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2018-11-09: Social Media Postees

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Myths on Race and Invasion of the 'Caravan Horde'
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-09
Now comes the mid-term elections. Perhaps what is most astonishing for me, as both an anthropologist and educator, is the level of racist discourse promoted by the current Trump administration against hapless refugees and the so-called threat they pose. Indeed, Trump and his administration have focused on immigrants as a major threat to the security…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/myths-on-race-and-invasion-of-the-caravan-horde/

Yemen War Intensifies After Washington and London Call for Ceasefire
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Since March of 2015 the United States has engineered and guided a genocidal war against the people of Yemen. | Daily bombing operations by the Saudi Arabian-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has killed tens of thousands of people, injured and sickened … | The post Yemen War Intensifies After Washington and London Call for Ceasefire appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/yemen-war-intensifies-after-washington-and-london-calls-for-ceasefire/5659315

India-Pakistan Relations: Nuclear Doctrine, Militarization and Security Dynamics of the Indian Ocean Region
Anum A. Khan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
According to Cold War notion of strategic stability, deterrence will prevail if both countries have second strike capability due to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). Likewise, deterrence will be fragile if only one state has second strike capability…. | The post India-Pakistan Relations: Nuclear Doctrine, Militarization and Security Dynamics of the Indian Ocean Reg…
globalresearch.ca/india-pakistan-relations-nuclear-doctrine-militarization-and-security-dynamics-of-the-indian-ocean-region/5659351

None Dare Call It Victory: Analysis of US 2018 Elections
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
For months, the leadership of the Democratic Party hyped the message that a 'blue wave' was on its way that would politically engulf Trump and reverse his policies. Well, the wave washed up on shore on November 6, 2018, but … | The post None Dare Call It Victory: Analysis of US 2018 Elections appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/none-dare-call-victory-part-1-analysis-us-2018-elections/5659326

Millions in Yemen Are Starving and UK, US and France Are 'Behind This': Oxfam Representative
RT News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
The US, UK, and French governments are behind millions of people starving in Yemen because they are "supporting this war," an Oxfam representative told RT, urging London to stop beefing up Saudi Arabia's military. | "We have 14 million people starving," | … | The post Millions in Yemen Are Starving and UK, US and France Are 'Behind This': Oxfam Representative appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/millions-in-yemen-are-starving-and-uk-us-and-france-are-behind-this-oxfam-representative/5659397

What 16 Student Voters Think About Tuesday's Election
StudentNation | thenation.com | 2018-11-09
One of the most powerful voting blocs in the country, young voters on Tuesday made their influence crystal clear. | The post What 16 Student Voters Think About Tuesday's Election…
thenation.com/article/what-16-student-voters-think-about-tuesdays-election/

New Arab Women-centered Films Are Not Just About Women
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Too often, we are overwhelmed with woeful tales, painful memoirs and worn analyses of Arab/Muslim women. Most depictions, whether we're besieged in a war, or if we're just trying to get by making small advances like women anywhere, we are … | The post New Arab Women-centered Films Are Not Just About Women appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/new-arab-women-centered-films-are-not-just-about-women/5659345

Canada's Trudeau Condemns BDS in Apology to Jewish WWII Refugees
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Justin Trudeau used an apology for Canada's historical rejection of Jewish refugees during World War II to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian human rights. | The Canadian prime minister apologised in the House of Commons on … | The post Canada's Trudeau Condemns BDS in Apology to Jewish WWII Refugees appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/canadas-trudeau-condemns-bds-in-apology-to-jewish-wwii-refugees/5659377

UK Government Goes Full Orwellian. DNA, Fingerprint, Face, Voice: Biometric Data for Every Single Citizen in the UK
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
We've been warning about this moment since the first day TruePublica went online. We said that the government would eventually take the biometric data of every single citizen living in Britain and use it for nefarious reasons. DNA, fingerprint, face, … | The post UK Government Goes Full Orwellian. DNA, Fingerprint, Face, Voice: Biometric Data for Every Single Citizen in the UK appeared first on Global Research…
globalresearch.ca/uk-government-goes-full-orwellian-dna-fingerprint-face-voice-biometric-data-for-every-single-citizen-in-the-uk/5659368

5G Corporate Grail. Microwave Radiation
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
There's a lot of hype about 5G, the fifth-generation wireless technology that is being rolled out in various "5G test beds" in major cities including Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, and Los Angeles. But it's hard to see why we … | The post 5G Corporate Grail. Microwave Radiation appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/5g-corporate-grail-microwave-radiation/5659341

Selected Articles: 5G Corporate Grail. Microwave Radiation
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? Do you think this resource should be maintained and preserved as a research tool for future generations? Bringing you 24/7 updates from all over … | The post Selected Articles: 5G Corporate Grail. Microwave Radiation appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-5g-corporate-grail/5659364

Citizens' Petition to Lift All Sanctions Against Venezuela Is Rejected by Canadian Parliament
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Last November 27 of 2017 Alan Freeman who is a Canadian economist co-director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group [1] based at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, initiated an E-Petition to the Government of Canada. The petition was … | The post Citizens' Petition to Lift All Sanctions Against Venezuela Is Rejected by Canadian Parliament appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/citizens-petition-lift-sanctions-venezuela-rejected-canadian-parliament/5659338

A Mother's Plea to Save Her Son… Julian Assange, Held 8 Years Without Charge by the UK Government
Mairead Maguire | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
On 4th November, 2018, Christine Assange, mother of Julian Assange, made a deeply moving video public appeal to save the life of her son Julian. | Julian Assange is Editor in Chief of Wikileaks. Because of Wikileaks reporting of … | The post A Mother's Plea to Save Her Son… Julian Assange, Held 8 Years Without Charge by the UK Government appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-mothers-plea-to-save-her-son-julian-assange-held-8-years-without-charge-by-the-uk-government/5659320

Mid-Term Divisions: The Trump Take: "Defeat is Victory"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
President Donald J. Trump has a special, strained take on the world. Defeat is simply victory viewed in slanted terms. Victory for the other side is defeat elaborately clothed. Both views stand, and these alternate with a mind bending disturbance | … | The post Mid-Term Divisions: The Trump Take: "Defeat is Victory" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/mid-term-divisions-the-trump-take-defeat-is-victory/5659330

Video: Syrian Forces Freed All Hostages Captured by ISIS in Al-Suwayda
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
On November 8, the Syrian Special Forces freed all hostages, who had been captured by ISIS in eastern al-Suwayda and then held in eastern Homs, the Syrian state media reported. According to the report, the operation took place in the … | The post Video: Syrian Forces Freed All Hostages Captured by ISIS in Al-Suwayda appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-forces-freed-all-hostages-captured-by-isis-in-al-suwayda/5659387

Why Cash and Connections Remain Somalia's Most Popular Currencies
Abukar Arman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
In the moral version of human history – expressed in the Quran, Bible, and Torah – corruption is considered the worst reckless impulse that caused men to fall from grace. It was the betrayal of trust and loyalty for purely … | The post Why Cash and Connections Remain Somalia's Most Popular Currencies appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/why-cash-and-connections-remain-somalias-most-popular-currencies/5659323

Ukraine-Russia Tensions Rise in Church Row. The Canonical Authority of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate (MP)
Dmitry Babich | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, an authority completely outside Ukraine, on Oct. 11 stripped away the canonical authority of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate (MP), sparking a crisis with Russia. | The 1030-year old church is … | The post Ukraine-Russia Tensions Rise in Church Row. The Canonical Authority of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate (MP) appeared firs…
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-russia-tensions-rise-in-church-row-the-canonical-authority-of-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-moscow-patriarchate-mp/5659393

Netanyahu Approves Death Penalty Targeting Palestinian Prisoners
Ace Hoffman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved passing a bill into law that allows execution of Palestinian prisoners, Hebrew-language news sites reported on Monday.Netanyahu reportedly gave the green light, on Sunday, to members of his Likud policitical party to … | The post Netanyahu Approves Death Penalty Targeting Palestinian Prisoners appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-approves-death-penalty-targeting-palestinian-prisoners/5659383

Three Years On, Yazidis in Northern Iraq Have Nowhere to Return
Norwegian Refugee Council | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Three years since Sinjar was retaken from Islamic State group, more than 200,000 people, mostly Yazidis, remain displaced in northern Iraq and abroad, with no homes to return to. | While the plight of Yazidi victims was highlighted last month | … | The post Three Years On, Yazidis in Northern Iraq Have Nowhere to Return appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/sinjar-three-years-on-yazidis-have-nowhere-to-return/5659372

Russia's S-400 Sale to India Won't Imperil Its Partnership with Pakistan
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
There's been a lot of talk about how Russia's decision to sell S-400s to India might negatively affect its incipient partnership with Pakistan, but such speculation reveals an improper understanding of these two Great Powers' developing relations that recalls the … | The post Russia's S-400 Sale to India Won't Imperil Its Partnership with Pakistan appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russias-s-400-sale-india-imperil-partnership-pakistan/5659332

Saudi Arabia Is Evaluating A Break Up Of OPEC
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2018-11-09
In potentially groundbreaking news – which failed to generate a market response as it hit at the same time as the FOMC statement – Saudi Arabia's top government-funded think tank is said to be studying the possible effects on oil markets of a breakup of OPEC, a research effort which the WSJ called "remarkable" for a country […] | The post Saudi Arabia Is Evaluating A Break Up Of OPEC appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/08/saudi-arabia-is-evaluating-a-break-up-of-opec/

Nicaragua and the U.S. Neo-fascist Offensive
Fabián Escalante Font | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
In April of the current year, media headlines pointed to a 'revolution' breaking out in Nicaragua against the Sandinista Front government headed by Commander Daniel Ortega. Until then, and for 11 years, the government of that country, legitimately chosen … | The post Nicaragua and the U.S. Neo-fascist Offensive appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-and-the-u-s-neo-fascist-offensive/5659350

The Zika Scare: a Political and Commercial Maneuver of the Chemical Poisons Industry
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-09
Researchers discovered the Zika virus in the Zika forest of Uganda — in 1947. It is a virus not much different than the viruses causing dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, and St. Luis encephalitis. The Zika virus eventually spread throughout most of the world. Mosquitoes carry and spread the Zika virus. But for decades…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/09/the-zika-scare-a-political-and-commercial-maneuver-of-the-chemical-poisons-industry/

Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
Most of us know little about John Maynard Keynes and although he lived a century ago, he continues to affect our lives. This book about him is written in a style that is as formal as the hyphenated name of … | The post Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/universal-man-the-seven-lives-of-john-maynard-keynes/5659366

More than 100 attend meeting at MIT on anniversary of the Fourth International
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-09
David North spoke on the lessons of the 20th century and the fight for a perspective based on objective truth at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a world center of scientific education and research.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/09/mitm…

How to be a Reliable 'Mainstream' Journalist
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-09
There are certain rules you need to follow as a journalist if you are going to demonstrate to your editors, and the media owners who employ you, that you can be trusted. | For example, if you write about US-Iran relations, … | The post How to be a Reliable 'Mainstream' Journalist appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/how-to-be-a-reliable-mainstream-journalist/5659379

Trump challenged on trans and gender diverse discrimination
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-09
Trans and gender diverse people in the US are preparing to fight for their lives — literally — against a push by the Republican religious right to quash life-saving laws protecting them from discrimination. | A leaked memo from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed it is pushing for the federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in education programs receiving government assistance to redefine sex as binary. If the push is successful, the law wound dictate that the gender assigned at birth cannot be changed. | If successful, this would effectively exclude about 2 mil…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump-challenged-trans-and-gender-diverse-discrimination

Soldiers Attack Students During School Celebration
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-09
Israeli soldiers invaded Thursday, Beit Ta'mar Palestinian village, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and started firing live rounds at students, teachers and officials of the Ministry of Education, during a school celebration. Media sources said the soldiers, and many illegal colonialist settlers, surrounded the area, before the …

Soldiers Attack Students during School Celebration

Go Public Schools Oakland Privatization Scheme With Mike Hutchinson
WorkWeek Radio | indybay.org | 2018-11-09
Mike Hutchinson, a public education advocate in Oakland talks about the role of the Go Public Charter school chain in undermining and destroying public education and the growing corruption scandals through outsourcing and privatization of public education services.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/08/18818915.php

Native Crafts Workshop: Cultural Teachings of the Amah Mutsun
SCMNH | indybay.org | 2018-11-09
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | 1305 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/07/18818885.php

AEU members send strong message in union vote
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-08
Australian Education Union (AEU) Victoria branch officials should view the results of the recent branch elections as a warning signal, say rank-and-file candidates. | The results, declared by the Australian Electoral Commission on November 2, show that of 48,083 eligible voters, only 7553 voted. More than 25 positions were left vacant due to a lack of candidates. | At the same time, the vote for branch vice president in the secondary sector, which has always been more militant and willing to challenge AEU leaderships, revealed a strong level of discontent with the current leadership. Although incumbent Marino D'O…
greenleft.org.au/content/aeu-members-send-strong-message-union-vote

Police identify California bar mass shooting suspect as former marine Ian David Long
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-08
The gunman who shot and killed 12 people in a California bar, popular for live country music and packed with college students, has been identified as an Afghanistan war veteran serving in the Marine Corps, Ian David Long. | …
rt.com/usa/443451-shooting-california-suspect-identified/

Upside Down Mark Twain
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Mark Twain AKA Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) best known for his literary works like Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, was also a man with deep rooted empathy for any underclass containing people of color. Few readers of his works realize that … | The post Upside Down Mark Twain appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/upside-down-mark-twain/5659284

A Well-Kept Open Secret: Washington Is Behind India's Brutal Demonetization Project
Norbert Haering | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Who are the institutions behind this decisive attack on cash? According to USAID: "Over 35 key Indian, American and international organizations have partnered with the Ministry of Finance and USAID on this initiative." | The post A Well-Kept Open Secret: Washington Is Behind India's Brutal Demonetization Project appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-well-kept-open-secret-washington-is-behind-indias-brutal-demonetization-project-2/5566167

Regime dos Psicopatas. Bolsonaro Promete Respeitar a Constituição
Edu Montesanti | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-08
Bolsonaro disse que a Constituição é o único norte da democracia na manhã desta terça-feira (6) em Brasília, em sessão solene no Congresso Nacional em homenagem aos 30 anos da Constituição. | "Na topografia, existem três nortes, o da quadrícula, o … | The post Regime dos Psicopatas. Bolsonaro Promete Respeitar a Constituição appeared first on Global Research
globalresearch.ca/regime-dos-psicopatas-bolsonaro-promete-respeitar-a-constituicao/5659309

Over 700 union members win public office in midterms
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-08
WASHINGTON–Led by Minnesota's Tim Walz, some 743 unionists–and counting–won public office nationwide, from Congress down to county commissioner, the AFL-CIO calculates. Walz, a member of Education Minnesota–the joint AFT-NEA affiliate in the state–and a Mankato High School history teacher, was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor congressman from the GOP-leaning 1st District for the last 12 years. Now, Walz …
peoplesworld.org/article/over-700-union-members-win-public-office-in-midterms/

Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-08
(MPN) — A leaked Al Jazeera documentary detailing the tactics of the Israeli lobby in the United States and elsewhere has revealed that pro-Israel groups regularly invented smears, including false accusations of sexual assault, to discredit professors and students on U.S. university campuses that support equal rights for Palestinians and the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS is …
theantimedia.com/israel-lobby-leaked/

13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-08
The massacre is the deadliest in the U.S. since 17 classmates and teachers were gunned down at a Parkland, Fla., school nine months ago. | The post 13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/13-dead-including-gunman-in-shooting-at-california-bar/

Progressives Win on Medicaid Expansion, Public Education, and Voting Rights Through Ballot Initiatives
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2018-11-07
From state legislative races to the House of Representatives, progressive candidates made a dent in the 2018 election season, and will be relatively well-represented in federal and state-level governments next year. But it's not just elected office: Left-wing activists also made their voices heard through ballot initiatives across the country. On Tuesday night, progressives walked away with some wins and some losses on that front. | They made gains for Medicaid expansion, public education, and voting rights. But they lost other battles, like on criminal justice reform, nurse-to-patient ratios, and universal home…
theintercept.com/2018/11/07/ballot-measures-2018-midterms/

Tampa Bay SDS rally demands USF not comply with federal agencies attacking immigrants
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-07
Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a rally on the campus of University of South Florida, November 5 to demand that the school administrators not comply with federal agencies' attempts to attack immigrants. These agencies include the FBI, ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security, all of which are involved in finding and deporting undocumented people, including students. The information that is currently shared to these agencies includes where a student lives, their classes, and their current immigration status. | The event was attended by more than 20 SDS members and su…
fightbacknews.org/2018/11/7/tampa-bay-sds-rally-demands-usf-not-comply-federal-agencies-attacking-immigrants

In Trump's Hands, the Census Becomes a Weapon
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-05
We use the census as a tool to build power in communities. The administration wants to use it against those communities. | Almost a decade ago, I ran the Minkwon Center for Community Action, a grassroots organization serving the Korean-American community in Queens. Getting immigrants to participate in the 2010 census was one of our top priorities. Why? Because I knew we could use the census to build power for our communities, just by standing up and being counted. And we did, but it wasn't easy. | First, we had to educate people about the census's importance. After all, it's not just a head count. The…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression/trumps-hands-census-becomes-weapon

"He Set Out to Kill Women": Self-Proclaimed Misogynist Murders 2 Women at Florida Yoga Studio
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-05
Two women were shot and killed at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday when a far-right extremist and self-proclaimed misogynist entered a yoga class and opened fire. Forty-year-old gunman Scott Beierle murdered 61-year-old Nancy Van Vessem, a medical doctor and a faculty member at Florida State University, and Florida State University student 21-year-old Maura Binkley in the deadly shooting. He critically injured four other women, including one woman who was shot nine times. Beierle also pistol-whipped a man in the rampage before turning the gun on himself. Police say Beierle was found dead at the yo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/5/he_set_ou…

33 Trillion More Reasons Why The New York Times Gets it Wrong on Russia-gate
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
Further research shows The New York Times was even further off the mark in blaming Russian social media for Trump's win, as Gareth Porter reports. Facebook Said 80,000 Russian Posts Were Buried in 33 Trillion Facebook Offerings Over Two-Year Period Further Undermining NYT's Case … Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/02/33-trillion-more-reasons-why-the-new-york-times-gets-it-wrong-on-russia-gate/

Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
As President Trump escalated his attacks and threats against the Central American migrant caravans making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration unveiled new sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba on Thursday. National security adviser John Bolton declared Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a "troika of tyranny" and a "triangle of terror." We speak 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 now teaches at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is also institute professor emeritu…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/noam_chom…

Most Political Candidates Agree "Education Is Good." But Only a Few Have a Lesson Plan
Peter Greene | progressive.org | 2018-10-31
A case study from Pennsylvania's midterms.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/education-in-the-midterms-Pennsylvania-181031/

Why We Need More School Leaders of Color, Especially in White Districts
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2018-10-29
Racism in the classroom leaves white students racially illiterate.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/racist-educators-harm-white-students-too-181029/

Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2018-10-28
As Israeli Minister of Education Naftali Bennett sets out to Pittsburgh, prominent members of the governing Likud Party have blamed… | The post Members of Netanyahu's Likud Blame Victims of Pittsburgh Pogrom and Echo the Killer's Rhetoric appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2018/10/28/members-of-netanyahus-likud-blame-victims-of-pittsburgh-pogrom-and-echo-the-killers-rhetoric/

2018-11-08: News Headlines

Fred_F (2018-11-08). Protesters disrupt Melbourne Cup to demand 'free all refugees'. greenleft.org.au Refugee rights activists blocked the main entrance to the Melbourne Cup on November 6. They called on the government to release all the refugees in detention on Manus Island and Nauru. | Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens' Alliance (WACA) spokesperson Charlotte Lynch said: "We encourage every person of good conscience to examine our complicity in cruelty today. While so-called Australia parties at the Melbourne Cup, children and adults are suffering in detention on Nauru, Manus Island, Christmas Island and in onshore detention centres." | "There are 17 children held under constant surveillance at [Melbourne I…

Prof. Vijay Prashad (2018-11-08). Disregard for World Opinion Defines the US Government. globalresearch.ca Last week, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US embargo against Cuba. A total of 189 member-nations said Cuba did not deserve this embargo, which began in 1961 and has continued unabated to this day. Only …

Stephen Lendman (2018-11-08). US Election Midterms: Split Decision."If Voting Changed Anything, it Would be Illegal." globalresearch.ca The disturbing reality is when things change electorally in America, they remain the same. | Dirty business as usual always wins, the underlying reality of Tuesday's midterm voting like all earlier "elections." | Mark Twain was right saying: "If voting made a …

Lesley Docksey (2018-11-08). Dead Poppies: Militarism, False Patriotism and Remembrance Lead to a Lack of Peace. globalresearch.ca Update as of November 8, 2018: | Each year the Royal British Legion has to work harder to promote the fundraising 'poppy campaign'. Poppy sellers on the streets become fewer and older, and while people will donate to help support veterans …

Meghan Brophy (2018-11-08). In Iowa, Pioneering Undergrad Workers Union Keeps Growing. zcomm.org Despite all the obstacles, on November 5 the NLRB ruled in favor of the student workers' petition for an election…

Kurt Nimmo (2018-11-08). Hurrah for Midterm Gridlock! Both Democrats and Republicans Love War. globalresearch.ca Thankfully, the "most important election in recent memory" is over and the results have turned out as expected. | Democrats now control the House. Republicans picked up a couple seats in the Senate. Trump's agenda will tread water. He will …

Stephen Lendman (2018-11-08). True and False Accusations of US Midterm Election Interference. Fake Reports of Russian Election Meddling. globalresearch.ca Ahead of Tuesday midterms, investigative journalist Greg Palast said illegal voter purges went on in a number of states — including Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska and Nevada. | "I have never seen anything like it in 18 years," he …

Andrew Korybko (2018-11-08). Trump Goes to Paris: Will He Make Peace with Putin and Erdogan? globalresearch.ca Trump and over 60 other world leaders will be in Paris over the weekend to attend an event commemorating the end of World War I a century ago, during which time the American leader is expected to have important sideline …

Annie Machon (2018-11-08). UK Sets Up Yet Another Costly Spy Agency. globalresearch.ca The UK Ministry of Defence announced on 21 September the establishment of yet another British spy agency, an amalgam of military and security service professionals designed to wage cyberwar against terrorists, Russia and organised crime. The new agency will have …

Barı? Demir (2018-11-08). US, Turkey Risk Direct Military Clash as They Escalate War in Syria. globalresearch.ca As it pursues its war with US-backed Kurdish-nationalist organizations, the Turkish government is threatening an outright military occupation of large parts of Syria that could provoke war with Syria and a direct clash with US forces. | On Tuesday, Turkish President …

IMEMC News (2018-11-08). Army Attacks School Principal In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Thursday, the principal Qortoba Basic School, in the Shuhada Street, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after she tried to prevent them from attacking her students. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers chased several schoolchildren, and tried to prevent the students from entering their …

Mark Kernan (2018-11-08). The Dystopian Future of Facebook. counterpunch.org In 2017 Facebook said they could detect teenagers' moods and emotions such as feeling nervous and insecure by their entries, a claim they denied later, adding we do not, "offer tools to target people based on their emotional state". The internal report was written by two Australian executives-Andy Sinn and David Fernandez. The report according to The Guardian was written for a large bank and said that, "the company has a database of its young users — 1.9 million high schoolers, 1.5 million tertiary students and 3 million young workers".

RT (2018-11-08). Police identifies California bar mass shooting suspect. rt.com The gunman who shot up and killed 12 people in a California bar popular for live country music and packed with college students has been identified as 28 -year-old Ian David Long,

Whitney Webb (2018-11-08). Watch the Leaked Documentary the Israel Lobby Didn't Want You to See. theantimedia.com (MPN) — A leaked Al Jazeera documentary detailing the tactics of the Israeli lobby in the United States and elsewhere has revealed that pro-Israel groups regularly invented smears, including false accusations of sexual assault, to discredit professors and students on U.S. university campuses that support equal rights for Palestinians and the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS is …

RT (2018-11-08). 'He shot a lot, at least 30 times': Borderline Bar attack witnesses recall terrifying ordeal. rt.com Witnesses to the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California are sharing their accounts of the horrifying moment a shooter opened fire on a crowded student night, killing at least 12 people. |

Steve Zeltzer (2018-11-08). Backfire! How Teacher Union Leaders Helped Tuck & Green Dot Charters Push Their Agenda. indybay.org Marshall Tuck, the former Green Dot Charter School operator received support for the school chain from the AFT leadership including AFT president Randi Weingarten. Weingarten and UFT president Mulgrew lauded the school change and supported the deregulation of public education for these charter schools.

Staff (2018-11-08). 13 Dead Including Gunman in Shooting at California Bar. truthdig.com The massacre is the deadliest in the U.S. since 17 classmates and teachers were gunned down at a Parkland, Fl. school nine months ago.

Fred_F (2018-11-08). Queensland teachers vote to walk off for refugees. greenleft.org.au Australian Education Union (AEU) members in Queensland will be joining their Victorian colleagues in walking off the job on November 20, Universal Children's Day, to demand the federal Coalition government gets kids and their families off Nauru. | Three state AEU branches—NSW Teachers Federation, AEU Victorian branch and the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) — have passed resolutions condemning the government's refusal to immediately evacuate asylum seekers and refugees from Nauru and Manus Island and resettle them in Australia, where they can receive urgently required medical treatment and other servic…

SCMNH (2018-11-08). Native Crafts Workshop: Cultural Teachings of the Amah Mutsun. indybay.org Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History | 1305 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz…

wsws (2018-11-08). Quebec's new CAQ government to prioritize its chauvinist anti-immigrant agenda. wsws.org The CAQ's "secular charter" is an attempt to incite Quebec chauvinism so as to divide the working class.

Philip Giraldi (2018-11-08). The CIA's Latest Greatest Failure. globalresearch.ca Government agencies that are skilled at invading nearly everyone's privacy worldwide are sometimes totally inept at keeping their own internal communications secure. The problem is particularly acute for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which must maintain secure contact with thousands …

South Front (2018-11-08). UAE to Reopen Its Embassy in Damascus Within Few Weeks — Report. globalresearch.ca The UAE is going to reopen its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus within the upcoming two weeks, diplomatic sources told the Lebanon news outlet Debate on November 5. | The Lebanese news outlet didn't provide further information on the …

Ramzy Baroud (2018-11-08). Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar? counterpunch.org When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer, Khalida Jarrar, on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, Jarrar had been leading a Palestinian effort to take Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Her research on that very evening was directly related to the kind of behavior More

Global Research News (2018-11-08). Selected Articles: Is Kissing a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" a "Terrorist Act"? globalresearch.ca For seventeen years, Global Research, together with partner independent media organizations, has sought Truth in Media with a view to eventually "disarming" the corporate media's disinformation crusade. | To reverse the tide, we call upon our readers to participate in an …

DJRP (2018-11-08). Profits über Alles! American Corporations and Hitler. globalresearch.ca This article by Canadian historian Dr. Jacques Pauwels was first published by Global Research more than 14 years ago on 8 June 2004. | This incisive and carefully researched article by Dr. Jacques Pauwels provides us with a historical understanding …

Andrew Korybko (2018-11-08). Why Did the US Issue a Sanctions Waiver for Iran's Port of Chabahar? globalresearch.ca Many observers are wondering why the US issued a sanctions waiver for the Indian-built port of Chabahar in southeastern Iran and the railroad project that's supposed to one day extend from it to Afghanistan, but the reason is that America …

Eds. (2018-11-08). Faculty Interview: Alyssa Battistoni on ecofeminism and xenofeminism. mronline.org In the West, since at least the myth of Gaea, the earth has been seen as something feminine. For ecofeminists, the linkage has had profound, and malign, consequences for our treatment both of nature and of women. | Source

Edu Montesanti (2018-11-08). Eleitores de Bolsonaro Foram Acentuadamente Influenciados por Noticias Falsas. globalresearch.ca Recente estudo encomendado pela organização Avaaz à IDEA Big Data, tratou de responder de maneira empírica por que a lista de gritantes contradições entre eleitores de Jair Bolsonaro é tragicomicamente interminável, prevalecendo a raivosa irracionalidade: 98,21% dos eleitores do capitão …

Andre Vltchek (2018-11-08). Saudi Arabia Has to be Stopped and This Time It May Get Stopped. globalresearch.ca It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has crossed all lines of decency, if there were ever any. | In the eyes of many in the West, it crossed them not because it has been brutally killing tens of thousands …

Geri Spieler (2018-11-08). How Alaska 'Gets the Shaft' From Canada's Mining Industry. truthdig.com The border between British Columbia and Alaska is wet. | The boundary is made up mostly of rivers flowing from British Columbia in Canada to southeast Alaska, and what happens in Canada therefore affects southeast Alaska. | Rich mineral deposits, including the gold, silver and copper used in the manufacturing of mobile phones and other products, are buried deep in British Columbia. With the explosion of various technologies that demand these minerals, the "gold rush" is very much alive and growing every day. | According to the Minerals Education Coalition, a b…

IMEMC News (2018-11-08). Soldiers Invade Bedouin Village School, Confiscate A Tent, Near Tubas. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday morning, Khirbat Ibziq Palestinian Bedouin village, north of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, and attacked a local make-shift school, before confiscating one tent. The head of Tubas's local office of the Ministry of Education, Saed Kabaha, said a large military force, accompanied by an …

Zero Hedge (2018-11-07). "Flashpoint for War": U.S. and Japan Plan Military Response to Chinese Incursions of Disputed Islands. globalresearch.ca Things are again rapidly heating up in the East China Sea amidst already heightened tensions in a region where Washington is increasingly asserting the right of navigation in international waters against broad Chinese claims and seeking to defend the territorial …

Craig Murray (2018-11-07). The Price of Peace. British Policy in Northern Ireland. globalresearch.ca I have never managed fully to understand the mechanism by which the media and political class decide when to leave a fact, a glaringly obvious and vital fact, completely excluded from public debate. That process of exclusion is a psychological, …

Rachel M. Cohen (2018-11-07). Progressives Win on Medicaid Expansion, Public Education, and Voting Rights Through Ballot Initiatives. theintercept.com From state legislative races to the House of Representatives, progressive candidates made a dent in the 2018 election season, and will be relatively well-represented in federal and state-level governments next year. But it's not just elected office: Left-wing activists also made their voices heard through ballot initiatives across the country. On Tuesday night, progressives walked away with some wins and some losses on that front. | They made gains for Medicaid expansion, public education, and voting rights. But they lost other battles, like on criminal justice reform, nurse-to-patient ratios, and universal home…

Mark Gruenberg (2018-11-07). High school students walk out nationwide to go vote. peoplesworld.org Students from at least 500 high schools nationwide walked out of class on Election Day—to go vote. Their mass marches were the first culmination of the March For Our Lives movement, started by students from Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a gunman wielding an AR-15 staged a Valentine's Day massacre there, killing 14 …

Umberto Pascali (2018-11-07). US Mid-term Elections: Strange Things Happened, Very Strange. globalresearch.ca Image Trump and Pelosi, December 2017 | Conservative Fox News gave the House to the Democrats 90 minutes before the closing of the polls in California. Thus telling the Republican voters that the game was over, their vote is futile. This …

Randi Nord (2018-11-07). Photo of Brazil President-Elect Bolsonaro's Sons Wearing Israel's IDF and Mossad Shirts Goes Viral. globalresearch.ca Just a week after far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro's electoral victory in Brazil's presidential election, the consequences of fascism and support for apartheid and ethno-nationalism rising to power are already coming to fruition. | A photo of Bolsonaro's sons donning shirts …

Fight Back (2018-11-07). Tampa Bay SDS rally demands USF not comply with federal agencies attacking immigrants. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a rally on the campus of University of South Florida, November 5 to demand that the school administrators not comply with federal agencies' attempts to attack immigrants. These agencies include the FBI, ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security, all of which are involved in finding and deporting undocumented people, including students. The information that is currently shared to these agencies includes where a student lives, their classes, and their current immigration status. | The event was attended by more than 20 SDS members and su…

Fred_F (2018-11-07). Principals told to stop teachers walking off for refugees. greenleft.org.au The Department of Education and Training Victoria today advised school principals to oppose leave for teachers who wish to participate in the Walk Off for Refugees on November 20. | Teachers For Refugees (TFR) has called on teachers and education support staff to walk off the job on Universal Children's Day and demand that the federal government remove all children and adults from offshore camps and resettle them in the community. | TFR's Lucy Honan said in response to the education department's decision: "In the face of the human rights catastrophe that has lasted more than five years, this is an unacceptable re…

Adam Taylor (2018-11-07). Debunking the Real 9/11 Myths: Plane Impacts, Fire Damage and Melted Steel. globalresearch.ca 2012 Article published by Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth, republished by AEA911Truth and Global Research in October 2018 | *** | Popular Mechanics (PM) next turns to the issue of the plane impacts and fire damage and their roles in the …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2018-11-07). Is Kissing a "State Sponsor of Terrorism" a "Terrorist Act"? globalresearch.ca There are now "'good guy terrorists" and "bad guy terrorists". John Kerry concurs: financial aid to Syria's Al Nusra, an affiliate of Al Qaeda is part of NATO's "Responsibility to Protect" mandate.

Global Research (2018-11-07). Global Research: Kicking Against the Establishment. globalresearch.ca "Global Research is one of the finest and most easily accessed research tools on the web. A vast array of articles by the best known researchers are instantly available. Michel Chossudovsky's meticulous research, perspicacity and courageous reporting offer the …

HDSC (2018-11-07). French Court of Appeal Delays Again Decision on Hassan Diab's Case. globalresearch.ca On Friday October 26, 2018, Dr. Hassan Diab's decade-long ordeal was prolonged yet further, as the French Court of Appeal delayed once again a decision on the prosecution's appeal in Hassan's case. Instead of upholding the decision of the …

Tyler Durden (2018-11-07). Crown Prince Launches Saudi Arabia's First Nuclear Reactor Same Day Sanctions Hit Iran. theantimedia.com (ZHE) — In but the latest after an insane month of news featuring the kingdom since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the AP reports Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman laid the ceremonial foundation stone for Saudi Arabia's first nuclear research reactor on Monday. The site is the first of 16 planned reactor sites to be …

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya (2018-11-07). Libya Then and Now: An Overview of NATO's Handiwork. globalresearch.ca In 2011, as the entire world watched the Arab Spring in amazement, the US and its allies, working under the banner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), militarily overran the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Stefania Maurizi (2018-11-07). The West Is Failing Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Let's start with the cat. You never would have thought one of these beloved felines would play a crucial role in the Julian Assange case, would you? And yet look at the latest press coverage. The mainstream media's headlines weren't …

Democracy Now! (2018-11-06). Headlines for November 6, 2018. democracynow.org Huge Turnout for Early Voting in Midterms as Technical Issues Surface, Trump Attacks Democrats and Migrants on Eve of Midterm Elections, Fallout from Racist Trump Campaign Ad Continues as Networks Pull Ad, Georgia Dem. Gov. Candidate Abrams Responds to Kemp Hacking Probe, Racist Robocalls Attack Georgia Dem. Gov. Candidate Abrams, Students Across Country Walk Out of Class to Cast Ballots in Midterms, NYC: Trial Begins over 2020 Census Citizenship Question, Coloradans to Vote on Divisive Oil and Gas Ballot Measures, Washington State Voters to Vote on Fee for Large Carbon Polluters, NYC: Local Leaders Decry Racist…

Fred_F (2018-11-06). Rally condemns radioactive dump plans. greenleft.org.au Close to 1000 people gathered outside Parliament House in Adelaide on November 3 to protest against federal government plans to build a national radioactive waste dump in South Australia. | Two locations in the state are under consideration for the dump: near Hawker in the Flinders Ranges, and in the Kimba district on Eyre Peninsula. | The facility is meant to hold reprocessed nuclear waste from the Lucas Heights reactor near Sydney and radioactive materials from medical, industrial and research uses around Australia. | However, Dr Margaret Beavis from Medical Association for Prevention of War explained to the pr…

Ryan Grim (2018-11-06). How Donald Trump Saved the Democratic Party From Itself. theintercept.com On the morning of November 9, 2016, millions of Americans woke up in a fog. In New Holland, Pennsylvania, Annie Weaver stopped at the Wawa on her way to the school where she teaches, and she couldn't look anybody in the eye. Brandi Calvert, a real estate agent in Wichita, Kansas, only got out of bed because she had to take her 11-year-old boy to school. Before heading out, she told him what had happened, but he refused to believe her. | I walked my daughter to school that morning in Washington, D.C. and went inside for her kindergarten class's biweekly open house. A third-grader had drawn the assignment of readin…

Eds. (2018-11-06). Geoengineering as dispossession. mronline.org The Political Economy of Land Use in an Era of Climate Urgency. | Source