Assange in Court
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterday's events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard arguments and objections of Assange's legal team, by a magistrate who barely pretended to be listening. | Before I get …
globalresearch.ca/assange-court/5692834
That We Live Under a Dictatorship Is Now Unquestionable: The Assange Case
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
What else can we call it when a publisher does what the New York Times did when it published the Pentagon Papers and was ruled by the Supreme Court in 1971 (New York Times Co. v. United States) to have …
globalresearch.ca/we-live-under-dictatorship-assange-case/5692847
Goodbye DARE — More Schools Are Embracing Realistic Drug Education
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-23
Like millions of people in the United States, I participated in Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), the iconic drug education program rooted in the abstinence-only, "just say no" message of the Reagan administration. DARE was run by police officers who made frequent visits to our fifth-grade classroom. It was the mid-90s, and the cops informed us that using drugs would surely ruin our minds, turning us into glassy-eyed zombies, turning us hopelessly addicted and leading us straight to jail. Marijuana…
truthout.org/articles/goodbye-dare-more-schools-are-embracing-realistic-drug-education/
The Chicago Teachers Strike: "Until We Get What Our Students Deserve"
Jesse Hagopian | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, 25,000 teachers and 7,000 support staff launched a strike on Thursday, October 17, shutting down the schools for some 300,000 students. Also on the picket line were members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73, representing Special Education Classroom Assistants. On…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/the-chicago-teachers-strike-until-we-get-what-our-students-deserve/
Hashtag Politics: "Brand Trudeau" Wins a Second Term
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
"Brand Trudeau is: 'Welcome to the new politics, just like the old politics.'" — Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute, The Guardian, Aug 22, 2019 | Few politicians come across more as products of hashtag committee management than Justin Trudeau. …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-wins-second-term/5692805
The EU Is Rewriting World War II History to Demonize Russia
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Last month, on the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, the European Parliament voted on a resolution entitled "On the Importance of European Remembrance for the Future of Europe." The adopted document: | "…Stresses that the Second World | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-rewriting-wwii-history-demonize-russia/5692802
"Erdogan Stole Syrian Factories, Oil and Wheat and Today He Is Stealing Syrian Land". President Al-Assad
Hamda Mustafa | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
President Bashar Al-Assad has stressed that the President of the Turkish regime Recep Tayyib Erdogan is a thief who stole the Syrian factories, wheat and oil and today he is stealing Syrian land. | President Al-Assad made the remarks during his …
globalresearch.ca/president-al-assad-erdogan-stole-syrian-factories-oil-wheat-syrian-land/5692850
Pesticides Trigger Cancer?
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
A new review of carcinogenicity assessments of pesticide active ingredients shows 40 percent were not carried out in compliance with existing European guidelines, leading to possible continued exposure of farmers and consumers to cancer-causing pesticides.[1] In 30 percent of the …
globalresearch.ca/carcinogenicity-assessment-flawed-four-10-pesticides-new-review-shows/5692877
Bolivia's Presidential Election: Violence and Terror All Over the Country
Edu Montesanti | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
People attacked and bleeding, public institutions burning. A government official hanging on the window not to die burned fell from the third floor of the Electoral Court. Carlos Mesa, President Evo Morales opponent, has been inciting violence. Shocking images …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-presidential-election/5692810
As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey's War Crimes, the UN Must Act
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Nearly two weeks have passed since Turkey launched its ground and air attack on Rojava, the autonomous region of northeast Syria, following Trump's sudden removal of 1,000 U.S. troops from the area. | While the United States and Turkey reached a …
globalresearch.ca/trump-aids-abets-turkey-war-crimes-un-must-act/5692841
Video: US Troops Remain in Syria to Protect Oil Fields from 'Terrorists'?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
The US is planning to keep control of oil fields on the eastern bank of the Euphrates despite the ongoing troops withdrawal. On October 21, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters that Washington wants to be sure that ensure …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-troops-remain-syria-protect-oil-fields-terrorists/5692795
The Russian-Turkish Deal on Syria: Who Won and Who Lost?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Presidents Putin and Erdogan reached a deal on Syria that represents a decisive victory for Turkey while being a drastic climbdown for Damascus after President Assad vowed earlier that day that the Syrian Arab Army was "prepared to support any …
globalresearch.ca/russian-turkish-deal-syria/5692838
Where Are the Influentials Who Find Trump Despicable?
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
The British political philosopher, John Stuart Mill, was a man of many pithy phrases. Possibly his most widely quoted assertion is that…
globalresearch.ca/influentials-find-trump-despicable/5692836
China's Move towards Digital Cryptocurrency
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
The participants of last week's "Block Chain Life" forum held in Moscow concluded that digital cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is an inevitable reality of the future that must be developed and harnessed. The event held on October 16-17 had over …
globalresearch.ca/china-move-cryptocurrency/5692875
Video: Erdogan, Putin Reach 'Historical Deal' on Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
On October 22, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached an agreement to settle the situation in northeastern Syria. | According to the agreement, Turkey's Operation 'Peace Spring' will continue in a limited area between Tell Abyad …
globalresearch.ca/video-erdogan-putin-reach-historical-deal-northern-syria/5692853
Russian/Turkish Agreement on Northern Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
When deals are struck, the devil is in the details, along with implementation of what was agreed on by all parties involved. | The historical record is clear. The US, West and Israel can never be trusted. The Russian Federation operates …
globalresearch.ca/russian-turkish-agreement-northern-syria/5692858
Russia and Clinton's Election Plan B
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
America is an insular nation, exceptional only in its willful ignorance of the rest of the world. Many Americans, undoubtedly a majority, know very little about what is really going on in the world. | Millions of Americans are unable to …
globalresearch.ca/russia-clinton-election-plan-b/5692801
Google claims quantum computing breakthrough
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-23
Google says it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research. | The technology giant said an experimental quantum processor has completed a calculation in just a few minutes that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years. | The findings, published in the scientific journal Nature, show that "quantum speed-up is achievable in a real-world system and is not precluded by any hidden physical laws", the researchers wrote. | Quantum computing is a nascent and somewhat bewildering technology for vastly sped-up information processing. | Quantum computers might one day revolutionise tasks that…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/10/23/google-claims-quantum-computing-breakthrough/
How Kurdish Independence Underpins Israel's Plan to Reshape the Middle East
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
This October 2017 article by award winning author Jonathan Cook focusses on the unspoken Israel-Kurdistan relationship. | "There has been co-operation, much of it secret, between Israel and the Kurds for decades. Israeli media lapped up tributes from now-retired generals who | …
globalresearch.ca/how-kurdish-independence-underpins-israels-plan-to-reshape-the-middle-east/5611934
Western Insanity and 5G Electromagnetic Radiation
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Modern science blindly continues to prop up a Newtonian model of a material universe and demeans the efforts of open-minded scientists who are providing ever more data to support Nikola Tesla's assertion that the universe can be understood only in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
globalresearch.ca/lowest-5g-bidder-planet-earth-populations-wildlife-optional/5692815
China's Hidden Economic Time Bomb
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
The China government statistical agency just released economic data showing the poorest GDP growth in almost 30 years for China. The problem goes far deeper than recent effects of the US-China trade war or the impact of calamities such as …
globalresearch.ca/china-economic-time-bomb/5692844
Better Relations Between the US and Russia Are Not in the Cards
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
By now Russians must wonder if the better relations they desire with the US are ever to be. US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii is the latest peacemaker to be declared "a Russian asset" by Hillary, the DNC, …
globalresearch.ca/better-relations-us-russia/5692882
Trump Says US War With Iran May Be Soon, Putin/Erdogan Syria Deal & Iraq Says No US Troops Allowed
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-23
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 (10/22/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/trump-says-us-war-with-iran-may-be-soon-putin-erdogan-syria-deal-iraq-says-no-us-troops-allowed/
Apologists of Global Capitalism: Multi-National Corporations Are Functioning as "Amoeba" in Pursuit of Profit
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
One of the arrows in the quiver of the attack on humanity from globalisation is a new field of study — the biology of corporations. Corporate apologists claim that the overwhelming majority of multi-national companies are amoral organizations in pursuit …
globalresearch.ca/apologists-of-global-capitalism-multi-national-corporations-are-functioning-as-amoeba-in-pursuit-of-profit/5692574
Hillary, "Russian Assets" and Realignment. The Dems Morph into Neocons
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
As you may have figured out by now, Hillary Clinton, warped by her own self aggrandizement of entitlement, did Tulsi Gabbard and her Presidential campaign against interventionist wars a huge incidental favor. | While the Democrats continue to splinter and …
globalresearch.ca/hillary-russian-assets-and-realignment-the-dems-morph-into-neocons/5692873
The Kurds: Washington's Weapon of Mass Destabilization in the Middle East
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Timely article by Sarah Abed on the Kurdistan-Israeli relationship first posted on Global Research on July 14, 2017 | In this three part series, MintPress and Global Research contributor Sarah Abed analyzes the role that some Kurdish factions have played throughout …
globalresearch.ca/the-kurds-washingtons-weapon-of-mass-destabilization-in-the-middle-east/5599207
Congress Holds Hearing on Big Oil's War on Climate Science
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-23
The House Oversight Committee heard testimony about the fossil fuel industry's multimillion dollar campaign to suppress knowledge of their contributions to the climate crisis.
therealnews.com/columns/congress-hearing-big-oil-war-on-climate-science
ExxonMobil Is Still Bankrolling Climate Science Deniers
Elliott Negin | commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
Climate activists demonstrate in Washington, D.C. in 2015. One displays a sign admonishing ExxonMobil for its complicity in furthering the climate apocalypse. (Photo: Johnny Silvercloud) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/23/exxonmobil-still-bankrolling-climate-science-deniers?cd-origin=rss
History falsified as Europe says Nazis and communists are the same
Phil Katz | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-23
When I wrote my book, Freedom From Tyranny, the "Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism"–which in terms of falsifying history ranks up there with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion–was still taking shape. The Prague Declaration was initiated by former Czech president Vaclav Havel in 2008 but has changed its title a bewildering …
peoplesworld.org/article/history-falsified-as-europe-says-nazis-and-communists-are-the-same/
Open Letter to Vice-Mayor Justin Cummings
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2019-10-23
Vice-Mayor Justin Cumming hasn't responded to repeated requests for a meeting with HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) and Conscience and Action, so I sent him this open letter. The issue of bathroom closure may come up quite strongly during Oral Communications with a proposed Pee Presentation at 7 PM Tuesday night 10-22.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/21/18827505.php
Students rally against detention of classmate by ICE
Art Perlo | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-23
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Students at Wilbur Cross High School got a civics lesson that may be more valuable than a year in the classroom. Dozens of students, along with their teachers and staff rallied on October 18 in support of classmate Mario Aguilar Castañon, who is being held by ICE without bond pending deportation. …
peoplesworld.org/article/students-rally-against-detention-of-classmate-by-ice/
Concord Fair Contract Rally! Support Mt. Diablo Teachers & Students
MDEA | indybay.org | 2019-10-23
MDUSD Offices | 1936 Carlotta Drive in Concord, 94519.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/22/18827520.php
CSUSF Students Demand Removal Of CSU Pres White At Commemoration of SF State Strike
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-10-23
Students at San Francisco State University at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco State strike demanded the removal of CSU president Timothy White…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/23/18827554.php
India is Confused: where does it go from here?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-23
At J. Nehru University, most students know about China and Russia only from the BBC, Reuters and other Western media outlets. Even those individuals who claim they belong to the left are not immune; influenced mainly by the British propaganda. ***** It has been like this for years: usual confusion, all around India: tough nationalistic, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/india-is-confused-where-does-it-go-from-here/
Teachers' union calls on Elizabeth Warren in bid to strangle strike against Chicago's Democratic machine
wsws.org | 2019-10-23
At Tuesday's rally, AFT President Weingarten began by holding up the sellout of this year's Los Angeles teachers' strike as a victory and model for the Chicago teachers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/23/chic…
Green Party Supports Chicago Teachers Strike
commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/23/green-party-supports-chicago-teachers-strike?cd-origin=rss
Striking Chicago educators speak on their demands
wsws.org | 2019-10-23
Keyatta, a teacher's assistant at Laura Ward Elementary said,…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/23/chi2…
Where were you on May Day? A communist schoolboy's memoir
Noyma Appelbaum | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-23
This is the third of a number of excerpted stories from a memoir "Where Were You on May Day? Transitions in Red, 1930s-1960s." The school's principal in the middle to late 1930s was Dr. Raymond Pizor. I had no idea at the time why teachers called him "Doctor," but I understood that his title was …
peoplesworld.org/article/where-were-you-on-may-day-a-communist-schoolboys-memoir/
UK Parliament Advances Johnson's No-Brexit/Brexit Deal, Rejects His Timetable
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
On Tuesday, Johnson won one Brexit vote, lost another, Britain's status of leaving the EU uncertain. | By a 329 — 299 majority, MPs approved legislation, supporting Brexit in principle, short of final approval. | Its status is "paused (in) limbo" because …
globalresearch.ca/uk-parliament-advances-johnsons-no-brexit-brexit-deal-rejects-his-timetable/5692870
For Expedient Execution of Brexit Embattled British PM Has One Last Independent Legal Move Left
Ivan Daraktchiev | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Earlier we have suggested that Boris Johnson could easily quench the chaotic mess in British Parliament where for three years now we observe politicking and positioning for career advancement, and no consideration whatsoever about assisting the Government in its job: …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-embattled-british-pm-one-last-independent-legal-move-left/5692883
Selected Articles: Russia-Turkey Deal on Syria
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-consequences-turkey-operation-peace-spring-syria/5692886
Seeking to Deport Haitians, the Trump Administration Is Counting Deaths in Displacement Camps as "Progress"
Isabel Macdonald | theintercept.com | 2019-10-22
The government's case for ending Haitians' Temporary Protected Status relies on statistics that erase evidence of persistent suffering and even death.
theintercept.com/2019/10/22/haiti-tps-earthquake-displacement-camps/
On the picket line with Indiana GM workers
Doris Jones | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-22
Through education, understanding, and action, workers can fight together for a better world.
liberationnews.org/on-the-picket-line-with-indiana-gm-workers/
Take Action Now: Join the Fight for Public Education
NationAction | thenation.com | 2019-10-22
Take Action Now: Join the Fight for Public Education…
thenation.com/article/join-the-fight-for-public-education/
US Stays In Syria, Kurds Call On Israel To Attack Turkey & US Says Israel Has 'Right' To Attack Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-22
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 (10/21/19). 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 …
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The Charter-to-Prison Pipeline
Alexandria Millet | progressive.org | 2019-10-22
The charter system that often paints itself as a better option for black parents does not acknowledge the harm rigid disciplinary policies can impose on black students.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/charter-to-prison-pipeline-millet-191022/
Chicago teachers strike continues
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-22
Chicago, IL – The joint strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and SEIU Local 73 continued October 18 and through the weekend as the office of Mayor Lori Lightfoot continued to refuse to meet the strikers' demands. | The teachers and school workers are on strike for "the schools our students deserve": smaller class sizes, genuine sanctuary schools, and a nurse and librarian in every school. Among their demands are political demands, or what the CTU calls "bargaining for the common good." These include the demand for affordable housing for working-class Chicagoans, something that the mayor refuses to put…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/10/21/chicago…
Minnesota: Patriotic Chinese students oppose turmoil in Hong Kong
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-22
Minneapolis, MN – On October 18, the five-starred flag of the People's Republic of China fluttered in the wind, as a group of patriotic Chinese international students marched in opposition to a reactionary demonstration billed as the "Liberty for Hong Kong March." | The reactionaries made their way through the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus "in solidarity with Hong Kong people against oppression on democracy and human rights." Many of the 'liberators' wore black, and the leaders of the demonstration donned yellow armbands and face masks. Their demonstration coincided with the House of Representatives…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/10/22/minneso…
Students ARRESTED after racial slur dare game is recorded & posted on Twitter
rt.com | 2019-10-22
Two University of Connecticut students have been arrested after they were filmed trading racial slurs back and forth in what appeared to be a vulgar word game. The video was posted online and sparked protests on campus. | Jarred Karal and Ryan Mucaj, both 21, were arrested and charged with "ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality, or race," UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz announced on Monday as students and staff alike demanded "accountability." | The two white students had played a game where they uttered vulgar words at increasing volume as they walked through the campus pa…
rt.com/usa/471545-students-arrested-racial-slur-university/
How Chicago Teachers Built Power Between Strikes
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2019-10-22
It's easy to glamorize the seeming spontaneity of a "strike wave" and miss the long processes of union organizing.
progressive.org/dispatches/chicago-teachers-built-power-between-strikes-jaffe-191022/