(2018-12-13). Cops in France brutalize high school students who join Yellow Vest protests. mronline.org 
A scene of ordinary life in France, in these times of conflict: On Thursday, Dec. 6, late morning, in front of the gates of a secondary school in a very peaceful town in the Paris suburbs, about 100 students aged 15-17 are strolling from their high school to go to lunch, chatting, joking and relieved […] | Source
(2018-12-13). Julian Assange: No Surrender. globalresearch.ca Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears to be one step closer to forcible removal from Ecuador's London Embassy, most likely to be extradited to the US to face charges in the Eastern District Court of Virginia, which is commonly known as …
(2018-12-13). ANC Prepares for Upcoming Elections in South Africa. globalresearch.ca In a matter of a few months the ruling African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) will test its political support through national elections. | It has been a quarter-century since the national liberation movement turned political party won a substantial …
(2018-12-13). Suspicious Strasbourg Shootings. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, the day after French President Macron's national address in response to weeks of Yellow Vest protests for social justice he opposes, offering woefully inadequate concessions, suspicious shootings occurred in Strasbourg, France. | The Macron regime alone benefits from what …
(2018-12-13). Seven Decades after UN Resolution 194 on the "Right of Return": Why Haven't Palestinian Refugees Returned Home? globalresearch.ca Of all the anniversaries that punctuate Palestine's tragic modern history, the one on 11 December may be the most important. | On that day 70 years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 194 by a majority of 35 out of …
(2018-12-13). Iraq, The Rebuilding of a Nation In the Wake of Sixteen Years of US Sponsored Terrorism and Destruction. globalresearch.ca Iraq, which in the years of Saddam Hussein (1979-2003) lived a long period of prosperity and social stability, then recognized by the UN as one of the Arab countries that most respected religious diversity, has now become one of the …
(2018-12-13). Colombia: Students Mobilize to Protest Murder of Social Leaders. telesurenglish.net Colombians march Thursday in nationwide protests. The National Union of Higher Education Students (Unees) announced that these mobilizations will be in rejection of the recent wave of killings of social leaders. | RELATED: | Indigenous Governor, Edwin Dagua, Murdered in Colombia | "We will mobilize throughout the country to reject the murder of social leaders and the violation of human rights, as well as to defend public higher education," said Santiago Gomez, a spokesman for Unees in Ant…
(2018-12-13). Stand with Okinawa. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2018-12-13). A World of Multiple Detonators of Global Wars. Wars by Proxy. globalresearch.ca We face a world of multiple wars some leading to direct global power conflagrations and others that begin as regional conflicts but quickly spread to big power confrontations. | We will proceed to identify 'great power' confrontations and then proceed to …
(2018-12-13). The #RedforEd Wave Is Likely to Build, Not Subside, in 2019. progressive.org Teachers unions are poised to strike across the country.
(2018-12-13). History: Foreign Interventions in Revolutionary Russia. globalresearch.ca All over Europe, the First World War had brought about a potentially revolutionary situation as early as 1917. In countries where the authorities continued to represent the traditional elite, exactly as had been the case in 1914, they aimed to …
(2018-12-13). Palestine: Religion as a Tool of Colonial Domination. globalresearch.ca As leaders from all around the world gathered to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of a war meant to end all wars, the aftermath of the bloody conflict nevertheless continue to resonate in many parts of the globe …
(2018-12-13). Activist Zeros In on Canada's Indigenous Women. truthdig.com Cherry Smiley, born in Kamloops, British Columbia, is an artist, feminist activist, survivor of male abuse and aspiring politician from an indigenous background. Her mother's side of the family is Nlaka'pamux and her father's is Diné. "My maternal grandmother is a huge influence on my life. She's 96, hilarious, and says what she thinks," Smiley says. | Smiley also is a Ph.D. candidate at Concordia University in Montreal. Her research aims to help end male violence against women and girls in Canada, with a focus on indigenous women and girls. She is critical of Canada's response to the number indigenous women who…
(2018-12-13). 9/11: The Evidence. "Conclusive Evidence that Federal Crimes were Committed". Grand Jury Breakthrough vested with Subpoena Power. globalresearch.ca On April 10, 2018 the Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry submitted a legal petition to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for a Grand Jury to examine the evidence for the destruction of the World Trade …
(2018-12-13). India's Agricultural Crisis: The Kisan Mukti March by Impoverished Farmers Embodies the Concept of "Revolutionary Suicide" asia-pacificresearch.com
(2018-12-13). Video: Turkey Threatens US-backed Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria with New Operation. globalresearch.ca Turkey has threatened a new plan to launch a military operation against US-backed Kurdish groups in northern Syria. | During the Turkish Defense Industry Summit on December 12, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) "will launch …
(2018-12-13). Conflict in Yemen Must End Now. globalresearch.ca The war in Yemen has to end now. There is no time to lose. With every month, tens of thousands of Yemenis join the millions who do not have enough food to survive. In recent weeks, the figure has risen …
(2018-12-13). Trans-African Railways: Russia's Expertise Could Reshape African Geopolitics. globalresearch.ca Sudan's proposal to have Russian companies help construct the East-West and North-South Trans-African Railways could reshape African geopolitics if Moscow succeeds in leveraging its possibly newfound strategic position in this sphere to "balance" between the two emerging blocs in the …
(2018-12-13). Vietnam Has Buyer's Remorse after Purchasing "Israeli" Anti-Air Missiles. globalresearch.ca Vietnam claims that "Israel's" SPYDER surface-to-air missiles malfunction in tropical environments such as its own and importantly aren't compatible with its majority-Russian-provided military wares, auguring quite negatively for the self-proclaimed "Jewish State's" ambitions to expand its influence across the wider …
(2018-12-13). Celebrating Another Regulatory Conviction in the Anti-Russia Brouhaha. globalresearch.ca The mainstream press is tipping its glasses in exultation over the latest regulatory conviction in the anti-Trump, anti-Russia brouhaha. This one comes in form of a upcoming guilty plea by a 28-year-old Russian woman named Marina Boutina. Her crime? Failing …
(2018-12-13). Ukraine Has the Capabilities to Develop Nuclear Weapons: How will Russia React? globalresearch.ca Efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation are one of the few issues on which the great powers agree, intending to continue to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and to prevent new entrants into the exclusive nuclear club. | The former Ukrainian …
(2018-12-13). Die USA bereiten sich auf eine Konfrontation mit Russland und China vor. globalresearch.ca Auf den ersten Blick liest es sich wie das Drehbuch zu einem Hollywood-Katastrophenfilm. Und doch ist es eines der Szenarien, die im offiziellen Bericht der Kommission aus dem Jahr 2018 erwogen werden, der vom Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten in Auftrag …
(2018-12-13). Australia: Principles of Academic Freedom in Jeopardy. globalresearch.ca It has been an ordinary year for universities in Australia. While the National Tertiary Education Union pats itself on the back for supposedly advancing the rights and pay of academics, several face removal and castigation at the hands of university …
(2018-12-13). Bahrain: Further Information: Expected Verdict For Human Rights Defender: Nabeel Rajab. amnesty.org On 31 December Bahrain's Cassation Court is expected to issue its verdict in the case of prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in June 2018 in relation to peaceful tweets about the conflict in Yemen and torture allegations in Jaw prison.
(2018-12-13). Yemen: Ceasefire in Hodeidah brings long-awaited glimmer of hope to millions. amnesty.org Responding to news that the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a ceasefire for the port city of Hodeidah, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International's Middle East Director of Research said: | "Today's announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah brings hope to millions of civilians who are heavily dependent on the port for access to essential goods and humanitarian aid. | "The conflict has had a devastating impact in terms of interrupting vital supplies in and around Hodeidah. Both parties to the conflict have deliberately impeded humanitarian assistance in violation of international humanitarian law. They mus…
(2018-12-13). Iraq: Dead land: Islamic State's deliberate destruction of Iraq's farmland. amnesty.org One year after Iraq declared military victory over the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) our report finds that IS's deliberate destruction of Iraq's rural environment continues to have debilitating effects on poor, small-holder farmers. The research focuses on the area around Sinjar, scene to some of the most extensive destruction. Irrigation wells were often sabotaged with rubble, oil, or other foreign objects, and pumps, cables, generators and transformers stolen or destroyed. Efforts to hold IS responsible under international law should include these specific crimes. Meanwhile, Iraq's government sh…
(2018-12-13). US Consumer Board Conceals how Wells Fargo Fleeces Students. therealnews.com 
The Consumer Financial Protection Board kept a detailed report about how Wells Fargo has long been involved in charging students up to three times more for financial services than other banks do. Why did the CFPB not reveal this? Bill Black explains
(2018-12-13). Births, babies and the push for profits. greenleft.org.au 
Reliable research into safe and healthy childbirth is being ignored by maternal hospitals in Australia. | Women are not told of the adverse effects of current interventions and practices in childbirth, or that not a single long-term study exists of the almost 50 childbirth drugs currently being used. | The majority of birthing mothers are drugged in some way and one in three women describes their birthing experience as "deeply horrifying". | Viable alternatives, such as homebirth or birth centres, are systematically defunded, demonised by the media and discredited by the medical establishment. | If mothers an…
(2018-12-13). Theresa May's No-Brexit/Brexit Deal. globalresearch.ca First published on November 15, 2018 | 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 …
(2018-12-13). Theresa May Tells American Investors — Brexit Britain Is Up for Grabs. globalresearch.ca First published in October 2018 | Britain will be "unequivocally pro-business" after it leaves the European Union, Theresa May has promised American investors. To neoliberal politicians, this was always the endgame. | The prime minister told the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in …
(2018-12-13). Lebanon: Stalled Effort to Get Syrian Children in School. hrw.org 
| | Fewer than half of the school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education. | (Beirut) – The number of Syrian refugee children enrolled in school in Lebanon has stalled at the same inadequate levels as in the 2017-2018 school year, Human Rights Watch said today. | Fewer than half of the 631,000 school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education, wit…
(2018-12-12). Grinnell College 'Invites Trump onto Campus,' Aiming to Limit Student Collective Bargaining. progressive.org Student unionization efforts are underway at twenty-four U.S. universities—while the first independent undergraduate union in the country fights for survival.
(2018-12-12). The Nobel Prize for climate catastrophe. mronline.org 
The economist William Nordhaus will receive his profession's highest honor for research on global warming that's been hugely influential—and entirely misguided. | Source
(2018-12-12). Northern Minnesota tribe shows country how to do community solar. peoplesworld.org 
Last summer on a reservation in northern Minnesota, students from Leech Lake Tribal College earned their solar installation licenses while they dug, drilled and connected five photovoltaic arrays. The panels shine blue on the plain, reflecting the sky as they generate roughly 235 megawatts of electricity a year, enough to help 100 families pay their …
(2018-12-12). 'Slave Bible' converted slaves to Christianity by omitting parts that could lead to uprising. mronline.org 
A new exhibit at a Washington, D.C., museum featuring an abridged version of the Bible sheds light on how Christian missionaries converted enslaved Africans to Christianity by teaching them the Gospel…except the parts about freedom, equality and resistance. | Source
(2018-12-12). High school students protest in Paris against French government's education reforms. wsws.org The students are opposing the government's right-wing reforms and re-imposition of compulsory military service, while showing their support for the "yellow vests."
(2018-12-11). Young readers of Marx: BICENTENARY OF MARX'S BIRTH. mronline.org 
(2018-12-11). Hatewatch Headlines 12/12/2018. splcenter.org Conspiracy theories still thriving on YouTube; Columbia student's race rant goes viral; Trump's 'disease' attack echoes Nazi propaganda; and more.
(2018-12-11). Oppose nuclear weapons? Stop backing the companies that produce them. greenleft.org.au 
Research published by Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland in September revealed the extent of Scotland's investments in nuclear weapons companies, including shares worth nearly £300 million held by the Scottish local government pension funds. | This week, new analysis by The Ferret showed that the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme (SPPS) holds shares worth £2 million in fossil fuels, arms and tobacco companies. This includes £175,495 in Rolls Royce, one of four key contractors involved in Britain's Trident nuclear…
(2018-12-11). Activists Found Guilty of Terrorism-Related Offense for Stopping U.K. Migrant Deportations. theintercept.com The guilty verdict arrived around lunchtime on December 10 — Human Rights Day, which this year marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It signaled the end of a nine-week trial and three days of jury deliberations in Chelmsford Crown Court, about 30 miles northeast of London. More than a year and a half after the 15 defendants had locked themselves around a deportation charter flight at London's Stansted Airport, successfully stopping it from taking off, the defendants were convicted of intentional disruption of services at an aerodrome, a terrorism-related offense with a po…
(2018-12-11). Russia: 'Gay Propaganda' Law Endangers Children. hrw.org 
| | Russian blogger, Zhenya Svetski, wearing a rainbow scarf in Moscow, December 2018. | © 2018 Dmitry Belyakov for Human Rights Watch | (New York) — Russia's "gay propaganda" law is having a negative impact on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 2013 law exacerbated the hostility LGBT people in Russia have long suffered, and also stifled access to LGBT-inclusive education and support services, with harmful consequences for children. | The…
(2018-12-10). Six Ways Betsy DeVos Gets Teachers' Unions Wrong. progressive.org DeVos's antagonism toward unions shows not only her disrespect for teachers but also how her animosity toward organized teachers warps her understanding of issues.
(2018-12-10). Climate movement attracts new generation of activists. greenleft.org.au 
The latter part of 2018 will be remembered for the re-emergence of climate action on the national agenda. | Independent Kerryn Phelps' win in the Wentworth byelection promising "meaningful environmental action" and Labor's subsequent adoption of a 50% renewable energy policy by 2030 has come in the midst of researcher Rebecca Huntley's findings that "climate and environmental concerns" have increasingly become "a test of leadership" for voters. | These centrist platforms, however, have been rightly superseded by the newest base of the climate movement: high school students. | Tired of the "dinosaurs in parliament…
(2018-12-09). Lopez Obrador's Plans to Lead Mexico out of Neoliberalism Will Mean Crossing Swords with the US. therealnews.com 
We now have a politically experienced president in Mexico — gone are the days when Mexico kowtows to the US. This will mean a more sovereign economic and foreign policy, says Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
(2018-12-06). Re-education Camps, Infiltration, Surveillance: China Criticized over Persecution of Uyghur Muslims. democracynow.org 
The United Nations and human rights groups have accused China's government of setting up massive anti-Muslim "re-education" camps in the northwest Xinjiang province to disappear, jail and brainwash Uyghur Muslims. Some estimates put the population in the camps at up to 2 million. After months of denials, China acknowledged their existence in October, saying they are part of efforts to counter extremism. But Uyghurs say it's a form of collective punishment—and that they live under a high-tech surveillance state designed to eradicate Islam. We speak to Rushan Abbas, a Uyghur-American activist based in Washing…
(2018-12-06). The fightback against Adani and Aurizon steps up. greenleft.org.au 
Adani CEO Lucas Dow's November 29 declaration that work on a scaled-down coalmine in Queensland's Galilee Basin would begin before Christmas was met with one of the most powerful nationwide protests against it so far as primary and high school students walking out of class the next day for the Student Strike 4 Climate Action. | A reported 20,000 students, many of them with their parents and grandparents in tow, took to the streets with a powerful message to Adani and policymakers: ignore us at your peril. | This was followed by a sit-in at Parliament House in Canberra on December 5. | Another round of #StopA…
(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…
(2018-11-29). 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.
(2018-11-12). 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…
(2018-10-28). 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…