(2019-10-31). CIA-Trained Afghan Forces Behind War Atrocities, Report Finds. truthdig.com 
ISLAMABAD — Heavily armed men burst into the home in the middle of night, hustling four brothers into separate rooms, their hands bound. Afghan special forces then shot them in the head and heart. The operation, the CIA-trained Afghan unit said, targeted Islamic State militants in a remote region of eastern Nangarhar Province. | In reality, the raid took place in the province's capital of Jalalabad, within earshot of Justice Ministry offices. In an interview with The Associated Press, the family said the dead brothers included a school teacher and an assistant to a member of Afghanistan's parliament. The tr…
(2019-10-31). PG&E Blackouts Spur Calls for Public Ownership. therealnews.com 
PG&E cut power to millions throughout California this month as fires blaze across the state. The move has prompted many to call to municipalize the company. Democracy Collaborative researcher Johanna Bozuwa explains.
(2019-10-31). Killing Julian Assange: Justice Denied When Exposing Official Wrongdoing. globalresearch.ca The hideous treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues and many observers are citing his case as being symptomatic of developing "police state" tendencies in both the United States and in Europe, where rule of law is being subordinated to …
(2019-10-31). Florida Education Association holds Delegate Assembly in Orlando. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – The Florida Education Association (FEA) union held their annual statewide Delegate Assembly in Orlando Florida October 17-19, at the Rosen Convention Centre, with 836 registered delegates from over 100 teacher unions across the state of Florida. | 37% of registered delegates were people of color. Duval Teachers United (DTU) and United Teachers of Dade (UTD) were the only counties with an African American and Latin American/Latino majority at the assembly. | The Delegate Assembly is the highest decision-making body for Florida teachers. This year, it introduced a new leadership board as well as a new…
(2019-10-31). Chicago teachers and staff battle for the future of the city. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), U.S. | In Chicago, an intense political battle is under way: on one side Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the representative of the neo-liberal order, and on the other side the teachers and staff of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and their supporters. The 25,000 teachers of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have been on strike for nine days, shutting down the United States' third largest school system demanding a fair contract and a more equitable and just education system for the stud…
(2019-10-31). Stop Outsourcing SF School Buses & Endangering Students Rally By SMART 1741. indybay.org SMART 1741 SFUSD school bus drivers protested the SFUSD Board of Education and superintendent Vincent Matthews plan to outsource the school bus drivers to uncertified drivers and a Zoom UBER type operation that would threaten their health and safety.
(2019-10-31). Speak Out In Oakland Against Port Privatization & Attacks On Public Education. indybay.org Mosswood Park. | 3612 Webster St, Oakland, CA 94609…
(2019-10-31). Syrian Woman to Ivanka: "How Shameless, You Are Proud Your Father Murders Us" globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2017. | Ivanka Trump on Twitter, how shameless you are to be proud of your father's murderous bombings of Syria. Are you both afraid because Syria is protecting Syrians from foreign terrorists armed and funded …
(2019-10-31). Globalisation's Corroding Edifice. globalresearch.ca The World Bank's World Development Report (WDR), published every year since 1978, plays a similar role to that of the state of the union address in the US, in which the president hopes to keep the faith of the …
(2019-10-31). France Seeks to Limit Radiation Exposure from Cell Phones. globalresearch.ca French health officials want cell phone users to be better informed of potential risks and are urging them to take precautionary steps to limit their radiation exposures. | The move comes after an government health and safety agency ( ANSES) …
(2019-10-31). Telling the Truth Has Become an Anti-American Act. The Real Dangers of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca Stephen Cohen and I emphasize that the state of tension today between the United States and Russia is more dangerous than during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. For calling needed attention to the risk of …
(2019-10-31). Demonstrations Escalate in Haiti Demanding the Resignation of Washington-backed Regime. globalresearch.ca A new round of popular unrest in Haiti on October 27 has left two people dead and many others injured. | On October 25 and 27, the embassies of France and Canada were firebombed by angry crowds. | Since August the rising …
(2019-10-31). Navigating the Media Maelstrom. globalresearch.ca The multi-tabbed, multi-screen, multi-channeled, multi-media prism through which we currently experience the world is already wreaking havoc with our ability to think clearly. | The constant competition between signals clawing for attention erodes our 'working memory' ‚Ää- ‚Ääthe neural architecture associated …
(2019-10-31). South America, Again, Leads Fight Against Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca The presidential election in Argentina pitted the people against neoliberalism and the people won. What happens next will have a tremendous impact all over Latin America and serve as a blueprint for assorted Global South struggles. | *** | The presidential election …
(2019-10-31). Is There a Color Revolution in the Making in Lebanon? globalresearch.ca This article is a continuation of my last article about what's really going on in Lebanon. According to many Lebanese and my regular taxi driver and friend in Beirut, Hussein, Lebanon no longer exists for the Lebanese. According to the …
(2019-10-31). Russia's Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Nears Completion. globalresearch.ca Russia has the world's largest natural gas reserves. Iran ranks second. Both nations have far larger reserves than the US, Saudi Arabia and other countries. | When completed, Russia's Nord Stream 2 will be the world's longest underwater pipeline, able to …
(2019-10-31). Grenfell Tower: The Most Serious Cover-up of Institutional Negligence in Recent British Legal History? globalresearch.ca The Kensington Local Authority in London must be relieved. They knowingly authorised the conversion of an existing fire-safe, residential tower block into a potential fire-bomb that would tragically consume itself with nearly everyone inside, yet no one official has been …
(2019-10-31). Bolivia's Boiling with Color Revolution Unrest. globalresearch.ca The narrow re-election of long-serving Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this month during the first round of voting has been exploited by his internal and external foes alike as the trigger event for inciting preplanned Color Revolution unrest in this …
(2019-10-31). Attack on WikiLeaks Is an Attack on Independent Journalism. globalresearch.ca Nozomi Hayase, Ph.D, is a trained liberation psychologist and widely published journalist. She has authored the book "Wikileaks, the Global Fourth Estate: History Is Happening". In an exclusive interview with Eresh Omar Jamal, Hayase talks about WikiLeaks' …
(2019-10-31). "Debt Forgiveness" and The Rosetta Stone — What Does It Say? globalresearch.ca The Rosetta Stone, as you may recall, is a large piece of rock that's in London's British Museum. It was rediscovered in 1799 by French army officer Pierre-Franàßois Bouchard, one of Napoleon's soldiers on a trade campaign in Egypt …
(2019-10-31). Video: Turkish-backed Forces Shell Russian Military Police in Northeastern Syria. US Says "We are not Going to Abandon (Our) Oil Fields" globalresearch.ca On October 29, a patrol of the Russian Military Police came under a mortar fire near the border village of Darbasiyah. The village is located just east of the Turkish-controlled town of Ras al-Ayn. The Russians were there to discuss …
(2019-10-31). New York Times Confirms: It's Trump Versus the "Deep State" globalresearch.ca The New York Times on Thursday published a remarkable piece that essentially acknowledged the existence of an American "deep state" and its implacable hostility to Donald Trump. The Times writers (fully five on the byline: Peter Baker, Lara Jakes, …
(2019-10-31). Video: 5G Wireless Is Not Safe. Former President of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg. globalresearch.ca Frank Clegg has spent over 40 years in the technology sector. | "It is important that we understand that 5g is not just an incremental number on our cellphones, …" | Here are some important facts about 5g: | 1. 5g technology has …
(2019-10-31). Yemen Runs Out of Fuel and Last Hospitals Close. globalresearch.ca While the mainstream media focuses on condemning President Trump for pulling US troops out of Syria, Yemen faces a national health crisis. The last functioning hospitals across multiple major cities in Yemen will shut their doors and stop providing services …
(2019-10-31). Poisoned: 10 Protected Species Endangered by Pesticides. globalresearch.ca Chemical pesticides pose an escalating threat to some of the nation's most imperiled wildlife, according to a new Endangered Species Coalition report released today. | The report, Poisoned: 10 American Species Imperiled by Pesticides, describes how the massive overuse of …
(2019-10-31). Lebanon's "Revolution" Is Without Revolutionary Ideology. globalresearch.ca There is a revolution in Lebanon without a revolutionary ideology. It is spontaneous, and if memory serves one well, spontaneous revolutions end up badly for the left. Although the left was at its peak in the less spontaneous German uprising …
(2019-10-31). US Equities Soar While Real Economy Plummets. Deep Recession Ahead? globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, the S&P 500 closed at a record high, the Dow and Nasdaq just shy of record territory. | Yet according to economist John Williams, noted for reengineering official data to how it was accurately calculated decades earlier, the …
(2019-10-31). Chile and Her History of Western Interference. globalresearch.ca Chile is experiencing the largest and most serious political crisis and public unrest throughout Santiago and the country's major cities, since the return to 'democracy' in 1990. A weeklong of fire, teargas and police brutality, left at least 20 people …
(2019-10-31). "Inside America's Doll House: A Vast Tapestry of Lies" globalresearch.ca Issue 3 of garrison journal has my long cover story — "Inside America's Doll House: A Vast Tapestry of Lies," and many other insightful articles. I highly recommend it. This is writing that goes deep and can not be found …
(2019-10-31). Convicted Anti-Nuclear Activists Speak Out: "Pentagon Has Brainwashed People" globalresearch.ca The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait to hear their prison sentences. They could face more than …
(2019-10-31). EPA disbanded a clean air science panel. We met anyway — and here's what we found. nationofchange.org The nongovernmental panel of experts found that particle pollution regulations aren't protecting public health, but that's not the only worrying trend at EPA.
(2019-10-31). Australian and New Zealand students speak after lecture on 70th anniversary of Chinese Revolution. wsws.org "The real root ideas of socialism were not implemented in China from the bottom-up. I learnt that Trotskyism is internationalism, but Mao did not agree with that perspective."
(2019-10-31). Medical student brilliantly exposes Boris Johnson's hospital 'PR stunt'. thecanary.co A medical student attempted to question Boris Johnson when he visited Addenbrooke's Hospital on 31 October. But according to her account, she was "pushed away". The student also claimed the visit was a "PR stunt", and that staff "weren't told that he was coming". | Simple questions: | The student said she tried to ask Johnson two simple questions: firstly, whether as a future doctor she'll have "drug accessibility"; and secondly…
(2019-10-31). CTU ends 10-day strike with tentative agreement. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Tonight, October 30, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) suspended its ten-day strike in the public schools, pending a back-to-work agreement. The House of Delegates (HOD) voted to accept the tentative agreement with the PSRP's (Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel) providing lead-ership. These clerks and teacher aides are among the lower paid workers in the schools. | The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 went on strike together with the CTU. Local 73 ended their strike after seven days but refused to return to work until CTU had a contract. The two unions will picket Thur…
(2019-10-31). Chicago Teachers Union attempting to ram through tentative agreement over widespread opposition. wsws.org The tentative agreement announced by the CTU Wednesday night betrays all the aspirations of the 24,000 teachers who have been on strike for ten days.
(2019-10-31). CTU moves to shut down strike without giving teachers right to vote on sellout contract. wsws.org The Chicago Teachers Union has announced it is shutting down the 11-day strike and sending teachers back to work tomorrow without giving them the right to vote on a new contract.
(2019-10-31). A Touch of Plagiarism: the Nazari Precedent. counterpunch.org The academy is filled with wonder. There are professors who cannot teach. There are associate professors who cannot write. There are tenured academics who have been promoted on the basis of being able to be the fourth author on all their papers, able to put and patch together an abstract and jot down a signature. More
(2019-10-31). CTU Strike: Are Charter Schools the Solution, Rather than the Problem, in Chicago? progressive.org One party is selfish; the other is only interested in educating kids. Can you guess which is which?
(2019-10-31). 'When We Fight, We Win!': After 11-Day Strike, Chicago Teachers Reach Deal With Mayor. commondreams.org Chicago public school teachers and their supporters celebrated Thursday after reaching a deal with Mayor Lori Lightfoot that will enable educators to return to classrooms Friday and make up five days of missed pay from the 11-day strike. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-10-31). After Avalanche of Outrage Directed at Chicago Mayor Lightfoot, "Rahm Emanuel 2.0" Starts to Budge on Key Teachers' Demand. commondreams.org Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot bowed to pressure from thousands of striking teachers on Thursday, offering to work out a compromise on whether school make-up days will be included in the Chicago Teachers Union's new contract following a two-week strike. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-10-31). Painting Over Greta. commondreams.org Greta has been adamant we need to listen to the science and adhere to regulatory practices. Sadly, the only thing Greta has provided is a platform for politicians to conceptualize the seriousness of it all. (Photo: Andreane Williams/CBC/twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-10-30). NLRB plans to permanently ban college teaching assistants from unionizing. peoplesworld.org 
(2019-10-30). The Temperature Movement: The Reincarnation of a Perennial Anglo-American Obsession. dissidentvoice.org 
There are two basic fields in which more than a century of critical writing and education has made no impact whatsoever on what for convenience I will call the Anglo-American progressives, some of whom apparently like to think of them as members of the Left. Here is not the place to discuss the meanwhile virtual …
(2019-10-30). Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers, US Army blew 'em up. rt.com 
A long-awaited court case against a medical research cadaver company has begun, and the grisly details have been laid bare in testimony, including the macabre discovery of a 'Frankenstein' torso with another body's head sewn on. | During an FBI raid on the center in 2014, distraught agents discovered tables stacked with dismembered human body parts, refrigerators stuffed with severed legs and heads, and a torso with the head of another cadaver sewn on. | Mark Cwynar, a retired FBI employee, compared the scene to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.' | "I personally observed several individuals emotionally upset. Some…
(2019-10-30). The Baghdadi "DNA Test" Was Done BEFORE The Raid By The SDF Using His Underwear. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/29/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-10-30). Chilean Protestor: 'I Was Raped by Police'. telesurenglish.net Joshua Maureira has become the face of victims of human rights violations after he reported he was beaten unconscious by police officers, sexually assaulted with a baton, despite the death threats he was facing if he spoke out. | RELATED: | Chile: Thousands March, Demand Constitution Change | "I speak so that never again in Chile any person sees their human rights violated," the 23-year-old medical student said during a statement at the prosecutor's office. | He spoke to a crowd of hundreds…
(2019-10-30). Chicago Teachers Union preparing the betrayal of teachers' strike. wsws.org The CTU is laying the groundwork for the betrayal of the ten-day strike of 25,000 public school teachers, the city's second-longest in over two decades.
(2019-10-30). A Touch of Plagiarism: The Nazari Precedent. dissidentvoice.org The academy is filled with wonder. There are professors who cannot teach. There are associate professors who cannot write. There are tenured academics who have been promoted on the basis of being able to be the fourth author on all their papers, able to put and patch together an abstract and jot down a signature. …
(2019-10-29). Educator worker actions heat up — Chicago to Massachusetts. workers.org 
Chicago teachers were still on strike in the third largest school district in the U.S. on Oct. 28. Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 — 25,000 strong — struck on Oct. 17, and were joined by 7,500 education workers from Service Employees Union [SEIU] Local 73. The city announced a tentative . . . | Continue reading Educator worker actions heat up — Chicago to Massachusetts at Workers.org
(2019-10-29). Chicago School Support Staff Win Deal to End Strike. therealnews.com 
The Chicago teachers strike has entered its ninth day. Support staff won't cross picket lines even after reaching a deal to end their strike, says Jeffrey Howard, Executive Vice President at SEIU Local 73.