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Israeli Authorities Thwart Progress of Students and Schools over Archaeological Sites
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-11
(Photo courtesy of Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) Israeli occupation authorities, Tuesday, notified a Palestinian school in the town of Samou, to the south of Hebron, to stop working, claiming that it has been constructed in an area which threatens archaeological sites. Palestinian Ministry of Education said, in a statement, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-authorities-thwart-progress-of-students-and-schools-over-archaeological-sites/

Divide and Conquer Tactics: Millions of Deaths Triggered by the British Empire
Tomasz Pierscionek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Western historians who condemn the USSR for the deaths under Stalin‚Äã's dictatorship should shed a spotlight on ‚Äãthe millions who died under British rule‚Äã, including those in engineered famines across the Indian subcontinent. | The UK general election is a week | …
globalresearch.ca/deaths-caused-british-empire-should-condemned/5697439

Sudan's Withdrawal from Yemen Is Part of Its Alignment with the U.S
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
In an October article, I made the argument that Yemen has become Saudi Arabia's "Vietnam" because despite their technological, demographical and economical advantage over Yemen, it has completely failed to break the Yemeni resistance, headed by the Houthi-led Ansarullah …
globalresearch.ca/sudan-withdrawal-yemen-alignment-u-s/5697470

How Africa Could Power a Green Revolution
William Minter | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-11
Just before this year's global climate summit opened in Madrid recently, researchers announced that emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels will hit a record high in 2019. Although the 0.6 percent rate of growth is less than last year's 2.1 percent, the total which must be cut to prevent the most catastrophic and irreversible…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/11/how-africa-could-power-a-green-revolution/

Trump-Pelosi Trade Maneuvers: The New NAFTA 2.0, China Tariffs, and Brazil-Argentina Steel
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
According to the corporate media, revisions to the USMCA demanded …
globalresearch.ca/trump-pelosi-trade-maneuvers-the-new-nafta-2-0-china-tariffs-and-brazil-argentina-steel/5697373

Popular Theatre as Cultural Resistance: Engaging Audiences Worldwide
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
"Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to 'serious' drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic …
globalresearch.ca/popular-theatre-cultural-resistance-engaging-audiences-worldwide/5697375

From Shanghai to Chongqing: The World's Most Expensive Railway
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
The Yiwan Railway | Work was finally completed in 2010 on China's Yiwan Railway, a route paralleling the lake formed by the Three Gorges dam, a 380 km East — West line running through beautiful but challenging mountainous terrain from Wuhan, …
globalresearch.ca/world-most-expensive-railway/5697427

The US' New Stance on 'Israeli' Settlements Doesn't Change Anything at All
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
The US' new stance on "Israeli" settlements is condemnable from both the legal and ethical standpoints, but it doesn't change the reality that Tel Aviv's colonial policy won't be curtailed unless the international community summons the political will to impose …
globalresearch.ca/us-new-stance-israeli-settlements-doesnt-change-anything/5697418

Last Straw as Teachers in France Join Nationwide Strike
Danica Jorden | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
One of the many groups taking part in the massive general strike in France this week, and joining forces with the year-long Yellow Jackets movement, are the country's public school teachers. The "coup de grâce" for teachers was the Macron …
globalresearch.ca/teachers-france-join-nationwide-strike/5697402

A Second Nakba in the Making
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Two years ago Friday, President Donald Trump formally recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital. We knew then that this was an irresponsible and cruelly insensitive act that would do grave harm to the rights and well-being of Palestinians and put an …
globalresearch.ca/second-nakba-making/5697468

US Accuses Iran Of "Increasingly Sophisticated" ROCKET Attacks, Clinton Meddling & Afghan Implosion
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-11
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 (12/10/19). 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/us-accuses-iran-of-increasingly-sophisticated-rocket-attacks-clinton-meddling-afghan-implosion/

The Uyghur Issue: How Can the U.S. Dare Lecturing China About the Rights of the Muslims?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
In 2019, I have written a long analysis about "the Uyghur issue"; analysis which will be soon published as a book. | For some time, I have been warning the world that the West, and the United States in particular, are …
globalresearch.ca/how-can-u-s-dare-lecturing-china-about-rights-muslims/5697390

White Helmets Founder Was Allegedly Assassinated, Turkish Report
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Speculation is rife in the local Turkish media that the founder of the White Helmets, James Le Mesurier, might have been running away from someone before he fell or was pushed to his death in a case that was …
globalresearch.ca/white-helmets-founder-allegedly-assassinated-turkish-report/5697365

"Sin Taxes" and Orwellian Methods of Compliance that Feed the Government's Greed
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his …
globalresearch.ca/sin-taxes-other-orwellian-methods-compliance-feed-government-greed/5697380

Moscow Creates 'Anti-Missile Dome' over Northern Fleet as Battle for Arctic Heats Up
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
The international struggle for military supremacy in the Arctic has just risen to absurd new heights. | Following the collapse of the arms control regime that for decades aided the US's tenuous grip on power in the region, the US, Russia …
globalresearch.ca/moscow-creates-anti-missile-dome-northern-fleet-battle-arctic-heats-up/5697403

Big Pharma Bought Access to Your DNA from Genealogy Company and What They're Using It for Should Concern Everyone
Joshua Greenberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Have you paid for an ancestry report? Perhaps someone gave it to you as a gift. Either way, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline now owns your genetic fingerprint. | In a paradigm shift that is making some people uneasy, human DNA has been …
globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-bought-access-your-dna-genealogy-company/5697167

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement–Weak Tea, at Best
Thea M. Lee | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
The revised U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), announced today by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and endorsed by the AFL-CIO, represents a significant improvement on the draft agreement first released in 2017. Negotiators for labor and House Democrats strengthened the provisions …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-mexico-canada-agreement/5697409

On International Human Rights Day, Oppose U.S. Coup in Bolivia and Global Lawlessness: Black Alliance for Peace (BAP)
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
December 10, 2019, on this day 71 years ago the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was launched by the United Nations. The Declaration reflected the agreed-upon principles that were expected to usher in a new period in which this …
globalresearch.ca/international-human-rights-day-congressional-black-caucus-oppose-u-s-coup-bolivia-global-lawlessness/5697368

Video: President al-Assad: Europe Was the Main Player in Creating Chaos in Syria
Bashar al Assad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
President Bashar al-Assad said that Syria is going to come out of the war stronger and the future of Syria is promising and the situation is much better, pointing out to the achievements of the Syrian Arab army in the …
globalresearch.ca/video-president-al-assad-europe-main-player-creating-chaos-syria/5697395

'The Biggest Thing You Did for Israel' Was Breaking Iran Deal — Adelson Tells Trump
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Donald Trump's speech to the Israeli American Council on Saturday night in the presence of his biggest donors, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, has caused some shock waves. Largely because he referred to Jewish wealth. Here are some surprises …
globalresearch.ca/biggest-thing-you-did-israel-breaking-iran-deal-adelson-tells-trump/5697415

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's "Timely Visit" to Washington. Coincides with House Impeachment Procedure. Discusses "Russiagate" with Trump in Oval Office
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov met with Pompeo at the State Department as well as Trump in the White House Oval Office. | Several issues discussed including "Russiagate" | [Careful timing?: | "House Democrats will begin work on completing their articles of | …
globalresearch.ca/russia-sergey-lavrov-washington/5697449

In Wag the Dog Move, Indicted Israeli PM Netanyahu Moves to Annex 25% of Palestinian West Bank
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Interim Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu committed again on Sunday that his government will steal the entire Jordan Valley from the Palestinians. He had floated this plan two months ago but now seems to be determined to move ahead. It …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-pm-netanyahu-annex-25-palestinian-west-bank/5697423

Colombia: Medellin Will Host a Concert Pro National Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-11
A student assembly of the University of Antioquia summoned at least 30 local bands to play in Medellin, on December 22nd in support of the national strike, as it happened previously in Bogota with the concert 'A song for Colombia'. | RELATED: | Riot Police Attack Peaceful Protesters in Colombian Capital | The show "will not only be musical, but will be mixed with comparsas (carnival singers)", Alejandra Montoya, one of the organizers of the ev…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-medillin-will-host-a-concert-pro-national-strike-20191211-0012.html

No COLA, No Grades. We Will Not Submit
UCSC Grad Students | indybay.org | 2019-12-11
Our response to administration's latest attempt to intimidate us…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/10/18828789.php

President Trump's War on the Poor
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2019-12-11
The Trump administration may restrict the size of loans college students can take out, which Rev. Jesse Jackson says is a backward way to reduce student loan debt. (Photo: File Photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/11/president-trumps-war-poor?cd-origin=rss

UCSC Give Graduate Students a COLA!
Anakbayan Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2019-12-11
Anakbayan Santa Cruz Stands in Solidarity with the Strike of Grad Students…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/10/18828781.php

What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump?
StudentNation | thenation.com | 2019-12-11
What Do Young People Think About Impeaching Trump?
thenation.com/article/what-do-young-people-think-about-impeaching-trump/

UC Davis solidarity with UCSC striking grad students
UC Davis Solidarity | indybay.org | 2019-12-11
We UC Davis graduate students, undergraduate students, campus workers, and alumni fully support the striking graduate students at UC Santa Cruz and their demands for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in one of the most expensive areas to live in the world(1). Graduate students perform essential labor for the university, teaching classes, grading assignments, and helping students in office hours. The University administration knows exactly how much we get paid and how much housing costs, and yet for countless years now they have refused to do anything to alleviate the crisis at Santa Cruz, at Davis, and beyond.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/10/18828780.php

California graduate students on wildcat strike
wsws.org | 2019-12-11
Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz are demanding raises to meet the cost of living in one of the country's most expensive regions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/11/ucsc…

New York University charges food-insecure students for "free" meals
wsws.org | 2019-12-11
Last semester 1,933 students, nearly 10 percent of the school's undergraduates, utilized the Courtesy Meals Program.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/11/food…

Santa Cruz Faculty Association Solidarity with Graduate Students
Santa Cruz Faculty Association | indybay.org | 2019-12-11
The SCFA sent the following message to faculty on 12/11/19…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/11/18828798.php

An Evening for Chile: teach in, discussion, music, and stories
SubRosa Community Space | indybay.org | 2019-12-11
SubRosa Community Space | 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/10/18828788.php

Selected Articles: USMCA. The New NAFTA 2.0
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-white-helmets-founder-allegedly-assassinated/5697472

Experts baffled after finding thousands of strange HOLES in the seabed off California (IMAGES)
rt.com | 2019-12-11
Researchers scanning the deep seabed off the coast of California at the site of a proposed wind-energy farm have made an alarming discovery: thousands of mysterious holes, some as deep as 5 meters (16 feet). | Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered some of these 'pockmarks' during a sonar survey of the area 20 years ago. However, new and much more detailed studies of the seafloor have revealed the alarming extent of the situation, with over 5,200 pockmarks spread out across 1,300 square kilometers. | And the problem doesn't stop there. | The MBARI also says that these h…
rt.com/usa/475586-strange-holes-seabed-california-coast/

UK Politicians Are Cynically Using London Bridge Attack to Drum Up Votes
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-11
A man recently released from prison on terrorism charges attended a conference on criminal legal reform in London and, wearing a fake explosive vest, stabbed fellow attendees, killing two people, Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones. Merritt was a course coordinator for Learning Together, an education program bringing students from outside prison walls inside them to learn alongside people who are incarcerated. Jones was a graduate…
truthout.org/articles/uk-politicians-are-cynically-using-london-bridge-attack-to-drum-up-votes/

Video: Russian Troops Entered Raqqah City in Northern Syria for First Time Ever
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
On December 9, Russian forces entered the city of Raqqah for the first time since the start of their anti-terrorism operation in 2015. A unit of the Russian Military Police set up a temporary humanitarian point and provided locals with …
globalresearch.ca/video-russian-troops-entered-raqqah-city/5697367

US Lobbyists Prepare to Seize "Historic Opportunity" in Tory-led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices
Lee Fang | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-11
Boris Johnson's election on December 12 hinges on the British prime minister's promise to leave the European Union. Johnson has remade the Conservative Party, pushing out longtime party members wary of a firm break from the EU, to cast the …
globalresearch.ca/us-lobbyists-prepare-seize-historic-opportunity-tory-led-brexit-shred-consumer-safeguards-raise-drug-prices/5697411

Who Spied on Julian Assange?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-10
The Julian Assange drama drags on. Though he continues to sit in a top security British prison awaiting developments in his expected extradition to the United States, the Spanish High Court has been given permission to interview him. Assange …
globalresearch.ca/who-spied-julian-assange/5697323

World's Central Banks Buying up Gold, Ditching Dollar: Goldman Sachs
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-10
Central banks worldwide are consuming 20 percent global supply of gold as a part of a de-dollarization strategy – reducing the dollar's dominance of global markets-, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | RELATED: | Social Inequality is Generating Conflict in Latin America: UNDP | "De-dollarization in central banks – demand from central banks for gold is biggest since the Nixon era, eating up 20% of global supply," the Head of Global Commodities Research at Goldman Jeff Currie…
telesurenglish.net/news/Worlds-Central-Banks-Buying-up-Gold-Ditching-Dollar-Goldman-Sachs-20191210-0019.html

Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers
Robert D. Johnston, Benjamin H. Johnson | thenation.com | 2019-12-10
Robert D. Johnston, Benjamin H. Johnson Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers…
thenation.com/article/harvard-strike-student-workers/

Algeria: Protesters Rally Against Dec. 12 Presidential Election
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-10
As presidential elections are due to take place Thursday in Algeria, protests continue, denouncing the upcoming vote as offering no real choice and being a mere mechanism to keep in power the political system demonstrators are fighting since the beginning of the year. | RELATED: | We Won't Back Any Candidate for Elections: Algerian Army Chief | Students, joined by other sectors of the society, took to the main streets of the capital Algiers to demand the cancelation of the elections. They…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protesters-Rally-Against-Thursdays-Election-in-Algeria–20191210-0021.html

Chicago: Striking unions honored at People's Thanksgiving
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-10
Chicago, IL – Thunderous applause greeted officers and strikers from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 at an event sponsored by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). The 28th People's Thanksgiving, a fundraiser for Fight Back! brought over 100 people together to recognize the historic Chicago Public School strike by the two unions. | In the words of CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, "The work we do is to dismantle white supremacy." She vowed that the union will be "bolder, more aggressive and impatient" and to have a "Chicago that reflects the nee…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/9/chicago-…

Nearly 175 Saudi aviation students grounded after Pensacola base shooting
rt.com | 2019-12-10
Some 175 Saudi Arabian military aviation students have been grounded in a "safety stand-down," just days after Saudi Air Force lieutenant Mohammed Alshamrani shot and killed three sailors at Pensacola Naval Air Station. | "A safety stand-down and operational pause commenced Monday for Saudi Arabian aviation students," Navy spokeswoman Lieutenant Andriana Genualdi told Reuters on Tuesday, explaining that the grounding covered Naval Air Station Whiting Field and Naval Air Station Mayport in addition to Naval Air Station Pensacola. | Alshamrani, one of several hundred foreign aviation trainees at the Pensacola ba…
rt.com/usa/475524-saudi-aviation-students-grounded/

O uso militar escondido da tecnologia 5G
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-10
Na Cimeira de Londres, os 29 países da NATO comprometeram-se a "garantir a seguranàßa das nossas comunicaàßàµes, incluindo a 5G". Por que razà£o esta tecnologia da quinta geraàßà£o da transmissà£o móvel é tà£o importante para a NATO? | Embora as tecnologias …
globalresearch.ca/o-uso-militar-escondido-da-tecnologia-5g/5697341

Arizona educators, progressives confront ALEC summit and Betsy DeVos
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-09
Tucson, AZ – On December 4, a coalition of union educators, immigrant rights, police crimes, and climate change activists confronted the agenda of corporations like UPS and energy industry giants and billionaires like Charles Koch and Sheldon Achelson. At its height the crowd numbered around 200 with signs reading: "ALEC: Oligarchy in progress" and "Privatization, criminalization, incarceration, climate change, imperialism: #ALECisBehindIt." | The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a notorious organization of hardcore conservatives, was holding its States and Nation Policy Summit in Arizona. ALEC hoste…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/8/arizona-…

Iran False Flag, Bolivia's Coup Gov Seeks Israel's Help, Israel's Been In Yemen 'Since Day One'
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-09
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 (12/8/19). 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/iran-false-flag-bolivias-coup-gov-seeks-israels-help-israels-been-in-yemen-since-day-one/

Human Rights Day celebrates 'tremendous activism' of the world's young people
news.un.org | 2019-12-09
Activists, students and UN officials came together on Tuesday to pay tribute to young people's "tremendous activism" in promoting human rights for everyone.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053061

Israel Bombs Gaza, Israeli Bot Group Caught Spreading Hate & US Admits Houthis Not "Iran Proxy"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-08
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 (12/7/19). 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/israel-bombs-gaza-israeli-bot-group-caught-spreading-hate-us-admits-houthis-not-iran-proxy/

Permafrost Hits a Grim Threshold
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-07
For tens of thousands of years the Arctic's carbon sink has been a powerful dynamic in functionality of the Earth System. However, that all-important functionality has been crippled and could be permanently severed. According to new research based upon field observations conducted from 2003 to 2017, a large-scale carbon emission shift in the Earth System …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/permafrost-hits-a-grim-threshold/

How Media Turn Support for Public Schools Into Opposition to Children of Color
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-12-07
by Julie Hollar | Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential candidates are rejecting the Obama administration's embrace of charter schools, and media observers aren't taking kindly to it. "Minority Voters Chafe as Democratic Candidates Abandon Charter Schools," blared a recent New York Times headline ( 11/26/19). "The front-runners for the presidential nomination are moving away from the charter school movement, and black and Latino families ask why…
fair.org/home/how-media-turn-support-for-public-schools-into-opposition-to-children-of-color/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-12-12 02:14 GMT (21:14 EST)

2019-12-10: News Headlines

Andrew Korybko (2019-12-10). Max Blumenthal: A Hero of Our Time. globalresearch.ca Even though the charges against him were just dropped, the thuggish arrest of investigative journalist Max Blumenthal by the DC police in late October on months-old charges of allegedly "assaulting" a counter-protester who forcibly prevented him and others from delivering …

Greek City Times (2019-12-10). Kalamata City Council Blocks 5G Pilot Program Due to Health Risks. globalresearch.ca Kalamata Council has decided to block further development and operation of the 5G network program, which is currently being piloted in the Peloponnesian city. | The council held a meeting and considered the radiation of the mobile network upgrade to be …

The Big Wobble (2019-12-10). Fish All Gone! Gulf of Alaska Fishery to Close for the First Time Ever: No More Cod: Salmon All but Gone: Millions of Small Sea Birds Died Since 2015. globalresearch.ca November 2019, thousands of short-tailed shearwaters birds migrating from Alaska were washing up dead on Sydney's iconic beaches. | Extremely low cod numbers have lead feds to close the Gulf of Alaska fishery for the first time ever. In an unprecedented …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-12-10). Lethal Visits: Volcano Tourism and the White Island Eruption. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Kevin Reed (2019-12-10). Uranium Contaminated Site Collapsed into the Detroit River During the Thanksgiving Holiday. globalresearch.ca The shoreline of a Detroit, Michigan property contaminated by uranium and other chemicals dating back to the 1940s collapsed into the Detroit River during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The public was not alerted to the existence of the toxic spill …

Keith McHenry (2019-12-10). Winter Demands in Response to the Camping Ordinance Being Considered. indybay.org HUFF, Conscience and Action, Food Not Bombs and the Santa Cruz Homeless Union demand:…

WSWS (2019-12-10). Harvard grad student strike in second week. wsws.org The UAW's isolation of the strike is part of a deliberate strategy to defeat the struggle of graduate students.

Pascal Zwicky and Cedric Wormwood (2019-12-10). Make Social Democracy Great Again. indybay.org Erik Olin Wright spoke of smashing, taming, escaping and eroding capitalism as alternatives of a transformational left. We must resist the "selective perception" of the elite that ignores market distortions (tax havens, stock buybacks, micro-second trading, insider trading), market failures, political failures, and the attacks on the poor, seniors, disabled, children and students.

Fight Back (2019-12-10). Chicago: Striking unions honored at People's Thanksgiving. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Thunderous applause greeted officers and strikers from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 at an event sponsored by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). The 28th People's Thanksgiving, a fundraiser for Fight Back! brought over 100 people together to recognize the historic Chicago Public School strike by the two unions. | In the words of CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, "The work we do is to dismantle white supremacy." She vowed that the union will be "bolder, more aggressive and impatient" and to have a "Chicago that reflects the nee…

WSWS (2019-12-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The walkout by Ontario public high school teachers and school support staff set for December 11 follows the first province-wide teachers strike held last week.

RT (2019-12-10). WADA's Russia ban contradicts Olympics charter, Russia has every reason to appeal — Putin. rt.com The decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to ban Russian athletes from competing under their national flag during the Olympic Games is contrary to the rules of the Olympic movement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. | Russia was punished by WADA on Monday with a number of restrictions, including a prohibition to be represented as a nation at the Olympic Games. Athletes from Russia will likely be able to compete under a neutral flag, but there is a debate as to whether they would be allowed to be called "Olympic Athletes from Russia," or OAR, as was the case during the PyeongChang Games in 2018.

RT (2019-12-10). Hong Kong police disarm two radio-controlled 10kg nail-filled bombs found at school ground. rt.com The Hong Kong police bomb unit disposed of two home-made bombs "made to kill and maim", which were found on Monday at a school premises. The school said there was no indication any of its students had anything to do with them.

Vanessa Beeley (2019-12-10). "The Victory of Syria over Global Terrorism Will Benefit Humanity": Vanessa Beeley on Syria War. globalresearch.ca Mark Taliano: Why is the truth about Syria important? Vanessa Beeley: It is important because in Syria the "humanitarian" hybrid war strategy of the Globalist powers in the so-called civilised "global north" is being exposed real time as Syria …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-12-10). NATO Summit Strengthens the 'War Party'. globalresearch.ca French President Macron spoke of the "brain death" of NATO, others called it "moribund." Is this military alliance, without a head of its own, crumbling as a result of internal fractures? The disputes at the [Dec. 3-4] London Summit seem …

Special to People's World (2019-12-09). First Irish working-class poetry anthology published. peoplesworld.org Dr. Jenny Farrell teaches modern Irish literature at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Galway, Ireland. She is also associated editor of the British publication, Culture Matters. In the interview below, Dr. Farrell discusses her latest book, The Children of the Nation: An Anthology of Working People's Poetry from Contemporary Ireland. People's World: This is …

Ilana Novick (2019-12-09). Proof That the Rich Have Won America's Class War. truthdig.com Throughout the year, a barrage of studies has uncovered the breathtaking scope of wealth inequality all over the world. Among them was " Public Good or Private Wealth," the British charity Oxfam's annual study of global inequality that revealed, among other disheartening statistics, that the fortunes of billionaires increased by 12% in 2018—or $2.5 billion a day. In the same year, the wealth of the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity dropped by 11%. I…

Norman Solomon (2019-12-09). Kerry's Endorsement of Biden Fits: Two Deceptive Supporters of the Iraq War. globalresearch.ca The spectacle of Kerry praising Biden as a seasoned leader amounts to one supporter of the Iraq catastrophe attesting to the character and experience of another supporter of the same catastrophe. | *** | On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post sent out …

Fight Back (2019-12-09). Arizona educators, progressives confront ALEC summit and Betsy DeVos. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – On December 4, a coalition of union educators, immigrant rights, police crimes, and climate change activists confronted the agenda of corporations like UPS and energy industry giants and billionaires like Charles Koch and Sheldon Achelson. At its height the crowd numbered around 200 with signs reading: "ALEC: Oligarchy in progress" and "Privatization, criminalization, incarceration, climate change, imperialism: #ALECisBehindIt." | The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a notorious organization of hardcore conservatives, was holding its States and Nation Policy Summit in Arizona. ALEC hoste…

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-09). Iran False Flag, Bolivia's Coup Gov Seeks Israel's Help, Israel's Been In Yemen 'Since Day One'. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/8/19). 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 …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-09). Israel's War Minister Naftali Bennett Threatens Iran. globalresearch.ca Israeli ruling authorities are the most extremist in Jewish state history. Arab MKs aside, the vast majority of Knesset members are militantly hardline racists, threatening regional peace and stability. | New Right party head Naftali Bennett earlier held various ministries, including …

Press TV (2019-12-09). Israel Tests Nuke-capable Missile System Aimed at Iran: Report. globalresearch.ca The Israeli military has reportedly tested a propulsion system used for carrying nuclear-capable and other missiles, with the occupying entity's media billing the alleged display as "a show of force aimed at Iran." | The test was carried out at Palmachim …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-12-09). Paranoias of Interference: Russia, Reddit and the British Election. globalresearch.ca In some ways, it is a very British thing: fair play is expected; the reasonable person with all faculties intact, going about the business of living and voting. Little thought is given to the fact that these assumptions are as …

Rick Sterling (2019-12-09). A Beautiful but Deceptive Documentary: "For Sama" globalresearch.ca The documentary movie "For Sama" has won a host of awards in Europe and North America. Its producers and protagonists, Syrians Waad Kateab and her husband Dr. Hamza Kateab plus English film-maker Edward Watts, have received gushing praise. And …

Teresa Teran (2019-12-09). International Communication Congress for the People in Caracas Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The first international Communication Congress of the People was held in Caracas Venezuela from the second to the fourth of December 2019, with the motto! It is the Time for the people to speak! | The idea for this Congress took …

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-12-09). NATO Doesn't Care that Montenegro Is a Haven for Crime and Corruption. globalresearch.ca There was international jubilation when Montenegro seceded from its union with Serbia in 2006 after a controversial referendum. The Referendum Law prevented Montenegrins living and registered in Serbia from voting in the referendum, ensuring that tens of thousands of Montenegrins, …

The Global Research Team (2019-12-09). "Cracking Down" on Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Support. globalresearch.ca We often receive words of encouragement from our readership, praising our comprehensive coverage and our efforts to inform without trying to divide. We appreciate the moral support all the more so in the face of the current online trend to …

Emily Apple (2019-12-09). The Sun deleted its latest Jeremy Corbyn smear after being caught using neo-Nazi sources. thecanary.co On Saturday 7 November, the Sun managed to plunge to a depth even we didn't think was possible. It published a smear about Jeremy Corbyn headlined: Ex-British intelligence officers say Jeremy Corbyn is at the centre of a hard-left extremist network.The story itself is laughable. These supposed intelligence officers have basically just scribbled a load of coloured lines on a website and added some names and links to back up their claims. But it's much worse than just another dodgy Sun story, because the researchers of this network used neo-Nazi and antisemitic sources to back up its already incredibly dodgy points:…

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-09). Banning Russian Athletes? Politicized International Sports Competition Rears Its Ugly Head Again. globalresearch.ca Olympism and other major international sports events are all about profiteering, exploiting athletes, scandalous wheeling, dealing, collusion, and bribery, marginalizing the poor, other disenfranchised groups, and affected communities, sticking taxpayers with the bill, and providing nothing in return but hype …

Steve Brown (2019-12-09). Target… Iran!? 74,000 U.S. Troops in the Middle East and Eurasia. globalresearch.ca In June of this year we examined why the United States will not attack Iran subsequent to raised tensions in the region. Six months later on the cusp of 2020, the United States has not attacked Iran militarily … yet. …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-12-09). What Have the US and Protesters in Lebanon Achieved over Iran and Its Allies? globalresearch.ca For several weeks now, much of the Lebanese population has turned on the country's traditional political leaders and wrought havoc on the corrupt domestic political system. Those who have ruled the country for decades have offered little in the way …

Arabi Souri (2019-12-09). Syria Will Not Cooperate with the OPCW New Investigation Team. globalresearch.ca OPCW was used before to justify the invasion of Iraq, providing a temporary cover before exposed, to the pariah states in the world is at it again, this time willingly and without death threats to its teams, and this time …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-12-09). Will Artificial Intelligence Destroy Us or Simply Make Humans Irrelevant? globalresearch.ca Artificial Intelligence is generally seen as a great advance and benefit for mankind. Smart humans, however, see it as our undoing and even possibly our extermination. | Much of modern technology has far more prospect for harm than for good. | Consider …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-12-09). Stage-Managing the Pensacola Naval Base Shooting: Mollycoddling the Face of Evil. globalresearch.ca As should be expected, the government is attempting to stage-manage the shooting at the Pensacola Naval Base. The Pentagon said sailors killed by a Saudi student reportedly angry over the serial murder of Muslims by the US government "showed exceptional …

Jewish Voice for Labour (2019-12-09). Jews, Antisemitism and Labour — A Letter to the BBC. globalresearch.ca To Tony Hall, Director General of the BBC | cc: Fran Unsworth and Tracey Henry | URGENT — "Is the BBC Antisemitic?" | We need to register with you our deep concern that, once again, and in the closing stages of an …

Larry Romanoff (2019-12-09). "The American Love Affair with the Automobile": The Unspoken History of the Electric Car. globalresearch.ca This story begins in the early 1900s. Gasoline-powered transportation, whether by private auto or mass transit, was on its way out. Electric automobiles were rapidly gaining ground over their gas-powered rivals. By 1900, nearly 40% of all US cars were electric…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-09). Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Youth at Checkpoint in Hebron. imemc.org According to the Palestine News Network (PNN), Israeli occupation forces arrested a 14 year old female student, on Sunday morning, as she attempting to cross the Abu al-Reesh checkpoint, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the center of Hebron. Israeli media quoted a statement from the occupation army that its soldiers …

Global Research News (2019-12-09). Selected Articles: Target Iran!? globalresearch.ca We have made some progress in our campaign to meet our running costs and put an end to our monthly deficit, but we still need your help. As grateful as we are to those who have given so far, the …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-12-09). 'Staggering' New Data Shows Income of Top 1% Has Grown 100 Times Faster Than Bottom 50% Since 1970. commondreams.org New data released by an economist focused on inequality and the accumulation of wealth by top earners explains the numbers behind Sen. Bernie Sanders' often-cited statistic that the three richest Americans hold more wealth than the 160 million people who make up the bottom 50% of the population. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

teleSUR (2019-12-08). Iran, US Cooperate to Exchange Prisoners Amid Tense Relations. telesurenglish.net The United States and Iran each released a prisoner Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between two former enemies whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump took office. | RELATED: | US Resumes Negotiations With Taliban to End 18-Year Afghan War | The Persian nation released Xiyue Wang, a U.S. citizen who had been held for three years charged for espionage, while the United States released Iranian Massoud Soleimani, a stem cell researcher arrested last year on cha…

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-08). Israel Bombs Gaza, Israeli Bot Group Caught Spreading Hate & US Admits Houthis Not "Iran Proxy" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/7/19). 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 …

Robert Hunziker (2019-12-07). Permafrost Hits a Grim Threshold. dissidentvoice.org For tens of thousands of years the Arctic's carbon sink has been a powerful dynamic in functionality of the Earth System. However, that all-important functionality has been crippled and could be permanently severed. According to new research based upon field observations conducted from 2003 to 2017, a large-scale carbon emission shift in the Earth System …

Julie Hollar (2019-12-07). How Media Turn Support for Public Schools Into Opposition to Children of Color. fair.org by Julie Hollar | Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential candidates are rejecting the Obama administration's embrace of charter schools, and media observers aren't taking kindly to it. "Minority Voters Chafe as Democratic Candidates Abandon Charter Schools," blared a recent New York Times headline ( 11/26/19). "The front-runners for the presidential nomination are moving away from the charter school movement, and black and Latino families ask why…

RT (2019-12-07). Pensacola shooter 'held mass-shooting dinner party' where fellow Saudi students watched disturbing videos — report. rt.com The Saudi gunman who killed three people at a US naval base in Florida on Friday had reportedly held a dinner party days earlier, at which guests watched video footage of mass shootings. | At least ten Saudi military students were being held at Naval Air Station Pensacola and several more were "unaccounted for" after the Friday shooting that left at least three dead and eight injured, an anonymous US official told AP on Saturday. | While the gunman was shot on the spot, the source said that another student videotaped the scene of the shooting on Friday, while another two watched from inside a car. All three ar…

Paul Haeder (2019-12-06). Hooked on Orcas. dissidentvoice.org Facts about orcas abound in Colleen Weiler's brain, because her role is to lead policy research and engagement around what we call the Southern Resident Orcas (SROs). Her job is with the Plymouth, Massachusetts-based US headquarters of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation non-profit, established 32 years ago in England. Our name is what we do. …

Michael Steven Smith and Heidi Boghosian (2019-12-06). Inside the Organized Crime Syndicate Known as the CIA. dissidentvoice.org Douglas Valentine is an investigator and author with a rare and tenacious approach toward research. His writing results in uniquely incisive and revealing books on the dark side of U.S. intelligence activities and the National Security State. His latest book, The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World, draws parallels between CIA operations …

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-06). The US Is Manufacturing A War With Iran Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/5/19). 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 …

Staff (2019-12-06). Why Are Some of Spain's Biggest Polluters Sponsoring U.N. Climate Summit? democracynow.org A group of climate activists walked out of a panel at the U.N. climate summit in Madrid on Thursday to protest the presence of Shell, BP and Chevron. Representatives from the oil companies were taking part in an event organized by the International Emissions Trading Association. This comes as the Spanish government is facing criticism for reaching out to Endesa, Spain's biggest corporate greenhouse gas polluter, to sponsor the U.N. climate talks. We speak with Pascoe Sabido, a researcher and campaigner for the Corporate Europe Observatory, who has been organizing toxic tours of Madrid to expose the corporations a…

patrick (2019-12-06). Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation. bdsmovement.net Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation: In the NewsMichael Arria Economic Boycott Student solidarityDecember 6, 2019 | By: | | Mondoweiss

Alice Speri (2019-12-05). New Legislation Aims to End the "School to Confinement Pathway" theintercept.com Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts introduced new legislation Thursday aimed at ending the "school to confinement pathway." The bill targets discriminatory and punitive school discipline policies that push black and brown students out of schools at disproportionately high rates, often directly into the criminal justice system. | The bill offers incentives to states and schools that commit to ban most suspensions and expulsions, as well as corporal punishment and the physical restraint of students. It also allots resources to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights at a time when the Trump administrat…

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-05). CNN Says US Has "Fresh Intelligence" Of Iran Prepping Attack But Can't Show It & More NYT Propaganda. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/4/19). 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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