(2018-10-31). The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): The Asian Parliamentary Assembly Meeting in Gwadar Was Good News for CPEC. globalresearch.ca It was a very prudent move for Pakistan to have Gwadar host this year's Asian Parliamentary Assembly instead of any other of the country's cities because Islamabad showed off the progress that's been made thus far on CPEC, encouraged its …
(2018-10-31). The US Blockade Is the Main Obstacle to Cuba's Development. globalresearch.ca On 31 October, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on Cuba's annual resolution calling for an end to the US blockade. | Resolution 72/4, 'Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America …
(2018-10-31). Welcome to the Jungle. globalresearch.ca It's darkness at the break of (tropical) high noon. | Jean Baudrillard once defined Brazil as "the chlorophyll of our planet". And yet a land vastly associated worldwide with the soft power of creative joie de vivre has elected a fascist …
(2018-10-31). New Brazil President to Close "Palestinian" Embassy: "You Do Not Negotiate with Terrorists" globalresearch.ca A refreshing dose of reality from a country that has supported the "Palestinian" jihad for a considerable period. | "Brazilians elect first ardently pro-Israel president," by Marcus M. Gilban, JTA, October 29, 2018: | RIO DE JANEIRO ( JTA …
(2018-10-31). How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map. globalresearch.ca Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine – the very term Palestine is not used by their highly influential maps app. | A new report by a Palestinian …
(2018-10-31). WWF Report Reveals a 60% Decline in Wildlife Populations Since 1970. globalresearch.ca The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released its latest Living Planet Report, an assessment of the health of our planet, and it paints a rather grim picture of the damage caused by humanity's growing footprint on Earth. | The WWF publishes …
(2018-10-31). Diverting Class War Into Generational War, Again. counterpunch.org 
The wages of a typical worker have barely risen in four decades, many recent college grads are facing unbearable student loan burdens, housing costs are hugely outpacing inflation in many cities, making life especially hard for low- and moderate-income households. Naturally, the problem is the Social Security and Medicare received by baby boomers. That's what More
(2018-10-31). Mass Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue: Anti-Semitic Violence Erupts in America. globalresearch.ca The anti-Semitic massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has raised the crisis of American politics and society to a new level. More and more, the conditions in the United States have the character of a civil …
(2018-10-31). Right-Wing Groups Are Recruiting Students to Target Teachers. truthdig.com Albert Ponce [pictured] is one of dozens of educators that are being singled out, berated and threatened with violence by anonymous trolls for performing their jobs.
(2018-10-31). Angela Merkel's Last Days. globalresearch.ca Cultural compilations such as James Frazer's The Golden Bough are rich with these accounts: the high priest or leader of a tribe, whose lengthy tenure is wearing thin, is set for the sacrifice, either through ritual or being overthrown by …
(2018-10-31). Lawsuit Charges Trump Organization a 'Racketeering Enterprise That Defrauded Thousands of People for Years'. globalresearch.ca A new federal lawsuit charges that President Donald Trump, his company, and his three eldest children—Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric—deliberately defrauded working-class Americans by convincing them to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars in sham business opportunities …
(2018-10-31). Scientists Warn That Canadian Glacial Melting Is "Outside the Scope of Normal" globalresearch.ca Canadian scientists are becoming progressively alarmed at the increasing rate of melting of the country's glaciers, warning that climate change is having a severe impact on the region. | Anyone concerned about climate change and sea level rise often thinks about …
(2018-10-31). An Examination of the Politics of White Identity. globalresearch.ca The projection of white people as having a collective set of interests at both national and global levels is a phenomenon which has taken greater shape in recent times. Fuelled by trends related to changes in demographics, increases in both …
(2018-10-31). Does US Withdrawal From Another Nuclear Treaty Really Benefit Russia? globalresearch.ca No. Obviously Russia does not benefit from the scrapping of yet another treaty designed to prevent a nuclear exchange amid a war with the United States. | Yet, as an attempt to frame blatant US provocations as somehow "Russia's fault," a …
(2018-10-31). Trump 'Not Welcome in Pittsburgh' Until He Denounces White Nationalism. globalresearch.ca A progressive Jewish group says Donald Trump is not welcome in Pittsburgh, the US city where a deadly attack on a synagogue took place on Saturday, until the US president denounces white nationalism. | The local branch of Bend the Arc, …
(2018-10-31). Video: The Stone Guest at the Table with Italy and Russia. globalresearch.ca "I consider it very important for us to meet a strategic partner like the Federation of Russia, and also necessary, in order to work out solutions to the main regional crises" — such was the statement by Prime Minister Giuseppe …
(2018-10-31). Anti-immigrant scare tactics wear thin among Iowa voters. peoplesworld.org 
For weeks during the summer of 2018, the case of a missing University of Iowa student occupied statewide and national attention. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who was housesitting in Brooklyn, Iowa (population 1,391), went jogging at night on July 18 and disappeared. On August 21, police identified Tibbett's alleged killer, who led them to her body …
(2018-10-31). Spooks and the Masked Media. globalresearch.ca "Back of the world in which we live, far in the background, lies another world. The relation between the two is not unlike the relation we sometimes see in the theater between the forestage scene in the regular acting area …
(2018-10-31). Video: Media Reports About Mysterious Israeli Airstrikes Go Wild. globalresearch.ca The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have continued attacks on targets in Syria even after the downing of the Russian Il-20 military plane on September 17, Reuters reported on October 29 citing "a senior Israeli official". | "The IDF have attacked in …
(2018-10-31). Russia's Reshaping Syria's "Deep State" in Its Own Image. globalresearch.ca The recently promulgated pact between Russia and Syria to have the former's Defense Ministry train the Arab Republic's children in cadet schools for free is a sign that Moscow intends to reshape Syria's permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies ("deep …
(2018-10-31). The Return of the Latin American Caudillos. globalresearch.ca Latin America's "springtime of socialism" is at a close. After over a decade of progressive socialist presidents putting people ahead of cronyism, Latin America's oligarchs, through the abuse of the courts, parliaments, and electoral systems, have put caudillos in office …
(2018-10-31). Colombian Farmers Start 60-km Walk for 'Dignified Livelihood'. telesurenglish.net The farmer's caravan is requesting that the state fulfill its obligations regarding the provision of health, education, potable water and electricity.
(2018-10-31). The New Global Tinderbox. A Far More Complex Global Conflict Map than the Cold War. globalresearch.ca When it comes to relations between Donald Trump's America, Vladimir Putin's Russia, and Xi Jinping's China, observers everywhere are starting to talk about a return to an all-too-familiar past. "Now we have a new Cold War," commented Russia expert Peter …
(2018-10-31). India's Farmers Plan Mass March to the Nation's Parliament as Agrarian Crisis Reaches "Civilization Proportions" asia-pacificresearch.com
(2018-10-31). New Zealand teachers' union moves to call off strikes. wsws.org In order to quash rolling strikes due next month, the primary teachers' union has joined with the Ministry of Education to seek urgent facilitation to end a long-running pay dispute.
(2018-10-30). Why Is the Pentagon Weaponizing Insects? globalresearch.ca There is strong evidence that the Pentagon, through its research and development agency, DARPA, is developing genetically modified insects that would be capable of destroying agriculture crops of a potential enemy. The claim has been denied by DARPA, but leading …
(2018-10-30). Seeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation. globalresearch.ca "Control the oil, and you control nations. Control the food, and you control the people."* -Henry Kissenger | "Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation" by F. William Engdahl is a skillfully researched book that …
(2018-10-30). Vale Marie Muir: unionist, feminist and fighter. greenleft.org.au 
Marie Muir was born in 1930 on the NSW Central Coast, the youngest of five children of Doreen Burt and George Jovanovich. Growing up with the surname Jovanovich in the 1930s and '40s meant Marie was often called a "wog", but Marie said it taught her acceptance of all people, regardless of their creed or colour, and to show compassion and tolerance to others. | The family moved to Sydney when Marie was accepted into the selective Sydney Girls High School and in 1948, she won a scholarship to Sydney's Teachers College to study Infants Education. While still a student, she joined the NSW Teacher's Federation and rem…
(2018-10-30). Help Global Research Ride the Storm. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We find ourselves in troubled waters. Global Research, like many independent voices all over the globe, is feeling the effects of online measures set up to curtail access to our website, and by consequence, hinder our finances. We …
(2018-10-30). Collapsing Rainforest Ecosystems. counterpunch.org 
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report on the status of arthropods in rainforests (Bradford C. Lister and Andres Garcia, Climate-Driven Declines in Arthropod Abundance Restructure a Rainforest Food Web, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1722477115). The report's shocking analysis discovered a collapsing food web in tropical rainforests. Oh please! More
(2018-10-30). Salt Lake City: 'We Exist, We Resist' rally defends transgender rights. fightbacknews.org Salt Lake City, UT – More than 70 people rallied in downtown Salt Lake City, October 27, to protest Trump's proposed policies that would erase protections for transgender and non-binary individuals. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Utah organized the event, in conjunction with other protests by SDS chapters around the country. | There were two speakers from SDS, and they reminded the crowd that trans women, especially trans women of color, are targets of transphobic violence and that 22 trans women have been killed so far this year. With Trump's blatant attack on the trans community th…
(2018-10-30). Saudi Death Squad Controlled by Crown Prince. Report. globalresearch.ca Reportedly a Saudi tiger hit squad was formed in 2017 by crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) to covertly assassinate regime critics internally and abroad. | Its existence is well known to US and other Western intelligence — comprised of dozens …
(2018-10-30). Syria: The White Helmets Are Terrorist Auxiliaries. globalresearch.ca Canada's decision to welcome White Helmets terrorists evacuated from Syria is consistent with Canada's overall strategy throughout the course of this criminal "Regime Change" war against Syria, a founding member of the United Nations, according to Mark Taliano, the …
(2018-10-30). Students for a Democratic Society grows with 13th national convention. fightbacknews.org Salt Lake City, UT – Student activists from as far as Massachusetts, Florida, Texas and Minnesota gathered in Salt Lake City for the 13th annual Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) national convention over the weekend of October 20. | The two-day convention, with the theme, "Struggle! Solidarity! Strike!" focused on the current period of Trump's attacks, and our need to build movements against police crimes, opposing racism and hate crimes, and international solidarity. Speakers included organizers speaking from Jacksonville Community Action, Anakbayan, and the SLC Brown Berets. | Members of Teamsters Local 2…
(2018-10-30). Electronic Intifada Report: "Israeli embassy used fake Facebook profiles to spy on students" imemc.org Reposted from The Electronic Intifada, By: Asa Winstanley and Ali Abunimah 30 October 2018: An Israeli embassy officer spied on student supporters of Palestinian rights, undercover video released exclusively by The Electronic Intifada shows.
(2018-10-30). True Yemen Death Toll Five Times Higher Than Previous Estimate, Researchers Say. theantimedia.com 
(MEE) — At least 56,000 people have been killed in armed violence in Yemen since January 2016, according to data collected by an independent research group, a tally that is more than five times higher than previously reported. The new figure encompasses the deaths of both combatants and civilians in Yemen between January 2016 and 20 October …
(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). Union leaders fault top political leaders for role in synagogue massacre. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Two union leaders, D. Taylor of Unite Here and Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees, plus the Jewish Labor Committee, faulted top U.S. political leaders, implicitly or explicitly, for fomenting the environment that led to the anti-Semitic synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh and other recent acts of hate. Other union leaders, including Teachers President Randi …
(2018-10-29). Why We Need More School Leaders of Color, Especially in White Districts. progressive.org Racism in the classroom leaves white students racially illiterate.
(2018-10-29). Puerto Rico Tribunal puts U.S. on trial. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 150 people gathered at the Holyrood Church in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City on October 27 for the International Peoples Tribunal on U.S. Colonial Crimes in Puerto Rico. | Fifteen leaders from various movements, such as national liberation, student and anti-war organizations, sat on the jury. This included Pam Africa of MOVE; Chrisley Carpio, a national leader of Students for a Democratic Society; Deirdre Griswold of Workers World Party; and Bernadette Ellorin of BAYAN USA. | The jurors heard testimony from an array of speakers and witnesses to the U.S. crimes against Pue…
(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). 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). 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…
(2018-10-26). "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.
(2018-10-25). Scott Walker's Short-Term Vision on Education. progressive.org Under the Republican governor, public education in Wisconsin is hemorrhaging.
(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.
(2018-10-23). 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.
(2018-09-09). Today's College Students Are Paying More for Less. zcomm.org Despite the soaring costs of attending American colleges and universities, their students are receiving an education that falls far short of the one experienced by earlier generations. The sharp increase in costs is clear enough. Between 1978 and 2013, American college tuition rose by 1,120 percent, and became the major source of revenue for higher Read more…