(2018-11-29). The Power of the Documentary: Breaking the Silence. globalresearch.ca The Power of the Documentary is an unusual film festival, because its aim is to break a silence that extends across much of film-making, the arts and journalism. | By silence I mean the exclusion of ideas that might change the …
(2018-11-29). Microplastics Pollution in Falklands as High as UK. globalresearch.ca The first study to investigate microplastics around Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands — two of the most remote locations in the South Atlantic Ocean — has found levels of contamination comparable with the waters around the UK. | The research, …
(2018-11-29). Green Corridors, Mental Maps: A Call for the End of Deer Control. counterpunch.org 
Ecologists have long "speculated" that ungulates—hooved animals including deer, sheep, and bison—learn from their families and peers. That they learn strikes me, an avid walker-through-the-woods, as obvious. Why wouldn't they trust others in their communities, and adopt the elders' patterns of movement? But science requires verification. And in a recent study of rams and moose, More
(2018-11-29). NATO's Largesse: "Nuclear Sharing" globalresearch.ca On November 10, a 5,290-ton Norwegian warship sank into one of the country's inner fiords after colliding with a 62,557-ton tanker carrying almost 100 million liters of oil. CNN reported, "Now all that remains above the waterline is the frigate's …
(2018-11-29). Pushback Against Israel Is Beginning in US Congress. globalresearch.ca The Anglophone Israel Lobby benefits from its ability to mold the media narrative while at the same time using financial incentives to corrupt the political class. For those who do not succumb to the corruption, there is always the option …
(2018-11-29). US Midterm Elections Leave Crisis in Political Leadership. Racist Power Structure. Mississippi, Georgia, Florida. globalresearch.ca Results from the Mississippi Senatorial runoff elections where Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic candidate Mike Espy by an 11 percentage points margin illustrates the formidable obstacles placed before the opposition party within the United States body politic. | Hyde-Smith was captured …
(2018-11-29). Argentina and France – Opponents of IMF versus Yellow Vests – Where Is the Correlation? globalresearch.ca What do Argentinian protesters have in common with French protesters? – They both strongly dislike their governments, and their leaders (sic). | The protests in Argentina against the upcoming G20 meeting and around the IMF are just a pretext for an …
(2018-11-29). Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights. imemc.org Earlier this month, Faculty at Pitzer College in California overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions providing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. In the first motion, faculty rejected a decision taken last year by the college's president and trustees to nullify a Student Senate resolution in support …
(2018-11-29). Eyes Without the Prize: Stripping Aung San Suu Kyi's Awards. globalresearch.ca It is impossible to see peace prize or freedom awards as anything other than fragments of an industry. In time, ideals become marketable and matters of commodity. Those who go against this market rationale face the fires of moral outrage. …
(2018-11-29). "Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism" globalresearch.ca Sumantra Bose's new book Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism (Cambridge University Press, 2018) is a fascinating comparison of the rise of religious parties in the non-Western world's two major attempts to establish a …
(2018-11-29). Video: US Is Establishing 'Observation Posts' on Syrian-Turkish Border. globalresearch.ca On November 28, Russian air-defense forces deployed intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the Russian Hmeimim airbase in the province of Lattakia, according to local sources. | The intercepted UAV was probably an armed UAV launched by militants …
(2018-11-29). Russia Deploys S-400 Missiles to Crimea in Military Showdown with Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Predictably the crisis that began on Sunday between Russia and Ukraine in the Kerch Strait is quickly worsening as Russia has announced plans to deploy more of its advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea. | Adding to tensions, Reuters…
(2018-11-29). US college arms students with hockey pucks against school shooters. rt.com 
A Michigan university has repurposed the humble hockey puck as an unlikely self-defense device, as faculty attempts to prepare students for the possibility that they may encounter an active shooter on campus.
(2018-11-29). Trump's Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA? globalresearch.ca In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.
(2018-11-29). Black Friday Amerika: 'Shop Till We All Drop'!! globalresearch.ca The crowds arrived at the box store many hours before opening, or nowadays even on Thanksgiving night. They wait outside (sometimes in frigid Northern areas) for the opportunity to get 'Once in a lifetime' deals. Many of these shoppers are …
(2018-11-29). A Moment of Reckoning for Decentralisation in Morocco. Entrenched Rural Poverty. globalresearch.ca Morocco's parliament, at this moment, is deciding the nation's Decentralisation Charter. Since its working draft is not currently made public, we can only hope that every parliamentarian realises that the human development course of the nation and the relationships between …
(2018-11-29). An Excerpt from Green Earth. mronline.org 
Kim Stanley Robinson describes himself as "a patriot of the genre" of science fiction, writing at the intersection of science and politics for over three decades. His work is striking for its warmth and realism. | Source
(2018-11-29). Our Man in Riyadh: Abizaid of Arabia. globalresearch.ca What does President Trump's recent nomination of retired Army General John Abizaid to become the next U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia signify? Next to nothing — and arguably quite a lot. | Abizaid's proposed appointment is both a non-event and an …
(2018-11-29). The Democrats Win and Black People Lose. globalresearch.ca If the Democrats were a true political party Nancy Pelosi's failures would have taken her out of the running for any leadership position. | "We must say no to the false dichotomy of Trumpian fascism or the pretend Democratic Party …
(2018-11-29). Assange Never Met Manafort. Luke Harding and the Guardian Publish Still More Blatant MI6 Lies. globalresearch.ca The right wing Ecuadorean government of President Moreno continues to churn out its production line of fake documents regarding Julian Assange, and channel them straight to MI6 mouthpiece Luke Harding of the Guardian. | Amazingly, more Ecuadorean Government documents have …
(2018-11-29). Two visions, one planet. greenleft.org.au 
As young people threw themselves into the Student Strike 4 Climate Action and made an impassioned plea to preserve life on Earth, one of Australia's most polluting industries was working behind the scenes to have the federal government hide the truth of its carbon emissions. | The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has been lobbying to have emissions from liquefied natural gas plants kept out of the public realm and treated as a commercial secret. | These two approaches symbolise counterposed visions for humanity. | The petroleum industry has spruiked gas as a "transition fuel" th…
(2018-11-29). Malaysia: Report details shocking abuses against Indigenous peoples defending their land. amnesty.org Indigenous communities across Malaysia face relentless harassment, intimidation, arrest, violence and even death as they peacefully resist attempts to force them off land they consider ancestral, a report by Amnesty International reveals today. | | The report,
(2018-11-28). What can Britain Teach the US About Curbing Gun Violence? therealnews.com 
After a 1996 school shooting, Britain implemented tough gun control laws. Today they have 100 times fewer gun deaths than the United States
(2018-11-28). Russia Is Key to Asia's Future Development. Putin's Asia Pivot. China's Belt and Road. Towards A "Greater Eurasian Partnership" globalresearch.ca As serious problems emerge with the further development of China's ultra-ambitious New Economic Silk Road, the formally named Belt, Road Initiative (BRI) the Russian Federation, especially in the wake of Washington's mis-named trade war, is finding a positive role that …
(2018-11-28). Opioids for Depression? Not So Fast Says An FDA Advisory Committee. counterpunch.org 
The mental illness "franchise" has been very good to Pharma. While it could not "grow" the number of people with actual schizophrenia, it hassuccessfully grown those diagnosed with amorphous "schizoaffective" and bipolar disorders and, of course, depression. Thanks to Pharma's everyone-is-mentally-ill ploy, buoyed by the Pharma-funded writers of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental More
(2018-11-28). The Inhumanity of U.S. Immigration Policies Exposed Again in a Single Image. globalresearch.ca "The displacement from south to north is inevitable; fences, walls and deportations will not curtail it: they will come in millions. They come looking for what we stole from them. There is no return for them because they come from …
(2018-11-28). Malaysian Airlines MH17 as a Prism of Disaster. Ukraine and the New Cold War. globalresearch.ca Relevant to unfolding events in Ukraine, this article was first published on July 25, 2018 | The uproar in the West, and in the United States in particular, that followed the summit meeting between presidents Trump and Putin in Helsinki on …
(2018-11-28). A European Army Obeying US Interests Will Only Promote More Imperialism and Military Corruption. globalresearch.ca The idea of creating a common army for the countries of the European Union has been repeatedly proposed by numerous advocates of the globalist elite for at least a decade. The latest example came from French President Macron, who took …
(2018-11-28). India's "Connect Central Asia" Strategy Will Heighten Regional Competition. globalresearch.ca This possibility was discussed in mid-November during the bilateral Investment Forum and signifies the natural outgrowth of India's connectivity investments in Iran. Reaching the Russian marketplace is the prime reason why India's investing in the Islamic Republic's infrastructure, but it …
(2018-11-28). Trump/Putin Meeting at G20: On or Off? Showdown with China's Xi Jinping? globalresearch.ca G20 leaders will meet on Friday and Saturday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kiev's staged Black Sea provocation and Trump's trade war with China hang over the summit, along with US hostility toward Russia, endless war in Syria, and other major …
(2018-11-28). Video: 'Moderate Rebels' and Western Media Speculate that "Assad was Guilty" of Chemical Attack in Aleppo. globalresearch.ca 739 ISIS members have been killed by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the province of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed. 452 members of the SDF were killed during the same period, according to …
(2018-11-28). Steve Bannon at Oxford. Protest and Debate at the Oxford Student Union. globalresearch.ca Steve Bannon. The Oxford Union. A university that has been the breeding, sculpting and minting ground for British prime ministers for centuries and the Establishment. Here, Bannon, strategist of the Trump campaign in 2016, was in full swing, …
(2018-11-28). Video: British Special Forces in Ukraine. Alleged Chemical Weapons and Black Ops Against Donbass? globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of our readers a Donbass report pertaining to the presence of British Special Forces in Ukraine. Yet to be verified these special forces are said to be experts in chemical weapons. | British military personnel have …
(2018-11-28). Prominent Rights Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran Prison. iranian.com A prominent Iranian rights activist and political prisoner has started a hunger strike to support another prisoner of conscience whose health is deteriorating in prison. Nasrin Sotoudeh's family announced on November 26 that she has started a hunger strike in Tehran's notorious Evin prison to protest the deteriorating health of Farhad Meysami, who himself has […]
(2018-11-28). Students tell MPs: 'The dinosaurs in parliament house need to open their eyes'. greenleft.org.au 
Hundreds of primary and secondary students went on strike and protested at Parliament House on November 28 calling for serious action on climate change. The action was the first in a national round of student strikes and protests happening across the country on November 30. | Solomon Vassarotti Brann, a student North Ainslie Primary School told the crowd: "If the government says it's committed to climate change, I want to know why it's still supporting coal mines like Adani which increase our greenhouse gas emissions. I want climate action." | Nia and Lolo Cornthwaite and Aisla Hardie from Chapman Primary School…
(2018-11-28). HRE workshop participants use storytelling to call attention to Lebanon's migrant workers. amnesty.org Youth from Beirut take action to abolish Lebanon's Kafala system after participating in a Human Rights Education Workshop. | In a small community bookshop and coffeeshop — snug within the hip area of Mar Mikhael, Beirut — university students, youth, activists and migrant workers gathered to share stories of oppression and resilience in an event put together by Amnesty youth volunteers. |
(2018-11-27). Hatewatch Headlines 11/28/2018. splcenter.org Facebook discrimination review still a mystery; Neuroscience explains bigotry's persistence; Proud Boys' new rules including less fighting; and more.
(2018-11-27). Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights. bdsmovement.net 
Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights: UpdateFaculty at Pitzer College in California have overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As Israel's attacks on Palestinian education escalate, professors and students are standing up for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott …
(2018-11-27). China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps. thenation.com China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps…
(2018-11-27). Can We Make College Free Again? thenation.com Can We Make College Free Again?
(2018-11-27). Hundreds of Google Employees Tell Bosses to Cancel Censored Search Amid Worldwide Protests. theintercept.com More than 240 Google employees have signed an open letter calling on the company to abandon its plan for a censored search engine in China, as protesters took to the streets in eight cities to condemn the secretive project. | The letter was published Tuesday morning, signed by a group of 11 Google engineers, managers, and researchers. By early evening, a further 230 employees had added their names to the letter in an extraordinary public display of anger and frustration with Google's manageme…
(2018-11-26). Americas: US government endangers asylum seekers with unlawful policies. amnesty.org Unlawful US border policies are leaving thousands of asylum seekers stranded in Mexico, where they are facing threats of deportation to their countries of origin, where they potentially face serious harm, Amnesty International said today following a research mission last week. Conditions could only worsen under a reported deal between both countries that, if agreed, would force asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their claims are processed, rather than allow them to enter the United States. | As a result of Amnesty International's research focusing on the treatment of refugees and migrants in the caravans in…
(2018-11-26). Russia: Bail refusal for Chechen prisoner of conscience is latest affront to justice. amnesty.org Responding to the news that a court in Chechnya has refused to release human rights defender Oyub Titiev on bail, Natalia Prilutskaya, Amnesty International's Russia Researcher, said: | "The decision not to grant bail to Oyub Titiev once again demonstrates the political motivation of the case against him. He has committed no crime, having been jailed on completely fabricated drug charges, and must be released immediately and unconditionally. |
(2018-11-25). The Dangerous Junk Science of Vocal Risk Assessment. theintercept.com 
AC Global Risk claims to be able to determine your level of "risk" as an employee or an asylum-seeker based not on what you say, but how you say it.
(2018-11-23). Oklahoma's Blue Wave was an Educator Wave. progressive.org The teacher uprising may have opened up this deepest red of red states to a new era of bipartisanship.
(2018-11-23). The Doomsday Machine and Nuclear Winter — Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (11/13). therealnews.com 
An H Bomb first strike will create firestorms and smoke that ends most human life; this is a fact ignored by military planners and by the Trump administration which doesn't believe in climate science — says Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay
(2018-11-22). Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S. democracynow.org 
Days after a federal judge in California temporarily halted Trump's asylum ban, we revisit our conversation 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 teaches at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is also institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught for 50 years. We ask him about the Central American caravan and national security adviser John Bolton declaring Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a "troika of tyranny" and a "triangle of terror" earl…
(2018-11-22). Iran: Mounting Crackdown on Teachers, Labor Activists. hrw.org 
| | Iranian workers chant slogans during a May Day demonstration in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, May 1, 2006, protesting against the labor resolutions and their delayed payments. | @ 2006 Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images | (Beirut) — Iranian authorities have increased targeting of teachers and labor activists in recent weeks for organizing and conducting peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said today. | On November 13, 2018, the Council for Coor…
(2018-11-21). Hundreds of teachers walk off for refugees. greenleft.org.au 
Teachers, education support staff and even some principals walked off government and private schools across Victoria and assembled at the State Library on November 20, in support of refugees currently being detained on Manus Island and Nauru. A similar protest was held in Brisbane that same day. | More than 30 refugee support organisations, including Teachers for Refugees, which organised the protest, had set November 20, Universal Children's Day, as the deadline for the federal government to evacuate refugee children and their families from offshore detention centres to Australia. | The Walk Off for Refuge…
(2018-11-20). SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison. splcenter.org The SPLC, along with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today.