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2018-10-15: Social Media Postees

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From GM Potatoes to Glyphosate: Regulatory Delinquency and Toxic Agriculture
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-15
Food and environment campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just produced the report 'Shockingly high levels of weedkiller found in popular breakfast cereals marketed for British children'. In this 68-page document, she draws from new research in the UK that mirrors findings from the US about the dangerous levels of glyphosate found in food, especially products…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/15/from-gm-potatoes-to-glyphosate-regulatory-delinquency-and-toxic-agriculture/

Can President-elect Lopez Obrador Pull Mexico Out of Slumber?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
After decades of stagnation, corruption and deadly dependency on the United States, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is considered by many ordinary people, as well as by intellectuals, to be the last chance for Mexico. | Two important news developments are circulating … | The post Can President-elect Lopez Obrador Pull Mexico Out of Slumber? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/can-president-elect-lopez-obrador-pull-mexico-out-of-slumber/5656997

On US Naval Blockades and a Hard Days War. Economic Warfare against Russia is not Working
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
On the 22nd of October 1962 the US 2nd Fleet began the blockade of Cuba, an action that immediately threatened the world with nuclear war and annihilation. Those of us old enough to remember President Kennedy's statement on live television … | The post On US Naval Blockades and a Hard Days War. Economic Warfare against Russia is not Working appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/on-us-naval-blockades-and-a-hard-days-war-economic-warfare-against-russia-is-not-working/5656970

Agents of Chaos: Trump, the Federal Reserve and Andrew Jackson
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes." — President Andrew Jackson, Washington, July 10, 1832 | They are three players, all problematic in their own way. … | The post Agents of Chaos: Trump, the Federal Reserve and Andrew Jackson appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/agents-of-chaos-trump-the-federal-reserve-and-andrew-jackson/5657052

Climate Crisis is Upon Us
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-15
One of the more useful allusions hidden in plain sight in the recent IPCC / UN report on climate crisis is the distinction between the pre-industrial and industrial ages that defines the era of climate crisis. Industrial capitalism, a/k/a capitalism, is the cause of climate crisis. Plenty of pseudo-scientific rubbish about human caused and Anthropocene can be found in the report's text. But industry— the integration of science and technology in capitalist production, is identified as the cause. No longer are goat herders in Turkmenistan as responsible as the executives of Exxon-Mobil for the unfolding debacle.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/15/climate-crisis-is-upon-us/

Sabra and Shatila: The Secret Papers. Carefully Planned Israeli Atrocities Led by Ariel Sharon
Jeremy Salt | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Sabra and Shatila, September 1982, stands as one of the worst single atrocities in modern history. Up to 3500 Palestinians were massacred when Israel's Falangist proxies surged through the two Beirut camps in September 1982. Israel sought to dump … | The post Sabra and Shatila: The Secret Papers. Carefully Planned…
globalresearch.ca/sabra-and-shatila-the-secret-papers-carefully-planned-israeli-atrocities-led-by-ariel-sharon/5656976

VIDEO — Die Insektenarmee des Pentagons
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Insektenschwärme, die gentechnisch veränderte infektiöse Viren transportieren, die landwirtschaftliche Nutzpflanzen eines Landes angreifen und seine Nahrungsmittelproduktion zerstören — das ist kein Science-Fiction-Szenario, sondern ein Plan, der von der DARPA, der Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency des Pentagons, derzeit vorbereitet wird…. | The post VIDEO — Die Insektenarmee des Pentagons appeared first on Global Re…
globalresearch.ca/video-die-insektenarmee-des-pentagons/5657077

Why the Coordinated Alternative Media Purge Should Terrify Everyone: Soon Those Who Hate Freedom Will Have Unquestioned Access to the Minds of 2 Billion People
Daisy Luther | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Yesterday, the alternative media purge was boldly advanced in a coordinated effort to silence people who dissent from establishment views. It's just one more step toward a monopoly on information by those who hate freedom. At this rate, they'll soon … | The post Why the Coordinated Alternative Media Purge Should Terrify Everyone: Soon Those Who Hate Freedom Will Have Unquestioned Access to the…
globalresearch.ca/why-the-coordinated-alternative-media-purge-should-terrify-everyone-soon-those-who-hate-freedom-will-have-unquestioned-access-to-the-minds-of-2-billion-people/5656965

Positing Corbyn's Labour Party as Practitioners of "Soviet Anti-Semitism"
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
A recent opinion piece by a certain Ben Cohen for the 'Jewish News Syndicate' entitled " Soviet anti-Semitism in a British guise" presented the view that the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party has adopted the trappings of an … | The post Positing Corbyn's Labour Party as Practitioners of "Soviet Anti-Semitism" appeared first on Global R…
globalresearch.ca/positing-corbyns-labour-party-as-practitioners-of-soviet-anti-semitism/5656959

Nikki Haley, We Hardly Knew Ye
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Nikki Haley surprised the American and international foreign policy establishment by announcing her intention to resign as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, effective at the end of this year. While President Donald Trump indicated he had known of her … | The post Nikki Haley, We Hardly Knew Ye appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/nikki-haley-we-hardly-knew-ye/5656980

Act Now to Protect Our Right to Protest
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Restricting Our Right To Protest Shows We Are Winning | The radical attack on our constitutional right to protest in Washington, DC needs to be stopped. The National Park Service (NPS) has published proposed rules that would curtail First Amendment rights … | The post Act Now to Protect Our Right to Protest appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/act-now-to-protect-our-right-to-protest/5656961

The US Military's Vision for State Censorship
Andre Damon | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
In March, the United States Special Operations Command, the section of the Defense Department supervising the US Special Forces, held a conference on the theme of "Sovereignty in the Information Age." The conference brought together Special Forces officers with domestic … | The post The US Military's Vision for State Censorship appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-us-militarys-vision-for-state-censorship/5656988

Hurricane Cost May Skyrocket as Billions in Stealth Fighter Jets Unaccounted for; Tyndall AFB "Complete Loss"
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
After Hurricane Michael rendered Tyndall Air Force Base a "complete loss" from "widespread, catastrophic damage" — questions remain over nearly two-dozen F-22 Stealth Fighters which are unaccounted for. | According to the New York Times, Tyndall is home to 55 … | The post Hurricane Cost May Skyrocket as Billions in Stealth Fighter Jets Unaccounted…
globalresearch.ca/hurricane-cost-may-skyrocket-as-billions-in-stealth-fighter-jets-unaccounted-for-tyndall-afb-complete-loss/5657005

The Routine Use of Fake Images and Video Footage by the Western Media
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Image. CNN Report: "Chinese Cops" in Tibet: Footage of a protest movement in India, 2008 | While Google and Facebook relentlessly target the independent online media in their campaign against "Fake News", the routine use of fake videos and images by … | The post The Routine Use of Fake Images and Video Footage by the Western Media appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-routine-use-of-fake-images-and-video-footage-by-the-western-media/5370097

To the People's Tribunal on U.S. Crimes Against Puerto Rico. "Suffocated by Neoliberalism"
Berta Joubert-Ceci | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Dear friends and comrades, | On October 27, 2018, activists and witnesses from Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican diaspora, the U.S. and the world will gather in New York City to participate in a tribunal on the crimes of colonialism. | The … | The post To the People's Tribunal on U.S. Crimes Against Puerto Rico. "Suffocated by Neoliberalism" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/to-the-peoples-tribunal-on-u-s-crimes-against-puerto-rico-suffocated-by-neoliberalism/5656990

GOP Senator Snatches Phone from Student Confronting Him About Georgia's Voter Suppression: 'You Stole My Property!'
Alex Henderson, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-15
"No, I'm not doing that," Perdue said before grabbing for the student's cell phone. | In Georgia, Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp is in a tight race with Democrat Stacey Abrams, and voter suppression appears to be part of Kemp's campaign strategy: Kemp (who is Georgia's secretary of state) has been drawing a great deal of criticism over the fact that more than 53,000 voter applications–most of them in non-white areas–have been in limb. . .
alternet.org/gop-senator-snatches-phone-student-confronting-him-about-georgias-voter-suppression-you-stole-my

Ottawa's Incestuous World of Pro-military Lobbying
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
How do you feel about taxpayer-funded organizations using your tax dollars to lobby elected politicians for more of your tax dollars? | Welcome to the Canadian military. | Last week Anju Dhillon told the House of Commons | "I saw first-hand the sacrifices | … | The post Ottawa's Incestuous World of Pro-military Lobbying appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/ottawas-incestuous-world-of-pro-military-lobbying/5657059

Evolution of Religion
Kary Love | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-15
Science answers many questions but not of morality or wisdom. Human judgment is responsible there. But morality began with evolution. It was useful work that people did that had survival value. So, the tribe recognized that those who carried their load and were able to contribute above their need were desirable members of the tribe.
counterpunch.org/2018/10/15/evolution-of-religion/

Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Get ready for a major geopolitical chessboard rumble: from now on, every butterfly fluttering its wings and setting off a tornado directly connects to the battle between Eurasia integration and Western sanctions as foreign policy. | It is the paradigm shift … | The post Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/back-in-the-great-game-the-revenge-of-eurasian-land-powers/5657042

The War on Weed: Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for "Corporate Cannabis"
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Monsanto now appears to be developing genetically modified (GMO) forms of cannabis, with the intent of cornering the market with patented GMO seeds just as it did with GMO corn and GMO soybeans. | The post The War on Weed: Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for "Corporate Cannabis" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-war-on-weed-monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/5534771

Banned Weapons Used in All US War Theaters. In all Post-9/11 Wars, US used Banned Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Incendiary and Cluster Munitions
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
Whenever US forces aggressively attacks countries, dirty war is waged, including use of banned weapons. | Prohibited terror-bombing is longstanding US policy, indiscriminately harming civilians. | The Laws of War: Laws and Customs of War on Land (1907 Hague IV Convention) states: … | The post Banned Weapons Used in All US War Theaters. In all Post-9/11 Wars, US used Banned Chemical, Biological, Radiological,…
globalresearch.ca/banned-weapons-used-in-all-us-war-theaters-in-all-post-911-wars-us-used-banned-chemical-biological-radiological-incendiary-and-cluster-munitions/5656984

Facebook Accused of 'Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent' After Independent Media Swept Up in Mass Purge
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-15
The massive shutdown affected many progressive sites devoted to covering war, police brutality, and other issues neglected by the corporate media. | After Facebook announced on October 10 that it shut down and removed hundreds of pages and accounts that it … | The post Facebook Accused of 'Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent' After Independent Media Swept Up in Mass P…
globalresearch.ca/facebook-accused-of-full-frontal-suppression-of-dissent-after-independent-media-swept-up-in-mass-purge/5656967

US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal?
Shared by Gregory Wilpert | therealnews.com | 2018-10-15
September's unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, but what is behind this statistic, how does it affect ordinary citizens, and can Trump take credit for the drop? We discuss these questions with PERI's Gerald Epstein | The post US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal? appeared first on
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US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal?
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-10-15
September's unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, but what is behind this statistic, how does it affect ordinary citizens, and can Trump take credit for the drop? We discuss these questions with PERI's Gerald Epstein | The post US Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal? appeared first on
therealnews.com/stories/us-unemployment-rate-hits-50-year-low-what-does-the-number-reveal-and-conceal

Pacifica Radio Network Stands with Wikileaks and Julian Assange
Repost | indybay.org | 2018-10-15
Pacifica passed a resolution to defend Julian Assange who is the founder of Wikileaks. "The mainstream media has basically been silent about the harassment of Julian Assange and the attempt to imprison him. And even some so-called progressive outlets have been silent. I think that if Pacifica makes a statement, it will be very important and will serve to educate many people in this country and beyond."
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/10/18818151.php

It's Time for Video Game Makers to Unionize
Matthew Smith, Salon | alternet.org | 2018-10-15
Developers are treated like trash. Now, sudden layoffs at Telltale Games have sparked industry-wide organizing. | Once considered a trifle (at best) or an escapist vice (at worst), video games are in fact big business. Huge, really: the video game industry was worth $108 billion in 2017, according to Superdata Research — around one-quarter of the value of the overall software industry. The creators of the video game h. . .
alternet.org/its-time-video-game-makers-unionize

Catastrophic Hurricanes Should Force US to Reassess Climate Policy
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-15
We don't have a good count of the combined death toll from last week's record-breaking catastrophic hurricane, which hit the coast of Florida and large parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. This storm came before many people in South Carolina were able to move back into their homes following Hurricane Florence last month. | A number of deaths have already been reported, but as we know from research on the impact of Hurricane Irma on Puerto Rico, a full accounting may show many more deaths from indirect causes, like heart attack victims bei…
truthout.org/articles/catastrophic-hurricanes-should-force-us-to-reassess-climate-policy/

Here's Why Learning Another Language Should Be Compulsory In Every School
Aeon | alternet.org | 2018-10-14
Nothing teaches us about the world and how to think more effectively better than learning new languages. | In the 1960s, in our public schools in California along the border with Mexico, Spanish language-learning was a requirement, beginning in sixth grade. I couldn't wait to get to sixth grade to start learning Spanish. Our school was more than 50 per cent Mexican-Americans, and I was keen to understand them as they switched back and forth from fluent English to fluent. . .
alternet.org/heres-why-learning-another-language-should-be-compulsory-every-school

Network 2018
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-14
Forty two years ago director Sidney Lumet brought to the big screen writer Paddy Chayefsky's brilliant story of Network. This great satirical film can now be looked at through the prism of our current state of Amerikan culture, or lack … | The post Network 2018 appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/network-2018/5656912

Five Questions For: Author Suzanne Gordon on the VA as a 'Model for American Health Care'
Alexandra Tempus | progressive.org | 2018-10-14
"Many liberals and progressives who don't buy the propaganda about climate, or about education, buy the propaganda about the VA."
progressive.org/dispatches/author-suzanne-gordon-veterans-admin-181014/

Video: Israel Grounds Its F-35 Stealth Jet Fighters, Unable to "Challenge" Syria's S-300 Air Defenses?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-14
On October 11, the Israeli military announced that it had halted flights of F-35I stealth fighter jets following the crash of the US Marine Corps F-35B jet in South Carolina on September 28. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) stated that … | The post Video: Israel Grounds Its F-35 Stealth Jet Fighters, Unable to "Challenge" Syria's S-300 Air Defenses? appeared first on Global Research
globalresearch.ca/video-israels-f35i-stealth-f-35-jet-fighters-to-challenge-syrias-s-300-air-defenses-israel-grounds-its-f-35-fleet/5656899

Facebook Censorship and the Atlantic Council
Jonathan Sigrist | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-14
Yesterday we witnessed one of the greatest Facebook account and page purges since its formation over a decade ago. In total, 559 pages and 251 personal accounts were instantly removed from the platform, for having " consistently broken our rules … | The post Facebook Censorship and the Atlantic Council appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/facebook-censorship-and-the-atlantic-council/5656896

Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-10-14
After two years of juggling full-time study with full-time work, Josefa, a student at Brooklyn College, decided to take a semester off. "I was exhausted," she said, "and decided to move to Florida where I thought things would be cheaper." This was in 2016. | Josefa quickly found a waitressing job and secured an apartment. But she also learned that as a non-resident of Florida, attending a public college would be even more expensive than continuing at Brooklyn College. Six months after heading to the Sunshine State, she returned to New York and once again registered for classes. | "Right after I got back to the ci…
truthout.org/articles/unaffordable-higher-education-leads-to-low-graduation-rates/

Trump's Aggressive Plans to Stifle Democracy
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-10-14
In a Trump administration where policy, on issues from taxes to education to the environment, is skewed sharply in favor of wealthy special interests and driven by officials who previously served as corporate lobbyists, and…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-aggressive-plans-to-stifle-democracy/

Weight loss & sex supplements are hiding dangerous substances inside — study
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-14
Dietary supplements promising enhanced sexual pleasure, weight loss, and muscle gain secretly contain dangerous pharmaceuticals, researchers warn. The FDA has failed to crack down on offenders, they say, placing Americans at risk.
rt.com/usa/441227-supplements-prescription-drugs-fda/

Is a bicycle alive? Can an elephant fit through a house door? DARPA to teach AI 'common sense'
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-14
The US military research agency will spend millions helping computers engage better with the real world — a necessary step en-route to creating genuinely sentient robots, and not just calculating machines.
rt.com/news/441237-darpa-ai-common-sense/

Creepy survey asks 5th-graders about their sex lives
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-13
Parents at a Vermont elementary school were livid after learning their 10-year-old children were queried about their sexual history and gender identity without their permission as part of a university research project.
rt.com/usa/441141-sex-survey-kids-outrage/

Decades After Taking Henrietta Lacks's Cells Without Consent, Johns Hopkins Names Building After Her
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-12
Johns Hopkins University has announced plans to name a new research building after Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who permanently changed modern medicine nearly 70 years ago when it was discovered that her cells could live forever. These "immortal cells" have helped scientists produce remedies for numerous diseases, including the first polio vaccine, that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But Lacks's cells were taken without her consent when she was a patient at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in 1951. For decades, the woman whose cells would transform modern medicine was unknown. Instead,…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/12/decades_…

Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno's Assault on Human Rights and Judicial Independence
Joe Emersberger | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-12
Oswaldo Ruiz-Chiriboga, is an Ecuadorian legal scholar who teaches human rights and constitutional law at the Central European University in Hungary. He talked to Joe Emersberger about Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno's assault on human rights and judicial independence. Most of Moreno's attacks abuses stem from a referendum of February, 2018 that was called by decree…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/12/ecuadorian-president-lenin-morenos-assault-on-human-rights-and-judicial-independence/

Another month, another win among university researchers for UAW
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-12
BERKELEY, Calif. –Another month, another win for the Auto Wo…
peoplesworld.org/article/another-month-another-win-among-university-researchers-for-uaw/

Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters
Joe Catron | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-12
"The Israeli military relies on a network of international companies, supplying everything from sniper rifles to tear gas, to carry out its massacres of protesters in Gaza. These companies are knowingly supporting war crimes, and are complicit in state-orchestrated murder." — Tom Anderson, researcher for Corporate Occupation | The post Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters appeared first on MintPress…
mintpressnews.com/meet-ten-corporate-giants-helping-israel-massacre-gaza-protesters/250617/

"Educators Who Bravely Act on Principle Should be Championed, Not Punished"
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-12
"Educators Who Bravely Act on Principle Should be Championed, Not Punished": UpdatePalestinian civil society responds to efforts by the University of Michigan to silence teachers who act in support of Palestinian human rights: "As long as Israeli universi…
bdsmovement.net/news/%E2%80%9Ceducators-who-bravely-act-principle-should-be-championed-not-punished%E2%80%9D

US student critical of Israel detained at Tel Aviv airport for more than a week
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-12
Lara Alqasem, 22, was targeted because she is president of the University of Florida's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which supports the BDS campaign against Israel.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/12/isra…

Co-founder of Steele dossier firm Fusion GPS refuses to testify before House committee
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-12
Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, a research firm that commissioned the notorious anti-Trump Steele dossier while funded by Hillary Clinton's campaign money, has refused to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
rt.com/usa/441048-simpson-fusion-refuses-testify/

Lead at some Detroit schools 50 times the allowable federal level
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-12
A new report on lead and copper in Detroit schools reveals the acute health dangers facing working class families due to the massive deterioration in education funding.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/12/lead…

Israeli Authorities Step Up anti-BDS Policies: Political Test to Enter Israel
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-10-12
Israel border authorities have detained US-Palestinian student for her alleged Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activism, denying her entry into Israel, despite having a visa. Tallie Ben-Daniel of Jewish voice for Peace discusses the case and what it means for the BDS movement | The post Israeli Authorities Step Up anti-BDS Policies: Political Test to Enter Israel appeared first on…
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-authorities-step-up-anti-bds-policies-political-test-to-enter-israel

Education May Spell Doom for Oklahoma's Republican 'Subprime' Gubernatorial Candidate
John Thompson | progressive.org | 2018-10-11
Oklahoma educators have had enough of outsiders imposing their untested opinions on classrooms.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/education-doom-for-oklahomas-republican-subprime-gov-candidate-181011/

Jury Sends Wisconsin a $780,000 Bill for Denying Health Care to Two Transgender Workers
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-11
A growing number of courts are ruling that transgender public employees should have access to transition-related health care. | Shannon Andrews just helped bring comprehensive health care coverage to transgender state employees across Wisconsin. Even more reassuring, she proved that average Americans understand that discrimination against transgender people comes with a cost. | Shannon supervises a cancer research lab at the University of Wisconsin. Like other state employees, she gets health care insurance through the state. But as a transgender woman, Shannon faced state rules that specifically excluded coverag…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/jury-sends-wisconsin-780000-bill-denying-health-care-two

Open letter by students condemns right-wing offensive at Berlin's Humboldt University
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-11
Student organisations from Humboldt University and across Germany published an open letter denouncing the cooperation of the university administration with the far right and its attacks on students' social and democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/12/iyse…

Rashid Khalidi: From Iran to Palestine, Nikki Haley Put a Nice Face on Trump's "Horrific" U.S. Policies
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-10
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced she is resigning her post at the end of the year. The former South Carolina governor–one of the few women in Trump's Cabinet–gave no reason for her departure. During Nikki Haley's time as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the United States withdrew from the Paris climate accord; the U.N. Human Rights Council; the Iran nuclear deal; UNRWA, the U.N. agency that provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians; and UNESCO, the U.N. educational and cultural agency. We speak with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor of Arab studies at Columbia…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/10/rashid_k…

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2018-10-15 15:51 GMT (11:51 EST)

2018-10-14: News Headlines

Andre Damon (2018-10-14). Pages Purged by Facebook Were on Blacklist Promoted by Washington Post. globalresearch.ca Media outlets removed by Facebook on Thursday, in a massive purge of 800 accounts and pages, had previously been targeted in a blacklist of oppositional sites promoted by the Washington Post in November 2016. | The organizations censored by Facebook include …

Professor John Ryan (2018-10-14). If NAFTA Has Been Replaced by USMCA, Is Canada Still Haunted by the FTA? globalresearch.ca In a recent article by David Orchard and Marjaleena Repo, concern has been raised that even if NAFTA has been replaced by the USMCA, Canada may still be subject to the provisions of the 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). …

Elliott Gabriel (2018-10-14). Facebook Partners with Hawkish Atlantic Council, a NATO Lobby Group, to "Protect Democracy" globalresearch.ca The partnership between Facebook and the Atlantic Council is an attempt to ensure the grip of dominant imperialist powers – militaries, multinationals, banks, and philanthropists – who feel threatened by the unrestricted flow of information and anti-systemic narratives on social …

Telesur (2018-10-14). 'We Are Afraid': Anti-Bolsonaro Voters, Journalists Targeted in Wave of Political Violence Across Brazil, Activists Call for Action. globalresearch.ca Thousands of activists, women and young Brazilians marched in Sao Paulo Thursday to protest against right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who won the first round of the Brazilian presidential election on Oct. 7. | Angered by Bolsonaro's sexist, misogynist, and …

Kevin Martinez (2018-10-14). Daniel Ellsberg's The Doomsday Machine: A Prescient Warning of the Danger of Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca Daniel Ellsberg is an American anti-war activist who in 1971, while working for the RAND Corporation, leaked a series of documents called "The Pentagon Papers" to the New York Times and other news outlets. The papers revealed to the American …

Middle East Eye (2018-10-14). Media Companies, Executives Quit Saudi Event Over Missing Journalist. globalresearch.ca Media companies including the New York Times and CNN are pulling out of a Saudi investment conference because of growing outrage over the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist in Turkey. | British billionaire Richard Branson has also announced that his …

Klaus Dräger (2018-10-14). Aufstehen! (Stand Up!) – A New Left Movement Emerging in Germany? globalresearch.ca In February 2018 Oskar Lafontaine wrote: " Do we need a movement of the political left accumulating broader forces (Sammlungsbewegung)? Yes, if we want social cuts to be halted, wages and pensions to rise again, foreign policy to reinstate Willy …

Michael Welch (2018-10-14). Brazilian Elections and the Stakes for Democracy. globalresearch.ca Bolsonaro is a symptom of a much larger disease. He has only reached this level, a head-to-head in the second round against Lula's candidate Haddad, because of a sophisticated, rolling, multi-stage, judicial/congressional/business/media Hybrid War unleashed on Brazil. | -Pepe Escobar [1]…

Aeon (2018-10-14). Here's Why Learning Another Language Should Be Compulsory In Every School. alternet.org Nothing teaches us about the world and how to think more effectively better than learning new languages. | In the 1960s, in our public schools in California along the border with Mexico, Spanish language-learning was a requirement, beginning in sixth grade. I couldn't wait to get to sixth grade to start learning Spanish. Our school was more than 50 per cent Mexican-Americans, and I was keen to understand them as they switched back and forth from fluent English to fluent. . .

Abigail Fielding-Smith (2018-10-14). One Day in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca The first death was soon after midnight, a policeman killed on night watch near the Tajik border. The bloodshed continued as the sun rose then set again, ending only as the day did. | Three beheadings at a school, and an …

Fred Burks (2018-10-14). HAARP: Secret Weapon Used For Weather Modification, Electromagnetic Warfare. globalresearch.ca This carefully documented article on Weather Warfare was first published by Global Research on August 1, 2010. | Some small edits have been made. The CBC, History Channel and Trutv.com (removed) documentaries quoted in the article can now be viewed. They …

Repost (2018-10-14). Pacifica Radio Network Stands with Wikileaks and Julian Assange. indybay.org Pacifica passed a resolution to defend Julian Assange who is the founder of Wikileaks. "The mainstream media has basically been silent about the harassment of Julian Assange and the attempt to imprison him. And even some so-called progressive outlets have been silent. I think that if Pacifica makes a statement, it will be very important and will serve to educate many people in this country and beyond."

Shared by Anton Woronczuk (2018-10-14). How Genetics and Pollution Are Threatening Wild Dolphins. truthout.org Dolphins are beautiful, highly intelligent and uncannily human in their interactions. Yet, they also have a language we humans cannot fully hear, and a culture that is in some ways similar to our own, and in others, a complete mystery. | Like us, they have circles of friends and acquaintances, with different greetings for different individuals, as if by name. They travel swiftly within a home range of about 100-square kilometers but can go further when they want to. They have the sleek design of a jet plane fuselage and the intelligence that comes with a Shared by Merula Furtado (2018-10-14). Unaffordable Higher Education Leads to Low Graduation Rates. truthout.org After two years of juggling full-time study with full-time work, Josefa, a student at Brooklyn College, decided to take a semester off. "I was exhausted," she said, "and decided to move to Florida where I thought things would be cheaper." This was in 2016. | Josefa quickly found a waitressing job and secured an apartment. But she also learned that as a non-resident of Florida, attending a public college would be even more expensive than continuing at Brooklyn College. Six months after heading to the Sunshine State, she returned to New York and once again registered for classes. | "Right after I got back to the ci…

Prof. James Petras (2018-10-13). Brazil's Neo-Liberal Fascist Road to Power. globalresearch.ca Introduction | The decisive electoral victory of far-right Brazilian presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro startled politicians and analysts of the traditional parties of the left and right. | The possible implications for the present and near future raises a number of fundamental questions …

Stephen Lendman (2018-10-13). Washington State Ends Capital Punishment. globalresearch.ca Around one-third of world nations impose the death sentence in judicial rulings. | Of all known state-sponsored executions, 12 nations carry out most of them: America, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sri Lanka, — according …

Federico Pieraccini (2018-10-13). The Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Could Spell the End for Mohammad bin Salman? globalresearch.ca The (unconfirmed) death of famous journalist Saudita Jamal Khashoggi is likely to have important repercussions, revealing the hypocrisy of the mainstream media, tensions inside the Saudi regime, and the double standards of Western countries. | On October 2nd, 2018, Saudi journalist …

Stephen Lendman (2018-10-13). US/Saudi Relations Remain Unchanged. Jamal Khashoggi's Abduction and likely Murder. globalresearch.ca Both countries are longstanding allies, partnered in Washington's imperial agenda, waging war OF terror in the Middle East against nations Republicans and undemocratic Dems target for regime change. | As long as Saudi oil keeps flowing and the kingdom continues spending …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-10-13). Evacuating Nauru: Médecins Sans Frontières and Australia's Refugee Dilemma. globalresearch.ca It is an organisation not without its problems. Conceived in the heat of idealism, and promoted as the vanguard of medical rescue and human rights advocacy, Médecins Sans Frontières has had its faults. Its co-founder Bernard Kouchner went a bit …

Colin Todhunter (2018-10-13). From GM Potatoes to Glyphosate: Regulatory Delinquency and Toxic Agriculture. globalresearch.ca Food and environment campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just produced the report 'Shockingly high levels of weedkiller found in popular breakfast cereals marketed for British children'. In this 68-page document, she draws from new research in the UK that mirrors …

Mark Taliano (2018-10-13). Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. The "War on Terror" is a Fraud. globalresearch.ca Canada is fast-becoming a safe-haven for terrorists. | Al Qaeda/al Nusra Front and ISIS are openly being welcomed[1] and protected from public scrutiny and juridical consequences, including "Anti-Terror" legislation.[2] | All of this exposes yet again that the "War on Terror" is …

Shared by Anton Woronczuk (2018-10-13). It's Time to Write Women Back Into Labor History. truthout.org This article was originally published at Labor Notes. | Union women are leading labor forward. You can see it in the flurry of teacher strikes—Los Angeles teachers were the latest to authorize one—and in the September walkout by McDonald's workers in many major cities, an anti-sexual harassment action linked to the Fight for $15. | Teachers union membership is predominately female, and has been so for decades. In fact, elementary school teaching in the 1970s was a very low-paid "pink-collar ghetto," wrote noted labor historian Philip Foner in his groundbreaking…

RT (2018-10-13). Creepy survey asks 5th-graders about their sex lives. rt.com Parents at a Vermont elementary school were livid after learning their 10-year-old children were queried about their sexual history and gender identity without their permission as part of a university research project.

James Rothenberg (2018-10-12). Propaganda's Long Shadow. counterpunch.org Hierarchal societies, like the one we live in, rely on orthodoxy and their in-place control mechanisms. In order to preserve the class divisions built within them, the ruling elite must be vigilant about lower class discontent, lest its authority be tested. To this end, the lower class is educated to believe that, regardless of its More

leili (2018-10-12). "Educators Who Bravely Act on Principle Should be Championed, Not Punished" bdsmovement.net "Educators Who Bravely Act on Principle Should be Championed, Not Punished": UpdatePalestinian civil society responds to efforts by the University of Michigan to silence teachers who act in support of Palestinian human rights: "As long as Israeli universi…

Wim Laven (2018-10-12). Dangerous White Lies. counterpunch.org When I started teaching at the university level, about 1,500 students ago, I had no idea that I'd ever have to dedicate class time to address honesty. Some brief reminders on plagiarism was all that I was used to. That Melania Trump could use some help, her "Be Best" speech was stolen from Michelle Obama, More

South Front (2018-10-12). Video: ISIS Seizes Toxic Agents Intended to be Used for Provocations in Idlib. globalresearch.ca ISIS terrorists have been able to seize toxic chemicals due to the irresponsible actions of the representatives of the Western countries, Lieutenant General Vladimir Savchenko, chief of the Russian center for the reconciliation of the conflicting sides in Syria, said …

Andrew Korybko (2018-10-12). Mohammed Bin Salman: The Character Behind the Caricatures. globalresearch.ca Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman, popularly known by his initials as MBS, is either one of the world's most admired leaders or its most reviled depending on who one asks. His friends characterize him as a noble reformer …

Ed Lehman (2018-10-12). Don't Let Trump Weaponize Space. globalresearch.ca In a number of countries, the week of October 6-13 is being observed as Keep Space for Peace Week. This year the theme for the week is No Space Force, in reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to …

Mark Gruenberg (2018-10-12). Another month, another win among university researchers for UAW. peoplesworld.org BERKELEY, Calif. —Another month, another win for the Auto Wo…

Joe Emersberger (2018-10-12). Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno's Assault on Human Rights and Judicial Independence. counterpunch.org Oswaldo Ruiz-Chiriboga, is an Ecuadorian legal scholar who teaches human rights and constitutional law at the Central European University in Hungary. He talked to Joe Emersberger about Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno's assault on human rights and judicial independence. Most of Moreno's attacks abuses stem from a referendum of February, 2018 that was called by decree More

Julia Conley (2018-10-12). American College Student Considers Taking BDS Detention Case to Israel's Supreme Court. mintpressnews.com After her legal challenge to end her detention was rejected by an Israeli district court on Friday, academics and activists pledged their support on Friday for Lara Alqasem, the 22-year-old U.S. graduate student who has been held for 10 days by Israel over accusations she has supported the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement that demands rights and freedom for Palestinians. | #LaraAlqasem's case exposed much: #Israel racially profiles those entering & the Joe Catron (2018-10-12). Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters. mintpressnews.com "The Israeli military relies on a network of international companies, supplying everything from sniper rifles to tear gas, to carry out its massacres of protesters in Gaza. These companies are knowingly supporting war crimes, and are complicit in state-orchestrated murder." — Tom Anderson, researcher for Corporate Occupation

Kurt Nimmo (2018-10-12). Social Media Censorship Intensifies. globalresearch.ca Both the Free Thought Project and The Anti-Media lost their social media accounts in a coordinated attack today by Facebook and Twitter. | Facebook alone removed 559 pages and 251 accounts. | . | @AntiMedia and @TFTPROJECT just | …

W.T. Whitney Jr. (2018-10-12). Revolution at Risk: 'Humanitarian Intervention' in Venezuela Aims at Regime Change. globalresearch.ca Turmoil reigns in Venezuela. A story serves to illustrate and to introduce the report presented here. | The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) on its website claims that the national police in Táchira state recently arrested and tortured PCV member José …

Alastair Crooke (2018-10-12). In Trade, as in Foreign Policy, America Goes for 'Broke'. globalresearch.ca Trump's Administration is putting its 'all' on red on the roulette wheel of a radically leveraged US trade and foreign policy. It is a bet that a ruthless 'no prisoners taken' pursuit of naked US commercial interest can restore American …

Democracy Now! (2018-10-12). Decades After Taking Henrietta Lacks's Cells Without Consent, Johns Hopkins Names Building After Her. democracynow.org Johns Hopkins University has announced plans to name a new research building after Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who permanently changed modern medicine nearly 70 years ago when it was discovered that her cells could live forever. These "immortal cells" have helped scientists produce remedies for numerous diseases, including the first polio vaccine, that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But Lacks's cells were taken without her consent when she was a patient at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in 1951. For decades, the woman whose cells would transform modern medicine was unknown. Instead,…

Press TV (2018-10-12). Maduro: White House Ordered Colombia to Kill Me. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the Trump administration is seeking to assassinate him, as relations strain between the two nations. | Maduro said in a nationally televised speech on Thursday that the United States had instructed the Colombian government to …

Global Research (2018-10-12). The Silencing of Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Help. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | With constant changes being made to the way search engines and social media reference and display articles from independent media, making sure we do everything in our power to keep our content as accessible to you as we …

wsws (2018-10-12). US student critical of Israel detained at Tel Aviv airport for more than a week. wsws.org Lara Alqasem, 22, was targeted because she is president of the University of Florida's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which supports the BDS campaign against Israel.

Shared by Gregory Wilpert (2018-10-12). Israeli Authorities Step Up anti-BDS Policies: Political Test to Enter Israel. therealnews.com Israel border authorities have detained US-Palestinian student for her alleged Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activism, denying her entry into Israel, despite having a visa. Tallie Ben-Daniel of Jewish voice for Peace discusses the case and what it means for the BDS movement

wsws (2018-10-12). Carl Cooley: 1927-2018. wsws.org Cooley, a former autoworker and high school and college teacher, had considered himself a socialist for most of his adult life. He was the US SEP's congressional candidate in Maine in the 2004 election.

RT (2018-10-12). Co-founder of Steele dossier firm Fusion GPS refuses to testify before House committee. rt.com Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, a research firm that commissioned the notorious anti-Trump Steele dossier while funded by Hillary Clinton's campaign money, has refused to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

wsws (2018-10-12). Lead at some Detroit schools 50 times the allowable federal level. wsws.org A new report on lead and copper in Detroit schools reveals the acute health dangers facing working class families due to the massive deterioration in education funding.

wsws (2018-10-12). Argentine teachers facing massive pay cuts strike for 48 hours. wsws.org Teachers face losing a quarter of their real wages this year, while Macri's austerity policies threaten to cut funding for public education by up to 40 percent in real terms.

Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski (2018-10-12). Israeli Authorities Step Up anti-BDS Policies: Political Test to Enter Israel. therealnews.com Israel border authorities have detained US-Palestinian student for her alleged Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activism, denying her entry into Israel, despite having a visa. Tallie Ben-Daniel of Jewish voice for Peace discusses the case and what it means for the BDS movement

aclu (2018-10-11). Jury Sends Wisconsin a $780,000 Bill for Denying Health Care to Two Transgender Workers. aclu.org A growing number of courts are ruling that transgender public employees should have access to transition-related health care. | Shannon Andrews just helped bring comprehensive health care coverage to transgender state employees across Wisconsin. Even more reassuring, she proved that average Americans understand that discrimination against transgender people comes with a cost. | Shannon supervises a cancer research lab at the University of Wisconsin. Like other state employees, she gets health care insurance through the state. But as a transgender woman, Shannon faced state rules that specifically excluded coverag…

John Thompson (2018-10-11). Education May Spell Doom for Oklahoma's Republican 'Subprime' Gubernatorial Candidate. progressive.org Oklahoma educators have had enough of outsiders imposing their untested opinions on classrooms.

Jordan Smith (2018-10-11). Notre Dame Struck a Secret Deal With the Trump Administration to Deny Birth Control Coverage. Now Students Are Fighting Back. theintercept.com The Trump administration bypassed the judicial system to negotiate a backroom settlement with 74 religiously affiliated institutions, including Notre Dame.

wsws (2018-10-11). Students denounce CIA partnership with University of Illinois Chicago. wsws.org Among the many students who oppose the school's partnership with the CIA is a medical student who told the IYSSE, "The CIA is the greatest terrorist organization in the world, and now it wants its tentacles on our campus."

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