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/

Could Saudi Aramco IPO kill OPEC?
rt.com | 2019-11-16
The global oil market could be entering unchartered waters in the coming weeks. After the US shale revolution, which threatened OPEC's hold on and the stability of the market, a new danger is lurking around the corner. | The Aramco IPO, the largest IPO in history, will not only impact OPEC but will also have repercussions for the Kingdom, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the entire GCC region. | Most analysts have pointed out that there are some major issues with the company's financials, its valuation and possible returns for the Kingdom. International banks are presenting their own IPO valuations, indic…
rt.com/business/473559-saudi-aramco-ipo-opec/

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.
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/la-rally-marks-25-years-racist-california-prop-187

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 Chavez 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…
workers.org/2019/11/44409/

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

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

Encountering Peace — A Personal Note of an Israeli Peace Activist During the Gaza Rockets
Gershon Baskin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
What does an Israeli peace activist do when the rockets are flying and the bombs are falling? | I have been going to demonstrations since I was 12 years old — that was 51 years ago. I can easily say that …
globalresearch.ca/encountering-peace-a-personal-note-of-an-israeli-peace-activist-during-the-gaza-rockets/5695022

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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/

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

"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

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

Greece as the Centrepiece of China's BRI in the Eastern Mediterranean
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
A 2018 Pew Survey found that 89% of Greeks found their culture to be superior to others, by far the highest amount of people in Europe where it reached as low as 26% in Sweden, 23% in Estonia and Belgium, …
globalresearch.ca/greece-centrepiece-china-bri-eastern-mediterranean/5695024

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/

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

Over 100 Harvard Law Students Walk Out of Lecture Held by Israeli Counselor
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-15
Over 100 pro-Palestinian law students from Harvard University, today, walked out of a lecture held by Dani Dayan, current Consul General of Israel in New York, at the Harvard Law School. A video posted online, by the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee (Harvard PSC), shows students participating in the silent …
imemc.org/article/over-100-harvard-law-students-walk-out-of-lecture-held-by-israeli-counselor/

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…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/unf-sds-says-no-nazis-unf-again

School closures threatened as Chicago teachers vote on widely-hated tentative agreement
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
The Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey wrote a letter threatening school closures by Mayor Lightfoot as teachers vote on an agreement favored by Wall Street and widely opposed by new and veteran educators.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/15/chic…

Irish Youth Activists at First-Ever Climate Assembly Implore Govt to Listen to Science
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-15
Lawmakers were told they must "work on our behalf to ensure that we—and you—have a future." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/15/irish-youth-activists-first-ever-climate-assembly-implore-govt-listen-science?cd-origin=rss

Putting 'Health of All Species' in Danger, Trump EPA Proposal Guts Restrictions on Toxic Herbicide Linked to Birth Defects
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-15
"The pro-industry zealots now running the EPA's pesticide office are making a mockery of science and eliminating key safety measures, all for company profits." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/15/putting-health-all-species-danger-trump-epa-proposal-guts-restrictions-toxic?cd-origin=rss

Applauding His Record of Standing Up to 'Charter Billionaires,' United Teachers Los Angeles Endorses Bernie Sanders
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-15
"Critically, like UTLA, Sen. Sanders believes in building a national movement for real, lasting change." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/15/applauding-his-record-standing-charter-billionaires-united-teachers-los-angeles?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: The Costs of Post 9/11 Wars: $6.4 Trillion
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-costs-post-911-wars-6-4-trillion/5694993

Lawyers and Scholars to LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters: Stop Helping ICE Deport People
Cora Currier | theintercept.com | 2019-11-14
Lawyers, students, and scholars called on legal database providers to end their contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, and private surveillance contractor Palantir, saying the arrangements put universities and immigration lawyers in the untenable position of feeding money and even information into systems that facilitate deportation. | Researchers Against Surveillance and Law Students Against ICE made their requests in a letter and petition asking Thomson Reuters, which owns the legal search tool Westlaw, and RELX,…
theintercept.com/2019/11/14/ice-lexisnexis-thomson-reuters-database/

'Insanely Despicable, Ridiculously Stupid' Attack on Education in Florida Continues
Kathleen Oropeza | progressive.org | 2019-11-14
New governor Ron DeSantis is the ultimate #FloridaMan. His political games are an insult to the children, teachers, and parents who are the heart and soul of our public schools.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/florida-man-attack-education-oropeza-191114/

The Boom in US Shale Oil? The US is the Largest Oil Producer in the World
Nick Cunningham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-14
The prevailing wisdom that sees explosive and long-term potential for U.S. shale may rest on some faulty and overly-optimistic assumptions, according to a new report. | Forecasts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), along with those from its Paris-based counterpart, …
globalresearch.ca/eia-grossly-overestimating-u-s-shale/5694943

The Strategic Battle for Lithium. Huge Reserves in Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
Enzo Pellegrin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-14
On March 15, 2018, Maurizio Stefanini, reporter of an italian right think-tank, complained that the huge reserve of Lithium present in Bolivia was in the hands of the State"" and of the bad example"" of Evo Morales. (1) In the …
globalresearch.ca/take-lithium-stay/5694951

Three Common Privacy Misconceptions That Companies Love
Jay Stanley | aclu.org | 2019-11-14
A significant number of Americans hold significant misconceptions about their privacy, according to opinion research — misconceptions that privacy-invading companies love. That's according to research on American understandings of privacy carried out over the past couple decades by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, lead by Prof. Joseph Turow, whom I recently heard give a talk summarizing these studies. | Misconceptio…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/three-common-privacy-misconceptions-that-companies-love

Two dead, multiple wounded in California high school shooting, suspect in custody
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Two people have been killed and several others injured in a shooting at a high school in Santa Clarita, California. Police have apprehended the suspect, who is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | Police responded to a shooting at Saugus High School, around 40 miles north of Los Angeles, early Thursday morning. Upon reaching the school's quad, officers discovered six wounded students, who were triaged and taken to nearby hospitals. | A 16-year-old female victim succumbed to her wounds at Henry Mayo Hospital. Another student was later pronounced dead, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff. Thre…
rt.com/usa/473479-california-santa-clarita-school-shooting/

More than 765 Charter Schools Closed in Three Years
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-13
Currently, about 3.2 million students are enrolled in roughly 7,000 privately-operated charter schools across the country. This represents less than 7% of all students and 7% of all schools in the country. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 765 charter schools closed between 2014-15 and 2016-2017,1 leaving thousands of families stressed, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/more-than-765-charter-schools-closed-in-three-years/

Wisconsin's Chronic Black-White Achievement Gap
Alexandria Millet | progressive.org | 2019-11-13
The nation's report card demonstrates yet again that students of color are underserved–and education reformers are all too eager to bank on the opportunity.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/wisconsin-black-white-achievement-gap-millet-191113/

Quality education an 'essential pillar' of a better future, says UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-12
Education is an "essential pillar" to achieving the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN chief António Guterres told an audience on Tuesday at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization, ahead of the agency's General Conference.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051171

Leaked Audio Recordings Implicate Cruz, Menendez And Rubio In Bolivia Coup & Veteran's Day Reality
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
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 (11/11/19). 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/leaked-audio-recordings-implicate-cruz-menendez-and-rubio-bolivia-coup-veterans-day-reality/

East LA students walkout for DACA
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-12
Los Angeles, CA — Hundreds of students from Garfield High School in East LA have walked out of their classrooms to defend DACA. The students are taking the metro train to downtown Los Angeles where participants will rally. A group of youth gathered in downtown as early as 6 a.m. | Today, November 12, the Supreme Court has started to hear oral arguments to determine whether Trump's lawsuit against DACA will be upheld or not. DACA will affect over 100,000 youth in the state of California.
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/12/east-la-students-walkout-daca

Hedge Fund-Backed GOP Group Is Digging Up Dirt on Elizabeth Warren, Documents Show
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-11-12
In October, documents surfaced that appeared to contradict a key story told by Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail. In her telling, Warren's "dream job" as a public school teacher ended in 1971 when the school principal noticed she was "visibly pregnant," a form of employment discrimination that was legal and common during that era. On October 7, a conservative website presented archived documents that appeared to challenge that narrative, including the minutes of a meeting in which the school board had voted to extend Warren's tenure and another in which the board notes that Warren herself resigned from…
theintercept.com/2019/11/12/elizabeth-warren-pregnancy-fired-america-rising/