(2020-11-16). Insulting Islam: an Encore for Charlie Hebdo. counterpunch.org 
In mid-October 2020 a French schoolteacher, 47-year-old Samuel Paty, decided to show his Freedom of Speech class cartoons demeaning Islam's founding prophet, Mohammed. The cartoons were the same ones originally published by the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly) in 2014-2015. At that time, the magazine's actions resulted in the murder of twelve of its staff, including the editor, Stephane Charbonnier. The murders were committed by Muslim extremists associated with al-Qaeda. Samuel Paty's fate turned out to be similar. Shortly after having shown the caricatures of the founder of Islam, the teacher w…
(2020-11-16). Trump's Ongoing Crime Wave Requires a Special Prosecutor. counterpunch.org 
There are many reasons why loser Trump refuses to concede. Yes, delusion has been the counterfeit coin of his fantasy realm — "I won this election by a lot" he tweeted with all caps last Saturday. In his fevered mind — nourished by a bullying career — all victories are his triumphs, and all losses are fake due
(2020-11-16). Companies with 'green ambitions' unveiled as COP26 climate summit sponsors. thecanary.co 
Energy firms National Grid, SSE and ScottishPower, along with NatWest Group, have been unveiled as the first sponsors of UN climate talks in the UK next year. | The key COP26 climate summit was due to take place this month in Glasgow, but it has been postponed to next November because of the Covid-19 pandemic. | The government said all sponsors, who will help shoulder the costs of the talks, have committed to the "Science Based Targets" initiative. This initiative sets ambitious goals to cut emissions and aims to draw up credible action plans to achieve them. | Plans must be in line with what the science says is…
(2020-11-16). A Dedicated Obsession: Washington's Continuing Iran Sanctions Regime. globalresearch.ca One dogma that is likely to persist in US foreign policy during a Biden presidency will be the sanctions regime adopted towards Iran. Every messianic state craves clearly scripted enemies, and the demonology about the Islamic Republic is not going …
(2020-11-16). US Coup d'Etat? Joe Biden "President-Selected" Not Elected. Evidence of Systemic Fraud. globalresearch.ca If Biden/Harris succeed Trump on January 20, they'll be president and vice president-selected, not elected. | That's the disturbing reality of Election 2020. | Illegitimate by systemic fraud, it wasn't the first, and surely not the last, time that losers of US …
(2020-11-16). Die Post-Covid-Welt, das teuflische Projekt des WEF: ‚ÄûResetting the Future of Work Agenda" — Nach dem ‚ÄûGroàüen Reset". Eine erschreckende Zukunft. globalresearch.ca Das Weltwirtschaftsforum (WEF) hat soeben (Oktober 2020) ein so genanntes Weiàübuch mit dem Titel Dieses 31-seitige Dokument liest sich wie eine Blaupause àºber die ‚ÄûAusfàºhrung" — denn eine …
(2020-11-16). New Trade Zone in Asia-Pacific Could Ensure Chinese Global Leadership. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-16). The Kashmir Dispute: Pakistan Accuses India of Being a State Sponsor of Terrorism. globalresearch.ca Pakistan released a detailed dossier during a press conference on Saturday making the case that India is a state sponsor of terrorism whose intelligence services have weaponized this phenomenon as part of the proxy war that they're fighting with respect …
(2020-11-16). Richard Falk: A Citizen Pilgrim in Search of Justice and Peace Turns 90. globalresearch.ca At TFF, we are blessed by having a number of peace and future scholars, world-leading in their professions, who have followed world events over many decades and continue to be committed to world order change and public education. | I say …
(2020-11-16). UK Health Study Found 26,000 "Extra" Non-COVID Deaths at Home Amid Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca BBC recently reported some shocking statistics regarding UK health, but which will perhaps come as no surprise to those critics who warned that far-reaching national lockdowns would cause other Compared with normal years, there have been …
(2020-11-16). Even a Military-Enforced Quarantine Can't Stop the Virus, Study Reveals. globalresearch.ca The New England Journal of Medicine has published a study that goes to the heart of the issue of lockdowns. The question has always been whether and to what extent a lockdown, however extreme, is capable of suppressing the virus. …
(2020-11-16). COVID-19: Politicisation, "Corruption," and Suppression of Science. The British Medical Journal. globalresearch.ca Politicians and governments are suppressing science. They do so in the public interest, they say, to accelerate availability of diagnostics and treatments. They do so to support innovation, to bring products to market at unprecedented speed. Both of these reasons …
(2020-11-16). COVID-19: Politicisation, "Corruption," and Suppression of Science. globalresearch.ca Politicians and governments are suppressing science. They do so in the public interest, they say, to accelerate availability of diagnostics and treatments. They do so to support innovation, to bring products to market at unprecedented speed. Both of these reasons …
(2020-11-16). Canadian Military Wants to Establish New Organization to Use Propaganda, Other Techniques to Influence Canadians. globalresearch.ca The Canadian Forces wants to establish a new organization that will use propaganda and other techniques to try to influence the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of Canadians, according to documents obtained by this newspaper. | The plan comes on the heels …
(2020-11-16). The 'Great Reset': A Technocratic Agenda that Waited Years for a Global Crisis to Exploit. globalresearch.ca In the face of a global pandemic, an un-elected body of global bureaucrats based in Davos, Switzerland has asked the world to trust its vision of a technocratic "great reset," knowing full well the public would never go for such …
(2020-11-16). NSW public sector workers rally against pay cut. greenleft.org.au Nurses, teachers and other public sector workers protested the NSW Coalition government's effective wage cut imposed on COVID-19 frontline workers reports Jim McIlroy.
(2020-11-16). Dispel the "Magical Belief in Authority". Confront The Greed For Power and Violence. Strengthen Community Feelings. globalresearch.ca According to the findings of the human sciences of anthropology, sociology and psychology, human beings have a healthy mind and natural powers of judgement by nature. This common sense works empirically, i.e. it makes concrete judgements based on everyday life …
(2020-11-16). India and US Signed a Game-changer Defence Deal, Amid the Rise of What Could be a New Bipolarity. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-16). Groups Critical of Israel to be Branded 'Antisemitic' Under Pompeo Plan: Report. globalresearch.ca The US State Department is expected to announce plans to create a new governmental process that would officially designate some groups, including NGOs and human rights organisations, as antisemitic. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly decided to establish the …
(2020-11-16). Hole-punching bacteria could be engineered to attack pathogens. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have discovered how to engineer bacteria that normally attack human cells so that they kill other pathogens instead.
(2020-11-16). America's Social Credit System Is Worse than China's. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-16). The Return of the Obama 'Adults' in a Joe Biden Administration Is Likely to Spell Ruin for America. globalresearch.ca The US establishment, and the world, has spent the last four years trying to adapt to the disruptive policies of a childish president. Now the Democrats' 'adult' leadership team will return. Watch out, folks. | To those watching the drama unfolding …
(2020-11-16). Pakistani PM Khan Says He Is Under Pressure to Recognize Israel. globalresearch.ca Pakistan's prime minister said he has been under "pressure" to recognize Israel. However, Islamabad will never recognize the "Zionist" state until a just settlement is reached for the decadeslong Palestinian issue. | In an interview with a local broadcaster aired on …
(2020-11-16). EU Extends Sanctions on Venezuela Until November 2021. globalresearch.ca The European Union (EU) Thursday announced it is prolonging restrictive sanctions against Venezuela for one year, until November 14, 2021. | These sanctions include the weapon and equipment blockade that may be used in Venezuela and the prohibition of 36 high-ranking …
(2020-11-15). Elephants in the Room: Why Do America and Britain Commit War Crimes? Neoliberalism and Predatory Capitalism. globalresearch.ca "I spent 33 years…being a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the …
(2020-11-15). Covid-19 was present in Italy as early as SEPTEMBER 2019, study of lung cancer screenings shows. rt.com 
The Covid-19 virus had been active in Italy months before it was first officially detected, new research has found, raising further questions about the true origins, extent and actual duration of the ongoing pandemic. | The new groundbreaking
(2020-11-15). Strange 'electron' object discovered around binary black holes could shed light on dark matter & space-time mysteries. rt.com 
A team of astronomers have discovered a strange object that can exist around a pair of black holes. The discovery could help to unravel the identity of dark matter and reveal the nature of space-time. | New research found that the special particle can exist around a pair of black holes in a manner similar to how an electron exists around a pair of hydrogen atoms. It's the first time the existence of a so-called "gravitational molecule" has ever been explained. | To unpack what this all means, it must be remembered that in modern physics the electron is represented as a field — a mathematical object that h…
(2020-11-15). US Election 2020: Illegitimate by Systemic Fraud. globalresearch.ca Election fraud has been part of the US political landscape since the republic's early days — at the federal, state and local levels. | There's nothing legitimate about a political process that excludes the popular will. | Power brokers decide who wins …
(2020-11-15). Understanding the Trump voters: Here's why nobody is doing it right. salon.com I've been an evangelical pastor and a teacher in an immigrant community. I'm not shocked Trump did better this time…
(2020-11-15). What's Not Being Said About the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. "Human Guinea Pigs"? globalresearch.ca The Pharma giant Pfizer use an experimental technology known as gene editing, specifically mRNA gene-editing, something never before used in vaccines. Before we rush to get jabbed in hopes of some immunity, we should know more about the radical experimental technology and its lack of precision.
(2020-11-15). In Praise of Herbert Marcuse. The Scientific Study of Capitalism. globalresearch.ca Herbert Marcuse was nonetheless committed to a scientific study of the material conditions of industrial capitalism. | Herbert Marcuse's theoretical development was rooted in his analysis of the relationship between civilisation and …
(2020-11-15). Victimized "Teachers Against Dying" Facebook group founder discusses the struggle facing educators. wsws.org Michael Hull, the founder of the Facebook group "Teachers Against Dying," recently spoke with the WSWS about the conditions facing educators and the growing opposition to in-person learning amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-11-15). Houseless Camp: 'It's A Sovereign Place'. popularresistance.org Rapid City, SD – When Lakota activists set up a camp for homeless relatives in this Black Hills town last month, the police descended immediately and shut it down. | The response? The activists quickly moved the encampment to trust land just outside of town. | Today the camp, built on traditional values and teachings, is flourishing. | "They're giving the people a chance to have somewhere to sleep and live like they used to a long time ago, like the ancestors, you know? "
(2020-11-15). Towards A New Stage in Cuba-U.S. Relations? globalresearch.ca Donald Trump made it the leitmotif of his presidency to eliminate all vestige of the Obamani legacy. Thus, after the attempt to end Obamacare, the announcement of the revision of the NAFTA Treaty and the withdrawal of the United States …
(2020-11-15). "Campus Reform" Is Funneling Koch Money to Groom Right-Wing "Journalists" truthout.org When Alexia Isais's phone registered a Blue Alert earlier this fall, informing her that there had been an attack on a local police officer, she quickly tweeted her reaction. "They can all go fall into the abyss and society would be better without them," she wrote. | Isais, a political science student at Arizona State University, is known for being outspoken. "As a Mexican American woman, I have a right to object to conditions and institutions that have ruined people's lives," she told Truthout. Amon…
(2020-11-15). American Power and World Order. globalresearch.ca US imperialism seeks to enforce obedience to its objectives domestically and throughout the world by war, sanctions and policing opinion. | American wars hide behind the fraudulent concept of liberal interventionism, a bogus philosophy that justifies and rationalises the brutal subjugation …
(2020-11-15). China's U.S. Funded Think Tanks and Research Institutions. Interference in China's Internal Affairs? globalresearch.ca While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for vigilance over think tanks he believes are "tainted by the machinations" of foreign governments, he turns blind eye to the fact that the US is the world's worst when it comes …
(2020-11-15). Libya May Lose Again: Agreements Aren't Worth the Paper They're Written On. globalresearch.ca The Past. In the not too distant past, the warring factions in Libya (the Government of National Accord, GNA, and the Libyan National Army, LNA) concluded an armistice. The negotiations, stretching from the August 2020 ceasefire to the October 2020 …
(2020-11-15). Moldova's Sandu Leads in 2nd Round of Presidential Election. sputniknews.com CHISINAU (Sputnik) – Former Prime Minister of Moldova Maia Sandu is the winner of the presidential election in Moldova after securing 90 percent of the vote in the second round on Sunday, according to results of an exit poll conducted by the Intellect Group research company and the SPERO public association.
(2020-11-15). Keinem die Macht àºbergeben! globalresearch.ca Nach den Erkenntnissen der Humanwissenschaften Anthropologie, Soziologie und Psychologie besitzt der Mensch von Natur aus einen gesunden Verstand beziehungsweise ein natàºrliches Urteilsvermà∂gen. Dieser gesunde Menschenverstand arbeitet empirisch, das heiàüt, er fà§llt konkrete Urteile auf der Basis alltà§glicher Lebenserfahrung und Beobachtung. …
(2020-11-15). Manchester's Student Revolt. popularresistance.org Students ‚Äåat University of Manchester ‚Äåhave‚Äå ‚Äåbeen‚Äå ‚Äåtreated‚Äå ‚Äåwith‚Äå ‚Äåcontempt‚Äå ‚Äåby‚Äå ‚Äåmanagement.‚Äå ‚ÄåLike‚Äå ‚Äåthose ‚Äåacross‚Äå ‚Äåthe‚Äå ‚Äåcountry,‚Äå ‚Äåwe&sb…
(2020-11-15). The COVID-19 RT-PCR Test: How to Mislead All Humanity. Using a "Test" To Lock Down Society. globalresearch.ca The misuse of the RT-PCR technique is used as an intentional strategy by some governments, supported by scientific safety councils and by the dominant media, to justify the violation of a large number of constitutional rights, the destruction of the economy with the bankruptcy of entire active sectors of society,…
(2020-11-15). Making Sense of the Oriental Mindframe. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-11-14). Women and Students Are Leading Thailand's Fight for Democracy. truthout.org A mass movement for democracy has swept Thailand since July. Led by a new generation of students and workers, protests have taken place throughout the country. They are fighting for a profound transformation of Thai society. Thai socialist
(2020-11-14). NYC schools left struggling as second COVID-19 wave begins. liberationnews.org 
It is up to teachers, students, families, and entire communities to say no more!
(2020-11-14). Reading Marx in Ann Arbor. mronline.org 
In the course of an undergraduate education here at the University of Michigan, there are just some things one is bound to encounter at some point or another. The Big House, the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, the block 'M'; not to mention Zingerman's, Hatcher Graduate Library and Angell Hall; these are the perennial names, spaces and …
(2020-11-14). Norway's Supreme Court to decide on climate lawsuit challenging offshore Arctic oil drilling. nationofchange.org "To disregard this is to disregard Norway's international responsibilities and science."
(2020-11-14). The "Most Secure" Election in US History? Despite Mounting Evidence of Brazen Fraud in Key Swing States. globalresearch.ca In cahoots with forces running the US, establishment media feed Americans a daily diet of managed news misinformation and disinformation rubbish. | The only way to be informed about major issues affecting our lives, welfare, and futures is by following independent …
(2020-11-14). Trump to End His Tenure with a Bang, Not a Whimper. globalresearch.ca As long as he's around in public or private life, Trump is unlikely to go quietly into that good night. | While the jury is out on whether significant evidence of election fraud in key swing states will turn defeat into …
(2020-11-14). US — UK Intelligence Agencies Declare Cyber War on Independent Media. globalresearch.ca British and American state intelligence agencies are "weaponizing truth" to quash vaccine hesitancy as both nations prepare for mass inoculations, in a recently announced "cyber war" to be commanded by AI-powered arbiters of truth against information sources that challenge official …