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2020-11-01: Social Media Postees

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US Elections: Neither party is offering anything, not even to their own base
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-01
Eugene Puryear from Breakthrough News spoke to Peoples Dispatch about crucial factors that will play a major role in the upcoming elections, but are not being sufficiently highlighted by the mainstream media.
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Left-Democrats Abandon Struggle for the Working Class to the Right
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-01
All indications are that Joe Biden is heading for a landslide win. Losers will be Trump and those Republicans who have not already defected to the Democrat’s big tent. Collateral damage, however, may be the progressive cause. Some leftists have advocated temporarily subordinating an independent working-class alternative to campaign for the leading neoliberal candidate. For …
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What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
Introduction | COVID-19 appeared in Europe and the Americas in 2020, following the emergence of a new virus from China in 2019. | This new virus belongs to the well-known family of coronaviruses that has already produced two particularly severe epidemics in …
globalresearch.ca/what-is-covid-19-seven…

The Covid-19 Roadmap: Towards Global Economic Chaos and Societal Destruction
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
Minor Edits on October 16, 2020. First published on October 6, 2020 | It is now confirmed that the Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Test (RT-PCR) used to estimate COVID-19 positive cases is questionable. It cannot detect or identify the virus. What …
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The Covid-19 Numbers Game: The “Second Wave” is Based on Fake Statistics
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
“Red zones”, travel bans, quarantines, “red lists”. A “Second Wave”. Millions of people are lining up for Covid-19 testing. The “Numbers Game”. How statistics and “estimates” are used by politicians to justify the closure of the national economy and the derogation of fundamental civil rights.
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On Contact: Taibbi and Hedges on the Media Landscape
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-01
On Chris Hedges’ RT show, On Contact, the host speaks with journalist and author Matt Taibbi about the rapidly disintegrating media landscape and its consequences. | Source…
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The Alive Ones
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-01
The opposite of life is not death. | The opposite of life is habit. | One who moves from cradle to grave | in the flip book illusion we call time | without deeply attending to this cavalcade of miracles | is one who never lived. | Lifeless are they who live by habit, | who walk by habit, | who sit by habit, | who see by habit, | who think by habit, | who feel by habit. | Lifeless are they who drift through on dead patterns | instead of giving the omnipresent Holiness its due reverence. | The alive ones meet each moment | like a dog greets its master at the door after work. | They do not think: they wonder. | They…
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‘They were PROTECTING HIS BUS’: Trump trolls Biden supporters by praising Texas convoy that ‘escorted’ rival campaign vehicle
rt.com | 2020-11-01
President Donald Trump doubled down on his praise for pickup-driving supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus as it passed through central Texas on Friday, saying they were “protecting” his Democratic rival’s vehicle. | “Did you see the way our people — you know, they were protecting his bus yesterday because they’re nice,” Trump said Sunday at a campaign rally in Michigan. | President Trump speaks on Biden bus incident in Texas: “You see the way our people — they were protecting his bus yesterday because they’re nice.” pic.twitter.com/x3lOL8XLdk[md…
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FBI Raids Neo-Nazi Camp In Michigan
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-01
On Thursday, with five days remaining before the US election, the FBI conducted two additional raids in Michigan and arrested Justen Watkins and Alfred Gorman, leaders of a neo-Nazi group called The Base. Watkins was arrested when agents raided a farm in the town of Bad Axe, in the Michigan “thumb,” which members of The Base used as a training grounds and “hate camp.” Gorman was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Taylor. | The two neo-Nazis, aged 25 and 35 respectively, are charged with threatening to murder a left-wing blogger in late 2019, though the timing of the raids indicates the FBI believed The Base’s trai…
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“No, Mr. President,” Sanders Says Before Election Day, “You’re Not Standing Up for Working Families”
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-01
The senator slammed the Trump administration for giving more than $425 billion in contracts to companies that have shipped jobs overseas. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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‘Renminbi Diplomacy’: How China Bought the US Government?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
In an explosive scoop [1], alternative news outlet Zero Hedge has laid bare how China’s state apparatchik clandestinely baited the family members of the Obama-era vice president and secretary of state into joint business ventures in order to surreptitiously influence …
globalresearch.ca/renminbi-diplomacy-how…

New report reveals a shocking fact about the UK’s role in the climate crisis
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-11-01
A new report that largely analysed the US’ role in global plastic pollution has revealed a shocking fact about the UK. According to the report, the UK is the world’s second biggest generator of plastic waste per capita. The country only trailed behind the US for the amount of plastic waste generated per person and came first among EU countries. | Amid the cl…
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First Person: supporting migrants on the COVID-19 frontline in Myanmar
news.un.org | 2020-11-01
One of the far-reaching effects of the global lockdown brought on the COVID-19 pandemic has been the return of migrant workers to their home countries. The UN gender agency, UN Women has been supporting the authorities in Myanmar, under the EU–UN funded Spotlight Initiative, to provide for the needs of women.
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Wednesday 11/4: NAACP Election 2020 Special Coverage Town Hall (Day 2)
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Virtual Town Hall…
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USA under Trump: Back to Pinochet
Tomasz Konicz | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Only “political theater” is being staged to give Trump a “law and order” image in the election campaign. The president wants to make political capital out of the escalation, warned Governor Brown according to the news magazine Newsweek.
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Wednesday 11/4: 2020 Election & Protecting Democracy After We Vote w/ Common Cause
Common Cause | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online via Zoom…
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Sunday 11/1: Your Vote is Power in Action 2020 Election Livestream w/ MoveOn
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online via livestream…
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Tuesday 11/3: NAACP Election 2020 Special Coverage (Day 1)
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Onlive via livestream…
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Wednesday 11/4: SFPD Election Protection
Martha Hubert | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
SFPD, 630 Valencia @ 17th Street…
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Large-scale protests after US election possible: Hunter
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Stating that the likelihood of large scale protests after US election is more than any of previous years, Shireen Hunter said that it reflects the deepening of many divisions, economic, culture, and racial in the US.
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Risk of US election aftermath violence can’t be discounted
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Political scientist says American society is heavily armed and gun sales have skyrocketed in recent weeks, so the possibility of violence in the aftermath of US election can not be discounted.
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It May Not Be Sunny in Philadelphia, But the Town’s Not Burning Either
Dave Lindorff | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
Most of the national reporting was more deliberately inflammatory and even frightening, reminiscent of the coverage of the major unrest in Portland, New York and other cities that followed the Floyd killing…
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How to Be a Good Digital Citizen During the Election—And Its Aftermath
Kolina Koltai | commondreams.org | 2020-11-01
People spreading disinformation may be trying to sway the election one way or the other or simply undermine confidence in the election and American democracy in general. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Can Facebook Be Used to Steal an Election?
Steven Hill | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
How to rein in Facebook and social media platforms…
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Youth Activists Are Transforming the Election by Leading Protesters to the Polls
Leanna First-Arai | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
Millennials, along with Gen Z — which together make up 37 percent of the electorate — are translating protest turnout to the polls…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/youth-activists-ar…

The Most Important Climate Ballot Initiatives to Watch on Election Day
Dharna Noor | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
This election is full of existential choices from President to crucial races for the Senate and House. There are also a number of important state and local ballot initiatives and referendums that will influence our ability to preserve the biosphere…
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‘Let This Moment Radicalize You’
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
These moments aren’t about ignoring your fear. It’s about turning that fear into the fuel propelling us forward…
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Video: Azerbaijani Troops Are at the Gates of the Capital of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
The Nagorno-Karabakh war has apparently been developing in the favor of the Turkish-Azerbaijani bloc. On the evening of October 29, the Armenian side confirmed that Azerbaijani troops have almost reached the second largest town in Nagorno-Karabakh — Shusha, which is …
globalresearch.ca/video-azerbaijani-troo…

Two Latin American Peoples’ Victories for Equality and Sovereignty
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-01
Ron RIDENOUR | Chileans and Bolivians are turning the tide away from coup governments imposed on them by right-wing national militarists and the US State Department / CIA. | Within the past week, we have witnessed an overwhelming Chilean victory to rewrite the constitution forced upon them by General Augusto Pinochet, in 1980, and Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal confirmation that former President Evo Morales’ political party, Movement for Socialism (MAS), won the election on October 18. | The new Bolivian pres…
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Greenwald’s Intercept Resignation Exposes The Rot In All Mass Media
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-01
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | 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 about the mass media’s role in cove…
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Factionalising Antisemitism: The British Labour Party Suspends Jeremy Corbyn
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
Whatever stance taken by followers of the British Labour Party on the subject of antisemitism within its ranks, the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn must be seen as an exercise of muscle on the part of Sir Keir Starmer. Since coming …
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Operation Gedeon: US Officials Allegedly Encouraged Coup Plot
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-11-01
Former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau filed a lawsuit which shed more light into the botched paramilitary invasion.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15039

Teacher’s Viral Arrest Helped Stop Evictions
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-01
Sophia Lukatya is a Chicago Public Schools teacher. She organizes with the Chicago Teachers Union and is a member of Democratic Socialists of America. During the Lift The Ban Coalition’s protests in Daley Plaza this August, Lukatya was one of a dozen housing activists who were arrested in the week-long occupation. Positive press from the event–including a viral video of Lukatya and fellow DSA member Shannon Pilz–contributed to Governor Pritzker’s decision to extend the eviction moratorium.
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Nigerians in Texas decry Lekki Massacre, demand end to police brutality
Caleb Granger | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-01
From Houston to Lagos, the working class is demanding an end to the violence perpetrated against them by the police on behalf of the ruling class.
liberationnews.org/nigerians-in-texas-de…

System Fail 4: Landback
subMedia | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-01
In this episode we take a look at the many Indigenous-led struggles currently taking place across Turtle Island. For more information on how you can follow and support these struggles: Indigenous People Day of Rage indigenouspeoplesdayofrage.org/ indigenousaction.org O’odham Anti-Border Collective facebook.com/AntiBorderCollective/ Justice for Joyce #JusticePourJoyce #JusticeForJoyce gofundme.com/f/justice-pour-joycejustice… Mi’kma’ki #AllEyesOnMikmaki Secwepemc #StopTMX #TinyHouseWarriors #Secwepemc tinyhousewarriors.com/ Wet’suwet’en …
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Three Iranian animations go to Italy’s Corti a Ponte festival
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Three Iranian animations have been accepted into the 13th edition of Corti a Ponte in Italy.
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Air Force to conduct war game in C Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Air Force will start the final phase of a military drill on Monday in Isfahan province.
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Green Party’s Howie Hawkins on Opposing US Militarism and Protecting the Vote
KPFA Saturday Evening News | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins on opposing US wars and militarism and protecting the vote.
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Two More Suspects Arrested Over Knife Attack in Nice, Reports Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
PARIS (Sputnik) – The French police have widened the probe into a deadly knife attack at a church in the southern city of Nice, arresting two more people, media said Sunday.
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Leader to deliver speech on Prophet Muhammad birth anniv
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will deliver a speech on Tuesday, November 3.
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Cuteness Overload: Bunch of Adorable Kittens Chill on the Floor
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
Everybody knows that cats are awesome companions and they can bring peace and happiness to their human friends, showing how cool it is to do nothing – with all of their feline experience.
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Green Party and Peace & Freedom Party Endorsements
VOTER | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Here is info on endorsements by the Green Party and the Peace & Freedom Party for President, for the State Propositions, and for local races and measures:…
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England’s national lockdown could be extended, Cabinet minister admits
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-01
England’s four-week national lockdown could be extended beyond December 2 if coronavirus (Covid-19) infection rates do not significantly fall, a Cabinet minister has admitted.More to come?: Michael Gove said he believed the restrictions announced by Boris Johnson would bring down the R value, but warned that people may have to stay at home for longer if not.Pubs, bars, restaurants, and non-essential retail will close from 5 November for four weeks across England, with furlough payments at 80% extended for the duration of the new measures.People will be allowed to exercise and socialise in public spaces out…
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Build a Compassionate Nation
Bernie Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
To address these urgent issues and many more, we must rebuild the trade union movement and end corporate America’s stranglehold on our economy and our government. We must create the nation of, by, and for the working class that we know we can become…
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Over 1 ton of opium seized at Mirjaveh border
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Commander of the Border Guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police informed that Police forces of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have seized over one ton of opium near Mirjaveh border.
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Macron Is No T. E. Lawrence, but It Is Still the Arab World Which Can Save Him in Lebanon
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-01
An inferiority complex linked to Lebanon’s colonial past is responsible for Macron failing in Lebanon. But maybe his racist rant about Islam might fix that. | Is there no end to Emmanual Macron’s gaffes in the Muslim world? It almost feels as though they roll in on a weekly basis and have given journalists a new Trump-like subject to busy them, distracted away of course from the more serious subjects of the day. | But attacking Islam is no joke. And one has to wonder whether the sanity of Macron is all there, a point made by the Turkish President recently when he suggested the French President was losing his mind…
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Tuesday 11/3: No Cops, No KKK, No Fascist USA
No Fascist USA | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Clock Tower, Santa Cruz…
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Macron’s belated climb-down
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-01
The French president has second thoughts about Muslim-baiting for political advantage | Emmanuel Macron went on the Al- Jazeera channel on Saturday to say he understands the feelings of Muslims shocked by the displaying of offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad and qualify his fulsome defence of the drawings. “I think that the reactions came as a result of lies and distortions of my words because people understood that I supported these cartoons,” he explained. This represents a climbdown by the French president and a victory for the campaign to boycott French goods which swept much of the Islamic world. But…
thealtworld.com/abdel_bari_atwan/macrons…

Bad Leadership Is Plunging Public Schools Into a Crisis
Jeff Bryant | commondreams.org | 2020-11-01
Covid-19 exposed how important teachers are to students and families—it’s a shame that school leaders still won’t listen to them. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Rhode Island’s housing crisis requires rent cancellation — nothing less
Max Binder | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-01
As many as 44,000 to 62,000 Rhode Island households representing as many as 100,000 to 143,000 residents may currently be at risk of eviction, according to research by HousingWorks RI.
liberationnews.org/rhode-islands-housing…

Israel lobby slaughters Corbyn again
Asa Winstanley | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
It seems that for the Israel lobby, slaughtering Corbyn once was not enough…
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Class Consciousness in the Age of COVID
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-01
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 spending and consumption, financial speculation and militarism. Part and parcel of this has been a strategy …
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Major fire at Istanbul hospital sends plume of black smoke into the sky (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-11-01
A fire broke out at the Istanbul University’s Medical Facility Hospital on Sunday, triggering a major response from the city’s firefighters. Thankfully, the blaze occurred in a building that is not currently in use. | Istanbul residents were disturbed on Sunday by the sight of a big plume of black smoke rising from the Fatih district. It emanated from a huge fire that was engulfing a building under construction, owned by the Medical Faculty Hospital of the Istanbul University. | àáapa tƒ±p fakàºltesi veya yan kƒ±smƒ± yanƒ±yor üò&ne…
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Saturday 10/31: YES on Prop 16: San Francisco Unity Rally
YES on Prop 16 | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Mission Dolores Park, 19th & Dolores St, San Francisco, CA 94114 | NOTE: Masks and Social Distancing Required…
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Saturday 11/14: “Good Trouble”: Virtual Screening of Documentary on Civil Rights Icon, Rep. John Lewis
Teaneck International Film Festival | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online/virtual screening…
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From Arms to Renewables: How Workers in This Southern Military Industrial Hub Are Converting the Economy
Taylor Barnes | commondreams.org | 2020-11-01
Huntsville, Alabama is teeming with engineers and STEM talent. Some are leaving the defense economy for the clean energy one. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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TISRI hosts annual conf. on studying Zionist regime
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The 16th pre-session on studies on the Zionist regime titled “The Use of Sports by the Zionist Regime for Normalization” was held at Tehran International Studies and Research Institute (TISRI).
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Traditional dyeing in SW Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
CHALESHTAR, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Traditional dyeing methods are still being used in some regions of the country to gain high-quality materials for producing handmade Persian carpets.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/165414/Traditional…

Corbyn’s Suspension: Labour May Lose $7 Mln a Year in Funding From Unions, UK Media Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
On Thursday, former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the party following his comments on the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s Labour-related report into allegations of anti-Semitism.
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Berlin Pub Blacklists Chancellor Angela Merkel for Poor Coronavirus Response
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
Germany announced a month-long lockdown earlier this week. The quarantine, that will start on Monday, 2 November, stipulates the cancellation of all mass events and the closure of bars and restaurants except for takeaways.
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Large caravan through Miami demands end to Cuba blockade
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-01
Miami, FL – A caravan of some 60 cars and 15 bicycles made up a caravan against the Cuba blockade, October 25 in Miami. It was the fourth caravan here since July. Those in attendance overcame not only threats by right-wing Cubans in the area, but pouring rain in the early morning hours before the 8 a.m. departure. | Initiated by YouTube personality El Proteston Cubano, the caravan included other important individuals and organizations from within Miami’s Cuban community, including the Jose Marti Cultural Association; YouTube personalities El Diez de Octubre and Yadira Escobar; a number of people formerly act…
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VIDEO: Astonishing scenery of Kaleybar forest in NW Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TABRIZ, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Autumn has given special beauty to the nature of Kaleybar forest, in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan.
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Shanell Williams, Chair of Board Of SF City College Violate Brown Act
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
The chair and San Fancisco Community College Board of Trustees Shanell Williams improperly violating the Brown Act and transparency for the students, faculty, staff and public.
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Care Not Cops
Marc Lamont Hill | zcomm.org | 2020-11-01
Making a Case for Abolition After Philadelphia Police Kill Walter Wallace Jr.
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Wednesday 11/4: Rally to Demand Every Vote Gets Counted
The Lighthouse Collective, Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Santa Cruz: meet at the clock tower; Watsonville: meet at the City Plaza; or host a street corner vigil and stay socially distant.
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Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-01
For nearly a decade the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been streaming radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. As it happens, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) struggles to control it. Yet, the bulk of the radioactive water is stored in more than 1,000 water tanks. Assuredly, Japan’s government has made an informal decision…
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Schoolboy in Russia’s Far East stumbles on remains of gigantic DINOSAUR that roamed oceans 250 million years ago (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-11-01
A young boy in Russia’s Far East has discovered the fossil of a prehistoric marine reptile — ichthyosaur — which is considered to be among the largest animals to ever have lived on Earth. | The fossilized remains were found when a team of local dinosaur enthusiasts was inspecting the coast of Russky Island, the Primorsky Aquarium explained. The miraculous discovery was made by seven-year-old Dmitry Sirenko. | “I love dinosaurs a lot, and have always dreamed of finding the bones of a…
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Berkeley Cops Arrest Protestor, Squelch 5G Opposition at AT&T’s Bidding
Phoebe Sorgen | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
After holding educational forums, protesting, and lobbying for three years for stronger local telecom laws, Berkeleyans are engaging in non-violent direct action to stop 4th and 5th Generation cell antennas that are being rolled out throughout Berkeley. An all-night vigil near Berkeley Natural Grocery began at 12: 30 AM on October 28, but antennas were installed later that day on the corner of Nielsen as well as at Monterey Market.
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Scientists discover ‘devastating’ NEW genetic disease that’s killed 40% of known patients by attacking lungs and immune system
rt.com | 2020-11-01
The new condition, which is caused by genetic mutations, has shown a particularly high death rate, as patients were not responding to any currently available treatments, the researchers said. | The disease — ‘vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome’ — has been dubbed VEXAS. It causes symptoms that include blood clots in veins, recurrent fevers, abnormalities in the lungs, and vacuoles — unusual cavity-like structures — in the myeloid cells, which play a crucial part in the human immune system. | Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) came acro…
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Find the (best) Iranian Dentists in Los Angeles
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Teeth are one of the most vital organs in the body. For this reason, their maintenance has a high priority.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165398/Find-the-bes…

$8b of import items on domestic production list
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Strengthening domestic production has become a major focus of the Iranian government in the past few years, as the country is determined to nullify the US sanctions.
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Milwaukee unions march to support organizing drives
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-01
Milwaukee, WI – Workers from multiple active union organizing campaigns marched through downtown Milwaukee on October 27 to rally support for the wave of new union organizing. Nearly 100 workers and supporters from the organizing campaigns at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Colectivo Coffee, Wonderstate Coffee, Marquette University and Captel joined forces for an impressive display of union strength. The march took the streets, stopping by several workplaces where union drives led primarily by young workers are ongoing. | Speaking outside the Milwaukee Art Museum, Brittany Walker, a museum employee, explained why museu…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/11/1/milwauke…

Protester Shot by WCPD Projectile at Close Range
ANON | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
On the night of Friday October 23rd, Walnut Creek police shot a protester at close range with a projectile round. The protester made no threat to the officer. The projectile caused injury to the protester, who was fortunately wearing a ballistic vest.
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Stocks fall for second month in a row as economic storm clouds gather
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-01
San José, CA – For the second month in a row, U.S. stocks fell in October. The drop in stock prices sped up, with both October and the last week being the worst month and week for the stock market since March. The broadest stock market index, the S&P 500, is now down nearly 9% from its record high in early September. | Despite some positive economic news on unemployment claims and Gross Domestic Product this past week, the economy still remains in a deep hole. There are still more than 22 million people getting government aid for unemployment, more than 12 times the number before the recession began. GDP remains…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/11/1/stocks-f…

VIDEO: Leader’s letter to French youth over double standards
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Issuing a letter to the young people in France, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on them to question the double standards of their president Emanuel Macron over freedom of expression.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165415/VIDEO-Leader…

Resistance Fest. vital in convergence of resistance artists
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — A Lebanese actor said the Iran’s 16th Resistance International Film Festival is pivotal in the convergence of resistance artists to confront global arrogance.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165424/Resistance-F…

Bolivian new Gov. keen on reviving relations with Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The Bolivian President-elect said that the new government will reactivate the bilateral relations and cooperation with Iran that were stagnant during the Bolivian interim government.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165399/Bolivian-new…

Baghdad’s Tahrir Square reopens as anti-government protest camp cleared
Azhar Al-Rubaie | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-01
Baghdad’s Tahrir Square reopens as anti-government protest camp cleared | Demonstrators vow to continue their struggle as security forces clear way for traffic for first time in a year | Azhar Al-Rubaie | Sun, 11/01/2020 – 10: 00 | Protesters’ encampments are dismantled as Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square reopens on 31 October 2020 (AFP) | Less than a week after demonstrations were renewed in Baghdad against Ir…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/pm-al-kadhimi…

Hungarian left condemns installation of George H.W. Bush statue in Budapest
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-01
The Workers’ Party of Hungary 2006 – European Left also criticized the comments made by prime minister Viktor Orban during the ceremony. He termed the Soviet War Memorial in Budapest as an occupation monument…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/01/hungarian…

Berkeley Leads Again!
Phoebe Sorgen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-01
Officer Shedowdy has a mean attitude. Given how he treated a female elder who was arrested for a non-violent act of conscience, I fear for young men of color who may be wise to keep quiet rather than ask his colleague, as I did twice, “Please don’t leave me alone with this guy.” I was …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/berkeley-lead…

Audacity towards sanctities is violation of human dignity
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — In a reaction to the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron, First Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament said that rudeness towards sanctities is clear violation of dignity of all human beings.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165402/Audacity-tow…

VIDEO: Typhoon Goni hits Philippines
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Typhoon Goni has hit the Philippines, forcing authorities to evacuate some regions.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165410/VIDEO-Typhoo…

Why third world workers were worst hit by the pandemic
Prabhat Patnaik | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-01
Advanced countries have been more open-handed in fiscal support for their economies, in particular for workers, while Third World countries have been extremely niggardly, not necessarily out of choice (except in the case of India)…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/01/why-third…

Beyond Plague Urbanism
Andy Merrifield | mronline.org | 2020-11-01
Over the centuries, humans have survived tragedy through the incredible stoicism of not moving, of standing one’s ground, of resisting, of engaging in tremendous creativity. Perhaps we can use the time alone to think collectively, to reflect together on how we might reconstruct the public realm of our cities.
mronline.org/2020/10/31/beyond-plague-ur…

US imposition of cruel sanctions on Iran, ‘a failed policy’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Chairman of Iran-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group said that the US imposition of sanctions against Islamic Republic of Iran is a failed policy.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165430/US-impositio…

How South Korea’s Intelligence Service Quietly Pushes Peace Talks
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-01
Tensions between the two Koreas escalated again last month after a South Korean fisheries official, possibly attempting to defect, was shot dead by North Korean army troops after he swam across their disputed maritime border known as the Northern Limit Line. | A shocked President Moon Jae-in, who has made engagement with North Korea the centerpiece of his administration, demanded an explanation. Some US “experts” boldly predicted that North Korea had killed off Moon’s peace initiative. | Within days, however, the tables were turned. On September 25th, Kim made an unprecedented public apology to South Korea for th…
popularresistance.org/how-south-koreas-i…

Press conf. of ‘Devotees of Velayat Sanctuary 9’ held
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The press conference of a large-scale Air Force military drill, codenamed Fada’eeyan-e Harim-e Velayat 9 (The Devotees of the Velayat Sanctuary 9), was held.
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Wednesday 11/18: ‘Through the Night’: Film & Discussion on Rise of Multiple Job Workers & 24 HR Daycare
SISTA Fire and partners | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online/virtual film screening via Zoom…
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England’s November lockdown to be extended throughout December if infection rate doesn’t go down, Gove confirms
rt.com | 2020-11-01
UK Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said that the government is ready to extend the lockdown in England throughout December if the coronavirus continues to surge. All decisions will be based on “evidence,” he stated. | Gove told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge that the government had hoped that a system of regional lockdown “could succeed” in curbing the surge in Covid-19 but, “unfortunately, over the course of the last two weeks the virus has been spreading faster than predicted.” | The planned second lockdown across England would last from November 5 to December 2, if the MPs approve the proposal by Prime Mini…
rt.com/uk/505188-gove-extension-second-l…

Late actor Sean Connery embroiled in ANOTHER liberal controversy after Trump tweets story claiming iconic Scot ‘helped’ him
rt.com | 2020-11-01
President Trump tweeted his condolences for Sean Connery’s family, saying he was “a tough character” who’d once helped him secure property planning in Scotland. But it only reignited the woke bashing of the “wife-beating” star. | “The legendary actor, 007 Sean Connery, has past [sic] on to even greener fairways,” Trump tweeted on Sunday, a day after the actor’s death at 90. | “He was quite a guy, and a tough character. I was having a very hard time getting approvals for a big development in Scotland when Sean stepped in and shouted, ‘Let him build the damn thing,'” the president continued. | He said Connery’s…
rt.com/usa/505201-trump-sean-connery-twe…

Government accused of ‘contempt’ for North after furlough extension
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-01
Politicians have accused the government of showing “contempt” for leaders in the North of England after announcing a national lockdown and extension of the furlough scheme. Politicians in the North West had called for 80% furlough payments for employees of businesses forced to close when areas were put into Tier 3 restrictions, but instead workers were offered 67% of pay through the government’s Job Support Scheme. | “Crisis of confidence”: | Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson told BBC Breakfast that he, along with members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), had called for a lockdown in…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/11/01/governme…

Thursday 11/19: Amah Mutsun Land Trust Fire Symposium
Amah Mutsun Land Trust | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online event, register now: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g1S0…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/31/1883799…

Some good news: Australia records zero Covid cases for first time in nearly five months
rt.com | 2020-11-01
As European nations rush headlong into lockdowns and several countries post record case numbers, it’s not all doom and gloom on the Covid front; Australia has reported no new community infections for the first time since June. | The development paves the way for a further easing of harsh lockdown restrictions that have been in place in the country, particularly in the state of Victoria, which accounts for the vast majority of Australia’s 907 deaths related to the disease. | Sunday saw Australia record no new daily infections for the first time since June 9. “Thank you to all of our amazing health & public heal…
rt.com/news/505186-australia-covid19-zer…

Monday 11/2: America Is On The Ballot: Indian Country Unites to Vote
Collier Freedom Movement | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/01/1883799…

Canadian opposition aghast as Trudeau responds to violence over Mohammed cartoons by saying freedom of expression must have LIMITS
rt.com | 2020-11-01
Canadian opposition party leader Erin O’Toole was appalled by Justin Trudeau’s tepid support for “free speech” in the face of Islamist attacks over Mohammed cartoons, saying the prime minister is undermining a pillar of democracy. | “It is very disturbing when the prime minister sends the signal that he is not protecting freedom of expression,” O’Toole said Saturday on Twitter. | It is one of the pillars of our democracy, and without it, we slide into ignorance. | O’Toole’s rebuke came one day after Trudeau respon…
rt.com/news/505168-trudeau-speech-freedo…

Turkey Extends Seismic Survey in Disputed East Mediterranean Area
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey’s Oruc Reis research vessel will continue its seismic exploration in the disputed area of the Eastern Mediterranean, near the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastellorizo, until 14 November, the navy’s Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography has announced.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020110110809…

What if Everyone on Campus Understood Money?: A Response to Chronicle of Higher Ed Columnist Allison Vaillancourt
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2020-11-01
Let’s give credit where it’s due: After experiencing decades of neoliberal austerity and serving for nearly as long as pawns in tiresome culture wars, public higher education workers know all too well how the money works on our campuses and in our states. Students and alumni are the major sources of revenue; graduate workers and …
mronline.org/2020/11/01/what-if-everyone…

Large caravan through Miami demands end to Cuba blockade
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-01
Miami, FL – A caravan of some 60 cars and 15 bicycles made up a caravan against the Cuba blockade, October 25 in Miami. It was the fourth caravan here since July. Those in attendance overcame not only threats by right-wing Cubans in the area, but pouring rain in the early morning hours before the 8 a.m. departure. | Initiated by YouTube personality El Proteston Cubano, the caravan included other important individuals and organizations from within Miami’s Cuban community, including the Jose Marti Cultural Association; YouTube personalities El Diez de Octubre and Yadira Escobar; a number of people formerly act…
fightbacknews.org/2020/11/1/large-carava…

From One Struggle to Another, Abolition Now! Mumia Abu Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
When one thinks of the term abolition, there is a tendency to see it as a threat emerging from the left. Another perspective understands, however, that abolition is a natural response to a situation that has become untenable. | What condition …
globalresearch.ca/from-one-struggle-anot…

Video Allegedly Showing Destruction of Armenian Trucks Carrying Ammo Shared by Azerbaijani Military
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in an intense conflict for over a month after the two sides accused each other of breaching the armistice existing in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh republic. Despite efforts to restore the truce, the two sides continue to exchange fire.
sputniknews.com/world/202011011080944718…

Close to 1 ton of illicit drugs busted in Kerman province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The police forces of Kerman province in central Iran seized 950 kilograms of illicit drugs in a single operation on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165412/Close-to-1-t…

Super Typhoon Goni Strikes the Philippines as ‘Strongest Landfalling Tropical Cyclone on Record,’ Spurring Calls for Climate Justice
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-01
The storm, known locally as Rolly, left at least 10 people dead and nearly 400,000 displaced. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/11/01/super-t…

At least two dead in Quebec stabbing
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — At least two people have reportedly been stabbed to death in the Canadian city of Quebec.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165400/At-least-two…

No beer for the Chancellor: Iconic Berlin political pub blacklists Merkel and cronies for ordering new lockdown
rt.com | 2020-11-01
The German officials behind the country’s month-long partial lockdown, during which all restaurants will be closed, are no longer welcome at the ‘Standige Vertretung,’ an iconic Berlin pub catering to the political class. | The owners of the pub voiced their anger over the decision to partially shut down the German economy to slow down the spread of Covid-19. In a video statement on Facebook they said the government has failed to prepare the country for the second wave of the disease, unlike many restaurants, i…
rt.com/news/505177-merkel-banned-berlin-…

Trick or Treat! Macabre and Eerie Costumes of 2020 Halloween Season
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-01
The spooky season has finally reached its apogee, welcoming people around the world to put on scary makeup and costumes and join in revelries on the occasion of All Hallows’ Eve, celebrated on 31 October.
sputniknews.com/photo/202011011080944377…

Beyond Plague Urbanism
Andy Merrifield | mronline.org | 2020-11-01
Over the centuries, humans have survived tragedy through the incredible stoicism of not moving, of standing one’s ground, of resisting, of engaging in tremendous creativity. Perhaps we can use the time alone to think collectively, to reflect together on how we might reconstruct the public realm of our cities.
mronline.org/2020/10/31/beyond-plague-ur…

Iran’s foreign trade value hits over $38bn in 7 months: IRICA
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) put the country’s total value of foreign trade at $38.278 billion in the seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (from March 21 to Oct. 22).
en.mehrnews.com/news/165431/Iran-s-forei…

When Power Speaks
Jennifer Matsui | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-01
The language of power reassures and obfuscates. Rather than communicate ideas, it’s a tool that enables the overclass to impart self-serving platitudes that intentionally trigger associations with things generally considered ‘nice’. Take for example, “wellness”, — an industry that seeks to replace universal healthcare with New Age quackery. The word itself conveys yoga pants, sunrises…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/01/when-power-s…

Affordable Housing Developers Set their Sights On Former Toxic Oil Fields
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-01
California – On a busy corner in Vista Hermosa, a neighborhood just west of downtown Los Angeles, early signs of construction have begun on a 7-story, 64-unit apartment building called Firmin Court. The project’s developer, the Decro Group, has pledged that the new building, which is one of six active multi-family developments under construction in a five-block radius, will provide supportive and affordable housing for “chronically homeless individuals, persons at risk of becoming homeless, and low-income families.”
popularresistance.org/affordable-housing…

Best medical tour operator in Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — At the beginning of the new millennium, and in the light of advanced technologies in the field of transportation, geographical boundaries and long distances have become virtually meaningless.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165407/Best-medical…

Sunday 11/1: Dia de los Muertos & All Saints Day: The Lives Lost to Pandemics of COVID, Poverty, Racism
Kairos Center, Poor People’s Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-11-01
Online via livestream…
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Archbishop Viganà≤: Open Letter to Donald Trump, Warns About ‘Great Reset’ Plot to ‘Subdue Humanity,’ Destroy Freedom
His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganà≤ | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganà≤, has written yet another open letter to President Donald J. Trump. Read it in its entirety below. It is available in PDF by clicking here. Read it in Italian here….
globalresearch.ca/archbishop-vigano-warn…

Police lock Djab Wurrung activists out of camp
Kathy Fairfax | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-01
Victoria Police removed the last few protesters on October 30 from the site of a hotly-contested new highway extension between Ararat and Buangor.
greenleft.org.au/content/police-lock-dja…

At least 2 dead, 5 injured after man in ‘medieval clothes’ goes on stabbing spree in Quebec
rt.com | 2020-11-01
At least two people were killed and five more wounded in a stabbing attack in Quebec, Canada on early Sunday morning. Police have arrested the suspect. | The attack took place near the regional parliament building. Police said the assailant was armed with a bladed weapon and dressed in “medieval clothes.” | According to local media, at least two people were killed, while five more were hospitalized. | After a brief manhunt, the suspect was arrested at around 1am local time. The police have yet to provide any details about his identity or possible motive. | Le suspect a été arrêté. Deux décès sont confirmés. Pl…
rt.com/news/505172-quebec-mass-stabbing-…

Leader appoints a new member of Guardian Council
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — In a directive, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ahmad Khatami as a member of the Guardian Council on Sunday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165433/Leader-appoi…

Canadian opposition aghast as Trudeau responds to violence over Mohammed cartoons by saying freedom of expression must have LIMITS
rt.com | 2020-11-01
Canadian opposition party leader Erin O’Toole was appalled by Justin Trudeau’s tepid support for “free speech” in the face of Islamist attacks over Mohammed cartoons, saying the prime minister is undermining a pillar of democracy. | “It is very disturbing when the prime minister sends the signal that he is not protecting freedom of expression,” O’Toole said on Saturday on Twitter. | It is one of the pillars of our democracy, and without it, we slide into ignorance. | O’Toole’s rebuke came one day after Trudeau res…
rt.com/news/505168-trudeau-speech-freedo…

Iran registers 7,719 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 7,719 COVID-19 infections and 434 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165420/Iran-registe…

UN urged to condemn insulting to Holy Prophet (PBUH)
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-01
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) — Islamic Association of Philippine Alumni called on the Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres to condemn the France’s insulting to the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH).
en.mehrnews.com/news/165405/UN-urged-to-…

‘Very excited’ astronomers discover activity on rare CENTAUR hybrid of comet and asteroid
rt.com | 2020-11-01
A team of “very excited” astronomers have discovered activity around a rare type of space object that’s rocky like an asteroid but also clouded in dust and gas, like a comet. | These unusual celestial bodies are known as Centaurs, like the half-man and half-horse creature from Greek mythology. They are actually minor planets and originated way out in the icy Kuiper Belt, on the edge of our solar system. | The objects are incredibly rare — in fact, despite astronomers relentlessly scanning the skies, only 18 active Centaurs have been discovered since 1927. They are also immensely difficult to observe becau…
rt.com/news/505194-centaur-comet-activit…

Debt, Land and Money, from Polanyi to the New Economic Archaeology
Prof Michael Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-01
Inspiration for The Great Transformation in…
globalresearch.ca/debt-land-money-polany…

Social Movements Can Win Even With a Hostile Supreme Court
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-31
With the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, how will the Supreme Court decide future cases? Most people will probably think of it as a “6-3 Court” and expect decisions based on the number of justices nominated by each of the two ruling parties. Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down parts of the Voting Ri…
truthout.org/articles/social-movements-c…

Don’t Let the Supreme Court Open the Door to More Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
Gabriel Arkles | commondreams.org | 2020-10-31
LGBTQ people already get turned away from food banks, shelters and more. The high court’s decision in Fulton could make things worse. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2020/10/31/dont-l…

[Editorial] The US election 2020
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
100 years ago, voters in the presidential election of 1920 were weary, trepidatious, and living with the spectre of pandemic and uncertainty. After the carnage of World War 1 and the multiple waves of influenza that enveloped the world between 1918 and 1920 (of the 50 million lives lost, 675‚Äà000 were American), the US economy had sunk into a deep recession as it adjusted to post-wartime production and consumption. Presidential candidate Warren G Harding expounded that “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy”.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32260-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Labor Gen Strikes re 11/3/20 Election Urged by 3 Labor Groups
Labor Creates All Wealth | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
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?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883796…

A reply to the Morenoites on support for militarization of Brazilian elections
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
The slanderous rant sent to the WSWS by the editor of the Brazilian edition of the Morenoite Izquierda Diario website exposes his own organization’s hostility to Trotskyism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/mrtb…

Elections 2020 live coverage with The Tight Rope and The Real News
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-31
Join Cornel West and Tricia Rose of The Tight Rope and The Real News Network staff for our live election coverage on Tuesday, November 3rd, from 6pm-1am ET.
therealnews.com/elections-2020-live-cove…

Wednesday 11/4: 2020 Election & Protecting Democracy After We Vote w/ Common Cause
Common Cause | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/31/1883798…

Greens advance as Labor returned in Qld election
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-31
The most important result of the Queensland election is the advance of the Greens. The Greens have increased their representation from one to at least two members of parliament. | Also significant is the return of the Palaszczuk Labor government. This is a vindication of the generally good (albeit inconsistent) approach taken by Queensland Labor to tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
greenleft.org.au/content/greens-advance-…

Sanctions, Elections And Tactical Opportunities
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
First, the very existence of the Venezuelan nation-state is at stake in the upcoming elections. Of course, all countries on the periphery struggle for their existence in the unequal power relationship that exists between the Global North and the Global South. This is a global class struggle, where the aggressor is the imperialist pole, represented by NATO. They aim to recolonize our continent. | As such, the struggle in the upcoming elections is not with the Venezuelan opposition, which merely reflects the White House’s interests.
popularresistance.org/sanctions-election…

Wednesday 11/4: SFPD Election Protection
Martha Hubert | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
SFPD, 630 Valencia @ 17th Street…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/31/1883797…

[World Report] US election 2020: the future of the Affordable Care Act
Susan Jaffe | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
President Donald Trump pledges to replace the Affordable Care Act while his Democratic opponent Joe Biden offers detailed proposals to improve it. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32201-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Biden And Trump Agree Far More Than They Disagree
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
With the U.S. presidential elections slated for next Tuesday November 3rd, unprecedented numbers of voters have already cast their ballot. Despite a polarized electorate deeply divided on issues from police brutality to COVID-19, for many voters commited to preventing four more years of Trump, the two major candidates prove far more similar than presented in mainstream media. | To shed light on some of these dyanmics in this crucial election for the hemisphere, we spoke with Adrienne Pine, professor of medical anthropology at American University, member of the Embassy Protection Collective, and author of the rece…
popularresistance.org/biden-and-trump-ag…

Greens advance as Labor returned in Qld election
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-31
The most important result of the Queensland election is the advance of the Greens, which have increased the party’s representation from one to at least two members of parliament, writes Alex Bainbridge.
greenleft.org.au/content/greens-advance-…

Sunday 11/1: Your Vote is Power in Action 2020 Election Livestream w/ MoveOn
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/31/1883798…

Tampa Bay activists to join post-election national day of action
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-31
Tampa, Fl – The past summer of 2020 has been rife with activism in the fight against police terror and white supremacist attacks, and the upcoming presidential election will determine whether Donald Trump will continue to be in power. Trump’s comments and actions about the validity of the results has brought on the possibility of a hotly contested outcome. Activists and community members in Tampa and around the country plan to meet the November 3 election with protests on November 4 to fight for the defeat of Donald Trump and against white supremacy across the country. | “This election is going to have some seri…
fightbacknews.org/2020/10/31/tampa-bay-a…

The Email and the Election
Christopher Brauchli | commondreams.org | 2020-10-31
A few examples from two senders follow but their emails are nothing more than representative of the dozens that arrive each day during the election season. | www.flickr.com/photos/rachel-johnson/429…
commondreams.org/views/2020/10/31/email-…

The US Alliance with India: Bipartisan Issue of Strategic Importance
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-31
The US’ alliance with India will remain a mainstay of its grand strategy regardless of who wins next week’s elections since it’s a bipartisan issue of the highest importance for its permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”). | ***…
globalresearch.ca/us-alliance-india-bipa…

Tampa Bay activists to join post-election national day of action
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-31
Tampa, Fl – The past summer of 2020 has been rife with activism in the fight against police terror and white supremacist attacks, and the upcoming presidential election will determine whether Donald Trump will continue to be in power. Trump’s comments and actions about the validity of the results has brought on the possibility of a hotly contested outcome. Activists and community members in Tampa and around the country plan to meet the November 3 election with protests on November 4 to fight for the defeat of Donald Trump and against white supremacy across the country. | “This election is going to have some seri…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/31/tampa-b…

The Heat: U.S. Presidential Race
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-10-31
The race for the White House is in its final lap, with less than a week to go before Election Day.
america.cgtn.com/2020/10/31/the-heat-u-s…

Youth Activists Are Transforming the Election by Leading Protesters to the Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-31
For the past decade, ever since students at 100 universities staged protests in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, youth activism in the United States has been on the rise. Youth organizers involved in the Movement for Black Lives have played a
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Key states that could decide the result of the US election
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-31
A handful of states will play a crucial role in determining the outcome of the 2020 United States presidential election.These are the “swing states”: so called because they will help swing the overall result either way. Most states are not swing states and will not change hands at this election — but safe states alone are not enough to get either Trump or Biden to the White House.Here are eight swing states to watch. All were won by Trump in 2016, but all are being strongly contested at this election by Biden.(PA Graphics)– Florida | This is the most hotly-contested swing state of them all. Florida has…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/10/31/ke…

‘So, So Cruel’: Rights Advocates, Biden Campaign Sound Alarm About Immigration Agenda Stephen Miller Is Crafting for Trump’s Second Term
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-31
According to the Democratic nominee, “This agenda is designed to do one thing only: divide our communities with cheap, xenophobic rhetoric, and demonize those seeking to make legitimate asylum claims.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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US Secretary of State insists Sri Lanka lines up against China
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
The US has been hostile to China’s influence in strategically important Sri Lanka, as preparations for a US-instigated war against China are escalated.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/pomp…

Manufacturing Happy People
Thomas Klikauer | zcomm.org | 2020-10-31
In other words, if you are born in a slum in Manila or make t-shirts for the high-street fashion industry in some factory in Indonesia, or parts for an Apple iPad in China, etc. there is nothing you can do about it — except be happy…
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How A Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over To Arms Industry And Taiwan Supporters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
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 and China. | Branded “Fortress Taiwan” by the Pentagon, the ambitious arms deal was the engineered by Randall Schriver, a veteran pro-Taiwan activist and anti-China hardliner whose think tank had been financed by America’s biggest arms contr…
popularresistance.org/how-a-key-pentagon…

The riot in Naples and the choice between health and work
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-31
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Italian Marxist- Leninist organization Fronte Popolare. | “Health is first and foremost, but without money no masses are sung”: so, we read on one of the many banners laid out during the spontaneous protest marches in Naples in these hours. The contrast between health and work, between physical well-being and economic well-being is a choice that in a real democracy we should not even imagine to make. Yet this is the choice put in front of us, in the South as well as in the North, throughout the all country. While the North — and especially…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/31/riot-na…

‘Symbolic Violence: Conversations with Bourdieu’ by Michael Burawoy reviewed by Paul Leduc Browne
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-31
Michael Burawoy’s Symbolic Violence is a Marxist critique of the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. This fascinating book explores some of Bourdieu’s contradictions by staging a series of ‘conversations’ between the French sociologist and a range of important, mostly Marxist, thinkers whose writings Bourdieu ignored or dismissed in footnotes, even though he ought to have engaged …
mronline.org/2020/10/31/symbolic-violenc…

The riot in Naples and the choice between health and work
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-31
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Italian Marxist- Leninist organization Fronte Popolare. | “Health is first and foremost, but without money no masses are sung”: so, we read on one of the many banners laid out during the spontaneous protest marches in Naples in these hours. The contrast between health and work, between physical well-being and economic well-being is a choice that in a real democracy we should not even imagine to make. Yet this is the choice put in front of us, in the South as well as in the North, throughout the all country. While the North — and especially…
fightbacknews.org/2020/10/31/riot-naples…

O jogo de números do Covid-19: A “segunda vaga” é baseada em estatísticas falsas
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-31
“Zonas vermelhas”, proibiàßà£o de viajar, quarentenas, “listas vermelhas”. Uma “Segunda Vaga” foi anunciada. | A campanha do medo tornou-se extenuante. Milhàµes de pessoas alinham-se para serem testadas ao Covid-19. | Medidas estatais drásticas sà£o contempladas, incluindo restriàßàµes a ajuntamentos sociais, casamentos, funerais, …
globalresearch.ca/o-jogo-de-numeros-do-c…

What Does Israel Have against Palestinian Singer, Mohammed Assaf?
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-31
Why does Israel hate Palestinian singer, Mohammed Assaf? On October 16, Avi Dichter, Israeli Member of Parliament from the right-wing Likud Party, announced that Assaf’s special permit to enter the occupied Palestinian West Bank would be revoked. Assaf, originally from Gaza, now lives with his family in the United Arab Emirates. He achieved stardom in …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/what-does-isr…

November Surprise: President Maduro Warns of U.S. Plot
teleSUR, CE | telesurenglish.net | 2020-10-31
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has warned of a new terror plot by foreign agents which aim to disrupt the November electoral campaign. | RELATED: | ‘Refinery Explosion Was a Terrorist Attack,’ President Maduro | “We have captured information from sectors abroad that speak of November 1, actions of attacks and violence to try, they say, to create the image of chaos and crisis in Venezuela. And, they say, try to turn the vote in the state of Florida,” denounced the President.
telesurenglish.net/news/november-surpris…

Left-wing in Belgrade counters anti-immigrant vigilantism by Serbian far-right
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-31
On Sunday, October 25, the left-wing sections in Belgrade organized “A Tea of Solidarity” in the park near the Faculty of Economics in the city to counter the far-right vigilantism against migrants in the city. The right-wing anti-migrant group Peoples Patrols had organized a clean-up of the park and chanted anti-migrant, hyper-nationalist slogans at the event. A large contingent of security forces were also present in the park to avert clashes between the groups. | Masina reported that the leader of the right-wing group, Damjan Knezevic, who is the former vice-president of the far-right Zavetnici party, was pres…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/31/left-wing…

Clare Moseley on the horrific plight of English Channel migrants: “They are asking for help, but being treated like criminals”
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
The founder of refugee charity Care4Calais spoke with the WSWS about this week’s horrific loss of life on the English Channel, including the deaths of three children.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/chan…

Spanish police make ludicrous claim Russia plotted to invade Catalonia
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
Spain’s paramilitary police also made basesless allegations that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was party to a plot involving 10,000 Russian troops attacking Spain.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/madr…

Remembering Stephen F. Cohen: Katrina vanden Heuvel on life and love with eminent Russia scholar
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-31
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the life and legacy of her late husband Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent historian who shaped the field of Russia studies and bravely challenged the New Cold War. Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent historian who helped shape the field of Russia studies and bravely exposed the fallacies and dangers of Russiagate and the new Cold War, passed away on September 18, 2020 at the age of 81. Cohen’s wife, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher …
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/31/remembering-s…

Draft Debacle: Bellingcat Smears OPCW Whistleblower, Journalists With False Letter, Farcical Claims
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-31
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. | Aaron MATÉ | Bellingcat, the NATO member 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 a new falsehood-ridden attack on an OPCW whistleblower whose suppressed findings exposed…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/31/dr…

Cultivated Lunacy, Nuclear Deterrence and Banning the Nuke
Binoy Kampmark | zcomm.org | 2020-10-31
In looking at the debates on nuclear weapons, one tension remains ineradicable. Those who do not possess such weapons, nor put their stake in their murderously reassuring properties, have little interest in seeing them kept…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/cultivated-lunacy-…

Coronavirus and the Biotech Complex. A Conversation with Whitney Webb
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-31
“Government insiders had foreknowledge of the Covid-19 crisis on a scale that, thus far, has gone unreported and that those same insiders are now manipulating the government’s response and public panic in order to reap record profits and gain unprecedented …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-and-the-bi…

Colombia: 3 Killed in New Massacre Reported in Cauca
telesurenglish.net | 2020-10-31
Indepaz reported this Saturday the new massacre, which already adds up to 70 in 2020 in the Andean nation. | Two women and a man were killed in a rural area of the municipality of Mercaderes, department of Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, where six months ago they killed community leader Alvaro Daza and three of his relatives. | RELATED: | Colombia: Social Organizations Denounce New Massacre in Cauca | The Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) reported this Sat…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-3-Kille…

Radical Neoliberalism Was Born And Will Die In Chile
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
A wave of Indigenous peoples supporting the Luis Arce-David Choquehuanca presidential ticket defeated the main right-wing candidate, Carlos Mesa by 20 points, restoring democracy to Bolivia. Just days later around 80% of Chilean voters decided by referendum to re-found their nation with a new constitution. These momentous events represent twin victories for Latin American independence, the rejection of radical neoliberalism, a desire for socio-economic reform, and the insistence on self-determination from the bottom-up.
popularresistance.org/radical-neoliberal…

What is at stake in the study of settler colonialism?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-31
Settler colonialism, those colonial processes based on the aim of permanently settling metropolitan populations on indigenous lands, and–crucially–the struggle against it, have been at the centre of many of the key political developments of the last three decades.
mronline.org/2020/10/31/what-is-at-stake…

Caucasus issues must be resolved politically, diplomatically
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Top Adviser to Leader of Islamic Revolution for International Affairs said that Caucasus issues should be settled politically, stating that Islamic world will stand against insult of French Magazine to Holy Prophet.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165389/Caucasus-iss…

“Sailors do not go to the sea alone” wins at Kenya FilmFest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Iranian documentary “Sailors do not go to the sea alone” received the Diploma of Honor for Best Feature Documentary at the Kenya International Sports Film Festival.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165382/Sailors-do-n…

Why Canada Must Release Meng Wan Zhou
K.J. Noh | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-31
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/why-canada-mu…

Iran COVID-19 update: 386 deaths, 7,820 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 7,820 COVID-19 infections and 386 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165379/Iran-COVID-1…

Helicopters Over DC Protesters Broke Regulations
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
Two D.C. National Guard helicopters that flew low over protesters in Washington, D.C., on the night of June 1 were not properly authorized to be there — and were directed by a lieutenant colonel who was far from the scene, driving home in his car, according to an initial investigation by the D.C. National Guard. | The superior officer who authorized the deployment claimed he didn’t know that the regulations required him to have higher-level approval to use the helicopters at all, and that in any case, he in no way told the lieutenant colonel that the helicopters should be used for crowd dispersal.
popularresistance.org/helicopters-over-d…

UN ‘stands ready to assist’ in Aegean Sea earthquake tragedy — Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-10-31
Secretary-General António Guterres is saddened by the loss of life and damage caused by the powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/10/1…

Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean… Seriously?
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-31
(Reuters) For nearly a decade the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been streaming radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. As it happens, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) struggles to control it. Yet, the bulk of the radioactive water is stored in more than 1,000 water tanks. Assuredly, Japan’s government has made an informal …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/dumping-fukus…

Penguin Climate Activists Block Berlin Airport Opening
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
Berlin – The climate justice group ‘Am Boden bleiben’, a member of the international Stay Grounded network, today blocks the opening of the new airport in Berlin with protest actions. The opening of the BER had been delayed for nine years, after a series of expensive construction and corruption issues. Am Boden bleiben carries out an action of civil disobedience and says that there is no room for new airports in times of climate crisis. You can follow the action live on the Twitter accounts of Am Boden bleiben and Stay Grounded.
popularresistance.org/penguin-climate-ac…

Rahbari urges artists to return Order of Arts & Letters
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The former conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra Ali Rahbari called on the Iranian artists to return their Chevalier of Arts & Letters due to the French president’s support for insulting the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH).
en.mehrnews.com/news/165388/Rahbari-urge…

Peace Organizations Win Fight For Records On Explosives At Naval Base
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-31
Washington – On August 31, 2020, Judge Ronald B. Leighton ordered the release of eleven records that the Navy had provided to Plaintiffs in 2012 in the course of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawsuit that were sealed later in 2012 in a secret court hearing. Judge Leighton also lifted a gag order imposed upon Plaintiffs over seven years ago. | Following the ruling by Judge Leighton, on October 23, 2020, Judge Thomas S. Zilly in the U.S. District Court in Tacoma ordered the Navy to pay legal fees incurred by two peace…
popularresistance.org/peace-organization…

[Clinical Picture] A baby with red plaques on the face and a first-degree heart block: neonatal lupus
Sayed Meelad Habib, Maarten H Vermeer | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
A 3-month-old boy was brought by his mother to our clinic who had noticed that her child had developed several round red lesions on his face (figure). She said that the problem had begun 3 weeks post partum. The baby had been born at full term following an uncomplicated pregnancy. The patient’s mother was fit and well with no medical history of note–specifically she did not report any previous infections, or dermatological or autoimmune diseases.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32176-0/fulltext?rss=yes

NUMSA contemplates strike action across South Africa’s motor industry
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-31
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, which held pickets and demonstrations on Tuesday, says that employers are stonewalling the implementation of a 8% wage hike that was agreed upon in January…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/31/numsa-con…

[Correspondence] The effect of Medicare for All on rural hospitals
Ankit Agarwal, Trevor J Royce | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
Alison Galvani and colleagues1 robustly modelled the effect of the Medicare for All Act on US national health expenditures and outcomes. Spending on hospital care and physician or clinical services accounts for 53% of total spending. Their model assumes that Medicare rates are uniformly 22% lower than are private-payer rates and that, by switching all fees to Medicare rates, overall reimbursements will be 6% lower for hospitals and 7% lower for physicians.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32210-8/fulltext?rss=yes

Autumn attracting skydivers to Yazd
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
YAZD, Oct. 31 (MNA) — The number of skydivers and aficionados coming to the central Iranian province of Yazd has been growing in the past weeks after the onset of autumn and its suitable wind conditions.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/165373/Autumn-attr…

Sustainable urbanization critical to COVID-19 recovery, better quality of life
news.un.org | 2020-10-31
Cities will be critical for the world to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst recession for decades, according to the latest report published by UN-Habitat, the UN agency working on urban issues.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/10/1…

Wednesday 11/4: After the Vote 2020: National Mobilization Call w/ Center for Popular Democracy
Center for Popular Democracy | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
Online event…
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TPOI pursuing launch of bartering deal with 10 countries
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Deputy Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) is pursuing the operationalization of bartering deal with 10 countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165363/TPOI-pursuin…

Trudeau says Nice attack does not define Islam
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-31
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) — Condemning a deadly attack in the France’s Nice, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that these terrorist attacks do not define Islam.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165372/Trudeau-says…

The United States Government Is The Biggest Criminal Organisation in the World
Rod Driver | zcomm.org | 2020-10-31
Please Help ZNet…
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Defense agreement with US is a blow to India’s strategic autonomy
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-31
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha analyzes the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) which was signed between India and the United States during the recent 2+2 ministerial dialogue in New Delhi…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/31/defense-a…

Venezuela Celebrates 79 Years of Ali Primera
teleSUR, CE | telesurenglish.net | 2020-10-31
Venezuela celebrated the 79th anniversary of the birth of the popular singer-songwriter, Alí ‚Äã‚ÄãPrimera, on Saturday. | RELATED: | Cuba, Venezuela Commemorate 20 Years of Unity and Cooperation | A mural was inaugurated on the Intercommunal Avenue of El Valle, which was made through a sketch by the artist José Escalona, while the execution was carried out by the Brushstrokes of Artisans Muralist Brigade collective whose members were accompani…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-celebr…

Wednesday 11/4: Action for Justice and Democracy / Protect the Results
Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
1187 Franklin @ Geary St., San Francisco…
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‘Trump Is KILLING Americans’: As US Cases Top 9 Million, Stanford Study Ties President’s Rallies to Covid-19 Spread
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-31
The analysis links 18 rallies to over 30,000 cases and 700 deaths—but doesn’t include events in October, when states saw infections surge. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/31/trump-k…

United States rockets past 100,000 daily cases
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
There were more than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States over the past seven days, measured both by the daily new case counts and the seven-day running average.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/usco…

[Correspondence] Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic — Authors’ reply
Thomas A Treibel, Charlotte Manisty, Mervyn Andiapen, Corinna Pade, Melanie Jensen, Marianna Fontana, Xosé Couto-Parada, Teresa Cutino-Moguel, Mahdad Noursadeghi, James C Moon | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
Kevin Fennelly and Christopher Whalen emphasise that health-care workers (HCWs) are at a higher risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection than are the general population. Angela Chow and colleagues describe their experience in Singapore of very low rates of HCW infections and nosocomial transmission when effective personal protective equipment is implemented. We agree with both perspectives, and our Correspondence1 did not contradict either of these viewpoints.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32211-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Saturday 10/31: Handmaids: Stop a Fascist Coup
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro & Market Street, San Francisco…
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European Central Bank set to expand bond-buying program
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
ECB president Christine Lagarde has said the euro zone recovery is “losing momentum” amid a resurge of COVID-19 infections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/ecbr…

As social anger mounts, Quebec unions issue craven appeal to Premier Legault to forego austerity
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
Quebec’s major unions issued a joint open letter to the province’s right-wing premier earlier this month in which they put forward a series of lies to confuse workers at a time when class tensions are reaching the boiling point.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/quun…

Thursday 11/12: Expand SCOTUS: The People Demand Court Reform Panel Discussion w/ Demand Justice
Demand Justice | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883795…

Sunday 11/22: Write Now! SF Bay: Claim Ourselves, Connect With Each Other
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2020-10-31
Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/30/1883796…

The Hummingbird Project: Speed is of the essence
wsws.org | 2020-10-31
Two cousins intend to shave milliseconds off the time it takes to make stock market trades and thus earn themselves a fortune.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/31/humm…

[Series] Stroke systems of care in high-income countries: what is optimal?
Peter Langhorne, Heinrich J Audebert, Dominique A Cadilhac, Joosup Kim, Patrice Lindsay | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
Stroke is a complex, time-sensitive, medical emergency that requires well functioning systems of care to optimise treatment and improve patient outcomes. Education and training campaigns are needed to improve both the recognition of stroke among the general public and the response of emergency medical services. Specialised stroke ambulances (mobile stroke units) have been piloted in many cities to speed up the diagnosis, triage, and emergency treatment of people with acute stroke symptoms. Hospital-based interdisciplinary stroke units remain the central feature of a modern stroke service.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31363-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Host or pathogen-related factors in COVID-19 severity?
Christian Gortázar, Francisco J Rodríguez del-Río, Lucas Domínguez, José de la Fuente | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
Lucy Okell and colleagues1 observed that the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently in marked decline in many countries. Okell and colleagues suggest two possible explanations for this decline, namely the effect of lockdowns, physical distancing, and other interventions; or, alternatively, herd immunity. After analysing trends in cumulative deaths over time in many European countries that went into lockdown at different stages of their epidemic, and data obtained from serology studies on the proportion of the population that had the infection previously, Okell an…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32215-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Una lucha simultánea en la misma extensión de este hemisferio
| workers.org | 2020-10-31
Por Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein El autor, un analista venezolano, envió a Workers World este artículo sobre los acontecimientos en los últimos meses en el hemisferio oeste. El 21 de octubre — Durante los meses finales del año pasado escribí dos artículos en meses sucesivos bajo los títulos ” °Arde América Latina!” . . . | Continue reading Una lucha simultánea en la misma extensión de este hemisferio at Workers.org
workers.org/2020/10/52120/?utm_source=rs…

Movies that Make You Want to Vote
Asher Luberto | progressive.org | 2020-10-31
‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ and ‘White Noise,’ take vastly different approaches to our current political climate.
progressive.org/dispatches/movies-that-m…

[Comment] Offline: COVID-19–a crisis of power
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
COVID-19 is about the politics of the body. In a series of lectures and essays in the 1970s and early 1980s, Michel Foucault (who died in 1984) argued that the discipline of public health emerged with the birth of capitalism in the 18th century. The body came to be understood as an instrument of economic production, of labour power, and so became a subject of significant political interest. Medicine and public health were endorsed as tools to enhance these productive forces, to ensure that people were fit for work.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32262-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] Kevin Fenton: pursuing equity and equality in public health
Pamela Das | thelancet.com | 2020-10-31
Kevin Fenton is a public health polymath. He’s worked successfully in health prevention and health improvement for more than three decades and is currently the Regional Director of Public Health England (PHE) London and the Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London. “I have a passion for learning and throughout my career it is about looking for the next set of opportunities to make a difference to the people who I have been called to serve”, he says.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32225-X/fulltext?rss=yes

The Threat of Peace… Why America Needs War With Russia and How To Stop It
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-31
In an interview for Strategic Culture Foundation, veteran activist and author Ron Ridenour shares his insights on the prospects of war and peace | www.strategic-culture.org/wp-content/upl… | In the following interview for Strategic Culture Foundation, veteran activist and author Ron Ridenour shares his insights on the pros…
thealtworld.com/finian_cunningham/the-th…

Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension is a massive distraction from what’s actually in the EHRC report
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-10-31
Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party was rightly greeted with shock and an outpouring of solidarity. But Corbyn’s suspension also served as a massive distraction from critically evaluating the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report. | On 29 October, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published its long-awaited report into antisemitism in the Labour Party. The BBC reported…
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