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Canadian Wars More About Imperialism Than 'Defending Democracy'
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Now that November 11 and the official "remembering" of our "heroes", their "bravery" and "greatness" is over, it is a good time to take a deeper, more critical look at Canada's participation in wars. | While on Remembrance Day we are … | The post Canadian Wars More About Imperialism Than 'Defending Democracy' appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/canadian-wars-more-about-imperialism-than-defending-democracy/5661503

"The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin": Book Review
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
In the mid 1950's I was a teen, the cold war was at its peak and I subscribed to Pravda, The Russian newspaper to learn about propaganda. That turned out to be good training for understanding the news today. As … | The post "The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin": Book Review appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/new-tsar-rise-reign-vladimir/5661113

Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel
Alison Weir | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
In an astounding case of media negligence, U.S. news media are failing to tell Americans that Congress is about to enact legislation for the largest military aid package to a foreign country in U.S. history. | This aid package would likely … | The post Media Ignore Largest Foreign Military Aid Package in US History …. To Israel appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/media-ignore-largest-foreign-military-aid-package-in-us-history-to-israel/5661531

The Man in the Bathtub, December 1, 1940: History of a Young Italian Who Emigrated to America in the Early 1900s
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Firs published on GR on November 25, 2017 | He was born and raised in a little town just outside of Licata, Sicily. By the time he was 18, the young man was accepted into university in Tunisia, a far more … | The post The Man in the Bathtub, December 1, 1940: History of a Young Italian Who Emigrated to America in the Early 1900s appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-man-in-the-bathtub-december-1-1940-history-of-a-young-italian-who-emigrated-to-america-in-the-early-1900s/5619981

Facebook's Sandberg admits to snooping on Soros
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-30
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg requested opposition research into liberal billionaire George Soros, internal emails reveal. Sandberg had previously denied going after Soros, as had CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | …
rt.com/usa/445289-facebook-sandberg-admits-soros/

Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don't Want You to Know
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
This article was first published by Global Research in November 2014. Today Libya as a Nation State has been destroyed by US-NATO. | What do you think of when you hear the name Colonel Gaddafi? Tyrant? Dictator? Terrorist? Well, a national … | The post Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don't Want You to Know appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/libya-ten-things-about-gaddafi-they-dont-want-you-to-know/5414289

Public Trust Has Plunged in Recent Years as Corruption Plagues UK Politics
Political Concern | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
A recent Telegraph investigation (paywall) revealed that senior MPs and peers, including many ministers, have given access to Parliament to spouses involved in lobbying for companies and campaign groups. Karen Bradley, the Northern Ireland Secretary, and Sir Kevin … | The post Public Trust Has Plunged in Recent Years as Corruption Plagues UK Politics appeared first on…
globalresearch.ca/public-trust-has-plunged-in-recent-years-as-corruption-plagues-uk-politics/5661145

British Government 'Pledges' Cheaper, Unlabelled, Gene-edited Food. "An Agricultural Revolution" Predicated on Genetic Engineering!
Political Concern | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
At a time when apprehensions about low-quality food entering the country post Brexit are rising, the Times reports that Michael Gove, the environment secretary has announced that "Britain will lead an agricultural revolution with the use of gene editing"…. | The post British Government 'Pledges' Cheaper, Unlabelled, Gene-edited Food.
globalresearch.ca/british-government-pledges-cheaper-unlabelled-gene-edited-food-an-agricultural-revolution-predicated-on-genetic-engineering/5661513

Assange vs. the Trump-Pence Cabal
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
It is widely rumored that, with sealed indictments pending in the US, Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange may be imminently forced to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy which has provided him safe refuge since 2012. | However, after a recent visit … | The post Assange vs. the Trump-Pence Cabal appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/assange-vs-cabal/5661105

US Sanctions Have Become Little More Than Medieval-Style Siege Warfare
Thierry Meyssan | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-30
The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organized is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations — these are weapons of war, designed for killing. | For his visit to Moscow on 8 November, ambassador James Jeffrey was tasked with explaining the current US obsession with the expansion of Persian influence in the Arab world (Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen). Washington now wi…
mintpressnews.com/us-sanctions-have-become-little-more-than-medieval-style-siege-warfare/252411/

Trump Caves to Russophobes, Cancels G20 Meeting with Putin
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Let's see if I've got this straight. US-installed Ukrainian putschist leader, in cahoot with US and UK Russophobes, staged last Sunday's anti-Russia provocation in the Black Sea's Kerch Strait, Russian waters. | Entering them without permission violates Articles 19 and 21 … | The post Trump Caves to Russophobes, Cancels G20 Meeting with Putin appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-caves-to-russophobes-cancels-g20-meeting-with-putin/5661549

A Dangerous Distraction: Seven Myths Industry Uses to Sell "Renewable Gas"
Corporate Europe Observatory | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
The gas industry is currently hyping so-called 'renewable gas' and its low-carbon potential. But the industry hype does not live up to reality: this newfound enthusiasm for renewable gas is really an attempt to paint the gas industry green. The … | The post A Dangerous Distraction: Seven Myths Industry Uses to Sell "Renewable Gas" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-dangerous-distraction-seven-myths-industry-uses-to-sell-renewable-gas/5661102

Russia's Strategic Waterways and the Northeast Arctic Passage
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Russia would have obviously preferred that the Kerch Strait Crisis with Ukraine never happened, but since it did, Moscow's wasting no time in taking advantage of the highly publicized defense of its maritime borders in the Black Sea to promote … | The post Russia's Strategic Waterways and the Northeast Arctic Passage appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russias-strategic-waterways-and-the-northeast-arctic-passage/5661547

Psychotronic and Electromagnetic Weapons: Remote Control of the Human Nervous System
Mojmir Babacek | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | This article was originally published on January 31, 2013. | *** | In March 2012 the Russian defense minister Anatoli Serdjukov said: | "The development of weaponry based on new physics principles; direct-energy weapons, | … | The post Psychotronic and Electromagnetic Weapons: Remote Control of the Human Nervous System appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/psychotronic-and-electromagnetic-weapons-remote-control-of-the-human-nervous-system/5319111

Children — Civilization's Future, Victims of Western Brutality
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
The United Nations Universal Children's Day– 20 November — has come and gone — and nothing has changed. No action that would now protect children any more than before, no move even by the UN to call on nations at … | The post Children — Civilization's Future, Victims of Western Brutality appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/children-civilizations-future-victims-of-western-brutality/5661484

Building Global Palestine Solidarity
Junaid S. Ahmad | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
In late November 2018, students, led by the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at the University of Leeds, immediately mobilized to demonstrate as soon as they found out that Zionist war propagandist, Mark Regev, was visiting campus to speak. Regev … | The post Building Global Palestine Solidarity appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/victory-leeds-palestine-solidarity-students-la-lucha-continua/5661471

Vaccine Realities That Big Pharma Doesn't Teach Us Doctors (or Our Patients). The Plight of "Vaccine Damaged Children"
DGGK | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
"In 1986 a US law was passed that protected vaccine maker's from ever being sued in a a regular court regardless of how many babies or children were injured of killed from the aluminum, mercury (aka Thimerosal), formaldehyde, aborted fetal … | The post Vaccine Realities That Big Pharma Doesn't Teach Us Doctors (or Our Patients). The Plight of "Vaccine Damaged Children" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/vaccine-realities-that-big-pharma-doesnt-teach-us-doctors-or-our-patients-the-plight-of-vaccine-damaged-children/5661257

Doug Ford's War on Ontario's Poor
John Clarke | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Ontario's recently elected Tory government, headed by right wing populist, Doug Ford, did not wait very long to incorporate into its reactionary agenda, an attack on the province's social assistance system and those living in poverty. Though their election … | The post Doug Ford's War on Ontario's Poor appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/doug-fords-war-on-ontarios-poor/5661524

Russia Is Disadvantaged by Her Belief That the West Is Governed by Law
DPCR | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Ukrainian military ships have violated Russian restrictions in the Sea of Azov and Articles 19 and 21 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Ukrainian Navy crossed the Russian sea border and entered a closed area … | The post Russia Is Disadvantaged by Her Belief That the West Is Governed by Law appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russia-is-disadvantaged-by-her-belief-that-the-west-is-governed-by-law/5661120

US "Destabilizes" and Destroys Iraq for Decades, US Congress Now Has A Plan for "Stabilization" and "More US Intervention"
Adam Dick | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
The United States attacked Iraq in the Gulf War in 1990, followed by years of US bombing of Iraq. Then, in 2003, the US invaded and conquered Iraq in the Iraq War. Since then, many US troops have been stationed … | The post US "Destabilizes" and Destroys Iraq for Decades, US Congress Now Has A Plan for "Stabilization" and "More US Intervention" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-destabilizes-and-destroys-iraq-for-decades-us-congress-now-has-new-plan-for-stabilization-and-more-us-intervention/5661504

Inter-Korea Summits, US-DPRK Summit. No Peace on the Land of Morning Calm. What Is Going On?
PJHC | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
For last ten months, the world has been watching at times with hope, sometimes with doubt and often even fear. There have been three inter-Korea summits and one US-North Korea summit. But we see no peace on the Land of … | The post Inter-Korea Summits, US-DPRK Summit. No Peace on the Land of Morning Calm. What Is Going On? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/inter-korea-summits-us-dprk-summit-no-peace-on-the-land-of-morning-calm-what-is-going-on/5661488

US-Saudi Ties: Drenched in Blood, Oil and Deceit
Joyce Chediac | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
Why do Donald Trump and the CIA disagree about the recent killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Turkey? | The CIA concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, … | The post US-Saudi Ties: Drenched in Blood, Oil and Deceit appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-saudi-ties-drenched-in-blood-oil-and-deceit/5661481

The Complete History of Monsanto, "The World's Most Evil Corporation"
E Hanzai | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
First published by Waking Times, posted by Global Research in May 2014, this article provides a historical viewpoint. It is of particular relevance in relation to the Monsanto-Bayer merger and the recent $289 million judgment against Monsanto. | *** | Of all … | The post The Complete History of Monsanto, "The World's Most Evil Corporation" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-complete-history-of-monsanto-the-worlds-most-evil-corporation/5387964

Amnesia, Lack of Accountability Reign as Wall Street Celebrates Halliburton's 100-year Anniversary
Lauren Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
"So for Halliburton's 100-year anniversary wish, let's wish its stock tanks and that its guilty are remembered, held accountable, and that justice is ultimately served." | When it comes to the ruling elite's corporate plunder and crimes against humanity, the U.S. | … | The post Amnesia, Lack of Accountability Reign as Wall Street Celebrates Halliburton's 100-year Anniversary appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/amnesia-lack-of-accountability-reign-as-wall-street-celebrates-halliburtons-100-year-anniversary/5661519

Mutual Decline: The Failings of Student Evaluations
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-30
That time of the year. Student evaluations are being gathered by the data crunchers. Participation rates are being noted. Attitudes and responses are mapped. The vulnerable, insecure instructor, fearing an execution squad via email, looks apprehensively at comments in the … | The post Mutual Decline: The Failings of Student Evaluations appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mutual-decline-the-failings-of-student-evaluations/5661487

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

Faculty protest hits NYU's coverup for UAE in Matthew Hedges case
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-30
Faculty and PhD students at New York University have demanded that NYU President Andrew Hamilton condemn the imprisonment of UK academic Matthew Hedges by the United Arab Emirates.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/30/nyua…

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/

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/

When The US Wants To Sanction States, They Call Them "Terrorists"
Thierry Meyssan | iranian.com | 2018-11-30
The new unilateral sanctions by the United States against Iran, Russia and Syria add to the previous actions concerning the same three targets. They now form the most unforgiving embargo in History. The way in which they have been organised is illegal according to the definition of the Charter of the United Nations — these […] | The post When The US Wants To Sanction States, They Call Them "Terrorists" appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/30/when-the-us-wants-to-sanction-states-they-call-them-terrorists/

"We Are Getting Stronger" SF Unite Here Marriott Marquis Workers Joined By Teachers
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2018-11-30
On the 56th day of the Unite Here Local 2 Marriott strike on November 28, 2018 , Marriott Marquis workers talk about the lessons that they have learned in the strike. This is the first strike that these workers have been involved in. They say they have become strengthened as a result of the strike and are united to win a good contract. They were joined by teachers from Northern California who also discuss the privatization and attack on public education.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/29/18819451.php

Mile High Club: Pilot uses gay dating app Grindr to hit on passenger MID-FLIGHT
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-29
An airplane passenger in the US was hit on by a pilot mid-flight… through the gay dating app Grindr. The 27-year-old student shared the creepy exchange on Twitter — and captured the internet's imagination in the process. | …
rt.com/usa/445168-gay-pilot-grindr-passenger/

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/

Not Lovin' It — Researchers Find Poop on Every McDonald's Touchscreen Tested
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-29
(TMU) — A study recently conducted by researchers at London Metropolitan University found that touchscreens used by customers at multiple McDonald's locations were covered in fecal bacteria. Dr. Paul Matawele, one of the lead researchers in the study, explained that the spread of this bacteria could lead to serious infections. "We were all surprised how much gut …
theantimedia.com/researchers-find-poop-m…

Swastikas and anti-Semitic slur painted on Jewish professor's office walls
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-29
Red swastikas were spray-painted on a professor's office walls at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York this week, prompting an NYPD investigation. | …
rt.com/usa/445178-us-swastika-college-columbia/

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/

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

Life lesson: Teacher calls student an 'a**hole' for wearing a MAGA hat, classroom evacuated (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-29
One US high school student's red 'Make America Great Again' hat triggered his teacher into calling the kid an "a**hole" and evacuating the classroom. | …
rt.com/usa/445181-maga-hat-teacher-school/

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

Two visions, one planet
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-29
As young people threw themselves into the Student Strike 4 Climate Action and made an impassioned plea to preserve life on Earth, one of Australia's most polluting industries was working behind the scenes to have the federal government hide the truth of its carbon emissions. | The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has been lobbying to have emissions from liquefied natural gas plants kept out of the public realm and treated as a commercial secret. | These two approaches symbolise counterposed visions for humanity. | The petroleum industry has spruiked gas as a "transition fuel" th…
greenleft.org.au/content/two-visions-one-planet

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

What can Britain Teach the US About Curbing Gun Violence?
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-11-28
After a 1996 school shooting, Britain implemented tough gun control laws. Today they have 100 times fewer gun deaths than the United States | The post What can Britain Teach the US About Curbing Gun Violence? appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/what-can-britain-teach-the-us-about-curbing-gun-violence

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

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

Hundreds of Google Employees Tell Bosses to Cancel Censored Search Amid Worldwide Protests
Ryan Gallagher | theintercept.com | 2018-11-27
More than 240 Google employees have signed an open letter calling on the company to abandon its plan for a censored search engine in China, as protesters took to the streets in eight cities to condemn the secretive project. | The letter was published Tuesday morning, signed by a group of 11 Google engineers, managers, and researchers. By early evening, a further 230 employees had added their names to the letter in an extraordinary public display of anger and frustration with Google's manageme…
theintercept.com/2018/11/27/hundreds-of-google-employees-tell-bosses-to-cancel-censored-search-amid-worldwide-protests/

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/

SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-20
The SPLC, along with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/20/splc-sues-trump-administration-records-detailing-rollback-protections-transgender-people

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/

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2018-11-29: News Headlines

John Pilger (2018-11-29). The Power of the Documentary: Breaking the Silence. globalresearch.ca The Power of the Documentary is an unusual film festival, because its aim is to break a silence that extends across much of film-making, the arts and journalism. | By silence I mean the exclusion of ideas that might change the …

Anglia Ruskin University (2018-11-29). Microplastics Pollution in Falklands as High as UK. globalresearch.ca The first study to investigate microplastics around Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands — two of the most remote locations in the South Atlantic Ocean — has found levels of contamination comparable with the waters around the UK. | The research, …

Lee Hall (2018-11-29). Green Corridors, Mental Maps: A Call for the End of Deer Control. counterpunch.org Ecologists have long "speculated" that ungulates—hooved animals including deer, sheep, and bison—learn from their families and peers. That they learn strikes me, an avid walker-through-the-woods, as obvious. Why wouldn't they trust others in their communities, and adopt the elders' patterns of movement? But science requires verification. And in a recent study of rams and moose, More

Ann Garrison (2018-11-29). NATO's Largesse: "Nuclear Sharing" globalresearch.ca On November 10, a 5,290-ton Norwegian warship sank into one of the country's inner fiords after colliding with a 62,557-ton tanker carrying almost 100 million liters of oil. CNN reported, "Now all that remains above the waterline is the frigate's …

Philip Giraldi (2018-11-29). Pushback Against Israel Is Beginning in US Congress. globalresearch.ca The Anglophone Israel Lobby benefits from its ability to mold the media narrative while at the same time using financial incentives to corrupt the political class. For those who do not succumb to the corruption, there is always the option …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2018-11-29). US Midterm Elections Leave Crisis in Political Leadership. Racist Power Structure. Mississippi, Georgia, Florida. globalresearch.ca Results from the Mississippi Senatorial runoff elections where Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democratic candidate Mike Espy by an 11 percentage points margin illustrates the formidable obstacles placed before the opposition party within the United States body politic. | Hyde-Smith was captured …

Peter Koenig (2018-11-29). Argentina and France – Opponents of IMF versus Yellow Vests – Where Is the Correlation? globalresearch.ca What do Argentinian protesters have in common with French protesters? – They both strongly dislike their governments, and their leaders (sic). | The protests in Argentina against the upcoming G20 meeting and around the IMF are just a pretext for an …

INA (2018-11-29). Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights. imemc.org Earlier this month, Faculty at Pitzer College in California overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions providing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. In the first motion, faculty rejected a decision taken last year by the college's president and trustees to nullify a Student Senate resolution in support …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-11-29). Eyes Without the Prize: Stripping Aung San Suu Kyi's Awards. globalresearch.ca It is impossible to see peace prize or freedom awards as anything other than fragments of an industry. In time, ideals become marketable and matters of commodity. Those who go against this market rationale face the fires of moral outrage. …

James M. Dorsey (2018-11-29). "Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism" globalresearch.ca Sumantra Bose's new book Secular States, Religious Politics: India, Turkey and the Future of Secularism (Cambridge University Press, 2018) is a fascinating comparison of the rise of religious parties in the non-Western world's two major attempts to establish a …

South Front (2018-11-29). Video: US Is Establishing 'Observation Posts' on Syrian-Turkish Border. globalresearch.ca On November 28, Russian air-defense forces deployed intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the Russian Hmeimim airbase in the province of Lattakia, according to local sources. | The intercepted UAV was probably an armed UAV launched by militants …

Zero Hedge (2018-11-29). Russia Deploys S-400 Missiles to Crimea in Military Showdown with Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Predictably the crisis that began on Sunday between Russia and Ukraine in the Kerch Strait is quickly worsening as Russia has announced plans to deploy more of its advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea. | Adding to tensions, Reuters…

RT (2018-11-29). US college arms students with hockey pucks against school shooters. rt.com A Michigan university has repurposed the humble hockey puck as an unlikely self-defense device, as faculty attempts to prepare students for the possibility that they may encounter an active shooter on campus.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2018-11-29). Trump's Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA? globalresearch.ca In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.

Philip A Farruggio (2018-11-29). Black Friday Amerika: 'Shop Till We All Drop'!! globalresearch.ca The crowds arrived at the box store many hours before opening, or nowadays even on Thanksgiving night. They wait outside (sometimes in frigid Northern areas) for the opportunity to get 'Once in a lifetime' deals. Many of these shoppers are …

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir (2018-11-29). A Moment of Reckoning for Decentralisation in Morocco. Entrenched Rural Poverty. globalresearch.ca Morocco's parliament, at this moment, is deciding the nation's Decentralisation Charter. Since its working draft is not currently made public, we can only hope that every parliamentarian realises that the human development course of the nation and the relationships between …

Eds. (2018-11-29). An Excerpt from Green Earth. mronline.org 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

Andrew J. Bacevich (2018-11-29). Our Man in Riyadh: Abizaid of Arabia. globalresearch.ca What does President Trump's recent nomination of retired Army General John Abizaid to become the next U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia signify? Next to nothing — and arguably quite a lot. | Abizaid's proposed appointment is both a non-event and an …

Margaret Kimberley (2018-11-29). The Democrats Win and Black People Lose. globalresearch.ca If the Democrats were a true political party Nancy Pelosi's failures would have taken her out of the running for any leadership position. | "We must say no to the false dichotomy of Trumpian fascism or the pretend Democratic Party …

Craig Murray (2018-11-29). Assange Never Met Manafort. Luke Harding and the Guardian Publish Still More Blatant MI6 Lies. globalresearch.ca The right wing Ecuadorean government of President Moreno continues to churn out its production line of fake documents regarding Julian Assange, and channel them straight to MI6 mouthpiece Luke Harding of the Guardian. | Amazingly, more Ecuadorean Government documents have …

pip.hinman (2018-11-29). Two visions, one planet. greenleft.org.au As young people threw themselves into the Student Strike 4 Climate Action and made an impassioned plea to preserve life on Earth, one of Australia's most polluting industries was working behind the scenes to have the federal government hide the truth of its carbon emissions. | The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has been lobbying to have emissions from liquefied natural gas plants kept out of the public realm and treated as a commercial secret. | These two approaches symbolise counterposed visions for humanity. | The petroleum industry has spruiked gas as a "transition fuel" th…

amnesty (2018-11-29). Malaysia: Report details shocking abuses against Indigenous peoples defending their land. amnesty.org Indigenous communities across Malaysia face relentless harassment, intimidation, arrest, violence and even death as they peacefully resist attempts to force them off land they consider ancestral, a report by Amnesty International reveals today. | | The report,

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2018-11-28). What can Britain Teach the US About Curbing Gun Violence? therealnews.com After a 1996 school shooting, Britain implemented tough gun control laws. Today they have 100 times fewer gun deaths than the United States

F. William Engdahl (2018-11-28). Russia Is Key to Asia's Future Development. Putin's Asia Pivot. China's Belt and Road. Towards A "Greater Eurasian Partnership" globalresearch.ca As serious problems emerge with the further development of China's ultra-ambitious New Economic Silk Road, the formally named Belt, Road Initiative (BRI) the Russian Federation, especially in the wake of Washington's mis-named trade war, is finding a positive role that …

Martha Rosenberg (2018-11-28). Opioids for Depression? Not So Fast Says An FDA Advisory Committee. counterpunch.org The mental illness "franchise" has been very good to Pharma. While it could not "grow" the number of people with actual schizophrenia, it hassuccessfully grown those diagnosed with amorphous "schizoaffective" and bipolar disorders and, of course, depression. Thanks to Pharma's everyone-is-mentally-ill ploy, buoyed by the Pharma-funded writers of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental More

NIDH (2018-11-28). The Inhumanity of U.S. Immigration Policies Exposed Again in a Single Image. globalresearch.ca "The displacement from south to north is inevitable; fences, walls and deportations will not curtail it: they will come in millions. They come looking for what we stole from them. There is no return for them because they come from …

PKVDP (2018-11-28). Malaysian Airlines MH17 as a Prism of Disaster. Ukraine and the New Cold War. globalresearch.ca Relevant to unfolding events in Ukraine, this article was first published on July 25, 2018 | The uproar in the West, and in the United States in particular, that followed the summit meeting between presidents Trump and Putin in Helsinki on …

Federico Pieraccini (2018-11-28). A European Army Obeying US Interests Will Only Promote More Imperialism and Military Corruption. globalresearch.ca The idea of creating a common army for the countries of the European Union has been repeatedly proposed by numerous advocates of the globalist elite for at least a decade. The latest example came from French President Macron, who took …

Andrew Korybko (2018-11-28). India's "Connect Central Asia" Strategy Will Heighten Regional Competition. globalresearch.ca This possibility was discussed in mid-November during the bilateral Investment Forum and signifies the natural outgrowth of India's connectivity investments in Iran. Reaching the Russian marketplace is the prime reason why India's investing in the Islamic Republic's infrastructure, but it …

Stephen Lendman (2018-11-28). Trump/Putin Meeting at G20: On or Off? Showdown with China's Xi Jinping? globalresearch.ca G20 leaders will meet on Friday and Saturday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kiev's staged Black Sea provocation and Trump's trade war with China hang over the summit, along with US hostility toward Russia, endless war in Syria, and other major …

South Front (2018-11-28). Video: 'Moderate Rebels' and Western Media Speculate that "Assad was Guilty" of Chemical Attack in Aleppo. globalresearch.ca 739 ISIS members have been killed by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the province of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed. 452 members of the SDF were killed during the same period, according to …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-11-28). Steve Bannon at Oxford. Protest and Debate at the Oxford Student Union. globalresearch.ca Steve Bannon. The Oxford Union. A university that has been the breeding, sculpting and minting ground for British prime ministers for centuries and the Establishment. Here, Bannon, strategist of the Trump campaign in 2016, was in full swing, …

Vesti News (2018-11-28). Video: British Special Forces in Ukraine. Alleged Chemical Weapons and Black Ops Against Donbass? globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of our readers a Donbass report pertaining to the presence of British Special Forces in Ukraine. Yet to be verified these special forces are said to be experts in chemical weapons. | British military personnel have …

RFE (2018-11-28). Prominent Rights Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran Prison. iranian.com A prominent Iranian rights activist and political prisoner has started a hunger strike to support another prisoner of conscience whose health is deteriorating in prison. Nasrin Sotoudeh's family announced on November 26 that she has started a hunger strike in Tehran's notorious Evin prison to protest the deteriorating health of Farhad Meysami, who himself has […]

pip.hinman (2018-11-28). Students tell MPs: 'The dinosaurs in parliament house need to open their eyes'. greenleft.org.au Hundreds of primary and secondary students went on strike and protested at Parliament House on November 28 calling for serious action on climate change. The action was the first in a national round of student strikes and protests happening across the country on November 30. | Solomon Vassarotti Brann, a student North Ainslie Primary School told the crowd: "If the government says it's committed to climate change, I want to know why it's still supporting coal mines like Adani which increase our greenhouse gas emissions. I want climate action." | Nia and Lolo Cornthwaite and Aisla Hardie from Chapman Primary School…

amnesty (2018-11-28). HRE workshop participants use storytelling to call attention to Lebanon's migrant workers. amnesty.org Youth from Beirut take action to abolish Lebanon's Kafala system after participating in a Human Rights Education Workshop. | In a small community bookshop and coffeeshop — snug within the hip area of Mar Mikhael, Beirut — university students, youth, activists and migrant workers gathered to share stories of oppression and resilience in an event put together by Amnesty youth volunteers. |

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.

leili (2018-11-27). Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights. bdsmovement.net 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 …

Umar Farooq (2018-11-27). China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps. thenation.com China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps…

The Nation (2018-11-27). Can We Make College Free Again? thenation.com Can We Make College Free Again?

Ryan Gallagher (2018-11-27). Hundreds of Google Employees Tell Bosses to Cancel Censored Search Amid Worldwide Protests. theintercept.com More than 240 Google employees have signed an open letter calling on the company to abandon its plan for a censored search engine in China, as protesters took to the streets in eight cities to condemn the secretive project. | The letter was published Tuesday morning, signed by a group of 11 Google engineers, managers, and researchers. By early evening, a further 230 employees had added their names to the letter in an extraordinary public display of anger and frustration with Google's manageme…

amnesty (2018-11-26). Americas: US government endangers asylum seekers with unlawful policies. amnesty.org Unlawful US border policies are leaving thousands of asylum seekers stranded in Mexico, where they are facing threats of deportation to their countries of origin, where they potentially face serious harm, Amnesty International said today following a research mission last week. Conditions could only worsen under a reported deal between both countries that, if agreed, would force asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their claims are processed, rather than allow them to enter the United States. | As a result of Amnesty International's research focusing on the treatment of refugees and migrants in the caravans in…

amnesty (2018-11-26). Russia: Bail refusal for Chechen prisoner of conscience is latest affront to justice. amnesty.org Responding to the news that a court in Chechnya has refused to release human rights defender Oyub Titiev on bail, Natalia Prilutskaya, Amnesty International's Russia Researcher, said: | "The decision not to grant bail to Oyub Titiev once again demonstrates the political motivation of the case against him. He has committed no crime, having been jailed on completely fabricated drug charges, and must be released immediately and unconditionally. |

Ava Kofman (2018-11-25). The Dangerous Junk Science of Vocal Risk Assessment. theintercept.com AC Global Risk claims to be able to determine your level of "risk" as an employee or an asylum-seeker based not on what you say, but how you say it.

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.

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-11-23). The Doomsday Machine and Nuclear Winter — Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (11/13). therealnews.com An H Bomb first strike will create firestorms and smoke that ends most human life; this is a fact ignored by military planners and by the Trump administration which doesn't believe in climate science — says Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Democracy Now! (2018-11-22). Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S. democracynow.org Days after a federal judge in California temporarily halted Trump's asylum ban, we revisit our conversation with world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky about U.S. foreign policy in Central America. He joins us in Tucson, Arizona, where he teaches at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is also institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught for 50 years. We ask him about the Central American caravan and national security adviser John Bolton declaring Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a "troika of tyranny" and a "triangle of terror" earl…

Human Rights Watch (2018-11-22). Iran: Mounting Crackdown on Teachers, Labor Activists. hrw.org | | Iranian workers chant slogans during a May Day demonstration in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, May 1, 2006, protesting against the labor resolutions and their delayed payments. | @ 2006 Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images | (Beirut) — Iranian authorities have increased targeting of teachers and labor activists in recent weeks for organizing and conducting peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said today. | On November 13, 2018, the Council for Coor…

Fred_F (2018-11-21). Hundreds of teachers walk off for refugees. greenleft.org.au Teachers, education support staff and even some principals walked off government and private schools across Victoria and assembled at the State Library on November 20, in support of refugees currently being detained on Manus Island and Nauru. A similar protest was held in Brisbane that same day. | More than 30 refugee support organisations, including Teachers for Refugees, which organised the protest, had set November 20, Universal Children's Day, as the deadline for the federal government to evacuate refugee children and their families from offshore detention centres to Australia. | The Walk Off for Refuge…

splcenter (2018-11-20). SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison. splcenter.org The SPLC, along with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today.

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