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A US-China Trade War 'Armistice'? Trump Blinks and Retreats at G-20
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
The first reports emerging from the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires today, December 2, 2018, are that Trump and Xi have agreed to put their trade war on hold, a kind of 'trade war armistice', at least for the next … | The post A US-China Trade War 'Armistice'? Trump Blinks and Retreats at G-20 appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-us-china-trade-war-armistice-trump-blinks-and-retreats-at-g-20/5661803

Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Czech president Milos Zeman offered Benjamin Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist government a fillip during his visit to Israel last week. He inaugurated a cultural and trade centre, Czech House, just outside Jerusalem's Old City walls. | At the opening, he expressed hope … | The post Israel's New War of Attrition on Jerusalem's Palestinians appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/israels-new-war-of-attrition-on-jerusalems-palestinians/5661777

Video: Syrian Military Deploys Troops, Battle Tanks Near Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
On November 30th, Khalid al-Mahamid, a prominent figure of the Syrian opposition, revealed that there is "an international agreement" to eliminate Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Idlib. Al-Mahamid is known as the godfather of the reconciliation process … | The post Video: Syrian Military Deploys Troops, Battle Tanks Near Idlib appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-military-deploys-troops-battle-tanks-near-idlib/5661793

Climate Crisis Made Worse by "Presidential Mis-Leadership": Protecting Big Oil, From Bush-Cheney, Obama to Trump
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Barack Obama, speaking to the Baker Institute, made sure the audience of wealthy Texans, many in the oil business, gave him credit for making the United States a world leader for oil and gas production. He said, "American … | The post Climate Crisis Made Worse by "Presidential Mis-Leadership": Protecting Big Oil, From Bush-Cheney, Obama to…
globalresearch.ca/climate-crisis-made-worse-by-presidential-mis-leadership-protecting-big-oil-from-bush-cheney-obama-to-trump/5661817

Yellow Vest Protest Movement: Inequality and the Hollowness of the French Regime
Richard Greeman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Ignored by French President Emmanuel Macron, distorted by the media, courted by the Right, snubbed by the Left, the self-organized mass movement known as the Yellow Vests (Mouvement des gilets jaunes) is seriously challenging the political and economic order … | The post Yellow Vest Protest Movement: Inequality and the Hollowness of the French Regime appeared first on Global…
globalresearch.ca/yellow-vest-protest-movement-inequality-and-the-hollowness-of-the-french-regime/5661821

The Nobel Peace Prize in Support of War
Terje Maloy | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
On December 10, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony will be held in Oslo, the capital of Norway. This analysis will try to look at how the prize fits into the bigger picture, but first, some general background is … | The post The Nobel Peace Prize in Support of War appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-nobel-peace-prize-in-support-of-war/5661814

George H. Walker Bush: Cold War Ends and New World Orders
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
The death of certain political figures, notably those of a vast imperium, is bound to provoke less criticism or critical insight than soul searching pursuits. With the US in the mauling clutches of Donald J. Trump, the nightmare that was … | The post George H. Walker Bush: Cold War Ends and New World Orders appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/george-h-w-bush-cold-war-ends-and-new-world-orders/5661758

Working for the Man… Not the Masses. The Corporate Predators
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
In 1973 I was still a somewhat naive college senior ready to face the business world. My major had been in Speech and Theater, with a minor in Sociology. As the year was ending and the new one upon us, … | The post Working for the Man… Not the Masses. The Corporate Predators appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/working-for-the-man-not-the-masses-the-corporate-predators/5661798

Qatar: We're Quitting OPEC in 2019
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Qatar said on Monday it was quitting OPEC from January to focus on its gas ambitions, taking a swipe at the group's de facto leader Saudi Arabia and marring Gulf efforts to show unity before this week's meeting of exporters … | The post Qatar: We're Quitting OPEC in 2019 appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/qatar-were-quitting-opec-in-2019/5661749

The Latest Victims in a Dark Story of How Northern Ireland Deals with Its Past
Barry McCaffrey | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
In August two Belfast journalists were arrested in dawn raids involving up to 100 police officers for exposing state protection of the perpetrators of a notorious sectarian massacre. This Thursday they will speak at a special screening of their documentary … | The post The Latest Victims in a Dark Story of How Northern Ireland Deals with Its Past appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-latest-victims-in-a-dark-story-of-how-northern-ireland-deals-with-its-past/5661826

Canada Backs Repression, Killing of Protestors in Haiti
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
The Ugly Canadian has shown his elite-supporting, poor-bashing repressive face in Haiti. | Ottawa is backing the repression of anti-corruption protests and Justin Trudeau is continuing Canada's staunch support for that country's reactionary elite. | Over the past three months there have … | The post Canada Backs Repression, Killing of Protestors in Haiti appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/canada-backs-repression-killing-of-protestors-in-haiti/5661774

Ukraine: US-installed Fascist Tyranny in Europe's Heartland
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Ukraine matters. It's territory is Europe's largest after Russia's. It borders seven countries in Europe's heartland — Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia. | It shares a strategically important 1,500-long land and sea border with the Russian Federation. | The … | The post Ukraine: US-installed Fascist Tyranny in Europe's Heartland appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-us-installed-fascist-tyranny-in-europes-heartland/5661763

Controlling the Israel Message: How to Manage the American Sheeple
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
There has been another defenestration of a television-based political commentator for touching the only real electrified third rail remaining in reporting what passes for the news. Marc Lamont Hill, a Temple University professor of Media Studies and Urban Education, who … | The post Controlling the Israel Message: How to Man…
globalresearch.ca/controlling-the-israel-message-how-to-manage-the-american-sheeple/5661752

Les Gilets Jaunes — A Bright Yellow Sign of Distress
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
Every automobile in France is supposed to be equipped with a yellow vest. This is so that in case of accident or breakdown on a highway, the driver can put it on to ensure visibility and avoid getting run over…. | The post Les Gilets Jaunes — A Bright Yellow Sign of Distress appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/les-gilets-jaunes-a-bright-yellow-sign-of-distress/5661790

No French Revolution in America
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
More than 80% of the people of France–ordinary working people, not the professional bureaucrate class–support the "gilets jaunes," the yellow vests in the street protesting against the globalist policies of Emmanuel Macron, defender of the mega-wealthy and upholder of EU … | The post No French Revolution in America appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/no-french-revolution-in-america/5661770

British Hunters Bring Home Elephant Ivory
Brendan Montague | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
British trophy hunters brought home two tonnes of elephant tusks from Africa over the past decade, new figures show. | Nearly 400 'trophies' from the world's most endangered animals have been brought into Britain by hunters in recent years. | A motion … | The post British Hunters Bring Home Elephant Ivory appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/british-hunters-bring-home-elephant-ivory/5661755

"Bibi — The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu"
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
This morning I read online the current problems Benjamin Netanyahu is having within the Knesset and within his own political party, | "Now, Netanyahu's once stable coalition is hanging by a thread, with the support of only 61 members in the … | The post "Bibi — The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/bibi-the-turbulent-life-and-times-of-benjamin-netanyahu/5661801

George H. W. Bush: The Man Who Embodied What Putin's Accused of Being
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
President Putin's been accused by the West of being many things, but ironically enough, it's former President George H. W. Bush who embodied many of them. | The passing of former President George H. W. Bush over the weekend prompted a … | The post George H. W. Bush: The Man Who Embodied What Putin's Accused of Being appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/george-h-w-bush-man-embodied-putins-accused/5661761

George H. W. Bush: "October Surprise" Denials, Iran Contra
Robert Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-04
First published by Consortium News on April 6, 2018. | "Deny everything," British traitor Kim Philby said, explaining how the powerful can bluff past their crimes, something known to George H.W. Bush when he denied charges of his own near treason … | The post George H. W. Bush: "October Surprise" Denials, Iran Contra appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/george-h-w-bush-october-surprise-denials-iran-contra/5661788

Mass Solidarity Meeting for Public Education
California Educators Rising | indybay.org | 2018-12-04
Omni Commons | 4799 Shattuck, Oakland, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/02/18819569.php

Are Social Justice discussions taboo to the majority?
Jennifer Quick | indybay.org | 2018-12-04
Outside of the professors at Sonoma State University that teach Sociology, it has become evident that the majority of all other professors of different majors do not like to have direct, personal conversations about Social Justice issues. Is this the norm for the population outside of a University campus, and if so- we must ask our community, why?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/12/02/18819567.php

High school students and ambulance drivers join 'Yellow Vest' protests in France
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-12-04
With a fourth consecutive Saturday of mass demonstrations against French President Emmanuel Macron's regressive taxes planned this weekend, tens of thousands of high school students throughout France have staged demonstrations at their schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/04/fran…

Christmas Grinch: US teacher slammed for telling six-year-olds Santa isn't real
RT | rt.com | 2018-12-04
Christmas miracles and beautifully wrapped gifts are what most children yearn for all year round, but a class of first graders had this year's holiday ruined for them after a substitute teacher told them Santa isn't real. | …
rt.com/usa/445537-teacher-christmas-santa-not-real/

World War II: Hitler's Early Victories in the USSR and the Wolf's Lair Headquarters
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-03
In Hitler's goals to attain Germanic dominion of the planet, he enjoyed some of his most triumphant days secured away at the vast, virtually unheard of Wolf's Lair. The complex was known in the German tongue as Wolfsschanze. Hitler had … | The post World War II: Hitler's Early Victories in the USSR and the Wolf's Lair Headquarters appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/hitlers-early-victories-ussr-wolfs-lair-headquarters/5661705

A Killer Dies, a Teacher Lives: George H.W. Bush v. Noam Chomsky
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2018-12-03
Bush used the end of the Cold War as a ripe moment for launching brazenly mass-murderous assaults on two defenseless nations: Panama and Iraq. These were the first two U.S. military attacks since the end of World War II that Washington was unable to justify in the name of its struggle against the supposed menace of Soviet-directed communist expansion.
counterpunch.org/2018/12/03/a-killer-dies-a-teacher-lives-george-h-w-bush-v-noam-chomsky/

Mexico on the Eve of AMLO — "So Far from God and So Close to the United States"
Roger D. Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-03
The full quote by Porfirio Díaz is: "Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States." Mexican President Díaz (1876-1880 and 1884-1911) got it at least half right. Mexico has suffered in the shadow of the … | The post Mexico on the Eve of AMLO — "So Far from God and So Close to the United States" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mexico-on-the-eve-of-amlo-so-far-from-god-and-so-close-to-the-united-states/5661701

Remembering George H.W. Bush's Inaction on AIDS at Home While Detaining HIV+ Haitians at Guantánamo
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-12-03
George H.W. Bush died on the eve of World AIDS Day, an irony not lost on many HIV/AIDS activists who remember the 41st president of the United States for his lack of action in the 1990s as the HIV/AIDS crisis raged on. Bush said little about the crisis during his years as vice president under Ronald Reagan, who didn't even mention AIDS until the penultimate year of his presidency. Despite promises to do more after he was elected president, George H.W. Bush refused to address and fund programs around HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as drug treatment. We speak with Steven Thrasher, journalist and doctora…
www.democracynow.org/2018/12/3/rememberi…

Did Ukraine Coordinate Its Provocation in Black Sea with 'Western Partners'?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-03
It appears that Western experts and Ukrainian diplomats successfully "forecasted" the November 25 escalation in the Black Sea in middle November. | On November 21st, the Atlantic Council "an American think tank in the field of international affairs," which … | The post Did Ukraine Coordinate Its Provocation in Black Sea with 'Western Partners'? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/did-ukraine-coordinate-its-provocation-in-black-sea-with-western-partners/5661702

Bush Sr. Ignored the AIDS Crisis and Detained HIV+ Haitians
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-12-03
George H.W. Bush died on the eve of World AIDS Day, an irony not lost on many HIV/AIDS activists who remember the 41st president of the United States for his lack of action in the 1990s as the HIV/AIDS crisis raged on. Bush said little about the crisis during his years as vice president under Ronald Reagan, who didn't even mention AIDS until the penultimate year of his presidency. Despite promises to do more after he was elected president, George H.W. Bush refused to address and fund programs around HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as drug treatment. We speak with Steven Thrasher, journalist and doct…
truthout.org/video/bush-sr-ignored-the-aids-epidemic-and-detained-hiv-haitians/

The Bin Ladens and the Bushes: On 9/11 George Herbert W. Bush Meets Osama's Brother Shafiq bin Laden
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-03
Lest we forget, one day before the 9/11 attacks, the dad of the sitting President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush was meeting none other than Shafig bin Laden, the brother of alleged terror mastermind Osama bin Laden. | The post The Bin Ladens and the Bushes: On 9/11 George Herbert W. Bush Meets Osama's Brother Shafiq bin Laden appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-bin-ladens-the-bushes-and-911-a-former-us-president-meets-osamas-brother-not-subject-to-anti-terrorism-legislation/5582436

Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it'
Sayed Hasan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-12-03
On the evening of Friday, November 30, Hezbollah's war media broadcasted this video addressed to Israel and subtitled in Hebrew, in response to recent Israeli military exercises simulating an aggression against southern Lebanon, an escalation of violations of Lebanese airspace … | The post Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it' appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-hezbollah-warns-israel-if-you-dare-attack-you-will-regret-it/5661708

China: Release Workers, Student Activists
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-03
President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, October 18, 2017. | © 2017 Aly Song/Reuters | (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately release workers and students arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared during a nationwide crackdown since mid-2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Those held include factory workers, labor activists, college s…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/03/china-release-workers-student-activists

Syria, Iran, Georgia: Slippery Slope In Discussing Oil Smuggling And Sanctions
Seth Ferris | iranian.com | 2018-12-03
The history of sanctions teaches us that they are like a pole — you can find a way around them, and in the process, find a niche market for all kinds of smugglers, gangsters, and political types, as co-operation is needed at all levels. For this reason, sanctions often have the opposite effect to that […] | The post Syria, Iran, Georgia: Slippery Slope In Discussing Oil Smuggling And Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/12/03/syria-iran-georgia-oil-sanctions/

Cases like Hedda Martin's heart transplant denial "will continue to happen"
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-12-03
Workers and young people nationwide decried Martin's callous treatment, donating generously out of their own pockets, after Spectrum Health's Richard DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Clinic told her to make "a fundraising effort of $10,000."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/03/simi…

'Economics for the Many' offer a radical, democratic vision for a Corbyn gov't
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-12-01
Edited by John McDonnell | Verso, 2018 | This book is a valuable collection of 16 short essays on the crisis facing modern Britain, coming up with progressive solutions which a Jeremy Corbyn-led government could usher in. | It is edited by and has an introduction by Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell, a long-time socialist and close collaborator of Corbyn's. He says: "We are seeking nothing less than to build a society that is radically fairer, more democratic and more sustainable, in which the wealth of society is shared by all." | The first piece, by Antonia Jennings who teaches at the London School…
greenleft.org.au/content/economics-many-offer-radical-democratic-vision-corbyn-gov%E2%80%99t

I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights
Jack Poulson | theintercept.com | 2018-12-01
I worked as a research scientist at Google when Dragonfly was revealed and resigned in protest after a month of internally fighting for clarification. | The post I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/12/01/google-china-censorship-human-rights/

Urgent: human rights under threat in India
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-30
Activists are being harassed, independent media houses have been raided, and organisations like Amnesty India and Greenpeace India are being targeted by Indian authorities because of their work. We need to speak out now.: | This October, the Indian authorities raided both Amnesty India and Greenpeace India's offices – and froze their bank accounts. | This has effectively stopped our vital human rights work there: work to end to violence against women, human rights education in schools and colleges, and ensuring human rights for everyone in India. | Sign the petition and tell the Indian Prime Minister to s…
amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/urgent-human-rights-under-threat-in-india/

Indonesia Launches 'Snitch' App Targeting Religious Minorities
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-30
An Indonesian woman shows a newly launched smartphone application called 'Smart Pakem' of Jakarta's prosecutor office in Jakarta on November 27, 2018. | © 2018 Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images | Following your own religious beliefs shouldn't be a crime, but in Indonesia, new technologies are helping authorities identify and potentially prosecute religious minorities who follow "deviant teachings." | On November 22, Bakor Pakem, a body charged with…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/30/indonesia-launches-snitch-app-targeting-religious-minorities

PFOA and PFOS Cause Lower Sperm Counts and Smaller Penises, Study Finds
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2018-11-30
There's a new reason to be concerned about toxic chemicals used in nonstick pans, waterproof products, and firefighting foam: PFOA and PFOS impair male reproductive health, according to a study released in early November. | Researchers have already documented that PFOA and PFOS, two compounds in a class known as PFAS, reduce the fertility of male mice, rats, and rabbits. The new study, published by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabo…
theintercept.com/2018/11/30/pfoa-and-pfos-cause-lower-sperm-counts-and-smaller-penises-study-finds/

Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2018-11-30
The newly elected House Democratic Caucus chair, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, has been supported by a pro-charter school charter PAC for more than a decade. | The post Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/30/hakeem-jeffries-charter-schools/

DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land
Aviva Chomsky | thenation.com | 2018-11-29
DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land…
thenation.com/article/dna-tests-elizabeth-warren-native-american-race-science/

My Black Son Was Sent Home From First Grade Because of His Natural Hair
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-29
My 6-year-old was turned away from his school for the offense of wearing locs. | Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in August, CJ asked me a question that was harder than the rest: He wanted to know if there was something wrong with his hair. | As a father, I'd tried to shield him from racism for as long as I could. But we had just been turned away in humiliating fashion from A Book's Christian Academy in Apopka, Florida, on the first day of classes. The school's administrators, led by John Book, barred CJ from entering the building because of his locs. They treated…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-inequality-education/my-black-son-was-sent-home-first-grade-because-his

An Excerpt from Green Earth
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-11-29
Kim Stanley Robinson describes himself as "a patriot of the genre" of science fiction, writing at the intersection of science and politics for over three decades. His work is striking for its warmth and realism. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/29/an-excerpt-from-green-earth/

Indigenous Leaders Call for Justice After Landlord Violence Shakes Communities
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-29
The violence, which led to the kidnapping of Yukpa school teacher Mary Fernandez, comes amid land conflicts between cattle ranchers and indigenous communities.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14168

SPLC sues Florida school district for arming inadequately trained 'school safety assistants' with guns
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-28
M.D. is a fourth-grader who likes to play baseball, and science is his favorite subject.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/29/splc-sues-florida-school-district-arming-inadequately-trained-%25E2%2580%2598school-safety-assistants%25E2%2580%2599

Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-11-27
Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights: UpdateFaculty at Pitzer College in California have overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As Israel's attacks on Palestinian education escalate, professors and students are standing up for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott Stu…
bdsmovement.net/news/pitzer-college-faculty-votes-support-bds-palestinian-rights

Hatewatch Headlines 11/28/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-11-27
Facebook discrimination review still a mystery; Neuroscience explains bigotry's persistence; Proud Boys' new rules including less fighting; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/28/hatewatch-headlines-11282018

Oklahoma's Blue Wave was an Educator Wave
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2018-11-23
The teacher uprising may have opened up this deepest red of red states to a new era of bipartisanship.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/oklahoma-blue-wave-educator-wave-election-181123/

New York's Insurgent Lawmakers Speak Out against School Privatization and a Flawed Testing System
Jake Jacobs | progressive.org | 2018-11-19
On education issues, newly-elected progressive Democrats are setting a new tone.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/insurgent-lawmakers-against-school-privatization-181119/

The Department of Education Has Moved to Increase the Burden of Proof Required in Assault Cases
Alice Herman | progressive.org | 2018-11-19
Will the measure allow rapists to walk?
progressive.org/dispatches/DOE-moves-to-increase-burden-of-proof-1881119/

2018-12-03: News Headlines

Brendan Montague (2018-12-04). British Hunters Bring Home Elephant Ivory. globalresearch.ca British trophy hunters brought home two tonnes of elephant tusks from Africa over the past decade, new figures show. | Nearly 400 'trophies' from the world's most endangered animals have been brought into Britain by hunters in recent years. | A motion …

Middle East Eye (2018-12-04). Qatar: We're Quitting OPEC in 2019. globalresearch.ca Qatar said on Monday it was quitting OPEC from January to focus on its gas ambitions, taking a swipe at the group's de facto leader Saudi Arabia and marring Gulf efforts to show unity before this week's meeting of exporters …

Telesur (2018-12-03). Mexico: AMLO Opens Presidential House 'Los Pinos' to the Public. globalresearch.ca From the moment Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was sworn in as president of Mexico, the presidential house known as 'Los Pinos' was opened to the public as a museum and art gallery as a sign of the new government's austerity….

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2018-12-03). The Bin Ladens and the Bushes: On 9/11 George Herbert W. Bush Meets Osama's Brother Shafiq bin Laden. globalresearch.ca Lest we forget, one day before the 9/11 attacks, the dad of the sitting President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush was meeting none other than Shafig bin Laden, the brother of alleged terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.

Deena Stryker (2018-12-03). Emmanuel Macron: The Little Emperor and Humpty-Dumpty. globalresearch.ca After less than two years, France's youngest President, Emanuel Macron, has become the de facto leader of Europe but the object of violence at home. | Having spent a total of thirty-odd years living and working in France, I am only …

Sayed Hasan (2018-12-03). Video: Hezbollah Warns Israel: 'If You Dare Attack, You Will Regret it'. globalresearch.ca On the evening of Friday, November 30, Hezbollah's war media broadcasted this video addressed to Israel and subtitled in Hebrew, in response to recent Israeli military exercises simulating an aggression against southern Lebanon, an escalation of violations of Lebanese airspace …

Paul Street (2018-12-03). A Killer Dies, a Teacher Lives: George H.W. Bush v. Noam Chomsky. counterpunch.org Bush used the end of the Cold War as a ripe moment for launching brazenly mass-murderous assaults on two defenseless nations: Panama and Iraq. These were the first two U.S. military attacks since the end of World War II that Washington was unable to justify in the name of its struggle against the supposed menace of Soviet-directed communist expansion. More

Roger D. Harris (2018-12-03). Mexico on the Eve of AMLO — "So Far from God and So Close to the United States" globalresearch.ca The full quote by Porfirio Díaz is: "Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States." Mexican President Díaz (1876-1880 and 1884-1911) got it at least half right. Mexico has suffered in the shadow of the …

Democracy Now! (2018-12-03). Remembering George H.W. Bush's Inaction on AIDS at Home While Detaining HIV+ Haitians at Guantánamo. democracynow.org George H.W. Bush died on the eve of World AIDS Day, an irony not lost on many HIV/AIDS activists who remember the 41st president of the United States for his lack of action in the 1990s as the HIV/AIDS crisis raged on. Bush said little about the crisis during his years as vice president under Ronald Reagan, who didn't even mention AIDS until the penultimate year of his presidency. Despite promises to do more after he was elected president, George H.W. Bush refused to address and fund programs around HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as drug treatment. We speak with Steven Thrasher, journalist and doctora…

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2018-12-03). The 2018 Firestorms: There Is No Planet B. globalresearch.ca It takes only a spark, from a lightning or human ignition, to start a fire, but it involves high temperatures, a period of drought, a build-up of dry vegetation and strong winds to start a bush fire, such as is …

Paul Street (2018-12-03). A Killer Dies, a Teacher Lives. zcomm.org George H.W. Bush v. Noam Chomsky…

Shared by Samantha Borek (2018-12-03). Bush Sr. Ignored the AIDS Crisis and Detained HIV+ Haitians. truthout.org George H.W. Bush died on the eve of World AIDS Day, an irony not lost on many HIV/AIDS activists who remember the 41st president of the United States for his lack of action in the 1990s as the HIV/AIDS crisis raged on. Bush said little about the crisis during his years as vice president under Ronald Reagan, who didn't even mention AIDS until the penultimate year of his presidency. Despite promises to do more after he was elected president, George H.W. Bush refused to address and fund programs around HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as drug treatment. We speak with Steven Thrasher, journalist and doct…

Shane Quinn (2018-12-03). World War II: Hitler's Early Victories in the USSR and the Wolf's Lair Headquarters. globalresearch.ca In Hitler's goals to attain Germanic dominion of the planet, he enjoyed some of his most triumphant days secured away at the vast, virtually unheard of Wolf's Lair. The complex was known in the German tongue as Wolfsschanze. Hitler had …

Robert Gore (2018-12-03). The Deadliest Operation. Truman on "The Purpose and Operations of Our CIA" globalresearch.ca Choose your battles wisely. | One month to the day after President Kennedy's assassination, the Washington Post published an article by former president Harry Truman. | I think it has become necessary to take another look at the purpose and operations of …

Colin Todhunter (2018-12-03). India's Agrarian Crisis: Father of Green Revolution Rejects GM Crops. asia-pacificresearch.com

South Front (2018-12-03). Did Ukraine Coordinate Its Provocation in Black Sea with 'Western Partners'? globalresearch.ca It appears that Western experts and Ukrainian diplomats successfully "forecasted" the November 25 escalation in the Black Sea in middle November. | On November 21st, the Atlantic Council "an American think tank in the field of international affairs," which …

Seth Ferris (2018-12-03). Syria, Iran, Georgia: Slippery Slope In Discussing Oil Smuggling And Sanctions. iranian.com The history of sanctions teaches us that they are like a pole — you can find a way around them, and in the process, find a niche market for all kinds of smugglers, gangsters, and political types, as co-operation is needed at all levels. For this reason, sanctions often have the opposite effect to that […]

WSWS (2018-12-03). Cases like Hedda Martin's heart transplant denial "will continue to happen" wsws.org Workers and young people nationwide decried Martin's callous treatment, donating generously out of their own pockets, after Spectrum Health's Richard DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Clinic told her to make "a fundraising effort of $10,000."

Human Rights Watch (2018-12-03). China: Release Workers, Student Activists. hrw.org The Chinese government should immediately release workers and students arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared during a nationwide crackdown since mid-2018, Human Rights Watch said today. Those held include factory workers, labor activists, college students, trade union officials, and a lawyer. | "It's ironic that a self-proclaimed socialist government is cracking down on young Marxists," said Yaqiu Wang, China researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The pers…

California Educators Rising (2018-12-03). Mass Solidarity Meeting for Public Education. indybay.org Omni Commons | 4799 Shattuck, Oakland, California…

Jennifer Quick (2018-12-03). Are Social Justice discussions taboo to the majority? indybay.org Outside of the professors at Sonoma State University that teach Sociology, it has become evident that the majority of all other professors of different majors do not like to have direct, personal conversations about Social Justice issues. Is this the norm for the population outside of a University campus, and if so- we must ask our community, why?>

African Centre for Biodiversity (2018-12-02). Tanzania Orders Destruction of Monsanto / Gates' GM Trials Due to Illegal Use for Pro-GM Propaganda. globalresearch.ca Tanzanian civil society organisations (CSOs) welcome the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mathew Mtigumwe, to bring an immediate stop to all ongoing GM field trials taking place in the country. These are …

Antonius Aquinas (2018-12-02). Debt, Death, and the US Empire. globalresearch.ca In a talk which garnered little attention, one of the Deep State's prime operatives, National Security Advisor John Bolton, cautioned of the enormous and escalating US debt. Speaking before the Alexander Hamilton Society, Bolton warned that current US debt levels …

Andrei Akulov (2018-12-02). US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Kill Prospects for Arms Control. globalresearch.ca US Senator Tom Cotton and Congresswoman Liz Cheney have introduced a bill that prevents extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia or the Stopping Russia Nuclear Aggression Act. It says "Under no circumstances should the …

Max Parry (2018-12-02). In Defense of 'Conspiracy Theories': From 'Fake News' to the Art World. globalresearch.ca "To remain innocent may also be to remain ignorant." ‚Äï John Berger, Ways of Seeing | This November 22nd marked fifty-five years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Perhaps no other major incident in U.S. history has generated more …

Global Research News (2018-12-02). Selected Articles: Killing the Prospects for Arms Control. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | More than ever, Global Research needs your support. Our task as an independent media is to "Battle the Lie". | "Lying" in mainstream journalism has become the "new normal": mainstream journalists are pressured to comply. Some journalists refuse. | Lies, …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-12-02). Journey into Obsolescence: Australia's Adani Carmichael Mining Project. globalresearch.ca The Carmichael mine being pursued in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland is a dinosaur before its creation. On paper, it is hefty — to be some five times the size of Sydney harbour, the largest in Australia and one …

Jambo Asbl (2018-12-02). Video: Rwanda. The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) against the Hutu. globalresearch.ca This video talks about crimes committed against Hutu, before, during and after the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. | Talking about (and/or seeking Justice for) these crimes should not be considered as neither an act nor an attempt to deny, minimise, …

Sean Gervasi (2018-12-02). Video: Understanding NATO's War on Yugoslavia. Historic Interview with Sean Gervasi. globalresearch.ca I spoke to Sean Gervasi on several occasions prior to his untimely death in June 1996. His incisive understanding of the process of breakup of Yugoslavia, not to mention its cruel aftermath was far-reaching. According to Gary Wilson, "Gervasi …

Michael Welch (2018-12-02). The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America. globalresearch.ca "They are fleeing a crisis. They are fleeing catastrophe. One in which not only is it almost impossible for people to economically survive, it's increasingly difficult to just physically survive and not be subject to some kind of violence….The root …

RT (2018-12-01). White Dems dumb down speeches for racial minorities, Yale study shows. rt.com A linguistic study of speeches by US presidential candidates found that white Democrats tend to use less complex words when speaking to racial minority groups, while Republicans don't. Undergrad students showed the same tendency.

stuart_m (2018-12-01). 'Economics for the Many' offer a radical, democratic vision for a Corbyn gov't. greenleft.org.au Edited by John McDonnell
| Verso, 2018 | This book is a valuable collection of 16 short essays on the crisis facing modern Britain, coming up with progressive solutions which a Jeremy Corbyn-led government could usher in. | It is edited by and has an introduction by Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell, a long-time socialist and close collaborator of Corbyn's. He says: "We are seeking nothing less than to build a society that is radically fairer, more democratic and more sustainable, in which the wealth of society is shared by all." | The first piece, by Antonia Jennings who teaches at the London School…

Jack Poulson (2018-12-01). I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine. The Company Needs to Clarify Its Position on Human Rights. theintercept.com I worked as a research scientist at Google when Dragonfly was revealed and resigned in protest after a month of internally fighting for clarification.

Human Rights Watch (2018-11-30). Indonesia Launches 'Snitch' App Targeting Religious Minorities. hrw.org | | An Indonesian woman shows a newly launched smartphone application called 'Smart Pakem' of Jakarta's prosecutor office in Jakarta on November 27, 2018. | © 2018 Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images | Following your own religious beliefs shouldn't be a crime, but in Indonesia, new technologies are helping authorities identify and potentially prosecute religious minorities who follow "deviant teachings." | On November 22, Bakor Pakem, a body charged with…

amnesty (2018-11-30). Urgent: human rights under threat in India. amnesty.org Activists are being harassed, independent media houses have been raided, and organisations like Amnesty India and Greenpeace India are being targeted by Indian authorities because of their work. We need to speak out now.: | This October, the Indian authorities raided both Amnesty India and Greenpeace India's offices – and froze their bank accounts. | This has effectively stopped our vital human rights work there: work to end to violence against women, human rights education in schools and colleges, and ensuring human rights for everyone in India. | Sign the petition and tell the Indian Prime Minister to s…

Sharon Lerner (2018-11-30). PFOA and PFOS Cause Lower Sperm Counts and Smaller Penises, Study Finds. theintercept.com There's a new reason to be concerned about toxic chemicals used in nonstick pans, waterproof products, and firefighting foam: PFOA and PFOS impair male reproductive health, according to a study released in early November. | Researchers have already documented that PFOA and PFOS, two compounds in a class known as PFAS, reduce the fertility of male mice, rats, and rabbits. The new study, published by the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabo…

Rachel M. Cohen (2018-11-30). Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries. theintercept.com The newly elected House Democratic Caucus chair, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, has been supported by a pro-charter school charter PAC for more than a decade.

Paul Dobson (2018-11-29). Indigenous Leaders Call for Justice After Landlord Violence Shakes Communities. venezuelanalysis.com The violence, which led to the kidnapping of Yukpa school teacher Mary Fernandez, comes amid land conflicts between cattle ranchers and indigenous communities.

ACLU (2018-11-29). My Black Son Was Sent Home From First Grade Because of His Natural Hair. aclu.org My 6-year-old was turned away from his school for the offense of wearing locs. | Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in August, CJ asked me a question that was harder than the rest: He wanted to know if there was something wrong with his hair. | As a father, I'd tried to shield him from racism for as long as I could. But we had just been turned away in humiliating fashion from A Book's Christian Academy in Apopka, Florida, on the first day of classes. The school's administrators, led by John Book, barred CJ from entering the building because of his locs. They treated…

Aviva Chomsky (2018-11-29). DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land. thenation.com DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land…

splcenter (2018-11-28). SPLC sues Florida school district for arming inadequately trained 'school safety assistants' with guns. splcenter.org M.D. is a fourth-grader who likes to play baseball, and science is his favorite subject.

Hatewatch Staff (2018-11-27). Hatewatch Headlines 11/28/2018. splcenter.org Facebook discrimination review still a mystery; Neuroscience explains bigotry's persistence; Proud Boys' new rules including less fighting; and more.

John Thompson (2018-11-23). Oklahoma's Blue Wave was an Educator Wave. progressive.org The teacher uprising may have opened up this deepest red of red states to a new era of bipartisanship.

Alice Herman (2018-11-19). The Department of Education Has Moved to Increase the Burden of Proof Required in Assault Cases. progressive.org Will the measure allow rapists to walk?

Jake Jacobs (2018-11-19). New York's Insurgent Lawmakers Speak Out against School Privatization and a Flawed Testing System. progressive.org On education issues, newly-elected progressive Democrats are setting a new tone.

Huzaifa Zoomkawala (2018-11-12). Palestine: Fadwa Tuqan's poems and data on women's education. zcomm.org And here is my second attempt at bridging the three areas: poems, justice and data visualization. This time, it's the Palestinian poet, Fadwa Tuqan, whose poems I have highlighted alongside some charts depicting the progress over the years on a number of women's education indicators in the West Bank and Gaza. (Earlier, I had used Read more…

Max Blumenthal (2018-10-28). Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric. grayzoneproject.com As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed…