2020-11-17: Social Media Postees

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Organizations across the globe condemn Moroccan aggression in Western Sahara
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
Progressive groups from across the world have expressed their solidarity with people of Western Sahara in the wake of Morocco’s aggression and breach of three-decade long ceasefire agreement on November 13. The organizations have condemned Moroccan aggression and called the international community to intervene to resolve the issue. | On Monday, November 16, Venezuelan social movements gathered in the center of the capital Caracas to express their solidarity with the Sahrawi people and their cause and denounce Moroccan aggression. The demonstrators demanded that the UN should intervene in a more decisive way in th…
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The New U.S. War on Western Sahara
David Swanson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-17
Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) and his wife Janet Langhart Cohen (center) meet with King Mohammed VI, of Morocco, at his palace in Marrakech, on Feb. 11, 2000. Cohen and the King agreed to open an expanded security and defense dialogue, and discussed ways that Morocco could expand its leadership role in promoting …
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Corporate Democrats are to blame for congressional losses — so naturally they’re blaming progressives
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-17
Those who denounce the fight for a progressive agenda are telling us that, in essence, they don’t want much to change.
nationofchange.org/2020/11/17/corporate-…

Colombia witnesses one of the bloodiest weekends of the year
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
Violence against social and political leaders continues at an alarming rate in Colombia. This weekend, between November 13 & 15, a family of 3 was killed in a massacre; 2 Afro-descendant people, 1 Indigenous leader, 1 social leader and 3 former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group were assassinated by illegal paramilitary groups; and 2 minors were shot dead by a national army soldier. The alarming number of deaths is one of the highest death tolls registered during a weekend this year. | Estos son los trágicos hechos del fin de semana de horror en contra de la paz. En med…
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Minnesota Permits for Line 3 Pipeline approved. Indigenous and Climate Leaders are left outraged
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-17
Environmental and Indigenous groups say this construction threatens the water where Native Americans harvest wild rice and also would be a factor in increasing climate change.
nationofchange.org/2020/11/17/minnesota-…

A restless thinker
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-17
In the millions of pages written about Karl Marx, his final years have been somewhat neglected.
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Newly revealed documents show Nixon, Kissinger plotted Allende overthrow from day one
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-17
WASHINGTON–Almost from the very minute elected Socialist/Marxist President Salvador Allende took office in Chile in November 1970, Republican U.S. President Richard Nixon and his top officials were scared of his example and his impact–and determined to oust him. That’s the conclusion that can be drawn from a new group of memos on the U.S. campaign …
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Japan Militarizes and Worries Russia and China
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-11-17
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1 year after the Sacaba massacre, Bolivians commemorate victims and demand justice
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 36 people lost their lives in different parts of Bolivia during…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/17/1-year-af…

Lula Calls To Vote for Socialist Candidate in Sao Paulo
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-17
The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, on Tuesday called on the leftist electorate to vote, independently of the party for which they voted on Sunday, for the socialist candidate Guillermo Boulos, who advanced to the second round scheduled for November 29. | RELATED: | Brazil Elections: The Left Challenges Bolsonaro At Home | Lula’s call comes after it was confirmed that a Homeless Workers Movement’s militant would contest the second round of the municipal electio…
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A Dedicated Obsession: Washington’s Continuing Iran Sanctions Regime
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
One dogma that is likely to persist in US foreign policy during a Biden presidency will be the sanctions regime adopted towards Iran. Every messianic state craves clearly scripted enemies, and the demonology about the Islamic Republic is not going to go begging. Elliot Abrams, the current US special representative for Iran, told Associated Press…
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Free Press = Free Assange
John Rachel | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-17
Covid-19 Global Solidarity Coalition presents an international webinar: SATURDAY November 21st — 20: 00 EST (U.S.) The panelists will discuss the UK extradition trial of Julian Assange, the 18 criminal offenses conjured by the U.S., and how the case impacts the 99%. DANIEL ELLSBERG: Legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower, former defense analyst, activist. MARJORIE COHN: Professor Emerita Thomas …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/free-press-fr…

Russia’s Red Sea Base in Sudan Is a Recalibration of Its Intra-Ummah Balancing Act
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Russia’s draft deal to open up a Red Sea naval base in Sudan amounts to a strategic recalibration of its careful “balancing” act between the GCC and Turkey after moving more closely to the latter following the end of the …
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From the Immigration Movement, for the Left: Election 2020 lessons
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-11-17
San Antonio, Texas These slightly edited remarks were given on a Workers World Party Nov. 12 webinar, “What Now?” The huge voter turnout from the Latinx and the im/migrant rights movement for the 2020 presidential election must be put into the context of developments on immigration since 2006. Teresa Gutierrez. . . . | Continue reading From the Immigration Movement, for the Left: Election 2020 lessons at Workers.org
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“A Silent Pandemic”: Racism, Negligence, and Medical Assault in ICE Detention Centers
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-11-17
After a whistleblower revealed that an ICE detention facility in Georgia sterilized immigrant women without consent, members of the House Judiciary Committee and Hispanic Caucus visited the facility and heard directly from the whistleblower and immigrant women who experienced forced sterilizations at the facility. Congress members called for an investigation of the Department of …
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Robert Fisk had True Independence of Mind, Which is Why He Angered Governments and Parts of the Media
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
Robert Fisk and I often used to discuss the merits and demerits of responding in print to personal attacks on us filled with provable falsehoods. The temptation to refute such falsehood is hard to resist, but we recognised that therein lies a trap because even the most persuasive refutation of a gross lie necessitates repeating…
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Corporate Democrats Are to Blame for Congressional Losses
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
So Naturally They’re Blaming Progressives…
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Friday 11/20: Roundtable on “How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America”
San Francisco Public Library & partner | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online via livestream & Zoom…
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Sunday 11/22: “The Condor & The Eagle” Film & Discussion w/ Indigenous Frontline Climate Leaders
Stand.earth, Stop the Money Pipeline, more | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online screening (FREE or donation)…
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Candace Owens’ attack on Harry Styles’ masculinity reveals itself in that Marxist red herring
Ashlie D. Stevens | salon.com | 2020-11-17
The conservative conflation of queer aesthetics and anti-capitalism ideology has a storied history in the U.S.
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Dried Blood Spots May Offer Route to Wider Antibody Testing
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
Dried blood spot testing could allow wider, population-level testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies, according to a study by British researchers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Indigenous Communities on the Frontline as Two Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes Slam Central America
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-17
Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua Monday as a Category 4 storm, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated communities across Central America and caused widespread destruction. Iota is the strongest November hurricane to ever hit Nicaragua. “It’s caused a lot of damages to the most vulnerable peoples, which tends to be Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and Black communities all across Central America,” says Giovanni Batz, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis, who has been in touch with people reeling from Hurricane Eta.
www.democracynow.org/2020/11/17/hurrican…

With COVID Vaccines on the Horizon, U.S. Urged to Help Ensure Equitable Distribution Across Globe
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-17
As the U.S. COVID-19 death toll nears 250,000, drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna have both announced promising vaccine trial results showing over 90% effectiveness in preventing illness. But officials and health experts warn widespread distribution of a vaccine for the coronavirus — which has killed 1.2 million people across the globe — will be tremendously difficult to store and distribute. Vaccine researcher Dr. Saad Omer calls the recent news “reassuring” but says drugmakers need to be much more transparent about their data and issue more than just press releases.
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“No End in Sight”: 9 Months into Pandemic, Nurses Are Tired, Demoralized & Still Lack Adequate PPE
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-17
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its ninth month, a new report by National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the United States, finds hospitals are still failing to provide adequate PPE and are unprepared as the surge is expected to get worse during the flu season. Nurses also report mental health struggles related to the pandemic. The union estimates at least 2,000 frontline healthcare workers have died due to COVID-19, with nurses of color accounting for half of those deaths, even though they’re less than a quarter of the workforce. Jean Ross, president of National Nurses United, says the lack of prepa…
www.democracynow.org/2020/11/17/frontlin…

Albania’s Attempts to Refocus Kosovo War Crime Tribunal onto Serbia Will Not Work
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Kosovo Albanians via their allies in Tirana are once again attempting to antagonize Serbia, this time through the Self-Determination Movements initiative. The Movement is trying to push through the Albanian Parliament a declaration condemning the so-called “Serbian genocide in Kosovo.” …
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The New US War On Western Sahara
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
There is a new U.S. war in Western Sahara, being waged by Morocco with the support of the U.S. military. The U.S. military, unbeknownst to most people in the United States — it’s perfectly knowable but few give a damn — arms and trains and funds the militaries of the world, including almost all of the most brutal governments of the world. I can’t compare this with the outrage in the U.S. media over the U.S. government feeding a few hungry people in the United States, because there isn’t any outrage over it at all.
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How Our Biggest ISPs Are Failing Students During COVID-19
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
Early in the pandemic, one of our MediaJustice Network members reached out to us in hopes we could support a group of high school students in Baltimore who were trying to amplify their campaign. The students are leaders in a Latinx and immigrant student organization called Students Organizing for a Multicultural and Open Society (SOMOS), and this was their first time organizing for digital equity. | When school ended last year, SOMOS realized that many of their fellow Baltimore city schoolmates who’d relied on Comcast’s Internet Essentials discount program didn’t have a connection fast or reliable enough for onli…
popularresistance.org/how-our-biggest-is…

Police move on hunger striker demanding Labor MP speak up against Assange extradition
Peter Boyle | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-17
Police moved on an activist who had chained himself to outside the office of the Labor MP for Sydney Tanya Plibersek to urge her to speak out against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Peter Boyle reports.
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The Fed Man Song (to the music of Beatles ‘The Taxman’)
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2020-11-17
The Fed so far this year has pumped more than $7 trillion into investors, bankers, and big corporations, who then conveniently diverted most of that ‘free money’ into financial markets, driving up stock price values to current record levels…
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Video: Russia’s Diplomatic Intervention and the Armenia-Azerbaijan War. Russia’s Military Presence in Armenia
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Results of the Nagorno-Karabakh war continue shaping the balance of power of the South Caucasus. The ceasefire regime established as a result of the Russian diplomatic intervention and the deployment of the Russian peacekeeping force in the region nears the …
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Betsy DeVos’s ‘Voucherland’ Spells Disaster For Public Schools
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, sensing perhaps the need to reaffirm her stamp on education policy, recently gave a speech at an education roundtable at Hillsdale College, a private Christian college in Michigan. The Washington Post called her remarks an “anti-government polemic” that reasserted one of her long-held beliefs: that families, rather than the federal government, should be the “sovereign sphere” for deciding how to spend public money for education. | DeVos also made a plug for her Education Freedom Scholarship Initiative, which would provide $5 billion in federal tax credits that states could use…
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“Fed Up” The SF POA Contract, Mayor Breed, Unions, The SFLC & Cops with John Crew
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Retired attorney John Crew who was ACLU Director of Police Practices talks about the effort by the Mayor of San Francisco London Breed with the leadership of the San Francisco Labor Council leadership to push through a City contract with the San Francisco Police Officers Association SF POA. He discusses the history of the SF POA including his arrest by a past president and the secret negotiations Mayor Breed and DHR Carol Eise has done with SF POA that that they are now trying to release…
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-11-17
Doctors in Buenos Aires are set to strike November 17 over an insufficient pay offer while health care workers in Chile struck November 12 and 13 demanding upgrades to the system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/17/wrkr…

Shear Forces–Work-Family Conflicts and The Importance of Balance
Taylor S. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
In this narrative medicine essay, an internist shares how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the work-life balance she had attained and how the metaphor of aortic dissection–shear forces tearing arterial layers apart, managed with blood pressure–gave her a means to imagine how to reduce the opposing forces in her life on the way toward equilibrium.
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The New Elite: Dark Nights Rising
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-17
By Thomas Klikauer & Nadine Campbell / Reposted from CounterPunch There is a new elite on the rise. Unlike the old traditional elite, America’s new elite lives no longer from inheritance and breeding but on achievement. The old elite was based on land, property, and factories. The new elite is very different. This elite has gone through a rigorous training regime — all the way up to elite… | Source…
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How did àÅlvaro Cunhal’s ‘Five Days, Five Nights’ get its English translation?
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-17
There are only a few Communist Parties in the western world that can claim to have fought a decades-long underground battle against an actually-existing fascist regime and survived. Among them is the storied Portuguese Communist Party. From 1932 to 1974, Portugal was ruled by the nationalist and conservative regime of dictator António de Oliveira Salazar. …
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Nursing Homes’ Next Test–Vaccinating Workers Against COVID-19
Jaklevic M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
This story examines the potential roadblocks to vaccinating millions of long-term care workers against COVID-19, a task that is considered to be a critical step in protecting vulnerable nursing home residents.
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How Criminal Justice and Police Reform Fared in the Election
Lauren-Brooke Eisen | zcomm.org | 2020-11-17
There was significant progress, but not across the board…
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RCEP Hops on the New Silk Roads
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
This article was originally published on Asia Times. | Ho Chi Minh, in his eternal abode, will be savoring it with a heavenly smirk. Vietnam was the — virtual — host as the 10 Asean nations, plus China, Japan, …
globalresearch.ca/rcep-hops-new-silk-roa…

Video: Are We Being Told the Truth About COVID-19?
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Professor Bhakdi is a Thai-German specialist in microbiology and co-author of Corona, False Alarm?: Facts and Figures. | According to Prof. Bhakdi,…
globalresearch.ca/video-are-we-being-tol…

Was Jair Bolsonaro Right about the Plot?
Bolton | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
If you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean you aren’t being followed. As it turned out, that thesis is fully applicable to President Bolsonaro.
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Trump Team Seeks to ‘Delay the Inevitable’
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-11-17
In Wisconsin, as elsewhere, the Republicans’ false claims of voter fraud are becoming undone.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-seeks-d…

Red States’ case against ACA hinges on whether they were actually harmed by the law
Phil Galewitz | salon.com | 2020-11-17
The Republican-led states are trying to prove they were harmed by the 2010 health law…
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Persons living with disabilities ‘have very special abilities’, UN deputy chief tells young Ghanaians‚ÄØ
news.un.org | 2020-11-17
During her visit to Ghana on Monday, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed met with young people living with HIV and disabilities in the capital, Accra.
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Meeting of Coronavirus Combat Headquarters in Isfahan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — The meeting of Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters was held in the presence of Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences on Tuesday.
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Muslim Pro prayer app cuts ties with tech firm after US military buys user data
Areeb Ullah | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Muslim Pro prayer app cuts ties with tech firm after US military buys user data | Company tells MEE it is launching an investigation after revelations location data was acquired by United States counterterror branch | Areeb Ullah | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 09: 28 | Muslim Pro boasts of being the most popular app in the world, with millions of downloads from users in 200 countries (Screengrab) | Muslim Pro, a popular Muslim p…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-military-d…

The Global Capitalist Cage and the Corona Crisis: “Solutions” by Those Who Have Created “The Problems”
Hiroyuki Hamada | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
It’s hard to talk about the myriad issues piled in our society in a cohesive way, and when we try, we often get the same response: “What is your solution?” People get frustrated and demand an instant solution to the structural problem they are very much a part of.
globalresearch.ca/the-global-capitalist-…

Saturday 11/21: Shaping a New Generation of Native American Activism
San Francisco Public Library & partner | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online via livestream or Zoom…
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The Korean War’s Forgotten Lessons on the Evil of Intervention
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
This year is the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict from which Washington policymakers learned nothing. Almost 40,000 American soldiers died in that conflict that should have permanently vaccinated the nation against the folly and evil of foreign intervention. Instead, the war was retroactively redefined. As Barack Obama declared in 2013, “That war was no tie. Korea was a victory.”
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Solidarity with activist Ben Pennings sued by Adani
Peter Boyle | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-17
Adani Corporation’s attempt to bankrupt activist Ben Pennings won’t silence Stop Adani activists, writes Coral Wynter.
greenleft.org.au/content/solidarity-acti…

The discreet charm of social media and the choices we don’t have
Julia Rone | zcomm.org | 2020-11-17
The curious co-existence on Netflix of ‘Emily in Paris’ and ‘The Social Dilemma’ reveals the choices that are not available to us…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-discreet-charm…

To truly recover, US needs 400% more coronavirus relief than McConnell is offering
Igor Derysh | zcomm.org | 2020-11-17
GOP-led delays “will increase the amount of money necessary” to save workers…
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Put digital technology to work ‘for those who need it most’: UN Secretary-General
news.un.org | 2020-11-17
While the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of digital technologies and the benefits of connectivity, it has also exacerbated inequalities, including basic online access, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in a video message to the closing session of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
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The Housing Crisis Is Just Getting Started; Let’s Stop It
David Klassen | zcomm.org | 2020-11-17
The Left should organize not only to ward off an eviction wave but to challenge the capitalist logic creating the housing crisis…
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Our politics isn’t about left vs. right anymore — it’s about reality vs. dreadful fantasy
Bob Cesca | salon.com | 2020-11-17
More than 73 million Americans just voted for a dangerous, delusional fiction. Our only choice is to defeat them…
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Warning Concerns Respirator Decontamination System
Jaklevic M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
The FDA has warned the Battelle Memorial Institute, a research and development company in Columbus, Ohio, that its adverse event reporting process for an N95 respirator decontamination system is deficient.
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Hey, Republicans — your guy lost. Can you please take the coronavirus seriously now?>
Amanda Marcotte | salon.com | 2020-11-17
Coronavirus denialism was entirely about helping Trump win the election — so can his voters move on now it’s over?>…
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The COVID-19 Vaccine. The Imposition of Compulsory Vaccination with a Biometric Health Passport?
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
The COVID-19 vaccine… Is this THE final goal of this crisis, to impose a compulsory vaccination on everyone, with a biometric health passport and without it, the impossibility to move, to buy, to eat? The near future will tell.
globalresearch.ca/the-covid-19-vaccine-t…

VIDEO: Factory explosion in Zionist port city
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — Two people were killed on Tuesday morning in an explosion at a metal recycling factory in the Zionist Port City of Ashdod.
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Don’t Call the Cops. Especially if Your Loved Ones Are Old, Disabled or Have Special Needs
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement.”–Steve Silberman, The New York Times…
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Jammu and Kashmir: Implications for Regional and Global Peace
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
The current situation in India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) is not without current, tragic precedent. Bringing non-native Kashmiris into the territory, and since April, two million non-natives have been approved to do so, with the goal of eliminating …
globalresearch.ca/jammu-kashmir-implicat…

5 years after police murder of Jamar Clack, justice demanded in North Minneapolis
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-17
Minneapolis, MN – On November 14, over 150 people gathered in North Minneapolis to honor the five-year mark since Jamar Clark was killed by the Minneapolis Police department on November 15, 2015. It also marks the five-year anniversary of the heightened struggle locally against police terror and its progression to demand community control of the police to stop killer cops. | New and veteran members of Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 Jamar (TCC4J) lead the protesters from the neighborhood that Minnesota Attorney General Elision lives in, to the memorial site of Plymouth and James Avenues, where Clark was killed.
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/11/16/5-years…

UN warns of catastrophe as second hurricane in two weeks hits Central America‚ÄØ
news.un.org | 2020-11-17
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of catastrophic consequences from Hurricane Iota, the second major tropical cyclone to hit Central America this month. ‚Ä&Oslash…
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Why Can’t Inner-Ring Democrats Just Say ‘No’ to Billionaires?
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
Have you heard the latest about the strategic political genius of billionaire Michael Bloomberg? The political brilliance, you might skeptically ask, of Michael Bloomberg? The same Michael Bloomberg who had to spend a record $99 per vote to get himself elected mayor of New York in 2001, another $112 per vote four years later to…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/17/why-cant-inn…

Democracy beyond Corona
Roland Roth | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Diverse democracy immunizes against authoritarian impositions. | Whether the experiences of the lockdown will result in lasting damage in the sense of a democratically consumptive “new normality” depends not least on whether it is possible to take up and strengthen the very existing democracy-building impulses and initiatives – from “Black Lives Matter” to “Fridays for Future”.
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New China-led trade bloc sets stage for further tensions with the US
wsws.org | 2020-11-17
While relatively limited in scope, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a further blow to US ambitions for economic domination of the Asia-Pacific.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/17/trad…

Iraq hangs 21 men for terrorism at notorious Nasiriyah prison
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Iraq hangs 21 men for terrorism at notorious Nasiriyah prison | The men had been convicted under a 2005 counterterrorism law but there were no details on their specific crimes | MEE and agencies | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 08: 29 | Iraq ranks fifth among countries that carry out death sentences, according to Amnesty International (Reuters) | Iraq executed 21 men convicted of terrorism on Monday at the notorious Nasi…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-hangs-me…

Arab American Attitudes Towards Their Heritage and the Middle East
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Any discussion of Arab Americans must consider, at the outset, both the deep diversity as well as the shared attitudes and concerns that exist within the community. As is the case with most ethnic groups, Arab Americans are not a …
globalresearch.ca/arab-american-attitude…

Former Pfizer Vice-President Dr. Michael Yeadon Questions Company’s Vaccine ‘Breakthrough’ Spin
John O’Sullivan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Yesterday Pfizer announced to much media fanfare that it has a breakthrough in the search for a reliable COVID-19 vaccine claiming studies showed it can prevent 90% of people contracting the virus. But respected former vice-president of Pfizer, Dr. Michael …
globalresearch.ca/top-pfizer-whistleblow…

Nigerian Government Revealing Its True Character In Response To Youth Protests
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
Youth protests against police violence in Nigeria, the #EndSARS movement, gained international attention with solidarity protests around the world. To understand those protests and the context of the political, economic and social environment in Nigeria, I speak with Comrade Abiodun Aremu, the general secretary of the Joint Action Front and the co-coordinator of the Amil …
popularresistance.org/nigerian-governmen…

Friday 11/20: Fighting State Murder: Racism, the Police, and the Death Penalty
Haymarket Books | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online event…
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Ritornano gli euromissili nucleari
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Foto : il missile sm-6 della raytheon da cui la lockheed martin derivera’ il missile balistico nucleare a medio raggio da installare in europa | Oltre cinque anni fa titolammo sul Manifesto (9 giugno 2015) ´Ritornano i missili a Comiso? ª. Tale …
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What is happening in Ethiopia?
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region Tigray is intensifying. Hundreds have reportedly died and the fighting has now spilled across the country’s national borders into neighboring countries. As the conflict spreads, it is feared that it could have a destabilizing effect on the broader region. | How did this conflict begin?
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Assessing Alternative Payment Models
Gondi S, Wadhera RK. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
To the Editor Dr Navathe and colleagues suggested that alternative payment models have played a key role in slowing the growth of US health care spending despite evidence indicating they have limited effect. They posited that the true effect of alternative payment models has been underestimated in individual evaluations because these models have been compared with a declining spending baseline.
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There’s one big, important difference between Pfizer and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines
Matthew Rozsa | salon.com | 2020-11-17
Both Pfizer and Moderna have announced promising vaccine candidates in recent days; is one better or worse?>…
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Primatology and the Post-Election
Elissa Jacobs | progressive.org | 2020-11-17
In true chimpanzee fashion, Trump has thrown figurative poop at every potential rival.
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Police officer faces misconduct hearing ‘for sticking carrot barcode on donuts’
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-17
A police officer allegedly tried to buy a £9.95 box of 12 Krispy Kreme donuts for seven pence by sticking a barcode for carrots on them and going through a self-service checkout. | PC Simon Read faces a misconduct hearing over the alleged incident at Tesco Extra in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on 10 February this year. Papers say his alleged breach of professional standards is “so serious that dismissal would be justified”. | “Justifiably appalled”: | It is alleged that Read entered the supermarket while in uniform and on duty and selected a cardboard tray of 12 Krispy Kreme donuts priced at £9.95,…
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Huck Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, Other Classic Books Banned in California Schools for “Racism”
Matt Agorist | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
When Gutenberg introduced the printing press in 1440, the world had no idea that things were about to drastically change. Prior to the release and production of the printing press, books were incredibly expensive, rare, mostly written in Latin, and …
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Environmental activists come out to protest Line 3 oil pipeline
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-17
St. Paul, MN – Over 500 protesters picketed outside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mansion, November 14, to protest his decision to grant permits to allow Enbridge to build Line 3, a pipeline that would carry nearly a million barrels of tar sands a day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin through Minnesota. The event was organized by MN 350, and included other groups that have organized against Line 3. | The Climate Justice Committee (CJC) joined to protest Walz’s decision. Katherine Gould, a CJC member explained, “We demand the people of Minnesota and Native people have a say in Line 3, not corporations tha…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/11/16/environ…

Brazilian Elections — A Day Of Shame For The Far Right
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
On Sunday, November 15, over 147 million Brazilians went to the polls in the largest round of local elections in the nation’s history. One state, Amapa, had to cancel most of its elections due the fact that most of it has been without electricity for over 2 weeks because of the massive failure of the privatization of it’s power grid. In the other 25 states elections went smoothly, with the biggest complaint being the 3 hour delay due to computer glitches which caused final results to be announced only 7 hours after the polls closed (watch and learn, USA).
popularresistance.org/brazilian-election…

Association of Childhood Lead Exposure With MRI Structural Brain Integrity in Midlife
Reuben A, Elliott ML, Abraham WC, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
This study examines the association of blood lead levels in childhood with MRI measures of brain integrity as well as cognitive function assessments at age 45 years in a New Zealand birth cohort.
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Wednesday 11/18: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State
Oakland Privacy | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online Via Zoom. Email contact@oaklandprivacy.org for Zoom info.
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The New Politics of the Poor in Biden’s (and McConnell’s) USA
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-17
McConnell Center / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] By Liz Theoharis / TomDispatch In the two weeks since Election 2020, the country has oscillated between joy and anger, hope and dread in an era of polarization sharpened by the forces of racism, nativism, and hate. Still, truth be told, though the divisive tone of this moment may only be sharpening, division in the United States of America is not a new… | Source…
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In the Event of My Death
Katie Farris | thenation.com | 2020-11-17
In the Event of My Death…
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People protest in Nigeria in support of Sheikh Zakzaky
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — A number of people, as supporters of Nigeria’s top Shia Cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, staged peaceful demonstration, demanding the immediate release of leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and his wife.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166016/People-prote…

Muslim Pro users denounce tech firm after their data ‘sold to US military’
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Muslim Pro users denounce tech firm after their data ‘sold to US military’ | Muslims leave damning reviews online and offer alternatives to app used for prayer | Nadda Osman | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 12: 28 | Thousands of people have said they are deleting the app after it was revealed the company was selling users’ personal data to brokers (Screengrab) | Muslim Pro users are posting negative reviews about the popular praye…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-military-d…

Evo Morales returns to Bolivia in triumph
Marco Terrugi | workers.org | 2020-11-17
Chimoré airport, Bolivia First published Nov. 13 in revistacrisis.com.ar, Teruggi’s article describes Evo Morales’ triumphant return to Bolivia after a year in exile. Translation: John Catalinotto. [Former President] Evo Morales and [Vice President] Alvaro Garcia Linera stood before a crowd at the Chimoré airport in the heart of the Chapare. . . . | Continue reading Evo Morales returns to Bolivia in triumph at Workers.org
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Questions raised about who will benefit from new regional trade deal
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-17
The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network reports that questions are being asked about a new ASEAN trade deal Australia has just signed which does not include commitments to labour rights or environmental protections.
greenleft.org.au/content/questions-raise…

COVID-19 and Catastrophe Capitalism
John Bellamy Foster and Intan Suwandi | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
The scale of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences on world accumulation are unprecedented, with the global economic costs still increasing. At the end of March, some three billion people on the planet were in lockdown or social-distancing mode.36 Most corporations have no emergency plan for dealing with the multiple breaks in their supply chains.37…
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The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature
Jennifer Wilson | thenation.com | 2020-11-17
The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature…
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A Strategy Comes Home to Roost
Peter Lackowski | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
Traveling around Venezuela in 2005, it occurred to me that it the paint merchants must be doing very well. There had been a recall referendum the year before. The question on the ballot was a simple yes or no: Shall President Hugo Chávez be recalled? The word “NO” was still painted on walls, pillars, even…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/17/a-strategy-c…

Effect of an Emergency Department Care Bundle on Older Adults With Acute Heart Failure
Freund Y, Cachanado M, Delannoy Q, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
This unblinded cluster randomized trial compares the effects of an emergency department (ED)–based comprehensive, guideline-recommended care bundle vs usual care on the number of days alive and out of the hospital at 30 days in older patients with acute heart failure cared for at French hospitals.
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Anti-racist protesters shut down Wisconsin school board meeting
Erica Steib | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-17
School board unwilling to seriously discuss racism in the schools.
liberationnews.org/anti-racist-protester…

Barack Obama’s legacy in the Middle East: Six things we learned from ‘A Promised Land’
Alex MacDonald | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Barack Obama’s legacy in the Middle East: Six things we learned from ‘A Promised Land’ | In his latest memoir, the former president discusses being pressured by the Israel lobby, Bahrain’s assault on the pro-democracy movement, and the vagaries of having 12 wives | Alex MacDonald | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 16: 21 | Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) and his US counterpart Barack Obama take part in a welcoming ceremon…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/barack-obama-…

Saudi activists tell UK MPs of brutal conditions facing political detainees
Alex MacDonald | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Saudi activists tell UK MPs of brutal conditions facing political detainees | Activists told a panel focusing on two detained princes that rape, torture and killing were commonplace in Saudi jails | Alex MacDonald | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 11: 39 | Former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (R), pictured with current Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was arrested in March with little known publicly about his detention (AF…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-saudi-arab…

Tuesday 11/17: Defend The Post Office-APWU National Day Of Action Celebrate postal workers – Defend
APWU | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Fox Plaza | 1390 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…
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Hollywood’s ‘Songbird’: “Puts the Scare” in People during a “Pandemic”
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Hollywood knows how to put the scare in people. Songbird, a new film produced by Michael Bay and directed by Adam Mason exploits the Covid-19 pandemic which complements the mainstream-media’s (MSM) fear campaign among its audience. Last month, The …
globalresearch.ca/hollywood-songbird-exp…

The Heat: RCEP Trade Deal
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-11-17
An historic achievement – China and 14 other Asian countries sign a massive trade agreement. We’ll discuss what it means for the region and the world.
america.cgtn.com/2020/11/17/the-heat-rce…

Testing Clinical Prediction Models
Goldstein BA, Pencina MJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
To the Editor Mr Adibi and colleagues argued that practitioners are developing too many clinical prediction models (CPMs) and not testing model performance enough. The authors suggested placing all models in a cloud-based environment and allowing for a natural-selection approach to determine the best models. We agree that the current process, in which investigators develop models based on convenience cohorts without clear clinical use cases for their application and with little validation, needs a major overhaul. We also agree that placing models–with appropriate metadata–in a cloud-based environment…
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Thursday 11/19: 270 by 2024: National Popular Vote for President Virtual Summit
Common Cause & partners | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online via Zoom…
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Jury members of Main Competition section announced
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — The 16th Resistance International Film Festival announced the jury members of selecting documentary films of Main Competition section.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166007/Jury-members…

Testing Clinical Prediction Models–Reply
Adibi A, Sadatsafavi M, Ioannidis JA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
In Reply We agree with Drs Goldstein and Pencina about the necessity of adapting risk models to the clinical use case. We share their vision that a cloud-based platform does not have to be centralized; each practitioner will set up their own environment for the models to compete in based on the specific task at hand. In our Viewpoint, we alluded to the idea that our suggested survival-of-the-fittest approach could help clinicians “adapt models to their local settings.” Models might evolve differently in different settings, based on the applicable evaluation criteria. The unique combination of clinical tasks, pati…
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U.S. military and private data firms join forces for spy operation targeting Muslims
John Winstead | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-17
The U.S. military purchased app data on hundreds of thousands of people to track their location, according to a newly-released report from Motherboard. Notably, the purchased apps include a Muslim prayer application and others designed to appeal to Muslims.
liberationnews.org/u-s-military-and-priv…

Trump administration rushes to auction off Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling rights before Biden inauguration
Brett Wilkins | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-17
The pristine reserve is home to the Gwich’in people, who call it “Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit,” or, “the sacred place where life begins.”
nationofchange.org/2020/11/17/trump-admi…

Our House: Why China’s New South Asian Trade Deal is Making Washington Sweat
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-11-17
A 15-member South Asian trade agreement that includes China and Japan has put the West on notice that its influence in the region is waning and possibly done for.
mintpressnews.com/rcep-china-trade-deal-…

“Last Week Tonight” is a 2020 mood — bizarre, fatalistic, and inexplicably thirsty
Melanie McFarland | salon.com | 2020-11-17
From an Adam Driver obsession to Trump critiques, John Oliver’s troubled psyche reflected our “parade of misery”
salon.com/2020/11/16/last-week-tonight-w…

Biden’s transition team is filled with war profiteers, Beltway chickenhawks, and corporate consultants
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-17
A glance at the Biden-Harris agency review teams should provide a rude awakening to anyone who believed a Biden administration could be “pushed to the left.” | Kevin GOSZTOLA | An eye-popping array of corporate consultants, war profiteers, and national security hawks have been appointed by President-elect Joe Biden to agency review teams that will set the agenda for his administration. A substantial percentage of them worked in the United States government when Barack Obama was president. | The appointments should provide…
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New partnership to boost maternal and newborn health in East and Southern Africa
news.un.org | 2020-11-17
Some 10,000 health workers will be trained to support mothers and newborns in Africa through a partnership between the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Laerdal Global Health, the non-profit arm of a Norwegian company that provides innovative training, educational and therapy solutions for emergency medical care and patient safety.
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Iran among top 5 in COVID-19 rapid test kit production
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — Chairman of the Coronavirus Combat Headquarter said that Iran is among the top five countries in the world in the production of COVID-19 rapid detection kit.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166000/Iran-among-t…

Kaepernick joins the call to ‘Free Mumia!’
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-11-17
Philadelphia A virtual press conference on the critical juncture in the fight to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was held here Nov. 16. A special highlight was a seven-minute message from Colin Kaepernick, expressing his support. Kaepernick sacrificed his stellar athletic career in 2016 when he began to take a . . . | Continue reading Kaepernick joins the call to ‘Free Mumia!’ at Workers.org
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Patient Information: Bladder Cancer
Lenis AT, Lec PM, Chamie K. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
This JAMA Patient Page summarizes treatment options for early, invasive, and advanced bladder cancer.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
Joseph Cox | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people’s personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military. | *** | The U.S. military is buying the granular …
globalresearch.ca/how-us-military-buys-l…

2019 FBI Data Undercounts Hate Crimes
commondreams.org | 2020-11-17
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Tuesday 11/17: #PowerInAction: Winning With Our People National Organizing Livestream w/ MoveOn
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online event…
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Iran produces COVID-19 rapid antigen diagnostic test kits
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — The unveiling ceremony of the production line of COVID-19 rapid antigen diagnostic test kits was held in the presence of Iranian First Vice President at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences on Tuesday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/166005/Iran-produc…

After This Election, We Should Not Come Together
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
Again, millions of non-white people crouched over their mobile screens. We crouched just as earlier generations of Black people crouched below window panes, wondering if they managed to outrun conservative white mobs. Mobs that the popular media, then as now, apologised for and referred to as aggrieved. | Again, we peered into our screens as if they were a rural town’s night, watching for early signs of trouble. To see if the preferred candidate of the vehicle-ramming white nationalists had won or if we had been snatched to safety by the other one.
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Testing Clinical Prediction Models
Wang J, Li Y. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
To the Editor The Viewpoint by Mr Adibi and colleagues proposed some novel approaches for evaluating the performance and utility of published CPMs.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Hospitals Are Still Unprepared and Lack PPE After 9 Months of Pandemic
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-17
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its ninth month, a new report by National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the United States, finds hospitals are still failing to provide adequate PPE and are unprepared as the surge is expected to get worse during the flu season. Nurses also report mental health struggles related to the pandemic. The union estimates at least 2,000 frontline healthcare workers have died due to COVID-19, with nurses of color accounting for half of those deaths, even though th…
truthout.org/video/hospitals-are-still-u…

Borders of Iran, Azerbaijan to be peaceful forever: Envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — The Ambassador of Iran in Azerbaijan said that borders between Iran and Azerbaijan will always be peaceful due to historical and cultural similarities between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166015/Borders-of-I…

Q&A: Encouraging responsible behaviour during the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-11-17
How can public health messaging cut through the flood of information and encourage responsible behaviour?>…
imperial.ac.uk/news/208913/qa-encouraging-responsible-behaviour-during-covid-19

Partnership to Make 120 Million COVID-19 Rapid Tests Available
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
A global partnership plans to make 120 million coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapid antigen tests available in low- and middle-income countries, according to an announcement from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

The 1857 rebellion in Colonial India
Pranav Jani | mronline.org | 2020-11-17
The 1857 Rebellion against British rule in Colonial India hasn’t always received the attention it deserves, despite being one of the most important uprisings of the 19th century. Pranav Jani argues it’s high time we changed that.
mronline.org/2020/11/17/the-1857-rebelli…

EU extends sanctions against Venezuela
Venezuela Analysis | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
The European Council has extended all sanctions against Venezuela for another year. The measures include travel bans, asset freezes and trade restrictions and will now be in place until November 2021. | According to a European Union (EU) statement, the extension looks to “help encourage democratic shared solutions in order to bring political stability to the country and allow it to address the pressing needs of the population.” Sanctions regimes against Venezuela have be…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/17/eu-extend…

Utah teachers stage wildcat sickout to demand COVID-19 testing, online instruction as cases soar
wsws.org | 2020-11-17
Teachers in Utah conducted a sickout strike opposed by the union to demand an end to in-person instruction as the pandemic spreads uncontrolled.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/17/utah…

Hurricane Iota Wreaks Havoc in Central America
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-17
According to U.S. National Hurricane Center, hurricane Iota was downgraded to category 1 on Tuesday, while maintaining its potential to produce flash flooding and mudslides over central America. | Hurricane Iota made landfall on the coast of Nicaragua near the city of Haulover located about 30 miles south of Puerto Cabezas. It is the first Category 5 hurricane recorded in this season in the Atlantic. | At least one person died and serious damage was reported as a result of Iota’s impact on the Colombia island of Providencia, which suffered the deterioration of about 98 percent of its infrastructure. | Meanwhil…
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Biden Says US and Its Allies Need To Counter Chinese Influence
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-17
Only days away after China signed a major trade deal in the Asia Pacific area that encompasses roughly one-third of the world’s gross domestic product and population, making it the largest free-trade agreement ever signed, the U.S. President-elect reacted during a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware. | RELATED: | China Close to Striking World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement | On Monday, Biden said the United States needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules to…
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Hungarian Faludi Intl Film Fest to host Iranian “Branded”
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — The short film “Branded” directed by an Iranian filmmaker is scheduled to vie at the Faludi International Film Festival in Hungary.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166001/Hungarian-Fa…

Nico Perrino and John K. Roth
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-11-17
Nico Perrino is the first guest on this week’s program; the topic is “Mighty Ira,” Perrino’s new documentary on the life and times of Ira Glasser. Glasser led the American…
projectcensored.org/nico-perrino-and-joh…

Climate change is causing hurricanes to stay strong for longer, move further inland
Sandipan Talukdar | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
Due to warming oceans, a hurricane will move further inland after making landfall and stay strong for a longer time, thus causing more destruction, a recent paper in Nature says…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/17/climate-c…

Financial Penalties Imposed on Large Pharmaceutical Firms for Illegal Activities
Arnold DG, Stewart O, Beck T. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
This study describes financial penalties levied on pharmaceutical companies for illegal activities by type of activity and dollar value between 2003 and 2016.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

New Plant-Based Recipe Booklet From Food Empowerment Project
Food Empowerment Project | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
NEW PLANT-BASED RECIPE BOOKLET FROM FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT BRINGS RICH FILIPINO FOOD TRADITIONS TO THE VEGAN WORLD…
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Scores of Israelis evicted from former settlement in West Bank
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Scores of Israelis evicted from former settlement in West Bank | Around 20 families, including a Likud MP, ejected from Sa-Nur by the military 15 years after first being expelled | MEE staff | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 12: 14 | Israeli settlers inside a property in the former settlement of Sa-Nur north of the occupied West Bank (Twitter\@EladHumi) | Scores of Israeli settlers attempting to repopulate an illegal settlement near th…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-settle…

Covid-19: Turkey to impose new measures to curb coronavirus surge
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Covid-19: Turkey to impose new measures to curb coronavirus surge | All schools will remain closed until the year-end and there will be a curfew between 10am to 8pm on weekends, President Erdogan said | MEE staff | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 17: 23 | Erdogan said the government needs people to cooperate with these measures in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus (AFP/File photo) | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-turkey-…

Ally of far-right Florida candidate Laura Loomer launches “Blood of Liberty” super PAC
Roger Sollenberger | salon.com | 2020-11-17
Group’s founder says the PAC’s name, Sang de Liberté, refers to Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution…
salon.com/2020/11/17/ally-of-far-right-f…

Will Biden Seek to De-escalate Tensions with China and Russia?
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
A crucial advantage that China enjoys over its Western rivals, principally the United States, is the country’s rebuffing of neoliberalism. Under its present leadership, Beijing’s influence over corporations and private power has increased substantially. | By contrast to America, almost all …
globalresearch.ca/biden-may-not-seek-de-…

Fauci Calls for Unified, Federal Approach to Tackling COVID
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-17
Anthony Fauci, current director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, called on the federal government to take a more uniform approach to combating the pandemic, rather than relying on each state to come up with their own statewide plans or regulations. | “We need some fundamental public health measures that everyone should be adhering to, not a disjointed, ‘One state says one thing, the other state says another thing,'”
truthout.org/articles/fauci-calls-for-un…

Yes, Election Fraud is Real. And its a Longstanding Tradition on Both Sides of the Aisle
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-11-17
As allegations of election fraud continue to swirl almost two weeks since the 2020 election, the contours of a galvanized bipartisan ruling class in America are beginning to emerge in the wake of democracy’s demise…
mintpressnews.com/election-fraud-is-real…

Vaccines give us light at end of the tunnel, Neil Ferguson tells Paris Forum
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-11-17
Imperial’s Professor Neil Ferguson says that the promise of effective COVID-19 vaccines is very encouraging but we may need restrictions until then.
imperial.ac.uk/news/208853/vaccines-give-light-tunnel-neil-ferguson

Democrats ask Pompeo if Israel used US equipment to destroy Palestinian village
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Democrats ask Pompeo if Israel used US equipment to destroy Palestinian village | Dozens of Democratic members of Congress ask Mike Pompeo to probe whether Israel used US military equipment to demolish Khirbet Humsa on election night | MEE staff | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 22: 08 | Congressman Mark Pocan and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal signed onto the letter sent to Pompeo (AFP/File photo) | Dozens of Democratic members of Cong…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/democrats-pom…

Saudi Arabia: Nuclear Weapons to Confront Iran Is an Option
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-17
Saudi Arabia announces that it is considering as an “option” equipping itself with nuclear weapons to deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran. | “It is definitely an option. If Iran becomes a nuclear power, more countries will follow its example,” said Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Yubeir, in a recent interview with the German agency DPA. | RELATED: | Five World Powers Start Meeting to Save 2015 Nuclear Pact | Although Iran has repeatedly clarified tha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-ArabiA-Nuc…

Tuesday 12/1: World AIDS Day: Fighting Back: Lessons from AIDS for COVID-19
The GLBT Historical Society | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online event via livestream (FREE or donation)…
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Thursday 11/19: African Diaspora and Climate Change from Kenya to New Orleans
Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online via livestream…
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Can we electrify our way out of climate change–or do the rich also need to consume less?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-17
As the Artic sea ice rapidly melts and the communities across the world suffer dire consequences, we are experiencing the tragedies from emitting greenhouse gases from human activities into the atmosphere.
mronline.org/2020/11/17/can-we-electrify…

Bioinformatics, Sequencing Accuracy, and the Credibility of Clinical Genomics
Feero W. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
The adoption of clinical exome and whole-genome sequencing based on next-generation sequencing technologies has increased rapidly over the last decade; this has been accelerated by increasing coverage of these services by private and public insurers. Examples of use include tumor and germline sequencing in patients with cancer, rapid turn-around sequencing of the genomes of critically ill neonates to diagnose mendelian conditions, and noninvasive prenatal testing for reproductive decision-making. The accuracy of sequencing results is of paramount importance to patients, clinicians, and those paying for testing se…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Breast Implant Manufacturers Get Labeling Guidance
Jaklevic M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
New final guidance from the FDA is meant to ensure that patients have accurate, timely information on the risks and benefits associated with breast implants.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Saturday 12/5: Strike Debt Bay Area Economics Book Group — Revenge Capitalism
Strike Debt Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-11-17
Online via Zoom.
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Free Speech Is More Complicated Than You Think
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-17
The truth is — words are dangerous. | Words are the catalysts of all action — good or evil. To start with a cliché but solid example: words inspired millions of Germans to direct their ire towards Jews, Romani, LGBTQ and other state-labeled “degenerates.” Words inspired the Manson family to murder innocent people. Words inspired the murder of entire villages of Vietnamese, Afghan, and Iraqi civilians. Words convinced thousands of colonizers that this land was their land and that the native people were nothing but mere savages to be removed by force in the name of a pearly white Manifest Destiny.
popularresistance.org/free-speech-is-mor…

Russia to build naval base in Sudan, ushering in new foothold in Africa
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Russia to build naval base in Sudan, ushering in new foothold in Africa | Port Sudan facility will be Moscow’s first substantial military presence on the continent since the fall of the Soviet Union | MEE and agencies | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 12: 15 | The new facility will make it easier for the Russian navy to operate in the Indian Ocean (AFP) | Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Monday approvin…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-russia-…

There Is a Name for Women Like My Mother
Naomieh Jovin, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-11-17
There Is a Name for Women Like My Mother…
thenation.com/article/society/haiti-immi…

Poorer Countries May Have to Wait Years for a COVID Vaccine
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-17
A COVID-19 vaccine appears to be on the way, raising plenty of questions about how much vaccines will cost and who get will get them first. | On Monday, Moderna announced initial results from a clinical trial showing that its COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. That’s promising news for people in the United States, where COVID-19 is surging and the government invested heavily in developing…
truthout.org/articles/poorer-countries-m…

Video: German Lawyer Sues the World Over Coronavirus
Reiner Fuellmich | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Patrick Bet-David has a virtual sit down with consumer protection trial lawyer Reiner Fuellmich to talk about the Coronavirus and his work on the German Corona investigation committee. | Dr Reiner Fuellmich is one of four members of the German Corona …
globalresearch.ca/video-german-lawyer-su…

The real winner of Election 2020? Drugs
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-11-17
Drugs won big on Election Day, and the bipartisan divide on the war on drugs appears to be closing. With major strides in drug decriminalization and legalization taking place, we explore how states are handling these measures and how it will impact us.
therealnews.com/the-real-winner-of-elect…

These freshman House Republicans might actually care about climate change
Zoya Teirstein | salon.com | 2020-11-17
Republicans made gains in Congress. But it’s not all bad news for future climate legislation…
salon.com/2020/11/17/these-freshman-hous…

Donald Trump ne joue pas seulement au golf, il purge le Pentagone
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-17
En pleine contestation des résultats de l’élection présidentielle, le président Donald Trump a entrepris de purger le Pentagone des chefs de la rébellion. Premier visé, le secrétaire à la Défense, qui n’a cessé de mentir pour cacher les réels objectifs des officiers généraux. | Une fois l’élection présidentielle terminée, le locataire de la Maison-Blanche n’a plus droit que de gérer les affaires courantes. Mais juste avant la proclamation des résultats du scrutin par la Commission électorale fédérale, le président Donald Trump a commencé une opération de nettoyage sans précédent du Pentagone. | La presse US, touj…
thealtworld.com/thierry_meyssan/donald-t…

Video: The COVID Cult. “The Greatest Public Health Fiasco in World History”
Thomas E. Woods, Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
This is the greatest public health fiasco in the history of the world, and the media has distorted it so badly, that much of the general public is celebrating villains and hissing at heroes. And, even — perversely enough — …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-covid-cult-t…

This Isn’t Feminism, It’s Imperialism In Pumps
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-17
Push against the celebrations of women being elevated to positions which go directly against the interests of women. Do not let mass murder and psychopathy become the landmark for success in the kind of world we are creating for our daughters. Oppose this madness and push for the kind of world we all know deep down we ought to have.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/11/17/th…

How Joe Biden Can Score a Major Foreign Policy Win on Day One of his Presidency
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
“President-elect Joe Biden has promised to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal,” writes Tom O’Connor at Newsweek. “But a return is set to face challenges on both sides as they attempt to rebuild trust in a radically different environment than five years ago.”
counterpunch.org/2020/11/17/how-joe-bide…

Global Mental Health Services Are Collapsing as Demand Grows
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted mental health, neurological, and substance abuse services in 93% of 130 countries surveyed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Oxford University’s Ties to Nuclear Weapons Industry Revealed
Ben Jacob | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-17
Freedom of Information requests submitted by Cherwell have revealed that Oxford University accepted at least £726,706 from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), the designer and producer of the UK’s nuclear warheads, during the years 2017-19 alone. | The majority of this …
globalresearch.ca/oxford-university-ties…

Union lawsuit wins UK workers right to picket during lockdown
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
During the proceedings in a lawsuit filed by Unite union against police and health authorities for threatening workers on strike, the UK government confirmed that workers on lawful industrial action have the right to picket their workplace during the COVID-19 lockdown…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/17/union-law…

Kim Stanley Robinson Bears Witness to Our Climate Futures
Lewis Gordon | thenation.com | 2020-11-17
Kim Stanley Robinson Bears Witness to Our Climate Futures…
thenation.com/article/culture/qa-kim-sta…

State Medicine vs Fads
jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
It is often interesting, as well as instructive, to take a retrospective glance over conditions that apparently have taken the lead in shaping popular opinion. In professional work this is quite as fascinating as it is to follow the ordinary topics of the day. In the present, matters that are non-sensational are relegated to the background, giving place to topics that can be made to excite the imagination, and help to create a sensation. Out of this has been developed the fad of being interviewed by a representative of the public press; in which, many times, the person being interviewed is shrewdly made to say wh…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

NLRB hearing officer urges certification of Steelworkers election at Kumho Tire
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-17
Macon, GA – A hearing officer with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recommended certifying Kumho Tire workers’ organizing victory with the United Steelworkers (USW) and dismissing the company’s objections “in their entirety.” | After workers at the Macon plant last year overcame Kumho’s oppressive anti-union campaign and voted to join the USW, the company filed several groundless objections in an effort to overturn the election. | The NLRB regional director dismissed some of those objections months ago, citing the lack of evidence. | In a report issued November 10, NLRB Hearing Officer Brenna C. Schertz…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/11/16/nlrb-he…

Australian governments impose wage freezes on public sector workers
wsws.org | 2020-11-17
Coalition and Labor governments alike are exploiting the pandemic to deepen a decades-long attack on working class pay and conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/17/wage…

Mexico, the Drug War, and US Imperialism in Latin America
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-17
counterpunch.org/2020/11/17/mexico-the-d…

30,000 livelihood assistance packages distributed in Qom
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
QOM, Oct. 25 (MNA) — 30,000 Livelihood foodstuff packages were prepared and distributed among the needy and underprivileged people in Qom province on Tuesday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/165994/30-000-live…

Libyan warring factions agree to protect oil production facilities
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-17
The talks in Brega led to an agreement to create a joint force to protect the facilities. The political talks that were going in parallel did not lead to an agreement on a transitional government…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/17/libyan-wa…

‘Housing as a Human Right’ takes center stage in Oakland’s election
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-17
OAKLAND, Calif. — This city’s supporters of housing as a human right, rethinking public safety, achieving racial justice, and upholding public education have a lot to be glad about as election results are finalized. Longtime Oakland resident and community organizer Carroll Fife, regional director of the Alliance for Community Empowerment for San Francisco and Oakland, …
peoplesworld.org/article/housing-as-a-hu…

Palestinian Authority to restore security, financial coordination with Israel
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Palestinian Authority to restore security, financial coordination with Israel | Official says President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to restore ties with Israel, a move that could disrupt reconciliation talks with Hamas | MEE staff | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 19: 07 | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a placard with historical maps showing Palestinian land loss during video conference with Palestinian factions on 3 September (A…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-a…

Sexism, misogyny and workplace rights
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-17
The ABC’s Four Corners on November 9 unveiled a few secrets that at least two senior Liberal Party MPs would rather have kept concealed. Mary Merkenich writes that the long-standing sexist practice of covering up bad behaviour enables it to continue.
greenleft.org.au/content/sexism-misogyny…

FDA Expands Food Safety Collaboration With Mexico
Jaklevic M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-11-17
Building on a partnership signed in 2014, the FDA and its counterparts in Mexico have agreed to expand collaborative food safety efforts to cover all human food, rather than just produce, that crosses the border.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work
Richard Kreitner | thenation.com | 2020-11-17
American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work…
thenation.com/article/politics/democracy…

Robert Reich: Capitalism makes it hard to keep democracy going
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-17
BERKELEY, Calif.–Rising income inequality, to levels unseen for almost a century, makes it “hard to keep an economy” and a democracy going, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich says. Ditto for the U.S. version of the capitalist system, he adds. Reich, now a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, said the growing chasm between …
peoplesworld.org/article/robert-reich-ca…

Protecting security of borders, Ground Force’s main priority
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-17
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces said that protecting and preserving security of borders is an important priority of Iran’s Army Ground Force.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166014/Protecting-s…

Graham’s pressure campaign to throw out ballots may have violated federal law, legal experts say
Igor Derysh | salon.com | 2020-11-17
After Georgia’s top election official says Graham suggested he toss votes, Graham admits he called two other states…
salon.com/2020/11/17/grahams-pressure-ca…

Covid in Lebanon: Minister’s ‘let women cook’ in lockdown comment causes uproar
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-17
Covid in Lebanon: Minister’s ‘let women cook’ in lockdown comment causes uproar | Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi also said women ‘too timid’ to be prime minister, sparking widespread backlash | Nur Ayoubi | Tue, 11/17/2020 – 12: 51 | Mohammed Fahmi has come under fire for his comments (Reuters) | Social media users in Lebanon have organised a campaign challenging controversial comments made by caretaker Interior Minis…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanon-covid…

UN releases $100 million to guard against famine
news.un.org | 2020-11-17
The United Nations released $100 million of emergency funding on Tuesday to stave off the risk of famine in seven countries most at risk from a hunger epidemic fueled by conflict, economic decline, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ceasefire Ends in Occupied Western Sahara After U.S.-Backed Moroccan Military Launches Operation
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-16
A nearly three-decade-old ceasefire has ended in occupied Western Sahara — what many consider to be Africa’s last colony. Fighting has broken out in several areas between the Moroccan military and the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi liberation movement seeking independence, after the Moroccan military broke into a no-go buffer zone in southern Western Sahara. For the past three weeks, Sahrawi civilian protesters had blocked a Morocco-built road in the area that Sahrawis consider to be illegal. The peaceful blockade backed up traffic for miles and cut off trade between Morocco and Mauritania to the south. The P…
www.democracynow.org/2020/11/16/western_…

Country reels from explosion in COVID cases
Jordan Woll | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-16
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to spiral out of control across the country. The seven-day moving average of new Coronavirus cases has increased by 80 percent in the most recent two weeks, currently standing at 153,000.
liberationnews.org/country-reels-from-ex…

This Regime Must Go NOW: Three Reasons
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-16
The Trump campaign and White House are scheming to get the Republican-controlled state legislatures of Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania to declare invalid the mail-in ballots required by the pandemic Trump fueled and fanned across the nation. This would be the pretext for some or all those legislatures trying to install (over the protests of Democratic governors in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan) un-elected slates of Trump electors to the Electoral College, claiming that Trump won the “legal” popular vote in their states. The murky legal and constitutional tangle that could result fro…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/16/this-regime-…

The Imperative To Achieve National Improved Medicare For All
Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-16
NOTE: The Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund is accepting applicants for an unrestricted grant of $20,000 until December 13, 2020. Learn more at PopularResistance.org/kevin-zeese/. And join us for a webinar with Venezuelan social movements on November 18 to hear about their upcoming elections and how we can support their struggle against US intervention. Details at …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/the-imperativ…

EU Extends Sanctions Against Venezuela
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-11-16
The extension comes as the country continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, with Maduro securing 10 million Sputnik V vaccine doses.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15051

Havana Arrives at 501 Years, Expanding Eusebio Leal’s Legacy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-16
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro celebrated on Monday the 501 anniversary of the founding of Havana. This World Heritage city is also a model of an avant-garde restoration process in Latin America and the world. | RELATED: | Cuban Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler Dies at 78 | “From Venezuela, we celebrate 501 years of history and resistance of Havana. A city that houses the rebellion, the joy, the music, and the verses of the heroic Cuban people in its streets. We hope to enjoy its warmth…
telesurenglish.net/news/Havana-Arrives-a…

The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology
Peter Critchley | mronline.org | 2020-11-16
John Bellamy Foster’s brilliant recovery of a century of ecological and socialist thought will inform, enable, and inspire a new generation of reds and greens.
mronline.org/2020/11/16/the-return-of-na…

Chile: Senate To Vote on Claim Against Ex-Interior Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-16
Chile’s Senate on Monday is set to debate a constitutional claim over police brutality against former Interior Minister Victor Perez who could be suspended from public office for up to five years. | RELATED: | Chile: New Docs Show US Plan to Depose Allende’s Socialist Govt | The president of the Senate Adriana Muñoz noted that the debate will allow Perez’s defense from the accusations and the interventions by each one of the senators in order to carry out the final vote. | Pe…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Senate-To-…

Cuba Could be on the Brink of a Revolutionary COVID Vaccine, But US Sanctions Are Slowing It Down
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-11-16
Cuba is already a medical powerhouse, and if it can successfully navigate the minefield of US sanctions, it could supply much of Latin America with a COVID vaccine.
mintpressnews.com/cuba-brink-covid-vacci…

Cuba Could be on the Brink of a Revolutionary COVID Vaccine, But US Sanctions Are Slowing It Down
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-16
Cuba is already a medical powerhouse, and if it can successfully navigate the minefield of US sanctions, it could supply much of Latin America with a COVID vaccine. | MPN– Cuba has announced positive and promising results for a number of separate COVID-19 vaccines it is currently developing, but U.S. sanctions against the small island nation are hampering the development and rollout of the potentially life-saving treatments. | Two candidates, named Sovereign 1 and Sovereign 2, have generated antibodies blocking infection in animals and are showing similarly encouraging signs on tests on human subjects. Meanw…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/cuba-could-…

“I Need That Pardon”: Ronnie Long, Free After 44 Years, Demands Justice for His Wrongful Conviction
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-16
“It’s a blessing within itself for me to even be sitting here right now,” says Ronnie Long, free after 44 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Long, who is African American, was convicted in 1976 of raping a white woman by an all-white jury and sentenced to 80 years in prison. In 2015, his lawyers learned that investigators had withheld exculpatory evidence proving his innocence — including semen samples and fingerprints taken from the crime scene that did not match his own — and witnesses for the state committed perjury at his trial. It would take several more years and a ruling by the 4t…
www.democracynow.org/2020/11/16/ronnie_l…

Migrant workers demand right to return to their homes in New Zealand
wsws.org | 2020-11-16
The Labour Party government’s draconian border restrictions have left thousands of people stranded outside New Zealand despite being legally entitled to live in the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/16/migr…

There’s Still No Evidence Hunter Biden’s Emails Are ‘Russian Disinformation’
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-16
Wikimedia Commons] By Glenn Greenwald / Substack Congressman Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and, not coincidentally, the single most shameless pathological liar in the U.S. Congress by a good margin, appeared on CNN with Wolf Blitzer on October 16 to discuss The New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s emails. The CNN host asked him a rhetorical question embedded… | Source…
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Many challenges remain for Sahel Joint Force, warns Lacroix, welcoming ‘increased coordination’
news.un.org | 2020-11-16
It will take a variety of different actors to confront and deal with the “daunting challenges” in the Sahel region, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/11/1…

India’s farewell to ASEAN as it boards RCEP train
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-11-16
It comes in the specific context of the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership [RCEP] on Sunday–the mega free trade agreement centred on the ASEAN plus China, Japan and South Korea.
mronline.org/2020/11/16/indias-farewell-…

‘Absolutely Sickening’: US Military Buys Location Data Harvested From Apps, Including One for Muslim Prayers
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-16
“The military industrial complex and the surveillance state have always had a cozy relationship with tech. Buying bulk data in order to profile Muslims is par for the course for them,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/11/16/absolut…

WHO: Health Systems Collapsing in Latam Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-16
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is collapsing the health systems in the Americas and Europe, as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warns of more outbreaks across the region. | RELATED: | Russia Will Take Its COVID-19 Vaccine to Another LATAM Country | “Particularly in Europe and the Americas, health workers and health systems are being pushed to the breaking point,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom. The official e…
telesurenglish.net/news/WHO-Health-Syste…

How the Biden Administration Should Prepare for the Next Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-11-16
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‘He Came Back From the Dead’: US Hiker Survives Heart Stopping for 45 Minutes
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-16
A 45-year-old hiker who was rescued after getting lost overnight in freezing conditions in a US national park managed to survive, despite his heart stopping for 45 minutes.
sputniknews.com/society/2020111610811851…

Colombia: Army Soldiers Killed Two Minors in Huila
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-16
Social organizations from the municipality of San Agustin, in Huila Department, Colombia, Monday denounced the murder of two minors at a military checkpoint near the town of El Palmar. | RELATED: | Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown | The teenagers were identified as Joselino Irua, 14, and Emerson Dussan, 16. Preliminary investigations show that they were riding a motorcycle when they were approached by military personnel from the Magdalena Infantry Battalio…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombias-Army-S…

Climate change: UN chief calls for ‘great leap’ towards carbon neutrality
news.un.org | 2020-11-16
As countries work to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, they also have the chance to “get it right” on climate change, the UN Secretary-General told a virtual gathering of influential leaders on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/11/1…

Rising hunger, ‘an outrage in a world of plenty’: Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-11-16
“Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty”, the UN chief told the governing body of the Organization’s food agency on Monday, highlighting the important role of food security in cementing peace.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/11/1…

Peru has a new interim president but social movements demand ‘refoundation’
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-16
Francisco Sagasti was chosen as interim president by Congress on Monday. This follows the resignation of interim president Manuel Merino after mass outrage over the assassination of two protesters by the police on Saturday…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/16/political…