Kevin Zeese, °presente!
| workers.org | 2020-09-08
By Kevin Zeese The anti-imperialist and anti-war movement suffered a great loss Sept. 6 with the sudden death of activist Kevin Zeese, 64, at his home in Baltimore, Md. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. In summer 2019 Kevin Zeese and his life-partner Margaret Flowers led resistance as part of the . . . | Continue reading Kevin Zeese, °presente! at Workers.org…
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Kevin Zeese: A Tireless, Towering Voice for Peace and Justice
Felicity Arbuthnot | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
A tireless, towering voice for peace and justice has departed, leaving a hole in many hearts, his unexpected loss also rendering many eloquent fellow travellers lost for words in grief and shock. | Kevin Zeese died early on Sunday 6th September …
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The US Must Grow Up and Respect Iranian Independence
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
One of the lessons from our recent visit to Iran as a Peace Delegation is that Iran is a mature country. It is 2,500 years old, ten times as old as the United States and one of the world’s oldest …
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Kevin Zeese, °presente!
| workers.org | 2020-09-08
The anti-imperialist and anti-war movement suffered a great loss Sept. 6 with the sudden death of activist Kevin Zeese, 64, at his home in Baltimore, Md. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. In summer 2019 Kevin Zeese and his life-partner Margaret Flowers led resistance as part of the Embassy Protection Collective, . . . | Continue reading Kevin Zeese, °presente! at Workers.org…
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°Kevin Zeese, PRESENTÉ!
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
The anti-imperialist and anti-war movement suffered a great loss early Sunday morning with the sudden passing of activist Kevin Zeese. | Margaret Flowers, his life partner, captured the sentiments of many of us who knew Kevin and were shocked by …
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If Julian Is Guilty So Am I: Roger Waters
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-08
Musician Roger Waters told NewsClick that , “In 2010 Julian Assange along with Chelsea Manning played a pivotal role in releasing classified documents on US military activity in Iraq and Iran. I displayed the video for three years. If Julian is guilty so am. I am ready to give my arrest and may be in the coming time they can arrest me too. ”
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Will Trump Pardon Snowden and Assange if Re-elected?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Speculations about a presidential pardon for the whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked National Security Agency’s classified information to the press in 2013, have grown since last month after Donald Trump commented on the case in an interview [1] with The …
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
I went to the Old Bailey today expecting to be awed by the majesty of the law, and left revolted by the sordid administration of injustice. | There is a romance which attaches to the Old Bailey. The name of course …
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John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-08
Having reported the long, epic ordeal of Julian Assange, John Pilger gave this address outside the Central Criminal Court in London on September 7 as the WikiLeaks Editor’s extradition hearing entered its final stage.
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Brazil’s 63,000 Fires
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Amazon Day, a day of celebration for over 100 years on September 5th has passed. Amazon Day commemorates the year 1850 creation of the Province of Amazonas, encompassing 60% of Brazil and extending into Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and French Guyana.
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Brazil’s 63,000 Fires
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Amazon Day, a day of celebration for over 100 years on September 5th has passed. Amazon Day commemorates the year 1850 creation of the Province of Amazonas, encompassing 60% of Brazil and extending into Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and French Guyana. Meanwhile, illegal fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rage on, and on,…
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Gates Foundation is Also Destabilizing Africa’s Food Economy. The Restructuring of Global Food Production
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
The same Gates Foundation which is behind every aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic from financing much of the WHO budget, to investing in favored vaccine-makers like Moderna, is engaged in a major project in Africa which is destroying traditional small …
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5 Alarm Fascism: Trump’s Burning it All Down
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-09-08
Stir Crazy! Episode 86: Today we are joined by associate professor, Hussman School of Journalism & Media at UNC Chapel Hill Deb Aikat, Indigenous activist and writer Shawn Fleek, and TRNN reporter Steve Horn. Hosted by Kim Brown.
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American National Debt Increases and Becomes Unpayable
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
The American national debt situation is reaching an extremely worrying point for the country’s stability. Recently, the debt reached its highest point since World War II, and is currently equivalent to the totality of the American economy itself. Debt has | …
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Political Pardon Given by Maduro May Be a Checkmate against Venezuelan Opposition
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
In Venezuela, Juan Guaidó no longer appears to be the leader of the opposition. The forgiveness of 110 opponents by President Nicolás Maduro completely fragmented the political wing opposing the regime, which, in practice, removes from Guaidó the “monopoly” of …
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How to defeat Trump and his ‘right-wing popular front’ movement
Joe Sims | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
Why did Hillary Clinton lose in 2008? Her campaign couldn’t figure out how to defeat a mass movement. Why did she lose in 2016? Once again, her campaign couldn’t figure out how to defeat a mass movement. While the first loss to Obama was no tragedy, to borrow Marx’s phrase, the second to Trump was …
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Kevin Zeese: Irreplaceable
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
Nobody can say that if thousands followed his lead we wouldn’t have a world transformed. Nobody can say that he didn’t make a major difference, exposing injustice and changing public policy and culture for the better…
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Tenants Just Won a Nationwide Eviction Ban
Rebecca Burns | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
They’re Still Fighting to Cancel Rent…
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Black Led “Defund the Police” Movement Wins Breakthrough in LA
Eric Mann | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
The Los Angeles School Board voted to cut $70 million a year budget of the Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) by $25 million–35%–and move those funds to programs focused on the needs of Black students.
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The Police Can’t Be Judge, Jury & Executioner: Filmmaker Yoruba Richen on Killing of Breonna Taylor
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-08
Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, new details have emerged about the final moments of the 26-year-old EMT’s life and the police raid that brought it to a violent end, as detailed in a New York Times documentary that includes dozens of interviews and a review of more than 1,200 new photos of the crime scene. Taylor, whom police shot five times in her own home on March 13, has since become a household name and rallying point in the national movement for racial justice. The police officers responsible for her death have not been charged. We speak with Yoruba Richen, director…
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“Loss of the Entire Community”: 6 Months Later, Trauma of Breonna Taylor’s Killing Remains
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-08
Filmmaker Yoruba Richen, director of The New York Times documentary “The Killing of Breonna Taylor,” says the 26-year-old EMT’s killing was not just a devastating blow to her friends and family, but a “loss of the entire community.” Police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, fatally shot Taylor during a raid on her home in March, part of a botched drug investigation. Richen says that in visiting Louisville and speaking with Taylor’s loved ones, she “personally felt the trauma that we endure as African American people” as a result of police killings.
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Quid Pro Quo: Did Trump Help Kill Anti-Corruption Probe in Guatemala to Aid Reelection Bid?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-08
Iván Velásquez is a Colombian prosecutor who headed the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala from 2013 to 2019, a powerful U.N.-backed commission formed to investigate corruption in the country and supported by the Obama administration. But Velásquez and other investigators were expelled from the country after the Trump administration agreed to withdraw support for the commission in apparent exchange for Guatemala’s support of Trump’s immigration and Middle East policies. The details of that quid pro quo between President Trump and Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales are detailed in a new investi…
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Trump Leads by Division, While Biden Leads by Multiplication
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2020-09-08
Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2020, in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Assange warned he will be removed from London court if outbursts continue
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-08
Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder who is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain, was warned by a judge on Tuesday he will be removed from the courtroom and tried in his absence if he continues to interrupt proceedings.The U.S. authorities accuse Australian-born Assange, 49, of conspiring to hack government computers and of violating an espionage law in connection with the release of confidential cables by WikiLeaks in 2010-2011.Assange shouted “nonsense” as James Lewis, a lawyer acting for the U.S. government told a witness that the Wikileaks founder was facing extradition proceedings…
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UN sends 38 truckloads of aid to Idlib, Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-08
The UN on Tuesday sent 38 trucks with humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people remain in need of assistance due to internal conflicts. The trucks carrying supplies entered Idlib province through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey’s south. The aid will be distributed among residents of Idlib and nearby rural areas.Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone forged und…
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Selected Articles: Nord Stream 2 vs. Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6 | By Craig Murray, September 08 2020 | If you asked me to sum up today in a word, that word would undoubtedly be “railroaded”. it was all about pushing …
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Sinking Transparency at the Old Bailey: The Assange Extradition Hearing Resumes
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-08
The fine circus that is British justice resumed at London’s Central Criminal Court on September 7, with the continued extradition proceedings against Julian Assange. Judge Vanessa Baraitser was concerned that approximately 40 individuals had received remote video access they apparently should not have. “In error, the court sent out orders to others who had sought …
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Sinking Transparency at the Old Bailey: The Assange Extradition Hearing Resumes
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
The fine circus that is British justice resumed at London’s Central Criminal Court on September 7, with the continued extradition proceedings against Julian Assange. Judge Vanessa Baraitser was concerned that approximately 40 individuals had received remote video access they apparently …
globalresearch.ca/sinking-transparency-a…

Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America
Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2020-09-08
Protesters holding a banner reading, “U.S. Immigration Policy Is A Crime” at a silent protest in January 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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A sad loss for the peace movement as long-time activist Kevin Zeese dies at age 64
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-09-08
US activist and lawyer Kevin Zeese, renowned for his role in opposing US imperialism and the ‘War on Drugs’, has died at the age of 64. Most recently, he was a central figure in the ‘Embassy Protection Collective’ — a group formed…
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Alexei Navalny poisoning must get independent probe, says UN’s Bachelet
news.un.org | 2020-09-08
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged Russia to carry out or cooperate with a rapid and transparent criminal investigation into the poisoning of opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
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Dozens of abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-08
More than 80 African migrants have been rescued from the Sahara desert after they were robbed and left to die by people they had paid to smuggle them to Libya, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday, citing survivors.Drivers abandoned four trucks carrying the migrants from Nigeria, Togo, Mali and Ghana with no food or water about 230 km (143 miles) north of the Sahara crossroad town of Niger’s Dirkou after spotting military vehicles.Three days later, an IOM rescue team found the group, which included children, by chance on Sept. 3. Many were dehydrated, injured and in need of immediate medical assistance.Spoke…
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Dozens of abandoned migrants rescued in Sahara
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-08
Drivers abandoned four trucks carrying the migrants from Nigeria, Togo, Mali and Ghana with no food or water about 230 km (143 miles) north of the Sahara crossroad town of Niger’s Dirkou after spotting military vehicles.Three days later, an IOM rescue team found the group, which included children, by chance on Sept. 3. Many were dehydrated, injured and in need of immediate medical assistance.Spokesman Paul Dillon told Reuters it was not unusual for smugglers, who tend to take payment upfront from people desperate to reach Europe, to abandon their passengers if they fear they will be intercepted.”Sometimes smuggle…
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The Raft of the Medusa
Lisa Mullenneaux | commondreams.org | 2020-09-08
Asylum seekers plead for assistance from a dinghy off the coast of Italy’s Lampedusa coast on April 17th, 2016. (Photo: Patrick Bar/SOS Mediterranee via AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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US Wants to Convert QUAD into “Asian NATO”
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Speaking last week at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, US Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Biegun said that the US wants the defence relations with India, Japan and Australia — known as “the QUAD” — to resemble something more closely to …
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Serbia Normalizes Relations with Kosovo, Serbia’s Embassy Moves to Jerusalem
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Within the agreement on the normalization of economic relations between Belgrade and Pristina, which was signed in Washington last week, it was agreed that Serbia would move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It was this part | …
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Is the UN Preparing for the “Second Covid Lockdown”? Oppressive Measures Worldwide, Obedience and Acceptance
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
That’s the level of fearmongering going on — justifying obliging face masks in public places and shops and closed areas. Also, new emphasis is put on ‘social distancing’. People are to be trained and reminded at every corner to stay away from each other.
globalresearch.ca/is-un-preparing-next-l…

As Washington retreats, Eastern Mediterranean conflict further marginalises NATO
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military union between mostly Western countries is faltering…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/as-washington-retr…

EU To Deploy an Election Observation Mission in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-08
The European Union (EU) Tuesday announced that it will deploy election observers to control Bolivia’s general elections to be held on October 18. | RELATED: | Bolivia: The Socialist Movement Starts Presidential Campaign | “The organization of genuine and credible elections is of paramount importance for the Bolivian people, who stand ready to reaffirm their commitment to democratic values and restore the country’s much-needed stability,” European Union High Representative for For…
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FRSO Portland denounces extrajudicial police killing of Michael Reinoehl
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-08
The Portland District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the extrajudicial police killing of Michael Reinoehl. The system that cops uphold claims to derive its legitimacy from “equality before the law.” Nothing could be further from the truth in Michael Reinoehl’s death by federal agents. | As well, the fact remains that this ‘equality’ does not extend to the Black, Chicano and Native American peoples within this country. The oppressed peoples of the U.S. can see the breadth of this ‘equality’ every time their brothers and sisters are brutalized by the police and the system of terror they uphold…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/9/8/frso-port…

Turkish Military Strikes Syrian Army, Suffers First Casualties Since March
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Syrian-Turkish tensions have ramped up in the region of Greater Idlib over the past few days. | On September 5, heavy clashes between Syrian troops and Turkish-backed militants broke out near the town of Fleifel and Saraqib in southeastern Idlib, near …
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US envoy meets new Taliban chief negotiator as Afghan peace talks near
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-08
U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has held a meeting in Doha with the head of the new Taliban team due to open peace talks with a team representing the Afghan government, the Islamist insurgent group said on Tuesday.The negotiations, the result of an agreement between Washington and the Taliban, are to begin in Doha after the release of the last half-dozen or so of 5,000 Taliban prisoners.The Afghan negotiators had been expected to fly from Kabul to Doha this week, but are awaiting a signal from the Afghan government that the release – to which Western governments have objected – is going ahead.In Doha, the hea…
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South African airline Comair reinstates medical cover after union goes to labor court
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-08
Comair had decided to stop providing medical cover to its employees on September 1. Subsequently, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa challenged the decision in a labor court…
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Hungarian students protest loss of autonomy of university
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-08
Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) have been protesting against bids to restrict autonomy of the university. They allege that there is a takeover bid by allies of Viktor Orban.
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Reconfiguring Medical Education
Everett GD, Muszynski M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
To the Editor Dr Emanuel predicted that basic science education could be completed almost entirely before medical school, which then would meld with residency as purely clinical entities.
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Unilever to cut fossil fuels from cleaning brands by 2030
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-08
“We cannot let ourselves become distracted from the environmental crises that our world–our home–is facing…”
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Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties
Kakani P, Chandra A, Mullainathan S, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
This study describes correlations between the dollar amount of relief funding authorized by the US Congress to fund prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to reimburse health care entities for lost revenues, and county-level Black population fraction accounting for county COVID-19 burden, comorbidity, and hospital financial health.
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Rights groups demand probe into mysterious death of woman journalist in Pakistan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-08
Shaheena Baloch was the editor of Baloch magazine Daz Gohar and an anchor at the Pakistan Television Network – Bolan wing. As per her family members, her death may be a case of “honor killing” involving her husband…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/08/rights-gr…

Portland marks 100 days of protests, struggle continues
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-09-08
This city marked 100 consecutive days of anti-racist, anti-police protests on Sept. 5. The protests have shifted away from downtown and into North Portland — home to police “union” headquarters — and to the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct. March outside the Portland Police Association, Sept. 4. Police continue to . . . | Continue reading Portland marks 100 days of protests, struggle continues at Workers.org…
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A Tale of Two Veep Visits
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-09-08
Mike Pence and Kamala Harris hold dueling Labor Day events in Wisconsin.
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Carrera contra el último pulmón natural de Norteamérica
Sierra Club | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
Ha sonado el disparo de salida. Las compañí ≠as petroleras y de gas se frotan las manos, mientras proyectan dividirse como si fuese un pastel el último refugio virgen de Norteamérica, el Refugio Nacional Silvestre del àÅrtico. Están convencidas que ganarán la carrera para perforar el àÅrtico incluso si el presidente Trump sale derrotado en noviembre. …
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Militant protests ongoing in Rochester, NY, demanding justice for Daniel Prude
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-08
On Sep. 2 a news conference held by Free the People ROC and the family of Daniel T. Prude announced that Prude, a 41-year old Black man, had been killed by the Rochester Police Department on March 30.
mronline.org/2020/09/08/militant-protest…

TB Control Suffers During Pandemic
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
Extraordinary demands during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have diminished efforts to diagnose and treat people with tuberculosis (TB) at half of US public health departments, according to a report by the CDC and the National TB Controllers Association.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Moving Back To The Marriage Bed
Scaperoth D. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
A month since my mastectomy, I’ve slept in the spare room, which is closer to a toilet, and because my left side ached where a surgeon grafted back skin and muscle over my heart. I joked, “Tonight don’t be scared if you wake to find a balding white-haired lady in your bed.” Some men leave women when they hear the word cancer. True, we lose the parts that once defined us, wrongly or not, our hair, a breast or two, our libido. Maybe such partners fear costs of a consuming process of surgery, radiation and chemo, in my case, a stubborn tumor that returned too quickly. I had to remind myself I am more than my body. A…
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St. Louis Cardinals’ speedster, and hall of fame outfielder, Lou Brock, dies at 81
Associated Press | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Famer Lou Brock, one of baseball’s signature leadoff hitters and base stealers who helped the St. Louis Cardinals win three pennants and two World Series in the 1960s, has died. He was 81. Dick Zitzmann, Brock’s longtime agent and friend, confirmed Brock’s death Sunday, but he said he couldn’t …
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Chikungunya Virus–Like Particle Vaccine–Reply
Chen GL. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
In Reply We described the results of a phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating the safety, tolerability, and durable immunogenicity of a CHIKV VLP vaccine at 6 chikungunya-endemic sites in the Caribbean. Dr Jaiswal and colleagues highlight the favorable safety profile of the vaccine and inquire as to the reason for the study participant withdrawals described as “investigator or study decision” and requested the genotype-specific neutralization assay results.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America
Leonardo Flores | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-08
Over 100 organizations that work on issues related to Latin America and the Caribbean sent a letter calling for the next administration to adopt a new Good Neighbor Policy toward the region based on non-intervention, cooperation and mutual respect.
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FDA-required tests on puppies slows progress to Covid treatment
Tiffani Milless | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-08
Dosing puppies with drugs designed for humans won’t make people safer. In fact, it poses serious risks to human health.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/08/fda-requir…

Finance Ministers meet to refine ‘single ambitious menu’ for COVID-19 recovery and beyond
news.un.org | 2020-09-08
The UN Deputy Secretary-General has reminded Finance Ministers from across the world of their duty to help countries emerge from the social and economic chaos brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cascading Risks of COVID-19 Resurgence During an Active 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Shultz JM, Fugate C, Galea S. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
This Viewpoint discusses the prospects for exacerbation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic during hurricane season in the US, and proposes reinforcement of public health measures, clear communication, and learning from each experience to reduce the risks of hurricane-related harms and increases in COVID-19 cases.
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Fabricating a Pandemic — Who Could Organize It and Why
Dr. Gregory Sinaisky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
It is difficult not to notice something contrived in the currently announced “pandemic” of the Novel Covid-19 virus. Media coverage of this event has all the hallmarks of a coordinated hysterical campaign, namely: | the use of emotions instead of numbers | …
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Association Between Clinician Health System Affiliation and Outpatient MIPS Performance
Johnston KJ, Wiemken TL, Hockenberry JM, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
This study uses data from the Medicare Physician Compare database to assess associations between clinician affiliation with health systems and performance scores and value-based reimbursement under the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Trump Moves to Take Leadership of Regional Development Bank Away From Latin American Nations
Ariela Ruiz Caro | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Four Latin American countries have called to postpone the election of the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), scheduled for September 12 and 13. Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico proposed suspending the election until March 2021 to prevent Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser for Latin America, the Cuban-American Mauricio Claver-Carone, from taking the…
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UIC workers ready to strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-08
Chicago, IL – SEIU Local 73, which represents about 4000 workers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) gave notice of their intent to strike September 3. Key demands of the workers include safety, pay and respect. 94 % of the members voted for the open-ended strike which is set to begin on September 14. | 1400 members of the Illinois Nurses Association at UIC have also voted to authorize a strike, which could begin as early as September 12. | The majority of UIC workers are Black or Latino who have faced a pattern of racist discrimination.
fightbacknews.org/2020/9/8/uic-workers-r…

Reproductive rights group NARAL has lessons for workers too
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
WASHINGTON–One of the nation’s top pro-reproductive rights groups, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), is giving its millions of members and tens of thousands of activists illustrated lessons in how to fight the radical right. And while NARAL concentrates its seminars, one several months ago and a follow-up on August 9, on how to …
peoplesworld.org/article/reproductive-ri…

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Buttgereit F, Matteson EL, Dejaco C. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
This JAMA Insights Clinical Update reviews the diagnosis and management of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis and provides a suggested treatment algorithm for giant cell arteritis.
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Patient Information: Caring for Someone With COVID-19
Mortenson LY, Malani PN, Ernst RD. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
This JAMA Patient Page reviews the symptoms and signs of COVID-19, at-home management of the infection, and precautions to take while caring for someone with it.
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Reconfiguring Medical Education
Yim D. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
To the Editor As a current medical student, I agree with Dr Emanuel on the increasing trend of using technology for medical education. Technology is readily used by most medical students, and it is arguably a more effective, flexible method of learning. However, preclinical medical education is more than just learning a base of knowledge. Medical school is a place where students go to make personal connections and develop life experience. I do not believe an exclusively online education can provide that human experience. What happens to the comradery and friendships developed between peers? What happens to the in…
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Blue States are Not Wrong to Want to Restore the Deduction for State and Local Taxes
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-09-08
Richard Reeves and Christopher Pulliam had a New York Times column complaining that Democrats want to restore the full deductibility for state and local income taxes, which was ended with the 2017 tax cut bill. They claim, rightly, that the vast majority of this deduction goes to rich people. While that is true, the point …
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Biden to workers: ‘Wall Street didn’t build this country. You did.’
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
HARRISBURG, Pa.–With AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka beaming while looking on, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden used a Labor Day joint Zoom appearance to reiterate his strong and public pitch to unionists to support him in this fall’s election. “If there’s one thing the pandemic has done, it’s made people realize you’re the people who keep …
peoplesworld.org/article/biden-to-unioni…

Politics and Violence Go Hand in Hand
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
“[W]e currently have an inferno of political violence to which the president of the United States adds fuel,” Jennifer Rubin thunders from her bully pulpit at the Washington Post.
counterpunch.org/2020/09/08/politics-and…

From 9/11 to Covid-19: 19 Years of Media Lies
Dr. Eric Beeth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Our media is dutifully reminding us that it was 19 years ago since the traumatic events of 9/11. | Here in Brussels, we usually have a solemn ceremony every Sept 11th in front of a large twisted metal beam from one …
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COVID-19 could be a death sentence for elderly prisoners
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-09-08
Members of the group Releasing Aging People in Prison talk about officials’ refusal to release aging prisoners with violent offenses, although studies show the chances of someone reoffending as they age are minimal.
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Black Lives Matter holds court in sports
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-09-08
Two months before George Floyd was publicly lynched May 25 by a Minneapolis police officer pressing a knee on his neck for almost nine minutes, Breonna Taylor was lynched in late March by three Louisville, Ky., police officers. Thousands attend Justice for Breonna Taylor protest outside Kentucky Derby, Sept. 5. . . . | Continue reading Black Lives Matter holds court in sports at Workers.org…
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The OAS Misused Its Own Data to Help Fabricate Its Accusation of Fraud Against Evo Morales
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-09-08
Jacobin See article on original site August 20 was a day that shook a small world of scientists that had all but given up — short of legal threats — on getting a glimpse into the data and methods behind the analyses that took down the Bolivian government. Slowed by stonewalling and gaslighting, researchers had …
cepr.net/the-oas-misused-its-own-data-to…

54 million in U.S. may go hungry during the pandemic — can urban farmers help?
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
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Right-wing threats call for bold working class actions
Editor | workers.org | 2020-09-08
On Aug. 12, 2017, an angry white nationalist participating in a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., deliberately sped his car up and drove into unsuspecting counterdemonstrators, striking and killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens more. Donald Trump’s initial response was to condemn the “display of hatred, bigotry and . . . | Continue reading Right-wing threats call for bold working class actions at Workers.org…
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Rural America fights gun violence and Trump-backing thugs
Tim Wheeler | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
SEQUIM, Wash. — Left and progressive forces in rural communities are fighting back against racist provocations in this election year, picketing in “Black Lives Matter” vigils on street corners, and at post offices in defense of the right to vote by mail. Small towns are a target because the right-wing extremists see rural America as …
peoplesworld.org/article/rural-america-f…

Burkina Faso: Over 535,000 children under five ‘acutely’ malnourished
news.un.org | 2020-09-08
New data from UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed worsening nutritional situation for children in Burkina Faso, with more than 535,000 children under the age of five suffering from acute malnutrition — an unprecedented level.
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Duterte’s pardon for US marine who murdered trans woman sparks outrage in Philippines
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-08
Opposition parties and human rights groups such as Karapatan have accused president Rodrigo Duterte of giving in to US interests and have condemned the different standards applied to US personnel…
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Rafael Correa barred from contesting in the 2021 elections in Ecuador
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-08
The court of cassation of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador, on September 7, ratified the 8-year prison sentence against former president Rafael Correa and 15 other officials from his government in the “Bribes 2012-2016” case. The court also confirmed that Correa will be barred from electoral politics for the next 25 years. With the confirmation of the sentence, Correa is officially and definitively disqualified from contesting as a vice-presidential candidate in the 2021 general elections in Ecuador. | The former president, who is currently residing in Belgium, rejected the ruling through his Twitter acco…
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For the Ultra Rich, Those Short Putts Sure Can be Killers
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Trying to keep up with the stunningly inappropriate remarks of Donald Trump can sometimes seem a full-time job. Just this past week, for instance, we’ve seen the president seem to encourage voters in North Carolina to vote twice, once by mail and once by person, a felony under state law. But the week’s most outrageous…
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U.S. Food System Needs Reform
Anthony Pahnke | progressive.org | 2020-09-08
The pandemic has exposed critical weaknesses in our food system.
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Thailand’s “Youth Protests” Made in USA
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-08
US repeats “soft power” strategy targeting youths used to destroy North Africa and the Middle East amid the “Arab Spring” in 2011 to target China-friendly nations in Asia today. | Imagine the reaction if the Russian government funded programs and events for years inside the US to create youth groups indoctrinated in support of Moscow’s interests — particularly in regards to voting in US elections and the shaping of the US government itself. | It would be considered up to and including an act of war, with Russian-funded organizations in the US dismantled, those involved jailed for sedition and even treason, a…
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‘Crash Landing on You’: An axis of evolution
Michael Berkowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
A romantic comedy about North Korea? The country that, if some are to be believed, wants to bomb us back to the stone age? Our supposed sworn enemies who have disrespectfully, if not inaccurately, referred to our president as a dotard?! What could one of the world’s least developed nations have to offer in the …
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850 thousand Insulin kits from Russia arrived in Venezuela (bypassing U.S. sanctions)
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-08
This Friday, a shipment of 850 thousand vials of 4 types of insulin from Russia arrived in Venezuela, being the 8th and 9th delivery within the framework of the Strategic Trade Alliance signed in 2019 between Russia and Venezuela in the International Economic Forum of St. Petersburg.
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The President Outlines a Program
jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
On September 6 President Harry S. Truman sent to the Congress an outline of the executive and legislative program which he considered desirable. He concluded his presentation:…
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Investments in public health, an investment in safer future, urges Tedros
news.un.org | 2020-09-08
The world must be ready when the next pandemic comes, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, urging countries to invest more in public health as part of their efforts to recover from COVID-19.
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Reconfiguring Medical Education–Reply
Emanuel EJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
In Reply My Viewpoint argued that all preclinical medical education courses will be conducted online. I predicted it would take years. Just weeks later, COVID-19 mandated online preclinical education.
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Book review: ‘Against the Loveless World’
Shelley Ettinger | workers.org | 2020-09-08
“Against the Loveless World,” Susan Abulhawa’s third novel, is that rarest of treasures, a bona fide masterpiece. The kind of novel that you don’t just read, but inhale. The kind that fills your heart and mind for long after you’ve turned the last page. Why? Not only because this is . . . | Continue reading Book review: ‘Against the Loveless World’ at Workers.org…
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The Silence and Sorrow of Miscarriage
Saadi A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
In this narrative medicine essay, a neurologist relates the story of her miscarriage while touring immigration detention centers in Texas documenting medical care and human rights violations and shares her deep sorrow for the women who lost children either by force or miscarriages while incarcerated.
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Memo to the Next President
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Thirteen years ago, in summer 2007, I wrote a memo for the future president of the United States. The one who would take office in 2020. At the time, I had no idea who would win the 2008 elections, much less an election in the distant future. In summer 2007, Hillary Clinton was the Democratic…
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What’s the Matter with Trump?
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
His transmission seems to be slipping, at least one of his cylinders is misfiring, the brakes are not grabbing and the stability of the “very stable genius” appears to be wobbling. Why? Did he really have “mini-strokes” in November?
counterpunch.org/2020/09/08/whats-the-ma…

The big, dirty money behind the California wildfires
Vanessa Warheit and Laura Neish | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-08
It turns out that climate destruction isn’t just a terrible long-term investment, in many cases–as our state burns north, south, east, and west–it’s a terrible short-term investment too.
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Health disaster and class conflict on horizon as millions of students return to US schools
wsws.org | 2020-09-08
Following the Labor Day holiday, the vast majority of schools have now reopened in the US, sending millions of students and educators back into schools and threatening a massive spread of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/08/scho…

Potential Adverse Financial Implications of the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
Colla CH, Ajayi T, Bitton A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
Health care payment design requires careful monitoring and evaluation to understand and avoid unintended adverse consequences. In 2019, US clinicians began to be rewarded or penalized up to 4% of revenue under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Clinicians can choose measures for evaluation from 3 categories: quality, meaningful use, and improvement activities.
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My last (electoral) dance
Philip Farruggio | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-08
“When November comes around (even earlier as we vote by mail in Florida, where the Republican Trump stooge governor has made it ok) my vote, FOR THE LAST TIME, will be for any and all Democrats on the ballot.”
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Chikungunya Virus–Like Particle Vaccine
Jaiswal N, Singh S, Singh M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
To the Editor The chikungunya virus–like particle (CHIKV VLP) vaccine described in a recent article by Dr Chen and colleagues is one of several chikungunya vaccines that have completed either phase 1 or preclinical phases. The phase 2 randomized clinical trial reported focuses on pertinent clinical questions of safety and tolerability of the vaccine in a chikungunya-endemic area. The trial enrolled healthy adults aged 18 through 60 years who had tested negative for chikungunya virus IgM/IgG and randomized them to receive 20 Œºg of the vaccine or a placebo. Both safety and tolerability were demons…
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Chadwick Boseman: An appreciation
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-09-08
Like so many millions of other movie-going fans, I was shocked and saddened with the news of the untimely death of super-talented African American actor, Chadwick Boseman, who died at the young age of 43 on Aug. 28. Chadwick Boseman His family let it be known that he had finally . . . | Continue reading Chadwick Boseman: An appreciation at Workers.org…
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Cuba and China’s successes against coronavirus face global media blockade
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-08
HAVANA–Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned a media blackout on the country’s progress against COVID-19 this weekend. Rodriguez pointed out that while Cuba is the only Latin American country with a vaccine candidate, it suffers a “media blockade” about its achievements. “Cuban scientists share their progress with the world, show protocols against the pandemic and …
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Becoming Michelle Obama
Shalon van Tine | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Wife, Mother, Lawyer, First Lady In her memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama recalls her childhood fascination with The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Moore’s character represented the “hat-tossing, independent-career-woman zest” of a liberated working woman who did not let her supervisors boss her around.[1] Yet, Obama remembers feeling conflicted by this urge as she…
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International Literacy Day: Celebrate educators, invest in learning potential
news.un.org | 2020-09-08
With 1.4 billion people around the world lacking basic literacy skills, the head of the UN cultural agency on Tuesday urged all those involved in learning, to mobilize the investments needed that could unleash each person’s potential.
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COVID-19 Precautions Helped Limit Cases Linked to Milwaukee Primary
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
High rates of voting by mail and other prevention strategies during Milwaukee’s April primary limited the election-related spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a report by CDC and City of Milwaukee Health Department researchers.
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Patient Social Risk and Physician Performance Scores in the First Year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System
Khullar D, Schpero WL, Bond AM, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
This study uses data from the Medicare Physician Compare database to assess associations between patient social risk, defined as dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid, and physicians’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data scores, a proxy for patient outcomes and care value.
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What’s the Matter with Trump?
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
His transmission seems to be slipping, at least one of his cylinders is misfiring, the brakes are not grabbing and the stability of the “very stable genius” appears to be wobbling. Why? Did he really have “mini-strokes” in November? Or are the reasons for his fantasies simply that he’s behind in the polls against Joe…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/08/whats-the-ma…

Alexey Navalny, Novichok and Western Psy-ops
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-08
Novichok must be the most cryptic and deceptive chemical placebo ever developed by the erstwhile super-power that exploded the world’s largest 50 megaton Tsar Bomba in its heyday in the 1960s, because victims infected by it create an ephemeral stir …
globalresearch.ca/alexey-navalny-novicho…

Inaction has been fatal, says UNHCR, as dozens of Rohingya refugees perish at sea
news.un.org | 2020-09-08
Dozens of Rohingya refugees are believed to have died in the Andaman sea after spending more than 200 days afloat, owing to a “collective unwillingness” of countries to take them in, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.
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The protracted crisis of capitalism
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-09-08
THERE is a commonly-held view that the current crisis in capitalism, which has resulted in a massive output contraction and increase in unemployment, is because of the pandemic; and that once the pandemic gets over, things will go back to “normal”.
mronline.org/2020/09/08/the-protracted-c…

Reconfiguring Medical Education
Connell JM, Niec JA, Sharif KF. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
To the Editor Dr Emanuel’s discussion of the inevitable changes to medical education came at a pivotal moment. On March 11, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. Medical schools scrambled to comply with university mandates to discontinue in-person classes, along with government recommendations for “social distancing.” This required the rapid deployment of virtual learning modalities to replace the existing preclinical curriculum.
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UIC workers ready to strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-08
Chicago, IL – SEIU Local 73, which represents about 4000 workers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) gave notice of their intent to strike September 3. Key demands of the workers include safety, pay and respect. 94 % of the members voted for the open-ended strike which is set to begin on September 14. | 1400 members of the Illinois Nurses Association at UIC have also voted to authorize a strike, which could begin as early as September 12. | The majority of UIC workers are Black or Latino who have faced a pattern of racist discrimination.
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Reconfiguring Medical Education
Stoddard HA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-09-08
To the Editor As a professional educator, I received multiple copies of the Viewpoint by Dr Emanuel, forwarded to me by various colleagues. Each expected that the ideas of “transformation” and “reimagination” would be of interest to me, so they were a bit disappointed by my ennui.
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America’s Ugly Flaw
James Haught | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-08
Sometimes it seems like we live in a huge loony bin where things make no sense. How could the world’s richest, strongest nation give its highest office to a crude, vulgar, shallow, petty, self-worshiping, obnoxious, racist schmuck? How can Donald Trump draw so much political support? Is it raw racism — widespread approval of his…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/08/americas-ugl…

Chile: Right-Wingers Use Jara’s Song To Oppose New Constitution
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-08
Controversy Tuesday arose in Chile after the ultra-right-wing party Independent Democratic Union (UDI) used a phrase from legendary singer-songwriter Victor Jara to promote its political campaign over next October’s constitutional plebiscite. | RELATED: | Chile: Police Repress March of Health Workers | Telesur’s correspondent in Chile Paola Dragnic explained that UDI used Jara’s phrase “The right to live in peace”, to call for voters to check the “reject” option in the ballot during the popular c…
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A guide to flattening the curve of economic chaos
Jayati Ghosh | mronline.org | 2020-09-08
Well-thought-out policies can reverse the results of incompetence; the onus is on the Centre to spend now…
mronline.org/2020/09/08/a-guide-to-flatt…

“There Is No Mercy”
Ryan Devereaux | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
As the Coronavirus Descended on the Border, the Trump Administration Escalated Its Crackdown on Asylum…
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Nothing less than our democracy is at stake
Bernie Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
In order to be effective in combating Trump’s attempt to sabotage the November election, it is important that you, and everyone you know, recognize the warning signs as to what he and his Republican allies are doing…
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Don’t Steal This Book
Matt Taibbi | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
On “In Defense of Looting”
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Class struggle during and after the pandemic
Sam Gindin | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
We need a left agenda that is not just engaged in periodic working-class struggles but is also genuinely embedded in workers’ daily lives and committed to nurturing the best of the working class’s historic potentials…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/class-struggle-dur…

A Pandemic Within The Pandemic
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
Peace is not just the absence of war. Many women under lockdown for Covid 19 face violence where they should be safest: in their own homes…
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When Homelessness Hits the Wall
Mike Hastie | zcomm.org | 2020-09-08
It is amazing what people will talk about when they just want someone to hear their story…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/when-homelessness-…

Sunday 9/13: Rise in Power – Recognizing Resistance San Quentin to Attica and Back Again
No Justice Under Capitalism | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Meet at Larkspur Ferry Terminal at 5: 30 pm, walk to San Quentin Prison West Gate at 6 pm.
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Labor Day Unite Here 2 & SEIU 87 Protest Lyft Union Busting & For Healthcare
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
On Labor Day 2020 September 7, 2020, SEIU Local 87 and Unite Here Local 2 protested union busting by the hotels, Lyft and Giants.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/07/1883652…

Saturday 9/12: Late term economic abortion
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Join Zoom Meeting | zoom.us/j/96825211741?pwd=VTFHTHp3VWh6VG… | Meeting ID: 968 2521 1741 | Passcode: Q0tBsB…
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In honor of Hilbert Morales co-founder of El Observador newspaper
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Photo of Hilbert Morales:…
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Sunday 9/13: Swing Left SF Phone Bank Training for Introverts (& Friends)
Swing Left San Francisco | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Online Event…
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Arrests at Labor Day GG Bridge Protest for Workers and BLM
What Happened to Free Speech? | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Last week Trump supporters held a rally on the Golden Gate Bridge. At that event, police were seen fist bumping with Trumpers. Fast forward to Labor Day and a workers’ rights and Black Lives Matter protest at the same location. Protesters were greeted with a show of force by the California Highway Patrol inordinate to the number of demonstrators who were there for the cause of justice.
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Assault on the healing process after the murder of George Floyd by killer cops
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Executive Office Memo Attacking Training Programs Meant To Heal The Nation After The Murder Of George Floyd:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/06/1883651…

Friday 9/11: Ken Brower on “The Sierra Club and Point Reyes National Seashore”
Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Online…
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Sunday 9/13: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit. Walk. Listen | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (14th Street/Broadway) | Oakland, CA…
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Once more: what has happened to the #MeToo witch-hunt?
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
The apparent stifling of the #MeToo Movement points to the way the US media turns on a given tap at one instant, only to turn it off at the next. | Everything it reports is dictated by the needs of the ruling elite to shift public opinion, always with a larger political agenda in mind, to confuse and deceive the people.
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Thursday 10/8: ArtMart: Art Auction + Live Art Class
Youth Art Exchange | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
Online via Zoom…
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Finance Ministers and United Nations Discuss COVID Crisis Solutions
Zachary Conti | indybay.org | 2020-09-08
IMF Announces Access to Global “SDRs” Reserve…
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The Fed’s Brilliant Plan? More Inflation and Higher Prices
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-08
Ron PAUL | Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently announced that the Fed is abandoning “inflation targeting” where the Fed aims to maintain a price inflation rate of up to two percent. Instead, the Fed will allow inflation to remain above two percent to balance out periods of lower inflation. Powell’s announcement is not a radical shift in policy. It is an acknowledgment that the Fed is unlikely to reverse course and stop increasing the money supply anytime soon. | Following the 2008 market meltdown, the Fed embarked on an unprecedented money-creation binge. The result was historically low interest rates…
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Four More Years Would Be Welcomed by the Pentagon
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-08
On August 24 President Trump was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate to chants of “four more years, four more years!” which made a lot of people wonder just what another Trump term might be like. And although opinion polls at the moment put Biden ahead of Trump by about ten points we should remember that around this time in 2016 the pol…
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The Heat: Race for the White House
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-09-08
Less than 60 days before the U.S. presidential election. Can Donald Trump win re-election or will it be Joe Biden?
america.cgtn.com/2020/09/08/the-heat-rac…

Amir Aliakbari to fight Russian heavyweight in Singapore
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — The Iranian mixed martial artist Amir Aliakbari is set to take on the Russian heavyweight Anatoly Malykhin at the ONE Championship in Singapore on October 30.
en.mehrnews.com/news/163251/Amir-Aliakba…

Heavy rains inflicting damage on rice fields of Gilan prov
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
RASHT, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Heavy summer rains have inflicted damages on rice fields of Gilan province, north Iran, affecting both the quality and quantity of the products while also making the harvesting process more difficult.
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Iran building more advanced nuclear facilities in Natanz
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is constructing more advanced nuclear facilities within the Natanz Mountains.
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Lawmakers praise IDO’s excellent performance during Muharram
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Spokesperson of Parliament’s Cultural Commission said that members of the Commission expressed their special thanks to the Head of Islamic Development Organization Hojjatoleslam Qomi for special measures taken during Muharram.
en.mehrnews.com/news/163277/Lawmakers-pr…

Iran, Turkey agree on expansion of fight against terrorism
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Iran and Turkey issued a joint statement on the expansion of bilateral ties and agreed to fight against PKK, PJAK, and all terrorist groups.
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Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railway symbol of friendship
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — The Kazakh Foreign Ministry described the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway as a symbol of friendship and a new opportunity to further develop international cooperation between the three countries.
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Iranian children shine in Bulgarian painting competition
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Five members of the Iranian Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults received honorary diplomas from the 22nd International Youth Art Exhibition Nova Zagora held in Bulgaria.
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Steel ingot production vol. hits 9.2mn tons in 5 months
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Subsidiary units of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and major industrial-mineral companies produced 9,238,503 tons of steel ingot in first five months of the current year.
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Expanding ties between Iran, Turkey only way to foil plots
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to Iran and Turkey as two major regional powers and noted that expanding bilateral ties is the only way to foil conspiracies.
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Saudi’s Khashoggi verdict ‘parody of justice’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — UN human rights investigator Agnes Callamard on Monday called the Saudi prosecutor’s verdict on the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul a parody of justice which spared high-level plotters.
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Iran emphasizes lasting stability in Afghanistan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian emphasized the significance of lasting stability and peace in Afghanistan.
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Namaki urges for global call to end US illegal sanctions
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — In a letter to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Iranian Minister of Health Saeed Namaki called for a global request for an end to the US illegal and unilateral sanctions that endanger global health.
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Iran-Turkey talks play crucial role in solving regional issue
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that bilateral talks between Iran and Turkey play a very decisive role in resolving many regional issues.
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Europe seeking to boost its diplomatic role in Iran:Former MP
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Regarding the failure of the US anti-Iran pressures, a former Parliament Member said that the Swiss Foreign Minister’s visit to Iran and his messages show Europeans’ tendency to play a more active diplomatic role toward Iran.
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Active engagement with neighbors Iran’s top priority: Zarif
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Referring to his meeting with his Indian counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described active engagement with neighborhood as Iran’s top priority.
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Macron’s regional moves on behalf of US, Zionist regime
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) –Warning about suspicious French President’s moves in the region, Sadr al Hosseini didn’t reject the possibility of Zionist backed efforts to pave the way for construction of an energy pipeline from Iraq to Occupied Land.
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MP urges France to apologize for insulting Holy Prophet (S)
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Chairwoman of Iranian Parliament’s Human Rights Committee called on French government to apologize to Muslims for insulting the Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (S).
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Iran, India FMs eye boosting bilateral ties: FM spox
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-08
TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) — Hailing the meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Iran and India, the Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that the two counterparts reaffirmed their will to further expand bilateral relations in all dimensions.
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Researcher and chef make ‘hyperfoods’ cookbook with disease-fighting ingredients
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-08
An Imperial researcher and a chef have teamed up to create a cookbook of recipes using ‘hyperfoods’ — ingredients with anti-cancer molecules.
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California wildfires burn a record 2 million acres
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-08
Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, with the US Forest Service announcing the closure of all eight national forests in the southern half of the state.Running battle: After a typically dry summer, California is parched heading into fall and what normally is the most dangerous time for wildfires. Two of the three largest fires in state history are burning in the San Francisco Bay Area. More than 14,000 firefighters are battling those and dozens more around California.A three-day heat wave brought triple-digit temperatures to much of the state during Labour Day weekend. But…
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‘Astounding’ admission as minister confirms proposed change to Brexit deal would breach international law
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-08
A government plan to override elements of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with Brussels would breach international law, a senior minister has confirmed. | The comment by Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis provoked a furious reaction, including from some Tory MPs, and followed news that the head of the Government Legal Department had resigned amid reports he was “very unhappy” with the proposal. | Lewis told MPs legislation to ensure Northern Ireland could continue to enjoy unfettered access to markets in the rest of the UK would breach international law in a “very specific and limited way”. | pic.twitter.com/VQ…
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UN Chief: Humanity Is “Doomed” If Nations Don’t Cooperate on Climate Soon
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-08
World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity is “doomed,” UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned, telling AFP that failure to control the coronavirus pandemic illustrates the danger of disunity. | Before the virus struck, 2020 was billed as a pivotal year for the plan to dodge the bullet of catastrophic global warming, with high profile summits planned to catch a wave of public alarm over the future of the planet. | The coronavirus crisis may have shunted c…
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Facebook’s Political Ad Ban Could Inhibit Ability to Spread Accurate Voting Info
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-08
Facebook this week said it would bar political ads in the seven days before the presidential election. That could prevent dirty tricks or an “October surprise” and give watchdogs time to fact-check statements. But rather than responding with glee, election officials say the move leaves them worried. | Included in the ban are ads purchased by election officials — secretaries of state and boards of elections — who use Facebook to inform voters about how voting will work. The move…
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It’s OK to Mourn When “Back to School” Means Staying at Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-08
Once upon a time, a full 17 years before I became a parent, this was my favorite commercial: That classic mid-90s Staples back-to-school ad with the bitter kids watching their jubilant Dad stock up on pens and notebooks to the sound of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” You don’t need to have kids to appreciate the humor, and once you do have kids, it’s some genuinely funny stuff. The look on the little girl’s face could crack a granite countertop. | Sigh. | T…
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Trauma of Breonna Taylor’s Killing Remains for Community Six Months Later
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-08
Image Credit: NYT Presents on FX and FX on Hulu | Filmmaker Yoruba Richen, director of The New York Times documentary The Killing of Breonna Taylor, says the 26-year-old EMT’s killing was not just a devastating blow to her friends and family, but a “loss of the entire community.” Police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, fatally shot Taylor during a raid on her home in March, part of a botched drug investigation. Richen says that in visiting Louisville and speaking with Taylor’s loved ones, she “pers…
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Trump’s “Law and Order” Rhetoric Is a Rallying Cry for State Violence
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-08
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” –James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time | Many politicians, media pundits and commentators, along with the mainstream cultural apparatuses, are decrying property destruction produced by protesters in the face of unrelenting police assaults on unarmed Black people. Their critical focus has been not only on the broken windows, burning cars and alleged “looting” of stores, but also on the so-called violent tendencies of the…
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Sanders Condemns Trump Effort to Rush COVID Vaccine Before Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-08
After President Donald Trump on Monday suggested a Covid-19 vaccine could be fully developed and put to market “before a very special day” — apparently referring to the November 3 presidential election — Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that Trump’s ongoing politicization of the vaccine process threatens to undermine public trust and safety. | “I think you got a president who’s losing it, and I think most people are sick and tired of the ranting and the ravings of Donald Trump,” the Vermont sena…
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Quelle sera la politique étrangère du prochain président US?
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-08
Les deux programmes des candidats Trump et Biden ne ressemblent pas à ceux des candidats précédents. Il ne s’agit plus d’ajuster les Etats-Unis aux évolutions du monde, mais de définir ce qu’ils seront. La question est existentielle, de sorte qu’il est tout à fait possible que les choses dégénèrent et se terminent dans la violence. Pour les uns, le pays doit être une nation au service des citoyens, pour les autres il doit restaurer son statut impérial. | La campagne présidentielle états-unienne 2020 oppose deux visions radicalement différentes des États-Unis : empire ou nation ? | D’un cà¥té, la prétention de…
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What will be the foreign policy of the next US President?
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-08