Daily Archives: December 2, 2018

2018-12-02: News Headlines

South Front (2018-12-02). "Kerch Incident" Was Premeditated? US Military Contractor Hiring Personnel to Support Classified 'Contingency Operations' in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca A US contractor accidentally revealed a US military specialist deployment in the combat zones in Ukraine via a Job Advertisement on LinkedIn. | Similarly to the Atlantic Council's report on independence of Eastern European countries, as well as the meeting between …

FBD (2018-12-02). Trump Administration Approves Harmful Airgun Blasting in Atlantic. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration today approved five permits that allow harm to whales, dolphins and other animals so companies can search for oil off the Atlantic Coast using loud seismic airgun blasts. Allowing these exploration activities from Delaware to Florida …

Larry Chin (2018-12-02). Political Succession and "The Bush-Clinton Nexus": Permanent Criminal State, "A Clinton White House Guarantees War with Russia" globalresearch.ca The final moves on the "Grand Chessboard" are before us: all of the Middle East and Central Asia, the world's last reserves of oil, are in play, Syria is on the edge, Russia is under attack, and nuclear holocaust is a terrifying possibility. War with Russia and China are no longer "unthinkable", but being planned in earnest. | The post

Andrei Akulov (2018-12-02). US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Kill Prospects for Arms Control. globalresearch.ca US Senator Tom Cotton and Congresswoman Liz Cheney have introduced a bill that prevents extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia or the Stopping Russia Nuclear Aggression Act. It says "Under no circumstances should the …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-12-02). Journey into Obsolescence: Australia's Adani Carmichael Mining Project. globalresearch.ca The Carmichael mine being pursued in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland is a dinosaur before its creation. On paper, it is hefty — to be some five times the size of Sydney harbour, the largest in Australia and one …

Michael Welch (2018-12-02). The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America. globalresearch.ca "They are fleeing a crisis. They are fleeing catastrophe. One in which not only is it almost impossible for people to economically survive, it's increasingly difficult to just physically survive and not be subject to some kind of violence….The root …

Global Research News (2018-12-02). Selected Articles: Killing the Prospects for Arms Control. 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, …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2018-12-02). Bush Family Links to Nazi Germany: "A Famous American Family" Made its Fortune from the Nazis. globalresearch.ca Bush family links to Nazi Germany were first revealed at the Nuremberg trials in the testimony of Nazi Germany's steel magnate Fritz Thyssen. "Prescott Bush & Herbert Walker, Thyssen's partners in crime were the father & grandfather of a future US President"

Antonius Aquinas (2018-12-02). Debt, Death, and the US Empire. globalresearch.ca In a talk which garnered little attention, one of the Deep State's prime operatives, National Security Advisor John Bolton, cautioned of the enormous and escalating US debt. Speaking before the Alexander Hamilton Society, Bolton warned that current US debt levels …

Dan DiMaggio (2018-12-02). Paraeducators Join the Teacher Uprising. zcomm.org The 115 paradeucators in this small coastal city, just across the water from Canada, assist with everything from reading lessons to recess…

Juan Cole (2018-12-02). The Bottomless Dishonesty of CNN on Palestine and Marc Lamont Hill Firing. globalresearch.ca CNN has fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill for a speech he gave on Palestinian rights at the UN. The speech can be found here. | You can protest this outrageous firing at this petition site. | And here is a link …

Dahn Shaulis (2018-12-02). Department of Justice Gives Green Light to Laureate Education to Continue Corruption. indybay.org The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to close its corruption case against Laureate International Universities. This action will embolden Laureate as it continues to profit from colleges in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and other countries with questionable human rights records.

Michael Harris (2018-12-02). Can Negro Bar State Park continue to exist without change to California Education? indybay.org In December 1849, First California Governor Peter Burnett shared his focus on a slavery narrative that mandates disparaging treatment, currently measurable in today's California Public Policy. Clearly, an accurate authentic story of the past, present and future migration by people of African ancestry does not need to solely focus on "an enslavement narrative" in the current California Education System. Why not focus on the first City Treasurer of San Francisco, was a Negro who owned title to the land where the mining town Negro Bar was established. President of the first California Public School Board that built…

PDJE (2018-12-01). Video: Global Warming Testimony. Questions the IPCC Consensus. Prominent Scientist. globalresearch.ca Speech by Dr. Don Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Western Washington State University. This was delivered to the Washington State Senate — Energy, Environment & Telecommunications Committee on March 26, 2013. | He points out 'scientific' points — which question …

True Publica (2018-12-01). Here We Go Again: US Accuses Iran of Hiding Chemical Weapons. globalresearch.ca CNN reports last week that: "The Trump administration is set to accuse Iran of violating the international treaty that bars the use of chemical weapons. | The White House notified lawmakers on Friday that it would declare Iran is violating the …

David Penner (2018-12-01). Is Nuclear War Our Destiny? globalresearch.ca When evaluating the behavior of a sociopath, what constitutes success and failure can prove quite challenging. The US wars against Syria and Iraq were largely failures, as Washington failed to oust Assad and also failed to install a puppet government …

Stephen Lendman (2018-12-01). World Leaders Greet and Meet with Saudi Crown Prince at G20. globalresearch.ca It was to be expected. Some G20 leaders treated Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) like nothing happened in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate on October 2. | They ignored Riyadh's genocidal war in Yemen (in cahoots with the US, UAE and other countries), …

Robert Parry (2018-12-01). George H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State-Sponsored Terrorism. globalresearch.ca Fifty-eight years ago, a car-bomb exploded in Washington killing Chile's ex-Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier, an act of state terrorism that the CIA and its director George H.W. Bush tried to cover up, Robert Parry reported on Sept. 23, 2000. | In …

Shared by Anton Woronczuk (2018-12-01). New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years. truthout.org Burlington, VT — Confronting the question most commonly asked of the growing number of Americans who support replacing America's uniquely inefficient and immoral for-profit healthcare system with Medicare for All—"How do we pay for it?"—a new paper released Friday by researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) shows that financing a single-payer sy…

James M. Dorsey (2018-12-01). "The Politics of Common Sense: State, Society and Culture in Pakistan" globalresearch.ca Aasim Sajjad Akhtar's The Politics of Common Sense: State, Society and Culture in Pakistan (Cambridge University Press, 2018) is an incisive study of continuity as well as change in Pakistan that has moved the country towards religious conservatism and …

Andrew Korybko (2018-12-01). India-Saudi Relations: The Modi-MBS "Political Friendship" Is All About Iran. globalresearch.ca Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) is literally trying to buy Indian Prime Minister Modi off by getting him to ditch his country's energy imports from Iran in exchange for billions of dollars of Saudi investment, and there's a …

PEER (2018-12-01). Mercury Contamination of Atmosphere May Reach Orbit Through Regulatory Blindspot. globalresearch.ca Federal regulators have turned a blind eye to the massive risks of using mercury as the propellant in thousands of communication satellites slated for launch in the next few years, according to a complaint filed today by Public Employees for …

Prof. Alon Ben-Meir (2018-12-01). Gàºlen and Erdogan's Islamic Rivalry and Its Consequences. globalresearch.ca Fethullah Gàºlen and Turkey's President Erdogan were allies who supported each other. Both use Islam as the basis for their doctrine, which made them ideologically different from the revolutionary secularist statesman Mustafa Kemal Atatàºrk, the …

Kathy Kelly (2018-12-01). The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca On November 28, sixty-three U.S. Senators voted in favor of holding a floor debate on a resolution calling for an end to direct U.S. Armed Forces involvement in the Saudi-UAE coalition-led war on Yemen. Describing the vote as a rebuke …

TPIC (2018-12-01). The UN General Assembly Adopts Six Resolutions in Favor of Palestine. globalresearch.ca The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted on Friday evening five resolutions in support of Palestine and a sixth one on the Golan Heights. | The first resolution, titled Jerusalem, was adopted by the UNGA by a recorded vote of …

South Front (2018-12-01). Video: 15,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Terrorists Remain in Idlib Province. globalresearch.ca There are about 15,000 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) terrorists in the province of Idlib and Russia is ready to provide the Syrian government with help to eliminate them, Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian presidential envoy for Syria, announced during …

stuart_m (2018-12-01). 'Economics for the Many' offer a radical, democratic vision for a Corbyn gov't. greenleft.org.au Edited by John McDonnell
| Verso, 2018 | This book is a valuable collection of 16 short essays on the crisis facing modern Britain, coming up with progressive solutions which a Jeremy Corbyn-led government could usher in. | It is edited by and has an introduction by Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell, a long-time socialist and close collaborator of Corbyn's. He says: "We are seeking nothing less than to build a society that is radically fairer, more democratic and more sustainable, in which the wealth of society is shared by all." | The first piece, by Antonia Jennings who teaches at the London School…

Jack Poulson (2018-12-01). I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights. theintercept.com I worked as a research scientist at Google when Dragonfly was revealed and resigned in protest after a month of internally fighting for clarification.

wsws (2018-12-01). New Zealand teachers' struggle at a crossroads. wsws.org Teachers are determined to fight, but the unions are attempting to suppress their struggle by promoting illusions in the Labour-led government.

wsws (2018-12-01). Thousands of Australian high school students join climate change strike. wsws.org The rallies showed the growing politicisation of a generation that has grown up amid continuous war, growing inequality and worsening environmental destruction.

RT (2018-12-01). White Dems dumb down speeches for racial minorities, Yale study shows. rt.com A linguistic study of speeches by US presidential candidates found that white Democrats tend to use less complex words when speaking to racial minority groups, while Republicans don't. Undergrad students showed the same tendency.

E Hanzai (2018-11-30). The Complete History of Monsanto, "The World's Most Evil Corporation" globalresearch.ca First published by Waking Times, posted by Global Research in May 2014, this article provides a historical viewpoint. It is of particular relevance in relation to the Monsanto-Bayer merger and the recent $289 million judgment against Monsanto. | *** | Of all …

Corporate Europe Observatory (2018-11-30). A Dangerous Distraction: Seven Myths Industry Uses to Sell "Renewable Gas" globalresearch.ca The gas industry is currently hyping so-called 'renewable gas' and its low-carbon potential. But the industry hype does not live up to reality: this newfound enthusiasm for renewable gas is really an attempt to paint the gas industry green. The …

Thierry Meyssan (2018-11-30). US Sanctions Have Become Little More Than Medieval-Style Siege Warfare. mintpressnews.com The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organized is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations — these are weapons of war, designed for killing. | For his visit to Moscow on 8 November, ambassador James Jeffrey was tasked with explaining the current US obsession with the expansion of Persian influence in the Arab world (Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen). Washington now wi…

Global Research News (2018-11-30). Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don't Want You to Know. globalresearch.ca This article was first published by Global Research in November 2014. Today Libya as a Nation State has been destroyed by US-NATO. | What do you think of when you hear the name Colonel Gaddafi? Tyrant? Dictator? Terrorist? Well, a national …

amnesty (2018-11-30). Urgent: human rights under threat in India. amnesty.org Activists are being harassed, independent media houses have been raided, and organisations like Amnesty India and Greenpeace India are being targeted by Indian authorities because of their work. We need to speak out now.: | This October, the Indian authorities raided both Amnesty India and Greenpeace India's offices – and froze their bank accounts. | This has effectively stopped our vital human rights work there: work to end to violence against women, human rights education in schools and colleges, and ensuring human rights for everyone in India. | Sign the petition and tell the Indian Prime Minister to s…

Human Rights Watch (2018-11-30). Indonesia Launches 'Snitch' App Targeting Religious Minorities. hrw.org | | An Indonesian woman shows a newly launched smartphone application called 'Smart Pakem' of Jakarta's prosecutor office in Jakarta on November 27, 2018. | © 2018 Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images | Following your own religious beliefs shouldn't be a crime, but in Indonesia, new technologies are helping authorities identify and potentially prosecute religious minorities who follow "deviant teachings." | On November 22, Bakor Pakem, a body charged with…

Sharon Lerner (2018-11-30). PFOA and PFOS Cause Lower Sperm Counts and Smaller Penises, Study Finds. theintercept.com There's a new reason to be concerned about toxic chemicals used in nonstick pans, waterproof products, and firefighting foam: PFOA and PFOS impair male reproductive health, according to a study released in early November. | Researchers have already documented that PFOA and PFOS, two compounds in a class known as PFAS, reduce the fertility of male mice, rats, and rabbits. The new study, published by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabo…

Rachel M. Cohen (2018-11-30). Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries. theintercept.com The newly elected House Democratic Caucus chair, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, has been supported by a pro-charter school charter PAC for more than a decade.

Thierry Meyssan (2018-11-30). When The US Wants To Sanction States, They Call Them "Terrorists" iranian.com The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organised is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations — these […]

RT (2018-11-30). Facebook's Sandberg admits to snooping on Soros. rt.com Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg requested opposition research into liberal billionaire George Soros, internal emails reveal. Sandberg had previously denied going after Soros, as had CEO Mark Zuckerberg. |

Aviva Chomsky (2018-11-29). DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land. thenation.com DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land…

Paul Dobson (2018-11-29). Indigenous Leaders Call for Justice After Landlord Violence Shakes Communities. venezuelanalysis.com The violence, which led to the kidnapping of Yukpa school teacher Mary Fernandez, comes amid land conflicts between cattle ranchers and indigenous communities.

Eds. (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

aclu (2018-11-29). My Black Son Was Sent Home From First Grade Because of His Natural Hair. aclu.org My 6-year-old was turned away from his school for the offense of wearing locs. | Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in August, CJ asked me a question that was harder than the rest: He wanted to know if there was something wrong with his hair. | As a father, I'd tried to shield him from racism for as long as I could. But we had just been turned away in humiliating fashion from A Book's Christian Academy in Apopka, Florida, on the first day of classes. The school's administrators, led by John Book, barred CJ from entering the building because of his locs. They treated…

amnesty (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,

pip.hinman (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…

Human Rights Watch (2018-11-29). First Conviction of Officers in Philippines 'Drug War'. hrw.org | | Mourners display a streamer during a funeral march for Kian delos Santos, a 17-year-old student who was shot during anti-drug operations in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines August 26, 2017. | © 2017 Reuters | A Philippine court on November 29 convicted three police officers for the …

The Mind Unleashed (2018-11-29). Not Lovin' It — Researchers Find Poop on Every McDonald's Touchscreen Tested. theantimedia.com (TMU) — A study recently conducted by researchers at London Metropolitan University found that touchscreens used by customers at multiple McDonald's locations were covered in fecal bacteria. Dr. Paul Matawele, one of the lead researchers in the study, explained that the spread of this bacteria could lead to serious infections. "We were all surprised how much gut …

splcenter (2018-11-28). SPLC sues Florida school district for arming inadequately trained 'school safety assistants' with guns. splcenter.org M.D. is a fourth-grader who likes to play baseball, and science is his favorite subject.

2018-12-02: Social Media Postees

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Journey into Obsolescence: Australia's Adani Carmichael Mining Project
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
The Carmichael mine being pursued in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland is a dinosaur before its creation. On paper, it is hefty — to be some five times the size of Sydney harbour, the largest in Australia and one … | The post Journey into Obsolescence: Australia's Adani Carmichael Mining Project appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/journey-obsolescence-adani-carmichael-project/5661642

Bush Family Links to Nazi Germany: "A Famous American Family" Made its Fortune from the Nazis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
Bush family links to Nazi Germany were first revealed at the Nuremberg trials in the testimony of Nazi Germany's steel magnate Fritz Thyssen. "Prescott Bush & Herbert Walker, Thyssen's partners in crime were the father & grandfather of a future US President" | The post Bush Family Links to Nazi Germany: "A Famous American Family" Made its Fortune from the Nazis appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-bush-familys-links-to-nazi-germany-a-famous-american-family-made-its-fortune-from-the-nazis/5512243

Debt, Death, and the US Empire
Antonius Aquinas | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
In a talk which garnered little attention, one of the Deep State's prime operatives, National Security Advisor John Bolton, cautioned of the enormous and escalating US debt. Speaking before the Alexander Hamilton Society, Bolton warned that current US debt levels … | The post Debt, Death, and the US Empire appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/debt-death-and-the-us-empire/5661645

Paraeducators Join the Teacher Uprising
Dan DiMaggio | zcomm.org | 2018-12-02
The 115 paradeucators in this small coastal city, just across the water from Canada, assist with everything from reading lessons to recess…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/paraeducators-join-the-teacher-uprising/

Political Succession and "The Bush-Clinton Nexus": Permanent Criminal State, "A Clinton White House Guarantees War with Russia"
Larry Chin | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
The final moves on the "Grand Chessboard" are before us: all of the Middle East and Central Asia, the world's last reserves of oil, are in play, Syria is on the edge, Russia is under attack, and nuclear holocaust is a terrifying possibility. War with Russia and China are no longer "unthinkable", but being planned in earnest. | The post Political Succession and "The Bush-Clinton Nexus": Permanent Criminal State, "A Clinton White House Guarantees…
globalresearch.ca/political-succession-and-the-bush-clinton-nexus-permanent-criminal-state-a-clinton-white-house-guarantees-war-with-russia/5547656

Selected Articles: Killing the Prospects for Arms Control
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
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, … | The post Selected Articles: Killing the Prospects for Arms Control appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-killing-the-prospects-for-arms-control/5661668

Trump Administration Approves Harmful Airgun Blasting in Atlantic
FBD | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
The Trump administration today approved five permits that allow harm to whales, dolphins and other animals so companies can search for oil off the Atlantic Coast using loud seismic airgun blasts. Allowing these exploration activities from Delaware to Florida … | The post Trump Administration Approves Harmful Airgun Blasting in Atlantic appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-approves-harmful-airgun-blasting-in-atlantic/5661650

The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
"They are fleeing a crisis. They are fleeing catastrophe. One in which not only is it almost impossible for people to economically survive, it's increasingly difficult to just physically survive and not be subject to some kind of violence….The root … | The post The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-migrant-caravan-canadian-and-us-business-interests-place-profits-over-people-in-central-america/5661588

US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Kill Prospects for Arms Control
Andrei Akulov | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-02
US Senator Tom Cotton and Congresswoman Liz Cheney have introduced a bill that prevents extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia or the Stopping Russia Nuclear Aggression Act. It says "Under no circumstances should the … | The post US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Kill Prospects for Arms Control appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-kill-prospects-for-arms-control/5661640

Department of Justice Gives Green Light to Laureate Education to Continue Corruption
Dahn Shaulis | indybay.org | 2018-12-02
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to close its corruption case against Laureate International Universities. This action will embolden Laureate as it continues to profit from colleges in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and other countries with questionable human rights records.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/01/18819495.php

Can Negro Bar State Park continue to exist without change to California Education?
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2018-12-02
In December 1849, First California Governor Peter Burnett shared his focus on a slavery narrative that mandates disparaging treatment, currently measurable in today's California Public Policy. Clearly, an accurate authentic story of the past, present and future migration by people of African ancestry does not need to solely focus on "an enslavement narrative" in the current California Education System. Why not focus on the first City Treasurer of San Francisco, was a Negro who owned title to the land where the mining town Negro Bar was established. President of the first California Public School Board that built…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/30/18819488.php

George H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State-Sponsored Terrorism
Robert Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
Fifty-eight years ago, a car-bomb exploded in Washington killing Chile's ex-Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier, an act of state terrorism that the CIA and its director George H.W. Bush tried to cover up, Robert Parry reported on Sept. 23, 2000. | In … | The post George H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State-Sponsored Terrorism appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/george-h-w-bush-the-cia-and-a-case-of-state-sponsored-terrorism/5661593

New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-12-01
Burlington, VT — Confronting the question most commonly asked of the growing number of Americans who support replacing America's uniquely inefficient and immoral for-profit healthcare system with Medicare for All–"How do we pay for it?"–a new paper released Friday by researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) shows that financing a single-payer sy…
truthout.org/articles/new-study-shows-medicare-for-all-would-save-us-5-1-trillion-over-ten-years/

The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
On November 28, sixty-three U.S. Senators voted in favor of holding a floor debate on a resolution calling for an end to direct U.S. Armed Forces involvement in the Saudi-UAE coalition-led war on Yemen. Describing the vote as a rebuke … | The post The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-long-brutal-u-s-war-on-children-in-the-middle-east/5661590

Gàºlen and Erdogan's Islamic Rivalry and Its Consequences
Prof. Alon Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
Fethullah Gàºlen and Turkey's President Erdogan were allies who supported each other. Both use Islam as the basis for their doctrine, which made them ideologically different from the revolutionary secularist statesman Mustafa Kemal Atatàºrk, the … | The post Gàºlen and Erdogan's Islamic Rivalry and Its Consequences appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/gulen-and-erdogans-islamic-rivalry-and-its-consequences/5661575

The UN General Assembly Adopts Six Resolutions in Favor of Palestine
TPIC | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted on Friday evening five resolutions in support of Palestine and a sixth one on the Golan Heights. | The first resolution, titled Jerusalem, was adopted by the UNGA by a recorded vote of … | The post The UN General Assembly Adopts Six Resolutions in Favor of Palestine appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-un-general-assembly-adopts-six-resolutions-in-favor-of-palestine/5661596

Mercury Contamination of Atmosphere May Reach Orbit Through Regulatory Blindspot
PEER | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
Federal regulators have turned a blind eye to the massive risks of using mercury as the propellant in thousands of communication satellites slated for launch in the next few years, according to a complaint filed today by Public Employees for … | The post Mercury Contamination of Atmosphere May Reach Orbit Through Regulatory Blindspot appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mercury-contamination-of-atmosphere-may-reach-orbit-through-regulatory-blindspot/5661581

Here We Go Again: US Accuses Iran of Hiding Chemical Weapons
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
CNN reports last week that: "The Trump administration is set to accuse Iran of violating the international treaty that bars the use of chemical weapons. | The White House notified lawmakers on Friday that it would declare Iran is violating the … | The post Here We Go Again: US Accuses Iran of Hiding Chemical Weapons appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/here-we-go-again-us-accuses-iran-of-hiding-chemical-weapons/5661603

Is Nuclear War Our Destiny?
David Penner | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
When evaluating the behavior of a sociopath, what constitutes success and failure can prove quite challenging. The US wars against Syria and Iraq were largely failures, as Washington failed to oust Assad and also failed to install a puppet government … | The post Is Nuclear War Our Destiny? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/is-nuclear-war-our-destiny/5661600

Video: 15,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Terrorists Remain in Idlib Province
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
There are about 15,000 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) terrorists in the province of Idlib and Russia is ready to provide the Syrian government with help to eliminate them, Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian presidential envoy for Syria, announced during … | The post Video: 15,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Terrorists Remain in Idlib Province appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-15000-al-qaeda-linked-terrorists-remain-in-idlib-province/5661572

World Leaders Greet and Meet with Saudi Crown Prince at G20
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
It was to be expected. Some G20 leaders treated Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) like nothing happened in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate on October 2. | They ignored Riyadh's genocidal war in Yemen (in cahoots with the US, UAE and other countries), … | The post World Leaders Greet and Meet with Saudi Crown Prince at G20 appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/world-leaders-greet-meet-saudi-crown-prince-g20/5661576

Video: Global Warming Testimony. Questions the IPCC Consensus. Prominent Scientist
PDJE | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
Speech by Dr. Don Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Western Washington State University. This was delivered to the Washington State Senate — Energy, Environment & Telecommunications Committee on March 26, 2013. | He points out 'scientific' points — which question … | The post Video: Global Warming Testimony. Questions the IPCC Consensus. Prominent Scientist appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-global-warming-testimony-questions-the-ipcc-consensus-prominent-scientist/5661134

India-Saudi Relations: The Modi-MBS "Political Friendship" Is All About Iran
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-01
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) is literally trying to buy Indian Prime Minister Modi off by getting him to ditch his country's energy imports from Iran in exchange for billions of dollars of Saudi investment, and there's a … | The post India-Saudi Relations: The Modi-MBS "Political Friendship" Is All About Iran appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/india-saudi-relations-the-modi-mbs-political-friendship-is-all-about-iran/5661510

'Economics for the Many' offer a radical, democratic vision for a Corbyn gov't
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-01
Edited by John McDonnell | Verso, 2018 | This book is a valuable collection of 16 short essays on the crisis facing modern Britain, coming up with progressive solutions which a Jeremy Corbyn-led government could usher in. | It is edited by and has an introduction by Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell, a long-time socialist and close collaborator of Corbyn's. He says: "We are seeking nothing less than to build a society that is radically fairer, more democratic and more sustainable, in which the wealth of society is shared by all." | The first piece, by Antonia Jennings who teaches at the London School…
greenleft.org.au/content/economics-many-offer-radical-democratic-vision-corbyn-gov%E2%80%99t

I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights
Jack Poulson | theintercept.com | 2018-12-01
I worked as a research scientist at Google when Dragonfly was revealed and resigned in protest after a month of internally fighting for clarification. | The post I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/01/google-china-censorship-human-rights/

Thousands of Australian high school students join climate change strike
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-12-01
The rallies showed the growing politicisation of a generation that has grown up amid continuous war, growing inequality and worsening environmental destruction.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/01/clim…

New Zealand teachers' struggle at a crossroads
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-12-01
Teachers are determined to fight, but the unions are attempting to suppress their struggle by promoting illusions in the Labour-led government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/01/nzed…

White Dems dumb down speeches for racial minorities, Yale study shows
RT | rt.com | 2018-12-01
A linguistic study of speeches by US presidential candidates found that white Democrats tend to use less complex words when speaking to racial minority groups, while Republicans don't. Undergrad students showed the same tendency. | …
rt.com/usa/445324-democrats-patronize-black-people/

The Complete History of Monsanto, "The World's Most Evil Corporation"
E Hanzai | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
First published by Waking Times, posted by Global Research in May 2014, this article provides a historical viewpoint. It is of particular relevance in relation to the Monsanto-Bayer merger and the recent $289 million judgment against Monsanto. | *** | Of all … | The post The Complete History of Monsanto, "The World's Most Evil Corporation" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-complete-history-of-monsanto-the-worlds-most-evil-corporation/5387964

A Dangerous Distraction: Seven Myths Industry Uses to Sell "Renewable Gas"
Corporate Europe Observatory | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
The gas industry is currently hyping so-called 'renewable gas' and its low-carbon potential. But the industry hype does not live up to reality: this newfound enthusiasm for renewable gas is really an attempt to paint the gas industry green. The … | The post A Dangerous Distraction: Seven Myths Industry Uses to Sell "Renewable Gas" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-dangerous-distraction-seven-myths-industry-uses-to-sell-renewable-gas/5661102

Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don't Want You to Know
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
This article was first published by Global Research in November 2014. Today Libya as a Nation State has been destroyed by US-NATO. | What do you think of when you hear the name Colonel Gaddafi? Tyrant? Dictator? Terrorist? Well, a national … | The post Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don't Want You to Know appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/libya-ten-things-about-gaddafi-they-dont-want-you-to-know/5414289

US Sanctions Have Become Little More Than Medieval-Style Siege Warfare
Thierry Meyssan | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-30
The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organized is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations — these are weapons of war, designed for killing. | For his visit to Moscow on 8 November, ambassador James Jeffrey was tasked with explaining the current US obsession with the expansion of Persian influence in the Arab world (Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen). Washington now wi…
mintpressnews.com/us-sanctions-have-become-little-more-than-medieval-style-siege-warfare/252411/

Urgent: human rights under threat in India
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-30
Activists are being harassed, independent media houses have been raided, and organisations like Amnesty India and Greenpeace India are being targeted by Indian authorities because of their work. We need to speak out now.: | This October, the Indian authorities raided both Amnesty India and Greenpeace India's offices – and froze their bank accounts. | This has effectively stopped our vital human rights work there: work to end to violence against women, human rights education in schools and colleges, and ensuring human rights for everyone in India. | Sign the petition and tell the Indian Prime Minister to s…
amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/urgent-human-rights-under-threat-in-india/

Indonesia Launches 'Snitch' App Targeting Religious Minorities
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-30
An Indonesian woman shows a newly launched smartphone application called 'Smart Pakem' of Jakarta's prosecutor office in Jakarta on November 27, 2018. | © 2018 Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images | Following your own religious beliefs shouldn't be a crime, but in Indonesia, new technologies are helping authorities identify and potentially prosecute religious minorities who follow "deviant teachings." | On November 22, Bakor Pakem, a body charged with…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/30/indonesia-launches-snitch-app-targeting-religious-minorities

PFOA and PFOS Cause Lower Sperm Counts and Smaller Penises, Study Finds
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2018-11-30
There's a new reason to be concerned about toxic chemicals used in nonstick pans, waterproof products, and firefighting foam: PFOA and PFOS impair male reproductive health, according to a study released in early November. | Researchers have already documented that PFOA and PFOS, two compounds in a class known as PFAS, reduce the fertility of male mice, rats, and rabbits. The new study, published by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabo…
theintercept.com/2018/11/30/pfoa-and-pfos-cause-lower-sperm-counts-and-smaller-penises-study-finds/

Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2018-11-30
The newly elected House Democratic Caucus chair, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, has been supported by a pro-charter school charter PAC for more than a decade. | The post Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/30/hakeem-jeffries-charter-schools/

When The US Wants To Sanction States, They Call Them "Terrorists"
Thierry Meyssan | iranian.com | 2018-11-30
The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organised is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations — these […] | The post When The US Wants To Sanction States, They Call Them "Terrorists" appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/30/when-the-us-wants-to-sanction-states-they-call-them-terrorists/

Facebook's Sandberg admits to snooping on Soros
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-30
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg requested opposition research into liberal billionaire George Soros, internal emails reveal. Sandberg had previously denied going after Soros, as had CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | …
rt.com/usa/445289-facebook-sandberg-admits-soros/

My Black Son Was Sent Home From First Grade Because of His Natural Hair
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-29
My 6-year-old was turned away from his school for the offense of wearing locs. | Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in August, CJ asked me a question that was harder than the rest: He wanted to know if there was something wrong with his hair. | As a father, I'd tried to shield him from racism for as long as I could. But we had just been turned away in humiliating fashion from A Book's Christian Academy in Apopka, Florida, on the first day of classes. The school's administrators, led by John Book, barred CJ from entering the building because of his locs. They treated…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-inequality-education/my-black-son-was-sent-home-first-grade-because-his

An Excerpt from Green Earth
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-11-29
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…
mronline.org/2018/11/29/an-excerpt-from-green-earth/

DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land
Aviva Chomsky | thenation.com | 2018-11-29
DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land…
thenation.com/article/dna-tests-elizabeth-warren-native-american-race-science/

Indigenous Leaders Call for Justice After Landlord Violence Shakes Communities
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-29
The violence, which led to the kidnapping of Yukpa school teacher Mary Fernandez, comes amid land conflicts between cattle ranchers and indigenous communities.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14168

Two visions, one planet
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-29
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/two-visions-one-planet

Not Lovin' It — Researchers Find Poop on Every McDonald's Touchscreen Tested
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-29
(TMU) — A study recently conducted by researchers at London Metropolitan University found that touchscreens used by customers at multiple McDonald's locations were covered in fecal bacteria. Dr. Paul Matawele, one of the lead researchers in the study, explained that the spread of this bacteria could lead to serious infections. "We were all surprised how much gut …
theantimedia.com/researchers-find-poop-m…

What can Britain Teach the US About Curbing Gun Violence?
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-11-28
After a 1996 school shooting, Britain implemented tough gun control laws. Today they have 100 times fewer gun deaths than the United States | The post What can Britain Teach the US About Curbing Gun Violence? appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/what-can-britain-teach-the-us-about-curbing-gun-violence

SPLC sues Florida school district for arming inadequately trained 'school safety assistants' with guns
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-28
M.D. is a fourth-grader who likes to play baseball, and science is his favorite subject.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/29/splc-sues-florida-school-district-arming-inadequately-trained-%25E2%2580%2598school-safety-assistants%25E2%2580%2599

Hatewatch Headlines 11/28/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-11-27
Facebook discrimination review still a mystery; Neuroscience explains bigotry's persistence; Proud Boys' new rules including less fighting; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/28/hatewatch-headlines-11282018

Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-27
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 Stu…
bdsmovement.net/news/pitzer-college-faculty-votes-support-bds-palestinian-rights

Oklahoma's Blue Wave was an Educator Wave
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2018-11-23
The teacher uprising may have opened up this deepest red of red states to a new era of bipartisanship.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/oklahoma-blue-wave-educator-wave-election-181123/

SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-20
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.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/20/splc-sues-trump-administration-records-detailing-rollback-protections-transgender-people