The Globalization of Poverty: What Is Neoliberalism?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
In these unprecedented economic times, the world is experiencing as a whole what most of the so-called "developing" countries have experienced over the past several decades. For a nuanced examination of the intricacies of the global political-economic landscape and the …
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-poverty-inside-the-new-world-order/5313987

Substandard Education in America
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
We know all the criticisms. China's children are taught only to memorise and not to think or question. They are rote-learning robots without capacity for original thought. They know only how to produce high scores but not to apply any …
globalresearch.ca/brief-look-substandard-education/5694267

Oakland teachers and parents condemn police brutality
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2019-11-08
Oct. 28 — At a vigil called by the Oakland Education Association, parents, teachers and community members denounced police brutality against demonstrators protesting school closures and consolidations. During a loud but peaceful protest Oct. 23 at an Oakland School Board meeting, Oakland city police and some of the school district's . . . | Continue reading Oakland teachers and parents condemn police brutality at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44312/

America's Streets and Squares Are Waiting, But When Will the People Rise Up to Fill Them?
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
General view as people gather in a massive protest at Plaza Baquedano during the eighth day of protests against President Sebastian Pi√±era's government on October 25, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. President Sebastian Pi√±era announced measures to improve social inequality, however unions called for a nationwide strike and massive demonstrations continue as death toll reached 18. Demands behind the protests include issues as health care, pension system, privatization of water, public transport, education, social mobility and corruption. (Photo: Claudio Santana/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites…
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/08/americas-streets-and-squares-are-waiting-when-will-people-rise-fill-them?cd-origin=rss

The Contemptible Secretary DeVos
Christopher Brauchli | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
That shut her up real horrorshow and lovely. — Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange As a lawyer I am reluctant to speak unkindly of a federal judge, but I cannot resist observing that U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of San Francisco can only be described as a something of a Johnny come lately. It was she,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/the-contemptible-secretary-devos/

Thirst for Justice: America's Struggle for Clean Water
Leana Hosea | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Somehow I'd ended up on a plastic mattress in a tiny prison cell wearing the infamous orange jump suit. I'd been arrested once before in Egypt during the revolution as a journalist, but now I was in Wisconsin, America, where …
globalresearch.ca/thirst-for-justice-americas-struggle-for-clean-water/5694371

'All Eyes on Nestlé': The Commodification and Privatization of Water
Doreen Nicoll | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Ontario's environment minister, Jeff Yurek, plans to announce the provincial government's decision on water bottling permits by mid-December. The announcement comes after the government's extension of a moratorium on new and expanded permits, put in place by the Liberal …
globalresearch.ca/all-eyes-nestle-campaign-draws-attention-commodification-water/5694313

New Chapter in Greek-Russian Relations?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on November 6 amidst a string of events that have complicated relations between the two countries. Following official visits to Cyprus, Israel and the United …
globalresearch.ca/new-chapter-greek-russian-relations/5694380

The Vaccine Deep State. Impacts of Aluminum Adjuvants in Vaccines
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Who coined the term anti-vaccine or anti-vaxx? The derogatory term "anti-vaxxer," which has been championed by the media and the medical industry's experts who function as the media's talking heads, are merely people who question the efficacy and safety of …
globalresearch.ca/the-vaccine-deep-state-impacts-of-aluminum-adjuvants-in-vaccines/5694331

'Forever Chemicals' in Over 500 New Jersey Water Systems and Sources — More than 1,000 Contamination Sites Nationwide
Jared Hayes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been detected in more than 500 New Jersey drinking water systems and groundwater sources, according to the latest state and federal data compiled and mapped by EWG. | The 470 new detections reported …
globalresearch.ca/chemicals-new-jersey-water-systems-sources-1000-contamination-sites-nationwide/5694358

Breaking Open a Black Hole: The World's Most Dangerous Experiment
Haley Zaremba | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
2012 was a big year for black holes. Or, rather, for our understanding of them. First, Scientific American published a moderately terrifying paper titled "Black Holes are Everywhere" and then a team of researchers at Princeton University numerically solved the …
globalresearch.ca/breaking-open-black-hole-world-most-dangerous-experiment/5694375

The Completion of the Kartarpur Corridor Is a Victory for the Sikh Community
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The global Sikh community is celebrating the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor on 9 November that will create an international pilgrimage route from India to the nearby Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan where the founder of the world's fifth-largest …
globalresearch.ca/completion-kartarpur-corridor-victory-sikh-community/5694343

Nelson Algren and the Pathologies of Life in the USA
Ben Terrall | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Colin Asher's Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren is both a top-notch work of research and an elegantly written profile of a great writer who is too little remembered today. Unlike too many contemporary biographies, which tend to be either research dumps badly in need of editing or axe-grinding…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/nelson-algren-and-the-pathologies-of-life-in-the-usa/

China's Vision for the Future: "Give Peace a Chance"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
China's vision for the future is "Give Peace a Chance". It is also the title of one of John Lennon's most prominent songs. It became the anthem for the anti-war movement, at the time of the US-waged war against Vietnam. …
globalresearch.ca/china-vision-future/5694334

Syria: "U.S. Get Out!"
UNACpeace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) stands in solidarity with the long-suffering people of Syria. We oppose all foreign occupation of Syrian territory. Syria belongs to the Syrians. | The current Turkish incursion into northern Syria is in violation of Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/unac-statement-situation-syria-u-s-out/5694345

China and US Agree on Phased Tariffs Rollback?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
According to US and Chinese media, negotiators of both countries agreed to partially roll back tariffs. | Spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry Gao Feng said the following: | "If the phase-one deal is signed, China and the US should remove the same | …
globalresearch.ca/china-us-agree-phased-tariffs-rollback/5694369

Time Is Running Out to Salvage the Iran Nuclear Deal
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
This week, Iran's atomic energy authority confirmed it would commence enriching uranium past the 3.67 percent cap to 5 percent at its Fordow plant starting Wednesday. This is Tehran's fourth step in scaling back its commitments under the 2015 Iran …
globalresearch.ca/time-running-salvage-iran-nuclear-deal/5694355

Israel's Supreme Court — Upholding "Targeted Assassinations" and Torture
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Time and again, Israel's high court upholds human and civil rights abuses committed by the state. | In 2006, the court upheld its targeted assassinations policy, claiming they're OK when no other choices exist to protect against dangers to national security …
globalresearch.ca/israel-supreme-court-upholding-abuses-human-civil-rights/5694365

Dwindling US Hegemony in South East Asia in Favor of China
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The 2019 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held in Thailand earlier this week has given a signal of how the regional order is beginning to change. The ASEAN platform serves as a biannual conference between 10 Southeast countries, …
globalresearch.ca/dwindling-us-hegemony-in-south-east-asia-in-favor-of-china/5694329

Flooding the market with fake rhino horn could help stop poaching
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-08
Scientists have invented a way to create fake rhino horn using horse hair — hoping it will provide a blueprint for flooding the market with credible fakes.Rhino horn is believed to have many benefits in Chinese medicine, including working as an aphrodisiac.However, researchers say the reality is that sellers are often cutting the horn with drugs such as Viagra.They add that regardless of the blend, the demand for rhino horn continues to drive poaching, with devastating effects for wild populations.The study, published in Scientific Reports, aims to provide a way to confuse, and in turn diminish, the demand f…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/11/08/flooding-the-market-with-fake-rhino-horn-could-help-stop-poaching/

Syria: Where Have All the "Professional" Journalists Gone?
Janice Kortkamp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
I'm in Homs on my sixth visit to this vibrant city since May 2016 as an independent, self-funded activist and social media amateur journalist. | Since peace and stability have been restored and life is returning, the "professional news media" is …
globalresearch.ca/where-professional-journalists-gone/5694319

"American Self Preservation Doctrine": US National Security Agreements (MCC, ACSA, SOFA) Incompatible with International Law
Tamara Kunanayakam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
"[T]here is no friendship when nations are not equal, when one has to obey another and when one only dominates another." Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India Closing Speech at the Asian-African Conference, Bandung, 1955 | Acquisition and Cross …
globalresearch.ca/mcc-acsa-sofa-incompatible-international-law/5694350

Chicago Teachers Didn't Win Everything, But They've Transformed the City–And the Labor Movement
Rebecca Burns | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Chicago teachers and staff returned to the classrooms Friday after more than two weeks on strike. Their walkout lasted longer than the city's landmark 2012 strike, as well as those in Los Angeles and Oakland earlier this year. | The Chicago …
globalresearch.ca/chicago-teachers-didnt-win-everything-transformed-city-labor-movement/5694353

Speaking truth to power: the UN experts fighting for global human rights
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-08
Fearless. Plain-speaking. Critical. Courageous. Unflinching. Unfair. Biased. Manipulative. These are some of the adjectives used to describe the Human Rights Council experts who fan out across the world to research, hold consultations and gather information on a vast range of human rights violations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1050931

Growing Ecological Civilization in China
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences invited me to an international ecological conference in Jinan, Shandong Province. The Academy gave the conference a provocative and insightful title: a Paradigm Shift: Towards Ecological Civilization: China and the World. I listened to several Chinese and non-Chinese experts talk about a variety of issues (political, economic and ecological)…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/growing-ecological-civilization-in-china/

Bring Back Claudia! SFUSD Parent, Students,Teachers & Community Supporters Protest
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-11-08
Dozens of parents, students, teachers and community members rallied at 24th and Mission St. in San Francisco on November 6, 2019 to protest the retaliation and removal of Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Principal Claudia DeLarios Moran. | Union busting superintendent Vincent Matthews has also sought to cut $300,000 from MLK Middle School and he and his SFUSD board are seeking to outsource the school bus drivers to non-union operators and Zoom UPBER operators.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/06/18827917.php

Ralph Nader: The World Is Waiting for America to Rise Up
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-08
Student debt is out of control, voter suppression is rampant, and millions are living in poverty. What will it take for us to fight back?
truthdig.com/articles/ralph-nader-the-world-is-waiting-for-america-to-rise-up/

Remembering the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-08
The 1968 Orangeburg massacre is one of the most violent and least remembered events of the civil rights movement. A crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg's only bowling alley. After days of escalating tensions, students started a bonfire and held a vigil on the campus to protest. Dozens of police arrived on the scene, and state troopers fired live ammunition into the crowd. When the shooting stopped, three students were dead and 28 wounded. Although the tra…
truthout.org/video/remembering-the-1968-orangeburg-massacre/

Beijing looks to end Hong Kong protest movement
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
Youth and students fighting to defend democratic rights in Hong Kong must turn to the international working class as their only allies in this struggle.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/hong…

I'm Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars
Danny Sjursen | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
I'm Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars…
thenation.com/article/afghanistan-army-west-point/

Ahead of SCOTUS Hearing on DACA Hundreds of Immigrant Youth Walk Out of Schools Across the Country
United We Dream | indybay.org | 2019-11-08
Students are raising their voice to tell the Justices to Preserve DACA, move local officials to do more to protect their families, and declare their home is here and they're here to stay.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/08/18827937.php

World in revolt: People rise up
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-08
People's movementsIssue 1244 World climate emergency student strike 4 climate Extinction RebellionNovember 8, 2019Across the globe, people are rising. | People's power moveme…
greenleft.org.au/content/world-revolt-people-rise

Remembering the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre When Police Shot Dead Three Unarmed Black Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-08
The 1968 Orangeburg massacre is one of the most violent and least remembered events of the civil rights movement. A crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg's only bowling alley. After days of escalating tensions, students started a bonfire and held a vigil on the campus to protest. Dozens of police arrived on the scene, and state troopers fired live ammunition into the crowd. When the shooting stopped, three students were dead and 28 wounded. Although the tragedy predated the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings and it was the fir…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/8/rememberi…

Study: At Least 15,600 Premature Deaths Resulted From GOP Blocking Medicaid Expansion
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
New research "shows that gaining Medicaid coverage is literally a matter of life and death, particularly for people with serious health needs," and bolsters arguments in favor of states expanding their Medicaid programs, according to a report published this week by a leading progressive policy institute. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/08/study-least-15600-premature-deaths-resulted-gop-blocking-medicaid-expansion?cd-origin=rss

#HereToStay: Student Walkouts Across US to Demand Supreme Court Defend DACA
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
Days before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the first oral arguments regarding President Donald Trump's decision to rescind working permits for undocumented young people, thousands of high school and college students staged walkouts Friday to declare that DACA recipients are "here to stay." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/08/heretostay-student-walkouts-across-us-demand-supreme-court-defend-daca?cd-origin=rss

Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
In this Autumn of Discontent, people | …
globalresearch.ca/neoliberalism-demand-justice-chile-world/5694211

America's Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
Ask students to read for more than a couple of sentences and many will protest that they can't do it. The most frequent complaint that teachers hear that it's boring. It is not so much the content of the written material that is at issues here; it is the act of reading itself that is …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/americas-education-system-teaching-the-price-of-everything-and-the-value-of-nothing/

Nuclear Outlaw Israel Slams Iran's Legitimate Uranium Enrichment
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
On Tuesday, Iranian President Rouhani announced his nation's 4th JCPOA pullback — permitted under the deal's Articles 26 and 36 when other signatories breach their obligations. | That's precisely what happened. The Trump regime illegally abandoned the internationally binding agreement. | Europe …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-outlaw-israel-slams-iran-legitimate-uranium-enrichment/5694212

Apartheid in the global governance system
Jason Hickel | mronline.org | 2019-11-07
In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global economy, in that rich countries have disproportionate influence when it comes to setting the rules of international trade and finance. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/07/apartheid-in-the-global-governance-system/

The Cold War Never Stopped: US Pressures UN Members to Vote Against Cuba Anti-Blockade Resolution
Drago Bosnic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States of exerting pressure on Latin American countries to oppose the United Nations draft resolution against the US-imposed economic blockade on Cuba. | "The US authorities have been carrying out different actions of | …
globalresearch.ca/us-pressures-un-members-vote-against-cuba-anti-blockade-resolution/5694254

What's Joker's Joke?
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
"Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?" — Rodriguez, "Cause" | It's not funny, that's for sure. | When I went to see Joker, the new Todd Philips' film, there were five other people …
globalresearch.ca/what-joker-joke/5694237

Is There a Place for Ethics in Smart Cities?
Dr. Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
It is difficult to win a debate on ethics when you are pitted against a crowd of tech-acolytes. I was taking the position that a more vital consideration in developing cities are ethical ones rather than the smartness of the …
globalresearch.ca/place-ethics-smart-cities/5694230

Anti-Trump Impeachment Scam Ignores What US Military Aid to Ukraine Goes For
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Ukraine is a US client state, established by the Obama regime's 2014 coup — replacing democratic governance with a government integrated by Nazi elements. . | The US FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes $250 million in military aid …
globalresearch.ca/anti-trump-impeachment-scam-ignores-what-us-military-aid-ukraine-goes/5694243

Protecting the Oil Fields: Syria Army Deployments on the Northeastern Borders with Turkey
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues its deployment north and east to secure as many Syrian people and as much Syrian land it can in a race with NATO and their terrorists. | The importance of the SAA and Syrian Border …
globalresearch.ca/protecting-the-oil-fields-syria-army-deployments-on-the-northeastern-borders-with-turkey/5694251

'Could have been the worst day': 6yo Ohio student brings LOADED GUN to class for 'show & tell'
rt.com | 2019-11-07
A charter school in Ohio was in for quite a scare when a first grade student showed up to class armed with a loaded handgun, in what police say could have become the "worst day" in the school's history. | Responding to a call from Kids Care Elementary School in Columbus on Wednesday morning, police soon learned that a six-year-old student had brought a weapon into the building. The pistol was safely retrieved from the boy's backpack after he showed it to a classmate, who in turn alerted a teacher. The boy was then taken into protective custody. | "Another student had seen the gun in some fashion, and [then]…
rt.com/usa/472811-first-grader-gun-school/

Chile: 'This fight is for dignity'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
Nate Thompson Susan PriceIssue 1244 Chile 2019 Chile protestsNovember 7, 2019A huge popular revolt has erupted in Chile against the neoliberal policies of President Sebastian Pinera. This uprising was initially sparked by a campaign of student civil disobedience…
greenleft.org.au/content/chile-fight-dignity

University of Melbourne casuals confront Arts dean over unpaid work
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
Workers rights Annette HerreraIssue 1244 Australia University of MelbourneNovember 7, 2019It is an open secret that Australian universities are underpaying casual academics. Often earning less than $30,000 a year, casuals make up 70% of undergraduate teach…
greenleft.org.au/content/university-melbourne-casuals-confront-arts-dean-over-unpaid-work

Algerian Protesters Are Still in the Streets, Months After Pushing Out Longtime President Bouteflika
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
In Algeria, protests against corruption, the jailing of opposition leaders and the army's powerful role in national politics have entered their ninth month. Tens of thousands filled the streets of the capital Algiers last Friday to mark the 65th anniversary of the war of independence from France and to demand a "new revolution" rather than an upcoming election they say will be rigged. Over 100 student protesters were arrested last night as the Algerian government intensified its crackdown on demonstrators ahead of the upcoming polls. Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announced the country will hold a presiden…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/7/algerian_…

From Colombia to Galapagos to California and OSU
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-06
New information breakthroughs for me are exhilarating. Working with all that whale data is like looking into the dark with a flashlight. It's work that is able to contribute new information to the field. — OSU Whale Researcher, Daniel Palacios Whaling's first commercial iteration with harpoons started in Japan around 1570. With many more nations participating …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/from-colombia-to-galapagos-to-california-and-osu/

Investigations Unearth Systemic Corruption in K-12 School Leadership–and Students and Teachers Lose Out
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-11-05
Much of the blame lies with an education reform movement that has exhorted schools to operate more like businesses and mimic corporate hiring processes.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/investigations-corruption-school-leadership-byrant-191105/