Getting Serious About Debts and Deficits
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
With the possibility that the Democrats will retake Congress and press demands for increased spending in areas like health care, education, and child care, the deficit hawks (DH) are getting prepared to awaken from their dormant state. We can expect major news outlets to be filled with stories on how the United States is on…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/getting-serious-about-debts-and-deficits/
What's Happening in Syria: A cultural/educational community event
Sheila Carrillo | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Resource Center for Nonviolence 612 Ocean St Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/29/18817899.php
Reflections on "Reflections From a Hashtag"
M. G. Piety | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-01
I was sexually harassed by one of my professors in graduate school. He was the director of the graduate program and was known to host parties at his apartment for the graduate students. I assumed, when he invited me to his apartment for "dinner," that the "dinner" in question was such an event.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/01/reflections-on-reflections-from-a-hashtag/
Beijing university threatens Marxist student society
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-01
The university has reacted to fears that not only politically radicalised students, but also China's exploited working class, could threaten the CCP's police-state regime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/01/chin…
Colleges Have a Responsibility to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-01
As a new academic year begins after a summer of deadly heat waves, wildfires, droughts and floods, many college students and faculty are debating whether and how to get involved in climate politics. | Climate advocacy has become well established on US campuses over the past decade, in diverse forms. More than 600 colleges and universities have signed the American College and University President's Climate Commit…
truthout.org/articles/colleges-have-a-responsibility-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels/
López Obrador promises Truth Commission in disappearance of Ayotzinapa students
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-01
Any new investigation will inevitably face limits, including the role of the army in the events and its coverup.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/01/ayot…
For Those of Us Who Believe
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
For those of us who watched with innocence, then passion, then consternation, the results of the 1991 senate hearing for supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas; for those who championed film stars, then ordinary women daring, finally, to call out … | The post For Those of Us Who Believe appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/for-those-of-us-who-believe/5655663
Venezuela's Socialism…And Ours
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
This week we witnessed the horrible spectacle of Nikki Haley, President Trump's Ambassador to the United Nations, joining a protest outside the UN building and calling for the people of Venezuela to overthrow their government. | "We are going to | … | The post Venezuela's Socialism…And Ours appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/venezuelas-socialism-and-ours/5655762
Trump's Middle East Policy Takes a Kicking at UN Assembly
James Reinl | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
It was not just US President Donald Trump getting laughed at in the UN General Assembly this week. On Iran, Palestine and other Middle East issues, Washington has drifted away from its global allies and partners, veteran diplomats told Middle … | The post Trump's Middle East Policy Takes a Kicking at UN Assembly appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trumps-middle-east-policy-takes-a-kicking-at-un-assembly/5655655
Food, Art and Literature: How Israel Is Stealing Arab Culture
Prof. Nada Elia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
As a settler-colonial country, Israel has industriously sought to erase the existence of the people indigenous to the land it occupies, so as to better appropriate aspects of their culture that make it "local", rather than implanted. | Since food is … | The post Food, Art and Literature: How Israel Is Stealing Arab Culture appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/food-art-and-literature-how-israel-is-stealing-arab-culture/5655752
Selected Articles: The World Is Sinking. Dictatorship by Democracy
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an … | The post Selected Articles: The World Is Sinking. Dictatorship by Democracy appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-the-world-is-sinking-dictatorship-by-democracy/5655697
From the Zapatistas and Beyond
Research Center for the Americas, UCSC | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
The Nick | 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/28/18817875.php
Pivot towards India or China? The Maldives Might Not Become an Indian Satellite, at Least Not Yet
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
The opposition pulled off a surprise win in the Maldives' presidential elections last weekend. | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih trounced President Abdulla Yameen by a 16-point margin even though the US, India, and many Western countries fearmongered that the incumbent would resort … | The post Pivot towards India…
globalresearch.ca/pivot-towards-india-or-china-the-maldives-might-not-become-an-indian-satellite-at-least-not-yet/5655674
Now Biggest Donor in All of US Politics, Sheldon Adelson Brings an Israel First Agenda to Washington
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
Adelson's massive expenditures in federal elections this cycle are being made because he believes that Republican control of the House and the Senate is vital to maintaining right-wing and pro-Zionist policies and his influence in Washington and at the White … | The post Now Biggest Donor in All of US Politics, Sheldon Adelson Brings an Israel First Agenda to Washington appeared first on Globa…
globalresearch.ca/now-biggest-donor-in-all-of-us-politics-sheldon-adelson-brings-an-israel-first-agenda-to-washington/5655659
Gandhi's Despair and the Struggle for Truth and Love
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
'When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think … | The post Gandhi's Despair and the Struggle for Truth and Love appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/gandhis-despair-and-the-struggle-for-truth-and-love/5655661
Lost in the Theatre of Data, Dada, and Emotional Manipulation
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
"It is not only information that they need – in this Age of Fact, information often dominates their attention and overwhelms their capacities to assimilate it…What they need, and what they feel they need, is a quality of mind that … | The post Lost in the Theatre of Data, Dada, and Emotional Manipulation appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/lost-in-the-theatre-of-data-dada-and-emotional-manipulation/5655685
China and the Struggle of Oppressed Nations for Self-Determination, National Liberation and Socialism
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
Note: The following paper was delivered in part at the Workers World conference on the Chinese Revolution held on August 29, 2009 in Detroit. We are republishing this document in 2018 in recognition of the 69th anniversary of the … | The post China and the Struggle of Oppressed Nations for Self-Determination, National Liberation and Socialism appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/china-and-the-struggle-of-oppressed-nations-for-self-determination-national-liberation-and-socialism/5549495
Theresa May Tells American Investors – Brexit Britain Is Up for Grabs
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
Britain will be "unequivocally pro-business" after it leaves the European Union, Theresa May has promised American investors. To neoliberal politicians, this was always the endgame. | The prime minister told the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York that the UK … | The post Theresa May Tells American Investors – Brexit Britain Is Up for Grabs appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/theresa-may-tells-american-investors-brexit-britain-is-up-for-grabs/5655745
The Other Side of the Wall. An Eyewitness Account of the Occupation of Palestine
Dr. Ludwig Watzal | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
This book is a personal account of a US American professor about his volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) against the Israeli occupation in Palestine in the summer of 2014. His eyewitness report tells the story about oppression, subjugation … | The post The Other Side of the Wall. An Eyewitness Account of the Occupation of Palestine appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-other-side-of-the-wall-an-eyewitness-account-of-the-occupation-of-palestine/5655689
The US Military-Industrial Complex's Worst Nightmare: The Deployment of Russia's S-300 Air Defense System In Syria May Destroy and Expose the F-35
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
The tragic episode that caused the death of 15 Russian air force personnel has had immediate repercussions on the situation in Syria and the Middle East. On Septe…
globalresearch.ca/the-us-military-industrial-complexs-worst-nightmare-the-deployment-of-russias-s-300-air-defense-system-in-syria-may-destroy-and-expose-the-f-35/5655682
Mao Zedong Declares the Foundation of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1949
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
People across China are commemorating the 69th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China on October 1st 1949. | Mao Zedong's historic declaration. See video below | **** | ****…
globalresearch.ca/mao-zedong-declares-the-foundation-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-octobober-1-1949/5549051
Professors and Politicians Gather to Warn Us About the New World Order (NWO)
Arjun Walia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-01
"We are dealing with a criminal undertaking at a global level … and there is an ongoing war, it is led by the United States, it may be carried out by a number of proxy countries, which are obeying orders … | The post Professors and Politicians Gather to Warn Us About the New World Order (NWO) appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/professors-and-politicians-gather-to-warn-us-about-the-new-world-order-nwo/5655694
Liberate Locked Lavatories
Conscience and Action | indybay.org | 2018-10-01
Gather at City Hall (809 Center St.) for a march to Londen (Louden) Nelson Community Center at 1 PM or go directly to London Nelson or the adjacent Laurel Park there.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/30/18817923.php
Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate and The Russia Probe. The Rosenstein Comey Mueller Intrigue
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-30
Trump's Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was to organize the so-called Russia Probe pertaining to alleged Kremlin interference in the November 2016 elections. Rosenstein's first step consisted in the firing of FBI Director James Comey & appointing former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the Russia Probe. | The post Donald Trump, The Manchurian Candidate and The Russia Probe. The Rosenstein Comey Mueller Intrigue appeared first on…
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-the-manchurian-candidate-and-the-russia-probe-rod-rosenstein-james-comey-and-robert-mueller/5655073
Bombing Libya: The Origins of Europe's Immigration Crisis
William Blum | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-30
The world will long remember the present immigrant crisis in Europe, which has negatively affected countless people there, and almost all countries. History will certainly record it as a major tragedy. Could it have been averted? Or kept within much | … | The post Bombing Libya: The Origins of Europe's Immigration Crisis appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/bombing-libya-the-origins-of-europes-immigration-crisis/5655589
Security, Safety, Security! Dictatorship by Democracy
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-30
The other day, checking in at a European airport for an international flight – within about an hour it took to deposit my luggage, going through airport security, the metal detectors, body screening machines, the automatic passport reading procedure, waiting … | The post Security, Safety, Security! Dictatorship by Democracy appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/security-safety-security-dictatorship-by-democracy/5655575
Mass Murder, Violence and the U.S. Social Structure
Vince Montes | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-30
C. Wright Mills had warned about the excessive bureaucratization in the social sciences during his time, but he could not have envisioned the tremendous amount of fragmented analyses that occurs when attempts to understand the structure of U.S. society. | The … | The post Mass Murder, Violence and the U.S. Social Structure appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mass-murder-violence-and-the-u-s-social-structure/5655577
Global Wealth Concentration: The Global Power Elite Drive Amazon Share Value to a Trillion Dollars
Peter Phillips | globalresearch.ca | 2018-09-30
Exciting news for capitalism was the recent achievement of trillion-dollar value for both Amazon and Apple, making them the first corporations to obtain such a lofty status. Amazon's skyrocketing growth makes its CEO, Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person … | The post Global Wealth Concentration: The Global Power Elite Drive Amazon Share Value to a Trillion Dollars appeared first on Global Res…
globalresearch.ca/global-wealth-concentration-the-global-power-elite-drive-amazon-share-value-to-a-trillion-dollars/5655571
SEP and IYSSE win broad support for Peradeniya university meeting on the struggle for Trotskyism
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-29
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/29/camp…
New Zealand primary teachers reject sellout pay offer
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-09-29
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/29/nzte…
Yale Law Students Protest Alum Brett Kavanaugh, Demand Investigation of Sexual Assault Allegations
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-27
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…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/27/yale_law_…
California Just Banned For-Profit Charter Schools. Why?
Julian Vasquez Heilig | progressive.org | 2018-09-27
Given the state's history with "school choice," California's new legislation comes as a surprise. And it's met with skepticism.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/california-just-banned-for-profit-charters-180927/
Johns Hopkins Graduate Students Launch Union Campaign
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-09-26
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 | The post Johns Hopkins Graduate Students Launch Union Campaign appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/johns-hopkins-graduate-students-launch-union-campaign
In Sprawling Farm Bill, a $200 Million Corporate Research Subsidy Goes Unnoticed
Tim Schwab | progressive.org | 2018-09-25
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?
progressive.org/dispatches/in-sprawling-farm-bill-a-200-million-corporate-research-subsidy-180925/
Teachers' Strikes May Reinvigorate US Labor Movement
Eric Ortiz | consortiumnews.com | 2018-09-24
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/09/24/teachers-strikes-may-reinvigorate-the-us-labor-movement/
What Does "Revolution" Look Like in Education?
José Luis Vilson | progressive.org | 2018-09-21
Teachers committed to justice are fighting against the historical role of education in the U.S.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/education-needs-more-than-a-superficial-revolution/
Michael Moore vs. Donald Trump in "Fahrenheit 11/9": New Film Warns Our Democracy Is At Risk
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-21
"Fahrenheit 11/9"–That's the name of the new documentary premiering today by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, a stunning retelling of the 2016 election and its aftermath. 11/9. That's November 9, the day Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. In the film, Michael crosses the country, documenting not only the rise of Trumpism but also the teachers' strikes sweeping the nation, the "blue wave" of progressive candidates in the 2018 primaries, the rise of student activism after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and the water crisis in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Moore spares no one…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/michael_m…
Broad Support Emerges for Full-Service Community Schools in Minneapolis
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2018-09-19
A shift away from the charter school approach is on the horizon in Minnesota's largest city.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/support-emerges-community-schools-Minneapolis-180919/
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/
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/
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/