(2018-09-29). International Safe Abortion Day. telesurtv.net September 28 marks the 28th day of global action for legal and safe abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean, and feminist organizations have called for protests across the continent.The demonstrations aim to pressure governments for secular sexual education with a preventive approach, besides free and legal abortion, in times when women rarely enjoy full rights over their own bodies.The international march comes almost two months after the Argentine senate ruled against the safe abortion bill that was being promoted by feminist organizations and progressive members of the legislative branch.
(2018-09-29). SEP and IYSSE win broad support for Peradeniya university meeting on the struggle for Trotskyism. wsws.org SEP campaigners have spoken with scores of students, workers and academics at the campus, explaining the historical record and political importance of the struggle for Trotskyism in Sri Lanka and internationally.
(2018-09-29). Effort to Form Union in China Meets Ferocious Repression. truthout.org
| A group of workers in China's manufacturing hub of Shenzhen tried something very rare this summer—they attempted to follow the legal process to set up a union. | University students lent tremendous support. But their employer and the Chinese government cracked down on both the workers and the students with firings, detention, surveillance, and the threat of jail sentences. | Workers at the welding-equipment manufacturer Shenzhen Jasic Technology initiated the process of forming a union in May. Among their biggest complaints were arbitrary fines and the company's underpayment into government-run funds that help workers pay rent or buy houses. | Workers followed the law in setting up a union, including requesting and receiving permission from upper-level unions affiliated with the government-controlled All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the only unions authorized in China. | In…
(2018-09-29). New Zealand primary teachers reject sellout pay offer. wsws.org The Labour Party-NZ First government's offer of a meagre 3 percent per year for three years, with no measures to address the staffing crisis, was resoundingly rejected by primary school teachers.
(2018-09-29). One of world's biggest banks stops coal investments. indybay.org A huge blow to the fossil fuel industry! One of the world's biggest banks, London-based Standard Chartered PLC, has announced that it will not fund any new coal-fired power plant projects, including expansions, in any location. since the start of this decade Standard Chartered had funded over 10,000 Megawatts of new coal power plants.
(2018-09-29). From the Zapatistas and Beyond. indybay.org The Nick | 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz…
(2018-09-28). How the Supreme Court Defined Students' Constitutional Rights. truthdig.com 
A new book makes the bold claim that "the public school has served as the single most significant site of constitutional interpretation within the nation's history."
(2018-09-28). Trump at the UN: Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics. globalresearch.ca This past week Donald Trump appeared before the United Nations Assembly in New York. In typical Trump style, he immediately launched into bragging about his accomplishments. Like most of his recent public appearances, it was a campaign speech directed to …
(2018-09-28). Dale, Indiana: A Tiny Town Fights a Massive Coal-to-Diesel Refinery. counterpunch.org Dale, a town in Spencer County, southwest Indiana, is under siege. Set in farming country, with a population of 1,593 that's 84.6% white and an annual median income of $34,000, Dale is a close-knit, peaceful community. Riverview Energy Corp., based in Delaware, wants to build a $2.5 billion coal-to-diesel refinery in Dale on 512 acres More
(2018-09-28). On Ron Ridenour's 'Pentagon on Alert: The Russian Peace Threat'. counterpunch.org 
In the preface to his remarkable three-volume History of the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky, writing in 1930 about earth-shaking events in which he was a key actor, explains his view of writing history. He cites reactionary French historian Louis Madelin, who wrote that "…the historian ought to stand upon the wall of a threatened city, and More
(2018-09-28). 3-Month-Old Baby Injured at Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org A 3-month-old baby was reportedly among several Palestinians injured by Israeli forces suppressing the weekly peaceful anti-settlement procession, on Friday, in the Kufur Qaddoum village of the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia. Coordinator of the popular resistance committee in Kafr Qaddoum, Morad Eshteiwi, said that Israeli forces raided […]…
(2018-09-28). Serbian President Accuses West of 'Brutal Meddling' in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Elections. globalresearch.ca Western interference in all things Bosnian is hardly news. Not today, not yesterday, not 26 years ago, when the then-US ambassador to Yugoslavia, Warren Zimmerman, encouraged Bosnian Muslim fundamentalist leader Alija Izetbegovic to reject a peace plan – accepted, incidentally, …
(2018-09-28). Gaza is the Israeli Arms Industry's Testing Ground. imemc.org by Nabil Salem The government in Israel presents us with more proof, every day, that it represents and adopts an aggressive approach that is not interested in peace, or even willing to respect international laws and conventions. It also gives us evidence that it wages wars for the sake of […]…
(2018-09-28). Laws Targeting Israel Boycotts Fail Again in Court. aclu.org For the second time this year, a federal judge has ruled that anti-boycott laws likely violate the First Amendment. | A new wave of state laws that try to limit Americans' constitutional right to engage in political boycotts is now 0 for 2 in federal court. | On Thursday night, a federal court blocked Arizona from enforcing a law requiring state contractors to certify that they are not participating in boycotts of Israel. The court agreed with the ACLU that the law likely violates contractors' free speech rights under the First Amendment. | "A restriction of one's ability to participate in collective calls to opp…
(2018-09-28). 'Moroni for President': A gay Mormon Navajo freedom fighter. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES—I stumbled upon Moroni for President purely by chance and am I glad that I did! It just so happened to fit into my schedule covering the LA Film Festival so I popped into the ArcLight Theatre, not knowing what I'd see. Based on its name, I thought it might be a satire based on Trump about a moron running for the White House. But to paraphrase an old saying, don't judge a film by its title. It turned out that Finnish filmmaker Saila Huusko and Dutch co-director Jaspen Rischen's directorial debut was actually a documentary about someone named Moroni Benally, who indeed was actually running for president. | But not of the U.S.—rather of the Navajo Nation, a tribal government with reservation territory straddling three states, where more than a third of a million residents live. I loved this nonfiction film…
(2018-09-28). Kristallnacht 'Bleeds' into Charlottesville. globalresearch.ca After the assassination of German diplomat Ernst Vom Rath in Paris by a 17 year old Polish Jewish boy, all hell broke loose November 9th and 10, 1938 in Germany. Hitler's SA Nazis, along with a multitude of German civilians …
(2018-09-28). The Wifi Alliance, Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: 5G Wireless. globalresearch.ca The Alliance, which makes no pretense of potential health or environmental concerns, further proclaimed (and they may be correct) that there are "more wifi devices than people on earth". It is that inescapable exposure to ubiquitous wireless technologies wherein lies the problem.
(2018-09-28). "The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas. globalresearch.ca The war on Afghanistan is a profit driven "resource war".
(2018-09-28). Death and Extinction of the Bees. The Role of Monsanto? globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in March 2014. What has been the role of Monsanto in the loss of of the global honeybee population. | It is only recently that this issue has been the object of mainstream media coverage. | Scientists …
(2018-09-28). US-Funded Report Illuminates Enormous South Sudan Death Toll But Leaves America's Role in the Dark. globalresearch.ca The recently published, U.S.-financed report on South Sudan's brutal conflict is just another dramatic illustration of how the U.S. publicly laments violence it has helped to create and perpetuate while obfuscating the sordid legacy of its foreign interventions. | A new …
(2018-09-28). History: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and The Idea of a Greater Croatia. Pavao Ritter Vitezovi? globalresearch.ca Read Part I and II. | The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Vitezovi?'s anthropological-political ideology | One of the most significant questions of our interest, which needs a satisfactory answer, is: Why P. R. Vitezovi? considered Lithuania as a Croato-Slavonic land, …
(2018-09-28). Selected Articles: Trump's Lies at the UN General Assembly. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis we provide, free of charge, on a daily basis? Do you think this resource should be maintained and preserved as a research tool for future generations? Bringing you 24/7 updates from all …
(2018-09-28). Scientific Reviews of Glyphosate's Cancer Risk Fail to Fully Disclose Monsanto's Role. globalresearch.ca The scientific journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology has issued a rare "Expression of Concern" and requested corrections to articles it published that failed to fully disclose Monsanto's role in reviews of glyphosate's cancer risks. | The journal said all five articles …
(2018-09-28). Ten Modern Methods of Mind Control. globalresearch.ca This article was first posted on Global Research in January 2015. | The more one researches mind control, the more one will come to the conclusion that there is a coordinated script that has been in place for a very long …
(2018-09-28). Geopolitics of The Russian Far East. globalresearch.ca Despite being a far-flung and underdeveloped region, the Russian Far East might turn out to be the country's most promising one if several visionary connectivity proposals are implemented. | Russia has been prioritizing the development of its far-flung and long-neglected Far …
(2018-09-28). Video: Several European Countries Deliver Chemical Weapons Components to Idlib? Russian Report. globalresearch.ca Components of chemical weapons were delivered to the Syrian province of Idlib from several European states, Director of the Department for Arms Non-Proliferation and Control at the Russian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Yermakov stated on September 25. On September 20, Russian …
(2018-09-28). Netanyahu's Latest Ticking Iran Bomb Stunt at the UN General Assembly. globalresearch.ca Iran's nuclear program is the most intensively monitored on the planet. It has no military component, no credible evidence suggesting otherwise. | All the huffing, puffing and posturing histrionics by Netanyahu and other Iranophobes can't refute cold hard facts. | IAEA officials …
(2018-09-28). The Complete History of Monsanto, "The World's Most Evil Corporation" globalresearch.ca First published by Waking Times, posted by Global Research in May 2014, this article provides a historical viewpoint. It is of particular relevance in relation to the Monsanto-Bayer merger and the recent $289 million judgment against Monsanto. | *** | Of all …
(2018-09-28). Disgusting Conflict of Interest: Theresa May's Husband's Investment Firm Made a "Financial Killing" from the Bombing of Syria. globalresearch.ca The Prime Minister took the decision to bomb Syria under the full knowledge that her husband's investment firm would make a financial killing from the resultant bloodbath.
(2018-09-27). The fight to drive out the right-wing from the Labour Party and the struggle for socialism. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality are holding a series of meetings explaining the political issues posed by the campaign against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn by the Blairite right in alliance with the Tory government and intelligence agencies. The meetings will discuss the call by the SEP for Labour members and supporters to drive out the right-wing and why Corbyn is opposed to this elementary task.
(2018-09-27). Yale Law Students Protest Alum Brett Kavanaugh, Demand Investigation of Sexual Assault Allegations. democracynow.org 
Thousands of Yale students are protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in support of Deborah Ramirez, the Yale alumna who alleges that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her by thrusting his genitals in her face at a drunken dorm party when they were both freshmen. Kavanaugh is a graduate of both Yale University and the Yale Law School. More than 2,800 Yale women have signed a letter of support for Ramirez. On Monday, Yale Law School faculty canceled 31 classes to allow more than 260 of their students to join a protest in support of Ramirez. We speak with Yale Law School student Samantha Peltz, who helped orga…
(2018-09-27). Campaign meeting with Niles Niemuth brings socialism to Wyandotte, Michigan. wsws.org Workers and students took part in a wide-ranging discussion with SEP's congressional candidate on the social conditions of the working class, the crisis of American politics, and how a socialist movement within the working class can be built.
(2018-09-27). California Just Banned For-Profit Charter Schools. Why? progressive.org Given the state's history with "school choice," California's new legislation comes as a surprise. And it's met with skepticism.
(2018-09-27). Time to Wake Up: The Neoliberal Order Is Dying. globalresearch.ca In my recent essay, I argued that power in our societies resides in structure, ideology and narratives – supporting what we might loosely term our current "neoliberal order" – rather than in individuals. Significantly, our political and media classes, …
(2018-09-27). Russia: We Need to Protect Our Troops in Syria. The S-300 Air Defense System. globalresearch.ca Israel has very real reasons to fear Russia's S-300 shipment to Syria if Damascus actually ends up independently wielding this defensive system to safeguard its airspace every time that it's threatened, though that might be exactly why Tel Aviv and …
(2018-09-27). Trump Regime Rage Against Sovereign Independent States. globalresearch.ca Straightaway in office, Trump was co-opted by hardline extremists. Things worsened dramatically after Pompeo replaced Tillerson at State and Bolton took over from McMaster as national security advisor. | Trump's outreach to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was all for naught, …
(2018-09-27). China and the Middle East: Venturing Into the Maelstrom. globalresearch.ca For all that China's twenty-first-century 'rise' is a much-discussed notion both within the country and globally, it is an increasingly difficult concept to grasp or keep pace with. As a result, books which dissect and analyse developments from a regional …
(2018-09-27). Did Donald Trump Kill the Liberal-Globalist "New World Order" at the UN? globalresearch.ca The so-called "New World Order" of American-led unipolar globalism is dead after "The Kraken" delivered a scathing attack against all aspects of the Liberal-Globalist system that America itself previously pioneered, which he's proudly seeking to replace with a nationalist-oriented model …
(2018-09-27). Washington Amplifies War Threats Against Iran, Bullies the World. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump used his second day of high-profile appearances at the United Nations Wednesday to amplify Washington's war-threats against Iran and bully countries around the world. | At a UN Security Council session ostensibly devoted to preventing the proliferation …
(2018-09-27). The Foreign "Visible Hand" of the Market Exposed and Barred in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Since 2012 Venezuela has undergone an economic war directed mostly by and from the U.S. that has targeted market prices of goods and services, in part, by the impact of unilateral economic sanctions, but also in large part by the …
(2018-09-27). The Battle for Our Minds. globalresearch.ca There are battlefields in Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere, but given the state of corporate media, perhaps the most consequential battle now being fought is for our minds, says Patrick Lawrence. | After reading The New York Times piece "The Plot …
(2018-09-27). Live Stream from Thessaloniki Greece: Media, Polis, Agora: Journalism & Communication in the Digital Era. therealnews.com 
We are pleased to announce the international conference entitled "Media, Polis, Agora: Journalism & Communication in the Digital Era". The conference is organized by the Advanced Media Institute, the Master's Program "Communication and New Journalism" of the Open University of Cyprus, the Laboratoire d' Études et de Recherches Appliquées en Sciences Sociales of L' Université Toulouse III — Paul Sabatier, and the Secretariat…
(2018-09-26). Johns Hopkins Graduate Students Launch Union Campaign. therealnews.com 
The students say they are fighting for better working conditions and better compensation, and were joined by nurses who are seeking to unionize Johns Hopkins Hospital
(2018-09-26). 'Sanctions are weapon of war': Pompeo's speech at anti-Iran group interrupted by protesters (VIDEO). rt.com 
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech at the summit of a neo-conservative pro-Israel pressure group was briefly hijacked by anti-war activists. One of the protesters chanted: "We want peace, we don't want war!"
(2018-09-26). Democratic Socialist Nomiki Konst Announces Campaign for New York City Public Advocate. theintercept.com When New York City Public Advocate Letitia James won the Democratic primary to be the next state attorney general on September 13, it opened up the position of the city's top watchdog. It's a role that investigative reporter, activist, and organizer Nomiki Konst hopes to fill. | Konst has been engaged in politics since age 16, getting her start backing Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign in New York. She went on to serve as a national co-chair on Barack Obama's presidential re-election campaign, and later, acted as a surrogate for "Draft Biden" — the effort to recruit the former vice president to run as an alternative to presumed frontrunner Clinton in 2015. | More recently, Konst has established a reputation as a forceful voice pushing now-popular progressive policies like "Medicare for All" and free college, as well as wonkier, but also important, issues…
(2018-09-26). 'There's a respect there': Haley says UNGA leaders laughed for love of Trump's 'honesty'. rt.com 
World leaders laughed at US President Donald Trump's speech at the UN General Assembly because they respect him and appreciate his honesty, US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley argued. Trump's critics were not convinced.
(2018-09-26). The Reports of Civil Asset Forfeiture's Death in Philadelphia Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. aclu.org Despite a settlement reforming the practice, policing for profit will continue in the City of Brotherly Love. | Last week, Philadelphia and its district attorney, Larry Krasner, agreed to overhaul the city's civil asset forfeiture practices after a long history of abuse and subsequent reform efforts thwarted by prosecutors across the state. But no one should be fooled into believing that forfeiture has been " (2018-09-26). Like Other Progressive Candidates in New York, Julia Salazar Was Buoyed by Neighborhoods Experiencing Gentrification. theintercept.com 
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her upset victory over Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, many pundits assumed that this was entirely due to demographic changes in the district that were unfriendly to a white congressman. | But a post-election survey of Ocasio-Cortez's race suggested that this was not the case: Her upset was due in large part to high voter turnout in gentrified neighborhoods in Queens. The bulk of her votes came from areas that were experiencing rapid gentrification, and were less uniformly black or Hispanic than districts that turned out in high numbers for Crowley. | New data shows that the same was true for New York state Senate winner Julia Salazar: The lion's share of her votes came from neighborhoods known for recent gentrification: East Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Greenpoint. | Steven Romalewski of the Center for Urban Research at…
(2018-09-25). In Sprawling Farm Bill, a $200 Million Corporate Research Subsidy Goes Unnoticed. progressive.org Congress is considering whether to continue funding a little known government-funded project, which calls itself "the people's foundation." The question is, whose people?
(2018-09-24). Teachers' Strikes May Reinvigorate US Labor Movement. consortiumnews.com Events of recent weeks shows there's gut-level support for radical change, including on the state of education and teacher's working conditions. This building momentum could help spark a new labor movement, argues Andy Piascik. By Andy Piascik Last spring, public… Read more →