Internally Displaced Syrian Refugees Tormented by US Forces
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are trapped in northern and southern camps controlled by the US and its jihadist foot soldiers. | On October 1, Russian and Syrian Joint Coordination Committees on the Repatriation of Syrian Refugees said US forces, …
globalresearch.ca/internally-displaced-syrian-refugees-tormented-us-forces/5690844

Colombia Diary: Under Heavy Manners
Forrest Hylton | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-02
In Colombia as elsewhere, the commodification of higher education has led to widespread systemic corruption, and on September 23, students from the Universidad Distrital in Bogotá took to the streets to protest an egregious case of embezzlement, in which, according to the Attorney General's Office, a professor used the university's Institute for Outreach to enrich…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/02/colombia-diary-under-heavy-manners/

Grad Students Fight Back Against New Trump Labor Board Rule
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-02
| In 2016, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that student researchers and teaching assistants at private universities have the right to collectively bargain, starting a wave of graduate student organizing. But in September, Trump's NLRB made an about-face with a newly-proposed rule that would undercut the right for those students to unionize. | At the heart of the issue is whether or not students who perform work at a university can be considered employees, an issue the NLRB has flip-flopped on ov…
truthout.org/articles/grad-students-fight-back-against-new-trump-labor-board-rule/

Peace and Justice in the Middle East. Canadian Federal Parties' Positions on the Middle East
CJPME | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is pleased to provide the present guide on Canadian Federal parties' positions on the Middle East. While much has happened since the last Canadian Federal elections in 2015, CJPME has | …
globalresearch.ca/peace-and-justice-in-the-middle-east-canadian-federal-parties-positions-on-the-middle-east/5690864

Netanyahu's Pre-Indictment Hearing Begins
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
The hearing begun Wednesday is expected to last four days, maybe longer. | Netanyahu's 10-lawyer team is up against 20 state prosecution officials, headed by AG Avichai Mandelblit, State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan, and Liat Ben-Ari, lead prosecutor in three …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-pre-indictment-hearing-begins/5690838

The History of World War II: The War Started in October 1938
Ivan Daraktchiev | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
Historians, media pundits and politicians have managed to postulate, and impose it into the history annals, encyclopedias and school books that the Second World War was started in September 1939 by Nazi Germany's attack[1] and prompt defeat[2] of Poland. | This …
globalresearch.ca/truth-80-years-beginning-wwii-october-1938/5690808

Gene-Editing Unintentionally Adds Bovine DNA, Goat DNA, and Bacterial DNA, Mouse Researchers Find
Jonathan Latham | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-02
The gene-editing of DNA inside living cells is considered by many to be the preeminent technological breakthrough of the new millennium. Researchers in medicine and agriculture have rapidly adopted it as a technique for discovering cell and organism functions. But its commercial prospects are much more complicated. Gene-editing has many potential uses. These include altering…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/02/gene-editing-unintentionally-adds-bovine-dna-goat-dna-and-bacterial-dna-mouse-researchers-find/

Yemeni Houthis Defeating Paper Tiger Saudis
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Saudi Arabia ranks third in global military spending after the US and China — allocating an estimated $65.5 billion in 2018. | The US, Britain and France are its main weapons, munitions, …
globalresearch.ca/yemeni-houthis-defeating-paper-tiger-saudis/5690840

Why the Fires Raging Across Amazonia Ought to be a Burning Issue for Africa
Prof Gerard Boyce | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
Of late, global news headlines have been dominated by reports of the fires raging across the Amazon Basin, mainly in Brazil but in other countries across the region such as Bolivia as well. Cognisant of the adverse consequences they portend …
globalresearch.ca/fires-raging-across-amazonia-ought-burning-issue-africa/5690830

Trump, Democrats Dig in as Impeachment Drive Escalates
Barry Grey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
Having suggested that his impeachment could provoke "civil war" and threatened to arrest the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on treason charges, President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted a map of the 2016 election results with the words …
globalresearch.ca/trump-democrats-impeachment-drive-escalates/5690834

#IVotePalestine: For Freedom, Justice and Equality
Canadian BDS Coalition | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
In the upcoming Canadian general election scheduled for October 21, 2019, we commit to vote for candidates and parties that: | Support Palestinian human and national rights including the inalienable right to self-determination. | Oppose Israeli ethnic cleansing, war crimes and apartheid. | …
globalresearch.ca/ivotepalestine-freedom-justice-equality/5690861

The Second Candle-Light Revolution in Korea: The People's Fight for the Survival of Clean Democracy
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
The world still remembers the 2017 Candle-Light Revolution in which 17,000,000 Korean people fought peacefully and culturally on the streets, for several months, against the deep-rooted corruption culture developed and enforced under the 60- year conservative government's rule. | In the …
globalresearch.ca/second-candle-light-revolution-korea/5690806

Nobel Prizes: Why is there One in Economics? Rewarding Neoliberal Flawed Theories
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
The Nobel Prize Committee will announce the winners of this years Nobel prizes from October 8 to the 11th, and then on October 14 they will announce one more. | The prizes originated from a bequest in the will of Alfred …
globalresearch.ca/nobel-prizes-why-is-there-one-in-economics-rewarding-neoliberal-flawed-theories/5690792

Where Are the Indictments of those Implicated in the Coup Attempt Against Trump?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
In the 1970s Irving Kristol declared Republicans to be the "stupid party." How correct he has proven to be. Russiagate and now this latest coup attempt to overthrow the elected president of the United States are acts of sedition. There …
globalresearch.ca/coup-attempt-against-trump/5690789

History: Russian Government Condemn's European Parliament's Blaming Stalin as Having Started World War II
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
On October 1st, Russia's Tass news agency reported that the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin condemned the European Parliament for having blamed Stalin along with Hitler as having started World War II. He said, | "The recent | …
globalresearch.ca/russian-government-condemns-european-parliament-blaming-stalin-started-ww-ii/5690809

Court Defers to FCC on Dismantling Net Neutrality for Now but Opens Door for States, Higher Courts and Congress to Act
Free Press | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit deferred to the Federal Communications Commission in upholding its 2017 repeal of Net Neutrality, but overturned key parts of the agency's so-called Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which was adopted …
globalresearch.ca/court-defers-fcc-dismantling-net-neutrality-opens-door-states-higher-courts-congress-act/5690833

The Next Stage of Britain's Dominic Cummings "Plan of Chaos". Can it Get Any Worse?
Robert Woodward | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
There were rumours and murmurs throughout last week swirling around the House of Commons bubble that something serious was brewing. Leaving aside that Boris Johnson was centre stage of the scandal that his government now represents — not just of …
globalresearch.ca/dominic-cummings-plan-chaos/5690850

New 'Red' Bloc: Russia -China Alliance
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
On October 1, China celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China. This analysis is designed to provide a broader perspective to the Chinese-Russian military cooperation at the moment. | *** | For starters, one should note …
globalresearch.ca/new-red-bloc-russia-china-alliance/5690794

Gene-Editing Unintentionally Adds Bovine DNA, Goat DNA, and Bacterial DNA, Mouse Researchers Find
Dr. Jonathan Latham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
The gene-editing of DNA inside living cells is considered by many to be the preeminent technological breakthrough of the new millennium. Researchers in medicine and agriculture have rapidly adopted it as a technique for discovering cell and organism functions. But …
globalresearch.ca/gene-editing-adds-bovine-dna-goat-dna-bacterial-dna-mouse-researchers-find/5690859

Video: Robert F Kennedy Jr. on California's Newly Passed Mandatory Vaccine Law
Ben Swann | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
Truth In Media's journalist Ben Swann interviewed RFK, Jr. about California's newly passed mandatory vaccine law which has sparked controversy as it effectively removes all medical exemptions in CA, putting thousands of medically-fragile children at risk of vaccine injury. | …
globalresearch.ca/video-rfk-on-californias-newly-passed-mandatory-vaccine-law/5690811

Counting the Dead Through the Fog of War in Afghanistan
Nicolas J. S. Davies | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
During one week in late September, U.S.-led forces killed at least 70 civilians in two incidents in Afghanistan. A U.S. drone strike on September 19th killed at least 30 farmers harvesting pine nuts in Nangarhar province. Then on September 23rd, …
globalresearch.ca/war-afghanistan/5690791

The People's Republic of China: 70 Years of Struggle and Success
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China is a worthwhile time to reflect on its struggles and successes with a view towards better understanding where it's headed across the coming future. | The People's Republic of | …
globalresearch.ca/china-70-years-struggle-success/5690854

Trump's War on Whistleblowers
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-02
Donald Trump, campaigning in Iowa in 2015, said that "I've had a lot of wars of my own. I'm really good at war. I love war…." Well, for the past three years, we have witnessed Trump's wars on governance, science, national security policy, and public service. For the past several days, we have witnessed a…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/02/trumps-war-on-whistleblowers/

SF State Strike Event: On Strike, Shut It Down! On 50th Year of SF State Strike
SF State Veterans-SFSU Ethnic Studies Dep. | indybay.org | 2019-10-02
Jack Adams Hall, SFSU Chavez Student Union Building, top floor | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/01/18826958.php

Detroit college students support striking GM workers
wsws.org | 2019-10-02
Students at Detroit's Wayne State University discussed the fight of General Motors workers and the strategy needed for them to win their historic strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/02/wayn…

U.N.: Haiti Unrest Harming Hospitals, Orphanages, Students
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-02
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The operation dubbed "Find Jovenel MoàØse" organized by opposition leaders demanding the resignation of Haiti's president ended abruptly when he appeared at the National Palace early this week following violent protests in which several people were killed. | Haitians had become so accustomed to not seeing their president in person amid a deepening political and economic crisis that his arrival at the palace Tuesday took protesters by surprise. Only a handful of them were present to pelt his convoy with rocks. | Despite the rarity of his public appearances, the embattled leader…
truthdig.com/articles/u-n-haiti-unrest-harming-hospitals-orphanages-students/

Black Dean of Students Jamie Riley fired in Alabama for telling the truth
Rob Dunn | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-02
Riley fired for tweets about racist foundations of US society.
liberationnews.org/black-dean-of-students-jamie-riley-fired-in-alabama-for-telling-the-truth/

Will Boris Johnson Become a 'Brexit Martyr'?
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-02
The UK Conservative party kicked off last weekend amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour against Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Despite the government's attempt to woo potential voters with what they refer to as a 'dynamic domestic agenda', journalists and commentators …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-brexit-martyr/5690846

Pentagon-funded researcher smears 'The Management of Savagery' in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-01
Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement to publish…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/01/pentagon-funded-researcher-smears-the-management-of-savagery-in-error-filled-times-literary-supplement-screed/

"Ukrainegate" Teaches Us More about Ourselves Than Trump or Biden
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-01
Anti-Imperialism protest in the Phillippines. Photo: Carlo Manalansan by Bulatlat 'Ukrainegate' has opened the floodgates of impeachment in Washington, DC. President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky provided such an opportunity that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who resisted pressure for impeachment, is now on board along with a majority of the party. Democrats are …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/ukrainegate-teaches-us-more-about-ourselves-than-trump-or-biden/

Why are Key House Democrats Giving Betsy DeVos a Free Ride?
Max Moran | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before the House Education and Labor Committee five months ago. She sat down, cleared her throat, and proceded to dodge basic yes-or-no questions about everything from transgender rights to literacy programs to arming teachers for several hours. Through her evasiveness, and the many issues Democrats wanted to bring up, there…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/why-are-key-house-democrats-giving-betsy-devos-a-free-ride/

Guns for Hire: No, the U.S. Government Shouldn't be Using the Military to Police the Globe
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-01
"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for …
globalresearch.ca/government-military-police-globe/5690753

New research warns severe climate-related droughts could threaten 60% of Global wheat crop by 2100
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-01
Even with ambitious global efforts to limit emissions, the study warns, "the increase in the frequency and extent of adverse weather extremes and related shocks on the production side would be unprecedented." | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/30/new-research-warns-severe-climate-related-droughts-could-threaten-60-of-global-wheat-crop-by-2100/

What the Godfather of Modern Whistle-Blowing Can Teach Us Now
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2019-10-01
What the Godfather of Modern Whistle-Blowing Can Teach Us Now…
thenation.com/article/what-the-godfather-of-modern-whistleblowing-can-teach-us-now/

O 70 ∫ Aniversário da República Popular da China: A Anulaàßà£o da História
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-01
Há setenta anos, em 1 ∫ de Outubro de 1949, Mao Tsé Tung proclamava,na porta de Tien An Men, o nascimento da República Popular da China. O aniversário é comemorado hoje, com um desfile militar, em frente à porta histórica de …
globalresearch.ca/o-70o-aniversario-da-republica-popular-da-china-a-anulacao-da-historia/5690773

70 ∞ della Rpc: la cancellazione della storia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-01
La Cérémonie de Fondation de la Chine / The Founding Ceremony of China | Peinture de Dong Xiwen | 1953 | Huile sur toile | Musée national de Chine, Beijing…
globalresearch.ca/70-della-rpc-la-cancellazione-della-storia/5690765

Selected Articles: Climate Change and the Green New Deal
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-01
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-climate-change-propaganda/5690762

Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders's Campaign Chair, Led Charge for Education Reform as Ohio Legislator
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-09-30
Nina Turner said she's "definitely evolved" since her time in the Ohio state Senate, but she remains proud of pro-charter policies she helped pass.
theintercept.com/2019/09/30/nina-turner-cleveland-ohio-education-reform/

Florida: Terminate Public Funds for Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-30
Nearly 10 county school boards in Florida recently took collective action to pursue a case against privately-operated-owned charter schools in the Florida Supreme Court. These public school systems that serve tens of thousands of students oppose the dreaded HB 7069 legislation, which the neoliberal governor of Florida, Rick Scott, signed into law in 2017. The …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/florida-terminate-public-funds-for-charter-schools/

John Cornyn Has Mastered the Art of Political Subservience. As Texas Inches Left, His Fate Hangs in the Balance
Justin Miller | theintercept.com | 2019-09-30
A student of Karl Rove, the Texas senator has been a loyal partisan, first to the GOP establishment and now to Trump. Will that hurt his chances in 2020?
theintercept.com/2019/09/30/john-cornyn-texas-senate-election/

Milwaukee: Charges against anti-Nazi student dropped
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-30
Milwaukee, WI – A rally to support Grae Hosmanek at her court hearing on Friday, September 27, was cancelled due to the charges against her being dropped. | On May 6, Hosmanek was arrested and charged for vandalism on UW-Milwaukee's campus. She took hold of a reactionary student's sign that had a swastika and other antisemitic language on it. This student was holding the sign near an event that was being hosted by a Jewish student group. | Hosmanek had attended two court hearings, and the hearing on September 27 would have been the third one. | Young People's Resistance Committee (YPRC) and Milwaukee Area Labor C…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/29/milwauke…

Vista high school students demand climate action
Juliana Musheyev | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-30
Students from Rancho Buena Vista High School organized a sit-in at Vista City Hall Sept. 27 to demand a stronger climate action plan.
liberationnews.org/vista-high-school-students-demand-climate-action/

SDS strengthens at 14th annual national convention
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-29
Jacksonville, FL — On September 20, New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters from across the United States convened at the University of North Florida to reaffirm their commitment to student organizing and to discuss ways to, "Stop Trump, Stop Racism, Stop U.S. Military and Police Terror." The conference peaked at over 80 students with a dozen chapters represented. | Speeches and applause rang through the halls all weekend. Students opened the conference chanting, "Dare to struggle, dare to win!" The conference ended with, "It is our duty to fight for each other, it is our duty to win!" | On Sat…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/29/sds-stre…

Chicago Teachers Union authorizes strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-28
Chicago, IL – The Chicago Teachers Union released totals of the September 24-26 strike authorization vote, on September 26. The CTU Rules and Election Committee reported that as of 9: 30 p.m., the union passed the 75% threshold of members voting "yes." 94% of teachers, clinicians, PSRPs, nurses and librarians voted to authorize a strike to win the schools Chicago's students deserve. | The vote stands as a mandate from CTU members for Chicago Public Schools to uphold promises of equity and educational justice made by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and that those promises must be in writing in an enforceable contract. This i…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/27/chicago-…

UC Berkeley students say 'No tech for ICE'
Zach Chacon | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-28
On Sept. 24, more than 50 UC Berkeley students and faculty members marched across campus and held a rally to protest the school's continuing support of data technology companies that collaborate with ICE, and to celebrate the cancellation of a Palantir Technologies recruitment "info-session" that was to be hosted that day on campus.
liberationnews.org/uc-berkeley-students-say-no-tech-for-ice/

The Trump Administration Can't Force Colleges to Further Its Anti-Muslim Agenda
aclu.org | 2019-09-27
We're demanding the administration end its politicized investigation into Duke-UNC's Middle East Studies program, and turn over all related records. | In a move that would make even Senator McCarthy blush, the Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from a Middle East Studies program for failing to toe the government's line on Islam and Muslims. | Last week, Betsy DeVos's Department of Education sent a letter to administrators…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/using-religion-discriminate/trump-administration-cant-force-colleges-further

Brazilian Students Take Protest to Next Level, Launch Strike Against Bolsonaro Education Cuts
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed privatization and immediate slashing of the public education budget. Students worried about the future of education in Brazil are beginning to mobilize with a strike at one of the county's main universities. Mike Fox reports from Brazil…
therealnews.com/stories/brazil-students-protest-bolsonaro-education-cuts

Trumpsters: Grad Students Are Not Workers, Have No Rights
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2019-09-26
The National Labor Relations Board just proposed a rule returning to their Bush-era position, undermining years of steady gains in graduate worker organizing.
progressive.org/dispatches/trumpsters-grad-student-no-rights-chen-190926/

'We are a wave of change,' say New York climate strikers
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-26
climate action Barry SheppardIssue 1239 United States student strike for climate SS4CSeptember 26, 2019I had no idea that September 20 would be so huge. Greta Thunberg said to a reporter as she…
greenleft.org.au/content/we-are-wave-change-say-new-york-climate-strikers

School strikers take aim at Morrison, vow to continue
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-26
Climate Strike climate action Pip HinmanIssue 1239 AustraliaSeptember 26, 2019″The student strikes have been phenomenal — surreal at times," Sydney high school student Chloe Russell-Alexander told Green Left Weekly reflecting on the huge Climate Strike that saw…
greenleft.org.au/content/school-strikers-take-aim-morrison-vow-continue