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COVID-19: President Trump Tested Positive — A Reelection Campaign Bonanza?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
May President Trump and his wife recover fast, fully and for good from their nasty corona disease. After being airlifted four days ago to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and after receiving high-quality professional medical care, both were | …
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Mixed Messages on Trump’s Health Condition: Covid, Influenza or Common Cold?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
On Monday, after three days of hospitalization for reported Covid illness, Trump was discharged. | He returned to his White House residence away from staff to continue recovering. | Is he ill from Covid infection, seasonal flu/influenza, or something else? | Diagnostic PCR …
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Polls Show that Trump’s COVID-19 Infection Has Not Impacted His Re-election Campaign
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
US President Donald Trump will need all the points he can score in the run up to next month’s presidential elections where he will face off against Democrat candidate Joe Biden. Events such as war or threats to a …
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Trump copies Hitler
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
A video tweeted by President Trump depicting his return to the White House on October 5, 2020 after being hospitalized with COVID-19 was clearly modeled after Hitler’s arrival at the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in the Nazi film Triumph of the Will.
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Trump, COVID and poetic justice
Nathaniel Chase | workers.org | 2020-10-06
Donald Trump, who sat by while so many died, undercut health professionals’ recommendations for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, mocked wearing a mask, placed capitalist profits over the lives of thousands and put forward no serious plan to address the pandemic, is now sick himself. The chickens have come home to . . . | Continue reading Trump, COVID and poetic justice at Workers.org
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Infectious Conspiracies: Donald Trump, Coronavirus and Reality
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
One measure of success in politics is the degree enemies imitate you, even if done insincerely and without flattery. Insincere imitation has become the preserve of a whole panoply of Donald Trump’s critics stretching from the money, corporate side of …
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Infectious Conspiracies: Donald Trump, Coronavirus and Reality
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-06
One measure of success in politics is the degree enemies imitate you, even if done insincerely and without flattery. Insincere imitation has become the preserve of a whole panoply of Donald Trump’s critics stretching from the money, corporate side of the Democrats to the sandalled warriors who believe in environmental eschatology. Most importantly for Joe …
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Why Trump’s Approach to the Coronavirus Vaccine May Leave America Behind
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
As with everything else, Donald Trump likes to boast about how quickly we are moving toward developing a coronavirus vaccine. By historic standards, he has a case. We may have a vaccine through the final Phase 3 tests and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before the end of the year. However, this…
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Trump, ‘Get your hands off Somali refugees!’
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-10-06
Before being admitted to the hospital for coronavirus infection, Donald Trump spent the last two weeks on yet another vile anti-immigrant tirade. Both in a policy statement to Congress and on a campaign stop in Minnesota, Trump veered to his campaign cornerstone to send yet another message to his racist . . . | Continue reading Trump, ‘Get your hands off Somali refugees!’ at Workers.org
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Abraham Accord: Experts Warn Trump Peace Deal a Precursor to War with Iran
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-06
Experts warn that the Accord is motivated by a desire to secure a united front against Iran for a potential future war — a conflict that would likely make Iraq and Afghanistan look mild by comparison.
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Kyrgyzstan Color Revolution in Central Asia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
The sudden outbreak of Color Revolution unrest in the historically unstable Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan following recent parliamentary elections in this Russian CSTO mutual defense ally intensifies the US’ Hybrid War “containment” of Russia when seen in the context …
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The Assange Extradition Case is an Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom, So Why’s the Media Largely Ignoring It?
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
The Assange case creates a precedent that mortally threatens freedom of the press in Britain. If Assange is extradited then any journalist who publishes information that the American authorities deem to be classified, however well-known or harmless it may be, will risk being extradited to face trial in America. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, says that non-Americans like Assange do not enjoy First Amendment rights to free expression.
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The Assange Extradition Case is an Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom, So Why’s the Media Largely Ignoring It?
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
The Assange case creates a precedent that mortally threatens freedom of the press in Britain. If Assange is extradited then any journalist who publishes information that the American authorities deem to be classified, however well-known or harmless it may be, will risk being extradited to face trial in America. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, says that non-Americans like Assange do not enjoy First Amendment rights to free expression.
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A Wrong Turn At Albuquerque: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-06
~ | Really sucks how the US intelligence cartel is going to claim a rival nation interfered in the election no matter who wins in order to advance pre-planned geostrategic agendas and everyone’s just going to accept it on faith because they learned nothing these last four years. | Not looking forward to Trump supporters unquestioningly swallowing the narrative that China interfered for Biden and then spending years screaming about the need for more cold war aggressions against Beijing while Biden does exactly that and they still claim he’s not doing enough. | ~ | The fact that politicians who not only supported t…
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‘She’s 15. You are adults’: Kellyanne Conway slams ‘sick’ social media speculators after daughter tweets Trump ‘not better’
rt.com | 2020-10-06
Kellyanne Conway has slammed online speculation over President Donald Trump’s health, the latest of which arose after her outspoken 15-year-old daughter Claudia posted on TikTok that he was “doing badly” with Covid-19. | “Like all of you, [Claudia] speculates on social media,” Conway tweeted on Tuesday, after her child’s name began trending, following several controversial TikTok posts. | “She’s 15. You are adults,” said Trump’s 2016 campaign manager. “We have Covid, but it’s clear who’s really sick,” she added. | My daughter, Claudia, is beautiful & brilliant. She has access to top doctors & health care & liv…
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‘Don’t let Covid-19 dominate you’: Trump tells Americans to ‘get out’ & ‘be careful’ in first statement after hospital stay
rt.com | 2020-10-06
US President Donald Trump urged Americans not to fear the coronavirus and pledged that he would soon be “back to work” in his first statement from the White House since leaving the hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19. | The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking the staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt “better than I have in a long time” after his three-day stay. | “One thing that’s for certain: don’t let [Covid-19] dominate you, don’t be afraid of it, you’re going to beat it. We have the best medical equi…
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‘Don’t let Covid-19 dominate you’: Trump tells Americans to ‘get out’ & ‘be careful’ in first statement after hospital stay
rt.com | 2020-10-06
US President Donald Trump has urged Americans not to fear the coronavirus and pledged that he would soon be “back to work” in his first statement from the White House since leaving hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19. | The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt “better than I have in a long time” after his three-day stay. | “One thing that’s for certain: Don’t let [Covid-19] dominate you, don’t be afraid of it, you’re going to beat it. We have the best medical equipmen…
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‘Powers unseen since oil barons’: Democrats threaten to BREAK UP Apple, Google, Amazon & Facebook, accusing Big Tech of monopolism
rt.com | 2020-10-06
House Democrats urged an overhaul of antitrust laws to break up Silicon Valley, comparing them to Gilded Age monopolies, even as tech giants backed their calls for increased speech policing ahead of the November election. | That’s the main thrust of the 449-page report released on Tuesday by the majority on the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee. It found that Google has an unfair monopoly on online search, Facebook rules…
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UN chief condemns continuing escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
news.un.org | 2020-10-06
The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, reminding all sides of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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Will Artsakh (Karabagh) be the tomb of Erdogan ?
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-06
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict certainly had its origins in the dissolution of the USSR, but it was revived by the will of the Turkish president. It is unlikely that he took this initiative without first referring it to Washington. This is also what President Saddam Hussein did before invading Kuwait, falling by ambition into the trap set for him and causing his downfall. | A very ancient conflict, frozen for the past 30 years: | The Turkish people define themselves as descended from the “children of the wolf of the steppes”, i.e. as descendants of the hordes of Genghis Khan. It is composed of both “one pe…
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L’Artsakh (Karabagh) sera-t-il le tombeau d’Erdogan ?
Thierry Meyssan | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-06

| Le conflit du Haut-Karabagh trouve certes son origine dans la dissolution de l’URSS, mais il a été relancé par la volonté du président turc. Il est peu probable que celui-ci ait pris cette initiative sans en référer préalablement à Washington. C’est aussi ce qu’avait fait le président Saddam Hussein avant d’envahir le KoweàØt, tombant par ambition dans le piège qui lui était tendu et provoqua sa chute. | Un conflit très ancien, gelé depuis 30 ans: | Le peuple turc se définit comme issu des ´ enfants du loup des steppes ª, c’est-à -dire comme descendant des hordes de Gengis Kh…
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Infected Trump Returns to White House, Risking Lives to Record Video on Behalf of Virus
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
The infected president removed his mask, endangering White House staff to record a video downplaying Covid-19.
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Shutting Down AFRICOM, International Solidarity And The US Elections
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
October 1, 2020, marked the twelfth anniversary of AFRICOM, the United States military’s presence in Africa. An international day of action was organized to call for AFRICOM to be shut down and for the US to stop interfering in Africa. Ajamu Baraka, a human rights defender and the national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace, which coordinated the day of action, speaks about the history of AFRICOM and its impact on the continent. He also discusses why it’s necessary to be anti-imperialist and to have an internationalist perspective, the changing power dynamics in the world, the upcoming elections in the Uni…
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“Don’t Be Afraid of COVID”: Trump Removes Mask & Fuels Misinformation Effort After Leaving Hospital
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-06
Shocking medical experts, President Trump has returned to the White House while still infectious with the coronavirus and after more than a dozen people in Trump’s orbit have already tested positive for COVID-19. Emergency room physician Dr. Dara Kass says she was “horrified” by President Trump’s dismissive attitude toward a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States. “I had this virus,” says Dr. Kass. “I never left my bedroom without an N95 mask on my face, because I was petrified of giving it to my friends and family.”
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Activist Who Lost Father to COVID Says Trump’s White House Photo Op Was Like “Sci-Fi Horror Film”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-06
As the highest-profile coronavirus patient in the world returns to the White House while still infectious and a danger to others, we speak with activist Kristin Urquiza, whose father died from COVID-19 earlier this year. She says President Trump’s minimizing of the disease is a slap in the face to families who have lost loved ones. “I was appalled,” says Urquiza. “Every single person out there who’s lost a loved one to COVID, who has seen up close and personal what this virus can do, felt the same way.” Urquiza, who spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August about her father, is co-founder of Marked by…
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Meet the College Senior Who Built a COVID Tracker After CDC Blocked from Tracing Trump’s Contacts
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-06
As the number of people in President Trump’s orbit who test positive for COVID-19 continues to grow, we meet a student journalist who is doing what the White House doesn’t want the CDC to do: tracing the contacts of people who may have infected or been infected by President Trump. Benjy Renton, a Middlebury College senior, helped develop a real-time tracking tool to monitor the growing number of people in President Trump’s circle who were exposed or infected with COVID-19. The site is called COVID-19 at the White House and lists over 270 contacts and 25 positive cases, so far. It uses “publicly available informat…
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The Heat: Coronavirus at the White House; Trump leaves hospital
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-10-06
U.S. President Donald Trump is back in the White House after treatment for Covid-19. Three days after entering Walter Reed National Medical Center, the world’s most famous Covid-19 patient was discharged and flown back to the White House where he’ll continue to recover and receive …
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Armenian-Azerbaijan war turns Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia into a powder keg
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
The Kremlin’s central fear is that the war could reignite long-simmering regionalist, ethnic and religious conflicts on its southern borders.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/cauc…

Donald Trump makes flippant and dangerous coronavirus comments as US cases soar
Jasmine Norden | thecanary.co | 2020-10-06
Donald Trump has told Americans not to let coronavirus ‘take over your lives’ despite having overseen the highest number of deaths in the world. | The US president has made several comments understating the effects of the virus after his short hospital stay. He arrived back at the White House on the evening of 5 October. | In a statement, he said: Don’t be afraid of [coronavirus], you’re going to beat it. | He added: now I’m better, and maybe I’m immune, I don’t know. But don’t let it dominate your lives. | Trump and coronavirus:…
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Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder
Tom Engelhardt | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder…
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The Unprecedented and Illegal Campaign to Eliminate Julian Assange
Charles Glass | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
Assange would never receive a fair trial in the U.S., but he’s not receiving one in Britain either.
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The Assange Extradition Case Is an Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom, So Why’s the Media Largely Ignoring It?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-06
Patrick COCKBURN | The silence of journalists in Britain and the US over the extradition proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is making them complicit in the criminalisation of newsgathering by the American government. | In an Old Bailey courtroom in London over the past four weeks, lawyers for the US government have sought the extradition of Assange to the US to face 17 charges under the Espionage Act of 1917 and one charge of computer misuse.
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Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom
Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-06
The testimony portion of the extradition hearing of Julian Assange, taking place in the United Kingdom, concluded after four weeks. Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who presided over the hearing, will not announce her decision until January. Until then, Assange will remain in detention in Belmarsh Prison. Under conditions that violated Assange’s rights and his ability to …
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Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing: The Only Just Outcome Is His Freedom
Margaret Flowers | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
The testimony portion of the extradition hearing of Julian Assange, taking place in the United Kingdom, concluded after four weeks. Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who presided over the hearing, will not announce her decision until January. Until then, Assange …
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“Collective Narcissism” and the “Dark Triad”: Those Who Protest against the “Official” Covid-19 Narrative are Categorized as “Psychopaths”. Is It A Witch Hunt?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
First published on August 26, 2020. | in recent developments, medical doctors are being arrested for challenging the official Covid “scientific” narrative. | *** | A diabolical process is underway which consists in “identifying” all those who are opposed to the governments’ management …
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Grayzone questions US intelligence claim of “Russian influence campaign” run by PeaceData
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
An article published by Grayzone shows that the website PeaceData–which US intelligence claims was part of a Russian misinformation campaign–was likely a false flag operation aimed at linking left-wing websites with the Moscow government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/peac…

‘He was setting me up’: Project Veritas accused of offering $10,000 for activist to say Ilhan Omar involved in voter fraud scheme
rt.com | 2020-10-06
A ballot collector featured heavily in a Project Veritas ‘exposé’ that alleges Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was involved in voter fraud has claimed he was offered $10,000 to say he was illegally ‘harvesting’ ballots for her. | Liban Osman was at the center of the conservative group’s recent investigation claiming that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was linked to a cash-for-ballots scheme in Minnesota. | The 17-minute video released by Project Veritas (PV) last month showed Osman in snapchat videos appearing to admit to the scheme. He told Fox 9 KMSP, however, that the clips were maliciously edited and claims…
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Breaking The Cycle Of Colonization
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Indigenous peoples have suffered and continue to suffer from historic injustices as a result of dehumanization and racism and the colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right of self-determination in accordance with their own needs and interests, extending to their rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements entered into with the United States and its several States. We must address the urgent need to respect and promote their inherent rights as peoples.
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Trump Needs Accomplices at Every Level of Government to Pull Off a Coup
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
For months, Donald Trump has been mounting a preemptive strike against the democratic election process. He signals his intent to manipulate — indeed, steal — the presidential election in the event that Joe Biden wins. With no evidence to support …
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Trump Needs Accomplices at Every Level of Government to Pull Off a Coup
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
Voting is absolutely critical for democracy. But at the end of the day, stopping a coup attempt will depend on far more than the ballot, and will require creative and courageous acts of civic and political engagement from all of us…
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Selected Articles: John Lennon at 80, One Man Against the Deep State ‘Monster’
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
Trump Needs Accomplices at Every Level of Government to Pull Off a Coup | By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 06 2020 | The Trump campaign is mobilizing “an army for Trump,” calling on “all able-bodied men and women to stop the …
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Mainstream economics today
David Ruccio | mronline.org | 2020-10-06
Readers today will be more familiar with contemporary mainstream economics than with the mainstream economics of Marx’s day. So, let’s start there.
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Philippines: Paramilitary leader behind Lianga massacre killed in gun battle with New People’s Army
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-06
One of the masterminds of the brutal Lianga Massacre of 2015 was killed October 4 in an ambush by the Communist-led New People’s Army (NPA) in Surigao del Sur against the paramilitary group Magahat-Bagani. | According to reports, Hawudon Jomar Bucales and with two other paramilitaries were killed in a firefight with the people’s army in Sitio Mamsapranon, Barangay Banahao, Lianga town, Surigao del Sur. | According to Marco L. Valbuena, chief information officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines, “The NPA unit in Surigao del Sur deserves the highest commendation. The Party and the Filipino people…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/6/philippi…

The Man Who Would Be President: Mike Pence, Corporate Theocrat
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
“Biblical capitalism”
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In Lieu of a Liberation Strategy: Palestinian Elections Are Designed to Buy Time
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
It is abundantly clear that Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has underestimated the seriousness of the challenges facing Palestine and the Palestinians.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/in-lieu-of-a-liber…

Towards a New Gold Standard? Or a Currency War with China?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
Rumors have it that the remaining months of 2020 may bring explosive changes in the world’s financial system. But such “doomsday” rumors have been floating around during the last few years. Why? — The US dollar is getting weaker and weaker.
globalresearch.ca/new-gold-standard-curr…

Netanyahu’s Dirty Laundry Tells All
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-06
If you can steal a whole country, what’s a little laundry? | Staff in Washington D.C.’s Blair House, where the U.S. president houses his V.I.P. foreign guests, report that they have begun counting towels and robes after visitors depart. Soap and shampoo resupply is also being closely monitored and a metal detector has been installed in the downstairs breakfast room to prevent silverware losses. The heightened security comes in the wake of revelations regarding the all-too-frequent visits by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been accused of regularly arriving at Blair House with multiple suitcases…
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Revolutionary organization in Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-06
Venezuelan grassroots organizations continue fighting for the socialist project despite very tough conditions. Here is a look at five examples.
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Wednesday 12/16: Online Study Group: The State and Revolution
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Zoom (Registration links in description)…
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Not a Woman Judge, But a Lady Judge
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
“God almighty made the woman and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.” –Mother Jones Despite her essential conservatism, I guess I understand why so many US residents are lamenting the death of Justice Ginsburg and demanding the Senate not confirm whomever Trump’s choice is. Arguably, this focus on the Supreme Court seat is…
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The Supreme Court Will Hear a Case That Could Destroy What Remains of the Voting Rights Act
Ian Millhiser | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
And Republicans are poised to gain a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-supreme-court-…

Venezuela to Begin Clinical Trials of Russian Covid-19 Vaccine
Manuela Solé | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-10-06
The first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine was delivered by the Russian Investment Fund to the South American nation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15015

Billionaires’ Media: The Smearing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
The Globe and Mail published an extraordinary and very lengthy article vilifying Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and calling him “a top voice of misinformation on social media.” The headline for the piece summarizes its range: “How a Kennedy became a ‘superspreader’ of hoaxes on COVID-19, vaccines, 5G and more”.
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Révolution Permanente (NPA) silent on Greek youth protests against COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
The New Anticapitalist Party’s (NPA) web site is silent on the mass struggles in Greece because it supports the official policy of herd immunity on COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/revo…

CDC Now Admits that 94% of COVID Deaths Had “Another Cause of Death”
Jack Davis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
First published on August 30, 2020 | At the outset of the pandemic, the CDC had been instructed to change the methodology regarding Death Certificates with a view to artificially inflating the numbers of “Covid deaths”. This is confirmed by the …
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Tens of thousands of UK COVID-19 cases and contacts went unreported
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Besides giving a completely false picture of the spread of the disease, the failure to report 15,841 positive Covid-19 cases has left tens of thousands of their potentially infected contacts untraced for up to a week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/ukco…

John Lennon at 80: One Man Against the Deep State ‘Monster’
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
“You gotta remember, establishment, it’s just a name for evil. The monster doesn’t care whether it kills all the students or whether there’s a revolution. It’s not thinking logically, it’s out of control.”–John Lennon (1969). John Lennon was a musical genius and pop cultural icon.
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Greek trade unionists, peace activists protest visit of NATO Secretary General
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to Greece and Turkey comes in the backdrop of escalating tensions between the two countries over maritime and energy rights in the Eastern Mediterranean region…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/06/greek-tra…

Third wave of COVID-19 expected to sweep across the United States
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Health officials reviewing the case reports from across the country are concerned that the trends indicate another wave is on the horizon, bringing with it rising hospitalization rates and an increase in the number of deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/pand…

Say no to imperialist coups
Vyshakh T | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
On the 44th anniversary of the 1976 coup in Thailand, we look at how imperialism has used such violent means throughout history to overthrow those who have fought for the people…
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Medical Doctor Warns that “Bacterial Pneumonias Are on the Rise” from Mask Wearing
John C. A. Manley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
“A group is suing Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and Tulsa Health Department Executive Director Bruce Dart, saying the city’s mask mandate is harmful to healthy people,” reports Activist Post. The group includes business owners and two doctors who “are …
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Why we focus on Africa
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-06
Africa can’t demonstrate independence and power because the entire continent has a giant U.S. military boot on its neck.
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Trump lies about Philadelphia because it’s a city that could decide the election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-06
Trump fabricated allegations of voter fraud in Pennsylvania and called on his supporters to intimidate voters in Philadelphia, which is home to one in five of the state’s Democratic voters.
therealnews.com/trump-lies-about-philade…

Tongues as Sharp as Snakes
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
Thomas Muntzer’s name is indelibly inscribed in the blood of the peasants who were slaughtered in the Peasants’ War of 1524-5 in Germany. The German revolutionary and bon vivant, Friedrich Engels, celebrated Muntzer as a proto-revolutionary; streets were named after him in the former Democratic Republic of Germany (he was hated in West Germany). Today…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/06/tongues-as-s…

Rishi Sunak’s planned cut to benefits is much bigger than Osborne’s in 2015
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-10-06
By Torsten Bell, Karl Handscomb and Adam Corlett: Back in 2015, 3.3 million working families were on track to lose an average of over £1,000 a year from the following April. As Figure 1 shows, today, the income of roughly twice as many families is at risk, with 6 million households (containing 12 million adults …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/rishi-sunaks-planned-cut-to-benefits-is-much-bigger-than-osbornes-in-2015/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Ecuadorian unemployed workers and supporters held a marched through the capital last week while food delivery workers pledged to join an international strike October 8…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/wkrs…

Global Research: If These Voices Get Silenced It Will Be Too Late
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
Dear readers, | As the saying goes, knowledge is power. The more informed we are the harder it becomes to deceive us. | From its inception in 2001, Global Research has established an extensive archive of news articles, in-depth reports and analysis …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-if-the…

Cuba: A Model for Healthcare Reform from a Surprising Place
Keith Preston | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
The issue of healthcare reform is one that is consistently identified by opinion polls as being among the most important to Americans. The United States continues to be the only fully industrialized nation that lacks a public healthcare system, a …
globalresearch.ca/model-healthcare-refor…

People’s movements and organizations across the world mobilize in week of anti-imperialist action
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
The week of action was called for by the International Week of Anti-Imperialist Struggle, a platform uniting movements and organizations under the banner of struggle against imperialism…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/06/peoples-m…

White House COVID Cluster Is A Mutha
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-06
Stir Crazy! Episode 94: Today we are joined by AFT-MI Local 3550 Graduate Employees’ Organization Secretary Amir Fleischmann, associate professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County Zoà´ McLaren . Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/white-house-covid-cluste…

Pakistan/ Say ‘No’ to Bahria Town!
Tania Siddiqi | workers.org | 2020-10-06
Bahria Town, one of the largest private real estate development companies in Asia, is known for its overly opulent master-planned communities constructed for Pakistan’s ruling class — and for its intimidation tactics that target Indigneous and Aboriginal peoples. Residents whose homes are scheduled to be demolished protest outside of Karachi . . . | Continue reading Pakistan/ Say ‘No’ to Bahria Town! at Workers.org
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Venezuelan gov’t wins appeal on gold reserves held in the UK
Ricardo Vaz | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
The Venezuelan government secured a legal victory on Monday in its battle to regain access to gold stored in the Bank of England (BoE). | On Monday, the English Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) concerning the control over 31 tons of gold stored in London, overturning a previous High Court ruling after a BCV appeal. The BoE has refused to repatriate the Venezuelan gold deposits since late 2018. | In July, Judge Nigel…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/06/venezuela…

California nurses declare: ‘Patients over profits!’
| workers.org | 2020-10-06
This statement was released Oct. 5 by the Organizing Committee of the Workers Assembly. Over 1,000 nurses in California will begin a five-day strike on Oct. 7 to protest hospital management’s failure to protect nurses and patients in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. California nurses within the Alameda Health . . . | Continue reading California nurses declare: ‘Patients over profits!’ at Workers.org
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Ecuadorian unemployed workers and supporters marched through the capital last week while food delivery workers pledged to join an international strike on October 8.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/wkrs…

Essential food workers battle COVID-19
Jim McMahan | workers.org | 2020-10-06
Seattle Big business neglect of the COVID pandemic continues to bring suffering and death to workers everywhere. Essential workers, like the packinghouse workers at a frozen vegetable plant in Pasco, Wash., are fighting back. Hundreds of other strikes and job actions are also taking place across the country. Twin City . . . | Continue reading Essential food workers battle COVID-19 at Workers.org
workers.org/2020/10/51686/?utm_source=rs…

Ecuador’s UNES registers candidates for upcoming general elections
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
Ecuador’s progressive coalition, the Union for Hope (UNES), on October 2, successfully registered Andrés Arauz and Carlos Rabascall as candidates for presidency and vice-presidency, respectively, at the office of the National Electoral Council (CNE) for the general elections scheduled for February 7, 2021. | The UNES presidential candidate and former economic minister, Andrés Arauz, was the first to share the news. “Today, together with Carlos Rabascall, we registered the UNES presidential ticket. It’s official,” he wrote in a tweet. | The…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/06/ecuadors-…

Ranks of long-term jobless soar as US unemployment aid dries up
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Both parties are using mass unemployment and the threat of destitution as a bludgeon to force workers back into unsafe factories and workplaces.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/pers…

Trump stages White House return to boost back-to-work policy and election coup plans
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
The departure was staged for political effect and signals the resumption of efforts to carry out an election day coup d’état.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/trmp…

Fighting for Black Lives at school
Ashley Smith | mronline.org | 2020-10-06
This is an incredibly challenging situation for teachers and the education system because we know how important in-person learning is. There’s no substitute for that online,” says Jesse Hagopian…
mronline.org/2020/10/06/fighting-for-bla…

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on the “Role of Russia” in Syria War
Bashar al Assad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to the Russian Zvezda TV Station, following is the full text. | *** | Journalist: Mr. President, thank you very much for giving us this opportunity and meeting with us. We are here in Syria on …
globalresearch.ca/president-bashar-al-as…

Protests erupt in Chile after police throw 16-year-old off bridge
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Chile’s murderous police violence proves that all of the tensions that gave rise to the social convulsions one year ago have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/chil…

Murder, He Said: America’s Maestro’s of Death and Destruction
Tom Engelhardt | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK? It’s, like, incredible.” Then he won — and this November 3rd (or thereafter), whether he wins or loses, we’re likely to find out that, when…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/06/murder-he-sa…

The return of the Hohenzollern imperial dynasty to Germany
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
The impudent demands of the Hohenzollerns aim at not only the shameless enrichment of the former ruling family, but also its return to a place “at the top” of German society.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/hohe…

Israel Lobby Will Face Blowback, Eventually
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
How much is too much? When will Israeli nationalists in North America completely discredit themselves by overusing their power to crush those defending Palestinians? | The ruthlessness of the Israel lobby is remarkable. Recently they’ve convinced Zoom to cancel a university …
globalresearch.ca/israel-lobby-face-blow…

John Lennon at 80: One Man Against the Deep State ‘Monster’
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
“You gotta remember, establishment, it’s just a name for evil. The monster doesn’t care whether it kills all the students or whether there’s a revolution. It’s not thinking logically, it’s out of control.”–John Lennon (1969) | John Lennon, born …
globalresearch.ca/john-lennon-80-one-man…

Protests erupt in Kyrgyzstan following alleged vote-buying during parliamentary elections
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
Out of the 16 political parties contesting Sunday’s parliamentary elections, only four could cross the official cut-off of 7% votes to qualify for the seats in the parliament…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/06/protests-…

To Sit or Not to Sit? Can Amy Coney Barrett Fairly Judge an Abortion Case?
JCNJMR | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
The political excitement surrounding Judge Barrett’s nomination comes from religiously conservative and pro-life individuals who recognize that, with her seated on the Court, there will be, for the first time, a solidly conservative, five-member majority capable of overturning Roe v. Wade, the decision protecting women’s right of choice and reproductive freedom.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/06/to-sit-or-no…

Billionaires’ Media: The Smearing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
On Sept. 17, Toronto-based The Globe and Mail newspaper published an extraordinary and very lengthy article vilifying Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and calling him “a top voice of misinformation on social media.” The headline for the piece summarizes its range: …
globalresearch.ca/billionaire-media-smea…

“Material Ecology”: Neri Oxman at the New York Museum of Modern Art
Prof. Sam Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
New York’s Museum of Modern Art is currently exhibiting Material Ecology, a tantalizing sample of the truly astounding and path-breaking work of Neri Oxman and her team, Mediated Matter group, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | Oxman is …
globalresearch.ca/material-ecology-neri-…

The Revolutionary Beethoven
Chris Wright | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-06
Beethoven in 1803, painted by Christian Horneman Two hundred and fifty years after Beethoven’s birth, we’re faced with something of a paradox: his music is known and beloved all over the world, probably more than that of any other composer, even as its real significance is hardly ever remarked on except in critical studies largely …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/the-revolutio…

New evidence revealed in Breonna Taylor’s murder
RJ Red | workers.org | 2020-10-06
When Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Sept. 23 that a grand jury was not charging a single police officer in the cop murder of Breonna Taylor on March 13 in Louisville, Ky., mass demonstrations erupted there, in New York City and in many other cities. On Sept. 25, Taylor’s . . . | Continue reading New evidence revealed in Breonna Taylor’s murder at Workers.org
workers.org/2020/10/51714/?utm_source=rs…

Preparándose para ‘el Interregno’ — el lío electoral — un comentario de WW
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-10-06
Al investigar este artículo, surgió una palabra que suena genial: “mezquindad”. Significa “dado a discutir por nimiedades”. La palabra fue utilizada en un artículo de Barton Gellman en la revista Atlantic de noviembre, “The Election That Could Break America”. Protesta en el Día del Trabajo por contratos justos, 7 de . . . | Continue reading Preparándose para ‘el Interregno’ — el lío electoral — un comentario de WW at Workers.org
workers.org/2020/10/51677/?utm_source=rs…

Round up the ‘anti-vaxxers’? Enlist religious leaders? Bill Gates warns US needs to brainstorm ways to reduce ‘vaccine hesitancy’
rt.com | 2020-10-06
Billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates has urged the US to prepare for a 2021 Covid-19 vaccine rollout by deputizing trusted community leaders to “reduce vaccine hesitancy,” bemoaning rapid spread of “conspiracy theories” online. | The Microsoft founder-turned-vaccine-evangelist painted a mostly rosy picture of a vaccine rollout getting “rich countries” back to normal by the end of 2021 in an interview during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on Tuesday. | However, with less than half of Americans saying they’d get a Covid jab — even if paid $100 for it — in a recent survey, Gates then focused hi…
rt.com/usa/502742-bill-gates-vaccine-rol…

‘I want to see them dancing when they’re four years older’: Biden’s latest gaffe with young girls elicits cringe-fest on Twitter
rt.com | 2020-10-06
Joe Biden’s penchant for gaffes and cringy moments involving girls has resurfaced, as the Democrat presidential candidate told a group of “beautiful young ladies” that he wants to “see them dancing when they’re four years older.” | “The good news for me is, I’m here,” Biden told a group in Miami on Monday. “The bad news for you is, I’m coming back. And I want to see these beautiful young ladies, I want to see them dancing when they’re four years older, too.” | Biden was referring to a group of girls who had performed before he spoke at Miami’s Little Haiti Cultural Center. He apparently was trying to make a…
rt.com/usa/502751-biden-girls-gaffe-crin…

Facebook & Instagram to purge ALL accounts ‘representing QAnon,’ even those that don’t share ‘violent content’
rt.com | 2020-10-06
A new Facebook policy will see all profiles linked to the QAnon conspiracy community wiped from the platform whether or not they promote violence, the company’s latest crackdown on what it claims is a dangerous movement. | Facebook announced the new measures on Tuesday, explaining that the decision updates a policy imposed in August targeting QAnon accounts “containing discussions…
rt.com/usa/502750-facebook-bans-all-qano…

Pentagon: US Joint Chiefs of Staff quarantined after Coast Guard admiral tests positive for Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-10-06
Senior commanders of the US military have been told to self-isolate and work from home, after Admiral Charles Ray of the Coast Guard tested positive for the coronavirus. | The rest of the Joint Chiefs have tested negative so far. | Ray, who is vice commandant of the Coast Guard, began feeling ill on Friday and tested positive on Monday. The other Joint Chiefs tested negative on Tuesday, but were told to self-isolate and work from home for the next several days. | Those in self-quarantine include Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley, General Charles Brown of the Air Force, Chief of Naval Operation…
rt.com/usa/502737-pentagon-chiefs-corona…

University of Kentucky SEGREGATES resident assistants by race for ‘abhorrent’ mandatory white-shaming training
rt.com | 2020-10-06
The University of Kentucky has subjected incoming resident assistants to segregated training sessions in which the white group was made to identify with racist generalizations, documents leaked by a participant reveal. | Presented with a lengthy list of white “microaggressions” and derogatory accusations of “privilege,” the RAs in the “White Accountability Space” group were required to display the document on their computer screens at all times during marathon “breakout session” Zoom calls, a student…
rt.com/usa/502641-university-kentucky-ra…

UN rights chief urges Iran to release jailed human rights defenders, citing COVID-19 risk
news.un.org | 2020-10-06
The top UN rights official has called on Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders, lawyers and political prisoners, citing deep concerns over their situation and heightened risk of contracting COVID-19.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/10/1…

Saudi Arabia’s trade war on Turkey
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-06
Tensions erupt after years of steadily deteriorating relations between the two former allies | Just after the second anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi authorities have effectively declared a trade war against Turkey. On Sunday, the chairman of the Saudi Council of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ajlan al-Ajlan, declared that Saudi businesses and consumers had a responsibility to “boycott everything Turkish, whether… imports, investment or tourism”, due to “the Turkish government’s continuing hostility to our leadership, country and citizens.” | Saudi Arabia’s political and c…
thealtworld.com/abdel_bari_atwan/saudi-a…

China’s High-Speed Rail Reaches into Southeast Asia
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-06
There is a significant reason why political unrest fueled by US interference is flaring up across Southeast Asia — an attempt at derailing Beijing’s ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. | When completed, it will cement not only China’s regional rise, but permanently replace the United States as Asia’s largest and most influential power. | The “stitching” holding this emerging shift together is a regional high-speed rail network running from the southern Chinese city of Kunming, through Laos, and into the heart of Thailand. Construction in Laos is well underway with construction having already star…
thealtworld.com/anthony_cartalucci/china…

Uber-funded ballot measure in California would create ‘permanent underclass of workers’
Nicole Karlis | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
“From an abstract perspective, the idea that some of the richest companies in the world are passing a ballot initiative that would exempt their workers from basic labor protections is just, I think beyond the pale.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/uber-funded-ballot…

Defeating Trump: Grassroots Organizations Can Tip the Scales
Peter Hogness | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
We don’t know what the last weeks of the campaign will bring, but one thing is clear. Defeating Donald Trump is too important to leave up to the Biden campaign.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/defeating-trump-gr…

After Dakota Access CEO gave $10M, Trump pushed secret pipeline permits
Steve Horn | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
“It wouldn’t be the first time he’s given Trump cash shortly before getting lucky with his pipelines”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/after-dakota-acces…

Social Self-Defense Against the Impending Trump Coup
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
It is a threat to all of us as members of society. Overcoming a Trump Coup is Social Self-Defense…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/social-self-defens…

Two guises of racism, disdain as well as envy
Anne-Ruth Wertheim | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
I predict that the shift from exploitation racism to competition racism will continue with the further emancipation of minorities — who are recognizable in the public space — therefore increasing the chance of mass violence…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/two-guises-of-raci…

The Last Empire (Hopefully)
Kathleen Wallace | zcomm.org | 2020-10-06
Just looking around at the crumbling infrastructure, the raging homelessness, the everyday low level panic that the average American has knowing there is no viable safety net. One misstep and….well, things will go badly…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-last-empire-ho…

Missile Defense Has Bipartisan Support Even Though It Wastes Money
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
The program to develop a missile defense system to protect the United States mainland has existed in one form or another for nearly six decades. Though it was controversial from the beginning and faced nearly unsurmountable technical challenges, it has enjoyed bipartisan support and continued funding in Congress for more than 20 years. | In July, both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed their own versions of a defense authorization bill for 2021. By a wide majority, both chambers authorized more than $740 billion for defense spending next year.
popularresistance.org/missile-defense-ha…

Racist Roots: Origins Of North Carolina’s Death Penalty
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Right now, our nation is in a moment of reckoning with our criminal punishment system. We are finally seeing clearly what should have been obvious long ago: The system has its knee on the necks of Black people. | In North Carolina, as we begin a long-overdue conversation about the future of police and prisons, we must confront the punishment that sits at the top of that system, condoning all its other cruelties — the death penalty. | When citizens have acclimated to the state strapping a person to a gurney and killing them in front of an audience, it becomes harder to shock them.
popularresistance.org/racist-roots-origi…

Vandalizing The Post Office
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Undermining democracy to win elections and protect investors and property interests in the United States is well documented and has been a consistent part of our history. However, Donald Trump’s attacks on our democracy, including his effort to privatize and disparage the public Post Office are unprecedented, and unpopular with most voters. Article 1 of the Constitution requires Congress to establish…
popularresistance.org/vandalizing-the-po…

This Is Why Thousands Of Renter Are Evicted Each Year
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Joseph Gelletich’s life began to unravel in September of 2018, 16 days after he missed a rent payment. | His landlord filed an eviction lawsuit, triggering the legal process that would eventually leave him homeless. But Gelletich says he didn’t actually find out about the proceedings until months later–after many of his options for fighting to keep his apartment had already evaporated. | Gelletich had called Harvard Hall home since 1991. Almost 60 now, he moved into the stately, seven-story building at the southern end of Mount Pleasant as a young man, just starting a career remodeling kitchens and bathroom…
popularresistance.org/this-is-why-thousa…

Report Finds ‘Gang Like’ Police Clique That Exerts ‘Undue Influence’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Los Angeles County’s top watchdog said Monday that substantial evidence exists that a secretive group of tattooed deputies at the East L.A. sheriff’s station are “gang-like and their influence has resulted in favoritism, sexism, racism and violence.” | In a 32-page report probing activities of the Banditos clique, Inspector General Max Huntsman alleged that Sheriff Alex Villanueva “continues to promote a code of silence regarding these sub-groups” which have plagued the agency for decades.
popularresistance.org/report-finds-gang-…

Human Rights Defenders Sue German Parliament Over Anti-BDS Resolution
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Three human rights defenders are mounting a court challenge to the German parliament’s resolution condemning BDS — the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for Palestinian rights. | The BDS supporters are suing the German parliament for violation of their rights to freedom of expression and assembly. | Based on the widely criticized IHRA definition that is promoted by Israel and its lobby, the resolution passed by the Bundestag in May 2019 smears BDS activism as anti-Semitic.
popularresistance.org/human-rights-defen…

FCC’s Repeal Of Net Neutrality Is Still Wrong
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
Washington – In a blog post on Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wrote that he stands by the agency’s unpopular repeal of Net Neutrality rules. Pai also circulated a proposal to address three issues raised in 2019 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit when it remanded critical parts of that repeal and sent it back to the agency. | At that time, the court commanded the FCC to examine the impacts of removing Title II as a source of authority for broadband’s inclusion in the Lifeline subsidy program.
popularresistance.org/fccs-repeal-of-net…

Roger Waters At The Belmarsh Tribunal
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
I have been following the extradition proceedings in the court in London with equal measures of disbelief and disgust. Some lyrics I wrote forty years ago for a theatrical piece called ‘The Wall’ come to mind, if I may. “The evidence before the court is incontrovertible there’s no need for the jury to retire, the prisoner who now stands before you was caught red-handed showing feelings, showing feelings of an almost human nature, this will not do.” Those lyrics fit the kangaroo court in London and would sound perfect coming out of the mouth of Judge Barraister.
popularresistance.org/roger-waters-at-th…

Terrifying Alliance Between End Times Christian Zionists And Trump
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-06
On Sep ≠tem ≠ber 13, evan ≠gel ≠i ≠cal pas ≠tor John Hagee stood before San Antonio’s Cor ≠ner ≠stone Church‚Äâ–‚Äâwhich seats 5,400 peo ≠ple and is tele ≠vised to mil ≠lions more‚Äâ–‚Äâand told con ≠gre ≠gants how to vote on Novem ≠ber 3. ‚Äã”In the forth ≠com ≠ing pres ≠i ≠den ≠tial elec ≠tion let every bible-believ ≠ing Chris ≠t ≠ian go vote the bible,” he said, to the cheer ≠ing and applause of a tight ≠ly packed crowd of mask-less wor &ne…
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Tuesday 10/13: Authoritarianism: U.S. vs Peoples Republic of China
Peoples Alliance | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Online. Please use this registration link to get your login information: | us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrde-…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/06/1883732…

Green Party local, state, and national Endorsements
Green Party | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
In addition to the San Francisco Green Party and the Green Party of Alameda County endorsements that are listed below, the Green Party of Santa Clara County endorsements can be found here: sccgreens.org/elections/2020-nov-voter-g…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/06/1883733…

Poor People’s Caravan Targets Senators Feinstein and Harris
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Political action as applied morality…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883730…

Monday 10/12: In the Land of My Ancestors: Film and Conversation
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/06/1883732…

Sunday 10/11: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit.Walk.Listen. | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park. Oakland, California. | (19th Street/Rashida Muhammad)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883732…

ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 5.10.2020
Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 05.10.2020 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/04/1883725…

Saturday 10/10: Trash this Policy!
United Front Against Displacement | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Saturday October 10th at Oakland City Hall at 1pm…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883726…

Small but Mighty Sunnyvale Demonstration for Black Lives Matter
Residents Show Up, Speak Out | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
October 3 Black Lives Matter protest in Sunnyvale, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883727…

Friday 10/9: Stop The Racist Attacks On SF City Workers & Prosecute & Jail The Crooks
UPWA | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
CCSF Deparment of Human Resources DHR & MTA | 1 South Van Ness/Market St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883726…

Saturday 10/10: Landless Not Voiceless an exhibition
C & C Unhoused Artists Collective | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Pro Arts Gallery & Commons | 150 Frank H Ogawa Plz / Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883732…

Dirty tricks of the autocrats
Mark Leonard | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Donald Trump tries to get re-elected with partly illegal tricks. This is undemocratic and dangerous for the USA and its allies. Trump’s role models, however, are already further along: they decompose and weaken democracy until there is nothing left of it. Defending it is becoming the challenge of our time.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/06/1883732…

Wednesday 10/7: Defund Militarism, Invest in Communities, & the Racial Justice Movements Making It Happen
United We Dream & partners | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883732…

Tuesday 10/20: Women Lead: A Conversation on Social Justice
NY Women’s Foundation | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883726…

Wednesday 10/7: Juneteenth SPT Actions against privatization/outsourcing -From New Orleans to AHS East Bay
SPTESR | indybay.org | 2020-10-06
Peoples Ready/Labor Ready | 2648 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601-1512, United States…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/05/1883730…

Take Pity on Britain Because It Is Approaching Catastrophe
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-06
Countless millions in Britain are suffering economically and/or medically from the effects of the government’s erratic whack-a-mole approach to the Covid-19 crisis. On the other hand, criminal gangs and some very rich citizens have prospered greatly from the effects of the pandemic, and morally it is difficult to draw a line between these elements of the community. | Scams by criminals have included fake websites offering supposed cures for the virus, and bogus claims…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/06/ta…

Iran among top 10 countries in radar construction: IRGC cmdr
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that if there are 20 countries in the world that construct radar, Iran is definitely among the top 10 countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164399/Iran-among-t…

Iran ready to expand media cooperation with Russia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Foreign Ministry Spox expressed Iran’s tendency for expanding media cooperation with Russia on Tuesday, underlining the significance of intellectual and media cooperation between the two sides to counter US media conspiracies.
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VIDEO: Shia car caravan commemorating Arbaeen in France
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — Shia Muslims in Europe are commemorating Arbaeen, the 40th day (Arbaeen in Arabic) after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH) in the battle of Karbala on Ashura Day in 680 AD, in France via car caravans.
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US coercive measures created problems for vulnerable people
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Deputy Ministry of Interior for Security Affairs said that US’s coercive measures have prevented vulnerable people from accessing proper services.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164420/US-coercive-…

Others should not become complicit in US inhumane actions
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that other countries should not cooperate with the United States in its ‘inhuman’ policies against Iran.
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VIDEO: Blast in Syria leaves 7 dead, 30 injured
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — A number of media outlets reported that a car explosion in the city of Al-Bab in the Syrian province of Aleppo have left 7 people dead and more than 30 injured on Tuesday.
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Semnan exports $120.4mn worth of products in H1: official
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — The Director General of Semnan Province Customs Office said that $120.4 million worth of products was exported from this province to 37 countries in the first six months of the current year (March 21-Sept. 22).
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Bakhtiari nomadic lifestyle
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
SHAHREKORD, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari is one of the key places where nomads live. In spring nomads headed for the cooler pastures of the Zagros and at the end of autumn they would return to Khuzestan Province.
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Iran update: 227 deaths, 4,151 new infections in 24h
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — The daily count of COVID-19 infections in Iran reached 4,151 on Tuesday, bringing the total cases to 479,825, according to the Health Ministry.
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22nd Iran Intl. Steel Exhibition kicks off in Kish
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — The 22nd edition of Iran International Steel Exhibition dubbed “Annual Steel Symposium” was inaugurated in Kish Island on Tue. with the participation of 254 domestic and foreign companies and will run for three days.
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Iran to be pioneer cheap gasoline, petchem products producer
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — Researchers at Amirkabir University of Technology have succeeded to produce gasoline and petrochemical products with natural gas via a very cheap method.
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Iranian Lawyers in Canada, US
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 07(MNA) — Ones who intend to immigrate must first give all work to a qualified lawyer to follow immigration laws.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164381/Iranian-Lawy…

Alireza Ghezili appointed as new amb. to Mexico
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry has appointed Alireza Ghezili as the new Ambassador to Mexico.
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Fatemiyoun division knew both US, its subordinates well: Cmdr
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) — Deputy Coordinator of IRGC Quds Force said that Fatemiyoun knew both the United States and its subordinates well and entered the war with full knowledge of the battlefield.
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US at war with Iran since Islamic Revolution victory: MP
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-06
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) — An Iranian lawmaker noted that since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the US has been at war with Iran in various fields of economic and military ones.
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Global Britain needs UK science, Imperial Provost tells Conservative conference
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-06
Professor Ian Walmsley joined a panel to discuss Government’s plans for ‘global Britain’ at the Conservative Party conference.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205813/global-britain-needs-uk-science-imperial

Agilent Measurement Suite celebrates early successes
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-06
Advanced chemical analysis equipment from Agilent in the Molecular Sciences Research Hub has been helping researchers solve pressing challenges.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205873/agilent-measurement-suite-celebrates-early-successes

Mysterious molecular phenomenon could boost precision of targeted drug delivery
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-06
Scientists have shown how a type of cellular binding could help pave the way for highly targeted therapies against diseases like cancer.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205933/mysterious-molecular-phenomenon-could-boost-precision

Hydrogen-based heating could help UK reach net-zero carbon by 2050
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-06
Using hydrogen instead of natural gas for heating could help the UK to achieve net carbon-neutrality by 2050, according to new Imperial research.
imperial.ac.uk/news/205953/hydrogen-based-heating-could-help-uk-reach

Pregnant woman waited a week for Test and Trace call after catching coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-06
A pregnant woman who caught coronavirus (Covid-19) was only contacted by the Test and Trace service eight days after she learned of her positive result. The Canary has previously reported on the problems with the Serco-run Test and Trace system.Vulnerable category: Sally Fazeli, from Preston, Lancashire, received the call — asking for details of people she’d been in contact with and offering advice on self-isolating — just as her own period of s…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/10/06/pregnant-woma…

‘This is an environmental disaster’: Unexplained tragedy kills 95% of sea-life on bed of Russia’s Avacha Bay
rt.com | 2020-10-06
Worries about life in the oceans around Russia’s north-eastern Kamchatka region have increased sharply, after scientists discovered that 95 percent of all organisms living on the seabed of the peninsula’s Avacha Bay have died. | The alarm was raised last weekend when piles of sea life began washing up on Kamchatka’s beaches. Pictures of dead octopi, crabs, and starfish went viral on Russian social media, and local surfers reported that they’d experienced problems with their eyes after being in the water. | Now, the latest revelations seem to have confirmed ecologists’ worst fears. After studying the water of t…
rt.com/russia/502707-russia-kamchatka-re…

Russia slams ‘disgraceful’ ban on founding OPCW chief speaking at UN Security Council on Syria, PUBLISHES his speech unilateraly
rt.com | 2020-10-06
An ex-OPCW chief, sacked under US pressure, has been barred from briefing the UN Security Council about a controversial probe into an alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria. Russia called it a “shame” and published his speech. | Jose Bustani, a Brazilian diplomat who led the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) from 1997 until 2002, was invited by Moscow to speak at a UN Security Council meeting about the so-called “Syrian chemical dossier,” but his appearance was blocked at the last minute by Belgium, Germany, Estonia, France, the US and the UK. | …
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OPCW says it found traces of Novichok-class substance in blood & urine samples of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny
rt.com | 2020-10-06
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Tuesday that it’s found evidence of a poisonous substance from the Novichok group in blood and urine samples of Russian anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny. | As a result, the German government — which requested the study — says it intends to work out a response in collaboration with other European Union members. It looks likely that the situation will lead to a new front opening in the sanctions war. On Saturday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he expected the EU to impose penalties against Russia if the presence of Nov…
rt.com/russia/502741-opcw-novichok-threa…

UK plans to detain refugees on prison ships
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
Repressive anti-immigration policies, in Britain and Australia alike, have been built up over decades by all political representatives of the ruling class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/asyl…

“Quad” alliance holds summit as U.S. pushes for more aggression vs. China
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-06
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Japan today to attend a high-profile summit of top diplomats from the countries involved in the “Indo-Pacific Quad”. The Quad is a U.S.-initiated alliance composed of Australia, Japan, the United States and India. It is an important pillar of the Trump administration’s strategy to ratchet up confrontation with …
liberationnews.org/quad-alliance-holds-s…

Pandemic exposes Australian employers’ exploitation of young backpackers
wsws.org | 2020-10-06
The political establishment’s only response to the abuses has been to expand such visa programs and extend them to jobless workers and school leavers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/06/back…

Gov’t covers up white supremacist infiltration of police
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-10-06
According to The Intercept, the FBI is now so “concerned about the infiltration of law enforcement by white supremacist groups and its impact on police abuse and tolerance of racism” that on Sept. 29 it released an unredacted version of agency surveillance about the infiltration, which supposedly started in 2006. . . . | Continue reading Gov’t covers up white supremacist infiltration of police at Workers.org
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At the start of #BlackHistoryMonth, deportations and raids show racist state violence is alive and well in the UK
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-10-06
We’re almost a week into this year’s Black History Month, in a year where violence against Black people has already sparked an uprising in the US and the global growth of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. | Already, establishment figures are using the occasion to tell a nationalistic bedtime story where, in the words of Boris Johnson, “Britain is one of the most diverse and inclusive societies in the world”, and stories of Black NHS workers and war heroes replace the rich history of Black struggles against white supremacy. | One family membe…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/10/06/at-the-s…

From British Israelism to the Miami Model: What’s Behind QAnon’s 2020 Resurgence?
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-06
The QAnon message being subtly, and sometimes not-so-subtly, amplified by the very same members of the deep state they claim to abhor, spurring some of America’s most powerful forces to join the movement.
mintpressnews.com/israelism-police-miami…

SAT 24 OCT — SUN 25 OCT
Matthew Egan | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-06
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New bill aims to allow foreign troops and foreign police to be used in ’emergencies’
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-06
greenleft.org.au/content/new-bill-aims-a…

End the hypocritical crackdown on civil liberties
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-06
greenleft.org.au/content/end-hypocritica…

Japan’s Economy of the Post-Abe Era. Powerless Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has inherited from Abe Shinzo an economy in bad shape. The arrow of fiscal policy has made itself powerless, the arrow of monetary policy flooded the country with money which has lost its direction, …
globalresearch.ca/post-abe-era-yoshihide…

A Ghedi si prepara la nuova base per gli F-35 nucleari
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
Nell’aeroporto militare di Ghedi (Brescia) stanno iniziando i lavori per realizzare la principale base operativa dei caccia F-35A dell’Aeronautica italiana armati di bombe nucleari. La Matarrese spa di Bari, che si è aggiudicata l’appalto con un’offerta di 91 milioni di …
globalresearch.ca/a-ghedi-si-prepara-la-…

How Not To Talk About Obama
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-06
Sound materialist analysis (not always satisfying) often adds a little treat at the end. For example, let’s take the Barack Obama rules. Instead of saying Barack Obama was a neoliberal President who largely complied with the general trend of the last half-century of consolidating wealth, privatizing industry, and using imperialism and capitalism together to continue…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/06/how-not-to-t…

COVID’s Threat Is Greater Than Its Medical One
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-06
As readers know, I do not think that the Covid virus itself is a hoax. From the beginning I have taken the virus seriously. I reported the available information that the ability of the virus to spread threatened hospital capacity …
globalresearch.ca/covids-threat-greater-…

Who Will Save the News?
Anya Schiffrin | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Who Will Save the News?
thenation.com/article/culture/victor-pic…

America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy
Manisha Sinha | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy…
thenation.com/article/culture/heather-co…

Chinatown Will Recover From the Coronavirus
Alan Chin, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Chinatown Will Recover From the Coronavirus…
thenation.com/article/society/chinatown-…

Why Trump Doesn’t Wear a Mask
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Why Trump Doesn’t Wear a Mask…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-mas…

Yaa Gyasi’s Family Chronicle
Lovia Gyarkye | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Yaa Gyasi’s Family Chronicle…
thenation.com/article/culture/yaa-gyasi-…

Nicholson Baker’s Maddening Search for the Truth
Charlie Savage | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Denied access to files about the use of chemical weapons during the Cold War, the novelist’s transformed his new book into a study of how America keeps its secrets.
thenation.com/article/culture/nicholson-…

Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America
Elias Rodriques | thenation.com | 2020-10-06
Claudia Rankine’s Dialogue With America…
thenation.com/article/culture/claudia-ra…

Armenia, Azerbaijan bomb each other’s cities
wsws.org | 2020-10-05
Both sides launched artillery or missile attacks on each other’s cities this weekend in a major escalation of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/05/azer…

Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict: Canada suspends sale of drone tech to Turkey
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-05
Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict: Canada suspends sale of drone tech to Turkey | Foreign minister says Ottawa will stop issuing licensing sales of military technology to Ankara over reports that Canadian-made drone optics were used by Azeri forces | MEE staff | Mon, 10/05/2020 – 21: 08 | A serviceman of Karabakh’s defence army fires an artillery piece towards Azeri positions on 4 October (AFP) | Canada has suspended the sale o…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/azerbaijan-ar…

Armenia’s Going for Broke by Attacking Azerbaijan’s Ganja
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-05
The Armenian missile strike on Azerbaijan’s second largest city of Ganja outside the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone shows that the landlocked state is going for broke out of desperation to internationalize the war as soon as possible since it knows how …
globalresearch.ca/armenia-attacking-azer…

Iran to give stronger warnings if mortar attack continued
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-05
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) — Interior Minister said that Islamic Republic of Iran will give stronger warnings if any mortar attack on borders of country is continued following the conflict erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Latest development on the ninth day of Karabakh Conflict
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-05
TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) — Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on the ninth day of the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years.
en.mehrnews.com/news/164358/Latest-devel…

Azerbaijan celebrates partial retreat of Nagorno-Karabakh forces while Armenia says it was a ‘trick’ that killed 200 ‘enemies’
rt.com | 2020-10-05
Conflicting accounts from the two warring sides celebrate their own successes while keeping mum about setbacks as an Azerbaijani report of capture of three villages was met with Armenian claims of eliminating 200 enemy troops. | Armenia’s Defense Ministry said that the forces of Nagorno-Karabakh successfully implemented a “tactical trick” on Monday, which allowed it to deliver significant losses to Azerbaijan’s military. | According to the ministry, the fighters imitated retreat from their battle positions in one of the key areas on the contact line. And when the Azerbaijani soldiers moved in to occupy the gro…
rt.com/russia/502636-armenia-azerbaijan-…

Azerbaijan celebrates partial retreat of Nagorno-Karabakh forces but Armenia says it was a ‘trick’ that killed 200 Azeris
rt.com | 2020-10-05
The information war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is as keenly fought as the one on the battlefields of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. On Monday evening, both sides celebrated purported successes while downplaying setbacks. | The conflicting accounts featured an Azerbaijani report on the capture of three villages and Armenian claims of eliminating 200 enemy troops. | Armenia’s Defense Ministry said that the forces of Nagorno-Karabakh successfully implemented a “tactical trick” on Monday, which allowed them to deliver significant losses to Azerbaijan’s military. | According to the ministry, the fighters imitat…
rt.com/russia/502636-armenia-azerbaijan-…

Influx of Foreign Fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh Could Lead to Region-wide Conflict
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-05
The war in Artsakh, or more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh, is becoming increasingly internationalized as foreigners are arriving to fight on both sides of the conflict. Artsakh, despite being internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, has had a de …
globalresearch.ca/foreign-fighters-nagor…

Why is Trump Not Facing Impeachment Over COVID-19?
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-05
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have both tested positive for the coronavirus in what is perhaps the most shocking “October surprise” in the history of presidential races. If he recovers with only mild symptoms, he will undoubtedly make the case that he was right all along in downplaying the virus. If he suffers,…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/05/why-is-trump…

Does Trump Really Have COVID or Just a Nasty Cold?
John C. A. Manley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-05
“U.S. President Donald Trump’s condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital…” so says the media pundits’ drone on. | Yet does he really have COVID-19? This ever devolving disease seems to acquire a broader …
globalresearch.ca/does-trump-really-have…

A still-contagious, mask-less Trump returns to the White House to lie about COVID-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-05
After receiving cutting-edge treatment, Trump downplays COVID-19 danger and compares it to the flu, after privately admitting in February that it’s far more deadly.
therealnews.com/republican-leaders-denie…

Trump and Covid
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-05
It had to happen. Refusing to wear a mask because it wouldn’t make him look macho, conducting rallies with supporters packed together, exposing himself in the White House where many unmasked come and go daily and winding up in the hospital with the coronavirus: an October surprise.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/05/trump-and-co…

The Absurdity of COVID “Cases”
Jeff Deist | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-05
Today’s headlines announced Donald and Melania Trump “tested positive” for covid-19. Another claims nineteen thousand Amazon workers “got” covid-19 on the job. Both of these pseudostories are sure to ignite another absurd media frenzy. | As always, the story keeps changing: …
globalresearch.ca/absurdity-covid-cases/…

Republican leaders denied COVID’s seriousness. Now they are being ravaged by it
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-05
Trump, who was recently revealed to have paid little to no money in taxes in the last 15 years, is receiving cutting-edge, taxpayer-funded medical treatment at Walter Reed Military Medical Center…
therealnews.com/republican-leaders-denie…

After Recklessness, a Coronavirus Outbreak at the White House; Will Admin Cover Up or Contract Trace?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-05
As President Trump and a growing number of prominent Republicans are infected with COVID-19, we speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, who says Trump was reckless in his approach to the coronavirus and continues to flout public health recommendations. “There is an outbreak happening at the White House. It will continue to spread. It will not go away on its own,” says Dr. Jha. “The way you stop it is to test, trace and isolate.”
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/5/trump_cov…

What Did He Know and When Did He Know It? Lies & Contradictions Abound as Trump Is Treated for COVID
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-05
As the White House and President Trump’s medical team issue conflicting statements on Trump’s condition after he was hospitalized for COVID-19, and when he was infected, we speak with Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason. The administration’s lack of transparency “certainly raises questions about the decisions that were made to allow him to travel, for him to decide to travel, and to expose what seems like a lot of people,” Mason says.
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/5/trump_cov…

Will the Media Meltdown About Trump Hospital Exit
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-05
On today’s episode of The Backstory host Lee Stranahan covers: President Trump entered Walter Reed Hospital Oct 2nd, Pres. Trump briefly exited the hospital & waved to supporters from Pres. vehicle, Supreme court hearings set to begin in a week, and NY state is having new COVID-19 shutdown.
sputniknews.com/radio-the-backstory/2020…

Biden Courts Florida Hispanic Community, Hits Trump Record on COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-05
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Hispanic Americans have been dying from COVID-19 at three times the national average as a consequence of President Donald Trump’s pandemic policy, while his actions on Cuba have left the government there stronger and more repressive, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said in a speech in Miami.
sputniknews.com/us/202010051080677563-bi…

Video: Trump Returns to White House After COVID-19 Diagnosis Prompts 4-Day Hospital Stay
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-05
US President Donald Trump was seen leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday, following his initial admittance for COVID-19 novel coronavirus treatment on Friday.
sputniknews.com/us/202010051080677638-tr…

‘Desperate’: Trump May Extend New START to Bolster ‘Dealmaker’ Image Amid Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-05
US President Donald Trump may seek to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the US and Russia to draw attention away from his administration’s poor COVID-19 response, Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector and weapons of mass destruction whistleblower, told Radio Sputnik.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202010051080677…

Trump Is Deploying a Propaganda Campaign to Pretend He Has “Defeated” COVID
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-05
Four years ago, almost to the day, Donald Trump was on the campaign trail mocking Hillary Clinton’s bout of pneumonia and insisting that contracting such an illness rendered her too weak and unfit to be the president. The campaign ran what was called by some the nastiest political ad ever, called “Dangerous.” It depicted Clinton as a doddering invalid who was…
truthout.org/articles/trump-is-deploying…

Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive for COVID
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-05
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced in a tweet on Monday that she has become the latest member of the Trump administration to have tested positive for coronavirus. | “After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms,” McEnany wrote in a statement. “No reporters, producers, or members of the press are listed as close…
truthout.org/articles/trump-press-secret…

Trump’s Hospitalization Hasn’t Diminished the Threat of Election Theft
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-05
As Donald Trump’s COVID bout proceeds, so does his cultish march toward a stolen election. | Trump and his backers have made clear their intent to denigrate and then defy the popular will in the November 3 vote count. Because the election will be run at the state and county levels, the threats are innumerable and complex. Let’s investigate 12 of the most dangerous: | 1. Millions of People Have Been Stripped From the Voter Registration Rolls: | The federal Election Assistance Commission, estab…
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Public Outrage Spreads Over Trump’s Unnecessary and Risky “Joy Ride”
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-05
A number of health experts have condemned President Trump’s decision over the weekend to use the presidential motorcade to greet supporters outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as he received treatment for COVID-19, calling it inappropriate and unsafe, particularly for Secret Service agents that were forced to ride along with him. | The reckless attempt by the president to convey strength to voters may backfire, as majorities in a number of polls have faulted Trump for not taking the…
truthout.org/articles/public-outrage-spr…

“How Many People Will Die Because of This Tweet?” Trump, Leaving Hospital, Tells Nation: “Don’t Be Afraid of Covid”
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-05
“That message, coming from THE PRESIDENT, is going to influence so many people and lead to so many more unnecessary deaths.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Cornell Study Reveals Trump Is Covid-19 Misinformation ‘Superspreader’
Dawn Stover | commondreams.org | 2020-10-05
Illustration by Thomas Gaulkin (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Creative Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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As Trump Gets ‘Excellent Taxpayer-Funded Care,’ Analysis Finds Frontline Workers Disproportionately Lack Health Insurance
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-05
Given how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted people in “essential” industries and their high uninsured rates, the Public Citizen report says “the argument for Medicare for All has never been stronger.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/05/trump-g…