(2019-10-14). New President of the European Central Bank (ECB) has a Criminal Record. Christine Lagarde. globalresearch.ca Ms. Christine Lagarde, outgoing Managing Director of the IMF has been appointed to the position of president of the European Central Bank (ECB) effective November 1, 2019 | France's president Emmanuel Macron acting on behalf of powerful banking interests was …
(2019-10-14). March 4 Education: San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose 2019. indybay.org San Francisco: Plaza between Asian Museum and Main Library | at Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Oakland: Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Lake Merritt Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94612 | San Jose: Plaza de César Chávez, 1 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113…
(2019-10-14). The Last Moments of Indonesia as We Know It. Forest Fires, Collapsing Economy. globalresearch.ca Student protests, West Papua independence struggle, monstrous forest fires, an earthquake and a collapsing economy — the increasingly religiously fundamentalist Indonesia is suddenly facing too many disasters. It cannot cope with any of them. | Nothing seems to be going well …
(2019-10-14). Ecuador — and the IMF's Killing Spree. globalresearch.ca The IMF has weaponized its handle through the dollar-based western monetary system, and brutally destroyed nation after nation, thereby killed hundreds of thousands of people. Indirectly, of course, as the IMF would not use traditional guns and bombs, but financial instruments that kill — they kill by famine, by economic strangulation.
(2019-10-14). Uninhabitable: Gaza Faces Moment of Truth. globalresearch.ca The only way Israelis can be made to sit up and take note of the disaster unfolding next door in Gaza, it seems, is when they fear the fallout may spill out of the tiny coastal enclave and engulf them …
(2019-10-14). Lula Receives Human Rights Prize from Prison. globalresearch.ca The AFL-CIO Lula's decades of struggle for the advancement of workers' rights, the strengthening of Brazilian democracy and their struggle for greater equality and justice in the world. | Just a few hours before this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner was …
(2019-10-14). Bayer Shareholders: Put Health and Nature First and Stop Funding this Company! globalresearch.ca Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to Bayer Crop Science shareholders and Chairman of the Board Werner Wenning. She has also sent them a 13,000-word report. Mason is appealing to shareholders to put …
(2019-10-14). Culture and the Arts: Opera in Crisis, Can It be Made Relevant Again? globalresearch.ca Introduction | Opera productions depend on much state support, which is in decline, as states themselves go further and further into debt. To try and overcome these problems there have been many attempts at changes in form and content and even …
(2019-10-14). Information Warfare: Twitter Targets Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca When Twitter Safety announced that it was taking actions against "information operations" directed at Hong Kong — informed observers could have immediately assumed that Twitter was not actually serious about stopping anything of the sort — but rather ensuring the …
(2019-10-14). Kurds Ally with Damascus Against Turkish Aggression. globalresearch.ca Kurds in northern Syria comprise around 10% of the nation's population, its largest ethnic minority. | Their relationship with Damascus has been uneasy at best, stormy at worst. They seek local autonomy. | Syrian authorities want the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity …
(2019-10-14). Antiques Traders Are in the High Court this Week Seeking to Quash UK's Landmark Ivory Act. globalresearch.ca The UK Ivory Act was passed with overwhelming popular support and cross-party Parliamentary backing. | It introduces tough regulations on the buying and selling of ivory from, to and within the UK and received Royal Assent in December 2018. | But the …
(2019-10-14). Worse than Facial Recognition — the Next Big Privacy Outrage. globalresearch.ca Privacy campaigners have warned of an " epidemic of facial recognition" use around the UK. This, of course, followed the epidemic of CCTV that led to it in the first place. An investigation by Big Brother Watch, the civil …
(2019-10-14). 5G Cell Phone Electromagnetic Radiation: Devastating Worldwide Health Impacts. globalresearch.ca For the attention of the Planning Infrastructure Division, | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, | 3rd Floor, Fry Building | 2 Marsham Street | London SW1P 4DF | Friday, 11th October, 2019 | To Whom It May Concern: | EM Radiation Research Trust puts UK …
(2019-10-14). Global Poverty: How the Rich Eat the Poor and the World. globalresearch.ca 62 individuals — 388 in 2010 — now own more wealth than 50% of the world's population. More shockingly, this share of wealth by half of the world's people has collapsed by over 40% in the last five years.
(2019-10-14). Will the Democratic Party Exist after 2020 Election? globalresearch.ca Even before Rep. Tulsi Gabbard threatened to boycott the upcoming Dem debate as the DNC usurps the role of voters in the Democratic primacy 2020 election and with an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on the table, the Swamp …
(2019-10-14). The Embargo Deepens as Adobe and Oracle Leave Venezuela. globalresearch.ca On October 7, users of Adobe software products in Venezuela began receiving messages saying that the company would no longer provide them with services, citing U.S. government sanctions (specifically Executive Order (E.O.) 13884). Over the next four days, Flickr, …
(2019-10-14). China-US Mini Trade Deal: Trump Takes the Money and Runs. globalresearch.ca After months of escalating tit-for-tat tariff increases, and bringing the global economy to the precipice of a global currency war, the US and China agreed to a partial deal on their trade dispute this past week. | Trump heralds the deal …
(2019-10-14). Greece's Reinvigorated Alliance with the US Is All About The Greek -Israel -Cypriot Pipeline. globalresearch.ca The recent military-driven reinvigoratation of the US-Greek Strategic Partnership is motivated by their shared interests in ensuring the security of a prospective Greek-"Israeli"-Cypriot (GRISCY) pipeline from Turkish claims to the last-mentioned island's exclusive economic zone through which this project must …
(2019-10-14). For Indigenous Peoples Day, tribes return to Alcatraz 50 years later. nationofchange.org The Stop Mauna Kea and Standing Rock occupations owe a debt to the legacy of an intertribal takeover that occurred 50 years ago, raising the visibility of Native American rights' violations. In the 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz, 79 Native American activists, most of them students from tribes across the country, took possession of an abandoned …
(2019-10-14). A Passion for Writing. counterpunch.org I have been writing for fifty years. I wrote my first scholarly article in 1969. I was then a graduate student in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That was a bold step. My English was still in its early stages of improvement. But more than spelling and vocabulary, I felt I had something to say More
(2019-10-14). Chicago Teachers Union announces "path" to block strike and impose austerity settlement. wsws.org CTU leaders announced on Saturday a proposal that will allow the district to "phase in" resources in a school system that has been denied the basics for decades.
(2019-10-14). Activist almost wins NSW Teachers Federation presidential election. greenleft.org.au 
unions James SmithIssue 1241 Australia NSW Teachers FederationOctober 14, 2019Former Australian Education Union federal president and Education International project director Angelo Gavrielatos has narrowly defeated practicing classroom teacher and activist John Morr…
(2019-10-14). Selected Articles: Turkey's Aggression against Syria. globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
(2019-10-14). Tampa Bay demands Supreme Court uphold LGBT job rights. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On October 7 and 8, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) rallied against the lack of federal job protections for LGBT workers. On October 8, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) began discussions on three cases that relate to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which protects against job discrimination on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin," in order to decide whether sexual orientation and gender identity are also protected under Title VII. Tampa Bay SDS held two rallies in response to this, as a part of a National SDS call to action. SDS demanded that…
(2019-10-14). Newest Nobel Economics Laureates Praised for Experimental Research Into Poverty—and Their Work's Real-World Impact. commondreams.org Three researchers were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their groundbreaking work in studying poverty-stricken communities around the world and developing ways to make a difference in poor people's lives through education and healthcare. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-10-13). On the picket line: 11,500 teachers, staff win contracts at Oregon universities. workers.org 
11,500 teachers, staff win contracts at Oregon universities Nearly 7,000‚Äàworkers at Oregon Health and Science University won raises and other improvements when ratifying a new three-year contract by 98.9 percent on Sept. 9. Members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 328 get a lump sum bonus . . . | Continue reading On the picket line: 11,500 teachers, staff win contracts at Oregon universities at Workers.org
(2019-10-13). Unwarranted Optimism over US/China Trade Talks. globalresearch.ca Whatever follows the 13th round of US/China trade talks concluding Friday alone matters. Major differences over structural issues remain hard-wired on both sides — unchanged and not about to ahead. | Following Thursday talks, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported …
(2019-10-13). The Switch from Comedy to Tragedy for Ukraine's President Zelensky. Rapprochement with Putin? globalresearch.ca The recently-elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky keeps saying there was "no blackmail" in a July telephone call with President Donald Trump that caused an impeachment inquiry in the USA. | He made the comments recently during an all-day press marathon held …
(2019-10-13). Police State Ecuador Under Lenin Moreno. globalresearch.ca Moreno campaigned on a platform of continuing the progressive policies of his predecessor Rafael Correa. | Straightaway in office, he betrayed the public trust. Ecuadorian legal scholar Oswaldo Ruiz-Chiriboga accused him of abandoning his pledges, implementing neoliberal policies demanded by US …
(2019-10-13). Are You Ready to Die? The US Military/ Security Complex Wants Tensions to Increase… globalresearch.ca The Zionist Neoconservatives who run US foreign policy are now herding the US out of the remaining arms limitations agreements. It appears that Washington intends to withdraw from the Open Skies agreement with Russia. See this. | The Open Skies …
(2019-10-13). Human Violence: Pervasive Throughout Society. "Strategic Response" to End Violence. globalresearch.ca Violence is pervasive throughout human society and it has a vast range of manifestations. Moreover, some of these manifestations — particularly the threat of nuclear war (which might start regionally), the climate catastrophe and the ongoing ecological devastation, as well …
(2019-10-13). Proposed US Sanctions against Turkey. Why? Washington Supports Turkish Aggression in Northeast Syria. globalresearch.ca US sanctions are war by other means on targeted countries. The Senate, House, and White House are preparing them on Turkey — nothing imposed so far. | They're unrelated to Ankara's alliance with US war on the Syrian Arab Republic, nor …
(2019-10-13). Anyone Can Get Cancer, But Your Race and Class Affect How Soon You'll Die. truthout.org | | How race and class affect health is demonstrated by a single statistic: Black women are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, though they develop it at the same rate. As David Ansell — a longtime doctor in low-income communities of color in Chicago — proves in hi…
(2019-10-13). DeVos Plan for More Pay-The-Rich Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org 
On October 10, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Education, billionaire Betsy DeVos, unveiled an antisocial plan to further incentivize the rich to establish more charter schools to line their pockets at the expense of young people. DeVos has actively promoted school privatization schemes for decades; she does not support public education. In addition to many well-established …
(2019-10-13). Bayer Shareholders: Put Health and Nature First and Stop Funding This Company! dissidentvoice.org 
Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to Bayer Crop Science shareholders and Chairman of the Board Werner Wenning. She has also sent them a 13,000-word report. Mason is appealing to shareholders to put human health and nature ahead of profit and to stop funding Bayer. In her report, she …
(2019-10-12). Colossal WASTE in US healthcare spending surpasses military budget at nearly $1 trillion per year, study says. rt.com 
Waste and needless spending in America's healthcare system could amount to almost $1 trillion each year, topping total US military expenditures in 2019 — the world's largest defense budget — according to new research. | Encompassing administrative overhead, fraud and abuse, inflated pricing and other inefficiencies, a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the cumulative waste in US healthcare ranged from $760 billion to $935 annually, or 25 percent of what Americans spend each year o…
(2019-10-11). A massive people's strike explodes in Ecuador. workers.org 
Oct. 10 — The great people's strike has exploded in Ecuador. Today is the eighth day that road traffic in Ibarra, a city with a population of 250,000, has been completely shut down, with no buses or taxis running. It is the sixth day of suspended classes for all students. . . . | Continue reading A massive people's strike explodes in Ecuador at Workers.org
(2019-10-11). West Papua – Australia's shame. greenleft.org.au 
self-determination Susan PriceIssue 1240 West Papua Indonesian occupation of West PapuaOctober 11, 2019The recent uprising in West Papua was sparked by racist attacks on Papuan students in the Indonesian city of Surabaya. However, the West Papua…
(2019-10-09). Ecuadorian Protests Intensify as President Flees Capital, Blames Venezuela. therealnews.com 
Shortly after the government of President Lenin Moreno announced new IMF-imposed austerity measures and price increases, protests against the government, uniting workers, students, and indigenous movement escalated in the capital of Quito this week.
(2019-10-09). Russian social media debate: clickbait or information warfare? thegrayzone.com What is the Internet Research Agency, and are the claims of a Russian influence campaign against the U.S. well-founded? Aaron…
(2019-10-09). Philippines: Protest movement to gain further ground amid deteriorating conditions under Duterte. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 9 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The nationwide protest actions mounted by jeepney drivers and operators and other transport workers last September 29 successfully manifested widespread opposition to the Duterte regime's anti-poor plan of phasing-out jeepneys in the guise of "modernization." Several days later, 5,000 public school teachers and government employees joined demonstrations to demand a salary increase to allow them to cope with the rising cost of living. | Earlier, several thousand people joined protest actions across…
(2019-10-08). The Return of the Strike. progressive.org The picketing GM workers and impending Chicago Teachers Union action suggest a dramatic revival of striking as a tactic.
(2019-10-08). Will Chicago Teachers Be Next to Strike? Union Head Speaks Out as Walkout Date Approaches. democracynow.org 
In Chicago, union leaders and the nation's third-largest school district are racing to reach an agreement to avert a teachers' strike authorized to begin later this month. In late September, 25,000 educators voted overwhelmingly to authorize a work stoppage, demanding more staffing and lower class sizes. On Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused the union of not coming to the bargaining table with a proposal to counter the offers the district has made in recent weeks. This comes as about 7,000 school support staffers with the Service Employees International Union have also made preparations for a strike, as…
(2019-10-03). Southern worker strikes show the power of solidarity. liberationnews.org 
Through the courage shown by teachers, auto and telecom workers, the South is beginning to realize once again the power workers can have in unions.
(2019-10-02). Black Dean of Students Jamie Riley fired in Alabama for telling the truth. liberationnews.org 
Riley fired for tweets about racist foundations of US society.
(2019-09-30). Vista high school students demand climate action. liberationnews.org 
Students from Rancho Buena Vista High School organized a sit-in at Vista City Hall Sept. 27 to demand a stronger climate action plan.
(2019-09-18). Safe For Whom? How the MSD Commission is putting Florida's Children in Danger. splcenter.org The commission appointed by politicians to study school safety in Florida after the mass shooting in Parkland in 2018 has recommended—without evidence to support them—measures that place children at greater risk of being shot or wrongfully arrested; put children's privacy and liberty in jeopardy and strip them of civil rights; create school environments that are more tense, anxiety-provoking, and traumatic; breed distrust between students and faculty; and absorb funds needed for programs that have actually been proven to make schools safer for all students. | Lacking needed expertise and diversity, th…
(2019-06-19). House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — June 19, 2019 — In response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2740 (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020), which includes language to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) eight months after …