A teacher, a shooting survivor, and Black Caucus chair: Reject Kavanaugh!
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-09-11
WASHINGTON–Saying federal judge Brett Kavanaugh cares more about gun rights than about kids' safety, more about the right wing than civil rights, and cares little about workers' rights, a union teacher, a survivor of the Valentine's Day high school massacre in Florida and the chair of the Co…
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Demeaning Democracy: Turning Doug Ford's Attack on Toronto into a Movement for Democratic Renewal
Prof. Dennis Pilon | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | We, the undersigned group of scholars and teachers, deplore the autocratic and arbitrary reduction of ward … | The post Demeaning Democracy: Turning Doug Ford's Attack on Toronto into a Movement for Democratic Renewal appeared first on Global Research.
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Is Our World Cultural Heritage Worth Saving? Activists Call Out Saudi Arabia on the Disappearing of History
Catherine Shakdam | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | "A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, … | The post Is Our World Cultural Heritage Worth Saving? Activists Call Out Saudi Arabia on the Disappearing of History appeared first on Global Research.
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CIA-Backed Firm Touted Social Media Surveillance of Students to Sell Services to Police
Will Pierce | mintpressnews.com | 2018-09-11
Geofeedia provides law enforcement with tools to monitor social media use by mapping location and other data. It has received funding from the investment arm of the CIA, In-Q-Tel. | The post CIA-Backed Firm Touted Social Media Surveillance of Students to Sell Services to Police appeared first on MintPress News.
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17 Years Later, Almost 10,000 People Are Living With Cancers Related to 9/11
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2018-09-11
It's not just first responders who were harmed by fumes from the lower Manhattan attack, but workers, students and area residents. | The post 17 Years Later, Almost 10,000 People Are Living With Cancers Related to 9/11 appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
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Lifting Russia Off Its Knees
Dana E. Abizaid | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-11
"To lift Russia off its knees," the student said. We were standing in a corner of a lecture hall at Moscow State University where students had swarmed me after my first US History lecture in September 2002. "What do you think about Putin?" one asked. "What do you think about Chechnya?" asked another.
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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.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/democratic-primaries-charter-schools-180911/

Governments Are Turning to 'Happiness' Rankings to Drive Policy — But Psychologists Warn of Serious Limitations in How We Measure It
Jessica Pykett, The Conversation | alternet.org | 2018-09-11
In order to measure happiness, it had to be redefined as an observable behaviour. | Move over GDP: happiness is angling to become the metric of the future. Nation states have begun to compete in global happiness rankings and plan policy according to statistics of well-being. Most recently, New Zealand announced that its 2019 budget will report on h. . .
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September 11, 2001: The WTC Towers Were Brought Down by Controlled Demolition
Richard Gage | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
Richard Gage is founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11Truth. | AE911 Truth is a non-profit organization of architects, engineers, and affiliates dedicated to investigating the events of September 11, 2001. | This GRTV video interview, recorded for the 17th anniversary of … | The post September 11, 2001: The WTC Towers Were Brought Down by Controlled Demolition appeared first on Global Research.
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Climate Refugees Will Vastly Outweigh Recent Migrant Numbers
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Due to persecution, violence and wars often waged or funded by Western governments, almost 70 million … | The post Climate Refugees Will Vastly Outweigh Recent Migrant Numbers appeared first on Global Research.
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The Natural Enemy: US Open Women's Tennis Final, Serena Williams and the Sporting Umpire
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Should it matter this much? A wealthy, successful individual expressed fury at the most popular object … | The post The Natural Enemy: US Open Women's Tennis Final, Serena Williams and the Sporting Umpire appeared first on Global Research.
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Dutch Government Provided Terrorists with Pickup Trucks and Cell Phones. Invested 25 Million Euros Supporting Jihadist Groups in Syria
Defend Europa | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | The Dutch government has supported an armed group in Syria, who by the Dutch Public Prosecution … | The post Dutch Government Provided Terrorists with Pickup Trucks and Cell Phones. Invested 25 Million Euros Supporting Jihadist Groups in Syria appeared first on Glo…
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Video: 9/11, Uncovering the Truth. Michel Chossudovsky
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
Seventeen years have passed since the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, and there are still many unanswered questions surrounding that fateful day. | In 2011, experts and scientists from around the world gathered in Toronto, Canada to present … | The post Video: 9/11, Uncovering the Truth. Michel Chossudovsky appeared first on Global Research.
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Trump's Wars and the Threat to Free Speech
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | It looks like Trump will plunge us into war, either in Iran or Syria, and possibly … | The post Trump's Wars and the Threat to Free Speech appeared first on Global Research.
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9/11 in Context. Historical Review of "False Flag Terror"
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Only with context can we gain insight and perspective into the horrible, barbaric 9/11 attack. | Presidents, … | The post 9/11 in Context. Historical Review of "False Flag Terror" appeared first on Global Research.
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Target Syria: Will a New War be the October Surprise?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | It's official. The Syrian Army assisted by Russian air support is closing in on the last … | The post Target Syria: Will a New War be the October Surprise? appeared first on Global Research.
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The Costs of 9/11 Continue to Mount. The Official Government Account of 9/11 is False
DPCR | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | This is the 17th anniversary of 9/11. During the years that have passed large numbers of … | The post The Costs of 9/11 Continue to Mount. The Official Government Account of 9/11 is False appeared first on Global Research.
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9/11 Explosive Evidence. Experts Speak Out
Richard Gage | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — which is the U.S. government agency that investigated the World Trade Center's destruction — the Twin Towers came down "essentially in free fall." | NIST's theory of the collapses hinges … | The post 9/11 Explosive Evidence. Experts Speak Out appeared first on Global Research.
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Armageddon Rides in the Balance. Has the Left Lost its Mind?
DPCR | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | For some time I have pointed out the paradox of the American liberal/progressive/left being allied with … | The post Armageddon Rides in the Balance. Has the Left Lost its Mind? appeared first on Global Research.
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Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. The Imposition of a Neoliberal Agenda
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
The main objective of the US-supported military coup was to impose the neoliberal economic agenda. "Regime change" was enforced through a covert military intelligence operation. Sweeping macro-economic reforms (including privatization, price liberalization and the freeze of wages) were implemented in early October 1973. | The post Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. The Imposition of a Neoliberal Agenda appeared first on
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Ethiopia: A Case Study in Take-Over by Western Interests
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Ethiopia is a landlocked country, bordering on Somalia which is dominating the Horn of Africa. Due … | The post Ethiopia: A Case Study in Take-Over by Western Interests appeared first on Global Research.
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US Efforts to Halt Eurasian Integration Are Failing Miserably
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | The operation of the Syrian Arab Army in the province of Idlib represents the last step … | The post US Efforts to Halt Eurasian Integration Are Failing Miserably appeared first on Global Research.
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Behind the Anglo-American War on Russia. Prevent the Domination of Eurasia by Russia and China
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Perhaps they had a chance back during the Obama days when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton… | The post Behind the Anglo-American War on Russia. Prevent the Domination of Eurasia by Russia and China appeared first on Global Research.
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Indonesia 'Proudly' Joins US-led Military Exercises to Antagonize China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Featured image: Tankers at Strait of Malacca (Source: author) | Indonesia (RI), the 4th most populous … | The post Indonesia 'Proudly' Joins US-led Military Exercises to Antagonize China appeared first on Global Research.
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Merkel's Chasing a Failed Dream by Fantasizing About Bombing Syria
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Merkel is desperate to keep alive her failed dream that Germany is the world's foremost "normative | … | The post Merkel's Chasing a Failed Dream by Fantasizing About Bombing Syria appeared first on Global Research.
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In Italia la più grande polveriera Usa
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
L'8 agosto ha fatto scalo nel porto di Livorno la Liberty Passion (Passione per la Libertà) e il 2 settembre la Liberty Promise (Promessa di Libertà), che saranno seguite il 9 ottobre dalla Liberty Pride (Orgoglio di Libertà). | Le tre … | The post In Italia la più grande polveriera Usa appeared first on Global Research.
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Who Wants to Join a Union? A Growing Number of Americans
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-09-11
Only 10.7 percent of American workers belong to a union today, approximately half as many as in 1983. That's a level not seen since the 1930s, just before passage of the labor law that was supposed to protect workers' right to organize. | Yet American workers have not given up on unions. When we conducted a nationally representative survey of the workforce with the National Opinion Research Corporation, we found interest in joining unions to be at a four-decade high. | Four Times Higher: | The results obtained from nearly 4,000 respondents show that 48 percent — nearly half of nonunionized workers — would join a union if given the opportunity to do so. | That marks a sharp increase from about one-third of the workforce expressing this preference in 1977 and 1995, the…
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The Collapse of WTC Building Seven on 9/11
Dr. Leroy Hulsey | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Andy Steele (AS): Dr. Leroy Hulsey got a BS in civil engineering I 1965 from the … | The post The Collapse of WTC Building Seven on 9/11 appeared first on Global Research.
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Selected Articles: 9/11 Opens Up an Era of Global Crisis, Upheaval and Militarization
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
The tragic events of September 11, 2001 constitute a fundamental landmark in American history, a decisive watershed, a breaking point. Millions of people have been misled regarding the causes and consequences of 9/11. | The post Selected Articles: 9/11 Opens Up an Era of Global Crisis, Upheaval and Militarization appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-911-open-up-an-era-of-global-crisis/5653640

Video: US Denies Use of White Phosphorus Bombs in Syria
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Tensions are growing in Syria as Turkey is reportedly increasing its troops stationed at the Syrian … | The post Video: US Denies Use of White Phosphorus Bombs in Syria appeared first on Global Research.
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Russia's Pivoting to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea via Eritrea and the UAE
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-11
. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Featured image: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met Eritrea's Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, August 31, 2018, … | The post Russia's Pivoting to the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea via Eritrea and the UAE appeared first on Global Research.
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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.
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Teachers must link up their fight with educators nationally and internationally!
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-11
Educators across the US have returned to the classrooms under conditions of unrelenting assault on public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/11/teac…

Massive student protests hit Mexico City universities
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-11
Students denounced attacks by violent right-wing student shock groups directed by politicians and authorities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/11/unam…

Australian university union elections point to seething discontent
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-11
Amid an escalating assault on staff and students, more than a third of the votes rejected the NTEU leadership's candidate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/11/nteu…

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Al-'Isawiya, Injure Many In Abu Dis
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-09-10
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, a young Palestinian man in the al-'Isawiya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, and injured many students near Al-Quds University, in Abu Dis town, southeast of the city. Several army jeeps invaded al-'Isawiya, before searching a number of homes, and abducted Taj Maher Mheisin, before …

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Al-‘Isawiya, Injure Many In Abu Dis

Illiteracy Rate in Palestine is Among the Lowest in the World
INA | imemc.org | 2018-09-10
On the occasion of International Literacy Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published a report, last week, on the illiteracy rate in Palestine ,and confirmed that it is one of the lowest in the world. The report said that the illiteracy rate in 2017 was 3.3% (7,898 illiterate) …

Illiteracy Rate in Palestine is Among the Lowest in the World

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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Seattle Education Association pushes through sellout deal
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-10
The Seattle Education Association, with the backing of its supposedly dissident faction, Social Equity Educators, forced through the agreement, undermining the momentum for a statewide strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/10/seat…

Police suppress protest over schools in debt-ridden Chinese city
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-10
The immediate reason for the protest was a local government decision to cut costs in government schools by relocating all fifth and sixth grade students to private schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/10/prot…

A Father Took His 10-Year-Old Fishing. She Fell in the Water and Drowned. It Was a Tragic Accident — Then He Was Charged With Murder
Jordan Smith | theintercept.com | 2018-09-09
Wendell Lindsey is serving life in a Texas prison, but his conviction relied on dubious drowning science and a key witness with secrets of her own. | The post A Father Took His 10-Year-Old Fishing. She Fell in the Water and Drowned. It Was a Tragic Accident — Then He Was Charged With Murder. appeared first on The Intercept.
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Prisoners Strike Across America & Canada to End Penal Enslavement
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-08
Prisoners Across US & Canada go on hunger and work strike to protest no wages/low wages, end of solitary confinement, for education programs & an end to mass incarceration | The post Prisoners Strike Across America & Canada to End Penal Enslavement appeared first on The Real News Network.
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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/

Reject the sellout in Seattle! For a statewide and national teachers strike!
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-08
The WSWS Teacher Newsletter urges Seattle teachers meeting today to vote "no" and immediately constitute themselves as an independent rank-and-file committee to plan a serious struggle.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/08/wash…

'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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SPLC: Florida Supreme Court's decision to remove misleading ballot measure on education is a 'victory for schoolchildren'
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-09-07
The Florida Supreme Court today affirmed a lower court's ruling to strike a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have eliminated local school boards' exclusive duty to regulate some new public schools — including charter schools — from the ballot.
splcenter.org/news/2018/09/07/splc-florida-supreme-court%25E2%2580%2599s-decision-remove-misleading-ballot-measure-education-%25E2%2580%2598victory

Can the Wall Between Church and State Survive Brett Kavanaugh?
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-07
The Supreme Court nominee's testimony this week signals an intent to weaken the separation of church and state. | Public schools are educational institutions, not temples of religious indoctrination. For over half a century, the Supreme Court has thus recognized that the Constitution prohibits public schools from imposing prayer on children and that religious education is the province of parents and religious communities, not government bureaucrats. | On Wednesday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, however, strongly suggested that he disagrees and that, if confirmed, he will vote to weaken the separation of…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/can-wall-between-church-and-state-survive-brett-kavanaugh

Petroleum Junkies of the World, Unite!
Craig Collins | counterpunch.org | 2018-09-07
Like most Americans, I was born into a lifestyle of cheap energy and took it for granted. Growing up in the latter half of the 20th century, cars and electricity were just part of daily life. Nobody thought of it as addiction; it was progress. Every new electronic device and labor saving appliance was a testament to the miracle of modern science and technology. The future was usually portrayed as a technological utopia where all our wants and needs would be met by some new scientific wonder. Remember The Jetsons?
counterpunch.org/2018/09/07/petroleum-junkies-of-the-world-unite/

Los Angeles Teachers Prepare to Strike: An Organizing Drive Long in the Making
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-09-06
LA teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, should contract negotiations fail. Each side accusing the other of illegal tactics. However, teachers say this is not mainly about wages, but about improving children's education. Jane McAlevey explains | The post Los Angeles Teachers Prepare to Strike: An Organizing Drive Long in the Making ap…
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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/