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Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
This season could be called the Autumn of Discontent, as people from the Middle East to Latin America and the Caribbean have been rising up against corrupt neoliberal governments. Two of the countries in crisis, Haiti and Iraq, are on …
globalresearch.ca/crises-iraq-haiti-expose-failure-militarized-neoliberalism/5691685

March 4 Education: San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose 2019
GenUp and others | indybay.org | 2019-10-11
San Francisco: Plaza between Asian Museum and Main Library | at Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Oakland: Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Lake Merritt Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94612 | San Jose: Plaza de César Chávez, 1 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/11/18827209.php

Colombia: Students Demand Duque Fulfill 2018 Agreements
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-11
Colombian police on Thursday repressed thousands of Colombian students who were demonstrating in rejection of corruption and asking President Ivan Duque to comply with the 2018 agreements which were aimed at strengthening education in the country. | RELATED: | US, Colombia Expand Cooperation To Crack Down on Coca Producers | "Students march against police…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Students-Demand-Duque-Fulfill-2018-Agreements-20191011-0003.html

Our Kids Face Unprecedented Crises. Standardized Tests Won't Prepare Them
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-11
| A century ago, H.G. Wells summed up a great truth: "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." | Clearly, catastrophe has a commanding lead. Our children and our children's children face a future for which traditional education isn't preparing them. The accelerating rate of change will significantly intensify existing problems of inter-societal conflict and add to their number in ways no one expects. | To prepare the young for that future, most of America…
truthout.org/articles/our-kids-face-unprecedented-crises-standardized-tests-wont-prepare-them/

The Privatization of US Led Wars. The Pentagon's Private Contractors
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
The economic logic has driven the increasing dependency on mercenaries and private contractors ever since the beginning of the "war on terror" in 2001. | First, a few statistical indicators: | 75% of all western military personnel in Afghanistan are now private | …
globalresearch.ca/privatization-wars-us/5691670

Some in Hong Kong Feel Frustrated, as Their City Is Losing to Mainland China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their …
globalresearch.ca/some-hong-kong-feel-frustrated-city-losing-mainland-china/5691662

Video: Syrian Forces Deployed against Turkish Invasion, US backed SDF Forces Seek Cooperation with Damascus Against Turkey
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
The withdrawal of US troops from the Turkish border has caused a kind of panic among the leadership of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which mostly consist of Kurdish militias. | On October 7, the group already speculated that the Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-forces-deployed-against-turkish-invasion-us-backed-sdf-forces-seek-cooperation-with-damascus-against-turkey/5691545

'Where Can I Go?' The Threat of Annexation of Palestinian Lands in the Jordan Valley
EA Cassie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
As the sheep ventured out in search of food, the sun rose over the hills behind them. Their climb was made significantly easier than previous weeks, as the sweltering heat of the day didn't arrive until after 8.30am. The sheep …
globalresearch.ca/where-can-i-go-the-threat-of-annexation-of-palestinian-lands-in-the-jordan-valley/5691682

Trump Admits US Killed Millions in War Based on Lies . "We went to war under a false & now disproven premise, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Amid the storm of denunciations–extending from right-wing Republicans to the Democratic Party, the New York Times and the pseudo-left Jacobinmagazine–of his decision to pull US troops out of Syria, President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary tweet on Wednesday in defense …
globalresearch.ca/trump-admits-us-killed-millions-war-based-lies/5691688

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for research in cosmology and exoplanets
wsws.org | 2019-10-11
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics focuses on the deeper understanding of humanity's place in the cosmos that has been developed over the past six decades.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/11/phys…

World Leaders Condemn Turkey's "Operation Peace Spring" and Demand Exercising Restraint
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
"Operation Peace Spring" Turkey's third cross border military operation in northern Syria, in as many years, was initiated east of the Euphrates River, on Wednesday. Turkish armed forces began heavy air and artillery strikes targeting about 180-200 Kurdish positions. Turkey's …
globalresearch.ca/world-leaders-condemn-turkey-operation-peace-spring-demand-exercising-restraint/5691701

Tulsi Gabbard: "The DNC and Corporate Media Are Rigging the Election Again"
Rep Tulsi Gabbard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Introductory note | Tulsi Gabbard has identified the nature of the electoral fraud committed by the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 primaries. | The 2016 Democratic Primary election was rigged by the DNC and their partners in the corporate media against | …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-giving-serious-consideration-boycotting-next-debate/5691660

Tulsi Gabbard and Rigged Elections
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Tulsi Gabbard, who has at best minimal support by Democrats (around one percent), and zero from the corporate DNC, posted the following video earlier today. | . | . | There are so many of you who I've met in Iowa and | …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-rigged-elections/5691636

'Less than 6% of cattle TB infections from badgers' claim as cull continues
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2019-10-11
Both opponents and supporters of the government's badger cull are claiming that new research findings strengthen their case. | A study by government scientists suggests that rates of tuberculosis in cattle fell in areas where the farming industry has carried out culling of badgers. Meanwhile, another research project found that the cull is causing badgers to disperse in a way that could be making the TB problem worse. | And one of the…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/10/11/less-than-6-of-cattle-tb-infections-from-badgers-claim-as-cull-continues/

"This House Was My Life, but I Saw It Smashed into Rubble Because I Am Palestinian"
Medical Aid for Palestinians | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Ghaleb Abu Hadwan, 63, and his family are staying with extended family back in Shufat refugee camp after Israeli forces last week destroyed the new home they had constructed in Wadi al-Hummus, after saving up for it for years….
globalresearch.ca/house-my-life-saw-smashed-rubble-because-palestinian/5691691

Cynical Enterprises: The Kurds Await Their Fate, Betrayed by the US
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Big powers, as with the greatest of gangsters, have always had a certain, indulgent luxury; their prerogative is to make promises they can choose to abide by or ignore. A vision is assured, guarantees made. Then comes the betrayal. The …
globalresearch.ca/kurds-await-fate/5691462

The Politics of Funding: Cash Crisis at the United Nations
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
It remains one of the more unusual arrangements in terms of funding. Like a club filled with members of erratic disposition, the United Nations can never count on all dues to come in on time. Some members drag their feet. …
globalresearch.ca/cash-crisis-united-nations/5691555

Is "Operation Peace Spring" a Trap Sprung by Trump on Turkey?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
It's worthwhile to wonder whether "Operation Peace Spring" is a trap sprung by Trump on Turkey after the US created the conditions for Ankara's invasion but then proceeded to threaten punitive measures against the country after its nominal NATO "ally" …
globalresearch.ca/operation-peace-spring-trap-sprung-trump-turkey/5691672

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Weaponization of The Olympic Games, against Russia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Most of the world remembers the controversy in recent years about Russian athletes allegedly failing to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) policies, but that scandal still continues to this day after the international organization recently threatened that country's …
globalresearch.ca/wada-weaponized-destroy-russians/5691674

China Will Shake the Whole World: About Farmers and Artificial Intelligence
Marc Vandepitte | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
For the first time in recent history, a poor, underdeveloped country has in no time developed into an economic superpower, with a major impact on world affairs. How has this been made possible? What does this mean for the rest …
globalresearch.ca/china-farmers-artificial-intelligence/5691635

STAR WARS Revisited: Trump's Plans to Make Space the Ultimate Battleground
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
"President Trump stated clearly forcefully that space is in his words "a war-fighting domain, just like land, and air and sea." | And just as we've done in ages past, the United States of America under his leadership will meet the …
globalresearch.ca/star-wars-revisited-trumps-plans-to-make-space-the-ultimate-battleground/5691652

Norway Drops US-NATO Missile Defense Program. Normalization of Relations with Russia?
newsinenglish.no | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Just weeks before meeting Russian officials in the northern city of Kirkenes, to celebrate how the former Soviet Union liberated Finnmark from Nazi German occupation n 1944, Norwegian government officials have made a concession to their neighbours. They won't be …
globalresearch.ca/norway-drops-us-nato-missile-defense-program-normalization-of-relations-with-russia/5691695

The Psychotic Logic of the New US-Russia Arms Race: One Step Closer to Nuclear Confrontation
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
On October 7th, Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that Russia and the US needed to come to grips with the issue of short-range and intermediate-range missile deployment. | "In case the United States deploy these types of | …
globalresearch.ca/the-psychotic-logic-of-the-new-us-russia-arms-race-one-step-closer-to-nuclear-confrontation/5691542

Video: Turkey's "Operation Peace Spring". US Withdraws. Turkey Invades Northeastern Syria. Bombs US Supported YPG Forces
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Turkey officially announced that it had launched a military operation in northeastern Syria. Over the past years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other representatives of the country's leadership have repeatedly announced this idea. However, this time promises were turned …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkeys-operation-peace-spring-us-withdraws-turkey-invades-northeastern-syria-bombs-us-supported-ypg-forces/5691642

US and Russia Fail to Condemn Turkish Aggression in Syria. Moscow and Washington Exercise Their UNSC Veto in Favor of Turkey's Invasion of Northern Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
On Thursday, the US and Russia vetoed the same Security Council Resolution, the first time this happened since the body initially met on January 17, 1946. | On Thursday in closed-door session, an EU Security Resolution called on Turkey "to cease …
globalresearch.ca/us-and-russia-fail-to-condemn-turkish-aggression-in-syria-moscow-and-washington-exercise-their-unsc-veto-in-favor-of-turkeys-invasion-of-northern-syria/5691698

The rich get more aid after floods, new research shows
Climate Nexus | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-11
Wealthier counties receive more federal home buyouts in the wake of natural disasters than poorer areas, regardless of whether or not these homes are at increased risk of flooding, new research shows. A study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances analyzes 40,000 voluntary buyouts made by the Federal Emergency Management Agency since 1989, finding that federal grants …
nationofchange.org/2019/10/11/the-rich-get-more-aid-after-floods-new-research-shows/

Climate breakdown activists 'wallpaper' government department with science reports
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-11
Environmental activists have 'wallpapered' the front of a government department with pages of science detailing the climate impact of fracked gas.A group of protesters, many dressed in boiler suits, pasted printouts of a study by climate scientist Professor Robert Howarth of Cornell University in the US, showing the effects of fracked gas on fossil fuels.The group pasted the pages on the revolving doors, walls and windows of the department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in Dublin.The move is the flagship action of Extinction Rebellion week in the city.Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors wallpa…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/11/climate-change-activists-wallpaper-government-department-with-science-reports/

Cambridge University says rise in Black students caused by 'Stormzy effect'
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-10-11
Cambridge University has said the "Stormzy effect" has contributed to a record number of Black students gaining entry this year. | In August 2018, grime artist Stormzy announced that he would fund two scholarships for Black students to attend Cambridge. The scholarships, which include full tuition fees as wel…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/11/cambridge-university-says-rise-in-black-students-caused-by-stormzy-effect/

A massive people's strike explodes in Ecuador
Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez | workers.org | 2019-10-11
Oct. 10 — The great people's strike has exploded in Ecuador. Today is the eighth day that road traffic in Ibarra, a city with a population of 250,000, has been completely shut down, with no buses or taxis running. It is the sixth day of suspended classes for all students. . . . | Continue reading A massive people's strike explodes in Ecuador at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44003/

National strike paralyzes Ecuador on Seventh Day of Protests
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2019-10-11
The strike dramatically impacted Cuenca on Wednesday. Streets were largely deserted of vehicle traffic. There was no taxi or bus service. Police and army officers blocked off the central square in downtown Cuenca. A huge march of workers, students, and indigenous people gathered before noon. Things calmed down during mid-day, but in the evening there were running battles between protesters and security forces, which responded by lobbing teargas canisters.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/10/18827189.php

What Life on the Margins Feels Like
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
My campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is in an uproar over a video to promote the school's homecoming that features no students of color. We are one of the whitest schools in the country, but we are not unique in having a race problem. In that regard, we're as American as apple pie. Or, rather,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/what-life-on-the-margins-feels-like/

Live Updates: Ecuadoreans Protest Against Lenin Moreno Regime
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-11
For the ninth consecutive day, Ecuador's social movements, indigenous organizations, workers unions, and student organizations, together with thousands of citizens who have taken to the streets, are performing a nationwide strike against President Lenin Moreno and the economic policies package recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | RELATED: | 'Most Protesters Were Coming for Me': Moreno on Leaving Capital | In Quito, the country's capital, Thursday night ended wit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Live-Updates-Ecuadoreans-Protest-Against-Lenin-Moreno-Regime-20191011-0004.html

Ode to the Drums of Ginger Baker
Christopher Ketcham | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
Ginger Baker, one of our greatest drummers, is dead. They say he died last Sunday, at the age of 80. On the drums he was my teacher in spirit, a sensei from afar. My habit these days is to go out to the barn around 3 am and talk with my drums until dawn, and…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/ode-to-the-drums-of-ginger-baker/

California Adopts Broadest U.S. Rules for Seizing Guns
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-11
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people. | The bill was vetoed twice by former governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and goes beyond a measure that he signed allowing only law enforcement officers and immediate family members to ask judges to temporarily take away peoples' guns when they are deemed a danger to themselves or others. | Newsom is also a Democrat and signed a companion bill allowing the gun violence restraining orders to last on…
truthdig.com/articles/california-adopts-broadest-u-s-rules-for-seizing-guns/

Financial Turmoil? Another Brexit Blow as Britain's 'Global Data Hub' Is Exposed
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
The FT reported two days ago that — "Businesses would be hit with an annual £15bn bill for filling in customs forms for trade between the UK and the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a …
globalresearch.ca/financial-turmoil-another-brexit-blow-as-britains-global-data-hub-is-exposed/5691678

West Papua – Australia's shame
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-11
self-determination Susan PriceIssue 1240 West Papua Indonesian occupation of West PapuaOctober 11, 2019The recent uprising in West Papua was sparked by racist attacks on Papuan students in the Indonesian city of Surabaya. However, the West Papua…
greenleft.org.au/content/west-papua-australias-shame

U.S. "Military Aid" to Al Qaeda, ISIS-Daesh
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
The total shipment is of the order of 994 tons of "humanitarian" R2P light weapons for the "Moderates" in Syria. (in a single shipment out of Romania) among numerous comparable shipments by sea as well as by air…
globalresearch.ca/u-s-military-aid-to-al-qaeda-isis-daesh/5548960

'I'm not perfect': South Carolina sheriff candidate opens campaign with ad admitting to past 'blackface' incident
rt.com | 2019-10-10
Determined not to be the next casualty of a blackface scandal, a candidate for sheriff in South Carolina released a campaign video admitting his past indiscretion up front, getting ahead of opposition research. | Craig Stivender, a Republican running for sheriff in Colleton County, shows a photograph of himself wearing blackface "about 10 years ago." | "I'll be the first to tell you I'm not perfect," Stivender says in the four-minute-long video. "I've made mistakes, and I wish I could change a thing or two." | He goes on to explain that the picture is from a law enforcement Halloween party during which he w…
rt.com/usa/470650-south-carolina-sheriff-blackface/

The War on Syria Continues. Iran Is Next?
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
First published on July 15, 2019 | Not only are the ethnic-cleansing SDF playing a central role in the balkanization of Syria, but their criminal occupation of resource rich areas east of the Euphrates affords them and their Imperial masters strategic …
globalresearch.ca/war-syria-continues-iran-next/5675904

China: Rise, Fall and Re-Emergence as a Global Power
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
China 's re-emergence as a world economic power raises important questions about what we can learn from its previous rise and fall and about the external and internal threats confronting this emerging economic superpower for the immediate future.
globalresearch.ca/china-rise-fall-and-re-emergence-as-a-global-power-2/29644

5 Billion Face Higher Risk of Pollution, Crop Losses by 2050
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-10
Five billion people across the globe–disproportionately those in poorer communities–could face a higher risk of enduring coastal storms, water pollution, and crop losses linked to the human-caused climate crisis by 2050, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. | RELATED: | Caribbean Corals Suffer From Ocean Warming, Climate Change | "Our analyses suggest that the current environmental governance at local, regional, and international levels is fail…
telesurenglish.net/news/study-warns-of-coastal-storms-water-pollution-and-crop-losses-20191010-0032.html

Anti-austerity protesters force Ecuador's president to flee the capital
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-10
Thousands of anti-austerity protesters have converged on Ecuador's capital Quito, forcing the country's controversial president to flee the city.The protests have persisted since last week, when President Lenín Moreno's decision to end subsidies led to a sharp increase in fuel prices. They have spread from transport workers to students and then to indigenous demonstrators. And the governme…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/10/anti-austerity-protesters-force-ecuadors-president-to-flee-the-capital/

Navigating educational empowerment through life conditions: A study of rural women in Indian Punjab
Satvinderpal Kaur | mronline.org | 2019-10-09
Though the voices of rural women in India are some of the least heard, they are not mere passive victims. Many rural women strongly condemn their marginalization and pauperization–highlighting the flawed and biased developmental polices of the state, which they hold largely responsible for their hardships. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/08/navigating-educational-empowerment-through-life-conditions-a-study-of-rural-women-in-indian-punjab/

Russian social media debate: clickbait or information warfare?
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-09
What is the Internet Research Agency, and are the claims of a Russian influence campaign against the U.S. well-founded? Aaron…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/09/russian-social-media-debate-clickbait-or-information-warfare/

Ecuadorian Protests Intensify as President Flees Capital, Blames Venezuela
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-09
Shortly after the government of President Lenin Moreno announced new IMF-imposed austerity measures and price increases, protests against the government, uniting workers, students, and indigenous movement escalated in the capital of Quito this week.
therealnews.com/stories/ecuador-protests-president-flees-blames-venezuela

Philippines: Protest movement to gain further ground amid deteriorating conditions under Duterte
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 9 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The nationwide protest actions mounted by jeepney drivers and operators and other transport workers last September 29 successfully manifested widespread opposition to the Duterte regime's anti-poor plan of phasing-out jeepneys in the guise of "modernization." Several days later, 5,000 public school teachers and government employees joined demonstrations to demand a salary increase to allow them to cope with the rising cost of living. | Earlier, several thousand people joined protest actions across…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/10/9/philippi…

The Return of the Strike
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2019-10-08
The picketing GM workers and impending Chicago Teachers Union action suggest a dramatic revival of striking as a tactic.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-return-of-the-strike-jaffe-191008/

The World Can End But Charter Schools Are Here To Stay Forever
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-08
This is another version of: it is easier for capitalists to imagine the end of the world than it is for them to imagine the end of capitalism. Charter schools are pay-the-rich schemes that emerged in the midst of the neoliberal period that was launched at home and abroad in the late 1970s. Charter schools …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/the-world-can-end-but-charter-schools-are-here-to-stay-forever/

Will Chicago Teachers Be Next to Strike? Union Head Speaks Out as Walkout Date Approaches
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-08
In Chicago, union leaders and the nation's third-largest school district are racing to reach an agreement to avert a teachers' strike authorized to begin later this month. In late September, 25,000 educators voted overwhelmingly to authorize a work stoppage, demanding more staffing and lower class sizes. On Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused the union of not coming to the bargaining table with a proposal to counter the offers the district has made in recent weeks. This comes as about 7,000 school support staffers with the Service Employees International Union have also made preparations for a strike, as…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/8/chicago_t…

An Open Letter to Science and Global Security
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-06
Dear Editors at Science and Global Security Science and Global Security (SGS) has been publishing technical articles on arms control and related issues since 1989. I urge you not to succumb to political censorship. Recently it was announced you are withholding publication of an article titled "Computational Forensic Analysis for the Chemical Weapons Attack at …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/an-open-letter-to-science-and-global-security/

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2019-10-10: News Headlines

RT (2019-10-10). 'I'm not perfect': South Carolina sheriff candidate opens campaign with ad admitting to past 'blackface' incident. rt.com Determined not to be the next casualty of a blackface scandal, a candidate for sheriff in South Carolina released a campaign video admitting his past indiscretion up front, getting ahead of opposition research. | Craig Stivender, a Republican running for sheriff in Colleton County, shows a photograph of himself wearing blackface "about 10 years ago." | "I'll be the first to tell you I'm not perfect," Stivender says in the four-minute-long video. "I've made mistakes, and I wish I could change a thing or two." | He goes on to explain that the picture is from a law enforcement Halloween party during which he w…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-10-10). A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure. globalresearch.ca What both the media and military analysts fail to acknowledge is that US CENTCOM's forward Middle East headquarters at the al-Udeid military base close to Doha de facto "lies in enemy territory". Since the May 2017 split of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Qatar has become a staunch ally of Iran…

teleSUR (2019-10-10). Colombian Students Call National March for University Autonomy. telesurenglish.net The Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) expressed its solidarity with the national march convened by university students. The march, scheduled for Thursday, is for quality public education and against corruption. | RELATED: | Colombia Formalizes Criminal Charges Against Uribe | According to Fecode, the initiative reiterates the necessity of university…

Staff (2019-10-10). 2020 Budget Proposal Would Underfund Health, Job Training, Education Programs. truthout.org | | The Senate Appropriations Committee proposes to cut 2020 funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education by $2.7 billion below the 2019 level in inflation-adjusted terms, even though the Presi…

Philip Giraldi (2019-10-10). Sanctioning Away Free Speech: Americans Meet with Iranians at Their Peril. globalresearch.ca The issue of the United States waging what seems to be a global war by way of sanctions rarely surfaces in the western media. The argument being made by the White House is that sanctions are capable of putting maximum …

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-10). Turkey Invades? Erdogan Seeks Annexation of Northern Syria Territories. globalresearch.ca Turkish aggression launched East of the Euphrates River Wednesday is proceeding over a far more widespread area than its earlier illegal cross-border operations in Syria — so-called Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch. | So-called "Operation Peace Spring" has nothing to do …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-10-10). US Forces Will Not Likely Withdraw from Syria this Year. The Kurds Remain the Biggest Losers. globalresearch.ca Notwithstanding President Donald Trump's announcement of the deal with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to tactically withdraw US forces from specific locations in occupied north-east Syria- and in consequence to leave the Syrian Kurds to their fate- the …

Jonathan Ofir (2019-10-10). Israel Prepares to Deport BDS Co-founder Omar Barghouti. globalresearch.ca Israel's Minister of the Interior says he is taking action to force Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, out of the country. | I intend to act quickly to deprive Omar Barghouti of residency status in …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-10-10). President Pence? If Trump is Impeached, Pence Takes the Throne. globalresearch.ca If you think the infestation of neocons within the Trump administration is worrisome, just wait until the president is impeached and Mike Pence takes the throne. | Pence is a born-again Christian Zionist. While Trump may indeed be muddleheaded, Pence is …

Health Impact News (2019-10-10). Protest against Implementation of 5G Wireless Technology in Switzerland: Immediate Health Impacts. globalresearch.ca If you want to get an idea of what will happen in the U.S. when the telecom companies start rolling out 5G networks with new towers in your local neighborhood, take a look at what is happening in Switzerland today, …

Nino Pagliccia (2019-10-10). The Apotheosis of Emperors. Understanding the History of Empires in the 21st Century. globalresearch.ca feature image: Augustus | Sometimes it may be instructive to look beyond foreign policy and pay attention to the actors and their words. I was struck by one of Trump's tweets of this week not because of the threatening reference to …

Andrew Korybko (2019-10-10). India's Military-Strategic Inroads with Vietnam Pose a Challenge to China. globalresearch.ca The rapid military-strategic inroads that India's making with Vietnam should be taken very seriously by China because of the challenge that they pose to its claims over the South China Sea, thus representing yet another geopolitical fault line between the …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-10-10). Egyptian Protests: A US-Fuelled "Arab Spring" Reboot? globalresearch.ca When the West's leading media organizations attempt to convince audiences they know nothing about where Mohammed Aly — a Spanish-based Egyptian protest leader — came from, the first thing one can be sure of is they are being lied to….

Andrew Korybko (2019-10-10). Iran and the UN General Assembly: Mediation Efforts, Militant Threats, and Multilateral Cooperation. globalresearch.ca Iran was a hot topic at this year's UN General Assembly meeting, with Pakistani Prime Minister Khan attempting to mediate between it and its rivals while the latter continued spewing militant threats against the Islamic Republic, though the possibility remains …

WSWS (2019-10-10). The 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for research in cellular responses to oxygen. wsws.org Everyone understands the general need for oxygen, but how cells actually use it has not been well understood.

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-10). Trump's Pay or Die Healthcare Agenda. Impoverishes American Households, Extends to "Unwanted Aliens" globalresearch.ca Trump is an imperial/corporate tool — hostile to ordinary people everywhere, notably malicious toward aliens of the wrong color from the wrong countries. | When it comes to healthcare, a fundamental human right, he's for Americans having the best treatment money …

South Front (2019-10-10). Video: Disaster Capitalism on the Horizon? Trumponomics on the Eve of 2020 Presidential Election. globalresearch.ca First published by South Front and Global Research on August 6, 2019 | By way of introduction, it should be noted that the US economy is showing many signs of a classical bubble, starting with the incredibly over-valued US stock market. …

Prof. Tim Anderson (2019-10-10). The Dirty War on Syria: Washington, Regime Change and Resistance. globalresearch.ca Government propaganda and NGO misinformation have coloured the story of the war on Syria from its inception. Stepping in to set the record straight, Dr. Tim Anderson explores the real beginnings of the conflict, the players behind it, and their agenda…

Prof. Rajan Menon (2019-10-10). The New Arms Race: Hypersonic Weapons and "National Insecurity" globalresearch.ca Hypersonic weapons close in on their targets at a minimum speed of Mach 5, five times the speed of sound or 3,836.4 miles an hour. They are among the latest entrants in an arms competition that has embroiled the United …

Edward Curtin (2019-10-10). The CIA Takeover of America in the 1960s Is the Story of Our Times. The Killing of the Kennedys and Today's New Cold War. globalresearch.ca Sirhan did not kill Robert Kennedy, yet he remains in jail to this very day. Robert Kennedy, Jr., who was 14 years old at the time of his father's death, has visited Sirhan in prison, claims he is innocent, and believes there was another gunman.

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-10-10). Social and Political Chaos in Argentina: Flirting and Kissing Feet Will Not be Enough for President Macri to Win the Elections. globalresearch.ca With Argentine elections taking place on October 27, President Mauricio Macri is now making desperate attempts to win the elections as his popularity continues to plummet. While holding a rally in the city of Tucumán, the neoliberal president was thrilled …

Harvey Goldberg (2019-10-10). National strike paralyzes Ecuador on Seventh Day of Protests. indybay.org The strike dramatically impacted Cuenca on Wednesday. Streets were largely deserted of vehicle traffic. There was no taxi or bus service. Police and army officers blocked off the central square in downtown Cuenca. A huge march of workers, students, and indigenous people gathered before noon. Things calmed down during mid-day, but in the evening there were running battles between protesters and security forces, which responded by lobbing teargas canisters.

Staff (2019-10-10). As the World Looks Away, Death Stalks the Democratic Republic of Congo. truthout.org | | GOMA, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo — The boy was sitting next to his father, as he so often did. He mimicked his dad in every way. He wanted to be just like him, but Muhindo Maronga Godfroid, then a 31-year-old primary school teacher and farmer, had bigger plans for his two-and-a-half-year-old son. He would go to university one day. He would become a "big name" — not just in their village of Kibirizi, but in North Kivu Province, maybe the entire Democratic Rep…

Ed Sykes (2019-10-10). Anti-austerity protesters force Ecuador's president to flee the capital. thecanary.co Thousands of anti-austerity protesters have converged on Ecuador's capital Quito, forcing the country's controversial president to flee the city.The protests have persisted since last week, when President Lenín Moreno's decision to end subsidies led to a sharp increase in fuel prices. They have spread from transport workers to students and then to indigenous demonstrators. And the governme…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-10-10). New Study Warns 5 Billion People Could Face Higher Risk of Climate-Related Coastal Storms, Water Pollution, and Crop Losses by 2050. commondreams.org By 2050, five billion people across the globe—disproportionately those in poorer communities—could face a higher risk of enduring coastal storms, water pollution, and crop losses linked to the human-caused climate crisis, warns a study published in the journal Science and reported on Thursday by The Scotsman. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Global Research News (2019-10-10). Selected Articles: US Withdrawal from Syria: Unlikely. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Sanctioning Away Free Speech: …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-10-10). O F-35 na agenda secreta de Pompeo em Roma. globalresearch.ca O caàßa furtivo F-35 torna-se invisível nà£o só ao radar, mas também à política: nos comunicados dos encontros do Secretário de Estado dos EUA, Mike Pompeo, em Roma, nà£o há vestígios. No entanto, o 'Corriere della Sera' revela que Pompeo …

Howard Lisnoff (2019-10-09). Public School Uniforms: Symbol of the Times. counterpunch.org The uniformity of the shades of dark and light blue clothing on the children fans out from the New York City street corner next to a charter school and seems to cover an entire city block. The uniformity is everywhere. Even the student backpacks are blue. Growing up in the late 1950s and early to More

Staff (2019-10-09). Ecuadorian Protests Intensify as President Flees Capital, Blames Venezuela. therealnews.com Shortly after the government of President Lenin Moreno announced new IMF-imposed austerity measures and price increases, protests against the government, uniting workers, students, and indigenous movement escalated in the capital of Quito this week.

Nina Cross (2019-10-09). Britain's Unconvicted Prisoner: Keeping Assange on Lockdown in Belmarsh Prison on Behalf of Washington. globalresearch.ca This article is a second piece focusing on Belmarsh prison, where the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, continues to be arbitrarily detained by the British government. The first part showed how Belmarsh prison has been systematically denying Assange access …

WSWS (2019-10-09). Brazilian unions push "green and yellow" chauvinism in education strike against austerity, political interference. wsws.org A range of issues, from austerity measures to privatizations, have repeatedly brought students to the streets, causing panic not only in the government, but in the unions and the opposition.

Aaron Maté (2019-10-09). Russian social media debate: clickbait or information warfare? thegrayzone.com What is the Internet Research Agency, and are the claims of a Russian influence campaign against the U.S. well-founded? Aaron…

Dr. Vandana Shiva (2019-10-09). We Need Biodiversity-based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis. globalresearch.ca The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolved a rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems — that can meet all our needs and sustain life. | Through biodiversity …

Maria C. Lo Bue (2019-10-09). Indonesia's Huge Forest Fires, Toxic Haze Will Cause Health Problems for Years to Come. globalresearch.ca Indonesia is currently in the throes of an environmental emergency. Thousands of hectares of forest are burning across the vast country, causing toxic smoke to be released into the atmosphere. This has led to eerie apocalyptic scenes of deep red …

Andrei Ilyashenko (2019-10-09). Russia and China Reach New Level of Military Cooperation. China's Missile Early Warning System. globalresearch.ca The government of Japan intends to intensify negotiations with Russia to resolve the territorial issue and conclude a peace treaty. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe once again reminded about this in his keynote speech at the parliament opening session. | "By solving …

True Publica (2019-10-09). The Dangers of a US-UK Trade Deal as TTIP in EU Re-emerges: Leaked Government Paper. globalresearch.ca The 31st October looms large. Boris Johnson's career may be 'dead in a ditch' or maybe the 'do-or-die' strategy produces a deal or possibly something else. One thing is for sure, Britain does not need a specific trade deal with …

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-09). Popular Outrage Against Ecuador's President Moreno. Deadly Wave of IMF Economic Reforms. globalresearch.ca This important article by Stephen Lendman brings the forefront the insidious role of IMF Economic Medicine. | The policies implemented by Moreno were imposed by the IMF in a March 2019 Report. The Executive Summary of this report is included …

Fight Back (2019-10-09). Philippines: Protest movement to gain further ground amid deteriorating conditions under Duterte. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 9 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The nationwide protest actions mounted by jeepney drivers and operators and other transport workers last September 29 successfully manifested widespread opposition to the Duterte regime's anti-poor plan of phasing-out jeepneys in the guise of "modernization." Several days later, 5,000 public school teachers and government employees joined demonstrations to demand a salary increase to allow them to cope with the rising cost of living. | Earlier, several thousand people joined protest actions across…

Satvinderpal Kaur (2019-10-09). Navigating educational empowerment through life conditions: A study of rural women in Indian Punjab. mronline.org Though the voices of rural women in India are some of the least heard, they are not mere passive victims. Many rural women strongly condemn their marginalization and pauperization—highlighting the flawed and biased developmental polices of the state, which they hold largely responsible for their hardships. | Source

Editor (2019-10-09). China's revolution at 70: Behind its amazing progress. workers.org What major country in the world can claim greater progress than People's China in raising the standard of living and the educational level of its people over the last 70 years? In 1949, the leader of the Chinese socialist revolution, Mao Zedong, declared victory over the landlords, corporations, banks and . . . | Continue reading China's revolution at 70: Behind its amazing progress at Workers.org

Shawgi Tell (2019-10-08). The World Can End But Charter Schools Are Here To Stay Forever. dissidentvoice.org This is another version of: it is easier for capitalists to imagine the end of the world than it is for them to imagine the end of capitalism. Charter schools are pay-the-rich schemes that emerged in the midst of the neoliberal period that was launched at home and abroad in the late 1970s. Charter schools …

Sarah Jaffe (2019-10-08). The Return of the Strike. progressive.org The picketing GM workers and impending Chicago Teachers Union action suggest a dramatic revival of striking as a tactic.

Staff (2019-10-08). Will Chicago Teachers Be Next to Strike? Union Head Speaks Out as Walkout Date Approaches. democracynow.org In Chicago, union leaders and the nation's third-largest school district are racing to reach an agreement to avert a teachers' strike authorized to begin later this month. In late September, 25,000 educators voted overwhelmingly to authorize a work stoppage, demanding more staffing and lower class sizes. On Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused the union of not coming to the bargaining table with a proposal to counter the offers the district has made in recent weeks. This comes as about 7,000 school support staffers with the Service Employees International Union have also made preparations for a strike, as…

Ed Sykes (2019-10-08). MPs call for UK to 'stand against' NATO member's invasion of northern Syria. thecanary.co NATO's second largest army is currently on the verge of invading northern Syria. And a cross-party group of MPs has called for the UK to "steadfastly…

Rick Sterling (2019-10-06). An Open Letter to Science and Global Security. dissidentvoice.org Dear Editors at Science and Global Security Science and Global Security (SGS) has been publishing technical articles on arms control and related issues since 1989. I urge you not to succumb to political censorship. Recently it was announced you are withholding publication of an article titled "Computational Forensic Analysis for the Chemical Weapons Attack at …

Tyler Durden (2019-10-04). Hong Kong Protesters Go on Rampage, Vow to Defy Government's Mask Ban. theantimedia.com The government's attempt to ban masks resulted in hundreds of mostly masked students gathering to chant: "Hongkongers, resist!"

Fight Back (2019-10-04). Labor unions to join national civil rights conference with Angela Davis in November. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Unions are on the march in defense of their members across the country, with the autoworker strike against GM and strike authorization votes by teachers and other city employees in Chicago. Unions are also defending their members when they leave work and find their lives in danger from the very people paid to protect them: the police. | Labor is joining a new effort to hold the police accountable for the killing, wrongful conviction, and even torture of young Blacks and Latinos. On November 22-24, veteran human rights activist Angela Davis will be in Chicago to re-establish the National Alliance Ag…

Connor Harney (2019-10-03). Southern worker strikes show the power of solidarity. liberationnews.org Through the courage shown by teachers, auto and telecom workers, the South is beginning to realize once again the power workers can have in unions.

Rob Dunn (2019-10-02). Black Dean of Students Jamie Riley fired in Alabama for telling the truth. liberationnews.org Riley fired for tweets about racist foundations of US society.

Max Blumenthal (2019-10-01). Pentagon-funded researcher smears 'The Management of Savagery' in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed. thegrayzone.com Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement to publish…

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