(2019-11-27). Economists and statisticians debunk 'electoral fraud' conspiracy in Bolivia. mronline.org 
Economists and statisticians have pointed out that the trends displayed during the results are quite common across the world. They have also condemned the OAS, the U.S. government and the media for repeating this lie. | Source
(2019-11-26). Chile Despert√≥! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile. commondreams.org Despite the severe repression, on October 25, 2019, 1.2 million people marched in Santiago, representing diverse sectors of Chilean society including social movements, Indigenous people, women, retired people, unions, students and more. (Photo: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-11-26). Green Strategy: To beat climate change, humanity needs socialism. mronline.org 
It's bad enough to imagine blame and scenarios of dread, as if from science fiction, but add in the presently feeble response to dire threats and we're in a funk. If tools were available, we'd get a lift. Marc Brodine's book Green Strategy, reviewed here, is about tools. | Source
(2019-11-26). The End of the Rule of Law. globalresearch.ca Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump. But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the …
(2019-11-26). Military Training for Young Children at Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Recruitment of Ukraine's "Child Soldiers" Financed by US "Nonlethal" Military Aid? globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.
(2019-11-26). On State Contravention of the Genocide Convention. America's "Genocidal Intent" globalresearch.ca I'd like to note two articles by Professor Michel Chossudovsky published this November in Global Research: they help explain the current denigration of the Convention on Genocide. When we grow accustomed to our system's atrocities we lessen our humanity. | In …
(2019-11-26). Lecturers and students speak out in UK university strike. wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke to university workers and lecturers on the first day of the strike at 60 higher education institutions in the UK.
(2019-11-26). The Problem with Israeli Settlements Is Not that They Are Illegal. It's that They Are Immoral. globalresearch.ca Yesterday the Trump administration said Israeli settlements in the West Bank don't violate international law. That's absurd. Among international lawyers, the consensus that settlements are illegal rivals the consensus among international scientists that humans contribute to climate change. As …
(2019-11-26). Ukrainian MP Claims $7.4 Billion Obama-Linked Laundering, Puts Biden Group Take at $16.5 Million. globalresearch.ca Update 2: Dobinsky, the MP, says there is a " signed suspicion" at 1: 19 in the video below. This has been described in Ukrainian media as an investigative step which documents allegations against an individual or individuals, similar to …
(2019-11-26). Harassment, Surveillance, Intimidation: How America's Police State Deals with Dissent and Political Activism. globalresearch.ca Most Americans proudly trumpet their famed civil liberties such as freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and of thought, freedom of the press, freedom from warrantless search, the treasuring of dissidents and dissident thought, but these freedoms and liberties have …
(2019-11-26). Only Western Loans to Developing Countries are Allowed. US State Department Official. globalresearch.ca Wells' snide remarks were obviously driven by double standards whereby the US diplomat is making it clear that only Western loans to developing countries are allowed, not Chinese ones. | Alice Wells, the US' Acting Assistance Secretary of State for …
(2019-11-26). US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca First published in November 2015 | GR Editor's Note | Let us put this in historical perspective: the commemoration of the War the End All Wars acknowledges that 15 million lives were lost in the course of World War I (1914-18). | The …
(2019-11-26). These Phones Emit the Most (and Least) Radiation. globalresearch.ca For most people nowadays, their smartphone is within arm's reach 24 hours a day. It's in their pocket while they're at work, it's in their hand on the train ride home and it's on their bedside table as they go …
(2019-11-26). The Real Bombshell of the Impeachment Hearings. globalresearch.ca The most shocking thing about the House impeachment hearings to this point is not a "smoking gun" witness providing irrefutable evidence of quid pro quo. It's not that President Trump may or may not have asked the Ukrainians to look …
(2019-11-26). One Country, Two Systems Unchanged After Hong Kong Elections. globalresearch.ca One country, two systems defines how Hong Kong and Macau are governed since becoming Chinese regions in 1997 and 1999 respectively. | After reunification with China, both cities were granted a high degree of autonomy for 50 years as special administrative …
(2019-11-26). Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from South Korea Is Long Overdue: Examining the Military Balance on the Korean Peninsula. globalresearch.ca Introduction | On the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, the armistice of 1953 has still not led to a peace treaty, to U.S.-DPRK diplomatic relations, or to an end to the U.S. embargo on …
(2019-11-26). Eroding Free Expression in Israel Updated. globalresearch.ca Like the US and other Western societies, democracy in Israel is pure fantasy, the notion abhorred by its ruling authorities. | Ordinary Jews are exploited to benefit privileged ones. Separate and unequal is official policy. | Arab citizens are considered 5th column …
(2019-11-26). Don't Just Give Thanks. Pay Your Blessings Forward. globalresearch.ca "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."—John F. Kennedy | Once again, it's been a hard, heart-wrenching, stomach-churning kind of year. | It's been a …
(2019-11-26). The Road Toward Greater Eurasia. globalresearch.ca The Astana Club is one of the most crucial annual meetings in Eurasia, alongside the Boao forum in China and the Valdai discussions in Russia. China, Russia and Kazakhstan are all at the forefront of Eurasia integration. No wonder, then, …
(2019-11-26). Video: Tense Situation in Northeastern Syria. Russian and Turkish Forces Continue "Joint Patrols" globalresearch.ca The Syrian Army is developing its advance on positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other radical groups in Greater Idlib. | Following the liberation of Misherfah in southern Idlib, the army pushed militants back from the villages of Um Khalakhil, Dahret …
(2019-11-26). Is Netanyahu Ready to Inflame War to Escape His Legal Troubles? globalresearch.ca The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. | There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister …
(2019-11-26). Did the US-funded Afghan Border Outpost Help Tajikistan in Neutralizing ISIS Terrorists? globalresearch.ca On November 6th, early in the morning at 7: 50 AM local time, the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Tajikistan published a statement about an attack on a Tajik border outpost in "Ishqobod" along the border with Uzbekistan. …
(2019-11-26). Melting of Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets: Atmospheric CO2 and The Shift of Climate Zones. globalresearch.ca As the concentration of atmospheric CO2 has risen to 408 ppm and the total greenhouse gas level, including methane and nitrous oxide, combine to near 500 parts per million CO2-equivalent, the stability threshold of the Greenland and Antarctic …
(2019-11-26). Video: Syrian Army Developing Advance in Southern Idlib. globalresearch.ca Tensions are heating up around the militant-held parts of Idlib and Aleppo provinces. | On November 22, the Syrian Army conducted a wide-scale missile strike on militants' positions in western Aleppo. According to pro-militant sources, at least 15 improvised rocket-assisted munitions …
(2019-11-26). Netanyahu's Real Crimes. globalresearch.ca After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes ranging from his violation of public trust to bribery and fraud. Israel's apologists will argue that the fact that a sitting …
(2019-11-26). Iran's 'Only Crime Is We Decided Not to Fold'. globalresearch.ca Just in time to shine a light on what's behind the latest sanctions from Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a speech at the annual Astana Club meeting in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan delivered a searing account of Iran-US …
(2019-11-26). The US Has Tried to Divide Iraqis. Now Protests Are Uniting Them. truthout.org In Iraq, more than 340 people have died since anti-government protests began in early October. More than 15,000 Iraqis have been injured. Tires were set on fire Monday and main roads and bridges were blocked in the cities of Basra and Nassiriya. Over the weekend, security forces opened fire on civilians in Baghdad and other cities. Demonstrators are protesting corruption and lack of jobs and basic services, including clean water and electricity. In Baghdad, many university students are taking part in the dem…
(2019-11-26). Thousands of UK university staff begin eight-day strike with support of students. wsws.org Hundreds of strikers mounted picket lines at university campuses at 63 institutions around the UK.
(2019-11-26). NYC students strike to demand racial equity in nation's largest—and most segregated—school district. nationofchange.org "We, the students, have had enough. It is past time to integrate our school system, and we will not relent until the adults stop acting like children."
(2019-11-26). UC Berkeley Climate Strike: UC Green New Deal. indybay.org Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California 94720…
(2019-11-26). Chicago conference to relaunch National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression a huge success. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together for an historic gathering on the weekend of November 22 — 24, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will concentrate its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive ac…
(2019-11-26). Selected Articles: Netanyahu's Real Crimes. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-11-26). WATCH: First Lady Melania Trump Loudly Booed by Students During Baltimore Opioid Summit. commondreams.org "If your president husband calls the city 'a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess' where 'no human being would want to live' and then you hold an 'anti-bullying' event there, on behalf of the White House, honestly, what do you expect?" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-11-26). 'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral. rt.com 
While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
(2019-11-26). 'I've dreamt about this day': Three US friends freed after spending 36 YEARS in prison for murder THEY DIDN'T COMMIT. rt.com 
Three teenagers from Baltimore, wrongfully convicted of killing a school student in cold blood, have been exonerated after spending more than three decades of their lives in jail. | Childhood friends Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andrew Stewart were arrested in 1983, when they were 16, and subsequently convicted of gunning down a 14-year-old student at Harlem Park Junior High School in Baltimore, Maryland. Authorities said at the time that the boy was shot in the neck with a 22-caliber handgun in an attempt to steal a fancy jacket he was wearing. | The men have always insisted they were innocent. Nevert…
(2019-11-26). Israel Announces Itself as Authoritarian State. truthdig.com ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Israel on Sunday expelled the in-country director of Human Rights Watch from the country. Israel thereby joins dictatorships such as Uzbekistan, Burundi, Azerbaijan, and Egypt, which have also expelled HRW human rights workers. | Breathless headlines in the US are saying that Israel became the first democracy to do so, but the expulsion is happening because Israel is not actually a democracy. Or, it is a democracy in the same way that Apartheid South Africa was, where whites voted and had partie…
(2019-11-26). Atterra a Sigonella il primo drone Nato. L'Italia in prima linea nella ´guerra dei droni ª. globalresearch.ca àà atterrato nella base Usa/Nato di Sigonella in Sicilia, dopo 22 ore di volo dalla base aerea di Palmdale in California, il primo drone del sistema Ags (Alliance Ground Surveillance) della Nato, versione potenziata del drone Usa Global Hawk (Falco …
(2019-11-26). Aterra em Sigonella o primeiro drone NATO. A Itália na primeira linha da "guerra dos drones" globalresearch.ca Aterrou na base USA/NATO, em Sigonella, na Sicília, depois de um voo de 22 horas a partir da base aérea de Palmdale, na Califórnia, o primeiro drone do sistema AGS (Alliance Ground Surveillance) da NATO, uma versà£o aperfeiàßoada do drone …
(2019-11-26). Iraqi Scholar Sinan Antoon: Anti-Government Protests Have Led to "Reclaiming of Iraqi Identity" democracynow.org 
In Iraq, more than 340 people have died since anti-government protests began in early October. More than 15,000 Iraqis have been injured. Tires were set on fire Monday and main roads and bridges were blocked in the cities of Basra and Nassiriya. Over the weekend, security forces opened fire on civilians in Baghdad and other cities. Demonstrators are protesting corruption and lack of jobs and basic services, including clean water and electricity. In Baghdad, many university students are taking part in the demonstrations. To talk more about the protests in Iraq we are joined by the Iraqi poet, novelist, translator,…
(2019-11-26). Headlines for November 26, 2019. democracynow.org Judge Rules Trump Can't Stop Officials from Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry, Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Disclosure of Trump's Financial Records, U.S. Troops Resume Combat Mission Against ISIS, U.N.: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Surged to Record-High Levels in 2018, 56 Killed in Landslides in Kenya, Leaked Documents Reveal China's "Brainwashing" of Uyghur Muslims, Duque Calls for "National Dialogue" as Protests Continue to Rock Colombia, Global Protests Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Argentine Catholic Priests Sentenced to Prison for Raping Students, Water Protectors Block…
(2019-11-26). Talking Turkey About Impeachment Hearings – NYT coverage teaches us how not to discuss the end of democracy. fair.org 
Congratulations, you made it through the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry, one eye on the livestream and one eye on your work email, and somehow you met your deadlines even as you followed along blow by blow. So what are you going to say about it around the Thanksgiving dinner table? | There were certainly some moments designed to stoke feelings of patriotism as we head into the heavily mythologized, uniquely American holiday this week. Alexander Vindman (New York Times, 11/19/19): "The uniform I…
(2019-11-26). 'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Global Climate Disaster. commondreams.org "Failure to heed these warnings and take drastic action to reverse emissions means we will continue to witness deadly and catastrophic heatwaves, storms, and pollution." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-11-25). In Nicaragua, She Dodged Bullets. Now She's Stuck at the Border. aclu.org 
(Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) The sting of tear gas was still in Julia's eyes when she ran into a public park in the center of the Nicaraguan city of Estelí on June 20, 2018. Earlier that day, she'd wrapped her face in a blue-and-white bandanna — the colors of the Nicaraguan flag — and joined a student-led march against the government of President Daniel Ortega, whose proposed cuts to social benefits were sparking tense street demonstrations across the country. [Note: 'Julia' is a pseudonym; the ACLU is protecting her identity for her safety.] | As the students marched through the streets, paramilitary p…
(2019-11-25). No Billionaires, No Fascists, No Warmongers To the Socialist Future. counterpunch.org There's probably no bigger sin in American politics than to imagine a world without war, inequality, and capitalism. Actually, imagining just a kinder, more equitable version of capitalism, one in which the existence of elite wealth is tempered by the peoples' right to health care, a college education, affordable housing, strong workplace unions, full reproductive More
(2019-11-25). Syracuse Students Aren't Backing Down. thenation.com Syracuse Students Aren't Backing Down…
(2019-11-25). Sanctimonious US Senators Condemn Hong Kong Police Ignoring Far More Brutal US Cops. counterpunch.org The Senate, by a voice vote with no opposition yesterday passed a bill condemning the Hong Kong government and Hong Kong police for their brutal treatment of students in the supposedly autonomous Chinese city protesting threats to Hong Kong's freedoms and it's promise from China of self rule until 2047. The bill, if signed into More
(2019-11-25). USF students rally for more Black enrollment before meeting with administration. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On November 20, students at the University of South Florida (USF) gathered in front of Cooper Hall to demand that administration increases Black enrollment on campus. Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized and led the demonstration. | This event occurred in anticipation of an upcoming December 4 meeting with administration. SDS will be meeting with the Vice President of Student Success Paul Dosa, VP of Diversity and Inclusion Haywood Brown, Assistant VP of Admissions Glen Besterfield, and Dean of Students Danielle McDonald. The meeting will determine the future of how USF will add…
(2019-11-25). Harvard and Yale Students Storm the Field for Fossil Fuel Divestment. thenation.com Harvard and Yale Students Storm the Field for Fossil Fuel Divestment…
(2019-11-25). Ken Loach nails the subtle reason Labour's commitment on the arts will transform Britain. thecanary.co Renowned director Ken Loach nailed the subtle reason why Labour's commitment on the arts will 'transform' Britain on 24 November. | "Bigger than it may seem on paper": | Loach — the director of I, Daniel Blake, Cathy Come Home, and his latest work Sorry We Missed You — was speaking alongside…
(2019-11-24). Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA's MKUltra Mind Control Project. theintercept.com 
Louis Jolyon West seems to have used chemicals and hypnosis liberally in his medical practice, possibly leading to the death of a child and the execution of an innocent man.