(2018-12-04). George H. W. Bush: "October Surprise" Denials, Iran Contra. globalresearch.ca First published by Consortium News on April 6, 2018. | "Deny everything," British traitor Kim Philby said, explaining how the powerful can bluff past their crimes, something known to George H.W. Bush when he denied charges of his own near treason …
(2018-12-04). George H. W. Bush: The Man Who Embodied What Putin's Accused of Being. globalresearch.ca President Putin's been accused by the West of being many things, but ironically enough, it's former President George H. W. Bush who embodied many of them. | The passing of former President George H. W. Bush over the weekend prompted a …
(2018-12-04). British Hunters Bring Home Elephant Ivory. globalresearch.ca British trophy hunters brought home two tonnes of elephant tusks from Africa over the past decade, new figures show. | Nearly 400 'trophies' from the world's most endangered animals have been brought into Britain by hunters in recent years. | A motion …
(2018-12-04). "Bibi — The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu" globalresearch.ca This morning I read online the current problems Benjamin Netanyahu is having within the Knesset and within his own political party, | "Now, Netanyahu's once stable coalition is hanging by a thread, with the support of only 61 members in the …
(2018-12-04). George H. Walker Bush: Cold War Ends and New World Orders. globalresearch.ca The death of certain political figures, notably those of a vast imperium, is bound to provoke less criticism or critical insight than soul searching pursuits. With the US in the mauling clutches of Donald J. Trump, the nightmare that was …
(2018-12-04). Canada Backs Repression, Killing of Protestors in Haiti. globalresearch.ca The Ugly Canadian has shown his elite-supporting, poor-bashing repressive face in Haiti. | Ottawa is backing the repression of anti-corruption protests and Justin Trudeau is continuing Canada's staunch support for that country's reactionary elite. | Over the past three months there have …
(2018-12-04). A US-China Trade War 'Armistice'? Trump Blinks and Retreats at G-20. globalresearch.ca The first reports emerging from the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires today, December 2, 2018, are that Trump and Xi have agreed to put their trade war on hold, a kind of 'trade war armistice', at least for the next …
(2018-12-04). Qatar: We're Quitting OPEC in 2019. globalresearch.ca Qatar said on Monday it was quitting OPEC from January to focus on its gas ambitions, taking a swipe at the group's de facto leader Saudi Arabia and marring Gulf efforts to show unity before this week's meeting of exporters …
(2018-12-04). No French Revolution in America. globalresearch.ca More than 80% of the people of France—ordinary working people, not the professional bureaucrate class—support the "gilets jaunes," the yellow vests in the street protesting against the globalist policies of Emmanuel Macron, defender of the mega-wealthy and upholder of EU …
(2018-12-04). Controlling the Israel Message: How to Manage the American Sheeple. globalresearch.ca There has been another defenestration of a television-based political commentator for touching the only real electrified third rail remaining in reporting what passes for the news. Marc Lamont Hill, a Temple University professor of Media Studies and Urban Education, who …
(2018-12-04). Les Gilets Jaunes — A Bright Yellow Sign of Distress. globalresearch.ca Every automobile in France is supposed to be equipped with a yellow vest. This is so that in case of accident or breakdown on a highway, the driver can put it on to ensure visibility and avoid getting run over….
(2018-12-04). Yellow Vest Protest Movement: Inequality and the Hollowness of the French Regime. globalresearch.ca Ignored by French President Emmanuel Macron, distorted by the media, courted by the Right, snubbed by the Left, the self-organized mass movement known as the Yellow Vests (Mouvement des gilets jaunes) is seriously challenging the political and economic order …
(2018-12-04). Video: Syrian Military Deploys Troops, Battle Tanks Near Idlib. globalresearch.ca On November 30th, Khalid al-Mahamid, a prominent figure of the Syrian opposition, revealed that there is "an international agreement" to eliminate Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Idlib. Al-Mahamid is known as the godfather of the reconciliation process …
(2018-12-04). The Nobel Peace Prize in Support of War. globalresearch.ca On December 10, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony will be held in Oslo, the capital of Norway. This analysis will try to look at how the prize fits into the bigger picture, but first, some general background is …
(2018-12-04). Working for the Man… Not the Masses. The Corporate Predators. globalresearch.ca In 1973 I was still a somewhat naive college senior ready to face the business world. My major had been in Speech and Theater, with a minor in Sociology. As the year was ending and the new one upon us, …
(2018-12-04). The Latest Victims in a Dark Story of How Northern Ireland Deals with Its Past. globalresearch.ca In August two Belfast journalists were arrested in dawn raids involving up to 100 police officers for exposing state protection of the perpetrators of a notorious sectarian massacre. This Thursday they will speak at a special screening of their documentary …
(2018-12-04). Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians. globalresearch.ca Czech president Milos Zeman offered Benjamin Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist government a fillip during his visit to Israel last week. He inaugurated a cultural and trade centre, Czech House, just outside Jerusalem's Old City walls. | At the opening, he expressed hope …
(2018-12-04). Climate Crisis Made Worse by "Presidential Mis-Leadership": Protecting Big Oil, From Bush-Cheney, Obama to Trump. globalresearch.ca Barack Obama, speaking to the Baker Institute, made sure the audience of wealthy Texans, many in the oil business, gave him credit for making the United States a world leader for oil and gas production. He said, "American …
(2018-12-04). Ukraine: US-installed Fascist Tyranny in Europe's Heartland. globalresearch.ca Ukraine matters. It's territory is Europe's largest after Russia's. It borders seven countries in Europe's heartland — Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia. | It shares a strategically important 1,500-long land and sea border with the Russian Federation. | The …
(2018-12-04). Mass Solidarity Meeting for Public Education. indybay.org Omni Commons | 4799 Shattuck, Oakland, California…
(2018-12-04). Are Social Justice discussions taboo to the majority? indybay.org Outside of the professors at Sonoma State University that teach Sociology, it has become evident that the majority of all other professors of different majors do not like to have direct, personal conversations about Social Justice issues. Is this the norm for the population outside of a University campus, and if so- we must ask our community, why?>
(2018-12-04). EU: Students with Disabilities Face Barriers at European Schools. hrw.org 
| | A 13-year-old boy with learning disabilities, who had to leave the European School after it declared itself unable to meet his needs, prepares homework for his new school. | © 2018 Lea Labaki/Human Rights Watch | (Brussels) — European Schools, a network of 13 intergovernmental schools primarily teaching children of European Union employees, do not do enough to accommodate the needs of children with …
(2018-12-04). High school students and ambulance drivers join 'Yellow Vest' protests in France. wsws.org With a fourth consecutive Saturday of mass demonstrations against French President Emmanuel Macron's regressive taxes planned this weekend, tens of thousands of high school students throughout France have staged demonstrations at their schools.
(2018-12-04). Christmas Grinch: US teacher slammed for telling six-year-olds Santa isn't real. rt.com 
Christmas miracles and beautifully wrapped gifts are what most children yearn for all year round, but a class of first graders had this year's holiday ruined for them after a substitute teacher told them Santa isn't real.
(2018-12-03). Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it'. globalresearch.ca On the evening of Friday, November 30, Hezbollah's war media broadcasted this video addressed to Israel and subtitled in Hebrew, in response to recent Israeli military exercises simulating an aggression against southern Lebanon, an escalation of violations of Lebanese airspace …
(2018-12-03). Bush Sr. Ignored the AIDS Crisis and Detained HIV+ Haitians. truthout.org George H.W. Bush died on the eve of World AIDS Day, an irony not lost on many HIV/AIDS activists who remember the 41st president of the United States for his lack of action in the 1990s as the HIV/AIDS crisis raged on. Bush said little about the crisis during his years as vice president under Ronald Reagan, who didn't even mention AIDS until the penultimate year of his presidency. Despite promises to do more after he was elected president, George H.W. Bush refused to address and fund programs around HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as drug treatment. We speak with Steven Thrasher, journalist and doct…
(2018-12-03). Royal Road Ahead: Saudi Crown Prince Leaves G-20 Confident, Turning Corner After Khashoggi Scandal. globalresearch.ca There was a high-five from Vladimir Putin. And for Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi it was business as usual. | At home, Saudi Arabia's media trumpeted Mohammed bin Salman's meetings with world leaders, tweeting pictures of his encounters, which …
(2018-12-03). Mexico on the Eve of AMLO — "So Far from God and So Close to the United States" globalresearch.ca The full quote by Porfirio Díaz is: "Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States." Mexican President Díaz (1876-1880 and 1884-1911) got it at least half right. Mexico has suffered in the shadow of the …
(2018-12-03). A Killer Dies, a Teacher Lives: George H.W. Bush v. Noam Chomsky. counterpunch.org 
Bush used the end of the Cold War as a ripe moment for launching brazenly mass-murderous assaults on two defenseless nations: Panama and Iraq. These were the first two U.S. military attacks since the end of World War II that Washington was unable to justify in the name of its struggle against the supposed menace of Soviet-directed communist expansion. More
(2018-12-03). Remembering George H.W. Bush's Inaction on AIDS at Home While Detaining HIV+ Haitians at Guantánamo. democracynow.org 
George H.W. Bush died on the eve of World AIDS Day, an irony not lost on many HIV/AIDS activists who remember the 41st president of the United States for his lack of action in the 1990s as the HIV/AIDS crisis raged on. Bush said little about the crisis during his years as vice president under Ronald Reagan, who didn't even mention AIDS until the penultimate year of his presidency. Despite promises to do more after he was elected president, George H.W. Bush refused to address and fund programs around HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as drug treatment. We speak with Steven Thrasher, journalist and doctora…
(2018-12-03). In the Face of Extinction, We Have a Moral Obligation. truthout.org Researching and writing about the impacts of runaway climate change, as I've been doing now for too many years, I've watched several patterns recur. | One of these is evident in a recent warning from the UN. Biodiversity chief of the UN Cristiana Pa»ôca Palmer warned that if governments around the globe don't work to bring a halt to the loss of biodiversity and succeed in implementing a plan to do so within two years, humans could face our own extinction. | Palmer said, according to
(2018-12-03). The Bin Ladens and the Bushes: On 9/11 George Herbert W. Bush Meets Osama's Brother Shafiq bin Laden. globalresearch.ca Lest we forget, one day before the 9/11 attacks, the dad of the sitting President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush was meeting none other than Shafig bin Laden, the brother of alleged terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.
(2018-12-03). Did Ukraine Coordinate Its Provocation in Black Sea with 'Western Partners'? globalresearch.ca It appears that Western experts and Ukrainian diplomats successfully "forecasted" the November 25 escalation in the Black Sea in middle November. | On November 21st, the Atlantic Council "an American think tank in the field of international affairs," which …
(2018-12-03). World War II: Hitler's Early Victories in the USSR and the Wolf's Lair Headquarters. globalresearch.ca In Hitler's goals to attain Germanic dominion of the planet, he enjoyed some of his most triumphant days secured away at the vast, virtually unheard of Wolf's Lair. The complex was known in the German tongue as Wolfsschanze. Hitler had …
(2018-12-03). China: Release Workers, Student Activists. hrw.org 
| | President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, October 18, 2017. | © 2017 Aly Song/Reuters | (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately release workers and students arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared during a nationwide crackdown since mid-2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Those held include factory workers, labor activists, college s…
(2018-12-03). Syria, Iran, Georgia: Slippery Slope In Discussing Oil Smuggling And Sanctions. iranian.com The history of sanctions teaches us that they are like a pole — you can find a way around them, and in the process, find a niche market for all kinds of smugglers, gangsters, and political types, as co-operation is needed at all levels. For this reason, sanctions often have the opposite effect to that […]
(2018-12-03). Cases like Hedda Martin's heart transplant denial "will continue to happen" wsws.org Workers and young people nationwide decried Martin's callous treatment, donating generously out of their own pockets, after Spectrum Health's Richard DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Clinic told her to make "a fundraising effort of $10,000."
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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 …
(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.
(2018-11-27). 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 …