A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State's War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
"What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending Julian Assange, we defend our most sacred rights. Speak up now or wake up one morning to the silence …
globalresearch.ca/global-state-war-those-speak-truth-power/5694131
Bolivia: Leaked Audios Confirm Involvement of Opposition Leaders, Ex-Military and US in Coup Plans
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
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 …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-audios-linking-civic-ex-military-us-coup-plans/5694142
Britain's Democracy — Being Corrupted to the Point of Worthlessness
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Yet more scandals are engulfing the Tories. Apart from new cases being brought to the crown prosecution Service and two other unresolved cases involving the police and Electoral Commission, we have now heard of another incendiary political cover-up involving a …
globalresearch.ca/britain-democracy-corrupted/5694160
Listen to the Lebanese People
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
In 2012, I wrote an article about Lebanon that still rings true today. It ended with a quote from one of my favourite pieces written by Kahlil Gibran: "You Have Your Lebanon, I Have My Lebanon." | I am including below …
globalresearch.ca/lebanese-people/5694168
UN Security Council Sanctions against North Korea Responsible for Deaths of 3,193 Children Under Age 5 in 2018 Alone!
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
On Monday, October 28, a brilliant panel discussion revealing the atrocities resulting from the UN Security Council sanctions (in particular, Resolution 2397) forced upon the DPRK was held at 777 United Nations Plaza. This panel discussion should have been held …
globalresearch.ca/violation-international-law-full-knowledge-consequences-security-council-sanctions-responsible-deaths-3193-children-under-age-5-2018/5694133
The New Cold War: Russia's "Stealth Capable" 955 Borei-class Submarines. US-NATO's Aegis Ashore Missile Defense
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
On October 29th, the Norwegian news-outlet NRK broke the story that between 8 and 10 Russian submarines, including Sierra II class submarines, had begun naval exercises in the North Atlantic. This is one of the largest Russian naval exercises focused …
globalresearch.ca/aegis-makes-submarines-more-important/5694049
When Is a Whistleblower, Not a Whistleblower? From Russiagate to Ukrainegate
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
For those readers who care more about Donald Trump, Obama's legacy or the Republican/Democrat parties rather than the Rule of Law and what remains of the US Constitution, the following scenario should be a Giant Wake up Call. | As the …
globalresearch.ca/when-whistleblower-not-whistleblower/5694135
The Dark Side of Our Drone Future
James Rogers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Let me paint a picture of the near future. Drones, some weighing a few pounds and others a few tons, will flow endlessly back and forth from rural distribution centers to inner-city delivery hubs. Day in and day out, they …
globalresearch.ca/dark-side-our-drone-future/5694172
From Colombia to Galapagos to California and OSU
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-06
New information breakthroughs for me are exhilarating. Working with all that whale data is like looking into the dark with a flashlight. It's work that is able to contribute new information to the field. — OSU Whale Researcher, Daniel Palacios Whaling's first commercial iteration with harpoons started in Japan around 1570. With many more nations participating …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/from-colombia-to-galapagos-to-california-and-osu/
China's Development of the Russian Far East Can Improve EU-Moscow Relations
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Russia's Far East Investment and Export Support Agency investment manager Vasily Libo revealed on November 1 that China's foreign investment in the Far East advanced development zone accounted for about 59.1% of foreign investments in the region. This massive investment …
globalresearch.ca/china-development-russian-far-east-improve-eu-moscow-relations/5694181
Syria: OPCW Whistleblowers Confirm What We Already Knew. The OPCW Suppressed Evidence Regarding alleged Chemical Weapons Attack
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Whistleblowers have come forward revealing what many had known all along — that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had deliberately altered various reports and suppressed evidence regarding alleged chemical weapon attacks in Syria to help bolster …
globalresearch.ca/syria-opcw-whistleblowers-confirm-what-we-already-knew-the-opcw-suppressed-evidence-regarding-alleged-chemical-weapons-attack/5694146
From Canada's Election to Public Action: Beyond the Moral Tumor of Alberta Tar-Sands
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
For months during and after Canada's 2019 federal election campaign, corporate media provided daily frontline news space for non-stop Alberta demands for more tar-sands export infrastructure through British Columbia, as well as discrediting stories on the Trudeau government for questionable …
globalresearch.ca/canada-election-public-action-beyond-moral-tumor-alberta-tar-sands/5694140
Asia's Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): The RCEP Train Left the Station, and India, Behind
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
A pan-Asia high-speed train has left the station — and India — behind. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would have been the largest free trade deal in the world, was not signed in Bangkok. It will probably be …
globalresearch.ca/rcep-train-left-station-india-behind/5694128
India's RCEP Refusal, Russia's Eurasian Vision, and Next Week's BRICS Summit
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
India's refusal to join the RCEP mega-bloc endangers the viability of Russia's Greater Eurasian Partnership supercontinental integration vision, which not even next week's BRICS Summit might be able to save after Modi crossed the Rubicon of self-imposed regional economic isolation …
globalresearch.ca/india-rcep-refusal-russia-eurasian-vision-brics-summit/5694189
Erdogan Forces Loot Power Transformers in Towns They Infest
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Forces loyal to the Turkish pariah Erdogan in the Turkish Army and accompanying terrorist groups looted electricity power generators and transformers from a number of villages and towns they infested in the Hasakah countryside. A car blew up with the …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-forces-loot-power-transformers-towns-they-infest/5694164
US Army Purchases 624 "Robotic Mules" for Combat Use
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
In an effort to rapidly modernize before the next large-scale military conflict, the US Army has purchased 624 robotic mules from General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), a deal worth more than $162 million, reported Defense Blog. | GDLS' MUTT (Multi-Utility …
globalresearch.ca/us-army-purchases-624-robotic-mules-combat-use/5694167
India's Refusal on RCEP Causes Far-reaching Geopolitical Implications
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
India officially refused to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) following several days of heated negotiations on the issue during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Bangkok. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reported to have said,…
globalresearch.ca/india-refusal-rcep-causes-far-reaching-geopolitical-implications/5694057
Iran Nuclear Deal and the Attack on Abqaiq Oil Facility
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
In response to Washington unilaterally cancelling the Iran nuclear deal and imposing sanctions on Iran, Tehran has announced on Tuesday that it will begin injecting uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges at Fordow nuclear facility. Though like the previous retaliatory measures …
globalresearch.ca/iran-nuclear-deal-attack-abqaiq-oil-facility/5694130
Over 100 Missiles against Syria: US, UK and France Committed an International War Crime Against Syria on 14 April 2018
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
It is now clear that on 14 April 2018, the three Governments of U.S., UK, and France, fired over a hundred missiles against Syria, on no more 'justification' than staged videos that had been done by those regimes' own proxy | …
globalresearch.ca/us-uk-france-committed-international-war-crime-against-syria/5694192
Sri Lankan SEP holds presidential election meeting in Hatton
wsws.org | 2019-11-06
Estate workers, students and youth discussed the necessity for a socialist and internationalist program at a public meeting in the key tea plantation district.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/06/hatn…
20 years without a raise drives Univ. Of New Mexico faculty to unionize
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-06
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (PAI)–Overcoming entrenched opposition by university bosses–including their importation of one of the nation's most-notorious union-busters–faculty at the University of New Mexico's five campuses voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the Teachers (AFT) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Going 20 years without a pay raise was a major issue that helped send …
peoplesworld.org/article/20-years-without-a-raise-drives-univ-of-new-mexico-faculty-to-unionize/
Teachers Unions Could Move the Climate Strikes Into Phase 2
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-06
As young people across the country join the global movement to mobilize school strikes to demand climate action, one group is starting to think more seriously about how to best support those efforts: their teachers. | Educators, like those in the California Federation of Teachers and the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), are beginning to leverage their power both as teachers and union members to push the bounds of climate activism. | Kurt Ostrow, a high school English teacher in Fall River, Mass., has…
truthout.org/articles/teachers-unions-could-move-the-climate-strikes-into-phase-2/
Selected Articles: The New Cold War
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-new-cold-war/5694194
'Great News!': Federal Court Voids Trump Administration's Discriminatory 'Conscience Rule'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-06
Trump's Department of Health and Human Services, wrote District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, promulgated the rule "arbitrarily and capriciously." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/06/great-news-federal-court-voids-trump-administrations-discriminatory-conscience-rule?cd-origin=rss
As 'Working Class Revolt' Topples Kentucky's Trump-Backed Governor, a Warning to McConnell: 'You're Next'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-06
"Kentucky Democrats did not win by launching esoteric attacks on Bevin. They did it by staying lightning focused on the way that Bevin had hurt working class families." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/06/working-class-revolt-topples-kentuckys-trump-backed-governor-warning-mcconnell-youre?cd-origin=rss
One Million Brexit Coins Ordered by Over-Confident Boris Johnson: Now Both Invalid
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
It is today reported that Boris Johnson, in an act of arrogance, had ordered the Royal Mint to produce one million 50p coins to commemorate Brexit on October 31st last in the misplaced hope that he would succeed in …
globalresearch.ca/one-million-brexit-coins-ordered-boris-johnson/5694175
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
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/
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/
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
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
"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
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
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/
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
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/
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…
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…
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/
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/
"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…
'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/
"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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Ady Barkan: Elizabeth Warren's Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement
Ady Barkan | theintercept.com | 2019-11-01
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…
theintercept.com/2019/11/01/elizabeth-warren-medicare-for-all/
Chicago Teachers and UAW Members Show That Labor Movement Is Back After "Decades of Concessions"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-01
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…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/1/uaw_strik…