Trump's New Policy on Israeli Settlements Is Illegal and Self-Serving
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Thumbing his nose at the Geneva Convention, the Rome Statute, the UN Security Council, the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice, Donald Trump decided that Israel's unlawful construction of Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territory is lawful. …
globalresearch.ca/trump-new-policy-israeli-settlements-illegal-self-serving/5695562

China-Bolivia — A Lithium Deal, No More?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
China has by far the largest lithium market. China produces already today the most electric cars, about 1 million in 2018, and will at least triplicate their production by 2025 — and in the following decade or two, demand is …
globalresearch.ca/china-bolivia-lithium-deal-no-more/5695530

The Globalization of War and the Global Economic Crisis. Is There a Relationship?
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Professor Chossudovsky's most recent book describes America's hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-and-the-global-economic-crisis-is-there-a-relationship-2/5695017

Anti-Corbyn Propaganda on Full Blast as UK Election Nears
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
With less than a month to go before the UK general election, all efforts are being made by political parties to further their agendas. Naturally each side is launching attacks on the other, but perhaps the most virulent campaign is …
globalresearch.ca/anti-corbyn-propaganda-uk-election-nears/5695572

OPCW Must Come Clean: Grave Flaws in Syria Report. Open Letter To States' Representatives
Tim Hayward | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Following revelations of grave flaws in its Syria reporting, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons must allow whistleblowers' evidence to be heard at the coming OPCW Conference of States Parties. That's the message from the following public …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-must-come-clean-grave-flaws-in-syria-report-open-letter-to-states-representatives/5695506

Video: Protest Movements in Iran
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Iran has been swept by protests since November 15th, with banks, stores and gas stations being set on fire. So far, more than 1,000 have been arrested and upwards of 12 people have died. Iranian authorities said 87,400 …
globalresearch.ca/video-hybrid-war-iran-increases-chances-retaliatory-strike-israel/5695513

Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
On November 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had carried out "wide-scale strikes" on the "Iranian Quds Force" and the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria. The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out in response to …
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-conducts-wide-scale-strikes-syria/5695592

The Milgram Shock Experiment: "Obedience to Authority"
Saul McLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
One of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology was carried out by Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University. He conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. | Milgram (1963) examined justifications …
globalresearch.ca/the-milgram-shock-experiment-obedience-to-authority/5695502

The Lebanese Color Revolution Is a Defining Moment for the Resistance
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
What originally began as an expression of legitimate outrage at the Mideast country's dysfunctional government and endemic corruption quickly transformed into a Color Revolution aimed at carrying out regime change in Lebanon through the removal of Hezbollah from its government, …
globalresearch.ca/lebanese-color-revolution-defining-moment-resistance/5695556

The Worst Is Over for Oil Markets
Nick Cunningham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Some analysts see the world dodging a recession next year, which provides some upward room for oil prices. | Last week, the IEA warned last week that "the hefty supply cushion" building up in the first half of 2020 will cause …
globalresearch.ca/worst-over-oil-markets/5695554

Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection–and California Is Leading the Way
Seth Frotman, Natalia Abrams | thenation.com | 2019-11-21
Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection–and California Is Leading the Way…
thenation.com/article/california-borrowers-rights/

College Student, 18, Shot With Gas Bomb In Her Face, Suffers Jaws Fractures, Burns
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-21
This item is about a female university student, studying Information Technology in Palestine Technical University — Kadoorie, in Tulkarem in northern West Bank. An Israeli soldier shot her in the college campus with a high-velocity gas bomb which struck her face, fracturing her jaw, and causing burns to her face …
imemc.org/article/college-student-18-shot-with-gas-bomb-in-her-face-suffers-jaws-fractures-burns/

Socialist Equality Party campaign team attends University College London strike of outsourced workers
wsws.org | 2019-11-21
The strikers, joined by many students and academic staff, occupied the University's student centre for a rally, with speeches delivered in English and Spanish.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/21/outs…

EPA Prosecutions of Polluters Approach Quarter-Century Lows
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-21
WASHINGTON — Criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency, deepening three years of overall enforcement declines, according to Justice Department statistics. | And while the administration says it's focusing on quality over quantity in pollution cases, using its enforcement resources to go after the biggest and worst offenders, an Associated Press analysis found little sign of that so far in court cases closed in 2019. | The criminal pollution cases initiated, and won this year, under the Trump administ…
truthdig.com/articles/epa-prosecutions-of-polluters-approach-quarter-century-lows/

L'Italia nella Coalizione ´antiterrorismo ª
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/litalia-nella-coalizione-antiterrorismo-2/5695520

Selected Articles: No Impeachable Offense against Donald Trump. Schiff Committee
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
We have made some progress in our campaign to meet our running costs and put an end to our monthly deficit, but we still need your help. As grateful as we are to those who have given so far, the …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-schiff-committee-finds-no-impeachable-offense-against-donald-trump/5695581

More than 15,000 Indiana teachers walk off job against low wages and attacks on public education
wsws.org | 2019-11-20
Indiana teachers confront conditions no less horrendous than their counterparts throughout the United States and internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/20/indi…

World Television Day celebrates an integral part of modern life
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-20
Seven decades of United Nations' work in developing new standards and systems for broadcasting are being celebrated on Thursday, World Television Day, an annual observance that recognizes the medium's role as a major source of information, education and entertainment.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051821

Towards a Democratic Socialist Foreign Policy
Timothy M. Gill | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-20
Over the past few years, democratic socialists have rightfully spent a considerable amount of time honing their arguments on domestic policies, such as healthcare, education, and criminal justice reform. Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution and Bhaskar Sunkara's recently released The Socialist Manifesto are two good examples of this focus on the domestic. On the foreign policy…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/20/towards-a-democratic-socialist-foreign-policy/

Israel Carries Out 'Wide-Scale Strikes' In Syria, US Gov Withholds Food/Meds From Iran & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-20
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 (11/20/19). 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/israel-carries-out-wide-scale-strikes-syria-us-gov-withholds-food-meds-from-iran-patriot-act/

House and Senate Unanimously Support Destabilizing China
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-20
Non-intervention by nations in the internal affairs of others is fundamental international law. | In Nicaragua v. United States (1986), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Washington for breaching international law and violating Nicaraguan sovereignty by supporting Contra death …
globalresearch.ca/house-senate-support-destabilizing-china/5695487

Global Research: Independent, Incisive News and Analysis…With Your Support!
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-20
At a time when the world is facing the threat of war alongside unprecedented economic uncertainty, when job loss is rampant, and people across the globe awake to the grim reality of financial instability, it can be difficult to find …
globalresearch.ca/do-you-value-independent-incisive-news-and-analysis/31531

"Asset Bubbles" and an Economy Ready to Crash and Burn?
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-20
Obama knows Democrats will lose next November if they keep pushing "socialism" as a campaign objective. Americans on the coasts may support a command economy, control freak regulations, legalized theft–larger theft than now–and a braindead wad of social justice idiocy …
globalresearch.ca/socialism-economy-ready-crash-burn/5695461

Chile: Thousands Take to Streets to Mark One Month of Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-20
Thousands of people returned to the streets Monday to mark the first month of the most serious civil unrest of Chilean democracy and show their distrust of both the social agenda announced by the government and the parliamentary agreement on a new constitution. | RELATED: | Chile: Human Rights Violations May Lead to Piñera's Impeachment | What began on Oct. 14 as a call by Chilean university students to sneak into the Santiago subway to protest against the increase in the ticket…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Thousands-Take-to-Streets-to-Mark-One-Month-of-Protests-20191120-0010.html

Charter School Advocates Repulsed by Empowered Teachers
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-20
Workers produce all the wealth of society. Unions have been around for generations and exist to protect the rights of workers. Currently, 90%–93% of privately operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools across the country have no teacher unions, whereas about 90% of public school teachers are unionized. One of the claims to fame of deregulated …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/charter-school-advocates-repulsed-by-empowered-teachers/

Texas students say, "Defend DACA"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-19
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/18/texas-s…

FRSO leader speaks in Texas on Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-19
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/18/frso-le…

Indiana Teachers to Rally for Better Pay, Better Schools
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-11-18
The notoriously conservative, right-to-work state has proven to be fertile ground for market-based education reform policies–and teacher discontent.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/indiana-teachers-rally-november-lahm-191118/

US Says Israeli Settlements Are Legal, 23 Killed In Bolivia As Violent Coup Ignored & Venezuela Flop
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-18
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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-says-israeli-settlements-are-legal-23-killed-in-bolivia-as-violent-coup-ignored-venezuela-flop/

Students Told They Would Be Better Off 'If They Had Jesus in Their Life'
Heather L. Weaver | aclu.org | 2019-11-18
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…
aclu.org/news/religious-liberty/students-told-they-would-be-better-off-if-they-had-jesus-in-their-life

Lab Rats for Corporate Profit: Pesticide Industry's Poisoned Platter
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-18
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/lab-rats-for-corporate-profit-pesticide-industrys-poisoned-platter/

CTU members vote to accept tentative agreement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-17
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/16/ctu-mem…

Bolivia's New US-Made Dictatorship, Netanyahu Wins As Gaza Loses & Iran's Protests Are Trump's Fault
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-17
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 (11/16/19). 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/bolivias-new-us-made-dictatorship-netanyahu-wins-as-gaza-loses-irans-protests-are-trumps-fault/

Israel Kills Over 30 In Gaza, Bolivia Coup About Lithium And More & Israeli Group Taking Syria's Oil
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-15
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 (11/14/19). 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/israel-kills-over-30-in-gaza-bolivia-coup-about-lithium-and-more-israeli-group-taking-syrias-oil/

Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California
Candice Francis | aclu.org | 2019-11-15
This is a cross-post from the ACLU of Northern California. | There is a story we tell ourselves about being American. Much of it is a lie. Two dates that students throughout the country are required to memorize to inform an American identity are 1492, when Columbus supposedly "discovered" America, and 1776, when the United States claimed sovereignty from England and through the Declaration of Independence declared: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." If we're honest, we'll admit that the "all men" in that catchphrase didn't include African Americans, Native Americans, and…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/gold-chains-the-hidden-history-of-slavery-in-california

'Insanely Despicable, Ridiculously Stupid' Attack on Education in Florida Continues
Kathleen Oropeza | progressive.org | 2019-11-14
New governor Ron DeSantis is the ultimate #FloridaMan. His political games are an insult to the children, teachers, and parents who are the heart and soul of our public schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/florida-man-attack-education-oropeza-191114/

Three Common Privacy Misconceptions That Companies Love
Jay Stanley | aclu.org | 2019-11-14
A significant number of Americans hold significant misconceptions about their privacy, according to opinion research — misconceptions that privacy-invading companies love. That's according to research on American understandings of privacy carried out over the past couple decades by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, lead by Prof. Joseph Turow, whom I recently heard give a talk summarizing these studies. | Misconceptio…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/three-common-privacy-misconceptions-that-companies-love

Wisconsin's Chronic Black-White Achievement Gap
Alexandria Millet | progressive.org | 2019-11-13
The nation's report card demonstrates yet again that students of color are underserved–and education reformers are all too eager to bank on the opportunity.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/wisconsin-black-white-achievement-gap-millet-191113/