The Scary Truth is Many Senate Dems Share the Same Corporate Agenda as Amy Coney Barrett
Leonard C. Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier. But Senate Republicans blocked his nomination on the grounds that it was too close to the presidential election, which was then seven months away. Four and a half years later,…
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Will Trump Surprise Pollsters and Hostile Media by Defeating Biden?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
The NYT is notably unrelenting in pushing fake news of Russian US election meddling to help Biden defeat Trump. | Despite claiming otherwise, the US intelligence community has no evidence suggesting foreign interference in the US election process this year or …
globalresearch.ca/will-trump-surprise-po…

Make a Plan to Resist
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
Nearly two and a half centuries since its founding, the United States, self-described homeland and headquarters of democracy, does not select its top elected official, the president, on the basis of a national popular vote. The Electoral College, devised by slave-owning constitutional framers for whom democracy was the ultimate nightmare, restricts the presidential election to the contest for all-or-nothing Elector slates in a relatively small number of states.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/make-a-plan-…

Bolivian trade unions demand investigation into Orlando Gutiérrez’s death
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
The mine workers union leader, Orlando Gutiérrez, was attacked by right-wing extremists last week, who rejected the results of the general elections held in Bolivia on October 18…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/30/bolivian-…

Three Muslim Americans explain why they’re voting for Donald Trump
Azad Essa | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-30
Three Muslim Americans explain why they’re voting for Donald Trump | After everything he’s said and done to Muslims, some still find the president appealing | Azad Essa | Fri, 10/30/2020 – 13: 15 | “> | Sajid Tarar addresses Republican National Convention in Cleveland (File/Reuters) | Yes, they exist. | Despite everything he’s said and done to Muslims, there are numerous Muslim Americans who…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-muslim-…

US immigration office wrongly tells hundreds of new citizens they can’t vote this year
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-30
US immigration office wrongly tells hundreds of new citizens they can’t vote this year | Boston-area office is attempting to reach as many as 409 new citizens to inform them of their right to register and vote in next week’s elections | MEE staff | Fri, 10/30/2020 – 15: 34 | People wait in line to hand in their ballots after voting during Massachusetts State Primary on 1 September in Boston (AFP/File photo) | The office o…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-immigratio…

New graphic book helps to ‘Unrig’ our broken election system
Tony Pecinovsky | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-30
With the 2020 presidential election just days away, people all across our country are asking a basic, fundamental question: Is our democracy broken? To many, the answer is “yes.” They see the rich and powerful, the big corporations and business interests, influencing our society and politics in ways that seem unfair. They know that there …
peoplesworld.org/article/new-graphic-boo…

Calling this “Our Democracy” Is Like Slaves Referring to “Our Plantation”
Frank Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
While Americans are re-programmed every four years for the most important desperately crucial national emergency election since the last one, which will assure that Wall Street, the Pentagon, Israel and billionaires maintain power and control over everything that matters, most …
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Calling this “our Democracy” is like Slaves referring to “our Plantation”
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-30
While Americans are re-programmed every four years for the most important desperately crucial national emergency election since the last one, which will assure that Wall Street, the Pentagon, Israel and billionaires maintain power and control over everything that matters, most eligible voters will choose neither of the ruling power’s candidates and in a sense exercise …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/calling-this-…

We Are That History That Is Discredited, but Which Reappears When You Least Expect It
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-10-30
The coup followed an election that would have resulted in Morales’ fourth term as president, the results of which were questioned by the Organisation of American States or OAS (60% of whose funding comes from the U.S. government).
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US Power Has Been Creaking Under Trump, While China Strengthens
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Into the third decade of this century, China has continued its ascent as the world’s second superpower. The United States, on the other hand, has been stumbling somewhat under Donald Trump’s wrecking ball policies. The Trump era looks likely to …
globalresearch.ca/us-power-creaking-unde…

The Dangers of Expanding What Can Be Patented In the Age of COVID-19
Sandra Park | aclu.org | 2020-10-30
As the COVID-19 crisis takes its devastating toll, the need for scientific collaboration is self-evident. After the first outbreaks, scientists in China sequenced the viral genome and released that data, permitting laboratories globally to develop their own tests to diagnose patients for COVID. , , Yet, members of Congress, led by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), have pointed to the pandemic as a reason to radically change patent law. The changes would allow corporations to have exclusive rights over…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-dan…

Why I’m Voting Green in 2020
Virginia Rodino | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Author’s note: Kevin and I worked on this article together right before his untimely passing on September 6. I met Kevin during Ralph Nader’s 2004 presidential campaign. Throughout the years since, I appreciated seeing his anti-imperialist and eco-socialist arguments strengthen …
globalresearch.ca/why-voting-green-2020/…

The World Socialist Web Site, Corbynism and the struggle against opportunism
wsws.org | 2020-10-30
The remarks below were delivered by Chris Marsden, the National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/30/wscm…

Ecosocialism: an alternative to global capitalism
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-30
Ecosocialists and ecoanarchists need to come up with strategies to transcend the problems and avert catastrophic anthropogenic climate change, argues Hans Baer.
greenleft.org.au/content/ecosocialism-al…

Deception 2020: It’s Not The Most Important Election
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
In this fifth installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into that trite line about “the most important election of our time!” You’ve likely heard it before — chances are you’ll hear it again. For some historic and political context, we sit down with Eugene Puryear to further highlight the fallacy of this claim, and discuss what really makes any year — regardless of elections — politically important.
popularresistance.org/deception-2020-its…

Can You Smell What the Chinese Are Cooking?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-30
Less than a week before the game-changing U.S. presidential election, the real heart of the geopolitical and geoeconomic action is virtually invisible to the outside world. | We’re talking about the fifth plenum of the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, which started this past Monday in Beijing. | The plenum congregates the 200 members — and another 100 alternate members — of the civilization-state’s top decision-making body: the equivalent, in Western liberal democracy terms, of the Chinese Congress. | The outline of what will be the 14th Chinese Five-Year-Plan (2021-2025) will be…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/30/ca…

The Heat: China’s 5 year plan
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-10-30
China has a new plan for the next five years…. and beyond. We will take a look on its impact for the country and the world.
america.cgtn.com/2020/10/30/the-heat-chi…

WH Chief of Staff Allegedly Gave Taxpayer Funds to Wife’s Friend’s Campaign
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-30
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows appears to have tapped into federal resources to help a friend of his wife’s raise money for her campaign to fill his congressional seat, government records show. | The revelation sharpens questions that election law experts raised in Salon’s previous report on Meadows’ possible use of tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for personal expenses after announcing he would not seek re-election, a crime that earned prison time for former Rep. Duncan H…
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Georgia Might Go Blue
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-30
As the 2020 campaign enters its final days, we go to Georgia, where two Senate seats are up for grabs and both Republican incumbents face stiff opposition. Joe Biden is also spending significant time in the state, which no Democratic presidential candidate has won since 1992. “Georgia is truly in play,” says Emory University professor Carol Anderson. “We have had grassroots organizing and mobilizing, registering folks to vote, working through getting through all of the voter suppression barriers to bring people out to the polls in unprecedented numb…
truthout.org/video/georgia-might-go-blue…

Labor’s health cut plan a warning on eve of Australian state election
wsws.org | 2020-10-30
By demanding $1 billion in “savings” by Queensland Health, the Labor Party has pointed to a pandemic-accelerated assault on social spending.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/30/heal…

Money and California Propositions (2020)
Paul Ivanov | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Ten years ago, I made some plots for how much money was pumped into proposition campaigns in California. | I remade those plots for the November 2020 election. | As of Oct 16th, the total is ~$662 million, an 11 fold increase from the ~$58 million in 2010!
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Saturday 11/14: The Elections are Over — But the Problems Remain
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online meeting, see website for details…
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Labor Gen Strikes re 11/3/20 Election Urged by 3 Labor Groups
Labor Creates All Wealth | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
As we enter this Get Out The Vote (GOTV) 4 Days, 10/31-11/3/20, three labor organizations have called for a General Strike to protect the vote and demand Nazi Trump leave office when defeated. They are from Rochester, NY, Seattle, WA and Western Massachusetts. Where is the San Francisco Labor Council resolution demanding a General Strike?>…
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Tuesday 11/3: #HereToStay: 2020 Election Day Coverage Livestream w/ United We Dream Action
United We Dream Action | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online via livestream…
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Saturday 10/31: The socialist impulses of Faux Free-marketeers
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Join Zoom Meeting | zoom.us/j/91504059746?pwd=b3N4UDJpRGNobV……
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Friday 10/30: Online Forum – La Riva/ Freeman 2020: Building the movement for socialism!
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Register now for the forum! | bit.ly/vote-socialist…
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Cà¥te d’Ivoire: Conduct election in ‘a peaceful manner’ — UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-10-30
On Friday, the eve of the presidential election in Cà¥te d’Ivoire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for all Ivorians to ensure that the polls are “conducted in a peaceful manner”.
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“Fighting for Democracy”: Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression & Why Georgia Could Go Blue
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-30
As the 2020 campaign enters its final days, we go to Georgia, where two Senate seats are up for grabs and both Republican incumbents face stiff opposition. Joe Biden is also spending significant time in the state, which no Democratic presidential candidate has won since 1992. “Georgia is truly in play,” says Emory University professor Carol Anderson. “We have had grassroots organizing and mobilizing, registering folks to vote, working through getting through all of the voter suppression barriers to bring people out to the polls in unprecedented numbers.” Anderson is the author of “One Person, No Vote: How Voter S…
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/30/carol_an…

“Let the People Pick the President”: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-30
As Donald Trump and Joe Biden make their final campaign pushes in battleground states that could decide the election, we speak with author and journalist Jesse Wegmen about the case for abolishing the Electoral College system altogether and moving toward a national popular vote for electing the president. Two of the last three presidents — George W. Bush and Donald Trump — came to office after losing the popular vote. “The Framers who met at the Constitutional Convention really had no idea what they were doing when they established how to pick a president,” says Wegman, New York Times editorial board…
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/30/jesse_we…

Why Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg Are So Adamant About the Need to Defeat Trump
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
The potential for democratic governance is at stake…
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Greenwald: My Resignation from The Intercept
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-30
By Glenn Greenwald / Reposted with permission from the author’s site Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept, the news outlet I co-founded in 2013 with Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, as well as from its parent company First Look Media. The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I… | Source…
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Greenwald’s Intercept Resignation Exposes The Rot In All Mass Media
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-30
Journalist Glenn Greenwald has made major waves throughout mainstream and alternative media by resigning from The Intercept, an outlet he co-founded in 2014 with the stated mission of holding power to account with the power of unrestricted journalism. | Greenwald says he resigned because Intercept editors refused to let him publish an article he’d been working on abo…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/greenwa…

Ending Regime Change — in Bolivia and the World
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
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 “regime changes” in countries around the world,…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/ending-regim…

How Venezuela Has Held Back COVID-19 in Spite of the U.S. Sanctions Stranglehold on Its Economy
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
Not for one minute during this pandemic has the United States stopped trying to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. A seam of cruelty runs through U.S. policy, which by its sanctions regime prevents Venezuela from open trade of its oil to import key medical equipment to help break the chain of the virus and heal those infected by it.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/how-venezuel…

Brazilian Meat Giant Trucked Cattle from Deforested Amazon Ranch
Andrew Wasley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
On a sunny day in July 2019, Alessandro Ale, a lorry driver, decided to take a few photos as he drove in a convoy across the southern end of the Amazon rainforest. He snapped the cab of his lorry …
globalresearch.ca/brazilian-meat-giant-t…

War-Weary Yemenis See Threat in Israel’s Increasingly Public Role in Their Country
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-30
Many in Yemen fear that Israel’s ambitions in their country don’t end at the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and rumors are circulating that land grabs reminiscent of those in Palestine could soon hit Yemen’s shores.
mintpressnews.com/war-weary-yemen-see-th…

The Knives Come Out as Greenwald Splits From the Intercept Citing Censorship
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-30
Funded by a billionaire oligarch and increasingly seen as a mouthpiece for the neoliberal establishment, The Intercept suffered its biggest blow yet with the very public departure of Greenwald.
mintpressnews.com/knives-come-out-glenn-…

What Happened to Glenn Greenwald?
Will Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
The simplest answer may be inertia, and time–essentially, nothing–but for better or worse I have a particular fixation on this question, and there is no denying Greenwald has become, shall we say, more problematic over the last couple of years. Glenn Greenwald needs no introduction, so suffice it to say: he first came to prominence…
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For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination
Sarah Aziza | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination…
thenation.com/article/world/migrants-cor…

Effective January 1, 2021 Nuclear Weapons Will Be Illegal
Dave Lindorff | zcomm.org | 2020-10-30
The task, going forward, is to use the new UN treaty banning these weapons to pressure the nations of the world to eliminate them for good…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/effective-january-…

Begging Outrage: British Journalists for Assange
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-30
Even that title strikes an odd note. It should not. The Fourth Estate, historically reputed as the chamber of journalists and publishers keeping an eye on elected officials, received a blast of oxygen with the arrival of WikiLeaks. This was daring, rich stuff: scientific journalism in the trenches, news gathering par excellence. But what Julian …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/begging-outra…

Begging Outrage: British Journalists for Assange
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Even that title strikes an odd note. It should not. The Fourth Estate, historically reputed as the chamber of journalists and publishers keeping an eye on elected officials, received a blast of oxygen with the arrival of WikiLeaks. This was …
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Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-10-30
Trump is still treating a deadly virus like it’s one of his real estate deals: bluster, lie and ignore the real numbers.
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Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-10-30
Trump is still treating a deadly virus like it’s one of his real estate deals: bluster, lie and ignore the real numbers.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-closer-fi…

Why I’m voting Green in 2020
Virginia Rodino and Kevin Zeese | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-30
We need to vote for candidates who represent and are part of the popular movements so we advance the causes of economic, racial and environmental justice.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/30/why-im-vot…

The Sudan-Israel “Peace Deal: Lots of Behind-the-Scenes Maneuvering
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
The Sudanese-“Israeli” peace deal isn’t a spontaneous act of reconciliation like it’s misportrayed by some as being but the result of lots of behind-the-scenes maneuvering including last year’s military coup and recent reports that Saudi Arabia will secretly pay Sudan’s …
globalresearch.ca/sudanese-israeli-peace…

The Final Stampede
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
“[T]he final stampede is drawing near because of so many unstoppable and irreversible processes: proliferation of nuclear weapons, global warming, water scarcity, demographic expansion and desertification, and, last but not least, mental collapse, spreading depression and panic.” — Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Breathing: Chaos and Poetry I. “Le Mort saisit le vif” Marx Berardi’s words are frightening…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/the-final-st…

Video: Neo-Ottoman Nights of Armenian-Azerbaijani War
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Turkish Sultan-in-Chief Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come up with a justification for the deployment of Syrian militants to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone to support the war against Armenia. According to him, at least 2,000 fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party …
globalresearch.ca/video-neo-ottoman-nigh…

Democracy is Colorful, Not Colorblind
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
Many white Americans believe racism is about individual relationships: how they think about and treat individual persons of color. Here racism is individualized and interpersonalized, which obscures its historical, institutional and White-controlled dimensions including its power base. Black friends and acquaintances, no matter how genuine the relationships, may serve to cloud rather than clarify the…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/democracy-is…

Scheer Intelligence: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
The United States has the largest number of military installations in the world, with about 5,000 bases in total and at least 600 overseas, according to the Pentagon. Although the Department of Defense is not forthcoming with the exact numbers, even these estimates reveal a truth about the country’s standing in the world that many Americans often fail to recognize: the U.S. has built one of the most extensive empires in modern history. On this week’s installment of Scheer Intelligence, David Vine, the author of the books Base Nation and The United States of War, talks to host Robert Scheer about…
popularresistance.org/scheer-intelligenc…

‘High time for accountability’, UN expert says as Israel approves highest rate of illegal settlements
news.un.org | 2020-10-30
The international community must answer a “grave” breach of international law with “more than mere criticism”, an independent UN expert said on Friday after the Israeli Government announced its approval of nearly 5,000 new settlement homes in occupied Palestinian territory.
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Sunday 11/1: All Saint’s Day / Dia De Los Muertos @ SCZ Oferenda
Santa Cruz Oferenda | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Santa Cruz Clock Tower Plaza @ Water & Front…
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Public sceptical about housing minister Robert Jenrick’s homelessness claims
Joe Glenton | thecanary.co | 2020-10-30
Millionaire minister Robert Jenrick says the Tories are on a “moral mission” to end homelessness, and have worked wonders during the pandemic. The public is sceptical. | The Cambridge-educated housing minister, who, according to Tatler, owns at least three properties worth over £1 million, launched a new propaganda offensive on 29 October. | In a video released on Twitter, he praised the “national effort to support rough sleepers” during the pandemic, and that the government wanted “to end rough sleeping by the end of…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/10/30/public-scepti…

Support Pennsylvania prisoners on hunger strike for human rights
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-10-30
Incarcerated people in many U.S. states have been held in small prison cells for up to 23 hours a day since March 2020, ostensibly because of the threat of COVID-19. Imprisoned workers have filed many grievances over the increasingly unbearable conditions, which are nothing less than torture with no end . . . | Continue reading Support Pennsylvania prisoners on hunger strike for human rights at Workers.org…
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Will Concerns About Domestic Violence Derail Sentencing Reform in Oklahoma?
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
Will Concerns About Domestic Violence Derail Sentencing Reform in Oklahoma?
thenation.com/article/society/oklahoma-d…

Thursday 10/29: Mobilize to Defend Democracy to GOTV & Protect the Results w/ Sierra Club
Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online via livestream | (Livestream being hosted from Sierra Club National Headquarters in Oakland, CA)…
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Trump’s fight against the law
Albrecht von Luecke and Erhard Crome | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Trump stands for the rejection of the universalist traditions of the US, for the abolition of the rule of law and the reign of the lie.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883796…

Arabic press review: Egyptian photojournalist disappears after interrogation
Mohammad Ayesh | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-30
Arabic press review: Egyptian photojournalist disappears after interrogation | Meanwhile, Sudan’s foreign minister is criticised over normalisation with Israel, and a French MP demands action be taken against UAE as a ‘tax haven’ | Mohammad Ayesh | Fri, 10/30/2020 – 14: 37 | Egyptian photojournalist Mohamed al-Rai has reportedly gone missing since Wednesday (Twitter) | Egypt: Detained photojournalist missing…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/arabic-press-…

France: No Change for Thirty Years
Serge Halimi | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
France, which is already facing health, environmental, economic and social woes, has also endured a series of blows in the form of terrorist attacks. Thus the calls to mobilise for war. Again. But destroying an enemy that is often very hard to find always requires more powerful weapons than last time. Not artillery and tanks…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/france-no-ch…

Kenyan federal government health workers begin national strike demanding promotions
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
The previous two nation-wide strike actions, notified in May and August against non-implementation of promotions, were called off after assurances from the government. Seeing no progress, workers have vowed to not resume work till demands are met…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/30/kenyan-fe…

David Vine: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History Through Its Military Bases
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-30
The United States has the largest number of military installations in the world, with about 5,000 bases in total and at least 600 overseas, according to the Pentagon. Although the Department of Defense is not forthcoming with the exact numbers, even these estimates reveal a truth about the country’s standing in the world that many Americans often fail to recognize: the U.S. has built one of the… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/10/30/david-vine-tra…

What Happens on November 3: A Dem Presidency Means the Return of the Blob
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
This article was originally published on Asia Times. | What happens on November 3rd? It’s like a larger than life replay of the famous Hollywood adage: “No one knows anything.” | The Dem strategy is crystal clear, spawned by …
globalresearch.ca/dem-presidency-means-r…

Iran planning to boost constructional exports to Africa
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-30
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran is eyeing to increase export of construction and building materials to African states.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165340/Iran-plannin…

Brockton community fights back after Elder Fernandes found hung at Fort Hood
Shoshana Jette | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-30
The most recent victim from Fort Hood is Elder Fernandes, a 23-year-old Cape Verdean man from Brockton, Massachusetts. Fernandes was found hanging from a tree in Temple, Texas on August 25, shortly after reporting sexual assaults by superior officers.
liberationnews.org/brockton-community-fi…

Nine COVID Facts: A Pandemic of Fearmongering and Ignorance
Jeff Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Ever since the alleged pandemic erupted this past March the mainstream media has spewed a non-stop stream of misinformation that appears to be laser focused on generating maximum fear among the citizenry. But the facts and the science simply don’t …
globalresearch.ca/nine-covid-facts-pande…

Saturday 10/31: Trick or Treat for Rent Relief
Tenant councils | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Piedmont Park | Highland Ave and Mountain Ave | Piedmont, CA…
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Revista Descolonialidad del Poder y Autogobierno Social
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
La Red Descolonialidad del Poder y Autogobierno Social, presenta la tercera edición de su revista…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/29/1883793…

Thursday 11/12: Expand SCOTUS: The People Demand Court Reform Panel Discussion w/ Demand Justice
Demand Justice | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883795…

DIY Chains And Garden Centres ‘Adding To Climate Crisis’ By Selling Peat
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
United Kingdom – Garden centres and DIY stores are way off track on meeting a government target to end peat use by amateur gardeners, figures show. | Green experts said the rate at which peat is still being dug up means the UK’s gardens are helping to accelerate the climate crisis. | Stores including B&Q and Wickes, as well as numerous websites, all sell peat products. | Between 2015 and 2019, the amount of peat contained in composts sold to shoppers showed only a small drop, from almost 53 per cent to 41.5 per cent. | Friends of the Earth called on ministers to act, after the government announced a decade a…
popularresistance.org/diy-chains-and-gar…

Nathan Reynolds’ coronial inquiry hears evidence of systemic neglect, cruelty
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-30
The coronial inquest into the death of Dunghutti man Nathan Reynolds has heard a litany of evidence of gross medical neglect and prison indifference, reports Rachel Evans.
greenleft.org.au/content/nathan-reynolds…

Beto, El Escritor de las cartas de los Braceros
Gil Villagran, MSW | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
The Bracero Program, based upon a U.S.-Mexico Treaty imported | Mexican laborers for year-long contract during WWII. My father came to the California San Joaquin Valley Southern Pacific RR.
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Self-defense is a right! California protest hits domestic violence
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-10-30
Bakersfield, Calif. Oct. 23 — The chant of “Self-defense is not a crime! Free our sisters doing time!” rang out at the Kern County Superior Court Building today in support of two women who defended themselves and their families against abusive partners. The domestic violence survivors, formerly incarcerated people, prison . . . | Continue reading Self-defense is a right! California protest hits domestic violence at Workers.org…
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The government has handed £66m in interest to banks for taxpayer-backed coronavirus loans
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-30
The government paid Britain’s biggest lenders close to £65.7m in interest in just three months. This was for loans to British businesses during the pandemic. | Interest rates: | The government handed over £65,658,583 for interest on loans between the start of April and the end of June. This is according to figures obtained by the PA news agency through a freedom of information request. The interest was paid on loans taken under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and for the Bounce Back Loan Scheme. | Through the schemes, banks lent billions of pounds to small businesses.
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Women’s Tent Embassy and the long campaign for abortion rights
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-30
Few would know about the Women’s Embassy outside Old Parliament House in Canberra which helped put the campaign for reproductive rights on the political agenda in Australia. Coral Wynter reports.
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For DeVos, the Pandemic Is Another Opportunity for Profit
Jasmine Banks | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
For DeVos, the Pandemic Is Another Opportunity for Profit…
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New Zealanders approve euthanasia in a referendum, reject legalization of recreational cannabis
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
According to the preliminary results announced by the electoral commission of New Zealand on Friday, October 30, more than 65% of the voters in the country who participated in a referendum approved a legislation allowing euthanasia. Though nearly half a million votes are still to be counted and the final results will be announced on November 6, it is by and large a clear “yes.” | New Zealand held two referendums on Thursday. In the second referendum, the proposal to legalize the use of recreational cannabis was rejected with more than 53% voters saying “no.” | In the cannabis question, ‘yes’ received 46.1 percent…
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Social Media’s Erasure of Palestinians is a Grim Warning for our Future
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-30
There is a growing unease that the decisions taken by social media corporations can have a harmful impact on our lives. These platforms, despite enjoying an effective monopoly over the virtual public square, have long avoided serious scrutiny or accountability. In a new Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, former Silicon Valley executives warn of a …
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Reasons To Rethink The Future Of Dams
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
The tide has shifted on dams. Once a monument to our engineering prowess, there’s now widespread acknowledgment that dam-building comes with a long list of harms. Some of those can be reversed, as shown by the 1,200 dam removals in the past 20 years. | But the future of our existing dams, including 2,500 hydroelectric facilities, is a complicated issue in the age of climate change. Dams have altered river flows, changed aquatic habitat, decimated fish populations, and curtailed cultural and treaty resources for tribes. But does the low-carbon power dams produce have a role in our energy transition?
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Human Rights, Terrorism And Organized Crime
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
In Latin America, widespread abuses under right wing regimes in, for example, Colombia, Honduras, Haiti or Brazil get mentioned in low key terms, if at all, while false claims by US funded opposition groups in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are amplified and broadcast with minimal or zero effort at responsible corroboration. Neither the human rights industry itself, nor the communications media and academic industries which are its main consumers, make any serious effort at investigation because they too are funded by the same or similar corporate and government investors as their human rights industry brand name…
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The stock market is not the economy
Robert Reich | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-30
The next time you hear someone say the stock market is a reflection of the economy, tell them that’s rubbish! The real economy is jobs and wages.
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FBI raids neo-Nazi camp in Michigan as national connections of Whitmer plotters emerge
wsws.org | 2020-10-30
The FBI conducted further raids in Michigan Thursday as more details emerge of a national conspiracy involving fascists and police in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Texas and Minnesota.
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Industrial Food Production and the Pandemic
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
Covid-19 comes from the primary forest, from bat caves. In a world without industrial agriculture encroaching on that forest, in a world without the corporatization of a wild-food industry, Covid-19 would probably never have left those caves. The pandemic was not caused by small-holder agriculture, and the virus probably did not escape from a lab.
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To Lockdown or Not to Lockdown: Britain Debates
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
The UK government is facing increased pressure to call for a national lockdown or ‘circuit breaker’ as it has commonly become known after a further 310 deaths to Covid-19 were announced on Thursday. It brings the total number of deaths …
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Dark Days Approach.Fraudsters and Scam Artists into the Highest Office
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Some things in our world are dependable and just like the sun rises and sets every day, light and dark mean different things to different people. Humans like the dependable and the predictable — it comforts them to know what …
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Making Room for the Real
Stuart Klawans | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
Making Room for the Real…
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Why Canada Must Release Meng Wan Zhou
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
Few things are as dangerous as a poorly thought-out kidnapping. Kidnappings are serious business, often with unintended consequences. History is replete with dim-witted criminals who engaged in them on a whim, only to discover adverse outcomes far beyond their imagining. One dramatic example happened 90 years ago this week: | On October 24th, a mother with young children is kidnapped. She is the cherished wife of an important man whom the kidnapper’s group is in competition with. The plan of the kidnapper is that by kidnapping her, this will create unbearable psychological pressure on her husband…
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Will Trump Really Leave?
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
If there’s one thing that has been a constant during the Trump circus, it’s been an air of unpredictability. Making an attempt to figure out what will transpire next week is difficult, to say the least. Polls indicate that he will not win, but surely that won’t be the end of this Adderall-fueled tale. At…
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Women the ‘driving force’ for peacebuilding in Colombia: Deputy UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-10-30
The UN deputy chief has underscored the importance of the full and comprehensive implementation of Colombia’s historic 2016 peace agreement, to enable sustainable and resilient communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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America’s Still Strangelovian Schemes To ‘Win’ Nuclear Wars
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
A full 56 years after Peter Sellers roasted America’s nuclear absurdity in Stanley Kubrick’s dark comedy classic Dr. Strangelove, Pentagon planners remain dedicated to delusions. That old Pete’s three-role — in three nationalities — performative evisceration of the fantasy that nuclear wars can be won didn’t stick raises serious questions about human nature, and our species’s survival prospects. Don’t take my word for it: just six years ago Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, penned a piece in the New Yorker titled…
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Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston
Barry Schwabsky | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston…
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People are questioning whether the BBC’s ban on supporting campaigns includes the red poppy
Joe Glenton | thecanary.co | 2020-10-30
BBC staff might be banned from attending Pride events and ‘virtue signalling’ because of confusing new rules on staff conduct. People are now asking if this means that the red poppy will also be outlawed by the channel. | BBC director general Tim Davie reportedly introduced the guidance on 29 October. It appears to suggest that attendin…
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The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia
Eesha Pandit | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia…
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Oregon Universal Pre-K Ballot Measure Could Be Watershed Moment in US Education
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-30
Thanks to the efforts of a committed coalition of local organizers, unions and educators, residents of Oregon’s Multnomah County will soon vote on Measure 26-214, which, if passed, will create a tuition-free, year-round, full-day universal preschool system. Its schools will be open to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the county, which comprises Portland and surrounding areas. The program will be funded through a progressive income tax on high earners, and will pay preschool teachers and assistant…
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Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Plot to Get Brazilians Killed
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-10-30
It’s not normal for a president of the United States to make plans with the president of an allied country, that is likely to get tens of thousands of people in that country killed. But we’re not talking about ordinary presidents; we’re talking about Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The goal of the Trump-Bolsonaro plot …
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Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Plot to Get Brazilians Killed
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-10-30
It’s not normal for a president of the United States to make plans with the president of an allied country that is likely to get tens of thousands of people in that country killed. But we’re not talking about ordinary presidents, we’re talking about Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. The goal of the Trump-Bolsonaro plot …
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Alice’s Nightmare In Drone Land
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
New York – On Thursday, 33 people from New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts organized by Upstate Drone Action blocked the gates at Hancock Air Field near Syracuse, NY. | Prior to Thursday’s action, activists released this statement: | “And why are we going to Hancock AFB on October 29? Our country has gone down the rabbit hole — racially, spiritually and economically. COVID 19 has exposed the Pentagon and the Federal government’s inability to do their job: to aid and protect our people. In fact the government has helped spread COVID, denying its severity and denying our people the PPE to combat that scou…
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Ecosocialism conferences kick off important discussion
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-30
Peter Boyle reports on Ecosocialism 2020, which brought together activists from Brazil, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia, to discuss how to step up the fight for system change.
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This Month’s Most Popular Articles
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
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This Week’s Most Popular Articles
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Women’s strike paralyzes Poland after right-wing court bans abortion
Ceren Sagir | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-30
Women across Poland continue to strike in protest against the near total banning of abortions by the country’s highest court. The country has been paralyzed by more than a week of demonstrations against the decision, which was backed by Poland’s right-wing government. The constitutional court’s ruling last Thursday triggered daily mass demonstrations, with anger directed …
peoplesworld.org/article/womens-strike-p…

Friday 10/30: Art is Essential: 10th Annual San Francisco Youth Arts Summit
Youth Art Exchange | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online event from November 30 – December 4…
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Terrorism and French Values
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-30
There have been some horrendous, despicable killings by Muslim extremists in France. Such killings must be condemned. French president Emmanuel Macron played the victim card, saying that France “will not give into terrorism.” Yet when 21st century France engages in overseas militarism, otherwise known as state terrorism, in places with large Muslim populations — places …
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The Triumph Of The Commons In The UK
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
United Kingdom – There are thousands of community-powered initiatives in action across the UK. Projects to bring broadband to a rural place that wasn’t expecting it to arrive for years, generate renewable energy, or make the most of treasured local spaces or assets. Schemes to deliver addiction services, protect neighborhoods from natural disasters, or manage social housing in an equitable way. In none of these have the communities in question needed supervision from the state or transactions with big businesses.
popularresistance.org/the-triumph-of-the…

The Costs of Limited Awareness
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
In 2009 I published a book titled Foreign Policy Inc. in which I tried to answer the question, among others, Why do Americans pay so little attention to foreign policy? Here is part of the answer as quoted from the book:…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/the-costs-of…

Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID
news.un.org | 2020-10-30
In Kenya, a major UN-led cash and nutrition relief project is underway for informal workers facing a hunger crisis brought on by COVID-19, amidst warnings on Friday that the situation is likely even worse in many poorer countries.
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Ecoanarchism must be the alternative to capitalism
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-30
Ted Trainer argues that ecoanarchism, not ecosocialism, has the potential to avert catastrophic climate change as the state cannot be relied on as the basic determinant in society.
greenleft.org.au/content/ecoanarchism-mu…

Nineteen Eighty-Four or “Brave New World”?
Prof. Ruel F. Pepa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
“In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise. When there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are …
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The Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Set to Enter Force. Experts Explain What Comes Next
John Krzyzaniak | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
Seventy-five years after their destructive power was first unleashed, nuclear weapons are about to be officially and explicitly prohibited by international law. For the average person, it may come as a surprise to know that nuclear weapons, dreadful as they …
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“A Desire Rooted in Revolt”
Javiera Manzi | zcomm.org | 2020-10-30
Chileans Vote Overwhelmingly to Rewrite Pinochet-Era Constitution…
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To end this madness: Vote, and vote as if your very survival depended on it — because it does!
Michael Payne | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-30
In the past when American faced monumental problems it had leaders and citizens who stood up and responded in various ways to help the country overcome them.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/30/to-end-thi…

The outcry continues: ‘Justice for Walter Wallace!’
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-10-30
Outrage over the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr., 27, a Black husband, father and son, erupted throughout his West Philadelphia neighborhood on Oct. 26. As news of the incident spread, protests flooded the community’s streets that night and the next day. The police shot Wallace multiple times on the . . . | Continue reading The outcry continues: ‘Justice for Walter Wallace!’ at Workers.org…
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“Now We Can Continue the Revolution in Bolivia”
Adriana Salvatierra | zcomm.org | 2020-10-30
Former senate president Salvatierra told Jacobin how the restored MAS government can undo the damage caused by last year’s coup — and set Bolivia back on the path to social transformation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/now-we-can-continu…

Mech Eng graduate wins chance to write for Times flagship political blog
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-30
Mechanical engineering alumni Geena Rait has won a competition to write political blogs for the Times through the autumn.
imperial.ac.uk/news/207593/mech-eng-graduate-wins-chance-write

Sudanese transitional government normalized ties with Israel without popular mandate
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
The normalization of ties with Israel has been rejected by majority of the significant political parties and grassroots organizations in the ruling coalition, the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/30/sudanese-…

The ‘Very, Very Bad Look’ of Remdesivir, the First FDA-approved COVID-19 Drug
Jon Cohen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
October was a good month for Gilead Sciences, the giant manufacturer of antivirals headquartered in Foster City, California. On 8 October, the company inked an agreement to supply the European Union with its drug remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19–a …
globalresearch.ca/very-bad-look-remdesiv…

COVID-19: Government Poised to Amend Regulations to Allow Use of Unlicensed Vaccine
Clare Dyer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
The UK government has set out plans to amend drug regulations in case it decides that covid-19 vaccines should be used before they are licensed, in a bid to roll them out more quickly.1 | In a consultation on the proposals …
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Bills Come Due
Steve Brodner | thenation.com | 2020-10-30
Bills Come Due…
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Berlin’s Newest Drang nach Osten Started in the 1990s With the Serbs
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-30
As recounted in the unjustly neglected German television report ” It Began with a Lie,” in April 1999, in the midst of NATO’s illegal bombing campaign against what had remained of Yugoslavia, then German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping repeatedly accused the Serbian side of installing a Nazi-style “concentration camp” in the soccer stadium in Pristina, the capital of Serbia’s Kosovo and Metohija province. Pressed by the media for proof, Scharping offered “witness testimony” — whic…
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Corbyn suspended from Labour Party, calls for a British left-wing alternative grows
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
Former leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, was suspended from the party on Thursday, October 29. The suspension, according to the party leadership, came in response to him challenging the report on anti-semitism inside Labour during his tenure as leader, by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), released on the same day. He was suspended pending an investigation by the party leadership. | After the release of the EHRC report on Thursday, Corbyn disputed several conclusions of the report. The report claimed that the Corbyn-led party leadership had violated the Equality Act on three counts, by f…
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Uninsured COVID Patients Aren’t Being Told Their Hospital Bills Are Covered
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-30
When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tennessee, were shocked. Even the mayor noted the passing of a 30-year-old without any underlying conditions — one of the city’s youngest fatalities at that point. | Settles was also uninsured and had just been sent home from an emergency room for the second time, and he was worried about medical bills. An investigation into his death found that, like many uninsured COVID-19 patients, he ha…
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Building a Cross-Border Culture of Solidarity
David Bacon | zcomm.org | 2020-10-30
Workers in Mexico and the United States face some of the same challenges–and some of the same employers…
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The Other Americans: United States Attacks Cuban Medics During Pandemic
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2020-10-30
The Trump Administration is refusing Cuba’s COVID-19 medical aid, claiming the doctors are being ‘trafficked.’…
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DC police violently disperse crowd demanding justice for Black man killed in pursuit
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
Protests have been raging for days over the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, who was fatally injured during a police chase on October 23. On Thursday, police attacked protesters with tear gas, pepper spray, flash bangs and even rubber bullets…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/30/dc-police…

Mass Protest Is Coming and the Cops Are on Trump’s Side
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-30
What will protest look like during a fascist power grab? Kelly Hayes talks with Shane Burley, author of Fascism Today: What It is and How to End It, about what protesters will be up against in the coming days and what it will take to win. | TRANSCRIPT: | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to “Movement Memos,” a Truthout podcast about things you should know, if you want to change the world. I’m your host, Kelly Hayes.
truthout.org/audio/mass-protest-is-comin…

Boston school workers shut down bosses’ “reopening”
Steve Gillis | workers.org | 2020-10-30
Steve Gillis is the Financial Secretary, USW Local 8751 Teachers, bus drivers, monitor attendants, nurses and community forces converged on the Boston School Department (BPS) on Oct. 21, intent on occupying School Committee chambers to demand an end to in-person school due to unsafe conditions in the surging pandemic. Boston . . . | Continue reading Boston school workers shut down bosses’ “reopening” at Workers.org…
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SF Ex DA Gascon Get Billionaires Privatizers Funds
repost | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Ex SF DA Gascon is getting funding fro billionaire charter supporters.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/29/1883795…

Thursday 10/29: The Latina Voice and Vote w/ Dolores Huerta & actor/writer Stephen Tobolowsky
Poder Latinx & PFAW | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online via recording…
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The Costs of Limited Awareness
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
In 2009 I published a book titled Foreign Policy Inc. in which I tried to answer the question, among others, Why do Americans pay so little attention to foreign policy? Here is part of the answer as quoted from the book:…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/the-costs-of…

Brown Act Demand to Santa Cruz City Council: ReDo Meetings You’ve Illegally Closed
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Letter to Mayor Justin Cummings demanding his City Council follow the law and reconsider all actions taken at the 10-27-20 City Council meeting given their lack of public access.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883795…

Why At Last Trump Is (Most Likely) Toast
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
There is no telling what Donald Trump, his lawyers, and the mobs he stirs up will do, no telling what norms and laws they will break or what havoc they will cause, but there is no doubt that a significant majority of voters are about to hand him a more thoroughgoing condemnation than he and…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/why-at-last-…

Kentucky lawmaker, co-author of ‘Breonna’s Law,’ talks about her arrest after protest
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-30
In Louisville on the night of Sept. 24, while walking to a Unitarian church for sanctuary and safety, prior to the city-wide curfew and after a day of protests following Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s decision to not charge any police officers in the death of Breonna Taylor, Kentucky Rep. Attica Scott was arrested and charged with felony rioting. Scott narrated the terrifying scene leading to her arrest on her Instagram Live account. | “They want to kill us, I want you all to know they want to kill us,”
therealnews.com/kentucky-lawmaker-co-aut…

‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ a provocative mockumentary that lampoons conservative political culture
Brian W. Major | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-30
Note: This review contains spoilers. Many readers may be familiar with the original Borat (2006) film, starring comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s controversial fictitious character, Borat, a reporter from Kazakhstan who travels to the U.S. to learn about America. Those who have seen Baron Cohen’s work know that his Borat character is anti-Semitic, homophobic, and misogynist, …
peoplesworld.org/article/borat-subsequen…

Long-term symptoms of COVID-19 ‘really concerning’, says WHO chief
news.un.org | 2020-10-30
With some COVID-19 patients reporting long-term symptoms, including damage to major organs, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Governments to ensure they receive necessary care.
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Serco sacks hundreds of frontline Centrelink staff
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-30
Contracted by Centrelink, Serco has sacked hundreds of call centre operators in Melbourne, reports Jim McIlroy.
greenleft.org.au/content/serco-sacks-hun…

Wednesday 11/4: After the Vote 2020: National Mobilization Call w/ Center for Popular Democracy
Center for Popular Democracy | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Online event…
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It’s not just the South: Anti-black racism in the Great Lakes
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-30
Since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis earier this year, we have witnessed the largest mass uprising in the United States’ recent history with millions taking to the streets day in and day out.
mronline.org/2020/10/30/its-not-just-the…

Battleground Arizona critical for White House and Senate races
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-30
“I never expected to be here,” says Mark Kelly, running in Arizona for U.S. Senate against sitting GOP Sen. Martha McSally. “Gabby was always the member of Congress in the family, and the person who taught me everything I know about how to use policy to improve people’s lives.” Gabby is, of course, Gabrielle Giffords, …
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Trump regime falsely claims it ended coronavirus covid-19 pandemic
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
White House Statement Falsely Claiming Trump Has Ended Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883793…

The Orwellian Ironies of the So-Called Labour Party
Tony McKenna | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is one of the most ghoulish figures in the annals of ambition and mass-murder. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Scottish thane was slowly and mentally unravelled by the fact that he had directly and physically participated in the crime which would lead to his damnation, but Blair’s civilised, manicured fingers have known only privilege and never violence, so I imagine the hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis probably don’t trouble him that much.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/the-orwellia…

Carbon-releasing ‘zombie fires’ in peatlands could be dampened by new findings
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-30
New simulations have provided clues on reducing peat fires, which hide underground and are notoriously bad for human health and the environment.
imperial.ac.uk/news/207573/carbon-releasing-zombie-fires-peatlands-could-dampened

Casualties mount in Armenian-Azeri war as US-brokered ceasefire collapses
wsws.org | 2020-10-30
The danger is growing that the war between the two former Soviet republics in the Caucasus could escalate into a war involving Russia, Iran, and the NATO powers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/30/cauc…

Early Voting in Texas Has Already Surpassed the State’s Vote Total from 2016
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-30
Turnout for the presidential race in Texas is already greater this year than it was four years ago, with 9 million residents voting early or with mail-in absentee ballots as of Friday morning. | In 2016, just 8.96 million votes were cast in the presidential race. With four days left before November 3, and just one more day of early voting allowed in the Lone Star State, turnout i…
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Court Protest Aims At Boston Covid Housing Crisis
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-30
Boston, MA – Thousands of families in eastern Massachusetts face renewed risk of eviction. Governor Charlie Baker opted on October 17 to cease emergency measures to protect shelter that have been in effect throughout most of 2020, triggering a huge surge in “notices to quit” from landlords. A rally downtown outside the Eastern Housing Court near Haymarket on a rainy Thursday morning called for an alternative program at the state legislature, among other policies that have been proposed including a rent freeze.
popularresistance.org/court-protest-aims…

“The fight for abortion has been the struggle of Polish women for generations”
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-30
Last week’s ruling in the Constitutional Court placing further restrictions on abortion access in Poland sent a shockwave through society and brought tens of thousands on to the streets in protest…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/30/the-fight…

Special Program on Trump & Immigration
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-10-30
Media…
fair.org/home/special-program-on-trump-i…

Neo-Conservative Ghoul Stephen Suleyman Schwartz Runs for the S.F. Board of Supervisors
Kevin Keating | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Ever hungry for attention, a dose of bad news from the Reagan eighties is now challenging Aaron Peskin for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors seat in District 3.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883793…

The End of CounterPunch as We Know It?
CounterPunch Staff | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-30
There’s no denying it, 2020 has been one of the strangest, most difficult years we’ve had to endure. Not only for us, but we know it’s been the same for you as well. We’ve heard from many of our readers who wish they could chip into our annual Fund Drive, but due to financial restraints,…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/30/the-end-of-c…

False and Deceptive UN and WEF Narratives — All Part of the One World Government Agenda of Control
Mark Keenan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-30
For decades there have been false and deceptive narratives disseminated by organisations, including the United Nations (UN) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), by the governments that comply with these narratives and by the corporate-owned media. | These narratives include the …
globalresearch.ca/un-wef-narratives-one-…

Zoological Society award for Imperial epidemiologist
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-10-30
Professor Christl Donnelly has been awarded the Frink Medal for outstanding contribution to zoology.
imperial.ac.uk/news/207453/zoological-society-award-imperial-epidemiologist

Weekly News Review 24th- 30th October
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-10-30
Editors Weekly Poke How we must all be yearning for a quiet week — but alas, this is a government where many column inches are required simply to scratch the surface of the fallout of the chaos of daily life they cause. The school meals row was a screamer, then an acrimonious spat between northern …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/weekly-news-review-24th-30th-october/

A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile
Ariel Dorfman | zcomm.org | 2020-10-30
Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-new-constitution…

Western Sanctions a Failure of Diplomacy — What Lies Beneath
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-30
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) once remarked that “assassination is the extreme form of censorship”. The satirist might add that so too are “sanctions” as a form of censorship. | Hardly a week goes by, it seems, when there is not some new round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and its allies in the European Union. This debased ritual has been going on for six years since the Western powers backed a violent coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014, and yet they have continued to blame Russia for that conflict. | In addition to ironical allegations about Russia interfering in Ukraine, oth…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/30/we…

Britain’s Profiteering Spymasters Ignored the Country’s Biggest Threats
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-30
While spinning the revolving doors, they have endangered the public by neglecting bigger security threats, like coronavirus and climate change, write Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis. | Matt KENNARD and Mark CURTIS | Almost all of Britain’s former spy chiefs are personally profiting from working for cyber security and energy companies after retiring from the U.K.’s major intelligence agencies. | In May, Declassified UK revealed that since 2000, nine out of 10 former chiefs of MI6, MI5 and GCHQ have taken jobs in the cyber security industry, a sector they promoted while in office as key to defending the U.K. from the…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/30/br…

Saudi G20 banknote angers India by depicting independent Kashmir
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-30
Saudi G20 banknote angers India by depicting independent Kashmir | New note, which celebrates G20 summit, has been criticised by New Delhi and reignited conversations about administration of territory | Nadda Osman | Fri, 10/30/2020 – 16: 25 | Banknote has caused controversy online (Screengrab/Social media) | A new 20 riyal note issued by Saudi Arabia to commemorate the kingdom’s presidency of the G20 has sparked cont…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-…

Saturday 10/31: Handmaids: Stop a Fascist Coup
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-10-30
Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro & Market Street, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883796…

Bankers stole millions. He defied a cop. Guess who went to jail?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-30
The settlement between Goldman Sachs for stealing hundreds of millions compared to the treatment of Blind Justice an activist for the disabled who refused to provide ID to a cop illustrates the vast gap between justice for the rich and everyone else.
therealnews.com/bankers-stole-millions-h…

The Supreme Court Has Never Been on the Side of Working People
D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation | thenation.com | 2020-10-29
The Supreme Court Has Never Been on the Side of Working People…
thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-c…

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza on GOP’s Supreme Court Power Grab
Alicia Garza | zcomm.org | 2020-10-29
The rushed confirmation shows that the Supreme Court “is not a neutral body — it is incredibly political.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/black-lives-matter…

Judge Denies Canadian Government Motion to Dismiss Part of Meng’s Arguments
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-29
TORONTO (Sputnik) – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge denied the Canadian government’s motion to dismiss part of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s arguments in her US extradition case.
sputniknews.com/world/202010291080921119…

Demand Justice Launches New TV Ad Campaign to Make Case for Expanding the Supreme Court
commondreams.org | 2020-10-29
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The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists on its Horserace
Mark Hertsgaard, Andrew McCormick | commondreams.org | 2020-10-29
In the few days that remain before the election and in the months that will follow, journalists must ask themselves if they’re truly conveying the gravity of the climate crisis to their audiences, as well as all the challenges and opportunities it entails. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/10/29/world-…

UAE police chief’s bid to head Interpol sparks ‘deep concerns’ among rights groups
Rayhan Uddin | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-29
UAE police chief’s bid to head Interpol sparks ‘deep concerns’ among rights groups | Emirati general Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi would ‘damage’ international police organisation’s reputation, joint letter says | Rayhan Uddin | Thu, 10/29/2020 – 12: 52 | The election of Interpol’s next president will be held on 7-8 December in Abu Dhabi (AFP/File photo) | The appointment of the United Arab Emirate’s security chief as presi…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-interpol-…

We Need To Build A Movement That Heals Our Nation’s Traumas
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-29
As we head into what may be the most chaotic election in our lifetime, many people on all sides of the political aisle are reeling from anxiety and responding from a place of panic. With many of us on the left organizing for mass mobilizations and actions in…
popularresistance.org/we-need-to-build-a…

Trump’s Covid-19 Testing Czar Warns of ‘Draconian Measures’ to Come If Americans Don’t Mask Up
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-29
As cases surge just before Election Day, studies show universal mask-wearing prevents outbreaks and could save tens of thousands of lives. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/29/trumps-…

Ganstagrass’ album ‘No Time for Enemies’ is a companion to their activism
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-29
Few organizations look to inspire young voters by examining the intersection of culture and politics. Brian E. Farrow’s band Gangstagrass, an unlikely fusion of hip-hop and bluegrass, is looking to change that for the 2020 election with their Get Out the Vote campaign.
therealnews.com/ganstagrass-album-no-tim…

Right-wing Bolivian protesters refuse to accept election loss
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-29
The Grayzone reported from a opposition protest in La Paz, Bolivia, where right-wing activists said they would refuse to let the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party take power after winning the October 18 election, shouting vulgar chants and alleging fraud. Video shot by Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed Video edited and translated by Ben Norton…
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/29/bolivia-prote…

Trump lifts funding ban on Israeli research in illegal settlement areas
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-29
Trump lifts funding ban on Israeli research in illegal settlement areas | With Tuesday’s US election approaching, US president’s move could resonate with evangelical Christian voters | MEE and agencies | Thu, 10/29/2020 – 08: 26 | The agreement was signed at the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel (Reuters) | The Trump administration lifted a decades-old ban on Wednesday that had prohibited US taxpayer fun…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-settle…

The GOP’s Education Extremism Is Alienating Moderate Voters
Jennifer C. Berkshire | thenation.com | 2020-10-29
The GOP’s Education Extremism Is Alienating Moderate Voters…
thenation.com/article/politics/republica…

US Elections 2020: Why the Record Vote Turnout May Not Matter
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-29
Mainstream media is pounding out an incessant drumbeat: ‘Get Out and Vote! Mail in Your Ballot! Do It Now! Vote Early!’ | But what may well determine the outcome of the election on November 3 may not be the current record …
globalresearch.ca/why-record-vote-turnou…

Wealthy areas switched support to Labour Party in New Zealand election
wsws.org | 2020-10-29
Some of the richest areas of the country switched their support to Labour, seeing it as a more reliable option than the rival National Party to deepen the assault on working class living standards and boost the profits of the business elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/29/nzel…

This election can’t contain the rage of young Americans
Aaron White | zcomm.org | 2020-10-29
In the most important election in my lifetime, who speaks for my generation?
zcomm.org/znetarticle/this-election-cant…

Facebook Choked Traffic to Mother Jones & Other Sites While Amplifying Right-Wing Misinformation
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-29
Big Tech CEOs were grilled Wednesday about how they moderate election disinformation and extremist content, and were accused by Republicans of censoring conservatives. Overlooked were reports that Facebook designed changes to its news feed algorithm in 2017 to reduce the visibility of left-leaning news sites like Mother Jones. Mother Jones editors wrote in 2019 that the site had seen a sharp decline in its Facebook audience, which translated to a loss of around $600,000 over 18 months. “The fact that we are trying to do everything we can to get the truth out and Facebook is deliberately sabotaging our readership…
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/29/ari_berm…

Trump vs Biden: Big businesses pump in big money in costliest ever US Election
Subodh Varma | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-29
The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that the current election cycle will consume some $11 billion, which is way more than any other US election cycle even after adjusting for inflation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/29/trump-vs-…

The Political System in Historical Crisis
Friedrich Steinfeld | indybay.org | 2020-10-29
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…

Why Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg are so adamant about the imperative of defeating Trump
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-29
The potential for democracy in the United States will largely hinge on whether Trump gains re-election.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/29/why-noam-c…

Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour following antisemitism report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-29
Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour following antisemitism report | Former leader said he did not accept all of EHRC’s findings, prompting suspension ‘pending investigation’ | MEE staff | Thu, 10/29/2020 – 11: 06 | Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn looks on during a general election campaign visit at Whitby Leisure Centre in northern England (AFP) | Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the United Kingdom’s Labour Party f…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/labour-jeremy…

Free Press Releases Directory of Resources for Reporters Covering Protests and Disinformation During the Election and Its Aftermath
commondreams.org | 2020-10-29
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Saturday 11/14: The Elections are Over — But the Problems Remain
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-10-29
Online meeting, see website for details…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883793…

Deception 2020: It’s Not Propaganda When We Do It
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-29
In this fourth installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into the cesspool of propaganda — the red, white and blue kind. Joined by Mickey Huff, Director of Project Censored, we turn the camera towards the corporate media and discuss some of the things you won’t hear in this election run up, and why media literacy is so vital now and especially moving forward.
popularresistance.org/deception-2020-its…

The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists on its Horserace
Mark Hertsgaard, Andrew McCormick | commondreams.org | 2020-10-29
This election, regardless of who wins, marks an opportunity for news outlets to recommit to the climate story, which will only become more important and all-encompassing in the years ahead. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/10/29/world-…

Wisconsin Activates 400 National Guard Troops to Support Election Officials, Governor Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-29
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US state of Wisconsin will mobilize about 400 National Guard troops to support local election officials working at polls in the days ahead and on the Election Day, November 3, the Office of Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said in a press release.
sputniknews.com/us/202010291080920798-wi…

Plutocrat Violence and Election-Night Horror: Marxian Analysis Shows That Antifa Is Fascist
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-29
“When fascism comes to America, it will be called antifascism” — Huey Long (misattributed) | Antifa’s fascist violence will return on election night. That’s why it’s important to understand their fraudulence and fascism, and reject the politics of plutocrat-contrived violence. Perhaps strangely, Marxian analysis itself is best suited to communicate this point to the radical left. | This is because at the root of Marxian analysis are not self-declarations, nor definitions based in superstructural manifestations, but rather the material relationship between base and superstructure. | In layman’s terms this b…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/29/pl…

3 Day Tex Biden Bus Tour, Wis Hand-In Ballots,11/4/20 Protect Results
7 Days to Go | indybay.org | 2020-10-29
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…

The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists It’s a Horse Race
Mark Hertsgaard, Andrew McCormick | thenation.com | 2020-10-29
The World Is Burning, but the Political Press Insists It’s a Horse Race…
thenation.com/article/environment/electi…

Federal court reverses Post Office head DeJoy’s attack on voting rights, but is it too late?
Hajira Asghar | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-29
This week a federal judge ruled to reverse the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to limit mail collections just days away from the presidential election.
liberationnews.org/federal-court-reverse…

Trump and Biden: Cold-War Dinosaurs
Julia Kassem | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-29
If Americans have a modicum of memory, it is clear that baseless, warmongering accusations have time and time again been the precursor for winning consent over upcoming imperialist hostility. Accusing Iraq of harboring “weapons of mass destruction” in 2003, those that care to remember the administration of former President George W. Bush recalled the widespread condemnation from the left over how a lie cost over 1 million lives.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/29/trump-and-bi…

How a Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy over to Arms Industry and Taiwan Supporters
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-29
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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-pentagon-official-…

China: “Nuclear ‘Sword of Damocles’ Jeopardizes the Survival of Humanity”. Entry In Force of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-29
Background: An Auspicious October | October 2, 2020: United Nations High Level Meeting Commemorating and Promoting the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: This Meeting Was Boycotted by United Kingdom, United States and France, AGAIN! | For many years …
globalresearch.ca/letter-us-attempts-sab…

Amid tense India-China border stand-off, US and India boost military-security partnership
wsws.org | 2020-10-29
India’s BJP government has exploited the ongoing military border standoff with China to integrate India still more fully into American imperialism’s incendiary military-strategic offensive against Beijing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/29/inus…

Iran announces its priorities in academic coop. with China
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-29
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) — Iran’s deputy science minister announced the country’s cooperation priorities in the higher education sector with China.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165283/Iran-announc…

China imposes sanctions on US arms companies over Taiwan arms deals
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-29
The announcement of sanctions comes in response to arms deals signed by Taiwan and the US worth billions of dollars. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Space & Security will be among the companies to be sanctioned…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/29/china-imp…

Friday 10/30: Online Forum – La Riva/ Freeman 2020: Building the movement for socialism!
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-10-29
Register now for the forum! | bit.ly/vote-socialist…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/29/1883794…

The World Socialist Web Site, the fight against imperialism and for socialism in the Middle East
wsws.org | 2020-10-29
The remarks below were delivered by Ula≈ü Ate≈üàßi, a leading member of Sosyalist E≈üitlik Grubu in Turkey.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/29/turk…

The World Socialist Web Site and the defense of historical truth
wsws.org | 2020-10-29
The remarks below were given by historian Joseph Scalice.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/29/scal…

Saturday 10/31: The socialist impulses of Faux Free-marketeers
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-10-29
Join Zoom Meeting | zoom.us/j/91504059746?pwd=b3N4UDJpRGNobV……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/28/1883793…

Why Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg Are So Adamant About the Need to Defeat Trump
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-10-29
The potential for democratic governance is at stake…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/29/1883794…

Pandemic Poverty: The CARES Act Kept Millions from Going Hungry. Why Won’t the Senate Renew It?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-29
The massive $2 trillion CARES Act — which sent households one-time payments and boosted unemployment checks with an additional $600 a week through July — helped keep millions afloat, but more than 8 million people have been forced into poverty since the aid ended. “The relief was temporary, and much of it has now expired, so now we’re seeing poverty rise again,” says Megan Curran, a researcher at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. “We know that families can be protected again, but it does require action at the federal level.”
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/29/megan_cu…

Humanity’s Madness Would Not Be Possible Without Extensive Marketing
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-29
Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to people that inhaling cigarette smoke into their lungs all the time is a nice thing to do. | Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to people that Mountain Dew is something they should put into their bodies. | Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to people that Madonna should be famous. | Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to women that they should always feel somewhat to severely uncomfortable with the way they look. | Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to women that slicin…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/humanit…

Poland Wants New “Marshall Plan” to “Save” Belarus
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-29
Poland is currently experiencing one of the most difficult periods in its recent history. The effects of the new coronavirus pandemic have been devastating in the country, considering that it has effectively reduced Polish industrial production — which decreased by …
globalresearch.ca/poland-wants-new-marsh…