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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/

America's Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
globalresearch.ca/america-education-system-teaching-price-everything-value-nothing/5694054

Chicago teachers win some 'educational justice'
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2019-11-05
Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU 73 March Downtown. "Did we accomplish every single little thing?" said Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, during an Oct. 31 victory press conference. "No. But I can say that we moved the needle on educational justice in the city." And that was . . . | Continue reading Chicago teachers win some 'educational justice' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44263/

Stop the Attacks on Health Workers in the Philippines
Seiji Yamada — Arcelita Imasa | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-05
Dr. Gene Nisperos is an Assistant Professor who teaches Community Medicine at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine. Dr. Nisperos is also the President of the All UP Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU)-UP Manila Chapter. I (SY) had the honor of learning about community-oriented medical education in the Philippines when I visited Dr.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/05/stop-the-attacks-on-health-workers-in-the-philippines/

Australia: Bullied teachers reveal union complicity in victimisations–Part 2
wsws.org | 2019-11-05
The WSWS and Committee for Public Education discuss the crisis in Australia's public schools, with the founders of Bullied Teachers Support Network.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/bts2…

Bolivia: Audios Linking Civic, Ex-Military and US in Coup Plans
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-05
The Radio Education Network of Bolivia (Erbol) leaked 16 audios involving opposition leaders who are calling for a coup d'etat against the government of President Evo Morales, a political action which would have been coordinated from the U.S. embassy in the Andean country . | RELATED: | Bolivia's Evo: OAS Report Must be 'Techincal, Not Political' | Among those mentioned…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Audios-Linking-Civic-Ex-Military-and-US-in-Coup-Plans-20191105-0001.html

Akwasi Afrifa: An Appraisal of Ghana's One Time Military Ruler
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Akwasi Afrifa, military officer and political leader of Ghana, is a man whose legacy still polarises his countrymen to this day. Should he be remembered as a principled believer in democratic values who helped rescue Ghana from a "dictator" …
globalresearch.ca/afrifa-appraisal-ghana-one-time-military-ruler/5693998

Trump Impeachment Scam as Theater and Distraction
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Trump is virtually certain to be impeached for illegitimate reasons by the Dem-controlled House — even though majority senators are highly likely to defeat the scheme. | What's going on is one of the most disturbing spectacles in US history that's …
globalresearch.ca/trump-impeachment-scam-theater-distraction/5694075

Over 11,000 scientists declare climate emergency and call for urgent action
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-05
More than 11,000 scientists around the world have declared a climate emergency, warning of "untold suffering" without urgent action. | Scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia, Oregon State University and Tufts University in the US, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa are joined in the warning by 11,000 signatories from 153 countries, including the UK. The declaration is based on analysis of more than 40 years of publicly available data covering a range of measures from energy use to deforestation and carbon emissions | In a paper published in the journal Bioscience, the researchers set out…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/11/05/over-11000-scientists-declare-climate-emergency-and-call-for-urgent-action/

California of Fire and Profit
Luca Celada | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
California is burning. This sentence is all too familiar by now, a kind of mantra that is repeated every year with the onset of "fire season," when live television broadcasts start to show homes threatened by flames and the wails …
globalresearch.ca/california-fire-profit/5694067

How Islamic Jihadism Was Conceived as Antidote to Communism?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
During the Soviet-Afghan conflict from 1979 to 1988 between the capitalist and communist blocs, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States took the side of the former because the Soviet Union and the Central Asian states produced more energy and …
globalresearch.ca/islamic-jihadism-conceived-antidote-communism/5694033

Algeria: Urrà ! Sofiane Djilali ha ricevuto un premio!
Ahmed Bensaada | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Ci sono mattine cosà¨. Uno si sveglia e la prima notizia che legge sul telefono lo lascia perplesso. Strabuzza gli occhi per essere sicuro che ha capito bene. Si lascia cadere sul cuscino per dimostrare a se stesso che è …
globalresearch.ca/algeria-urra-sofiane-djilali-ha-ricevuto-un-premio/5694119

Syrian Army Defends Civilians from Sectarian Terrorist Threat in Northeast
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have continued to pull back as agreed, while the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Russian military allies have taken positions through much of the northeast of Syria, to counter the Turkish invasion. There …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-arab-army-defends-civilians-sectarian-terrorist-threat-northeast/5693995

What We're Not Being Told About Inhalers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-05
Many people affected by breathing conditions like asthma may be unwittingly adding to global heating, because of the climate threat from inhalers often used to relieve their suffering. | Many of the appliances used at present — termed metered-dose inhalers — contain propellants that are potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) which contribute to the problems of climate change. | A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK says that if health services switched to prescribing "green" inhalers instead, big cuts would be possible i…
truthdig.com/articles/what-were-not-being-told-about-inhalers/

Media Debates as Russia Pushes into Africa
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Since the collapse …
globalresearch.ca/media-debates-russia-pushes-africa/5694032

We Are All Palestinians
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In spite of the fact that Israeli snipers continue to shoot scores of unarmed protesting Gazans every Friday with virtually no coverage from the media, there are some signs that the ability of Israel and its friends to control the …
globalresearch.ca/we-all-palestinians/5694005

Improved Russia-India Ties To be Balanced with Improved Russia-China Relations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
The visit of new Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to Moscow from 5-7 November along with a 50-member military-technical business delegation will continue the trend of improving Russian-Indian defense ties after their comparative weakening over the past few years, though …
globalresearch.ca/improved-russian-indian-ties-balanced-improved-russian-chinese-ones/5694065

5G Cell Phone Technology Contravenes Human and Environmental Laws
Electromagnetic Sense Ireland | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Attorney-at-law Christian Jensen, of Bonnor Lawyers in Denmark, examined potential health damages and risks of 5G in relation to human rights and environmental conventions. | The legal opinion is centred around results that have positively documented actual damages or risks …
globalresearch.ca/danish-legal-opinion-concludes-5g-contravenes-human-environmental-laws/5694047

US Sponsored Chaos: Iraqi Security Foil a Terrorist Attack Against Baghdad Protesters
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Iraqi security forces managed to arrest a terrorist plotting to carry out terrorist bombings against the protesters in a special operation south of Baghdad, he goes by the pseudonym 'Abu Haroun'. | The counter-terrorist unit discovered a stash of weapons, explosives, …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-security-foil-terrorist-attack-against-protesters/5694072

Video: Syrian Army Prepares for Advance in Northern Lattakia
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In response to a recent escalation in northern Lattakia, the Syrian Army has deployed a batch of reinforcements south of the militant-held town of Kbani. According to pro-government sources, the Syrian military leadership is also considering to deploy units from …
globalresearch.ca/video-army-prepares-advance-northern-lattakia/5694079

Our Kurdish Hero…the Terrorist?
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In the past month, the name and image of General Mazloum Adbi, the commander of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, has become well known to Americans. The decision by President Trump to precipitously withdraw U.S. forces …
globalresearch.ca/kurdish-hero-terrorist/5694037

"Robbing" Syria's Oil to Thwart Syria's Recovery
Salman Rafi Sheikh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
In the name of what the US president called "securing the oil" or what the Pentagon chose to describe as an attempt to "protect" Syria's oil, the US is basically indulging in what can, in simple terms, be described as …
globalresearch.ca/robbing-syria-oil-thwart-syria-recovery/5694045

Sentence First, Crime Later?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Attorney General William Barr recently sent a memo to law enforcement officials announcing a new federal initiative that would use techniques and tools developed in the war on terror, such as mass surveillance, to identify potential mass shooters. Those so …
globalresearch.ca/sentence-first-crime-later/5694060

Malaysian PM Dr. Mahathir: No Country Can Impose Sanctions on Other Countries
Press TV | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says his country cannot carry out trade with Iran, one of its big trading partners, as a result of Washington's unilateral sanctions against Tehran, noting that US bans on Iran contravene the United Nations' provisions….
globalresearch.ca/malaysian-pm-no-country-impose-sanctions-other-countries/5694030

"Dark Money" Is Now Coursing Through the Veins of Britain's Democracy
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
It was only a couple of months ago that the UK elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, fined the Scottish Unionist Association Trust (SUAT) for repeated failures to declare more than £200,000 in donations to the Scottish Conservatives. The outrage …
globalresearch.ca/dark-money-coursing-britain-democracy/5694039

Brazilians Protest Against Bolsonaro Across the Country
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-05
Brazil's student organizations, social movements, unions, and progressive parties on Tuesday held protests across the country with the motto, "For justice, democracy and rights. For Marielle, enough of Bolsonaro!" | RELATED: | 'Brazil Needs More Democracy', Lula Replies to Bolsonaro's Son | "Let the Latin American winds reach Brazil. Everyone to the streets…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilians-Protest-Against-Bolsonaro-Across-the-Country-20191105-0010.html

Winding Brook Stories
Ron Ridenour | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-05
This series of teacher-student stories, interspersed with journalistic materials and writing, is aimed at showing how thousands of mainly white Europeans and Americans from both continents together with millions of Africans and peoples from India struggle to eradicate, or greatly reduce, poverty by "fighting with the poor". They do so out of "solidarity humanism" by …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/winding-brook-preface/

Interview with Sarah Chambers on the CTU strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-05
Sarah Chambers is a rank-and-file member of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and a member of their bargaining committee. | Fight Back!: How did this strike compare to 2012? What you were demanding? What was won? | Sarah Chambers: There were a lot of similarities between 2012 and this year's strike, because we were fighting for a lot of the same things: smaller class sizes, more staffing, wrap-around services, stronger protections. | The biggest difference now is that in 2012, we were fighting austerity. Rahm was trying to steamroll the CTU and gut our contract. This time around, our new mayor, Lori Lightfoot, ran…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/5/intervie…

Chicago Teachers Didn't Win Everything, But They've Transformed the City
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-05
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 Teachers Union (CTU) strike also lasted long enough for the season's first snowstorm to blanket thousands of teachers and staff who surrounded City Hall Thursday morning to demand Mayor Lori Lightfoot agree to restore missed instructional days as a final conditio…
truthout.org/articles/chicago-teachers-didnt-win-everything-but-theyve-transformed-the-city/

Chicago teachers score a historic victory, classes to resume
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-05
After the City met the union's final demand regarding days missed due to the strike, the CTU declared a victory and classes will resume tomorrow. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/04/chicago-teachers-score-a-historic-victory-classes-to-resume/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2019-11-05
Some 83,000 members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario have given a 98 percent strike authorization vote as talks continue with the provincial government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/wrkr…

Chicago teachers denounce union's sellout agreement as Bernie Sanders, Democrats claim "victory"
wsws.org | 2019-11-05
Despite the official celebration, the CTU's tentative agreement for a five-year contract entirely accepts the terms set by Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/05/chic…

Angela Rayner hammers home the utter failure of Tory rule with one appalling statistic
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-05
The National Audit Office ( NAO) has confirmed the Conservative Party's utter failure to fulfil a key 2015 election pledge. And for Labour's Angela Rayner, this proves just how "inept and useless" the Tories are. | The government spending watchdog revealed that the Conservatives have so far built none of the 200,000 homes that their 2015 manifesto promised to build in England. The target audience for this high-profile 'starter home' pledge was first-time buyers under the age of 40. | Rayner responded to this damning…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/05/angela-rayner-hammers-home-the-utter-failure-of-tory-rule-with-one-appalling-statistic/

The 34 seconds everyone needs to see before even THINKING about voting Tory
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-11-05
The Conservative Party's austerity policies have decimated the welfare state, with even survivors of rape forced to 'prove it' or lose their benefits. But amid all the statistics and headlines, very real people are suffering indescribable pain. If someone you know is even thinking about voting for more of the same come 12 December…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/05/the-34-seconds-everyone-needs-to-see-before-even-thinking-about-voting-tory/

Can the UK Election Solve the Brexit Impasse?
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday it was a matter of 'deep, deep regret' that he was unable to meet the Brexit deadline of October 31st — the date by which he promised the country would leave the …
globalresearch.ca/uk-election-solve-brexit-impasse/5694051

Die F-35 waren Teil von Pompeos geheimer Agenda in Rom
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Der Tarnkappenjà§ger F-35 kann sich nicht nur vor dem Radar, sondern auch vor der Politik verstecken — es gibt keine Spur davon in Berichten àºber die Treffen von US-Auàüenminister Mike Pompeo in Rom. Der Corriere della Sera verrà§t jedoch, dass …
globalresearch.ca/die-f-35-waren-teil-von-pompeos-geheimer-agenda-in-rom/5694097

4 de Novembro, ver Nápoles e depois morrer
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Nápoles, e nà£o Roma, foi ontem, o centro do Dia das Foràßas Armadas. No Lungomare Caracciolo, desfilaram 5 batalhàµes. Mas o ponto alto foi a área de exposiàßàµes das várias Foràßas, que atraiu durante cinco dias, para a Piazza del …
globalresearch.ca/4-de-novembro-ver-napoles-e-depois-morrer/5694094

4 Novembre, vedi Napoli e poi muori
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Napoli, e non Roma, è stata ieri al centro della Giornata delle Forze Armate. Sul Lungomare Caracciolo sono sfilati 5 battaglioni. Ma il pezzo forte è stata l'area espositiva interforze, che ha richiamato per cinque giorni in Piazza del Plebiscito …
globalresearch.ca/4-novembre-vedi-napoli-e-poi-muori/5694091

"Release My Mother": A Yale Student Fights to Halt Deportation of His Mother with Stage IV Cancer
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-05
Tania Romero, an undocumented mother from Honduras and survivor of stage IV cancer, is fighting to remain in the United States with her four children. Two months ago, Romero was imprisoned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the privately owned Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, interrupting her life-saving medical treatments. In mid-August, Romero was pulled over for a minor traffic infraction and arrested for not having a driver's license. Tania Romero's attorney requested a stay of deportation on humanitarian grounds because of her fragile health, but it was denied in September. Her son, Cristian…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/5/cancer_pa…

Anti-Choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers Pose Risks to Young People
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-05
Abby McElroy was age 15 when a guest speaker in her high school sex education class told her and her classmates that they should think of themselves as tape. | The speaker walked around the classroom demonstrating that the more you stick and then peel tape off of different surfaces, the more it loses its stickiness. "They told us that we were the tape," McElroy told Rewire.News, "and every time we slept with someone or had sex with them, we were giving them our stickiness, and we could never get that back…
truthout.org/articles/anti-choice-crisis-pregnancy-centers-pose-risks-to-young-people/

As if listening to you have sex wasn't bad enough, Siri and Alexa can also be hijacked by LASERS, researchers find
rt.com | 2019-11-05
Voice-activated digital assistants can be remotely hijacked by lasers as far as 350 feet away and made to order products, start cars, and otherwise drive a smart-home owner crazy, researchers have discovered. | Google Home, Amazon's Alexa, and Apple's Siri can be remotely hijacked from hundreds of feet away with lasers pointed at their microphones, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo found. The takeover is instantaneous and silent — a well-placed command to turn the device's volume down to zero would ensure that even its spoken responses could go…
rt.com/usa/472678-alexa-google-hacked-remote-lasers/

Study Shows Pension Funds' Refusal to Divest From Fossil Fuels Cost Retired Teachers, Firefighters, and Public Workers $19 Billion
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-05
While thousands of experts on Tuesday made the moral and scientific case for taking immediate action to end climate-warming fossil fuel extraction, a media research firm offered yet another reason for public and private entities to end their investments in oil, gas, and coal: the loss of billions of dollars. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/05/study-shows-pension-funds-refusal-divest-fossil-fuels-cost-retired-teachers?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) "Exacts Revenge" against Turkey
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-05
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Sentence First, Crime Later?…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-sentence-first-crime-later/5694088

'When We Fight, We Win': Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education
Alan Maass | thenation.com | 2019-11-04
'When We Fight, We Win': Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education…
thenation.com/article/chicago-teachers-strike-lightfoot/

UC Berkeley professors discuss the California wildfires and air quality
wsws.org | 2019-11-04
The WSWS recently spoke with Dr. Richard A. Muller, a University of California professor who has published research on issues of air pollution, as well as Jameson Karns, a UC researcher in the field of fire management.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/04/fire…

US Report on Terrorism Omits Its Leading State Sponsor and Perpetrator
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
The State Department issues annual reports on global terrorism by country. What's omitted is most important. | What's reported about nations on the US target list for regime change is fabricated, part of its propaganda campaign against sovereign independent countries Washington …
globalresearch.ca/us-report-terrorism-omits-leading-state-sponsor-perpetrator/5693863

"White Helmets Are Preparing New Chemical Provocations In Syria," France Bombs Iraq & Oil Occupation
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-03
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 (11/2/19). 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/white-helmets-are-preparing-new-chemical-provocations-in-syria-france-bombs-iraq-oil-occupation/

Baghdadi Deception Exposed, Israel Bombs Gaza After Phantom Rocket & US Violates Own Syria Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-02
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 (11/1/19). 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/baghdadi-deception-exposed-israel-bombs-gaza-after-phantom-rocket-us-violates-own-syria-sanctions/

Charter School Advocates Demand That Everyone Fend for Themselves
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-01
Promoters of privately-operated charter schools that intensify segregation and siphon money from public schools idolize the law of the jungle where the "strongest survive." This backward view assumes that everyone is nothing more than a consumer and that education is mainly a commodity. Such a discredited outlook is a direct assault on the modern principle …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/charter-school-advocates-demand-that-everyone-fend-for-themselves/

Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-01
UN Member States agreed seven decades ago to a set of inalienable rights to ensure the dignity of everyone. On Friday, the newly-installed General Assembly President recalled their collective responsibility through the Human Rights Council to "actualize that shared vision for a better world."
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1050431

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2019-11-04: News Headlines

Kevin Zeese (2019-11-04). Now Is the Time to Win National Improved Medicare for All. globalresearch.ca National improved Medicare for all is making tremendous progress during the 2020 election cycle. Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who advocate for it, are achieving record numbers of contributions and performing strongly in the polls. …

Nils Melzer (2019-11-04). Julian Assange's Life May be at Risk. UN Expert on Torture Sounds Alarm. globalresearch.ca The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has expressed alarm at the continued deterioration of Julian Assange's health since his arrest and detention earlier this year, saying his life was now at risk. | Mr. Assange was sent …

WSWS (2019-11-04). Australia: Bullied teachers reveal union complicity in victimisations—Part 1. wsws.org The WSWS and Committee for Public Education discuss the crisis in Australia's public schools, with the founders of the Bullied Teachers Support Network.

Alan Maass (2019-11-04). 'When We Fight, We Win:' Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education. thenation.com 'When We Fight, We Win: ' Chicago Teachers Score Another Victory for Public Education…

Rudy Mehrbani and Martha Kinsella (2019-11-04). Why we need to protect government scientists from political retaliation. nationofchange.org Improper political interference in government research undermines the critical role that unbiased science plays in our democracy.

Nauman Sadiq (2019-11-04). Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) Exacts Revenge on Turkey for Selling Al-Baghdadi Out. globalresearch.ca A carbomb exploded [1] in northern Syria killing 13 and wounding 20. The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town recently occupied by Turkish-backed militant proxies. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the …

Don Fitz (2019-11-04). Dams, Rivers and Lakes: "Dammed" Good Questions About "The Green New Deal". Ten Problems. globalresearch.ca Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest question that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with. Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the backup for energy if it proves …

Joseph Thomas (2019-11-04). Glyphosate: US Pressures Thailand Over Monsanto Poison Ban. globalresearch.ca Under Thailand's new government, efforts to ban toxic pesticides and herbicides including those made by US agricultural giant Monsanto were first accelerated, and have now finally succeeded. | Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul bluntly stated that "the …

Ali M. Latifi (2019-11-04). Life in the Most Drone-bombed Country in the World. globalresearch.ca Khalid still remembers the first time he heard about drones. He was 10 years old, sitting in his school classroom in Khogyani, a district near the Durand Line in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. A group of his friends animatedly discussed …

Askiah Adam (2019-11-04). MH17: The Quest for Justice. globalresearch.ca Introduction | On Saturday, 17th August 2019, an international conference, "MH17: The Quest for Justice" was held at the International Islamic University Malaysia (UIIM) in its Main Auditorium in response to the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) Report made public in …

Irina Slav (2019-11-04). Nord Stream 2: There's No Stopping the World's Most Politically Charged Pipeline. globalresearch.ca This week, Denmark granted Gazprom approval for its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a project that is set to bring 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas into Europe annually. It is one of the most controversial pipeline projects …

Ahmed AbdulKareem (2019-11-04). Five Years On, Saudi Attacks on Yemen's Farmers Are Pushing the Whole Country into Famine. globalresearch.ca The country of Yemen, known in the medieval period as "Green Yemen," is one of the most extensively terraced areas of the world. There, Yemeni farmers transformed rugged mountain slopes into terraces and built dams like the Great Marib, a …

Mustafa Dahnon (2019-11-04). The Killing of Baghdadi: Syrians Recall Terrifying Night of US Raid. globalresearch.ca Although it is situated in a war zone, the Syrian village of Barisha is a largely sleepy and picturesque place. | Some 6,000 people live in the village that lies 5km from the Turkish border, and there are also about 1,000 …

Jeremy Corbyn (2019-11-04). British Labour: The Future Is Ours to Make, Together. globalresearch.ca Today we are launching the most ambitious and radical campaign our country has ever seen to bring real change to our country. | If you want to live in a society that works for everybody and not just the billionaires, if …

Staff (2019-11-04). More Renewables Will Mean Less Asthma and Heart Disease in the Midwest. truthout.org More wind and solar generation will mean less lung and heart disease, and no region stands to benefit more on a per megawatt-hour basis than the Midwest. | A study released last month in Environmental Research Letters attempts to localize potential health gains from adding wind or solar generation. For each region, it puts a dollar value on projected health benefits for each megawatt-hour of renewable generation that displaces fossil fuels. | The Upper Midwest and Great Lakes/Mid-Atlantic regions s…

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-04). US Blames Palestinians for Israeli State Terror Against Them. globalresearch.ca Israel is a police state, masquerading as democratic, State terror is the favored strategy against millions of Palestinians. They endure mass arrests, abductions, imprisonments for political reasons, torture, and other forms of persecution. | In its latest quarterly report through September, …

Junaid S. Ahmad (2019-11-04). Pakistan: "Father of the Taliban" Attempts to Oust Imran Khan Government. globalresearch.ca "After more than a year in power, the popular Prime Minister Imran Khan's PTI (Movement for Justice) ruling government is confronting its most dangerous assault yet. Despite the country being dogged by unscrupulous, criminal, and illegal capital flight by …

WSWS (2019-11-04). UC Berkeley professors discuss the California wildfires and air quality. wsws.org The WSWS recently spoke with Dr. Richard A. Muller, a University of California professor who has published research on issues of air pollution, as well as Jameson Karns, a UC researcher in the field of fire management.

Greta Berlin (2019-11-04). Walking Through Aleppo: "Why Did Your Government Do This". I Don't Want to Hear You Say, "I'm Sorry." globalresearch.ca We had spent most of the day in the destroyed Armenian quarter of Aleppo. Nothing remained to be salvaged, the foreign mercenaries, supported by the US and its lapdogs had made sure of it. The most beautifulplace in Aleppo was …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-11-04). The Circus Never Left! globalresearch.ca Remember, those who can, the utter joy of going to the circus as a child? It was quite an experience to walk through the sideshow, watching the clowns or viewing the main acts on center stage. This writer sat there, …

The Global Research Team (2019-11-04). Global Research vs. Media Manipulation: We Need Your Support! globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | In an increasingly polarized world, political spin and media manipulation on complex issues are commonly used tools, creating dividing lines in the sand. Global Research provides a perspective free from the vested interests of major corporation-backed media. | If …

Arabi Souri (2019-11-04). Erdogan Terrorists on Terror Frenzy in Tal Abiad and Aleppo City. globalresearch.ca At least 19 civilians were killed and others injured in a car explosion in the center of the occupied city of Tal Abiad, northern Raqqa countryside, and two others injured by mortars in the Nile Street Market in the city …

DR Bachar al-Assad (2019-11-04). Video: President Assad: "Trump is the Best American President … Because He is the Most Transparent" globalresearch.ca President Bashar al-Assad: "As for Trump, you might ask me a question and I give you an answer that might sound strange. I say that he is the best American President, not because his policies are good, but because he …

Nauman Sadiq (2019-11-04). How Does Controlling Syria's Oil Serve Washington's Strategic Objectives? globalresearch.ca Before the evacuation of 1,000 American troops from northern Syria to western Iraq, the Pentagon had 2,000 US forces in Syria. After the drawdown of US troops at Erdogan's insistence in order for Ankara to mount a ground offensive in …

Nauman Sadiq (2019-11-04). The Missing Pieces of the Al-Baghdadi Execution Puzzle. globalresearch.ca Casting aspersions over the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Russia's seasoned Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed [1] while speaking to Rossiya 24 broadcaster that the Islamic State and its slain "caliph" were the spawns of the United States. Being …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2019-11-04). "Japanization" and Abenomics: The Saga of Japan's Falling Economy. globalresearch.ca For last thirty years, the world has been watching the saga of downfall of the Japanese economy. | In particular, the world has been watching with curiosity and even worry about the amazing adventure of Abenomics. | The disappointing performance of the …

Andrew Korybko (2019-11-04). Russia Is "Skeptical" of the US Sponsored' "Indo-Pacific" Concept. globalresearch.ca The interview that Russian Prime Minister Medevedev gave to the Bangkok Post during his recent visit to Thailand to attend the ASEAN Summit there served to remind everyone of Russia's skepticism towards the US' "Indo-Pacific" concept, which he believes reduces …

Alfred de Zayas, Urs Gasche and F Zollmann (2019-11-04). The US Tramples on International Law. indybay.org The US surprise attack on Iraq in March 2003 was a primal catastrophe. International law was eliminated and replaced by the imperial dictatorship of the US. Those who destroyed a whole people and have over a million casualties on their conscience are not punished in any way.

Global Research News (2019-11-04). Selected Articles: President Assad Tells the Truth About ISIS-Al Baghdadi. globalresearch.ca 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. …

James Cusick (2019-11-04). Johnson and Cummings — Police Hand Criminal Evidence to Prosecution Agency Over Brexit Campaign. globalresearch.ca Evidence that could lead to criminal charges against the pro-Brexit campaign led by Boris Johnson and his key adviser, Dominic Cummings, has now been passed by police to the criminal prosecution authorities, openDemocracy has learned. | Last year, the Electoral …

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-04). US Report on Terrorism Omits Its Leading State Sponsor and Perpetrator. globalresearch.ca The State Department issues annual reports on global terrorism by country. What's omitted is most important. | What's reported about nations on the US target list for regime change is fabricated, part of its propaganda campaign against sovereign independent countries Washington …

IMEMC News (2019-11-03). Army Injures Several Schoolchildren In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, Sunday, several schoolchildren in the schools' area, south of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron said several army jeeps invaded the Schools' Area and fired gas bombs at the students who were walking to their educational facilities. The …

The Canary (2019-11-03). Millennials 'would invest more into pensions for worthy investments'. thecanary.co UK millennials would save more into their pensions if they felt it would benefit worthy causes, research has found. | Many in the 20s-30s age bracket feel disgust towards companies which they claimed had irresponsible investment practices, survey results suggest. | The views of 2,500 workers in that age bracket were collated by Adoreboard, a Queen's University, Belfast-based technology firm which measures human emotions. | The research uncovered a wide disconnect between how millennials feel about their pensions and what schemes currently deliver, with only a fifth indicating they felt they were aligned with thei…

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-03). "White Helmets Are Preparing New Chemical Provocations In Syria," France Bombs Iraq & Oil Occupation. 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 (11/2/19). 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 …

teleSUR (2019-11-03). Iran's Khamenei Restates Ban on Talks With US. telesurenglish.net On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated Sunday a ban on any negotiation with the U.S. | RELATED: | US Sanctions Threaten Iranians' Healthcare: Human Rights Report | "One way to block America's political infiltration is to ban any talks with America. It means Iran will not yield to America's pressure," the Leader said in a meeting with university students in Tehran a day before the anniversary of the Nov. 4, 1979, embassy seizure.

teleSUR (2019-11-03). Red Cross Estimates 2,500 Injured in Chile's Demonstrations. telesurenglish.net More than 2,000 people have been injured in recent weeks as a result of popular demonstrations in Chile, the President of the Chilean Red Cross Patricio Acosta informed Friday. | RELATED: | Chile: Workers to Keep Pace With Mobilizations Over The Weekend | "We have a thicker statistic than the one handled by the health authorities here in Chile. Our figures are double," explained Acosta, who added that he "can responsibly say that there are more than 2,500 to date." | The offic…

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-02). Baghdadi Deception Exposed, Israel Bombs Gaza After Phantom Rocket & US Violates Own Syria Sanctions. 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 (11/1/19). 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 …

Ady Barkan (2019-11-01). Ady Barkan: Elizabeth Warren's Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement. theintercept.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to students and staff at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 21, 2019. | Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP | The movement for single-payer health care has taken some big strides forward in recent years. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., put the issue at the center of the Democratic Party's debate with his run for president in 2016. In partnership with the nurses union and other champions, he then got 19 senators to co-sponsor his bill in 2017. After Democrats took back the House of Representatives, we demanded and got hearings in multiple powerful committees on the fantastic b…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-11-01). Tentative agreement ends 11-day Chicago teachers strike. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—Overcoming a last-minute snag from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago Teachers Union, AFT Local 1, and their bosses in the Chicago Public School system reached tentative agreement on a new contract on Oct. 31, ending an 11-day forced strike. The union's House of Delegates approved the tentative agreement 362-242. Classes resumed the next day, even …

United Nations (2019-11-01). Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears. un.org UN Member States agreed seven decades ago to a set of inalienable rights to ensure the dignity of everyone. On Friday, the newly-installed General Assembly President recalled their collective responsibility through the Human Rights Council to "actualize that shared vision for a better world."

Staff (2019-11-01). "This Is a Win for Our City": Chicago Teachers Celebrate End of Historic Strike After 11 Days. democracynow.org Teachers in Chicago are heading back to school Friday, marking the end of a historic 11-day strike that had shut down the country's third-largest school district. After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to reduce class sizes, increase salaries by 16% over the next five years and bring on hundreds more social workers, nurses and librarians. The union demanded that teachers be able to make up the full eleven days of school before agreeing to return to work and eventually settled with the city on five days. Earlier this week, 7,500 public school workers with the Service Employees International Union, who…

Staff (2019-11-01). Chicago Teachers and UAW Members Show That Labor Movement Is Back After "Decades of Concessions" democracynow.org The end of the Chicago teachers' strike comes amid a wave of labor movements, including the longest United Auto Workers strike in almost 50 years. We speak with labor journalist Sarah Jaffe about the historical importance of unions, the rise of worker participation in strike actions and the significance of the Labour Party's organizing in the United Kingdom. Jaffe says workers "are fighting back in the face of decades and decades of concessions, decades and decades of give-backs," and "understanding that unionizing is a way that they have power on the job." She is the author of _Necessary Trouble: Americans in Re…

Shawgi Tell (2019-11-01). Charter School Advocates Demand That Everyone Fend for Themselves. dissidentvoice.org Promoters of privately-operated charter schools that intensify segregation and siphon money from public schools idolize the law of the jungle where the "strongest survive." This backward view assumes that everyone is nothing more than a consumer and that education is mainly a commodity. Such a discredited outlook is a direct assault on the modern principle …

Staff (2019-10-31). PG&E Blackouts Spur Calls for Public Ownership. therealnews.com PG&E cut power to millions throughout California this month as fires blaze across the state. The move has prompted many to call to municipalize the company. Democracy Collaborative researcher Johanna Bozuwa explains.

Fight Back (2019-10-31). Chicago teachers and staff battle for the future of the city. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), U.S. | In Chicago, an intense political battle is under way: on one side Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the representative of the neo-liberal order, and on the other side the teachers and staff of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and their supporters. The 25,000 teachers of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have been on strike for nine days, shutting down the United States' third largest school system demanding a fair contract and a more equitable and just education system for the stud…

Fight Back (2019-10-31). Florida Education Association holds Delegate Assembly in Orlando. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – The Florida Education Association (FEA) union held their annual statewide Delegate Assembly in Orlando Florida October 17-19, at the Rosen Convention Centre, with 836 registered delegates from over 100 teacher unions across the state of Florida. | 37% of registered delegates were people of color. Duval Teachers United (DTU) and United Teachers of Dade (UTD) were the only counties with an African American and Latin American/Latino majority at the assembly. | The Delegate Assembly is the highest decision-making body for Florida teachers. This year, it introduced a new leadership board as well as a new…

Fight Back (2019-10-31). CTU ends 10-day strike with tentative agreement. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Tonight, October 30, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) suspended its ten-day strike in the public schools, pending a back-to-work agreement. The House of Delegates (HOD) voted to accept the tentative agreement with the PSRP's (Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel) providing lead-ership. These clerks and teacher aides are among the lower paid workers in the schools. | The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 went on strike together with the CTU. Local 73 ended their strike after seven days but refused to return to work until CTU had a contract. The two unions will picket Thur…

Sarah Lahm (2019-10-31). CTU Strike: Are Charter Schools the Solution, Rather than the Problem, in Chicago? progressive.org One party is selfish; the other is only interested in educating kids. Can you guess which is which?

T.P. Wilkinson (2019-10-30). The Temperature Movement: The Reincarnation of a Perennial Anglo-American Obsession. dissidentvoice.org There are two basic fields in which more than a century of critical writing and education has made no impact whatsoever on what for convenience I will call the Anglo-American progressives, some of whom apparently like to think of them as members of the Left. Here is not the place to discuss the meanwhile virtual …

Ryan Cristián (2019-10-30). The Baghdadi "DNA Test" Was Done BEFORE The Raid By The SDF Using His Underwear. 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 (10/29/19). 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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