Does Social Media Sell Us a Rope to Hang Capitalism?
Hiroyuki Hamada | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
While some people are campaigning to get friends off Facebook due to its authoritarian censorship, I would also like to note that my Facebook network has been a great tool in learning about the hidden mechanisms of our time–often … | The post Does Social Media Sell Us a Rope to Hang Capitalism? appeared first on Glob…
globalresearch.ca/does-social-media-sell-us-a-rope-to-hang-capitalism/5657378
Exploitation and Dislocation Continues in Detroit
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Commentary | During the early morning hours of Sunday October 7, members of Unite Here Local 24 in Detroit went on strike against the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel located downtown on Washington Blvd. | The union is striking against the corporation which … | The post Exploitation and Dislocation Continues in Detroit appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/exploitation-and-dislocation-continues-in-detroit/5657371
What Killed Thousands of Indonesians — The Quake or the Misery?
Andre Vltchek | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2018-10-19
The post What Killed Thousands of Indonesians — The Quake or the Misery? appeared first on Global Research.
asia-pacificresearch.com/what-killed-thousands-of-indonesians-the-quake-or-the-misery/5628377
Haiti: Nearly a Million People Took to the Streets. They Want the Western-imposed government out of Haiti
Ezili Dantò | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Janjak Desalin (Jean Jacques Dessalines), said, "I Want the Assets of the Country to be Equitably Divided" and for that he was assassinated, 212 years ago today. | Nearly a million Haitians took to the streets nationwide in Haiti today, October … | The post Haiti: Nearly a Million People Took to the Streets. They Want the Western-imposed government out of Haiti appeared first on Global Res…
globalresearch.ca/haiti-nearly-a-million-people-took-to-the-streets-they-want-the-western-imposed-government-out-of-haiti/5657400
Selected Articles: The Khashoggi Affair
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Global Research has over 50,000 subscribers to our Newsletter. | Our objective is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us … | The post Selected Articles: The Khashoggi Affair appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-the-khashoggi-affair/5657349
The CIA Democrats: From the State Department to Capitol Hill
Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Read Part I and II here. | Candidates from a military-intelligence background are seeking the Democratic Party nomination in 40 percent of the congressional districts targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 2018 elections. They make up the largest … | The post The CIA Democrats: From the State Depar…
globalresearch.ca/the-cia-democrats-from-the-state-department-to-capitol-hill/5657397
Agent Orange and the Legacy of the Vietnam War: Living Disabled
Karl Schuler | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2018-10-19
The post Agent Orange and the Legacy of the Vietnam War: Living Disabled appeared first on Global Research.
asia-pacificresearch.com/agent-orange-and-the-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war-living-disabled/5628359
Colonizing the Mind: Western-imposed "Good Governance" = Terrorism
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Whereas Canada claims to have a "feminist" foreign policy, based on humanitarian, and civilizing considerations, "we" support al Qaeda and affiliated terrorists in Syria and beyond. How to explain this glaring contradiction? | As Canadians, we are immersed in colonial mindsets … | The post Colonizing the Mind: Western-imposed "Good Governance" = Terrorism appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/colonizing-the-mind-western-imposed-good-governance-terrorism/5657367
Saudi Stops Funding Terror in Syria as the Arab League Prepares to Resume Ties with Damascus: The Time Is Not Yet Ripe for Retaking Idlib
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
The October 15 deadline agreed to by Turkey, Russia and Iran for Turkey to evacuate all heavy weapons and jihadist groups along a 15-20 km demilitarised demarcation line around Idlib and its rural area, including rural Latakia, has come and … | The post Saudi Stops Funding Terror in Syria as the Arab League Prepares to Resume Ties with Damascus: The Time Is Not Yet Ripe for Retaking Idlib appeared first on
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Vanquishing the Republic: Harry and Meghan in Australia
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
"The establishment of a republic… means insurrectionary war, it means the desolation of a thousand households. When the question shall arise, it will be determined… by balls from cannon and from musket, by grape and shrapnel, by bayonet and by … | The post Vanquishing the Republic: Harry and Meghan in Australia appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/vanquishing-the-republic-harry-and-meghan-in-australia/5657384
The Oral History of a Japanese Soldier in Manchuria
Prof. Oguma Eiji | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2018-10-19
The post The Oral History of a Japanese Soldier in Manchuria appeared first on Global Research.
asia-pacificresearch.com/the-oral-history-of-a-japanese-soldier-in-manchuria/5628365
The Education Business
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-19
Just by coincidence, two new documentaries drive a stake into the heart of very different forms of higher-educational chicanery. Opening today at the Cinema Village in New York, Roger Paradiso's "Lost Village" is a no-holds-barred assault on NYU for its role in turning Greenwich Village into a wasteland of empty stores, CVS's, banks, and fast…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/19/the-education-business/
The Sino-American Innovation Dilemma: A Conflict with Deep Roots and Tough Solutions
Stephen S. Roach | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
In the midst of an ever-escalating tariff war, I do not share the view that Sino-American tensions are all about trade imbalances. The real battle is a strategic clash over innovation and technology — the Holy Grail of any nation's … | The post The Sino-American Innovation Dilemma: A Conflict with Deep Roots and Tough Solutions appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-sino-american-innovation-dilemma-a-conflict-with-deep-roots-and-tough-solutions/5657418
Nonviolent Afghans Bring a Breath of Fresh Air
Dr. Hakim Young | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-19
Grade 12thAfghan student Jamila Omary asked, "Do you have any plans to arm yourselves, because of the threats and dangers you have faced?" Iqbal Khyber answered, "No. Though it is easy to buy weapons today, arming ourselves will worsen the war. Weapons will make us less secure." What a breath of fresh air in the…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/19/nonviolent-afghans-bring-a-breath-of-fresh-air/
The Pieties of the Liberal Class
Jason Hirthler | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-19
From the west side of the island, a pedestrian can see, high in the misty gray sky of Manhattan, the carmine lettering of The New Yorker hotel. The art-deco staple of the Jazz Age has graced the skyline of the city since 1930. It has hosted movie stars and starlets, ballplayers and boxers, heroic firefighters and geniuses of science. Barack Obama's parents were married there. It is a beacon of bourgeois New York life. City dwellers and tourists see it as a kind of marker of pedigree, its neon serifs floating like a semaphore of sophistication above the bustling metropolis below. Fittingly, it is where elitist ins…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/19/the-pieties-of-the-liberal-class/
Syria: The White Helmets and Armed Group Leader in Daraa Al Balad. Vanessa Beeley
Vanessa Beeley | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
"If you shout at us we will cry, we are so sensitive" Abu Mohanad Al Mahamid told me on the 20th September 2018. Al Mahamid is the leader of the still-functioning White Helmet center in Dara'a Al Balad to the … | The post Syria: The White Helmets and Armed Group Leader in Daraa Al Balad. Vanessa Beeley appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/syria-vanessa-beeley-meets-the-white-helmets-and-armed-group-leader-in-daraa-al-balad/5657409
Japan's Integrated Approach to Human Security
Andrew Dewit | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2018-10-19
The post Japan's Integrated Approach to Human Security appeared first on Global Research.
asia-pacificresearch.com/japans-integrated-approach-to-human-security/5628367
The CIA Democrats: Agents and War Commanders
Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Read Part I here. | There are 57 candidates for the Democratic nomination in 44 congressional districts who boast as their major credential their years of service in intelligence, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, at the State Department, … | The post The CIA Democrats: Agents and War Commanders appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-cia-democrats-agents-and-war-commanders/5657393
Egypt-Russia Relations: President Sisi Counts on Moscow
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi traveled to Russia in the middle of October for a three-day visit that culminated in a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Sochi. The trip was important in showcasing the progress that Russian-Egyptian relations have made … | The post Egypt-Russia Relations: President Sisi Counts on Moscow appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/egypt-russia-relations-president-sisi-counts-on-moscow/5657340
Diyanet: Erdogan's Islamic Vehicle to the Balkans. Ottoman Symbolism in Kosovo
Prof. Alon Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
A billboard at a construction site, with a photo of an Ottoman-style mosque with four minarets and the flag of Turkey, was erected recently in the center of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. With less than 2 million people, Kosovo, | … | The post Diyanet: Erdogan's Islamic Vehicle to the Balkans. Ottoman Symbolism in Kosovo appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/diyanet-erdogans-islamic-vehicle-to-the-balkans-ottoman-symbolism-in-kosovo/5657454
Anniversary of Gaddafi's Death and the Current Situation in Libya
Yuriy Zinin | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
The seventh anniversary of the killing of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on October 20, 2011 provides us with an opportunity to reassess those dramatic events which caused a major step backwards in the country's development. With the fall of … | The post Anniversary of Gaddafi's Death and the Current Situation in Libya appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/anniversary-of-gaddafis-death-and-the-current-situation-in-libya/5657452
Video: Israel Is Preparing to Challenge S-300 in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-19
Two F-15 warplanes of the US-led coalition accidentally struck a unit of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which was involved in the SDF advance on ISIS in the Euphrates Valley, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported on October 17. The … | The post Video: Israel Is Preparing to Challenge S-300 in Syria appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-is-preparing-to-challenge-s-300-in-syria/5657391
New York City teachers union attempts to rush though sellout contract
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-19
The United Federation of Teachers is trying to sell its membership a contract that cuts health care, reduces real wages and maintains poor conditions for students.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/19/newy…
'The Nation' Appoints Anti-Corruption Powerhouse Zephyr Teachout to Its Editorial Board
Press Room | thenation.com | 2018-10-18
'The Nation' Appoints Anti-Corruption Powerhouse Zephyr Teachout to Its Editorial Board…
thenation.com/article/the-nation-appoints-anti-corruption-powerhouse-zephyr-teachout-to-editorial-board/
Palestinian-American Student Allowed Entry After Appeal to Israeli Supreme Court
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2018-10-18
A Palestinian-American student who was prevented entry to study in Israel has claimed victory at the Israeli Supreme Court. The court ruled today that 22-year old Lara al-Qasem will be allowed entry to study in a graduate program at Hebrew University. al-Qasem, whose grandparents are Palestinian, is an American student …
Palestinian-American Student Allowed Entry After Appeal to Israeli Supreme Court
Libya's Ambassador to UN Demands Security Council Halt UK's Intention to Use Frozen Assets for IRA Victims
Libyan Express | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-18
Any attempt by the British government to use frozen Libyan assets in England to compensate IRA victims of weapons and explosives smuggled into Northern Ireland from Libya would be in breach of United Nations resolutions, a senior Libyan diplomat has … | The post Libya's Ambassador to UN Demands Security Council Halt UK's Intention to Use Frozen Assets for IRA Victims appeared first on Glo…
globalresearch.ca/libyas-ambassador-to-un-demands-security-council-halt-uks-intention-to-use-frozen-assets-for-ira-victims/5657309
Black-Eyed Kids and Other Nightmares From the Suburbs
BPBR | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-18
In the early morning hours of January 16, 1998, Abilene Reporter-News journalist and long-time "student of the occult," Brian Bethel, laid out the foundation for a modern day urban legend. His tale began on a late night three years prior when he went to the local strip mall to a pay a bill. Writing a check by the light…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/18/black-eyed-kids-and-other-nightmares-from-the-suburbs/
Meet Edward Blum, the Man Who Wants to Kill Affirmation Action in Higher Education
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-18
Activist Edward Blum has been trying to destroy race-conscious college admissions for a long time. | In a federal lawsuit that went to trial this week, the organization Students for Fair Admissions is challenging Harvard University's admissions practices, arguing that the consideration of race in the process violates the Equal Protection Clause. | So what's at stake in this case? A lot. | Just two years ago, in Fisher v. the University of Texas, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the consideration of race as part of a holistic admissions pr…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/affirmative-action/meet-edward-blum-man-who-wants-kill-affirmation-action-higher
Hatewatch Headlines 10/18/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-10-18
Are Proud Boys new face of the GOP? Fake news makes students doubt all news; 'Today' gives white supremacists a shiny platform; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/18/hatewatch-headlines-10182018
Economic Austerity Kills: The Burden of Disease in Greece. Mortality, Tuberculosis, Suicide
MCCAH | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-18
The Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko opened its doors in December of 2011. Since that time, it has become abundantly clear that the austerity measures resulting from the 1st memorandum, signed by the then Prime Minister George Papandreou brought … | The post Economic Austerity Kills: The Burden of Disease in Greece. Mortality, Tuberculosis, Suicide appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/economic-austerity-kills-the-burden-of-disease-in-greece-mortality-tuberculosis-suicide/5657300
Killing Jamal Khashoggi Was Easy. Explaining It Is Much Harder
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-18
Getting to the bottom of the Jamal Khashoggi disappearance is a bit like peeling an onion. It is known that Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd to get a document that would enable him … | The post Killing Jamal Khashoggi Was Easy. Explaining It Is Much Harder appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/killing-jamal-khashoggi-was-easy-explaining-it-is-much-harder/5657314
'Rot in hell!': Henry Kissinger heckled at New York University speech (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-18
New York University students heckled and disrupted an appearance by Henry Kissinger on Tuesday, accusing the former US Secretary of State of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
rt.com/usa/441664-henry-kissinger-student-protest/
DSA covers for unions and Democrats in new book on walkout by West Virginia teachers
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-18
A new book promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is centered on the lie that the West Virginia teachers' strike, which set off the series of strikes nationally last spring, was a "victory" in which the unions played a heroic role.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/18/west…
Guilty until proven innocent: Teen girls made boy's life 'unbearable' with false assault allegations
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-18
A Pennsylvania school district is facing a lawsuit taken by the family of a former student after he was charged with sexual assault and forced out of the school when a group of girls made false allegations against him.
rt.com/usa/441658-false-accusation-sexual-assault/
'It'll change back?' Trump mocked for his 'natural instinct for science' on climate change
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-18
While a sobering new UN report on climate change indicates humans might have little time to change our ways to avoid environmental catastrophe, President Trump isn't worried, pointing to scientists "on both sides of the picture."
rt.com/usa/441575-trump-science-climate-change/
Israel overturns deportation order, will allow detained US student Alqasem to enter
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-18
Lawyers for a US student refused entry to Israel for allegedly supporting a boycott movement against the Jewish state have declared victory, after she had her deportation order overturned by Israel's Supreme Court.
rt.com/usa/441667-israel-boycott-student-victory/
SPLC sues for records detailing Trump administration plan to arm teachers with guns using federal funds
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-17
The Trump administration is withholding records detailing how it has unlawfully permitted the use of federal funds to arm teachers with guns in classrooms across America, according to a lawsuit the SPLC filed today.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/17/splc-sues-records-detailing-trump-administration-plan-arm-teachers-guns-using-federal-funds
Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student–Now She's Challenging the State in Court
Molly Minta | thenation.com | 2018-10-17
This isn't the first time Israel has denied entry to a prospective student, but Lara Alqasem is the first to challenge it. | The post Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student–Now She's Challenging the State in Court…
thenation.com/article/israel-detained-this-palestinian-american-student-now-shes-challenging-the-state-in-court/
In Pennsylvania, We'll Turn Our Anger into Votes
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-17
In Pennsylvania, a state which shocked the nation in the 2016 Presidential elections, all roads lead to the ballot box on November 6. For Pennsylvanians across the state, this will be an election of the conscience. Many will reckon with the ballots they cast two years ago, while others, spurred by the current state of […] | The post In Pennsylvania, We'll Turn Our Anger into Votes appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/pennsylvania-well-turn-anger-votes/
NAACP to Host National Town Hall on Thursday, October 18
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-17
Tele Townhall to Discuss Education and Economy Concerns Going into Elections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Vanessa Mbonu/ vmbonu@naacpnet.org BALTIMORE (October 17, 2018) — NAACP will host a national tele townhall on Thursday, October 18th at 9 pm as it rallies to turnout Black voters for the midterm elections. With less than three weeks until election day, this townhall — the […] | The post NAACP to Host National Town Hall on Thursday, October 18 appeared first on
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Is Lara Alqasem undermining Palestinian boycott campaign?
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-16
Is Lara Alqasem undermining Palestinian boycott campaign?: In the NewsAny International student, regardless of identity, enrolling in a complicit Israeli university is violating the Palestinian nonviolent picket line. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boyc…
bdsmovement.net/news/lara-alqasem-undermining-palestinian-boycott-campaign
Women Have the Power to End the Student-Debt Crisis
Sabrina Cereceres, Samantha Morgan | thenation.com | 2018-10-16
Women Have the Power to End the Student-Debt Crisis…
thenation.com/article/women-have-the-power-to-end-the-student-debt-crisis/
Cannibal cookies? Student accused of baking grandmother's ashes and feeding classmates
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-16
They say there's nothing better than grandma's cooking, but what about cookies made from the ashes of a dead grandmother? Police are investigating reports that a California student fed her classmates ash-laced cookies.
rt.com/usa/441440-grandmother-ashes-cookies-davis/
Cardiac stem cell treatment pioneer fabricated 31 studies, Harvard & Brigham conclude
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-16
Two prestigious US hospitals have concluded a prominent cardiologist whose research served as the foundation for cardiac stem cell therapy fabricated or falsified data in at least 31 published studies that should now be retracted.
rt.com/usa/441353-cardiac-researcher-falsified-studies/
Kinky, panty-selling, yoga teacher will still run for office in US despite revelations
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-16
A city council election in the US took a bizarre turn after one of the candidates was found to have an online alter ego that performed webcam striptease in addition to selling her used underwear and gym shorts online.
rt.com/usa/441395-used-panty-selling-politician/
US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal?
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-10-15
September's unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, but what is behind this statistic, how does it affect ordinary citizens, and can Trump take credit for the drop? We discuss these questions with PERI's Gerald Epstein | The post US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal? appeared first on
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US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal?
Shared by Gregory Wilpert | therealnews.com | 2018-10-15
September's unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, but what is behind this statistic, how does it affect ordinary citizens, and can Trump take credit for the drop? We discuss these questions with PERI's Gerald Epstein | The post US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal? appeared first on
therealnews.com/stories/us-unemployment-rate-hits-50-year-low-what-does-the-number-reveal-and-conceal
As Far Right Marches in London, UK Teachers Organize Against Racism
Shared by therealnews | therealnews.com | 2018-10-15
Educators gathered in Leeds to share strategies on how to combat growing racism, xenophobia and and Islamophobia across the UK | The post As Far Right Marches in London, UK Teachers Organize Against Racism appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/as-far-right-marches-in-london-uk-teachers-organize-against-racism
Five Questions For: Author Suzanne Gordon on the VA as a 'Model for American Health Care'
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2018-10-14
"Many liberals and progressives who don't buy the propaganda about climate, or about education, buy the propaganda about the VA."
progressive.org/dispatches/author-suzanne-gordon-veterans-admin-181014/
Is a bicycle alive? Can an elephant fit through a house door? DARPA to teach AI 'common sense'
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-14
The US military research agency will spend millions helping computers engage better with the real world — a necessary step en-route to creating genuinely sentient robots, and not just calculating machines.
rt.com/news/441237-darpa-ai-common-sense/