Monthly Archives: September 2019

2019-09-25: News Headlines

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-25). The Trump Impeachment Inquiry Scam. globalresearch.ca Most all actions by both right wings of the US one-party state are politically motivated. | They're united when it comes to unlawfully advancing America's imperium by brute force and other hostile means, supporting privileged interests over the general welfare, and …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-09-25). 'Impeach Barr, Too': Critics Demand Attorney General's Ouster for Refusing to Investigate Trump-Ukraine Call. commondreams.org "Terrible implications for our democracy if DOJ is saying that the solicitation of opposition research by a candidate from foreign governments is totally legal and totally cool." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Staff (2019-09-25). Baltimore's New Teachers Union President Says Schools are in a "State of Emergency" therealnews.com "There has been a culture of fear and retaliation created in the Baltimore City Schools," says the new president of the Baltimore Teaches Union in episode 10 of Real Talk Tho…

Sabri àñncຠ(2019-09-25). Are We Approaching the End of Super Imperialism? counterpunch.org Congratulating Oldrich Oldrich Vasicek is an old friend. When I started my "quant" career in bonds in January 1994 in Walnut Creek, California, Oldrich was there. A recently graduated mathematics Ph.D. was I then, I received my first real-life finance education from him. Oldrich, a statistician by trait, is famous for developing the first theory More

United Nations (2019-09-25). At UN debate, Japan vows to back global push for inclusive quality education for all girls and women. un.org If women were able to demonstrate their potential, "the world would sparkle that much more", the Prime Minister of Japan said on Tuesday evening at the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate.

Hans Stehling (2019-09-25). A Future Labour Government Would Provide Generic Drugs for the NHS Through New State-owned Company. Jeremy Corbyn. globalresearch.ca Jeremy Corbyn announced yesterday at the 2019 Labour Party conference that a future Labour government would set up a British national drug company to manufacture generic and other drugs at a much lower cost than at present thereby avoiding the …

Prof. Steven Tufts (2019-09-25). Pension Plans Should Not Invest in Companies That Harm Working People. globalresearch.ca Of all the gains unions have made for workers, the ability to retire with dignity and a pension is perhaps the most valued. Last year employers and employees in Canada contributed over $70-billion to registered pension plans (RPP). It is …

James Zogby (2019-09-25). The Only Way Israelis Can Form a Government: Betrayal. globalresearch.ca As expected, the outcome of Israel's second national election was as murky as the first round in April. During the next few weeks, Israeli leaders will be engaged in negotiations in an effort to form a government. The double-dealings and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-25). Tempered Emergency: The Climate Change Summit in New York. globalresearch.ca It had a good deal of desperate scolding. Sweden's Greta Thunberg assumed the role of punishing advocate, a Joan of Arc of fury. The main culprit in her speech at the UN Climate Action Summit was the hideous, super ego, …

F. William Engdahl (2019-09-25). Climate and the Money Trail. globalresearch.ca Climate. Now who wudda thought. The very mega-corporations and mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy over recent decades, whose pursuit of shareholder value and cost reduction who have wreaked so much damage to our environment both in the …

Bahman Fozouni (2019-09-25). US-Iran Relations: Bolton's "Maximum Pressure" Policy Is The Illegitimate Child Of Diplomacy. globalresearch.ca The September 14 strikes against Saudi Arabia's Khurais oilfield and Abqaiq processing facility, which the U.S. government quickly pinned on Iran, as well as President Trump's decision to substantially increase sanctions against Iran in response, are sobering reminders that the …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-09-25). Deliver Us From "Evil People": The "Crazy Evils" and the "Caring Evils" globalresearch.ca To this writer there are in reality but two classifications of evil people: | A) The crazy or deranged evil ones and | B) The rational, without empathy or caring evil ones. | Just viewed Alan Parker's great 2000 film Angela's Ashes for …

Ian Baldwin (2019-09-25). Dr. Gottschalk's "World War II Heat Bump": Did the War Contribute to Air Pollution and Global Warming? globalresearch.ca On January 19, 2017 a New York Times front-page story, "For Third Year, the Earth in 2016 Set Heat Record," featured a complex NOAA chart showing multiple global temperature readings taken from 1880 to 2016. | Studying the front-page chart, Harvard …

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-25). Ukrainegate Is Just The Democrats' Latest Gambit To Unseat Trump. globalresearch.ca A manufactured scandal is rapidly growing to epic proportions in the US surrounding one of Trump's recent conversations with new Ukrainian President Zelensky after a whistleblower alleged what the Mainstream Media is reporting to be the American leader's supposedly unethical …

John W. Whitehead (2019-09-25). Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops. globalresearch.ca "Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement."—Steve Silberman, The New York …

Syria News (2019-09-25). US Supported "Rebels" Fired Live Rounds at Syrian Families in Rukban Concentration Camp. globalresearch.ca Syrian families held captive by Trump Regime Forces and their ISIS affiliates of Maghaweer Thawra terrorists at al-Rukban Concentration Camp went out of their tents in the high heat of the desert…

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-25). Hong Kong is Scared — of the Rioters. globalresearch.ca It was once a British police station, as well as the Victoria Prison Compound. Hong Kong inhabitants used to tremble just from hearing its name mentioned. This is where people were detained, interrogated, humiliated, tortured and disappeared. | Now, after Hong …

South Front (2019-09-25). Why Patriot Missiles Are Useless. globalresearch.ca Missile strikes that shut down a half of Saudi oil production not only marked a new round of escalation in the Persian Gulf, but also revealed the limitations of the Kingdom's air defense. Over the past years, Saudi Arabia, the …

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-25). Will the Carcass of Indonesian Infrastructure Really be Revived by Big Business? globalresearch.ca Outside the Indonesian city of Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan (Borneo island), the new airport is totally empty. A lonely Cessna flies around, performing "touch and go" maneuvers, perhaps training some corrupt businessman how to fly. | Two scheduled flights, one from …

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-09-25). The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why? globalresearch.ca It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by Extinction Rebellion. | While delighted …

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-09-25). Why Doesn't India Follow China's Iranian Oil Policy? globalresearch.ca Iran's ambassador to India claimed that the U.S. urges New Delhi to suspend its Iranian oil purchases, worth about $5 billion a year, through the threat of sanctions. The Iranian ambassador also called for India to become more active in …

Jeffrey Sommers (2019-09-25). Robin Vos Punches Wisconsin Students and Teachers in the Face. Asks, how they got a Black Eye? counterpunch.org With the recently announced news of Wisconsin student test results dropping, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, wasted no time in pointing the finger at schools as being the cause of the decline in our students' academic performance. Vos and the GOP delivered what amounted to a punch in the face (much worse, actually) to teachers More

StudentNation (2019-09-25). Postcards From the Global Climate Strike. thenation.com Postcards From the Global Climate Strike…

teleSUR (2019-09-25). Indian Police Arrest Rape Victim of Minister for 'Extortion'. telesurenglish.net An Indian law student who is accusing federal minister Swami Chinmayanand of sexual abuse and provided evidence for it, was arrested by police for extortion. | RELATED: | India's Modi Endorses Trump for US 2020 Election at 'Howdy Modi' Event | She allegedly threatened to release the videos if he did not pay her according to the police. | The woman appeared in court Wednesday and was jailed for 14 days after bail application was refused. Chinmayanand was arrested last week…

Andrew Emett (2019-09-25). School resource officer fired after arresting two 6-year-olds. nationofchange.org A Florida school resource officer was fired Monday after arresting two 6-year-old children without obtaining his supervisor's approval before arresting them. According to the Orlando Police Department, one child briefly remained in custody before returning to school, while the other student was processed at the Juvenile Assessment Center. On September 19, Kaia Rolle, 6, reportedly had a temper tantrum at the Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy in Orlando. School resource officer Dennis Turner …

WSWS (2019-09-25). How to win the teachers' fight in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Teachers must organise independently of the unions, build rank-and-file action committees and unite with all other sections of the working class fighting Colombo's austerity measures.

WSWS (2019-09-25). Walter Reuther and the rise and fall of the UAW. wsws.org Walter Reuther's biography has much to teach workers about the transformation of the trade unions into reactionary adjuncts of the corporations and the government.

Nick Turse (2019-09-25). More U.S. Commandos Are Fighting Invisible Wars in the Middle East. theintercept.com The percentage of commandos deployed to the Middle East is on the rise, according to new statistics provided to The Intercept by U.S. Special Operations Command. On average, more than 4,000 Special Operations forces — Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and Marine Corps Raiders among them — are deployed to the region each week, more than anywhere else in the world. | The increase comes at a time when the United States is apparently planning a troop drawdown in Afghanistan, despite a peace agreement with the Taliban having f…

Manlio Dinucci (2019-09-25). Hong Kong Protests: "Return" to the British Empire and the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing… ? globalresearch.ca Hundreds of young Chinese, in front of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, sing the God Save the Queen and shout "Great Britain Saves Hong Kong", a rally call in London by 130 parliamentarians who ask that British citizenship be …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-09-25). Hong Kong Protests: "Return" to the British Empire and the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing… ? globalresearch.ca Hundreds of young Chinese, in front of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, sing God Save the Queen and shout "Great Britain Saves Hong Kong", a rally call in London by 130 parliamentarians demand that British citizenship be given to residents of the former colony.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-25). Railroaded by the Judges: Boris Johnson Fails in the UK Supreme Court. globalresearch.ca It delighted Labour supporters and party apparatchiks who had been falling over each other in murderous ceremony at the party conference in Brighton: Prime Minister Boris Johnson would come to the unwitting rescue with his own version of a …

Staff (2019-09-25). Trump Lashes Out at Iran, China & Venezuela in Nationalist Address to U.N. General Assembly. democracynow.org On Tuesday, President Trump made his third address to the United Nations General Assembly amid simmering tensions in the Middle East over recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which the United States blames on Iran. Tehran denies the allegations. Trump also lashed out at China and Venezuela. We speak with Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and chief editor of LeftWord Books. His latest article for Salon is headlined "World leaders gather at the UN in the face of war, climate catastrophe & global worker exploitation."

Staff (2019-09-25). U.N. Report Paints a Harrowing Portrait of the Planet's Future. truthdig.com A landmark United Nations climate report published Wednesday details the observed and anticipated future impacts of planet-heating emissions from human activity on the world's oceans and frozen zones—and warns of the emerging consequences for humanity, marine ecosystems, and the global environment. | The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) is a product of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a U.N. body that assesses the latest science related to the human-caused…

Betsey Piette (2019-09-24). Youth lead as millions say 'Planet, not profits!'. workers.org Sept. 20 — Around the world today, it's estimated that 4 million people took to the streets in an unprecedented Global Climate Strike, led for the most part by youth under 18. Many students walked out of school in unexcused absences, while others came with teachers or parents. Many young . . . | Continue reading Youth lead as millions say 'Planet, not profits!' at Workers.org

Betsey Piette (2019-09-24). Youth lead as millions march in Global Climate Strike. workers.org Sept. 20 — Around the world today, it's estimated that 4 million people took to the streets in an unprecedented Global Climate Strike, led for the most part by youth under 18. Many students walked out of school in unexcused absences, while others came with teachers or parents. Many young . . . | Continue reading Youth lead as millions march in Global Climate Strike at Workers.org

Staff (2019-09-24). Nate Silver and the Pitfalls of the Corporate Pundit Class. therealnews.com Political statistician and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver found himself in hot water recently when he seemed to refer to the diverse supporters of Bernie Sanders' campaign as "residue." Jacqueline Luqman talks to Anoa Changa about why that language, and the bias of the corporate pundit class, is an issue.

John Bachtell (2019-09-24). Gun Violence Memorial Project allows victims to speak, even in death. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—"Kaylyn was visiting my parents. She was coming home when she was shot in a drive-by shooting," said Alan Scott softly, the painful memory plainly etched in his voice. His daughter, Kaylyn Nicole Pryor, was a student at Robert Morris College when she was killed in 2015. Scott had come to the opening of the …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-24). Weather Warfare: Beware the US Military's Experiments with Climatic Warfare. globalresearch.ca 'Climatic warfare' has been excluded from the agenda on climate change.

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-09-24). The Coverup of President John F. Kennedy's Assassination Is Wearing Thin. globalresearch.ca Below is a several years old documentary of 35 minutes summarizing the powerful evidence that the Warran Commission Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is a cover-up. | All available evidence points to the CIA and the US …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-09-24). Hot and Cold Tensions, What Iran and the US Offer Their Allies: Tehran's Multiple Messages. globalresearch.ca The alternately hot and cold tension between the US and Iran is evolving on the Middle Eastern stage where Tehran is hitting its enemies (on its own and with the help of its allies) without causing the death of a …

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2019-09-24). The Treatment of Schizophrenia and Dr Loren Mosher's Soteria Project. globalresearch.ca "Psychiatry has been almost completely bought out by the drug companies…We're so busy with drugs that you can't find a nickel being spent on [non-drug] research." — Dr Loren Mosher | Psychiatrist Loren Mosher (who earned medical degrees from both Harvard …

Leonardo Flores (2019-09-24). Dialogue in Venezuela is a Missed Opportunity for Democrats. globalresearch.ca President Nicolás Maduro signed an important agreement with four opposition parties. These events offer insight …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2019-09-24). Climate Disruption: It's Not Due to CO2. globalresearch.ca Professor Claudia von Werlhof wrote to Greta Thunberg. | In her letter Von Werlhof says that the disruption of the global climate is not due to CO2. | Following the publication of her letter, Silvia Terribili, of Onda Italia interviewed …

Makia Freeman (2019-09-24). 5G Danger: 13 Reasons 5G Wireless Technology Will Be a Catastrophe for Humanity. globalresearch.ca The 5G danger can't be overstated. | 5G (5th Generation) is now being actively rolled out in many cities around the world. Simultaneously, as awareness over its horrific health and privacy impacts is rising, many places are issuing moratoriums on it …

GMWatch (2019-09-24). Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in the US? Trump Ally Pushes for Permit. globalresearch.ca Documents obtained through the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show a lobbyist and leading Trump fundraiser, his billionaire friend who owns the GM mosquito firm Oxitec, and the US EPA's then boss met to discuss how to forward Oxitec's …

Zia Mian (2019-09-24). India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the War Option Off the Table. globalresearch.ca On September 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This appearance will come at a time of great concern about the increasingly hostile …

South Front (2019-09-24). Syrian Army Prepares for Escalation in Golan Heights. globalresearch.ca On September 21, an EW unit of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) intercepted and took control of a large quadcopter-style unmanned aerial vehicle over the town of Erneh, near the contact line between the SAA and the Israeli-occupied part of …

Hans Stehling (2019-09-24). A Damning Verdict by the Supreme Court against Boris Johnson Who Should Now Resign with his Cabinet. globalresearch.ca In a verdict unprecedented in British legal and constitutional history, the Supreme Court consisting of eleven of the most senior justices, today ruled unanimously that the current Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had acted unlawfully in his prorogation (suspension …

Ramona Wadi (2019-09-24). Human Rights Rhetoric at the UN Is Not Enough to Combat the US Blockade on Cuba. globalresearch.ca The latest tightening of US sanctions on Cuba which have led to a fuel crisis in the country, expose the futility of UN diplomacy when it comes to upholding its own definitions of international law. Since 1962, Cuba has been …

Renee Parsons (2019-09-24). US Election Candidates: As Joe Biden Falters, Will Elizabeth Warren Survive the Scrutiny. globalresearch.ca Despite early polls which showed some of the 'top tier' Democrat candidates beating Trump in a general election, the last DNC debate left considerable question as to whether there was enough substance on that stage to win the White House….

2019-09-25: Social Media Postees

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The Trump Impeachment Inquiry Scam
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Most all actions by both right wings of the US one-party state are politically motivated. | They're united when it comes to unlawfully advancing America's imperium by brute force and other hostile means, supporting privileged interests over the general welfare, and …
globalresearch.ca/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry-scam/5690172

'Impeach Barr, Too': Critics Demand Attorney General's Ouster for Refusing to Investigate Trump-Ukraine Call
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-25
"Terrible implications for our democracy if DOJ is saying that the solicitation of opposition research by a candidate from foreign governments is totally legal and totally cool." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/25/impeach-barr-too-critics-demand-attorney-generals-ouster-refusing-investigate-trump?cd-origin=rss

Are We Approaching the End of Super Imperialism?
Sabri àñncຠ| counterpunch.org | 2019-09-25
Congratulating Oldrich Oldrich Vasicek is an old friend. When I started my "quant" career in bonds in January 1994 in Walnut Creek, California, Oldrich was there. A recently graduated mathematics Ph.D. was I then, I received my first real-life finance education from him. Oldrich, a statistician by trait, is famous for developing the first theory…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/25/are-we-approaching-the-end-of-super-imperialism/

At UN debate, Japan vows to back global push for inclusive quality education for all girls and women
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-25
If women were able to demonstrate their potential, "the world would sparkle that much more", the Prime Minister of Japan said on Tuesday evening at the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1047382

Hong Kong is Scared — of the Rioters
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
It was once a British police station, as well as the Victoria Prison Compound. Hong Kong inhabitants used to tremble just from hearing its name mentioned. This is where people were detained, interrogated, humiliated, tortured and disappeared. | Now, after Hong …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-is-scared-of-the-rioters/5690145

Dr. Gottschalk's "World War II Heat Bump": Did the War Contribute to Air Pollution and Global Warming?
Ian Baldwin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
On January 19, 2017 a New York Times front-page story, "For Third Year, the Earth in 2016 Set Heat Record," featured a complex NOAA chart showing multiple global temperature readings taken from 1880 to 2016. | Studying the front-page chart, Harvard …
globalresearch.ca/dr-gottschalks-world-war-ii-heat-bump-did-the-war-contribute-to-air-pollution-and-global-warming/5690184

Tempered Emergency: The Climate Change Summit in New York
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
It had a good deal of desperate scolding. Sweden's Greta Thunberg assumed the role of punishing advocate, a Joan of Arc of fury. The main culprit in her speech at the UN Climate Action Summit was the hideous, super ego, …
globalresearch.ca/tempered-emergency-the-climate-change-summit-in-new-york/5690170

The Only Way Israelis Can Form a Government: Betrayal
James Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
As expected, the outcome of Israel's second national election was as murky as the first round in April. During the next few weeks, Israeli leaders will be engaged in negotiations in an effort to form a government. The double-dealings and …
globalresearch.ca/the-only-way-israelis-can-form-a-government-betrayal/5690167

Railroaded by the Judges: Boris Johnson Fails in the UK Supreme Court
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
It delighted Labour supporters and party apparatchiks who had been falling over each other in murderous ceremony at the party conference in Brighton: Prime Minister Boris Johnson would come to the unwitting rescue with his own version of a …
globalresearch.ca/railroaded-by-the-judges-boris-johnson-fails-in-the-uk-supreme-court/5690174

US-Iran Relations: Bolton's "Maximum Pressure" Policy Is The Illegitimate Child Of Diplomacy
Bahman Fozouni | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
The September 14 strikes against Saudi Arabia's Khurais oilfield and Abqaiq processing facility, which the U.S. government quickly pinned on Iran, as well as President Trump's decision to substantially increase sanctions against Iran in response, are sobering reminders that the …
globalresearch.ca/us-iran-relations-boltons-maximum-pressure-policy-is-the-illegitimate-child-of-diplomacy/5690160

Climate and the Money Trail
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Climate. Now who wudda thought. The very mega-corporations and mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy over recent decades, whose pursuit of shareholder value and cost reduction who have wreaked so much damage to our environment both in the | …
globalresearch.ca/climate-and-the-money-trail/5690209

The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why?
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by Extinction Rebellion. | While delighted …
globalresearch.ca/the-global-climate-movement-is-failing-why/5690154

Will the Carcass of Indonesian Infrastructure Really be Revived by Big Business?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Outside the Indonesian city of Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan (Borneo island), the new airport is totally empty. A lonely Cessna flies around, performing "touch and go" maneuvers, perhaps training some corrupt businessman how to fly. | Two scheduled flights, one from …
globalresearch.ca/will-the-carcass-of-indonesian-infrastructure-really-be-revived-by-big-business/5690136

A Future Labour Government Would Provide Generic Drugs for the NHS Through New State-owned Company. Jeremy Corbyn
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Jeremy Corbyn announced yesterday at the 2019 Labour Party conference that a future Labour government would set up a British national drug company to manufacture generic and other drugs at a much lower cost than at present thereby avoiding the …
globalresearch.ca/a-future-labour-government-would-provide-generic-drugs-for-the-nhs-through-new-state-owned-company-jeremy-corbyn/5690202

Welfare Checks Turn Deadly: You Might Want to Think Twice Before Calling the Cops
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
"Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement."–Steve Silberman, The New York | …
globalresearch.ca/welfare-checks-turn-deadly-you-might-want-to-think-twice-before-calling-the-cops/5690128

Why Patriot Missiles Are Useless
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Missile strikes that shut down a half of Saudi oil production not only marked a new round of escalation in the Persian Gulf, but also revealed the limitations of the Kingdom's air defense. Over the past years, Saudi Arabia, the …
globalresearch.ca/why-patriot-missiles-are-useless/5690125

Ukrainegate Is Just The Democrats' Latest Gambit To Unseat Trump
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
A manufactured scandal is rapidly growing to epic proportions in the US surrounding one of Trump's recent conversations with new Ukrainian President Zelensky after a whistleblower alleged what the Mainstream Media is reporting to be the American leader's supposedly unethical …
globalresearch.ca/ukrainegate-is-just-the-democrats-latest-gambit-to-unseat-trump/5690041

Why Doesn't India Follow China's Iranian Oil Policy?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Iran's ambassador to India claimed that the U.S. urges New Delhi to suspend its Iranian oil purchases, worth about $5 billion a year, through the threat of sanctions. The Iranian ambassador also called for India to become more active in …
globalresearch.ca/why-doesnt-india-follow-chinas-iranian-oil-policy/5690200

Pension Plans Should Not Invest in Companies That Harm Working People
Prof. Steven Tufts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Of all the gains unions have made for workers, the ability to retire with dignity and a pension is perhaps the most valued. Last year employers and employees in Canada contributed over $70-billion to registered pension plans (RPP). It is …
globalresearch.ca/pension-plans-should-not-invest-in-companies-that-harm-working-people/5690156

US Supported "Rebels" Fired Live Rounds at Syrian Families in Rukban Concentration Camp
Syria News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Syrian families held captive by Trump Regime Forces and their ISIS affiliates of Maghaweer Thawra terrorists at al-Rukban Concentration Camp went out of their tents in the high heat of the desert…
globalresearch.ca/us-supported-rebels-fired-live-rounds-at-syrian-families-in-rukban-concentration-camp/5690151

Deliver Us From "Evil People": The "Crazy Evils" and the "Caring Evils"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
To this writer there are in reality but two classifications of evil people: | A) The crazy or deranged evil ones and | B) The rational, without empathy or caring evil ones. | Just viewed Alan Parker's great 2000 film Angela's Ashes for …
globalresearch.ca/deliver-us-from-evil-people-the-crazy-evils-and-the-caring-evils/5690177

U.N. Report Paints a Harrowing Portrait of the Planet's Future
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-25
A landmark United Nations climate report published Wednesday details the observed and anticipated future impacts of planet-heating emissions from human activity on the world's oceans and frozen zones–and warns of the emerging consequences for humanity, marine ecosystems, and the global environment. | The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) is a product of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a U.N. body that assesses the latest science related to the human-caused…
truthdig.com/articles/u-n-report-paints-a-harrowing-portrait-of-the-planets-future/

Robin Vos Punches Wisconsin Students and Teachers in the Face. Asks, how they got a Black Eye?
Jeffrey Sommers | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-25
With the recently announced news of Wisconsin student test results dropping, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, wasted no time in pointing the finger at schools as being the cause of the decline in our students' academic performance. Vos and the GOP delivered what amounted to a punch in the face (much worse, actually) to teachers…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/25/robin-vos-punches-wisconsin-students-and-teachers-in-the-face-asks-how-they-got-a-black-eye/

School resource officer fired after arresting two 6-year-olds
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-25
A Florida school resource officer was fired Monday after arresting two 6-year-old children without obtaining his supervisor's approval before arresting them. According to the Orlando Police Department, one child briefly remained in custody before returning to school, while the other student was processed at the Juvenile Assessment Center. On September 19, Kaia Rolle, 6, reportedly had a temper tantrum at the Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy in Orlando. School resource officer Dennis Turner …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/25/school-resource-officer-fired-after-arresting-two-6-year-olds/

Postcards From the Global Climate Strike
StudentNation | thenation.com | 2019-09-25
Postcards From the Global Climate Strike…
thenation.com/article/postcards-from-the-global-climate-strike/

Postcards from the Global Climate Strike
StudentNation | thenation.com | 2019-09-25
Postcards from the Global Climate Strike…
thenation.com/article/postcards-from-the-global-climate-strike/

School resource officer fired after arresting two 6-year-olds
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-25
A Florida school resource officer was fired Monday after arresting two 6-year-old children without obtaining his supervisor's approval before arresting them. According to the Orlando Police Department, one child briefly remained in custody before returning to school, while the other student was processed at the Juvenile Assessment Center. On September 19, Kaia Rolle, 6, reportedly had a temper tantrum at the Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy in Orlando. School resource officer Dennis Turner …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/25/school-resource-officer-fired-after-arresting-two-6-year-olds/

Indian Police Arrest Rape Victim of Minister for 'Extortion'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-25
An Indian law student who is accusing federal minister Swami Chinmayanand of sexual abuse and provided evidence for it, was arrested by police for extortion. | RELATED: | India's Modi Endorses Trump for US 2020 Election at 'Howdy Modi' Event | She allegedly threatened to release the videos if he did not pay her according to the police. | The woman appeared in court Wednesday and was jailed for 14 days after bail application was refused. Chinmayanand was arrested last week…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indian-Police-Arrest-Rape-Victim-of-Minister-for-Extortion–20190925-0012.html

How to win the teachers' fight in Sri Lanka
wsws.org | 2019-09-25
Teachers must organise independently of the unions, build rank-and-file action committees and unite with all other sections of the working class fighting Colombo's austerity measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/25/teac…

Baltimore's New Teachers Union President Says Schools are in a "State of Emergency"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-25
"There has been a culture of fear and retaliation created in the Baltimore City Schools," says the new president of the Baltimore Teaches Union in episode 10 of Real Talk Tho…
therealnews.com/stories/baltimore-teachers-union-president-schools-state-emergency

Walter Reuther and the rise and fall of the UAW
wsws.org | 2019-09-25
Walter Reuther's biography has much to teach workers about the transformation of the trade unions into reactionary adjuncts of the corporations and the government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/25/reut…

More U.S. Commandos Are Fighting Invisible Wars in the Middle East
Nick Turse | theintercept.com | 2019-09-25
The percentage of commandos deployed to the Middle East is on the rise, according to new statistics provided to The Intercept by U.S. Special Operations Command. On average, more than 4,000 Special Operations forces — Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and Marine Corps Raiders among them — are deployed to the region each week, more than anywhere else in the world. | The increase comes at a time when the United States is apparently planning a troop drawdown in Afghanistan, despite a peace agreement with the Taliban having f…
theintercept.com/2019/09/25/special-operations-command-military-middle-east/

Hong Kong Protests: "Return" to the British Empire and the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing… ?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Hundreds of young Chinese, in front of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, sing God Save the Queen and shout "Great Britain Saves Hong Kong", a rally call in London by 130 parliamentarians demand that British citizenship be given to residents of the former colony.
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protests-return-to-the-british-empire-and-the-1842-treaty-of-nanjing/5690148

Hong Kong Protests: "Return" to the British Empire and the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing… ?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-25
Hundreds of young Chinese, in front of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, sing the God Save the Queen and shout "Great Britain Saves Hong Kong", a rally call in London by 130 parliamentarians who ask that British citizenship be …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-protests-return-to-the-british-empire-and-the-1842-treaty-of-nanjing/5690148

Trump Lashes Out at Iran, China & Venezuela in Nationalist Address to U.N. General Assembly
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-25
On Tuesday, President Trump made his third address to the United Nations General Assembly amid simmering tensions in the Middle East over recent attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which the United States blames on Iran. Tehran denies the allegations. Trump also lashed out at China and Venezuela. We speak with Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and chief editor of LeftWord Books. His latest article for Salon is headlined "World leaders gather at the UN in the face of war, climate catastrophe & global worker exploitation."
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/25/trump_un_…

Weather Warfare: Beware the US Military's Experiments with Climatic Warfare
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
'Climatic warfare' has been excluded from the agenda on climate change.
globalresearch.ca/weather-warfare-beware-the-us-military-s-experiments-with-climatic-warfare/7561

Humanitarian Crisis in Kashmir: India's "Economic Opening" Has "Closed Off Kashmir"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
The following is the speech that Andrew Korybko gave at the "Humanitarian Crisis In Kashmir: Paths To A Resolution" conference that was held in Moscow on 23 September. | We're here today to draw attention to what's been happening in Indian-Occupied …
globalresearch.ca/humanitarian-crisis-in-kashmir-indias-economic-opening-has-closed-off-kashmir/5690100

Human Rights Rhetoric at the UN Is Not Enough to Combat the US Blockade on Cuba
Ramona Wadi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
The latest tightening of US sanctions on Cuba which have led to a fuel crisis in the country, expose the futility of UN diplomacy when it comes to upholding its own definitions of international law. Since 1962, Cuba has been …
globalresearch.ca/human-rights-rhetoric-at-the-un-is-not-enough-to-combat-the-us-blockade-on-cuba/5690046

India, Pakistan, Kashmir: Taking the War Option Off the Table
Zia Mian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
On September 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This appearance will come at a time of great concern about the increasingly hostile …
globalresearch.ca/india-pakistan-kashmir-taking-the-war-option-off-the-table/5690044

The Treatment of Schizophrenia and Dr Loren Mosher's Soteria Project
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
"Psychiatry has been almost completely bought out by the drug companies…We're so busy with drugs that you can't find a nickel being spent on [non-drug] research." — Dr Loren Mosher | Psychiatrist Loren Mosher (who earned medical degrees from both Harvard …
globalresearch.ca/dr-loren-mosher-soteria-project-nefarious-psychiatric-governmental-pharmaceutical-industry/5689904

American Torture Techniques Were Developed At McGill University
Edward McCary | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
Many Canadians have been closely following the beginning of the Trump presidency, watching in shock and horror as Trump passes a series of authoritarian executive orders. | One executive order in particular, planned for the near future, is poised to resurrect …
globalresearch.ca/american-torture-techniques-were-developed-at-mcgill/5690054

Russia's Middle East Strategy: "Balance" vs. "Betrayal"?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
There's an intense debate raging within the Alternative and Independent media over whether Russia's contemporary Mideast strategy amounts to "balancing" or "betraying" the Resistance given the Eurasian Great Power's extremely close military cooperation with "Israel" in Syria. | The Freakish Fusion …
globalresearch.ca/russias-middle-east-strategy-balance-vs-betrayal/5690056

Tiananmen Square: The Failure of an American-instigated 1989 Color Revolution
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
There are few places in China that seem more burned into the consciousness of typical Westerners than Tiananmen Square, and few events more commonly mentioned than the student protests of 1989. But the stories are wrong on several levels. It …
globalresearch.ca/tiananmen-square-the-failure-of-an-american-instigated-1989-color-revolution/5690061

Climate Disruption: It's Not Due to CO2
Prof. Claudia von Werlhof | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
Professor Claudia von Werlhof wrote to Greta Thunberg. | In her letter Von Werlhof says that the disruption of the global climate is not due to CO2. | Following the publication of her letter, Silvia Terribili, of Onda Italia interviewed …
globalresearch.ca/climate-disruption-its-not-due-to-co2/5677036

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in the US? Trump Ally Pushes for Permit
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
Documents obtained through the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show a lobbyist and leading Trump fundraiser, his billionaire friend who owns the GM mosquito firm Oxitec, and the US EPA's then boss met to discuss how to forward Oxitec's …
globalresearch.ca/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-to-be-released-in-the-us-trump-ally-pushes-for-permit/5690052

The Coverup of President John F. Kennedy's Assassination Is Wearing Thin
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
Below is a several years old documentary of 35 minutes summarizing the powerful evidence that the Warran Commission Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is a cover-up. | All available evidence points to the CIA and the US …
globalresearch.ca/the-coverup-of-president-john-f-kennedys-assassination-is-wearing-thin/5690094

Why a War Against Iran Will be the "Nail in a Coffin" for U.S. Hegemony in the Middle East
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
First published in July 2019 | President Donald Trump was recently interviewed on Fox Business and was asked about Iran's President Hassan Rouhani's statement calling the White House "Mentally Retarded" and if the U.S. was going to have a war …
globalresearch.ca/why-war-against-iran-will-nail-coffin-u-s-hegemony-middle-east/5682883

Pesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse but Business as Usual
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
Much of the following article is based on a new 20-page report by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason. Readers are urged to access the full report containing all relevant citations here. | In a new paper published in King's Law …
globalresearch.ca/pesticides-in-the-dock-ecological-apocalypse-but-business-as-usual/5690072

The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan
The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing Climate, Extinction Rebellion debate. | Who is funding the "Protest Movement" | "Beginning in the 1980s, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund became leading advocates of the global …
globalresearch.ca/rockefeller-familys-covert-climate-change-plan/5678775

A Damning Verdict by the Supreme Court against Boris Johnson Who Should Now Resign with his Cabinet
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-24
In a verdict unprecedented in British legal and constitutional history, the Supreme Court consisting of eleven of the most senior justices, today ruled unanimously that the current Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had acted unlawfully in his prorogation (suspension …
globalresearch.ca/a-damning-verdict-by-the-supreme-court-against-boris-johnson-who-should-now-resign-with-his-cabinet/5690032