(2019-11-19). 'Big Brother' state? Spain begins tracking mobile phones in controversial study to better public services. rt.com 
Millions of Spaniards are being tracked on their mobile phones this week as part of a controversial government study designed to gather information about where citizens are traveling and when in order to "improve public services." | The National Statistics Institute (INE) has assured people that the eight-day project is completely "anonymous" — but that hasn't stopped concerns being raised over the 'spy state' and 'big brother' style privacy issues. | Spain's three largest mobile phone operators — Movistar, Vodafone and Orange — are taking part in the project, and insist they are not breaking…
(2019-11-19). Student Protesters are Walking a Tightrope in Hong Kong. counterpunch.org 
It's hard to know what to think about the student protests in Hong Kong. | On the one hand, they are incredibly inspiring. The courage, determination, brilliant organizing in the face of corporate blocking of the social media platforms that have been so critical early on to coordinating actions and rallying support, and the links that these masses of students have been able to build with the broader Hong Kong community, have been amazing to witness. So too is the massive support that the city's residents — even its staid usually conservative business-minded bankers and shop owners — have given and con…
(2019-11-19). Conflict of Interest: Julian Assange's Judge and Her Husband's Links to the British Military Establishment Exposed by WikiLeaks. globalresearch.ca It can also be revealed that Lady Arbuthnot has received gifts and hospitality in relation to her husband, including from a military and cybersecurity company exposed by WikiLeaks. These activities indicate that the chief magistrate's activities cannot be considered as …
(2019-11-19). Texas students say, "Defend DACA" fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX — The University of Texas at Arlington's Progressive Student Union (PSU) held a rally for DACA recipients, November 14. The group, led by PSU President Mark Napieralski, delivered a list of ten demands to the administration, marching across the campus chanting, "No protection, no peace," "Stand up, fight back," "Black and brown immigrants matter," and "Defend DACA." | PSU delivered their demands to President Karbhari's office, though he was available to receive them personally. Regardless, the office received the demands and promised to deliver them to Karbhari. | PSU's demands included more r…
(2019-11-19). Occupied Palestine: From BDS to ODS. The Project of a One Democratic State (ODS). globalresearch.ca We spent the last week in Occupied Palestinian Territory, commonly referred to as Israel, where we traveled around the country to visit communities in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, the West Bank, the Nagab, and more. | We call Israel Occupied Palestine because …
(2019-11-19). Open Guidelines: The Foreign Interference Problem in Australian Universities. counterpunch.org Education has always been a political matter, whatever the apolitical advocates of it think it is. In Australia, it has proven sectarian, ideological, and skewed, often on the issue of funding. At the schooling level, private institutions receive more worldly goods from the taxpayer than state institutions. It is an absurdity that has become commonplace More
(2019-11-19). Misogynist VP Pence Says he Wants to See a Woman on the Moon. indybay.org U.S. Vice-President Pence gave a speech at NASA Ames Research facility in Mountain View, California on November 14 to a hand picked group of NASA employees. Protesters outside had a lot to say in response.
(2019-11-19). Mobile Phone Radiation and the EU's Phonegate Crisis. globalresearch.ca Following the invitation on October 1, 2019 to the European Parliament of Dr Marc Arazi by MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Michèle Rivasi and Klaus Buchner of the Greens/EFA, and the alert issued to parliamentarians and organisations gathered at this event on …
(2019-11-19). New Poll Reveals Majority of Canadians Believe Our Country Ranks in Top 10 for Children's Well-Being. In Reality, Canada Ranks 25th. globalresearch.ca One of Canada's top child advocacy groups, Children First Canada, has released a new poll on Canadian's attitudes on the wellbeing of our country's kids. The poll is being released today on the occasion of National Child Day and the …
(2019-11-19). Europe's Economy Today & Tomorrow. globalresearch.ca Introduction | The Wall St. Journal page one article of November 18, 2019 broadcast: "Europe's New Jobs Stoke Discontent". | It asked: 'why are workers so angry', when millions more jobs have been created since Europe's last recessions (2008-09 and 2011-13), when …
(2019-11-19). New Zealand Even Hand against Palestine: Jacinda Adern, that Tweet, and Gaza. globalresearch.ca The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFAT) tweet on 12 November condemning rocket fire from Gaza while failing to condemn the Israeli extrajudicial assassinations and civilian killings that generated Islamic Jihad's rocket-fire in defensive response, reveals the hypocrisy at …
(2019-11-19). Federal Reserve: Enemy of Liberty and Prosperity. globalresearch.ca Lost in the media's obsession with the impeachment circus last week was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony on the state of the economy before the Joint Economic Committee. In his testimony, Chairman Powell warned that when the next recession …
(2019-11-19). Fifth Generation (5G) Cell Phone Systems Threatens Human Health and Intelligence. globalresearch.ca In 1960 Allan H. Frey was 25 years old, he had graduated in biophysics and worked at General Electric's Advanced Electronics Center at Cornell University. When a radar technician invited him to come and listen to a clicking sound of …
(2019-11-19). Video: Complex and Unstable Geopolitics in Syria. Further Escalation in Southern Idlib. globalresearch.ca Over the past days, southern Idlib, southern Raqqah, northwestern al-Hasakah remained the main points of tensions in Syria. | On November 16, the Syrian Army repelled an attack by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies on the hill of Khaznah in …
(2019-11-19). Release of Western Hostages and Prospects of Peace in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca Three Taliban commanders have been released today, on Tuesday, by the Afghan government as part of a prisoner swap involving two Western hostages. Reportedly, the militant leaders, including senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani, had landed in Qatar, which hosts the …
(2019-11-19). Europe's Shameful Treatment of Refugees: Fire in Greece's Samos Island Refugee Camp. globalresearch.ca Last month a fire roared through the refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos, a few miles from the coast of Turkey. The immediate cause of the fire is unclear, but there were clashes between Afghan and Syrian refugees …
(2019-11-19). America's Arms Sales Addiction: 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade. globalresearch.ca It's no secret that Donald Trump is one of the most aggressive arms salesmen in history. How do we know? Because he tells us so at every conceivable opportunity. It started with his much exaggerated "$110 billion arms deal" with …
(2019-11-19). Bolivia Proves that Latin America Cannot Exit the American Empire. globalresearch.ca UPDATE: Racist statements come out of the mouth of Bolivia's self-declared president | Jeanine Anez, one of the Bolivian Spanish elite, has declared herself the President of Bolivia. She is one of the elite allied with Washington who accused Evo …
(2019-11-19). China, USA and the Geopolitics of Lithium. globalresearch.ca The Battle for Lithium: Washington wants to counter China influence in controlling key strategic lithium reserves. Some geological estimates rank Bolivia's lithium reserves as the world's largest.
(2019-11-19). Trump Regime Calls Illegal Israel Settlements Legal. globalresearch.ca There's no ambiguity about the illegality of Israeli settlements. International law on the issue is clear and unequivocal. | It's automatically US constitutional law under its Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2). | Fourth Geneva's Article 49 states: | "Individual or mass forcible …
(2019-11-19). McDonnell accuses Tories of siding with the super rich. thecanary.co Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is accusing Boris Johnson of allowing the country's "super rich" to buy access to "tax breaks and corporate giveaways". | Labour published research which, it said, showed 48 of the 151 billionaires listed in the latest Sunday Times Rich List had donated more than £50 million to the Tories since 2005. | The opposition party has calculated that by 2023/24, the Conservatives will have handed out "tax breaks and corporate giveaways" worth almost £100 billion since coming to power in 2010. | Labour said these perks included £86 billion in corporation tax cuts, £…
(2019-11-19). U.S. Continues to Draw Lines in Eastern Mediterranean. globalresearch.ca From November 3 to November 14, Israeli, U.S., German, Italian and Greek war jets participated in the "Blue Flag 2019" military exercises out of the Ovda Air Base in Israel's Negev Desert. The timing of these exercises corresponds with Turkey …
(2019-11-19). Violence Is as Violence Does. All in the Name of "Restoring Democracy" globalresearch.ca Anyone remember the line from the film Forest Gump: 'Stupid is as stupid does'? Well, now we have, each and every passing day, the bastard children of our violent empire. Yes, violence has always been with us, this the frailty …
(2019-11-19). UK Government Accused of Covering Up War Crimes in Iraq. globalresearch.ca The UK is very keen at reminding certain countries — Syria, Russia, China — of their human rights abuses and yet, when it comes to looking closer to home, this current government quite frankly prefers not to, and in some …
(2019-11-19). 'Orwellian Absurdity': US Reversal on Israel's Settlements Draws International Outrage. globalresearch.ca US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the US was softening its position on Israel's network of settlements in the occupied Palestinain territory, saying it was revoking the notion that settlements are illegal under international law — …
(2019-11-19). Iran's Protests Are Grassroots, Not Foreign-Driven, and that's the Real Problem. globalresearch.ca Iran's problem isn't that foreign forces are politically encouraging the latest unrest and possibly even directly supporting some of the most violent provocateurs to an uncertain extent, but that the vast majority of the participants in these nationwide protests are …
(2019-11-19). Protesters Demonstrate at VP Mike Pence's NASA Speech in Mountain View, CA. indybay.org Vice-President Mike Pence gave a speech at NASA Ames Research facility on November 14 following a brief fundraising trip to California. The same day there was a school shooting in Santa Clarita. Demonstrators did not hesitate to point out that Pence is an adamant supporter of the National Rifle Association.
(2019-11-19). Rep. Richard Neal's Tax Package Would Help Maintain the Nation's Clean Energy Momentum, Science Group Says. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-11-19). Greece and the Struggle for Freedom. counterpunch.org Prologue Greece, the wellspring of Western civilization, has a continuity of existence from ancient times to the present day. In spite of multiple depredations inflicted on the country over millennia, Greek ideas, science, discoveries and practices forming the foundations of Western culture, have persisted. In this essay, the contours of Greek history are traced from More
(2019-11-19). Protests as Trump labor board moves to restrict grad student unions. wsws.org The Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board proposed a rule that would deny the right of graduate students to organize.
(2019-11-19). FRSO leader speaks in Texas on Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX — On November 13, the University of Texas at Arlington Progressive Student Union (PSU) hosted a national leader of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Tom Burke, who gave an eyewitness report on Venezuela and the Bolivarian revolution. | Cassandra Swartz, with the Dallas Anti-War Committee, opened the event by talking about how anti-war activism is more necessary than ever, due to the horrific military coup in Bolivia against indigenous President Evo Morales. | Burke went in depth about his experiences in Venezuela to a crowd of 25 people. Burke dispelled myths about Venezuelan shortages, tal…
(2019-11-19). Lab Rats for Corporate Profit: Pesticide Industry's Poisoned Platter. counterpunch.org Newly released pesticide usage statistics for 2018 confirm that the British people are being used as lab rats. That's the message environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has sent to Dave Bench, senior scientist at the UK Chemicals, Health and Safety Executive and director of the agency's EU exit plan. In her open letter to Bench, Mason warns More
(2019-11-19). L'Italia nella Coalizione ´antiterrorismo ª. globalresearch.ca Il ministro degli Esteri Luigi Di Maio, accogliendo a Roma i cinque militari feriti in Iraq, ha dichiarato che ´lo Stato italiano mai indietreggerà di un centimetro di fronte alla minaccia terroristica e reagirà con tutta la sua forza di …
(2019-11-19). A Itália na coligaàßà£o "antiterrorismo" globalresearch.ca O Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Luigi Di Maio, acolhendo em Roma, os cinco soldados feridos no Iraque, declarou que "o Estado italiano nunca recuará um centímetro diante da ameaàßa terrorista e reagirá com toda a sua foràßa diante dos que …
(2019-11-19). NATO Terrorism in Syria and Other War Crimes: 15 Martyred in Al-Bab. globalresearch.ca NATO terrorism was unleashed throughout Syria, on 16 November, beginning with the bombing in Al-Bab that martyred 15. While transatlantic Mockingbird teams oiled their spectator egos, watching the Schitt Show impeachment hearings, their adored 'freedom fighters' were busy slaughtering more …
(2019-11-19). Headlines for November 19, 2019. democracynow.org U.S. Claims Israeli Settlements Are Not Illegal Under International Law, Four Witnesses Slated to Testify in Public Impeachment Hearings, U.N. Condemns U.S. for World's Highest Rate of Children in Detention, Political Crisis in Bolivia Continues After Military Pressure Ousts Evo Morales, American Professor Freed in Prisoner Swap in Afghanistan, 1,000 Students Arrested in Police Siege of Hong Kong University, Coal Mine Blast in China Kills 15; Pipeline Explosion in Bangladesh Kills 7, Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Skyrocketed Since Bolsonaro's Election, Syracuse Suspends All Fraternity Activities After String…
(2019-11-19). Brexit Trade Deals Signed So Far Worth Just 8 Percent of UK Total Trade. globalresearch.ca The EU, taken as a whole is the UK's largest trading partner. In 2018, UK exports to the EU were £291 billion (45% of all UK exports). UK imports from the EU were £357 billion (53% of all UK imports)….
(2019-11-19). Selected Articles: UK Government Accused of Covering Up War Crimes in Iraq. globalresearch.ca 
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
(2019-11-19). Modern Biology and Ecology: the Roots Of America's Assertive Illiteracy. counterpunch.org 
The 2016 election elevated Mike Pence and Betsy DeVos—major supporters of teaching creationism—to the vice presidency and leadership of the U.S. Department of Education, respectively. DeVos is a billionaire funder of efforts to pass state laws that give science teachers the right to present anti-evolution materials in science classrooms under the guise of protecting academic More
(2019-11-19). Little Kids, Locked Away. truthdig.com 
This investigation is a collaboration between ProPublica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune. | ProPublica Illinois is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to get weekly updates about our work. | THE SPACES have gentle names: The reflection room. The cool-down room. The calming room. The quiet room. | But shut inside them, in public schools across the state, children as young as 5 wail for their parents, scream in anger and beg to be let out. | The students, most of them with disabilities, scratch the windows or tear at the padded w…
(2019-11-18). Michael Lynk's UN Report on Israeli Settlements Speaks the Truth, But the World Refuses to Listen. counterpunch.org 
He's a very tall man with bright eyes and a broad smile, and he holds out a great paw when he greets you. But Michael Lynk is no gentle giant. He may teach human rights law at the Western University in London, Ontario, but as the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied More
(2019-11-18). Students Told They Would Be Better Off 'If They Had Jesus in Their Life'. aclu.org 
The ACLU and the ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against the Smith County School System for violating the separation of church and state on Monday. According to the lawsuit, four students who are atheists have had to contend with school officials promoting Christianity through official prayers, Bible distributions, religious posters, and even a giant cross painted in one of the school's athletic facilities. | We asked our three high school clients in this case — Harleigh, | Leyna and Pyper — to tell us about their e…
(2019-11-18). Indiana Teachers to Rally for Better Pay, Better Schools. progressive.org The notoriously conservative, right-to-work state has proven to be fertile ground for market-based education reform policies—and teacher discontent.
(2019-11-18). Vast Majority of Chileans Demand a New Constitution. telesurenglish.net A poll by Pulso Ciudadano this Monday revealed that 81 percent of Chileans will vote for a new Constitution in the referendum announced for April 2020. | RELATED: | Chile's Communists on New Constitution: Don't Forget the People | The study indicates that only 8.2% of those consulted were opposed to a new Constitution, while 6.3 percent did not know what to answer, which dem…
(2019-11-18). US Says Israeli Settlements Are Legal, 23 Killed In Bolivia As Violent Coup Ignored & Venezuela Flop. 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 (11/18/19). 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 …
(2019-11-18). Establishment press attacks against Corbyn have sunk even further into the gutter. thecanary.co One week into the general election, new research shows that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour is getting more "press exposure" than any other party. But there's a huge issue with this. Because it isn't positive coverage. In fact, the establishment press is pushing a strong anti-Labour stance, and backing the Conservatives all the way. Again. So even given its history, the gutter press j…
(2019-11-18). Canada: Teachers to Sue Quebec Over Religious Symbols Ban. telesurenglish.net About 45,000 members of the teachers union federation in Quebec are suing the Canadian province after it banned in June the wearing of religious symbols including hijabs and crosses in some public sectors. | RELATED: | 13,500 People March in Paris Against Islamophobia | The new rule states new public workers in a position of authority including teachers, judges, and police officers will be completely banned from wearing symbols of religion during work hours while existing employees get an e…
(2019-11-18). Lab Rats for Corporate Profit: Pesticide Industry's Poisoned Platter. dissidentvoice.org Newly released pesticide usage statistics for 2018 confirm that the British people are being used as lab rats. That's the message environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has sent to Dave Bench, senior scientist at the UK Chemicals, Health and Safety Executive and director of the agency's EU exit plan. In her open letter to Bench, Mason …
(2019-11-18). Headlines for November 18, 2019. democracynow.org Bolivian Military Massacres 9 People at Indigenous Pro-Morales March, Leak of Secret Iranian Documents Reveals Iranian Influence in Iraq, Former Ambassador Yovanovitch Testifies in Impeachment Hearings, Trump Ally Roger Stone Found Guilty of 7 Charges, Trump Pardons 3 Soldiers Accused or Convicted of War Crimes, Trump's Unplanned Medical Visit Sparks Questions About His Health, Tens of Thousands Mark 1-Month Anniversary of Protests in Lebanon, Police Besiege Student Protesters at Hong Kong University, Fears Mount About Possible Disappearance of Nigerian Journalist Omoyele Sowore, Prince Andrew Grilled on Friendsh…
(2019-11-17). CTU members vote to accept tentative agreement. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted November 15 to accept the tentative agreement they won in the wake of their historic eleven-day strike. | With 80% of schools reporting, members have voted 81% yes to ratify the new contract with Chicago Public Schools. | The union won powerful gains for students and their school communities. | Those gains include mandatory class size caps and enforcement, language forcing CPS to comply with special education laws and regulations, sanctuary school protections for immigrant and refugee students, and supports for thousands of homeless students. While today mo…