-be-destructive-to-children/

In Louisville, a Web of Private Interests Conspire to Expand Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2018-09-06
Members of the Kentucky Board of Education have allied with corporate interests to privatize education, including involvement in potential real estate deals.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/financial-forces-behind-lousiville-charters-180905/

As Amazon Hits $1 Trillion in Value, Its Warehouse Workers Denounce "Slavery" Conditions
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-05
Amazon made headlines Tuesday when it became the second American company, after Apple, to reach $1 trillion in value. Amazon's founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, is the richest man in the world, with a net worth of more than $167 billion. But what's behind that wealth? What about its workers? The working conditions in Amazon's warehouses have been the focus of protests, union drives and several investigations–including by student reporters. As students throughout the country head back to class, we feature an investigative report by students at the Rutgers University Department of Journalism and Media…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/5/as_amazon_…

What Educators Can Do to Make College More Affordable
Don Weimer | progressive.org | 2018-08-31
It's not just tuition–the cost of textbooks and other curricular materials is unnecessarily high.
progressive.org/op-eds/how-colleges-and-universities-can-make-education-affordable-180831/

Seattle Teachers Poised to Strike Draw Solidarity from Their Brothers and Sisters In Puerto Rico
Jesse Hagopian | progressive.org | 2018-08-31
To prepare for what we are likely to face in our struggle for a just contract, Seattle educators recently organized a panel that included a representative from the Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/seattle-teachers-poised-to-strike-draw-solidarity-from-Puerto-Rico-180831/

Venezuela Denounces Regional Anti-Migrant 'Xenophobia' as Brazil Militarises Border
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-08-30
The Maduro administration contrasted the recent attacks against Venezuelan migrants to its own open door policy which has seen foreigners benefit from free health, housing, education, and food programs.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14023

Oklahoma Teachers Must Stay Unified to Overcome Janus and Union-Bashers
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2018-08-30
Oklahoma teachers face the litmus test of whether to reinvigorate–or reinvent–their union.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/oklahoma-teachers-must-stay-unified-180829/

Let's Ditch Cages in Animal Research
Garet Lahvis | progressive.org | 2018-08-24
Tests on caged animals often fail to replicate in human trials, while lab animals suffer.
progressive.org/op-eds/Lab-Cages-in-Animal-Research-180824/

Meet the Owner of Canary Mission's Anonymous Anti-Palestinian Blacklisting Website
Hamzah Raza | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-08-22
Canary Mission has exploited its anonymity to smear college students with impunity. The Grayzone has obtained documents identifying the owner… | The post Meet the Owner of Canary Mission's Anonymous Anti-Palestinian Blacklisting Website appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/08/22/meet-the-owner-of-canary-missions-anonymous-anti-palestinian-blacklisting-website/