UK Sets Up Yet Another Costly Spy Agency
Annie Machon | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
The UK Ministry of Defence announced on 21 September the establishment of yet another British spy agency, an amalgam of military and security service professionals designed to wage cyberwar against terrorists, Russia and organised crime. The new agency will have … | The post UK Sets Up Yet Another Costly Spy Agency appeared first on Global Research.
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Hurrah for Midterm Gridlock! Both Democrats and Republicans Love War
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Thankfully, the "most important election in recent memory" is over and the results have turned out as expected. | Democrats now control the House. Republicans picked up a couple seats in the Senate. Trump's agenda will tread water. He will … | The post Hurrah for Midterm Gridlock! Both Democrats and Republicans Love War appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/hurrah-for-midterm-gridlock-both-democrats-and-republicans-love-war/5659193
In Iowa, Pioneering Undergrad Workers Union Keeps Growing
Meghan Brophy | zcomm.org | 2018-11-08
Despite all the obstacles, on November 5 the NLRB ruled in favor of the student workers' petition for an election…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/in-iowa-pioneering-undergrad-workers-union-keeps-growing/
Disregard for World Opinion Defines the US Government
Prof. Vijay Prashad | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US embargo against Cuba. A total of 189 member-nations said Cuba did not deserve this embargo, which began in 1961 and has continued unabated to this day. Only … | The post Disregard for World Opinion Defines the US Government appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/disregard-for-world-opinion-defines-the-us-government/5659249
Protesters disrupt Melbourne Cup to demand 'free all refugees'
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
Refugee rights activists blocked the main entrance to the Melbourne Cup on November 6. They called on the government to release all the refugees in detention on Manus Island and Nauru. | Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens' Alliance (WACA) spokesperson Charlotte Lynch said: "We encourage every person of good conscience to examine our complicity in cruelty today. While so-called Australia parties at the Melbourne Cup, children and adults are suffering in detention on Nauru, Manus Island, Christmas Island and in onshore detention centres." | "There are 17 children held under constant surveillance at [Melbourne I…
greenleft.org.au/content/protesters-disrupt-melbourne-cup-demand-%E2%80%98free-all-refugees%E2%80%99
True and False Accusations of US Midterm Election Interference. Fake Reports of Russian Election Meddling
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Ahead of Tuesday midterms, investigative journalist Greg Palast said illegal voter purges went on in a number of states — including Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska and Nevada. | "I have never seen anything like it in 18 years," he … | The post True and False Accusations of US Midterm Election Interference. Fake Reports of Russian Election Meddling appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/true-and-false-accusations-of-us-midterm-election-interference/5659202
Trump Goes to Paris: Will He Make Peace with Putin and Erdogan?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Trump and over 60 other world leaders will be in Paris over the weekend to attend an event commemorating the end of World War I a century ago, during which time the American leader is expected to have important sideline … | The post Trump Goes to Paris: Will He Make Peace with Putin and Erdogan? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-goes-to-paris-will-he-make-peace-with-putin-and-erdogan/5659210
US Election Midterms: Split Decision."If Voting Changed Anything, it Would be Illegal."
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
The disturbing reality is when things change electorally in America, they remain the same. | Dirty business as usual always wins, the underlying reality of Tuesday's midterm voting like all earlier "elections." | Mark Twain was right saying: "If voting made a … | The post US Election Midterms: Split Decision."If Voting Changed Anything, it Would be Illegal." appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-election-midterms-split-decision-if-voting-changed-anything-it-would-be-illegal/5659198
US, Turkey Risk Direct Military Clash as They Escalate War in Syria
Barı? Demir | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
As it pursues its war with US-backed Kurdish-nationalist organizations, the Turkish government is threatening an outright military occupation of large parts of Syria that could provoke war with Syria and a direct clash with US forces. | On Tuesday, Turkish President … | The post US, Turkey Risk Direct Military Clash as They Escalate War in Syria appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-turkey-risk-direct-military-clash-as-they-escalate-war-in-syria/5659252
Dead Poppies: Militarism, False Patriotism and Remembrance Lead to a Lack of Peace
Lesley Docksey | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Update as of November 8, 2018: | Each year the Royal British Legion has to work harder to promote the fundraising 'poppy campaign'. Poppy sellers on the streets become fewer and older, and while people will donate to help support veterans … | The post Dead Poppies: Militarism, False Patriotism and Remembrance Lead to a Lack of Peace appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/dead-poppies-militarism-false-patriotism-and-remembrance-lead-to-a-lack-of-peace/5359904
Police identifies California bar mass shooting suspect
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-08
The gunman who shot up and killed 12 people in a California bar popular for live country music and packed with college students has been identified as 28 -year-old Ian David Long, | …
rt.com/usa/443451-shooting-california-suspect-identified/
'He shot a lot, at least 30 times': Borderline Bar attack witnesses recall terrifying ordeal
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-08
Witnesses to the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California are sharing their accounts of the horrifying moment a shooter opened fire on a crowded student night, killing at least 12 people. | …
rt.com/usa/443416-witnesses-borderline-shooting-california/
Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-08
(MPN) — A leaked Al Jazeera documentary detailing the tactics of the Israeli lobby in the United States and elsewhere has revealed that pro-Israel groups regularly invented smears, including false accusations of sexual assault, to discredit professors and students on U.S. university campuses that support equal rights for Palestinians and the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS is …
theantimedia.com/israel-lobby-leaked/
Army Attacks School Principal In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-08
Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, the principal Qortoba Basic School, in the Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after she tried to prevent them from attacking her students. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers chased several schoolchildren, and tried to prevent the students from entering their …
Queensland teachers vote to walk off for refugees
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
Australian Education Union (AEU) members in Queensland will be joining their Victorian colleagues in walking off the job on November 20, Universal Children's Day, to demand the federal Coalition government gets kids and their families off Nauru. | Three state AEU branches–NSW Teachers Federation, AEU Victorian branch and the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) — have passed resolutions condemning the government's refusal to immediately evacuate asylum seekers and refugees from Nauru and Manus Island and resettle them in Australia, where they can receive urgently required medical treatment and other servic…
greenleft.org.au/content/queensland-teachers-vote-walk-refugees
Backfire! How Teacher Union Leaders Helped Tuck & Green Dot Charters Push Their Agenda
Steve Zeltzer | indybay.org | 2018-11-08
Marshall Tuck, the former Green Dot Charter School operator received support for the school chain from the AFT leadership including AFT president Randi Weingarten. Weingarten and UFT president Mulgrew lauded the school change and supported the deregulation of public education for these charter schools.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/06/18818837.php
Native Crafts Workshop: Cultural Teachings of the Amah Mutsun
SCMNH | indybay.org | 2018-11-08
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | 1305 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/07/18818885.php
13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-08
The massacre is the deadliest in the U.S. since 17 classmates and teachers were gunned down at a Parkland, Fl. school nine months ago. | The post 13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
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Quebec's new CAQ government to prioritize its chauvinist anti-immigrant agenda
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-08
The CAQ's "secular charter" is an attempt to incite Quebec chauvinism so as to divide the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/08/caqc…
Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar?
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-08
When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer, Khalida Jarrar, on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, Jarrar had been leading a Palestinian effort to take Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Her research on that very evening was directly related to the kind of behavior…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/08/why-is-israel-afraid-of-khalida-jarrar/
Saudi Arabia Has to be Stopped and This Time It May Get Stopped
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has crossed all lines of decency, if there were ever any. | In the eyes of many in the West, it crossed them not because it has been brutally killing tens of thousands … | The post Saudi Arabia Has to be Stopped and This Time It May Get Stopped appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-has-to-be-stopped-and-this-time-it-may-get-stopped/5659196
UAE to Reopen Its Embassy in Damascus Within Few Weeks — Report
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
The UAE is going to reopen its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus within the upcoming two weeks, diplomatic sources told the Lebanon news outlet Debate on November 5. | The Lebanese news outlet didn't provide further information on the … | The post UAE to Reopen Its Embassy in Damascus Within Few Weeks — Report appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/uae-to-reopen-its-embassy-in-damascus-within-few-weeks-report/5659258
The CIA's Latest Greatest Failure
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Government agencies that are skilled at invading nearly everyone's privacy worldwide are sometimes totally inept at keeping their own internal communications secure. The problem is particularly acute for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which must maintain secure contact with thousands … | The post The CIA's Latest Greatest Failure appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-cias-latest-greatest-failure/5659260
Profits über Alles! American Corporations and Hitler
DJRP | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
This article by Canadian historian Dr. Jacques Pauwels was first published by Global Research more than 14 years ago on 8 June 2004. | This incisive and carefully researched article by Dr. Jacques Pauwels provides us with a historical understanding … | The post Profits über Alles! American Corporations and Hitler appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/profits-ber-alles-american-corporations-and-hitler/4607
Selected Articles: Is Kissing a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" a "Terrorist Act"?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
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: Is Kissing a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" a "Terrorist Act"? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-is-kissing-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-a-terrorist-act/5659163
Why Did the US Issue a Sanctions Waiver for Iran's Port of Chabahar?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Many observers are wondering why the US issued a sanctions waiver for the Indian-built port of Chabahar in southeastern Iran and the railroad project that's supposed to one day extend from it to Afghanistan, but the reason is that America … | The post Why Did the US Issue a Sanctions Waiver for Iran's Port of Chabahar? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-issue-sanctions-waiver-chabahar/5659191
Soldiers Invade Bedouin Village School, Confiscate A Tent, Near Tubas
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-08
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Khirbat Ibziq Palestinian Bedouin village, north of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, and attacked a local make-shift school, before confiscating one tent. The head of Tubas's local office of the Ministry of Education, Saed Kabaha, said a large military force, accompanied by an …
Soldiers Invade Bedouin Village School, Confiscate A Tent, Near Tubas
How Alaska 'Gets the Shaft' From Canada's Mining Industry
Geri Spieler | truthdig.com | 2018-11-08
The border between British Columbia and Alaska is wet. | The boundary is made up mostly of rivers flowing from British Columbia in Canada to southeast Alaska, and what happens in Canada therefore affects southeast Alaska. | Rich mineral deposits, including the gold, silver and copper used in the manufacturing of mobile phones and other products, are buried deep in British Columbia. With the explosion of various technologies that demand these minerals, the "gold rush" is very much alive and growing every day. | According to the Minerals Education Coalition, a b…
truthdig.com/articles/how-alaska-gets-the-shaft-from-canadas-mining-industry/
Progressives Win on Medicaid Expansion, Public Education, and Voting Rights Through Ballot Initiatives
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2018-11-07
From state legislative races to the House of Representatives, progressive candidates made a dent in the 2018 election season, and will be relatively well-represented in federal and state-level governments next year. But it's not just elected office: Left-wing activists also made their voices heard through ballot initiatives across the country. On Tuesday night, progressives walked away with some wins and some losses on that front. | They made gains for Medicaid expansion, public education, and voting rights. But they lost other battles, like on criminal justice reform, nurse-to-patient ratios, and universal home…
theintercept.com/2018/11/07/ballot-measures-2018-midterms/
"Flashpoint for War": U.S. and Japan Plan Military Response to Chinese Incursions of Disputed Islands
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
Things are again rapidly heating up in the East China Sea amidst already heightened tensions in a region where Washington is increasingly asserting the right of navigation in international waters against broad Chinese claims and seeking to defend the territorial … | The post "Flashpoint for War": U.S. and Japan Plan Military Response to Chinese Incursions of Disputed Islands appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/flashpoint-for-war-u-s-and-japan-plan-military-response-to-chinese-incursions-of-disputed-islands/5659155
Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing Israel's IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral
Randi Nord | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
Just a week after far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro's electoral victory in Brazil's presidential election, the consequences of fascism and support for apartheid and ethno-nationalism rising to power are already coming to fruition. | A photo of Bolsonaro's sons donning shirts … | The post Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing Israel's IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/photo-of-brazil-president-elect-bolsonaros-sons-wearing-idf-and-mossad-shirts-goes-viral/5659159
High school students walk out nationwide to go vote
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-07
Students from at least 500 high schools nationwide walked out of class on Election Day–to go vote. Their mass marches were the first culmination of the March For Our Lives movement, started by students from Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a gunman wielding an AR-15 staged a Valentine's Day massacre there, killing 14 …
peoplesworld.org/article/high-school-students-walk-out-nationwide-to-go-vote/
The Price of Peace. British Policy in Northern Ireland
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
I have never managed fully to understand the mechanism by which the media and political class decide when to leave a fact, a glaringly obvious and vital fact, completely excluded from public debate. That process of exclusion is a psychological, … | The post The Price of Peace. British Policy in Northern Ireland appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-price-of-peace-british-policy-in-northern-ireland/5659146
US Mid-term Elections: Strange Things Happened, Very Strange
Umberto Pascali | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
Image Trump and Pelosi, December 2017 | Conservative Fox News gave the House to the Democrats 90 minutes before the closing of the polls in California. Thus telling the Republican voters that the game was over, their vote is futile. This … | The post US Mid-term Elections: Strange Things Happened, Very Strange appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-mid-term-elections-strange-things-happened-very-strange/5659168
Tampa Bay SDS rally demands USF not comply with federal agencies attacking immigrants
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-07
Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a rally on the campus of University of South Florida, November 5 to demand that the school administrators not comply with federal agencies' attempts to attack immigrants. These agencies include the FBI, ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security, all of which are involved in finding and deporting undocumented people, including students. The information that is currently shared to these agencies includes where a student lives, their classes, and their current immigration status. | The event was attended by more than 20 SDS members and su…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/7/tampa-ba…
Principals told to stop teachers walking off for refugees
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-07
The Department of Education and Training Victoria today advised school principals to oppose leave for teachers who wish to participate in the Walk Off for Refugees on November 20. | Teachers For Refugees (TFR) has called on teachers and education support staff to walk off the job on Universal Children's Day and demand that the federal government remove all children and adults from offshore camps and resettle them in the community. | TFR's Lucy Honan said in response to the education department's decision:…
greenleft.org.au/content/education-department-seeks-stop-teachers-walking-refugees
Debunking the Real 9/11 Myths: Plane Impacts, Fire Damage and Melted Steel
Adam Taylor | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
2012 Article published by Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth, republished by AEA911Truth and Global Research in October 2018 | *** | Popular Mechanics (PM) next turns to the issue of the plane impacts and fire damage and their roles in the … | The post Debunking the Real 9/11 Myths: Plane Impacts, Fire Damage and Melted Steel appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/debunking-the-real-911-myths-plane-impacts-fire-damage-and-melted-steel/5658960
French Court of Appeal Delays Again Decision on Hassan Diab's Case
HDSC | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
On Friday October 26, 2018, Dr. Hassan Diab's decade-long ordeal was prolonged yet further, as the French Court of Appeal delayed once again a decision on the prosecution's appeal in Hassan's case. Instead of upholding the decision of the … | The post French Court of Appeal Delays Again Decision on Hassan Diab's Case appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/french-court-of-appeal-delays-again-decision-on-hassan-diabs-case/5659141
Libya Then and Now: An Overview of NATO's Handiwork
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, working under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), militarily overran the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. | The post Libya Then and Now: An Overview of NATO's Handiwork appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/libya-then-and-now-an-overview-of-natos-handiwork/5415563
The West Is Failing Julian Assange
Stefania Maurizi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
Let's start with the cat. You never would have thought one of these beloved felines would play a crucial role in the Julian Assange case, would you? And yet look at the latest press coverage. The mainstream media's headlines weren't … | The post The West Is Failing Julian Assange appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-west-is-failing-julian-assange/5659152
Is Kissing a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" a "Terrorist Act"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
There are now "'good guy terrorists" and "bad guy terrorists". John Kerry concurs: financial aid to Syria's Al Nusra, an affiliate of Al Qaeda is part of NATO's "Responsibility to Protect" mandate. | The post Is Kissing a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" a "Terrorist Act"? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/is-kissing-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-a-terrorist-act/5332856
Global Research: Kicking Against the Establishment
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-07
"Global Research is one of the finest and most easily accessed research tools on the web. A vast array of articles by the best known researchers are instantly available. Michel Chossudovsky's meticulous research, perspicacity and courageous reporting offer the … | The post Global Research: Kicking Against the Establishment appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/kicking-against-the-establishment-its-time-for-truth-in-media/5336155
Crown Prince Launches Saudi Arabia's First Nuclear Reactor Same Day Sanctions Hit Iran
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-07
(ZHE) — In but the latest after an insane month of news featuring the kingdom since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the AP reports Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman laid the ceremonial foundation stone for Saudi Arabia's first nuclear research reactor on Monday. The site is the first of 16 planned reactor sites to be …
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How Donald Trump Saved the Democratic Party From Itself
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2018-11-06
On the morning of November 9, 2016, millions of Americans woke up in a fog. In New Holland, Pennsylvania, Annie Weaver stopped at the Wawa on her way to the school where she teaches, and she couldn't look anybody in the eye. Brandi Calvert, a real estate agent in Wichita, Kansas, only got out of bed because she had to take her 11-year-old boy to school. Before heading out, she told him what had happened, but he refused to believe her. | I walked my daughter to school that morning in Washington, D.C. and went inside for her kindergarten class's biweekly open house. A third-grader had drawn the assignment of readin…
theintercept.com/2018/11/05/democratic-party-donald-trump-election/
Rally condemns radioactive dump plans
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-06
Close to 1000 people gathered outside Parliament House in Adelaide on November 3 to protest against federal government plans to build a national radioactive waste dump in South Australia. | Two locations in the state are under consideration for the dump: near Hawker in the Flinders Ranges, and in the Kimba district on Eyre Peninsula. | The facility is meant to hold reprocessed nuclear waste from the Lucas Heights reactor near Sydney and radioactive materials from medical, industrial and research uses around Australia. | However, Dr Margaret Beavis from Medical Association for Prevention of War explained to the pr…
greenleft.org.au/content/rally-condemns-sa-radioactive-dump-plans
Parkland school shooting survivors cast their first votes
Kelli Kennedy, Mike Schneider | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-05
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP)–Nine months after 17 classmates and teachers were gunned down at their Florida school, Parkland students are finally facing the moment they've been leading up to with marches, school walkouts, and voter-registration events throughout the country: their first Election Day. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student activists set their sights on the …
peoplesworld.org/article/parkland-school-shooting-survivors-cast-their-first-votes/
"He Set Out to Kill Women": Self-Proclaimed Misogynist Murders 2 Women at Florida Yoga Studio
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-05
Two women were shot and killed at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday when a far-right extremist and self-proclaimed misogynist entered a yoga class and opened fire. Forty-year-old gunman Scott Beierle murdered 61-year-old Nancy Van Vessem, a medical doctor and a faculty member at Florida State University, and Florida State University student 21-year-old Maura Binkley in the deadly shooting. He critically injured four other women, including one woman who was shot nine times. Beierle also pistol-whipped a man in the rampage before turning the gun on himself. Police say Beierle was found dead at the yo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/5/he_set_ou…
In Trump's Hands, the Census Becomes a Weapon
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-05
We use the census as a tool to build power in communities. The administration wants to use it against those communities. | Almost a decade ago, I ran the Minkwon Center for Community Action, a grassroots organization serving the Korean-American community in Queens. Getting immigrants to participate in the 2010 census was one of our top priorities. Why? Because I knew we could use the census to build power for our communities, just by standing up and being counted. And we did, but it wasn't easy. | First, we had to educate people about the census's importance. After all, it's not just a head count. The…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression/trumps-hands-census-becomes-weapon
33 Trillion More Reasons Why The New York Times Gets it Wrong on Russia-gate
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
Further research shows The New York Times was even further off the mark in blaming Russian social media for Trump's win, as Gareth Porter reports. Facebook Said 80,000 Russian Posts Were Buried in 33 Trillion Facebook Offerings Over Two-Year Period Further Undermining NYT's Case … Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/02/33-trillion-more-reasons-why-the-new-york-times-gets-it-wrong-on-russia-gate/
Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
As President Trump escalated his attacks and threats against the Central American migrant caravans making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration unveiled new sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba on Thursday. National security adviser John Bolton declared Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a "troika of tyranny" and a "triangle of terror." We speak with world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky about U.S. foreign policy in Central America. He joins us in Tucson, Arizona, where he now teaches at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is also institute professor emeritu…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/noam_chom…