(2019-11-01). Ady Barkan: Elizabeth Warren's Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement. theintercept.com 
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to students and staff at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 2019. | Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP | The movement for single-payer health care has taken some big strides forward in recent years. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., put the issue at the center of the Democratic Party's debate with his run for president in 2016. In partnership with the nurses union and other champions, he then got 19 senators to co-sponsor his bill in 2017. After Democrats took back the House of Representatives, we demanded and got hearings in multiple powerful committees on the fantastic b…
(2019-11-01). Tentative agreement ends 11-day Chicago teachers strike. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—Overcoming a last-minute snag from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago Teachers Union, AFT Local 1, and their bosses in the Chicago Public School system reached tentative agreement on a new contract on Oct. 31, ending an 11-day forced strike. The union's House of Delegates approved the tentative agreement 362-242. Classes resumed the next day, even …
(2019-11-01). Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears. un.org UN Member States agreed seven decades ago to a set of inalienable rights to ensure the dignity of everyone. On Friday, the newly-installed General Assembly President recalled their collective responsibility through the Human Rights Council to "actualize that shared vision for a better world."
(2019-11-01). The Battle for Chile. globalresearch.ca It all started with a minor misdemeanour by school students who collectively refused to pay fares on the Santiago metro in rejection of a price hike (to 830 pesos: US$1.17). This was part of a brutal austerity package, decreed by …
(2019-11-01). Asian Separatism Fuelled by US-backed Groups. globalresearch.ca Thailand's opposition faces sedition charges after conducting a seminar in Thailand's troubled deep south where they recommended amending the Thai constitution and paving way for the nation's territorial division. | Thailand's English language newspaper The Nation in an article titled, "…
(2019-11-01). Rebuilding Syria — Without Syria's Oil. globalresearch.ca What happened in Geneva this Wednesday, in terms of finally bringing peace to Syria, could not be more significant: the first session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee. | The Syrian Constitutional Committee sprang out of a resolution passed in January 2018 …
(2019-11-01). Another Look at the Federal Reserve's Panic in September 2019 and Solutions to the Crisis. globalresearch.ca Part 1 : Another look at the Federal Reserve's panic in September 2019 | You may recall that from 17 September 2019, the United States Federal Reserve injected massive amounts of liquidity into banks due to a quite abnormal situation on …
(2019-11-01). Latin America: Is Canada Trying to Create Another "Illegitimate" Government? globalresearch.ca Bolivia has recently had a presidential election that without foreign interference would have passed without notice outside Latin America. President Evo Morales was re-elected democratically to a forth term without the need of a run-off election with incumbent Carlos Mesa…
(2019-11-01). If It's a Boeing, I'm Not Going. globalresearch.ca During the Senate hearing into Boeing on October 29, Senator Jon Tester told the company's CEO Dennis Muilenburg: "I would walk before I would get on a 737 MAX. I would walk." He added: "There is no way … …
(2019-11-01). 250K Yemenis at Brink of Death from Hunger. globalresearch.ca As the brutal war in Yemen continues to worsen the humanitarian situation for civilians in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that 250,000 Yemenis are on the brink of death from hunger. | "The ongoing conflict and its …
(2019-11-01). Trump's Plan to Pillage Syrian Oil, Blatant Violation of International Law. globalresearch.ca Exactly two weeks after announcing a thousand US troops would be withdrawn from northeastern Syria with a portion relocated to Syria's Jordanian and Israeli borders and others sent to Iraq, US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday plans to keep …
(2019-11-01). House Dems Pass Procedural Impeachment Resolution. globalresearch.ca Establishment media support for what's going on is all about wanting undemocratic Dems gaining a political advantage ahead of 2020 presidential, congressional, state, and local elections. | The impeachment inquiry scam is unrelated to legitimate wrongdoing by Trump and his regime …
(2019-11-01). Trump Is Not the First, and Will Not be the Last, US Politician to Exploit, then Drop the Kurds. globalresearch.ca In response to US President Donald Trump's personal triumphalism over the slaying by US forces of Daesh's leader, Kurdish militia Commander Mazloum Abdi tweeted, | "For five months there has been joint intel cooperation on the ground and accurate monitoring, …
(2019-11-01). Impeachment Resolution Scam by House Dems. globalresearch.ca On Monday, anti-Trump Speaker Pelosi released the text of the undemocratic Dems' impeachment resolution, aiming to remove Trump from office for the wrong reasons, ignoring legitimate right ones. | For Dems and supportive media, it's the second time around against …
(2019-11-01). Trump Slides an American Foot in the Door in Syria. globalresearch.ca At first glance, it would appear to be a businessman's plan to plunder the profits of Syria, and he has quoted profits expected and even ear-marked the profits to support the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who are a Syrian Kurdish …
(2019-11-01). The CIA's Greatest Hits — US Government Assassinations. globalresearch.ca In practice, the US has on occasion encountered difficulty in its Imperial progress, most often due to country leaders proving resistant to American colonisation. In such cases, if payments of cash and the promise of free weapons fail to turn …
(2019-11-01). No Ceasefire/Ceasefire in Northern Syria. The Pentagon Will Use Overwhelming Force to Maintain US Control over Syrian Oil. globalresearch.ca From one or more illegally established airbases in Syria, as well as other other regional ones, Pentagon warplanes, attack helicopters, and drones continue terror-bombing Syrian sites at the discretion of its commanders. | US troops still occupy large parts of northern …
(2019-11-01). The Baghdadi Scam. globalresearch.ca The Democrats and corporate media don't really oppose what Donald Trump is doing in Syria or anywhere else. | "In the end it doesn't matter if Baghdadi is dead or when or how he died." | Donald Trump says that Abu Bakr …
(2019-11-01). Video: Turkish Forces Advance Further South of Ras Al-ayn. globalresearch.ca For several days in a row, an intense fighting is ongoing between the Syrian Army and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham near the town of Kbanah in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. | Pro-militant sources claim that the Syrian Army …
(2019-11-01). Monsanto Wins $7.7b Lawsuit in Brazil — but Farmers' Fight to Stop Its 'Amoral' Royalty System Will Continue. globalresearch.ca A Brazilian appeals court has decided in favor of Monsanto, the global agribusiness conglomerate, in a landmark class-action lawsuit filed by Brazilian farmers' unions. | The court's nine justices unanimously ruled on Oct. 9 that farmers cannot save seeds for replanting …
(2019-11-01). The "Deep State" Has Been Redefined as Career Bureaucrats Doing Their Patriotic Duty. globalresearch.ca It gets funny, this shallow analysis of the deep state that is currently big news. There's something ghoulish about it, perfectly timed for Halloween and masked jokers. What was once ridiculed by the CIA and its attendant lackeys in the …
(2019-11-01). Laughter Over the Left Shoulder at Russia's Tragedy. globalresearch.ca The recent appearance in some Western media sources of insults, jokes, and unfounded accusations in response to tragedies affecting the Russian people is shocking in its coarseness and barbarity, disturbing in its lack of compassion for fellow human beings, and …
(2019-11-01). A US War Story. globalresearch.ca Westerners are aware that the Americans fire-bombed the city of Dresden in Germany at the end of the Second World War, but most of the truth was suppressed as soon as it happened. Dresden was Eastern Germany's cultural centre, a …
(2019-11-01). Who Is the Unknown Jihadist Named as Islamic State's New Caliph? globalresearch.ca Confirming the deaths of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State's spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, who was killed in a US airstrike in northwest Syria a day after the killing of al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State's al-Furqan media has announced …
(2019-11-01). The US Tramples on International Law. indybay.org The US surprise attack on Iraq in March 2003 was a primal catastrophe. International law was eliminated and replaced by the imperial dictatorship of the US. Those who destroyed a whole people and have over a million casualties on their conscience are not punished in any way.
(2019-11-01). Hamburg, Germany: SPD-Green state executive uses police violence to guard lecture by AfD founder. wsws.org Hundreds of Hamburg students have protested against the return of Bernd Lucke, founder of the far-right Alternative for Germany, to their university in the past two weeks.
(2019-11-01). Chicago Teachers Celebrate End of Historic Strike After 11 Days. truthout.org Teachers in Chicago are heading back to school Friday, marking the end of a historic 11-day strike that had shut down the country's third-largest school district. After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to reduce class sizes, increase salaries by 16% over the next five years and bring on hundreds more social workers, nurses and librarians. The union demanded that teachers be able to make up the full eleven days of school before agreeing to return to work and eventually settled with the city on fiv…
(2019-11-01). CTU moves to shut down strike without giving teachers right to vote on sellout contract. wsws.org The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced on Thursday that it is shutting down the 11-day strike, the longest in thirty years, and sending teachers back to work today before giving them the right to vote on a new contract.
(2019-11-01). Although Job Growth Continues, Unemployment Edges Up to 3.6 Percent. truthout.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 128,000 jobs in October, while the unemployment rate edged up to 3.6 percent. The unemployment rate for Black people fell to 5.4 percent, another record low. | The job growth for October was depressed by the United Auto Workers strike at General Motors. This reduced manufacturing employment by more than 40,000. This drop will be reversed in November, but it pushed manufacturing employment's share of total employment down to 8.4 percent, the…
(2019-11-01). 'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries. commondreams.org "Just awful, what gruesome harm we are inflicting on the environment." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-11-01). 'Political Corruption in Real Time': Viral Video Shows North Carolina GOP Sabotaging Democracy in Effort to Secure Corporate Tax Cuts. commondreams.org A viral video shared by a Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina displayed what he called "political corruption in real time," showing Republican state senators refusing to hold a vote to move the debate forward over state funding for healthcare and teachers' salaries versus corporate tax cuts. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-11-01). "The Caliph", a CIA Blockbuster Between Fiction and Reality. globalresearch.ca "It was like watching a movie," President Trump said after witnessing the elimination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Caliph, Daesh's leader, transmitted in the White House Situation Room. It was there that in 2011 President Obama witnessed the elimination …
(2019-11-01). "This Is a Win for Our City": Chicago Teachers Celebrate End of Historic Strike After 11 Days. democracynow.org 
Teachers in Chicago are heading back to school Friday, marking the end of a historic 11-day strike that had shut down the country's third-largest school district. After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to reduce class sizes, increase salaries by 16% over the next five years and bring on hundreds more social workers, nurses and librarians. The union demanded that teachers be able to make up the full eleven days of school before agreeing to return to work and eventually settled with the city on five days. Earlier this week, 7,500 public school workers with the Service Employees International Union, who…
(2019-11-01). Chicago Teachers and UAW Members Show That Labor Movement Is Back After "Decades of Concessions" democracynow.org 
The end of the Chicago teachers' strike comes amid a wave of labor movements, including the longest United Auto Workers strike in almost 50 years. We speak with labor journalist Sarah Jaffe about the historical importance of unions, the rise of worker participation in strike actions and the significance of the Labour Party's organizing in the United Kingdom. Jaffe says workers "are fighting back in the face of decades and decades of concessions, decades and decades of give-backs," and "understanding that unionizing is a way that they have power on the job." She is the author of _Necessary Trouble: Americans in Re…
(2019-11-01). Charter School Advocates Demand That Everyone Fend for Themselves. dissidentvoice.org 
Promoters of privately-operated charter schools that intensify segregation and siphon money from public schools idolize the law of the jungle where the "strongest survive." This backward view assumes that everyone is nothing more than a consumer and that education is mainly a commodity. Such a discredited outlook is a direct assault on the modern principle …
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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 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?
(2019-10-30). 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 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 …