(2023-11-17). Film And TV Production Assistants Are Unionizing. popularresistance.org We won't grasp all the repercussions of 2023's 'Hot Labor Summer' for years to come, but one place where the effects are already being noted is Hollywood. Building on the momentum of the newly-chartered IATSE Local 111, which represents thousands of commercial production workers across the country, production assistants in the Film and TV sector are coming together to fight back against exploitative working conditions in the industry. The Real News speaks with organizers from Production Assistants United to understand the conditions faced by production workers in Film and TV, and how the unionization of these PAs…
(2023-11-16). Cambridge educators win tentative agreement and gear up for a continued fight. liberationnews.org 
On November 8, the teachers and administrators at Cambridge Public Schools in Massachusetts reached a tentative agreement with the district. These educators are members of the Cambridge Education Association (CEA), and they were able to create organizing structures within their union and build mobilization like never before. Through this work, the CEA members secured significant gains and pushed through the district's anti-union campaign, as well as generated momentum that will propel them into the next contract fight.
(2023-11-17). BCU Undergoes Internationalization Orientation and Capability Building on Research Digital ToolKits. pressenza.com 
by Marilou Dela Peña & Genevieve Balance Kupang | Remaining relevant and competitive in the rapidly evolving educational landscape is a top priority. Universities actively participate in diverse rating assessments to gain a comprehensive understanding of their strengths and areas for improvement across instruction, research, and community extension services programs. To meet this challenge, BCU continually adapts and aligns with international standards. | Under the leadership of the Research and Development Office headed by Dr. Marilou Dela Peña, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Elma D. Donaal, BCU…
(2023-11-17). BCU Undergoes Internationalization Orientation and Capability Building on Research Digital ToolKits. pressenza.com 
by Marilou Dela Peña & Genevieve Balance Kupang | Remaining relevant and competitive in the rapidly evolving educational landscape is a top priority. Universities actively participate in diverse rating assessments to gain a comprehensive understanding of their strengths and areas for improvement across instruction, research, and community extension services programs. To meet this challenge, BCU continually adapts and aligns with international standards. | Under the leadership of the Research and Development Office headed by Dr. Marilou Dela Peña, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Elma D. Donaal, BCU…
(2023-11-17). University and College Union capitulates, ending years long UK higher education dispute. wsws.org The UCU bureaucracy's feigned outrage over anti-democratic legislation the trade unions have never challenged as a cover shutting down strikes it opposed from the very start.
(2023-11-16). Australia: Sydney University sacks immune-compromised academic for insisting on COVID safety. wsws.org Unless Niko Tiliopoulos's sacking is defeated, it will set a precedent for use throughout the tertiary education industry to victimise and sack educators who refuse, for critical health reasons, to adhere to the intensifying "return to campus" offensive.
(2023-11-17). Kenyan Police Deployment to Haiti Remains Uncertain. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Historic Joe Biden — Xi Jinping Meeting at Filoli Estate (Cal). Biden Hails "Real Progress" globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). "MK— Mandela's Secret Army". A Film by Osvalde Lewat. "South Africa's Apartheid Parallels Israel's Oppressive Measures" globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). New Fellow for Human Bridges: Deborah Barsky. independentmediainstitute.org We are pleased to announce that Deborah Barsky, author and researcher of ancient stone tool technologies, joins the Independent Media Institute as a Human Bridges writing fellow. The Human Bridges project brings discussions of human origins studies to a wider audience, illustrating how the latest findings in the field can inform our current social and …
(2023-11-17). International Campaign Urging ICC Investigation Into Israel's Alleged War Crimes in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). The End of Privacy Is Near. "Artificial Intelligence Scours Social Media… You're Being Spied Upon Everywhere" globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Bullous Pemphigoid and Pemphigus Vulgaris: Severe Skin Injuries Caused by Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Selected Articles: Broken by Design: Why the Elites Want Everything and Everyone to Have an "Expiry Date" globalresearch.ca 
By So, are we living in an era where humanity is being led along a tragic "course in …
(2023-11-17). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca 
(2023-11-17). Why We Need Bayard Rustin's Practical Radicalism Today. inequality.org
(2023-11-17). The Climate Justice Shot Heard 'Round the World: No New Private Jet Infrastructure. inequality.org
(2023-11-17). Gaza, Taiwán y la guerra tecnológica marcan la agenda del segundo cara a cara entre Biden y Xi. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). "Restoring China-US Ties": Reframing US-China Bipolar Dynamics by Pluralizing into China-West Relations. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Pre-emptive Nuclear War: The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Video: Israel "Encouraged and started Hamas." America has "A Moral Responsibility for Both Sides" Ron Paul. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Will Palestine Ever be Free? Understanding Elite Strategy in the Global Context. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Patriotic Millionaires to High Court: Don't Preempt Taxing Grand Fortune. inequality.org
(2023-11-17). The Limits of Fragmentation. The West Should Beware of Excessive Expectations. Russia and the War in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). Is Gavin Newsom Running in the 2024 US Presidential Elections? globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-17). US Foreign Policy Establishment Is Instrumentalizing Islamophobia. popularresistance.org An incisive new report released by researchers affiliated with Rutgers University lays out in detail the many ways in which the U.S. political establishment has instrumentalized anti-Muslim bigotry and disingenuously redefined the idea of "antisemitism" in order to defuse criticisms of the Israeli government and justify dehumanizing policies toward Palestinians. | Titled "Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse," the 68-page report offers a thorough examination of how the domestic foreign policy establishment and the associated Israel lobby employ Islamophobia as a tool of…
(2023-11-17). Video: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Left Restaurant After Being Confronted by Pro-Ceasefire Protesters. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Ukrainian Military Wants Zelensky to Resign. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). US President Biden Sued for 'Complicity' in Israel's 'Genocide' in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). American Troops "Prepared to Die" for Israel: Lt. General Richard Clark Confirms A U.S. — Israel "Partnership", "A Signed Agreement" globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). American Troops "Prepared to Die" for Israel: Lt. General Richard Clark Confirms A U.S. — Israel "Partnership", A "Signed" Military Agreement" globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). The Politics of Indefinite Detention in Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-11-16). Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures Destroy Sperm Count. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Broken by Design: Why the Elites Want Everything and Everyone to Have an "Expiry Date" globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Meaningless Accusations of Anti-Semitism: The Moral Conscience of the Western World Has Been Silenced. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Appendicitis After Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine. Most Common Serious Adverse Event and It's Harming Kids. What About Turbo Cancers of the Appendix? globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). New U.S. LGM-35A "Sentinel" Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM): Dangerous Crossroads, Struggling with "Unknown Unknowns", Says USAF Secretary. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Performance of Russia's Defense Industry: Buoyant Weapons Exports, Despite the Sanctions. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). The Dark Origins of the Davos' Great Reset. globalresearch.ca Klaus Schwab is little more than a slick PR agent for a global technocratic agenda, a corporatist unity of corporate power with government, including the UN, an agenda whose origins go back to the beginning of the 1970s, and even earlier.
(2023-11-16). Selected Articles: Video: Why Does the US Support Israel? Michael Hudson and Ben Norton. globalresearch.ca 
By In this video today, I'm going to be explaining the geopolitical and economic reasons why Israel is …
(2023-11-16). Gaza Humanitarian Crisis: Hospitals, More than 11,000 Deaths, Israeli Assaults, Magnitude of Israel's Bombing, War Crimes, West Bank News, Ethnic Cleansing. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Biden's Legacy Should be Forever Haunted by the Names of Gaza's Dead Children. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Ceasefire Now! Stop Apartheid Israel's Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinian People. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Zelensky supostamente em conflito com militares ucranianos. globalresearch.ca A crise institucional na Ucrânia parece ser uma realidade perigosa. Segundo um importante antigo funcionário do regime, o Presidente Vladimir Zelensky está atualmente em conflito com os militares locais e existe uma situaàßà£o de desunià£o e desconfianàßa entre os tomadores …
(2023-11-16). Washington's Long War Against Us All. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Video: "The Value of Life". Families of Israelis Held in Gaza Speak Out against Netanyahu. Condemn Member of Knesset's Call for Destruction. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Imperial Conquest: America's "Long War" against Humanity. Worldwide Militarization. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca The world is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war", which threatens the future of humanity.
(2023-11-16). US Congress interviews Peter Daszak; his ties to coronavirus research were deeper than suspected. expose-news.com As Joe Biden met with Xi Jinping on the West Coast, one of China's favourite scientists, Peter Daszak, had a rough day on the East Coast — where he revealed to Congress …
(2023-11-16). Why Everything You Know About World War II Is Wrong. Ron Unz. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). Israel Caught Lying About Al-Shifa Hospital. 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 (11/16/23). 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
(2023-11-16). Pilot Warns of Airline Industry Disaster Due to COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). 100 State Dept Officials Sign Dissent Memo Saying Biden "Complicit in Genocide" in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-16). A Federal Report Shows "Climate-Sensitive" Diseases Are Spreading Through the US. truthout.org This week, the United States government and leading climate researchers from institutions across the country released the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a report that takes stock of the ways in which climate change affects quality of life in the U.S. The assessment breaks down these impacts geographically — into 10 distinct regions encompassing all of the country's states, territories… |
(2023-11-17). 94-year-old Kwong Siu-hing becomes richest woman in China. ecns.cn Kwong Siu-hing, wife of Sun Hung Kai Properties' co-founder Kwok Tak-seng, has become China's richest woman for the first time, according to the "Herose Club • Hurun Richest Women in China 2023" released by the Hurun Research Institute on Tuesday.
(2023-11-17). PULKOL: School funding should extend beyond numbers. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | David Pulkol, the Executive Director of the Africa Leadership Institute, and a researcher, is advocating for a shift in government funding policies for schools, particularly in regions such as Karamoja that have faced developmental challenges. Currently, the government allocates financial assistance to schools mainly through capitation grants, with the …
(2023-11-16). UCC: Telecom masts are safe. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Telecom mast installations have no discernible impact on human health, contrary to the claims made by a portion of the population, according to Eng. Irene Kaggwa, the executive director at the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Eng. Kaggwa, states in a letter dated Aug.08 that extensive research conducted by renowned …
(2023-11-18). Le Due Guerre dell'occidente | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca Siamo coinvolti in due guerre, in Europa e Medioriente, che hanno conseguenze sempre più gravi sulle nostre condizioni di vita e sulla nostra sicurezza. | Sul fronte europeo è stato compiuto, nel settembre 2022, quello che il Wall Street Journal definisce …
(2023-11-17). 'Enough with the colonial suppression on our fulfillment of the Hippocratic oath'. liberationnews.org 
"We need healers who are radically committed to healing, to health, to life, and to justice for all, even for Palestine, without these colonial limitations repressing our conscience, our voices, and our work."
(2023-11-17). An Egyptian-Led 'Conscience Convoy' to Rafah. scheerpost.com 
(2023-11-17). Meet the activists fighting Zionism with direct action. therealnews.com 
With each passing day, more Israeli bombs are falling on Gaza. Over a million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. The world is bearing witness to a genocidal military campaign to clear out Gaza once and for all. As leaders in the West continue to stand by Israel's outrageous crimes, activists and people of conscience around the world are using direct action to take matters into their own hands and disrupt the war machine themselves.
(2023-11-16). Niece of Israeli PM Netanyahu Backs Ceasefire in Gaza, Says Military Solutions Will Not Bring Peace. democracynow.org 
Ruth Ben-Artzi, the niece of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joins Democracy Now! to call for the Netanyahu government to focus efforts on releasing Israeli hostages and to stop the bombing. A professor of political science at Providence College, Ben-Artzi recently joined prominent Rhode Island rabbis, Jewish leaders and Israelis demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. "A ceasefire is really the only way that any solution can be achieved," says Ben-Artzi, who explains why military actions will never resolve this conflict and that "finding a political solution … is really the only way that th…
(2023-11-16). The Moral Conscience of the Western World Has Been Silenced. thealtworld.com Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn "was undone" by being accused of antisemitism. Ask yourself why anyone should be ruined by such a meaningless accusation. | To be an anti-semite all you have to do is to make a criticism, no matter how small or how legitimate, of any Israeli policy. If your moral conscience is assaulted by, for example, Israel's massacre of Palestinians in the open air concentration camp in which Israel keeps them pinned up, and you express your legitimate feelings against such inhumanity, you are an anti-semite. By definition, anyone with a moral conscience is an anti-semite. | Th…
(2023-11-17). Israel continues bombing Gaza despite UNSC call for humanitarian pauses. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's genocidal war in Gaza continued on the 42nd day on Friday, November 17, with more airstrikes and ground attacks across the besieged territory. Furthermore, Israeli raids and violent attacks also intensified significantly in the occupied West Bank, causing deaths and injuring dozens with 35 people being arrested. | The death toll in Gaza, according to the latest Palestinian ministry of health statistics, rose to over 11,500, including more than 4,700 children, 3,160 women and 668 elderly people. 29,000 Palestinians have been injured while more than 3,200 Palestinians are reported missing. The death toll i…
(2023-11-17). Pro-Palestine Student Group Sues Ron DeSantis for Violating Free Speech Rights. truthout.org A pro-Palestinian student group in Florida is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other state officials over a decision last month to "deactivate" the organization, in violation of students' First Amendment speech and assembly rights. The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (UF-SJP), a student-led organization that advocates for an end to the Israeli occupation of… |
(2023-11-17). Behold All These Collegiate Anti-Semites. counterpunch.org 
When I was a 17-year-old Freshman during the later half of an earlier century the college I attended ran, I swear to you… its own bar! All that was required to drink there was a student ID. For me, it was the tip of an intoxication iceberg whose mass included Phil's Cozy Corner Cafe —
(2023-11-17). DeSantis, University of Florida sued over SJP ban. mondoweiss.net 
The ACLU and Palestine Legal are suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the University of Florida over over the state's ban of Students for Justice in Palestine.
(2023-11-17). Solidarity activists to stage mass shutdowns for Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org On November 17, Palestinian and anti-imperialist organizations including the Palestinian Youth Movement, the People's Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, and National Students for Justice in Palestine have called on the Palestine solidarity movement to stage shut downs of "business as usual" in solidarity with Palestine. Across the globe, students will be walking out or occupying their universities, businesses will shutter, and activists will directly target the centers of power which enable Israeli genocide in Gaza. | Actions will be taking place around the world including in Zambia, Puerto Rico, Canada, South Africa,…
(2023-11-17). When Anti, Anti-Zionism Becomes Anti-Semitism. counterpunch.org 
My friends in academia tell me they are experiencing the most repressive environment of their lives. The campuses of Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Northwestern (where I taught for almost 25 years), and others have been riven by conflict over the Mideast war. Faculty deemed too sympathetic to Palestine have been tarred by trustees, senior administrators, other faculty, and some students as naive at best and anti-Semitic at worst. A few professors have lost their jobs or been subjected to student petitions demanding their ouster. University presidents have been hounded by pro-Israeli, often Je…
(2023-11-17). Haifa University students face day in Israeli court over social media posts. mondoweiss.net 
Five students at Haifa University were detained this week for social media posts they made regarding October 7. Yoav Haifawi attended their court hearing to see how "state security" would be upheld.
(2023-11-18). Correspondence] Service learning for health students: do it the French way. thelancet.com Service learning is a pedagogical approach, in which the format of the course contributes as much to the training of students as the content itself.1 There has been a substantial increase in interest in service learning in various fields, including for medical students and public health courses.2…
(2023-11-17). Join Melbourne school strikes against Gaza genocide! Oppose threats and intimidation from politicians. wsws.org The IYSSE calls on the mobilisation of the broadest layers of students to these walkouts. Young people in other cities and regional centres across the country should also develop actions against the genocide in Gaza.
(2023-11-17). Teacher Is Ranked #3 Profession For American Millionaires: 3 Factors Explain Why. moguldom.com Teachers are not typically associated with wealth and prosperity due to their comparatively modest salaries. However, a recent study titled the "National Study of Millionaires," conducted by Ramsey Solutions under the leadership of personal finance expert Dave Ramsey, reveals that many teachers have managed to amass significant wealth, Yahoo Finance reported. According to the study's …
(2023-11-17). Teacher Is Ranked #3 Profession For American Millionaires: 3 Factors Explain Why. moguldom.com Teachers are not typically associated with wealth and prosperity due to their comparatively modest salaries. However, a recent study titled the "National Study of Millionaires," conducted by Ramsey Solutions under the leadership of personal-finance expert Dave Ramsey, reveals that many teachers have managed to amass significant wealth, Yahoo Finance reported. According to the study's findings …