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The Death of Academic Freedom: Prof James Tracy Denied First Amendment Rights by Federal Court By Vivian Lee, December 21 2017

Global Research brings to the attention of its readers this review article pertaining to the West Palm Beach court decision regarding Prof. James Tracy’s dismissal from Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Whilst opinions may diverge regarding the events at Sandy Hook, …

“Russiagate” Is Actually “Israelgate”: Trump as “Agent of Israel”, Not of Russia? By Eric Zuesse, December 21 2017

The Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s main evidence thus far in his “Russiagate” probe is not actually about possible Russian collusion with Trump to win the Presidency, but instead about definite Israeli collusion with Trump after Trump had already won

US and Israel versus the World on Jerusalem By Stephen Lendman, December 21 2017

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Jerusalem is an international city – the capital of none. Neither Trump, Netanyahu or anyone else can change what UN Resolution 181 established in

EU “Restoring” Ties with Thailand Symbolic, Foreign Interference Will Continue By Joseph Thomas, December 21 2017

A mid-December announcement by the European Union was made stating that the EU had agreed to restore ties with the Southeast Asian Kingdom of Thailand “at all levels” after suspending them in 2014 in the wake of a military coup

Pyongyang Rejects Biological Weapons Rumors, Accuses US of Fabricating Pretext for Attack By RT News, December 21 2017

North Korea has rejected media speculation, fuelled by the US National Security Strategy, that it’s preparing for chemical warfare. Pyongyang accused Washington of fabricating yet another “false pretext” for a surprise attack.

As tensions on the Korean peninsula continue to

Netanyahu’s Failed Project to Build “A Greater Israel” By Hans Stehling, December 21 2017

For five decades, the state of Israel has implemented an overt agenda of ethnic-cleansing in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights where it has induced over 600,000 Israeli citizens to leave their homes

US Congress Passes Tax Windfall for Corporations and the Rich By Barry Grey, December 21 2017

Congress’ passage of the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion tax cut for corporations and the rich marks a new stage in the decades-long social counterrevolution in the United States. It will make America, already the most unequal advanced economy in the

Will Washington Attack North Korea? By Stephen Lendman, December 21 2017

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North Korea threatens no one. Yet Trump’s rage for war makes the unthinkable increasingly possible. What’s ongoing in America is similar to what preceded

Bitcoin Speculation Continues to Surge. Chicago CME Exchange Trading in “Bitcoin Futures” By Nick Beams, December 21 2017

The speculative wave in the cryptocurrency bitcoin saw another surge this week when the Chicago-based CME exchange began trading in bitcoin futures. This followed the decision by the smaller Cboe group to initiate futures-trading a week earlier.

Significantly, these decisions …

Brexit Lobby Meetings Dominated by Big Business, Civil Society Marginalised By True Publica, December 21 2017

Updated analysis released by Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Justice Now exposes how official lobby meetings about Brexit and post-Brexit trade are being dominated by big corporate interests at the expense of civil society.

As EU leaders start to gather …

“Build a New Social and Economic System with Human Rights and Justice at its Core”. Jeremy Corbyn By Jeremy Corbyn, December 21 2017

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking in Geneva in honor of International Human Rights Day cited the need to:

“Build a new social and economic system with human rights and justice at its core. Deliver climate justice and a

Military Investors Await Profits – Canada Pushing Ukraine Toward War By Rusvesna, December 21 2017

If military aid to Kiev increases, then the situation in Eastern Europe will become more heated – with the US and Canada promising to control the situation in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

Ottawa has included Ukraine in the list of …

Journeying to Korea’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 21 2017

Seoul.

Atrocity tourism and what might be termed the tourism of divisive obstacles (fences, barbed wire, mine fields) can be great money earners.  Former concentration and extermination camps in Europe bring in currency even as visitors shake with stunned grief

Russia and China Challenge US Dollar Domination By F. William Engdahl, December 21 2017

The Russian government has recently announced it will issue nearly $1 billion equivalent in state bonds, but denominated not in US dollars as is mostly the case. Rather it will be the first sale of Russian bonds in China’s yuan.

Whose and What Agenda does the Russia-gate Yarn Serve? By Phil Rockstroh, December 21 2017

The effects of humankind created Climate Chaos are proving to be more devastating than even the most grim predictions. Wealth inequity is worse than in the Gilded Age. The US empire wages perpetual war, hot and cold, overt and covert,

House Democrats Vote to Block Consideration of Trump Impeachment By William Boardman, December 21 2017

Featured image: President-elect Donald J. Trump and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi smile for a photo during the 58th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)

On

It’s Time for Pakistan to Join the Eurasian Development Bank By Andrew Korybko, December 21 2017

Joining the Eurasian Development Bank could send the strongest signal yet of Pakistan’s multipolar and friendly intentions towards Russia and dispel the second thoughts that some of Moscow’s Indian-aligned “deep state” elite may have about the sincerity of its motives,

What Is The Guardian Afraid of When Attacking Honest Syria Reporters? By Adam Garrie, December 21 2017

The recent Guardian hit-piece against journalists Vanessa Beeley, Professor Tim Anderson and Eva Bartlett is something far more sinister than most people have yet to realise. The piece which can be read here is a very crude attempt to

Who to Believe on Washington’s Korea Policy, Tillerson or Trump? By Rep. Ron Paul, December 21 2017

President Trump has often said that his foreign policy objective was to keep his enemies guessing. If that’s the goal, you could say that he’s doing a good job. The problem is who does he think his enemies are, because

Trump’s National Security Strategy: The Return of “Great Power” Military Conflict By Bill Van Auken, December 21 2017

The new US National Security Strategy released this week and the speech delivered by President Donald Trump Monday to introduce it constitute a grim warning to humanity that US imperialism is firmly embarked on a road that leads to a

Full Disclosure: “US in Grave Danger.” Paul Hellyer By Hon. Paul Hellyer, December 21 2017

The US media has recently confirmed that the “US government had quietly funded a program to study UFOs for years…. The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, … collected video and audio recordings of reported U.F.O. incidents.” (NYT)

In this video …

The Globalization of War. From the End of World War II to the Present By Hon. Paul Hellyer, December 21 2017

Hon. Paul Hellyer

The Globalization of War is an extraordinarily important book. It tags the origin of a long series of wars and conflicts, from the end of World War II to the present, as being direct products of U.S.  …

Canada’s National Sovereignty: America’s Plan to Annex and Invade Canada By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 20 2017
In the late 1920s, Washington formulated a top secret plan to invade Canada, entitled “Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan — Red”. The plan was approved by the US War Department under the presidency of Herbert Hoover in 1930.
Cloaked in Conspiracy: Overview of JFK Files Reopens Door to Coup d’état Claims and Cold War Era False Flag Terror By Shawn Helton, December 20 2017

Since late October, an ongoing release of intelligence files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy have reignited decades old conspiracy claims. While the material released is reportedly a mix of new and old, some critics have declared

Finance and Business: Enemies of Sustainable Development? By Prof. Jacques Prescott, December 20 2017

The economy is seen by sustainable development theorists as a tool, a means to achieve sustainability. [1] Although all UN Member States have adopted in 2015 twenty global sustainable development goals by 2030 “to ensure peace and prosperity for people

Let’s Unite and Demonstrate the True Meaning of Christmas. Helping the Poor, Healing the Environment By Adam Parsons, December 20 2017

The holiday period provides us with a unique opportunity to express the new awareness that must inform a less commercialised and sharing-oriented world. Rather than spending all our time partaking in conspicuous consumption, why don’t we commemorate Christmas by organising

Questioning the Russia-gate “Motive”. “McCarthyism and Anti-Russian Hysteria” By Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, December 20 2017

Featured image: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the third presidential debate in 2016, during which Clinton called Trump Vladimir Putin’s “puppet.”

The American public is now experiencing mass paranoia over Russia-gate, hysteria about Russia supposedly corrupting and manipulating the

Selected Articles: Swing to the Right in Latin America and South Africa By Global Research News, December 20 2017

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Urgent: Hassan Diab Needs Your Help! By Hassan Diab Support Committee, December 20 2017

French Prosecutors concede that there is credible evidence pointing to Hassan Diab’s Innocence; however, because of the political climate in France, they still want to proceed with a trial based on anonymous intelligence that French authorities received from a foreign

South Africa’s ANC’s “Internal Presidential Elections”: Ramaphosa Rises as Lonmin Expires; Workers, Women and Communities Prepare to Fight, Not Mourn By Prof. Patrick Bond, December 20 2017

Monday night’s internal African National Congress (ANC) presidential election of Cyril Ramaphosa – with a razor-thin 51% majority of nearly 4800 delegates – displaced but did not resolve a fight between two bitterly-opposed factions. On the one hand are

US Congress Set for Wednesday Passage of Multi-trillion-dollar Tax Cut for the Rich By Barry Grey, December 20 2017

The mad dash of the Republican-controlled Congress to pass a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for corporations and the wealthy for President Trump’s signature before the Christmas break, hit a speed bump on Tuesday. After the House of Representatives passed the measure

Latin America: The Political Pendulum Swings to the Right By Prof. James Petras, December 20 2017

Introduction

Clearly the pendulum has swung to the right in the past few years.  Numerous questions arise.  What kind of right?  How far right? How did they gain power?  What is their appeal?  How sustainable are the right wing regimes? 

On Hanukkah 2017, Light a Candle for Palestine! By Rima Najjar, December 20 2017

Featured image: Abu Dis child playing with a spinning top, 2014 (Source: Rima Najjar)

Since 1897, the first Zionist Congress, Judaism has been entangled with Zionism. It’s time to disengage the two – no easy matter.

When Zionist Jewish …

Remembering the Christmas Truce of 1914, The Desire for Real Peace By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, December 20 2017

“…and the ones who call the shots won’t be among the dead and lame; And on each end of the rifle we’re the same” — John McCutcheon

103 years ago this Christmas something happened near the beginning of the “War

The Bitcoin Bubble By Roy Morrison, December 20 2017

The price of a rare tulip bulb on the futures market in Amsterdam in January 1637 was equal to ten times the annual wage for a skilled crafts worker. A single bulb was reportedly exchanged for 1,000 pounds of cheese

Trump’s National Security Speech By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, December 20 2017

What do we make of Trump’s national security speech?  First of all, it is the military/security complex’s speech, and it is inconsistent with Trump’s intention of normalizing relations with Russia.

The military/security complex, using Trump’s position as President,  has defined

UN General Assembly to Vote on Rescinding Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration By Stephen Lendman, December 20 2017

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On Thursday, General Assembly members will meet in a rare emergency special session (ESS) in the wake of America’s veto of a SC resolution

Washington Threatens to Ignite the Korean Peninsula Tinderbox By Stephen Lendman, December 20 2017

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Permanent war is official US policy, peace and stability anathema notions. The danger of nuclear war perhaps is greater than any previous time.

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What Did Washington Achieve in Its Six Year War on Syria? By Rep. Ron Paul, December 20 2017

This article first appeared on GR in October 2017.

Now that the defeat of ISIS in Syria appears imminent, with the Syrian army clearing out some of the last ISIS strongholds in the east, Washington’s interventionists are searching for new

How Washington Found Itself in Bed with ISIS By Alexander Orlov, December 20 2017

This article first appeared on GR in October 2017.

It is now clear that the unexpected counterattack that ISIS militants launched near the Deir ez-Zor and Palmyra, forcing Russia’s air group deployed in Syria to take urgent measures to repel

UN Sponsored Report on Israel’s Responsibility for Apartheid in Relation to the Palestinian People By Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley, December 20 2017
The report concludes that Israel is guilty of the continuing crime of apartheid as it is defined in the 1973 Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
Palestine: Apartheid, Stolen Lives and Land, History Erased, United Nations Deaf Mute By Felicity Arbuthnot, December 20 2017
All 100 U.S. Senators signed a letter asking U.N. Secretary General Guterres to address an "entrenched bias against Israel at the world body.” The letter: uses strong language to insist that the UN rectify the "unequal treatment of Israel on human rights ...".
World War I: The 1914 Christmas Truce By Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels, December 20 2017

An excerpt from Jacques Pauwels’ book The Great Class War, 1914-1918

The situation in the fall 1914, after the “war of movement” has given way to the infamous stationary “trench warfare”:

The ordinary soldiers developed more and more antipathy and

Flawed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Analysis Rejects Finding that Glyphosate Is a Probable Carcinogen By Center For Biological Diversity, December 19 2017

Featured image: Monarch butterfly photo by John Buse, Center for Biological Diversity.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released controversial analyses that rely heavily on industry studies to conclude that glyphosate poses no significant risks to humans.

The EPA review, …

The War on Yugoslavia, Kosovo “Self-Determination” and EU-NATO Support of KLA Terrorists By Živadin Jovanović, December 19 2017

It seems that the recent developments in Europe, and in particular the rising secessionism (Catalonia, Flandreau, Corsica, Veneto, Scotland), rings a bell, or rather is reminiscent of certain events. The ensuing ones are shedding more light on the roles of

Hungary-Ukraine Relations: Transcarpathia and the “Western Front” By Andrew Korybko, December 19 2017

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was speaking at an OSCE meeting in Vienna last week when he requested that the organization send a special monitoring mission to Ukraine’s western region of Transcarpathia, arguing that anti-Hungarian demonstrations there have made it necessary

Michel Chossudovsky in Toronto, December 19: North Korea and the Danger of Nuclear War By Global Research News, December 19 2017

We are at a dangerous crossroads. Miscalculation could lead to the unthinkable.

What distinguishes the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from today’s crisis is that Kennedy and Khrushchev were acutely aware of the dangers of nuclear annihilation. Trump is not.

Fire

Pesticide Suicide. “Toxic Planet” By Robert Hunziker, December 19 2017

Pesticide suicide refers to toxic chemicals mucking up the health of animals, plants and insects. This worldwide causatum may be totally out of control or maybe not; nobody knows for sure. Therein lies the scary part.

However, what is known …

Communists Sweep the Nepali Elections, a Blow to the Establishment Parties By Prof. Vijay Prashad, December 19 2017

You might as well imagine a large red flag fluttering from the summit of Mount Everest. That’s what the outcome of the parliamentary and provincial elections in Nepal suggests. The Communists have won both decisively. In the parliament, the Communist

Right-wing Extremists Enter Government in Austria By Markus Salzmann, December 19 2017

Featured image: Sebastian Kurz (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) agreed on a coalition deal and presented the government’s programme and ministers on Saturday. The government is to be sworn in

Political Warfare Escalates over Mueller Investigation into Trump-Russia Claims By Patrick Martin, December 19 2017

On Sunday, President Donald Trump continued to deny suggestions that he is about to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller in an effort to shut down the Justice Department investigation into allegations of Russian government intervention in the 2016 elections and

Team Trump Add Insult to Injury for the Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, December 19 2017

It is tempting to interpret the announcement this week of a delay until the new year in US vice-president Mike Pence’s visit to the Middle East as the ultimate travel warning. It follows an eruption of regional unrest over

Trump Unveils “America First” National Security Strategy By Bill Van Auken, December 19 2017

President Donald Trump delivered a speech in Washington Monday introducing his administration’s new “America First” National Security Strategy, a 55-page document that sets out in blunt terms the preparations for a new world war.

Whether Trump had even read the …

Deaths in Raqqa as a Result of Mines Left Behind by ISIS By Al Shahid, December 19 2017

Over the course of 2017, ISIS’ presence in eastern Syria has collapsed. Once the dominant power in the provinces of Deir ez-Zour and Raqqa, the militant group’s territory has diminished steadily as a result of the military operations of the

The Disastrous Brexit Plan You Knew Nothing About By Graham Vanbergen, December 19 2017
There’s no doubt that the loss of Britain to the EU has been felt. Britain is a big diplomatic hitter. It is a nuclear armed nation and has deep connections all over the world, and a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
American Exceptionalism’s Dark Side: Poverty and Despair in America By Stephen Lendman, December 19 2017

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America’s endless wars on humanity at home and abroad expose its imperial rage for unchallenged global dominance, no matter the human toll, exploiting its

UN Security Council Passes Resolution Challenging Jerusalem Declaration; US Vetoes By Celine Hagbard, December 19 2017

Fourteen of the fifteen nations in the United Nations Security Council voted Monday reaffirming the status of the city of Jerusalem as unresolved, and challenging the U.S. administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The U.S., which

Trump Calls China a Rival Power By Stephen Lendman, December 19 2017

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Beijing responded sharply to Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS).

It called China a “revisionist” country, a “rival” state, a strategic competitor, potentially jeopardizing bilateral

“U.S. Government Planned False Flag Attacks to Start War”. Newsweek By Washington's Blog, December 19 2017

Mainstream Media Admits that False Flags Are Real

Last month, Newsweek ran an article headlined (all caps in original Newsweek title):

U.S. GOVERNMENT PLANNED FALSE FLAG ATTACKS TO START WAR WITH SOVIET UNION, JFK DOCUMENTS SHOW

The article notes:

The

UK & US Continue to Honour and Supply Saudi Arabia Despite Slaughter at Weddings, Funerals & in Everyday Life By Drone Warfare, December 19 2017

As decision-makers and most voters in America and Britain enjoy comfortable lives, the Times and Yemen’s al-Masirah TV report that Saudi warplanes near Yemen’s rebel-held capital struck and killed several people on Wednesday, according to medical officials. These included a

Video: American Monsters By Anthony Freda, December 19 2017

American monsters are ubiquitous in our popular culture. They loom large in film, comics, and video games, and they even haunt our political landscapes.

These monsters inhabit our shared dreams and collective nightmares. 

They provide the artist with potent metaphors,

America’s Enemies, Who’s On the List? By Prof. James Petras, December 19 2017
For almost 2 decades, the US pursued a list of ‘enemy countries’ to confront, attack, weaken & overthrow. This imperial quest to overthrow ‘enemy countries’ depends on two considerations: the level of priority & the degree of vulnerability for a ‘regime change’ operation.
Why Netanyahu Is Upset About UN Security Council Resolution 2334: The Total Illegality of Israel’s Settlements By Karin Brothers, December 19 2017

This article was originally published by GR in December 2016.

Members of the world community finally reached a limit witnessing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The United Nations Security Council presented a peace offering to Palestinians days before the official birthday

Selected Articles: The Istanbul Summit and US-Palestine Relations By Global Research News, December 18 2017

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Trump, North Korea, Iran. Some Facts and “The Instinct to Attack.” By Felicity Arbuthnot, December 18 2017
When the UN was established on 24th October 1945, little over 5 months after the end of World War II, the organization’s stated aims were to prevent further devastating conflicts.The US alone has been involved, since the UN’s founding, in 57 overt murderous meddlings, government overthrows, bloody invasions and/or occupations.
North Korea and the Dangers of Nuclear War: Towards the Implementation of a Peace Project By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 18 2017
What distinguishes October 1962 to today's realities is that the leaders on both sides, namely JFK & Nikita Khrushchev were accutely aware of the dangers of nuclear annihilation. In contrast, Donald Trump is totally ignorant and misinformed: “We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea”.
Facts Are Being Erased: Global Research Needs Your Help By Global Research, December 18 2017

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Trump Administration “Word Ban” Extends to Other Federal Agencies. Its Ongoing Assault on Science Is Much Worse By Michael Halpern, December 18 2017

A word ban extends beyond the CDC, the Washington Post reported last night, including at another, unnamed HHS agency that was told how to talk about the Affordable Care Act, presumably to discourage people from signing up for health

Why the Istanbul Declaration Must Succeed: “The Whole World to Recognize East Jerusalem as the Occupied Capital of Palestine” By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, December 18 2017

The Istanbul Declaration adopted at an Extraordinary Islamic Summit Conference in Istanbul on the 13th of December 2017 invites “the whole world to recognise East Jerusalem as the occupied capital of the State of Palestine.” It further pledges

Wheelchair-bound Man with No Legs Killed by Israel’s IDF in Gaza During Jerusalem Protest By RT News, December 18 2017

A disabled Palestinian man missing both legs is among those killed by Israeli security forces that opened fire on demonstrators in the West Bank and along the border with Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said.

Abu Thurayeh, 29, was shot dead

Canada Becomes Party to Ukraine’s Conflict. Sells Lethal Weapons to Kiev Regime By Alex Gorka, December 18 2017

The Canadian government has given the green light for national defence contractors to sell weapons to Ukraine. This makes Canada a party to the conflict with all ensuing consequences. The decision sets no preconditions for selling the armaments to Ukraine.

ISIS-Daesh Is on the Rise in Afghanistan. Why? Who’s Supporting Them? Afghanistan’s Rare Earth Elements By Masud Wadan, December 18 2017

It has long been since many residents and the Afghan Government officials first vocalized fear over buzzing and landing of mysterious helicopters in parts of Afghanistan where the ISIS-K is reported to have been stepping up efforts for a battle.

Further Problems with the European Pressurised Nuclear Reactor By Nuclear Industries, December 18 2017

The Times reports that the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) designed by the French company Areva and constructed by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (GCN) with EDF in southern China, has had another setback. The deaerator in Taishan1’s reactor, which removes

Why Don Quixote? Solidarity and Cuba’s “Medical Internationalism” By Prof Susan Babbitt, December 18 2017

The World Health Organization honored Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigade in 2017.[i] Named after a US internationalist, its 48,000 health care workers throughout the South are more than all the rich countries combined. The Brigade has treated 3.5 million people in

Turkey Opens Embassy in East Jerusalem: Erdogan’s Grandstanding East Jerusalem Vow By Stephen Lendman, December 18 2017

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On Sunday, President Erdogan vowed to open a Turkish embassy in East Jerusalem – following hollow recognition of the occupied city as the Palestinian

US Plans “Slash and Burn” of Middle East to “Minimize” Iranian Influence By Tony Cartalucci, December 18 2017

The US is attempting to sell to the public the next phase of its continued occupation and military operations across the Middle East. Predicated on claims of “rebuilding” Iraq and “fighting terrorists” in Syria, it is in actuality a plan

East Antarctic Ice Sheet May Spell Trouble By Tim Radford, December 18 2017

Featured image: East Antarctica’s Riiser-Larsen ice sheet. (Source: By Ben Holt, NASA, via Wikimedia Commons)

New research has confirmed one of the worst nightmares of climate science: the instability of the East Antarctic ice sheet.

This vast mass holds enough

Two Faces of the Hate Korean Campaign in Japan By Ishibashi Gaku, Narusawa Muneo, and Dr. Youngmi Lim, December 18 2017

Introduction by Youngmi Lim

The following two articles document the recent unfolding of hate demonstrations targeting Japan’s Korean minority population (hereafter Zainichi Koreans). This introduction provides historical context for the organized expressions of hate against Zainichi Koreans. Earlier analyses of

China’s Mega Sweatshops: China’s Workers and the Emerging Youth “Intern Class” By Michelle Chen, December 18 2017

Every day, the ranks of China’s young workforce bubble with bright minds, a cosmopolitan vanguard, striving for a piece of the coveted “Chinese dream”— that level of technical and professional jobs and economic security never known to their parents’ generation.

Venezuela and Russia Meet to Strengthen Energy Sector Ties By Telesur, December 18 2017

Venezuela has “the largest reserve of hydrocarbons in the world and, from that point of view, any oil company should aspire to work in this country.”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has met with representatives from Russia’s state-owned oil company, Rosneft,