Investigations Unearth Systemic Corruption in K-12 School Leadership–and Students and Teachers Lose Out
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-11-05
Much of the blame lies with an education reform movement that has exhorted schools to operate more like businesses and mimic corporate hiring processes.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/investigations-corruption-school-leadership-byrant-191105/
America's Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
globalresearch.ca/america-education-system-teaching-price-everything-value-nothing/5694054
Chicago teachers win some 'educational justice'
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2019-11-05
Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU 73 March Downtown. "Did we accomplish every single little thing?" said Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, during an Oct. 31 victory press conference. "No. But I can say that we moved the needle on educational justice in the city." And that was . . . | Continue reading Chicago teachers win some 'educational justice' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44263/
Stop the Attacks on Health Workers in the Philippines
Seiji Yamada — Arcelita Imasa | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-05
Dr. Gene Nisperos is an Assistant Professor who teaches Community Medicine at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine. Dr. Nisperos is also the President of the All UP Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU)-UP Manila Chapter. I (SY) had the honor of learning about community-oriented medical education in the Philippines when I visited Dr.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/05/stop-the-attacks-on-health-workers-in-the-philippines/
Australia: Bullied teachers reveal union complicity in victimisations–Part 2
wsws.org | 2019-11-05
The WSWS and Committee for Public Education discuss the crisis in Australia's public schools, with the founders of Bullied Teachers Support Network.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/bts2…
Bolivia: Audios Linking Civic, Ex-Military and US in Coup Plans
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-05
The Radio Education Network of Bolivia (Erbol) leaked 16 audios involving opposition leaders who are calling for a coup d'etat against the government of President Evo Morales, a political action which would have been coordinated from the U.S. embassy in the Andean country . | RELATED: | Bolivia's Evo: OAS Report Must be 'Techincal, Not Political' | Among those mentioned…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Audios-Linking-Civic-Ex-Military-and-US-in-Coup-Plans-20191105-0001.html
Akwasi Afrifa: An Appraisal of Ghana's One Time Military Ruler
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Akwasi Afrifa, military officer and political leader of Ghana, is a man whose legacy still polarises his countrymen to this day. Should he be remembered as a principled believer in democratic values who helped rescue Ghana from a "dictator" …
globalresearch.ca/afrifa-appraisal-ghana-one-time-military-ruler/5693998
Trump Impeachment Scam as Theater and Distraction
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Trump is virtually certain to be impeached for illegitimate reasons by the Dem-controlled House — even though majority senators are highly likely to defeat the scheme. | What's going on is one of the most disturbing spectacles in US history that's …
globalresearch.ca/trump-impeachment-scam-theater-distraction/5694075
Over 11,000 scientists declare climate emergency and call for urgent action
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-05
More than 11,000 scientists around the world have declared a climate emergency, warning of "untold suffering" without urgent action. | Scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia, Oregon State University and Tufts University in the US, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa are joined in the warning by 11,000 signatories from 153 countries, including the UK. The declaration is based on analysis of more than 40 years of publicly available data covering a range of measures from energy use to deforestation and carbon emissions | In a paper published in the journal Bioscience, the researchers set out…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/11/05/over-11000-scientists-declare-climate-emergency-and-call-for-urgent-action/
California of Fire and Profit
Luca Celada | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
California is burning. This sentence is all too familiar by now, a kind of mantra that is repeated every year with the onset of "fire season," when live television broadcasts start to show homes threatened by flames and the wails …
globalresearch.ca/california-fire-profit/5694067
How Islamic Jihadism Was Conceived as Antidote to Communism?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
During the Soviet-Afghan conflict from 1979 to 1988 between the capitalist and communist blocs, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States took the side of the former because the Soviet Union and the Central Asian states produced more energy and …
globalresearch.ca/islamic-jihadism-conceived-antidote-communism/5694033
Algeria: Urrà ! Sofiane Djilali ha ricevuto un premio!
Ahmed Bensaada | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Ci sono mattine cosà¨. Uno si sveglia e la prima notizia che legge sul telefono lo lascia perplesso. Strabuzza gli occhi per essere sicuro che ha capito bene. Si lascia cadere sul cuscino per dimostrare a se stesso che è …
globalresearch.ca/algeria-urra-sofiane-djilali-ha-ricevuto-un-premio/5694119
Syrian Army Defends Civilians from Sectarian Terrorist Threat in Northeast
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have continued to pull back as agreed, while the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Russian military allies have taken positions through much of the northeast of Syria, to counter the Turkish invasion. There …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-arab-army-defends-civilians-sectarian-terrorist-threat-northeast/5693995
What We're Not Being Told About Inhalers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-05
Many people affected by breathing conditions like asthma may be unwittingly adding to global heating, because of the climate threat from inhalers often used to relieve their suffering. | Many of the appliances used at present — termed metered-dose inhalers — contain propellants that are potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) which contribute to the problems of climate change. | A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK says that if health services switched to prescribing "green" inhalers instead, big cuts would be possible i…
truthdig.com/articles/what-were-not-being-told-about-inhalers/
Media Debates as Russia Pushes into Africa
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Since the collapse …
globalresearch.ca/media-debates-russia-pushes-africa/5694032
We Are All Palestinians
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In spite of the fact that Israeli snipers continue to shoot scores of unarmed protesting Gazans every Friday with virtually no coverage from the media, there are some signs that the ability of Israel and its friends to control the …
globalresearch.ca/we-all-palestinians/5694005
Improved Russia-India Ties To be Balanced with Improved Russia-China Relations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
The visit of new Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to Moscow from 5-7 November along with a 50-member military-technical business delegation will continue the trend of improving Russian-Indian defense ties after their comparative weakening over the past few years, though …
globalresearch.ca/improved-russian-indian-ties-balanced-improved-russian-chinese-ones/5694065
5G Cell Phone Technology Contravenes Human and Environmental Laws
Electromagnetic Sense Ireland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Attorney-at-law Christian Jensen, of Bonnor Lawyers in Denmark, examined potential health damages and risks of 5G in relation to human rights and environmental conventions. | The legal opinion is centred around results that have positively documented actual damages or risks …
globalresearch.ca/danish-legal-opinion-concludes-5g-contravenes-human-environmental-laws/5694047
US Sponsored Chaos: Iraqi Security Foil a Terrorist Attack Against Baghdad Protesters
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Iraqi security forces managed to arrest a terrorist plotting to carry out terrorist bombings against the protesters in a special operation south of Baghdad, he goes by the pseudonym 'Abu Haroun'. | The counter-terrorist unit discovered a stash of weapons, explosives, …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-security-foil-terrorist-attack-against-protesters/5694072
Video: Syrian Army Prepares for Advance in Northern Lattakia
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In response to a recent escalation in northern Lattakia, the Syrian Army has deployed a batch of reinforcements south of the militant-held town of Kbani. According to pro-government sources, the Syrian military leadership is also considering to deploy units from …
globalresearch.ca/video-army-prepares-advance-northern-lattakia/5694079
Our Kurdish Hero…the Terrorist?
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In the past month, the name and image of General Mazloum Adbi, the commander of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, has become well known to Americans. The decision by President Trump to precipitously withdraw U.S. forces …
globalresearch.ca/kurdish-hero-terrorist/5694037
"Robbing" Syria's Oil to Thwart Syria's Recovery
Salman Rafi Sheikh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In the name of what the US president called "securing the oil" or what the Pentagon chose to describe as an attempt to "protect" Syria's oil, the US is basically indulging in what can, in simple terms, be described as …
globalresearch.ca/robbing-syria-oil-thwart-syria-recovery/5694045
Sentence First, Crime Later?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Attorney General William Barr recently sent a memo to law enforcement officials announcing a new federal initiative that would use techniques and tools developed in the war on terror, such as mass surveillance, to identify potential mass shooters. Those so …
globalresearch.ca/sentence-first-crime-later/5694060
Malaysian PM Dr. Mahathir: No Country Can Impose Sanctions on Other Countries
Press TV | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says his country cannot carry out trade with Iran, one of its big trading partners, as a result of Washington's unilateral sanctions against Tehran, noting that US bans on Iran contravene the United Nations' provisions….
globalresearch.ca/malaysian-pm-no-country-impose-sanctions-other-countries/5694030
"Dark Money" Is Now Coursing Through the Veins of Britain's Democracy
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
It was only a couple of months ago that the UK elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, fined the Scottish Unionist Association Trust (SUAT) for repeated failures to declare more than £200,000 in donations to the Scottish Conservatives. The outrage …
globalresearch.ca/dark-money-coursing-britain-democracy/5694039
Brazilians Protest Against Bolsonaro Across the Country
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-05
Brazil's student organizations, social movements, unions, and progressive parties on Tuesday held protests across the country with the motto, "For justice, democracy and rights. For Marielle, enough of Bolsonaro!" | RELATED: | 'Brazil Needs More Democracy', Lula Replies to Bolsonaro's Son | "Let the Latin American winds reach Brazil. Everyone to the streets…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilians-Protest-Against-Bolsonaro-Across-the-Country-20191105-0010.html
Winding Brook Stories
Ron Ridenour | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-05
This series of teacher-student stories, interspersed with journalistic materials and writing, is aimed at showing how thousands of mainly white Europeans and Americans from both continents together with millions of Africans and peoples from India struggle to eradicate, or greatly reduce, poverty by "fighting with the poor". They do so out of "solidarity humanism" by …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/winding-brook-preface/
Interview with Sarah Chambers on the CTU strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-05
Sarah Chambers is a rank-and-file member of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and a member of their bargaining committee. | Fight Back!: How did this strike compare to 2012? What you were demanding? What was won? | Sarah Chambers: There were a lot of similarities between 2012 and this year's strike, because we were fighting for a lot of the same things: smaller class sizes, more staffing, wrap-around services, stronger protections. | The biggest difference now is that in 2012, we were fighting austerity. Rahm was trying to steamroll the CTU and gut our contract. This time around, our new mayor, Lori Lightfoot, ran…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/5/intervie…
Chicago Teachers Didn't Win Everything, But They've Transformed the City
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-05
Chicago teachers and staff returned to the classrooms Friday after more than two weeks on strike. Their walkout lasted longer than the city's landmark 2012 strike, as well as those in Los Angeles and Oakland earlier this year. | The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike also lasted long enough for the season's first snowstorm to blanket thousands of teachers and staff who surrounded City Hall Thursday morning to demand Mayor Lori Lightfoot agree to restore missed instructional days as a final conditio…
truthout.org/articles/chicago-teachers-didnt-win-everything-but-theyve-transformed-the-city/
Chicago teachers score a historic victory, classes to resume
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-05
After the City met the union's final demand regarding days missed due to the strike, the CTU declared a victory and classes will resume tomorrow. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/04/chicago-teachers-score-a-historic-victory-classes-to-resume/
Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2019-11-05
Some 83,000 members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario have given a 98 percent strike authorization vote as talks continue with the provincial government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/wrkr…
Chicago teachers denounce union's sellout agreement as Bernie Sanders, Democrats claim "victory"
wsws.org | 2019-11-05
Despite the official celebration, the CTU's tentative agreement for a five-year contract entirely accepts the terms set by Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/chic…
Angela Rayner hammers home the utter failure of Tory rule with one appalling statistic
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-05
The National Audit Office ( NAO) has confirmed the Conservative Party's utter failure to fulfil a key 2015 election pledge. And for Labour's Angela Rayner, this proves just how "inept and useless" the Tories are. | The government spending watchdog revealed that the Conservatives have so far built none of the 200,000 homes that their 2015 manifesto promised to build in England. The target audience for this high-profile 'starter home' pledge was first-time buyers under the age of 40. | Rayner responded to this damning…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/05/angela-rayner-hammers-home-the-utter-failure-of-tory-rule-with-one-appalling-statistic/
The 34 seconds everyone needs to see before even THINKING about voting Tory
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-11-05
The Conservative Party's austerity policies have decimated the welfare state, with even survivors of rape forced to 'prove it' or lose their benefits. But amid all the statistics and headlines, very real people are suffering indescribable pain. If someone you know is even thinking about voting for more of the same come 12 December…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/05/the-34-seconds-everyone-needs-to-see-before-even-thinking-about-voting-tory/
Can the UK Election Solve the Brexit Impasse?
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday it was a matter of 'deep, deep regret' that he was unable to meet the Brexit deadline of October 31st — the date by which he promised the country would leave the …
globalresearch.ca/uk-election-solve-brexit-impasse/5694051
Die F-35 waren Teil von Pompeos geheimer Agenda in Rom
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Der Tarnkappenjà§ger F-35 kann sich nicht nur vor dem Radar, sondern auch vor der Politik verstecken — es gibt keine Spur davon in Berichten àºber die Treffen von US-Auàüenminister Mike Pompeo in Rom. Der Corriere della Sera verrà§t jedoch, dass …
globalresearch.ca/die-f-35-waren-teil-von-pompeos-geheimer-agenda-in-rom/5694097
4 de Novembro, ver Nápoles e depois morrer
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Nápoles, e nà£o Roma, foi ontem, o centro do Dia das Foràßas Armadas. No Lungomare Caracciolo, desfilaram 5 batalhàµes. Mas o ponto alto foi a área de exposiàßàµes das várias Foràßas, que atraiu durante cinco dias, para a Piazza del …
globalresearch.ca/4-de-novembro-ver-napoles-e-depois-morrer/5694094
4 Novembre, vedi Napoli e poi muori
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Napoli, e non Roma, è stata ieri al centro della Giornata delle Forze Armate. Sul Lungomare Caracciolo sono sfilati 5 battaglioni. Ma il pezzo forte è stata l'area espositiva interforze, che ha richiamato per cinque giorni in Piazza del Plebiscito …
globalresearch.ca/4-novembre-vedi-napoli-e-poi-muori/5694091
"Release My Mother": A Yale Student Fights to Halt Deportation of His Mother with Stage IV Cancer
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-05
Tania Romero, an undocumented mother from Honduras and survivor of stage IV cancer, is fighting to remain in the United States with her four children. Two months ago, Romero was imprisoned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the privately owned Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, interrupting her life-saving medical treatments. In mid-August, Romero was pulled over for a minor traffic infraction and arrested for not having a driver's license. Tania Romero's attorney requested a stay of deportation on humanitarian grounds because of her fragile health, but it was denied in September. Her son, Cristian…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/5/cancer_pa…
Anti-Choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers Pose Risks to Young People
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-05
Abby McElroy was age 15 when a guest speaker in her high school sex education class told her and her classmates that they should think of themselves as tape. | The speaker walked around the classroom demonstrating that the more you stick and then peel tape off of different surfaces, the more it loses its stickiness. "They told us that we were the tape," McElroy told Rewire.News, "and every time we slept with someone or had sex with them, we were giving them our stickiness, and we could never get that back…
truthout.org/articles/anti-choice-crisis-pregnancy-centers-pose-risks-to-young-people/
As if listening to you have sex wasn't bad enough, Siri and Alexa can also be hijacked by LASERS, researchers find
rt.com | 2019-11-05
Voice-activated digital assistants can be remotely hijacked by lasers as far as 350 feet away and made to order products, start cars, and otherwise drive a smart-home owner crazy, researchers have discovered. | Google Home, Amazon's Alexa, and Apple's Siri can be remotely hijacked from hundreds of feet away with lasers pointed at their microphones, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo found. The takeover is instantaneous and silent — a well-placed command to turn the device's volume down to zero would ensure that even its spoken responses could go…
rt.com/usa/472678-alexa-google-hacked-remote-lasers/
Study Shows Pension Funds' Refusal to Divest From Fossil Fuels Cost Retired Teachers, Firefighters, and Public Workers $19 Billion
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-05
While thousands of experts on Tuesday made the moral and scientific case for taking immediate action to end climate-warming fossil fuel extraction, a media research firm offered yet another reason for public and private entities to end their investments in oil, gas, and coal: the loss of billions of dollars. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/05/study-shows-pension-funds-refusal-divest-fossil-fuels-cost-retired-teachers?cd-origin=rss
Selected Articles: Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) "Exacts Revenge" against Turkey
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
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globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-sentence-first-crime-later/5694088
'When We Fight, We Win': Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education
Alan Maass | thenation.com | 2019-11-04
'When We Fight, We Win': Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education…
thenation.com/article/chicago-teachers-strike-lightfoot/
UC Berkeley professors discuss the California wildfires and air quality
wsws.org | 2019-11-04
The WSWS recently spoke with Dr. Richard A. Muller, a University of California professor who has published research on issues of air pollution, as well as Jameson Karns, a UC researcher in the field of fire management.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/04/fire…
US Report on Terrorism Omits Its Leading State Sponsor and Perpetrator
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
The State Department issues annual reports on global terrorism by country. What's omitted is most important. | What's reported about nations on the US target list for regime change is fabricated, part of its propaganda campaign against sovereign independent countries Washington …
globalresearch.ca/us-report-terrorism-omits-leading-state-sponsor-perpetrator/5693863
"White Helmets Are Preparing New Chemical Provocations In Syria," France Bombs Iraq & Oil Occupation
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-03
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 (11/2/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/white-helmets-are-preparing-new-chemical-provocations-in-syria-france-bombs-iraq-oil-occupation/
Baghdadi Deception Exposed, Israel Bombs Gaza After Phantom Rocket & US Violates Own Syria Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-02
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 (11/1/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/baghdadi-deception-exposed-israel-bombs-gaza-after-phantom-rocket-us-violates-own-syria-sanctions/
Charter School Advocates Demand That Everyone Fend for Themselves
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-01
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/charter-school-advocates-demand-that-everyone-fend-for-themselves/
Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-01
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."
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