Ending Regime Change in Bolivia and the World
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-28
Bolivian woman votes in October 18 election Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup to overthrow the government of Bolivia, the Bolivian people have reelected the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and restored it to power. In the long history of U.S.-backed …
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Resurgence of Socialism in Bolivia
Yanis Iqbal | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-28
In Bolivia, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) — a major leftist political force — has returned to power following a thumping victory in the 2020 elections. The MAS presidential candidate Luis Arce obtained 55.09% of the votes, decisively ahead of the neoliberal candidate Carlos Mesa and the right-wing extremist Luis Fernando Camacho who garnered 28.83% …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/resurgence-of…

Is the left organized enough to fight neofascism?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-28
This election, voters have a choice between neoliberalism and neofascism. Marc Steiner talks to Norman Solomon about what’s at stake on November 3.
therealnews.com/is-the-left-organized-en…

Across America, Police Brutality and Racist Violence Intensifies Leading Up to Contested Elections
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
As millions of people in the United States cast early ballots for the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections, tensions are escalating over the future of racial politics inside the country. | On October 26, the police killing of an African American …
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“To sustain this process we need to repoliticize the people”
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-28
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has won a landslide victory in the Bolivian elections. The elections were held on October 18, and were the first elections in the country since former president Evo Morales was ousted from power last year in a coup. We spoke to Juan Carlos Pinto Quintanilla, sociologist and former director of Citizen Strengthening of the Vice-Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, about this victory and the challenges that lie ahead for this government.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/28/to-sustai…

Ten Ways to Call Something “Russian Disinformation” Without Evidence
Matt Taibbi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
How do you call something “Russian disinformation” when you don’t have evidence it is? Let’s count the ways. | We don’t know a whole lot about how the New York Post story about Hunter Biden got into print. There are some …
globalresearch.ca/10-ways-call-something…

What do billionaires like Tom Steyer mean for progressive politics and the climate movement?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-28
In an interview with Real News Network, climate philanthropist Tom Steyer presents his case on whether Joe Biden’s plan on climate change is really progressive and, if elected, whether Biden can get the United States back in the global leadership role on climate issues.
therealnews.com/what-do-billionaires-lik…

China Sets Its Sights on Global Electric Vehicle (EV) Dominance
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The world’s largest automotive market, China, is looking to become a dominant player in the rising global electric vehicle market. Chinese EV manufacturers are expected to start expanding overseas, while Beijing already controls a large part of the global EV …
globalresearch.ca/china-sets-sights-glob…

China’s Foreign Ministry Responds to Hostile US Actions and Rhetoric
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
US war on China by other means risks direct confrontation between two superpowers if things are pushed too far — what’s been happening since before Trump took office. | On Tuesday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin addressed unacceptable US regional …
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The World is Changing: China Launches Campaign for Superpower Status
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
The outdated notion that China ‘just wants to do business’ should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s political outlook. Simply put, Beijing has long realized that, in order for it to sustain its economic growth unhindered, it has to develop the necessary tools to protect itself, its allies and their…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/the-world-is…

Bolivia calls to investigate OAS for fraud and coup: Interview with Evo’s Foreign Minister Diego Pary
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-28
The Grayzone briefly spoke with Bolivia’s former foreign minister under Evo Morales, Diego Pary Rodríguez. He called for an investigation into the OAS for fraud and backing a coup, rejected Juan Guaidó, and expressed solidarity with Palestine. By Anya Parampil and Ben Norton We spoke with Bolivia’s former foreign minister under Evo Morales, Diego Pary. He called for an investigation into the OAS for fraud and backing a coup, rejected Juan Guaidó, and expressed solidarity with Palestine. Interview by @AnyaParampil …
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/bolivia-oas-f…

Liquid Capitalism: Everyone Drinks It, Swims in It, Drowns in It
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The most radical socialists, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters (Black, White, Latino or Asian), liberal and conservative zealots, diversity and equity gurus, pacifists, denizens of corporates and non-profits, rappers, rockers and country western musicians, Bernie Sanders, racists and White guilt …
globalresearch.ca/liquid-capitalism-ever…

UK teacher describes disastrous lack of safety at reopened schools: “Teachers are at high risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19”
wsws.org | 2020-10-28
Lucia tried to share a petition calling for PPE for teachers, with 200,000 signatures, with national media organisations but was ignored, including by the pseudo-left Socialist Workers Party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/28/ukpr…

Draft debacle: Bellingcat smears OPCW whistleblower, journalists with false letter, farcical claims
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-28
Bellingcat claimed to have uncovered a letter that disproves OPCW inspectors and journalists who challenged the censorship of a Syria chemical weapons probe. But in one of many falsehoods, Bellingcat’s “letter” was in fact only a draft that was never sent — and only further exposes the cover-up. Bellingcat, the NATO state-funded website that has participated in a propaganda effort to accuse Syria of a chemical weapons attack in April 2018 and justify the US-led bombing that followed, has published …
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/28/draft-debacle…

Racist, anti-Indigenous monuments come crashing down across Southwest
David Sanchez | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-28
The nationwide uprising against racism and police brutality has shed light on anti-Indigenous monuments.
liberationnews.org/racist-anti-indigenou…

US versus Russia in Syria. “A Fake ‘Revolution’ Using Islamic Gangs”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
At the request of Syria’s government in September 2015, Russia intervened in the country to combat ISIS and other US/NATO/Israeli-backed jihadists. | Moscow’s freedom-fighting operations turned the tide of battle, enabling Syrian forces to liberate most parts of the country. | Most …
globalresearch.ca/us-russia-syria/572784…

Manufactured Pandemic and Economic Collapse a Boon for Billionaires
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
There’s nothing natural about US-engineered coronavirus and economic collapse that made the dismal state of the nation much worse. | Things are unlikely to return to their former state when the current storm passes that won’t happen any time soon. | Improvement …
globalresearch.ca/manufactured-pandemic-…

Concord D2 Residents Can Vote Out Caviar Carlyn
Concord Author | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
In the lead up to the election during the economic and Covid crisises, Carlyn Obringer is promoting caviar on Twitter and Facebook. Caviar Carlyn is out of touch when it comes to the struggles that so many Concord residents are facing.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883791…

The Political System in Historical Crisis
Friedrich Steinfeld | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
In his inaugural speech in 2017, Donald Trump emphasized that his presidency would return political power to the people. He sees himself as the only legitimate representative of the interests of the supposedly true people and, according to the logic of this political self-understanding, he cannot actually lose any election. Should he lose it, however, this could only be the result of election manipulation.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883792…

3 Day Tex Biden Bus Tour, Wis Hand-In Ballots,11/4/20 Protect Results
7 Days to Go | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
This last week before Election Day and Beyond are filled with campaign activity to Dump Trump. There is a 3-day Texas Biden Bus Tour, a Wisconsin Hand-In Mail-In Ballots this week campaign, and 11/4/20 Nationwide Protect the Vote Rallies.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883791…

Wednesday 10/28: 2020 Election Protection in California w/ CA Common Cause
California Common Cause | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Online via Livestream…
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If Biden Wins, Russiagate Will Magically Morph Into Chinagate
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-28
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | The same exact low rumble, slowly rising toward the same fever pitch crescendo. First you get a few unexpected comments showing up in your notifications, then a few more, then a lot more, then a whole lot more. It’s one news story, then it’s ten, then it’s a hundred, then it’s completely dominating half of US political discourse. | The increasingly shrill shrieking from rightists about China having leverage over Joe Biden is alarmingly similar to what I experienced from liberals at this exact point in time in 2016 about Russia having leverage over Donald Trump. When I point out these similarit…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/28/if…

Pandemic Transforms People Into Voting Rights Activists
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
For Regina Root, 53, the journey to suing Virginia’s election officials began during the state’s nomination contest in June when the university professor cast her ballot in person before the voting day to avoid potential crowds at her polling place. | The brain surgery that saved Root’s life left her with impaired vision and her election office lacked a machine that would allow her to cast her vote without relying on her husband. | “I thought wait, this doesn’t make sense. I can vote on my own. I have a PhD,” said the Williamsburg, Virginia, resident.
popularresistance.org/pandemic-transform…

The Significance Of The Nuclear Ban Treaty
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
The NPT has been lived up to to a surprising extent by the non-nuclear powers. It is amazing that more countries have not gone the nuclear path. The world is fortunate that more haven’t made that leap at a time when, according to El Baradei, at least 40 countries have the technological capability of doing so. The ones who are guilty of violating it are the five original signatories–the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, and France. They have completely ignored Article 6, which requires the nations possessing nuclear arsenals to reduce and eliminate those arsenals.
popularresistance.org/the-significance-o…

UK Universities Reject Israel Lobby’s Anti-Semitism Definition
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
Only a minority of UK universities have adopted the misleading and politically motivated definition of anti-Semitism promoted by Israel and its lobby. | Despite repeated British government threats, fewer than 22 percent of higher education establishments have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s “working definition” of anti-Semitism. | The IHRA definition has been repeatedly condemned by free speech defenders, Palestinians, Jewish activists, Palestine solidarity, Black and Asian groups.
popularresistance.org/uk-universities-re…

SCCR slams Macron’s blasphemy to Prophet Mohammad
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — The secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has condemned an insult of the French president to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
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VIDEO: US Trump threatened to assassinate his rival Joe Biden
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — At a presidential campaign held in Michigan, US President Trump claimed that Joe Biden might be in power for just three weeks if he became president and would be assassinated and replaced by his deputy, Kamala Harris.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165301/VIDEO-US-Tru…

Video:The US-brokered Humanitarian Ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh Collapsed
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The US-brokered humanitarian ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh collapsed immediately after its start on the morning of October 26. Clashes between the sides did not stop even for a minute and Yerevan and Baku immediately accused each other …
globalresearch.ca/video-azerbaijan-anger…

Impunity and Carefree Violence: Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
In 2016, Australian Major General Jeff Sengelman approached the then chief of the Australian army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell with a nagging worry. The concern lay in allegations that Australian special forces had committed various war crimes in Afghanistan. Sengelman was then special forces commander; Campbell was chief of the army. Sociologist Samantha Crompvoets was…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/impunity-and…

The Heat: U.S. Presidential Race
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-10-28
In the home stretch. | United States President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden hit key swing states in the campaign’s final week. Will it be four more years of Trump or a new Biden administration?
america.cgtn.com/2020/10/28/the-heat-u-s…

Will US Continue to Further Implement RAND Corporation’s Strategy in Relation to Russia?
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The recent conflicts in the Russian zone of influence have attracted attention around the world. But little has been said about the possibility that such conflicts are part of a single common plan, designed to geopolitically destabilize Russia. This possibility …
globalresearch.ca/will-us-continue-imple…

Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors Say Police Actions Were “Criminal”; Never Given Chance to Indict Cops
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-28
Two members of a Kentucky grand jury convened after the Louisville police killing of Breonna Taylor have spoken on camera for the first time, calling the actions of the Louisville officers responsible for Taylor’s death “criminal” and saying the state’s Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron never gave them the option to consider murder or manslaughter charges against the police officers involved. “From the very beginning, we have seen a campaign of prevarication, of dishonesty, of outright neglect of any semblance of justice for Breonna Taylor or for her family,” responds Marc Lamont Hill, professor of media…
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Care Not Cops: Marc Lamont Hill Makes Case for Abolition After Philadelphia Police Kill Walter Wallace Jr
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-28
Protesters in Philadelphia mark a second night of calling for the abolition of police after two Philadelphia police shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man, while he was having a mental health crisis. The shooting reflects decades of defunding of social services, including for mental health, while police departments have continued to grow, says author and activist Marc Lamont Hill, who argues, “If all you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.” Lamont Hill is professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University and author of “We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, P…
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/28/walter_w…

“A Desire Rooted in Revolt”: Chileans Vote Overwhelmingly to Rewrite Pinochet-Era Constitution
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-28
We get an update from Chile, where an overwhelming majority have voted to rewrite the country’s Pinochet dictatorship-era constitution and tens of thousands poured into the streets to celebrate, just one year after mass protests against social and economic inequalities rocked the country and set it on a path to social reform. Javiera Manzi, a spokesperson for Chile’s largest feminist advocacy group, Coordinadora Feminista 8M, says the referendum is the result of people doing what politicians had refused to do for decades. We also speak with journalist Pablo Vivanco, who says Chile’s neoliberal model has long been…
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/28/chile_co…

Long Entrenched Brazilian Military Mindset Is Key to Amazon Policy: Expert
Peter Speetjens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The media portrayal of Brazil’s annual fire season — which in 2020 is trending worse than in 2019 — is ” surreal” according to the country’s vice-president, Hamilton Mourà£o, who spoke during a web seminar on 27 August. …
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Bolivia’s Hardline Christian Govt Charged with Massacring Protesters as Morales Returns from Exile
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-28
In her last days in office, US-backed strongwoman Jeanine Añez is attempting to push through judicial reforms that could help her in the coming months should she face trial for her crimes. | MPN– Almost exactly one year after he was overthrown in a U.S.-backed military coup, former Bolivian president Evo Morales is set to return to his homeland. Earlier this week, a Bolivian court threw out terrorism charges leveled by Jeanine Añez’s coup government against Morales. Today Senator-Elect Andronico Rodrigu…
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Bolivia’s Hardline Christian Govt Charged with Massacring Protesters as Morales Returns from Exile
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-28
In her last days in office, US-backed strongwoman Jeanine Añez is attempting to push through judicial reforms that could help her in the coming months should she face trial for her crimes.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-hardline-chris…

Subject: COVID Coverage by Swiss Radio and TV. Peter Koenig’s Open Letter to the CEO of SRF
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
Subject : COVID | Attention ……. CEO, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) | My concerns are about SRF reporting on covid. | You realize that there is not one SRF news program without covid being at the center. | Covid discussions appear even between …
globalresearch.ca/letter-ceo-schweizer-r…

Gig Workers Hired To Evict People From Their Homes
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
A startup company by the name of Civvl is seeking to recruit temporary “gig” workers to assist landlords in evicting tenants who have been unable to pay rent in the midst of the economic depression triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. | Civvl is owned by OnQall, a developer that provides a platform for a number of other app-based services. However, Civvl is markedly different from the other apps, some of which are used for house-cleaning and mowing lawns.
popularresistance.org/gig-workers-hired-…

Macron announces 2nd national lockdown in France, says country ‘overrun’ by Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-10-28
France will go into a new nationwide lockdown on Friday for at least a month as the spread of the coronavirus has exceeded even the most pessimistic forecasts, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. | “I’ve decided that we need to return to the lockdown which halted the virus,” Macron said in an address to the nation, while urging unity in the face of the challenge. | The measures will again restrict people to their homes, except for buying essential goods, seeking medical treatment or one-hour of daily exercise. Anyone going outside will have to carry a special document justifying their movements, which pol…
rt.com/news/504851-macron-second-lockdow…

Iranian embassy in Baku condemns attack on Barda
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Iranian embassy in Baku condemned the attack on the city of Barda and noted that any aggression against innocent people is against international law.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165305/Iranian-emba…

“Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)” against Israel: Resolution of Defamation Lawsuit by CJPME
CFJPIME | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is pleased to announce that its defamation lawsuit with Ezra Levant and Rebel Media News Network Ltd. has been settled. Launched in 2016, CJPME’s suit was based on a series …
globalresearch.ca/cjpme-settlement-rebel…

A Pandemic Pivot
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-10-28
COVID-19 is an early alert for more serious global crises. So far, the international community has failed — but it’s not too late to get it right…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-pandemic-pivot/

Paul Gilroy: ‘Whiteness Just Ain’t Worth What it Used to Be’
Francis Wade | thenation.com | 2020-10-28
Paul Gilroy: ‘Whiteness Just Ain’t Worth What it Used to Be’…
thenation.com/article/culture/paul-gilro…

Syrians Talk About Their Suffering Inside Turkish Prisons
Khaled Iskef | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The Turkish authorities arbitrary arrests are no longer limited to Turkish opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, inside and outside the country, but also reached Syrians within Turkish territory, whether they are displaced, opponents to the Syrian state or …
globalresearch.ca/syrians-talk-about-suf…

Monday 11/2: Calm in the Storm: Vespers with Skyline Church
Skyline Church UCC | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Skyline Church, 12540 Skyline Blvd is hosting via zoom: | zoom.us/j/716026467, Meeting ID: 716 026 467…
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For Black Americans, Being Voters Is Who We Are
Dorian T. Warren | thenation.com | 2020-10-28
For Black Americans, Being Voters Is Who We Are…
thenation.com/article/politics/for-black…

On margins of Wednesday Cabinet meeting
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — On the sidelines of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, ministers answered the reporters’ questions.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/165278/On-margins-…

COVID-19 Masks Are a Crime Against Humanity and Child Abuse
Dr. Margarite Griesz-Brisson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The following is a transcript of the highlights (by Henna Maria) from Dr. Margarite Griesz-Brisson’s recent extremely pressing video message, that was translated on-air from German into English by Claudia Stauber. Video at the end of the transcript….
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-masks-crime-a…

Tuesday 10/27: The Right to Vote Freely Without Voter Intimidation w/ LCCHR
LCCHR | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883789…

The Davos Reset 2021 Agenda of the World Economic Forum. A New Phase of Economic and Social Destruction?
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
On June 3, 2020, as a consequence of the “global health crisis”, the World Economic Forum WEF in Geneva announced a “unique twin summit” for January 2021 in Davos, Switzerland.(1) The theme should be “The Great Reset”. The WEF defines …
globalresearch.ca/davos-reset-2021-agend…

Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian journalist in night raid
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-28
In the latest assault on Palestinian journalists, Israeli security forces on Tuesday, October 27, arrested Palestinian journalist-filmmaker Abdelrahman al-Thaher from his home in the occupied West Bank. According to al-Thaher’s wife, Rasha al-Sayeh, the Israeli forces conducted a search for him at 2 AM in their neighborhood. They searched their house and went through the journalist’s personal belongings. The Israeli soldiers finally arrested him without providing any reason or cause. | Al-Thaher had reportedly also been arrested by the Palestinian preventive security agency in August this year while he was leavin…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/28/israeli-s…

UK Renewal of Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia to Face Another Legal Challenge
Rayhan Uddin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The UK government’s decision to resume selling arms to Saudi Arabia, following a one-year pause, is set to face another legal challenge. | Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) announced on Tuesday that it had launched a judicial review application into the …
globalresearch.ca/uk-renewal-arms-sales-…

Egypt says freedom of expression stops if it offends more than 1.5 billion people
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-28
Egypt says freedom of expression stops if it offends more than 1.5 billion people | Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s statement comes after tensions have risen in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Islam | MEE and agencies | Wed, 10/28/2020 – 10: 49 | The comments come following the display of images in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous (AFP) | Egyp…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-…

Faceboook moderators forced to return to offices as COVID-19 continues to spread
wsws.org | 2020-10-28
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, Facebook and its contractors are forcing content moderators to return to offices and risk their lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/29/face…

Philadelphia Victim’s Family Sought Ambulance, Not Police
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
Philadelphia – The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention, their lawyer said. | Police said Walter Wallace Jr., 27, was wielding a knife and ignored orders to drop the weapon before officers fired shots Monday afternoon. But his parents said Tuesday night that officers knew their son was in a mental health crisis because they had been to the family’s house three times on Monday. | Cathy Wallace, his mother, said one of the times, “they stood there and laughed at…
popularresistance.org/philadelphia-victi…

After Covid: Will the Recession Become a Depression?
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
In April 2020, Jamie Dimond, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, noted in the company’s 2019 annual report: “As a nation, we were clearly not equipped for this global pandemic, and the consequences have been devastating.” Like a Wall Street preacher, he added, “But it is forcing us to work together, and it is improving civility and reminding us that we all live on one planet.”
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/after-covid-…

VIDEO: Protestors gather in front of French Embassy in Tehran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — A number of Iranian people gathered in front of the French embassy in Tehran to condemn blasphemous remarks against the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH).
en.mehrnews.com/news/165300/VIDEO-Protes…

How the War Came Home, Big Time
Andrea Mazzarino | zcomm.org | 2020-10-28
Perspectives From a Military Spouse…
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Tuesday 11/3: Take the Defend Democracy Pledge
The Lighthouse Collective, Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Online Event | forms.gle/NjYGeh395c224d9C6…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883790…

The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth
Wilfred Chan | thenation.com | 2020-10-28
The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth…
thenation.com/article/world/thailand-pro…

Congressional Progressives Are Revamping Their Caucus With an Eye Toward 2021
Ryan Grim | zcomm.org | 2020-10-28
With nearly 100 members, the CPC’s large size and loose requirements have been an obstacle to its ability to be a cohesive force…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/congressional-prog…

Bolivia Has Provided Us a Radical Vision of Hope
Nicole Fabricant | zcomm.org | 2020-10-28
Bolivia’s MAS party will confront numerous challenges when returning to power. But its resounding victory against the authoritarian right and its roots as a party of social movements represent a radical vision of hope at a time when we need it most…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bolivia-has-provid…

‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’
Molly Bolick | thenation.com | 2020-10-28
‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’…
thenation.com/article/society/covid-rura…

Macron’s words ‘ideological’ bullets for ISIL: Turkey
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — A spokesman for Turkey’s ruling party on Tuesday criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s attitude towards Muslims and provocative remarks about Islam.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165273/Macron-s-wor…

US embassy in Emirates issues new terrorism warning to American citizens
rt.com | 2020-10-28
The US embassy in the United Arab Emirates has warned Americans to be “very careful” of terrorist attacks, after a flareup in tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemeni rebels led the embassy in Riyadh to issue a similar alert. | US citizens in the Emirates were warned on Wednesday to “maintain a high level of vigilance and take appropriate steps to keep up their security awa…
rt.com/news/504849-us-embassy-terror-war…

Scotland Will Have Boris to Thank for Independence
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
If ever there was evidence of the Johnson government inadvertently aiding the cause of Scottish independence, it was an interview with Scottish Secretary, Alister Jack, on the BBC Politics Scotland show last Sunday. The interviewer Gordon Brewer, came across …
globalresearch.ca/scotland-boris-thank-i…

Switzerland’s Failing Democracy
Charles Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
Last September, the Bundesplatz in Bern, over which sit the Swiss federal executive and legislative bodies, played host to the largest acts of peaceful civil disobedience in the country’s history. Several hundred environmental activists were arrested after calling on the government to take the necessary action for Switzerland to fulfill its pledges in respect to…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/switzerlands…

Collapse of World Trade Centre Building #7 on 9/11: Technical Activity Committee Formed to Investigate Steel Framed Building Safety
Institution of Mechanical Engineers | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
Most of us can still remember where we were on that fateful and tragic day of 11 September 2001 when the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre (WTC) in New York collapsed. Whilst damage to the Twin Towers and …
globalresearch.ca/technical-activity-com…

“Dictatorship” and “Democracy” as Loaded Language: Anti-Communist Cold-War Propaganda
Bruce Lerro | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-28
ORIENTATION In my last article I showed how the word “totalitarian” was used as a loaded vice word to attack the Soviet Union after World War II and to red-bait communists around the world. The use of the word totalitarian began in the 1930s, but even before then in the 1920’s, the word “dictator” began …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/dictatorship-…

Djab Wurrung tree destroyed, protest continues
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-28
Efforts to save the sacred trees in Djab Wurrung country have been dealt a savage blow, with the Victorian government allowing the removal of a 350-year-old yellowbox, known as the “Directions Tree”. Alex Milne reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/djab-wurrung-tr…

People hold protest in front of French Embassy in Tehran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TERHAN, Oct 29 (MNA) — A group of people and students convened in front of French Embassy in Tehran on Wed. in a protest to France’s organized insult to Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), the Holy Quran and the Divine Religions.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/165306/People-hold…

“The World That I See Today”: Sanity, Her Son, and the Credulous
Jordan Henderson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
I have recently completed a large painting (oil on canvas), exploring the emotional and spiritual side of mandatory masks, and what they symbolize. Visual art can serve as a medium to express sentiments from an angle that cannot be …
globalresearch.ca/sanity-her-son-credulo…

Iran supports independent, unified Iraq: Rezaei
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council said that Iran seeks to support an independent, unified, and powerful Iraq.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165295/Iran-support…

Why So Gullible About Government in the Face of COVID-19?
Donald J. Boudreaux | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
At my blog, Café Hayek, I recently posted several entries in opposition to the Covid-19 lockdowns specifically, and, more generally, to Covid-caused hysteria. These posts sparked negative reaction in the comments section and in my email box. This negative reaction …
globalresearch.ca/why-gullible-about-gov…

Capitalism is Double-Billing Us: We Pay From Our Wallets Only to be Robbed of Our Future
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
Here is a word that risks deterring you from reading on much further, even though it may hold the key to understanding why we are in such a terrible political, economic and social mess. That word is “externalities”. It sounds like a piece of economic jargon. It is a piece of economic jargon. But it is also the foundation stone on which the west’s current economic and ideological system has been built. Focusing on how externalities work and how they have come to dominate every sphere of our lives is to understand how we are destroying our planet — and offer at the same time the signpost to a better future.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/capitalism-i…

The Empire Has Collapsed
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-28
The Saker has written another interesting article in which he gives us the date of the collapse of the AngloZionist or American Empire: January 3, 2020, the day when Washington did not retaliate against Iran for Iran’s retaliation against Washington for murdering General Qasem Soleimani. | You can read The Saker’s case and make up your mind: thesaker.is/when-exactly-did-the-anglozi… | An equally good case could be made that the American Empire collapsed on September 11, 2001. This was the day that two…
thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/the-e…

Deception 2020: Our SickCare System
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
In this third installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into our so-called healthcare system — what would more appropriately be called our sickcare system. Yeah, the US has the ability to offer top notch care and medical support — but out of some 330 million people, how many have access to it? | Then, we’re joined by Dr. Margaret Flowers for some more insight into this grossly unequal system, where the candidates stand and who those candidates even get to be!
popularresistance.org/deception-2020-our…

Premature Deaths,Profiteering, Abuse: US Nursing And Assisted Living
SNS | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Unnecessary deaths, abuse, neglect, excess profiteering, conflict of interest, substandard food, constant noise, theft, | denial of civil liberties… some of the hazards of the warehousing of seniors in assisted living and nursing home facilities…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883790…

Mexican president blasts European leaders for ‘authoritarian urge’ over harsh Covid-19 lockdowns
rt.com | 2020-10-28
By imposing lockdowns to stem the second wave of the coronavirus, EU leaders are showing a lack of faith in their citizens and putting themselves above the people, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said. | During a press conference on Wednesday, Lopez Obrador was asked if Mexico was planning to introduce restrictions to tackle the spread of the virus similar to those already in place in some European countries, including France, Spain, Italy, and the Czech Republic. | “No to using coercive measures,” the president responded. “This is not resolved with that.” | The introduction of tough restric…
rt.com/news/504843-obrador-authoritarian…

UAE to become first Arab state to open consulate in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-28
UAE to become first Arab state to open consulate in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara | The Moroccan King Mohammed VI welcomed the decision as ‘historic’ | MEE and agencies | Wed, 10/28/2020 – 07: 35 | Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, left, sits besides King Mohamed VI of Morocco on 2 December 2015 (AFP) | The United Arab Emirates is set to become the first Arab state to open a consulat…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-open-cons…

The U.S. Just Blackmailed Sudan
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-28
Washington has proven that it is willing to make people suffer, and even starve, if governments don’t acquiesce to normalization with Israel, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. | As`ad ABUKHALIL | The recent announcement that Washington would be lifting U.S. sanctions on Sudan in return for Sudan’s normalization with Israel is a case study of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. | Sudan, like Somalia, has long been a battleground for Cold War intrigues by the U.S., which is responsible for the massive export of arms to both countries. Like the longtime Somali dictator, Muhammad Siad Barre, Sudan’s Jaafar Nimeiry (1969-19…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/28/us…

Nationwide strike in Poland over abortion ruling
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-28
People across Poland are vowing to stay off their jobs on 28 October as part of a nationwide strike in protest against a top court ruling that bans abortions in cases of congenitally damaged foetuses. The nationwide strike comes amid a deepening standoff between angry crowds who have taken to the streets over the ruling and Poland’s deeply conservative government, which has vowed not to back down.Strike: The constitutional court ruling on 22 October triggered daily mass protests across a nation of 38 million that are exposing deep divisions in a country of conservative Catholicism that is undergoing rapid…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/10/2…

Girls on Top. Dirty Diplomats and CNN Hacks Cast a Shadow Over London Foreign Office
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-28
CNN is arguably the most corrupt, tainted and unethical news organisation on the planet. It’s also the most successful. Those two sentences shouldn’t really sit comfortably together but the times we are living in are making such news giants go to remarkable lengths to stay on top. And it’s not just the network which follows the doctrine do whatever it takes to stay number one. It’s also CNN reporters. | Recently, mainstream media made a song and dance about an attractive blonde CNN staffer called Michelle…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/28/gi…

The Last Days of the Trumpian Reich
C.J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-28
So, according to the corporate media, this is it for Russian-backed Hitler. Game over. The walls are closing in. It’s the last days of the Trumpian Reich. Get those vuvuzelas ready! Yes, apparently, the American people, who were all a bunch of Putin-worshipping, white-supremacist neo-Nazis when they elected Trump in 2016, have come to their …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/the-last-days…

New equipment join Iranian Army Ground Force
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Over 500 super-heavy tank transporters joined the Iranian Army Ground Force in the presence of Army’s Chief Commander Major General Mousavi in a ceremony on Wednesday.
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VIDEO: Nightly looting of stores in Philadelphia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Public outrage and riots have erupted in several parts of Philadelphia following the shooting of 27-year-old black American Walter Wallace by police.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165270/VIDEO-Nightl…

The Impact of the Pandemic on Superstar Cities
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
The Washington Post had a piece last week discussing the extent to which the pandemic, and more specifically increased opportunities for remote work, will affect thriving cities like New York and San Francisco. The main conclusion of the piece is that it won’t have much impact. This view is a bit peculiar. The argument in…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/the-impact-o…

UK declares solidarity with France amid row with Turkey in wake of teacher’s murder
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-28
UK declares solidarity with France amid row with Turkey in wake of teacher’s murder | UK’s foreign secretary calls on Nato allies to ‘stand shoulder to shoulder’ and ‘never give terrorists the gift of dividing us’ | MEE and agencies | Wed, 10/28/2020 – 08: 30 | Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab declared his country’s support for France on Wednesday amid calls for an economic boycott triggered by anti-…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-solidarity…

For 1st time COVID-19 daily death toll surpasses 400 in Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran hit a high record on Wednesday as 415 new deaths were registered over the past 24 hours, the highest since the virus outbreak reported in the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165287/For-1st-time…

Sunday 11/1: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit. Walk. Listen | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco…
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Tuesday 11/3: Sit. Walk. Art. Because Voting Matters
Sit. Walk. Listen | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Bill Graham Auditorium (City Hall Voting Center) | Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco…
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Enlaces Red Latina sin fronteras 27oct
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 27.10.2020 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
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Prejudice makes LGBTI refugees quest for justice harder
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-28
An online forum was told of the extra hardships LGBTI refugees applying for asylum face. Chris Slee reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/prejudice-makes…

‘Air defense systems stationed at NW borders’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Commander of Army Air Defense Force announced defense systems have been deployed and stationed at the northwestern borders of the country due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165294/Air-defense-…

Velayati says Iran backing peace, stability in Afghanistan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Ali Akbar Velayati said, “Iran opposes the continuation of the war in Afghanistan and it supports the establishment of peace and stability in this neighbor country.”
en.mehrnews.com/news/165274/Velayati-say…

The government is ‘putting lives at risk’ delaying Grenfell inquiry recommendations
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-28
The government is “putting lives at risk” by not implementing changes recommended by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry fast enough, London’s mayor has said. Sadiq Khan accused building owners and the government of “failing” the Grenfell community over the lack of progress, adding he shared concerns that a similar tragedy could happen again.His comments come almost a year after inquiry chairman Martin Moore-Bick identified 46 changes that should be made to ensure the safety of residents in high-rise buildings.Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (Victoria Jones/PA)Failings: Khan said the government had not provided a timed…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/28/the-gove…

Steichen Declared Incompetent to Stand Trial
Robert Maxim | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Jacob Steichen’s Criminal Proceedings Suspended; Declared Mentally Incompetent…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883792…

Grassroots Activists Tackle Public Safety in Minneapolis
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-28
By Eric Ortiz / Reposted with permission from TheWedge.org Grassroots democracy is not easy. The work is rooted in community and empowers people to take leadership into their own communities. It requires passion, commitment and courage. And sometimes, it can get messy. That’s what happens when there are big problems to solve. Here in Minneapolis, we have some pressing issues. Crime is up. | Source…
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Leader’s rep. urges Muslims to respond to Macron’s stupid act
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in IRGC Quds Force called on Muslims and freedom-seeking people throughout the world to respond to heinous move taken by French President Macron in insulting Holy Prophet.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165299/Leader-s-rep…

US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Deadly — and Facing Mass Resistance
Steve Ellner | zcomm.org | 2020-10-28
For years, right-wingers have sought to destabilize Venezuela, and even proclaimed their own rival “president,” Juan Guaidó. But average Venezuelans understand that US sanctions hurt them — and should be resisted…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-sanctions-on-ve…

The Philippines in the Eye of the Storm
Dr. Ruel F. Pepa | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-10-28
asia-pacificresearch.com/philippines-eye…

The Last Smash And Grab At The Federal Communications Commission
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
When the Department of Justice successfully broke up the AT&T monopoly into regional companies, it needed Congress to pass a law to open up the regional companies (known as Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers or ILECs) to competition. To do that, the Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that established bedrock competition law and reaffirmed non-discrimination policies that net neutrality is based on. The law Congress created a new industry that would interoperate with the ILECs.
popularresistance.org/the-last-smash-and…

Vietnam suffers through a “new normal” of extreme weather events
wsws.org | 2020-10-28
Close to a million people have been severely affected, with many in desperate need of shelter, food, clean drinking water and income support.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/28/viet…

Evo Morales will return to Bolivia on November 9
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-28
On Monday, a Bolivian judge annulled the arrest warrant that had been issued against former president Evo Morales for alleged crimes of sedition and terrorism, clearing the way for him to return to his country without facing the risk of detention…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/28/evo-moral…

One out of every four children in southern Yemen is malnourished, says UN report
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-28
According to the UN report, cases of acute malnutrition among children in war-ravaged Yemen are increasing at an alarming pace because of a severe shortage of food due to the war…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/28/one-out-o…

US Embassy in Riyadh warns of possible missile, drone attacks
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia in a statement on Wednesday issued security advice to its citizens in Riyadh, fearing possible missile and drone strikes.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165302/US-Embassy-i…

Taxpayer’s money available for companies vs kids
Ralph Underhill | thecanary.co | 2020-10-28
Image descriptionThe image is titled “Taxpayer’s money, a guide”. On the lefthand side is a massive pile of gold, money and jewels. Underneath that is the caption, “Available for private companies (run by our mates)”. On the lefthand side is a piece of paper with the words “Empty platitudes” and a “U” grade written on it. Underneath that is the caption “Available for hungry children”. | By Ralph Underhill…
thecanary.co/cartoons/2020/10/28/taxpaye…

Canadian court outlaws picketing of Loblaws distribution center in Newfoundland Dominion grocery strike
wsws.org | 2020-10-28
Designated as essential workers, the Dominion store workers laboured through the pandemic with totally inadequate protection from the virus, only to be forced onto the picket lines by Loblaws and its billionaire owner, Galen Weston.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/29/domi…

Chile Votes to Rewrite Pinochet Era Constitution
Kenny Stancil | zcomm.org | 2020-10-28
‘Let This Echo Around the World’…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/chile-votes-to-rew…

Iran Army units dispatched to NW Iran borders: cmdr
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — An Iranian Army commander said that some units of the 321 Brigade were dispatched to the northwestern border areas of Iran to strengthen the security of the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165290/Iran-Army-un…

The Neoliberal Capitalist Lockdown: Class Consciousness in the Age of COVID
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
Prior to the appearance of COVID-related restrictions and lockdowns, neoliberal capitalism had turned to various mechanisms in the face of economic stagnation and massive inequalities: the raiding of public budgets, the expansion of credit to consumers and governments to sustain …
globalresearch.ca/class-consciousness-ag…

Steichen Declared Mentally Unfit to Stand Trial (Update)
Robert Maxim | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Jacob Steichen, 34, is currently in custody for the September 21 stabbing and homicide of his brother, Aaron. Conflict counsel Owen Tipps and Judge Canning vaguely discuss documents under subpoena from Arcata Police Department…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883792…

Wednesday 11/4: Protect The Results
Patty Hoyt | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
1000 4th Street | City Plaza | San Rafael CA 94901…
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Insulting Prophet permissible but doubting Holocaust a crime?
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TERHAN, Oct 28 (MNA) — Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a letter to the young people in France, calling on them to question the double standards of their president over freedom of expression.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165303/Insulting-Pr…

‘Family Relations’ goes to German film festival
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Iranian documentary ‘Family Relations’ has made its way to the competition lineup of 2020 Exground Film Festival in Germany.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165282/Family-Relat…

Thursday 12/3: California’s Equitable Carbon Neutral Future
City of Sunnyvale | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Register for free at carbonneutralca.eventbrite.com…
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Sydney’s colonisers set basis for gendered wage
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-28
Markela Panegyres uncovers some of the history of the Hyde Park Barracks, a former convict dormitory and Female Immigration Depot, for the Feminist Walking Tour.
greenleft.org.au/content/sydneys-colonis…

UK declares solidarity with France amid row with Turkey in wake of teacher’s murder
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-28
UK declares solidarity with France amid row with Turkey in wake of teacher’s murder | UK’s foreign secretary calls on Nato allies to ‘stand shoulder to shoulder’ and ‘never give terrorists the gift of dividing us’ | MEE and agencies | Wed, 10/28/2020 – 08: 30 | Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab declared his country’s support for France on Wednesday amid calls for an economic boycott triggered by anti-…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-solidarity…

Sunday 11/1: Nonviolent Mass Action Training
The Lighthouse Collective, Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
sent upon registration…
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Mutual Aid Is Essential To Our Survival
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a crisis in the U.S. in early 2020, people all over the country started coordinating to deliver groceries and prescriptions to vulnerable people, making and distributing masks and hand sanitizer, and raising money for people who were losing jobs and ineligible for unemployment benefits. By the time the uprising against anti-Black racism and police violence brought people into the streets in early summer, the concept of “mutual aid” had gained significant traction in the media, and it was visible on the streets as people…
popularresistance.org/mutual-aid-is-esse…

UK’s Chaos Unbound
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-28
As he sinks in the opinion polls, it becomes clearer by the day that Boris “BoJo” Johnson has no idea of what constitutes an adequate response to the pandemic. His proposed solutions are always ad hoc, the latest “solution” usually countermanding the one proferred a couple of days before.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/28/uks-chaos-un…

Congress Will Say Anything About Syria These Days
Andrew Corbley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
In a recent letter written to Secretary of State Pompeo, a number of Congressmen led by Eliot Engel (D–NY) and Michael McCaul (R–TX) expressed their “deep concern” as “strong supporters of the Syrian people” that various countries are attempting …
globalresearch.ca/congress-say-anything-…

VIDEO: The “Lock Step” Simulation Scenario: “A Coronavirus-like Pandemic that Becomes Trigger for Police State Controls”
Helen Buyniski | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
First published on February 5, 2020. In-depth analysis of the Simulation of a pandemic conducted in 2010 under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation. | By now, those following the novel coronavirus epidemic are familiar with Event 201, the pandemic simulation…
globalresearch.ca/all-sectors-us-establi…

Protests in Poland continue against the recent court ban on abortions
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-28
Women’s rights groups and other progressive sections in Poland have been protesting since October 22.The protests were triggered after the country’s constitutional court banned abortions in case of foetal defects on October 22.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/28/protests-…

Whistleblower Sues EPA Over Retaliation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-28
An Environmental Protection Agency whistleblower, whose disclosures ultimately led to former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation, filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging his free speech and due process rights were violated. | The lawsuit [PDF] says Kevin Chmielewski was a political appointee and worked as Pruitt’s deputy chief of staff for operations. He faced a retaliatory investigation from the EPA’s Office of the Inspector General that “falsely accused” him of “not having a security clearance and covering up a past arrest.”
popularresistance.org/whistleblower-sues…

Five World’s Wealthiest Families Control a Fortune of over $620 Billion
Justinas Baltrusaitis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
Spread across different economic sectors, some of the global most affluent families continue to amass more wealth. Despite the recent economic uncertainty, the wealthiest families in the world appear to be doing just fine. | Data presented by Buy Shares indicates …
globalresearch.ca/five-world-wealthiest-…

Russian Blitz in Syria Warns Turkey to Back Off in Caucasus
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-28
In an unprecedented show of strength, Russian warplanes this week reportedly launched devastating attacks on a Turkish-backed militant stronghold in northern Syria, killing up to 100 fighters. It was a stunning blow to Ankara’s proxy military assets in the Arab country. | The airstrikes marked the end of a seven-month ceasefire which Russia had negotiated with Turkey to maintain a de-escalation zone in Syria’s northwes…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/28/ru…

Ali Karimi on verge of signing with Qatar SC
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-28
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) — Iranian midfielder Ali Karimi is reportedly close to signing contract with Qatar SC.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165291/Ali-Karimi-o…

We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms
A. Liu | thenation.com | 2020-10-28
We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms…
thenation.com/article/world/xinjiang-uig…

The PS5, Social Media and Mass Censorship — What Can Be Done?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-28
Like an aging oil field the freedom that the Internet offered to the common man across the planet is drying up. “Deplatforming” has become a mainstream expression for describing the growing number of individuals and organizations who have lost their ability to use big social media because of their beliefs. Facebook is now acting like a Ministry of Truth putting up warnings/blocking for posts which its administration feels are fake or harmful. Which would sound reasonable if there wa…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/28/th…

Tuesday 10/27: Stop the City’s Attacks on Food Not Bombs and the Survival Encampments
posted by Norse | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
809 Center St. | City Council Courtyard | (across from the main closed library).
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America’s “War on Terrorism”, The Global Economic Crisis, Towards a World War III Scenario
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
Humanity is at the crossroads of the most serious economic and social crisis in modern history. To understand the background of the complex web of deceit aimed at luring the American people and the rest of the world into accepting …
globalresearch.ca/americas-war-on-terror…

Saturday 10/31: Pacifica Fightback Town Hall
Pacifica Fightback | indybay.org | 2020-10-28
Online…
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US Policy to Encounter Another Strategic Defeat in Macedonia?
Goran Sumkoski | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-28
The U.S. supported tarnishing of democracy is only causing a re-birth of sovereignty and freedom movement in Macedonia. | Not standing for democracy, rule of law and human rights, the United States can no longer claim the moral high ground it …
globalresearch.ca/us-policy-encounter-st…

‘We. Will. Vote. Her. Out.’: Maine Progressives Not Fooled Even a Little Bit by Susan Collins’ Cynical Vote on Barrett
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-27
Progressives in Maine and across the U.S. on Tuesday urged Sen. Susan Collins’ constituents to reject her latest attempt to cast herself as a moderate Republican after the four-term senator voted against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/27/we-will…

Now Is No Time for Cowardice. Abolish the Filibuster and Expand the Court
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
Mitch McConnell and his cohort of conservative allies believe the elevation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is the capstone move in their long game. Between Barrett creating a meaty 6-3 conservative majority on the high court and the more than 200 right-wing judges the GOP senate has elevated to the bench, they think they have cemented the rule of a wealthy, white minority for another generation at least. | Who knows? They may even be right. | There is no doubt that Justice Barrett is a…
truthout.org/articles/now-is-no-time-for…

Republicans Have Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett–and Officially Captured the Supreme Court
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Republicans Have Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett–and Officially Captured the Supreme Court…
thenation.com/article/politics/amy-coney…

Barrett Confirmed, Post-Election Chaos Will Ensue
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Yesterday Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate confirmed its third ultra conservative Supreme Court nominee, Amy Barrett, as Supreme Court Justice. Coming in the midst of America’s current dual crisis–economic and Covid health–both now worsening, the Barrett appointment ensures the emergence of historic political instability in the USA. The dual crisis is about to become a triple…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/barrett-conf…

Barrett Confirmed by US Senate: Post-Election Chaos Now Inevitable
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Today Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate confirmed its third ultra conservative Supreme Court nominee, Amy Barrett, as Supreme Court Justice. Coming in the midst of America’s current dual crisis–economic and Covid health–both now worsening, the Barrett appointment ensures the emergence …
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Barrett’s confirmation threatens fair election, healthcare, and women’s rights
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-27
Hundreds at the White House celebrated the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court–just one month after her nomination became a COVID-19 superspreader event that infected the president and at least three dozen others.
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With Amy Coney Barrett, US Supreme Court lurches further to the right
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-27
Six of the nine judges in US Supreme Court are conservatives and Amy Coney Barrett is likely to be among the most extreme. This could have a massive impact on the upcoming elections and a host of issues, including abortion and healthcare…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/27/with-amy-…

Warning of ‘Poisonous Consequences,’ PA Secretary of State Calls on Barrett to Recuse Herself in Crucial Mail-in Ballot Case
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-27
“It is reasonable to infer that, in Trump’s mind, Barrett must repay his appointment by refusing to recuse, and then by voting both to secure his election and to gut the Affordable Care Act,” wrote one legal ethicist. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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McConnell caught trying to sabotage Covid Relief agreement in order to prioritize Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
The window to hash out any details of a coronavirus relief deal is coming to an end as Election Day approaches even though there is a huge need for one.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/mcconnell-…

Thousands of ex-felon first-time voters in Florida could help decide the 2020 election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-27
In 2000, with all eyes on Florida, a young lawyer named Amy Coney Barrett helped swing the controversial Bush v. Gore decision, securing a Republican presidency. In 2020, the courts could again be decisive in swing states. Voting rights activist Desmond Meade is working to get court costs paid and ex-felons registered to vote.
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Pennsylvania Officials Ask Barrett to Recuse Herself From Mail-In Case, Court Documents Reveal
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Pennsylvania officials are requesting that newly-confirmed US Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett recuse herself from an ongoing case related to limiting the receipt deadline for mail-in ballots in the November 3 election, court documents revealed.
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Barrett confirmation likely to supercharge voter suppression efforts
John Winstead | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-27
Barrett’s confirmation just one week ahead of what could be the most hotly-contested presidential election in recent U.S. history is sure to intensify efforts to disenfranchise working class and oppressed people…
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US Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Establishes Firm Conservative Majority
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
The US Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday, making her the fifth woman to serve on the high court and giving conservatives a 6-3 majority there.
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The Physician’s Responsibility
jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, abstracted in the Medicolegal department of The Journal last week, is of importance and interest to practicing physicians, and especially to health officers…. The plaintiff, while stopping at a small hotel, consulted a local physician, the defendant, regarding some sores that had appeared on his body. After an examination, the physician told the plaintiff–his patient–that he believed the disease to be syphilis, but that it was impossible to make a positive diagnosis without a Wassermann test, for which he had no equipment. The defendant physician…
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Will Democracy’s Myths Doom Liberty?
James Bovard | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
The Supreme Court declared in 1943, “There is no mysticism in the American concept of the State or of the nature or origin of its authority.” In reality, the cardinal doctrines of contemporary democracy are layer upon layer of mystical …
globalresearch.ca/will-democracy-myths-d…

Carnegie Museum workers file for union election
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Pittsburgh, PA – Approximately 500 scientists, educators, art handlers, front staff, gift shop clerks, ushers and other workers from across the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh system today announced Oct. 20 they filed for a union election as they seek to join the United Steelworkers (USW). | The group, working under the banner of the United Museum Workers, announced their organizing drive on June 29 and are now seeking a formal vote through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). | “Our movement began with concerns about transparency and limited career opportunities, but it now has even greater urgency as it’s…
fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/carnegie-mu…

‘Watershed Moment’: Trump Shredding JCPOA Highlighted Futility of Nations Cooperating With US
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
The Trump administration’s policy of shredding international agreements has driven many nations into the camp of US adversaries such as Russia and China, a former Pentagon senior analyst told Sputnik. However, even if Joe Biden wins the election, Washington’s assumptive position as global center of gravity won’t be immediately restored.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202010271080895…

Brazilian Morenoites support pro-military parties in mayoral elections
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
The approaching mayoral elections are exposing all the political forces that claimed a vote for the Workers Party against Bolsonaro in 2018 would advance an “anti-fascist” struggle…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/bras…

‘Serious concerns’ over rights situation in Myanmar ahead of next month’s elections
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced “serious concerns” on Tuesday over the situation in Myanmar — including rights violations and proliferation of hateful speech against minority communities — as the country prepares for general elections next month.
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An audio adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here: Fascism comes to America
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
The production, a “radio play” adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel, depicts the US’s descent into dictatorship after the election of a demagogue.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/cant…

In the Eye of the Storm
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
As November 3, the date of the United States elections approaches, the anxiety level of the country has increased to a high point, except for President Donald Trump and his acolytes, who trust in the re-election of their leader. This, despite the fact that current polls predict Joe Biden the winner by almost 10 points.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/in-the-eye-o…

Michigan Judge Blocks State Directive Prohibiting Open Carry of Firearms at Polls
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Michigan Judge Christopher Murray has issued a ruling to block a directive from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson prohibiting the open carry of firearms at polling stations on Election Day, a court filing revealed.
sputniknews.com/us/202010271080895678-mi…

Why It’s Really Hard for Trump to Steal the Election
John Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Election Day is soon upon us, and worries abound about the fairness of the voting now underway, and the counting to come. Reasonable people believe that Donald Trump will provoke a Constitutional crisis if he loses the vote, a fear he stokes at every turn. Meanwhile, the clock ticks. Professionals and local official running the…
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The Rise in Material Hardship Among Working-Class Whites and How It Could Impact the 2020 Election
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-10-27
Missed or late rent or mortgage payments with little confidence of being able to catch-up are hallmarks of what economists call “housing insecurity.” Black and Hispanic people are much more likely to be housing insecure than white people and have seen larger increases in housing insecurity during the pandemic. At the same time, there is …
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Wednesday 10/28: Strength Thru Unity: Multicultural Election Special on COVID, Racism, & Human Rights
KPFK: Strength Thru Unity Program | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Watch online via website livestream…
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What the Election Should Have Been About
Steven Dandaneau | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Economists, and, and I stress, most people, even me, have not quite admitted to themselves, nor fully gamed out, that the global economy, in broad strokes, is unsustainable. More to the point, it is killing us. Capitalism is an inherently growth-oriented economic system, but infinite “growth” was bound to end up a problem on a finite planet.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/what-the-ele…

Tanzania: UN chief calls for safe, peaceful elections
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
The UN Secretary-General has called on everyone involve inTanzania’s political process to ensure that Wednesday’s general elections are held in a safe, inclusive and peaceful manner, amid reports of intimidation and harassment of political opponents, journalists and activists.
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So Trump Loses. What Happens Then?
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-27
By Rajan Menon / Reposted with permission from TomDispatch.com Donald Trump isn’t just inside the heads of his Trumpster base; he’s long been a consuming obsession among those yearning for his defeat in November. With barely more than a week to go before the election of our lifetime, those given to nail biting as a response to anxiety have by now gnawed ourselves down to the quick. | Source…
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A week before the US Presidential election, USPS management pushes forward unprecedented attacks on mail-in balloting
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
With the US Presidential election one week away, the United States Postal Service, led by GOP mega-donor Louis DeJoy, has ramped up the drive to privatization and to place a cloud over mail-in balloting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/usps…

Concord D2 Residents Can Vote Out Caviar Carlyn
Concord Author | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
In the lead up to the election during the economic and Covid crisises, Carlyn Obringer is promoting caviar on Twitter and Facebook. Caviar Carlyn is out of touch when it comes to the struggles that so many Concord residents are facing.
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[Commentary] COVID-19, health disparities and the US election
Keith Norris, Cynthia Gonzalez | thelancet.com | 2020-10-27
The recent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been distinguished by its disproportionate high rates of infection, hospitalization, and mortality in oppressed and disenfranchised communities [1,2]. These disparities have drawn great global attention to inequities in social determinants of health (SDOH) such as education, employment, housing, and access to affordable health care, which often increase risk for contracting and dying from COVID-19 in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities [3].
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Clashes erupt in Guinea-Conakry as Condé declared president for third term
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
The week that has unfolded since the election was marked by violent clashes between supporters and opponents of Guinea’s long-time president.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/guin…

Facebook deploying teams with advanced censorship tools in advance of the US election
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
Citing concerns over election-related “chaos” and “violence,” Facebook is preparing–in collaboration with the US intelligence state–advanced software tools for implementing a censorship regime during November 3 and its aftermath.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/cens…

Tanzania: UN chief calls for safe, peaceful voting process
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
The UN Secretary-General has called on everyone involve inTanzania’s political process to ensure that Wednesday’s general elections are held in a safe, inclusive and peaceful manner, amid reports of intimidation and harassment of political opponents, journalists and activists.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/10/1…

Wednesday 10/28: 2020 Election Protection in California w/ CA Common Cause
California Common Cause | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online via Livestream…
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Save the election, resist the hate
Barton Kunstler | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
The only thing that can work against a hijacked election is mass citizen action. A General Strike.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/save-the-e…

We’re Ready for the Election
Sarah Brannon | aclu.org | 2020-10-27
With less than a week to go, the only thing we can be sure of is that this Election Day will most likely look, feel, and be different than previous years. We are, after all, living through a pandemic, economic crisis, fight for racial justice, and an election season. , , If you haven’t planned how you are going to cast your vote or already voted this election, there’s still time. You can find more information here about how to make your voting plan, and learn about the specific guidelines in your state. If you plan to vote by mail, consider dropping off your ballot in-person…
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HACKED Trump campaign website proclaims US president ‘involved in origin of coronavirus’ in apparent cryptocurrency scam
rt.com | 2020-10-27
US President Donald Trump’s website has been taken offline after a fake ‘seizure’ notice was posted on multiple pages, claiming the president had ‘spreaded’ fake news and was ‘involved in the origin’ of the Covid-19 pandemic. | While it featured the FBI and Justice Department logos, the announcement was written in broken English and without capitalizations, according to screenshots posted on Tuesday evening. | “[We] have evidence that completely discredits mr trump as president,” the notice said, “proving his criminal involvment [sic] and coorperation [sic] with foreign actors manipulating the 2020 election.”
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Prospect of right-wing violence and police repression hangs over US election
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
Additional details are emerging of right-wing plans for election day violence as police prepare to repress election night demonstrations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/elec…

Along the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hoping for a Miracle
Sara Hylton, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Along the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hoping for a Miracle…
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Visually impaired? Get help voting with Vote.org and Be My Eyes
Special to People’s World | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-27
There are at least 26.9 million American adults with vision loss–a staggering 8% of the U.S. population–and even though not all of them are “blind” (about 1 million), there are still many who need help filling out paper documents, accessing technology, and completing complex government forms. In the leadup to the 2020 presidential election, Be My Eyes …
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Carnegie Museum workers file for union election
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Pittsburgh, PA – Approximately 500 scientists, educators, art handlers, front staff, gift shop clerks, ushers and other workers from across the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh system today announced Oct. 20 they filed for a union election as they seek to join the United Steelworkers (USW). | The group, working under the banner of the United Museum Workers, announced their organizing drive on June 29 and are now seeking a formal vote through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). | “Our movement began with concerns about transparency and limited career opportunities, but it now has even greater urgency as it’s…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/carnegi…

HACKED Trump campaign website proclaims US president ‘involved in origin of coronavirus’ in apparent cryptocurrency scam
rt.com | 2020-10-27
US President Donald Trump’s website has been taken offline after a fake ‘seizure’ notice was posted on multiple pages, claiming the president had ‘spreaded’ fake news and was ‘involved in the origin’ of the Covid-19 pandemic. | While it featured the FBI and Justice Department logos, the announcement was written in broken English and without capitalizations, according to screenshots posted on Tuesday evening. | “[We] have evidence that completely discredits mr trump as president,” the notice said, “proving his criminal involvment [sic] and coorperation [sic] with foreign actors manipulating the 2020 election.”
rt.com/usa/504742-trump-website-hacked-d…

As Election Nears, Polling Shows 82% of Voters Believe 100% Clean Power Should Be Primary US Energy Goal
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-27
The survey also found that over seven in 10 Americans support legislation to eliminate fossil fuel emissions from the transportation, electricity, buildings, industry, and agricultural sectors by 2050. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Get Trump, But Biden is Next, So Lose the Kumbayas
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Inasmuch as even the hyperbolic, overused expression “existential threat” doesn’t quite capture the nature and extent of the “clear and present danger” that a second Trump term would pose, dispatching Donald Trump is and ought to be Job Number One. This means voting for, and even piling votes on for, Joe Biden. Biden has been…
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If Biden Wins, Russiagate Will Magically Morph Into Chinagate
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-27
Ohhh god. It’s happening again. | The same exact low rumble, slowly rising toward the same fever pitch crescendo. First you get a few unexpected comments showing up in your notifications, then a few more, then a lot more, then a whole lot more. It’s one news story, then it’s ten, then it’s a hundred, then it’s completely dominating half of US political discourse. | The increasingly shrill shrieking from rightists about China having leverage over Joe Biden is alarmingly similar to what I experienced from liberals at this exact point in time in 2016 about Russia having leverage over Donald Trump. When I point out t…
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Are Philly Riots a Sign of Things to Come?
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
On today’s episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events, such as Donald Trump and Joe Biden both on the campaign trail, Hunter Biden’s audio released, Oklahoma’s early ice storm, and a police shooting in Philadelphia.
sputniknews.com/radio-the-backstory/2020…

The China-Russia “Threat to America”: Biden’s Intriguing “Attempt” to Unite Democrat and Republican Foreign Policy Hawks
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Biden’s description of Russia as “the biggest threat to America” and China as its “biggest competitor” is an intriguing attempt to unite the anti-Russian and anti-Chinese factions of America’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”) even if it’s …
globalresearch.ca/biden-unite-democrat-r…

Trump pledges to ‘save your fracking’ and Biden says no ban — but most Pennsylvania voters oppose fracking
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
Voters in Pennsylvania have turned against fracking after over a decade of experience with shale drilling in the region.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/trump-pled…

‘War Propaganda’: US Media Uses Russiagate Playbook to Demonize China
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
The US corporate media has turned from Russiagate to demonizing China using the very same playbook, Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of “Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents,” told Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits on Tuesday.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202010271080895…

Putting Benjamin to bed? In major move, China & Russian-led EEU bloc to replace trade in dollar & euro with domestic currencies
rt.com | 2020-10-27
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an analogue to the EU in…
rt.com/russia/504681-economic-union-repl…

The World Moves On, Yet Australia Clings to a Dangerous Past
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
There are many definitions of stupid, but acting against one’s interests, on either a personal or national level, must rank as among the more significant. It is certainly among the most of contemporary relevance. It is no better personified than in the current extraordinary anti-China campaign being waged by politicians of all the major parties …
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How a key Pentagon official turned China policy over to arms industry and Taiwan supporters
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-27
The “Fortress Taiwan” arms deal overseen by ex-Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver is one of the most provocative U.S. moves against China in years — and a big win for his think tank’s arms industry and Taiwanese patrons. When the United States finalized a set of seven arms sales packages to Taiwan in August, including 66 upgraded F-16 fighter planes and longer-range air-to-ground missiles that could hit sensitive targets on mainland China, it shifted U.S. policy sharply toward a …
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/27/pentagon-chin…

China, US Censor Each Other; ACB Confirmed; Truth and Reconciliation
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-27
The US wealthy “brace” for tax increases while the rest of us brace for fires, storms, pandemics and their tragic consequences.
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Australian spy agency raises new alarm about foreign “plot”
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
This is not the first such lurid allegation by ASIO, accusing China of conspiring to take over Australia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/asio…

The Heat: China’s 5 year plan
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-10-27
China’s looking ahead to the next five years. What are the main issues at stake?
america.cgtn.com/2020/10/27/the-heat-chi…

China: The Upcoming Global Superpower
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Despite its large population of 1.5 billion which many have considered as an impediment, China’s domestic economic reforms and collaborative strategic diplomacy with external countries have made it attain superpower status over the United States. While United States influence is …
globalresearch.ca/china-global-superpowe…

New Report: Crowded Sky, Contested Sea: Drones over the South and East China Seas
Joanna Frew | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Amid naval patrols, live military drills, island building, trade wars and diplomatic breakdown, drones are making an increasing impact on the security situation in the South China Sea and the relationship between China and the US. Smaller nations in the …
globalresearch.ca/crowded-sky-contested-…

How a key Pentagon official turned China policy over to arms industry and Taiwan supporters
Gareth Porter | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-27
The “Fortress Taiwan” arms deal overseen by ex-Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver is one of the most provocative U.S. moves against China in years — and a big win for his think tank’s arms industry and Taiwanese patrons. | When the United States finalized a set of seven arms sales packages to Taiwan in August, including 66 upgraded F-16 fighter planes and longer-range air-to-ground missiles that could hit sensitive targets on mainland China, it shifted U.S. policy sharply toward a much more aggressive stance on the geo-strategic island at the heart of military tensions between the United States…
thealtworld.com/gareth_porter/how-a-key-…

The World is Changing: China Launches Campaign for Superpower Status
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
The outdated notion that China ‘just wants to do business’ should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s political outlook. Simply put, Beijing has long realized that, in order for it to sustain its economic growth unhindered, it has to develop the necessary tools to protect itself, its allies and their …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/the-world-is-…

Impunity and Carefree Violence: Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
In 2016, Australian Major General Jeff Sengelman approached the then chief of the Australian army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell with a nagging worry. The concern lay in allegations that Australian special forces had committed various war crimes in Afghanistan. Sengelman was then special forces commander; Campbell was chief of the army. Sociologist Samantha Crompvoets was …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/impunity-and-…

How Bolivia’s New Socialist Senator Resisted Coup Terror
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
Just a few days after the dramatic landslide victory on October 18 of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party founded by Evo Morales, I traveled 3.5 hours from the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, with The Grazyone team of Ben Norton and Anya Parampil, to Chimoré, here in the tropical region of Cochabamba, that’s a base of support for the MAS party. | We attended a gathering of regional party leadership, including the mayor of Chimoré; Senator-elect Leonardo Loza, who is filling the role of Evo Morales in the Senate; and Senator-elect Patricia Arce, who has become a symbol both of the terror and cruelty of the (Jea…
popularresistance.org/how-bolivias-new-s…

Don’t Rush to Declare Victory: Implementing a Two-Week Grace Period After November 3rd So All Voters Can Be Counted
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-10-27
With such large stakes for our fragile democracy, we cannot afford to bypass such a course of action that will assure a peaceful transition in accord with the rule of law. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Yemeni children suffer record rates of acute malnutrition, putting ‘entire generation’ at risk
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
Yemeni children are suffering acute malnutrition at unprecedented rates as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis grinds on and funding falls far short of what is needed to offset the effects of conflict and‚ÄØ economic collapse, UN agencies said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Liquid Capitalism: Everyone Drinks it, Swims in it, Drowns in it
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
The most radical socialists; Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters (Black, White, Latino or Asian); liberal and conservative zealots; diversity and equity gurus; pacifists; denizens of corporates and non-profits; rappers, rockers and country western musicians; Bernie Sanders; racists and White guilt pushers; Baptists, Catholics, and Muslims; children; bland K-16 teachers; members of the military; indeed, every …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/liquid-capita…