(2018-11-01). Financial Warfare and the Float of China's Yuan. Weaponization of the Forex Market. globalresearch.ca Haikou, Hainan: In an unusual twist, financial experts have called upon China's monetary authorities to let the Renminbi float to "ease risks" (China Daily, October 31, 2018). Sounds contradictory? At this juncture, the Forex market has become weaponized. The policy …
(2018-11-01). American Billionaires Are Overwhelmingly Conservative, New Study Finds. truthdig.com While some of the most famous ultra-rich Americans—such as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and the Koch Brothers—have very public profiles and readily disclose where they stand ideologically or on key issues, new research reveals that a cabal of the U.S. billionaires largely operates in the shadows as they use their vast wealth and influence to maintain their status and undermine democracy. | In a piece (2018-11-01). Pipe Bombs: Frantic Denunciations of the False Flag Concept. globalresearch.ca Onto the 24-hour reality show that is U.S. politics, 15 package bombs recently made their entrance. | The devices were sent to vocal opponents of Mr. Trump, most of them prominent members of the Democratic Party. The incident became public on …
(2018-11-01). Libya, Seven Years On: A Shame for the West. globalresearch.ca The FUKUS Axis France-UK-US turned the country with the highest Human Development Index in Africa into a failed state. Accountability? Are you joking? | After Messrs. Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy committed a spectacular mission creep violating the terms of the UN …
(2018-11-01). Why Canadian Prisoners Are Participating in the US Prison Strike. globalresearch.ca Prisoners in the US are once again on strike. Since August 21, prisoners have been engaging in various forms of protest in at least ten states. And prisoners in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, have also joined the protest wave, …
(2018-11-01). Why Students Are Walking out of School on Election Day. thenation.com Why Students Are Walking out of School on Election Day…
(2018-11-01). Selected Articles: How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | More than ever, Global Research needs your support. Our task as an independent media is to "Battle the Lie". | "Lying" in mainstream journalism has become the "new normal": mainstream journalists are pressured to comply. Some journalists refuse. | Lies, …
(2018-11-01). True Dimensions of Trump's $4-5 Trillion Tax Cuts. globalresearch.ca With Trump and Congress promising to deliver another $1T in tax cuts before year end 2018, with the US Budget Deficit and Debt projected already to exceed $1T a year, annually, for the next decade ($32T US debt by 2028), …
(2018-11-01). A Tale of Two Elections. globalresearch.ca Some political observers in the United States are saying that next week's midterm voting for seats in the Senate and House of Representatives as well as a number of governorships is the most important national election since those in 1968 …
(2018-11-01). Students and staff demand Sydney University abandon Ramsay Centre plan. greenleft.org.au 
Chanting "Michael Spence, you will fail, USyd is not for sale!", students opposing the vice chancellor's support for the Ramsay Centre made their point outside the University of Sydney administration building on October 31. | Speakers condemned the discussions between university management and the board of the right-wing Ramsay Centre think tank, which aims to set up a degree in "Western Civilisation". | The late conservative philanthropist Paul Ramsay, who made his fortune from privatised medicine and aged care, set up the Ramsay Centre to counter alleged left-wing bias in arts and humanities in higher education…
(2018-11-01). The New U.S. Strategy in Syria Is Bound to Fail. Trump Wants "Regime Change" and the Withdrawal of Iranian Forces. globalresearch.ca The leading analysts repeatedly stated that the U.S. has failed to overthrow President Bashar Assad. Recently, The National Interest reporter and researcher, Doug Bandow, has made sure of it during his trip to Damascus. He claims "at long …
(2018-11-01). Hollow US Calls for Ending War in Yemen Which Washington Has Supported From the Very Outset. globalresearch.ca Throughout his tenure, Obama waged US aggression in Yemen. The drone war launched by Bush/Cheney in October 2001 was continued by Obama for eight years. | It was and remains part of Washington's war OF terror, not ON terror, escalated since …
(2018-11-01). Where Is Brazil Heading in Bolsonaro's Presidency? globalresearch.ca "Brazil above everything, God above everyone," Jair Bolsonaro's campaign motto, plagiarized from Nazi Germany. | "Today at 9 p.m. I was stopped by the military and lynched because, they said, I look like a drug smuggler. They said now Bolsonaro …
(2018-11-01). Moving Right in Brazil: The Rise of Jair Bolsonaro. globalresearch.ca Moving left has been a Brazilian political tendency for some time, a tendency affirmed through the 1990s and 2000s with the presidential administrations of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. But this is the same country also …
(2018-11-01). Em Terra de Abjeto Bolsonaro, Só Falta Corrupto Moro Ministro! globalresearch.ca Vomitando diuturnamente falso moralismo entre uma e outra canalhice que sempre acaba vindo àtona, além de compor um Estado putretado em estágio avançado, Bolsonaro, Moro, STF, Ministério da "Justiça", todos se …
(2018-11-01). US Midterm Elections: Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) Will Not "Restore Democracy to America" globalresearch.ca There's a big push underway- it appears to be primarily a Democrat plan— for GOTV. GOTV is not a videogame; it's the acronym of Get-Out-The-Vote. Behind this drive is the conviction: 'If registered Democrats will simply get off their butts, …
(2018-11-01). Return privatised public assets to public hands, say Victorian Socialists. greenleft.org.au 
Victorian Socialists released this on November 1. | *** | Back in the 1990s, we were told the privatisation of electricity and other basic services would mean consumers get a better deal. Today, we know that was a lie. | Privatisation has always been about boosting the profits of big business and the wealth of the super-rich at a cost to the community. And now we have the proof. | Research by the Australia Institute found that the cost of electricity has increased by triple the overall increase in prices since the mid 1990s. It estimates that privatisation has cost each household between $404 and $502 a year. | A…
(2018-11-01). No, Mr. President. You Can't Change the Constitution by Executive Order. globalresearch.ca President Trump said this week that he is preparing an executive order to try to take away the citizenship guarantee in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that people born in the United States are United States citizens. …
(2018-11-01). How the Charter School Wars Turned an Obscure Race Into California's Second Most Expensive Election. theintercept.com 
The charter school movement has spent close to $30 million in support of Marshall Tuck, the former president of an LA-based charter school network.
(2018-11-01). Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Accepted £14,000 in Hospitality From Saudi Regime. globalresearch.ca This afternoon it was revealed that the former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, accepted £14K worth of hospitality from the Saudi regime. | According to the relevant entry in the House of Commons register of members' interests, the purpose of the …
(2018-11-01). Bolsonaro: A Monster Engineered by Our Media. globalresearch.ca Social media and fake news are apparently the reasons Bolsonaro won at the ballot box. Without the gatekeepers in place to limit access to the "free press", itself the plaything of billionaires and global corporations, with brands and a bottom line to protect…
(2018-11-01). President Xi Jinping Orders China's Military to "Step up Combat Readiness …, Enhance Servicemen's Capabilities and Preparation for War." globalresearch.ca President Xi Jinping ordered his nation's military to boost its capability to meet all threats to the nation's security, saying: | "It's necessary (for China's armed forces) to strengthen (their capability), concentrat(ing) preparations for fighting a war," adding: | "We need to …
(2018-11-01). Washington's Silent Weapon for Not-so-quiet Wars. "A World Full of Dollars", A 2019 Global Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca Today by far the deadliest weapon in the US arsenal is the ability of Washington to control the global supply of money, of dollars, through actions of the privately-owned Federal Reserve in coordination with the US Treasury and select Wall Street financial groups. The US is weaponizing the dollar.
(2018-11-01). SEP candidate Niles Niemuth speaks with students and workers in Lincoln Park, Michigan. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party congressional candidate campaigned Wednesday in the Downriver suburb, a bedroom community for many workers in the area.
(2018-11-01). Australia declares China a threat to military-related university research and infrastructure. wsws.org A report by the government-funded Australian Strategic Policy Institute alleges that Chinese military-linked researchers are working "undercover" in US and allied universities.
(2018-11-01). Outraged mother releases video of toddler 'fight club' at son's school (VIDEO). rt.com 
A mother whose four-year-old son was involved in a "fight club" at his daycare center has released a video of the incident, as she claims the teachers who encouraged the wrestling have not been held to account. |
(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). A day in the life of an unemployed New Yorker. peoplesworld.org 
I am a musician, teacher, and writer: a skilled worker with skills not highly valued by a vulture market. In our society where racist, sexist, ableist, age-ist, and other-ist capitalists make decisions amongst themselves about everybody else. Diversity and difference is twisted into a deadly tactic for paying some people less than others and for …
(2018-10-31). Israeli 'Thought Police' Lose Effort to Ban Student Over BDS. imemc.org Lara Al-Qassem, an American student of Palestinian origin, has defeated an Israeli effort to ban and deport her over her prior support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, BDS. TRNN speaks to her attorney, Yotam Ben-Hillel. | Video & Transcript: | AARON MATE:…
(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). 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). Young People of Color Ready to Vote, Motivated by Racial Justice. naacp.org Civil Rights and Racial Equity Groups Unveil New Research on Youth of Color Perspectives Going into Midterm Election WHO: The Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: NAACP; Advancement Project's national office; Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF); Demos; Faith in Action; National Congress of American Indians, National Urban League; […]
(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). 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. More
(2018-10-31). Most Political Candidates Agree "Education Is Good." But Only a Few Have a Lesson Plan. progressive.org A case study from Pennsylvania's midterms.
(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). Oshkosh students and community members oppose anti-trans policies. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – 20 people rallied outside of Polk Library on the UW-Oshkosh (UWO) campus, on the evening of October 29, to stand in solidarity with transgender and gender non-conforming people as they face attacks from the reactionary Trump administration. | The event was co-hosted by UWO Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the community group United Action Oshkosh (UAO). Taking place in a main plaza on campus, the demonstration featured militant chants, such as "We exist, we resist! We are here, we are queer!" and demanding trans rights now. Others held signs with phrases like "Trans liberation now!" and "
(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). 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). UW-Oshkosh SDS building the fight against budget cuts. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – On Oct. 25, UW-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted an event regarding the campus administration's current budget cutting policies. Members of UWO SDS were joined via Google Hangout by a leading student activist from UW-Superior and a member of UW-Parkside SDS, as well as a few members of the UWO faculty. | SDS hopes that this event be the first of many such events aimed at raising awareness among the student body about the issue of budget cuts. Last year, students and faculty at Superior first, then Stevens Point, and finally Oshkosh, were shaken by announcements from adm…
(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). 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. | 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 re…
(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…
(2018-10-29). 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…
(2018-10-29). Why We Need More School Leaders of Color, Especially in White Districts. progressive.org Racism in the classroom leaves white students racially illiterate.
(2018-10-28). 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 a 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. | Austral…
(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…
(2018-10-26). "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.