2020-10-25: Social Media Postees

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Will the Next Head of the WTO Impose a Gates-Davos “Great Reset” Agenda?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
It is all but certain that the next head of the influential World Trade Organization (WTO) will be an African by birth and a woman. But neither is what makes the all-but certain naming of Nigerian-born Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala cause for …
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Calls intensify for resignation of OAS secretary general Luis Almagro
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-25
Progressive movements across Latin America have called for the resignation of OAS secretary general Luis Almagro, pointing to his role in the coup in Bolivia in 2019 and in destabilizing democracy in the country…
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The Birth of a Xenophobe
John K. Wilson | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-25
On March 15, 2013, an aspiring politician took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and proposed an immigration reform more radical and left-wing than anything ever enacted in America. He called for total amnesty and citizenship for all 11+ million illegal immigrants in the US, declaring that…
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“Democracy” vs. COVID: A No-Go. The Great Reset is the Antidote of Democracy
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
On 21 October 2020, the German Press Agency (dpa) reports that Germany pledges NATO soldiers for possible Covid-19 operations: | “German soldiers could be sent on crisis missions to other NATO and partner countries during the second wave of the Corona | …
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Top al-Qaeda militant killed in Afghanistan
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-25
Top al-Qaeda militant killed in Afghanistan | Egyptian national Abu Muhsin al-Masri targeted by Afghan security forces, as Kabul accuses Taliban of still maintaining close ties with group | MEE and agencies | Sun, 10/25/2020 – 09: 30 | Afghan soldiers on patrol outside the US military base in Bagram, 50km north of Kabul (AFP) | Afghan forces have killed a top al-Qaeda operative wanted by the United States, a…
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Venezuelan Hard Right Opposition Leader Leopoldo Lopez Flees to Spain
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-10-25
Lopez had been in the Spanish Ambassador’s residence after escaping house arrest.
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Freedom of Choice: the European Court of Justice Wants to Keep Cash
William Davis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
Whether it be because the EU is staying true to its pledge to protect the freedom and well-being of its citizens, or because it wishes to increase its relevance and importance in the mind of Europeans, the matter is of …
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Turkey extends seismic survey work in disputed Eastern Mediterranean waters
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-25
Turkey extends seismic survey work in disputed Eastern Mediterranean waters | Greece condemns move as ‘illegal,’ says Turkey stoking regional tensions by behaving like ‘a pariah’ | MEE and agencies | Sun, 10/25/2020 – 14: 17 | Turkish survey ship the Oruc Reis. Turkey and Greece are locked in a dispute over conflicting claims to hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean (Reuters) | Turkey announced…
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Silence is violence
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-25
If I’m not a part of the solution, then I’m a part of the problem.
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Paul Robeson and the Battle for the Soul of America
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
“Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice” | Paul Robeson, 1937 | America today stands at a …
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The rising wealth of billionaires even amid a pandemic
Prabhat Patnaik | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-25
It is inevitable under capitalism that every human tragedy which unleashes a crisis in this system becomes an occasion for an increase in wealth concentration, writes Prabhat Patnaik…
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Climate Change and Hurricanes
John Davis | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-25
Do you remember this summer’s gang-of-five? Known individually as Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia and Maria, a strangely mellifluous invocation of the deluge (or a diluvian mantra), the climatological spawn of cyclogenesis (the spin cycle in the South Atlantic) they collectively represented the most powerful group of hurricanes in over a hundred years. They were part…
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Israel accepts US sale of F-35 warplanes to Qatar could happen
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-25
Israel accepts US sale of F-35 warplanes to Qatar could happen | Speculation in Israeli media that Trump administration will hold out sale of stealth fighter as inducement for Qatar to normalise ties with Israel | MEE and agencies | Sun, 10/25/2020 – 16: 04 | An F-35 fighter jet. ‘I have no doubt that if they [Qatar] want it and are willing to pay, sooner or later they will get it,’ said Israel’s Energy Mini…
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Russia and United States Get Closer on Signing Nuclear Agreement
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
Russia and the United States, after several months of moving forth and back with negotiations, have finally moved closer to agree on extending the controversial nuclear treaty for one year. The one-year short-term agreement was on the initiative, or better …
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WHO Crusader to Counter “Conspiracy Dissident Groups” and Sway Covid “Vaccine Acceptance”
Jeremy Loffredo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
An outspoken proponent of government-led tactics to influence public opinion on policy and to undermine the credibility of “conspiracy theorists” will lead the World Health Organization’s (WHO) efforts to encourage public acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine, Children’s Health Defense has …
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Nothing Will Fundamentally Change: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-25
A propaganda machine that can make people worry about foreign governments while their own government is destroying lives in their own country and all over the world is a propaganda machine that can make people believe anything. | ~ | Americans are hurt by their own government infinitely more than they are hurt by Russia, China and Iran. People around the world are hurt by the US government far more than Americans are hurt by their own government. Stop worrying about foreigners, America. It serves only the powerful. | ~ | Joe Biden: Nothing will fundamentally change. | Liberals: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION…
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How A Police Killing In Nigeria Sparked A Nationwide Movement
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
Nigerian security forces opened fire this week on protesters in Lagos, killing at least 12 demonstrators and marking a deadly escalation in the weekslong protests against police brutality. | Since early October, tens of thousands of Nigerians have been marching in cities throughout the country, demanding the disbandment of a notorious police unit known as SARS–the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. An Amnesty International report published in June documented dozens of cases of torture and extrajudicial killing by the unit. But the incident that sparked the movement was a video of what appeared to be an unprovoked…
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Protests Against Greed And Inequality Are Spreading Like Wildfire Through Latin America
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
With attention fixed on this week’s events in Bolivia, you would be excused for not realizing that much of the rest of the region has for weeks also been ablaze in the flames of protest. | In Costa Rica, the neoliberal coalition government of Carlos Alverado attempted to force through a $1.75 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deal with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. As has been its modus operandi this year, the organization offered the money attached to a host of free-market changes, including tax changes, cuts to public services, and privatization of state-owned assets, s…
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Federal Judges Block Efforts To Ease Rules For Mail-In Ballots
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
In the final weeks of the 2020 election, Republican-appointed appellate judges have overturned rulings that required states to make mail-in voting easier during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tens of millions of ballots have already been cast, even as federal judges kept changing the rules. | These decisions could be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court, which will include a 6-3 conservative majority if nominee Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by the U.S. Senate next week as planned. So far, the court has ruled against voters in nearly every case it has reviewed.
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Call for Prosecution of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide Crime in DRC
Ann Garrison | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
“Congo Week,” the annual series of forums, films, and conversation organized by Washington D.C.-based Friends of the Congo was, like so much else, a virtual event this year. It concluded today with the presentation of humanitarian awards to two Congolese groups defending human rights, and to Dr. Denis Mukwege, the world renowned gynecologist and Nobel Prize Winner who founded Panzi Hospital to treat women victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In his acceptance speech, Dr. Mukwege called for prosecution of the 617 war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide crimes documented i…
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Macron’s Gamble Will Backfire as Brexit Will Make Both Him and France Big Losers of a No-Deal With Brussels
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-25
He couldn’t save Lebanon, despite all the rhetoric. Libya too was a disaster, as was his more recent battle with the firebrand Turkish president over a row in the Eastern Med about energy exploration. And now, France’s cursed President, Emmanuel Macron, is going to lead his nation in a campaign which will take him and the entire French economy over the abyss on Brexit. | Remarkably, as the EU stands and watches, Macron, a man tortured and cursed by defeat wherever he goes around the world, is about to throw the lever on the French economy as he prepares to go into battle against Boris Johnson over UK’s rights to…
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Blaming Moscow for Hunter Biden’s Laptop Is Russiagate Disinformation
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-25
Aaron MATÉ | Former intelligence officials, Democratic leaders, and media outlets dismissing the Hunter Biden story as “Russian disinformation” are spreading more Russiagate disinformation, ex-CIA officer Ray McGovern says. | Media outlets are amplifying the claims of former intelligence officials, including John Brennan and James Clapper, as well as of top Democrats, including Joe Biden and Adam Schiff, that the Hunter Biden laptop revelations are “Russian disinformation.” | They have done so even though no one from the Biden camp has disputed the authenticity of a single leaked email or document, or denied that…
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Kabul claims killing key al-Qaeda leader
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Afghanistan on Sunday claimed killing the deputy head of Al-Qaeda for the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in a security operation. | The ‘No. 2 of al-Qaeda’ in the Indian Sub-Continent, Abu Mohsin Al-Misri, was killed in the central Ghazni province, some 150km south of the capital Kabul, the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan’s intelligence service, said in a statement. | Al Masri alias Husam Abd-al-Ra’uf was on the FBI’s list of most-wanted terrorists “for committing acts of terrorism…”Afghan president Ashraf Ghani hailed the killing, accusing the Taliban of still maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda.
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‘Regional consensus can drive peace in Afghanistan’
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Consensus among regional countries can drive peace in Afghanistan with people of the war-torn country in the driver’s seat, speakers said at an international virtual conference said.”The Afghan peace process seems long, [and] complex with the bumpy road,” said Oguzhan Ertugrul, Turkey’s ambassador in Kabul, at the conference hosted by Ankara-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) on Friday.In February, the US reached a deal with Taliban to end the war. The US promised to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the Taliban uphold the deal. The deal followed the intra-Afghan dialogue in…
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After Socialist Victory in Bolivia, Media Still Whitewash Coup
Bryce Greene | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
Bolivia’s leftist presidential candidate Luis Arce of the Movement for Socialism party celebrates with running mate David Choquehuanca early on October 19, 2020 in La Paz, Bolivia. (Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Donald Trump, the Mr. Magoo of Geopolitics, Incites Warfare Between Egypt and Ethiopia
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
President Donald Trump stops to speak to reporters as he prepared to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on January 19, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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The Battle to Suppress Hydroxychloroquine as a Cheap and Effective Drug for the Treatment of Covid-19
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed “evaluation” published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials.
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[rewind] Chomsky Makes Case for Lesser Evil Voting
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-25
[Podcast originally posted on KCRW on Jan. 17, 2020. Transcript below.] After a harrowing discussion about humanity’s undeniable march toward a dystopian future, world-renowned thinker Noam Chomsky and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer move on to other pressing topics related to current events and end on a positive note. Beginning with the issue that inspired the two-part interview… | Source…
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Video: Azerbaijani Forces Rush to Capture Lachin Corridor from Retreating Armenians
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
The Armenian defense in the southern part of the Nagorno-Karabakh region seems to be collapsing as the advancing Azerbaijani forces are about to reach the strategic Lachin corridor. | On October 23, Azerbaijani troops were filmed near the village of Muradxanlƒ±, …
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Video: Azerbaijani Forces Rush to Capture Lachin Corridor from Retreating Armenians
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
The Armenian defense in the southern part of the Nagorno-Karabakh region seems to be collapsing as the advancing Azerbaijani forces are about to reach the strategic Lachin corridor. | On October 23, Azerbaijani troops were filmed near the village of Muradxanlƒ±, …
globalresearch.ca/video-azerbaijani-forc…

Climate Change and Hurricanes
John Davis | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-25
Do you remember this summer’s gang-of-five? Known individually as Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia and Maria, a strangely mellifluous invocation of the deluge (or a diluvian mantra), the climatological spawn of cyclogenesis (the spin cycle in the South Atlantic) they collectively represented the most powerful group of hurricanes in over a hundred years. They were part…
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Poet Suzen Baraka Tells the Truth about Voting
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-25
Set in our nation’s capital, VOTE is a visual call to arms, highlighting the devastating contradictions that so many in America are experiencing right now, and paying homage to the countless individuals that have sacrificed and are sacrificing so that we may have the right to vote, and have our vote count.
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‘Democrats and Republicans are two pillars of the Pentagon’
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-25
Gloria La Riva, the presidential candidate from the Party for Socialism and LIberation in the US, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the upcoming elections. She talked about how these elections are different, what important issues are being ignored by Trump and Biden, and how people are recognising that capitalism is not working.
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US-China Confrontation: The Hijacking of the United Nations Security Council Continues
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
Former OPCW Director-General Bustani Banned From Speaking At UN Security Council | October 5: Western Delegations Oppose Presentation of Evidence that OPCW Report Of Chemical Weapons Attack on Douma, Syria May Have Been Falsified. | October 21: In New York Post Article, …
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The 2020 Election: Nothing Will Change
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
With the first of three scheduled presidential debates (aka brawl) between President Donald Trump and his opponent, former vice-president Joe Biden, now history, the pundits will fall all over themselves to determine what it all means. Who won? Did …
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Google under fire in US for predatory monopoly practices
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-25
Tech monopolies are increasingly being acknowledged as a danger to people, other companies and even to democracy. The regulatory worm seems to be turning in many countries, even in the US where it had gone into hibernation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/25/google-un…

Senior Labour frontbencher given ‘dressing down’ over criticism of Israel
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-25
Senior Labour frontbencher given ‘dressing down’ over criticism of Israel | Labour leader Keir Starmer reportedly angry with pro-Palestinian MP Stephen Kinnock for saying UK should ban products from illegal Israeli settlements | MEE and agencies | Sun, 10/25/2020 – 11: 28 | Keir Starmer has won praise from some UK Jewish groups since he became Labour party leader in April 2020 (AFP) | UK Labour leader Keir S…
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605 Years Ago: Medieval Inspiration to Fight The Corona World Order Today
John C. A. Manley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
“The truth is, the technocrats have no intention of ever letting us go back to normal,” writes Dr. Joseph Mercola in Fear Secures Obedience in COVID-19 War. “The plan is to alter society permanently. Part of that alteration is …
globalresearch.ca/605-years-ago-medieval…

Free Ruchell “Cinque” Magee!
Kameron Hurt | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-25
Ruchell Magee is the longest-held political prisoner in the United States and the world.
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America Is Complicit in Yemen’s Spiral Toward Mass Starvation
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-25
Embed from Getty Images Mark Lowcock of the United Nations gave an impassioned and apocalyptic speech recently warning that 4 million Yemenis who had been receiving aid no longer are, because of a shortfall in donor contributions, and the country could be on the cusp of mass starvation. There already is widespread malnutrition in Yemen, fueled by the war and more recently by the economic downturn… | Source…
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Russia and United States Get Closer on Signing Nuclear Agreement
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
Russia and the United States, after several months of moving forth and back with negotiations, have finally moved closer to agree on extending the controversial nuclear treaty for one year. The one-year short-term agreement was on the initiative, or better …
globalresearch.ca/russia-united-states-c…

COVID-19 as a Weapon. The Crushing of the Disposable Working Class — by Design
Cory Morningstar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
This article was originally crossposted in April 2020. | The arrogance and brutality of the ruling class — is nothing less than breathtaking. | Let’s begin. | April 9 2020, Business Insider: “Many Americans will not have jobs to return to after …
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Family of Palestinian teen accuses Israeli soldiers of beating him to death
Akram Al-Waara | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-25
Family of Palestinian teen accuses Israeli soldiers of beating him to death | Amer Snobar died on Sunday from blunt-force trauma to the neck, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said | Akram Al-Waara | Sun, 10/25/2020 – 14: 07 | Amer Snobar, 18, from the Nablus-area village of Yatma, was reported dead early Sunday morning (Supplied) | The death of a Palestinian teenager early on Sunday morning, allegedly at the h…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/killing-pales…

‘Hazmat’-clad entomologists DESTROY first confirmed ‘murder hornet’ nest in the US (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-10-25
The first-ever nest of invasive Asian giant hornets discovered on US soil has been successfully removed by pest control specialists during a large-scale operation involving futuristic equipment — and a vacuum cleaner. | On Sunday, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said it dismantled the nest that had been discovered near Blaine earlier this week. | “The WSDA Pest Program vacuumed numerous specimens out of the nest located in a tree cavity,” the department said in a short statement posted on Facebook, promising to provide a further update on Monday. | | Washington State Department of Agr…
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Pence’s chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19, VP not infected — spokesman
rt.com | 2020-10-25
Marc Short, known as Mike Pence’s closest aide, has been infected with coronavirus, the vice president’s spokesman has confirmed, adding that Pence himself tested negative and is not planning to halt his campaign. | “Vice President Pence and Mrs. Pence both tested negative for Covid-19 today, and remain in good health,” spokesman Devin O’Malley reported on Saturday evening as he confirmed that the VP’s right-hand man, Short, had contracted the virus. | Pence is not expected to cancel any of his scheduled events in light of his top aide’s illness, O’Malley noted, adding that his boss “will maintain his schedule…
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‘Rocks’ & punches thrown as anti-Trump protesters CLASH with ‘Jews for Trump’ parade in NYC (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-10-25
A massive car parade of Jewish Donald Trump supporters was met with violent resistance in New York City, with counter-protesters throwing projectiles at cars and trading punches with the conservative demonstrators. | The cars, many of which sported American, Israeli, and pro-Trump flags, all crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and, at one point, passed Trump Tower, honking repeatedly as they passed the building. | #JewsForTrump rally @realDonaldTrump #Trump2020
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Pence’s chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19, VP not infected — spokesman
rt.com | 2020-10-25
Marc Short, known as Mike Pence’s closest aide, has been infected with coronavirus, the vice president’s spokesman has confirmed, adding that Pence himself tested negative and is not planning to halt his campaign. | “Vice President Pence and Mrs. Pence both tested negative for Covid-19 today, and remain in good health,” spokesman Devin O’Malley reported on Saturday evening as he confirmed that the VP’s right-hand man, Short, had contracted the virus. | Pence is not expected to cancel any of his scheduled events in light of his top aide’s illness, O’Malley noted, adding that his boss “will maintain his schedule…
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Slate calls for Mozart & Beethoven to be referred to by their full names to fight ‘sexism and racism,’ leaving Twitter baffled
rt.com | 2020-10-25
Calling famous classical music composers just by their last names can be “harmful” nowadays, according to an article published in US liberal magazine Slate. The piece was instantly mocked online. | Writing for Slate, Chris White, an assistant professor of music theory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, took issue with how some composers, like Beethoven or Mozart, are often referred to just by their last names, while others are not. In fact, continuing to use such mononyms today could be seen as “outdated and harmful,” he argued. | When we say, ‘Tonight, you’ll be hearing symphonies by Brahms and Edmon…
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Reddit censors alleged Hunter Biden ‘sex tape’ shared on video hosting subsidiary of Chinese firm co-founded by Steve Bannon
rt.com | 2020-10-25
Social media websites, including Reddit, have taken to censoring the sharing of an alleged Hunter Biden sex tape published on the platform of a Chinese media company connected to Steve Bannon. | Joe Biden’s son Hunter has become even more of a focus for critics after an alleged sex tape involving “crack” usage was published on Saturday night. | The video, along with several images, were put out through GTV, a subsidiary of GTV Media Group, which was founded in April of this year by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, a fugitive in China for fraud, and Steve Bannon, a former advisor to President Donald Trump. | Ban…
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VIDEO of NYPD officers blaring ‘Trump 2020’ through patrol car loudspeaker SETS OFF liberals
rt.com | 2020-10-25
Critics are taking to social media to express outrage over a video showing three NYPD cops in Brooklyn using their patrol vehicle to say “Trump 2020,” behavior that would be prohibited for an officer. | Multiple videos show the incident, which appeared to involve at least three officers, on Saturday night from multiple angles. | An officer can be seen blocking a crosswalk with his vehicle in one video taken from a distance. He says “Trump 2020″ through the car’s loudspeaker and encourages people to record him and post it to their social media. A man can be heard cursing at the officer, as the cop calls him a ”
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US-funded Sedition in Hong Kong Officially “Join” Thai Mobs
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-25
Thailand’s protest movement is clearly part of the United States’ regional anti-China campaign. | Bangkok Post in an article titled, ” Hong Kong students pledge loyalty to Thai protesters,” helped shed any doubt over where the US-funded anti-Chinese movement stood in regards to likewise US-funded protests in Thailand — confirming once and for all the regional nature of US interference in Asia and its goal of undermining Beijing’s closest regional allies — in…
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Union Members in Berkshires Vow to Strike if Trump Interferes with Election Outcome
Larry Parnass | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
In a unanimous vote Monday, the Western Massachusetts Labor Federation approved a resolution calling for a general strike, should it be necessary…
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Exxon Spends Millions on Facebook To Keep the Fossil Fuel Industry Alive
Christine MacDonald | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
Aided by a right-wing political consulting firm, the company is rallying supporters to fight for oil and gas interests at every level of government…
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How Coronavirus Exposed the Flaws of the Childcare Economy
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
The pandemic has revealed the barbaric nature of an economy that has largely left the care of children to the whims of market forces. The well-being of children, women, and especially women of color is at stake…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-coronavirus-ex…

When We Talk About Fox News, We Need to Talk About the Murdoch Family Too
Peter Maass | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
Movements of racism and hate are not propelled by visual histrionics alone. They require platforms and they require capital…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/when-we-talk-about…

What Can You Do If Trump Stages a Coup?
Lizzie Widdicombe | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
Citizens prepare to take on a would-be regime…
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The Chilean referendum: getting rid of the shadow of Pinochet’s dictatorship
Democracia Abierta | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
Twelve months after the violent protests broke out, the Chilean people are preparing for an unprecedented process: voting to decide whether to begin drafting a new Constitution, which should be more socially equitable and economically inclusive…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-chilean-refere…

Culture Makes Us Human
Collective 20 | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
In the end, make every day count. Create with every last breath. Organize and resist with all our collective will. Leave nothing on the table. There’s far too much at stake.
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Lessons from Sudan’s December revolution
Sara Abbas & Azza Mustafa | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
The revolution in Sudan did not end with the ousting of al-Bashir — people in the streets continue to keep the pressure up until all their demands are met…
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Candidates Focus on the Middle Class, But They Must Also Tackle Deep Poverty
Sasha Abramsky | zcomm.org | 2020-10-25
For the kind of unfettered poverty that is being unleashed will, if left unchecked, likely result in massive political turmoil over the coming years and decades…
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The Future Of Pandemic Solidarity
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
In their recent book Pandemic Solidarity, Colectiva Sembrar (Sowing Seeds Collective) collected first-hand experiences from around the world of people creating their own narratives of solidarity and mutual aid in our time of global crisis. Red Pepper interviewed members of the collective — carla bergman (she doesn’t capitalise her name), Seyma Ozdemir, Nancy Piñeiro, Emre Sahin and Marina Sitrin — to discuss what unites these diverse experiences, what can be learned, and where they might fit into a broader project of systemic change.
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Life Of Palestinian Hunger Striker In Immediate Danger
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
Maher al-Akhras, who has been on a hunger strike since his administrative detention on July 27, is waging a battle against the mighty Israeli occupation apparatus. Every day brings him closer to death, as Israel seems to be trying to prove through his case that the life of Palestinians, like their freedom and human rights, are worth nothing. But the formidable insistence of his hunger strike against the principle of administrative detention, and his determination that the strike will end only once he is free or becomes a martyr, is mobilizing more and more people to his support.
popularresistance.org/life-of-palestinia…

On Contact: Radical Hamilton
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
Alexander Hamilton, popularized by the musical, “Hamilton,” was the first treasury secretary of the United States. He has been called ‘the founding father of capitalism and imperialism,’ but Hamilton was far more complex than a simple advocate for a market-drive economy. Christian Parenti, in his new book, “Radical Hamilton; Economic Lessons From a Misunderstood Founder,” argues that his ideas for the US economy were distorted or ignored by the capitalist elites. Parenti goes back to Hamilton’s neglected masterpiece, “Report on the Manufacturers” and “The Federalist Papers”…
popularresistance.org/on-contact-radical…

Boat Blockade At Ineos Oil Refinery
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
Scotland – Climate activists have blocked the gates of the Ineos refinery at Grangemouth with boats in a protest against pollution. | Extinction Rebellion Scotland claims Ineos is Scotland’s biggest climate polluter and is staging the blockade as part of a programme of action. | Small groups of no more than six people have locked themselves together at the gates and aim to remain there all day. | Two boats are being used to block the entrances to the refinery and the headquarters.
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What We Are Up Against: Fascism In The United States
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
Last week, I wrote about what is needed in this moment and urged people to look more deeply, beyond the Biden-Trump spectacle, to understand where we are as a country and what we must do to change course. I cited the work of Gabriel Rockhill. Read his three recent articles in Counterpunch and the fourth in the series here at Black Agenda Report for an enhanced understanding of how we got here and what we are up against. | This week, I delve more deeply into the question of where we are and what Rockhill means when he writes that “…liberalism and fascism…
popularresistance.org/fascism-in-the-uni…

Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Remains Stalled In Legal Limbo
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
It was a shock to the system. | That’s how EQT President and CEO Toby Rice described the impact of the July cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Rice made the allusion during EQT’s third-quarter earnings call Thursday while reporting talks with four or five other unnamed companies to offload some or all of EQT’s Mountain Valley Pipeline capacity. | Environmentalists hope Mountain Valley is headed for the same fate as Atlantic Coast and view the natural gas industry’s recent slide as evidence the market might be on their side.
popularresistance.org/mountain-valley-pi…

Why Black Families Are Choosing To Keep Their Kids Remote
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-25
Mississippi – Yolanda Logan, the parent engagement coordinator for the Oxford School District, spent two weeks in July making home visits — some announced, some cold-calls — to check in on the students educators had been most worried about when schools shut down in the spring. Some had test scores at the bottom at their class. Some belonged to families who had been struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic struck and devastated the economy. | Logan asked the students, and the adults in their lives, how they were holding up and what support they needed.
popularresistance.org/why-black-families…

Thursday 10/29: Censorship, Entanglement & Corruption: The Israel Lobby 2021 Agenda
Grant Smith | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
Webinar with participation through Zoom and YouTube. 9AM California time, Noon EDT.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/24/1883784…

Trump’s Body Count: Could Be Over a Million
Al Carroll | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
The combined death toll from all of Trump’s many crimes is not “just” the over 222,000 COVID deaths. It includes at least 40,000 Venezuelans, Syrian Christian and Yazidi refugees, Karen Christians, Rohingya, refugees from Latin America, Afghans, Iraqis, Somalis, Yemenis, and tens of thousands of Americans who died by Trump sabotaging their healthcare.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/24/1883784…

Thursday 10/29: Saving Life On Earth: Defending ‘Scary’ Creatures from Frightening Attacks Halloween Talk
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/25/1883787…

Why Pacifica Needs New Bylaws — Part 2
Akio Tanaka | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
We have a window of opportunity to come together to finally fix our governance.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/24/1883784…

Pacifica National Board Censures KPFK Jan Goodman For Illegal Deal Making
Stop Wrecking Pacifica For Take-over | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
KPFK LSB Board member Jan Goodman in cahoots with The KPFA management cabal and their supporters that want to corporatize Pacifica and shutdown WBAI went into private negotiations with the lender of Pacifica’s loan to supposedly work out a special deal. | This effort to subvert the PNB officers and board is illegal under California Corporation laws. You cannot negotiate for a Foundation you do not represent. She was censured by the PNB…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/23/1883783…

Tuesday 10/27: Stop the Lot 4 Mixed-Use Project
Downtown Commons Advocates | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
Call into the Santa Cruz City Council meeting discussion of item #30 at 6pm…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/24/1883784…

Sit-in on SF Market Street by March For Democracy
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-10-25
Rally at Mission High School steps, | followed by a march to San Francisco City Hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/25/1883785…

The Government’s Case Against Michael Flynn Is Falling Apart
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-25
On October 17th, a document in the case of USA v. Michael T. Flynn was docketed (placed onto the court’s calendar for consideration), which could free Mr. Flynn, and which might even lead to a transformation of the American criminal-justice system. | The legal case against Flynn cannot be truthfully understood unless and until the political battle that motivated it is adequately described: | Flynn had been the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under U.S. President Barack Obama until 2014, when Obama acrimoniously forced him out. Flynn then served for only the first 22 days of Donald Trump’s Presidency…
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Is another U-turn looming? Senior Tory admits government got it wrong on free school meals
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-25
Pressure is ramping up on Boris Johnson to do a U-turn on free school meals. Meanwhile, a senior Tory said the government has “misunderstood” the mood of the country. | Revolt: | MPs from within the Conservative Party have added their voices to the increasing calls for a rethink. It comes after a vote last week rejected a Labour bid to extend provision over the school holidays. Footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on the issue, meanwhile, is continuing to gather pace. | Senior Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: I think we have to admit that we have misunderstoo…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/25/is-anoth…

Over 2,000 paediatricians write to Boris Johnson asking he extend free school meals for the holidays
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-25
More than 2,000 paediatricians have signed a letter urging Boris Johnson to extend free school meals to vulnerable children during the holidays. | The open letter from the RCPCH members says: Childhood hunger is an issue that should transcend politics. | Few would disagree that one of our most basic human responsibilities is to ensure children have enough to eat. | It adds: We call on the UK Government to match the pledges of the Welsh and Scottish Governments and the Northern Ireland Executive, to continue to provide children from low-income backgrounds with free meals over the coming weeks and to then extend this…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/25/over-200…

The price of groceries could soar in the event of a no-deal Brexit
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-25
Import costs for everyday items could rise by around a third in the event of a no-deal Brexit. This would make the household shopping basket “much more expensive”, a major UK business group has warned. | Red tape: | The cost of moving goods could also rise due to import taxes. And restrictions to the number of UK lorries that can enter the EU could put businesses across the country at risk, Logistics UK said. | Logistics UK chief executive David Wells urged the government to keep working towards a deal. He said a no-deal scenario could drive inflation up as a result of the rise in prices for imported good…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/25/the-pric…

Thai protesters rally in their thousands ahead of parliamentary debate
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-25
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have gathered in Thailand’s capital. They’re seeking to keep up pressure on the government a day ahead of a special parliament session aimed at easing political tensions.Pressure: The rally took place on 25 October at the busy Rajprasong intersection, in the heart of Bangkok’s shopping district. Few protesters turned out in the first hour of the rally but their numbers later swelled to several thousand. They listened to rude denunciations of the government in chants, speeches, and songs.Pro-democracy activists display a placard with Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-och…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/10/2…

Majority of doctors believe the tier system will have little to no impact on coronavirus spread
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-25
More than a third of doctors in England feel the government’s tier system will have no impact on efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), while almost half (46%) said they thought the system would only work to a slight extent. This is according to a wide-ranging survey from the British Medical Association (BMA). | The research also raises concerns about the confidence of healthcare staff for the autumn/winter period. More than half said they’re “quite anxious” about it. | “Enormous scale” of challenges: | The findings show the “enormous scale of the challenges” facing the NHS into winter,…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…

Pressure mounts on government to sack NHS Test and Trace chief
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-25
The government is resisting pressure to sack the head of NHS Test and Trace. It comes amid deepening concern from ministers and MPs that the system is failing to stem the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). | “Untenable”: | Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis insisted that baroness Dido Harding was doing “a very good job”. This is after one Conservative MP called for her to be replaced by a senior military commander. | However, Labour warned that Harding’s position was “untenable”, after it emerged that ministers were considering cutting the time people have to self-isolate if they’ve been in contact w…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/25/pressure…

Fracking Isn’t Just Bad for the Climate. It’s Bad for Mental Health Too
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-25
Hydraulic fracturing has boomed in the U.S. over the past decade, but unless you live near it, you may not realize just how close fracking wells can be to homes and schools. In Colorado, the wellbore — the hole drilled to extract oil or gas — can be 500 feet from someone’s house under current state rules. In some states, like Texas, drilling can be even closer. | For people living in these areas, that me…
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To Defeat Fascism, We Must Recognize It’s a Failed Response to Capitalist Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-25
Few would disagree in light of recent events that the Trump regime, its most diehard extreme-right, white supremacist supporters, and elements of the Republican Party are bidding for a fascist putsch. Whether this putsch remains insurgent or is beaten back will depend on how events unfold in the November 3 election and its aftermath, and especially on the ability of left and progressive forces to mobilize to defend democracy and to push forward a social justice agenda as a counterweight to…
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Pence Was Exposed to COVID From Top Aide. He Plans to Keep Campaigning Anyway
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-25
Despite being considered a close contact with a top aide who tested positive for Covid-19 and began quarantining on Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence is still planning to maintain his travel and campaign schedule with the November election just over a week away–a decision medical experts denounced as potentially dangerous for Pence, those accompanying him, and the public. | The White House announc…
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You Cannot Decarcerate by Using the Tools of Incarceration, Says Mumia Abu-Jamal
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-25
The somber baritone of Mumia Abu-Jamal is unmistakable. Before we can exchange greetings, one of several automated announcements interrupts the call, reminding us that our conversation will be subject to recording and monitoring. Abu-Jamal is phoning from State Correctional Institution Mahanoy, a medium-security prison in Pennsylvania. Convicted in 1982 for the alleged killing of white Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in a racially charged trial that, according to Amnesty Intern…
truthout.org/articles/you-cannot-decarce…

Bombing kills 3 in southwest Pakistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
At least three people were killed and several others injured in an explosion in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, local media reported.The blast — latest in a string of improvised explosive device explosions — occurred in a Shia-dominated locality in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, state-run Radio Pakistan reported.The bomb was planted in a motorcycle, it added.The incident coincided with an 11-party opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement — rally in Quetta, which was part of the opposition’s ongoing anti-government campaign.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bombing-kills-3-i…

Pence aide tests positive for coronavirus, spokesman says
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Marc Short, the chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, a spokesman for the vice president said on Saturday.”Vice President Pence and Mrs. Pence both tested negative for COVID-19 today, and remain in good health,” said Devin O’Malley, adding that Pence would maintain his scheduled “in accordance with the CDC guidelines for essential personnel.”
yenisafak.com/en/world/pence-aide-tests-…

How Did We Get Here? And How Do We Get Out?
Robert Freeman | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
President Donald Trump holds a press conference announcing Vice President Mike Pence will lead the effort combating the spread of the coronavirus in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 2020. (Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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French president encouraged Islamophobia: Pakistan PM
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
The Pakistani prime minster has added his voice to the growing criticism of the French president for “encouraging Islamophobia” following the killing of a teacher who showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. | “Hallmark of a leader is he unites human beings… rather than dividing them. This is a time when President [Emmanuel] Macron could have put healing touch, and denied space to extremists rather than creating further polarisation and marginalisation that inevitably leads to radicalization,” Imran Khan said in a series of tweets on Sunday. | “It is unfortunate that he has chosen to encourage Isl…
yenisafak.com/en/world/french-president-…

Israeli cabinet approves Bahrain normalisation deal, minister says
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved Israel’s normalisation deal with Bahrain, on…
yenisafak.com/en/world/israeli-cabinet-a…

Palestinian beaten to death by Israeli settlers
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
A Palestinian teen was beaten to death early Sunday by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to eyewitnesses and a medical source.Amer Snobar, 18, from the town of Yatma, south of Nablus city, was attacked by settlers guarding a Jewish settlement and died of his wounds, witnesses said.A medical source said the teen was admitted to hospital with signs of assault on his body.An Israeli military statement said a Palestinian fell while escaping and hit his head while being chased by army forces.According to the army, the chase came after settlers said that their cars were attacked by stone-throwing P…
yenisafak.com/en/world/palestinian-beate…

India’s central bank chief tests positive for coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
“I have tested Covid-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright,” Das said in a tweet.”Will continue to work from isolation. Work in the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) will go on normally,” he said.Many top Indian politicians including Home Minister Amit Shah and actors such as Amitabh Bachchan have tested positive for the virus, and since recovered.Over 7.8 million Indians have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. The pandemic has claimed 118,534 lives in the world’s second most populous country.
yenisafak.com/en/world/indias-central-ba…

Tens of people detained, tear gas deployed at protest in west Belarus
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Tens of people were detained by police in the town of Lida in western Belarus on Sunday during a protest, Russia’s RIA news agency cited the regional branch of the Belarus interior ministry as saying.Police fired tear gas at protesters, RIA said.Protesters have been gathering ahead of the expiry at midnight on Sunday of an ultimatum for Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to resign, the latest in 11 weeks of demonstrations following a disputed election result.
yenisafak.com/en/world/tens-of-people-de…

Spain’s government to decree COVID-19 state of emergency, tighten controls
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will announce a new state of emergency on Sunday in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus, local media reported.The state of emergency will give regions, which decide on their own health matters, the backing to impose stricter measures, including curfews.
yenisafak.com/en/world/spains-government…

Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands hit new record, up by more than 10,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
The number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands jumped by more than 10,000 in 24 hours, hitting a new record, data released by the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) on Sunday showed.The RIVM reported 10,203 confirmed cases of COVID-19.The Dutch government imposed partial lockdown measures to contain the spread of the virus on Oct. 14, including the closure of all bars and restaurants in the country.
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-cases…

Italy PM says new measures should curb COVID rise in coming weeks
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said tighter restrictions announced on Sunday, including early closing for restaurants and bars, should allow the rapidly rising curve of the coronavirus epidemic to be brought under control in the coming weeks.”We think that we will suffer a bit this month but by gritting our teeth a bit with these restrictions, we’ll be able to breathe again in December,” he told a news conference, adding that the government aimed to protect both public health and the economy.Sectors hit by the measures would be helped out by support measures being worked out by the government, he said.
yenisafak.com/en/world/italy-pm-says-new…

Guinean president Conde wins presidential elections after first round
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
Guinean President Alpha Conde was re-elected for a third term after winning the country’s presidential elections held on Oct. 18 with 59,49% of the vote.The results were announced after the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) concluded the vote-counting process.International observers that monitored the elections said it was carried out properly, giving it a positive grade.Cellou Dalein Diallo, the main rival and leader of the opposition Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), got 33.5% of votes, the election commission said.None of the other 10 candidates exceeded the 5% threshold.Third term as…
yenisafak.com/en/world/guinean-president…

Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi drone from Yemen
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday intercepted an explosive-laden drone fired by Houthi rebels from Yemen toward Saudi Arabia.Coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki said the rebel drone was fired towards civilian areas in southern Saudi Arabia, according to the official Saudi news agency SPA.There was no comment from the Houthi group on the report.On Saturday, the Houthi group said it had fired three drones towards the Jizan and Abha airports and the Khamis Mushait base.The Houthi group regularly announces rocket and drone attacks on Saudi territories, saying they are a reaction to the Saudi-led coalition’s atta…
yenisafak.com/en/world/saudi-led-coaliti…

Czech Republic reports 12,472 new coronavirus cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-25
The Czech Republic reported 12,472 new cases of coronavirus for Oct. 24, its highest daily tally for a weekend day, when there are usually fewer tests, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday.The total number of cases rose to 250,797 in the country of 10.7 million, with 106 new deaths taking that total to 2,077.
yenisafak.com/en/world/czech-republic-re…

Will the US be allowed to colonize space?
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-25
The USA has floated the Artemis Accords to explore the Moon for commercial purposes. Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha sheds light on the USA’s weapons proliferation to control ground, sea, air and space…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/25/will-the-…

In a first, British trade unions commit to challenging Israeli apartheid
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-25
Bernard Regan reports that Britain’s peak union body, representing 6 million workers, adopted a motion last month at its annual conference, reaffirming its solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for self-determination.
greenleft.org.au/content/first-british-t…

“We’re Not Going to Control the Pandemic,” Trump Chief of Staff Says on Live TV as Covid Cases Surge
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
“‘It is what it is’ wasn’t a randomly tossed off phrase: it’s the official policy.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Preparing to Protect the Election Results
Cynthia Kaufman | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
Members of the activist group Rise and Resist gathered outside the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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‘Such an Insult’: Doctors Furious as Trump Peddles Baseless Claim That They Are Inflating Covid Death Count for Profit
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
“We report deaths how they occur. If you did your damn job we wouldn’t be reporting so many.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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70+ Climate Journalists Pen Open Letter Condemning Barrett for Enabling the ‘Ecological Crisis of Our Times’
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
“At the moment when the facts of the case were presented to her, this arbiter of justice freely chose to side with mistruths. Judge Coney Barrett’s responses are factually inaccurate, scientifically unsound, and dangerous.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Out of the UK, a Bold Pay Prescription for a Post-Trump America
Sam Pizzigati | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
A demonstrator holds a “Tax the Rich” sign during a protest in New York on June 27, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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‘Victory for Humanity’: Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons to Take Effect as Honduras Becomes 50th Nation to Ratify
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
The United States has not ratified the treaty and the Trump administration is actively urging nations to withdraw from it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Pence Denounced for ‘Grossly Negligent’ Decision to Keep Campaigning Despite Exposure to Top Aide With Covid-19
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
“It’s just an insult to everybody who has been working in public health and public health response.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Why Uber’s Desperate Prop 22 Is Bad for Drivers and Society
Steven Hill | commondreams.org | 2020-10-25
A rideshare driver holds up a sign supporting a ‘No’ vote on Prop 22 in Oakland, California on October 9, 2020. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Death, Money, and the Dueling Frauds: Trump and Biden
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-25
When The New York Times and CNN recently referred to the staged town hall spectacles of Biden and Trump as dueling events, they inadvertently revealed the truth that U.S. presidential elections are America’s favorite movie and that the corporate media …
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Death, Money, and the Dueling Frauds: Trump and Biden
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-25
When the New York Times and CNN recently referred to the staged town hall spectacles of Biden and Trump as dueling events, they inadvertently revealed the truth that U.S. presidential elections are America’s favorite movie and that the corporate media is in the entertainment business. While it is ludicrous to imagine these tottering actors crossing …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/death-money-a…

Gundungurra Traditional Owners: ‘Dam project must be stopped’
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-25
Traditional Owners and former Burragorang Valley residents are fighting to save Gundungurra heritage against the New South Wales government’s plans to wipe out their culture. Tracey Carpenter spoke to Gundungurra woman Kazan Brown.
greenleft.org.au/content/gundungurra-tra…

Saturday 10/24: Oakland protest in Solidarity w Nigeria
lekki was a massacre | indybay.org | 2020-10-24
Bay Area solidarity demo with #endsars movement in Nigeria…
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Oakland protest in Solidarity w Nigeria
lekki was a massacre | indybay.org | 2020-10-24
Bay Area solidarity demo with #endsars movement in Nigeria…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/23/1883781…

Nigerian Youth Lead the Way
anonymous solidarity | indybay.org | 2020-10-24
Total Solidarity with the Youth of Nigeria!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/23/1883780…

Nigerian president blames ‘hooliganism’ for 51 killings by security forces during protests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-24
At least 51 civilians have been killed during unrest in Nigeria following days of protests over police abuses, the country’s president said.President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the violence on “hooliganism”. And he asserted that security forces have used “extreme restraint”.On Thursday 22 October, he said the government “will not fold its arms and allow miscreants and criminals continue to perpetrate acts of hooliganism”.”Devoid of sympathy”: But many Nigerians are upset by what the president has not said. In a national address on 22 October, Buhari didn’t mention the shootings. Instead, he warned protesters…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/10/2…

After Socialist Victory In Bolivia, Media Still Whitewash Coup
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-24
Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a decisive victory in the country’s presidential elections on Sunday, with its candidate Luis Arce apparently winning by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff, likely achieving an absolute majority. The leading opposing candidate, neoliberal Carlos Mesa, and the right-wing unelected President Jeanine àÅñez congratulated Arce on his victory. | Some in US corporate media, however, failed to describe what was really going on in the country. | When the Wall Street Journal (10/19/20) reported on the MAS victory, for example, it kept to the usual line…
popularresistance.org/after-socialist-vi…

Commentary on Bolivia: How a coup failed
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-24
Chicago, IL – On November 10, 2019, a hastily-assembled coalition of generals, middle class liberals and fascist paramilitaries overthrew the democratic government of Evo Morales in Bolivia. Coming on the heels of a coup attempt in Venezuela and the vicious repression of a people’s uprising in Chile, it seemed to many that the continental struggle against U.S. imperialism had reached a tipping point in the empire’s favor. | Today, not even a year later, the official results for Bolivia’s presidential elections were announced. Evo’s comrade and successor Luis “Lucho” Arce received a resounding 55% of the vote…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/23/comment…

Commentary on Bolivia: How a coup failed
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-24
Chicago, IL – On November 10, 2019, a hastily-assembled coalition of generals, middle class liberals and fascist paramilitaries overthrew the democratic government of Evo Morales in Bolivia. Coming on the heels of a coup attempt in Venezuela and the vicious repression of a people’s uprising in Chile, it seemed to many that the continental struggle against U.S. imperialism had reached a tipping point in the empire’s favor. | Today, not even a year later, the official results for Bolivia’s presidential elections were announced. Evo’s comrade and successor Luis “Lucho” Arce received a resounding 55% of the vote…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/23/comment…

Rouhani felicitates Bolivian counterpart on election win
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-24
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) — Congratulating the new Bolivian President on his election, President Rouhani expressed Iran’s readiness to revive bilateral relations and expand cooperation with the Bolivian government in all fields.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165123/Rouhani-feli…

Ballots Defeat Bullets: MAS Wins Historic Mandate in Post-Coup Bolivian Election
Benjamin Dangl | commondreams.org | 2020-10-24
MAS supporters celebrate in La Paz following electoral victory. (Photo: Thomas Becker) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Warring parties in Libya sign “permanent ceasefire” deal
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-24
Following a temporary ceasefire in July, Libya’s Government of National Accord and the Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army have struck a permanent deal. All foreign fighters are to leave the country in three months…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/24/warring-p…

France recalls ambassador from Turkey after Erdogan jibe at Macron
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-24
France recalls ambassador from Turkey after Erdogan jibe at Macron | Turkey’s leader said French president ‘needs mental treatment’ after comments on Islam | MEE and agencies | Sat, 10/24/2020 – 21: 24 | The two Nato allies find themselves at loggerheads over a range of issues, including Syria and Libya (AFP) | France on Saturday said it was recalling its ambassador to Turkey for consultations after comm…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-recall…

Iran emphasizes political settlement for Libya’s crisis
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-24
TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman noted that the crisis in Libya must be resolved through a political settlement.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165122/Iran-emphasi…

UN hails Libya’s lifting of force majeure on oil ports
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-24
The UN mission in Libya on Saturday welcomed an announcement of lifting the state of “force majeure” from Libya’s eastern Sidra and Ras Lanuf ports.”This decision is a result of the confidence-building measures agreed and implemented through the Joint Military Commission. It’s a win-win for the Libyan people,” the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement.The UN mission said the announcement “demonstrates what can be accomplished when Libyans come together in good faith for the sake of their country”.The move by the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) came after the announcement of a permanent ce…
yenisafak.com/en/news/un-hails-libyas-li…

Trump Supporters Are Hurting Assange With Their 4-D Chess Talk
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-24
At a time when everyone should be out in the streets shaking the earth and protesting the Trump administration’s prosecution of Julian Assange for exposing US war crimes, those who continue to support this president have one message and one message only when it comes to the WikiLeaks founder: Don’t do anything. Relax, wait and see, trust Trump, and don’t do anything. Trump is about to save Assange, and save us all. Do nothing. | Who do you guys think this strategy benefits, exactly? | These are all people who say they support Assange and WikiLeaks, who say they support free speech and oppose the deep state, and y…
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Trump Supporters Are Hurting Assange With Their 4-D Chess Talk
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-24
Who do you guys think this strategy benefits, exactly? | These are all people who say they support Assange and WikiLeaks, who say they support free speech and oppose the deep state, and yet what they are doing today hurts Assange and helps the unelected power establishment known as the deep state just as much as the hysterical Russiavape dupes who are overtly smearing Assange today. | To be clear, not everyone who voted for Trump is doing this; many are aggressively opposing this administration’s prosecution of Assang…
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Hmm… America Keeps Getting Attacked by Nations It Hates in Ways Only the CIA Can See
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-24
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Once upon a time there was an Emperor who loved war and military expansionism. He was always searching for new ways to instigate military conflicts without losing the support of the international community or waking up the populace to the fact that they’re just propagandized cogs in the machine of a globe-spanning Empire which uses endless military and economic violence to maintain its unipolar hegemony. | One day two men calling themselves Intelligence Experts came into town claiming that they had devised a wondrous new type of enemy threat that is invisible to the common folk. | “Is it as go…
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The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class
Sarah Anderson | commondreams.org | 2020-10-24
CEO and founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos participates in a discussion during a Milestone Celebration dinner September 13, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Coronavirus: Corporate Plunder and Hope for Political Change
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
“It destroys peoples lives! And it destroys the nation-state! And eventually, what is happening is a structure whereby the financial establishment takes over the structures of government.” | — Professor Michel Chossudovsky (from this week’s interview) | LISTEN TO THE SHOW | Click …
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Coronavirus: Corporate Plunder and Hope for Political Change
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
“It destroys peoples lives! And it destroys the nation-state! And eventually, what is happening is a structure whereby the financial establishment takes over the structures of government.” | — Professor Michel Chossudovsky (from this week’s interview) | LISTEN TO THE SHOW | Click …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-corporate-…

The Covid-19 Numbers Game: The “Second Wave” is Based on Fake Statistics
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
“Red zones”, travel bans, quarantines, “red lists”. A “Second Wave”. Millions of people are lining up for Covid-19 testing. The “Numbers Game”. How statistics and “estimates” are used by politicians to justify the closure of the national economy and the derogation of fundamental civil rights.
globalresearch.ca/the-covid-19-numbers-g…

The Covid-19 Numbers Game: The “Second Wave” is Based on Fake Statistics
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
“Red zones”, travel bans, quarantines, “red lists”. A “Second Wave”. Millions of people are lining up for Covid-19 testing. The “Numbers Game”. How statistics and “estimates” are used by politicians to justify the closure of the national economy and the derogation of fundamental civil rights.
globalresearch.ca/the-covid-19-numbers-g…

Insurance Companies and the Forest Service are screwing over Indigenous groups
FIRE | indybay.org | 2020-10-24
Insurers are increasingly wary of serving wildfire-prone areas. Happy Camp residents are struggling to rebuild without it…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/23/1883781…

Sunday 11/1: Día de los Muertos Paddle Out
Indigenous Surf Club | indybay.org | 2020-10-24
Cowell’s Beach, Santa Cruz…
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[Perspectives] Kelvin Kong: trailblazer for Indigenous health in Australia
Richard Lane | thelancet.com | 2020-10-24
The equity of his nation’s health services provision is a core mission for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeon Kelvin Kong, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, and the University of Newcastle in eastern Australia. “As an Indigenous Australian, I feel obligated to strive to ensure that access to quality health care is available to all Australian citizens”, he says. As a busy clinician, Kong sees the pressure on ENT and hearing services, recently compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Produce For The People
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-24
Hatfield, MA – For many farmers, the 2020 season has posed numerous difficulties: an ongoing drought, early frost and a need for extra public health precautions amid the pandemic, to name a few. But in a year marked by challenges, Riquezas del Campo farm, now in its second season, is growing. | The immigrant-led, worker-owned cooperative farm got started later in the growing season when it started in 2019 and had just one customer, said Lorena Moreno, a founding member of the farm. This year, the farm, situated on the Northampton-Hatfiled line, has multiplied its sales around four times over, is attracting new me…
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Fascist Culture, Critical Pedagogy, And Resistance In Dark Times
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-24
Across the globe, democratic institutions such as the independent media, schools, the legal system, certain financial institutions, and higher education are under siege. The promise, if not ideals, of democracy are receding as the barbarians who breathe new life into a fascist past are once again on the move subverting language, values, courage, vision and a critical consciousness. Education has increasingly become a tool of domination as right wing pedagogical apparatuses controlled by the entrepreneurs of hate attack workers, the poor, people of color, refugees, immigrants from the south and others considered d…
popularresistance.org/fascist-culture-cr…

Spain’s “left populist” Podemos separates migrant children from their parents
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
A dozen children in the Canary Islands had been separated from their mothers or relatives for months, while DNA testing was carried out to verify they were related.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/spai…

The Squad Calls for UN Inquiry Into Alleged Human Rights Abuses at Trump’s DHS
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-24
The four first-term progressive congresswomen collectively called the Squad led a letter Friday calling for independent international investigation of “recent, ongoing, and credible allegations of egregious human rights abuses by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its components, and its private contractors.” | “From the unwanted and unnecessary hysterectomies of migrant women, to the forced separation of children from their families, to the indefinite detention of immi…
truthout.org/articles/the-squad-calls-fo…

Palestine Cinema Days film festival kicks off despite cash, pandemic challenges
Shatha Hammad | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-24
Palestine Cinema Days film festival kicks off despite cash, pandemic challenges | Social distancing, international funding curbs on Palestinian cultural institutions fail to deter event’s seventh edition | Shatha Hammad | Sat, 10/24/2020 – 10: 23 | Seats sealed off in line with strict Covid-19 social-distancing measures at the Ramallah Cultural Palace on 20 October (MEE/Shatha Hammad) | In the main hall of the Ram…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-cin…

Israel Lobby Spreads More Lies About Palestine Groups At NYU
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-24
New York University has agreed to settle with the US Department of Education over allegations that the university had not appropriately responded to claims of anti-Semitism. | Two attorneys filed the complaint last year on behalf of a student who alleged that she faced “two years of extreme anti-Semitism on the NYU campus which has created an intolerable and unlawful hostile atmosphere for Jewish students.” | Echoing previous attempts by Israel advocates to silence Palestinian rights activists on campuses, the complaint accused Students for Justice in Palestine of creating the “hostile” climate due to the group’s…
popularresistance.org/israel-lobby-sprea…

Indonesia maintains both support for Palestine, ties with UAE
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-24
An Indonesian expert on international relations has said despite its close relationship with the UAE, Indonesia, should not let this affect its unwavering support for Palestinian independence from Israeli occupation.Earlier this week, the UAE government inaugurated a street in the capital Jakarta dedicated to Indonesian President Joko Widodo as a symbol of bilateral ties between the two countries.Ramdhan Muhaimin, a lecturer at the Al-Azhar University in Jakarta, urged Indonesia to keep supporting the Palestinian cause, though several Arab countries, including UAE, have agreed to normalize relations with Israel.”
yenisafak.com/en/news/indonesia-maintain…

Indonesia maintains both support for Palestine, ties with UAE
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-24
Earlier this week, the UAE government inaugurated a street in the capital Jakarta dedicated to Indonesian President Joko Widodo as a symbol of bilateral ties between the two countries.Ramdhan Muhaimin, a lecturer at the Al-Azhar University in Jakarta, urged Indonesia to keep supporting the Palestinian cause, though several Arab countries, including UAE, have agreed to normalize relations with Israel.”Defending occupied Palestine is the mandate of our Constitution,” said Ramdhan on Thursday, referring to the 1945 Constitution that explicitly states that independence is the right of every nation and that colonialis…
yenisafak.com/en/news/indonesia-maintain…

Public webinar: For a socialist program against the New Zealand Labour government’s right-wing agenda
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The Socialist Equality Group (NZ) is holding a webinar on November 8 to expose the right-wing, pro-imperialist agenda of Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party government, which is being falsely glorified as a progressive alternative to right-wing governments internationally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/meet…

Morales’ Socialist Party Wins Election
Ron Ridenour | zcomm.org | 2020-10-24
I believe that we must put an end to patriarchal patterns of top-down leadership…
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Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/labo…

Barrett Poised to Be Sixth SCOTUS Justice Hand-Picked by Federalist Society
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-24
For Americans tearing their hair out about the imminent conservative super-majority on the United States Supreme Court, we have some pointed advice for you. Familiarize yourself with the work of the Federalist Society, a group comprising thousands of very conservative lawyers advocating a so-called “originalist” version of the Constitution, sanctifying private property rights at the expense of workers, consumers, the environment, social justice and the protection of individual rights. | When w…
truthout.org/articles/barrett-poised-to-…

The Art of Packing
Christopher Brauchli | commondreams.org | 2020-10-24
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett looks over to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as they meet on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on September 29, 2020. (Photo: Susan Walsh/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2020/10/24/art-pa…

BBC’s upcoming White Helmets ‘documentary’ gears up to be a character assassination of those who challenge Syria war narratives
Vanessa Beeley | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-24
The BBC is preparing an attack against journalists, former diplomats, academics and scientists who challenge the dominant …
thealtworld.com/vanessa_beeley/bbcs-upco…

BBC’s upcoming White Helmets ‘documentary’ gears up to be a character assassination of those who challenge Syria war narratives
Vanessa Beeley | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-24
The BBC is preparing an attack against journalists, former diplomats, academics and scientists who challenge the dominant …
thealtworld.com/vanessa_beeley/bbcs-upco…

Mounting evidence of systemic Australian war crimes in Afghanistan
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The atrocities flowed inevitably from the nature of the war–a brutal operation to crush all resistance to the US military occupation of the impoverished country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/afgh…

Here’s why the Overseas Operations Bill is pretty much an establishment stitch-up
Joe Glenton | thecanary.co | 2020-10-24
A top military lawyer has warned that the Tory war crimes immunity bill is not what it seems. On closer inspection, it looks more like a Ministry of Defence (MOD) cash-saving exercise. One that could rob wounded and sick soldiers of their right to compensation. | The criticism comes after new figures revealed that claims by military personnel against the military vastly exceed allegations of abuse from people in Iraq and Afghanistan. | On 18 October, shadow defence minister John Healey revealed statistics which show that for…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discover…

Modern Monetary Theory and the crisis of capitalism: Part one
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Modern Monetary Theory is the latest in a long line of attempts by “left” theorists to maintain that capitalism can be made to work for society if only outmoded thinking about the monetary system is abandoned.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/kel1…

Worker in UK speaks out on the unsafe reopening of schools
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Colin spoke to the WSWS after participating in a recent meeting of the Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee in the UK.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/inuk…

Thai protesters demand the resignation of the prime minister
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Protesters have given the government three days to meet their demands or the demonstrations will continue.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/thai…

As US election approaches, New York Times intensifies its anti-Russia disinformation campaign
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The propaganda campaign by the Times and US intelligence agencies is aimed at fighting out conflicts within the ruling class over foreign policy while distracting attention from Trump’s ongoing conspiracies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/pers…

Video: Second 2020 Presidential Debate: Joe Biden and Donald Trump
Pres. Donald Trump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
globalresearch.ca/video-second-2020-pres…

Congo Week: Our goal is the liberation of the DRC and the transformation of Africa
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-24
We talk to Kambale Musavuli, who explains the spirit behind Congo Week, the history of exploitation and violence against the people, and their inspiring fight-back.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/24/congo-wee…

Video: The Lockdown: Economic Hell on Earth is Coming, “They Are Killing Us”
Gerald Celente | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
Gerald Celente, the popular publisher of The Trends Journal, is sounding the alarm on what he sees as a coming economic catastrophe. | “They are killing us,” says Celente referring to the current lockdown of many businesses. | In the interview …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-lockdown-eco…

Coronavirus: Killer Virus or Common Flu
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
This is part one of a special series devoted to the global pandemic that has coordinated an unprecedented attack on lives and civil liberties everywhere. In this chapter, we have two guests concluding that the threat is not nearly catastrophic …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-killer-vir…

Detroit City government insists demolitions go forward, ignoring health dangers and unmet housing needs
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The City of Detroit is pushing ahead with its home demolition program despite a critical shortage of affordable housing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/detr…

The Third “Open” Presidential Debate
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
globalresearch.ca/the-third-open-preside…

Six million displaced people have returned home
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2020-10-24
The authorities reported that they have repaired more than 19.000 houses while supporting waste recycling projects that aim at securing an 18.000 job position.
mronline.org/2020/10/24/six-million-disp…

Hopes rise of extension of New START arms control treaty as Russia offers to freeze arsenal
Peoples Dispatch | mronline.org | 2020-10-24
Russia on Tuesday offered to freeze its current arsenal, and proposed an extension of the treaty by one year. The treaty signed in 2010 capped the number of nuclear warheads by the two countries and its deployment.
mronline.org/2020/10/24/hopes-rise-of-ex…

Canada’s trade unions and NDP rush to the rescue of the big-business Liberal government
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Recent weeks have demonstrated that Canada’s ruling elite is relying on a de facto coalition between the NDP, the trade unions, and the Liberals to keep the economy “open” amid a resurgent pandemic, press forward with rearmament and step up attacks on the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/cand…

Catastrophic increase of coronavirus infections in Germany
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Since January, over 380,000 people in Germany have been infected with COVID-19, more than one in ten within the last seven days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/coro…

What Canvassing in Nevada Amid a Pandemic Has Taught Me
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-24
Anthony Quintano / CC BY 2.0] By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch “Look, folks, the air quality is in the red zone today. The EPA says that means people with lung or heart issues should avoid prolonged activity outdoors.” That was J.R. de Vera, one of two directors of UNITE-HERE!’s independent expenditure campaign to elect Biden and Harris in Reno, Nevada. UNITE-HERE! is a union representing 300… | Source…
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Tesla delivers record number vehicles amid pandemic doubling third-quarter profits
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-24
Third quarter net profit was at $331 million making Tesla on course to turn an annual profit for the first time ever.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/24/tesla-deli…

Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7: An important historical episode
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The film deals with the court proceedings in 1969–70 in which organizers of protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago faced charges of conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/chic…

With nearly a half-million COVID cases daily, WHO warns world is at a critical juncture
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
With daily COVID-19 cases reaching nearly one-half million, the WHO warns if measures are not immediately taken to stem the exponential growth of the pandemic the health crisis will become catastrophic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/viru…

Activist with ties to Ohio Republican legislators plotted to kidnap and kill Governor Mike DeWine
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Renea Turner is a Trump supporter linked to a group of state legislators who have threatened to impeach DeWine or have him “arrested” for his coronavirus lockdown actions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/ohio…

Chicago officials plan to reopen schools for 20,000 students
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The plan to shift from online learning to a daily in-person schedule was announced as Illinois’ seven-day average COVID-19 testing positivity rate surpassed five percent for the first time since early June.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/plan…

Former deputy constable admits to transporting drug money and heroin
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-24
Betty Molina received approximately $30,000 after she and her husband, Henry Molina, obtained several thousands of dollars in drug proceeds.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/24/former-dep…

Egyptians set to vote for parliament ‘with no real authority’
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-24
Egyptians set to vote for parliament ‘with no real authority’ | Some 63 million voters are eligible to elect 568 of 596 members in the lower house, widely seen as rubber-stamp body | MEE and agencies | Sat, 10/24/2020 – 09: 45 | A resident makes her vote a polling station in Agouza district in Giza, the twin-city of Egypt’s capital, on 24 October, 2020 (AFP) | Voting for Egypt’s lower house of parliament beg…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egyptians-set…

Protests erupt in Waukegan, Illinois after fatal police shooting of teenager
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Protesters in the city north of Chicago are calling for justice and answers after police killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinette and wounded his girlfriend Tafarra Williams.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/wauk…

Israel-Sudan normalisation: How the world reacted
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-24
Israel-Sudan normalisation: How the world reacted | While Palestinians categorically reject the deal, US allies welcome it as a boost to stability in the Middle East | MEE and agencies | Sat, 10/24/2020 – 11: 23 | Sudan, technically at war with Israel since 1948, has become the fifth Arab country to forge diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv (AFP) | US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Sudan has agree…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-sudan-…

Universal mask-wearing would save nearly 130,000 lives by spring 2021, study finds
Julia Conley | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-24
The researchers estimated what the death toll until March 2021 would be for each state if mask-wearing and social distancing mandates are put in place, versus if they are not.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/24/universal-…

Thousands of furloughed US aviation workers see no relief from US Congress
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Tens of thousands of airline workers remain furloughed as relief remains stalled in by US Congress.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/airl…

Coronavirus: Algeria president to be quarantined after staff test positive
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-24
Coronavirus: Algeria president to be quarantined after staff test positive | Doctors advise 74-year-old Abdelmadjid Tebboune to start five-day quarantine as a precautionary measure, his office said on Saturday | MEE staff | Sat, 10/24/2020 – 13: 49 | Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (AFP) | Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will start a five-day quarantine from Saturday after senior staff tested positive for…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-a…

UK COVID-19 deaths surge to more than 1,100 over last week
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
It was the premature ending of the national lockdown from June onwards, and the opening of schools, colleges and workplaces to facilitate the profitmaking of big business, that produced this disastrous situation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/couk…

Mysterious oil spill spreads along 11 miles of Delaware beach
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-24
The spill has mostly taken the form of oil patties that range in size from a quarter to a manhole cover, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/24/mysterious…

Russian court extends prison sentence for historian of Stalinist terror to 13 years
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The brutal vendetta against Dmitriev speaks to the enormous fear of the Russian oligarchy about the growing interest in the historical truth about the October revolution and the Stalinist terror in broad sections of the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/dmit…

Boogaloo adherent charged by FBI with shooting Minneapolis police precinct during George Floyd protests
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
Ivan Hunter, 26, is charged with inciting a riot; the affidavit also alleges Hunter communicated with several other boogaloo boys currently facing federal prosecution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/boog…

Video: The Lockdown: Economic Hell on Earth is Coming, “They Are Killing Us”
Gerald Celente | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-24
Gerald Celente, the popular publisher of The Trends Journal, is sounding the alarm on what he sees as a coming economic catastrophe. | “They are killing us,” says Celente referring to the current lockdown of many businesses. | In the interview with …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-lockdown-eco…

Long-term unemployment continues to grow
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-24
San José, CA – On Thursday, October 22, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that there were 787,000 new claims for regular state unemployment in the week that ended October 17. This was 55,000 fewer than the previous week, but still 20,000 higher than two weeks ago and almost four times as high as the same week a year ago. While new claims have fallen dramatically from the record high of almost 6 million in April, they are still higher than the pre-recession high of less than 700,000. | The report also said that continuing claims for regular state unemployment did fall by a million to 8.4 million for the week e…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/24/long-te…

“Entire healthcare system at risk of another capacity crisis,” warn leading Michigan doctors in open letter
wsws.org | 2020-10-24
The letter was signed by 28 Chief Medical Officers and Chief Clinical Officers across Michigan, representing 110 of the state’s 137 hospitals.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/24/heal…

The IMF smokescreen
Michael Roberts | mronline.org | 2020-10-24
Global emissions fell by 8.8 per cent in the first half of this year amid restrictions on movement and economic activity owing to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
mronline.org/2020/10/24/the-imf-smokescr…

New York town police accused of INVADING private home in crackdown on Jewish gathering after video of angry shouting match emerges
rt.com | 2020-10-24
A video showing a police officer arguing with a group of Orthodox Jews in a New York town has drawn angry reactions from people online, who see it as evidence of persecution and harassment of the US Jewish community. | The confrontation apparently happened in Monsey, a place in Rockland County famous as a major center of Orthodox Judaism in the US. It shows a police officer standing on the doorstep of a house, engaged in a heated argument with a group of people, one of whom apparently owns the property. | Police officers enter PRIVATE HOMES to find Jewish gatherings in Monsey, New York: | “We came because we h…
rt.com/usa/504455-police-orthodox-jew-ho…

Kanye tells Rogan it’s his ‘calling’ from God to be president — but if not, he’s happy to run for California governor over Newsom
rt.com | 2020-10-24
In a wide-ranging interview with Joe Rogan, rapper and independent presidential candidate Kanye West says it is his calling “to be the leader of the free world,” but he’s also open to being governor of California. | Though he’s running for president, former Donald Trump supporter West says taking over a smaller, though still significant, political office has also “been an idea people throw at me.” | Briefly discussing Ronald Reagan’s journey from California governor to president, West said the office could be an option for him. | “I believe that my calling to be leader of the free world, but if it’s in God’s p…
rt.com/usa/504491-kanye-joe-rogan-califo…

Trump critics lose it as ‘permanent manned presence on the Moon’ and trip to Mars listed as Republican priorities
rt.com | 2020-10-24
Space exploration doesn’t seem to hold much interest for President Donald Trump’s critics, as they’ve blasted the Republican Party’s announcement of prioritizing manned missions to the Moon and Mars as “out of touch.” | According to a Friday tweet from the Republican Party’s Twitter account, some of President Trump’s priorities for a second term include a “permanent presence” on the Moon and the first manned mission to Mars. | Pres. Trump is fighting for YOU! Here are some of his priorities for a 2nd term: | *Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon | *Send the 1st Manned Mission to Mars | *Build World’…
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Two crew dead as US Navy aircraft crashes into Alabama home, sparking fire (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-10-24
A US naval aircraft has come crashing down on a residential neighborhood in Magnolia Springs, Alabama, igniting a major fire. The US Air Force confirmed the crew did not survive. No injuries on the ground have been reported. | “A US Navy T-6B Texan II aircraft crashed in Foley, Alabama, at approximately 5pm CST today. The aircrew did not survive the crash. We are not aware of any civilian casualties this time,” US Naval Air Forces reported on Friday afternoon. | Cell phone video from our affiliate @WKRG of a home on fire in Magnolia Springs, Alabama af…
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Florida factory worker fired for talking to TV station about letter from boss warning of layoffs if Biden wins election — report
rt.com | 2020-10-24
A Florida man has reportedly been sacked by Daniels Manufacturing Corp. (DMC), a maker of aircraft and aerospace tools, after speaking to a news outlet about his boss warning of job cuts if Joe Biden is elected president. | The man, Stan Smith, told Orlando’s NBC affiliate (WESH 2 News) that he was fired on Thursday, presumably because DMC President George Daniels didn’t like his comments to the station earlier this week. Smith told WESH on October 19 that a letter from Daniels saying permanent layoffs would likely be necessary in the event Biden wins the November 3 election was inappropriate. | Also on rt.com
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Greedy grabber: NASA scrambles to return jam-packed asteroid sampler to Earth as rock dust escapes from ship’s overstuffed ‘belly’
rt.com | 2020-10-24
NASA is rushing to make a 200 million mile trek back to Earth after an asteroid-sampling spacecraft bit off more than it could chew, unable to contain an oversized haul of alien rubble as its priceless cargo escapes into space. | Three days after touching down on asteroid Bennu hundreds of millions of miles away from home, NASA said its Osiris-Rex spacecraft had become so engorged with asteroid fragments that debris is now leaking from its storage compartment. | “We’re…
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‘Who said she had our vote?’ Liberals OUTRAGED that undecided black voters won’t automatically back Kamala Harris
rt.com | 2020-10-24
Undecided black voters shouldn’t examine vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ record, and shouldn’t be given airtime if they don’t back Joe Biden — this appears to be the liberal consensus in comments on a recent MSNBC clip. | When MSNBC’s Chris Jansing sat down with three undecided black women voters on Friday, they told her that neither President Donald Trump nor Biden had made a convincing enough case for their vote. After they took issue with Biden’s sponsorship of a controversial crime bill in 1994, Jansing asked whether the presence of Harris on Biden’s ticket swayed them at all. | three unde…
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‘Who would ever vote for him?’ Never-Trumpers & Dems cheer after Fox host Lou Dobbs rips Sen. Lindsey Graham for Trump ‘betrayal’
rt.com | 2020-10-24
Pro-Trump Fox pundit Lou Dobbs has earned unlikely admiration from critics on both sides of the aisle after torching GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, who he accused of betraying the American people by turning against the president. | Dobbs took to the airwaves with an anti-Graham tirade on Friday, blasting the South Carolina senator after he suggested he would not attempt to compel testimony from the heads of social media giants Twitter and Facebook on allegations of censorship until after the November election. | “Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn, he has betrayed the American people and his…
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‘Who would ever vote for him?’ Never-Trumpers & Dems cheer after Fox host Lou Dobbs rips Sen. Lindsey Graham for Trump ‘betrayal’
rt.com | 2020-10-24
Pro-Trump Fox pundit Lou Dobbs has earned unlikely admiration from critics on both sides of the aisle after torching GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, who he accused of betraying the American people by turning against the president. | Dobbs took to the airwaves with an anti-Graham tirade on Friday, blasting the South Carolina senator after he suggested he would not attempt to compel testimony from the heads of social media giants Twitter and Facebook on allegations of censorship until after the November election. | “Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn, he has betrayed the American people and his…
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Florida factory worker fired for talking to TV station about letter from boss warning of layoffs if Biden wins election — report
rt.com | 2020-10-24
A Florida man has reportedly been sacked by Daniels Manufacturing Corp. (DMC), a maker of aircraft and aerospace tools, after speaking to a news outlet about his boss warning of job cuts if Joe Biden is elected president. | The man, Stan Smith, told Orlando’s NBC affiliate (WESH 2 News) that he was fired on Thursday, presumably because DMC President George Daniels didn’t like his comments to the station earlier this week. Smith told WESH on October 19 that a letter from Daniels saying permanent layoffs would likely be necessary in the event Biden wins the November 3 election was inappropriate. | Also on rt.com
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US tops coronavirus infection tally with nearly 85,000 cases in one day, but hospitalizations remain below peak
rt.com | 2020-10-24
The US has again smashed its record for daily coronavirus infections, reporting just shy of 85,000 new patients over the last 24-hour period as much of the country sees a significant surge in cases. | The record-breaking single-day spike saw 84,218 new cases reported on Friday, according to data collected by Reuters, easily shattering the previous record of 77,299 infections tallied on July 16. | Though the US has also experienced a jump in hospitalizations in recent w…
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UN expresses hope ‘new opportunities’ will arise from Sudan’s recognition of Israel
news.un.org | 2020-10-24
The UN chief on Saturday said he was taking note of the announcement that Sudan has agreed to normalize relations with Israel, expressing hope that further cooperation will advance international peace and prosperity.
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