(2018-12-19). Trump's War On Science Worse Than Inquisition. zcomm.org The White House's crude deflections on science aren't simply ignorant — they're calculated to serve the fossil fuel industry at the entire planet's expense…
(2018-12-19). 1968: The Year That Will Not Go Away. counterpunch.org 
Few days remain in 2018 to celebrate and recall all the events on the 50thanniversary of 1968. Comparisons with the "gilets jaunes" in France have evoked some of the memories, but for those who lived through 1968 as students there are events permanently etched in our psyches that will not go away. For Millennials and the X Generation, 1968 is pre-history, ancient dinosaur time. For those who experienced 1968, it was a year of rupture and transformation. More
(2018-12-19). Union-Backed Strike a Win for Students. zcomm.org "This is a victory for every educator who sees children getting short-changed by privatization and charter operators putting their business models over the needs of our students."
(2018-12-19). Is Canada Huawei Arrest Attempt to Sabotage Trump Xi Talks? globalresearch.ca The arrest of the CFO of the China's largest telecoms equipment company, Huawei, carries hallmarks of deep state or behind-the-scenes sabotage designed to rupture recent progress between US President Trump and China President Xi Jinping on strategic issues. Here are …
(2018-12-19). Exclusive: The Real Cost of Brexit Revealed. globalresearch.ca Many of the national newspapers have recently reported that Theresa May's Brexit deal will come at a substantial cost to the economy. The Guardian reported, as many others did a few days ago that — "Theresa May's Brexit deal …
(2018-12-18). A Ministra Trenta em mimética pela ´paz ª no Afeganistà£o. globalresearch.ca A Ministra da Defesa, Elisabetta Trenta (M5S), aos microfones de uma rádio musical, cantou "Havia um rapazinho que, como eu, gostava dos Beatles e dos Rolling Stones", dizendo: "Esta música faz-me vir à mente, o valor da paz, um valor …
(2018-12-18). Why the US Senate Vote to End Yemen War Is So Important. globalresearch.ca Last week something historic happened in the US Senate. For the first time in 45 years, a chamber of the US Congress voted to pull US forces from a military conflict under the 1973 War Powers Act. | While there is …
(2018-12-18). SPLC: Trump's school safety commission recommendations would make schools less safe. splcenter.org The Federal Commission on School Safety—established by President Trump following the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and led by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos—released a report today that recommends withdrawing the 2014 Department of Justice and Department of Education legal guidance on discriminatory discipline.
(2018-12-18). Selected Articles: Pandering to Washington's Whims. globalresearch.ca 
Whether your concerns are current affairs, foreign affairs, Trump or Togo, Panama or pacifism, nuclear's nightmares and global myriad complexities, Global Research strives to shine light on the under-reported, less known injustices ignored or buried. | | Governments know it too, which …
(2018-12-18). NATO-Backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Poses with Pro-Nazi Soldier. globalresearch.ca Petro Poroshenko, the staunchly pro-NATO president of Western ally Ukraine, posed for a photo op with a soldier wearing a Nazi symbol. | On December 6, the Ukrainian billionaire oligarch leader posted a photo on multiple social media accounts that shows …
(2018-12-18). 5G Dangers, 5th Generation Wireless Technology. Health and Environmental Impacts. globalresearch.ca This first EU 5G Appeal was initially submitted in September 2017 to the European Commission demanding a moratorium on the increase of cell antennas for planned 5G expansion. Concerns over health effects from higher radiation exposure include potential neurological impacts, …
(2018-12-18). The Waters of American Democracy. counterpunch.org 
Trump's EPA is about to open the gates of water pollution even wider in order to satisfy farmers, real estate developers, and petroleum and mining companies. The agribusiness-academic-government complex doesn't want any oversight of the farmers spraying neurotoxins. They have bamboozled the country with weaponized science making sprays harmless. More
(2018-12-18). Video: US "Local Partners" in Northeast Syria Are About to be "Sold to Turkey" globalresearch.ca Turkey is ramping up its military preparations and propaganda campaign ahead of a possible attack on the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northeastern Syria. | On December 17, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) can …
(2018-12-18). La Trenta in mimetica per la ´pace ª in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca La ministra della Difesa Elisabetta Trenta (M5S), ai microfoni di una radio musicale, ha intonato ´C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones ª, dicendo ´Questa canzone mi fa venire in mente il valore della pace, …
(2018-12-18). Marc Lamont Hill Speaks Out After CNN Fires Him for Pro-Palestine Speech at U.N. democracynow.org 
Less than a month after CNN fired Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill for giving a speech at the United Nations supporting Palestinian rights, we speak with him about the international attention his comments have received, academic freedom and why he feels it's more important than ever to speak out about Israeli human rights abuses. Marc Lamont Hill is a professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University. He is the author of several books, including "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond." We also speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journa…
(2018-12-18). Alleged Russia Meddling: UK Report Falsely Claims Russia Went All-Out Trying to Help Elect Trump. globalresearch.ca The claim is the Big Lie that won't die — no matter how often accusations and allegations are debunked. | Oxford University's Computational Propaganda Research Project (COMPROP) claims to investigate "how tools like social media bots are used to manipulate public …
(2018-12-18). Israel: Ethnic Cleansing, Land Theft, Apartheid and Racism against Palestinians. globalresearch.ca In recent weeks, racism against Palestinian people and the expansion of apartheid-Jim Crow policies have escalated. The Israeli lobby and its supporters attacked freedom of speech in the United States, showing how far they will go to prevent the US …
(2018-12-18). Ottawa Sends Contradictory Messages on Arms Control. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is encouraged to hear that the Trudeau government is looking for ways to stop exporting armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. However, this news comes on the heels of last week's …
(2018-12-18). Number of Gun Deaths in US at All Time High. globalresearch.ca Deaths caused by firearms in the U.S. have reached the highest level in decades, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | According to the data, 39,773 people were killed by guns in the U.S. …
(2018-12-18). Fifth French "Yellow Vest" Protest Opposes Macron Government. globalresearch.ca "Yellow vest" protesters mobilized for a fifth day of action in France on Saturday, facing a new police crackdown and clashes centered in provincial cities, as fewer protesters traveled to Paris. | The interior ministry claimed that some 66,000 people had …
(2018-12-18). The Truth About Nursing Homes. counterpunch.org 
Let me say at the outset that I do not regard myself as any kind of "expert" on the subject of nursing homes. I've done only scant tangential research, and other than what you're about to read here, have never published anything on the subject. But that said, I like to think I have gleaned More
(2018-12-18). Video: Syrian Army Is Set to Respond to Any Future Israeli Attacks. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Armed Forces will respond by force to any Israeli attack on its bases as a part of new policy, which was adopted by the Syrian leadership following the incident with the Russian Il-20 plane last September, the Kuwaiti …
(2018-12-18). For UNC's Teaching Assistants, the Silent Sam Protests Are Far From Over. thenation.com 
TAs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may have released the withheld grades, but they say they won't be placated by any action short of racial justice. | The post For UNC's Teaching Assistants, the Silent Sam Protests Are Far From Over…
(2018-12-18). Canada Serves the US Empire…Again…and Again… globalresearch.ca Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, demonstrates fully Canadian compliance with U.S. desires. | Canadian authorities, notably Foreign Affairs Minister …
(2018-12-18). "Terrorismo 'Made in USA'": Estado Islamita Apoiado por Washington Age Minoritariamente no Iraque Após Mais de Três Anos de Luta e Bombardeios dos EUA. globalresearch.ca Diante do novo governo no Iraque, embaixador iraquiano em Moscou, Mansour Haidar Hadi, comenta na entrevista a seguir com o renomado jornalista Edu Montesanti a vitória de seu país sobre o Estado Islamita (EI) em dezembro do ano passado, a …
(2018-12-18). Have the Russian Military Aircrafts in Venezuela Breached the Door to "America's Backyard"? globalresearch.ca At an international media conference last December 12 in Caracas Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro referred emphatically to knowledge, that his government had acquired through its intelligence services, of preparations to destabilize Venezuela. | That in itself is major news but it …
(2018-12-18). The Integrity Initiative and the UK's Scandalous Information War. mintpressnews.com 
Grayzone Project — Recent hacked documents have revealed an international network of politicians, journalists, academics, researchers and military officers, all engaged in highly deceptive covert propag…
(2018-12-18). Mass Demonstration by Los Angeles Teachers. globalresearch.ca Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers and their supporters converged in a rally and march in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to demand better pay, smaller class sizes and increased funding for the 640,000 students in the second-largest school district …
(2018-12-18). That shrinking feeling: MIT team develop tech that can reduce objects to nanoscale. rt.com 
While it may not be worthy of 'Honey, I shrunk the kids' or Marvel's Ant-Man, MIT researchers have developed a technique that will allow humanity to create nanoscale objects "of nearly any shape."
(2018-12-18). DeVos' Solution to Mass School Shootings? Scrap the Rules Designed to End Discrimination Against Students of Color. commondreams.org The highly anticipated Final Report from the Federal Commission on School Safety, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, was released Tuesday—and includes a long-rumored recommendation that is alarming civil rights advocates: to rescind Obama-era policies crafted to end racial disparities in school disciplinary practices. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
(2018-12-18). 181 Nations Voted to Help Refugees. Only Hungary and US Voted "No." truthout.org The United States was a near global outlier Monday at the United Nations General Assembly in rejecting a framework to bolster international cooperation on refugees. | Only Hungary — headed by far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose administration has been accused of carrying out "a full-frontal assault on migrants and refugees" — joined the US in voting "no" on the Global Compact on Refugees (pdf). One hundred eighty-one nations vot…
(2018-12-18). Bermuda: A Human Rights Friendly School approach. amnesty.org Students and teachers of a school in Bermuda talk about their experience after five years participating in the Human Rights Friendly Schools project | Warwick Academy was the first school established in Bermuda, in 1662. 300 years later, it was the first traditionally white school in the country to integrate, almost a decade before the 1971 Bermuda Education Act made it illegal for any school in Bermuda to base admission on race. In 2011, the school achieved another first: the first school in Bermuda to make themselves human rights friendly. A few years on, students and teachers from Warwick Academy tell their st…
(2018-12-18). SEP meeting attendees speak out in defence of Julian Assange. wsws.org Workers, students and young people responded with enthusiasm to announcements at a Socialist Equality Party meeting last Sunday that the SEP will hold rallies next March in defence of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
(2018-12-18). Los Angeles teachers and supporters speak out at mass rally. wsws.org WSWS reporters were warmly received by teachers and their supporters at a mass rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
(2018-12-18). Take the Money Out of Prison Slavery. therealnews.com 
Activists and students continue a national divestment movement to stop the corporate funding of private prisons. Sylvester Owino, a Kenyan immigrant, spent 10 years in an immigrant detention center while his case bounced between the lower and higher courts. Owino and other activists talk about the private prison divestment movement and abuses in the transporting…
(2018-12-18). By Attacking Obamacare, GOP Harms Itself. truthout.org You didn't really think the GOP was done trying to dismantle Obamacare, did you? | On Friday, US District Court Judge Reed O'Connor — a George W. Bush appointee already infamous for his far-right decisions — ruled the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional and struck it down in a…
(2018-12-17). A Green Future for Oman: A Trail for Environmentalism in the Arab World. globalresearch.ca Oman has long proved an outlier among the monarchies at the western edge of the Persian Gulf. Most Omanis subscribe to Ibadism, not Sunni Islam, and the Omani Sultan, Qaboos bin Said Al Said, has pursued a much quieter foreign …
(2018-12-17). Kiev Sends Tanks and Troops to Donbass, Poroshenko Regime Hatching an Armed Provocation? globalresearch.ca The Russian news agency TASS reports (December 16, 2018) on disturbing developments pointing to the deployment of Ukrainian troops and tanks against Donbass. "A spokesman for the DPR defense ministry Daniil Bezsonov said that tank and mechanized battalions of …
(2018-12-17). CTU members overwhelmingly ratify UNO/Acero tentative agreement. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — Chicago teachers Union (CTU) teachers and paraprofessionals in the Acero/UNO charter network have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract that will dramatically improve teaching and learning conditions in the charter network's 15 campuses across Chicago. The wins were achieved after a historic five-day strike that saw hundreds of union educators and paraprofessionals take to the streets to demand a fair contract, joined by parents, students and allies calling for change at schools run by Acero. Growing numbers of elected officials joined in the call for a decent contract and accountabili…
(2018-12-17). Yellow-vest protests in France-an extraordinary political school. mronline.org 
Hello, Professor Drweski. My name is Maria Cernat. I am a feminist, an academic and a journalist writing for Baricada.org. I am a lecturer at the Communication Sciences and International Relations Department, Titu Maiorescu University. I was very curious, and I am sure our readers are too, about the situation in France. I have a […] | Source
(2018-12-14). Climate Strike: Heeding Call of Greta Thunberg, Polish Students Walk Out of Class. democracynow.org 
Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has called for a global climate strike today to protest inaction at the U.N. climate summit. Greta made international headlines after she refused to go to school in August and began a School Strike for Climate. Greta made the call for today's strike in a video posted on Twitter.
(2018-12-14). France: Police Crowd Control Methods Maim People. hrw.org 
| | Riot police barricade, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, December 8, 2018. | © 2018 Human Rights Watch | (Paris) — French police used crowd control and anti-riot tactics during demonstrations in Paris in November and December 2018 that caused physical harm to peaceful demonstrators, including high-school students, and journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. Law enforcement should exercise greater restraint in demonstrations planned to take place on D…
(2018-12-13). The #RedforEd Wave Is Likely to Build, Not Subside, in 2019. progressive.org Teachers unions are poised to strike across the country.
(2018-12-13). US Consumer Board Conceals how Wells Fargo Fleeces Students. therealnews.com 
The Consumer Financial Protection Board kept a detailed report about how Wells Fargo has long been involved in charging students up to three times more for financial services than other banks do. Why did the CFPB not reveal this? Bill Black explains
(2018-12-13). Push for profit: Births, babies and the bottom dollar. greenleft.org.au 
Reliable research into safe and healthy childbirth is being ignored by maternal hospitals in Australia. | Women are not told of the adverse effects of current interventions and practices in childbirth, or that not a single long-term study exists of the almost 50 childbirth drugs currently being used. | The majority of birthing mothers are drugged in some way and one in three women describes their birthing experience as "deeply horrifying". | Viable alternatives, such as homebirth or birth centres, are systematically defunded, demonised by the media and discredited by the medical establishment. | If mothers an…
(2018-12-12). Grinnell College 'Invites Trump onto Campus,' Aiming to Limit Student Collective Bargaining. progressive.org Student unionization efforts are underway at twenty-four U.S. universities—while the first independent undergraduate union in the country fights for survival.
(2018-12-11). Hatewatch Headlines 12/12/2018. splcenter.org Conspiracy theories still thriving on YouTube; Columbia student's race rant goes viral; Trump's 'disease' attack echoes Nazi propaganda; and more.
(2018-12-11). Oppose nuclear weapons? Stop backing the companies that produce them. greenleft.org.au 
Research published by Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland in September revealed the extent of Scotland's investments in nuclear weapons companies, including shares worth nearly £300 million held by the Scottish local government pension funds. | This week, new analysis by The Ferret showed that the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme (SPPS) holds shares worth £2 million in fossil fuels, arms and tobacco companies. This includes £175,495 in Rolls Royce, one of four key contractors involved in Britain's Trident nuclear…
(2018-12-10). Six Ways Betsy DeVos Gets Teachers' Unions Wrong. progressive.org DeVos's antagonism toward unions shows not only her disrespect for teachers but also how her animosity toward organized teachers warps her understanding of issues.
(2018-12-10). Climate movement attracts new generation of activists. greenleft.org.au 
The latter part of 2018 will be remembered for the re-emergence of climate action on the national agenda. | Independent Kerryn Phelps' win in the Wentworth byelection promising "meaningful environmental action" and Labor's subsequent adoption of a 50% renewable energy policy by 2030 has come in the midst of researcher Rebecca Huntley's findings that "climate and environmental concerns" have increasingly become "a test of leadership" for voters. | These centrist platforms, however, have been rightly superseded by the newest base of the climate movement: high school students. | Tired of the "dinosaurs in parliament…