(2018-10-18). Hatewatch Headlines 10/18/2018. splcenter.org Are Proud Boys new face of the GOP? Fake news makes students doubt all news; 'Today' gives white supremacists a shiny platform; and more.
(2018-10-18). Welcome to the G-20 From Hell. globalresearch.ca The G-20 in Buenos Aires on November 30 could set the world on fire – perhaps literally. Let's start with the US-China trade war. Washington won't even start discussing trade with China at the G-20 unless Beijing comes up with …
(2018-10-18). Palestinian-American Student Allowed Entry After Appeal to Israeli Supreme Court. imemc.org A Palestinian-American student who was prevented entry to study in Israel has claimed victory at the Israeli Supreme Court. The court ruled today that 22-year old Lara al-Qasem will be allowed entry to study in a graduate program at Hebrew University. al-Qasem, whose grandparents are Palestinian, is an American student […]…
(2018-10-18). Syria: One Year Since the Battle for Raqqa and the US and UK Refuse to Accept Responsibility for Civilian Deaths. globalresearch.ca A year ago the US led Coalition played a leading role in the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa. Coalition forces carried out thousands of air and artillery strikes upon the city that left hundreds dead and helped destroy …
(2018-10-18). The Chinese-Indian "Great Game" in East Africa. globalresearch.ca Introduction | China and India are actively competing with one another in East Africa, though this struggle for influence has largely failed to attract significant global attention. Both Great Powers are reluctant to recognize this in order to preserve their …
(2018-10-18). Video: US Nuclear Missiles Deployed in Italy, … against Russia. globalresearch.ca The B61-12, the new US nuclear bomb which replaces the B-61 deployed in Italy and other European countries, will begin production in less than a year. The announcement was made officially by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). It reveals …
(2018-10-18). Massacre in Crimea. globalresearch.ca On Wednesday afternoon, detonation of an unidentified explosive device filled with metal fragments, along with indiscriminate live fire by masked gunmen armed with assault rifles at Crimea's Kerch Polytechnic College reportedly killed at least 20 people, dozens of others injured, …
(2018-10-18). Dollar Monopoly Slips as China & Japan Dump US Treasuries. globalresearch.ca China and Japan – the two main holders of the US Treasury securities – have trimmed their ownership of notes and bonds in August, according to the latest figures from the US Treasury Department, released on Tuesday. | China's holdings of | …
(2018-10-18). Headlines for October 18, 2018. democracynow.org Saudis Transfer $100 Million to U.S. as Khashoggi Killing Crisis Deepens, Hurricane Michael Death Toll Tops 30 as Rescue Efforts Continue, Trump Asks Federal Agencies to Slash 5 Percent from Budgets as Deficit Swells, Canada Becomes 2nd Country to Legalize Recreational Marijuana, Crimea: Student Gunman Kills 19, Injures Dozens at School Shooting, CNN: Russia Building Up Military Installations in Baltic Sea, Israeli Forces Bomb Gaza, Killing One and Injuring a Dozen Palestinians, Ethiopia: Women Make Up 50 Percent of New Cabinet, DRC: Dozens Killed as 200,000 People Expelled from Neighboring Angola, Chicago Releas…
(2018-10-18). Colombia: Students Continue Protest for Education Resources. telesurtv.net Colombian students lead nation-wide protest closing major roads…
(2018-10-18). Canada Escalates Its Hypocritical Attack on Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Requesting the International Criminal Court investigate Venezuela's government is a significant escalation in Ottawa's campaign of interference in the domestic affairs of another country. | Supported by five like-minded South American nations, it's the first time a member state has been …
(2018-10-18). Amazon's Pay Raise Cuts Worker Compensation. globalresearch.ca Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth exceeds $100 billion — while around 350,000 US company workers struggle to survive on poverty wages, along with enduring deplorable working conditions for maximum productivity at company fulfillment centers. | Last March, company worker …
(2018-10-18). The JFK Assassination: Rifle Range Realities vs. the Oswald-did-it Story. globalresearch.ca So maybe Oswald really did shoot JFK with an old Italian army rifle — that now-famous Carcano. But I seriously doubt it. I just can't picture a Marine Corps trained rifleman selecting such a weapon to shoot anybody. That's because …
(2018-10-18). Meet Edward Blum, the Man Who Wants to Kill Affirmation Action in Higher Education. aclu.org Activist Edward Blum has been trying to destroy race-conscious college admissions for a long time. | In a federal lawsuit that went to trial this week, the organization Students for Fair Admissions is challenging Harvard University's admissions practices, arguing that the consideration of race in the process violates the Equal Protection Clause. | So what's at stake in this case? A lot. | Just two years ago, in Fisher v. the University of Texas, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the consideration of race as part of a holistic admissions pr…
(2018-10-18). Breaking: Seven of Bin Salman's Bodyguards Among Khashoggi Suspects. globalresearch.ca Seven of the 15 men suspected of being involved in an operation to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi belong to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's personal security and protection detail, Middle East Eye can reveal. | The suspects went and …
(2018-10-18). Black-Eyed Kids and Other Nightmares From the Suburbs. counterpunch.org 
In the early morning hours of January 16, 1998, Abilene Reporter-News journalist and long-time "student of the occult," Brian Bethel, laid out the foundation for a modern day urban legend. His tale began on a late night three years prior when he went to the local strip mall to a pay a bill. Writing a check by the light More
(2018-10-18). Venezuela Ditches US Dollar, Will Use Euros for International Trade. globalresearch.ca Venezuela has just taken the next step in its quest to "free" itself from the tyranny of US dollar hegemony. One year after the country said it would stop accepting US dollars as payment for its (ever shrinking) oil exports …
(2018-10-18). It's Time We Dispel the Myth of 'Progressive' Liberalism in Ontario. globalresearch.ca There is an emerging orthodoxy, rooted more in fiction than fact, that the 15-year regime of the Ontario Liberals somehow swung the ideological and policy spectrum sharply to the left. But this is a gross misinterpretation of actual history. …
(2018-10-18). ICC Prosecutor Warns Israeli Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar 'Constitutes War Crime'. globalresearch.ca The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, issued a statement Wednesday reminding Israel that the demolition of Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank, would constitute a war crime. | "I have been following with concern the | …
(2018-10-18). Colombia: High School Teachers to Join University Strike. telesurtv.net Teachers oppose Bill 057, which would have reduced the budget for public schools. Depsite withdrawal of the bill, other grievances remain.
(2018-10-18). Supreme Court Takes Case That Could End Internet Censorship, Expand First Amendment. globalresearch.ca After the recent purge of over 800 independent media outlets on Facebook, the Supreme Court is now hearing a case that could have ramifications for any future attempts at similar purges. | The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take …
(2018-10-18). The Normalisation of Madness. globalresearch.ca I'm sitting in the departure lounge at Poland's Krakow airport, waiting for the flight to Edinburgh. Sitting opposite is a young woman with a pink mobile phone resting against her crutch and a plastic bottle of Coca Cola standing in …
(2018-10-18). 'One of Most Disturbing Articles I Have Ever Read' Scientist Says of Study Detailing Climate-Driven 'Bugpocalypse'. globalresearch.ca When a scientist who studies the essential role insects play in the health of the ecosystem calls a new study on the dramatic decline of bug populations around the world " one of the most disturbing articles" he's ever …
(2018-10-18). 'The Nation' Appoints Anti-Corruption Powerhouse Zephyr Teachout to Its Editorial Board. thenation.com 'The Nation' Appoints Anti-Corruption Powerhouse Zephyr Teachout to Its Editorial Board…
(2018-10-18). Freedom of Speech Under Attack: Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca As a new wave of internet censorship hits the independent media, threatening freedom of expression, we turn to you for help in sustaining our daily flow of critical analysis and opinion. | With major search engines and social media filtering out …
(2018-10-18). Statistics: 1300 Days of Saudi Crimes in Yemen. globalresearch.ca Over 1300 days of Saudi-led aggression against Yemen, the number of victims has changed exponentially, while the International Community and the UN silent towards what's happening! | A human-made disaster, killing and starvation, airstrikes, lack of food and medicine, blockade with …
(2018-10-18). Embassy Disappearances: Jamal Khashoggi and the Foreign Policy Web. globalresearch.ca "Do this outside. You will put me into trouble." — Mohammad al-Otaibi, Saudi consul, to Saudi agents, Istanbul, October 2, 2018 | It smells, but anything wedged between the putrefaction of Saudi foreign policy, the ambition of Turkish bellicosity, and …
(2018-10-18). Economic and Judicial War Tools to Subvert Democracy. globalresearch.ca This is the edited version of a panel presentation by the same title that took place in Toronto, Canada on October 13, 2018 The Event was sponsored by a number of progressive organizations | *** | I think this is a very …
(2018-10-18). Israel overturns deportation order, will allow detained US student Alqasem to enter. rt.com 
Lawyers for a US student refused entry to Israel for allegedly supporting a boycott movement against the Jewish state have declared victory, after she had her deportation order overturned by Israel's Supreme Court. |
(2018-10-18). Dinner, Education, Networking, 2020 or Bust Bay Area. indybay.org Loving Hut San Francisco, pin | Loving Hut San Francisco Sunset | 524 Irving St, San Francisco, California 94122…
(2018-10-18). Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Loses Major Battle Over Obama's Student Loan Protections. alternet.org 
Trump's education secretary lost a legal battle to end protections for defrauded students. | Donald Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos, just lost a major court battle over consumer protections for Americans who take out student loans. U. S. District Judge Randolph Moss decided against the request from a group representing for-profit colleges to end regulations that help defrauded students receive federal loan forgiveness and forbid colleges from r. . .
(2018-10-18). Trump's Post-Midterm Plans: Cut Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid. truthout.org Following the news this week that under President Donald Trump, the federal deficit exploded to $779 billion in the 2018 fiscal year, the president said Wednesday that he would demand a five percent budget cut from each of his cabinet secretaries. | Stressing that the administration would "continue with the tax cuts, because we have other tax cuts planned," Trump suggested the deficit was the result of spending on various programs at the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and other government agencies. | "It's not as tough as you think, and frankly there's a lot of fat in there," Trump (2018-10-18). DSA covers for unions and Democrats in new book on walkout by West Virginia teachers. wsws.org A new book promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is centered on the lie that the West Virginia teachers' strike, which set off the series of strikes nationally last spring, was a "victory" in which the unions played a heroic role.
(2018-10-18). 'Privatized Ministry of Propaganda': Scholar of the Nazi Period Details How Trump's Love Affair with Fox News Is Dangerous for Democracy. alternet.org 
Under the Nazis, Joseph Goebbels was a key adviser to Hitler. They conversed a great deal. In a sense, Sean Hannity and Donald Trump have that same relationship. | History can teach us many lessons about Donald Trump and his rise to power. As shown by his deeds, words and policies, Trump is an authoritarian and a demagogue who has, so far, been restrained by America's weakened democratic institutions and norms. Trump has repeatedly shown contempt for America's cosmopoli. . .
(2018-10-18). Guilty until proven innocent: Teen girls made boy's life 'unbearable' with false assault allegations. rt.com 
A Pennsylvania school district is facing a lawsuit taken by the family of a former student after he was charged with sexual assault and forced out of the school when a group of girls made false allegations against him.
(2018-10-18). SF Hotel Picketline Support Needed. indybay.org The way we will end the Trump/Pence Regime, defeat the war machine, end homelessness, achieve free medical care for all, raise the education level, and much more is by supporting labor. You are needed NOW to walk the hotel picket lines in San Francisco, even for just 15 minutes. The hotels provide no room service, very little cleanliness, very little conference room amenities, yet apparently educated people are crossing the picket lines. They need to be told PICKETLINES MEAN DON'T CROSS!
(2018-10-18). 'It'll change back?' Trump mocked for his 'natural instinct for science' on climate change. rt.com 
While a sobering new UN report on climate change indicates humans might have little time to change our ways to avoid environmental catastrophe, President Trump isn't worried, pointing to scientists "on both sides of the picture."
(2018-10-18). 'Rot in hell!': Henry Kissinger heckled at New York University speech (VIDEO). rt.com 
New York University students heckled and disrupted an appearance by Henry Kissinger on Tuesday, accusing the former US Secretary of State of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity. |
(2018-10-17). Trump's Alliance with Body-Choppers, Death Squads and Child Killers: Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Israel. globalresearch.ca Trump's intimate ties with the world's most unsavory regimes flows from several strategic interests. In the case of Saudi Arabia, it includes military bases; the financing of international mercenaries and terrorists; multi-billion-dollar arms sales and oil profits
(2018-10-17). NAACP to Host National Town Hall on Thursday, October 18. naacp.org 
Tele Townhall to Discuss Education and Economy Concerns Going into Elections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Vanessa Mbonu/ vmbonu@naacpnet.org BALTIMORE (October 17, 2018) — NAACP will host a national tele townhall on Thursday, October 18th at 9 pm as it rallies to turnout Black voters for the midterm elections. With less than three weeks until election day, this townhall — the […]
(2018-10-17). SPLC sues for records detailing Trump administration plan to arm teachers with guns using federal funds. splcenter.org The Trump administration is withholding records detailing how it has unlawfully permitted the use of federal funds to arm teachers with guns in classrooms across America, according to a lawsuit the SPLC filed today.
(2018-10-17). Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She's Challenging the State in Court. thenation.com 
This isn't the first time Israel has denied entry to a prospective student, but Lara Alqasem is the first to challenge it. | The post Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She's Challenging the State in Court…
(2018-10-17). In Pennsylvania, We'll Turn Our Anger into Votes. naacp.org In Pennsylvania, a state which shocked the nation in the 2016 Presidential elections, all roads lead to the ballot box on November 6. For Pennsylvanians across the state, this will be an election of the conscience. Many will reckon with the ballots they cast two years ago, while others, spurred by the current state of […]
(2018-10-17). How Detained US Student Lara Alqasem Became a Cause Celebrea for Jewish Liberals. mintpressnews.com 
An American student of Palestinian descent detained in Israel's airport for nearly a fortnight has become an unexpected cause celebre. Lara Alqasem was refused entry under legislation passed last year against boycott activists, and Israeli courts are now deciding whether allowing her to study human rights at an Israeli university threatens public order. | Usually, those held at the border are swiftly deported, but Ms. Alqasem appealed against the decision, becoming in the process an improbable "prisoner of conscience" for the boycott cause. | The Israeli government, led by strategic affairs minister Gilad Erdan,…
(2018-10-17). Neo-Ottomanism Surges in Middle East Politics. globalresearch.ca The fate of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hangs in the balance. The common perception is that everything depends on which way President Donald Trump moves – go by his own preference to bury the scandal over Jamal Khashoggi…
(2018-10-17). Praise the Workers, Not Amazon. globalresearch.ca "Power concedes nothing without a demand," abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass declared 161 years ago. | Last week saw that truth on broad display as Amazon, facing growing political and organizing pressure, announced it was setting a minimum wage of $15/hour for …
(2018-10-17). American Friendly Fascism: Not So Friendly Anymore. globalresearch.ca "It is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship…Voice or no …
(2018-10-17). Before the Law. counterpunch.org 
Watching the Kavanaugh circus the last few weeks I kept thinking about the way in which the general public now views law and justice. I suspect most Americans think of law and legality in terms they have learned from Hollywood TV. Perhaps there is no other area in which the general public relies so extensively on assumptions and cliche as the judicial system. But it also raises questions about the law that I suspect even relatively well-educated people never ask themselves. More
(2018-10-17). The Comoros Crisis Pits China Against France Off the Coast of East Africa. globalresearch.ca Two of Africa's most influential extra-regional Great Powers are competing for influence in this East African archipelago, and the resolution of its current crisis will determine which of them comes out on top. | The Comoros is probably one of the …
(2018-10-17). Why Afghan Girls Are Out of School? counterpunch.org The agenda of education in Afghanistan got added attention from the international community due to the Taliban's notoriety vis-à -vis girls' education. The extremist group's inclination toward a religious-oriented educational system, and its detrimental policy of excluding girls from getting an education, made them infamous both in the eyes of the Afghan people and the international More