(2019-12-04). Dossier 23: Peace, neoliberalism and political shifts in Colombia. mronline.org 
Once again, the people of Colombia straddle two realities—the drums of war and the hope of peace. This tension has along, complex, and multi-dimensional historical process. This dossier from Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research examines the root causes of the crisis and the two realities of war and peace. | Source
(2019-12-04). Indian University Agrees Not to Host Future Israeli Government Events Following Student Protests. bdsmovement.net 
Indian University Agrees Not to Host Future Israeli Government Events Following Student Protests: UpdateIn a courageous show of solidarity, students in New Delhi held firm against the university administration's violent crackdown on protests of an Israeli government event until their demands were met. | Academic BoycottNovember 20, 2019 | By:…
(2019-12-04). People's World Awards Gala to honor Chicago Teachers. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—The annual People's World Awards Gala, to be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, will honor Stacy Davis Gates, vice-president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and feature Howard Kling as keynote speaker. Gates will receive the Frank Lumpkin-Rudy Lozano award at the dinner. The Chicago Teachers Union, AFT Local 1, and the Chicago Public School system …
(2019-12-04). Julian Assange: An Appeal From International Lawyers. globalresearch.ca The ongoing proceedings against Australian citizen Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, presently held in Belmarsh Prison near London, display a grave erosion of time-honoured principles of human rights, the rule of law, and the democratic freedom to gather and …
(2019-12-04). Does the US Military "Own the Weather"? "Weaponizing the Weather" as an Instrument of Modern Warfare? globalresearch.ca Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, "offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary", capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes…
(2019-12-04). The Education Debate Over Minority Voters. progressive.org Are minority parents seeking better schools for their kids supporters of charter schools, or leading figures in the resistance to a choice-based education reform movement?
(2019-12-04). Australia: Vote 'no' to the NSWTF salaries agreement! Form rank-and-file committees to defend public education. wsws.org The NSW Teachers Federation is seeking to split and isolate teachers as they meet at hundreds of different venues across the state to hear details of the latest award.
(2019-12-04). Ontario high school teachers stage one-day walkout Wednesday. wsws.org More than 60,000 Ontario high school teachers will walk off the job today in opposition to the sweeping cuts the provincial Conservative government is making to education and their terms of employment.
(2019-12-04). Climate and the Money Trail. globalresearch.ca The very mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy who have wreaked so much damage to our environment are the leading backers of the "grassroots" climate movement. Is it pangs of guilty conscience, or could it be a deeper agenda of the financialization of the very air we breathe and more?
(2019-12-04). Video: The New Arms Race. Is Russia Overtaking the US in the Realm of Strategic Bombers? globalresearch.ca The Russian Armed Forces put into action an ambitious program to modernize and expand the strategic bomber fleet. | In March 2018, Russia announced that it would completely overhaul its entire Tu-160 long-range strategic bomber fleet by 2030. According to Deputy …
(2019-12-04). Russia-China Cooperation, The Power of Siberia Project, Strategic Gas Pipelines. globalresearch.ca The inauguration of the Power of Siberia project to transport gas from Russia to China will strengthen Russia's position as the world's first gas exporter and boost economic relations between the two countries in an unprecedented way. | Thanks to the …
(2019-12-04). House Dems Release Sham Impeachment Inquiry Report. globalresearch.ca Make no mistake. What's going on is one of the most disturbing political spectacles in US history — one right wing of the one-party state trying to defrock the other wing's leader for politicized reasons, not legitimate ones. | Daily theater …
(2019-12-04). The Theology of Politics. globalresearch.ca This is a serious discussion, so let's be sure we are on the same page by ensuring we apply the same meanings to our words. "Democracy" is NOT government. It is not freedom, it is not human rights, it is …
(2019-12-04). Is Boris Johnson a Liar? Denies He Will Sell Off UK National Health Service to Trump. globalresearch.ca 'A plot against the whole country' declared Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as he brandished a wad of leaked documents last week which he said proves that the UK National Health Service would indeed be 'on the table' when it came …
(2019-12-04). Medical Error: The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2016. | Introduction | "2.6 million people die annually in low-and middle-income countries from medical errors, and that most of those deaths are related to misdiagnosis and administration of pharmaceutical products…Medication errors alone cost an estimated …
(2019-12-04). Erdogan Opened a Pandora's Box in Libya that Will be Difficult to Close. globalresearch.ca Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean are rapidly rising after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan met with a Libyan official of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, in Ankara last week. They …
(2019-12-04). Swarm Drone Technology and Military Escalation. Will US Drones Push the Middle East Past the Point of No Return? globalresearch.ca Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drones, both armed and unarmed, have altered how states and insurgents conduct warfare in the Middle East. The widespread proliferation of these weapons, combined with the range of capabilities they confer and their potential to …
(2019-12-04). Iraq Protests: Who Holds the Initiative and Who Has the Power. globalresearch.ca There is little doubt that Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr controls the streets in Iraq and can make peaceful protests violent when he chooses. Notwithstanding the presence of several smaller players and those genuinely asking for serious reforms, Sayyed Moqtada can move …
(2019-12-04). Rioting in Hong Kong and Iraq: Human Rights and Hypocrisy in the White House and Congress. globalresearch.ca For months Western media outlets have been retailing stories about riots in Hong Kong. With lip-smacking relish there have been such reports as "On October 1, China's National Day, the first live round to hit a protester was fired by …
(2019-12-04). Video: Russian Military Police Under Attack in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca Three Russian military police officers received light injuries when an improvised explosive device went off near their armored vehicle in northeastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 2. The incident happened when the Russian Military Police were fulfilling …
(2019-12-04). Going to the ICJ: Myanmar, Genocide and Aung San Suu Kyi's Gamble. globalresearch.ca Leaders currently in office rarely make an appearance before either the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. International law remains affixed to the notion that heads-of-state are, at least for the duration of their time in office, …
(2019-12-04). Harvard University graduate student union begins strike over pay, conditions. wsws.org The HGSU-UAW has made only token appeals to other sections of workers at Harvard to support the grad student workers' strike and has offered substantial concessions to the university on virtually all issues.
(2019-12-04). End the Wars, Win the Antiwar Vote. truthdig.com Like anyone else who was around that day, I can tell you exactly where I was on 9/11. | I was a Catholic school eighth grader, fresh off my 14th birthday. The school day lurched along for a while, but eventually we dropped the pretense of carrying on. Teachers ushered us into the adjoining church for a prayer service, then sent us home early. | Later on, in the car with my dad, we heard what sounded like an explosion — a sonic boom from the nearby air base. My dad pulled over alongside other panicked drivers, all of us scanning the sky. In our agitated state, we genuinely believed that our little corner of…
(2019-12-04). Watergate Teaches Us That Democrats Should Broaden the Impeachment Charges. commondreams.org Hundreds of activists attend a rally in New York City on October 13, 2019 demanding that Congress fulfill its constitutional duty and impeach President Donald Trump. "Broadening the impeachment makes constitutional sense," writes Isaac, "and it makes political sense, too." (Photo: Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-12-04). 70 Percent of Mexico's Illegal Weapons Come From US: Report. telesurenglish.net The Secretary of National Defense of Mexico, Luis Sandoval, reported on Wednesday that the 19,317 firearms that have been seized inside 26 states of the country have recently been destroyed. | RELATED: | Morales Accuses Bolivian Gov't of Blocking His Migratory Status | Based on the statistics, 70 percent of the weapons that enter Mexico come from the U.S., while 30 percent come from Spain, Austria and other countries, the official said during the morning press conference with P…
(2019-12-04). Il Summit lancia la Nato nello spazio, costi alle stelle. globalresearch.ca Si svolge a Londra, il 4 dicembre, il Consiglio Nord Atlantico dei capi di stato e di governo che celebra il 70 ∞ anniversario della Nato, definita dal segretario generale Jens Stoltenberg ´l'alleanza di maggiore successo nella storia ª. | Un ´successo ª innegabile. …
(2019-12-04). Progressives Fire Back at Buttigieg's 'Bad Faith' Claim That Tuition-Free College Proposals Are Elitist. commondreams.org Progressives and supporters of the tuition-free public college plans backed by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday denounced Mayor Pete Buttigieg's most recent attack on the proposals, in which the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate claimed offering a free public college education furthered an "elitist" worldview. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-12-04). Cheeky conman erects fake Russia-Finland border, tricks illegal migrants into paying him to cross it. rt.com 
An industrious conman made a hefty sum of money from four illegal migrants for a walk in the forest, making them believe they were crossing the Russian border. The group, however, was later nabbed by legit Russian border guards. | Read more | | Entrapment? ICE created fake universities to lure foreign students before arresting & deporting them | Details of the bizarre affair were revealed to the media by the Border Service of the Federal Security Service on Tuesday. The incident occurred last week when the border guards apprehended a group of fo…
(2019-12-04). Selected Articles: Medical Error: The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US. globalresearch.ca Global Research, like many independent voices all over the globe, is feeling the effects of online measures set up to curtail access to our website, and by consequence, hinder our finances. We sail on despite the unpredictable currents and unfavourable …
(2019-12-03). By Any Measure, Capital Punishment Is a Failed Policy. theintercept.com 
The death penalty, they say, is dying. And in many important respects, this is true. Support for capital punishment has decreased dramatically. In 1998, there were nearly 300 new death sentences imposed in the United States. In 2018, there were just 43. In the past decade alone, six states have abolished…
(2019-12-03). What Happens When a Reform Prosecutor Stands Up to the Death Penalty. theintercept.com 
Standing behind a podium outside the Orlando courthouse, Aramis Ayala, the elected state prosecuting attorney for Florida's Orange and Osceola counties, announced that after extensive research, discussion, and reflection, she had decided that she could no longer seek the death penalty for defendants charged by her office. "My duty is to seek justice, which is fairness, objectivity, and decency," she said. "I am prohibited from making the severity of sentences the index of my effectiveness." | In many ways, Ayala's announcement in the winter of 2017 should not have been a terribly newsworthy event. Death penalty p…
(2019-12-03). UK climbs rankings for maths, science and reading — but students are 'less happy'. thecanary.co 
Students in the UK are continuing to lag behind their peers from smaller European countries such as Estonia and Finland when it comes to maths, reading and science, a bellwether study of global education trends has suggested.Asian nations, including Singapore and Hong Kong, continue to dominate the latest triennial Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) report, a survey of 15-year-old students from around the world to assess the extent to which they have acquired key skills and knowledge.And while the UK's ranking across the three disciplines has improved on the score from three years ago, the coun…
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(2019-12-03). NATO's Continuing Enlargement Aims at Further Weakening of Russian Influence in the Balkans. globalresearch.ca Of the 29 NATO member states, 22 have already ratified the accession protocol of North Macedonia into the anti-Russian alliance. The ratification process will likely be completed before the end of NATO's summit taking place in London this week, which …
(2019-12-03). Pompeo Says US Will "Help Prevent" Protests For "Legitimate" Governments & US Bombs Afghan Family. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/2/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-12-03). NATO's Deep Political and Legal Crisis: Madness and Irrationality. globalresearch.ca Political | NATO's London Summit on December 3 and 4, 2019 displays the deep political crisis of the 70-year-old alliance: Only a dinner and a short meeting, no statement to be issued, quarrels among the leading military members, accusations, substantial differences …
(2019-12-03). Lebanon Protesters: Ensure a Unified 'B-Team' Runs Any New, Responsive Government. globalresearch.ca As Lebanon's massive, countrywide, anti-government demonstrations continue, the vacuum provides time for those ardent, long suffering protesters to create the most responsive anti-austerity government in the Middle East. If any populace in that region could do it, it's Lebanon's well-educated, …
(2019-12-03). Syria's Post-War Reconstruction: 600 Establishments Resume Work at Aleppo Industrial City, Sheikh Najjar. globalresearch.ca Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city and the region's economic power horse is getting back on its feet again, despite all the efforts by the US and its NATO stooges and terrorists. | It's moving forward slowly but steadily, with over 600 establishments …
(2019-12-03). Syria's Pharmaceutical Industry Rebuilds Following the Defeat of US-NATO Sponsored Terrorists. globalresearch.ca The first factory of its kind in Syria and the Arab world opened November 21, 2019, in Damascus. Central Pharmaceutical Industries Company, 'Mainpharma', celebrated the opening of its factory for the manufacturing of anticancer drugs at Adra Industrial City, in …
(2019-12-03). China Retaliates Against Hostile US Legislation. globalresearch.ca In late November, House and Senate members unanimously passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) of 2019. | Trump signed the measure into law, along with a companion bill, restricting exports of US crowd control devices to …
(2019-12-03). Selected Articles: A Future Without NATO? globalresearch.ca 
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
(2019-12-02). How a Mass Bot Network is Pushing the Coup in Bolivia. mintpressnews.com 
New research found that, of the 17,427 accounts studied using anti-Morales hashtag #BoliviaNoHayGolpe, almost a third were created on November 11, the day of the coup.
(2019-12-02). Nicaragua Marked Next For US "Liberation", Trump Blames "Vicious World" For Khashoggi Murder & More. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/1/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-12-02). Tariq Ali on U.K. Elections, Corbyn's "Radical Social-Democratic Program" & Rise of Extreme Right. democracynow.org 
The British general election is just 10 days away and will have huge implications for the future of the country as well as Brexit. When voters cast their ballots later this month, they will choose between two dramatically different candidates: right-wing Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson and left-wing Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn recently unveiled an ambitious election manifesto promising to transform the country and resuscitate its public sector. The plan proposed a $100-billion tax increase on the wealthy to fund investment in infrastructure as well as increased spending on education and heal…
(2019-12-01). The Usual Incoherence on Student Benefits Is Back. peoplespolicyproject.org 
Of all the welfare state topics, student benefits manages to consistently attract the most incoherent and weird arguments, and the recent spate of arguments on this front are no exception. In the last week, a student benefit dustup has been instigated by Pete Buttigieg ostensibly being against free public college for millionaires and billionaires while Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are ostensibly for it. | This has set off the usual round of commentary about how Buttigieg is arguing for means-testing while Warren and Sanders are arguing f…
(2019-11-30). DPRK tests new weapon system and strengthens defenses. fightbacknews.org Washington DC — The Democratic People's Republic of Korea tested a new rocket launching system on November 29. | According to a report from the Korean Central News Agency, "Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, inspected the test-fire of the super-large multiple launch rocket system conducted by the Academy of Defense Science." | In a related development, Kim Kye Gwan, advisor to the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK, commented on past meetin…
(2019-11-30). Irresponsible Charter School Promoters Blocked from Further Lowering Teaching and Learning Standards. dissidentvoice.org 
Despite the vehement objections of thousands of teachers, parents, college professors, public school advocates, state officials, and teachers' unions, in late 2017 the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustee's charter school committee voted 4 to 1 to unilaterally and illegally lower training and preparation standards for teachers employed at privately-operated charter schools …
(2019-11-29). Fingerprint Analysis Is High-Stakes Work — but It Doesn't Take Much to Qualify as an Expert. theintercept.com 
One wrong fingerprint match could send an innocent person to prison or see a killer go free. But proficiency tests are frighteningly easy to pass.
(2019-11-27). In defence of human rights in Chile: An open letter to the Australian community. greenleft.org.au 
international solidarityIssue 1247 Australia ChileNovember 27, 2019We express our deep concerns about human rights violations taking place in Chile, including the de facto war that billionaire President Sebastian Piñera has unleashed on his people. | On October 18, Chilean students took to the streets to protest a hike in public transport…
(2019-11-27). Entrapment? ICE created fake universities to lure foreign students before arresting & deporting them. rt.com 
US immigration authorities created fake universities, lured foreign-born students to enroll, and took large sums of their money — before arresting and deporting them for immigration violations, a new report has revealed. | In recent months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported 90 students enrolled in a fake Michigan-based university, the Detroit Free Press reported on Wednesday. As many as 250 people, mostly from India, have been arrested since January, as part of the sting operation concocted by federal agents. | The scammed students had arrived in the US legally on student visas, but…