(2018-10-29). Massacre in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue. globalresearch.ca
(2018-10-29). The Awful Conclusion of Britain's Predicament. Political Mismanagement, Corporatism and Extreme Capitalism. globalresearch.ca Just over 100 years ago, Britain's empire held sway over 23 per cent of the world's population and 24 per cent of the world's landmass. It was the foremost global power, the largest in human history. After the Second World …
(2018-10-29). Common ground on Syria: What France, Germany, Turkey and Russia agreed upon in Istanbul. globalresearch.ca Despite years of disagreements on Syria, the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany, and Russia worked out a common vision for the steps to reconciliation in the war-torn country when they met in Istanbul. Here's a summary of it. | Turkey's President …
(2018-10-29). La burguesía aúpa al fascismo: Bolsonaro y el esclavismo capitalista. globalresearch.ca El gran capital transnacional hace sus elecciones entre los candidatos a la presidencia de los países: se trata siempre de elegir el candidato que mejor gestione el Estado en favor de sus intereses, que gestione la continuidad del saqueo capitalista. …
(2018-10-29). Israeli Blockade of Gaza.The Only Solution is the Establishment of an Independent Palestinian State. globalresearch.ca Antisemitism needs an excuse and Netanyahu sadly provides it every day on the Israeli- Gaza border. His heavily armed snipers have gratuitously killed over 200 unarmed Palestinians at the March of Return protest and injured over 10,000 at the border …
(2018-10-29). Fact-Checking the Establishment's "Fact-Checkers": How the "Fake News" Story Is Fake News. globalresearch.ca It would be an understatement to say that during U.S. President Donald Trump's term in office, the issue of truth and falsehoods has been a central topic of political discourse. It was a reoccurring issue throughout the 2016 election …
(2018-10-29). Privatization of Water as an Owned Commodity Rather Than a Universal Human Right. globalresearch.ca There is no greater natural resource on this earth than water. As the sustenance of all life, water keeps every living and breathing organism, every plant, every animal and every human being on this planet alive.
(2018-10-29). Blair Refuses to Cancel Lucrative Deal with Saudi Despite Khashoggi Murder. globalresearch.ca Tony Blair has resisted calls to end his multi-million dollar deal with Saudi Arabia despite allegations that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been authorised by the Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. | Accounts published last month by the …
(2018-10-29). What Journalism Gave Me: Reflections of Ady Barkan. theintercept.com Late one winter evening during my sophomore year of college, facing a midnight deadline to turn in a draft of my biweekly opinion column and with no clue what I was going to write about, I left my dorm room and wandered down Broadway in search of inspiration. I returned to my room a couple hours later, having had three of those intense, revelatory conversations that only college sophomores can have: with a homeless man wearing a Howard Dean T-shirt, a sex worker enjoying a late-night meal at the counter of Tom's Restaurant, and an evangelical security guard working the overnight shift. | Being a student journalis…
(2018-10-29). A Ridiculed Election Show of US-NATO on the Stage of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca On October 20, 2018, there were Parliamentary Elections in Afghanistan. The election was fully funded and influenced by US-NATO to give legitimacy to their puppet regime in Kabul. Obviously, holding so-called election in an occupied country never represent the will …
(2018-10-29). Bolsonaro, Next President of Brazil. 55.6% of the Vote. globalresearch.ca LATEST: | With 92 percent counted, far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is slated to become the next president of Brazil. | Bolsonaro obtained 55.6 percent of the vote, against PT candidate Fernando Haddad who received 44.3 percent. | Reports yet to be confirmed …
(2018-10-29). Canada Seems to Prefer State of 'War' in Korea, Not Peace. globalresearch.ca Who prefers military might over peaceful discussion to settle a long festering international dispute? Canada, it seems. | It may surprise some that a Canadian general is undercutting inter-Korean rapprochement while Global Affairs Canada seeks to maintain its 70-year old war …
(2018-10-29). Why Are Thousands of Hondurans Walking Towards the US Border? globalresearch.ca For the thousands of Hondurans who are part of a migrant caravan proceeding towards the United States, the recent comments by US president Donald Trump were yet another instance of the persecution they have faced while trying to escape horrible …
(2018-10-29). High Sea Level Rise Projections and the IPCC. globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note | There is controversy concerning the IPCC analysis. | Global Research will be publishing both sides of this important debate on climate change: the IPCC focus as well as the critics including the analysis pertaining to environmental modification …
(2018-10-29). The Occasional Stupidity of Hope and How, Again, "To Learn from Cuba" globalresearch.ca Hope is pervasive in the North. We live for hope. It pervades medicine. Patients hope for survival, for cure. Others are dying but it won't happen to me. I hope to deny evidence. | Nietzsche was right: When Pandora slammed shut …
(2018-10-29). Gorbachev: Trump Ditching Nuclear Treaty with Russia Poses 'Dire Threat to Peace'. globalresearch.ca While the Trump administration ignores warnings from nuclear experts and pursues plans to exit the Cold War-era intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty (INF) with Russia, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev—who initially signed the deal with former President …
(2018-10-29). Israel's Far Right Blame "Leftist" Victims of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre. mintpressnews.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed the Jewish victims of the neo-Nazi massacre "for causing anti-Semitism."
(2018-10-29). Julian Assange, Ecuador and the Dangers of Farce. globalresearch.ca This is the next stage of the Julian Assange chronicles: from the summit of information disclosures and meddlesome revelations on classified state matters, the Australian rabblerouser now finds himself the subject of a new round of jokes and ribbing. WikiLeaks, …
(2018-10-29). What Does Erdogan Know About Khashoggi's Execution? globalresearch.ca "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million a statistic." And the death of one man, Khashoggi, at the hand of Saudi assassins in Turkey has reinforced that axiom, amidst tens of thousands of children …
(2018-10-29). Laos-China are Building, High Speed Trains. The Cruel Legacy of War and Colonialism. globalresearch.ca Imagine the splendid Mekong River, as it flows not far from an ancient capital of Laos, Luang Prabang. The river is powerful, with muddy banks, surrounded by lush mountains. Imagine poor villages and old ferry crossings, as well as broken …
(2018-10-29). Far-right Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidential Elections. globalresearch.ca Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro has won the Brazilian presidential elections with over 55 percent of the vote beating leftist Fernando Haddad who scored 44.3 percent in the country's most polarized elections in decades. | According to the latest polls, support for …
(2018-10-29). My students asked who I would vote for. Here's what I told them. zcomm.org The roots of America's educational problems are in the numbers of Americans who live in poverty…
(2018-10-29). Ottawa Doubles Down on Double Standards. Canada's $15 Billion Armaments Deal with The Saudis. globalresearch.ca Humanitarian standards | I had noted previously the twitter spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia. After the Saudis were insulted/enraged by Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland's tweet concerning the sister of a Saudi journalist, the Saudis kicked out the Canadian ambassador. Since …
(2018-10-29). Congressional Candidate Mike Levin (CA-49) Has A Message For The Iranian American Community. iranian.com I don't know about you but I've decided that the only way to identify who to vote for in November is to do the research. What party they are from is less important than how they stand on the issues. Maybe it's the skeptic in me but personally I don't trust ads or association recommendations. […]
(2018-10-29). US Holds Thousands of Syrian Refugees Hostage, Establishes Military Bases in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Syria is Washington's war, launched by Obama in March 2011, escalated by Trump, no end of it in prospect. It's all about wanting pro-Western puppet rule replacing the Syrian government, isolating Iran, ahead of a similar scheme to topple its …
(2018-10-29). ISIS Is a US-Israeli Creation. Top Ten "Indications" globalresearch.ca Relevant article first posted on GR in April 2016. | ISIS is a US-Israeli creation, a fact as clear as the sky is blue. It's a truth as black and white as the colors on their flag. For many alternative news …
(2018-10-29). Tens of thousands of teachers demonstrate in Glasgow for better pay. wsws.org The demonstration was far larger than the EIS anticipated and shows the desire of teachers to fight back against pay cuts.
(2018-10-29). Research Shows White Workers Get More Lucrative Promotions, Less Likely to Be Fired at UC. indybay.org OAKLAND, CA, October 25, 2018 — As 39,000 University of California workers wrap up a 3-day strike over issues of inequality at the state's 3rd largest employer, a bombshell of a research brief reported by CALmatters has revealed that Black and Latino workers employed at UC are more likely to be fired and get smaller raises when they are promoted.
(2018-10-29). Save People's Park rally and concert. indybay.org Hear 2 hours of uncut audio from People's park from a rally and concert which took place at People's Park, on the U.C. Berkeley campus, on September 23, 2018. The purpose of the event is to organize support against the University's stated plans to turn the free public park into a lot for student housing and subsidized low-income housing for up to 100 homeless people. (2hrs 20min)…
(2018-10-29). 49th Anniversary of People's Park – rally and concert. indybay.org Hear 2.5 hours of uncut audio from the rally and concert. Activists speak on the history and current issues in the struggle, organizing against the UC Berkeley administrations latest attempt to pave the park over for student and homeless housing. Several good local bands play sets. Distribute widely. (2hrs. 30min.)…
(2018-10-28). The Latest Mail Bomb Scare. An Orchestration? globalresearch.ca I appreciate readers' confidence that I can explain the mail bomb scare that has been blamed on Cesar Sayoc. I have not followed this story and regret that I don't have an explanation to provide. | Stephen Lendman raises the …
(2018-10-28). Trump's Gender "Science" is Reductive, Mean and Wrong. zcomm.org Trump's move — if he makes it — will serve to erase the civil rights of 1.4 million transgender Americans. An already vulnerable population will needlessly suffer more…
(2018-10-28). Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric. grayzoneproject.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed…
(2018-10-28). Harmless Mail Bomb Scare Suspect Arrested. A Convenient Patsy? globalresearch.ca Is the targeted individual a legitimate suspect or a convenient patsy? Most likely the latter, but it remains an open question. How could an ordinary person access mailing addresses of prominent Trump critics sent harmless mail bombs? | On Friday, Justice …
(2018-10-28). Peter Ford Responds to the UK FCO-Media Lynch Mob on Syria. globalresearch.ca Former UK Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, slams the Times and UK FCO lynch mob, comprehensively: [Foreign & Commonwealth Office FCO] | "A 'cabal' is at work to deceive the British people about Syria. So says The Times. But the …
(2018-10-28). Teachers set to walk off for refugees. greenleft.org.au 
The Australian Education Union (AEU) Victorian Branch Council has endorsed a planned walk off by teachers and education support staff in support of refugees on November 20, Universal Children's Day. | There are currently about 60 refugee children being detained by the Australian government on Nauru. | More than 6000 doctors issued an open letter to the government on October 22, calling on it to remove children from Nauru due to very serious mental and physical health emergency on the Pacific island. | Doctors and health workers have spoken out about the significant trauma children suffer in detention. | Australia…
(2018-10-28). Western Massachusetts students rally community against Trump's transphobic attacks. fightbacknews.org Northampton, MA – Western Massachusetts Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally and speak out for transgender rights, October 26, in downtown Northampton's Pulaski Park. Pulaski Park is a block from Smith College, and a short trip from Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, and UMass Amherst. | This event was inspired by SDS actions in Tampa Bay and Tallahassee earlier this week. Joining a national SDS call for students to protest the Trump administration's proposals to change Title IX to include an unwavering definition of gender, based on genetics and a binary idea of biological…
(2018-10-28). 53% of US undergrads afraid to disagree with outspoken professors on political, social issues — poll. rt.com 
US college campuses have traditionally been known as havens of free speech among students, but now professors are increasingly sharing their opinions — and many undergraduates are afraid to disagree with them, a new survey found.
(2018-10-27). Yes, ExxonMobil and Chevron are still distorting climate science. mronline.org 
If you look at headlines from the last year, ExxonMobil, Chevron and other major fossil fuel companies have seemingly turned a new page on climate change. | Source
(2018-10-27). Argentine workers and students march against "hunger budget" wsws.org Tens of thousands took to the streets of Buenos Aires to repudiate the austerity measures demanded by the IMF and the Argentine government.
(2018-10-26). The Spectre of Genetic Catastrophe. counterpunch.org 
American scientists and philanthropists grasped on Eugenics as a saving valve from the reality of too many poor whites, blacks and immigrants in America in early twentieth century. Eugenics, and the fake science behind it, led to the sterilization and imprisonment of thousands of undesirable: immigrants, Jews, the poor, the mentally and physically disabled, and the "morally delinquent." The Nazis in Germany learned from the eugenics experience of America. They exterminated millions of Jews and other "unfit." The defeat of Germany in WWII saved humanity from the monster of breeding people like cattle.
(2018-10-26). What a Rural Maine House Race Can Teach the Left. thenation.com What a Rural Maine House Race Can Teach the Left…
(2018-10-26). Red for Ed: Throw down in Chicago. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Strikes are on the agenda. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) made this perfectly clear, turning out more than 250 people on October 24 for a rally to announce strike authorization votes at 19 charter schools next week. The votes will occur at two of the largest charter networks: Acero (formerly UNO, famous for scandals) and Chicago International Charter School (CICS). | "These two networks have about 650 CTU members," said CTU charter division chair Chris Baehrend, "But we have people here today from all twelve of the unionized networks as well as CTU district members and allies. We have lined up all…
(2018-10-26). "I Believe in the Bible. I Also Believe in Science": How One Man Built Florida Home to Survive Storm. democracynow.org 
Fifteen miles from Tyndall Air Force Base is Mexico Beach, Florida, which was practically wiped off the map after Hurricane Michael. On the beach, just one house still stands—it is known as the Sand Palace. Over the weekend, Democracy Now! traveled to the Florida Panhandle. We spoke to Russell King, an attorney from Chattanooga, Tennessee, who owns the Sand Palace.
(2018-10-26). Jeff Bezos-Funded Super PAC Takes Down Offensive Ad, yet Continues to Back Candidate Making Same Offensive Argument. theintercept.com A Super PAC boosted by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has taken down a controversial ad that attacked a Democrat, who was then in college, as unpatriotic in the wake of the September 11 attacks. | With Honor Fund, a congressional Super PAC supporting a bipartisan array of military veterans, condemned Lauren Baer, a Democratic candidate for Florida's 18th Congressional District, for criticizing American foreign policy decisions in the Harvard University student newspaper a month…
(2018-10-25). 'If We Won't, Then Who Will?': An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward. thenation.com 'If We Won't, Then Who Will?': An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward…
(2018-10-25). Will the Save Our Schools Movement Propel a Change Election? progressive.org Demoralized teachers, overtested students, and lack of improvement from draconian policies are changing public opinion on education.
(2018-10-25). Scott Walker's Short-Term Vision on Education. progressive.org Under the Republican governor, public education in Wisconsin is hemorrhaging.
(2018-10-23). Students cross social boundaries, challenge stereotypes on Mix It Up at Lunch Day. splcenter.org While young people across the country are adjusting to colder temperatures and figuring out what kind of costume to wear for Halloween, thousands of students in America are also stepping out of their comfort zones to get to know someone new.
(2018-10-14). Five Questions For: Author Suzanne Gordon on the VA as a 'Model for American Health Care'. progressive.org "Many liberals and progressives who don't buy the propaganda about climate, or about education, buy the propaganda about the VA."