Daily Archives: November 18, 2022

2022-11-18: News Headlines

Staff (2022-11-18). NATO: the future of global warfare is female. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATONovember 15, 2022 Women, Peace and Security in Professional Military Education On 15 November 2022, the Canadian Defence Academy, in partnership with the Swedish Defence University and the George C. Marshall Centre, hosted an event at NATO HQ, dedicated to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in the Professional Military Education. This event was organised under …

WSWS (2022-11-18). Evictions in Detroit return to pre-pandemic levels. wsws.org A study conducted by Poverty Solutions, a University of Michigan research organization, shows that the number of impoverished working class families in Detroit being evicted have returned to rates that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fight Back (2022-11-18). Texas: Students at UT Austin protest against 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — On Tuesday evening, November 1, a small group of students from the Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter gathered in front of the Perry Castañeda Library at University of Texas at Austin campus to protest against the national "Don't Say Gay" bill. | The protest was organized as a part of the SDS national week of action against the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act (commonly referred to as the national "Don't Say Gay" Bill), which was introduced by Republicans in October. The bill would prevent teachers from discussing LGBTQ topics and issues in their classrooms, essentiall…

Fight Back (2022-11-18). Tampa Bay students protest national 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On November 15, 20 students, led by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society, gathered in front of the University of South Florida Library in a show of protest against HR 9197, the national Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, more commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. | This bill aims to ban public funding for and impose penalties on schools and entities that promote events and literature about gender identity, LGBTQ+ issues, sexuality, gender dysphoria, trans people, and the history of the gay or trans movements for children below the age of ten. Following the example of the Don&#03…

WSWS (2022-11-18). "It's literally nationwide, and we really have to stand with each other": Striking New School part-time faculty speak out on the picket line. wsws.org The current strike by over 1,600 part-time faculty at The New School in New York City is winning wide support from workers and students throughout the city and across the country.

WSWS (2022-11-18). Four months after contract expiration, UTLA still refusing to hold strike authorization vote. wsws.org Los Angeles teachers are still without a contract and with no COVID-19 mitigation measures, as LA County Health Department warns of winter surge.

Lindsey German (2022-11-17). Polish missile crisis shows, again, why Ukraine war must end. peoplesworld.org The news on Tuesday that a Russian missile had killed two people in a Polish village on the border with Ukraine was greeted with trepidation by many. The implications were clear: Poland is in NATO, therefore any military attack upon the country meant that Article 5 of the NATO charter could be invoked. It deems …

Jessica Corbett (2022-11-17). Medicare for All Champion Bernie Sanders Eyes Key Senate Committee Chair. commondreams.org A spokesperson said the senator would "focus on universal healthcare, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, increasing access to higher education, and protecting workers' rights on the job."

Staff (2022-11-17). Sweden to Change Constitution to Allow 8 Years in Prison for Revealing Relations with NATO. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-17). The War in Ukraine, Geopolitical Forecast. The Kremlin's "Indecision" "The War Will Continue to Widen": Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca

George D. O'Neill, Jr. (2022-11-17). Blame the Deep State for Carnage in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

David Penner (2022-11-17). The Church of Humanitarian Intervention Threatens the Survival of Our Species. The Destruction of Russia and China on the Drawing Board of the Pentagon. globalresearch.ca

John Leake (2022-11-17). Misinformation: AP Admits Erroneously Reporting Russian Attack on Poland. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-11-17). Norway Signs Arms Trade with US in Anti-Russian Paranoia. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-11-17). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National teachers' 24-hour strike in Hungary over pay; Strikes across France in education sector continue, including vocational high school teachers against government "reform"; UK class struggle intensifies as postal workers, university lecturers, teachers and train drivers prepare to walk out; protests and strikes over death of Iranian Mahsa Amini at hands of police in ninth week link up with commemoration of 2019 massacre; further 24-hour public sector pay strike planned in South Africa against three percent pay offer…

WSWS (2022-11-17). Union representing 55,000 Ontario education support workers announces strike for November 21. wsws.org All indications are that the CUPE leadership has no intention of allowing Monday's strike to go ahead. Instead, they are using the strike notice both as a bargaining chip with the government in negotiations and to placate the militancy of the rank-and-file, which is still angered and frustrated by the bureaucracy's scuttling of their previous strike.

WSWS (2022-11-17). The Quebec unions and the Ontario education workers' struggle—how the bureaucracy sows disunity. wsws.org Both in Quebec and in English Canada, the union apparatuses do everything to isolate, divide and sabotage workers' struggles—especially when they pose a potential challenge to the capitalist political and social order.

Brittani Banks (2022-11-17). An Unlikely City in the South Could Be Home to a Public Education Renaissance. independentmediainstitute.org Before it got national headlines about its severe water crisis, Jackson, Mississippi, was much renowned for its potholes. "The amount [sic] of potholes in the city is crazy," exclaims the narrator of "Jackson, Mississippi: The Second Most Dangerous City in America," a video posted to a popular travel YouTube channel in December 2021. The vlogger …

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-17). The US Hinted that It Might Sanction Ethiopia on Human Rights and Military Pretexts. globalresearch.ca

Colin Todhunter (2022-11-17). Reimagining Food, Farming and Humanity: Ecomodernism's Dystopia. globalresearch.ca

Connor Echols (2022-11-17). How a Lightly-sourced AP Story Almost Set Off World War III. globalresearch.ca

Didi Rankovic (2022-11-17). Google Is Sued for Auto-installing COVID "Spyware" on People's Phones. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2022-11-17). Privacy Woes: Google's "Location History" Settlement. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Drew Pinsky (2022-11-17). Video: In Denmark, Death Rates Skyrocket. Something Horrible Is Going on! globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-17). The "Fact Check" Scam. Who Checks the "Fact Checkers?" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-11-17). Den Kriegstreibern in den Arm fallen Neuer "Krefelder Appell" globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb desnewsauthor">Ns des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Global Research News (2022-11-17). Selected Articles: U.S. "Weaponized" Dollar Economics. "This Global Instrument of Fraud and World Dominance Must be Broken Once and for All" globalresearch.ca By For decades the world has been exposed to US-weaponized dollar-economics — US sanctions dished …

International Crimes Investigative Committee (2022-11-17). Video: Suddenly Changed? Personality Changes After mRNA Injection. globalresearch.ca

John Leake (2022-11-17). "The Covid mRNA Vaccine Causes Cardiac Arrests, Heart Attacks, Strokes… : Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion. globalresearch.ca

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2022-11-17). The FBI and "Zero-Click". Surveillance Software Called Pegasus. globalresearch.ca

Leila Warah (2022-11-17). 'All we could do was watch': Israeli Army Demolishes Six Family Homes in Occupied West Bank. globalresearch.ca

Paul Bischoff (2022-11-17). Internet Censorship 2022: A Global Map of Internet Restrictions. globalresearch.ca

Richard Tanter (2022-11-17). Prepping for a China War: The United States and the New Arc of Militarization Across Northern Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Shane Trejo (2022-11-17). Meet the Globalist Billionaires Behind the Presidential Ambitions of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. globalresearch.ca

Tamara Lich (2022-11-17). Canada's Freedom Convoy Leader Tamara Lich: "I'm Breaking My Silence" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-11-17). University of California strikers remain determined to end poverty wages. wsws.org As the strike of 48,000 educators and researchers wins powerful support in the working class, the UAW is maneuvering to shut it down.

Zero Hedge (2022-11-17). Climate Change Hysteria and the Extinction Rebellion. Extinction Rebellion Activists Have Worn Out Their Welcome and the Public Is Angry. globalresearch.ca

Rehab Abdalmohsen (2022-11-17). Sinking Cities Project: 'Alexandria: Layers of History, Levels of Threat'. towardfreedom.org For thousands of years, cultural hub Alexandria in Egypt has been at a geographical crossroads, putting it at risk from earthquakes and extreme weather events. Now, with massive real estate ventures underway, researchers say the government should look to the city's past in preparation for the future. Rehab Abdalmohsen reports for Unbias the News' Sinking Cities Project.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-17). Blowback: Italian Police Bust Azov-tied Nazi Cell Planning Terror Attacks. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Sansone (2022-11-17). Governor DeSantis, Ban the Covid mRNA Jab! globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-11-17). University of California strikers erupt in anger as UAW proposes major concessions in wage demands. wsws.org As the strike of 48,000 educators and researchers wins powerful support in the working class, the UAW is maneuvering to shut it down.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-11-17). New government funding to help Imperial expand Royce activities at White City. imperial.ac.uk New funding for Henry Royce Institute will help Imperial ramp up its materials science activities at the new Royce facility in White City.

Bruce C.T. Wright (2022-11-17). Why Were UVA Football Players Shot? Reports Hint At Accused Student-Gunman's Motive. newsone.com Source: Win McNamee / Getty | UPDATED: 7: 00 p.m. ET, Nov. 16, with testimony at first court appearance. | Original story published on Nov. 15. | The accused gunman behind a deadly mass shooting on the University of Virginia's campus last weekend "targeted" his victims, a witness told the police,

WSWS (2022-11-17). Part-time faculty walk out at The New School in New York City, joining University of California as strike wave of academic workers in US grows. wsws.org Over 1,600 part-time faculty members went on strike at the New School in New York City Wednesday morning, joining 48,000 University of California graduate student workers who began their strike at the beginning of the week at 10 UC campuses across the state.

WSWS (2022-11-17). Strike wave of academic workers in US grows: ,000 out at UC, New School. wsws.org Over 1,600 part-time faculty members went on strike at the New School in New York City Wednesday morning, joining 48,000 University of California graduate student workers who began their strike at the beginning of the week at 10 UC campuses across the state.

WSWS (2022-11-17). Federal appeals court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan indefinitely. wsws.org Six Republican-led state governments deliberately filed their suit against the program before one of the most right-wing appeals courts in the country.

Julia Rock (2022-11-17). Biden Administration Caves To Pressure On Student Debt Bankruptcy. levernews.com

WSWS (2022-11-17). World Socialist Web Site readers in North Asia support online public meeting to fight "let it rip" COVID policies. wsws.org Sunday's public meeting will outline a political perspective, including the building of independent rank-and-file committees, to unify health workers, teachers and other sections of workers in the fight for decent wages, working conditions and the elimination of COVID-19.

Sam Knight (2022-11-17). FTX Crypto Crash Threatens Life Savings of Working People. truthout.org The dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX sent shockwaves around the world last week, especially after it emerged that company managers allegedly stole at least $1 billion in customer funds to finance risky gambles that never paid off. About 1 million people have money frozen in the bankrupt exchange, in a collapse that also looks set to hurt poor and working class people worldwide who never owned so-called "digital assets." | In Canada, pensions managers had to reassure public school teachers that their exposure to FTX was limited after it emerged that the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan invested $…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-11-16). Stop the Warmongers. The New "Krefeld Appeal". "NATO out — out of NATO" globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2022-11-16). Russian Rockets Hit Poland: An Excuse for NATO Article 5? globalresearch.ca

AFP (2022-11-16). Germany, Spain to Train Ukraine Troops Under EU Program. globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2022-11-16). U.S. Will Have Spent $100 Billion on Ukraine this Year. globalresearch.ca

Judicial Watch (2022-11-16). Defense Department Records Reveal U.S. Funding of Anthrax Laboratory Activities in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-11-16). Russia Strategises with Iran for the Long Haul in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2022-11-16). Daily Round-up | Ukraine conflict, economy key issues as G20 summit begins & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the first day of the G20 summit, a strike by California student-workers, the killing of a minor by Israeli soldiers in Palestine, and rights groups condemning a UK-France deal on migrants…

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-16). Biden Says It's 'Unlikely' Missile that Hit Poland Was Fired from Russia. globalresearch.ca

Pepe Escobar (2022-11-16). Russia, India, China, Iran: The Quad that Really Matters. globalresearch.ca

Canadian Tire Fire (2022-11-16). Canadian Tire Fire #48 : Education Workers on Wildcat Strike, Housing and Homelessness Actions. itsgoingdown.org photo: @cersc_csppb This week we cover the 2-day illegal education workers strike in Ontario that almost turned into a general strike. We also bring you a roundup of housing justice, shelter, and houseless encampment news from across the country. While we don't have a full section on the struggle against Coastal Gaslink this week, the…

Glenn Daigon (2022-11-16). Midterm Elections Proved Americans Overwhelmingly Support Public Education. commondreams.org Republican candidates for governor thought they had the winning education playbook, but voters had other ideas.

Arpan Rai (2022-11-16). Poland Says Missile Strike Was 'Unfortunate Accident'. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-11-16). The Zelensky-Bush War Rally. globalresearch.ca

Community Alliance for Global Justice (2022-11-16). An Open Letter to Bill Gates on Food, Farming, and Africa. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-11-16). World War I, History of the Kingdom of Serbia: The First Defeat of the Central Powers in the Great War: The 1914 Battle of Cer. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-11-16). Earliest evidence of human cooking found at Israeli archaeological site. ecns.cn Israeli researchers have discovered the world's oldest fish supper – a carp-like fish displaying the earliest signs of having been cooked by prehistoric humans 780,000 years ago.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Iran, Venezuela sign MoU on academic cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — An extensive academic cooperation MoU was signed between Iran and Venezuela in the presence of Iran's Minister of Science Research and Technology and Venezuelan vice president Gabriela Jiménez.

F. William Engdahl (2022-11-16). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Felix Abt (2022-11-16). Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About: 'Good' Wars, 'Good' War Criminals, 'Good' Dictators, 'Good' Separatists, 'Good' Oligarchs, 'Good' Money Launderers—And Their Antitheses! globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2022-11-16). Selected Articles: Analysis on the US Midterm Elections. Voter Fraud? globalresearch.ca By So far, to the surprise of most people, there are no clear results yet of the US Midterm Elections. The Republicans have won …

Harvey Simpkins (2022-11-16). Separate Deadly Incidents at American Universities Highlight the Ongoing Epidemic of Mass Violence in the United States. globalresearch.ca

ICFHRIP (2022-11-16). UN Member States Fall Short on Accountability for Philippine Mass Killings. asia-pacificresearch.com

Kyle Anzalone (2022-11-16). US, Japan to Start Large-Scale War Games as Biden Meets with Xi. globalresearch.ca

Monet Bailey (2022-11-16). The bacteria behind leprosy disease could regenerate livers. healtheuropa.com In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have found that parasites behind leprosy disease can reprogramme cells to increase the size of a liver. The latest findings from a research team from the University of Edinburgh suggest the possibility of adapting this natural process from leprosy disease to renew ageing livers and increase health span which is …

Monet Bailey (2022-11-16). University of Oxford researchers discover a key cause of type 2 diabetes. healtheuropa.com New research has illuminated the key cause of type 2 diabetes, finding that high blood glucose reprograms the metabolism of pancreatic cells. Around 415 million people globally are living with diabetes. Within this figure, nearly five million people are diagnosed every year in the UK, costing the NHS £10 billion each year. Around 90% of …

Peter Ford (2022-11-16). "The US is a Paper Tiger where Saudi Arabia is concerned": Interview with Ambassador Peter Ford. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2022-11-16). U.S. "Weaponized" Dollar Economics. "This Global Instrument of Fraud and World Dominance Must be Broken Once and For All" globalresearch.ca

Rian Overy (2022-11-16). CBD content has no bearing on cannabis safety. healtheuropa.com The CBD content of cannabis has no effect on the drug's safety, according to researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. The researcher's findings challenge the widely held belief that higher CBD content in cannabis protects the user from psychotic experiences and memory problems. The research team have urged …

Rian Overy (2022-11-16). COVID-19 virus can reactivate myalgic encephalomyelitis. healtheuropa.com According to researchers from Linkà∂ping University COVID-19 can reactivate viruses that had become latent in cells, particularly in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Severe, long-term fatigue, post-exertional malaise, pain, and sleep problems are all signs of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The cause of the condition is still not fully understood, although it …

Rian Overy (2022-11-16). Making brain tumour surgery safer with quantum sensors. healtheuropa.com Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have been developing new technology to make brain tumour surgery safer. Removing a brain tumour is a challenging operation for surgeons. They must remove the tumour without damaging any healthy brain tissue, therefore, it is highly important that surgeons closely monitor the …

Richard Norton-Taylor (2022-11-16). Perverse Priorities: Cut Public Spending, Keep Nuclear Arms and Warplanes. globalresearch.ca

Sameena Rahman (2022-11-16). Israeli Nuclear Arsenal Condemned by World's Governments in Overwhelming UN Vote. globalresearch.ca

Scott Bennett (2022-11-16). U.S. Military Psychological Operations (PSYOP): "The Weaponization of Information" In Support of Global Military Conquest. globalresearch.ca

Susan Dunham (2022-11-16). The Corona Crisis has "Broken our Relationships and Crushed our Souls", "Courageous Voices have Emerged to Speak to the Hysteria of our Time" globalresearch.ca

Ted Snider (2022-11-16). Is this the Time for Peace? globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-11-16). Major high-tech expo opens in southwest China. ecns.cn The 10th China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City International High-Tech Expo commenced Wednesday in the city of Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

____ (2022-11-16). Students from China 'welcome' at U.S. colleges. ecns.cn A senior U.S. State Department official said that efforts are being made to reduce barriers and cut waiting times for Chinese applying for student visas after enrollments from China dropped in the 2021-22 school year.

Editor (2022-11-16). University of California workers launch largest academic strike in U.S. history. mronline.org Workers in the U.S. continue to make waves in historically unorganized sectors such as academia and service.

Editor (2022-11-16). UC's Student Workers Can't Afford California. scheerpost.com

Fight Back (2022-11-16). Denver students bring the fight for demilitarization to campus CEO. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On November 10, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) continued their campaign against the Auraria Campus Police Department's (ACPD) ongoing participation in the Department of Defense's 1033 program, otherwise referred to as the LESO Program. The program provides police departments with military grade weapons and supplies. | Members of SDS Denver and their fellow students had a speakout at the center of campus, where they made their voices heard on the issue of campus militarization and the 1033 program. | A group of over a dozen students marched to Colleen Walker's office, who is the chief…

Fight Back (2022-11-16). Tallahassee: SDS protests transphobic Board of Medicine decision. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On November 9, Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a protest against the recent decision by the Florida Board of Medicine to ban, in a 6-3 vote, gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth. This decision prohibits all types of gender-affirming care for those under 18, including puberty blockers, hormones, cross-hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery. Around 30 people attended the protest in front of the new student union. | This is not the first time that lawmakers have attacked gender-affirming care in recent months. In August of this year, th…

Jake Johnson (2022-11-16). 13 Senate Dems Join GOP in Voting to End Covid Emergency Declaration, Kick Millions Off Medicaid. commondreams.org One public health advocate warned that final passage of the resolution would "affect the cost of vaccines, tests, and treatments, restrict access to Medicaid and telehealth, and restart student loan payments."

Sara Flounders (2022-11-16). COP 27: greenwashing, repression, food crisis. workers.org The activist group, Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change protests during the COP27 climate conference, Nov. 13. Nov. 13 — More than 40,000 people registered as participants at the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) gathering at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, held Nov. 6 to 18. One hundred world leaders, top-level . . . |

WSWS (2022-11-16). Strike of 48,000 academic workers in California enters third day. wsws.org The majority of professors have canceled lectures, while adjuncts, faculty and undergraduate students have joined the picket lines in solidarity.

_____ (2022-11-16). New School Staff Strike Shows The Institution Is Not So Progressive. popularresistance.org The union representing part-time faculty at The New School, a prestigious private university in New York, has been telling its members "You are The New School." And for good reason—part-time faculty make up a whopping 87% of The New School's teaching staff. These instructors love to teach, but they say that theirs is an unrequited love, and that their nominally progressive university has left them with no other option but to strike. At midnight on Nov. 13, after a 14-hour bargaining session that ended without closing the gulf between the university administration and the union bargaining committee, the unio…

WSWS (2022-11-16). British Columbia Teachers' Federation seeks to impose massive wage cuts on 49,000 educators. wsws.org The supposed contract "negotiations" were between government and union officials who almost all carry an NDP membership card. These were conspiratorial consultations between friends and political allies on how best to ram another round of concessions down the throats of teachers and public sector workers more broadly.

WSWS (2022-11-16). UK schools face devastating funding crisis. wsws.org Half of head teachers in England are considering teacher redundancies or cutting school hours to balance the budget.

Animal Liberation Press Office (2022-11-16). 'Grupo de Respuesta Animal' Burns Meat Packing Plant (Chile). indybay.org Received anonymously October 26, 2022: "Most of all I regret my restraint, because regardless of the damage we caused to those businesses, if those farms are still open, if even one animal was left behind, then it wasn't enough. I do not intend to rid myself of the consequences of these acts by begging for mercy or appealing to the conscience of the room, because if this system had a conscience I would not be here, in my place would be all the butchers, vivisectors and fur farmers around the world." –Peter Young, vegan straight edge warrior of the Animal Liberation Front.

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