Protests across the US against whitewash of Breonna Taylor murder met with police repression
wsws.org | 2020-09-25
Four months of largely peaceful protests against police violence have been answered with violent repression and judicial cover-ups.
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Justice for Breonna Taylor means abolishing the police & capitalism — a WW commentary
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-09-25
More than six months after the heinous March 13 murder of Breonna Taylor — a 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician — by three white Louisville, Ky., police officers, a secret grand jury on Sept. 23 charged only one of those officers with three counts of “wanton endangerment.” And this . . . | Continue reading Justice for Breonna Taylor means abolishing the police & capitalism — a WW commentary at Workers.org…
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Twin Cities march for Breonna Taylor shuts down major freeway
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-25
Minneapolis, MN – 1000 people rallied and marched to protest the announcement that no one would be charged for the murder of Breonna Taylor. Organized by Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro and others, the group rallied at the state capitol on September 23, and then marched about four miles, including taking over Interstate 94. Three protesters were arrested but released the later that night.
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Twin Cities march for Breonna Taylor shuts down major freeway
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-25
Minneapolis, MN – 1000 people rallied and marched to protest the announcement that no one would be charged for the murder of Breonna Taylor. Organized by Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro and others, the group rallied at the state capitol on September 23, and then marched about four miles, including taking over Interstate 94. Three protesters were arrested but released the later that night.
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Justice not served in Breonna Taylor murder case
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-25
A Kentucky jury charged only one of the three officers accused in Breonna Taylor’s murder with minor felonies, which carry a maximum sentence of five years each. The wrongful death lawsuit against the other two accused was rejected…
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Redefining Anti-Semitism on Facebook
Neve Gordon | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
The objective is to force Facebook to alter its hate speech definition so that its own “detection algorithm” will characterize any criticism of Israel as hate speech and automatically remove the pertinent content from the platform. Given that Facebook has 2.7 billion users and is the world’s largest and arguably most influential media platform, it comes as…
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As the Amazon Burns, What Happens to Its Biodiversity?
Liz Kimbrough | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
Studies show that where fire is on the increase in Amazonia, biodiversity is altered, with unique rainforest flora and fauna — and vital ecological services — diminished. | *** | The number of fires burning in standing Amazon rainforest spiked dramatically in …
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 16
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
On Wednesday the trap sprang shut, as Judge Baraitser insisted the witnesses must finish next week, and that no time would be permitted for preparation of closing arguments, which must be heard the immediate following Monday. This brought the closest …
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Two Capitalisms: a Challenge to Democratic Socialists, Social Democrats, Progressives and Welfare State Liberals
Mike Miller | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
[O]n September 24, 1599, in a timbered building off Moorgate Fields, not far from where Shakespeare was struggling to complete Hamlet, a new type of company was founded. [O]wnership of the new firm, called the East India Company, was sliced into tiny pieces to be bought and sold freely…Liberalism’s fatal hypocrisy was to celebrate the virtuous…
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American Space Force Installs Military Base in the Persian Gulf to Monitor Iran
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
The sixth and newest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces now has an overseas base. A squadron of 20 soldiers has been sent to an air base in Al Udeid, which is in a desert in Qatar, where the first …
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Hitting at Venezuela: the Colombia/US Axis
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Colombian President Ivan Duque, meeting in Bogota on September 20, talked about “managing the COVID-19 response … narcotraffickers … and [President] Maduro’s illegitimate regime,” according to the State Department. A Cuban observer insists they explored “when to begin military actions and sabotage in Venezuela.” Elliott Abrams, the White House…
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Is Marxism still relevant? — a commentary
Olujimi Alade | workers.org | 2020-09-25
With the dire economic circumstances brought on by COVID-19 and the rise in police brutality provoking civil unrest unseen since the 1960s, the Millennial Generation as well as Generation Z are beginning to see the pitfalls of both neoliberalism and U.S. conservatism. The Republicans in office are taking notice and . . . | Continue reading Is Marxism still relevant? — a commentary at Workers.org…
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Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
Palestine can never be truly understood through numbers, because numbers are dehumanizing, impersonal, and, when necessary, can also be contrived to mean something else entirely. Numbers are not meant to tell the story of the human condition, nor should they ever serve as a substitute for emotions. Indeed, the stories of life, death — and…
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Surviving a pandemic under siege
| workers.org | 2020-09-25
During a Sept. 18 “Free Palestine” webinar, Palestinian writers and activists Susan Abulhawa and Khaled Barakat were asked to comment on the spread of COVID-19 in occupied Palestine, and what it means to have access to healthcare under foreign occupation. The following is an edited version of their replies. Susan . . . | Continue reading Surviving a pandemic under siege at Workers.org…
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Susan Abulhawa: ‘Palestine is the test’
Susan Abulhawa | workers.org | 2020-09-25
The following is a lightly edited transcript of a Sept. 19 talk by Palestinian novelist and Workers World Party member Susan Abulhawa during a “Free Palestine! No Normalization with Colonization or Occupation!’ webinar sponsored by WWP. We’ve known for years that the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and other . . . | Continue reading Susan Abulhawa: ‘Palestine is the test’ at Workers.org…
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Hack Reveals UK’s Propaganda Campaign to Drive Syrian Regime Change
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
When I reported on the leak of Integrity Initiative documents back in 2018/19 which exposed the extent of the UK’s propaganda war against Russia, I didn’t think it could get much more organised and coordinated than it was. Involving hundreds …
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Mounting Unemployment in America: Over One Million UI Claims for 27 Straight Weeks, Unprecedented US Economic Collapse
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
Nothing remotely like what’s gone on since January ever happened before in the US. | For the 27th straight week, over one million working-age Americans filed claims for unemployment insurance (UI). | Numbers for the past week include 870,000 who applied for …
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Trump Regime War on Cuba by Other Means
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
Unlawful US sanctions on nations, entities and individuals are weapons of war by other means. | Since taking office in January 2017, Trump imposed sanctions on numerous countries extrajudicially, including Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba….
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Covid-19: How Likely Is a Second Wave?
Prof. Paul Kirkham | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
Executive Summary | Evidence presented in this paper indicates that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic as an event in the UK is essentially complete, with ongoing and anticipated challenges well within the capacity of a normalised NHS to …
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Assange’s Thirteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Mental Health, Managed Risk and Publication Chronologies
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-25
September 24. Central Criminal Court, London. The lion’s share of today’s Old Bailey proceedings in Julian Assange’s extradition trial was spent on battles over mental health and dire risk. The prosecution continued its attempt to minimise the dangers facing Assange were he to be extradited to the United States for 17 charges under the US …
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Assange on Trial: Mental Health, Managed Risk and Publication Chronologies
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
The lion’s share of today’s Old Bailey proceedings in Julian Assange’s extradition trial was spent on battles over mental health and dire risk. The prosecution continued its attempt to minimise the dangers facing Assange were he to be extradited to the United States for 17 charges under the US Espionage Act and one under the…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/25/assange-on-t…

YouTube, Zoom and Facebook censor Leila Khaled for Israel
Nora Barrows-friedman | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
“They are bothered by the ways in which we are focusing on questions of Black liberation, Palestinian liberation and prison abolition, and the connections between these movements”
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Am I a modern slave?
Lyn Caballero | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
Lyn Caballero describes her experiences as a migrant domestic worker and explains why domestic workers are campaigning for immigration policy change…
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Statement on Breonna Taylor
APTP | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
We send our deepest condolences to the family of Breonna Taylor. And we send our love and hearts to the millions of Black people who were once again told today that their lives do not matter.
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Sunday 9/27: Vigil to Honor Migrant Women and Human Rights Defenders
Health workers & nursing students | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Lake Merritt Amphitheater…
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We’ve Got Our Own Reasons to Elect Biden — and He Isn’t One of Them
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
We can do this on our own terms…
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Charging Officers for Taylor’s Death Would ‘Indict System’ That’s ‘Broken From Top to Bottom’
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced on Wednesday that only one officer, former Det. Brett Hankison, would be indicted in connection to the March 13 shooting death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman. One expert tells Sputnik the emerging details on evidence provided to the grand jury proves “the whole system is broken.”
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Donald Trump Blasts ‘Weak as Hell’ Biden for ‘Anti-Police Crusade’, Surrender to ‘Flag Burners’
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
Ahead of their first debate set for 29 September, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have weighed in on the civil unrest in Kentucky over a decision by state Attorney General suggesting that the use of force by two police officers in Breonna Taylor’s death in March was justified under state law.
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Egyptian navy arrests 3 Palestinian fishermen
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
The Egyptian navy on Friday arrested three Palestinian fishermen after they allegedly crossed into the Egyptian territorial waters, a local union said.According to Nizar Ayyash, head of Gaza’s fishermen union, the Egyptian navy followed the fishermen’s boat and opened fire on them after crossing into the Egyptian waters and arrested them.Ayyash added that the three fishermen are from the same family and live in Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza.He, however, said no information is available about their situation under custody.The authorities in Gaza and Egypt are yet to comment on the incident.According to the…
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In the Navajo Nation, Anarchism Has Indigenous Roots
Cecilia Nowell | thenation.com | 2020-09-25
In the Navajo Nation, Anarchism Has Indigenous Roots…
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Climate Change is Responsible for Devastating Wildfires
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
With large fires still raging around the West, we can all feel empathy for those who lost their homes and even entire communities, as well as all of us suffering from the smoke. Still, there is a tremendous amount of smoke and mirrors about the blazes and their cause. The timber industry, Forest Service, and…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/25/climate-chan…

At UN Assembly, President of Burundi rejects diplomatic aggression against his country
news.un.org | 2020-09-25
The “indiscriminate consequences” of the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the importance of multilateralism and how the world handles global challenges and contradictions, the President of Burundi told world leaders gathered virtually for the UN General Assembly.
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The Larger Problem, or the Birth of Racism out of the Spirit of Musical Chairs
M. G. Piety | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
A lot of attention has been focused recently on eradicating racism from American culture. That’s a laudable goal but a much larger task than I think anyone has yet acknowledged. The problem is not simply that racism is very deep in American culture. The problem is that it emanates from something that is even deeper…
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This Week’s Most Popular Articles
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
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An Anonymous Nurse Speaks Out: The RT-PCR Test is Totally Unreliable, It Does not Detect the Virus
Unnamed Nurse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
An Anonymous Nurse SPEAKS OUT! Just a shame they can’t put their name to it out of fear of losing their job. | This is from a nurse. | *** | I work in the healthcare field. Here’s the problem, we are testing …
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What is to Be Done for Animals
Jon Hochschartner | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
In the present moment, animal liberationists’ top priority should be making cultured meat less expensive and making slaughtered meat more costly. The former can be achieved by public subsidies and funding for research. The latter can be accomplished by taxation and cutting subsidies. Obviously, the goal of both is to make cellular agriculture more appealing…
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Provocation on the High Seas: U.S. Naval Adventures Near the Shores of Russia, China and Iran
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
The war on terror is slowly ending. The U.S. military will try to keep bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with most troops gone in the next few years, the lives of the few who remain will be at constant risk. Pressure will mount to get those soldiers out. But Pentagon bureaucrats and brass are masters of institutional infighting, and, apparently, ignoring presidential orders they don’t like, so who knows how that will turn out? One thing is sure: the military’s focus has shifted, from the Middle East to Russia and China. That means U.S. soldiers and materiel will continue to be in places they shouldn’t, in ever g…
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It’s Not Vaccine Nationalism, It’s Vaccine Idiocy
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
Last week an official with China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the country may have a vaccine available for widespread distribution by November or December. This would almost certainly be at least a month or two before a vaccine is available for distribution in the United States, and possibly quite a…
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How Lethal is Covid-19? Young and Healthy Majority Need to be Allowed to Live
Dr. Martin Feeley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
In view of recent controversies caused by an article in The Irish Times on Saturday, September 12th, I think it is important to articulate my position on the present Covid crisis and its management, and to comment also on …
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Turkey orders scores of arrests over 2014 pro-Kurdish protests
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-25
Turkey orders scores of arrests over 2014 pro-Kurdish protests | Demonstrators had accused Turkey’s army of standing by as Islamic State besieged Kobane, just over the Syrian border | MEE and agencies | Fri, 09/25/2020 – 09: 36 | The demonstrations led to the deaths of 37 people, with many more injured (AFP) | Turkish authorities on Friday issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor, over pro-Kur…
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The ‘populism’ of pandemics
Mumia Abu-Jamal | workers.org | 2020-09-25
Taken from an Sept. 9 audio column from prisonradio.org. For months now, the nation has been battered by the ravages of COVID-19 — the coronavirus. With millions of people infected and over 190,000 people now dead, it now turns out that from the very start, the U.S. president knew a . . . | Continue reading The ‘populism’ of pandemics at Workers.org…
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Amid the Chaos of the 2020 Presidential Race, Four House Contests Could Determine the Result
Ben Rosenfeld | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
In the shadow of the 2020 presidential race, four House contests could determine the result under the Twelfth Amendment To defeat Trump Biden has to win resoundingly–in the swing states that will decide the electoral college sweepstakes. If he wins only narrowly, Trump is poised to steal the election by challenging enough states’ results to…
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This Vanishing Moment and Our Vanishing Future
Nick Turse | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
Whether you’re reading this with your morning coffee, just after lunch, or on the late shift in the wee small hours of the morning, it’s 100 seconds to midnight. That’s just over a minute and a half. And that should be completely unnerving. It’s the closest to that witching hour we’ve ever been. Since 1947,…
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“None of the above”
Tom Feely | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-25
I am neither a supporter of the Democratic, Republican or Liberal parties. It is obvious to me that our system is corrupt, it functions on behalf of the wealthy and those employed either directly or indirectly by our government and or the military industrial complex. Voting for either of any of the candidates is a …
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As COVID-19 hit Georgia Meatpacking Counties, Officials and Industry Shifted Blame
Sandy Smith-Nonini, Olivia Paschal | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
Hall County in north central Georgia is home to Gainesville, a town of about 43,000 where a large chicken-topped monument in its center declares it the “Poultry Capital of the World.” There are more than a dozen meat processing plants in Hall County, and several others in surrounding counties. But Hall County is also home to…
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The Last Third Party to Win Waged Political Struggle with a “Revolutionary Reform.”
Richard Moser | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
The last third party to win — the Republican Party — used a revolutionary reform they called the “non-extention of slavery” to fundamentally alter the existing two-party system. The history of the anti-slavery movement and the early Republican Party raises a question we are dying to answer: under what conditions and with what strategies can…
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Myths of the White Working Class
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
On September 22nd, Politico reported on how rank-and-file union members were snubbing Biden for Trump. Perhaps inadvertently, the second sentence reveals what kind of trade unionist this means: “To rank-and-file members in some unions, especially the building trades, it doesn’t matter. They’re still firmly in Donald Trump’s camp.” Historically, construction unions have operated as a white-only…
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COVID-19 and Sliding Indian Economy: What’s the Way Out?
Kavaljit Singh | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
India has become the world’s new hotspot for the COVID-19 pandemic as infection cases have surged in recent weeks. On September 22, the total number of confirmed cases surged past 5.6 million. If the current trend continues, India may soon become the world’s worst-hit country, surpassing the US. With more than 90,000 people succumbing to…
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Societal Gaps Revealed by COVID-19
Beau Peters | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-25
Image Source: Pixabay It sometimes feels incredible that this time last year, many of us had never even heard of coronavirus. There had been no lockdowns. No lives lost. No economic collapse. And for many of us, the threat of a pandemic felt like a relic of the last century, something about as menacing as …
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CAR President calls for better representation of Africa on the Security Council
news.un.org | 2020-09-25
Central African Republic, like nearly every nation on the planet, has not been spared by the COVID-19 pandemic, with indictors predicting a contraction by up to 1.2 of the country’s economic growth, President Faustin Archange Touadera said on Thursday, calling on world leaders to unite against the virus.
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The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced 37 Million People
David Vine | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
Over the last week, considerable debate arose around a calculation I helped produce showing that the wars the U.S. government has fought since the attacks of September 11, 2001, have forced at least 37 million people — and perhaps as many as 59 million — to flee their homes. As a co-author of the underlying…
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The Dying Planet Report 2020
Robert Hunziker | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
The World Wildlife Foundation, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London, recently issued an eye-popping description of the forces of humanity versus life in nature, the Living Planet Report 2020, but the report should really be entitled the Dying …
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Argentina rejects Bolivian de-facto president’s statements at the UN assembly
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-25
On September 23, during her speech before the 75th United Nations General Assembly, the de-facto president of Bolivia, Jeanine àÅñez, attacked the progressive government of Argentine president Alberto Fernández, accusing the neighboring nation of exercising “systematic and abusive harassment” against Bolivia. She also accused the Argentine government of “interfering in Bolivia’s internal affairs” and “supporting a violent conspiracy by (former Bolivian president) Evo Morales against Bolivian democracy.” | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, on behalf of the national government, rejected the statem…
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China Ramps Up U.S. Crude Oil Imports as Elections Near
Irina Slav | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
China has been buying a lot of U.S. crude oil lately, perhaps in a belated attempt to fulfill some of the energy import quotas agreed with Washington last year or perhaps in a bid to take advantage of supercheap U.S. …
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Chicago counter-protest disrupts pro-police rally
Kamran Siddiqi | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-25
Throughout the pro-police rally, counterprotesters chanted slogans such as “Black lives matter” and “16 shots and a coverup,” referring to the killing of the teenager Laquan McDonald by former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
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How QAnon Conspiracy Theories Spread in My Colorado Hometown
Aída Chávez | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
During the pandemic, some of the people I grew up with got sucked into QAnon and the Q-adjacent “Save the Children” movement…
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The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced 37 Million People
David Vine | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
Here’s why we used the numbers we did — and what they can and can’t tell us…
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Global Warming Burps, Bubbles, Simmers and Sours On
Manuel Garcia, Jr | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
There are no actual physical barriers to the human and societal behaviors necessary to make this happen…
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‘Sledgehammer to Permanently Silence Opposing Voices’
Brett Wilkins | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
Outrage Over Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Proposed Anti-Protest Bill…
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Earth to Presidential Debate Moderators: “I’m Burning Up”
Jeff Cohen | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
With the horrific fires on the West Coast and hurricanes and storms pounding the Caribbean and Gulf Coast, in a healthy democracy, one would expect presidential candidates to be pressed hard about climate chaos. I’m not holding my breath.
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Trump Is Losing Farmer Support in Climate Crisis. Will They Swing the Election?
Leanna First-Arai | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
In a push to capture the rural vote, 62 percent of which went to Trump in 2016, both the Trump and Biden campaigns are ramping up efforts to appeal to farmers and ranchers.
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Unlike US, Europe Picks Top Judges with Bipartisan Approval
David Orentlicher | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
By choice and by law, high court justices in those places work together to render consensus-based decisions…
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California Schools Launch Anti-Racism Plan, Flouting Trump’s Threats
MacKenzie Mays | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
The California Department of Education is developing the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum model…
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U.S. Expands Military Bases in the Eastern Mediterranean
Andrew Lee | zcomm.org | 2020-09-25
Lures Debt-Weary Greece into Provocative Military Partnership for Geopolitical Control of Region…
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Wednesday 9/30: On-line Screening: Distracted Blueberry
Telematic Media Arts | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Streaming on-line Sept. 30th – Oct. 14th…
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“Stop Rigging The Election” SEIU1021 Oakland Workers Demand Union Democracy
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
SEIU 1021 Oakland members protested at the SEIU Oak Street office on September 23, 2020 to demand a end to the rigging of the election of SEIU 1021 officials. They are allowing a non-city worker on the salary of the union to run for chapter office.
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Developing Countries Lose Trillions from Crime and Tax Abuse, Says UN Panel
Zach Conti | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
A high-level United Nations panel report says global policies are needed to prevent trillions of dollars escaping developing countries through tax abuse and corruption.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/24/1883691…

Thursday 9/24: Call to Action: A Mandate for This Moment as the Nation Suffers w/ Poor People’s Campaign
Poor People’s Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Online via livestream…
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Sunday 9/27: Protest to Abolish ICE, End Forced Sterilization, & Free The Families (Monterey)
Community organizers | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
El Estero Park Complex, 777 Pearl St, Monterey, CA 93940…
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Thursday 9/24: Take Action: Defund ICE & CBP And Stop Reproductive Violence
Detention Watcyh Network | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Online via livestream…
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Five Theses on the Political-Theological Foundation of Church Asylum
Benedikt Kern | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Human rights did not just fall from the sky, but had to and must be fought for by those who are not granted them…This includes the unwritten human right to global freedom of movement. Solidarity is directed primarily at those who are enslaved and/or who, in the struggle for liberation, are working to overcome unjust social conditions.
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SEIU Local 521 Endorses Brown, Hill and Kumar for Santa Cruz City Council
Santa Cruz News Network | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
SEIU Local 521 has endorsed Sandy Brown, Kelsey Hill, and Kayla Kumar for Santa Cruz City Council in the November 2020 election. SEIU 521, the local chapter of the Service Employees International Union, represents 40,000 county, city, and non-profit workers in 17 counties, grouped into five regions, across central California.
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Thursday 10/8: Mix Masters by Pivotal
Pivotal | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Virtual Event…
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Friday 9/25: Online Socialism Forum – Capitalism: Catastrophe for the People, Windfall for Billionaires
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Register here: bit.ly/capitalism-must-go…
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Thursday 9/24: San Francisco: Bike to Wherever Day Celebration
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Throughout the City of San Francisco–wherever!
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Saturday 10/3: California MAAFA Awareness Month
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Folsom Light Rail Station | Leidesdorff Plaza…
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Sunday 9/27: It’s On: The Struggle for the Future
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-09-25
Dolores Park | 18th & Church Street | San Francisco…
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Jupiter mission and AI acceleration: News from the College
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-25
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205173/jupiter-mission-ai-acceleration-news-from

COVID-19 vaccine may not need to be fully effective to benefit public health
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-25
Even an imperfect, partially effective vaccine against COVID-19 could have a substantial public health benefit if rolled out in 2021, a report says.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205153/covid-19-vaccine-need-fully-effective-benefit

Imperial and LSE showcase student startups
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-25
Over 25 startups from two of London’s leading universities, Imperial College London and LSE, pitched their business ideas at a virtual demo day.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205134/imperial-lse-showcase-student-startups

Commentator Explains Why the Left ‘Is Biggest Threat to America, Western Civilization’
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
In the upcoming US presidential election, where incumbent President Donald Trump is set to face Democratic rival candidate Joe Biden, the United States is dealing with an ongoing global coronavirus pandemic and nation-wide mass protests against racism and police brutality.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202009251080564…

Any Meaningful Talks With Pakistan Can Only Be Held in Atmosphere Free of Terror – India’s UN Envoy
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
Sputnik has discussed a wide array of issues with Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, including India’s bid for a permanent seat at the UNSC, the ongoing border tensions with China, Pakistan, the COVID-19 pandemic, and…
sputniknews.com/interviews/2020092510805…

Norway Negotiating to Resuscitate Cold War-Era Military Deal With US
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
During the Cold War era, Norway received 300 US fighter jets and 8,000 military vehicles, free of charge. The total amount of US military aid to Norway reached $8.7 billion.
sputniknews.com/military/202009251080566…

Two Terrorists Killed, Arms and Ammunition Recovered in Kashmir Encounter
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
Indian-administered Kashmir has witnessed fewer terrorism-related incidents since the federal government overturned Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the country’s federal Home Ministry told Parliament during the recently-concluded monsoon season session.
sputniknews.com/india/202009251080567415…

Murder Charges Against Ex-UK Army Major Over Drowning Iraqi Teen Dropped After 17-Year Inquiry
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
As of February 2018, former British Army major Robert Campbell, 47, had been cleared from charges of drowning a 19-year-old Iraqi man, Saeed Radhi Shabram, in the city of Basra in 2003 seven times before a new investigation into the incident was kicked off, weeks after he was given a good conduct medal.
sputniknews.com/uk/202009251080566492-mu…

Tory MPs Back Rebel Bid to Grant Parliament Final Scrutiny of COVID-19 Restrictions
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
Earlier, senior Tory MPs were reported to be eyeing legislation that would prevent Boris Johnson from pursuing future COVID-19 restrictions in the UK without parliament having the final say.
sputniknews.com/uk/202009251080566648-to…

Graphic Video: Seattle Cop Put on Administrative Leave After Riding Over Man’s Head With Bike
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-25
A video of a Seattle police officer walking his bike across the head of a man lying on the ground has rocked social media, with users decrying the cop’s action and the Seattle Police Department later saying that the incident is under investigation.
sputniknews.com/us/202009251080566423-gr…

The Forest Service Not Only Loses Money Logging, It Makes Fires Worse
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-25
In the middle of yet another big wildfire seasons, some reporters finally listened to fire scientists when they quoted people like Dr. Higuera, an associate professor of fire ecology at the University of Montana, stating that climate change is resulting in making big wildfire seasons the new normal. For 30 years economists have been also telling…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/25/the-forest-s…

MiG-21 military jet crashes in western Serbia
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
A Serbian military aircraft crashed Friday in western Serbia, the Defense Ministry confirmed.The ministry said that the MiG-21 military aircraft was performing a “regular” flying mission when it crashed near the village of Brasina at 9 a.m. local time (0700GMT).The search and rescue teams were dispatched to the region. No information is yet available whether there are casualties.Meanwhile, local media reported that the plane crashed into the yard of a house in the village and a person was injured.The firefighters and police teams are working at the scene.
yenisafak.com/en/news/mig-21-military-je…

Brazil’s famous Rio Carnival postponed due to COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
Brazil has postponed the 2021 edition of the world-famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival, as the country struggles to contain one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks.”We came to the conclusion that the event should be postponed,” Jorge Castanheiras, president of the Independent League of Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools (LIESA), which organizes the annual event, said on Thursday.”We cannot do it in February. The samba schools do not have the time or financial and organizational resources to be ready in February.”Authorities are yet to announce whether the traditional street parties, called blocos, will be allowed.The…
yenisafak.com/en/news/brazils-famous-rio…

Czechs plan to buy air defence from Israel’s Rafael
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
The Czech Defence Ministry will start talks with the Israeli government to buy a short and medium range air defence system made by Israeli state-owned supplier Rafael, the ministry said on Friday.The government has been raising defence spending to modernise its armed forces, but has admitted it would fall short of its pledge, as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to spend 2% of gross domestic product on defence by 2024.The ministry said it expected a government-to-government contract to be signed in early 2021 and supplies from 2023 and had picked Rafael’s SPYDER Short Range Air Defence/Medium Ra…
yenisafak.com/en/world/czechs-plan-to-bu…

Kashmiris develop plasma donor website to save lives
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
Vidur Tickoo and Jaswinder Singh, who hail from the region’s main city Srinagar, told Anadolu Agency they were touched by the way many people are seeking help from plasma donors through social media.”It was really painful to see such ‘haphazardness’ where people were posting messages on social media and not getting much help in return while exposing their privacy as well,” Tickoo said.In late July, he and Singh decided to develop a website in order to centralize all plasma donors and recipients in one place. It was designed to work on low-speed internet connections as well.”We wanted to make it accessible to all,…
yenisafak.com/en/news/kashmiris-develop-…

Iran, Russia discussing joint production of COVID-19 vaccine
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
Iran and Russia’s sovereign wealth fund RDIF are discussing the joint production of a vaccine against COVID-19, Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday.”We are holding talks, I spoke with the head of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev, our officials have held several rounds of consultations and we announced that we will co-operate,” Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali was cited as saying.Thus far, Russia has struck a manufacturing partnership deal with India, which is due to produce 300 million doses of the ‘Sputnik-V’ vaccine domestically. It is also discussing such partnerships with sev…
yenisafak.com/en/life/iran-russia-discus…

Four injured in Paris knife attack, assailants on the run
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
Four people were injured Friday in a knife attack near the former headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.Two of the victims are in a state of “absolute urgency”, according to statements by the police on Twitter.Two assailants are presently on the run.A search is underway by the local Paris police headquarters in the area of boulevard Richard Lenoir. Law enforcement has warned the public to avoid the area.
yenisafak.com/en/news/four-injured-in-pa…

Britain’s Princess Eugenie is pregnant, Buckingham Palace says
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
Britain’s Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, is pregnant and expecting to give birth in early 2021, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.Eugenie, the 10th in line to the British throne and younger daughter of the queen’s third child Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, married Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle in 2018.”Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie and Mr Jack Brooksbank are very pleased to announce that they are expecting a baby in early 2021,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.”The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank, The Que…
yenisafak.com/en/world/britains-princess…

Turkish infrastructure projects draw global interest
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
This week the 13th Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum spotlighted billion-dollar infrastructure projects for global investors, including attractive transportation projects in Turkey. | “We believe that Turkey has some of the most sophisticated infrastructure companies, policies, and projects in the world,” said Norman Anderson, CEO of CG-LA Infrastructure, the Washington, DC-based organizer of the forum, held virtually on Thursday. | Turkey has built a strong infrastructure over the last decade, he said. | “Turkey’s projects at the forum were first class, some of the best opportunities in the world,” Anderson…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-infrastruc…

Over 1.1M coronavirus patients recover across Africa
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-25
The number of people in Africa who have recovered from the coronavirus topped 1.18 million, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.The death toll from the virus reached 35,007, it said, adding more than 1.43 million people have so far contracted the virus, with the Southern Africa region being the most affected with 727,500 cases.North Africa recorded 314,100 cases, West Africa 173,900, East Africa 164,200 and Central Africa 57,400.At least 640,500 patients have recovered in Southern Africa, 246,900 in North Africa, 154,500 in West Africa, 92,700 in East Africa and 50,000 in Central…
yenisafak.com/en/world/over-11m-coronavi…

6 Crucial Races That Will Flip the Senate
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-09-25
Every school board member, state representative, and congressperson you elect can be pushed to enact policies that benefit the people, not just corporate donors. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Convoy calls for an end to Black deaths in custody
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-25
greenleft.org.au/content/convoy-calls-en…

No cut to JobKeeper, raise the rate
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-25
greenleft.org.au/content/no-cut-jobkeepe…

Democracy for Thailand
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-25
greenleft.org.au/content/democracy-thail…

Ecosocialism 2020: From rebellion to revolution
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-25
greenleft.org.au/content/ecosocialism202…

Kentucky’s Climate Is Suffering. Can the State Slip the Industry Ties That Prevent Change?
Andrew McCormick | thenation.com | 2020-09-25
Kentucky’s Climate Is Suffering. Can the State Slip the Industry Ties That Prevent Change?
thenation.com/article/environment/mcconn…

Student protests against herd immunity policy spread across Greece
wsws.org | 2020-09-25
High school students marched in Athens and Thessaloniki Thursday as occupations of high schools and strikes by doctors, port workers and airline workers spread.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/25/gree…

Selected Articles: The RT-PCR Test is Totally Unreliable, It Does not Detect the Virus
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-25
If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a donation or becoming a member . | Your …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-rt-p…

Protesters dump horse sh*t on Serco’s doorstep
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2020-09-25
Protesters have dumped horse manure on the doorstep of Serco’s headquarters in Hampshire. The action has sent a clear message to the company, which is responsible for the UK’s test and trace system. | The activists are part of the campaign group Protect Our NHS. They also unfurled a banner saying: “Serco Test & Trace Stinks! — Corrupt & Deadly Incompetent — Give LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH TEAMS the Cash”. The action was timed to coincide with other protests against Serco in the UK, including in London. | ‘Deadly incompetence’: | Mike Campbell of Protect Our NHS Bristol said in a press release: We’re tak…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/09/25/proteste…

Climate Disasters Are Leaving Families With Nowhere to Go
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2020-09-25
Climate Disasters Are Leaving Families With Nowhere to Go…
thenation.com/article/environment/oregon…

The Children of Incarcerated People Vote, Too
Maya McKenzie | thenation.com | 2020-09-25
The Children of Incarcerated People Vote, Too…
thenation.com/article/politics/criminal-…

Officers who murdered Breonna Taylor not held accountable
Rachel Domond | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-24
Breonna Taylor was murdered by Louisville, KY, police while asleep in her home in March of this year. Today, the three officers responsible for her death — Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove — were not held responsible for her death. A grand jury indicted only one former officer, Brett Hankison, with three counts …
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Officer in Breonna Taylor shooting indicted for firing into neighbors’ homes
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-24
“With all we know about Breonna Taylor’s killing, how could a fair and just system result in today’s decision?”
nationofchange.org/2020/09/24/officer-in…

Protests erupt over whitewash of police murder of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky
wsws.org | 2020-09-24
Neither of the two officers who fired the fusillade of 22 bullets that killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her Louisville, Kentucky home were charged by the grand jury convened by state authorities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/24/tayl…

NBA players denounce decision not to charge Breonna Taylor’s killers
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-24
The law isn’t just. It is an imperfect contraption susceptible to the will of malicious hearts often protected by a tin badge, robe, or gavel and manipulated by those hungry to keep hold of political power. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police officers for the killing of …
peoplesworld.org/article/nba-players-den…

No indictment for Breonna Taylor’s killers
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-24
The protests were triggered after a jury in the US State of Kentucky refused to charge the three officers involved in the fatal shooting of medical worker Breonna Taylor.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/24/no-indict…

“Two Systems of Justice”: Jacob Blake’s Father on Son’s Case, Breonna Taylor & Black Lives Matter
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-24
As outrage mounts over the grand jury ruling in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, we look at the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where an investigation is in its final stages. The case sparked renewed national protests in August after viral video showed Kenosha police shooting the Black father in the back seven times, paralyzing him. We speak with Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Sr. He says police shootings and killings of Black people reveal there are “two systems of justice” in the United States, and asks, “Why are our children scared to death of people that are supposed to protect and serve them…
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/24/jacob_bla…

An Indictment of the System: Protests Erupt as Cops Cleared for Killing Breonna Taylor in Her Home
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-24
We go to Louisville, where protests erupted after police officers who shot Breonna Taylor in her own home were not charged for her death. A grand jury indicted a third officer for “wanton endangerment” for shooting into an adjacent apartment during the fatal raid that killed Breonna Taylor in March. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country demanding justice for Taylor and defunding of police departments. “The lack of indictments in the grand jury process is an indictment on the system itself,” says Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League. “They have cr…
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/24/breonna_t…

Biden Blasts Violence While Siding With Angry Demonstrators Against Breonna Taylor Verdict
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-24
Rallies against police brutality and racism have erupted across Kentucky and beyond after the state’s grand jury ruled two of the three policemen were justified in fire their weapons to ‘protect themselves’ during a mistaken ‘no knock’ raid on Breonna Taylor’s home.
sputniknews.com/us/202009241080560735-bi…

Protests Erupt as Cops Escape Charges for Killing Breonna Taylor in Her Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-24
We go to Louisville, where protests erupted after police officers who shot Breonna Taylor in her own home were not charged for her death. A grand jury indicted a third officer for “wanton endangerment” for shooting into an adjacent apartment during the fatal raid that killed Breonna Taylor in March. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country demanding justice for Taylor and defunding of police departments. “The lack of indictments in the grand jury process is an…
truthout.org/video/protests-erupt-as-cop…

Nations Should Begin Removing Facebook, Twitter, and Google from Their Information Space
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-24
Legal options are a start. The ultimate goal should be replacing Facebook, Twitter, and Google with local alternatives like Russia, China, and many other nations are already doing. | The Thai government has begun legal proceedings against US-based social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Google. This comes at a time when nations around the globe have begun pushing back against the abusive American tech firms and their role in advancing US foreign policy and in particular, illegal US interventions including war. | Not only are these US-based tech companies refusing to follow Thai laws regarding sedi…
thealtworld.com/anthony_cartalucci/natio…

Zoom criticised for cancelling webinar with Palestinian activist Leila Khaled
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-24
Zoom criticised for cancelling webinar with Palestinian activist Leila Khaled | The event was also later blocked by YouTube and Facebook for featuring the activist and former hijacker | Nadda Osman | Thu, 09/24/2020 – 15: 02 | The online event was cancelled by Zoom, and later blocked by Facebook and YouTube (Screengrab/ AFP) | Zoom, a video conferencing platform, is facing a barrage of criticism online after cancellin…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/zoom-criticis…

Thousands Call on Facebook to Stop Censoring Palestine
commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
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Advocates Demand Facebook #StopCensoringPalestine After Platform Blocks Livestream Featuring Palestinian Rights Defenders
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
“When it comes to speech advocating for Palestinians. Facebook swiftly censors and removes content, often with no explanation.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/09/24/advocat…

Redefining Anti-Semitism on Facebook
Neve Gordon | commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
It is up to Facebook users to voice their concern by notifying Zuckerberg and Sandberg that they will abandon the platform the moment the media giant decides to adopt the IHRA definition. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Facebook’s Discrimination Against the LGBT Community
aclu.org | 2020-09-24
My wife and I have made music together for the past 8 years, in an independent band named Unsung Lilly. We are passionate about creating epic, empowering pop music., , As a same-sex couple, we have been heartened recently by the improved representation of LGBTQ people on television, and we are grateful that most people we meet are accepting of our relationship. It’s enough to make you think that maybe society has fully accepted that ‘love is love.’, Unfortunately, our recent experience with Facebook suggests otherwise. When Facebook’s platform refused to allow us to fully express ourselves as both artists and…
aclu.org/news/lgbt-rights/facebooks-disc…

Throw Sand In The Gears Of The Machine
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-09-24
So throw sand in the gears of the machine. If enough of us throw enough sand, we can cause the whole thing to break down. | Kill public trust in the mass media by exposing their lies at every opportunity, from whatever platform you can gain access to. Anywhere you can find an audience, whether it’s an audience of one or ten thousand, kill public trust in the establishment propaganda engine. | Amplify solid voices, arguments, narratives and facts that those in power don’t want amplified. Wherever you see something healthy that makes them squirm, give your energy to it and help it get as much traction as possible.
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/throw-s…

Amazon Ring unveils tiny IN-HOME DRONE to spy on your property while you’re out
rt.com | 2020-09-24
Amazon’s home security subsidiary Ring has released a tiny drone to watch over users’ possessions while they’re gone — capitalizing on paranoia and laziness while further cementing the presence of Big Brother in the home. | The Ring Always Home Cam is a pint-sized drone that syncs up with the user’s Ring home security system to fly around checking on things whenever the user is away. Homeowners can watch it do its thing on their smartphones, but can’t manually control it — which must be frustrating in the event the flying spy does actually catch someone breaking in. | The drone is apparently outfitt…
rt.com/usa/501623-amazon-drones-home-sur…

Toothless Climate Pledges That Permit Fossil Fuel Extraction Are Like ‘Declaring a Global Pandemic Without a Plan for Social Distancing’: Scientists
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
“Solving the Covid-19 pandemic requires stopping the spread of the virus. Solving the ozone hole crisis required ending the production of ODSs. And solving the climate crisis requires leaving the fossil carbon in the ground.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/09/24/toothle…

Chris Hedges: The Cost of Resistance
Chris Hedges | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-24
Princeton, New Jersey ( Scheerpost) — Two of the rebels I admire most, Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher, and Roger Hallam, the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, are in jail in Britain. That should not be surprising. You can measure the effectiveness of resistance by the fury of the response. Julian courageously exposed the lies, deceit, war crimes and corruption…
mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-cost-of-r…

Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 15
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-24
When Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, the US Government burgled the office of his psychiatrist to look for medical evidence to discredit him. Julian Assange has been obliged to submit himself, while in a mentally and physically weakened state …
globalresearch.ca/assange-hearing-day-15…

‘We Demand The Immediate Release Of Julian Assange’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-24
We, members of the Progressive International Council, support the freedom of Julian Assange against the unlawful and dangerous extradition trial currently setagainst him in London. Julian Assange has been a world-defining journalist, editor, and intellectual whose work has been crucial in promoting global justice. The prosecution by the United States of an Australian citizen for his journalistic activities done in sovereign countries in Europe is a gross violation of human rights and international law.
popularresistance.org/we-demand-the-imme…

Report, Wednesday, September 23: Julian Assange
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-24
On Wednesday the trap sprang shut, as Judge Baraitser insisted the witnesses must finish next week, and that no time would be permitted for preparation of closing arguments, which must be heard the immediate following Monday. This brought the closest the defence have come to a protest, with the defence pointing out they have still not addressed the new superseding indictment, and that the judge refused their request for an adjournment before witness hearings started, to give them time to do so.
popularresistance.org/report-wednesday-s…

The US Is Using The Guardian To Justify Jailing Assange For Life
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-24
Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Assange faces 175 years in a US super-max prison on the basis of claims by Donald Trump’s administration that his exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan amounts to “espionage”. | The charges against Assange rewrite the meaning of “espionage” in unmistakably dangerous ways. Publishing evidence of state crimes, as Assange’s Wikileaks organisation has done, is covered by both free speech…
popularresistance.org/the-us-is-using-th…

Assange’s Twelfth Day at the Old Bailey: Autism, Suicide and Prisons
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-24
September 23. Central Criminal Court, London. Following the script sheet of the previous day, the non sequitur, pop medical view of the prosecution was again in sharp evidence at the Old Bailey. In an effort to make the road for Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States for 17 charges under the US Espionage Act …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/assanges-twel…

Assange on Trial: Suicide, Hallucinations and Psychological Torture
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
September 22. Central Criminal Court, London. The prosecutors in the Julian Assange case did their show trial predecessors from other legal traditions proud. The ghosts of such figures as Soviet state prosecutor Andrey Vyshinsky, would have approved of the line of questioning taken by James Lewis QC: suggest that Assange, accused of 17 counts of…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/24/assange-on-t…

Assange on Trial: Suicide, Hallucinations and Psychological Torture
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
Day 11. Central Criminal Court, London. The prosecutors in the Julian Assange case did their show trial predecessors from other legal traditions proud. The ghosts of such figures as Soviet state prosecutor Andrey Vyshinsky, would have approved of the line of questioning taken by James Lewis QC: suggest that Assange, accused of 17 counts of…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/24/assange-on-t…

Assange is a ‘Resilient Man’ Who Isn’t at Risk of Suicide If Extradited, Government Expert Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-24
A psychiatrist testifying for the government says that whilst the WikiLeaks publisher is suffering from mild clinical depression he does not think he is a suicide risk if he is extradited to the United States to face espionage charges.
sputniknews.com/uk/202009241080560913-as…

#FreeAssange Campaign Targeted by Concerted Spambot Attack During Extradition Hearing
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-24
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison for his role in obtaining and publishing classified US diplomatic cables, is now at the centre of a series of extradition hearings at London’s Central Criminal Court.
sputniknews.com/world/202009241080559182…

Assange’s partner Stella Moris calls for Australian government to intervene in his defence
wsws.org | 2020-09-24
“This is not something that the Australian government can just hide its head in the sand and say ‘nothing to do with us.'”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/24/mori…

The US is Using the Guardian to Justify Jailing Assange for Life. Why is the Paper So Silent?
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Assange faces 175 years in a US super-max prison on the basis of claims by Donald Trump’s administration that his exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan amounts to “espionage”.
counterpunch.org/2020/09/24/the-us-is-us…

The Sino-Russian Alliance Comes of age — Part 1
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-09-24
The joint statements between two countries are usually riveted on a particular event but in extraordinary circumstances involving great powers, it could assume an epochal character and can be viewed as diplomatic communication that reflects what the Germans call the zeitgeist…
mronline.org/2020/09/24/the-sino-russian…

CODEPINK Commends Mayor de Blasio’s Decision to Skip the G20 Summit Hosted by Saudi Arabia
commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
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Failing Palestinian Self-determination
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-24
The UN is marking its 75th birthday with a virtual opening of the 75th session of the General Assembly. While UN agencies have carried out successful humanitarian assistance and research programmes, peacekeeping missions and efforts to protect the rights of …
globalresearch.ca/failing-palestinian-se…

Deadly flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence
news.un.org | 2020-09-24
Humanitarians have stepped up assistance to communities “on the brink”, who have been affected by devastating flooding in Africa’s Sahel region, where several hundred thousand people have been displaced by seasonal rains.
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Every Day is Memorial Day
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-09-24
The Trump Virus has killed as Many Americans as Died in Combat in the 4 Years of the Civil War…
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Uruguay: The Broad Front Leads the Montevideo Elections Polls
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-24
Less than a week before the departmental elections in Uruguay, two public opinion companies predict the victory of Carolina Cosse, the leftist Broad Front (FA) party’s candidate for mayor of Montevideo, a city that concentrates 53 percent of the country’s population. | RELATED: | Uruguay: Broad Front Closes Its Campaign With Massive Caravan | According to the pollster Cifra, 53 percent of citizens will vote for the left-wing candidate and 39 percent for the Multicolor Coalition cand…
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Supreme Court Orders Capture of Ecuador’s Ex-President Correa
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-24
Ecuador’s National Court of Justice (CNJ) Wednesday ordered the capture of former President Rafael Correa, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for his alleged participation in a bribery case. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Electoral Authority Could Reject Leftist Binomial | This arrest warrant also affects former Vice President Jorge Glas and other former senior officials such as Alexis Mera, Maria de Los Angeles Duarte, and Viviana Bonilla. | After ratifying that the legal process…
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Venezuelan President Maduro proposes new UN fund to support countries facing discrimination
news.un.org | 2020-09-24
Venezuela has proposed creation of a “revolving public purchasing fund” within the United Nations system to guarantee access to food and health products, financed with public resources, to facilitate countries suffering “discrimination and economic blockade” acquire necessary goods and services.
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Venezuela Launches London Appeal in Battle for $1 Billion in Gold
Reuters | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-24
The Nicolas Maduro-backed Venezuelan central bank launched a landmark appeal in London on Tuesday over $1 billion ( £785.21 billion) of gold reserves held in the Bank of England’s underground vaults. | The Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) board controlled by the …
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Venezuela: Trump imposes New Sanctions as Maduro Calls for UN Solidarity
Manuela Solé and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-09-24
The Venezuelan President reiterated his invitation for the UN to send observers for upcoming parliamentary elections.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15006

What the OAS Did to Bolivia
Mark Weisbrot | zcomm.org | 2020-09-24
Bolivia has descended into a nightmare of political repression and racist state violence since the democratically elected government of Evo Morales was overthrown by the military on November 10…
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PDF of September 24 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-09-24
Download the 12-page PDF. Whistleblower: ICE abuses detainees ALSO: Migrant caravan for residency; Defend BLM activist lawyers; Trump, Biden, and U.S. decline; ‘Free Palestine’ webinar; U.S. Cold War vs TikTok; Is Marxism still relevant? WORKERS ORGANIZE: Illinois; North Carolina. WORLD: Editorial: Ginsburg & SCOTUS. WORLD: Belarus; Bolivia. TEAR DOWN THE . . . | Continue reading PDF of September 24 issue at Workers.org…
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Minneapolis calls for an end to aid to Israel, remembers Sabra and Shatila
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-24
Minneapolis, MN – On September 17, over 30 activists in Minneapolis bannered across Interstate 94 during rush hour to remember the Sabra and Shatila massacre and highlight the destructive role the U.S. plays in Lebanon. They waved Palestinian flags and dropped banners across eight lanes of traffic demanding an end to aid in Israel, demanding an end to apartheid, and expressing solidarity against state violence. The response from people passing by was overwhelmingly positive with a constant stream of honks from cars. | From September 16 to 18, 1982, pro-Israel militiamen murdered more than 1000 Palestinian and Leb…
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Minneapolis calls for an end to aid to Israel, remembers Sabra and Shatila
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-24
Minneapolis, MN – On September 17, over 30 activists in Minneapolis bannered across Interstate 94 during rush hour to remember the Sabra and Shatila massacre and highlight the destructive role the U.S. plays in Lebanon. They waved Palestinian flags and dropped banners across eight lanes of traffic demanding an end to aid in Israel, demanding an end to apartheid, and expressing solidarity against state violence. The response from people passing by was overwhelmingly positive with a constant stream of honks from cars. | From September 16 to 18, 1982, pro-Israel militiamen murdered more than 1000 Palestinian and Leb…
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El Salvador: Activists Decry Bukele’s Silence Over El Mozote
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-24
Human rights advocates, judges, and attorneys of El Mozote victims have condemned President Nayib Bukele’s silence after the army prevented a judge from accessing “El Mozote massacre” documents. | RELATED: | Riot Police Are Not Excessively Violent, Colombia’s Govt. Says | On September 21, law enforcement prevented Judge Jorge Guzman from examining documents filed in the records of the General State of the Armed Forces regarding the massacre of about 1000 farmers from El Mozote i…
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Riot Police Are Not Excessively Violent, Colombia’s Govt. Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-24
Colombia’s Defense Minister Carlos Trujillo Wednesday rejected the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) which concluded that the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) has systematically carried out violent and arbitrary actions against citizens. | RELATED: | Colombia: Two New Massacres Not Even 24 Hours Apart | On Sept. 22, the CSJ ordered Trujillo to apologize for the excesses his security forces committed in the demonstrations that thousands of citizens staged in Nov. 2019. | Neverthele…
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Will Michele Flournoy Be the Angel of Death for the American Empire?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
If the Democrats manage to push Joe Biden over the finish line in November’s election, he will find himself presiding over a decadent, declining empire. He will either continue the policies that have led the American empire to decadence and decline, or seize the moment to move our nation into a new phase: a transition…
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Libya is a victim of migration, not its reason, says GNA President Serraj
news.un.org | 2020-09-24
Libya, as a country of transit for migrants, cannot surmount the associated challenges without international support, the country’s Head of State told world leaders gathered virtually for the UN General Assembly, rejecting “unilateral” reports on the situation of migrants.
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Senate confirmation hearing for Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf reveals bipartisan support
wsws.org | 2020-09-24
Democratic as well as Republican senators thanked Wolf for his “service,” neglecting to question him on unconstitutional kidnappings, the mass incarceration of immigrants, and the state assassination of a Portland protester.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/24/wolf…

France agrees to EU commission migration pact
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-24
The French interior ministers issued a joint press release Thursday to say they support a proposal laid out by the European Commission on a migration pact for asylum seekers coming to Europe.The European Commission met on Wednesday to draft a reform of migration policy which proposes a “compulsory solidarity mechanism.” The proposal suggests abandoning a present contested rule which says the country where migrants arrive first must bear the burden of asylum requests.Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin along with cohorts Citizenship Minister Marlene Schiappa and Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune…
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We’ve got our own reasons to elect Biden — and he isn’t one of them
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-24
With so much at stake Autumn 2020 is a time when people have the decisive opportunity to prevent the consolidation of illegitimate power by an authoritarian regime.
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We’ve Got Our Own Reasons to Elect Biden — and He Isn’t One of Them
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-09-24
“We can lend a hand to people’s organizations that are not just working to defeat Trump, but also working to upend an unacceptable status quo, defeat an out-of-touch political establishment, take on the powerful forces arrayed against us, and win the future for the many, not the few.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/weve-got-our-own-r…

We’ve Got Our Own Reasons to Elect Biden — and He Isn’t One of Them
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-09-24
We can do this on our own terms…
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We’ve Got Our Own Reasons to Elect Biden—and He Isn’t One of Them
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
The need is now crystal clear for progressives nationwide: Organize and volunteer to boost the Biden vote against Trump in the dozen swing states. (Photo: Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Meng and Ocasio-cortez Work to Help Local Food Assistance Organizations Experiencing Sudden Impacts in Funding
commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
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Fatah and Hamas agree to first Palestinian elections in nearly 15 years
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-24
Fatah and Hamas agree to first Palestinian elections in nearly 15 years | Deal between the rival Palestinian factions follows normalisation agreements between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain | MEE and agencies | Thu, 09/24/2020 – 12: 01 | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, centre, recites a prayer as he arrives for a meeting in Ramallah on 3 September with representatives of Palestinian factions (AFP) | The Pa…
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Arab and European states call on Israel and Palestine to restart talks
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-24
Arab and European states call on Israel and Palestine to restart talks | Foreign ministers from France, Egypt, Germany and Jordan called for the resumption of talks on the basis of the two-state solution | MEE and agencies | Thu, 09/24/2020 – 20: 53 | The top diplomats from Egypt, France, and Jordan met in Amman, while Germany’s Heiko Maas joined virtually (AFP) | Foreign ministers from four Arab and Europea…
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Groups from across the world ask UN General Assembly to act against Israeli apartheid
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-24
More than 450 civil society and human rights groups from across the globe released a letter addressed to the ongoing 75th session of the UNGA asking it to revive its anti-apartheid bodies and take action to end Israeli occupation of Palestine…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/24/groups-fr…

Europe Needs China to Become an Independent Global Power
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-24
For China, a strategic alliance with the EU will further develop the Belt and Road Initiative across the vast expanse of Eurasia. For the EU, China can help “the Old Continent” once again become a major global political and economic …
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André Vltchek Remembered
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-24
In Kenya during Al-Shabaab standoff André, my good friend and comrade, is no more. We worked on several investigative projects together. André’s professional rigor, sharpness of understanding, vision and ability to connecting the dots is exemplary. We shared some unforgettable moments, when we followed a refugee trail from Bodrum, Turkey to the Greek Island of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/andre-vltchek…

Foreign Correspondent: Turmoil in Belarus
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-09-24
Citizens take to the streets to protest what they see as a stolen election.
progressive.org/dispatches/turmoil-in-be…

Tallahassee rallies for community control of the police – CPAC now!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-24
Tallahassee, FL – Community activists gathered in front of city hall September 19 for a protest calling for the formation of an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC), and demanding that State Attorney Jack Campbell drop the charges against the #Tally19 – arrested for participating in a protest on September 5 to condemn a grand jury decision that condoned three recent police murders of civilians. | Saturday’s action was organized locally by the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) with the support of Tallahassee Dream Defenders, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, More Than A Name, and Fl…
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Tallahassee rallies for community control of the police – CPAC now!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-09-24
Tallahassee, FL – Community activists gathered in front of city hall September 19 for a protest calling for the formation of an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC), and demanding that State Attorney Jack Campbell drop the charges against the #Tally19 – arrested for participating in a protest on September 5 to condemn a grand jury decision that condoned three recent police murders of civilians. | Saturday’s action was organized locally by the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) with the support of Tallahassee Dream Defenders, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, More Than A Name, and Fl…
fightbacknews.org/2020/9/23/tallahassee-…

Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (South Africa): Release U.S. political prisoners jailed for fighting in the anti-racist struggle!
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-24
Political repression in the USA continues against those leading the massive anti-racist protest movement, as seen in the recent arrests of four leaders of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and the ongoing criminalization of the protest movement as a whole.
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UK Moving Bill To Decriminalize War Crimes
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-24
Labour has sacked three junior shadow ministers who joined with Jeremy Corbyn and 14 other Socialist Campaign group MPs in breaking the party’s whip by voting against the second reading of a controversial armed forces bill. | Sources close to the party’s leadership said that the three MPs were warned in advance that they could not remain in their posts as parliamentary private secretaries if they voted against the bill. | Nadia Whittome, Beth Winter and Olivia Blake defied the whip, which called on Labour MPs to abstain on the overseas operations bill. The legislation aims to introduce a presumption against prose…
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Saturday 10/3: Suds Snacks & Socialism: Elections Part 2: Socialist Perspectives on the Presidential Race
Peace and Freedom Party, Alameda County | indybay.org | 2020-09-24
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Socialist candidate seeks ‘fair share’ for northern suburbs
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-24
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For an egalitarian, cooperative road to an ecosocialist future
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-24
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Socialist candidate seeks ‘fair share’ for Northern suburbs
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-09-24
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Video: Iran Says Houthis Use Its Military Knowhow in Battle Against Saudi Arabia
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-24
Iran has supplied Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis) with technical expertise and know-how, a spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said on September 22. However, the general claimed that Yemeni forces “have learned how …
globalresearch.ca/video-iran-says-houthi…

Russia Intends Military Cooperation with Iran When UN Arms Embargo Expires
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-24
On issues related to the JCPOA nuclear deal and expiring UN arms embargo on Iran next month, the Trump regime is isolated on the world stage. | Commenting on its unlawful imposition of what it called “snapback” sanctions on Iran, its …
globalresearch.ca/russia-military-cooper…

RBG and America’s Priestly Class
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
“It would be naive to depend on the Supreme Court to defend the rights of poor people, women, people of color, dissenters of all kinds. Those rights only come alive when citizens organize, protest, demonstrate, strike, boycott, rebel, and violate the law in order to uphold justice.” — Howard Zinn The history of most ancient…
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RBG and America’s Priestly Class
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
“It would be naive to depend on the Supreme Court to defend the rights of poor people, women, people of color, dissenters of all kinds. Those rights only come alive when citizens organize, protest, demonstrate, strike, boycott, rebel, and violate the law in order to uphold justice.” — Howard Zinn The history of most ancient…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/24/rbg-and-amer…

Trump Refuses To Commit To Peaceful Power Transfer If He Loses
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-24
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose this year’s presidential race, while suggesting that the election will be challenged in the Supreme Court. | RELATED: | US: Leaked Chats Reveal Pro-Trump Militia Plots Against BLM | “We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said during a press briefing at the White House when asked if he would make sure there is “a peaceful transferal of power” after the election in Nov…
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The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-24
As ye sow, so shall ye reap, is another, Biblical way of expressing the common American adage from the title. The recent passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems to have provoked more jubilation and color revolution scheming against President Trump than heartfelt bereavement. In a country rent asunder that, incidentally, has also authored the color revolution playbook for wrecking other countries — that is hardly surprising. | The normal procedure, following long-standing pra…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/24/th…

‘Vote him out’, ‘Honor her wish’: Protesters chant as Donald Trump pays respect to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
rt.com | 2020-09-24
US President Donald Trump was loudly booed as he paid his respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as calls intensify for him to hold off on nominating a replacement until after the November election. | The president and his wife, Melania, silently paid their respects to Ginsburg on Thursday morning at the Supreme Court, where the recently-deceased judge is lying in state as part of a three-day event to honor her life. | As Trump and the First Lady appeared, a crowd that had gathered across the street began booing the pair and chanting “vote him out.” They also chanted “honor her wish” [mdas…
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Wednesday 9/23: Recording: Supreme Court Lying in Repose Ceremony for Justice Ginsburg (watch anytime)
ERA Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-09-24
Online recording…
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Crowd Boos, Chants “Vote Him Out” After Trump Appears at Ginsburg Memorial
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-24
President Trump was booed by a crowd gathered at the Supreme Court building on Thursday while paying respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. | Ginsburg’s body is currently lying in repose on the steps of the high court. The late justice passed away last Friday at the age of 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. | Trump arrived at the Supreme Court building on Thursday and appear…
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2020 US ELECTION: What you need to know right now
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-24
Court battles over how votes are tallied have now spread to almost every competitive state, as the effect of the pandemic has led the two sides to clash over seemingly mundane issues such as witness signatures, postmarks, and the use of drop boxes for ballots.- With speculation swirling over his pick for the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump heads to Florida on Thursday, hoping to shore up support in that hotly contested state. On Wednesday, the president, who has repeatedly attempted to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election, declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses.- Retired Gene…
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US to announce more Iran sanctions on Thursday, top envoy says
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-24
The United States will slap new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams told a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday.Navid Afkari was executed earlier this month after being convicted of stabbing a security guard to death during anti-government protests in 2018, Iranian state media reported, in a case that has sparked international outcry. Iran’s Supreme Court rejected a review of the case in late August.
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-to-announce-mo…

The Media Is Missing the Republicans’ Supreme Court Power Grab–Again
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-09-24
The Media Is Missing the Republicans’ Supreme Court Power Grab–Again…
thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-c…

Squad and Rep. Speier Unveil Resolution Urging Action to Mitigate Violence Against Female Politicians
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-09-24
Noting that she gets “constant death threats,” Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said “such hate and risk should not be the inherent cost of any woman participating in politics.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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With a ‘game-changing’ pledge, China makes Donald Trump the pariah of the planet
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-09-24
Humiliating Donald Trump. Offering a rare piece of hopeful news for our ailing planet. What’s not to like about China’s “game-changing” announcement on climate action? | New aspirations: | China’s president Xi Jinping addressed the UN General Assembly on 22 September. In his speech, he laid out new pledges on carbon emissions. Xi said: Humankind can no longer afford to ignore the repeated warnings of Nature and go down the beaten path of extracting resources without investing in conservation, pursuing develo…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/09/24/with-a-…

Bill Gates’ Global Agenda and How We Can Resist His War on Life
Vandana Shiva | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
In March 2015, Bill Gates showed an image of the coronavirus during a TED Talk and told the audience that it was what the greatest catastrophe of our time would look like. The real threat to life, he said, is ‘not missiles, but microbes.’ When the coronavirus pandemic swept over the earth like a tsunami…
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Hunger Will Kill Us before Coronavirus
Vijay Prashad | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-24
Baasanjav Choijiljav (Mongolia), Promise, 2018. In April 2020, a month after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the pandemic, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the numbers of people who lived with acute hunger around the world would double due to COVID-19 by the end of 2020 ‘unless swift action is taken’. A …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/hunger-will-k…

U.S. War Crimes in Yemen: It’s Time to Stop Looking the Other Way
Andrea Prasow | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
The longstanding involvement of the United States in the conflict in Yemen is facing renewed scrutiny. On September 16, State Department officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about whether the State Department misled Congress — and the American people — by circumventing controls designed to limit arms sales and ensure congressional oversight. The…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/24/u-s-war-crim…

U.S. War Crimes in Yemen: Stop Looking the Other Way
Andrea Prasow | zcomm.org | 2020-09-24
The State Department warned for years that the U.S. was complicit in war crimes in Yemen. No one put a stop to it.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/u-s-war-crimes-in-…

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Under Federal Probe for Campaign Fund Theft
telesurenglish.net | 2020-09-24
According to a Miami CBS affiliate, several one-time staffers have been subpoenaed to provide records or testify before a grand jury on Ros-Lehtinen’s alleged misuse of campaign funds for personal expenses, vacations, and ornate meals–part of an investigation by the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section. | Announcing in April 2017 she would not be seeking re-election in 2018, Ros-Lehtinen transferred almost $180,000 from her re-election campaign fund to a political action committee (PAC) she ran, not an unusual move. However, personal use of these funds is illegal under federal law, even if transferred first to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ileana-Ros-Lehti…

India’s health minister downplays raging pandemic to conceal ruling elite’s criminal “herd immunity” policy
wsws.org | 2020-09-24
With the economy now largely reopened, the government has placed all responsibility for containing the virus onto working people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/24/incr…

Arab states are forging ties with Israel to please US, Ted Cruz says
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-24
Arab states are forging ties with Israel to please US, Ted Cruz says | US senator rejects criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, says Riyadh played ‘major role’ in brokering Arab peace with Israel | Ali Harb | Thu, 09/24/2020 – 18: 34 | Cruz says Donald Trump’s ‘clarity’ in favouring Israel pushed Arab countries to embrace normalisation (AFP/File photo) | Ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/ted-cruz-chri…

Global Warming Burps, Bubbles, Simmers and Sours On
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-24
The Northern Hemisphere saw a record high temperature increase, to +1.38 ∞C above the global average temperature during 1881-1920, during this COVID-19 pandemic summer of 2020. [1] The Arctic sea ice has been melting at an increasing rate, not just from above because of the now Global Warming-enhanced elevated air temperature during the Arctic summer, but…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/24/global-warmi…

Online charter schools are not a solution to education in a pandemic
Florina Rodov | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-24
Coronavirus and racism combined with online charters would create a plague of injustice that will never be wiped out.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/24/online-cha…