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…
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Teacher, Several Students, Injured By Army Gas Bombs In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-09-17
Palestinian medical sources have reported that one teacher and several students suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, Monday, after Israeli soldiers fired many gas bombs in and around their school. The sources said the teacher Amjad Tanneena, and scores of schoolchildren, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, and were …

Teacher, Several Students, Injured By Army Gas Bombs In Hebron

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.
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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.
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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.
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US Holding Nearly 13,000 Migrant Children in Detention Centers
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-17
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | A recently published report shows the number of detained migrant children is almost five times greater … | The post US Holding Nearly 13,000 Migrant Children in Detention Centers appeared first on Global Research.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Culture of Hate
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2018-09-17
In researching his new book, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges mingled with groups driven by antipathy for Muslims and others. This excerpt from "America: The Farewell Tour" offers intimate portraits of a few of their members. | The post The Culture of Hate appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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…

Be the Change, Be the Refuge: Cultivating Self Love and Collective Liberation
EBMC | indybay.org | 2018-09-17
In such challenging times, how can we practice self care and also cultivate collective liberation? Join us for a visionary evening with renowned meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Spring Washam who will be discussing how to forge a path of resistance, resilience and love on Friday, September 28th at First Church Berkeley in benefit of East Bay Meditation Center.
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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…

Emboldened by Trump, Israel Bombs Damascus International Airport
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Emboldened by Trump's continuing threats to protect al-Qaeda in Syria, Israel has chosen the joyous … | The post Emboldened by Trump, Israel Bombs Damascus International Airport appeared first on Global Research.
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South America's "Made in USA" Growing Crises. Economic Destabilization of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
First published by GR on June 11, 2018 | Emerging market economies are heading for an economic implosion. From South America to South Asia conditions are deteriorating rapidly and heading for an even more severe economic crisis in which many are … | The post South America's "Made in USA" Growing Crises. Economic Destabilization of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela appeared first on Global Resea…
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Demonization of Russia in a New Cold War Era
Mairead Maguire | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
In examining the future, we must look to the past. | As we watch the media today, we are spoon fed more and more propaganda and fear of the unknown, that we should be afraid of the unknown and have full … | The post Demonization of Russia in a New Cold War Era appeared first on Global Research.
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Israel-Palestine: The Humanitarian Consequences of an Occupation
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
"It seems quite daunting, what the Palestinians are facing, but like Dr. Swee Ang who was with us and who was a long time Palestinian supporter, and who has seen the Sabra-Shatilla massacres – is a witness to the … | The post Israel-Palestine: The Humanitarian Consequences of an Occupation appeared first on Global Research.
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U.S. Crimes against Humanity: "President Bolton" Threatens to Sanction the International Criminal Court
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Earlier this week, John Bolton–Trump's national security adviser and basically the president of US foreign … | The post U.S. Crimes against Humanity: "President Bolton" Threatens to Sanction the International Criminal Court appeared first on Global Research.
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Australia and the Woes of Climate Change States
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | As Australia's tattered yet new government, led by the increasingly oafish and amateurish Scott Morrison trundled … | The post Australia and the Woes of Climate Change States appeared first on Global Research.
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US, UK, Saudis, and UAE Want Yemenis to Starve
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Famine stalks Yemen because of US/UK supported bombing raids coupled with a naval blockade — ignoring … | The post US, UK, Saudis, and UAE Want Yemenis to Starve appeared first on Global Research.
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Flight MH17, Ukraine and the New Cold War. Prism of Disaster
PKVDP | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
'Based on wide-ranging meticulous research, van der Pijl utilises the case of the downing of MH17 as a prism to refract the political corruption of state-directed oligarchic capitalism in Ukraine coupled to the self-interest of a neo-liberal driven European Union. … | The post Flight MH17, Ukraine and the New Cold War. Prism of Disaster. appeared first on Global Research.
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The Alleged Involvement of Saudi Arabia in 9/11: Bob Graham and the Missing 28 Pages of the 9/11 Joint Inquiry Report
Kevin Ryan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
First published by GR on May 13, 2015 | The media has taken an increasing interest in the 28 pages that were redacted from the 9/11 Joint Congressional Inquiry Report. The stories usually feature one of the Inquiry's leaders, former Senator … | The post The Alleged Involvement o…
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What Is the Left in Canada?
Kim Petersen | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-16
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | A claim to righteousness in international affairs is fundamental to Canadian exceptionalism, the idea that this … | The post What Is the Left in Canada? appeared first on Global Research.
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The Science of Language: Here's Why We Like Some Words More than Others
Carmen àÅlvarez-Mayo, The Conversation | alternet.org | 2018-09-16
When we hear a word, the way we perceive it will be influenced not only by denotation but also by connotation. | When we listen to a foreign language, we may hear sounds which do not exist in our mother tongue, and may sound different from anything we have ever heard before. The first time we hear something new, a foreign sound or word — even an unknown word in our own languages — something in it may provoke delight or revulsion. . .
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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…

The United States' Disregard for International Law is a Menace to Venezuela and Latin America
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-14
International community principles At the 25thU.N. session of October 1970 the General Assembly adopted a Resolution titled "Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." [1] Not too many people would know that, therefore I think it is important to remember…
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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…
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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
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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.
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Australia: Union calls one-day stoppage at University of Newcastle
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-14
The National Tertiary Education Union's demands centre on maintaining the "consultative" and "committee" structures through which it has helped management impose restructuring and job cuts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/14/newc…

SEP congressional candidate Niles Niemuth campaigns at Wayne State University in Detroit
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-14
Niles spoke with students at Wayne State University about the fight for socialism and the struggle against war and social inequality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/14/nile…

'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/

Washington state strikes continue as Tumwater teachers defy back-to-work order
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-14
Four hundred teachers in the small Washington State town of Tumwater are courageously defying a judge's strikebreaking order as educators continue walkouts in Tacoma and other cities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/14/tumw…

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.
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GC Brad Berry to Discuss Admin's Assault on Education, NAACP Lawsuit Against Betsy DeVos at CBC Education Event
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-13
NAACP's General Counsel Brad Berry to Discuss Combating the Administration's Assault on Education and NAACP Lawsuit Against Betsy DeVos During Congressional Black Caucus Education Event Washington, D.C. –In June, the NAACP filed a lawsuit against Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for abandoning without public notice its obligation to […] | The post GC Brad Berry to Discuss Admin's Assault on Education, NAACP La…
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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.
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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/

New 'Poison Papers' Leak: EPA Knew About Many Dangerous Toxins, But Kept Quiet
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-10
A new leak in the series of documents known as the "poison papers," which were provided by whistleblower William Sanjour, show that unless regulatory bodies such as the EPA have real political backing, they will not act in the public interest. We speak to Jonathan Latham of the Bioscience Resource Project | The post New 'Poison Papers' Leak: EPA Knew About Many Dangerous Toxins, But Ke…
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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…
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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/