Julian Assange: The Trial of the Century
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-12
George Galloway makes cystal clear what is a no-brainer: Julian Assange revealing war crimes is the real reason for extradition. Unable to be convicted for journalism, he stands accused of trumped-up charges in what is the trial of the century.
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The Assange Trial, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-12
~ | “Assange isn’t a journalist! He has an agenda!” | Every journalist in the world has an agenda. It just happens that most journalists have fame, wealth and esteem as their agenda while Assange’s agenda is, in his own words, “crushing bastards”. | It’s crazy how there are still people who try to claim Assange isn’t a journalist. He is, and it’s not even debatable. Publishing information that informs the public about what’s going on in the world is exactly the thing that journalism is. | ~ | The mainstream press have been far, far less critical of immensely powerful world-dominating government agencies than they…
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DHS Head Chad Wolf adopts language of war in threats against Portland protesters
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-09-12
The phrase “all options on the table” is largely used in politics as a code phrase conveying the most extreme violence imaginable, without having to explicitly state it. Now it’s being used against American citizens.
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Now West should sit on its backside, shut up, and listen to “the others”!
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-12
We were always told what to think; what is correct and what is wrong. By the white dudes living in or coming from Europe and North America. They knew everything. They were the most qualified. When I write “white,” I don’t mean just their race or color of their skin. To me, “white” is their …
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Grandson of overthrown Chilean President Salvador Allende defends Venezuela against US coup attempt
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-09-12
The grandson of Chile’s former elected socialist President Salvador Allende, who was toppled in a 1973 CIA-orchestrated military coup, has lived in Venezuela for 10 years. The Grayzone’s Ben Norton interviewed Pablo Sepúlveda Allende in Caracas. Sepúlveda Allende spoke about the many similarities between the democratic revolutions in Chile and Venezuela, and why he thinks …
thegrayzone.com/2020/09/12/grandson-salv…

La Riva/Freeman gain ballot access in Rhode Island
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-12
As of Sept. 11, Rhode Island becomes the 15th state to welcome socialist candidates Gloria La Riva and Sunil Freeman to the ballot for the United States presidential election on Nov. 3. This ballot access was achieved by obtaining close to 1,600 signatures — 600 more than the state’s requirement. Petetioners at Kennedy plaza bus …
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La Riva/Freeman gain ballot access in Rhode Island
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-12
As of Sept. 11, Rhode Island becomes the 15th state to welcome socialist candidates Gloria La Riva and Sunil Freeman to the ballot for the United States presidential election on Nov. 3. This ballot access was achieved by obtaining close to 1,600 signatures — 600 more than the state’s requirement. Petitioners at Kennedy plaza bus …
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Historic Afghan talks present ‘major opportunity’ for peace: UN Secretary-General
news.un.org | 2020-09-12
The first ever direct talks between Afghan Government representatives and the Taliban which began on Saturday, present “a major opportunity” to finally realise the “long-held aspirations” of the people, for a peaceful future, the UN chief has said.
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Colombia erupts in struggle against police murder
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-12
A popular uprising against police violence has broken out across Colombia following the shockingly brutal murder of Javier Ordóñez in Bogotá on September 8. In footage taken by witnesses that quickly spread and outraged the nation, Ordóñez was pinned to the ground and shocked over and over with a taser. Ordóñez, who was unarmed, repeatedly …
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Patton and Westy Meet in a Bar: A Play in One Act
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-09-12
Ken Walton / By Andrew Bacevich / TomDispatch I’ve written a fair number of pieces for TomDispatch, but this one is a bit different — some might even say strange — so Tom asked me to introduce it myself. By almost any measure, we Americans are living through trying times. As a nation, we are long accustomed to being history’s spoiled child. Now, it seems our luck may be running out. | Source…
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Workers and oppressed people of the world, write to us!
| workers.org | 2020-09-12
Workers World recently received these two letters from friends in Bangladesh and Europe. Dear Comrades, Let me deliver revolutionary greetings to you and your party. I’m from Bangladesh. You’re passing a transitional period of struggle and mass uprising. I would like to proclaim solidarity from the heart of the people . . . | Continue reading Workers and oppressed people of the world, write to us! at Workers.org…
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Why did so many poor New Yorkers die of COVID-19?
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
Inequality, including in-hospital care, determined whether thousands of people in New York City would die of COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/hosp…

University of Michigan grad students set to extend strike as opposition grows in the US to back-to-school drive
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
Nineteen of the 25 hottest outbreaks in the US are in communities with colleges that have reopened for in-person learning, sparking growing anger over the homicidal back-to-school campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/stri…

Jacksonville, Florida teacher speaks out against deadly school reopenings
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
A teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, reached out to the WSWS to speak about the spread of the coronavirus across the state just two weeks into the new school year.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/jack…

University of Michigan grad students set to extend strike as opposition grows to the US to back-to-school drive
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
Nineteen of the 25 hottest outbreaks in the US are in communities with colleges that have reopened for in-person learning, sparking growing anger over the homicidal back-to-school campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/stri…

Mexico runs out of death certificates with 122,765 “excess deaths” reported during pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
The Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has done nothing to prevent the virus from claiming the lives of tens of thousands, most of them poor workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/mexi…

America’s Current Jobs ‘Great Depression’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
“Two well-known and highly respected mainstream economists, Carmen Reinhart, a chief economist for the World Bank, and Vincent Reinhart, chief economist for Morgan Stanley bank, have recently published an article in the widely read capitalist source, Foreign Affairs, entitled ‘The Pandemic Depression’. Arguing primarily from a global perspective, the economists have concluded the US economy as of the 3rd quarter 2020 is not merely now experiencing a ‘great recession’ but now qualifies as another Great Depression.
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Rubberhose Cryptography and the Idea Behind Wikileaks: Julian Assange as a Physics Student
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-12
Niraj LAL | The last dinner that Julian Assange had in relative freedom, 18 June 2012, was takeaway pizza and cheap red wine with a couple of the Wikileaks team and myself in a small flat in London, discussing possible trajectories of American politics for the coming decade. The next morning he walked into the Ecuadorian Embassy to claim political asylum; he hasn’t seen sunlight unguarded since. | I first met Julian in the Redmond Barry Physics Lecture Theatre ten years earlier, in 2002, on our first day at the University of Melbourne. The lecturer, the affable Professor Geoff Opat with curly hair and thick-rimme…
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Part I: The Unannounced Death Of The Green New Deal
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
You could say that the Green New Deal died when the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force recommendations came through, or perhaps that was the moment we knew that the Jemez Principles and the principles of a Just Transition had been abandoned more than a year before? Perhaps they were abandoned shortly after John Washington’s straight forward, perfectly articulated warning to New Consensus? Or perhaps they were abandoned as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey prepared the Green New Deal resolution with it’s “clean” and “net zero” language replacing the language of fossil fuel phase outs and 100% Renewables?
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Scheer Intelligence: Trump Is The Sweaty Armpit Of Monopoly Capitalism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
Over the past several decades, the largest corporations have absorbed and destroyed all opposition–big and small–and slowly come to play a role in every aspect of Americans’ lives. That’s the central argument of journalist David Dayen’s latest book, Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power. On this week’s installment of Scheer Intelligence, the American Prospect editor joins host Robert Scheer to discuss how corporations peddle the idea that consumers have the “freedom” to buy whatever they want in order to distract the public as their rights are increasingly eroded.
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The U.S. Is Borrowing Its Way to Fascism
Richard D. Wolff | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
Today’s crisis-ridden capitalist economy is more dependent on credit than at any time in the system’s history…
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Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
Progressive groups see the need to push a new administration to make a positive contribution to the well-being of people throughout the hemisphere…
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Sunday 9/20: Devastating Climate Change–Socialist Feminist Solutions to Save Mother Earth
Freedom Socialist Party | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Online via Zoom. | Please register in advance: http: //bit.ly/Ecosocialist_Solutions…
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[Editorial] Global collaboration for health: rhetoric versus reality
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
The 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens on Sept 15, 2020. Being held remotely for the first time, the meeting will inevitably be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but other issues on the agenda that have resonance for global health include the climate crisis, peace, disarmament, and humanitarian assistance. Underpinning this year’s agenda is the UN theme of multilateralism, under the banner “The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism”.
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Our Capitalist Economy’s Dependence on Credit Is Driving Us Toward Fascism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-12
This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. | Viewing the GOP convention seemed a little like binge-watching the last several years’ parade of none-too-subtle signs of incipient fascism. We saw extreme nationalism, scapegoating immigrants and foreigners in general, white supremacy, “strong (narcissistic)-man” government, aggressive foreign policies, and hysterical red-baiting.
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‘You cannot lecture us on humanity,’ Erdogan tells Macron
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Recalling France’s massacres in Algeria and Rwanda, the Turkish president said the French president “cannot lecture us on humanity.”Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came at a symposium held on Democracy and Freedom Island against coup.In a direct reference to President Emmanuel Macron, Erdogan said “You [Macron] have no knowledge of history. You do not know the history of France.””You cannot lecture us on humanity,” he added, recalling the massacres in Algeria where some 1 million people were killed and in Rwanda where 800,000 people were murdered.”Do not mess with Turkey and Turkish people,” Erdogan added.Earlier…
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Palestine recalls its ambassador to Bahrain
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Palestine on Friday recalled its ambassador to Manama shortly after Bahrain signed an agreement to restore ties with Israel. Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malik “summoned the ambassador in Manama to consult and discuss the necessary steps towards the normalization agreement,” according to a statement.Israel and Bahrain agreed to establish full diplomatic relations on Friday in a second breakthrough between Israel and its Arab neighbors after it normalized ties with the United Arab Emirates last month.The latest agreement was finalized during a telephone call between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahra…
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US ‘doesn’t seek to impose’ democracy on Afghanistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
After 19 years of American invasion in the name of fighting terrorist groups and democratizing Afghanistan, which led to the shattering of latter’s political institutions, the US on Saturday announced that it is no longer interested in exporting democracy to the war-weary country.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks came in the beginning of intra-Afghan peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in the Qatari capital Doha.The historic talks aim to end nearly two decades of armed insurgency in Afghanistan amid pressure from US President Donald Trump’s administration ahead of elections…
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Pakistan premier welcomes intra-Afghan dialogue
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday welcomed the start of much-awaited intra-Afghan talks aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan.Qatar’s capital Doha is going to host the landmark direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban from Saturday amid fears and hopes.”Finally, our combined efforts have brought forth the day that the Afghan people have been yearning for,” Khan said in a statement.”It is now for the Afghan leaders to seize this historic opportunity, work together constructively, and secure an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement,” he said reiteratin…
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Russia: Nord Stream 2 vs. Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-12
Wednesday, 2 September, all German TV channels, mainstream media were focused unilaterally on the alleged Novichok poisoning of Russian opposition critic, Alexei Navalny. This “breaking-news” poison discovery was made in Germany two weeks after he has been flown from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow, when he fell ill on the plane and the airliner had …
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US jobless claims top 884,000 for second week in a row
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
With no congressional relief in sight, millions of workers are seeing meager unemployment benefits expire while layoffs continue to mount.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/jobs…

Top cop resigns, Seattle mayor vetoes SPD budget cuts; cops continue brutality
Mario Carbonell | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-12
Regardless of who is holding the reigns at SPD, the police as an institution exist to protect and serve the interests of the capitalist class.
liberationnews.org/top-cop-resigns-seatt…

“Tell no lies, claim no easy victories”: Remembering Amílcar Cabral
Amilcar Cabral Study Group | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-12
Working people across the world are struggling against the economic domination and exploitation, which has been greatly intensified amid COVID-19 pandemic. On the 96 anniversary of the birth of Amílcar Cabral, we examine the life and revolutionary contributions of Amílcar Cabral, that remind us that a well devised strategy undertaken by an organized people can become the force that unravels a decaying empire. | Fidemar (Son of the sea) : | On September 12, 1924 — just a few years before the establishment of the fascist regime of Estado Novo in colonial Portugal — Amílcar Cabral was born to a sh…
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Rogues in the Ranks
Edward J. Martin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-12
On May 25, 2020, African American George Floyd, was arrested and killed by a white Minneapolis police officer. The officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt forcefully on Floyd’s neck, and in effect, crushing Floyd’s wind pipe. Three other officers were involved, two helping to restrain Floyd, and another standing guard between witnesses and the actual killing. Eight …
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University of Michigan strikers speak out: “We need to resist going back to normal. Normal no longer exists”
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
The strike is quickly turning into a focal point of a much broader opposition to the reckless reopening of both K-12 schools and college campuses everywhere.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/supp…

4 Texas police officers fired over fatal shooting
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-12
“You don’t get to shoot somebody 21 times, because at that time, when we discharged those 21 rounds, Mr. Chavez was at his greatest level of incapacitation.”
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Revelation of US government conspiracy on COVID-19 exposes EU herd immunity policy
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
Revelations that US officials conspired to lie to the public about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic also expose the politically criminal role of the EU.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/eutr…

How a U.S. Army Whistleblower Revealed ‘the Apparatus of a Police State’
Sarah Cords | progressive.org | 2020-09-12
In the 1960s, the military had been illegally spying on protesters until Christopher Pyle, a former Army intelligence officer, spoke out.
progressive.org/dispatches/us-army-whist…

Tensions flare up in eastern Mediterranean, cracks widen in NATO
Abdul Rahman | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-12
Turkey’s ambition to become a regional hegemon and European desire to have diversified access to oil and gas are creating a conflict situation in the Eastern Mediterranean region…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/12/tensions-…

The insidious workings of the political ratchet
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-12
Democrats Are Joining Trump and DHS in Demonizing Anti-Fascists. Here’s Why.
mronline.org/2020/09/12/the-insidious-wo…

A youthful 75: next generation to carry the torch for UN values
news.un.org | 2020-09-12
75 years on from the founding of the UN, young people are being enlisted to share their visions of a better planet, and help decide the next chapter of the Organization.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/09/1…

Biden pledges to keep troops in the Middle East and maintain record military spending
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
Since Labor Day, Biden has focused on appeals for support from the military and national security establishment, along with economic nationalist demagogy and pledges to prosecute “violent” left-wing protesters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/bide…

Voting, self-determination and social change
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-09-12
Below is a slightly edited talk by Monica Moorehead at the Workers World Party webinar on Sept. 3 on “Save the people’s post office.” Voter suppression is an issue I have both personal and political knowledge of. I was born and raised under segregation in Alabama. Black and white activists . . . | Continue reading Voting, self-determination and social change at Workers.org…
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A youthful 75: New generation carries the torch for UN values
news.un.org | 2020-09-12
75 years on from the founding of the UN, young people are being enlisted to share their visions of a better planet, and help decide the next chapter of the Organization.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/09/1…

Uber announces plan to electrify ride-hailing in US, Canada and Europe by 2030
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-12
Uber announced its commitment to be a 100 percent electric vehicle ride-hailing company by 2030 in the United States, Canada and Europe and by 2040 in the rest of the world.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/12/uber-annou…

The COVID-19 pandemic and the dual nature of science
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-12
Over two decades ago, Professor Richard Levins, one of the founders of Science for the People, described this phenomenon as the “dual nature” of science.(1) On one hand, scientific investigations discover truths about material reality that are independent of ideology or politics.
mronline.org/2020/09/12/the-covid-19-pan…

Episode 106 — The Anatomy of Fake News and Parallax Views with J.G. Michael
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-09-12
On today’s episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss Higdon’s latest book “The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Education” and the Parallax Views…
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Wildfires devastate US West Coast
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
As with the criminal mishandling of COVID-19, the mass devastation wrought by the wildfires exposes the complete inability of capitalism to address any social problem.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/west…

Gov’t silent as climate change unfolds
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-12
From megafires, extreme heat waves, summer snow storms and hurricanes, millions across the United States are witnessing the effects of climate change first hand.
mronline.org/2020/09/12/govt-silent-as-c…

Working class groups protest layoffs by ArcelorMittal in Luxembourg
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-12
The steel corporation ArcelorMittal announced that it would lay off up to 570 employees. The company is citing COVID-19 but critics say ‘redundancies’ were planned much before…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/12/working-c…

Wildfires devastate US West Coast
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
As with the criminal mishandling of COVID-19, the mass devastation wrought by the wildfires further exposes the complete inability of capitalism to address any social problem.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/west…

While the stock market is booming, jobs report hides hunger
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-09-12
Getting enough food was hard for people working low-wage jobs before the pandemic. Now it’s harder, given the huge increase in unemployment — 29 million jobless workers now live off meager unemployment insurance. Millions without work are getting nothing, and more than 50 million people are “food insecure,” meaning they . . . | Continue reading While the stock market is booming, jobs report hides hunger at Workers.org…
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Wildfires turn US West Coast into an apocalyptic hellhole
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
As with the criminal mishandling of COVID-19, the mass devastation wrought by the wildfires further exposes the complete inability of capitalism to address any social problem.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/west…

What will it take to defend the election? Here’s one winning strategy
George Lakey | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-12
The way to meet a possible disaster with strength and confidence is to have a plan.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/12/what-will-…

Latin America, epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, on the brink of social explosion
wsws.org | 2020-09-12
Latin America this week reached the grim milestones of 300,000 COVID-19 deaths and more than 8 million infections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/12/lata…

Dem rival of Georgia QAnon-supporting GOP candidate drops out of House race, campaign assures he’s ‘safe’ amid threat rumors
rt.com | 2020-09-12
A Democrat has suddenly bowed out of the US House race in Georgia citing “personal reasons,” clearing the path for Republican contender Marjorie Taylor Greene, the alleged QAnon supporter who is now running unopposed. | Kevin Van Ausdal said he would pull out of the contest in a statement on Friday, leaving the race for Georgia’s reliably red 14th Congressional District uncontested, with Greene the only candidate left in the running. | “I am heartbroken to announce that for family and personal reasons, I cannot continue this race for Congress,” Van Ausdal said in a statement, adding that “stepping aside would…
rt.com/usa/500522-dem-house-race-qanon-r…

‘Surreal, depressing, dystopian s**t’: CNN & Sesame Street warn kids to get their ‘DISTANCING STICKS’ ready for school
rt.com | 2020-09-12
Preparing your kids for school this fall? Well don’t forget their pencils, lunchboxes, and “distance sticks.” That’s what the vaguely dystopian advice from Sesame Street’s Big Bird tells families watching CNN. | In a coronavirus town hall for kids and parents broadcast on Saturday, CNN enlisted the help of Sesame Street’s Big Bird to help kids understand the raft of new restrictions they’ll face when schools open their doors again this month. | Asked what he’s packing in his schoolbag, the kids’ TV favorite listed off the usual essentials — “pencils, paper and crayons” — as well as a mask, hand sanit…
rt.com/usa/500572-sesame-street-distanci…

DHS Official: Department Wanted To Down Play Far-Right Violence
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
On September 9, the news came out that a whistleblower within the Department of Homeland Security had filed a complaint about the department’s Trump-appointed leadership instructing him to downplay the threat represented by white supremacists and play up the dangers posed by anarchists and anti-fascists. Yet it has largely escaped notice how Joe Biden and other Democrats have embraced Donald Trump’s talking points about anarchists and anti-fascists.
popularresistance.org/dhs-official-depar…

Saudi Arabia’s Mysterious Coronavirus Survival Abilities
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-12
Since the very onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic, economists and the media have been warning the public about the damaging effects that quarantine would and is having on the financial world. The yearly “growth” that we would normally expect was negative for many nations, especially in the West. However, the most interesting tale of economic survival in 2020 would have to be Saudi Arabia. Logically and statistically their country should look like North Korea in the 90’s and yet all things are quiet on the Arab front. How could this possibly be? Let’s take a look at this peculiar paradox and see what is in store fo…
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Sept. 26: No New Cold War International Forum
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
For our second international webinar, we’re bringing together peace activists from China, the US, Britain, South Africa, India, Morocco, Bolivia and Belgium to discuss how to oppose the US-led New Cold War. | The event will take place on Zoom, on Saturday 26 September, 2pm UK / 9pm China / 9am US Eastern / 6am US Pacific. To get a ticket to the Zoom event, register on Eventbrite. Registered users will receive a link within 24 hours of the event starting. The event will also be streamed to Youtube and Facebook.
popularresistance.org/sept-26-no-new-col…

‘When You Talk About White Supremacy, You’ve Got To Take A Hard Look At Our Culture’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
We are in troubling times, listeners know, with people being attacked for simply saying that Black Lives Matter and a president encouraging those attacks. It’s what many feared when Trump came into office. But at the same time, we acknowledge that Trump didn’t create the phenomenon of white supremacist violence. There’s a whole history there that media should be using to shape their recording of present day events, give them context–and hopefully put an end to the “troubled individual” trope to describe people who are, in fact, part of something larger. CounterSpin talked about this in June of 2017 with Hei…
popularresistance.org/when-you-talk-abou…

BC: Preserving Biodiversity Now Guides Logging Policies
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
British Columbia – B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson today announced the deferral of old-growth logging within more than 350,000 hectares as well as the protection of up to 1,500 giant trees. The move came in response to a highly anticipated report also released today on the management of old-growth forests in the province. | Environmentalists, workers and First Nations representatives applauded the steps but say they leave out some of the most at-risk ancient forests as well as funding for implementation.
popularresistance.org/bc-preserving-biod…

Navalny False-Flag Authors Invent New Twist To Cover Lies
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
So now the Navalny poison episode takes on a new twist with German military intelligence subsequently claiming they found traces of Novichok on a bottle of water the Russian dissident had purportedly been drinking from. Rather, it sounds more like the authors of this false-flag operation have “bottled” — meaning became unnerved by the absurdities inherent in their own narrative. | Last week the German government announced that a Bundeswehr military laboratory had detected Novichok in the body fluids of Sergei Navalny.
popularresistance.org/navalny-false-flag…

September 19: A Nationwide Day Of Protest
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
Despite the unprecedented wave of “Justice for George Floyd” protests that put more than 20 million people in the streets in every region of the nation in June, and the appearance of “Black Lives Matter” murals on the streets of Washington DC, New York City, Seattle, Oakland, Tulsa and other cities, police killings of Blacks have continued their grisly pace. Citing the subsequent murders of Trayford Pellerin in Lafayette, Louisiana, Miguel Vega in Chicago, Dijon Kizzee in Los Angeles, “the recent evidence of the murder of Daniel Prude at the hands of Rochester police and the continued denial of Justice for Breonn…
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Oregon Can’t Fight Wildfires Because Its Helicopters Were Sent To Afghanistan
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
More than half a million Oregonians have been forced to flee their homes, as wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast of the United States. Amid record-breaking temperatures, the wildfires, which have charred one million acres of land, have caused the sky to turn a terrifying shade of red, with many comparing it to Mars, hell, or the apocalypse. Air quality in Portland, the state’s largest city, is currently the lowest in the world, below even that of infamously polluted cities like Delhi and Beijing.
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Why Has Canada Fared Better Than US In The pandemic?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
Vancouver – Why has Canada been more successful at limiting the spread of COVID-19 than our neighbours in the U.S.? | One “critically important” factor is Canada’s universal health care system, B.C. health officials said Thursday. | “People don’t have to pay for a test,” provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said after being asked to weigh Canada’s advantages. “They weren’t worried that if they got sick they would not be able to get care.”
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South Pasadena Sues Dow Chemical And Shell Oil
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
The city of South Pasadena is suing The Dow Chemical Co. and Shell Oil Co., alleging that for more than four decades both firms willfully manufactured a pesticide containing a cancer-causing chemical that has contaminated the municipality’s drinking water supply. | The 25-page complaint, filed last month in U.S. District Court, contends that from the 1940s to 1980s Dow and Shell marketed a pesticide containing the chemical 1,2,3-trichloropropane, also known as TCP.
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Time To Acknowledge Hutu Genocide And Rwandan Occupation Of DR Congo
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
My first contribution to Black Agenda Report was “Madame President? No, Madame Prisoner,” a profile of Rwandan political prisoner Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza published in January 2014. Late Black Agenda Report Editor Bruce A. Dixon had asked me to write it after following my conversations with Victoire and other Rwandan dissidents for some years. Those conversations began in January 2010, when I looked into why no viable challengers to incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame were being allowed into that year’s presidential election.
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It’s Time For The West To Sit Down, Shut Up And Listen To ‘The Others’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
We were always told what to think; what is correct and what is wrong. By the white dudes living in or coming from Europe and North America. They knew everything. They were the most qualified. | When I write “white,” I don’t mean just their race or color of their skin. To me, “white” is their culture, where they belong. Yes, their identity. | We Russians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Chinese, Iranians, Turks are not really “white,” even if our color of the skin is. Not that we are dying to be white, really! We have our own way of living and thinking, and most of us are on the side of the oppressed, of the ‘wretched of the…
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VIDEO: 9/11 19th anniversary
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-12
It has been almost two decades since the infamous terror attacks on 9/11. The towers tragically falling demanded action, but did America make the right response? Watch the video and read more in the Editorial article.
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Clear-Cuts: Cause Hot Catastrophic Wildfires
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-12
Pack billions of the same-age trees close together, wait for dry-lightning or another ignition source, and you have an unnatural firebomb. The cause of thousands of annual catastrophic hot fires around the world are tree farms created by timber industry clear-cutting and fire suppression to prevent timber inventory loss. | I have seen it happen. About five years ago, driving home on Interstate 5 North of Lake Shasta, a dry-lightning storm began. It looked like the finger of God came down as lightning struck a conifer and it burst into smoke.
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“This Is Climate Change”
Leah Stokes | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
West Coast Fires Scorch Millions of Acres & Blot Out the Sun…
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Six Deadly Months Late, Bob Woodward Warns Us Trump Is Lying About COVID
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
Trump and his people treat their time in Washington D.C. as nothing more than an opportunity to loot the Treasury and enrich their friends. Their relationship to the people is entirely transactional, and is noxiously dismissive of the higher ideals of service or public responsibility…
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US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Pharmaceutical in the Last Decade
Fred Ledley, Ekaterina Cleary, and Matthew Jackson | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
Amid debates over costs–and profits–from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved between 2010 and 2019…
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The Pandemic and Oil
Conn Hallinan | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
The neo-liberal model of low taxes, privatization of public resources and reliance on the free market has demonstrated its incompetence in the face of a natural disaster…
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Oregon Police Beg Public to Stop Calling In False Reports Blaming Antifa for Wildfires
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2020-09-12
False claims that antifascists are starting forest fires have been spread by supporters of President Donald Trump…
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Tuesday 10/20: Visualizing Abolition: A Conversation with Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent
Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UCSC | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Online Event | ias.ucsc.edu/events/2020/visualizing-abo……
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Sunday 9/13: Sharat G. Lin on the Rise and Fall of U.S.-China Relations
San Mateo Peace Action | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Online…
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Tuesday 10/20: Visualizing Abolition: A Conversation with Angela Y. Davis and Gina Dent
Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UCSC | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Online…
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Sunday 9/13: Race, Police, and Prisons: The American Gulag
Humanist Community in Silicon Valley | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Online…
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Trump has no concrete strategy for restoring economic growth or for defeating CoViD19
R Nutting | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Trump is faking it on the economy, just as he’s faking it on the pandemic, just as he’s faked everything his whole life…
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Friday 9/11: Online Socialism Forum – Fight the war machine at home and abroad!
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
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2020 Juneteenth National Holiday Convention
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Globally, Juneteenth is poised help expand a year round expression of Freedom marked by a new official United States of America, Federal Holiday that could begin on Saturday, June 19, 2021, as we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors preparing for an amazing new beginning.
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9/14/20 Trump Fund Raises in Cal While Learning of Fire Damage
Follow the Money | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
On 9/14/20, Republican Trump plans to land in Sacramento to be briefed on fire damage which has caused most of us to choke on the smoke for 28 days. Since he is cutting his staff’s salaries, this can only be a fundraising trip to a wealthy state where he has no chance of winning Electoral College votes. See abc7news.com/trump-to-visit-fire-ravaged……
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Monday 9/14: It’s Time to Defend Democracy: Voting Is Power Unleashed!
Poor People’s Campaign and partners | indybay.org | 2020-09-12
Online…
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[Comment] Secondary prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Marianne Leruez-Ville, Yves Ville | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
The burden of congenital cytomegalovirus infection is an unmet public health issue. Congenital cytomegalovirus affects 0 ∑7% of all neonates worldwide, and 15–20% of these have long-term sequelae.1 In high-income countries, around half of infected neonates are infected after maternal primary infection, and the other half after maternal non-primary infection (reactivation or reinfection).2 Since the late 1990s, the development of IgG avidity and PCR to quantify viral DNA load have improved diagnosis of maternal primary infection and of fetal infection with positive PCR in amniotic fluid retrieved by amni…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31903-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] The Lancet Small Vulnerable Newborn Series: science for a healthy start
Per Ashorn, Robert E Black, Joy E Lawn, Ulla Ashorn, Nigel Klein, Justus Hofmeyr, Marleen Temmerman, Sufia Askari | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
The Lancet 2020 Campaign1 on child and adolescent health is a welcome call for a renewed focus on children. With less than a decade remaining to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the campaign is a timely reminder about an unfinished agenda, reiterating the centrality of child survival and wellbeing in global development. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic bring more urgency to the need for increased attention to children. Although COVID-19 is usually mild in children, health-service disruptions and other indirect effects of the pandemic response are having devastating impacts on the wellbeing…
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[Review] Complicated pneumonia in children
Fernando M de Benedictis, Eitan Kerem, Anne B Chang, Andrew A Colin, Heather J Zar, Andrew Bush | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Complicated community-acquired pneumonia in a previously well child is a severe illness characterised by combinations of local complications (eg, parapneumonic effusion, empyema, necrotising pneumonia, and lung abscess) and systemic complications (eg, bacteraemia, metastatic infection, multiorgan failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and, rarely, death). Complicated community-acquired pneumonia should be suspected in any child with pneumonia not responding to appropriate antibiotic treatment within 48–72 h.
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[Comment] Offline: The crisis of political language
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
George Orwell, in his 1945 essay Politics and the English Language, wrote that “to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration”. The Moscow press briefing held last week on the Russian COVID-19 vaccine quickly turned into a platform for national rivalry. The research, led by scientists at the N F Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, found encouraging evidence of an immune response using their prime boost strategy of a two-component, human recombinant adenovirus vector-based vaccine.
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[Perspectives] Guiding ultrasound image capture with artificial intelligence
Evan D Muse, Eric J Topol | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Ultrasound is one of the most widely used methods of diagnostic imaging in a broad range of subspecialties. High-quality ultrasound images provide crucial information as the foundation for expert interpretation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to provide a path for automatically capturing images, even for the uninitiated.
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[Correspondence] Human diphyllobothriasis
M Teresa Galán-Puchades | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Hiroki Kitamoto and colleagues1 diagnosed a 23-year-old woman with Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense in Japan. If the investigators did not have the available sophisticated and expensive diagnostic methods, a simple visual examination of the expelled white strings (probably small pieces of the tapeworm strobila) under a stereomicroscope, even without staining, could have been sufficient.
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[Correspondence] French protests: why defensive bullet launchers should be banned
Laurène Dufayet, Nicolas Soussy, Charlotte Gorgiard | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Defensive bullet launchers were introduced to the French police force in 1995, but their use was popularised after the French riots of 2005. Since 2009, defensive bullet launchers, equipped with an ammunition launcher of 40 mm in diameter and non-spherical rubber projectiles, have been used. The projectiles are designed to deform themselves, limiting the risk of penetration into the body. The use of these defensive bullet launchers is regulated by an official bulletin from the Ministry of the Interior, which recommends aiming for the trunk or the upper limbs, and an optimal shooting distance of 30 m.
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[Correspondence] Asthma exacerbations, air pollution, and allergens
Jordi Sunyer, Josep M Antó | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Peter Burney and André Amaral1 refer to the episodes of severe asthma epidemics in Barcelona, Spain, to suggest that aeroallergens could be more threatening for people with asthma than are urban air pollutants. The principal cause of the asthma epidemics in Barcelona was a protein from the hull of the soybean (which was dispersed from the harbour silos to the city air when the cargo was unloaded) and not urban air pollutants, such as black carbon particles or nitrogen dioxide. However, the effect of exposure to soybeans on asthma exacerbations was lower than was the effect of exposure to air pollutants in the who…
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[Correspondence] Laser treatment for glaucoma — Authors’ reply
Gus Gazzard, Evgenia Konstantakopoulou, Gareth Ambler, Rachael Hunter, Victoria Vickerstaff, LiGHT Trial Study Group | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
We thank John Larkin for his comments on our Article.1 He expresses his interest in seeing the EQ-5D scores reported to three significant figures. Although this request is not unreasonable, we feel that it is unnecessary. We feel that there is an obvious absence of a clinically important difference between the two treatment groups. The sample size was based on detecting a difference of 0 ∑05 and three significant figures are not required to see this difference; figure 2 shows that the differences with time never reach clinical significance.
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[Correspondence] Human diphyllobothriasis — Authors’ reply
Hiroki Kitamoto, Satoko Inoue, Shuji Yamamoto, Koji Okamoto, Tetsuro Inokuma | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
First, we acknowledge that humans are the definitive host of the Diphyllobothrium species and apologise for mistakenly overlooking a revision error that occurred in the proofreading of the final version of our Clinical Picture.1 We appreciate M Teresa Galán-Puchades’ correction.
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[Obituary] Peter Byass
Andrew Green | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Epidemiologist who specialised in measuring and evaluating population health in Africa and Asia. Born on April 3, 1957, in Bedford, UK, he died from a heart attack on Aug 16, 2020, in Bedfordshire, UK, aged 63 years.
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[Correspondence] Progression-free survival in the ICON8 trial — Authors’ reply
Elizabeth C James, Iain A McNeish, Adrian D Cook, Richard Kaplan, Andrew R Clamp | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
We thank Ethan B Ludmir and colleagues, and Alexandre Andre Balieiro Anastacio da Costa and colleagues for their interest and comments on progression-free survival results from our ICON8 trial.1…
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[World Report] Tackling online child sexual abuse in the Philippines
Martina Merten | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
The Philippines has high rates of online sexual abuse of children, causing many psychological harms. Martina Merten reports on the first support and therapy programmes on the island of Cebu.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31901-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Laser treatment for glaucoma
John Larkin | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Gus Gazzard and colleagues1 compared initial selective laser trabeculoplasty with eye drops in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31059-X/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Asthma exacerbations, air pollution, and allergens — Authors’ reply
Peter Burney, André F S Amaral | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
We thank Jordi Sunyer and Josep Antó for their comments regarding our Viewpoint.1 Their ground-breaking studies in the 1980s showed that what had been reported as an association of an outbreak of asthma with an increase in ambient levels of oxides of nitrogen,2 was in fact caused by exposure to an allergen. Without identifying the specific allergen, there would have been no way of knowing that the initial report was misleading. After the epidemics had been controlled, sporadic cases of asthma exacerbations that were associated with soybean allergy continued to occur.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)30896-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Articles] Valaciclovir to prevent vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus after maternal primary infection during pregnancy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Keren Shahar-Nissan, Joseph Pardo, Orit Peled, Irit Krause, Efraim Bilavsky, Arnon Wiznitzer, Eran Hadar, Jacob Amir | thelancet.com | 2020-09-12
Valaciclovir is effective in reducing the rate of fetal cytomegalovirus infection after maternal primary infection acquired early in pregnancy. Early treatment of pregnant women with primary infection might prevent termination of pregnancies or delivery of infants with congenital cytomegalovirus.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31868-7/fulltext?rss=yes

The Heat: 9/11 Anniversary and U.S. wars
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-09-12
The United States marks the 19th anniversary of the Al-Qaeda terror attacks. Plus, the U.S. led wars that followed in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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Majid Majidi’s ‘The Sun’ wins at Venice Filmfest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Iranian film “The Sun” directed by Majid Majidi has won the Magic Lantern award at 77th Venice Film Festival in Italy.
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Adviser warns UAE, Bahrain not rely on US rotten lifeline
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs warned the rulers of UAE and Bahrain not to pave the way for the Zionists’ plots in West Asia and not to rely on the US rotten lifeline in this regard.
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Harvesting grapes in Malayer
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
MALAYER, Sep. 13 (MNA) — Every year in midst September, farmers in Malayer county, Hamedan Province, begin harvesting grapes and drying them up into raisins.
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Iran,Russia hold 1st joint tourism committee meeting
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) –The first joint tourism committee meeting between Iran and Russia was held on Saturday through video conference.
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Hezbollah denounces Bahrain-Israeli tie normalization
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — The Lebanese Hezbollah denounced the normalization of relations between Bahrain and the Zionist Regime in a statement on Saturday.
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Iran, Belarus stress finalizing prisoners transfer agreement
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian ambassador to Minsk and the consular director general of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry stressed the need to finalize an agreement on the transfer of convicts between the two countries.
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‘Careless Crime’ wins at 77th Venice Intl. Film Festival
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Iranian film, ‘Careless Crime’ directed by Shahram Mokri has won an award in the 77th Venice International Film Festival in Italy.
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IRGC condemns Bahrain-Israeli tie normalization
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps strongly condemned the normalization of relations between Bahrain and the Zionist Regime.
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IRGC eliminates base of anti-Revolutionary groups in NW
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — IRGC’s Hamza Sayyid al-Shuhada Base announced that it has targeted a base of anti-Revolutionary groups situated in the Iraqi Kurdistan region in response to the groups’ hostile moves against Iran.
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Iraqi forces kill ISIL commander in Saladin province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Iraqi security forces have killed the commander of ISIL terrorists along with three of his forces in Saladin province.
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Bahrain’s normalization deal: mission of godfather’s pawns
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Saudi Arabia, the godfather, has sent off its insignificant pawns to play the chess game of “normalization of relations with Israel” first to test the waters for its own normalization of relations with the regime.
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VIDEO:Palestinians protest Bahrain-Israeli normalization ties
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) — Palestinians protest the normalization of ties between Bahrain and the Zionist regime on Saturday.
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Leader condoles demise of Ayatollah Saanei
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution expressed his condolences over the demise of Ayatollah Yousef Saanei.
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Persian leopard spotted in Behbahan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — A Persian leopard has been spotted at the ‚ÄåBadil Hunting Prohibited Area in Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, southwest of Iran, chief of the provincial department of environment said.
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European Council President emphasizes preserving JCPOA
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — President of the European Council Charles Michel emphasized preserving and implementing JCPOA and the significance of relations between Iran and the EU.
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2nd round of 11th parliamentary election in Ahvaz
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-12
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) — The second round of the 11th parliamentary election was held in Ahvaz on Friday with the participation of people by fully observing health protocols due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
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UK ‘on the edge of losing control’ of coronavirus, scientist warns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-12
A former chief scientific adviser has said the UK is “on the edge of losing control” of coronavirus (Covid-19). The public has been urged to act “in tune” with coronavirus guidelines before the “rule of six” restrictions come into force on Monday 14 September.This comes after Boris Johnson encouraged employees to return to offices ahead of an alleged campaign which the government later denied ever existed.Home working: The call came as former chief scientific adviser and member of…
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Thousands still homeless after Greek refugee camp fire
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-12
Thousands of refugees have spent a fourth night sleeping in the open on the Greek island of Lesbos. It comes after successive fires destroyed a notoriously overcrowded refugee camp during a coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown.Officials claim some camp residents deliberately started the blazes on 8-9 September. They were angry over authorities imposing quarantine and isolation orders after 35 people in the Moria camp tested positive for coronavirus.With the camp gutted, the morning of Saturday 12 September found men, women and children sleeping under improvised shelters made of reed stalks, blankets and salvaged tents…
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Anti-racism protests in UK as officers face court in US over George Floyd killing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-12
Anti-racism demonstrations took place across the UK on 11 September as the four officers charged over the killing of George Floyd in the US went on trial.Protesters said they are determined to show that previous Black Lives Matter demonstrations were not “just a moment”.Mass protests were staged across the world after footage emerged of officers kneeling on the neck of Floyd, a Black man, killing him.The four men are charged over the death, but it’s understood they will push for separate trials in order to diminish their roles in the incident.Protesters outside the US embassy in London as part of an anti-racism d…
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‘Stop clapping, start paying’: NHS workers demand better wages
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-12
Frontline NHS workers, many of whom have been helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic, have protested to demand better wages.Campaigners in central London held banners which read “stop clapping, start paying,” “priceless yet penniless” and “640 healthcare workers dead, blood on their hands”, alongside images of prime minister Boris Johnson. Many wore scrubs or other NHS uniforms.Demonstrators began a march to Trafalgar Square after a two-minute silence in honour of 640 healthcare workers who have died during the pandemic.The protest comes after nurses were excluded from the wage increase for around 900,000 publ…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/09/12/stop-cla…

More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern DR Congo
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-12
More than 50 people have died after landslides collapsed three artisanal gold mining wells in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The incident took place near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province on Friday 11 September, following days of heavy rains.Kamituga mayor Alexandre Bundya said: The diggers and the transporters of the stones were swallowed up by the waters. | A team of rescuers with motor pumps came to recover the bodies of the victims.There had been heavy rains for days before the tragedy ((Maisha RDC/AP)Diwa Honore, who survived the tragedy, said more than 50 people had been in th…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/09/1…

Trump Aides Tried to Alter CDC COVID Reports to Fit President’s False Claims
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-12
Days after President Donald Trump admitted to knowingly downplaying the Covid-19 pandemic in his statements to the public, new reporting late Friday revealed that Trump political aides have been reviewing — and in some cases altering — weekly CDC reports about the dea…
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Native American Voters Face Significant Barriers to Mail-in Voting in 2020
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-12
Observers and pundits are predicting record-setting voter turnout in the coming election. But the number of votes from Indian Country may be underwhelming because of systemic problems. | University of Florida Political Science Professor and U.S. Elections Project Director Michael McDonal…
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The Right-Wing Worldview Is One of Scarecrows and Scapegoats
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-12
In the 1995 movie, The American President, President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) dissects the politics of conservative Sen. Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss) in a fiery White House speech. Shepherd declares: | We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two…
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Hurricane Laura Signaled the Arrival of Climate-Intensified Toxic Disasters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-12
The weather system that would become history-making Hurricane Laura spun out of a tropical wave that moved into the Atlantic Ocean off the West African coast on Aug. 16. Five days later the system strengthened into a tropical storm, with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. Passing over the island of Hispaniola, Laura killed at least 31 people in Haiti and four…
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Hurricane Laura Signaled the Arrival of Climate-Intensified Toxic Disasters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-12
The weather system that would become history-making Hurricane Laura spun out of a tropical wave that moved into the Atlantic Ocean off the West African coast on Aug. 16. Five days later the system strengthened into a tropical storm, with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. Passing over the island of Hispaniola, Laura killed at least 31 people in Haiti and four in…
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Hekmatyar blasts Macron’s remarks against Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
A veteran Afghan mujahideen leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Friday blasted the French president’s recent remarks against the Turkish government over the Mediterranean drilling dispute.In a Friday sermon at a mosque in his party headquarters in Kabul with hundreds of people attending, the Hezb-e-Islami party leader said Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks stem from fears that Turkey would emerge as a stronger nation by using resources in the Mediterranean by 2023.”We assure the faithful and vigilant people of Turkey that, God willing, these conspiracies will be thwarted. The believing people of Turkey and its nob…
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Spain sets pandemic record with 12,183 new cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
The latest surge broke the previous record, which was set on Thursday, although at the beginning of the pandemic widespread testing was not available to confirm cases.Concern, however, is picking up over testing, with the rates of positive tests continuing to increase. Overall, the average positivity rate over the last week now sits at 11.8%.The World Health Organization says a country does not have the pandemic under control until the positivity rate is below 5%. Only one Spanish region — Asturias — has managed to keep it below that threshold.Deaths increased by almost 50 on Friday, leaving the count…
yenisafak.com/en/world/spain-sets-pandem…

Bomb attacks injures 21 civilians in northeastern Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
At least 21 people were injured in two bomb attacks in Ras al-Ayn, northeastern Syria, local security sources said on Saturday.The explosives detonated near the town post office, according to the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.At least 21 people — mostly children and women — were injured in the attack and referred to the closest hospital.Just after the blast, an explosives-laden motorbike exploded near the town’s entrance, where no casualties were reported.The local security forces are considering the possibility that the YPG/PKK terror group might be behind the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bomb-attacks-inju…

Bahrain and Israel foreign ministers hold phone call
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Bahrain’s minister of foreign affairs Abdullatif Al-Zayani and Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi held a phone call on …
yenisafak.com/en/news/bahrain-and-israel…

Head of Muslim scholars union slams Bahrain-Israel pact
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
The Secretary-General of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Ali al-Qaradaghi, on Saturday decried the normalization of relations with Israel as a “treason”.On Friday, Bahrain and Israel announced a US-brokered agreement to normalize their relations.”How can a person concede his right and the right of the Palestinian people and all Muslims in this blessed land, in our Al-Aqsa Mosque…,” al-Qaradaghi said in a video released on his Twitter account.He said the recent developments “require us to stand with the Palestinian cause by all our capabilities”.In another tweet, al-Qaradaghi said that the re…
yenisafak.com/en/news/head-of-muslim-sch…

Egypt’s al-Sisi hails Bahrain, Israel normalization
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Friday said he considered the normalization agreement between Israel and Bahrain a step toward peace in the region.”I value this important step towards establishing stability and peace in the Middle East, and in a way that achieves a just and permanent settlement for the Palestinian cause,” al-Sisi tweeted thanking the parties involved in implementing this “historic step”.Israel and Bahrain agreed to establish full diplomatic relations on Friday in a second breakthrough between Israel and its Arab neighbors after it normalized ties with the United Arab Emirates last mont…
yenisafak.com/en/news/egypts-al-sisi-hai…

Arab parties, groups decry Bahrain-Israel pact
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
A deal between Bahrain and Israel to normalize their relations has invited a storm of condemnations from political parties and groups across the Arab world.On Friday, Manama and Tel Aviv announced a US-brokered agreement to establish diplomatic relations.”This shameful agreement…is another stab in the heart of the Palestinian cause and a well-established treason,” the National Liberation Front, the largest party in the Algerian parliament, said in a statement on Saturday.It accused the Arab League of “complexity” in drafting this agreement.”This league has failed to condemn the UAE-Israel normalization deal des…
yenisafak.com/en/news/arab-parties-group…

Netanyahu welcomes normalization with Bahrain
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s annoucement of reaching a normalization deal between Israel and Bahrain. | In a news conference broadcast by the Israeli KAN TV, Netanyahu said that it took Israel 29 days to reach the agreement with Bahrain.Netanyahu also confirmed that other Arab countries will establish ties with Israel. “It is a new phase of peace,” he added. | The Bahraini official news agency said that during a phone call between Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Trump both sides agreed to establish full diplomatic ties between Tel Aviv and Ma…
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TRNC: US only visiting Greek Cypriot admin ‘unacceptable’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
It is unacceptable that the US’ top diplomat plans to visit the Greek Cypriot administration without visiting the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) as well, the country’s presidency said in a statement on Sunday.TRNC President Mustafa Akinci said it would not be helpful for State Secretary Mike Pompeo to only hold meetings with the Greek Cypriot side about ongoing disputes surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus.This attitude would be negative ‘encouragement’ for the Greek Cypriot administration, Presidential Spokesman Baris Burcu said in a statement.”This is a wrong decision for US diplomacy, w…
yenisafak.com/en/news/trnc-us-only-visit…

Turkish defense minister visits ‘Kardak heroes’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Turkey’s defense chief and top general visited on Saturday amphibious troops who served in a 1996 flashpoint dispute with Greece which was trying to claim a number of uninhabited Aegean islets off the Turkish coast.National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler, along with other military officers, paid a visit to members of the elite Underwater Attack Command (SAT) known as “Kardak heroes.”Referring to recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Ankara and Athens are currently in a dispute on maritime boundaries, Akar said: “There are those who try to guide us by goi…
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Iran says Bahrain-Israel normalization deal ‘shameful’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Iran has decried a deal to normalize relations between Bahrain and Israel, terming the agreement as “shameful” and a “humiliating act”.In a statement issued on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Muslims worldwide and the Palestinian people would “never accept” the normalization of ties with a “usurper regime’.”The government of Bahrain, making a fundamental mistake, instead of drawing legitimacy from its own people has unfortunately turned its back on them,” read the statement.Manama and Tel Aviv agreed on Friday to fully normalize their diplomatic ties, in a move facilitated by US President Donald Trump. | B…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-says-bahrain…

Top Turkish, Italian diplomats discuss Libya, East Med
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Turkey’s foreign minister held a phone conversation with his Italian counterpart on Friday, according to the diplomatic sources.Mevlut Cavusoglu and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio discussed matters related to Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean.Tensions have recently escalated over the issue of energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean.Greece has disputed Turkey’s energy exploration in the region, trying to box in Turkish maritime territory based on small islands near the Turkish coast. French President Emmanuel Macron has interceded in support of Athens, despite lacking any Eastern Mediterranean co…
yenisafak.com/en/news/top-turkish-italia…

Palestinian Authority: Bahrain-Israel deal ‘betrayal’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
The Palestinian Authority on Friday condemned Bahrain’s move of normalizing relations with Israel. | “The Palestinian leadership strongly rejects and condemns the American-Bahraini-Israeli tripartite declaration on the normalization of relations between the occupying state of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain,” the Palestinian Authority said in a statement. | The statement called the move “a betrayal of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian cause”. | The statement added that Bahrain’s step blows up the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative and the resolutions of Arab and Islamic summits. | The Palestinian groups, including…
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Hamas: Israel-Bahrain pact part of Deal of Century
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Hamas on Friday called the normalization deal between Bahrain and Israel as an extension of the US administration’s Deal of the Century which “obliterates the Palestinian cause”.”Joining these countries to the path of normalization make them complicit with the Deal of the Century which is an aggression on our people,” Hazim Qasim, Hamas’ spokesman said referring to Bahrain and UAE.He said such normalization was a support to the Israeli occupation and a bias to the Israeli narrative.Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement of reaching a normalization deal…
yenisafak.com/en/news/hamas-israel-bahra…

‘Turkey supports unconditional dialogue on East Med’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Ankara will always support unconditional dialogue on the Eastern Mediterranean issue since we believe that the one who is in the right does not stay away from the negotiation table, Turkey’s top diplomat said on Saturday.”Turkey is always in favor of dialogue. Turkey has never had its eyes on the rights of other countries, but has always defended its own rights and will continue to do so,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a news conference with his Maltese counterpart Evarist Bartolo in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.Inviting Greece or other countries to the negotiation table is not an act of a…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-supports-un…

Those plotting against Turkey to be ‘frustrated’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-12
Those who are plotting against Ankara will be left frustrated, Turkey’s defense minister said Friday referring to recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean.Speaking at a military ceremony in the Aegean province of Izmir, Hulusi Akar said to defuse tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean some circles just need to stay quiet.”They don’t need to do anything, just keep quiet,” he said, advising Greece not to let itself be used by others.Tensions have recently escalated over the issue of energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean.Greece has disputed Turkey’s energy exploration in the region, trying to box in…
yenisafak.com/en/news/those-plotting-aga…

Weekly News Review 6th — 12th September
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-09-12
Editors Weekly Poke The Times reported on Monday that — “Boris Johnson has set a five-week deadline to reach a post-Brexit agreement with the EU, saying that a no-deal would be a “good outcome” for Britain” — and in true Trumpian style said Britain will “prosper mightily.” And with this week’s explosive news from the …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-6th-12th-september/

Almost two decades after 9/11, the true extent of the ‘War on Terror’ gets exposed in new report
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-09-12
19 years ago, the US experienced the worst terrorist attack within its own borders in the country’s history. Shortly after, then-US president George W Bush launched the so-called ‘War on Terror’. This included the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq as well as…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/…

59 Days Until the Election
Ann Telnaes, Rob Rogers, Bill Bramhall | thenation.com | 2020-09-12
Ann Telnaes, Rob Rogers, Bill Bramhall 59 Days Until the Election…
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Colombian security forces massacre 10 youth protesting police murder
wsws.org | 2020-09-11
The massacre in Bogotá signals the willingness of the Colombian ruling elite to turn to authoritarian rule to crush social opposition in the midst of the uncontrolled pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/11/colo…

The U.S. is Borrowing Its Way to Fascism
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-11
Viewing the GOP convention seemed a little like binge-watching the last several years’ parade of none-too-subtle signs of incipient fascism. We saw extreme nationalism, scapegoating immigrants and foreigners in general, white supremacy, “strong (narcissistic)-man” government, aggressive foreign policies, and hysterical red-baiting. Those signs reflect how capitalism’s deepening crisis undermines both the center-left (Democrat) and center-right…
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The U.S. Is Borrowing Its Way to Fascism
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-11
Richard D. WOLFF | Viewing the GOP convention seemed a little like binge-watching the last several years’ parade of none-too-subtle signs of incipient fascism. We saw extreme nationalism, scapegoating immigrants and foreigners in general, white supremacy, “strong (narcissistic)-man” government, aggressive foreign policies, and hysterical red-baiting. Those signs reflect how capitalism’s deepening crisis undermines both the center-left (Democrat) and center-right (GOP) and shifts politics further right and further left. Trump represents the anti-center right, Bernie Sanders the anti-center left. Most capitalists w…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/11/us…

America’s Current Jobs ‘Great Depression’
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-11
Two well-known and highly respected mainstream economists, Carmen Reinhart, a chief economist for the World Bank, and Vincent Reinhart, chief economist for Morgan Stanley bank, have recently published an article in the widely read and influential capitalist source, Foreign Affairs, entitled ‘The Pandemic Depression’. Arguing primarily from a global perspective, the economists have concluded the…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/11/americas-cur…

The War on Your Mind: A Brief History of the U.S. Surveillance-Intelligence Complex
T.J. Coles | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-11
The recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vindicated the contractor-turned-whistleblower, Edward Snowden, by ruling that the National Security Agency’s blanket data collection was unlawful and likely unconstitutional. | After Snowden alerted the world, t…
globalresearch.ca/brief-history-us-surve…

PDF of September 10 issue
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2020-09-11
Download the 12-page PDF. Anti-racists defy police, fascist terror Fight the right with united worker action! editorial ALSO: Kevin Zeese, °presente! Capitalist ‘gifts’: evictions and hunger. Battling racism on many fronts Pensacola and Greensboro; Sports focus on Black lives; Tribute to Chadwick Boseman. Labor’s militant rank and file Save the . . . | Continue reading PDF of September 10 issue at Workers.org…
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Assange’s Fourth Day at the Old Bailey: COVID in the Courtroom
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-11
As James Lewis QC for the prosecution, representing the US government, revealed, “I’m just saying about my charger. It’s in court and I’m going to run out of battery.” It was one of those moments that said much about the …
globalresearch.ca/assange-fourth-day-old…

Attack the press
Derek Royden | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-11
In normal times, we often see a gradual chipping away of basic rights like we’ve seen in the trials of Julian Assange, where a narrative, some of it true, a lot of it based on character assassination and outright lies, has been built over time, denying the publisher the presumption of innocence.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/11/attack-the…

Brazilian leaders Lula and Dilma express solidarity with Julian Assange, reject extradition
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-11
Ex-president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended the innocence of Australian journalist Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, this Friday September 11. | Lula said that the activist should have transformed into a global hero due to the work that he did to expose the war crimes committed by the US army. | “Assange should have been treated like a hero for having denounced to the world the lies of the US State Department, investigating the world, investigating the government. All of the democratic countries should cry for his freedom,” declare…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/11/brazilian…

Assange’s Fourth Day at the Old Bailey: COVID in the Courtroom
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-11
As James Lewis QC for the prosecution, representing the US government, revealed, “I’m just saying about my charger. It’s in court and I’m going to run out of battery.” It was one of those moments that said much about the fourth day of proceedings at the Old Bailey regarding one Julian Assange, publisher, Australian national …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/assanges-four…

Assange’s Fourth Day at the Old Bailey: COVID in the Courtroom
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-11
As James Lewis QC for the prosecution, representing the US government, revealed, “I’m just saying about my charger. It’s in court and I’m going to run out of battery.” It was one of those moments that said much about the fourth day of proceedings at the Old Bailey regarding one Julian Assange, publisher, Australian national…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/11/assanges-fou…

Trump’s ‘War On Journalism’ Takes Centerstage At Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing
Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof | commondreams.org | 2020-09-11
Demonstrators protest outside of the Old Bailey court in central London on September 7, 2020, as the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resumes again. (Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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175 Years in a U.S. Prison? Extradition Trial of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Begins in London
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-11
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Challenging pro-war Pelosi: candidate Shahid Buttar on Assange, Latin America, & Palestine
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-09-11
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with House candidate Shahid Buttar, who is Nancy Pelosion issues of war and whistleblowers. They discuss Buttar’s position on Julian Assange, Latin America, Israel, and…
thegrayzone.com/2020/09/11/challenging-w…

The US Is Doing Far Worse Than What It Accuses China Of Doing To The Uighurs
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-11
Disney is the subject of controversy in mainstream circles again, not because it is a sprawling monopolistic media megaconglomerate whose giant Mickey head is devouring the world like Galactus, but because parts of its live-action version of Mulan were filmed in Xinjiang province. | Vox reports: | “Some viewers who paid to stream the movie on Disney+ last weeke…
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Oregon Can’t Fight Wildfires Because Its Helicopters Were Sent To Afghanistan
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-11
In a world that is dying and a society that is insane, “It’s always been that way” is never a valid argument. | MPN– More than half a million Oregonians have been forced to flee their homes, as wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast of the United States. Amid record-breaking temperatures, the wildfires, which have charred one million acres of land, have caused the sky to turn a terrifying shade of red, with many comparing it to Mars, hell, or the apocaly…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/oregon-cant…

Why is the US Government Using Stolen Cash To Pay Doctors in Venezuela?
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-11
The US government is using cash stolen from the Venezuelan government as part of a hearts and minds campaign on behalf of opposition figure Juan Guaidó. | MPN– Venezuelan doctors currently fighting COVID-19 are receiving funding from an unlikely source: U.S. backed coup leader Juan Guaidó. Health workers, who sometimes earn less than $20 per month, are receiving $100 dollars monthly from the self-declared president of Venezuela. Where is Guaidó getting all this money from? The U.S. government, who, in turn, is using the billions of dollars it has confiscated from Venezuela to fund his latest political stunt.
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/why-is-the-…

Why is the US Government Using Stolen Cash To Pay Doctors in Venezuela?
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-11
The US government is using cash stolen from the Venezuelan government as part of a hearts and minds campaign on behalf of opposition figure Juan Guaidó.
mintpressnews.com/juan-guaido-is-paying-…

Oregon Can’t Fight Wildfires Because Its Helicopters Were Sent To Afghanistan
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-11
Many of Oregon’s largest firefighting aircraft are not available because the Department of Defense has sent them to Afghanistan to fight in the 20-year-old war.
mintpressnews.com/oregon-wildfires-helic…

Greenpeace Displays Giant Banner Against Amazon Deforestation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-11
Greenpeace unfolded a giant banner at the headquarters of the European Commission (EC) in Brussels to denounce the deforestation of the Amazon and criticize the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur, which has not yet entered in force. | RELATED: | Amazon: Fires in August Second-Highest in Ten Years…
telesurenglish.net/news/Greenpeace-Displ…

Federal Court Blocks ‘Nakedly Partisan’ Trump Effort to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-09-11
“President Trump has tried and failed yet again to weaponize the census against immigrant communities.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Fires Ravaging US West a ‘Bellwether of the Future,’ Says Oregon Governor as Half a Million Residents Evacuate
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-09-11
“I wish the 2020 wildfires were an anomaly—but this will not be a one-time event.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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US govt & Democrat-tied troll farm boosts Bolivian coup regime, meddles in Mexico, Venezuela
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-09-11
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with The Grayzone’s Ben Norton about US troll farm CLS Strategies that boosted Bolivia’s coup regime and sought to destabilize leftist Venezuelan and Mexican governments. Ben Norton joined Red Lines to discuss his recent piece, “U.S. govt-linked PR firm ran fake news networks for right-wing Latin American regimes.” He …
thegrayzone.com/2020/09/11/us-govt-democ…

Chile, September 11, 1973: The Inauguration of Neoliberalism,”Shock Treatment” and the Instruments of Economic Repression: The Junta’s Deadly “Economic Medicine”
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-11
The Junta ordered a hike in the price of bread from 11 to 40 escudos. While food prices had skyrocketed, wages had been frozen. From one day to the next, an entire country had been precipitated into abysmal poverty; in less than a year the price of bread in Chile increased thirty-six fold.
globalresearch.ca/chile-september-11-197…

The Truth behind 9/11: Who Is Osama Bin Laden?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-11
At 11 o’clock, on the morning of 911, the Bush administration had already announced that Al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks. That same evening at 9.30 pm, a “War Cabinet” was formed and at 11.00 pm, the “War on Terrorism” was officially launched.
globalresearch.ca/the-truth-behind-9-11-…

Screwing with the Unemployment Statistics
Dave Lindorff | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-11
Unemployment benefits application line at noon running for half a block out onto the sidewalk in Brooklyn, NY (photo by Tricia Wang ÁéãÂú£Êç∑ is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Something is screwy about unemployment numbers coming out of Washington. In late July, just before the end of the supplemental $600 weekly checks for people collecting …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/screwing-with…

Barbara Smith: The U.S. “Functions with White Supremacy as Its Engine.” Here’s How We Dismantle It
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-11
Since the police killing of George Floyd in May sparked a nationwide uprising against police brutality, armed white supremacists have taken to the streets of U.S. cities in response to Black Lives Matter protests. Organizing against systemic racism has been met with apparent attempts by the Trump administration to cover up white supremacist violence. We speak to legendary Black feminist scholar Barbara Smith, founder of the Combahee River Collective, about her proposal for an antiracist program called the Hamer-Baker Plan — named for Fannie Lou Hamer and Ella Baker — to eradicate white supremacy in th…
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/11/barbara_s…

What Went Wrong with AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Trial? CEO Only Shares Details with Investors
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-11
As the world races to find a COVID-19 vaccine, one of the most promising vaccine trials has hit a major roadblock. AstraZeneca paused its Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial after a woman in the trial developed severe neurological symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, or inflammation of the spinal cord. Details were only revealed during a CEO call with investors, and “everyone was left to guess what went wrong,” writes Ed Silverman, senior writer at the health news site STAT, which broke the story. Silverman says the halting of the U.K. trial raises several issues, including whether pharmaceutical companies ar…
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/11/astrazene…

Costs of War: After 9/11 Attacks, U.S. Wars Displaced at Least 37 Million People Around the World
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-11
As the United States marks 19 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a new report finds at least 37 million people in eight countries have been displaced since the start of the so-called global war on terrorism since 2001. The Costs of War Project at Brown University also found more than 800,000 people have been killed since U.S. forces began fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Yemen, at a cost of $6.4 trillion to U.S. taxpayers. “The U.S. has played a disproportionate role in waging war, in launching war and in perpetuating war over the last 19 years,” says…
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/11/9_11_war_…

Palestine, Iran Denounce Bahrain’s Recognition of Israel as ‘Betrayal’ of Palestinians
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-11
GAZA (Sputnik) – The Palestinian Authority rejected on Friday the US-brokered agreement between Bahrain and Israel on the establishment of diplomatic relations, calling it a “betrayal” of the Palestinian cause.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020091110804…

The Neverending Holocausts of the Neoliberal Order
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-11
Biochemist, writer, humanitarian activist, and artist, Gideon Polya has had a selection of his essays gathered into a compendium titled US-Imposed Post-9/11 Muslim Holocaust & Muslim Genocide (Korsgaard Publishing, 2020). The compendium is important because it brings to the forefront, for anyone who cares an iota for peace and social justice, the horrible crimes of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/the-neverendi…

Beirut’s Explosion Aggravates Lebanon Food Shortage Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-11
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Thursday that food intake to Lebanon has dropped since the explosion. Hence accessing affordable food has become a significant concern in the aftermath of the blast. | RELATED: | Lebanon: The Search for Victims Continues One Month After Blast | The OCHA’s latest report explains that “the loss of livelihoods compounded by the current COVID-19 outbreak and economic crisis has created an urgent need for co…
telesurenglish.net/news/Beiruts-Explosio…

Roaming Charges: Under Furious Skies
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-11
+ I’m writing this late on Thursday afternoon. The sky is the color of rust. Neil Young’s live rust. The sun is a crimson orb that occasionally bores through the enveloping pall, then recedes. We are under evacuation orders. The fires which have steadily gnawed their way toward us since Monday have reached the upper…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/11/roaming-char…

Regular People: Who Are They? Why Don’t They Ever Speak for Themselves?
Steven Salaita | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-11
Regular people. Normal people. Ordinary people. Average people. Everyday people. (No, not the song whose chorus is likely stuck in your head right now.) The masses. Salt of the earth. The working class. “Regular people.” “The working class.” We hear a lot about them in leftist discourses (of the North American variety). Who are they?
counterpunch.org/2020/09/11/regular-peop…

Venezuela’s Maduro Announces Capture of Alleged US Spy Planning Explosion
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-11
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday that a US spy who had been targeting the country’s oil refineries for an attack has been captured.
sputniknews.com/latam/202009111080435235…

Venezuela says it captured ‘US spy’ targeting two oil refineries with ‘heavy, specialized’ weapons
rt.com | 2020-09-11
President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela has announced the capture of “an American spy” with heavy weapons and money near two refineries in the state of Falcon. The man is said to be a Marine who worked for the CIA in Iraq. | …
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Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-09-11
We already knew Trump didn’t have much regard for military service; we just didn’t know how awful and cruel he can be.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-trump-tro…

Outrage over death of Black trans woman in Cleveland jail
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-09-11
Cleveland Anger over the tragic death of 28-year-old Lea Rayshon Daye in Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Jail came out forcefully in a virtual press conference held Sept. 4. Daye’s was the second jail death here in less than two months and the 11th in two years. Found unresponsive in her cell . . . | Continue reading Outrage over death of Black trans woman in Cleveland jail at Workers.org…
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George Jackson: Marxist-Leninist, abolitionist, revolutionary!
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-09-11
As we commemorate the 49th anniversary of the Attica Uprising of 1971, the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party is inspired to once again raise the name of our comrade George Jackson. A revolutionary philosopher and communist militant, Jackson’s writings have inspired workers on both sides of the prison . . . | Continue reading George Jackson: Marxist-Leninist, abolitionist, revolutionary! at Workers.org…
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Salvadoran Ex-Colonel Sentenced to Jail Over Priests’ Massacre
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-11
Spain’s High Court Friday sentenced Salvadoran former colonel Inocente Montano to 133 years in prison for the murder of five Spanish Jesuit priests in 1989. | RELATED: | El Salvador: Congress Vetoes President Nayib Bukele’s Decree | Montano, 77, was accused of “terrorism” before the justice system for being responsible for planning and ordering the killings of the Jesuits during El Salvador’s civil war. | He was the only Salvadoran officer judged for the five crimes, for which h…
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‘Reckless, Violent, Massacre’ of 570 Wolves and Wolf Pups in Idaho Bolsters Alarm Over Trump Attack on Species Protections
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-09-11
Wildlife advocates warn that if a Trump administration effort to lift nationwide protections proceeds, “this cruelty could extend to all wolves within our country’s borders.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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The Myth of the “Bad” Immigrant
aclu.org | 2020-09-11
Immigrant communities are often asked to “get right with the law,” but is the law right in the first place? That’s what Alina Das asks in her new book, No Justice in the Shadows. She delves into her experience as the daughter of immigrants, an immigration attorney, and a clinical law professor to explore the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system. , , Too often, she argues, our immigration system is used as a tool of discrimination and oppression, rather than as a tool of justice, and the consequences are dire. Our current immigration system is breaking up families, and forcing people to f…
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Parents, students, teachers hit Cuomo’s school cuts
Tina Nannarone | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-11
Parents, children, teachers and school aides gathered in front of Gov. Cuomo’s office in New York City Tuesday, September 8 to protest projected cuts to the New York State School’s budget. The rally was organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, Parents Supporting Parents NY and Make the Road, an immigrant rights group. Children and …
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New fires at Greek island refugee camp destroy last remaining shelters
news.un.org | 2020-09-11
Fresh fires at a Greek island centre for thousands of refugees and migrants, have destroyed all remaining accommodation for those affected by the initial blaze on Tuesday evening.
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Spanish NGO Rescues Over 276 Migrants in the Mediterranean
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-11
Spanish non-governmental organization (NGO) Open Arms rescued 116 migrants that were left unprotected in international waters in the Mediterranean sea on Friday. | RELATED: | Over 1.500 Migrants Died on Their Journeys in 2020 So Far | This is the third rescue in the area in recent days as the ship already has 276 shipwrecked people on board. According to the NGO’s founder Oscar Camps, the Maltese authorities had prevented a merchant boat from assisting the vessel, so they reported t…
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Children sleeping among the graves as Moria devastation mounts on Lesbos
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-11
Greece began setting up tents on Friday for thousands of increasingly desperate migrants left without shelter on the island of Lesbos after a fire destroyed Greece’s biggest refugee camp on Wednesday.With more than 12,000 former occupants of the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp now camping out in fields and along roadsides without food or water and threatened by a possible spread of coronavirus infections, the need for a solution has become increasingly urgent.But the Greek government has been forced to tread warily due to growing anger among residents of an island whose location a few miles (km) off the Turkis…
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For Greek camp migrants, COVID-19 quarantine was spark
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-11
For asylum-seekers trapped in the overcrowded facility on Greece’s island of Lesbos, Moria was hell most days. But a coronavirus quarantine was the final straw.It was just before midnight on Tuesday when eight migrants who tested positive for COVID-19 were told by authorities they would be isolated to an area just beyond the gated compound, according to witnesses and government officials.Their relatives would also be moved into the fenced unit, about 40 small wooden houses on a hill inside Greece’s biggest migrant settlement set up to deal with any breakout of COVID-19, for further testing.The news did not go dow…
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Trump administration seeks sweeping DNA collection of immigrants, US sponsors
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-11
The Trump administration on Friday formally proposed a sweeping expansion of its collection of DNA and other biometric data of immigrants, to go beyond detained migrants in order to include U.S. citizen sponsors and others.Its proposal also vastly expands the biological information that the Department of Homeland Security collects beyond genetic material to include eye scans, voice prints, and palm prints, the department’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a notice published in the Federal Register.The plan is the latest move by President Donald Trump, who won office in part with his anti-immigran…
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The presidential election: “A 200-pound sack of concrete” vs. “the orange menace”
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-11
The entrenched system is heavily weighted — always has been — against the interests of working people, women, people of color, the poor and others deprived of power by structural inequities.
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The Presidential Election: “A 200-Pound Sack of Concrete” vs. “The Orange Menace”
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-09-11
May the worst man lose…
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Israeli Airline Announces Launch Of Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi Route
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-11
Airline Israir Thursday announced that it will offer direct flights from Tel Aviv’s to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after these countries agreed to normalize diplomatic ties last month. | RELATED: | Palestine to Cut Ties With Countries That Recognize Israel | This is a move that aims to burgeon tourism. Israelis can visit Abhu Dhabi without having to go through quarantine for two weeks on their return. | It is also a significant policy shift for until now Israel has not had diploma…
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Despite Increasing Trade with Chinese Yuan US Dollar Is Likely to Remain the World’s Biggest Currency Reserve
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-11
The Chinese currency is expected to increase its 2% share in the world market to somewhere between 5% and 10% within the next 10 years. This could mean that the Chinese yuan will become the world’s third largest currency by …
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Covid-19: The Great Reset — Revisited. Scary Threats, Rewards for Obedience
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-11
Covid-19: The Great Reset — is the title of a book by Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the WEF, and the Senior Director of the Global Risk Network at the institution, Thierry Malleret. The present analysis is based …
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