Should We Trust Science?
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-16
Scientists working on the issue have often told me that, once upon a time, they assumed, if they did their jobs, politicians would act upon the information. That, of course, hasn't happened. Anything but, across much of the planet. Worse yet, science failed to have the necessary impact in significant part because of disinformation promoted …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/should-we-trust-science/

Arkansas 'Heisenberg'? Chemistry professor who praised 'Breaking Bad' for scientific accuracy arrested for cooking meth
rt.com | 2019-11-16
A chemistry professor at Henderson State University in Arkansas, who once called 'Breaking Bad' one of his favorite shows, has been arrested for allegedly producing methamphetamine together with a partner. | For the uninitiated, the hit TV series tells the story of a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher named Walter White, who recruits the help of a former student to kick-start a meth lab and eventually becomes a ruthless drug lord. | Well, this man may have taken the show as an instruction manual. Bradley Allen Rowland, 40, of Arkadelphia was arrested on Friday together with fellow chemistry professor Terry Davi…
rt.com/usa/473602-real-breaking-bad-arkansas/

Anger rises against Tories as Bolton fire shows that lives are still at risk
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-11-16
A fire that engulfed a student housing block in Bolton has shocked people up and down the country. While there's, thankfully, been no recorded loss of life, traumatised students have lost their belongings and their homes. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has condemned the incident because two years after the Grenfell tower tragedy, the government has failed to take meaningful action to save lives. | "A shocking indictment of the g…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/16/anger-rises-against-tories-as-bolton-fire-shows-that-lives-are-still-at-risk/

UPDATE: Two Shot while Dozens Suffocate Near Ramallah
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-16
Dozens of Palestinians were injured near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers at Palestinians protesting Israel's recent attacks on Gaza, according to witnesses. Students from Birzeit University were demonstrating at the Israeli army roadblock in Ramallah and were attacked with teargas, said […]
| | Ramzy Barou…
imemc.org/article/update-two-shot-while-dozens-suffocate-at-ramallah-border/

Anger rises against Tories as Bolton fire shows that lives are still at risk
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-11-16
A fire that engulfed a student housing block in Bolton has shocked people up and down the country. While there's, thankfully, been no recorded loss of life, traumatised students have lost their belongings and their homes. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has condemned the incident because two years after the Grenfell tower tragedy, the government has failed to take meaningful action to save lives. | "A shocking indictment of the g…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/16/anger-rises-against-tories-as-bolton-fire-shows-that-lives-are-still-at-risk/

The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Sarah Jaffe | thenation.com | 2019-11-16
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing…
thenation.com/article/chicago-ctu-strike-win/

Chicago Teachers Approve Contract Deal That Ended Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-16
United States Chicago teachers approved Friday the contract deal that ended a 14-day strike, which includes pay raises, US$35 million to enforce limits on class sizes and a pledge to supply each school with a nurse and a social worker. | RELATED: | US: Chicago Teachers to Go on Strike Oct.17 If Deal Not Reached | "This contract is a powerful advance for our city…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chicago-Teachers-Approve-Contract-Deal-That-Ended-Strike–20191116-0006.html

While Warning of Nazi-Like Fascism and Corporate Crimes, Pope Francis Proposes Adding 'Ecological Sin' to Church Teachings
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-16
In remarks at the Vatican, the leader of the Catholic Church condemned "the large-scale delinquency of corporations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/16/while-warning-nazi-fascism-and-corporate-crimes-pope-francis-proposes-adding?cd-origin=rss

The Essence of Evil: Sex with Children Has Become Big Business in America
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-16
Important article by John Whitehead first published by the Rutherford Institute and Global Research on April 24, 2019 | " Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day."–John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children…
globalresearch.ca/essence-evil-sex-children-become-big-business-america/5675394

Where the Vulture Funds Nest in Brexit Britain
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-16
The UK economy has seen a spike in corporate insolvencies, particularly in the retail, manufacturing and travel sectors since the EU referendum, and the heavy debt burden imposed by private equity has often been a factor. Vulture funds are …
globalresearch.ca/vulture-funds-nest-brexit-britain/5695074

LA rally marks 25 years since racist California Prop 187
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Los Angeles, CA – On November 9, hundreds rallied in downtown Los Angeles at Los Angeles State Historic Park to mark 25 years after the defeat of the racist California Proposition 187. California Proposition 187 which was commonly referred to as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative, was a 1994 ballot initiative initiated by the Republican Party with then Republican Governor Pete Wilson attacking mostly Mexican immigrants. Prop 187 called for a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibited the undocumented from using non-emergency health care, public education and other services in the State of California.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/la-rall…

Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2019-11-15
Hands Off Venezuela PDX sponsored an Oct. 9 Skype event with Temir Porras, a revolutionary Chavista who served as a former chief of staff to both President Hugo Chávez and President Nicolás Maduro. He is a knowledgeable economist, who also served as Venezuelan deputy minister for higher education and in . . . | Continue reading Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras at Workers.org…
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Russia Denounces Bolivia Coup, Moscow's Ambiguous Statement Regarding Illegitimate Self-Proclaimed President
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Time and again, Russia stressed that it supports the sovereign independence and territorial integrity of other countries. | On Monday, its Foreign Ministry denounced the toppling of Bolivia's Evo Morales, a statement saying: | "We are alarmed by the dramatic developments | …
globalresearch.ca/russia-denounces-bolivia-coup-moscows-ambiguous-statement-regarding-illegitimate-self-proclaimed-president/5695102

Video: Key MH17 Witness Vladimir Tsemakh: Abduction, Ukrainian Special Services, and Conflict in Donbass
Vladimir Tsemakh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
On July 17, 2014, a Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER aircraft was conducting a scheduled passenger flight (MH17) from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. During a transit flight over the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian air traffic control charted the plane directly over …
globalresearch.ca/video-key-mh17-witness-vladimir-tsemakh-abduction-ukrainian-special-services-conflict-donbass/5694840

Who Was the Founder of the White Helmets? Was He Killed by the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh)?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
The founder of the White Helmets, James Le Mesurier, was found dead on November 11 in suspicious circumstances after falling off a two-story apartment building in downtown Istanbul. He was a former British army veteran and a private security | …
globalresearch.ca/was-founder-white-helmets-killed-islamic-state/5695058

Wither Democrats; Enter Hillary
William Stroock | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
For a generation, American political reformers have been obsessed with the idea of 'money in politics.' According to reformers, political organizations that bundle money and donate it to campaigns are corrupting politicians. So, the theories go, campaign finance reform would …
globalresearch.ca/wither-democrats-enter-hillary/5695108

The Costs of an Illegal Military Occupation: Trump Demands Five-Fold Increase in Payments from South Korea
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
South Korea has historically paid an unusually large percentage of the cost of keeping US forces there, and under pressure from President Trump, agreed earlier this year to a substantial increase, with South Korea agreeing to pay $924 million …
globalresearch.ca/trump-demands-five-fold-increase-payments-south-korea/5695071

Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People. Self Appointed "President Jeanine Añez
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed …
globalresearch.ca/morales-bolivia-suffers-assault-power-people/5695043

"Crime Against Democracy": U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Bolivia's legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the "The OAS is in the service of the North American empire" and that he "could not understand" how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia.
globalresearch.ca/u-s-backed-fascist-coup-bolivia-crime-against-democracy/5695045

Chile Despertó! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Battle Against Neoliberalism
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
°Chile despertó! | °Piñera, renuncia! | °Piñera ya fue! | °Que se vayan los milicos! | Chile Has Woken Up! | Piñera Resign! | Piñera Has Gone! | Let the "Milicos" leave! ("Milicos" is a derogatory word for police and military personnel) | These are some the powerful …
globalresearch.ca/rising-fight-against-neo-liberalism-chile/5695069

Shocking gender inequality in general election media coverage as women 'marginalised'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-15
Women are featuring in just a fifth of national press coverage of the General Election campaign, according to research.Academics at Loughborough University noted "gender inequality across all coverage" from November 7 to November 13.The research found that when considering all participants in election news coverage — including citizens, business people, experts and public professionals — women's voices accounted for just a third of all quotation in TV news and a fifth of quotation in the national press.On television, women's voices made up 32.9% of the share, while men had 67.1%.SNP leader Nicola Sturge…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/15/shocking-gender-inequality-in-general-election-media-coverage-as-women-marginalised/

The Coup in Bolivia: Five Lessons
Atilio A. Boron | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
The Bolivian tragedy teaches us various lessons that our people and the peoples social and political forces must learn from and record in our consciences forever. Here is a brief list, jotted down quickly, and as a prelude to …
globalresearch.ca/coup-bolivia-five-lessons/5695084

Wall Street and the Frankenstein Economy
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The term 'income inequality' suggests the inevitability of a natural process, a division of winners from losers along the lines of hair loss or disproportionate body mass that corporate researchers are working to solve for the sake of the self-esteem of the losers. Some people are tall, others short, some people have pleasant dispositions, others not so much. Otherwise, it almost certainly isn't the 'winners' for whom inequality is a problem, is it?
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/wall-street-and-the-frankenstein-economy/

MMT & the Art of Social Practice with Vienne Chan (Live)
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2019-11-15
In this special live episode of Money on the Left, artist and researcher Vienne Chan joins us to talk art, politics, and money–and how Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) reconfigures the boundaries between all three. Recorded at the Third Annual International Conference on Modern Monetary Theory held at Stony Brook University, our conversation focuses specifically on […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/15/mmt-the-art-of-social-practice-with-vienne-chan-live/

Top Bolivian Coup Plotters Trained by US Military's School of the Americas, Served as Attachés in FBI Police Programs
Jeb Sprague | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Commanders of Bolivia's military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. They were previously educated for insurrection in the US government's notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | *** | The United States played a key …
globalresearch.ca/top-bolivian-coup-plotters-trained-by-us-military-school-americas-served-attaches-fbi-police-programs/5695080

Syria's Opposing Parties
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
A Canadian political commentator and author of "Voices from Syria" said if a new constitution is approved by the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the foreign-backed "unelected" opposition cannot guarantee to adhere to it. | "Unelected opposing parties cannot guarantee anything," Mark Taliano …
globalresearch.ca/syrias-opposing-parties/5695031

The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
The fake "whistleblower's name– Eric Ciamerella–has been known for a long time, but not officially. Now it is official. Senator Rand Paul has officially released his name. Funny, isn't it, that only the Republicans want Ciamerella to testify. The …
globalresearch.ca/democrats-have-country-slippery-slope/5695036

Israel Kills Over 30 In Gaza, Bolivia Coup About Lithium And More & Israeli Group Taking Syria's Oil
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-15
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 (11/14/19). 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-kills-over-30-in-gaza-bolivia-coup-about-lithium-and-more-israeli-group-taking-syrias-oil/

Karma: British "White Helmets" Co-Founder Dead in Turkey
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Former British military officer James Le Mesurier suspected of ties to MI6 and the co-founder of the so-called "White Helmets" front was found dead this month in Turkey from an apparent fall from his residence. | The Western media wasted no …
globalresearch.ca/british-white-helmets-co-founder-dead-turkey/5695065

In Bolivia, the American Empire Strikes Back
Danny Haiphong | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Evo Morales' fourth term was over before it began. After winning the latest presidential election by over 600,000 votes, a flurry of violence on the part of the U.S.-backed opposition in Bolivia pressured Evo to step down. Evo's home was …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-american-empire-strikes-back/5695072

We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English
Scott Lee | thenation.com | 2019-11-15
We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English…
thenation.com/article/english-language-learners/

UNF SDS says 'No Nazis at UNF' again
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Jacksonville, FL – The University of North Florida's (UNF) chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a banner drop on November 13, condemning recent Neo-Nazi propaganda that has been posted around campus. The hand-written banner read, "Neo-Nazis not welcome here." | On November 5, UNF's student newspaper released an article of students finding multiple Neo-Nazi flyers around campus that read, "It's ok to genocide subhumans" and "The struggle never ends. Join the F.K.D." FKD stands for Feuerkrieg Division, a splinter group of the paramilitary extremist group, Atomwaffen Division which has been linked…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/unf-sds…

Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California
Candice Francis | aclu.org | 2019-11-15
This is a cross-post from the ACLU of Northern California. | There is a story we tell ourselves about being American. Much of it is a lie. Two dates that students throughout the country are required to memorize to inform an American identity are 1492, when Columbus supposedly "discovered" America, and 1776, when the United States claimed sovereignty from England and through the Declaration of Independence declared: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." If we're honest, we'll admit that the "all men" in that catchphrase didn't include African Americans, Native Americans, and…
aclu.org/news/racial-justice/gold-chains-the-hidden-history-of-slavery-in-california