As his extradition trial drags on, media and rights groups are still ignoring Julian Assange
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-09-28
Many mainstream rights groups and media organizations have a mixed history when it comes to opposing Washington’s agenda. The case of Julian Assange has been no exception.
mronline.org/2020/09/28/as-his-extraditi…

Hundreds of Vehicle Ramming Attacks Mark New Norm in America’s Civil Unrest
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-28
There were 104 separate incidents of drivers crashing into protests between May 27, the date of the George Floyd killing, and September 5, including 96 civilians and 8 police vehicles.
mintpressnews.com/hundreds-of-vehicle-ra…

Media blame gender reveal parties, not climate change, for West Coast fires
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-09-28
The West is on fire, quite literally. A record-breaking heatwave has sparked unprecedented wildfires up and down the coast, turning the sky an apocalyptic, terrifying shade of red.
mronline.org/2020/09/28/media-blame-gend…

Report: 56 Million Americans Depended on Food Banks During the Pandemic
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-28
Once only associated with enemy nations and the Great Depression, bread lines have returned to the US, often in form of miles-long traffic jams or car parks filled with hungry drivers.
mintpressnews.com/report-56-million-amer…

More evidence of management spying on Amazon workers’ political activities
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
A whistleblower inside Amazon sent a message last week to a number of internal company listservs, warning fellow workers that the company is monitoring opposition on those forums.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/amaz…

Assange on Trial: Elections, Cracking Passwords and Failures of Proof
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
September 25. Central Criminal Court, London. On this Friday, the Assange trial moved into the rarefied realm of computer hacking and the less than rarefied world of when final arguments will be made. The WikiLeaks publisher is confronting the prospect of extradition to the United States for 17 charges under the US Espionage Act and…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/assange-on-t…

Free Julian Assange! The political issues confronting educators in the fight for freedom of information
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
“Teachers and educators are among those owing a debt to Assange and to the whistleblowers who courageously decided to leak classified information in the public interest.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/cfja…

Report: Julian Assange Hearing
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
It is hard to believe, but Judge Baraitser on Friday ruled that there will be no closing speeches in the Assange extradition hearing. She accepted the proposal initially put forward by counsel for the US government, that closing arguments should simply be submitted in writing and without an oral hearing. This was accepted by the defence, as they need time to address the new superseding indictment in the closing arguments, and Baraitser was not willing for oral argument to take place later than 8 October. By agreeing to written arguments only, the defence gained a further three weeks to put together the closing of…
popularresistance.org/report-julian-assa…

The Covid-19 Numbers Game: The “Second Wave” is Based on Fake Statistics
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
“Red zones”, travel bans, quarantines, “red lists”. A “Second Wave”. Millions of people are lining up for Covid-19 testing. The “Numbers Game”. How statistics and “estimates” are used by politicians to justify the closure of the national economy and the derogation of fundamental civil rights.
globalresearch.ca/the-covid-19-numbers-g…

Two-Thirds of Presidential Debate Should Be About Militarism
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
Source: here and here. Over half of the money that Congress decides what to do with every year is for wars and war preparations, year after year. When you add in police and prisons, and the militarization of police and prisons — and of borders and airports — and the Veterans Administration, you’re talking about two-thirds of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/two-thirds-o…

We are the children of Gaza: Now we face the coronavirus
Wafaa Aludaini, Ramzy Baroud | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
The inevitable has finally happened, and the coronavirus pandemic is now ravaging the besieged Gaza Strip. On August 24, a total lockdown was imposed by the Gaza authorities following the discovery of several COVID-19 cases outside designated quarantine areas. Since then, over 1,000 cases have been identified and ten people have died. Experts estimate the …
peoplesworld.org/article/we-are-the-chil…

Unrest In Kenosha Didn’t Come Out Of Thin Air
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
Eddie: A study in 2013 shows that Wisconsin incarcerated more black men than any other state in the United States in spite of the fact that the black population is only 6.5%. Also, Wisconsin has a very high rate of incarceration for indigenous people. So in light of the recent events in Kenosha, the Department of Corrections building was burned to the ground. And I have with me today, two people that work with the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee to talk about Wisconsin, its prison population, and what’s going on inside the prison in terms of organizing the incarcerated workers.
popularresistance.org/unrest-in-kenosha-…

Wyoming Indigenous face coronavirus treatment discrimination
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
RIVERTON, Wyoming–There is a hotbed of controversy raging about the treatment of Tribal members of the Wind River Indian Reservation by a local hospital and inflammatory statements made by the Fremont County Commission Chairman Travis Becker. In the early days of the pandemic Northern Arapaho Tribal members of the Wind River Indian Reservation in west central …
peoplesworld.org/article/wyoming-indigen…

‘To See Each Other,’ People’s Action podcast challenges rural America’s stereotypes
Zach Carlson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
For decades, progressive and even leftist, organizers have ignored small town, rural and “red” areas. They have given them up, and their people, too, as lost causes, those too far gone, backwards, politically insignificant–the “deplorables,” one might say. This has been the trend for nearly 70 years in…
peoplesworld.org/article/to-see-each-oth…

Progressives demonstrate in Luxembourg demanding housing rights
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-28
The protest was organized by housing rights groups and leftist parties in response to a controversial directive by the Esch City Council to regulate the procedures for renting apartments…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/28/progressi…

The Democrats are not prepared for Trump refusing to leave office
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-09-28
The failure of the Democrats to come up with a plan for a contested election or for Trump refusing to leave office has concerned leftists since the start of his presidency.
therealnews.com/the-democrats-are-not-pr…

‘Political Prisoner’ Freed Under US Pressure Caught Planning Terrorism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
Managua, Nicaragua — A Nicaraguan right-wing extremist who was dubbed a “political prisoner” by a US government-funded NGO and subsequently freed under pressure by Washington has once again been arrested. The man was caught with explosives and illegal firearms, and was allegedly plotting terror attacks against his country’s elected, UN-recognized government. | The disturbing incident is just the latest example of a growing series of former “political prisoners” who have unleashed violent chaos in Nicaragua, aimed at destabilizing the leftist Sandinista government.
popularresistance.org/political-prisoner…

The Guardian’s deceit-riddled new statement betrays both Julian Assange and journalism
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
Of course, none of these corporate journalists — only Assange — is being put on trial, revealing clearly that this is a political trial to silence Assange and disable Wikileaks.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-guardians-dece…

Will Michele Flournoy Be the Angel of Death for the American Empire?
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
Picking Michelle Flournoy to lead the Pentagon would be a tragic indication that Biden is truly hell-bent on squandering America’s future on a debilitating arms race with China and Russia…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/will-michele-flour…

Planned Parenthood CEO: Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Could Overturn Roe v. Wade & Kill Obamacare
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-28
President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could threaten reproductive rights across the U.S., according to Planned Parenthood president and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson. Barrett, who once called abortion “always immoral,” would give conservatives a decisive 6-3 advantage on the top court if she is confirmed by the Senate, and President Trump has openly promoted her nomination by suggesting she would help overturn the landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in the U.S. Barrett “would be a huge threat to reproductive rights” on the Supreme Court, says McGill Johnson. “R…
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/28/alexis_mc…

How “Extremist” Amy Coney Barrett Could Reshape the Supreme Court & Hand Trump the Election
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-28
As President Trump nominates conservative federal judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, we look at how an emboldened 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court could dramatically loosen gun laws, hurt immigrant communities and play a possibly central role in deciding a close presidential election. “Her religious conservatism is not what’s extreme about her. It’s her actual judicial opinions,” says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. “She does not use her religion to guide her through her decisions; she uses her extremist conservative views.”
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/28/amy_coney…

A Criminal Tax Cheat? Bombshell NYT Report Shows Trump Paid No Federal Income Tax for 10 of 15 Years
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-09-28
In a bombshell report a month before November’s presidential election, The New York Times reveals Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years, and just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017. “We don’t have to just take his word for the fact that he paid lots of taxes. We can see in the documents that he didn’t,” says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation who has written about the legal fight over Trump’s tax returns. “If those documents are wrong, Donald Trump can release his taxes and show us what he claims is the real truth.”
www.democracynow.org/2020/9/28/elie_myst…

Fake News Hoax Exposed: NY Times Podcast Star Lied About Joining ISIS
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-28
The main source for the hit New York Times podcast Caliphate lied about serving as an ISIS executioner. It’s just the latest in a series of fake national security-related stories published by the US newspaper of record. | Ben NORTON: | The top US newspaper has been exposed for overseeing another large-scale fake news operation. | The main source for the New York Times’ award-winning podcast, Caliphate, has been arrested and charged with lying about joining ISIS. The major media outlet had relied on this man’s fabricated story as the core of its reporting, an…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/28/fa…

Trump Calls for Probe Into Ilhan Omar Following Report of Her Allies ‘Illegally Harvesting Ballots’
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
James O’Keefe of the conservative media platform Project Veritas over the weekend claimed that supporters of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, central to her political base in Minnesota, illegally harvested ballots during a recent Minneapolis City Council election.
sputniknews.com/us/202009281080593877-tr…

Artist Ai Weiwei stages silent protest against Julian Assange extradition
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-28
Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has staged a silent protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because “all the words we want to say are already there”.Assange’s case has attracted the support of high-profile figures including fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, actor Pamela Anderson, and rapper MIA, who have spoken out in various forms for the Free Assange campaign.The former journalist is fighting being sent to the US on charges relating to leaks of classified documents exposing war crimes and abuse.Outside the Old Bailey in London, where his ongoing trial is taking place, Weiwei…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/09/28/artist-a…

Hamas in contact with Egypt to secure injured fisherman
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
The Hamas group said on Sunday it is in contact with the Egyptian authorities to secure the return of a wounded Palestinian fisherman whose two brothers were killed by Egypt’s navy on Friday.In a phone call with the family of the killed fishermen, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh offered his group’s condolences and confirmed the group is in contact with Egypt to secure the return of the third brother.On Sunday, thousands of Palestinians in the Deir al-Balah city, central Gaza, mourned the death of two brothers Hasan and Mahmoud al-Zazoua who were fishing along with their third brother when their small fishing boat came…
yenisafak.com/en/news/hamas-in-contact-w…

Trump Moves to Finalize ‘Catastrophic’ Stripping of Key Protections for Largest National Forest in US
Andrea Germanos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
The Trump administration on Friday moved closer to its goal of stripping conservation protections from the nation’s largest national forest, putting over 9 million acres at risk of clear-cut logging and bulldozing for roads and sparking warnings of “irreversible ecological …
globalresearch.ca/trump-moves-finalize-c…

The Guardian’s Deceit-Riddled New Statement Betrays Both Julian Assange and Journalism
Jonathan Cook | commondreams.org | 2020-09-28
Tt is up to us to make sure the Guardian is not allowed to continue colluding in this crime against Assange and the press freedoms he represents. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/09/28/guardi…

The Guardian’s Deceit-riddled New Statement Betrays Both Julian Assange and Journalism
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
In my recent post on the current hearings at the Old Bailey over Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, where he would almost certainly be locked away for the rest of his life for the crime of doing …
globalresearch.ca/guardian-statement-bet…

The Guardian’s Deceit-Riddled New Statement Betrays Both Julian Assange and Journalism
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
In my recent post on the current hearings at the Old Bailey over Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, where he would almost certainly be locked away for the rest of his life for the crime of doing journalism, I made two main criticisms of the Guardian. A decade ago, remember, the newspaper worked closely in…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/the-guardian…

Good Riddance Palantir Party at Company’s Palo Alto Headquarters
PWCANDH | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
CIA-backed data mining company Palantir says its involvement with ICE is in the interest of American citizens. San Francisco Bay Area immigrant rights activists counter that the company’s development of technologies to surveil immigrants is immoral; they have protested frequently in front of the Palo Alto HQ. On September 21, demonstrators celebrated Palantir’s exit from Silicon Valley with a colorful goodbye party.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/27/1883707…

Trump’s Extremist Supreme Court Pick Could Hand Him the Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-28
As President Trump nominates conservative federal judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, we look at how an emboldened 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court could dramatically loosen gun laws, hurt immigrant communities and play a possibly central role in deciding a close presidential election. “Her religious conservatism is not what’s extreme about her. It’s her actual judicial opinions,” says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. “She does not…
truthout.org/video/trumps-extremist-supr…

Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Suffering With No Federal Relief
Mary Ann Koruth | thenation.com | 2020-09-28
Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Suffering With No Federal Relief…
thenation.com/article/society/undocument…

Betrayal, Infuriating Betrayal. Russiagate and the Democrats
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
GR Editor’s Note | This article does not mention explicitly that the grassroots of the Democratic Party has been misled and betrayed by high ranking members of their Party. We publish this article because it presents an important viewpoint which must …
globalresearch.ca/betrayal-infuriating-b…

AOC Skewers Trump for Seeking Tax Write-Offs for $70,000 in Hair Styling Costs
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-28
Amid the numerous revelations from The New York Times’s reporting on President Trump’s tax returns is the fact that he spent around $70,000 on hair styling appointments, writing those costs off as business expenses for his work on “The Apprentice.” | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) took special note of those expenditures, reminding Republicans that in 2019 she…
truthout.org/articles/aoc-skewers-trump-…

Palestine politics: Could a unified leadership and elections herald a new era?
Shatha Hammad | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-28
Palestine politics: Could a unified leadership and elections herald a new era? | Following a meeting in Turkey, Fatah and Hamas announced a new roadmap for elections in Palestine | Shatha Hammad | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 15: 00 | Palestinians wave national flags as they march in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, calling for the cessation of divisions between Fatah and Hamas and the unification of the West Bank an…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-pol…

The Rolling Constitutional-Fascist Coup in the World’s Most Dangerous Nation
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
We are in the middle of a rolling authoritarian and even fascist coup that is working with and through the United States Constitution to no small degree. To be sure, Trump is doing everything in his considerable power to undermine a “normal” bourgeois-constitutional election. He’s working to sabotage mail delivery in an election that will depend on mail-in ballots thanks to the pandemic Trump has fanned. He’s deploying armed right-wing “poll watchers” to intimidate minority and other Biden voters. He’s encouraging terrorist street actions and intimidation by white “tough guys” (bikers, militia members, cops, and…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/the-rolling-…

Is a New Wave of Covid-Fascism Invading Europe?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
He spoke Truth to Power, about the covid-lie and what it did to humanity and to the global economy. And then he was suddenly arrested by police, handcuffed, pushed into a police car and driven to Wandsworth Custody Center, were he was detained for 22 hours, simply for telling the truth about covid-19.
globalresearch.ca/new-wave-covid-fascism…

Is a New Wave of Covid-Fascism Invading Europe?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
German Doctor, Co-founder of ACU — German Extra-Parliamentary Commission for (Covid) Investigation, Arrested — and Swiss Parliament extending the Swiss Covid Emergency Law until End of 2021. | *** | United Kingdom | The scene looks like true fascism out of Hitler’s playbook | …
globalresearch.ca/new-wave-covid-fascism…

Trump’s “Enemies Lists” on Display at the United Nations
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
The opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York each September is generally notable for its two weeks of speeches by heads of state, foreign ministers and other government officials addressing their own fellow citizens through the medium …
globalresearch.ca/enemies-lists-display-…

To Democratic Voters — Up Your Demands; To Trump Voters — See How He Didn’t Deliver for You
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
Here is some practical advice for casting informed votes to improve the livelihoods of all Americans where they live, work, and raise their children and also to lessen their anxiety, dread, and fear. Democratic voters should demand that the Democratic Party candidates pledge to vote to (1) raise the long frozen, federal minimum wage of…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/to-democrati…

Turkey hiring Syrian rebels to fight Armenians for Azerbaijan, Guardian claims as Baku calls mercenary reports ‘nonsense’
rt.com | 2020-09-28
Rebels from Syria’s Idlib province are being recruited by Turkey to fight in Azerbaijan’s conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, just as it has done in Libya, the Guardian reported citing several of the militants. | Idlib is Syria’s northwestern province, and the last bastion of the Turkish-backed militants once hoping to effect regime change in Damascus. It is there the recruitment drive for Azerbaijan began a month ago, three rebels told the Guardian’s Bethan McKernan. Two brothers from Azaz said they had been summoned to a camp in Afrin on September 13 and told by a commander in the Sultan Murad Divis…
rt.com/russia/501983-syria-militants-tur…

Public meeting: New Zealand’s COVID election, the breakdown of capitalism and the fight for socialism
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) will hold a public online meeting, via Zoom, on Saturday October 3 at 4: 00p.m. NZ time.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/nzme…

Video: US Is Preparing Military Response to Wave of Iranian-backed Attacks on Its Forces in Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
Over the past months, attacks on convoys of the US-led coalition moving military equipment and supplies have become an ordinary development in Iraq. Local Iranian-backed resistance groups demanding a US military withdrawal from the country have conducted over two dozen …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-preparing-mil…

China May Block TikTok/Oracle/Walmart Deal
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
On Thursday, state-owned China Daily called Trump regime actions against ByteDance’s TikTok video-sharing firm “banditry,” adding: | Beijing “is unlikely to condone the White House’s strong-arm acquisition…(N)o deal is better than (one) made under duress.” | Trump falsely accused TikTok of threatening …
globalresearch.ca/china-may-block-tiktok…

Trump Nominates Right-Wing Ideologue for Supreme Court of the United States
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
On Saturday, Trump nominated US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett for SCOTUS. | If confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate as expected pre-November elections, it’ll shift the High Court to a far-right 6 — 3 majority, potentially for …
globalresearch.ca/trump-nominates-right-…

China, Trump’s Public Enemy Number One: US Judge Halts TikTok Ban
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
Both right wings of the US one-party state consider China public enemy No. One for its growing prominence on the world stage. | Notably from Obama’s 2013 Asia pivot that’s all about asserting Washington’s Indo/Pacific military footprint to Trump’s war on …
globalresearch.ca/china-trumps-public-en…

The Supreme Court Has Never Been Liberal
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
In the hours after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, shocked Americans speculated about whether or not Republican Senator Mitt Romney would oppose a Senate confirmation vote just weeks before the election. After all, Romney had emerged as the highest-profile Republican lawmaker critical of the president and was the lone senator from his party…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/the-supreme-…

Accepting Israeli prize in 2018, RBG never mentioned Palestinians
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-28
The recent death of U.S. Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg (known popularly as ‘RBG’) has brought accolades from all over the world, especially from progressives who hailed her positions.
mronline.org/2020/09/28/accepting-israel…

The Real Threat to Democracy: Concentrated Wealth
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
A White House that muses openly about not counting votes. A Senate rushing to cement in place a fiercely conservative Supreme Court. We have plenty of reasons these days to despair for our democracy. The Commission on Presidential Debates has just added another. This independent blue-ribbon panel has produced every presidential debate since 1988. The…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/the-real-thr…

Supreme Court: Trump seeks to lock in ultra-right supermajority with Barrett nomination
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-28
Frantic efforts in the Senate are underway to install far right appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. After a short search period, Donald Trump announced Barrett’s nomination in a speech at the White House on Saturday. Trump touted her commitment to “our religious liberty, our public safety” and noted “Law and …
liberationnews.org/supreme-court-trump-s…

U.S. Temperature Rising: The Creaking Electoral Machinery May Crack
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-28
President Trump, this Thursday, was again asked to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. He declined again, and instead pointed to the issue of ballots being a mess (a reference to ‘mail-in’ ballots). Earlier, he had predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court would decide the outcome of the November election, and insisted that the Senate should confirm his Court nominee without delay, to break any potential electoral tie: “I think [the election] will end up in the Supreme Court; and I think it’s very important to have nine justices …
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/28/us…

Afghan official Abdullah in Pakistan for talks on peace bid
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
Senior Afghan peace official Abdullah Abdullah arrived in Pakistan on Monday for meetings in a country seen as vital to the success of Afghan talks aimed at ending decades of war.During his three-day visit to Islamabad, Abdullah, a former foreign minister and chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as Pakistan’s foreign minister.Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have long been rocky. Afghanistan and its international allies have for years accused Pakistan of backing Taliban insurgents as a way to limit the influence of old rival Indi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/afghan-official-a…

Attorney General Backs ‘Restructuring’ Venezuela’s Controversial FAES Special Forces
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-09-28
Campesino leader and National Assembly candidate Isabel Granado was illegally arrested by the FAES on Thursday.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15009

NYT Publishes 10,000 Word Summary of 20 Years of Trump Tax Returns; President Calls It “Totally Fake News”
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
With the news and outrage cycle in need of a fresh Trump reset now that the first presidential debate is just two days away, on Sunday afternoon — almost exactly two years after the NYT first published a report alleging …
globalresearch.ca/nyt-publishes-10000-wo…

Trump’s Operation Legend prepares local police forces to suppress opposition
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
Tens of millions of dollars have been provided to local police forces to hire more officers, upgrade crowd control equipment and develop surveillance operations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/oplg…

Dean Jones: Life of a Cricketing Entertainer
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
He was very much one of those cricketers who made the pulse race, a figure for the advocates of a faster variant of the game. Nothing of the solid blocker in the man, though he could, if needed, linger at …
globalresearch.ca/dean-jones-life-cricke…

Trump tax-dodging exposed; average Trump hotel worker pays more than him
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
In the year he became president, Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes. The average worker at his Trump National Doral resort hotel in Miami, meanwhile, with a salary of just $38,000, paid almost $3,000–four times as much as the president. The shamefully small amount of tax forked over by Trump while his …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-tax-dodgi…

Jordanian King dissolves national parliament ahead of November elections
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-28
National elections in Jordan are scheduled to held on November 10 in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a rapidly deteriorating economic situation in the country…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/28/jordanian…

Watch: What you need to know about the Coronavirus Act
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-09-28
Let’s make sure we don’t blame the wrong people here. The police are not the enemy, nor are many government agencies that are operating under difficult circumstances. Both have been given rules, areas of guidance and laws to manage that conflict with our understanding of civil society. But these are not normal times and because …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/watch-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-act/

Johnson government rolls out Kickstart youth cheap labour scheme
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The collapse in the number of jobs and apprenticeships meant that by July one in 13 of the seven million UK workers aged between 16 and 24 years was claiming Universal Credit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/yout…

The Court of God: How a Catholic Secret Society Took Over SCOTUS
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-28
With his latest SCOTUS nomination, Trump advances the designs of a clique of ultra-conservatives with ties to a Catholic secret society and Cold War stalwarts leading the US to the brink of overt fascism.
mintpressnews.com/the-court-of-god-how-a…

PG&E shuts off power to tens of thousands as West Coast wildfires continue to rage
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The shutoff of power on Sunday came in advance of an expected heat wave which will heighten the danger of more fires.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/fire…

Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role In Status Quo
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
It is an old journalistic trope: no one reads the correction … or the retraction. No matter how serious the error or profound the implications of the misreporting. Like, let’s say the entire range of mainstream media took the word of unnamed intelligence sources as gospel and reported that the only other nuclear superpower — which supposedly rigged our last election, and runs our current president as an “asset” — had been offering Afghan militants bounties for the scalps of dead American soldiers.
popularresistance.org/discredited-russia…

Former corrections officer sentenced to federal prison for assaulting inmate
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-28
“The abuse of authority by this law enforcement officer and the violation of the inmate’s civil rights will not be tolerated.”
nationofchange.org/2020/09/28/former-cor…

Is Trump preparing an “October Surprise”?
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
With the US presidential election barely five weeks away, Washington is stoking conflicts across the globe, first and foremost with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/pers…

Vote “No” on the Detroit Federation of Teachers contract!
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) and the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) is seeking to ram through a one-year contract as part of the preparation for a return to full in-person learning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/educ…

In Austria, student groups protest higher fees for non-EU students
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-28
The University of Applied Arts Vienna has decided to enforce the Tuition Fee Ordinance 2019 as directed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/28/in-austri…

Ahead of biodiversity summit, UN officials call for action to preserve the natural world
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
Top UN officials working to preserve the natural world are urging “action now” ahead of a crucial biodiversity summit this week, where world leaders will reaffirm their commitment to the cause.
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As poverty deepens / Black community fights police terror
Shelley Ettinger | workers.org | 2020-09-28
San Antonio After summer-long mobilizations against racism, white supremacy, and killer cops, activists in San Antonio continued fighting on several fronts as fall arrived. Youth pay homage to police victim, Darrell Zemault Sr. Outraged protests have been ongoing since Sept. 15, when officers of the San Antonio Police Department shot . . . | Continue reading As poverty deepens / Black community fights police terror at Workers.org…
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Ahead of biodiversity summit, UN officials discuss roadmap to preserve the natural world
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
Top UN officials working to preserve the natural world are urging “action now” ahead of a crucial biodiversity summit this week, where world leaders will reaffirm their commitment to the cause.
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How Academic Medical Centers Made Out on Coronavirus Bailouts
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-09-28
The American Prospect See article on original site Some of the most financially successful nonprofit health systems are academic medical centers and the systems they anchor. Despite being considered “nonprofit” hospitals, that doesn’t mean they don’t make a profit. Nonprofit is a tax status that means a hospital is exempt from paying federal, state, and …
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After 49 years in prison, former Black Panther activist Jalil Abdul Muntaqim to be released on parole
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-28
Jalil Muntaqim has been in jail since 1971 and was sentenced only in 1993. He was eligible for parole since 1998, but his requests were rejected twelve times…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/28/after-49-…

Colombia: ‘The Number One Demand On The Streets Is For Justice’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
On Wednesday, September 9, a video went viral in Colombia. It depicted a man repeatedly being beaten and tased by the police while he kept pleading “please, no more”. In a few hours, the man, Javier Ordóñez, would be dead and thousands would be on the streets of Bogotá and across the country demanding justice for him. | Ordóñez, a lawyer and father of two, had stepped out with his friends when he was accosted by a group of police officers. As Ordóñez was being tortured, his friends begged the officers to lay off even while capturing their cruelty.
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How AOC Challenged the Myth of Yitzhak Rabin the Peacemaker
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-28
When it was publicized that AOC was pulling out of a Yitzhak Rabin memorial, Peace Now’s Israel PR man called him “a warrior with skeletons turned peacemaker, a description that betrays his bloody past.
mintpressnews.com/how-aoc-challenged-myt…

Union leader in Southern California mayor’s race
Janice Rothstein | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — California’s historically Republican 49th Congressional District has shifted Democratic in recent years. The change in this coastal Southern California GOP fiefdom is part of the Blue Wave that engulfed the state’s Congressional delegation in the 2018 elections. Emblematic of the rupture with GOP representation and the emergence of progressive local candidates in …
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The world has reached the grim milestone of one million COVID-19 deaths
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
With some 33 million infected out of nearly eight billion people, “herd immunity” remains a distant prospect and winter could bring conditions for a rapid resurgence of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/coro…

Don’t Grant Global Meat Corporations Immunity, Hold Them Accountable for COVID-19 Failures
Ben Lilliston | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
As the Senate reconvenes this week, a lobbying blitz to grant corporations special immunity protection is ramping up. Global meat companies are helping lead the charge, and it’s easy to see why. The Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) reports…
globalresearch.ca/dont-grant-global-meat…

Morons R Us
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
At this point, Trump supporters who are not plutocrats or diehard Republicans are white supremacists, nativists, Islamophobes, stooges or some combination of all of the above. In a word, they are morons. There is no more reason to take their views seriously than there are reasons to believe a word Donald Trump says. Democrats and…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/morons-r-us/

Warning strikes in German public sector: Growing anger over low wages and insecure working conditions
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
Some 2.3 million public sector workers face a sellout by the Verdi union, including educators, local government workers and daycare workers who are at the forefront of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/warn…

The Ecological Impact of Militarism
John Scales Avery | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
Against the Institution of War As we start the 21st century and the new millennium, our scientific and technological civilization seems to be entering a period of crisis. Today, for the first time in history, science has given to humans the possibility of a life of comfort, free from hunger and cold, and free from…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/the-ecologic…

Wi-Fi is Another Way We Can Be Tracked 24/7
Nathan Freed Wessler | aclu.org | 2020-09-28
Wireless internet has become essential to modern life, enabling us to use our smartphones, tablets, and laptops as we move about in the world. Easy internet connectivity that comes from having Wi-Fi access points spread through office buildings, transit systems, parks, businesses, college campuses, and city streets is a public good. But Wi-Fi networks also collect information about when and where our devices connect to them, information that can precisely reveal our locations and movements. This is revealing data that shouldn’t carelessly end up in the hands of police., , That is why today, the ACLU, along wi…
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Make America Think Again — Mickey Huff at the 56th Annual Faculty Lecture at DVC
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-09-28
As well as being the director of Project Censored, Mickey Huff is a faculty member at California’s Diablo Valley College. This past April, he was invited to deliver the annual…
projectcensored.org/make-america-think-a…

Big Lies About Blacks From Bigot Boy
Linn Washington Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
During President Trump’s appearance on a nationally televised Town Hall forum held recently at the U.S. Constitution Center in Philadelphia, he engaged in the ‘Big Lie’ — that propaganda technique linked with Hitler’s Nazi regime. Trump spun Big Lies of varying size on topics ranging from health care to racial hatred throughout that Q-&-A session broadcast from…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/big-lies-abo…

CEO’s Maximize CEO Pay, Not Shareholder Returns
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
It is a cult among policy types to say that CEOs maximize shareholder returns, as in this NYT piece. This is in spite of the fact that returns to shareholders have not been especially good in the last two decades. And, this is even though returns were boosted by a huge corporate tax cut in…
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/ceos-maximiz…

Illinois: Black and Latinx women health workers lead strike to victory
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-09-28
They won! The historic 10-day strike by workers at medical facilities in three Illinois cities resulted in an all-out victory, with every demand met. Black and Latinx women workers played a decisive role in organizing the strike and steering it to its successful conclusion. Chicago health workers in the ‘Strike . . . | Continue reading Illinois: Black and Latinx women health workers lead strike to victory at Workers.org…
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Moria tragedy: Chronicle of an imperialist crime
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-09-28
Progressive political sections and human rights groups across Europe had issued repeated warnings to the authorities of an imminent human tragedy at the overcrowded Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
mronline.org/2020/09/28/moria-tragedy-ch…

Police respond to demonstrations across the US with vicious assaults on protesters and journalists
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
Abetted by the police, far-right Trump supporters, Proud Boys and neo-Nazis assaulted and provoked anti-police violence protesters throughout the weekend.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/port…

Rights experts denounce death sentence against Nigerian singer who posted on WhatsApp
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release a singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song he performed and shared on social media.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/09/1…

US hits leading Chinese chip maker
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The latest decision instigated by the Pentagon is aimed at crippling China’s ability to make high-tech advances.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/usch…

Walter Molino’s Painting in 1962 Depicts Life in 2022
Walter Molino | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
This painting by Italian artist Walter Molino was published in the Italian newspaper La Domenica del Corriere in 1962. | He imagined the Singoletta as the solution to traffic congestion. | But more than just being the future of mass transportation, doesn’t …
globalresearch.ca/walter-molino-painting…

US Sanctions Opposition Parties In Venezuela Ahead Of Elections
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
Elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly are fast approaching. But the United States does not want them to go ahead at all. Sanctions on Venezuela are nothing new. But yesterday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took the unusual step of sanctioning leaders of local opposition parties in an attempt to pressure them to pull out of the contest in December. | Remarkably, considering the well-documented flaws with the same problems in the U.S., Pompeo’s statement dubiously claimed that Venezuelan voting machines are unreliable, that millions of voters remain unregistered, and that the country’s supreme electoral counc…
popularresistance.org/us-sanctions-oppos…

Nobel laureate Nadia Murad denounces lack of will to end sexual violence as a war tactic
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
With one in three women around the world affected by gender-based violence — a crime that skyrockets more than 200 per cent in conflict settings — Nobel laureate Nadia Murad brought governments and UN leaders to task on Monday, for failing to provide the resources needed to create meaningful change for traumatized communities.
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Why are Azerbaijan and Armenia on the brink of war?
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-28
Intense fighting that broke out on Sunday between Armenia and Azerbaijan has left scores dead and hundreds wounded as the two neighboring states teeter on the brink of all-out war. At issue is the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave surrounded and claimed by Azerbaijan but de-facto controlled by forces representing the region’s Armenian majority. …
liberationnews.org/why-are-azerbaijan-an…

How The Far Right Took Over The Mainstream
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
In European politics, extensive statistical research has demonstrated that male working class voters tend to hold a much stronger propensity to vote for far-right political parties. While we need to be worried by disaffected white male voters in both modern far-right parties and in extremist political organisations, it is also important to note that the contemporary far-right in Europe (particularly the populist radical right) has sought to become more ‘diversified’ in attracting a wider section of voters in society, and in focusing on different issue areas.
popularresistance.org/how-the-far-right-…

Nearly 40,000 US airline workers could lose jobs on October 1
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The new job cuts come on top of the 100,000 temporary furloughs and forced retirements and buyouts implemented by United, American, Delta and other major US carriers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/airs…

Cheaper flammable cladding was ordered for Grenfell tower to save time
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The project manager at one of the main firms involved in the Grenfell Tower refurbishment admitted he lacked qualifications and training.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/gren…

Patriotic History is Fake History
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-09-28
By Jim Mamer / Original to Scheerpost On September 17, 2020, in a speech at the first White House Conference on American History, Donald Trump said something that I agreed with; he declared that we must teach our children the “truth about our country.” Then he quickly reversed himself by explaining that “We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional… | Source…
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Rocket attack kills five civilians near Baghdad airport
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-28
Rocket attack kills five civilians near Baghdad airport | Washington has threatened to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad if attacks continue to target Americans forces | MEE staff | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 19: 38 | The Iraqi government blamed the attack on ‘criminal gangs’ (AFP/File photo) | Five Iraqi civilians, including three children, were killed on Monday after two rockets hit a residential area near Baghdad airport, the Ira…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/rocket-attack…

Can You Afford to Breathe in the Pacific Northwest?
Taylor Griggs | progressive.org | 2020-09-28
As climate change worsens wildfires each year, unhoused people in Oregon and Washington experience the worst of the smoke.
progressive.org/dispatches/to-breathe-in…

Trump Admin Poised To Gift Israel $11 Billion In Bid to Secure Another Arab-Israeli “Peace” Treaty
Kathryn Shihadah | mintpressnews.com | 2020-09-28
Trump’s arrangement to sell F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates has prompted Israel to issue a list of demands — including must-have advanced aircraft and other accouterments.
mintpressnews.com/trump-admin-poised-to-…

Armenian-Azeri conflict erupts in Caucasus, threatening wider war
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
A war could spiral out of control and escalate into a broader conflict between Russia, Turkey and other NATO states, potentially involving nuclear weapons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/cauc…

Question RT More!
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-28
The RT headline speaks volumes: “China’s Forced Rape and Slave Labor Being Excused.” The right-wing RT Eat the Press host Steve Malzberg presents the ludicrous-on-its-face charge that China has some preponderant influence over American corporations. Why ludicrous? Because ever since Donald Trump lost the vote and won the presidency in that bastion of democracy, the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/question-rt-m…

Morons R Us
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
At this point, Trump supporters who are not plutocrats or diehard Republicans are white supremacists, nativists, Islamophobes, stooges or some combination of all of the above. In a word, they are morons. There is no more reason to take their views seriously than there are reasons to believe a word Donald Trump says.
counterpunch.org/2020/09/28/morons-r-us/

Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role in Status Quo
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-09-28
By Maj. (ret.) Danny Sjursen / Original to Scheerpost It is an old journalistic trope: no one reads the correction … or the retraction. No matter how serious the error or profound the implications of the misreporting. Like, let’s say the entire range of mainstream media took the word of unnamed intelligence sources as gospel and reported that the only other nuclear superpower — which supposedly… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/09/28/discredited-ru…

Why Germany’s Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Is Necessary? Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning
Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning: | Dear fellow citizens, | Welcome to the ACU, the Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee. If Parliament does not do it, we, the citizens, are called upon to do it ourselves. | As the Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, we will investigate | …
globalresearch.ca/why-corona-extra-parli…

The State’s Response to this ‘Virus’ Is Nothing More than a Weapon of Mass Submission
Gary D. Barnett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
“The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no means of resistance? Obviously they have. The worst tyrant, even under democratic plutocracy, has but …
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The True Meaning of Shariah
Sumbul Ali-Karamali | progressive.org | 2020-09-28
Understanding the basics of shariah is essential to evaluating political trends, debunking defamatory anti-Muslim rhetoric, and invalidating the positions of Muslim terrorists.
progressive.org/op-eds/the-true-meaning-…

Japan After Abe Shinzo: Suga Has Inherited Abe’s “Beautiful Japan”. What Will Happen to It?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
On August 28, Abe Shinzo resigned from his eight year rule of Japan as prime minister to be succeeded by his former Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga, who became the prime minister of Japan on September 16. The world …
globalresearch.ca/japan-after-abe-shinzo…

Saving Local Newspapers Squeezed By Hedge Funds
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-09-28
The conversation about the crisis in local news has tended to focus on two solutions: helping create local news startups and supporting local newspapers still in existence. Each approach has limitations and promise. Birthing nonprofit news organizations is critically important and valuable, but so far there are far too few (around 300), and their scale is small. Congress, on the other hand, has so far focused on helping existing newspapers as they often are the only source of information in a community. But as a long-term strategy that is misguided.
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La comunidad latina puede decidir su propio destino en 2020
David Trujillo | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
LOS àÅNGELES — La dura realidad es que nuestro país está en grave peligro. El presidente está fuera de control y desesperado. Los latinos no deberían tener que escuchar a este presidente, °Nadie debería hacerlo! Y definitivamente no deberían votar por su reelección. øPor qué? El presidente quiere que cometa un delito, como sugirió en …
peoplesworld.org/article/la-comunidad-la…

Black voters know climate justice is racial justice
Charles Ellison | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-28
Research suggests that people of color may be more concerned than Whites about climate change.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/28/black-vote…

Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh raise international concerns
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-09-28
Nagorno-Karabakh is a breakaway region of Azerbaijan with an Armenian ethnic majority. Governments of both the Transcaucasian countries have accused each other of violating the 1994 ceasefire agreement after fighting along the border broke out on Sunday…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/09/28/clashes-b…

Palestinians should be ‘happy’ about normalisation, says UAE’s al-Otaiba
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-28
Palestinians should be ‘happy’ about normalisation, says UAE’s al-Otaiba | Abu Dhabi’s ambassador to Washington lashed out at the Palestinians for not celebrating normalisation with Israel | MEE staff | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 17: 50 | Yousef al-Otaiba claimed that the UAE-Israeli agreement halted Israel’s plan to annex up to 30 percent of the occupied West Bank (AFP/File photo) | The UAE ambassador to the US has said that Pale…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-israel-no…

Most countries failing to protect women from COVID-19 economic and social fallout
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
The COVID-19 pandemic is “hitting women hard”, but most nations are failing to provide sufficient social and economic protection for them, the head of the UN gender empowerment agency said on Monday.
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Organic Food Is a ‘Human Right’, Says Leading Food Scientist
Kendra Klein | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
To stamp out pesticides from our fragile food systems is to protect those most prone to ill health, Friends of the Earth’s senior staff scientist, Kendra Klein explains to Yasmin Dahnoun. | *** | From seed to harvest, the food that arrives …
globalresearch.ca/organic-food-human-rig…

Glaring racial disparities in Albany, NY
Christian Garramone | liberationnews.org | 2020-09-28
A recent study from the Urban Institute shows that even within the racist country that is the U.S., Albany stands out. The capital of New York, a supposedly progressive state, ranked 234 out of 274 in terms of racial and economic inclusivity, using aggregate data like homeownership rates by race, poverty rates by race, and …
liberationnews.org/glaring-racial-dispar…

Video: Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning Arrested for Speaking The Truth on Covid-19. Trafalgar Square London Protests
Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
Dr. Heiko Schà∂ning, one of the founders of Doctors for the Truth which is an association of thousands of medical doctors around the world, said that the measures of the governments regarding COVID-19 are absolutely inappropriate. | “I would also …
globalresearch.ca/video-dr-heiko-schonin…

Macron berates Lebanon’s leaders, questions Hezbollah role, after PM quits
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-28
Macron berates Lebanon’s leaders, questions Hezbollah role, after PM quits | French president says politicians serving their own interests after prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib resigns | MEE and agencies | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 08: 27 | Macron said he would convene international partners within 20 days to assess where his efforts stood (AFP) | French President Emmanuel Macron admonished Lebanon’s leaders…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanon-macro…

From superpower to failed state: Inequality and the public health crisis in America
Thomas Magstadt | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-28
The pandemic has shined a spotlight on the failings of leaders and elites.
nationofchange.org/2020/09/28/from-super…

Washington D.C. proposes to remove the names of Jefferson, Franklin and others from public places
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
While the mayor of the US capital prepares to delete the names of revolutionaries and abolitionists, she recently renamed a building after disgraced former mayor Marion Barry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/dcna…

History: Nasser and Black Africa
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
President Gamal Nasser (1918-1970), the Egyptian leader who as a young army colonel led the Free Officers Movement that overthrew King Farouk, was not only a force for Pan-Arabism, he was also a believer in African unity in which sphere …
globalresearch.ca/nasser-black-africa/57…

US political warfare escalates with New York Times release of Trump tax returns
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
While it is not clear whether Trump is even nominally a billionaire, he is certainly one of the great tax cheats of the 21st century.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/ttax…

War Propaganda firm Bellingcat continues lying about Syria
Caitlin A. Johnstone | mronline.org | 2020-09-28
In December of 2016, the war propaganda firm Bellingcat ran an article assuring its readers that Twitter star Bana Alabed is a perfectly legitimate little Syrian girl and not at all a psyop designed to manufacture support for military interventionism against Bashar al-Assad.
mronline.org/2020/09/28/war-propaganda-f…

The Fickle Finger of Fate Points; Republicans React
Gene Glickman | counterpunch.org | 2020-09-28
These excerpts come from the New York Times website at 9: 30 p.m. local time, on Thursday, September 24, 2020:…
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The ecological impact of militarism
John Scales Avery | nationofchange.org | 2020-09-28
“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”
nationofchange.org/2020/09/28/the-ecolog…

The escalation of policing: Slave patrols, privatization, and predator drones
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-09-28
As police use private surveillance companies to track protesters and universities hire private forces, there’s a danger that public records of police abuse could disappear.
therealnews.com/the-escalation-of-polici…

Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia ‘planned’ to occupy Qatar, minister claims
Mohammad Ayesh | middleeasteye.net | 2020-09-28
Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia ‘planned’ to occupy Qatar, minister claims | Meanwhile, Algeria sentences activist for his role in toppling Bouteflika, $106bn smuggled out of Yemen during the war and 100,000 Jordanian restaurant staff out of work because of coronavirus | Mohammad Ayesh | Mon, 09/28/2020 – 14: 50 | Years of civil war have led to billions of dollars being smuggled out of Yemen, Al-Araby Al-Jadee…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/arabic-press-…

Let’s Talk About Racism And Health
Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-09-28
The current uprising across the nation is a take-off moment for systemic racism in the United States. A take-off moment occurs when awareness about a crisis reaches a level of public consciousness where an event (in this case, the recent high-profile police murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd) sparks protests across the country. Racist …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/09/lets-talk-abo…

California wildfires torch 10,000 acres in a single day
Climate Nexus | peoplesworld.org | 2020-09-28
Just days after a new report detailed the “unequivocal and pervasive role” climate change plays in the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires, new fires burned 10,000 acres on Sunday as a “dome” of hot, dry air over Northern California created ideal fire conditions over the weekend. In Napa County, the Glass Fire burned more than 2,500 …
peoplesworld.org/article/california-wild…

‘Eyes and ears’ of Human Rights Council facing funding crisis
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
The work of UN-appointed independent rights experts is at risk from a critical lack of funding, they warned on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/09/1…

Youth protests over COVID-19 mount in working-class districts of Madrid
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
Madrid is the epicentre of the resurgence of COVID-19 in Spain, now the worst-hit country in Western Europe, with 51 dying last Friday alone.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/madr…

Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UN trade and development chief
news.un.org | 2020-09-28
Every year, an estimated $88.6 billion, which is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent in the form of illicit capital, according to UN trade and development agency UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2020, launched on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/09/1…

Seventy-five years since the Stalinist murder of Vietnamese Trotskyist leader Ta Thu Thau
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
The leader of a Trotskyist group in Saigon, which had a sizeable following in the working class, was executed on the orders of the leadership of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/viet…

US governors told in February that pandemic would get “much worse,” but did not alert public
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
In a secret meeting, 25 US governors were told: “The coronavirus outbreak is going to get much, much worse before it gets better.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/wood…

Maryland county to pay $20mn in ‘heinous,’ ‘brutal’ & ‘senseless’ shooting of HANDCUFFED black man by black police officer
rt.com | 2020-09-28
Maryland’s Prince George’s County agreed to pay a $20-million settlement — one of the largest ever in a police-brutality case — to the family of a black man who was shot dead by a black officer while handcuffed in a patrol car. | …
rt.com/usa/501965-maryland-police-shooti…

Trained by Trump? Raccoons ATTACK journalists at White House (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-09-28
A gang of raccoons attacked journalists outside the White House, with one of the trash pandas allegedly grabbing a photographer and a correspondent. Are they President Trump’s anti-media stormtroopers, people on Twitter ask. | A raccoon “attacked multiple news crews” on the North Lawn of the White House on Monday morning, CBS journalist Paula Reid reported on Twitter. One of the critters “allegedly grabbed [the] pant leg of a photographer & then a correspondent before being fended off.” | Strong Pawnee vibes at White House this morning as a raccoon attacked multiple news crews on North Lawn. ü&par…
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Texas gov. issues disaster declaration after BRAIN-EATING amoeba found in tap water supply kills 6-yo boy
rt.com | 2020-09-28
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a proclamation mobilizing a rapid government response after the discovery of a deadly amoeba in a local water supply that killed a child. | Read more | | That’s 2020 for you: Twitter goes NUTS after squirrel tests positive for BUBONIC PLAGUE in Colorado | In his disaster declaration, Abbott states that naegleria fowleri was identified in three of 11 tests of the water in Lake Jackson, Texas. The amoeba, which can cause an infection of the brain, poses “an imminent threat to public health and safety, including lo…
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Ex-cop pleads NOT GUILTY to endangerment charges in Breonna Taylor shooting case
rt.com | 2020-09-28
A former Louisville police officer has pleaded not guilty to charges of wanton endangerment in connection to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. Charges against two other officers involved in the incident were dropped last week. | Former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of wanton endangerment, one for each person he endangered in an apartment next door to Taylor’s when he fired his weapon through the dividing wall. | He was indicted last Wednesday by a Grand Jury, the same day Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron opted not to charge the other t…
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Lydia Sargent, Live Like Her
Michael Albert | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
Death when one is diminished is devastating. Death when one is isolated is shattering. All manner of death is final. Lydia Sargent took her last breath sometime last night. She had been diminished with dementia for what seemed like an eternity but was only a horrid hiccup in a lovely lifetime. She was Covid isolated Read…
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Four Steps to Transform the Pharmaceutical Industry and Survive the Pandemic
Dana Brown | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
Dealing with the Covid crisis will require taking the profit motive out of our health systems. Here’s how.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/four-steps-to-tran…

Why I’m for Voting For Biden and Urge You To Do So
Dan La Botz | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
It has not been easy for me to arrive at this position or to publicly advocate it. But I have and I am. I urge all voters to vote for Biden to stop Trump’s reelection. As I said, I regret having to make this decision, but I would regret even more a second term for Trump…
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As West Coast Burns, We Need to Point Finger at Those Responsible
Ryan Olds | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
We cannot have change without blame. Instead of calling for unity, it’s time to ask what our labor ancestors asked: “Which side are you on?” Because the fire is coming for you too.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/as-west-coast-burn…

The Fate of Our Rights Won’t Be Determined by Amy Coney Barrett, But by Popular Struggle
Mukund Rathi | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
Shaping the law of the land is within the grasp of ordinary people, and it’s time for us to close that hand into a fist…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-fate-of-our-ri…

Europe Protects Jobs While the United States Accepts Mass Layoffs
Gregory N. Heires | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
The differences in unemployment levels reflect dramatically contrasting philosophies about the role of government and public policy–dare we say even opposing moral perspectives…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/europe-protects-jo…

Hunger in America, Especially for Children, Has “Skyrocketed” During Pandemic
Jon Schwarz | zcomm.org | 2020-09-28
Estimates say hunger in US households has tripled since 2019, and about 5 million school age children sometimes or often went hungry in 2020. This increase has nothing to do with a shortage of food. It is purely the result of political decisions.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/hunger-in-america-…

Monday 10/5: California Poor People’s Campaign Zoom Open House to Unite & Organize
California Poor People’s Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Online…
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Why Pacifica Needs New Bylaws
repost | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
“The New Day Pacifica Bylaws will correct excesses of the present bylaws by reducing the size of the board, getting the Local Station Boards out of station management, and having direct elections of National Board Members, rather than our present, baroque two stage voting process.” – Carol Spooner…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/28/1883709…

Blacks and Asians Proclaim Unity in Struggle Against Racism and Violence
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Rallies at SF City Hall and in Chinatown…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/26/1883703…

Thursday 10/1: Saving Life on Earth: The Feds’ War on Wildlife Using Cruel Culling Programs
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/27/1883709…

Santa Cruz City Officials to evict Food Not Bombs, the Homeless Union COVID -19 Relief Center
Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Santa Cruz City Officials to evict Food Not Bombs, the Homeless Union COVID -19 Relief Center, and sweep those without housing.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/27/1883708…

Saturday 10/17: U.S. domination — A disaster for the people of Central America (online)
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
online meeting, see website for details…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/26/1883703…

Abolition Fair Begins Monday
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Abolition Fair is an in-person and virtual series of events by groups and activist collectives in Santa Cruz with the opportunity to learn about alternatives to policing, community care, and envisioning liberatory futures. Events are scheduled between September 28 and October 4. For more event dates and registration information, please visit abolitious.org.
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Wednesday 9/30: Back to School Rally: Students for Yes on Prop. 16!
Yes on Prop 16 | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Online…
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Monday 9/28: Yes on 16: CA’s Latinx Community & the Lack of Latinx Physicans During COVID-19
Yes on Prop 16 | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/27/1883706…

Trump,GW Bush,Hannity & Sen. Rick Scott’s best sheriff friend under DOJ & State investigat
scott huminski | indybay.org | 2020-09-28
Trump, G.W. Bush, Sean Hannity & Senator.. Rick Scott’s best sheriff friend, Carmine Marceno, under DOJ & State investigation…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/09/27/1883706…

Trump’s Mideast Mirage
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-28
Eric S. MARGOLIS | The Trump administration, desperate for some good news, just manufactured its own news by confecting a ‘peace’ deal between Israel and a bunch of pipsqueak Arab monarchies — just in time for November US elections. | The Gulf monarchies — the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — that signed this agreement are so frightened of neighboring Iran that they would happily have opted for Israeli rule rather than welcome the angry, unforgiving Iranians, who call the Gulf Arabs ‘traitors, cowards and backstabbers,’ a sentiment shared by much of the Arab world. | Few Americans could find t…
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Iran Has Been ‘Resanctioned’ but Do Sanctions Actually Work?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-28
The Trump administration is seeking international support to turn back the clock on sanctions against Iran erasing the negotiations made during the Obama administration. So far the “international community” does not seem too thrilled by the idea, especially certain members of the UN Security Council who themselves have been sanctioned by Washington in the past. Trump can demand all he wants from the UN but until sanctions are lifted against Russia, and the “Trade War” against China stops they are unlikely to put pres…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/28/ir…

The Menace of Far-Right Historical Revisionism
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-09-28
The impeached U.S. President, Donald Trump, has taken a step never attempted by any of his predecessors. Trump, who every day is exposing his fascist policies and intentions, has announced that he is establishing a “1776 Commission” to re-write American history and force-feed it to every public and certain private school students throughout the United States. Trump’s move is intended to counter the 1619 Project of the New York Times, which is designed to place slavery and the slave trade in a central context in dealing with the history of pre- and post-colonial America. | Trump’s designs on America’s history book…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/28/th…

Holy Defense Research & Document Center unveils new works
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — In a ceremony on Monday, the Holy Defense Research & Document Center unveiled its new works. The event held at the place of Islamic Revolution & Holy Defense Museum, was attended by IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami.
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Governor Generals’ meeting at Interior Ministry
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) –The meeting of Governor generals across the country held at a venue in the Ministry of Interior on Monday in the presence of Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
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Ayatollah Sistani fortress of Iraq, safety valve for region
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in a Monday tweet in Arabic appreciated the role of Iraq’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in establishing stability and security in Iraq.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164093/Ayatollah-Si…

New development in region to end to detriment of Israelis
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide for International Affairs said that the new trend and development is taking shape in the region which will end to the detriment of the Zionist regime.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164095/New-developm…

Presser of 6th International Arts Festival of Resistance
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — The news conference of Sixth International Arts Festival of Resistance was held at Tehran’s Martyrs Me’raj on Monday in the presence of Masoud Nejabati Secretary General of the Festival.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/164096/Presser-of-…

Iran backs peaceful stability of all ethnic groups in Bosnia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Iranian ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina said that Islamic Republic of Iran supports the amicable coexistence, integrity and stability of all ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164094/Iran-backs-p…

Indian animator awarded in 16th Resistance Int. Film Fest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — “The Saviour” by Arjun Mukherjee from India managed to snatch the Iran’s 16th Resistance International Film Festival’s “Health Defenders” Section’s trophy and diploma of honour.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164077/Indian-anima…

Trump using ‘small’ countries to rescue US out of troubles
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — An official with the Leader’s office said that US President Donald Trump is taking advantage of some Persian Gulf states to gain votes in the upcoming election.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164069/Trump-using-…

Iran marks National Day of Rumi, greatest mystical poet
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) — Mehr 8 in the Iranian calendar corresponding with September 29 this year is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi who is known to everyone.
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Iranian documentary honored at US MLFF
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Iranian documentary ‘Democracy on the Road of Saveh” directed by Touraj Kalantari received an honorary reward in the 2020 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival.
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Assassinating top gen., proof of strengthening US terrorism
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-09-28
TEHRAN, Sep. 28 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that assassination of former IRGC Quds Force Commander Lt. Gen. Soleimani is a proof of strengthening of terrorism by the US.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164097/Assassinatin…

Imperial’s MSc Management enters global top 10 in Financial Times rankings
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-28
Imperial College Business School has been ranked 10th in the world in today’s Financial Times Master’s in Management rankings.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205233/imperials-msc-management-enters-global-10

‘Blue Planet II’ may not have caused a change in plastic preference
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-28
The BBC documentary ‘Blue Planet II’ raised environmental awareness, but may not have discouraged people from choosing plastic, says new research.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205253/blue-planet-ii-have-caused-change

Imperial students win big at Mayor’s entrepreneurship competition
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-09-28
Three out of four of this year’s Mayor’s Entrepreneur Programme awards were given to Imperial student teams.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205193/imperial-students-mayors-entrepreneurship-competition

Weak Farmers Easy Prey for ISI: Punjab Chief Flags Security Threat, to Go Before Top Court
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Farmers in India have been protesting against the three bills passed by the Indian Parliament during the Monsoon session. The reforms aim to bring structural changes to the Indian agricultural sector, which farmers maintain are against their interests.
sputniknews.com/india/202009281080596026…

Brexit: Britain Wants to Be Independent and EU Wants to Retain Control, Says Analyst
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Britain’s Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove travelled to Brussels this week as talks around the UK’s future relationship with the European Union continue. Gove is said to be meeting with EU counterparts, including the vice president of the European Commission, as the two sides continue attempts to agree on a post-Brexit trade deal.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202009281080599…

Armenian Ambassador Calls for OSCE Involvement in Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toganyan expressed the belief that co-chairs of the Organization for Security and Co‚Äëoperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk group should quickly react to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
sputniknews.com/world/202009281080594312…

Biden Campaign Wastes No Time Putting Trump’s Reported Tax Records Into Ads, Merchandise
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
A bombshell report from The New York Times on Donald Trump’s income tax payments has alleged the real estate tycoon-turned-president paid no income taxes during at least 10 years since 2000, and has been at loggerheads with the IRS over his hefty tax refund claims.
sputniknews.com/us/202009281080600937-bi…

Despite Calls to Support Armenia, India Should Take Its Cues from Russia, Analysts Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Both Azerbaijan and Armenia have blamed each other for triggering the latest round of hostilities over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which has been disputed between the two countries since the 1980s. Major powers, including Russia, Iran, and the US, have called for defusing the tensions. Turkey, on the other hand, has backed Azerbaijan.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202009281080596…

Less Than Half of UK Citizens See Country as ‘Force for Good’ in World, Fresh Poll Shows
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Less than half of Britons believe that the UK is a force for good in the world, a fresh poll produced by Ipsos Mori has found, adding that the proportion of people supporting this statement has fallen significantly over the past 17 months.
sputniknews.com/uk/202009281080594256-le…

Kim Kardashian Urges Baku to Stop ‘Offensive Uses of Force’ Against Armenia, Asks For Int’l Measures
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
On Sunday, an escalation unfolded along the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-majority autonomy that proclaimed independence from what then was the Soviet Azerbaijan Republic in 1991. Baku said that it launched a “counteroffensive”, while the de facto state accused it of attacking civilians in Stepanakert.
sputniknews.com/us/202009281080592453-ki…

NHS Group Warns UK Test & Trace Scheme Won’t Cope With Corona Resurgence, Calls to Boost Capacity
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Despite the overwhelming criticism of Britain’s electronic coronavirus detection system, with many citing technical glitches and shenanigans with the Bluetooth signal, government figures suggest that on average a little over one infectious person in five fail to be traced.
sputniknews.com/uk/202009281080598153-nh…

Relaxed Kitten Snuggles Inside Fanny Pack During Violin Practice
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
A very snuggly, relaxed kitten recently proved that it’s not only humans who can vibe with and enjoy the sounds of the violin, especially when you’ve got front row tickets to a top-notch musician.
sputniknews.com/videoclub/20200928108060…

UK Emergency Lockdown Scheme Reportedly Aims to Ban Social Interaction Amid Fresh COVID-19 Alarms
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Last week, Downing Street introduced a set of updated measures to battle the rising COVID infection rates in a bid to avoid a total national lockdown – curfews in widely visited public spots like pubs and restaurants among other things.
sputniknews.com/uk/202009281080593112-uk…

In Nixon & Reagan’s Footsteps? Professor Names Three Possible Scenarios for Trump’s October Surprise
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
With fewer than six weeks remaining before the US Election Day, American and international observers are wondering what “October surprise” Donald Trump has in store to upset the Democrats’ applecart. Sociologist and geopolitical analyst Dr Heinz Dieterich has weighed up a number of options Donald Trump may possibly consider.
sputniknews.com/us/202009281080600463-in…

Lessons Learned: Here’s Why Israel Will Not Face Another Intifada
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
The Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s claimed the lives of more than a thousand Israelis as well as thousands of Palestinians. Could such a scenario unfold again, 20 years after the so-called second Intifada? A former IDF colonel is highly doubtful this will play out.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202009281080593…

It’s Symbolic: Tractor Set on Fire Near Iconic India Gate in Delhi to Protest Against Farm Bills
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Earlier this month, India passed three new farm laws that have led to major protests across the country, especially in agricultural states like Punjab, Haryana, and Karnataka.
sputniknews.com/india/202009281080592982…

Harry, Meghan Reportedly Sign Up For ‘Tasteful’ Netflix Show
sputniknews.com | 2020-09-28
Earlier in the year, the royal couple founded a production company and signed a multiyear deal with the Netflix streaming service, pledging to create content that “informs but also gives hope”.
sputniknews.com/society/2020092810805928…

Yet another government U-Turn as parliament drinking hours spark public backlash
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-09-28
UK businesses have criticised Boris Johnson’s new strict curfew for England’s pubs and bars during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. They’ve raised concerns that it may do more harm than good by forcing crowds into the streets at the same time. | But the law caused even more protests when it emerged that MPs, lords and parliamentary staff would be able to continue drinking past the deadline in the Palace of Westminster. This was because its establishments are classed as workplace canteens. | As a result, parliament has now said it won’t serve alcohol after the 10pm curfew. | Yet another U-turn: | Johns…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/09/28/yet-anot…

Trump Campaign Sought to Deter Millions of Black Americans From Voting in 2016
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-28
The Trump campaign categorized millions of Black Americans as individuals to be actively discouraged from voting in the 2016 presidential race, according to a report from the British television network Channel 4. | According to details published on Monday, Channel 4 obtained the huge cache of data used by the Trump campaign working with the now-defunct data f…
truthout.org/articles/trump-campaign-sou…

1.8 Billion Tons More Greenhouse Gases Will Be Released, Thanks to Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-28
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. | When President Donald Trump visited California on September 14 and dismissed the state Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot’s plea to recognize the role of climate change in the midst of the Golden…
truthout.org/articles/1-8-billion-tons-m…

AOC Calls Trump a “Walking Scam” as His Federal Income Tax Records Are Released
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-09-28
Financial records that President Donald Trump has persistently fought to keep hidden from the American public show that the billionaire real estate mogul didn’t pay a dollar in federal income taxes in 10 of the 15 years prior to his White House victory and paid just $750 in both 2016 and 2017, revelations that further expose the extent to which the U.S. tax code imposes greater burdens on the working clas…
truthout.org/articles/aoc-calls-trump-a-…

Statements from the Philippines, Australia, Japan and South Korea defend Dr. Joseph Scalice against Stalinist slanders
wsws.org | 2020-09-28
“Scalice, by exposing the Communist Party of the Philippines, has done a service to the whole anti-capitalist movement and we stand in complete solidarity with him.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/28/lett…

Weaponizing the Term “Conspiracy Theory”: Disinformation Agents and the CIA
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-09-28
First published on May 11, 2016 | ‘Conspiracy theory’ is a term that strikes fear and anxiety in the hearts of most every public figure, particularly journalists and academics. Since the 1960s the label has become a disciplinary device that has …
globalresearch.ca/weaponizing-the-term-c…

Iranian ships conduct illegal fishing off Yemen coast
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
“The illegal fishing by these Iranian ships constitutes a blatant assault on the Yemeni sovereignty,” Fahad Kafain said on Twitter. | Kafain called on the international community to intervene to “halt Iran’s destructive role” in Yemen, going on to call for a stronger coordination between the Yemeni government and the Saudi-led coalition to “counter Iran’s violations and prevent tampering with the Yemeni waters and resources”. | There was no immediate comment from the Iranian authorities on the accusations. | Yemen has been devastated by a conflict that escalated in September 2014 after Iran-aligned Houthi rebe…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iranian-ships-con…

US, Greece call for peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in east Mediterranean
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
The United States and Greece called on Monday for a peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in the east Mediterranean as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a two-day trip to Greece amid increased regional tension over energy resources.NATO allies Greece and Turkey, at loggerheads on a range of issues, have agreed to resume exploratory talks over contested maritime claims following weeks of tensions.”The United States and Greece … reaffirmed their belief that maritime delimitation issues should be resolved peacefully in accordance with international law,” the United States and Greece, also NATO allies, s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-greece-call-fo…

Over 180 kg of cannabis seized in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
Turkish police on Monday seized 188 kilograms (414.4 pounds) of cannabis in Istanbul.Anti-narcotics teams conducted operations in the Kartal and Pendik districts of the city and arrested two suspects, who were sent to a local court.Turkish forces take tough action to stop illegal drug trade by launching operations throughout the year.*Writing by Fahri Aksut…
yenisafak.com/en/news/over-180-kg-of-can…

Kremlin calls on Azerbaijan, Armenia to stop Karabakh fighting
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
The Kremlin urged Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday to stop all military activity that could further inflame tensions over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and said the fighting was a cause for serious concern in Moscow.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was following the situation very closely and that the conflict had to be resolved through diplomacy.
yenisafak.com/en/news/kremlin-calls-on-a…

Police in Belarus detained more than 350 people at Sunday’s protests
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
Police in Belarus detained more than 350 people at nationwide protests on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.Masked police dragged people into vans and fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds as tens of thousands marched for a seventh straight weekend to demand veteran Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko quit.
yenisafak.com/en/world/police-in-belarus…

Physicians speak on battle against COVID-19 in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
Turkish physicians, speaking to Anadolu Agency, told about the conditions medical staff had to endure and why the public, including the children, should be more careful when it comes to wearing masks and social distancing.Dr. Okan Caliskan of Turkey’s Kars Public Hospital, a specialized hospital on COVID-19, and Zerrin Orbak, a pediatrician at the School of Medicine at Ataturk University, stressed the importance of following the rules in combat against COVID-19.Caliskan said the initial two to three weeks after the pandemic started in Turkey were particularly tough for him and all medical staff had to work for lo…
yenisafak.com/en/news/physicians-speak-o…

Turkey says Armenia must send back foreign ‘mercenaries’
yenisafak.com | 2020-09-28
“Armenia must immediately halt its attacks, send back the mercenaries and terrorists it brought from abroad and withdraw from the Azerbaijan lands,” said Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, adding a ceasefire and peace are needed.Turkey has said it will support Azerbaijan in the clashes, in which fierce fire was exchanged for a second day amid reports of at least 21 killed and hundreds wounded. Yerevan said Turkey was taking part in the clashes, but Baku denies this.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-says-armeni…