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Neoliberal Economics: The Plague of Iran's Economy
Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
The Iranian economy is mired in a deep recession. The real or productive sector of the economy is paralyzed, largely by out-of-control (and often illicit) imports that have replaced domestic production. Rent seeking, corruption and the looting of national resources … | The post Neoliberal Economics: The Plague of Iran's Economy appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/neoliberal-economics-the-plague-of-irans-economy/5656682

Future of Western Democracy Being Played Out in Brazil
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
Nothing less than the future of politics across the West – and across the Global South – is being played out in Brazil. | Stripped to its essence, the Brazilian presidential elections represent a direct clash between democracy and an early … | The post Future of Western Democracy Being Played Out in Brazil appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/future-of-western-democracy-being-played-out-in-brazil/5656672

Notre Dame Struck a Secret Deal With the Trump Administration to Deny Birth Control Coverage. Now Students Are Fighting Back
Jordan Smith | theintercept.com | 2018-10-11
The Trump administration bypassed the judicial system to negotiate a backroom settlement with 74 religiously affiliated institutions, including Notre Dame. | The post Notre Dame Struck a Secret Deal With the Trump Administration to Deny Birth Control Coverage. Now Students Are Fighting Back. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/11/notre-dame-health-insurance-birth-control-trump/

A Global People's Bailout for the Coming Financial Crash
Adam Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
When the global financial crisis resurfaces, we the people will have to fill the vacuum in political leadership. It will call for a monumental mobilisation of citizens from below, focused on a single and unifying demand for a people's bailout … | The post A Global People's Bailout for the Coming Financial Crash appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/a-global-peoples-bailout-for-the-coming-financial-crash/5656741

The Shaky Case That Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip the 2016 Election
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
In their long recapitulation of the case that Russia subverted the 2016 election, Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times painted a picture of highly effective Russian government exploitation of social media for that purpose. Shane and … | The post The Shaky Case That Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip the 2016 Election appeared first…
globalresearch.ca/the-shaky-case-that-russia-manipulated-social-media-to-tip-the-2016-election/5656738

Kuwait Stops Exporting Crude to the U.S
Irina Slav | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
Kuwait has not sent any crude oil to the United States for at least four weeks, EIA's weekly petroleum reports for the last four weeks, which also include a weekly comparison, have revealed. | The last week that saw Kuwaiti crude … | The post Kuwait Stops Exporting Crude to the U.S. appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/kuwait-stops-exporting-crude-to-the-u-s/5656746

Russian 'Collusion' Is a Red Herring, Emergence of the Far Right, New Wave of Fascism
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
As the 2018 U.S. midterm elections approach, there is still no evidence of 'collusion' between the campaign of President Donald J. Trump and the Russian government after nearly two years of inquiry. Thus far in the Department of Justice's investigation … | The post Russian 'Collusion' Is a Red Herring, Emergence of the Far Right, New Wave of Fascism appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/russian-collusion-is-a-red-herring-emergence-of-the-far-right-new-wave-of-fascism/5656688

The Detention of Meng Hongwei and the Western Media's Insinuations against China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
The Mainstream Media is approaching a very slippery slope after insinuating that Chinese citizens are loyal to the Communist Party of China first and foremost above any and all of their other duties, and that failure to obey Beijing could … | The post The Detention of Meng Hongwei and the Western Media's Insinuations against China appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-detention-of-meng-hongwei-and-the-western-medias-insinuations-against-china/5656575

Video: Kurdish YPG Cells Attack Turkish-backed Forces in Afrin, Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) carried out a new attack on Turkish-backed forces in the region of Afrin. According to the YPG, 4 members of Turkish-backed groups were killed by the YPG in the village of Mariam. | This was … | The post Video: Kurdish YPG Cells Attack Turkish-backed Forces in Afrin, Northern Syria appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/video-kurdish-ypg-cells-attack-turkish-backed-forces-in-afrin-northern-syria/5656675

Colombia: Thousands March in Defense Of Public Universities
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-11
Colombian students and professors are demanding higher budgets to avert a funding crisis in the public system.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombia-…

The Two Brett Kavanaugh Stories
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
There were two simultaneous Brett Kavanaugh stories. Together, as part of the confirmation process regarding his nomination as Supreme Court Justice, they revealed how political discourse in the United States has reached a new low, with debate over the man's … | The post The Two Brett Kavanaugh Stories appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-two-brett-kavanaugh-stories/5656733

Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall in Florida Panhandle
Dr. Jeff Masters | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
Update: Hurricane Michael made landfall at 2 pm EDT October 10, 2018 near Mexico Beach, FL with top sustained winds of 155 mph and a central pressure of 919 mb. This makes Michael the strongest landfalling mainland U.S. hurricane (by … | The post Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall in Florida Panhandle appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/hurricane-michael-makes-landfall-in-florida-panhandle/5656698

Influenza-like Illnesses (ILI) and Influenza: The Implications for Seasonal Vaccinations
DGGK | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
The CDC (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) was born, just like the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), as an important regulatory agency of the United States government that was intended to regulate various corrupt and monopoly-seeking industries that … | The post Influenza-like Illnesses (ILI) and Influenza: The Implications for Seasonal Vaccinations appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/influenza-like-illnesses-ili-and-influenza-the-implications-for-seasonal-vaccinations/5656597

Israel's Plans for Nikki Haley to be the 46th President of the United States?
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
Is Nimrata "Nikki" Haley (nee Randhawa), Netanyahu's 'candidate' as Israel makes plans to have AIPAC use its powerful organisation to install her as the 46th President of the United States? | In a transparent move to infiltrate and control American politics, … | The post Israel's Plans for Nikki Haley to be the 46th President of the United States? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/israels-plans-for-nikki-haley-to-be-the-46th-president-of-the-united-states/5656677

Brazil: Neoliberalism with a "Human Face"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
In 2003, "Leftists" applauded the inauguration of Luis Ignacio da Silva as a victory against neoliberalism, without acknowledging that Lula's PT had embraced the demands of Wall Street and the IMF. In the words of IMF Managing Director (2003) "the IMF listens to President Lula and the economic team". | The post Brazil: Neoliberalism with a "Human Face" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/brazil-neoliberalism-with-a-human-face/374

Visa Mill Promoters Drop $760K on Key Republicans and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo
Dahn Shaulis | indybay.org | 2018-10-11
According to Federal Election Commission records, two members of Thompson Education Center, a proposed visa mill in New York State, have spent at least $710,000 for the 2017-2018 election cycle, all on Republican efforts. | Is the China City/Thompson Education Center project a threat to US security or a business scam? Possibly both.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/08/18818094.php

Students denounce CIA partnership with University of Illinois Chicago
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-11
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."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/11/iyss…

Pacifica Radio Network Stands with Wikileaks and Julian Assange
Repost | indybay.org | 2018-10-11
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

The New York Times Whitewashes Haley
Michael Howard | iranian.com | 2018-10-10
The decampment of Nikki Haley from Trump's military regime is, or ought to be, a nonstory. The United States' ambassador to the United Nations is a ceremonial position that serves no purpose. The very idea of it is absurd. The US is a law unto itself, readily violating the UN Charter whenever the latter's principles get in […] | The post The New York Times Whitewashes Haley appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/10/the-new-york-times-whitewashes-haley/

Leaked Transcript: Google Lied About "Dragonfly" China Censorship
ZeroHedge | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-10
The project, code-named Dragonfly, would blacklist phrases like "human rights," "student protest," and "Nobel Prize," and has resulted in at least seven Google employees quitting for ethical reasons. Other employees have circulated a letter recognizing a "code yellow" emergency, suggesting that the Dragonfly initiative violates Google's ethical code, which states that the company will not build or deploy technologies "whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights," according to The Inter…
mintpressnews.com/leaked-transcript-google-lied-about-dragonfly-china-censorship/250545/

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…

President Assad's Amnesty Decree to Military Deserters
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
The world should welcome President Assad's latest decree granting amnesty to military deserters inside and outside of the country, but observers shouldn't forget that it isn't a new initiative and might therefore not be observed by the parties that matter … | The post President Assad's Amnesty Decree to Military Deserters appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/president-assads-amnesty-decree-to-military-deserters/5656644

Selected Articles: NAFTA 2.0
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis we provide, free of charge, 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 … | The post Selected Articles: NAFTA 2.0 appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-nafta-2-0/5656609

Keeping Modi in Power: Why India Might Secure an Anti-Iranian Sanctions Waiver From the US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
The US doesn't want to do anything that could risk Narendra Modi's reelection next year such as inadvertently contributing to the explosive growth of petrol prices in his country, so it's possible that Trump might grant America's new strategic … | The post Keeping Modi in Power: Why India Might Secure an Anti-Iranian Sanctions Waiver From the US appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/keeping-modi-in-power-why-india-might-secure-an-anti-iranian-sanctions-waiver-from-the-us/5656488

Effective Practices to Sustain Development in Morocco
Kerstin Opfer | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
Natural landscapes are declining worldwide. Approximately 30 percent of the world's natural forests are expected to be lost by the end of this century. Further, 25 percent of all land on earth is currently under threat of desertification, resulting in … | The post Effective Practices to Sustain Development in Morocco appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/effective-practices-to-sustain-development-in-morocco/5656649

The EU's Economic and Political Weakness. Remainers' Callous Hypocrisy
Rodney Atkinson | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
As we described in the previous post the European Union's track record has been disastrous. It has been the least successful trade area in the world over the last 10 years. Global Finance magazine calculated EU GDP growth over this … | The post The EU's Economic and Political Weakness. Remainers' Callous Hypocrisy appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-eus-economic-and-political-weakness-remainers-callous-hypocrisy/5656646

I Was Reported to Police as an 'Agitated Black Male' — for Simply Walking to Work
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-10
A Black employee at the University of Massachusetts Amherst opens up about the racial profiling incident that rocked the campus and upended his life. | Last month, I walked across the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to get to work. It was an ordinary stroll. But to a bystander, the sight of an educated Black professional going about his day was apparently cause for alarm. | That bystander called the police. My workplace was shut down. I was, and remain, humiliated. | Racial profiling at predominantly white institutions is nothing new, and this wasn't the first time that I had to grit my teeth th…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/i-was-reported-police-agitated-black-male-simply

UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: UK Should Not be Arming Regimes That Target Journalists
Andrew Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
The Turkish authorities have announced that they will search the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul as part of their investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen going into the embassy. | The Saudi regime has one … | The post UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: UK Should Not be Arming Regimes That Target Journalists appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/uk-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-uk-should-not-be-arming-regimes-that-target-journalists/5656642

Haley Resigns as Trump's UN Envoy
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
Nikki Haley is a neocon hardliner, a geopolitical know-nothing, the most unqualified ever US UN envoy, an embarrassment to what diplomacy is supposed to be all about. | Supporting US aggression in multiple theaters, she uses the world body as a … | The post Haley Resigns as Trump's UN Envoy appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/haley-resigns-as-trumps-un-envoy/5656637

Review of the Renegotiated NAFTA: Benefits and Drawbacks to Canada
Professor John Ryan | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
There is something strange about this. Other than Maude Barlow and of Sujata Dey of the Council of Canadians, it appears that no other journalists or columnists from the mainstream media have mentioned two significant features in NAFTA 2.0 that … | The post Review of the Renegotiated NAFTA: Benefits and Drawbacks to Canada appeared first…
globalresearch.ca/review-of-the-renegotiated-nafta-benefits-and-drawbacks-to-canada/5656585

Hey, teacher! Don't leave LGBTQ kids alone! RT debate on Virginia lockdown drill controversy
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-10
Trans policy or common sense? Trans lobby or trans phobia? Why is everybody treading on eggshells around LGBTQ issues, and isn't kids' safety the paramount concern? RT discussed the Virginia public school incident with experts.
rt.com/usa/440880-lgbtq-rights-us-schools/

Trial of "Stansted 15" anti-deportation protesters begins in UK
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-10
The activists locked themselves around a government-chartered Boeing 767 on the night of March 28, 2017, to prevent take-off.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/10/stan…

Google now plays 'Good Censor' for civility's sake, leaked internal briefing confirms
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-10
Internal research commissioned by Google confirms Orwellian-scale censorship powers enjoyed by tech giants. It says free speech is a "utopian idea," and creating "ordered spaces for safety and civility" is Google's new mission.
rt.com/usa/440823-google-censorship-shift-leaked-briefing/

Canada: The unions' suppression of the 1995-97 anti-Harris movement: Political lessons for today
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-10
The unions scuttled the province-wide teachers' strike not because of any lack of rank-and-file or public support, but because they feared that the teachers' defiance would spark a wider working-class challenge to the Harris government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/10/hats…

American College Student Held in Israel for Support of BDS Movement
Middle East Monitor | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-09
Her "crime", according to Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry, is that while studying for her bachelor's degree in Florida, she was president of an organization that supported a boycott against Israel. | The post American College Student Held in Israel for Support of BDS Movement appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/american-college-student-held-israel-support-bds-movement/250515/

Gender danger: Trans student barred from all locker rooms, left in the open at school shooter drill
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-09
LGBTQ groups have criticized a Virginia public school for leaving a transgender student unprotected during a lockdown drill. While others hid in boys' and girls' locker rooms, teachers argued over where to hide the trans student.
rt.com/usa/440720-transgender-student-shooting-lockdown/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-09
Tens of thousands of teachers struck across Chile on October 3 and 4 to press demands, including economic grievances, while 2,000 forestry workers in northern British Columbia in Canada are preparing to go on strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/09/wrkr…

IPCC's New Climate Report: We Could See Irreparable Damage by 2040
Shared by Marc Steiner | therealnews.com | 2018-10-09
The IPCC climate report once said a 3.6 degree F rise from the pre-industrial era could be disastrous. New research drops that threshold to 2.7 degrees F and says that the point of no-return could be as early as 2040 | The post IPCC's New Climate Report: We Could See Irreparable Damage by 2040 appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/ipccs-new-climate-report-we-could-see-irreparable-damage-by-2040

IPCC's New Climate Report: We Could See Irreparable Damage by 2040
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-09
The IPCC climate report once said a 3.6 degree F rise from the pre-industrial era could be disastrous. New research drops that threshold to 2.7 degrees F and says that the point of no-return could be as early as 2040 | The post IPCC's New Climate Report: We Could See Irreparable Damage by 2040 appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/ipccs-new-climate-report-we-could-see-irreparable-damage-by-2040

ACT for America sets its sights on college campuses with upcoming speaking tour
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-10-08
The anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America is taking its message to college campuses. ACT's lead activism strategist, Scott Presler, is scheduled to speak at the University of Akron on Oct. 10. This appears to be the first stop on a fall speaking tour that Presler has lined up, and is part of a greater effort by hate groups to push their agendas onto students.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/09/act-america-sets-its-sights-college-campuses-upcoming-speaking-tour

High school band director suspended after cops-at-gunpoint skit sparks outrage (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-08
A high school band director in the US has been suspended after an ill-advised halftime show saw students dressed as cops being held at gunpoint. The skit sparked massive viral outrage and demands that those responsible be fired.
rt.com/usa/440698-mississippi-cop-skit-apology/

NAACP Leaders Advance Education and Employment Initiative with LDS Church
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-10-07
Senior leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) met with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, 2018 — another indication of the growing friendship between the two groups. At a series of meetings and presentations held with members of […] | The post NAACP Leaders Advance Education and Employment Initiative with LDS Church appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/ldschurch/

US professor who wished 'death & castration' to Kavanaugh defenders is sent on paid working trip
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-06
A Georgetown University professor, suspended from Twitter over calls to murder 'entitled white men' for supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh and to 'castrate their corpses,' is being sent to travel internationally for research.
rt.com/usa/440475-georgetown-professor-castrate-vacation/

'Cop-killing' halftime show at Mississippi high school leaves community and social media outraged
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-06
A grieving Mississippi community is outraged after a visiting high school team's halftime show portrayed students holding a SWAT team at gunpoint. It comes a week after two police officers in the town were killed while on duty.
rt.com/usa/440505-high-school-gun-skit-outrage/

SPLC report: Detention system forces people to give up claims to stay in U.S
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-04
Before fleeing Somalia, Yuusuf was a teacher.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/04/splc-report-detention-system-forces-people-give-claims-stay-us

Lift Us Up: Meet the Activists on the Front Lines of the Battle for Educational Justice in America
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-03
As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh objects to being held accountable for his behavior in high school, we look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is known as the school-to-prison pipeline. We speak with a roundtable of community activists engaged in the fight to save schools and push for alternatives to punishment and privatization. Their voices are highlighted in a new book titled "Lift Us Up, Don't Push Us Out! Voices from the Front Lines of the Educational Justice Movement.": liftusupmovement.org In Chicago, we speak with ‚Ä®Jitu Brown, the nation…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/3/lift_us_u…

California Just Banned For-Profit Charter Schools. Why?
Julian Vasquez Heilig | progressive.org | 2018-09-27
Given the state's history with "school choice," California's new legislation comes as a surprise. And it's met with skepticism.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/california-just-banned-for-profit-charters-180927/

In Sprawling Farm Bill, a $200 Million Corporate Research Subsidy Goes Unnoticed
Tim Schwab | progressive.org | 2018-09-25
Congress is considering whether to continue funding a little known government-funded project, which calls itself "the people's foundation." The question is, whose people?
progressive.org/dispatches/in-sprawling-farm-bill-a-200-million-corporate-research-subsidy-180925/

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2018-10-10: News Headlines

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2018-10-10). The Sessional Curse: Universities and the Casual Work Force. globalresearch.ca Universities have become bastions of sessional torment, feeding grounds for despair. The term "sessional" is merely a euphemised way of describing an academic employee who has no ongoing employment other than what is offered, a person ever at the mercy …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2018-10-10). 'With Kavanaugh on the Court, Checking and Balancing Is Not Going to Happen" globalresearch.ca Janine Jackson interviewed Marjorie Cohn about the Brett Kavanaugh nomination for the October 5, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | *** | Janine Jackson: Donald Trump's public mockery of Christine Blasey Ford, the woman …

Prof. Sam Ben-Meir (2018-10-10). Rembrandt at the Scottish National Gallery. globalresearch.ca Rembrandt at the Scottish National Gallery appeared first on Global Research.

teleSUR (2018-10-10). Colombian Public Universities Will Go On Strike. telesurtv.net The Colombian Students Movement is calling for a general national strike that is due to begin on Oct. 11th. The students will fight for an autonomous and democratic education as a basic human right, as was stated in a statement released.

INA (2018-10-10). Erdan: US Student Will Be Released If She Condemns BDS. imemc.org Israeli minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan, on Tuesday, said he would reconsider his official stance on denying entry to an American student over alleged links to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement if she publicly condemned a boycott of Israel. Last week, Lara Alqasem was barred from entering the country […]…

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2018-10-10). The IPCC'S Final Warnings of Extreme Global Warming. globalresearch.ca Scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that global temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures would constitute a threshold the planet cannot cross without suffering the worst effects of climate change. Yet according to the U.N. …

Philip A Farruggio (2018-10-10). The Two Party Food Fight: Brett Kavanaugh and "The Torture Memos" globalresearch.ca The Torture Memos, … was a term originally applying: | "…to a set of three legal memoranda drafted by John Yoo as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and signed by Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee, head …

David Orchard (2018-10-10). A Multibillion Dollar Question: Is the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Still in Effect? globalresearch.ca On October 1, 2018, after some 14 months of negotiations, the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs unveiled the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In their press conference …

Manlio Dinucci (2018-10-10). Video: The Pentagon's Insect Army. globalresearch.ca Swarms of insects, transporting genetically modified infectious viruses, attack the agricultural crops of a country and destroy its food production – this is not a science-fiction scenario, but a plan that is actually being prepared by DARPA, the Pentagon's Defense …

Prof. Richard Lindzen (2018-10-10). Climate of Fear: Global Warming Alarmists Intimidate Dissenting Scientists into Silence. globalresearch.ca To understand the misconceptions perpetuated about climate science and the climate of intimidation, one needs to grasp some of the complex underlying scientific issues.

Jon Queally (2018-10-10). As Nikki Haley Resigns, Critics Forced to Clarify That "Pro-War, Pro-Imperialist" Sycophant for Trump Is No "Moderate" globalresearch.ca U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley "was probably the most pro-war, pro-imperialist high-ranking Trump official, and therefore the most beloved Trump official by the war-loving U.S. media. She held every conventional foreign policy view that has generated so much …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2018-10-10). Weather Warfare: Beware the US Military's Experiments with Climatic Warfare. globalresearch.ca 'Climatic warfare' has been excluded from the agenda on climate change.

Dahn Shaulis (2018-10-10). Visa Mill Promoters Drop $760K on Key Republicans and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. indybay.org According to Federal Election Commission records, two members of Thompson Education Center, a proposed visa mill in New York State, have spent at least $710,000 for the 2017-2018 election cycle, all on Republican efforts. | Is the China City/Thompson Education Center project a threat to US security or a business scam? Possibly both.

wsws (2018-10-10). Canada: The unions' suppression of the 1995-97 anti-Harris movement: Political lessons for today. wsws.org The unions scuttled the province-wide teachers' strike not because of any lack of rank-and-file or public support, but because they feared that the teachers' defiance would spark a wider working-class challenge to the Harris government.

wsws (2018-10-10). Trial of "Stansted 15" anti-deportation protesters begins in UK. wsws.org The activists locked themselves around a government-chartered Boeing 767 on the night of March 28, 2017, to prevent take-off.

RT (2018-10-10). Google now plays 'Good Censor' for civility's sake, leaked internal briefing confirms. rt.com Internal research commissioned by Google confirms Orwellian-scale censorship powers enjoyed by tech giants. It says free speech is a "utopian idea," and creating "ordered spaces for safety and civility" is Google's new mission.

Staff (2018-10-09). The CIA Has Its Fingerprints on Brazil's Election. truthdig.com Editor's note: Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the first round of Brazil's presidential election with 46 percent of the vote. A runoff will be held Oct. 28. | The growth of Bolsonarian fascism in the final stretch of the election campaign, turbo charged by an avalanche of fake news disseminated on the internet, is not surprising. It is an old tactic developed by American and British intelligence agencies, with the goal of manipulating public opinion and influencing political processes and elections. It was used in the Ukraine, in the Arab Spring and in Brazil during 2013. | There is science behind this man…

Manlio Dinucci (2018-10-09). L'esercito di insetti del pentagono. globalresearch.ca Sciami di insetti, che trasportano virus infettivi geneticamente modificati, attaccano le colture di un paese distruggendo la sua produzione alimentare: non è uno scenario da fantascienza, ma quanto sta preparando l'Agenzia del Pentagono per i progetti di ricerca scientifica avanzata …

Kate Aronoff (2018-10-09). Fossil Fuels Are a Threat to Civilization, New U.N. Report Concludes. theintercept.com Around the middle of the last century, the chemical DDT was found to pose a risk to human and animal health. The ultimate response — after a prolonged fight between environmentalists and the chemical industry — was a federal ban on all uses of the substance found to be unsafe. | On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a daunting report, suggesting that we are currently on track for around 3 degrees Celsius of warming caused by gre…

Jordan Richard Schoenherr, The Conversation (2018-10-09). Distrust in Science and Expertise Can Be Deadly — Here's How We Can Overcome It. alternet.org Over time, groups of experts become embedded within our societies. They become our trusted institutions. | Hurricanes, tornadoes and Matthew Chapman, AlterNet (2018-10-09). GOP Candidate Says the Solution to Rape on College Campuses Is 'Educating Females'. alternet.org Denver Riggleman would rather lecture women on how to avoid being raped than tell men not to rape. | Denver Riggleman, the Republican congressional candidate for Virginia's 5th Congressional District, believes that rape is a complicated issue. But most of his solutions seem to put the burden on young women to avoid being raped. On Monday, Riggleman, a distillery owner and Bigfoot porn enthusi. . .

Michael Arney (2018-10-09). Special challenges for progressives in election of New York's AG. peoplesworld.org History was made when current New York City Public Advocate Letitia ("Tish") James won the four-way Democratic Party primary election for New York State's attorney general. James defeated Zephyr Teachout, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY CD 18) and Leecia Eve. An associate professor of law at Fordham University, Teachout lo…

Aram Aharonian (2018-10-09). Wolf at the Door: Prospects of US Military Intervention in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca The persistent insistence of US President Donald Trump at the General Assembly of the United Nations when he stated that "all options are on the table" to solve the crisis in Venezuela has aroused alarm in political circles in Washington …

Tsvetana Paraskova (2018-10-09). Oil Price Rally Boosts Electric Car Sales. globalresearch.ca Tesla's competition is about to get more crowded next year with many legacy automakers and luxury brands launching a record number of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. | All EV makers will have one common element that could help lift …

Staff (2018-10-09). U.S. Student Detained in Israel for Alleged Boycott Support. truthdig.com Lara Alqasem, 22, was held for a week and finally barred from the country, despite arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport with a valid visa.

Scott Ritter (2018-10-09). Benjamin Netanyahu Is No Friend to America. globalresearch.ca Benjamin Netanyahu is no stranger to the American spotlight. A career Israeli politician who attended school in the United States, he specializes in the kind of rhetoric that his American counterparts revel in—a kind of narcissism that's more used car …

Philip Giraldi (2018-10-09). Aux Barricades Mes Enfants! The Insanity of US Foreign Policy. The Danger of War. globalresearch.ca On October 21st there will be a Women's March on the Pentagon hosted by the Global Women's Peace Action. My wife and many of our friends will be going and even I will tag along in support in spite …

DVBS (2018-10-09). What Is the Best Solution to the Ukrainian Crisis? globalresearch.ca The current Ukrainian crisis and, in fact, the civil war which started at the very end of 2013 are grounded in for decades lasting internal interregional antagonisms between the western and the eastern regions of Ukraine. The crisis is fully …

Karl Mathiesen (2018-10-09). Climate Alarm: 'Most Important Years in History'. globalresearch.ca Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it. | Only the remaking of the human world in a generation can now prevent serious, far reaching and once-avoidable …

Middle East Monitor (2018-10-09). American College Student Held in Israel for Support of BDS Movement. mintpressnews.com Her "crime", according to Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry, is that while studying for her bachelor's degree in Florida, she was president of an organization that supported a boycott against Israel.

Stephen Lendman (2018-10-09). Did the Saudis Kidnap and Murder Journalist Jamal Khashoggi? globalresearch.ca On October 2, prominent Saudi journalist/critic Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi kingdom's Istanbul, Turkey consulate, needing documents for his upcoming wedding, scheduled for this week. | He hasn't been seen or heard from since, likely victimized by foul play. Turkish …

John C. O'Day (2018-10-09). Trump Admin Follows Corporate Media Playbook for War with Iran. globalresearch.ca Three years ago, as Americans debated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran—popularly known as "the Iran deal"—I highlighted a troubling media trend on FAIR.org ( 8/20/15): "For nearly all commentators, regardless …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2018-10-09). US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters. iranian.com The disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in mysterious circumstances while on a visit to his country's consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday still remains unexplained. The plot is thickening by the day. The latest reports suggest that he may not even be alive. The Istanbul Prosecutor has ordered an investigation. President Recep Erdogan has […]

Morning Star (2018-10-09). Brazil's Haddad and Bolsonaro to Go Head to Head in Second Round. globalresearch.ca Brazil's presidential election will go to a run-off between far-right Jair Bolsonaro and Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad on October 28. | Mr Bolsonaro came first in the first round yesterday, with 46 per cent of the vote — just four …

Global Research (2018-10-09). Don't Let Your News Be Silenced – Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca The world is changing – but whose voice is telling you how? | Global Research brings independent, real information from investigative reporters, academics, witnesses and anti-war activists. We provide a platform for global news and analysis, free from hidden agendas, corporate …

Harry Glasbeek (2018-10-09). Chevron, Corporations and the Law Versus Life and Lives. globalresearch.ca The decision in Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation by the Ontario Court of Appeal denied justice owed to some 30,000 Ecuadorian people grievously harmed by profiteering oil companies. The story is an example of how the routine application of formality in …

Stephen Lendman (2018-10-09). Growing US Hostility towards China: US Pacific Fleet Show of Force in the South China Sea. Frosty Pompeo Reception in Beijing. globalresearch.ca Deepening US hostility toward China is all about wanting to curb its growing economic, financial, and military might. | It's about Washington's imperial aims, wanting dominance over all other nations, its opposition to mutual cooperation and multi-world polarity, its rage to …

Marcelo Zero (2018-10-09). Tem dedo da CIA nas eleições do Brasil. globalresearch.ca O crescimento do fascismo bolsonarista na reta final, turbinado por uma avalanche de fake news disseminadas pela internet, não chega a surpreender. | Trata-se de tática já antiga desenvolvida pelas agências americanas e britânicas de inteligência, com o intuito de manipular …

Vijay Prashad, Independent Media Institute (2018-10-09). How Disaster Capitalism Has Ruined Puerto Rico. alternet.org And what Cuba can teach the world about going a different route. | Amnesty International's Secretary General Kumi Naidoo was recently in Puerto Rico. During his trip, Naidoo looked carefully at the aftermath of Hurricane Maria—the Category 4 hurricane in 2017 that tore through the Caribbean. No island in its path was spared, with Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit rightly calling the damage "mindboggling. " Puerto Rico, a part of the Unit. . .

Manlio Dinucci (2018-10-09). O exército de insectos do pentágono. globalresearch.ca Enxames de insectos, que transportam vírus infecciosos geneticamente modificados, atacam as culturas de um país destruindo a sua produção alimentar: não é um cenário de ficção científica, mas é o que está a ser preparado pela Agência do Pentágono para …

RT (2018-10-09). Gender danger: Trans student barred from all locker rooms, left in the open at school shooter drill. rt.com LGBTQ groups have criticized a Virginia public school for leaving a transgender student unprotected during a lockdown drill. While others hid in boys' and girls' locker rooms, teachers argued over where to hide the trans student.

Shared by Hezvo Mpunga (2018-10-09). IPCC's New Climate Report: We Could See Irreparable Damage by 2040. therealnews.com The IPCC climate report once said a 3.6 degree F rise from the pre-industrial era could be disastrous. New research drops that threshold to 2.7 degrees F and says that the point of no-return could be as early as 2040

Shared by Marc Steiner (2018-10-09). IPCC's New Climate Report: We Could See Irreparable Damage by 2040. therealnews.com The IPCC climate report once said a 3.6 degree F rise from the pre-industrial era could be disastrous. New research drops that threshold to 2.7 degrees F and says that the point of no-return could be as early as 2040

wsws (2018-10-09). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Tens of thousands of teachers struck across Chile on October 3 and 4 to press demands, including economic grievances, while 2,000 forestry workers in northern British Columbia in Canada are preparing to go on strike.

Hatewatch Staff (2018-10-08). ACT for America sets its sights on college campuses with upcoming speaking tour. splcenter.org The anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America is taking its message to college campuses. ACT's lead activism strategist, Scott Presler, is scheduled to speak at the University of Akron on Oct. 10. This appears to be the first stop on a fall speaking tour that Presler has lined up, and is part of a greater effort by hate groups to push their agendas onto students.

RT (2018-10-08). High school band director suspended after cops-at-gunpoint skit sparks outrage (VIDEO). rt.com A high school band director in the US has been suspended after an ill-advised halftime show saw students dressed as cops being held at gunpoint. The skit sparked massive viral outrage and demands that those responsible be fired.

Aba Blankson (2018-10-07). NAACP Leaders Advance Education and Employment Initiative with LDS Church. naacp.org Senior leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) met with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, 2018 — another indication of the growing friendship between the two groups. At a series of meetings and presentations held with members of […]

RT (2018-10-06). 'Cop-killing' halftime show at Mississippi high school leaves community and social media outraged. rt.com A grieving Mississippi community is outraged after a visiting high school team's halftime show portrayed students holding a SWAT team at gunpoint. It comes a week after two police officers in the town were killed while on duty.

RT (2018-10-06). US professor who wished 'death & castration' to Kavanaugh defenders is sent on paid working trip. rt.com A Georgetown University professor, suspended from Twitter over calls to murder 'entitled white men' for supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh and to 'castrate their corpses,' is being sent to travel internationally for research.

Richard Eskow, Sean McElwee (2018-10-05). Canceling Student Debt Would Stimulate the Economy—and Voter Turnout. thenation.com Canceling Student Debt Would Stimulate the Economy—and Voter Turnout…

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