(2019-12-30). The Most Disturbing Environmental Statistic of the Decade. truthdig.com 
This year, I was on the judging panel for the Royal Statistical Society's International Statistic of the Decade. | Much like Oxford English Dictionary's "Word of the Year" competition, the international statistic is meant to capture the zeitgeist of this decade. The judging panel accepted nominations from the statistical community and the public at large for a statistic that shines a light on the decade's most pressing issues. | On Dec. 23, we announced the winner: the 8.4 million soccer fields of land defore…
(2019-12-30). Pro-Coup Venezuelan Soldiers Who Fled to the US Now Locked Up in ICE Immigration Detention Center. globalresearch.ca The Venezuelan soldiers who participated in the U.S.-backed coup attempt in April of this year and subsequently fled to the U.S. have been incarcerated in ICE detention camps ever since. Telemundo, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, secured an interview …
(2019-12-30). We Are the Majority; We Must Turn that into Power. globalresearch.ca Over the last decade, a national consensus has developed for a progressive left agenda on the economy, social services, the climate crisis and ending wars but the movement has not yet built the power to make that a reality. The …
(2019-12-30). The Democrats' School Choice Problem. thenation.com The Democrats' School Choice Problem…
(2019-12-30). The West — Full Spectrum Dementia: Bogus News Media, Corruption of Academic Research, Irrational Lies Fed into the Educational System. globalresearch.ca First published in May 2019 | "The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information." — Henry Wallace, New York Times, April 9th 1944. | Journalism has never been free of …
(2019-12-30). 2020: The Year of the Oil Bankruptcies. globalresearch.ca A bankruptcy boom has hit the oil and gas industry, and it's just getting started. Investors have lost their appetite for shale, and energy debt has become among the least desirable in the market. | The industry has been teetering on …
(2019-12-30). Nestlé and the Privatization of Water: A Tale of Many Cities. globalresearch.ca On November 14th the Canadian group Wellington Water Watchers organized the "All Eyes on Nestlé" conference in the city of Guelph, Ontario, bringing together indigenous' peoples and citizens' movements fighting Nestlé's water takings from Canada, the US, France and Brazil. …
(2019-12-30). Al Qaeda's Idlib Stronghold: The Battle to Liberate Syria's Idlib Province from US Supported Terrorists. globalresearch.ca Syria's Idlib province in the country's northwest borders Turkey. | Infested with US-supported jihadists, the Erdogan regime lets them move back and forth cross-border between both countries while pretending to oppose them — supplying them with heavy and other weapons, along …
(2019-12-30). Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America. globalresearch.ca We are dangerously close to a situation where ~ if the American people took to the streets in righteous indignation or if there were another 9/11 ~ a mechanism for martial law could be quickly implemented and carried out under REX 84.
(2019-12-30). New WikiLeaks Documents Expose Doctoring of Chemical Weapons Report to Justify 2018 US Attack on Syria. globalresearch.ca A fourth round of leaked internal documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was published by WikiLeaks Friday, further exposing the official report on an alleged 2018 chemical weapons attack in Douma—a suburb of Damascus then …
(2019-12-30). Scapegoats for Jamal Khashoggi. globalresearch.ca The hit squad that went about its deadly business with varying degrees of competence in Istanbul last year is set to be thinned. Five members of the group tasked with strangling and carving up the Saudi journalist and out-of-favour Jamal …
(2019-12-30). Economic Globalization: Russia, China, and the US' "Integration Models" Aren't Mutually Exclusive. globalresearch.ca Russia, China, and the US are each promoting three separate integration models emphasizing conservatism, connectivity, and competitiveness, respectively, but each of their defining characteristics don't make them mutually exclusive of one another, and it would be to the benefit of …
(2019-12-30). Open Season on Critics of 5G Cell Phone Technology: Media Censorship And Smear Campaigns against Prominent Scientists and Physicians. globalresearch.ca Last May, the New York Times tried to take down David Carpenter, a public health physician and the country's most prominent 5G critic. Veteran science writer William Broad painted Carpenter as a willing tool of a disinformation campaign promoted …
(2019-12-30). Washington Post's Afghanistan Papers Propagate Colonial Narrative of Noble Intentions Gone Awry. globalresearch.ca In an earlier article (FAIR.org, 12/18/19) regarding the Washington Post's Afghanistan Papers ( 12/9/19), I discussed how…
(2019-12-30). 'Victory for Our Oceans': US Court Upholds Ruling on Vast Marine Monument Established by Obama. globalresearch.ca "This decision upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic from destructive activities like oil drilling and industrial fishing." | *** | Defenders of ocean habitats celebrated Friday after a federal court upheld a …
(2019-12-30). Most Popular GR Articles of 2019. globalresearch.ca …
(2019-12-30). Political Instability and the Protest Movement: President of Iraq — The Decision Is Mine. globalresearch.ca Iraqi President Barham Salih has shown that he is in control of the country and has made a show of his contempt for the Iraqi constitution. In a dramatic gesture, Salih made a play for public support by declaring his …
(2019-12-30). The External Costs of Human Activity Are Killing the Planet. globalresearch.ca Humans are exterminating themselves by exterminating other life forms. As a person committed to free thought, I sometimes catch myself wondering if what is really needed is a form of Borg Star Trek mind control to stop us from destroying …
(2019-12-30). Merry Christmas, America! Let's Remember the Children Who Live in Fear of Our Killer Drones. globalresearch.ca The movie "Love Actually" has some good advice: At Christmas, you tell the truth. It's the perfect day to be honest about what you've done in the past year, what that says about who you are, and what it …
(2019-12-30). The OPCW Whistleblower Scandal: A Newsweek Reporter Resigns, A Counter-Narrative Won't Die. globalresearch.ca It is perhaps the least reported media scandal about the least reported international controversy in recent times—the resignation of Tareq Haddad, a well-regarded journalist from Newsweek, a mainstay of the mainstream media. | At issue was what he said …
(2019-12-30). WikiLeaks: Chemical Weapons Watchdog Ordered Deletion of 'All Traces' of Findings that Syrian 'Chemical Attack' May Have Been Staged. globalresearch.ca Wikileaks has published shocking leaked documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in which they covered up a dissenting report that concluded chemical weapons were not used in the Syrian city of Duoma last year. | *** | The …
(2019-12-30). Trump Wants to Keep the Oil: Syria Mulls Suing US in International Court over 'Stealing' Country's Oil. globalresearch.ca The US recently announced its intent to stay in the Arab Republic in order to "keep the oil" and channel revenues from it to the local Kurdish militia, despite protests from Damascus. | Syria is considering filing an international suit against …
(2019-12-30). Russia's Newborn Avangard Hypersonic Weaponry. Towards a New Perilous Arms Race? globalresearch.ca Weapons of dazzling murderousness have always thrilled military industrial establishments. They make money; they add to the accounts; and they tickle the pride of States who manufacture them. From time to time, showy displays of restraint through arms limitation agreements …
(2019-12-30). The Crumbling of America. globalresearch.ca In June of 2013 an Interstate bridge on a main commercial corridor between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, Canada, collapsed and fell into the river below after being hit by a truck. This was not a high-speed collision; the truck simply …
(2019-12-30). Georgia and Ukraine Joining NATO Will Likely Have the Opposite Effect Against Russia. globalresearch.ca Back in April, during a ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting in Washington, it was agreed that a package of measures to strengthen support for Georgia and Ukraine, particularly in the area of ‚Äã‚Äãmaritime defense, would be …
(2019-12-30). Cuba's Revolutionary Beginning Started 61 Years Ago. globalresearch.ca Some time ago in another late December my partner in life commented that she liked beginnings in reference to the approaching new year. I became immediately aware that other traditions may have a calendar different from the Gregorian calendar and …
(2019-12-30). Beating the Western Media Blockade — Ideas, Infrastructure, Solidarity. globalresearch.ca So much confusion and bad faith prevails in the current global information chaos that getting back to basics sometimes seems impossible. But fundamentals never change and merit constant repetition. Above all, anti-imperialist defense of majority world peoples' right to development …
(2019-12-30). Britain Dutifully Bows Down to the Ruling Elite. globalresearch.ca Congratulations to the people of 'Great' Britain for voting the ruling elite into power yet again. You certainly do know your place. Now they have a mandate to treat people with disdain and contempt, for the next five years. I …
(2019-12-30). 5G Cell Phone Radiation: How the Telecom Companies Are Losing the Battle to Impose 5G Against the Will of the People. globalresearch.ca The telecommunications companies and the mainstream media would have you believe that the race to roll out 5G is unstoppable. That you are nothing and no one in the face of a lethal multi-trillion-dollar agenda imposed by some of the most powerful entities on the planet.
(2019-12-30). Holding Pens for the Homeless. globalresearch.ca Homelessness is spinning out of control in many places, not least right here in Toronto. However, in California, the situation is now generating an acute political crisis. So great is the problem of mass destitution in that state that …
(2019-12-30). US Gov Bombs Iraq & Syria Citing Baseless Claims That Iran Fired ROCKETS At US Locations. 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 (12/29/19). 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 …
(2019-12-30). Trump Signs Measure Enabling Establishment of a U.S. Space Force. globalresearch.ca President Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020 that establishes a U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces—despite the Outer Space Treaty designating space as a global commons to be used …
(2019-12-30). Syria Considers Suing Washington for Syrian Oil Theft and Violating Syria's Sovereignty. globalresearch.ca Six years ago, at the age of 95, the revolutionary, outspoken, anti-apartheid former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela passed away. During his lifetime Mandela was a fierce skeptic of American power, U.S. imperialism, policies and ideology. | When the United …
(2019-12-30). Christmas: A Casualty of War. globalresearch.ca I remember being far from home, family, and loved ones. Thrust into an alien and hostile land I didn't even know existed. Christmas dinner choppered in to a desolate LZ. The space on the chopper where the cold turkey and …
(2019-12-30). Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon. truthout.org This year, I was on the judging panel for the Royal Statistical Society's International Statistic of the Decade. | Much like Oxford English Dictionary's "Word of the Year" competition, the international statistic is meant to capture the zeitgeist of this decade. The judging panel accepted nominations from the statistical community and the public at large for a statistic that shines a light on the decade's most pressing issues. | On Dec. 23, we…
(2019-12-30). Half | a million Muslim Uighur children placed in indoctrination camps in | China. yenisafak.com A recent article penned by Amy Qin from The New York Times sheds light on the struggles of nearly "half a million Uighur children" who have been seperated from their parents, expressing concerns of families waiting frantically to be reunited with their kids.It includes interviews with Uighur parents living in exile, documents published online, government notices, state media reports and the blogs of teachers assigned at these schools.Abdurahman Tohti, a 30-year-old Uighur living in Turkey, hasn't heard from his wife and kids since they vanished after a visit to Xinjiang in 2016. At the beginning of 2019, he spott…
(2019-12-30). India set to overtake Germany as world's fourth largest economy by 2026. rt.com 
India will reach its goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2026, making it the fourth biggest economy on the planet, according to a report by the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). | By 2034, the South Asian nation will be the world's third largest, it added. | "India has decisively overtaken both France and the UK to become the world's fifth-largest economy in 2019. It is expected to overtake Germany to become fourth largest in 2026, and Japan to become the third largest in 2034." | The three countries – India, Germany and Japan – will continue to battle for the position of third-…
(2019-12-30). Selected Articles: Establishment of a U.S. Space Force. globalresearch.ca We have made some progress in our campaign to meet our running costs and put an end to our monthly deficit, but we still need your help. As grateful as we are to those who have given so far, the …
(2019-12-30). US Strategy and What the Gas Pipeline War Is Costing Us. globalresearch.ca Heavy sanctions on the companies participating in the construction of North Stream 2, the pipeline which delivers Russian gas to Germany across the Baltic Sea. The main victims were the European companies which had helped finance the $11 billion project with the Russia's Gazprom.
(2019-12-29). Get Ready to Fight Israel's Next War. Asking America to do the "Dirty Work" globalresearch.ca It will be up to you, the clueless American citizen, to fight and pay for Israel's war against its neighbors. This coming war was announced this week by Aviv Kochavi, the Israel Defense Force chief of staff. | Max Blumenthal …
(2019-12-29). Global Warming: "Fixing the Climate Data around the Policy" globalresearch.ca Both the concepts and the data have been adjusted and shaped to fit the agenda of the UN Panel on Climate Change.
(2019-12-29). Global War on Humanity: America's Unceasing Pursuit of Hegemony. globalresearch.ca Essentially what we're looking at is a broader historical perspective on how the US de facto supported Nazi Germany with a view to destroying the Soviet Union as well as weakening the British Empire and competing empires including of course France, Belgium, Holland, etc. And those countries today are no longer colonial powers.
(2019-12-29). The Long History of Russophobia, Starting with Its Religious Roots. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on June 9, 2016. | The former editor of the Tribune de Genève, [Guy Mettan-RI] visited Moscow and presented his new book Russia and the West: A Thousand Year War, which reviews the phenomenon of Russophobia: …
(2019-12-29). Turkey Sending Troops to Libya? Erdogan Supported Tripoli Forces to Fight Trump Supported Haftar Forces? globalresearch.ca It appears likely. According to Turkey's Anadolu news agency, President Erdogan will send troops to Libya to support the Tripoli-based/UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). | It's combatting Trump-supported/longtime CIA asset/warlord Khalifa Haftar for control of the country. | Anadolu news said …
(2019-12-29). The Criminalisation of Protest in America. globalresearch.ca The US today freely interferes in the governments of so many other nations, fueling unrest and financing violence, seeking to impose on these countries a peculiarly American form of "open government" which it can control, but has always severely restricted …
(2019-12-29). Israel's Strike that Killed Nine Members of al-Sawarka Family. Mistakenly "Categorized as a Military Compound" globalresearch.ca Israel has said that an attack on the Gaza Strip which killed nine Palestinians from the same family happened after the premises were mistakenly categorised as a "military compound" used by Islamic Jihad. | In November, Israel conducted a series of …
(2019-12-29). New Evidence of OPCW Manufactured Nonexistent Douma Chemical Weapons Incident, Syria Report, Promoted "Fake News" globalresearch.ca The so-called OPCW chemical watchdog lost all credibility, breaching its mandate time and again, operating as a pro-Western imperial agent, not a Chemical Weapons Convention implementing body. | The Nobel committee should order the organization to return its 2013 peace prize, …
(2019-12-29). The Burkina Faso Time Bomb Is About to Blow, and It Might Take Down West Africa. globalresearch.ca The landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso is a time bomb that's about to explode as evidenced by the drastic increase in terrorist-related violence there over the past year and its attendant humanitarian consequences, yet both the region and …
(2019-12-29). The Key to the Environmental Crisis Is Beneath Our Feet. globalresearch.ca The Green New Deal resolution that was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives in February hit a wall in the Senate, where it was called unrealistic and unaffordable. In a Washington Post article titled " The Green New Deal …
(2019-12-29). British Democracy on Death Row. globalresearch.ca It's all over the internet — you must have read about it by now. It's all about Page 48 — and it is here that democracy dies in Britain. It was in the Conservative Manifesto. But the country voted for …