Critical hours in Bolivia
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-15
These are critical hours in Bolivia. The protests have been going on nationally for more than a week; the de facto government has deployed police, military and armed civilian groups. The escalation has not ceased and the demand for Jeanine àÅñez’s resignation has been established, but what will be the consequences?>…
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Tensions rise in Bolivia as far-right groups mobilize against national strike
Peoples Dispatch | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
Over 140 major highways and roads have been blocked by protesters across Bolivia to demand that the general elections be held on September 6 and for the de facto president, Jeanine àÅñez, to resign immediately…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/tensions-rise-in-b…

Hawaii Schools to reopen August 17 as opposition grows
wsws.org | 2020-08-15
In a fight for their lives and those of thousands of students, educators and parents oppose the new reopening plan that has students and teachers reporting to school sites for in-person instruction for one week prior to full distance learning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/15/hawa…

Hawaii schools to reopen August 17 as opposition grows
wsws.org | 2020-08-15
In a fight for their lives and those of thousands of students, educators and parents oppose the new reopening plan that has students and teachers reporting to school sites for in-person instruction for one week prior to full distance learning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/15/hawa…

Fauci warns against herd immunity: “the death toll would be enormous”
wsws.org | 2020-08-15
Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of world’s leading experts on infectious disease, warned against the relaxation of efforts to combat COVID-19, declaring, “The death toll would be enormous and totally unacceptable.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/15/covi…

U.S. mercenaries sentenced to 20 years for invasion attempt in Venezuela
| workers.org | 2020-08-15
Telesur published the following report Aug. 8. Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab reported Friday [Aug. 7] that the two former U.S. military officers, Luke Denmnan and Airan Berry, who participated in the failed invasion attempt in Venezuela [May 4], were sentenced to 20 years in prison. Former members of . . . | Continue reading U.S. mercenaries sentenced to 20 years for invasion attempt in Venezuela at Workers.org…
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How the U.S. helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2020-08-15
While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the U.S. government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare.
mronline.org/2020/08/15/how-the-u-s-help…

Reflections on Marxism and Law: A Review of Igor Shoikhedbrod’s Revisiting Marx’s Critique of Liberalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-15
The book complicates the common narrative that Marx was the quintessential critic of liberal rights. Shoikhedbrod’s close and careful reading of Marx’s texts is insightful and targeted. The book helps readers to think about the role of law and rights under capitalism, and also to imagine its future in a communist society.
mronline.org/2020/08/15/reflections-on-m…

The Plight of Refugees and Migrant Workers under Covid
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-15
In a world where nationalism and social division is increasing, bigotry growing, are the words refugee, asylum seeker, migrant worker, derogatory labels triggering prejudice and intolerance? Such terms create an image of ‘the other’, separate and different, strengthening tribalism, feeding suspicion, our common humanity denied. Under the shadow of Covid-19 those living on the margins …
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The Politics of War: What is Israel’s Endgame in Lebanon and Syria?
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
The future of Lebanon is, once more, in the hands of war generals.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-politics-of-wa…

A Message to the Left About Kamala Harris — And Us
Richard Eskow | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
“Should activists sit this election out? Not if you believe in activism.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-message-to-the-l…

Tear Gas Ted has a Tantrum
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-15
If the Portland Police decide they need to start killing protesters, the mayor has just justified it in advance. The liberal landed gentry dripping with multi-generational wealth and entitlement, as represented by Tear Gas Ted Wheeler, has made a pronouncement: the good folks trying to burn down the police station there in outer east Portland …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/tear-gas-ted-…

Face to Face with Mumia in a historic interview in 1996
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-08-15
On March 28, 1996, Workers World Party leading members Monica Moorehead and Larry Holmes traveled to a remote rural township in central Pennsylvania to pay a visit to the dungeon within a dungeon, death row. For at least two hours, they interviewed a shackled Mumia Abu-Jamal from across a thick . . . | Continue reading Face to Face with Mumia in a historic interview in 1996 at Workers.org…
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INSIGHT: The Simple Fix For Corporate Income Tax–Tax Stock Returns
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-08-15
Bloomberg Tax See article on original site It is time for a major and simple overhaul of the corporate income tax system. The main problem with the current system is that it is focused on the wrong target. Instead of taxing corporate profits, we should be taxing stock returns. Before explaining how this alternative would …
cepr.net/insight-the-simple-fix-for-corp…

On the picket line
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-08-15
Solidarity with Philadelphia sanitation workers Even though trash has been piling up on Philadelphia streets during this steamy summer, there’s acknowledgment between city officials and the sanitation workers’ union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 427 of District Council 33, that it’s because many workers have been . . . | Continue reading On the picket line at Workers.org…
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Jail Took My Mom
Messiah Rhodes | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
Filmmaker on How His Mother Broke the Cycle of Incarceration & Shaping DNC Policy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/jail-took-my-mom/

The Same Racist Rhetoric Used To Oppose D.C. Statehood Keeps The Federal Government Dysfunctional
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-08-15
Talking Points Memo See article on original site The House’s passage of legislation approving D.C. statehood in late June marked a milestone in the political struggle for full enfranchisement of the district, which, until recently, was a majority African-American city, and would become America’s most predominantly African-American state. The bill, passed largely along party lines, …
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China’s Message to Donald: What Do You Want from Us?
Lin Liangduo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-15
Translated from Chinese for Global Research; first published in January 2020. | Enough is enough. Enough hypocrisy for this one world. | What do you want from us, anyway? What Do You Really Want from Us? | When we were the sick man …
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Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds
Abdullah àñcalan | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
For over two decades, Kurdish leader Abdullah àñcalan has been held in the Turkish prison on ƒ∞mralƒ± Island. In this op-ed for Jacobin, he calls for a “democratic nation project” able to unite citizens of different ethnic backgrounds and cultural traditions.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/turkey-syria-and-t…

White Allies For Black Lives Matter
Gary Olson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-15
We’re now emerging from an intense period of racial justice protests that began after the killing of George Floyd. It was exhilarating and pride-inspiring to witness the multitudes in the Lehigh Valley (Pa) who “took it to the streets” on behalf of racial equality, especially the waves of Black and white young people. According to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/white-allies-…

On right-wing violence in Texas, media’s silence sends message
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-15
Hank Gilbert, the Democratic challenger to Rep. Louie Gohmert in Texas’ 1st congressional district, held a rally in Tyler, Texas, on July 26 against federal law enforcement agencies’ recent intervention in Portland, Oregon. But armed participants of a “Back the Blue” counter-protest crashed the event, beating and robbing attendees in the park.
mronline.org/2020/08/15/on-right-wing-vi…

Prisoners’ Justice Day in Canada
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-15
“Solitary is used against prisoners who continue to resist against the oppressive environment within the system, and it is used to extremes that are hard for anyone to believe possible in a modern-day society. It is used to wear us …
globalresearch.ca/prisoners-justice-day-…

Don’t Forgive Bastards: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-15
A lot of evil hides behind the irrational assumption that there is a limit to the amount of evil your government would be willing to perpetrate. | “Forgiveness” is a concept that is constantly exploited by manipulative abusers. If anything our world suffers from an overabundance of forgiveness: toward murderous power structures, toward lying news media, toward rapacious oligarchs and cronyistic politicians. Don’t forgive them. | I’m distrustful of anyone who prattles on about the importance of forgiveness, because those who do so tend to do it because they have a vested interest in the concept. They’re usually ei…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/dont-fo…

Palestinian Liberation Movement marks global day of action
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-08-15
The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network called for global Days of Resistance from Aug. 7 through 9 to protest the ongoing conquest of Palestinian land by Israeli occupation forces. In a statement announcing the action, the organization said, “Today, the program of Israeli annexation continues to threaten Palestinians in the . . . | Continue reading Palestinian Liberation Movement marks global day of action at Workers.org…
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The World Bank’s Poverty Illusion
Mel Gurtov | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
Creating an economy based on social justice cannot be accomplished with quick fixes or “reforms.” It really is a revolutionary enterprise…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-world-banks-po…

Uganda looks online for answers to COVID economic crisis
news.un.org | 2020-08-15
From banking, to food delivery, and taxi bookings, Uganda is rapidly becoming accustomed to many of the online tools that are commonplace in developed economies, and which don’t rely on face-to-face interactions. The UN is supporting this shift, as a way to help developing economies recover from the global economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[Editorial] Humanitarian crises in a global pandemic
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
On Aug 19, the world will mark a UN World Humanitarian Day very different from any other. But while COVID-19 captures the world’s focus, other humanitarian crises also need attention, as evidenced most recently by the tragic aftermath of the explosion in Beirut.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31749-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[World Report] Lebanon faces humanitarian emergency after blast
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
The explosion in Beirut is further straining the health system and food supplies, as well as risking the country’s COVID-19 response. Sharmila Devi reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31750-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Refinery Shutdown, Santa Barbara Co. Staff Report Jeopardize ExxonMobil Offshore Drilling
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
However, opponents of offshore drilling say two unrelated developments that took place yesterday could undermine these plans. A coalition of conservation, environmental justice and indigenous groups is calling on the oil company to abandon this project and decommission its offshore rigs.
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UAE, Israel deal against democracy in Arab world: Experts
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel made a deal earlier this week to forestall Tel Aviv’s controversial plans to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank and start a new era of normalization.Although the deal was supported by the West and regional countries namely, Egypt, Oman and Bahrain, the agreement sparked uproar in Palestine and on Arab streets.The Emirates became the third Arab country to recognize Israel after Jordan and Egypt, in a move touted as doing the Palestinians a favor.Palestinian groups, however, denounced the agreement, saying it does nothing to serve the Palestinian cause and ignore…
yenisafak.com/en/news/uae-israel-deal-ag…

The Basic Case for a Wealth Tax
Bob Lord | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
America’s 12 wealthiest now control $1 trillion of wealth. The only practical way to address this extreme wealth concentration: a tax on accumulated grand fortune…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-basic-case-for…

In honor of Negro National Leagues: Only the ball was white
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2020-08-15
This year, 2020, is the 100th birthday of the Negro National Leagues. Not Major League Baseball’s National League, but the Negro National Leagues. I’d like you to meet some of my heroes: Cool Papa, Peach Head, Double Duty, Satch, Buck and Peanut. Even if you are a sports fan, you . . . | Continue reading In honor of Negro National Leagues: Only the ball was white at Workers.org…
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Minneapolis Police Sweep West Powderhorn Encampment, Pepper Spray Defenders
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-08-15
Minneapolis, MN — On August 14, 2020, Minneapolis Police along with the Park Police pepper sprayed houseless advocates while doing a sweep of the West Powderhorn Sanctuary tent encampment. Tents were bulldozed in scenes reminiscent of July 20 clearing of East Powderhorn. | Hours before severe…
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[Correspondence] COVID-19 trial co-enrolment and subsequent enrolment
Elie Gertner | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many clinical trials around the world assessing all stages of infection, from prophylaxis to the treatment of severely ill patients who are dependent on a ventilator. In our experience, if the patient’s medical condition deteriorates despite the intervention of one clinical trial, the attending physician, patient, or family members might request that the patient be enrolled in a second or third clinical trial.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31537-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Articles] Trajectories of childhood adversity and mortality in early adulthood: a population-based cohort study
Naja H Rod, Jessica Bengtsson, Esben Budtz-Jà∏rgensen, Clara Clipet-Jensen, David Taylor-Robinson, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Nadya Dich, Andreas Rieckmann | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
Almost half of Danish children in our study experienced some degree of adversity, and this was associated with a moderately higher risk of mortality in adulthood. Among these, a small group of children had multiple adversities across social, health, and family-related dimensions. This group had a markedly higher mortality risk in early adulthood than that of other children, which requires public health attention.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30621-8/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] COVID-19 combination prevention requires attention to structural drivers
Kent Buse, Alessandra Nilo, Jules Kim, Mark Heywood, Jeff Acaba | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
Richard Horton draws parallels between the colliding pandemics of COVID-19 and HIV, observing that both “exploit and accentuate inequalities”.1 He and others2 advocate that responses to COVID-19 learn from HIV combination prevention approaches. However, it is key that in doing so, prevention measures go beyond the behavioural interventions they call for, to include interventions that are structural and systemic in nature.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31723-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Donation and transplantation activity in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown
Alex R Manara, Lisa Mumford, Chris J Callaghan, Rommel Ravanan, Dale Gardiner | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
As of May 14, 2020, over 11‚Äà000 patients with COVID-19 in the UK were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), with a median length of stay of 9 days.1 The COVID-19 pandemic had the immediate effect of severely reducing living and deceased organ donation and transplantation activity, as happened in other countries.2 On March 23, 2020, the same day that the UK Government announced lockdown restrictions, National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant altered the age acceptance criteria for deceased donors to protect ICU bed capacity and maximise use of organs available for transplantation.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31692-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] COVID-19’s impact on Australia’s health research workforce
Anna Peeters, Greg Mullins, Denise Becker, Liliana Orellana, Patricia Livingston | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen health and medical research promoted as countries establish resilient health systems and rapidly responsive prevention, detection, and treatment methods. However, the pandemic will probably negatively affect the capacity and outcomes of the health and medical research sector itself.1…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31533-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] COVID-19 is an opportunity for reform in dentistry
Richard G Watt | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to have devastating health, economic, and social effects, and is profoundly affecting the delivery of health services. Because of the infection risks associated with aerosol generated procedures, such as the use of high-speed drills, dental services across much of the world have been essentially closed since late March, 2020. During this period there was limited access to emergency dental care. Consequently, many desperate people with excruciating dental pain and acute oral infections have resorted to do-it-yourself dentistry, including the extraction of molar teeth without…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31529-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] The caregiver’s dilemma: in search of sustainable medical empathy
Jamil Zaki | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
In 2015, our daughter Alma was delivered by emergency caesarean section at a local children’s hospital. I listened for her cries, but she was silent. The medical team, too, was eerily quiet, gripped with concern. Alma struggled to live. We learned later that during her birth she had suffered a stroke. In those first moments as a parent, I realised two things. First, I wanted to protect my daughter more than anything I’d ever wanted. Second, I had already failed.
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[Comment] Childhood adversity and death of young adults in an affluent society
Michael P Dunne, Franziska Meinck | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
Adversity in childhood can induce health, social, and economic problems that persist throughout the adult years and might be fatal. Systems for child protection, poverty alleviation, and family support are designed to minimise harm, and it is reasonable to expect that the impact of adversity should be lowest in affluent countries that have comprehensive social services. However, research from high-income countries has shown startling links between childhood adversity and premature death. Brown and colleagues1 in the USA, for example, followed up 17‚Äà000 adults who self-reported multiple adversi…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30899-0/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Interference in scientific research on COVID-19 in Turkey
Hasan Bayram, Nurdan Kà∂ktàºrk, Osman Elbek, Oƒüuz Kƒ±lƒ±nàß, Abdullah Sayƒ±ner, Elif Daƒülƒ±, Turkish Thoracic Society | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), as it was later named, was first identified in Wuhan, China, on Jan 7, 2020.1 Over the following months, the virus rapidly spread throughout the world. The disease, COVID-19, was characterised as a pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020. On the same day, the Turkish Ministry of Health reported the first case in Turkey.2 According to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data platform, which analyses the genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the disease reached Turkey mainly through Iran, with whom Turkey has strong commercial and touristic ties, and…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31691-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[World Report] COVID-19 worsens Zimbabwe’s health crisis
Munyaradzi Makoni | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
Years of neglect and doctors’ strikes have pushed the Zimbabwean health system to the brink. Munyaradzi Makoni reports.
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[Obituary] Tom Arie
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-08-15
Innovator in psychogeriatric medicine. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic, on Aug 9, 1933, and died of cancer in Kenninghall, UK, on May 24, 2020, aged 86 years.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31686-X/fulltext?rss=yes

UAE-Israel agreement, clear violation of Palestinians’ rights
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — The Secretariat of Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution in a statement on Sat. condemned the infamous Emirati-Zionist agreement to normalize relations, calling it a clear example of historic loss for the Emirati government.
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US should thank Dominican for saving it from total isolation
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Referring to the failure of US bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran, Ambassador to Pakistan Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that the US should be so thankful of the Dominican Republic that saved it from total isolation.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162282/US-should-th…

Iran produces over 9.4mn tons of steel ingot in four months
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran produced 9,483,000 tons of steel ingot in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (from March 21 to July 22), showing a nine percent hike as compared to the same period of last year.
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$6.3bn of non-oil products exported in Q1
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — According to the announcement made by the Iranian ministry of industry, the country could manage to export $6.3 billion of non-oil products in the first 3 months of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21, 2020).
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Rouhani meets with new Iranian envoys
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Iran’s new ambassadors to six countries met with President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran before embarking on their new missions.
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Russia showed its seriousness on defending intl. law: envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said that Russia’s vote against the unprincipled and destructive US resolution shows its determination to uphold international law and oppose unilateralism.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162272/Russia-showe…

Homa open-air hall ready for inauguration
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-15
TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Homa open-air hall, designed to host concerts and theater performances, is ready for inauguration and a video of its construction process has been released.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162271/Homa-open-ai…

Friday 8/14: Orions Awesome Hamond B3 Organ Trio Live Not Jive Jazz,Latin Jazz&Blueszz
Orion the elder | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
Lower Washington Park /Dog and Tenis Park 8th street Alameda…
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Twitter against Trump: It’s all about truth
Florian Rotzer & Thomas Schuster | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
Trump’s track record in the summer of the 2020 pandemic is disastrous, 1K deaths every day with a total of around 150K. More than 30 million Americans are receiving unemployment benefits. Trump is trying to turn Biden into the destroyer of America. Trump is deliberatively working on the image of a dystopia that he claims only he can prevent.
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Fisher KIPP Malcom X Academy Room & Land Grab To Bust Up Public School
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
The KIPP charter run by Doris Fisher and her family who own the GAP corporation are suing the San Francisco Unified School District to grab more rooms from the Malcom X Academy in Hunters Point/Bay View for their KIPP privately run school. These white corporate billionaires and millionaires on the KIPP board want to destroy the Malcom X Academy public School.
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Sunday 8/23: The Oakland Greens present “The People’s Education System”
Vicente Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
ZOOM Event…
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Friday 8/21: San Francisco: March for the Dead, Fight for the Living
Vigil for Democracy | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
San Francisco: meet at Crissy Field Warming Hut, 983 Marine Drive, San Francisco, CA 94129; | then march across Golden Gate Bridge…
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Leaking Fossil Fuel Wells: An Economic, Health, and Climate Crisis
Sarah Heins | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
Leaking oil and gas wells in California are a health, economic, and climate crisis. The government needs to hold fossil fuel companies responsible to protect their citizens.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/14/1883591…

“They’re Trying To Boot Us Out” Unite-Here 2 Concession Workers Protest Owner Of Giants
LaborVideo Project | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
Hundreds of Giants Unite Here Local 2 concession workers protested the union busting tactics of Giant’s billionaire owner Howard Johnson.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/14/1883592…

Saturday 8/22: “No Fascist USA!”: A New Book Talk w/ Authors Hilary Moore & James Tracy
Powell’s Books & City Lights Books | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
Online via Zoom…
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California Judicial Council vote to end ban on evictions is a ticking time bomb
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-08-15
Frances Hailman, Eleanor Walden & Lynda Carson Are Organizers At Tenant’s Rally To Help Save The Section 8 Program In Berkeley Years Ago:…
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Radical? Inspirational? A token choice? What’s the truth about Kamala Harris?
rt.com | 2020-08-15
Kamala Harris’s appointment as Joe Biden’s vice-presidential running mate has sparked myriad opinions from all along the political spectrum. But what’s true and what’s myth? | After much rumour and debate, Joe Biden has announced his running mate for this year’s presidential election and… it’s no great surprise. Kamala Harris was named on Tuesday, months after it was known that Biden would pick a female VP candidate. | The choice of Harris, who unsuccessfully ran for the presidential nomination, has triggered a huge reaction from all areas of the political playground. From dangerously radical to disappointin…
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‘Muscular liberalism’: Washington Post columnist roasted after using strange label to describe Biden/Harris strategy
rt.com | 2020-08-15
A piece on how the Biden and Harris ticket sticks it to the Democrats has drawn an outpouring of mockery after describing the duo’s foreign policy platform as ‘muscular liberalism’. | A Washington Post column penned by political commentator Josh Rogin heaped praise on Joe Biden’s Vice President pick, Kamala Harris. Together they would usher a “return to the way world politics used to work, with a strong America leading a strong multilateral system,” he argued. Once they take the White House, the centrist dream team would firmly oppose the vision of the likes of Bernie Sanders, who want “smaller defense budgets…
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Trump supporter Bill Mitchell, with over half a million followers, permanently booted from Twitter for ‘opposing masks’
rt.com | 2020-08-15
Conservative pundit Bill Mitchell has been kicked off Twitter, saying his opposition to face masks first earned him a suspension, which became permanent after he unwittingly violated the rules by tweeting from a second account. | Mitchell announced his ban in a post on Parler on Friday, laying his Twitter handle to rest after accumulating more than 600,000 followers. Earning regular retweets from President Donald Trump, the account was a source of controversy, at times backing ‘QAnon’ conspiracy theories and voicing skepticism toward Covid-19, among other things. | “Twitter just suspended me for opposing masks…
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‘Come on, don’t do this’: Yahoo slammed for shoddy story accusing RUSSIA of antifa.com prank of Joe Biden
rt.com | 2020-08-15
The latest chapter in the conspiracy theory blaming Russia for ‘meddling’ in US elections accuses Moscow of somehow redirecting the website Antifa.com to Joe Biden’s website, thanks to some major internet illiteracy at work. | On Wednesday, Republican activist Matthew Foldi pointed out that typing Antifa.com in one’s browser redirected to Biden’s campaign page, just as the Democrat candidate and his freshly chosen running mate Kamala Harris were about to do their first joint public appearance. | | üö®&uuml…
rt.com/usa/498077-antifa-biden-russia-co…

‘Most successful breeding year in decades’ for rare bird of prey at nature reserve
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-15
At least a dozen marsh harrier chicks have successfully fledged at a nature reserve in the “most successful breeding year in decades” for the species there.It’s thought that lockdown helped the birds at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire.Rangers witnessed four nests of chicks successfully fledge and believe there may have been a fifth, but its location meant staff were unable to fully monitor numbers.Two juvenile marsh harriers (Richard J Nicoll/National Trust/PA)A positive outcome of lockdown: There are only 400 nesting pairs of marsh harriers in the UK, but the species has m…
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Appeals will be free but there’ll be ‘no U-turn’ on grading system, says Gavin Williamson
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-15
Schools in England will be able to appeal against A-level and GCSE grades free of charge, according to education secretary Gavin Williamson. | His announcement came amid further criticism of the government’s handling of the exams system, after thousands of pupils in England had their results downgraded. | “Deluge” of appeals: | Williamson told the Times: I do not want a youngster to feel they are in a situation where there is a strong and legitimate case for grounds for appeal, but an appeal is not made on grounds of cost. | That would be a real, shocking injustice. | You will have obviously a large number…
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Transport union marks anniversary of overturning racist recruitment policy at Euston station
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-15
Union leaders have praised the “brave actions” of a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy in the 1960s. | The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) marked the 54th anniversary of the breaking of the ‘colour bar’ at London’s Euston station by pledging to continue its campaign against racism. | Asquith Xavier‚Äé: | On 15 August 1966, the colour bar at Euston station was defeated when West Indian guard Asquith Xavier was allowed to start work after initially being refused a job. | British Railways had announced, after negotiations with local leaders of the National Un…
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Harris not likely to change Indo-US relations; Experts
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
The first American of Indian origin to be featured on a major US national ticket as a vice presidential candidate will not change US-Indian relations if Democrats take the White House, according to experts. | Kamala Harris, whose mother was Indian, and was born and raised in the US, was named as the running mate to presumptive US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. | The decision delighted those in India and experts see her nomination as important. | “The Indian American community feels being represented,” Sylvia Mishra, a Washington-based researcher and expert on India and US relations told Anadolu Agen…
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UAE, Israel deal not surprising, but shameful
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
The announcement of an agreement to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Israeli occupation state was not surprising, but it was rude in terms of form and timing.Everyone who follows news of normalization in recent years notices it is no secret the Gulf, especially the Emiratis, is persistent and stubborn to break all taboos, which Arabs believed in for decades, in their relationship to the Palestinian cause. The most important of which is that it is impossible to normalize relations with the occupation state before a just solution to the Palestinian issue is achieved. This is the es…
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Iran, Hamas discuss UAE-Israel normalization deal
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
Iran’s foreign minister and the political head of Hamas discussed on Friday a recent deal between the UAE and Israel to normalize relations.In a phone call, Iran’s Jawad Zarif said Tehran stood by Palestinians and that the agreement was unacceptable, according to a statement by Hamas.”We’re confident that the heroic Palestinian people, Arab and Muslim worlds are strong enough to foil this agreement,” Zarif said. Ismail Haniyeh, for his part, thanked Iran for defending Palestinians’ rights.”Palestinian people stand up for their cause and resistance,” Haniyeh stressed.The deal to normalize UAE-Israeli ties was anno…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-hamas-discus…

‘Israel-UAE deal null and void for Turkey’
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
Turkey again lambasted on Friday a recent deal between the UAE and Israel to normalize ties between the two countries, saying the agreement is null and void for Turkey.”This step, which ignores the rights of Palestinians, has already been condemned in the conscience of the peoples of the region, especially the Palestinians,” Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter.Altun stressed that the agreement had clearly shown “those who are behind the wave of instability that took the region for a long time,” as well as those who had been “using the Palestinian people’s righteous cause for their own interes…
yenisafak.com/en/news/israel-uae-deal-nu…

Who is the spymaster suing Saudi crown prince?
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
He obtained a BA in the Arabic language and literature from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, a bachelor of science in security sciences in 1979 from King Fahd Security College, and a Master of Science in computer science from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.He also obtained a PhD in computer engineering and artificial intelligence in 1998 from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom.He is a former Saudi minister and intelligence officer who currently lives in exile in Canada and Riyadh is seeking to arrest him over charge of wasting public money.- CareerWhen King Salman bin Abdu…
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EU calls Israel to abandon West Bank annexation plans
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
Welcoming a controversial deal between Israel and the UAE to normalize relations, the EU on Friday called for Tel Aviv to abandon plans to annex areas of the West Bank.”I welcome Israel-UAE normalisation; benefits both is important for regional stability,” said Josep Borrell on Twitter.Stressing that suspending the annexation was a positive step, he called Israel to abandon the plans altogether.”The EU hopes for resumed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on 2-state solution based on intl’ agreed parameters,” he added.- Israel-UAE dealThe deal to normalize UAE-Israel ties was announced by US President Donald Trump o…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-calls-israel-to…

Russia starts production of 1st coronavirus vaccine
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-15
Russia has started production of its first COVID-19 vaccine, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.Initial batches of the vaccine will be earmarked for immunizing doctors and health workers, before going to the general public.Russia officially registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, on Tuesday.The announcement drew skepticism worldwide as Russia plans to continue the third phase of trials along with the vaccine’s production and use.However, Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Research Institute, defended the approach, s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-starts-pro…

Letters from Melbourne: A ‘Ghost Town Police State’ Under Brutal COVID Lockdown
Robert Bridge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-15
The citizens of Australia’s second most populous city are suffering under the harshest lockdown conditions of all Western democracies. Their voices need to be heard. | In the last several weeks, Melbourne has introduced shockingly draconian anti-Covid measures, imposed on the …
globalresearch.ca/melbourne-ghost-town-p…

The Birth of a Global Nation: What Makes a Modern Rhodes Scholar?
Matthew J.L. Ehret | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-15
Clinton, Talbott, Rice In my previous article, I discussed the role of the Brookings Institute’s founder Strobe Talbott as an integrated part of the puzzle behind Russia Gate and also his indoctrination as a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford alongside his room mate Bill Clinton in 1966. I addressed the rise of the Rhodes Trust in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/the-birth-of-…

Weaponizing Intellectual Property: the Scientist and the Spy
Bill Julian | zcomm.org | 2020-08-15
Free cooperative development of ideas in these crucial areas to improve the world — food, energy, health — should be the norm…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/weaponizing-intell…

Weekly News Review 9th — 15th August
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-08-15
Editors Review of the Week It must surely be the understanding of most people that can afford an internet connection that Boris Johnson’s government has achieved in six months what Margeret Thatcher’s government took a decade to do — become the party that represents sleaze and indecency. Many political commentators in the mainstream media have …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-9th-15th-august/

Real Life Heroes: the Syrian film-maker cleaning COVID wards in the UK
news.un.org | 2020-08-15
Hassan Akkad, an award-winning Syrian film-maker, fled the war in his country four years ago and now lives as a refugee in the United Kingdom. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, he decided to help those affected by the pandemic, by becoming a cleaner at a London hospital.
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US Postal Service struggles to explain DISAPPEARING mailboxes as Trump declares war on mail-in voting
rt.com | 2020-08-14
The US Postal Service has given conflicting reasons why mailboxes are being removed from Portland, as a vicious partisan tug-of-war over mail-in voting comes to a head, with President Trump vowing to block funding to the agency. | After several images of USPS trucks being loaded up with street-side mailboxes in Portland and nearby Eugene went viral, Postal Service spokesman David Rupert told local media his agency was merely replacing old, vandalized post boxes with “newer, more secure models.” | Insisting “every location that had a collection box will keep a collection box,” Rupert consoled nervous locals tha…
rt.com/usa/498036-mailboxes-vanished-con…

US Postal Service Warns 46 States, DC, of Possible Delay of Mail-in Ballots in November Election
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-14
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the United States prompted election officials to encourage mail-in voting for the upcoming US presidential election in November, with incumbent President Donald Trump voicing strong opposition against voting by mail for several months, claiming that the practice could lead to “fraud”.
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Trump admits crippling Postal Service to sabotage 2020 election
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-14
WASHINGTON–A president falling in the polls and desperate to hold onto power is delaying delivery of life-saving medicine and crippling the U.S. Postal Service to stop vote-by-mail. It’s the latest scheme by GOP Oval Office occupant Donald Trump to win the 2020 election. And his new Postmaster General, Republican big giver Louis DeJoy, is doing …
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USPS warns Pennsylvania over delivery of mail ballots
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-14
The US Postal Service (USPS) has warned battleground state Pennsylvania that its election deadlines are “too tight” for its standards and might cause delays in delivery of mail-in ballots, according to a report.USPS’ letter dated July 29 made public late Thursday as a motion filed to the state’s Supreme Court in which officials are asking approval to continue counting mail ballots received up to three days after Nov. 3, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the USPS, warned in the letter that “certain deadlines for requesting and casting mail-in bal…
yenisafak.com/en/news/usps-warns-pennsyl…

Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama Agree: Trump’s Attack on Postal Service a Direct Assault on 2020 Election
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-14
Both Sen. Bernie Sanders and former President Barack Obama on Friday raised alarm over President Donald Trump’s open attempt to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service, which Trump is refusing to provide with emergency funding. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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CAIR Condemns President Trump’s Fascist Attack on Vote by Mail, U.S. Postal Service
commondreams.org | 2020-08-14
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Bolivia: Workers Union Headquarters Gets Hit by Molotov Bombs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
The Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) headquarters in La Paz was hit by two Molotov bombs launched by far-right groups that tried to break into the building on Thursday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Armed Gangs Attack Workers Protesting Against Añez | Due to the explosion, the building’s entrance was filled with broken glass from the vehicles parked at Pisagua Street. The headquarters’ facade was also stained with red paint. So far, there are no casualties reported. | Police arrested six sus…
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Bolivia Headed for a Showdown as Mass Protests Erupt Against US-backed Anez Administration
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-14
Clashes between protesters and government-backed paramilitaries are growing increasingly violent as tensions in Bolivia reach a boiling point following the US-backed Anez administration’s decision to cancel elections for the third time this year.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-showdown-mass-…

Bolivians Continue To Block Hundreds Of Roads
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-14
The national strike and nationwide road blockades, called for by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) against…
popularresistance.org/bolivians-continue…

First two weeks of US school reopenings lead to massive spread of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
Schools across the US continued to reopen for in-person classes this week, leading to the exposure of thousands of teachers and students to the deadly virus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/scho…

Philly school board backtracks on reopening plans
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-14
PHILADELPHIA–Listening to parents, teachers, school administrators and their unions–all worried about the safety of the kids as well as themselves–the Philadelphia Board of Education voted 7-1 not to reopen brick-and-mortar schools in September. Instead, it accepted the superintendent’s compromise plan to delay reopening until November 17, have teachers teach the first semester through the Internet, …
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Are Outdoor Classrooms a Solution to the Disaster of School Reopenings?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-14
With some districts already in the trenches of the back-to-school season — opening only to quickly close again to contain outbursts of COVID-19 — education officials across the United States continue to offer three major options for the fall semester: in-person instruction in brick-and-mortar classrooms, remote learning, and a hybr…
truthout.org/articles/are-outdoor-classr…

Why I Am Voting No on the Democratic Party Platform
Ro Khanna | zcomm.org | 2020-08-14
History teaches us that the Democratic Party has sometimes faced an issue so great that it alone should be the yardstick for measuring the wisdom of voting for or against the platform. This is one of those times. And Medicare for All is that issue.
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School That Suspended Student Documenting Lack of Social Distancing Goes Virtual
Chris Walker | zcomm.org | 2020-08-14
In spite of President Donald Trump’s errant assurances that children are “almost definitely” immune from COVID-19, at least 97,000 kids in the United States tested positive for the disease in the last two weeks of July…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/school-that-suspen…

All Vaccines Are Unsafe. Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine Now Available
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
On August 11, Russia registered the first vaccine for use against COVID-19, named Sputnik V. More on this development below. | *** | Toxins in vaccines make them hazardous to human health. | Time and again, they cause diseases they’re promoted as protection …
globalresearch.ca/all-vaccines-unsafe-ru…

Just 1 percent of the US Pentagon budget could end world hunger
George Stacey | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-14
The war machine must go on and keep on growing or, more than likely they’ll end up out of an occupation.
nationofchange.org/2020/08/13/just-1-per…

Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
Robert F Kennedy Jr, an avid Defender of Children’s Rights and anti-vaccination activist, has launched a petition sent to the White House, calling for “Investigations into the ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’ for Medical Malpractice & Crimes Against Humanity”
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-and-the-dep…

YouTube aims to ‘protect’ elections by CENSORING what it deems to be ‘hacked materials’
rt.com | 2020-08-14
YouTube will remove videos containing “hacked information” about election candidates if it deems them aimed at election meddling. The censorship is supposedly needed to protect the integrity of democratic institutions in the US. | The Google-owned video platform explained on Thursday how it intends to protect users from malign actors during election campaigns and allow apparently benign actors to better engage with voters. Among other things, YouTube will delete videos that contain “hacked information, the disclosure of which may interfere with democratic processes such as elections and censuses,” Leslie Mille…
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Can Lebanon be Saved?
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
“Well, we can all agree that the sea took 70 per cent of the blast!” a close Lebanese friend announced to me this week, with intriguing if doubtful science. I had asked him — because I knew the answer — which of Lebanon’s religious communities had suffered most grievously from the explosion that changed the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/can-lebanon-…

Julian Assange Court Case Delayed Again in Bizarre Circumstances
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-14
“I have never in my career faced so much difficulty attempting to trial monitor as in Julian Assange’s case.” — Rebecca Vincent, Director of International Campaigns for Reporters Without Borders.
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Discussion of Wikileaks or any “Hacked Information” Banned Under New YouTube Rules
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-14
YouTube’s decision to ban discussion of hacked information on its platform is unlikely to improve election integrity in the US, it will, however, continue to tilt the balance in favor of established corporate-funded outlets like Fox News and CNN.
mintpressnews.com/discussion-of-wikileak…

‘Big News’: GAO Says Top Trump DHS Officials Wolf and Cuccinelli Appointed Illegally
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-14
Democratic lawmakers said the GAO decision “paints a disturbing picture of the Trump administration playing fast and loose by bypassing the Senate confirmation process to install ideologues.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Venezuelan Guaidó coup regime pledges to restore relations with Israel, decade after Hugo Chávez broke ties
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-08-14
The US-backed Venezuelan coup regime of Juan Guaidó is reestablishing ties with Israel and has opened a “virtual embassy” in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/08/14/venezuela-gua…

Rashid Khalidi: Israel & UAE Deal to Normalize Relations Is New Chapter in 100-Year War on Palestine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-14
In a deal brokered by the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to fully normalize relations after years of secretly working together on countering Iran and other issues. Under the deal, Israel has also agreed to temporarily halt plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, which had already been on hold due to international condemnation. We speak with Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, who says the agreement is being falsely characterized as a peace deal. “I don’t see that it has anything to do with peace,” he say…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/14/israel_ua…

Jail Took My Mom: Filmmaker on How His Mother Broke the Cycle of Incarceration & Shaping DNC Policy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-14
The coronavirus crisis and the movement for racial justice have magnified the challenges faced by people released from prison, whose criminal record makes it hard to find a job and even housing, especially women. We feature a new AJ+ series by Messiah Rhodes, whose mother was in and out of jail throughout his childhood and was able to break the cycle of incarceration. Rhodes says his work serves as a response to calls to defund police. “Instead of giving law enforcement agencies tanks and sci-fi-level weaponry, we should be funding … housing, education, family reunification, mental health support,” he says. We…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/14/messiah_r…

Learning from Harry Haywood in the fight for Black freedom and socialism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-14
Anyone doubting the relevance of Harry Haywood’s writings in 2020 hasn’t paid much attention to political events this year. | After success in three early Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders’ social democratic campaign for president, supported by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), ran first aground in South Carolina in February. African American voters turned out in greater numbers for his opponent, Joe Biden, even while favoring many of Sanders’ policies like Medicare For All. Voter turnout was low in general, owing to the fundamentally undemocratic character of the U.S. political system, and a lot of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/13/learning…

Real Life Heroes: ‘a simple word can mean a lot to a refugee’
news.un.org | 2020-08-14
After leaving Gaza as a refugee, Shadi Mohammedali decided to dedicate himself to helping others in a similar situation. Today, he is working for an NGO in a Greek camp for asylum seekers, explaining how they can protect themselves from COVID-19.
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Beirut blast death toll rises to 178, with 30 still missing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-14
The death toll from last week’s massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital has risen to nearly 180. An estimated 6,000 people were injured and at least 30 are missing, the United Nations (UN) said on Friday 14 August.The explosion has affected operations at six hospitals, up from an initial three, and damaged more than 20 clinics in the parts of Beirut worst hit by the blast, the UN’s humanitarian affairs agency said in a report. The report said: A preliminary rapid assessment within a 15-kilometre radius of the explosions has revealed that, out of 55 medical facilities, only half are fully operational and around 40%…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/08/1…

UK must ‘stop demonising people and consider its own role’ in the refugee crisis, campaigners say
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-14
The UK must stop “demonising” refugees and consider its own role in creating the circumstances they are escaping from, campaigners say. | Many refugees have risked their lives to reach the UK this year by crossing the English Channel in everything from kayaks to a paddling pool. | The list of countries they hail from is diverse, but many have left nations wracked by conflicts the UK has played a part in. | Places like Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Libya have all seen direct British military involvement. | Meanwhile, a small number of migrants have been seen coming from Yemen. It is suffering the worst humanitarian…
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Colombia: Army Kills Two Indigenous People in Cauca Valley
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
Colombia’s Army Thursday killed two Indigenous people and injured two community members during an eviction operation in El Berraco village in the Cauca department. | RELATED: | Colombia: March for Dignity Reaches Bogota to Condemn Violence | The victims are the Indigenous journalists Abelardo Liz and Johel Rivera, who were part of the “Liberation of Mother Earth” movement. | The Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) regretted the death of both journalists, who were shot…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-army-ki…

Refinery Shutdown, Santa Barbara Co. Staff Report Jeopardize ExxonMobil Offshore Drilling
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-08-14
However, opponents of offshore drilling say two unrelated developments that took place yesterday could undermine these plans. A coalition of conservation, environmental justice and indigenous groups is calling on the oil company to abandon this project and decommission its offshore rigs.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/14/1883591…

Roaming Charges: It Had to be You
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Kamala Harris is the least surprising VP pick since Bob Dole tapped Jack Kemp as his running mate in 1996. Harris is as bland, safe and predictable as Kemp, but she adds little to an already boring campaign and comes with toxic baggage of her own that may repel the voters Biden needs the most. Biden is counting on Harris’ reputation as a prosecutor to make a case against Trump that most people have already reached a verdict against. Yet, as a prosecutor and attorney general, Harris made a career out of punching below her weight class, sternly going after low-level drug and property crimes while largely turning a…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/roaming-char…

Art of the Executive Order
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-08-14
It’s like a new Gilded Age but with a higher death count.
progressive.org/dispatches/art-of-execut…

Lebanon: Beirut Blast Victims Call for International Enquiry
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
In Lebanon, the victims of the Beirut Blast called for an international investigation into what happened at the capital’s port on August 4. They demand that those responsible for the explosion be charged with crimes against humanity. | RELATED: | Lebanon: The Cabinet Resigns After Massive Protests | “The victims of the massacre are asking for support from the international community to achieve justice and truth through an international trial and investigation,” lawyer Nada Abdelsater said, str…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanon-Beirut-B…

Don’t be Hoodwinked by Trump’s UAE-Israel “Peace Deal”
Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-14
“HUGE breakthrough today,” crowed Donald Trump on twitter as he announced the new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The deal makes the UAE the first Gulf Arab state and the third Arab nation, after Egypt and Jordan, to have diplomatic ties with Israel. But the new Israel-UAE partnership should fool …
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Don’t be Hoodwinked by Trump’s UAE-Israel “Peace Deal”
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
Donald Trump on twitter as he announced the new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The deal makes the UAE the first Gulf Arab state and the third Arab nation, after Egypt …
globalresearch.ca/dont-hoodwinked-trump-…

Don’t be Hoodwinked by Trump’s UAE-Israel “Peace Deal”
Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold | commondreams.org | 2020-08-14
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Don’t be Hoodwinked by Trump’s UAE-Israel “Peace Deal”
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-14
The normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel, facilitated by the U.S., serves to prop up three repressive leaders — Trump, Netanyahu, and bin Zayed — and will cause further harm to Palestinians. It is both a shame and a sham.
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Oregon residents block unmarked ICE buses carrying detained immigrants
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
The standoff lasted around 12 hours in Bend, Oregon, until dozens of federal agents were deployed to disperse the protesters using pepper spray.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/oreg…

Wisconsin immigrant meat packing workers fired in retaliation for protesting over unsafe working conditions
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
After employing the workers for years, management suddenly informed the targeted workers that they were not authorized to work in the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/meat…

Over 1.500 Migrants Died on Their Journeys in 2020 So Far
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Friday that at least 1.504 people have died trying to migrate during the first half of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Migrants Die In The Atlantic Ocean Trying To Reach Spain | According to the latest data published by the organization ¥s Missing Migrant Project, most deaths took place in the Mediterranean region, which accounts for 443 of the total followed by North Africa and the U.S. Mexico border, wit…
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Poor People’s Army To Protest At Biden’s Headquarters During DNC
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-14
Protestors have declared that irrespective of permits, they plan to march on Presidential Candidate Biden’s national headquarters on August 17th at 4pm from the Liberty Bell. Upon arrival demonstrators will present the DNC and Biden offices with a list of demands. They include: | ‚óè Unite immigrant families and children | ‚óè Transfer the war budget to provide healthcare, housing, and food for people | ‚óè Meet with PPEHRC homeless families that are forced to live in abandoned houses…
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Interception, no solution to address migrants crossing English Channel
news.un.org | 2020-08-14
Intercepting boats full of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel, is not the solution to deter them from attempting to reach the United Kingdom, UN agencies have stressed, warning that deployment of large naval vessels to block small, flimsy dinghies could lead to fatal incidents.
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The “Lesser-Evil” Syndrome: Noam Chomsky’s Fall Into Self-Contradiction
Michael K. Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-14
In a recent interview Noam Chomsky declared that there “was a big difference” between Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential elections, a difference “you could count in several million corpses in Indochina.” But, Chomsky added, “a lot of the young people on the left said, “I’m not going to vote for Humphrey. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/the-lesser-ev…

Turkey may suspend ties with UAE, withdraw ambassasdor
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-14
After the United Arab Emirates’ controversial deal to normalize ties with Israel, Turkey may downgrade its relations with the UAE, Turkey’s president has said.”We may take steps to suspend diplomatic ties with the UAE or withdraw our ambassador,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul after Friday prayers.On Israel, Erdogan called its recent solidarity with Egypt and Greece and steps towards Palestine unacceptable.In signing a maritime pact last week, Athens and Cairo continued efforts to box in Ankara’s territory in the Mediterranean based on small islands near Turkish shores, violating the interests of…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-may-suspend…

Trump Targets TikTok Social Media Platform, Escalates Trade War Between the U.S. and China
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that could ban TikTok from the U.S. if it is not purchased by an American company. On August 6, Trump’s executive order banned U.S. financial transactions with Chinese company ByteDance, owner …
globalresearch.ca/trump-targeting-tiktok…

Whispers in the Asylum (Seven Days in August)
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Hollow Resistance: The Antidote to Obama Nostalgia Syndrome The deadly ObamaLust Virus is ironically intensified by the fascist Amerikaner presidency the corporate-imperial Barack Obama helped hatch and empower. Here is an antidote that has passed with flying colors through all the testing trials: Paul Street, Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump, and the Politics of Appeasement, now…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/whispers-in-…

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is “Agenda ID2020”
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
WHO has most likely received orders from “above”, from those people who also manage Trump and the “leaders” (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-eff…

IMF and WEF — From Great Lockdown to Great Transformation. The Covid Aftermath
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Great Global Reset is being ‘paralleled’ — not challenged — by the IMF. Both are pulling in the same direction, shoveling more assets from the lower echelons to a small elite, through debt enslavement — …
globalresearch.ca/imf-wef-great-lockdown…

The Politics of War: What is Israel’s Endgame in Lebanon and Syria?
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
On August 4, hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued an ominous warning to Lebanon. “We hit a cell and now we hit the dispatchers. I suggest to all of them, including Hezbollah, to consider this,” Netanyahu said during an official tour of a military facility…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/the-politics…

Foreign Correspondent: Is Kamala Harris a Hawk?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-08-14
Biden’s veep pick has at times embraced militarism and even attacked Trump from the right.
progressive.org/dispatches/kamala-harris…

Is Kamala Harris a Hawk?
Reese Erlich | commondreams.org | 2020-08-14
U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) speaks before a town hall at Holman United Methodist Church on April 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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What is the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED)?
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-14
Who sits on the current NED board of directors and how do such people get away with claiming to promote democracy abroad when they are directly involved in circumventing it at home? | When US-backed regime change begins in a targeted nation, many — particularly those supporting protests — will deny the US is involved. | When US involvement is no longer deniable — many will finally admit it — but backpedal and claim there is nothing wrong with the US supporting “freedom” and “democracy” abroad. | With virtually every aspect of ongoing protests in Thailand funded by the US — from the leader…
thealtworld.com/anthony_cartalucci/what-…

Scheer Intelligence: Questioning Corporate Media’s Thirst For Scandal In The Age Of #MeToo
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-14
The Times Literary Supplement in a rave review of JoAnn Wypijewski’s provocative new book states: “It is thrilling and cathartic to watch Wypijewski slice through our culture’s flabbiest orthodoxies.” On this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” Wypijewski talks to host Robert Scheer about the “haste to castigate” that has led to shoddy reporting of the true meaning of trials she has covered, ranging from the media frenzy trial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to the framing of five teenagers known as the Central Park Five on rape charges, which she offers as a shocking example of a “scandal media” lynchin…
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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/work…

Venezuela: Caracas Mayor Dario Vivas Dies From COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
Caracas Mayor Dario Vivas Friday passed at the age of 70, after 20 days hospitalized with COVID-19. | RELATED: | Venezuela Fights Malnutrition With 3,000 ‘Food Houses’ | On July 19, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) president had said on Twitter that he had tested positive for the virus and was going into self-isolation. As reported, he died after respiratory and cardiac complications. | Venezuela’s Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab announced the news and confessed being…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-dario-…

When Impossible Becomes Inevitable: The Fall Of ‘Petty Racism’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-14
The removal of Confederate statues around Richmond, Va., had a personal resonance for me, a Richmond native who once lived around the corner from the Robert E. Lee monument — the only one of the five monuments to rebel figures still (as I write this) standing on Monument Avenue. I used to go jogging on the avenue’s median starting at Lee, veering around Jefferson Davis and turning to retrace my steps as I approached Stonewall Jackson. As Leon Trotsky said, “revolution is impossible until it’s inevitable.” He spoke from experience; the socialist revolution he sought seemed stuck in neutral until the events o…
popularresistance.org/when-impossible-be…

Supreme Court ruling prevents 1.4 million from voting in Florida
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-14
Eddie Conway talks with an attorney about what the impact of this ruling will be in one of the most contentious presidential elections in history.
therealnews.com/stories/supreme-court-ru…

Chile: Mapuche Leader on Hunger Strike Will Stop Drinking Water
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
On Thursday, the Mapuche’s spiritual advisor (machi) Celestino Cordova, who has been on a hunger strike for 103 days, announced that he will stop drinking water in rejection of the violation of his rights. | RELATED: | Chile: Civilians Attack Mapuches With Carabineros’ Complicity | Cristina Romo, his spokeswoman, released the decision shortly after the Supreme Court rejected Cordova’s request to serve part of his sentence at home. | “The Sebastian Piñera administration will have…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-mapuche-le…

North Carolina Supreme Court Reinstates Life Sentence for Marcus Robinson
commondreams.org | 2020-08-14
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US court deals a major blow to Donald Trump’s reckless assault on wildlife
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-08-14
A US district court has dealt a major blow to Donald Trump’s reckless assault on the natural world. Federal judge Valerie Caproni struck down a 2017 decision by the Trump administration that effectively decriminalised the accidental killing of protected birds. | “It is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird, it is also a crime”: | The 2017 p…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discover…

It Is Late, but It Is Early Morning If We Insist a Little
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-08-14
Nothing happens in Beirut and Lebanon that is transparent; plots of all kinds unravel against the ordinary hopes of the population…
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It is late, but it is early morning if we insist a little
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-08-14
Nothing happens in Beirut and Lebanon that is transparent; plots of all kinds unravel against the ordinary hopes of the population.
mronline.org/2020/08/14/it-is-late-but-i…

Thai PM Right to Question Protest Funding
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-14
The notorious US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is funding virtually every aspect of Thailand’s current “student protests” aimed at removing current government. | Only through repetitive propaganda across the Western media and their local partners in Thailand can current protests appear “student led,” “leaderless,” and “organic.” | An article published by the Bangkok Post titled, “PM: Who is financing student rallies?,” would repeat Thailand’s elected prime minister’s questions, but Bangkok Post’s reporters themselves have categorically failed to either ask or answer the same question. | Despite claiming…
thealtworld.com/anthony_cartalucci/thai-…

Thailand Prime Minister Questions Protest Funding
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
Only through repetitive propaganda across the Western media and their local partners in Thailand can current protests appear “student led,” “leaderless,” and “organic.” | An article published by the Bangkok Post titled, “PM: Who is financing student rallies?,” would repeat Thailand’s …
globalresearch.ca/thai-pm-right-question…

Congress, Trump-appointed CEO battle it out over latest purge at federally-funded network
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-14
Having fired and suspended top leadership at USAGM , CEO Pack is one step closer to turning VOA and other federally-funded broadcast networks into Trump propaganda machines.
therealnews.com/columns/congress-trump-a…

Compromise & the Status Quo
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Life is all about compromise, people say. Don’t I know it. That is, don’t I know that people say it. Personally, I don’t think it’s true. When people say this, they are conflating “life” with “society” and even then, they are limiting the concept of “society” to how the powerful define it, not to how…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/compromise-t…

After 60 hours of resistance, MST camp is violently evicted
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
The land repossession of the Quilombo Campo Grande camp in Minas Gerais was carried out this Friday August 14, after the Military Police committed violent actions against the families that resisted the eviction for almost 60 hours. | In the early afternoon, police shot tear gas against the members of the camp. According to the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), the houses and crops were destroyed several hours later. The Eduardo Galeano Popular School, where children, youth and adults study, was also destroyed the day before. | The eviction was only completed three days after the process began, because of th…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/14/after-60-…

US: Three Police Officers Indicted of Murdering a Black Man
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
U.S. Hinds County grand jury in Mississippi indicted three Jackson police officers for the death of a black man in 2019. | RELATED: | Lebanon: Beirut Blast Victims Call for International Enquiry | In January 2019, officers Desmond Barney, Lincoln Lampley, and Anthony Fox took George Robinson out of his vehicle, threw him violently against the pavement, and beat him on the chest and the head. | Robinson, a 62-years-old black man, died from encephalic hemorrhage due to head trauma…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-three-police-…

Police officer suspended after ordering K-9 to bite man on video
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-14
“He wasn’t running. He wasn’t doing anything that would have the officers have used this type of force.”
nationofchange.org/2020/08/14/police-off…

Disaster in Lebanon seen as ‘opportunity’ by U.S. & Israel
Joyce Chediac | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-14
What the people of Lebanon need now is solidarity and an immediate and massive aid effort, proportionate to the damage done, and given to all without political strings.
liberationnews.org/disaster-in-lebanon-s…

France holds joint military exercises with Greece, threatening Turkey
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
Mounting tensions between NATO powers threaten to blow up the alliance as the pandemic intensifies pre-existing conflicts over oil and strategic advantage.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/turk…

Two Utah protesters face life in prison
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
Madalena McNeil and Marvin Oliveros are charged with daubing the Salt Lake City district attorney’s office with red paint.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/utah…

Former Malaysian prime minister’s conviction deepens political crisis
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
The Najib conviction is a clear sign that the entire edifice centred on UMNO on which the ruling class has relied for decades is falling apart, opening up the prospect of further political upheavals.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/mala…

Fascistic candidate wins Republican congressional nomination in Georgia
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a multi-millionaire businesswoman and supporter of the QAnon conspiracy, will likely enter Congress from the heavily Republican 14th District of Georgia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/repu…

Afghanistan: More action needed to stop killings of human rights defenders
news.un.org | 2020-08-14
The death of nine human rights defenders since the beginning of this year marks “the emergence of a truly alarming trend”, an independent UN rights expert said on Friday, calling on Afghanistan to prevent any further killings.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1…

Palestinians condemn Israel-UAE deal as betrayal
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
The United Arab Emirates and Israel signed an agreement to normalize relations. The agreement was mediated by the United States and makes UAE the first Gulf country to normalize ties with Israel…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/14/palestini…

Dead Zones: Industrial agriculture versus ocean life
Ian Angus | mronline.org | 2020-08-14
Worldwide, there are now over a thousand coastal areas where fish can’t breathe. The nitrogen that makes crops grow is also destroying offshore ecosystems.
mronline.org/2020/08/14/dead-zones-indus…

US claims seizure of oil supplies bound for Venezuela, Iran contests claim
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
Iranian ambassador to Venezuela stated that the US claims of seizure of ships belonging to Iran was false and an attempt at “psychological warfare”
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/14/us-claims…

Toppled Monuments and the Struggle For Symbolic Space
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Outrage and anger directed at monuments, religious imagery and art itself is nothing new in humankind’s chequered history. Usually we think of iconoclasm as the smashing of religious images, relics and stained glass windows. The Tudor period in English history epitomizes this state-administered intention to smash the icons. Tabitha Barber and Stacy Boldrick (Art Under…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/toppled-monu…

The US Renews Travel Ban With Mexico and Canada
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
The United States’ land borders with Mexico and Canada will remain close to all non-essential travel for another 30 days, authorities announced on Friday. | RELATED: | US Government Bans Private Charter Flights to Cuba | U.S. Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, said that Both Canadian and Mexican partners had agreed to extend the limitation of travel until September 21. Authorities said that the measure could be extended for more time if necessary to tackle…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-US-Renews-Tr…

Indiana Faurecia auto parts workers launch Rank-and-File Safety Committee
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
Workers at the Faurecia Gladstone Plant in Columbus, Indiana, roughly 40 miles south of the state capital Indianapolis, have formed a rank-and-file committee in order to fight for safe and humane working conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/faur…

Don’t Ban TikTok and WeChat
Hina Shamsi | aclu.org | 2020-08-14
President Trump’s executive orders threatening to ban TikTok and WeChat, two of the most popular messaging and social media apps in the world, are an unprecedented abuse of emergency powers. No president has ever taken actions like these against platforms that tens of millions of people in the United States use. , , Selectively banning platforms does little to protect our personal data from abuse — comprehensive surveillance reform and consumer privacy legislation would actually help accomplish that goal. Instead, the bans could cut off the flow of information, art, and communication that social media pr…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/dont-ban-tikto…

Congress adjourns for month-long vacation without action on US unemployment crisis
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
The capitalist politicians will be holding their presidential nominating conventions while millions of workers have been cut off from federal benefits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/cong…

Science Does Not Support the Claims About Grizzly Hunting, Lethal Removal
Adrian Treves — John Laundré | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
As the Montana Governor’s Grizzly Bear Advisory Council (GBAC) works to finalize its recommendations regarding the future of grizzly bear management in Montana, it would be well-advised to follow its own guiding principle: “the best available science should inform decisions in all aspects of grizzly bear management and conservation.” A close look at what that…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/science-does…

Private prison companies shower campaign cash on Trump and Republicans
Nomaan Merchant | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-14
HOUSTON (AP)–Executives at the nation’s two largest private prison companies have been donating large sums to President Donald Trump and Republican candidates with an eye toward the November elections that one of the corporations believes will lead to a rebound in its stock price. The fortunes of private prison companies have become increasingly intertwined with …
peoplesworld.org/article/private-prison-…

Felony Charge Brought Against Native Organizer Over Minnesota Capitol Columbus Statue
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-08-14
Saint Paul, MN — The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged Mike Forcia with Criminal Damage to Property — 1st Degree — Value Reduced Over $1000 for the toppling of the Christopher Columbus statue on June 10 at the Minnesota State Capitol grounds. | Although Mike Forcia…
unicornriot.ninja/2020/felony-charge-brought-against-native-organizer-over-minnesota-capitol-columbus-statue/

The Criminology of Global Warming
Thomas Klikauer — Nadine Campbell | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Some — like Exxon since 1957 — have been aware that the world is facing global warming that has all the signs to render earth uninhabitable. At least with United Nations’ IPPC and NASA reporting on global warming, others have realised that we also face an unprecedented threat. Potentially, all of this is an issue…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/the-criminol…

Predatory Capitalism and the Nuclear Threat in the Age of Trump
Richard Falk — Daniel Falcone | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Daniel Falcone: You recently stated that it has never been more urgent that we repudiate nuclearism in all forms. What rationales do proponents of this put forth? Richard Falk: It is important to view with some skepticism the justifications offered by the governments of nuclear weapons states for retaining the weaponry, and to articulate the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/predatory-ca…

Brazil: Health Minister Admits Lack Of COVID-19 Medicines
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration Friday acknowledged a lack of drugs to fight COVID-19 in Brazil, a country that has reported 3,229,621 cases and 105,564 deaths so far. | RELATED: | Brazil: COVID-19 Cases Exceeds 3.2 Million | Acting Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said that several municipalities and hospitals had a lack of medicines and that his Ministry did everything within his power to ease that situation. | “States and municipalities never refused to do their part in the fight, with…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-admits-la…

Imperialists Run The Same Tired Old Script Day After Fucking Day
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-14
Imperialist pundit and Obama administration cold warrior Michael McFaul recently tweeted the following: | “Belarusians, inside and outside of the country, have reached out to me this week to ask why the West is so indifferent to their courageous fight for democracy. I can’t explain. Can you?” | I am not highlighting this tweet because it is remarkable (except for the extremely dubious claim that anyone ever reaches out to Michael McFaul). I am highlighting it because it is completely unremarkable. | New on…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/imperia…

Covid-19: past, present and future
Ron Forthofer | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-14
The current pandemic continues to have a large negative impact on most aspects of our lives. Over 20.6 million have been infected and almost 750,000 have died worldwide (about 5.3 million infections and over 168,00 deaths in the US) due to this pandemic. Besides these horrific impacts, this pandemic has also made clearer the failure …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/covid-19-past…

EU Won’t Accept Belarus Election Results, Sanctions Coming
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, announced on Friday that the block is refusing to recognize the presidential election results in Belarus, in which President Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected for a sixth consecutive term. | RELATED: | Belarus: Thousands of People Arrested in Post-Election Protests | After a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Borrell twitted: “EU doesn’t accept election results…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Doesnt-Accept…

Massive Evictions Will Compound the Public Health Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
Since March of this year the United States has been plunged into the worst outbreak of an infectious viral disease since the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920. | The impact of the COVID-19 outbreaks beginning in February and March has resulted in …
globalresearch.ca/massive-evictions-comp…

US claims seizure of oil supplies bound for Venezuela, Iran contests claim
shweta | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
Iranian ambassador to Venezuela stated that the US claims of seizure of ships belonging to Iran was false and an attempt at “psychological warfare”
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/14/us-claims…

A great read for Fidel Castro’s birthday
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-14
In honor of Fidel Castro’s birthday, Fight Back! is circulating a speech he delivered on May 1, 2003. Castro was born on August 13, 1926. Enjoy. | | Cuba’s achievements and America’s wars | | Distinguished guests; | | Dear fellow Cubans: | | Our heroic people have struggled for 44 years from this small Caribbean island just a few miles away from the most formidable imperial power ever known by mankind. In so doing, they have written an unprecedented chapter in history. Never has the world witnessed such an unequal fight. | | Some may have believed that the rise of the empire to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/13/great-re…

It’s a Sick Country
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
Working is a risky business these days. I’m not a coal miner, a heavy equipment operator or a logger. I don’t work in a steel mill where molten iron is poured into molds. Hell, I don’t even work in a kitchen where hot oil spatters and ovens bake at 400 degrees. I work at a…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/its-a-sick-c…

Unions demand Trump invoke Defense Production Act for PPE
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-14
WASHINGTON –Eight unions, the AFL-CIO, the Labor Network for Sustainability and another green group formally demanded the GOP Trump regime invoke the Defense Production Act to force factories to switch to making personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers to wear against the coronavirus. Trump’s government has refused to do so so far, and the result …
peoplesworld.org/article/unions-demand-t…

Learning from the hibakushas
Robert Koehler | zcomm.org | 2020-08-14
Waging peace is more complex than waging war, but we’ve given ourselves no choice but to take on the challenge. At long last…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/learning-from-the-…

Planes Heard, Seen in Skies of Beirut before Blast
Alison Tahmizian Meuse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
Military aircraft were heard, and in some cases seen, flying in the sky in the moments before the apocalyptic Beirut explosion, war-hardened residents of the Lebanese capital told Asia Times this week. | Araz Bedros, a resident of the Metn …
globalresearch.ca/planes-heard-seen-skie…

“Listen to the people”: How progressives win
Derek Royden | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-14
These voices and ideas will not be able to change the poor strategy of the national Democratic Party on their own.
nationofchange.org/2020/08/14/listen-to-…

New Orleans trans community wins $256 name change fee decrease
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-14
New Orleans, LA – On August 13, the Real Name Campaign NOLA celebrated a $256 filing fee reduction for name changes. The Orleans Parish Civil District Court dropped the fee from an outrageous $506 to $250 after a year of community pressure. | This marks an important victory for trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people in New Orleans. Incorrect names on IDs out TGNC people, exposing them to discrimination in employment, healthcare, housing and many other aspects of life. | Naming yourself is a fundamental right, so the courts deny our humanity by denying our names. | But trans communities are beautiful, resi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/14/new-orle…

Will Biden be Less Belligerent Than Trump?
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
The only Democrat nominee in the presidential contest is former vice-president Joe Biden, and he has chosen a non-white running-mate who Trump calls “extraordinarily nasty”, so it looks like we’ll be in for four years of the man known to Trump as “Sleepy Joe.” In a bizarre series of allegations on August 7, William Evanina, the director of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/14/will-biden-b…

Unifor and Detroit Three open Canadian contract negotiations as more layoffs and plant closures loom
wsws.org | 2020-08-14
The current concessions contracts, which were grudgingly ratified by workers in 2016, expire on September 21.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/14/auto…

Liz OuYang on Census Sabotage
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-08-14
Media…
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Episode 102 — White Fragility, Cancel Culture, and Over Policing with Darren Kawaii
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-08-14
On today’s episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon host University of Los Angeles’ Jeff Share. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that provides listeners…
projectcensored.org/episode-102-white-fr…

Imperialists Run The Same Tired Old Script Day After Fucking Day
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-14
tweeted the following: | “Belarusians, inside and outside of the country, have reached out to me this week to ask why the West is so indifferent to their courageous fight for democracy. I can’t explain. Can you?” | I am not highlighting this tweet because it is remarkable (except for the extremely dubious claim that anyone ever reaches out to Michael McFaul). I am highlighting it because it is completely unremarkable. | New on MoA: | Belarus — A U.S. Sponsored Color Revolution Is Underway t.co/aQMnrMmMPc pic.twitter.com/HJkFv…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/imperia…

PAHO: COVID-19 Contagions Increase in Central America
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) authorities warned on Friday that there is a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Central America amid the efforts to de-escalate restrictions measures in several countries. | RELATED: | COVID-19: ECLAC Countries Call For Unprecedented Cooperation | During the last two months, there has been an increment in deaths and infections in Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras, and Nicaragua, taking into account official data fro…
telesurenglish.net/news/PAHO-COVID-19-Pa…

Battleground Beirut: Western Colony or Back to the East?
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
This article was originally published on Asia Times. | As much as Covid-19 has been instrumentalized by the 0.001% to social engineer a Great Reset, the Beirut tragedy is already being instrumentalized by the usual suspects to keep Lebanon enslaved….
globalresearch.ca/battleground-beirut-we…

Kamala Harris; It’s Complicated
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-14
Stir Crazy! Episode 78: Today we are joined by sociologist Taure Brown, political consultant Adriel Hampton, and Communications Director for Detroit Action Kenneth Williams. Hosted by Kim Brown. Email us your questions/comments/suggestions at stircrazy@therealnews.com…
therealnews.com/stories/kamala-harris-it…

“We paint because we believe in the people”
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
‘We paint because screaming is not enough and | neither crying nor rage is enough. | We paint because we believe in the people and | because we will conquer defeat’ | (adapted from the poem, ‘Why we sing’, by Mario Benedetti) | | When they really, urgently, desperately need to say something, the people don’t wait for designers. They get on with it, producing posters and handbills as best they can — sometimes with spectacular results. In the process, they too become designers, organic to their movements, communities, and contexts.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/14/we-paint-…

Oil workers in Nigeria strike over withheld salaries
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
Oil workers in Nigeria’s public sector began a three day strike action on Wednesday, August 12. They are protesting against the non-payment of salaries for the last three months. The striking workers, who are members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), held a demonstration outside the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. | The government has withheld their salaries because of their refusal to enroll on the controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). IPPIS was introduced as a centralized automated platform to monitor and manage payments t…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/14/oil-worke…

Writing at a time of plague: Boccaccio, Dante, Petrarca, Chaucer
Jenny Farrell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-14
The Black Plague was the most devastating pandemic ever recorded, resulting in the deaths of between 75-125 million people. It peaked in Europe between 1347 and 1351, having come on Italian merchant ships from Asia via the Silk Road. In fact, the idea of quarantine originates in plague-stricken 14th-century Italy, when ships arriving in Venice …
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Lebanese parliament approves continuation of emergency, army granted special powers
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-14
The emergency was imposed by the government on August 5, a day after a deadly chemical explosion killed over 170 people and left more than 6,500 injured in Beirut. It has been extended by the parliament till August 21…
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Watching the Watchers: Canadian War Technologies in the Surveillance of US Anti-Racism Protests
Richard Sanders | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
As Canadians look back over the 75 years since the mass murders in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we should reflect on how this country has long punched above its weight when fighting to serve and protect imperialism. This is perhaps especially …
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‘Magical Thinking’ has Always Guided the US Role in Afghanistan
Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-14
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — The Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland The best way for us to understand Afghanistan is to look at the record of American involvement going back four decades and to look at the record requires a reexamination of…
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Russia to Start the Production of Its COVID-19 Vaccine in Cuba
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-14
Russia’s Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Chief Executive Officer Kiril Dmitriev announced that Cuba could begin producing the COVID-19 vaccine, the Sputnik V, in November. | “Cuba has a large capacity to produce medicines and vaccines with highly qualified staff. We could | …
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‘Fidel Lives in Those Saved by Cuban Doctors’ Ambassador Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-14
Cuba’s Ambassador to Canada Josefina Vidal took part in a virtual conference on the legacy of Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban revolution, which was held on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of his birth. | RELATED: | Cuba Receives Group of Doctors Who Faced COVID-19 in Kuwait | “Fidel Castro is still alive in each of the lives that our doctors save. He is alive in any corner of the world where people say ‘Thank you Cuba’,” Vidal said. | When the world is going through the COVI…
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Movement in Geneva, NY, continues daily protests despite threats, repression
Hannah Dickinson | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-14
On July 19, Geneva City Councior Frank Gaglianese said he wished that he “could have got a gun and shot the squares on my computer screen and killed everybody” who participated in a recent virtual forum on police accountability. .
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Trump’s EPA finalizes rollback of methane emissions rules
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-14
“This damaging new rule won’t save fossil fuel corporations, it won’t bring the U.S. closer to energy independence, and it won’t protect people from dangerous air pollution.”
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UN chief welcomes Israel-UAE agreement
news.un.org | 2020-08-14
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed a joint statement by the leaders of the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which suspends Israeli annexation plans over parts of the occupied West Bank, something the UN has consistently called for.
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