Robert Parry | How Neocons Destabilized Europe
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "The refugee chaos that is now pushing deep into Europe - dramatized by gut-wrenching photos of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey - started with the cavalier ambitions of American neocons and their liberal-interventionist sidekicks who planned to remake the Middle East and other parts of the world through 'regime change.'"
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Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "The refugee chaos that is now pushing deep into Europe - dramatized by gut-wrenching photos of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey - started with the cavalier ambitions of American neocons and their liberal-interventionist sidekicks who planned to remake the Middle East and other parts of the world through 'regime change.'"
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Nick Turse | US Special Forces Expand Training to Allies With Histories of Abuse
Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "In March, members of the U.S. Special Operations forces traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina to train with local special police units. Carried out at Bosnia and Herzegovina's national training center in Manjaca, the arrest demonstration, chronicled in an official video, was part of the first-of-its-kind Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in the Balkan nation."
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Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "In March, members of the U.S. Special Operations forces traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina to train with local special police units. Carried out at Bosnia and Herzegovina's national training center in Manjaca, the arrest demonstration, chronicled in an official video, was part of the first-of-its-kind Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in the Balkan nation."
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LA Garment Industry Rife With Sweatshop Conditions
Haya El Nasser, Al Jazeera America
Nasser writes: "A new report on the health and safety conditions of garment workers in Los Angeles may give pause to shoppers who buy garments 'Made in the USA,' in an attempt to avoid participating in the exploitation of workers in foreign sweatshops."
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Haya El Nasser, Al Jazeera America
Nasser writes: "A new report on the health and safety conditions of garment workers in Los Angeles may give pause to shoppers who buy garments 'Made in the USA,' in an attempt to avoid participating in the exploitation of workers in foreign sweatshops."
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A Teachers' Strike in Seattle
Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
Calamur writes: "Seattle teachers voted to go on strike Wednesday, the first day of school, over stalled contract negotiations with the city's school district. 'After bargaining until midnight Monday and for most of the day Tuesday, it was clear that a settlement wasn't close,' the Seattle Education Association, the union that represents about 5,000 teachers, said in a statement."
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Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
Calamur writes: "Seattle teachers voted to go on strike Wednesday, the first day of school, over stalled contract negotiations with the city's school district. 'After bargaining until midnight Monday and for most of the day Tuesday, it was clear that a settlement wasn't close,' the Seattle Education Association, the union that represents about 5,000 teachers, said in a statement."
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As Europe's Crisis Worsens, Movement for US to Accept Refugees Grows
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Tens of thousands of people in the United States and abroad have signed petitions calling on President Barack Obama to accept more Syrian refugees, as European governments continue to grapple with a massive influx of newcomers - most of them from war-torn Syria."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Tens of thousands of people in the United States and abroad have signed petitions calling on President Barack Obama to accept more Syrian refugees, as European governments continue to grapple with a massive influx of newcomers - most of them from war-torn Syria."
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After 63 Years, 'God Save Us All' From Queen Elizabeth II
Georgia Platman, TeleSUR
Platman writes: "The Smiths were wrong and the Sex Pistols were right: the Queen is most definitely not dead. In fact, she has now reigned longer than any other on that sceptered isle of Great Britain, beating her grandmother Victora's 63-years-and-216-day stretch on the throne. Of the world's current monarchs, only Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand has a longer reign (69 years)."
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Georgia Platman, TeleSUR
Platman writes: "The Smiths were wrong and the Sex Pistols were right: the Queen is most definitely not dead. In fact, she has now reigned longer than any other on that sceptered isle of Great Britain, beating her grandmother Victora's 63-years-and-216-day stretch on the throne. Of the world's current monarchs, only Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand has a longer reign (69 years)."
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Fracking Boom Responsible for 175 Million Gallons of Toxic Wastewater Spilled Since 2009
Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams
McCauley writes: "Among the litany of risks posed by the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels, an Associated Press analysis published Tuesday exposes yet another harmful side effect of the oil and gas drilling boom: an uptick in toxic wastewater spills."
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Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams
McCauley writes: "Among the litany of risks posed by the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels, an Associated Press analysis published Tuesday exposes yet another harmful side effect of the oil and gas drilling boom: an uptick in toxic wastewater spills."
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