France's Police Protest Movement: The Unspoken Truth is that their Demands are Similar to those of the Yellow Vests
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Pour la version franàßaise de cet article | In early October, The French Police conducted La March de la colère, (The "March of Anger") directed against President Macron's deadly economic austerity measures. "The center of Paris was paralyzed by the largest …
globalresearch.ca/frances-police-protest-movement-the-unspoken-truth-is-that-their-demands-are-similar-to-those-of-the-yellow-vests/5690970

What Julian Assange Really Represents
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Julian Assange is facing extradition to the United States after he was forcibly dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London by police mid-April this year. On the 1st May, he was imprisoned for breaching bail conditions. His sentence is now …
globalresearch.ca/what-julian-assange-really-represents/5691064

How Fossil Fuels Pollute STEM Education
Josue De Luna Navarro | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-04
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has a message for policy makers: "Listen to the scientists." As an engineer, I was glad to hear that. But I also believe it's also vital for scientists to be vigilant about whom they listen to. For years, corporations funded junk science trying to undermine the climate consensus. Now, virtually…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/04/how-fossil-fuels-pollute-stem-education/

'We are at a crisis point' warns new report exposing 'science under siege' from the Trump administration
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-04
The Trump administration's attacks on science have reached a "crisis point," according to policy experts and ex-government officials who published a report on Thursday that "highlights how our government research and data are being increasingly manipulated for political gain." Proposals for Reform Volume II (pdf) is the second report from the National Task Force on Rule …
nationofchange.org/2019/10/04/we-are-at-a-crisis-point-warns-new-report-exposing-science-under-siege-from-the-trump-administration/

Bolsonaro's highway project targets heart of Amazon region
Saul Foster | mronline.org | 2019-10-04
Amazon researchers said the repaved road would trigger an explosion of deforestation in Amazonas, currently Brazil's best preserved rainforest state precisely because it has few good roads. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/04/bolsonaros-highway-project-targets-heart-of-amazon-region/

The Conspiracy Against Trump Is Now Out in the Open
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
I am beginning to wonder if fluoridation hasn't dropped the US IQ by much more than 5 points. | The reports, such as this one, which provide clear evidence that the alleged whistleblower spent a month arranging his complaint with …
globalresearch.ca/conspiracy-against-trump/5691018

My America: Raised by the Perpetual War Empire
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
One must surmise that any 'thinking' citizen of ancient Rome probably felt as this writer does concerning my America, the Empire. Perpetual wars, invasions, occupations and colonization of foreign lands either were greeted with a cheerleading feeling, or with apathy …
globalresearch.ca/perpetual-war-empire/5691020

5G Cell Phone Radiation: How the Telecom Companies Are Losing the Battle to Impose 5G Against the Will of the People
Claire Edwards | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
The telecommunications companies and the mainstream media would have you believe that the race to roll out 5G is unstoppable. That you are nothing and no one in the face of a lethal multi-trillion-dollar agenda imposed by some of the …
globalresearch.ca/telcos-losing-battle-impose-5g/5691065

Lawless Trump-Canada Connections
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto, a gross hypocrisy explains Yves Engler in light of oversights of more flagrant US and Israel terror victims. See this. | But the behaviour of …
globalresearch.ca/lawless-trump-canada-connections/5691040

Iran Is China's Secret Weapon for Killing off the US Dollar's Global Reserve Status
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
There is a strong current of change affecting the international political arena. It is the beginning of a revolution brought on by the transition from a unipolar to multipolar world order. In practice, we are faced with the combination of …
globalresearch.ca/iran-china-secret-weapon-killing-off-us-dollars-global-reserve-status/5691050

Torture and Killing of Palestinians in Israeli Prisons
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
B'Tselem published numerous reports on Israeli use of torture and other forms of abuse against Palestinian detainees — arrested and imprisoned for political reasons. | In November 2017, the organization said the following: | "The Israel Security Agency's (ISA) interrogation regime relies | …
globalresearch.ca/torture-killing-palestinians-israeli-prisons/5691017

Russia's Largest Oil Company Ditches Dollar in New Oil Deals
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Russia's largest oil company Rosneft has set the euro as the default currency for all new exports of crude oil and refined products, as the state-controlled giant looks to switch as many sales as possible from U.S. dollars to euros …
globalresearch.ca/russia-largest-oil-company-ditches-dollar-new-oil-deals/5691047

Ukraine Gains from Trump's Impeachment Inquiry
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
The controversy swirling around the phone conversation between the US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky regarding the business interests of former vice-president Joe Biden's son is having a salutary effect on the conflict in Ukraine. | The US …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-gains-trump-impeachment-inquiry/5691061

Axis of Resistance.The West and its Allies Support al Qaeda and ISIS Globally
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
The real Axis of Evil consists of Washington-led NATO and its allies. The magnitude of the human and environmental catastrophe is unimaginable in scope. Western governments and their agencies send strong delusion to North Americans, who remain largely ignorant to …
globalresearch.ca/axis-resistance/5691030

Privatizing Canada's Water Infrastructure Should be an Election Issue
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
With the Canadian federal election just days away, it's amazing that there's been no media focus on the Liberals' plan to privatize our municipal water and wastewater systems. As far as I can determine, only one alternative media site, Press …
globalresearch.ca/privatizing-canada-water-infrastructure-election-issue/5691036

As Global Economy Weakens, Trump Escalates Trade War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Multiple rounds of Sino/US trade talks failed over unacceptable Trump regime demands and aims. | They're unrelated to the bilateral trade imbalance — caused by corporate America shifting operations to China and other low-wage countries. | Another round of US/China talks are …
globalresearch.ca/as-global-economy-weakens-trump-escalates-trade-war/5691013

Joshua Wong, Juan Guaido — New Generation of Pro-Western "Saints"
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
The new generation of "pro-Western heroes" and "saints" is clearly failing to impress the world. Juan Guaido and Joshua Wong are definitely as right-wing as Mother Teresa was, but not as "credible". | A long time ago I visited a place …
globalresearch.ca/joshua-wong-juan-guaido-new-generation-pro-western-saints/5691042

Video: Russia Tested Elements of Advanced S-500 Air Defense in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Syrian, Iranian and Russian forces started a joint military drill, involving heavy military equipment, rocket launchers and warplanes, on October 1, al-Watan newspaper reported on October 2. According to al-Watan, the drills coincided with a series of protests against the …
globalresearch.ca/video-russia-tested-s-500-syria/5691029

The Caliphate Project, Made in America. Declassified U.S. Government Documents Confirm the US Supported the Creation of ISIS
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Global Research Editor's Note: | First published in May 2015, this article reveals not only that the ISIS is a creation of US intelligence, it also confirms that the Caliphate Project was designed in Washington. | See Screenshots Below from the title …
globalresearch.ca/newly-declassified-u-s-government-documents-the-west-supported-the-creation-of-isis/5451640

The Eurasian Economic Union's Expansion Is Encouraging, but Don't Get Too Excited
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
The recent meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council in the Armenian capital of Yerevan at the beginning of October saw the reaching of a free trade agreement with the ASEAN powerhouse of Singapore and confirmation that a temporary deal will …
globalresearch.ca/eurasian-economic-union-expansion/5691053

Former Ukraine President Poroshenko under Police Investigation: Fails to Appear for Polygraph Test
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko failed to appear at the Kiev Research Institute of Forensic Expertise for a polygraph test on October 1st. The test was scheduled to be conducted by Ukraine's National Bureau of Investigations, having been authorized by …
globalresearch.ca/poroshenko-fails-appear-polygraph/5691024

Science Advice Shouldn't Be at the Whim of a President and His Appointees
Genna Reed | commondreams.org | 2019-10-04
Over the course of three years, this administration has been chiseling away at our government's advisory network. (Photo: Matthew Roth/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/04/science-advice-shouldnt-be-whim-president-and-his-appointees?cd-origin=rss

A Criminal Trump, GOP Complicity, and Hitler's "Chimera of Conscience"
Bill C. Davis | commondreams.org | 2019-10-04
US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order regarding Medicare at Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center October 3, 2019, in The Villages, Florida. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/04/criminal-trump-gop-complicity-and-hitlers-chimera-conscience?cd-origin=rss

Shame of a Nation: The 1% Rules, the 99% Lets Them!
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-04
There has never been more access to food — domestic and imported — yet hunger is an ongoing problem everywhere. In the U.S. alone, 16.5 million children go to bed hungry and 20% of community college students are experiencing "food insecurity." Never have there been more communications technologies, yet it is harder to get through …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/shame-of-a-nation-the-1-rules-the-99-lets-them/

Indonesia: Student unrest continues as tens of thousands of workers set to strike
wsws.org | 2019-10-04
Police have responded to the largest student demonstrations since the movement that toppled the Suharto dictatorship in 1998 with violent repression and mass arrests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/04/indo…

Boston activists continue to fight attack on the homeless following 'Operation Clean Sweep'
Gerry Scoppettuolo | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-04
On Sept. 28, hundreds of people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, medical students, and activists marched against Operation Clean Sweep, the city of Boston's program of heightened arrests and harassment of Boston's homeless and drug-using communities.
liberationnews.org/boston-activists-continue-to-fight-attack-on-the-homeless-following-operation-clean-sweep/

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

Labor unions to join national civil rights conference with Angela Davis in November
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-04
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/10/4/labor-un…

In 2012 they sparked a movement, now teachers will strike again
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-04
CHICAGO–Poverty wages for teachers' aides, elementary school classrooms with 35 kids or more, no librarians in nine of every ten majority-minority schools, and no progress at the bargaining table. Put all this together and it's no wonder that delegates representing the Chicago Teachers Union, AFT Local 1, voted unanimously on Oct. 2 to call a …
peoplesworld.org/article/in-2012-they-sparked-a-movement-now-chicago-teachers-prepare-to-strike-again/

Chicago teachers, schools staff and parks district workers set joint October 17 strike date
wsws.org | 2019-10-04
Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants teachers to accept wage increases that barely rise above the inflation rate along with higher healthcare costs and more cuts to school services.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/04/chic…

The Lies of Capitalism
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-04
Neoliberals love to quote the World Bank's rosy statistics about capitalism lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty. Unfortunately, those statistics are skewed and manipulated to the point of outright prevarication, as Seth Donnelly demonstrates in his new book, "The Lie of Global Prosperity." He quotes a breathless World Bank press release,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/04/the-lies-of-capitalism/

Job Growth Remains Slow in September
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-04
| The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 136,000 jobs in September, after adding 168,000 in August. The 157,000 average for the last three months is considerably slower than the 179,000 average for the last year, but this slowing is expected in a tight labor market. | The September job growth led to a 0.2 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate to 3.5 percent, a fifty-year low. The employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) rose 0.1 percentage point to 61.0 percent, a new high for the recovery that is…
truthout.org/articles/job-growth-remains-slow-in-september/

False and Diversionary Charter School Dichotomies
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-04
There is no shortage of articles, books, reports, blogs, and websites that continually detail the perpetually scandalous and troubled nature of charter schools. Not a day goes by without a report on some sort of infamy, fraud, mismanagement, corruption, or failure in the unaccountable charter school sector. But even articles and reports that are critical …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/false-and-diversionary-charter-school-dichotomies/

"The Globalization of War" and "Towards a World War III Scenario"
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
The Globalization of War: America's "Long War" against Humanity, by Michel Chossudovsky | America's hegemonic project in…
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-war-and-towards-a-world-war-iii-scenario-two-books-by-michel-chossudovsky/5437767

What Happened in Sudan?
Prof. Vijay Prashad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
On 19 December 2018, an uprising began in Sudan. This uprising would culminate in the removal of Sudan's president — Omar al-Bashir — from power on 11 April 2019. The army staged a conservative military coup to abort the revolutionary …
globalresearch.ca/what-happened-sudan/5690974

Study: Indian Politics Legitimize Hate Crimes
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-03
A new PERI study says that there is a causal relationship between the rise of the right-wing Hindu nationalist BJP party in India and the rise of hate crimes targeted against minorities, especially against Muslims. Prof. Deepankar Basu discusses the research.
therealnews.com/stories/study-indian-politics-legitimize-hate-crimes

The US Calls for Peace and Apologies for Its Past. A Dream
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
"As President of the United States of America, I apologise for the suffering we have caused the world for decades, and particularly in the Middle East. I am sorry for causing so much pain to the Iranian population by inflicting …
globalresearch.ca/us-calls-peace-apologies-its-past/5690942

Neocon: Trump "Misunderstood" on War to Destroy Syria
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
"The United States' special representative for Syria has defended the controversial decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from the Middle Eastern country and declare that the war against the so-called Islamic State had been won," Trump's envoy to …
globalresearch.ca/neocon-trump-misunderstood-war-destroy-syria/5690899

Idiocy or Perfidy? How We Get Hooked on Foreign Democracy Crusades
James Bovard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support For Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements by Ted Galen Carpenter, 2019, Cato Institute, 300 pages | For the past 20 years, U.S. foreign policy has been marked by constant lies and unjustified killings, from the 1999 bombing of …
globalresearch.ca/foreign-democracy-crusades/5690939

Most Americans think social media has too much control over news, according to poll mainstream media quietly ignored
rt.com | 2019-10-03
Some 62 percent of Americans believe social media exerts too much control over what news people see, and most think online platforms treat some news outlets differently than others for the wrong reasons, a new poll shows. | Not only do social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter distort the mix of news that reaches their users, but their actions result in a worse mix, according to 55 percent of Americans responding to a Pew Research poll published this week. Just 15 percent believe the platforms' meddling results in a better mix. | üö®NEW REPORTüö®: Americans Ar…
rt.com/usa/470153-americans-social-media-fail-poll/

Misrepresentations of American and Soviet Roles in World War II and the Cold War
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
Introduction | The Soviet Union contributed more than did any other nation to the defeats of Germany and Japan in World War II, but America and Britain together defeated Italy. Many prominent Western 'historians' white-out the Soviet roles in defeating …
globalresearch.ca/misrepresentations-american-soviet-roles-wwii-cold-war/5690937

A Professor of Ethics Weighs In on the Challenges of Being a Low-Income Student
Elena Botella | thenation.com | 2019-10-03
A Professor of Ethics Weighs In on the Challenges of Being a Low-Income Student…
thenation.com/article/jennifer-morton-moving-up-ethics-philosophy-book/

Southern worker strikes show the power of solidarity
Connor Harney | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-03
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.
liberationnews.org/southern-worker-strikes-show-the-power-of-solidarity/

Selected Articles: MBS Must Shelve His Vicious War in Yemen
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-03
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-mbs-must-shelve-vicious-war-yemen/5690980

Black Dean of Students Jamie Riley fired in Alabama for telling the truth
Rob Dunn | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-02
Riley fired for tweets about racist foundations of US society.
liberationnews.org/black-dean-of-students-jamie-riley-fired-in-alabama-for-telling-the-truth/

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

"Ukrainegate" Teaches Us More about Ourselves Than Trump or Biden
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-01
Anti-Imperialism protest in the Phillippines. Photo: Carlo Manalansan by Bulatlat 'Ukrainegate' has opened the floodgates of impeachment in Washington, DC. President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky provided such an opportunity that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who resisted pressure for impeachment, is now on board along with a majority of the party. Democrats are …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/ukrainegate-teaches-us-more-about-ourselves-than-trump-or-biden/

New research warns severe climate-related droughts could threaten 60% of Global wheat crop by 2100
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-01
Even with ambitious global efforts to limit emissions, the study warns, "the increase in the frequency and extent of adverse weather extremes and related shocks on the production side would be unprecedented." | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/30/new-research-warns-severe-climate-related-droughts-could-threaten-60-of-global-wheat-crop-by-2100/

Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders's Campaign Chair, Led Charge for Education Reform as Ohio Legislator
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-09-30
Nina Turner said she's "definitely evolved" since her time in the Ohio state Senate, but she remains proud of pro-charter policies she helped pass.
theintercept.com/2019/09/30/nina-turner-cleveland-ohio-education-reform/

Milwaukee: Charges against anti-Nazi student dropped
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-30
Milwaukee, WI – A rally to support Grae Hosmanek at her court hearing on Friday, September 27, was cancelled due to the charges against her being dropped. | On May 6, Hosmanek was arrested and charged for vandalism on UW-Milwaukee's campus. She took hold of a reactionary student's sign that had a swastika and other antisemitic language on it. This student was holding the sign near an event that was being hosted by a Jewish student group. | Hosmanek had attended two court hearings, and the hearing on September 27 would have been the third one. | Young People's Resistance Committee (YPRC) and Milwaukee Area Labor C…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/29/milwauke…