Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/22/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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New Report on FBI Spying Shows Need for Congressional Investigation
Chip Gibbons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Clearing the FOG (forces of greed) hosts Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers interviewed Chip Gibbons, an expert on Constitutional Law and the legal and policy counsel for Defending Rights and Dissent about a recent right to protest victory in Washington, …
globalresearch.ca/new-report-fbi-spying-shows-need-congressional-investigation/5695643

CIA helped shape 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' series into bigoted Venezuela regime change fantasy
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-22
Analysis by researcher Tom Secker reveals how Amazon's regime change fantasy "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" was shaped by CIA and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/22/tom-clancy-jack-ryan-cia-propaganda-john-krasinski/

"Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, "the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.
globalresearch.ca/wipe-the-ussr-off-the-map-204-atomic-bombs-against-major-cities-us-nuclear-attack-against-soviet-union-planned-prior-to-end-of-world-war-ii/5616601

How to Stop the Trump Administration's Latest Attempt to Undermine Science
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from relying on research when crafting regulations unless the underlying data is publicly available. This is a problem because the data in studies showing how pollution harms people's health often includes individuals' confidential personal information — including medical records that are protected by privacy law. Wi…
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Big pharma's new opium war: Exporting the addiction crisis to China
Donald Donato | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-22
As the People's Republic of China's economy grows and integrates more fully into global commerce, so does the risk to its people's health. To meet the new demand for cancer and pain medications, China has had to harmonize its pharmaceutical regulatory structures with international ones and beef-up its investment in innovative biotech research and production. …
peoplesworld.org/article/big-pharmas-new-opium-war-exporting-the-addiction-crisis-to-china/

Unspeakable Memories: The Day John Kennedy Died
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
There is a vast literature on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who died on a November 22nd Friday like this in 1963. I have contributed my small share to such writing in an effort to tell the …
globalresearch.ca/day-john-kennedy-died/5695615

Moscow's Russia-Pakistan Banking Proposal Hints at Big Things to Come
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Yuri M. Kozlov, the Russian Trade Representative in Pakistan, suggested that Russia and Pakistan establish a "reliable and mutually acceptable banking system", which strongly hints at Moscow's desire to improve its commercial trade ties with Islamabad in order to …
globalresearch.ca/moscow-russian-pakistani-banking-proposal-hints-big-things-come/5695626

Bolivia's US Installed Coup d'Etat Regime Authorizes Brute Force
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Following Evo Morales' democratic reelection on October 20, a CIA-orchestrated coup d'etat unconstitutionally replaced him with hard-right, political nobody senator Jeanine Anez. | Article 169 of Bolivia's Constitution states: | "In case of impediment or definitive absence of the president | …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-us-installed-coup-detat-regime-authorizes-brute-force/5695639

Mind Control or Controlling Your Mind — Which Do You Choose?
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Controlling your mind is key | as we head deeper into the 21st century. The mind is the new frontier — and from a military standpoint the new battleground — as governmental-military-corporate organizations become enmeshed with each other to push the …
globalresearch.ca/mind-control-controlling-your-mind/5695566

The Desolation of Yemen. The Forgotten War
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
[Ignored by much of the Western media], The Jerusalem Post reports on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen: | "There is nothing that shows any improvement," Hisham Al-Omeisy, an independent Yemeni political analyst, told The Media Line. "The only thing that | …
globalresearch.ca/desolation-yemen/5695667

U.S. Opens Up Another Front in Its Cold War Against China as Congress Passes the "Hong Kong Democracy Act"
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
The Trump impeachment hearings give the illusion that voters in the United States have a choice between two different political parties: the Democrats and Republicans. The daily impeachment hearings dominate news headlines. Meanwhile, politicians of both parties have unanimously passed …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-opens-up-another-front-against-china-congress-passes-hong-kong-democracy-act/5695652

1.2 BILLION people's data — including social media profiles and contact info — found on unsecured Google Cloud server
rt.com | 2019-11-22
A massive four-terabyte trove of sensitive personal data belonging to over a billion profiles has been found on an unsecured Google Cloud server – its owner still a mystery – in one of the largest single-source data leaks ever. | The mountain of data, including phone numbers, email addresses, and social media profiles, was sitting unprotected on an anonymous server hosted on the Google Cloud when security researchers Vinny Troia and Bob Diachenko found it while scanning for vulnerabilities last month. After they reported the massive exposure to the FBI, it disappeared within hours. It's not clear who accessed…
rt.com/news/474137-breach-billion-users-data-cloud/

Is the Middle East Beginning a Self-Correction?
Alastair Crooke | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
"Two years, three years, five years' maximum from now, you will not recognize the same Middle East", says the former Egyptian FM, Arab League Secretary General and Presidential Candidate, Amr Moussa, in an interview with Al-Monitor. | Mousa made some …
globalresearch.ca/is-the-middle-east-beginning-a-self-correction/5695438

Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders Back Ecuador Anti-IMF Protests
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have both sent messages of solidarity to the recent anti-IMF protests in Ecuador, which have succeeded in forcing the government to scrap a controversial austerity decree. | "Let's give a | …
globalresearch.ca/jeremy-corbyn-bernie-sanders-back-ecuador-anti-imf-protests/5695656

Through the Yellow Looking Glass: Australia's China Wars
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
This year, China as "Intimidating Monster" has become the popular motif in Canberra circles. Australian government members Andrew Hastie and Senator James Paterson have become vigorous moral, if hollow enthusiasts. Their criticism of China has led to the revocation of …
globalresearch.ca/australia-china-wars/5695613

The Impeachment Crisis and American Imperialism
Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Wednesday's public hearing on the impeachment of President Trump featured the US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who testified that, contrary to the White House narrative, there had been a "quid pro quo" in Trump's dealings with …
globalresearch.ca/impeachment-crisis-american-imperialism/5695632

The Long Coup in Ecuador
Fabio Resmini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Elected on a progressive platform, the Moreno government has resorted to the politicization of justice and the militarization of politics to repress its former allies and constituents. | *** | Ecuador is facing some of its darkest days. The country is …
globalresearch.ca/long-coup-ecuador/5695635

Dear Global Research Readers, Your Support Is Essential
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Dear Readers, | Our team works tirelessly day in, day out, to promote peace and a world without war. Currently, however, peace is not a money making endeavour. Without financial support from our readers, we are faced with a monthly deficit….
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Most Popular Articles This Week
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Lies Which the West Manufactures and Then Consumes
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
After my work in the Middle East had finished, at least for the time being, I was waiting for my flight to Santiago de Chile. In Paris. I could count on a few 'free' days, processing what I had heard …
globalresearch.ca/lies-west-manufactures-consumes/5695623

Economic Upheaval and the Rise of the US Police State
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
By the end of the Vietnam War, US corporations were no longer competitive in the world economy and were losing the bulk of their domestic market to imports, leading to de-industrialisation and the large-scale relocation of manufacturing to Asia, primarily …
globalresearch.ca/rise-police-state/5695648

Trump's EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2019-11-22
Trump's EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco…
thenation.com/article/environmental-protection-agency-secret-science-big-tobacco/

Can the Religious Left Take Down Nuclear Weapons?
Sam Husseini | commondreams.org | 2019-11-22
Grady and the six others—the Kings Bay Plowshares 7—pleaded with the jury to look to their conscience. The activists were following the biblical edict to turn swords into plowshares, after all. (Photo: Kings Bay 7) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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'People are dying': Scottish student confronts Lib Dem leader about 'unforgivable' austerity (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-22
A Scottish student in Glasgow caught Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinton flat-footed during the election campaign, slamming her for enabling austerity policies which have left people "dying in poverty." | Jay Sutherland, an 18-year-old student from Strathclyde University, challenged Swinson over her role in the Conservative and Lib Dem coalition government, which implemented a harsh austerity program for the UK between 2010 and 2015. | The young voter didn't hold back his anger at Swinson for the "unforgivable" welfare and public service cuts implemented while she was a junior minister. | People are dying becau…
rt.com/uk/474114-swinson-scottish-student-austerity-tuition/

Hundreds of Thousands Join National Strike in Colombia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-22
In Colombia, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Thursday in the largest national strike the country has seen in years. Labor unions, students, teachers, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian activists joined in peaceful marches across urban and rural Colombia as anger mounts against right-wing President Iván Duque and his cabinet. The protests were triggered by Duque's proposed labor reforms and cuts to the pension system, as well as a recent military airstrike against a camp of alleged dissident rebel drug…
truthout.org/video/hundreds-of-thousands-join-national-strike-in-colombia/

Massacre at Moscow's top university averted thanks to vigilant students & brave lecturer
rt.com | 2019-11-22
Moscow State University almost became the scene of a school massacre when a man brought a knife and a gun to class, but the students and their professor worked together and stopped a possible tragedy from occurring. | There are almost 300 freshmen attending the Faculty of Journalism at MSU, Russia's main university — and having an eye for detail is a paramount quality for any good reporter. So, some students noticed an unfamiliar face among them, even before classes began on a Friday morning. | A strange student: | The man was older than the rest of the group and was acting suspiciously, closely s…
rt.com/russia/474128-moscow-state-university-knife-gun/

The Self-Unravelling Trump Cannot Avoid
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-22
I. The Dangers of Autocracy Back in the Watergate hearings, I was rivetted by them and welcomed the distraction from writing my dissertation. These 2019 House impeachment hearings are just as riveting, and because I got that dissertation done and proceeded to teach courses like radical American thought since the Watergate days, I'm bringing a lot…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/the-self-unravelling-trump-cannot-avoid/

Billionaire Walton Family Behind Pro-Charter School Protest at Warren Rally
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-22
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's rally on Thursday night in Atlanta was interrupted by a group of parents protesting her stance on charter schools—but the demonstration was reportedly funded by the billionaire Walton family, which has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into privately-run schools that critics say unfairly pull money from public education. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/22/billionaire-walton-family-behind-pro-charter-school-protest-warren-rally?cd-origin=rss

How Human Rights Watch Whitewashed a Right-Wing Massacre in Bolivia
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed in a U.S.-supported coup d'état on November 10. The new coup government forced Morales into exile, began arresting politicians and journalists while pre-exonerating security services of all crimes …
globalresearch.ca/human-rights-watch-whitewashed-right-wing-massacre-bolivia/5695665

Hundreds of Thousands Join National Strike in Colombia in Rebuke to Right-Wing President Iván Duque
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-22
In Colombia, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Thursday in the largest national strike the country has seen in years. Labor unions, students, teachers, Indigenous and Afro-Colombian activists joined in peaceful marches across urban and rural Colombia as anger mounts against right-wing President Iván Duque and his cabinet. The protests were triggered by Duque's proposed labor reforms and cuts to the pension system, as well as a recent military airstrike against a camp of alleged dissident rebel drug traffickers, which killed eight children. Police responded to the movements with repressive tactic…
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NYT's "Leaked" Chinese Files Story Covers for Terrorism
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-22
The New York Times has once again exposed itself as an organ of US special interests operating under the guise of journalism — contributing to Wall Street and Washington's ongoing and escalating hybrid war with China with a particularly underhanded …
globalresearch.ca/nyt-leaked-chinese-files-story-covers-terrorism/5695528

Sri Lanka Elections: Return of Rajapaksa the Presidency, Would Unleash Full Benefits of China's BRI for Sri Lanka
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Opposition leader and former Defense Minister Lieutenant Colonel Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the first round of elections and will become Sri Lanka's next president, thus returning his family to power after his brother Mahinda's 2005-2015 presidency. | The latter was narrowly defeated …
globalresearch.ca/return-rajapaksa-unleash-full-benefits-bri-sri-lanka/5695577

Anti-Corbyn Propaganda on Full Blast as UK Election Nears
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
With less than a month to go before the UK general election, all efforts are being made by political parties to further their agendas. Naturally each side is launching attacks on the other, but perhaps the most virulent campaign is …
globalresearch.ca/anti-corbyn-propaganda-uk-election-nears/5695572

Video: Israel Conducts Wide-scale Strikes on Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
On November 20, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had carried out "wide-scale strikes" on the "Iranian Quds Force" and the Syrian Armed Forces in Syria. The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out in response to …
globalresearch.ca/video-israel-conducts-wide-scale-strikes-syria/5695592

U.S. Relations with China Were Just Destroyed, and Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
Our relationship with China just went from bad to worse, and most Americans don't even realize that we just witnessed one of the most critical foreign policy decisions of this century. The U.S. Senate just unanimously passed the "Hong Kong …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-relations-with-china-were-just-destroyed-and-nothing-will-ever-be-the-same-again/5695597

Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection–and California Is Leading the Way
Seth Frotman, Natalia Abrams | thenation.com | 2019-11-21
Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection–and California Is Leading the Way…
thenation.com/article/california-borrowers-rights/

Fights & arrests as 1000+ antifa-like protesters swarm Ann Coulter event at UC Berkeley (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-21
Over 1000 antifa-type protesters surrounded a building on the Berkeley campus where conservative provocateur Ann Coulter was speaking, blocking ticket-holders from entering. At least 6 were arrested after a fight broke out. | The mass of chanting and shouting protesters blocked dozens of students from entering the hall, forming a human chain across both entrances and verbally abusing anyone who tried to pass. Some of the abuse was reportedly physical as well, though the protest did not feature the outbreaks of mob violence that characterize some antifa appearances. | Protesters have now turned away multiple ev…
rt.com/usa/474019-coulter-protest-surrounded-antifa-speech/

Colombian Police Clashes with Protesters After Massive March
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-21
Colombia's militarized anti-riot Police (Esmad) violently dispersed protesters with tear gas on Thursday in the Plaza de Bolívar de Bogotá as they were blocking roads at the end of the demonstrations against the economic and social policy of the Government of President Iván Duque. | RELATED: | Colombia Scandal: Diplomats Evidence Plot Against Venezuela | In other departments of the country, organizations of students, indigenous people, campesinos and workers also took part of the anti-…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-Police-Clashes-with-Protesters-After-Massive-March-20191121-0015.html

Selected Articles: No Impeachable Offense against Donald Trump. Schiff Committee
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-schiff-committee-finds-no-impeachable-offense-against-donald-trump/5695581

World Television Day celebrates an integral part of modern life
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
Seven decades of United Nations' work in developing new standards and systems for broadcasting are being celebrated on Thursday, World Television Day, an annual observance that recognizes the medium's role as a major source of information, education and entertainment.
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Israel Carries Out 'Wide-Scale Strikes' In Syria, US Gov Withholds Food/Meds From Iran & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-20
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 (11/20/19). 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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Charter School Advocates Repulsed by Empowered Teachers
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-20
Workers produce all the wealth of society. Unions have been around for generations and exist to protect the rights of workers. Currently, 90%–93% of privately operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools across the country have no teacher unions, whereas about 90% of public school teachers are unionized. One of the claims to fame of deregulated …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/charter-school-advocates-repulsed-by-empowered-teachers/

Texas students say, "Defend DACA"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-19
Arlington, TX — The University of Texas at Arlington's Progressive Student Union (PSU) held a rally for DACA recipients, November 14. The group, led by PSU President Mark Napieralski, delivered a list of ten demands to the administration, marching across the campus chanting, "No protection, no peace," "Stand up, fight back," "Black and brown immigrants matter," and "Defend DACA." | PSU delivered their demands to President Karbhari's office, though he was available to receive them personally. Regardless, the office received the demands and promised to deliver them to Karbhari. | PSU's demands included more r…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/18/texas-s…

FRSO leader speaks in Texas on Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-19
Arlington, TX — On November 13, the University of Texas at Arlington Progressive Student Union (PSU) hosted a national leader of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Tom Burke, who gave an eyewitness report on Venezuela and the Bolivarian revolution. | Cassandra Swartz, with the Dallas Anti-War Committee, opened the event by talking about how anti-war activism is more necessary than ever, due to the horrific military coup in Bolivia against indigenous President Evo Morales. | Burke went in depth about his experiences in Venezuela to a crowd of 25 people. Burke dispelled myths about Venezuelan shortages, tal…
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Indiana Teachers to Rally for Better Pay, Better Schools
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2019-11-18
The notoriously conservative, right-to-work state has proven to be fertile ground for market-based education reform policies–and teacher discontent.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/indiana-teachers-rally-november-lahm-191118/

US Says Israeli Settlements Are Legal, 23 Killed In Bolivia As Violent Coup Ignored & Venezuela Flop
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-18
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 (11/18/19). 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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Students Told They Would Be Better Off 'If They Had Jesus in Their Life'
Heather L. Weaver | aclu.org | 2019-11-18
The ACLU and the ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against the Smith County School System for violating the separation of church and state on Monday. According to the lawsuit, four students who are atheists have had to contend with school officials promoting Christianity through official prayers, Bible distributions, religious posters, and even a giant cross painted in one of the school's athletic facilities. | We asked our three high school clients in this case — Harleigh, | Leyna and Pyper — to tell us about their e…
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Lab Rats for Corporate Profit: Pesticide Industry's Poisoned Platter
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-18
Newly released pesticide usage statistics for 2018 confirm that the British people are being used as lab rats. That's the message environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has sent to Dave Bench, senior scientist at the UK Chemicals, Health and Safety Executive and director of the agency's EU exit plan. In her open letter to Bench, Mason …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/lab-rats-for-corporate-profit-pesticide-industrys-poisoned-platter/

CTU members vote to accept tentative agreement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-17
Chicago, IL – Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted November 15 to accept the tentative agreement they won in the wake of their historic eleven-day strike. | With 80% of schools reporting, members have voted 81% yes to ratify the new contract with Chicago Public Schools. | The union won powerful gains for students and their school communities. | Those gains include mandatory class size caps and enforcement, language forcing CPS to comply with special education laws and regulations, sanctuary school protections for immigrant and refugee students, and supports for thousands of homeless students. While today mo…
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