(2018-11-16). The Trump Regime Secretly Indicts Assange for the Crime of Truth-Telling. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange is an investigative journalist/whistleblower, publishing material supplied by sources believed to be credible, unidentified for their protection. | WikiLeaks is not an intelligence operation. Nor is it connected to Russia or any other country. Claims otherwise are fabricated. | Assange …
(2018-11-16). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Workers at Amazon logistic centers are threatening a series of holiday strikes while Iranian teachers, truck drivers and sugar workers conduct work stoppages.
(2018-11-16). Australian teacher unions' phoney campaign against NAPLAN. wsws.org The teacher unions have no principled opposition to the high-stakes testing agenda, while Australian teachers have opposed it from the start.
(2018-11-16). Producing a troublemaker's diary. greenleft.org.au 
Melbourne-based researcher Iain McIntyre is the author of a number of books including a recent anthology entitled On The Fly! Hobo Literature and Songs, 1879-1941. Rachel Evans spoke to him about the 2019 How To Make Trouble and Influence People Diary he has produced as a fundraiser for the Rainforest Information Centre and Community Radio 3CR. | *** | You've been involved in books and various projects documenting the history of radical movements, the latest of which is the 2019 diary. What inspires you to do this work?: | On a personal level, I find history fascinating and entertaining and I have a stron…
(2018-11-16). The US "Leading From Behind" in Africa Lets Russia "Lead From the Front" globalresearch.ca The Pentagon's decision to downscale its footprint in Africa makes Russia's military efforts there more important than ever. | A Pentagon spokeswoman announced that the US will withdraw hundreds of troops from Africa in the next few years in order to …
(2018-11-16). Dr. James Taylor will speak of the People Temple Movement. indybay.org Dr. James Taylor will speak of the People Temple Movement | Professor Taylor is currently writing and researching a book with the working title, Peoples Temple, Jim Jones, and California Black Politics. He expects the book to be completed with a 2018-2019 publication range. The book is a study of the Peoples Temple movement and African American political history in the state of California.
(2018-11-16). The Cost of American Militarism and an Absence of Debate. globalresearch.ca A recent report by Brown University's Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs on the cost of America's wars in the aftermath of 9/11 estimates a sum totalling $5.9 Trillion. It is a figure virtually identical to the $6 Trillion …
(2018-11-16). Relocating the Australian Embassy From Tel Aviv To Jerusalem. Scott Morrison's Recognition Policy Stumbles. globalresearch.ca Jerusalem, deemed a holy city, and seen as trade item, bargaining chip and bartering tool over the centuries. Sought by the major faiths, despoiled at stages by various empires, revived and chalice of poison in international law. Australia's Scott Morrison…
(2018-11-16). Prime Minister May's "Brexit Deal" Is an Insult to the British People. globalresearch.ca The British Prime Minister Theresa May presented the draft of the so-called Brexit deal with the EU to the House of Commons. The three-hour long confrontation showed that she would never get this deal approved, not even by her party. …
(2018-11-16). Public Pressure to Rescind Canada's 15 Billion Dollar Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) Sale to Saudi Arabia, Lobbyists Will Likely Rule. globalresearch.ca Will they cancel the contract or won't they? In order to understand Ottawa's decision making process regarding General Dynamics' massive arms deal with Saudi Arabia one must look closely at industry lobbyists. | While the Trudeau government is under substantial public …
(2018-11-16). Money, Silver, Gold and Cars: ISIS Fighters Received "Bonuses" for Using Chemical Weapons — Report. globalresearch.ca Official ISIS documents, which have been obtained by the Russian RT TV, reveal that the terrorist group has financially motivated its fighters conducting attacks with chemical weapons. | According to the documents, many ISIS fighters received gold, silver and even …
(2018-11-16). China: A New Philosophy of Economics. globalresearch.ca China's economic philosophy is a far cry from that of the west. | The west consistently seeks to undermine the interests of their partners, be it for trade or political agreements; be it partners from the west, their smaller and weaker …
(2018-11-16). Military Escalation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Missile and Bombing Attacks on Civilian Buildings. globalresearch.ca New Israeli Military Escalation in the Gaza Strip: Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes, launching 197 missiles at civilian buildings and military sites belonging to Palestinian Armed Groups. | 2 Palestinian civilians were killed and 20 others were wounded, including …
(2018-11-16). Video: Israeli Defense Minister Resigns Amid Setbacks in Gaza, Syria. globalresearch.ca Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), the Turkistan Islamic Party, Jaish al-Izza and other so-called "opposition groups" continue to exploit the ceasefire in the Idlib de-escalation zone to launch attacks on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies. | On …
(2018-11-16). Selected Articles: People Fight for Peace. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis we provide, free of charge, on a daily basis? Do you think this resource should be maintained and preserved as a research tool for future generations? Bringing you 24/7 updates from all …
(2018-11-16). November 1918: Red Revolution in Strasbourg. globalresearch.ca In the context of the revolution that erupted in Germany as the country suffered defeat in November 1918, a revolutionary situation also arose in Strasbourg, capital of Alsace, a province that still belonged to the Reich at that time. | Inspired …
(2018-11-16). Iranian Students Claim First Place At 12th International Olympiad Astronomy & Astrophysics Event. iranian.com Nine Iranian students, Hoda Pourgholami, Amirali Ekhteraei, Amirpouya Moeini, Navid Akbari, Alireza Mohammadian, Ali Younesi, Kian Bakhtari, Mohammad Sadra Heidari, and Mohammad Shojaeian had been sent to the event, divided into two teams. The first team collected five gold medals and took home the title while the second team pocketed one gold and three silvers. […] | The post
(2018-11-16). UCSC Students Initiate Petition to Close Campus Due to Poor Air Quality. indybay.org Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have initiated a petition calling for the closure of campus due to poor air quality from the California wildfires. Over 700 individuals have signed the electronic petition so far. One individual commented on the website that they felt like they were "back in Beijing". Another wrote: "I don't want lung cancer". Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/uc-santa-cruz-administr……
(2018-11-16). 'Free food & giveaways!' US college turns mass shooting survival drills into casual routine. rt.com 
With mass shootings killing more people than ever in America, a New York college is offering students regular drills in surviving "active shooter incidents," preparing them for an emergency that has seemingly become routine.
(2018-11-16). Baselines for Activism: Brecht's Stance, the New Science, and Planting Seeds. counterpunch.org I've often wondered about the limits of activist's reach and the lack of coherent, organized progressive social movements in the US. Does it come down to the precarious nature of our jobs, the stress, strain, and exhaustion caused by the realization of being a paycheck away from penury? Or is it all the fault of More
(2018-11-15). US Intel. Will Bring Assange to US in Chains. globalresearch.ca It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will wind up in the clutches of the U.S. government. | It's hardly surprising, given that in ten years' time, Wikileaks published more classified information than all other media combined. It …
(2018-11-15). Midterm Elections Generate Further Polarization in the United States. globalresearch.ca November 6 was a day in which people across the United States and indeed the world were watching for some indications of the future political prospects for the leading capitalist state. | It had been predicted that the House of Representatives …
(2018-11-15). Israel Wins America's 2018 Midterm Election. globalresearch.ca Judging from the mainstream media, Israel was not a major issue in the midterm election but it sure did come up a lot when candidates for office were wooing Jewish or Evangelical voters. To cite only one example, Florida Congressman …
(2018-11-15). French teachers mobilize against Macron's attacks on education. wsws.org Monday's strike was the first day of action called by the education unions since 2011.
(2018-11-15). Chicago Teachers Union set to strike at UNO/Acero on Dec. 4. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — "The charter schools are working educators to the bone, yet still not adequately staffing our classrooms. This isn't fair to the students or the teachers, and we're not going to take it," states Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Charter Division Chairman Chris Baehrend. | UNO/Acero management has continued to stall in negotiations on key points that include class size, appropriate and reasonable staffing levels and equal pay for equal work, prioritizing CEO pay at the expense of special education funding and smaller class sizes. | According to a CTU statement, "Our bargaining team will continue to…
(2018-11-15). Unwrapping Armageddon: The Erosion of Nuclear Arms Control. globalresearch.ca The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) appears to be part of a broader strategy aimed at unwinding over 50 years of agreements to control and limit nuclear weapons, returning to an …
(2018-11-15). The CIA's Intervention in Afghanistan. U.S. Recruitment of "Islamic Terrorists" Started in 1979. Zbigniew Brzezinski. globalresearch.ca This text was among the first articles published by Global Research in October 15, 2001, in the week following the US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. | According to this 1998 interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the CIA's …
(2018-11-15). Washington's Weak Hand in Syria. globalresearch.ca With Damascus and its allies firmly in control of Syria's largest cities and the vast majority of Syrian territory west of the Euphrates – not only has the US-led proxy war against the nation failed – with Russian and Iranian …
(2018-11-15). Medicare for All: An Idea Whose Time Has Come. globalresearch.ca Marketplace medicine prioritizes profits over human health. In America, it leaves growing millions uninsured. | Most others are way underinsured because exponentially rising costs of coverage are unaffordable for most US households, double the cost in other developed nations, things worsening, …
(2018-11-15). Libya — A Prime Example of Secularism Versus Extremist Islam. globalresearch.ca For years I and other commentators on MENA developments, have consistently written that Field Marshall Haftar is the only solution for Libya. And yet again the latest ridiculous Italian attempt to broker a solution after dozens of similar conferences took …
(2018-11-15). Theresa May's No-Brexit/Brexit Deal. globalresearch.ca On June 23, 2016, majority UK voters supported leaving the EU — what Western Europe countries never should have agreed to in the first place — subordinating their sovereignty to America. | The European Union was a CIA creation. Harry Truman's …
(2018-11-15). America Has No Peace Movement – Blame the 'White Supremacists'. globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of Global Research Readers this incisive article by Philip Giraldi on the absence of an anti-war movement in the US. | The collapse of the anti-war movement occurred in the wake of the invasion of Iraq. …
(2018-11-15). Trump Escalates "New Cold War" with China. President Xi Refuses Washington's Demands. globalresearch.ca Cold war with Russia and China could turning hot. The risk of unthinkable war between nuclear armed states is real. | According to the Washington Post, | "(i)f China wants to avoid an all-out cold war with the United States and its …
(2018-11-15). General in the Room: Trump Names Abizaid Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate retired general John Abizaid as US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, marking the end of a nearly two-year vacancy, the White House said. | As America's longest-serving Central Command chief, Abizaid oversaw the …
(2018-11-15). The Moral Fiber of Justin Trudeau. Palestine and the BDS Movement. globalresearch.ca For any appeal to ethics and morality to have any legitimacy, the principles so enounced must be applied rigorously, without favor or prejudice, to all human beings whatever grouping they may be slotted into. In other words, favoritism and morality …
(2018-11-15). Why students are striking for climate action on November 30. greenleft.org.au 
This November 30, I, along with hundreds — possibly thousands — of high school students will be participating in a student strike for climate action. | Initiated by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC), the School Strike 4 Climate has gained momentum in recent weeks, with nearly thirty events being organised in capital cities and regional areas around Australia. | We are currently facing an unprecedented climate emergency. With 2018 (once again) being the hottest year on record, we face the prospect of an uncertain and dangerous future. | Climate change is "threatening water security", accord…
(2018-11-15). Congressional proclamation honors slain man at center of historic SPLC lawsuit. splcenter.org Thirty years ago this month, a group of racist skinheads savagely beat an Ethiopian college student to death on a street in Portland, Oregon — an attack that sparked an SPLC lawsuit that decimated the neo-Nazi group responsible for the murder.
(2018-11-15). Transgender Lives Are Not Up for Debate. fair.org 
Time magazine ( 5/29/14) declared a "transgender tipping point" in 2014, but corporate media continue to treat trans identity as a matter of controversy. | The New York Times ( 10/21/18) received access to a memo from the Trump administration calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt a definition of sex founded on "a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable." The memo called f…
(2018-11-15). The Global Extinction Rebellion Begins. truthout.org Dr. Gail Bradbrook, a mother of two boys, has seen enough of her government's complicity in pumping increasing amounts of CO2 and methane into an already overburdened atmosphere. | A professor of molecular biophysics, her deep understanding of science has led her to confront the existential crisis facing humans. Acting on her love for her children and the disrupted world that is being left to them, she has channeled her horror about this crisis into action. | Dr. Bradbrook co-founded the group Rising Up!, which is now helping to organize the Extinction Rebellion, a moveme…
(2018-11-14). NY Politician: We Need to Block $3 Billion Handout for Amazon & Use Money to Forgive Student Debt. democracynow.org 
After a months-long PR campaign, Amazon has officially announced it will split its so-called second headquarters between New York and Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C., after being offered more than $3 billion in tax breaks and other incentives. The news prompted protests at the site of Amazon's future office complex in Long Island City, New York, to condemn the city and state governments for showering Amazon with massive tax breaks and other giveaways to entice the company to expand into the city. As part of the deal, New York taxpayers will even build a helipad for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is the…
(2018-11-14). Interview with former Black Panther Thomas "Blood" McCreary and Frank Chapman. fightbacknews.org Thomas "Blood" McCreary is a veteran of the Black liberation movement of the 1960s and 70s, having been a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), then the Black Panther Party (BPP), and then the Black Liberation Army. Today he continues to press for release of the former Panthers who are still in prison, many for 45 years. He also advocates for the dropping of the cases against the Panthers abroad, including Assata Shakur. | Frank Chapman is the Field Organizer of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | McCreary was in Chicago for an event celebrating the 50th anniv…
(2018-11-14). How Brown University Students and Dining Workers Got Better Working Conditions—Together. thenation.com How Brown University Students and Dining Workers Got Better Working Conditions—Together…
(2018-11-13). Call to unite against racism. greenleft.org.au 
About 300 people rallied against racism in Melbourne on November 10. The rally was organised in response to the continued vilification of Melbourne's African community by politicians and the media. | Praise and Shema, two high school students from the Liberian and Sudanese communities, addressed the rally. They called for an end to media attacks on the African community. | The Islamic Council of Victoria's Adel Salman told the rally that the media needs a code of ethics and to stop promoting hate speech. | Taqi Azra, a Hazara refugee and National Union of Workers organiser, said: "They are trying to divide u…
(2018-11-13). International speaking tour says reject Trump's attacks on Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On November 10, more than 40 people gathered to hear Steve Ellner, a professor, writer and longtime Venezuela resident speak against U.S. sanctions and the Trump administration's efforts to destabilize Venezuela. | Ellner, who has taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, since 1977, spoke of the devastating toll U.S. sanctions have taken on ordinary Venezuelan people. "Basically, there's a blockade, a financial blockade, on the entire Venezuelan economy," Ellner said. "That is the net effect of these sanctions, and this narrative t…
(2018-11-12). Richard Ojeda, West Virginia Lawmaker Who Backed Teachers Strikes, Will Run for President. theintercept.com "I'm not trying to throw stones at people that are rich, but once again, we will have a field that will be full of millionaires," Ojeda said.
(2018-11-12). Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education. zcomm.org And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read more…
(2018-11-12). After Former Marine Kills 12 in Thousand Oaks, CA, a Discussion on Mental Health for Veterans. democracynow.org 
On November 7, 2018, a former marine opened fire at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California, killing 12 people, mostly college students. Police have identified the gunman as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a Marine veteran who had deployed to Afghanistan and had a history of mental health issues, including possible PTSD. The shooting has reignited a national discussion over mental healthcare for veterans returning from war. Earlier this year, Ian Long was evaluated by mental health professionals after police responded to a disturbance at his home, where he lived with his mother—and was cleared by the s…
(2018-11-09). NAACP Demands for Georgia Election Officials to Promptly Investigate Pattern of Georgia Students Being Denied the Right to Vote. naacp.org BALTIMORE(November 9, 2018)—NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, sent a letter to Georgia elections officials just two days after the state's too-close-to-call elections, demanding a prompt investigation into reports that Georgia student voters were turned away from polling stations, unable to vote. Others were improperly required to vote provisional ballots. The letter cites two instances where university students […] | The post
(2018-11-09). After Massacre in California Bar, Will a Democrat-Controlled House Take Action on Gun Control? democracynow.org 
The city of Thousands Oaks, California, is mourning after a former marine opened fire at a country music bar Wednesday night, killing 12 people, mostly students. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in February. Police have identified the gunman as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a Marine veteran who had deployed to Afghanistan and had a history of mental health issues, including possible PTSD. The dead include 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos, who survived the deadly Las Vegas massacre at a country music festival last year, only to be gunned down Wednesda…
(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…