UK: SEP assistant national secretary Julie Hyland addresses social sciences conference on fake news, censorship and war
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-10
The conference examined ways in which the media has historically been used to condition public opinion in favour of war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/10/medi…
Counter-propaganda as an "Instrument of Peace". Fidel Castro and the "Battle of Ideas": The Dangers of Nuclear War
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-10
War is a criminal undertaking. What is required is to break that legitimacy, to criminalize war through a global counter-propaganda campaign. The lies and fabrications which provide legitimacy to America's "humanitarian wars" must be fully revealed. | The post Counter-propaganda as an "Instrument of Peace". Fidel Castro and the "Battle of Ideas": The Dangers of Nuclear War. appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/counter-propaganda-as-an-instrument-of-peace-fidel-castro-and-the-battle-of-ideas-the-dangers-of-nuclear-war/5529824
War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis. Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-10
Everything is interrelated: war, terrorism, the police state, the global economy, financial fraud, corrupt governments, poverty and social inequality, media disinformation, war propaganda, WMD, international law, | The post War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis. Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/war-terrorism-and-the-global-economic-crisis-in-2015-ninety-nine-interrelated-concepts/5497812
Go Public Schools Oakland Privatization Scheme With Mike Hutchinson
WorkWeek Radio | indybay.org | 2018-11-10
Mike Hutchinson, a public education advocate in Oakland talks about the role of the Go Public Charter school chain in undermining and destroying public education and the growing corruption scandals through outsourcing and privatization of public education services.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/08/18818915.php
Trump's Interference With Science Is Unprecedented
Robinson Meyer | zcomm.org | 2018-11-10
Experts say that key EPA proposals would meddle with the research process and endanger decades of protective health rules…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-interference-with-science-is-unprecedented/
Realities and challenges of recuperated workplaces in Argentina
Ricardo Vaz | mronline.org | 2018-11-10
In this interview we talk to Andrés Ruggeri, anthropologist and researcher who directs the Facultad Abierta programme, dedicated to researching and supporting companies and factories recuperated by their workers. Ruggeri tells us about the history of this movement, the challenges it faces, the relations with recent governments in Argentina, and much more. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/09/realities-and-challenges-of-recuperated-workplaces-in-argentina/
Millions in Yemen Are Starving and UK, US and France Are 'Behind This': Oxfam Representative
RT News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
The US, UK, and French governments are behind millions of people starving in Yemen because they are "supporting this war," an Oxfam representative told RT, urging London to stop beefing up Saudi Arabia's military. | "We have 14 million people starving," | … | The post Millions in Yemen Are Starving and UK, US and France Are 'Behind This': Oxfam Representative appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/millions-in-yemen-are-starving-and-uk-us-and-france-are-behind-this-oxfam-representative/5659397
NAACP Demands for Georgia Election Officials to Promptly Investigate Pattern of Georgia Students Being Denied the Right to Vote
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-09
BALTIMORE(November 9, 2018)–NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, sent a letter to Georgia elections officials just two days after the state's too-close-to-call elections, demanding a prompt investigation into reports that Georgia student voters were turned away from polling stations, unable to vote. Others were improperly required to vote provisional ballots. The letter cites two instances where university students […] | The post NAACP Demands…
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UK Government Goes Full Orwellian. DNA, Fingerprint, Face, Voice: Biometric Data for Every Single Citizen in the UK
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
We've been warning about this moment since the first day TruePublica went online. We said that the government would eventually take the biometric data of every single citizen living in Britain and use it for nefarious reasons. DNA, fingerprint, face, … | The post UK Government Goes Full Orwellian. DNA, Fingerprint, Face, Voice: Biometric Data for Every Single Citizen in the UK appeared first on Global Research…
globalresearch.ca/uk-government-goes-full-orwellian-dna-fingerprint-face-voice-biometric-data-for-every-single-citizen-in-the-uk/5659368
What 17 Student Voters Think About Tuesday's Election
StudentNation | thenation.com | 2018-11-09
What 17 Student Voters Think About Tuesday's Election…
thenation.com/article/what-16-student-voters-think-about-tuesdays-election/
New Arab Women-centered Films Are Not Just About Women
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Too often, we are overwhelmed with woeful tales, painful memoirs and worn analyses of Arab/Muslim women. Most depictions, whether we're besieged in a war, or if we're just trying to get by making small advances like women anywhere, we are … | The post New Arab Women-centered Films Are Not Just About Women appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/new-arab-women-centered-films-are-not-just-about-women/5659345
Yemen War Intensifies After Washington and London Call for Ceasefire
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Since March of 2015 the United States has engineered and guided a genocidal war against the people of Yemen. | Daily bombing operations by the Saudi Arabian-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has killed tens of thousands of people, injured and sickened … | The post Yemen War Intensifies After Washington and London Call for Ceasefire appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/yemen-war-intensifies-after-washington-and-london-calls-for-ceasefire/5659315
India-Pakistan Relations: Nuclear Doctrine, Militarization and Security Dynamics of the Indian Ocean Region
Anum A. Khan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
According to Cold War notion of strategic stability, deterrence will prevail if both countries have second strike capability due to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). Likewise, deterrence will be fragile if only one state has second strike capability…. | The post India-Pakistan Relations: Nuclear Doctrine, Militarization and Security Dynamics of the Indian Ocean Reg…
globalresearch.ca/india-pakistan-relations-nuclear-doctrine-militarization-and-security-dynamics-of-the-indian-ocean-region/5659351
Canada's Trudeau Condemns BDS in Apology to Jewish WWII Refugees
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Justin Trudeau used an apology for Canada's historical rejection of Jewish refugees during World War II to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian human rights. | The Canadian prime minister apologised in the House of Commons on … | The post Canada's Trudeau Condemns BDS in Apology to Jewish WWII Refugees appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/canadas-trudeau-condemns-bds-in-apology-to-jewish-wwii-refugees/5659377
None Dare Call It Victory: Analysis of US 2018 Elections
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
For months, the leadership of the Democratic Party hyped the message that a 'blue wave' was on its way that would politically engulf Trump and reverse his policies. Well, the wave washed up on shore on November 6, 2018, but … | The post None Dare Call It Victory: Analysis of US 2018 Elections appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/none-dare-call-victory-part-1-analysis-us-2018-elections/5659326
Myths on Race and Invasion of the 'Caravan Horde'
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-09
Now comes the mid-term elections. Perhaps what is most astonishing for me, as both an anthropologist and educator, is the level of racist discourse promoted by the current Trump administration against hapless refugees and the so-called threat they pose. Indeed, Trump and his administration have focused on immigrants as a major threat to the security…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/myths-on-race-and-invasion-of-the-caravan-horde/
Trump challenged on trans and gender diverse discrimination
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-09
Trans and gender diverse people in the US are preparing to fight for their lives — literally — against a push by the Republican religious right to quash life-saving laws protecting them from discrimination. | A leaked memo from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed it is pushing for the federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs receiving government assistance to redefine sex as binary. If the push is successful, the law wound dictate that the gender assigned at birth cannot be changed. | If successful, this would effectively exclude about 2 mil…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump-challenged-trans-and-gender-diverse-discrimination
Shepard Memorial: "We've come far but have far yet to go."
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-09
WASHINGTON–The recent memorial service and reburial at Washington National Cathedral of Matthew Shepard, the Wyoming college student beaten and left to die 20 years ago beside a desolate prairie road because he was gay, showed "the distance we've come and how far we've yet to travel" for LGBTQ people, National Education Association Vice President Becky …
peoplesworld.org/article/shepard-memorial-weve-come-far-but-have-far-yet-to-go/
Soldiers Attack Students During School Celebration
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-09
Israeli soldiers invaded Thursday, Beit Ta'mar Palestinian village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started firing live rounds at students, teachers and officials of the Ministry of Education, during a school celebration. Media sources said the soldiers, and many illegal colonialist settlers, surrounded the area, before the …
After Massacre in California Bar, Will a Democrat-Controlled House Take Action on Gun Control?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-09
The city of Thousands Oaks, California, is mourning after a former marine opened fire at a country music bar Wednesday night, killing 12 people, mostly students. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in February. Police have identified the gunman as 28-year-old Ian David Long, a Marine veteran who had deployed to Afghanistan and had a history of mental health issues, including possible PTSD. The dead include 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos, who survived the deadly Las Vegas massacre at a country music festival last year, only to be gunned down Wednesda…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/9/after_mas…
Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Most of us know little about John Maynard Keynes and although he lived a century ago, he continues to affect our lives. This book about him is written in a style that is as formal as the hyphenated name of … | The post Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/universal-man-the-seven-lives-of-john-maynard-keynes/5659366
A Mother's Plea to Save Her Son… Julian Assange, Held 8 Years Without Charge by the UK Government
Mairead Maguire | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
On 4th November, 2018, Christine Assange, mother of Julian Assange, made a deeply moving video public appeal to save the life of her son Julian. | Julian Assange is Editor in Chief of Wikileaks. Because of Wikileaks reporting of … | The post A Mother's Plea to Save Her Son… Julian Assange, Held 8 Years Without Charge by the UK Government appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-mothers-plea-to-save-her-son-julian-assange-held-8-years-without-charge-by-the-uk-government/5659320
Selected Articles: 5G Corporate Grail. Microwave Radiation
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? Do you think this resource should be maintained and preserved as a research tool for future generations? Bringing you 24/7 updates from all over … | The post Selected Articles: 5G Corporate Grail. Microwave Radiation appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-5g-corporate-grail/5659364
Netanyahu Approves Death Penalty Targeting Palestinian Prisoners
Ace Hoffman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved passing a bill into law that allows execution of Palestinian prisoners, Hebrew-language news sites reported on Monday.Netanyahu reportedly gave the green light, on Sunday, to members of his Likud policitical party to … | The post Netanyahu Approves Death Penalty Targeting Palestinian Prisoners appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-approves-death-penalty-targeting-palestinian-prisoners/5659383
Russia's S-400 Sale to India Won't Imperil Its Partnership with Pakistan
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
There's been a lot of talk about how Russia's decision to sell S-400s to India might negatively affect its incipient partnership with Pakistan, but such speculation reveals an improper understanding of these two Great Powers' developing relations that recalls the … | The post Russia's S-400 Sale to India Won't Imperil Its Partnership with Pakistan appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russias-s-400-sale-india-imperil-partnership-pakistan/5659332
Citizens' Petition to Lift All Sanctions Against Venezuela Is Rejected by Canadian Parliament
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Last November 27 of 2017 Alan Freeman who is a Canadian economist co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group [1] based at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, initiated an E-Petition to the Government of Canada. The petition was … | The post Citizens' Petition to Lift All Sanctions Against Venezuela Is Rejected by Canadian Parliament appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/citizens-petition-lift-sanctions-venezuela-rejected-canadian-parliament/5659338
Saudi Arabia Is Evaluating A Break Up Of OPEC
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2018-11-09
In potentially groundbreaking news – which failed to generate a market response as it hit at the same time as the FOMC statement – Saudi Arabia's top government-funded think tank is said to be studying the possible effects on oil markets of a breakup of OPEC, a research effort which the WSJ called "remarkable" for a country […] | The post Saudi Arabia Is Evaluating A Break Up Of OPEC appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/08/saudi-arabia-is-evaluating-a-break-up-of-opec/
The Zika Scare: a Political and Commercial Maneuver of the Chemical Poisons Industry
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-09
Researchers discovered the Zika virus in the Zika forest of Uganda — in 1947. It is a virus not much different than the viruses causing dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, and St. Luis encephalitis. The Zika virus eventually spread throughout most of the world. Mosquitoes carry and spread the Zika virus. But for decades…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/the-zika-scare-a-political-and-commercial-maneuver-of-the-chemical-poisons-industry/
Three Years On, Yazidis in Northern Iraq Have Nowhere to Return
Norwegian Refugee Council | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Three years since Sinjar was retaken from Islamic State group, more than 200,000 people, mostly Yazidis, remain displaced in northern Iraq and abroad, with no homes to return to. | While the plight of Yazidi victims was highlighted last month | … | The post Three Years On, Yazidis in Northern Iraq Have Nowhere to Return appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/sinjar-three-years-on-yazidis-have-nowhere-to-return/5659372
Mid-Term Divisions: The Trump Take: "Defeat is Victory"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
President Donald J. Trump has a special, strained take on the world. Defeat is simply victory viewed in slanted terms. Victory for the other side is defeat elaborately clothed. Both views stand, and these alternate with a mind bending disturbance | … | The post Mid-Term Divisions: The Trump Take: "Defeat is Victory" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mid-term-divisions-the-trump-take-defeat-is-victory/5659330
Video: Syrian Forces Freed All Hostages Captured by ISIS in Al-Suwayda
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
On November 8, the Syrian Special Forces freed all hostages, who had been captured by ISIS in eastern al-Suwayda and then held in eastern Homs, the Syrian state media reported. According to the report, the operation took place in the … | The post Video: Syrian Forces Freed All Hostages Captured by ISIS in Al-Suwayda appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-forces-freed-all-hostages-captured-by-isis-in-al-suwayda/5659387
Nicaragua and the U.S. Neo-fascist Offensive
Fabián Escalante Font | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
In April of the current year, media headlines pointed to a 'revolution' breaking out in Nicaragua against the Sandinista Front government headed by Commander Daniel Ortega. Until then, and for 11 years, the government of that country, legitimately chosen … | The post Nicaragua and the U.S. Neo-fascist Offensive appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-and-the-u-s-neo-fascist-offensive/5659350
How to be a Reliable 'Mainstream' Journalist
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
There are certain rules you need to follow as a journalist if you are going to demonstrate to your editors, and the media owners who employ you, that you can be trusted. | For example, if you write about US-Iran relations, … | The post How to be a Reliable 'Mainstream' Journalist appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/how-to-be-a-reliable-mainstream-journalist/5659379
Mike Pompeo, Psychopath
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
During an interview with BBC Persia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States will starve millions of Iranians to death if the country's leadership doesn't bend to its will. | Pompeo said Iran's "leadership has to make a … | The post Mike Pompeo, Psychopath appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mike-pompeo-psychopath/5659432
Ukraine-Russia Tensions Rise in Church Row. The Canonical Authority of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate (MP)
Dmitry Babich | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, an authority completely outside Ukraine, on Oct. 11 stripped away the canonical authority of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate (MP), sparking a crisis with Russia. | The 1030-year old church is … | The post Ukraine-Russia Tensions Rise in Church Row. The Canonical Authority of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate (MP) appeared firs…
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-russia-tensions-rise-in-church-row-the-canonical-authority-of-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-moscow-patriarchate-mp/5659393
Why Cash and Connections Remain Somalia's Most Popular Currencies
Abukar Arman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
In the moral version of human history – expressed in the Quran, Bible, and Torah – corruption is considered the worst reckless impulse that caused men to fall from grace. It was the betrayal of trust and loyalty for purely … | The post Why Cash and Connections Remain Somalia's Most Popular Currencies appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/why-cash-and-connections-remain-somalias-most-popular-currencies/5659323
AEU members send strong message in union vote
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
Australian Education Union (AEU) Victoria branch officials should view the results of the recent branch elections as a warning signal, say rank-and-file candidates. | The results, declared by the Australian Electoral Commission on November 2, show that of 48,083 eligible voters, only 7553 voted. More than 25 positions were left vacant due to a lack of candidates. | At the same time, the vote for branch vice president in the secondary sector, which has always been more militant and willing to challenge AEU leaderships, revealed a strong level of discontent with the current leadership. Although incumbent Marino D'O…
greenleft.org.au/content/aeu-members-send-strong-message-union-vote
Over 700 union members win public office in midterms
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-08
WASHINGTON–Led by Minnesota's Tim Walz, some 743 unionists–and counting–won public office nationwide, from Congress down to county commissioner, the AFL-CIO calculates. Walz, a member of Education Minnesota–the joint AFT-NEA affiliate in the state–and a Mankato High School history teacher, was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor congressman from the GOP-leaning 1st District for the last 12 years. Now, Walz …
peoplesworld.org/article/over-700-union-members-win-public-office-in-midterms/
Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-08
(MPN) — A leaked Al Jazeera documentary detailing the tactics of the Israeli lobby in the United States and elsewhere has revealed that pro-Israel groups regularly invented smears, including false accusations of sexual assault, to discredit professors and students on U.S. university campuses that support equal rights for Palestinians and the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS is …
theantimedia.com/israel-lobby-leaked/
Progressives Win on Medicaid Expansion, Public Education, and Voting Rights Through Ballot Initiatives
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2018-11-07
From state legislative races to the House of Representatives, progressive candidates made a dent in the 2018 election season, and will be relatively well-represented in federal and state-level governments next year. But it's not just elected office: Left-wing activists also made their voices heard through ballot initiatives across the country. On Tuesday night, progressives walked away with some wins and some losses on that front. | They made gains for Medicaid expansion, public education, and voting rights. But they lost other battles, like on criminal justice reform, nurse-to-patient ratios, and universal home…
theintercept.com/2018/11/07/ballot-measures-2018-midterms/
Tampa Bay SDS rally demands USF not comply with federal agencies attacking immigrants
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-07
Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a rally on the campus of University of South Florida, November 5 to demand that the school administrators not comply with federal agencies' attempts to attack immigrants. These agencies include the FBI, ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security, all of which are involved in finding and deporting undocumented people, including students. The information that is currently shared to these agencies includes where a student lives, their classes, and their current immigration status. | The event was attended by more than 20 SDS members and su…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/7/tampa-ba…
"He Set Out to Kill Women": Self-Proclaimed Misogynist Murders 2 Women at Florida Yoga Studio
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-05
Two women were shot and killed at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday when a far-right extremist and self-proclaimed misogynist entered a yoga class and opened fire. Forty-year-old gunman Scott Beierle murdered 61-year-old Nancy Van Vessem, a medical doctor and a faculty member at Florida State University, and Florida State University student 21-year-old Maura Binkley in the deadly shooting. He critically injured four other women, including one woman who was shot nine times. Beierle also pistol-whipped a man in the rampage before turning the gun on himself. Police say Beierle was found dead at the yo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/5/he_set_ou…
33 Trillion More Reasons Why The New York Times Gets it Wrong on Russia-gate
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
Further research shows The New York Times was even further off the mark in blaming Russian social media for Trump's win, as Gareth Porter reports. Facebook Said 80,000 Russian Posts Were Buried in 33 Trillion Facebook Offerings Over Two-Year Period Further Undermining NYT's Case … Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/02/33-trillion-more-reasons-why-the-new-york-times-gets-it-wrong-on-russia-gate/
Most Political Candidates Agree "Education Is Good." But Only a Few Have a Lesson Plan
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2018-10-31
A case study from Pennsylvania's midterms.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/education-in-the-midterms-Pennsylvania-181031/
Why We Need More School Leaders of Color, Especially in White Districts
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2018-10-29
Racism in the classroom leaves white students racially illiterate.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/racist-educators-harm-white-students-too-181029/
Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-28
As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed… | The post Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/28/members-of-netanyahus-likud-blame-victims-of-pittsburgh-pogrom-and-echo-the-killers-rhetoric/