Donald Trump and Being Deplorable
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-11-05
As it increasingly looks like Joe Biden has won the election, I see many people around me appalled that so many of their fellow citizens can vote for someone as racist, sexist, and otherwise offensive as Donald Trump. Given what we know about the guy, and think everyone else should know about him as well, …
cepr.net/donald-trump-and-being-deplorab…

The Foreign Policy Election that Ignored Foreign Policy
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The 2020 presidential campaigns have ignored foreign policy more this year than in any election since the turn of the century, but the 2020 election will have significant foreign policy consequences no matter the outcome. The neglect of foreign policy …
globalresearch.ca/foreign-policy-electio…

Five Swing States to Decide US Presidential Election
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
After months of campaigning and a record $14 billion spent by the Trump and Biden teams, it all comes down to results in 5 battleground states. | Here’s where things stand at the moment with vote counting still ongoing: | Pennsylvania: Trump …
globalresearch.ca/five-swing-states-deci…

The U.S. Inability to Count Votes Is a National Disgrace. And Dangerous
Glenn Greenwald | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The richest and most powerful country on earth — whether due to ineptitude, choice or some combination of both — has no ability to perform the simple task of counting votes in a minimally efficient or confidence-inspiring manner. As a …
globalresearch.ca/us-inability-count-vot…

PDF of November 5 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-11-05
Download the 12-page PDF. Elections sharpen anti-racist struggle Only fightback will stop racism, police terror Free Ant Smith ≠ — Drop the bogus charges now! Editorial: Count all the votes! ALSO: Pandemic inequalities; Boston workers win on safety; COVID‚Äê19 book censored. Confronting police brutality Black mother assaulted in Philly; Outrage over . . . | Continue reading PDF of November 5 issue at Workers.org…
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College student, 20, found dead in dorm room after testing positive for COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-11-05
The young student died in her dorm room while in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 and being sent home from the hospital.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/05/coll…

The COVID-19 RT-PCR Test: How to Mislead All Humanity. Using a “Test” To Lock Down Society
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The misuse of the RT-PCR technique is used as an intentional strategy by some governments, supported by scientific safety councils and by the dominant media, to justify the violation of a large number of constitutional rights, the destruction of the economy with the bankruptcy of entire active sectors of society,…
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-rt-pcr-how-to…

COVID Testing: We’ve Been Duped
A. Castellitto | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Lost in this whole pandemic hysteria are some key considerations that when carefully analyzed place the whole COVID-19 narrative in a highly questionable light. The gatekeepers of information dissimulation are manufacturing consent at an alarming rate, but their fatigue is …
globalresearch.ca/covid-testing-weve-bee…

Hospital fire in Brazil exposes criminal neglect of workers’ lives
wsws.org | 2020-11-05
A fire at a hospital in the state of Rio de Janeiro resulted in the deaths of eight people, at least three of them COVID-19 patients.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/05/hosp…

It’s All Wrong: Sage U.K. Forecast of 4,000 Deaths a Day Is ‘Misleading’
Unredacted | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The forecast of 4,000 people dying per day from COVID-19 by next month could be four or five times too high and does not reflect the current situation, a leading Oxford professor has warned. | The incredible figure was presented by…
globalresearch.ca/sage-forecast-4000-dea…

Este sistema está enfermo
Editor | workers.org | 2020-11-05
La crisis de COVID-19 está arrojando una luz evidente sobre las contradicciones y los fracasos del capitalismo. Millones de vidas están en riesgo, y no tiene por qué ser así. Aquí en los Estados Unidos –un país que durante más de un siglo ha estado a la vanguardia de las . . . | Continue reading Este sistema está enfermo at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/11/52229/?utm_source=rs…

Labor Department reports 21.5 million still getting jobless aid
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-05
WASHINGTON–New claims for jobless benefits, from people thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic and actions to counter the community spread of the plague, totaled 21.51 million for the week ending on Oct. 17, the Labor Department reported. That doesn’t count new claims for state or federal jobless benefits since then, the Bureau of …
peoplesworld.org/article/labor-departmen…

Brainwashing the Masses: 6 Companies Own Almost All of the Media in the U.S. — Using Medical “Doctors” to Sell Their Message
Brian Shilhavy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The current “war against the Coronavirus” is primarily an information war, with the corporate media putting forth a unified message they want the public to believe, and any efforts to present alternative information is vigorously opposed and ridiculed. | Six …
globalresearch.ca/brainwashing-masses-6-…

Electoral Musings: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-05
It is perfectly valid for the American public to express outrage over Trump’s declaration of victory, but the entire American media and political class forever lost all legitimacy to condemn a nation’s leader for illegitimately crowning themselves by backing the Venezuela coup. | ‚ùñ | Watching Democrats’ inability to handily defeat a crazy reality TV host in two elections is like seeing someone pick a fight with a six year-old girl and getting their ass kicked, then coming back with a bunch of their friends and watching them all get carried off on stretchers. | ‚ùñ | All t…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/elector…

Eculizumab as an emergency treatment for adult patients with severe COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: A proof-of-concept study
Djillali Annane, Nicholas Heming, Lamiae Grimaldi-Bensouda, Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi, Marie Vigan, Anne-Laure Roux, Armance Marchal, Hugues Michelon, Martin Rottman, Pierre Moine, for the Garches COVID 19 Collaborative Group | thelancet.com | 2020-11-05
Findings from this proof-of-concept study suggest eculizumab may improve survival and reduce hypoxia in patients with severe COVID-19. Randomized studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of this treatment approach are needed.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30334-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Teachers Walk Off The Job After COVID-19 Outbreak
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
Teachers and support staff at Glamorgan Junior Public School, in the Toronto borough of Scarborough, walked off the job Monday to protest school authorities’ decision to keep the school open despite a major COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak was declared last Friday after nine teachers and two students tested positive for the potentially lethal virus. Fifty-eight students have been ordered to quarantine. | The work stoppage continued yesterday as reports emerged of a further student testing positive. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has flatly refused to close the school…
popularresistance.org/teachers-walk-off-…

Wage War Against The Philosophy Of War
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
In mid-October, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook report, which offered some dizzying data. For 2020, the IMF estimates that the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will decline by 4.4%, while in 2021 the global GDP will rise by 5.2%. Stagnation and decline will define the economic activity in both Europe and North America, as well as in large states such as Brazil and India. With a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and with the first wave not having been controlled in Brazil, India, and the United States, it appears that these IMF estimates might sink further…
popularresistance.org/wage-war-against-t…

Iranian press review: Lockdowns lead to marriages
MEE correspondent | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
Iranian press review: Lockdowns lead to marriages | Meanwhile, an aide to the supreme leader denies the Holocaust, widespread abuse reported in private rehab centres, and a top athlete practices in a field | MEE correspondent | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 14: 29 | A couple walks past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on 20 September 2020 (AFP) | Lockdowns l…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian-press…

IMD Path and Quick Test Now Launch Antioch COVID Testing Site
QuickTestNow | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
IMD Path and Quick Test Now launch a COVID testing site in Antioch, California.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/03/1883807…

SF Rally to Protect the Vote
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
As Trump attacks election’s integrity, SF and Bay Area mobilize to defend…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/05/1883810…

Sri Lankan government rejects total lockdown amid surging COVID-19 infections
wsws.org | 2020-11-05
The Rajapakse regime’s decisions are aimed at continuing corporate operations, particularly factory production for exports, forcing workers to stay on the job.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/05/slco…

Judge Orders Twice-Daily Sweeps of USPS Facilities to Get Every Vote Counted
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-05
A U.S. district judge has ordered several United States Postal Service (USPS) facilities to perform twice-daily sweeps of their grounds to ensure that every ballot sent before Election Day this year arrives at its proper destination. | The order will ensure that states like North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania, which count ballots if t…
truthout.org/articles/judge-orders-twice…

What do the new lockdown rules mean for me?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-05
People in England have been ordered to stay at home for the next month in a bid to reverse the spread of coronavirus.But the nation’s second national lockdown, beginning on Thursday, comes with a number of exceptions, including pupils continuing to go to school, limitless outdoor exercise and “safe visiting” for care home residents and their families.– When do the new rules come into force?The lockdown will run from 5 November until 2 December, after MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new restrictions. | Boris Johnson has sought to reassure people the measures will be eased on 2 December as planned, a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/11/05/what-do-…

Serco profits soar while Test and Trace reaches lowest ever proportion of contacts
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-05
The NHS Test and Trace system has reached the lowest ever proportion of contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) in England.Four in 10 close contacts of people who tested positive are still not being reached by the system, at the same time as it recorded its highest weekly number of positive cases.A total of 137,180 people tested positive for Covid-19 in England at least once in the week to 28 October — an increase of 8% on the previous week and the highest weekly number since Test and Trace was launched at the end of May.According to the latest figures, 59.9% of close contacts of pe…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/11/05/serco-pr…

Woman arrested trying to take ‘deteriorating’ 97-year-old mother out of care home
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-05
A woman was temporarily arrested and restrained by police after she attempted to take her 97-year-old mother out of a care home. | Video footage shared on social media by former Coronation Street actress Leandra Ashton appeared to capture part of the incident in a car park in Market Weighton in East Yorkshire on Tuesday. | In the two clips an upset Ashton claims she and her mother had taken her grandmother out of the home where she is “deteriorating” because they had not seen her for nine months. | The 97-year-old woman could be seen sitting in the passenger seat of a stationary car with a police vehicle parked i…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/11/05/woman-ar…

Don’t Forget LBJ’s Election Theft
Jacob G. Hornberger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The mainstream pro-Biden media is poking fun at Donald Trump’s suggestion that there could be fraud involved in…
globalresearch.ca/dont-forget-lbj-electi…

The Corona Pandemic and Trump’s Trade War against China: America’s Dependence on “Made in China”. Potential Disruption of the US Economy
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
First published in May 2020, updated June 14, 2020 | What Prospects for trade relations with China, in the wake of the 2020 US November Presidential Election? | Introduction | The US has been threatening China with trade sanctions for several years. At …
globalresearch.ca/the-corona-pandemic-an…

Inside Glenn Greenwald’s Blowup With The Intercept
Peter Sterne | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
On Thursday, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Glenn Greenwald denounced The Intercept, the news outlet he co-founded six years ago, and announced his immediate resignation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/inside-glenn-green…

If Biden wins Israel could be ‘forced’ to take action against Iran, says minister
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
If Biden wins Israel could be ‘forced’ to take action against Iran, says minister | Israeli minister Tzachi Hanegbi says confrontation with Iran on the cards if Donald Trump’s maximum pressure approach dropped | MEE staff | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 07: 51 | A picture taken on 4 November 2019 shows a placard mocking US president donald Trump during a rally outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran (AFP) | An Isr…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/if-biden-wins…

Fukushima, the Nuclear Pandemic Spreads
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
It was not Covid, therefore the news went almost unnoticed: Japan will release over a million tons of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. The catastrophic incident in Fukushima was triggered by the Tsunami that …
globalresearch.ca/fukushima-nuclear-pand…

Thank you, President Trump
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-05
for accelerating the decline of the USA as a global power | For the past half-century or more, most administrations in Washington have taken action to change regimes that oppose US political or military hegemony and even to redraw national borders, whether by the military, political or economic means. The USA now seems to be getting a self-administered dose of its own medicine. Change is coming to America, in terms both of its national identity and domestic politics and its status as a global superpower. And it is changed for the worse. | The peaceful transfer of power after elections was the bedrock of the U…
thealtworld.com/abdel_bari_atwan/thank-y…

The election as a farce: Donald Trump and the rise of the autocrats
Claus Leggewie | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
To elect a demagogue is always dangerous, but it does not condemn a country to the collapse of its democracy. Strong institutions can keep corrupt or autocratic leaders in check. That is exactly what the U.S. Constitution is designed to do, and for much of our history it has been successful in doing so.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/05/1883812…

Saturday 11/7: Stop Trump’s Attempt to Steal the Elections & Violently Impose a Fascist America on World
Rita Akayama | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Embarcadero Plaza…
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What if Clinton Had Won the 2016 US Presidential Election Instead of Trump?
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
What if Democrat Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 US presidential election instead of Donald Trump? The US and the world would have been spared four roller-coaster years of Trump, of his narcissism, ignorance and irrationality and his never …
globalresearch.ca/what-clinton-won-2016-…

Steal this election – Trump falsely claims he won the election
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
November 3, 2020 Election That The Impeached President Donald J. Trump Falsely Claimed That He Won!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Arizona’s Blue Shift Rooted in Years of Grassroots Latinx Organizing Against GOP’s Xenophobia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-05
One of the crucial states that could decide the presidential election is Arizona, where Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump with thousands of ballots left to count. Trump won Arizona in 2016, and if Biden’s lead holds, he will be just the second Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since 1948. “The lion’s share of the credit belongs to sustained community organizing in the state,” says Marisa Franco, director and co-founder of Mijente, a national digital organizing hub for Latinx and Chicanx communities. She says the Trump administration has been disastrous for immigrants and immigrant rights groups,…
www.democracynow.org/2020/11/5/arizona_m…

White community leaders must respond to the huge numbers of white people voting for Trump
Maryam Jameela | thecanary.co | 2020-11-05
Whatever the result of the US election, white America has once again chosen Trump’s fascism.An exit poll from the New York Times used research carried out by Edison Research to put together a picture of gender and race differences in voting.Of course, exit polls only provide a snapshot of elections. There will be updates to these numbers as vote counting continues. There are, however, some insights we can pi…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/11/05/white-c…

Chris Hedges: American Requiem
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
Well, it’s over. Not the election. The capitalist democracy. However biased it was towards the interests of the rich and however hostile it was to the poor and minorities, the capitalist democracy at least offered the possibility of incremental and piecemeal reform. Now it is a corpse. The iconography and rhetoric remain the same. But it is an elaborate and empty reality show funded by the ruling oligarchs — $1.51 billion for the Biden campaign and $1.57 billion for the Trump campaign — to make us think there are choices. There are not.
popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-ameri…

US Elections: Biden Has 264 Delegates to the Electoral College
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-05
Democratic candidate Joe Biden already has 264 delegates in the Electoral College and is one step closer to achieving the 270 delegates that would allow him to be elected as the next president. Republican candidate Donald Trump has garnered 214 delegates so far. | RELATED: | Pro-Trump Protesters Call to Halt Vote Counting in Arizon | The differences in votes between the two candidates continue to be minimal in some key states. As of Thursday morning, attention remained focused on t…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Elections-Bid…

US Elections 2020: A Who’s Who of Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Team
Umar A Farooq | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Democratic nominee’s advisers consist of many former Obama-era officials, some who helped craft the Iran nuclear deal, drone strikes programmes and sanctions on Syria and Libya | *** | As a two-term vice-president under President Barack Obama, Joe Biden played a leading …
globalresearch.ca/us-elections-2020-joe-…

Imperial Overstretch Arrives: Americans Do Not Need the American Empire
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-05
This piece is being written as voters are going to the polls on election day in the United States. While it has been useful to consider how things might change, possibly for the worse, one must also recognize that much of what happens in the U.S. and in its far-flung empire operates by virtue of its own internal dynamics and rules, something that is often referred to as the “Deep State” or perhaps more accurately as the Establishment. | Witness for example the occasional possibly sincere but unsuccessful White House attempts over the past four years to withdraw or reduce the numbers of U.S. troops embroiled in va…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/11/05/im…

Leveraging The Ruling Class’s Loss Of Legitimacy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
The polls closed with “no winner yet in cliffhanger presidential election,” as of Wednesday evening. Despite a period of uncertainty, which is typically the nemesis of Wall Street, the Dow climbed 0.9%, the S&P 500 opened 1.5% higher, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.6%. | The explanation is that the financial elites know that they win regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, which is something that some leftists, who had advocated temporarily subordinating an independent working-class alternative to campaign for the leading neoliberal candidate, did not firmly grasp.
popularresistance.org/leveraging-the-rul…

Leveraging the Ruling Class’s Loss of Legitimacy
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-05
The polls closed with “no winner yet in cliffhanger presidential election,” as of Wednesday evening. Despite a period of uncertainty, which is typically the nemesis of Wall Street, the Dow climbed 0.9%, the S&P 500 opened 1.5% higher, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.6%. The explanation is that the financial elites know that they win …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/leveraging-th…

Imperial Overstretch Arrives: Americans Do Not Need the American Empire
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-05
There are many good reasons for the United States to retrench and again become a “normal” nation, if that is at all possible. | This piece is being written as voters are going to the polls on election day in the United States. While it has been useful to consider how things might change, possibly for the worse, one must also recognize that much of what happens in the U.S. and in its far-flung empire operates by virtue of its own internal dynamics and rules, something that is often referred to as the “Deep State” or perhaps more accurately as the Establishment. | Witness for example the occasional possibly sincere…
thealtworld.com/philip_giraldi/imperial-…

Thursday 11/5: LGBTQIA+ Leaders: Where Do We Go from Here? Post-Election Discussion
Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Chris Hedges: American Requiem
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-05
Art by Mr. Fish / Original to Scheerpost] By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Well, it’s over. Not the election. The capitalist democracy. However biased it was towards the interests of the rich and however hostile it was to the poor and minorities, the capitalist democracy at least offered the possibility of incremental and piecemeal reform. Now it is a corpse. The iconography and rhetoric… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/11/05/chris-hedges-a…

The Arab World and the US Elections. Who Will Succeed in Controlling the White House?
Khaled Iskef | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The exit of the American forces from Iraq and Syria, finding a solution to the Palestinian issue and the Syrian and Libyan crisis and ending the war in Yemen is what the Arab World wants, in addition to ending the …
globalresearch.ca/opinion-arab-observers…

The Day After: US 2020 Election Update & Political Predictions
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
The 2020 election has heralded in a new decade where fundamental changes domestically and internationally will now accelerate…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-day-after-us-2…

Electoral Campaign Begins in Venezuela
Manuela Solé | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-11-05
The campaign for upcoming legislative elections will go on for a month.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15043

“Fantasy Democracy”: US Election 2020. Electoral Fraud??
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
First said in America’s early 1930s, the expression “we wuz robbed” echoed in various forms following losses in close sports contests. | Time and again, it’s been true as well about US elections at the federal, state and local levels since …
globalresearch.ca/us-fantasy-democracy-e…

Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days
Rob Okun | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
We may have begun to acknowledge that racism has its knee on the necks of Black people, but to fully heal America we’ll have to admit patriarchy has its other knee on the necks of women…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/patriarchys-post-e…

Bay Area Voter Rights & Election Defense: The NLG’s Three Legal Hotlines
NLG-SF | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Election day is here! We will be sending out alerts every day this week with various resources and other announcements associated with voter and election defense. Please be sure to share out these resources to your communities and beyond.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/03/1883807…

As US officially quits Paris Accord amid election uncertainty, progressives say ‘make this disastrous decision temporary’
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-05
“The U.S. exit from the Paris agreement is a shameful act and is especially cruel at a time when the world is reeling from devastating disasters worsened by climate change.”
nationofchange.org/2020/11/05/as-us-offi…

Friday 11/6: Post-Election Town Hall w/ ACLU Leaders in Battle Ground States
ACLU | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online/virtual town hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/05/1883812…

‘New Peru’ Leader Veronika Mendoza Will Run in 2021 Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-05
The New Peru leader and former congresswoman Veronika Mendoza on Thursday officially announced her candidacy for the elections to take place in April 2021. | RELATED: | Peru: Congress to Debate New Motion Against President Vizcarra | She made the announcement in the city of El Cusco on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution undertaken by Tupac Amaru and Micaela Bastida. | She will run for Together for Peru and her Vice president posts will be a…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Peru-Leader-…

Israel makes 41 Palestinian children homeless as world watches US election
Akram Al-Waara | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
Israel makes 41 Palestinian children homeless as world watches US election | Eleven families left searching for shelter after Israeli forces destroyed their village in the Jordan Valley | Akram Al-Waara | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 10: 35 | Palestinian children playing next to their demolished home in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Humsa, 4 November (MEE/Akram el-Waara) | On the evening of Wednesday 4 November, a cold, b…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palest…

U.S. democracy: The four-year rule?
John Feffer | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-05
American democracy is in rough shape. It’s going to take more than this election to set it right.
nationofchange.org/2020/11/05/u-s-democr…

Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days
Rob Okun | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
Soon after the presidential race is decided it will be imperative for the U.S. to hold a series of town hall conversations; one must be about rejecting patriarchy. Male domination continues to play too big a role in aggravating the divide that afflicts us. Which representation of manhood we choose will in part contribute to…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/05/patriarchys-…

The Heat: U.S. Election
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-11-05
As the vote counting continues the outcome of the U.S. presidential election is still too close to call.
america.cgtn.com/2020/11/05/the-heat-u-s…

Thursday 11/5: #Count Every Vote: Post-Election Briefing w/ Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online event…
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Thursday 11/5: Post-Election Message to the Nation by Poor People’s Campaign
Poor People’s Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883809…

Thursday 11/5: #CountEveryVote: Post-Election Webinar on Next Steps & Taking Action w/ Moms Rising
Moms Rising | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/05/1883812…

Unionists, allies demonstrate nationwide demanding ‘count every vote’
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-05
PROTECT THE RESULTS — FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU Unionists and their allies from coast to coast rallied in more than 140 cities on Nov. 4, the day after the close and contentious national election, demanding “Count every vote!” over and over. In a line that could speak for tens of thousands who rallied nationwide, …
peoplesworld.org/article/unionists-allie…

German political establishment demands foreign policy “sovereignty” after US elections
wsws.org | 2020-11-05
Representatives of all parties are demanding a more aggressive foreign and military policy that is more independent of the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/05/germ…

The Day After Election Protest “Count Every Ballot” In Oakland
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Hundreds of people in Oakland rallied at Oscar Grant Plaza to demand that every ballot be counted.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883809…

The US Inability To Count Votes Is A National Disgrace
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
The richest and most powerful country on earth — whether due to ineptitude, choice or some combination of both — has no ability to perform the simple task of counting votes in a minimally efficient or confidence-inspiring manner. As a result, the credibility of the voting process is severely impaired, and any residual authority the U.S. claims to “spread” democracy to lucky recipients of its benevolence around the world is close to obliterated. | At 7: 30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the day after the 2020 presidential elections, the results of the presidential race, as well as control of the Senate, are very…
popularresistance.org/the-us-inability-t…

The Day After: US 2020 Election and Political Predictions
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
In my article last week, ‘Why the Record Vote Turnout May Not Matter’, I predicted the election via electoral college would look very much like 2016: the 3 swing states (PA, MI, WI) would determine the outcome again, and maybe …
globalresearch.ca/us-2020-election-updat…

Climate Crisis and Imperialism: The Unfair Demonization of the East
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-05
Last week in the presidential debate, Donald Trump said “Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. It’s filthy. The air is filthy,” when asked about his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.
mronline.org/2020/11/05/climate-crisis-a…

Climate Crisis and Imperialism: The Unfair Demonization of the East
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-05
Last week in the presidential debate, Donald Trump said “Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. It’s filthy. The air is filthy,” when asked about his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.
mronline.org/2020/11/05/climate-crisis-a…

O voto China-Rússia
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Sejam quais forem as consequências geopolíticas e geoeconà¥micas da espetacular distopia norte-americana, a parceria estratégica Rússia — China, em seus específicos registros levemente diferentes, já votaram e decidiram o próprio caminho adiante. | Aqui (ing.) e aqui (port.) o modo como …
globalresearch.ca/o-voto-china-russia/57…

U.S. is doing its best to lock out China from Latin America and the Caribbean
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-11-05
Regional governments from both right and left see the BRI as lucrative and free of political interference.
mronline.org/2020/11/04/u-s-is-doing-its…

U.S. is Doing Its Best to Lock Out China From Latin America and the Caribbean
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
On August 20, 2018, El Salvador’s leftist president Salvador Sánchez Cerén announced on national television that El Salvador would break its ties with Taiwan and recognize the People’s Republic of China. This was in accord with international law, said Sánchez Cerén, and it would bring “great benefits for our country.”
counterpunch.org/2020/11/05/u-s-is-doing…

American exceptionalism won’t save the U.S. Empire from itself, or stop China’s rise
Danny Haiphong | mronline.org | 2020-11-05
China’s rise reflects a bourgeoning global movement away from U.S. imperialism and toward self-determination.
mronline.org/2020/11/05/american-excepti…

How a Wise Decoupling May Be a Good Thing for Both China and the West
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-05
Imagine a bird was led to believe that it was a fish. For a while it might get used to living under water, but it wouldn’t take long before it could sense that something was wrong. If the bird didn’t realize that its nature is to fly and breath the air in time, then its fate would be bleak indeed. | Since the world was taken off the gold reserve system way back in 1971, a new age of “post-industrialism” was unleashed onto a globalized world. Humanity was given a new type of system which presumed that both our nature and the cause of value itself were located in the act of consuming. The old idea that our nature w…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/11/05/ho…

The Uyghur Issue: How Can the U.S. Dare Lecturing China About the Rights of the Muslims?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
This article by the late Andre Vltchek was first published in 2019. | In 2019, I have written a long analysis about “the Uyghur issue”; analysis which will be soon published as a book. | For some time, I have been warning …
globalresearch.ca/how-can-u-s-dare-lectu…

Tensions Grow in Bolivia as Arce’s Inauguration Day Approaches
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Arce’s victory was not enough to overcome the effects of the coup in Bolivia. Currently, the country is strongly threatened by the confluence of the anti-democratic interests of various political groups, paramilitaries and religious fundamentalists who seek to prevent the …
globalresearch.ca/tensions-grow-bolivia-…

Google admits to censoring the World Socialist Web Site
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
In an extraordinary public admission, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated during congressional testimony on October 28 that the online search giant has been censoring content from the World Socialist Web Site.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Letter on Proposed Rulemaking: Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants, Department of Homeland Security Docket No. USCIS– 2019–0023
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-11-05
November 1, 2020 Comments of Shawn Fremstad, Senior Fellow, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC. Submitted on Regulations.gov on November 1, 2020 My comments focus solely on the failure of the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Management and Budget to complete a Family Policymaking Assessment of the proposed rule, as …
cepr.net/letter-on-proposed-rulemaking-a…

UN Asks to Protect Palestinian Harvesters From Israeli Settlers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-05
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other international NGOs on Thursday call on the Israeli authorities to protect Palestinian olive pickers from violence by Israeli settlers living in the West Bank. | RELATED: | Palestinian Prisoner Hits 100 Days of Hunger Strike in Israel | As of October 7, the OCHA has recorded 33 incidents where Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians or damaged their trees or produce. At least 25 Palestinians were i…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Asks-to-Prote…

Dozens displaced in largest demolition in years in the West Bank, reports UN relief office
news.un.org | 2020-11-05
Seventy-three people, including 41 children have been displaced after Israeli authorities demolished their homes and other structures, and destroyed belongings in the Palestinian community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the West Bank, the UN humanitarian wing has reported.
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Indigenous water defender demands court hearing in Wilcannia
Kathy Fairfax | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-05
Leah Ebsworth, a Barkindji woman from the far-west NSW town of Wilcannia, faced the District Court there on October 21 charged with not moving off a bridge when ordered and assaulting a public officer with water after a Local Court dropped charges of being drunk and disorderly and not obeying a move on order.
greenleft.org.au/content/indigenous-wate…

The Guarani Language Has Its First Dictionary in Paraguay
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-05
The Guarani Language Academy approved the first dictionary of this pre-Columbian language whose use is oficial and widely disseminated in Paraguay. | RELATED: | Paraguay: Students Demand Universal Access To Higher Education | As the Secretariat for Language Policies (SPL) explained, this linguistic tool is a monolingual text with 2000 entries, each of which describes the Indigenous language from its own semantics. | Each entry has also grammatical marks and definitions that reco…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Guarani-Lang…

Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras passes 100 days on hunger strike
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras passes 100 days on hunger strike | Taghreed, Akhras’s wife, says her husband has been in and out of a coma as his health deteriorates | MEE staff | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 12: 01 | Palestinians carry placards demanding the release of administrative detainee in Israeli custody Maher al-Akhras during a demonstration Hebron, 3 November (AFP) | Palestinian prisoner Maher al-Akhras is on the “ver…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palest…

Protect Palestine olive harvest from settler violence, Israel urged
news.un.org | 2020-11-05
UN agencies, together with other international NGOs, are calling on Israel to better protect Palestinian farmers from violence by Israeli settlers, as they bring in their traditional olive harvest – crucial to livelihoods – and ensure families can access their land “freely and safely”.
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Suspension of Jeremy Corbyn Will Define UK Labour Leader Keith Starmer as Iraq Defined Tony Blair
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
One of the lesser known aspects of Keir Starmer’s assault on the left of his party since becoming Labour leader is his growing silence on Palestine. | Silencing the Palestinian lobby in Britain has always been a goal of Israel’s …
globalresearch.ca/suspension-corbyn-defi…

From Balfour to the Nakba: The Settler-Colonial Experience of Palestine
Ilan Pappe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The late prominent scholar of settler-colonialism, Patrick Wolfe, reminded us repeatedly that it is not an event, it is a structure. While settler-colonialism in many cases has a historical starting point, its original motivation guides its maintenance in the …
globalresearch.ca/balfour-nakba-settler-…

Even in death, Algerian war veteran and Hirak activist defies authorities
Yasmina Allouche | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
Even in death, Algerian war veteran and Hirak activist defies authorities | Lakhdar Bouregaa’s record as a freedom fighter was smeared by the state, after he was imprisoned for six months following anti-corruption protests in 2019 | Yasmina Allouche | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 12: 21 | Bouregaa was a senior military official in the National Liberation Army and founded the Socialist Forces Front (Ryad Kramdi/AFP) | C…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/prominent-alg…

Macron’s Incitement: “Crisis in Islam” or French Politics?
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-05
There is no moral or ethical justification for the killing of innocent people, anywhere. Therefore, the murder of three people in the French city of Nice on October 29 must be wholly and unconditionally rejected as a hate crime, especially as it was carried out in a holy place, the Notre Dame Basilica. However, we …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/macrons-incit…

Police Will Pilot A Program To Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live stream the Amazon Ring cameras of participating residents. | Since Ring first made a splash in the private security camera market, we’ve been warning of its potential to undermine the civil liberties of its users and their communities. We’ve been especially concerned with Ring’s 1,000+ partnerships with local police departments, which facilitate bulk footage requests directly from users without oversight or having to acquire a warrant.
popularresistance.org/police-will-pilot-…

BR-319: The Beginning of the End for Brazil’s Amazon Forest
Philip M. Fearnside | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The text of this commentary is updated from an earlier Portuguese-language version of the author’s column at Amazà¥nia Real. | *** | The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil’s military dictatorship, but was abandoned in …
globalresearch.ca/br-319-beginning-end-b…

Belarusian Protests Are Spilling over into Poland but Warsaw Is Beginning to Blame Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Polish leaders at all levels continue to speak with enthusiasm about the need to fully support “peaceful protests” in Belarus and to help them morally and financially. However, with widespread protests across Poland now, the same national leaders are angrily …
globalresearch.ca/belarusian-protests-sp…

Video: Presence of Turkish-backed Syrian Militants in Nagorno-Karabakh Gives Armenia Additional Chances in War
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces and their allies continue to storm Armenian positions in the mountainous terrain near Shusha and the Lachin corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh. After making rapid advances, the Azerbaijani forces now appear to be stuck in a kind of …
globalresearch.ca/video-presence-turkish…

Center-Left convergence in Venezuela: A blow to U.S. interventionism
Steve Ellner | mronline.org | 2020-11-05
Steve Ellner argues that average Venezuelans understand that U.S. sanctions hurt them–and should be resisted.
mronline.org/2020/11/05/center-left-conv…

Mass detention of health workers in India; union to continue fight
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-05
As many as 2,000 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) were forcefully detained in the State of Andhra Pradesh on November 2. They were staging protests to demand the implementation of the National Health Mission guidelines…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/05/mass-dete…

Controlling Information to Protect Us?
Prof. Ruel F. Pepa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
“The control of information is something the elite always do, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.” –Tom Clancy | “Information is not knowledge.” –Albert Einstein…
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Moldova set to hold second round of presidential polls on November 15
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-05
Among the eight candidates contesting the presidential polls in Moldova, pro-EU candidate Maia Sandu (36.1% votes) and incumbent pro-Russian president Igor Dodo (32.66% votes) qualified for the second round, scheduled for November 15…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/05/moldova-s…

It Has Been Decided: Silver Is Going Much Higher
Hubert Moolman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The currency markets have just announced what is coming for silver. This was explained in my previous article. | The USD/ZAR ratio has now broken down. This sets silver up to finish the year with a very strong rally: | . | ….
globalresearch.ca/silver-going-much-high…

While World Awaits Presidential Result, Progressive ‘Squad’ Expands in the House
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
The four congresswomen are joined by Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones, both of New York, along with Missouri’s Cori Bush and Marie Newman in Illinois…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/while-world-awaits…

DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They are Controlled by Iran
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ seized the domains under the guise of enforcing US sanctions | …
globalresearch.ca/doj-seizes-27-domains-…

New York Times Feeds Us Pablum on Our Social Problems
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
The reason we don’t have this world where the lowest paid workers get $48,000 a year is because of decisions made by our presidents and Congresses. We really don’t need people like Levin trying to hide that fact…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/new-york-times-fee…

Who Is Behind The Milk Tea Alliance?
Leonid Savin | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-05
The Economist writes disapprovingly that the King of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, wants to restore an absolute monarchy. The article states that way back in 1932, revolutionaries proclaimed the end of Thailand’s absolute monarchy, and a monument was installed to mark the event. But in December 2018, it was removed. Last month, activists put up a plaque in the heart of Bangkok’s royal district as a sign of protest. “The people have expressed the intention that this country…
thealtworld.com/leonid_savin/who-is-behi…

“I Found Out that My Father Was Imprisoned in Guantánamo on Google”
Zafar Syed Zaffsyed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The article below was written by Zafar Syed Zaffsyed for the Pakistan Independent and published on November 2, 2020. The original is available here. The text below was translated by Reprieve staff. | Our thanks to Reprieve for bringing this …
globalresearch.ca/i-found-out-father-imp…

Online Censorship: DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They are Controlled by Iran
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ seized the domains under the guise of enforcing US sanctions | …
globalresearch.ca/doj-seizes-27-domains-…

Communist Party sends the call: Defend the votes
Communist Party USA | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-05
THE RESULTS — FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU The following is a guest editorial from the Communist Party USA. I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity. The people are awakening. In due time, they will and must come to their own. . . . Let the people everywhere take heart of …
peoplesworld.org/article/communist-party…

San Francisco Empty and Abandoned Buildings (3rd Quarter, 2020)
San Francisco Food Not Bombs | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
SF Food Not Bombs has updated the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection’s list of empty and abandoned buildings through September, 2020 on this webpage: sffnb.org/list-of-san-francisco-empty-an….
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Senior Prevent official accused of ‘doxxing’ over deleted tweet
Simon Hooper | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
Senior Prevent official accused of ‘doxxing’ over deleted tweet | Will Baldet, a regional Prevent coordinator, published photo of man he misidentified as anonymous critic of UK government’s contentious counter-terrorism strategy | Simon Hooper | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 12: 53 | William Baldet, pictured here on the BBC’s Newsnight in 2017, is a prominent advocate for Prevent (Screengrab) | A senior Prevent official has bee…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-preven…

The Humble Surprise of a Little Poetry Book
Candice Louisa Daquin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-05
I read a lot of manuscripts for publication as part of one of my roles as editor for an indie publishing company. It takes quite a lot to stand out these days, with everyone vying for attention. Therefore, I appreciated the solace of honesty in Melissa Chappell’s little book, Doors Carelessly Left Ajar. She is …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/the-humble-su…

“New Normal”on Social Distancing and the Facemask: Neglectful Caring and Compassionate Tyranny
John C. A. Manley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
“Caring for each other. Because we are all in this together.” What a blatant hijacking of virtue. I simply can’t see something like that and not speak out. If for no other reason, because I don’t want to become numb and accepting to such brainwashing.
globalresearch.ca/new-normal-oxymorons-n…

That’s Not Gangster, That’s Love: Eddie Conway and Jose Saldaña Talking
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
Why do prison abolitionists argue that people who spend years behind bars are exactly the ones we need out in the world to help mend our broken communities? The answer starts to emerge when you listen to Eddie Conway and Jose Saldaña. Eddie was Lieutenant of Security for Baltimore’s Black Panther Party when he was…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/05/thats-not-ga…

Union struggles in Milwaukee join forces at solidarity march
Robert Penner | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-05
On Oct. 27, more than 100 people gathered outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse to march in support of several ongoing unionization efforts and labor struggles in the city.
liberationnews.org/union-struggles-in-mi…

The race for 270-plus electoral votes is not over once the last vote is counted
Scott Ritter | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-05
The American silly season of presidential electoral politics has reached its final phase, where both sides posture as if they have won, all the while deploying legions of lawyers in a bid to shape a victory the voters could not. | In the end, the future of the United States and, in many ways, the rest of the world, will be decided not by the American voter, but a much more nefarious form of life — the American lawyer. The Trump campaign has already announced that it will be mounting legal challenges to the manner in which votes were counted in at least three states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvan…
thealtworld.com/scott_ritter/the-race-fo…

Police Violence: a Crisis of Masculinity?
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
The numbers tell the sad story. | As of September 2020, 721 people have been shot to death by the police and, of them, 96 percent (694) were male and 4 percent (27) were female. This was same percentage of police killings in 2019 when, out of a total of 1,004 people who were killed, 96 percent (961) were male and 4 percent (43) were female.
counterpunch.org/2020/11/05/police-viole…

Cost-effectiveness of cancer drugs: Comparative analysis of the United States and England
Avi Cherla, Matthew Renwick, Ashish Jha, Elias Mossialos | thelancet.com | 2020-11-05
England’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the US’ Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) both conduct cost-effectiveness evaluations for new cancer drugs to help payers make drug coverage decisions. However, NICE and ICER assessments have been noted to reach different conclusions. We aim to better understand the degree to which their recommendations diverge and what drives these apparent differences.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30369-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Official academics downplay the risks of school reopenings as pandemic rages across the US
wsws.org | 2020-11-05
The official bourgeois academics and health experts, as evidenced by the likes of Emily Oster, Ashish Jha and Scott Atlas, place the profit interests of the ruling class above the safety and lives of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/05/scho…

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Some politicians still ignore ‘core European values’ 25 years after peace deal
news.un.org | 2020-11-05
Despite significant progress made in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the signing of a peace deal 25 years ago this month, some politicians continue to ignore “core European values” and even glorify war criminals, the international community’s High Representative for the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/11/1…

Thursday 11/5: Emergency Webinar: Critical Future of Wolf Protection w/ Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online emergency webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/05/1883813…

A machine learning approach for retinal images analysis as an objective screening method for children with autism spectrum disorder
Maria Lai, Jack Lee, Sally Chiu, Jessie Charm, Wing Yee So, Fung Ping Yuen, Chloe Kwok, Jasmine Tsoi, Yuqi Lin, Benny Zee | thelancet.com | 2020-11-05
Because ARIA is a fully automatic cloud-based algorithm and relies only on retinal images, it can be used as a risk assessment tool for ASD screening. Further diagnosis and confirmation can then be made by professionals, and potential treatment may be provided at a relatively early stage.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30332-1/fulltext?rss=yes

US Congress Tries to Restrict F-35 Sales to UAE for All the Wrong Reasons
Andrew Corbley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Congressmen Eliot Engel (D-NY) and a number of his colleagues from both sides of the isle have introduced legislation into the House that would prohibit the sale of F-35 fighter jets to the UAE unless a long list of conditions …
globalresearch.ca/congress-tries-restric…

When Raving Was Radical
Rachel Hahn | thenation.com | 2020-11-05
When Raving Was Radical…
thenation.com/article/culture/rave-raina…

Turning the Corner
Clay Bennett | thenation.com | 2020-11-05
Turning the Corner…
thenation.com/article/activism/turning-t…

Friday 11/13: Green Friday: Extinction Rebellion “The Coming Extinction and What to do about it”
Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Assessment of diagnostics capacity in hospitals providing surgical care in two Latin American states
Lina Roa, Ellie Moeller, Zachary Fowler, Rodrigo Vaz Ferreira, Sebastian Mohar, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Aline Gil Alves Guilloux, Alejandro Mohar, Robert Riviello, John G Meara, Jose Emerson dos Santos Souza, Valeria Macias | thelancet.com | 2020-11-05
Facilities providing SAO care in low-resource states in Mexico and Brazil often lack functioning diagnostics services and workforce. Scale-up of diagnostic services is essential to improve SAO care and should occur with emphasis on equitable and adequate resource allocation.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30364-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Uber and Lyft Bought Their Own Labor Law With a Historic Money Dump
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-05
Stock Catalog / CC BY 2.0] By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Shares of Uber and Lyft soared Wednesday after California voters approved Proposition 22, which exempts app-based ride-hailing and delivery driving companies from classifying their workers as employees, allowing the firms to avoid providing basic–but costly–workplace rights and protections. Uber stock was up more than 13% | Source…
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Colombia: Commitment Reached To Meet 2016 Peace Accords
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-05
Representatives from the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) announced on Wednesday that six commitments were reached with Colombian authorities in order to observe the fulfillment of the 2016 Peace Accord. | RELATED: | Colombia: FARC-EP Ex-Combatants March To Bogota | The announcement comes after several violations of the peace agreement voiced by former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP) who have staged a march in Defense…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Commitm…

DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They Are Controlled By Iran
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The DOJ seized the domains under the guise of enforcing US sanctions against Iran and the IRGC. | Wednesday’s announcement followed the seizure of 92 domains in October that the DOJ also claimed were operated by Iran. The DOJ purports that the domains were being used to spread “Iranian propaganda” and “disinformation.”
popularresistance.org/doj-seizes-27-doma…

Smoking Gun: Crisis? What Crisis?
progressive.org | 2020-11-05
A timeline of the pandemic warning signs ignored by the Trump Administration.
progressive.org/magazine/smoking-gun-cri…

Saturday 11/7: Why Prop 15 ran so unconvincingly
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Join Zoom Meeting | zoom.us/j/93485129851?pwd=cTFRbUlQWkMzWm……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883809…

A Call to Reclaim Our Awareness for the Wild
Leia Barnett | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
What have you done with your attention lately? Where have you given it? Where have you paid it? How much of it has been sacrificed to a screen? How much to that ever-present lesser-noticed world of sustaining wild “out there”? Did you ever think your awareness would be so fervently commoditized? Do you feel in control of it? Or…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/05/a-call-to-re…

Thursday 11/5: Change Powered by People: Mobilizing for What’s Next w/ Sierra Club
Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883809…

UN raises alarm over Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul’s health following hunger strike
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-05
UN raises alarm over Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul’s health following hunger strike | The Saudi activist launched a hunger strike last month to protest against restrictions on contacting her family | Nadda Osman | Thu, 11/05/2020 – 12: 56 | UN experts have raised concerns about Loujain’s health after launching her second hunger strike(AFP) | UN experts have raised concerns over the deteriorating health of jailed…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-…

The complexity of Italy’s anti-lockdown protests
Salvatore Prinzi | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
Italian authorities have blamed “fringe elements” for the violence during the anti-lockdown protests, but the reality on the ground tells a different story…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-complexity-of-…

Wednesday 11/4: S.F. Protect Vote Rally
Save Social Security, the Planet, Humanity | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Market & Steuart, San Francisco, near Embarcadero BART station.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Hurricane Eta: Nicaragua Prioritizes Saving And Improving Lives
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-05
How is it that there were only two lives lost during a level 4 Hurricane that affected Nicaragua beginning Nov. 2 on the Caribbean Coast? Nicaragua is constantly preparing and training people to save lives in disasters: thousands of people have participated in simulations for hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and more, and this happens a number of times during the year in every municipality. | Nicaragua is among the first countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the best disaster risk management, according to a study conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in August 2020.
popularresistance.org/hurricane-eta-nica…

Sunday 11/15: American Dreams
Marin Theatre Company | indybay.org | 2020-11-05
Streaming via ZOOM: Ticket holders will be directed to the AmericanDreamsPlay.com website to access their show on the night of their ticket. There they will be asked to input their ticket confirmation number. This sends them into the opening questionnaire which is how the show starts! Once audiences fill out the questionnaire, they’ll be sent into the performance “room”.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/05/1883813…

As We Wait to Figure Out Who We Elected, New York Times Feeds Us Pablum on Our Social Problems
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
In its efforts to provide us exactly what we don’t need now, the New York Times gave us an utterly pointless piece by Yuval Levin telling us that we shouldn’t worry about national politics and instead focus on helping our neighbors and communities. This paragraph tells it all:…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/05/as-we-wait-t…

Shell Oil asked what YOU are willing to do to reduce climate change, enraging advocates and activists
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-05
“I’m willing to hold you accountable for lying about climate change for 30 years when you secretly knew the entire time that fossil fuels emissions would destroy our planet.”
nationofchange.org/2020/11/05/shell-oil-…

Violence and bullying affect one in three students, education experts warn
news.un.org | 2020-11-05
Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three students subject to attacks at least once a month and one in 10, a victim of cyberbullying, the UN said on Thursday.
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Australian Journalist Identified as Ukrainian Spy in Malaysian Airlines MH17 Prosecution Leak
John Helmer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
A freelance Australian-Ukrainian reporter named Demjin Doroschenko (lead image), employed by the Australian, British and US press to report from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014, has been exposed this week as an agent of …
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Egyptian court orders release of over 600 political prisoners and detainees
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-05
A criminal court in Cairo ordered the release of detainees being held in remand under 19 different cases. As per claims by family members and lawyers, over 300 detainees were released on Tuesday, with more expected to be released in the coming days…
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Artigos em português
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
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The Military-Industrial Complex, Israeli-Style. New Docuseries Touts Virtues of “Iron Dome”
Kathryn Shihadah | mintpressnews.com | 2020-11-05
A new documentary series produced in Israel tells the story of the Iron Dome missile system, but as Kathryn Shihadah reports, it leaves out crucial details about how the weapon is used and who funded it.
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A Call to Reclaim Our Awareness for the Wild
Leia Barnett | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-05
What have you done with your attention lately? Where have you given it? Where have you paid it? How much of it has been sacrificed to a screen? How much to that ever-present lesser-noticed world of sustaining wild “out there”? Did you ever think your awareness would be so fervently commoditized? Do you feel in control of it? Or…
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California’s gig workers and Florida’s minimum wage: some ballot measures that require your attention
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-05
While gig economy workers faced defeat in their struggle against California’s Proposition 22, Florida workers secured a major victory in their six-year-long fight to raise the minimum wage to USD 15 per hour…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/05/californi…

UN rights experts call for release of Saudi activist championing women’s right to drive
news.un.org | 2020-11-05
The deteriorating health‚ÄØof Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul is‚ÄØ”deeply alarming”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Wednesday, calling for her release along with “all other women human rights defenders in detention”.
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Being Jewish in North Islington Labour Party
Lynne Segal | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
Calling for Jeremy Corbyn’s reinstatement, Lynne Segal looks back on her experience of 40 years as a party member in his constituency…
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‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution
Jack Delaney | thenation.com | 2020-11-05
‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution…
thenation.com/article/world/rebel-diaz-i…

A Million and One Ideas that Would Transform the Globe
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-05
Writing is not a searching about in the daily experience for apt similes and pretty thoughts and images… It is not a conscious recording of the day’s experiences ‘freshly and with the appearance of reality’… The writer of imagination would find himself released from observing things for the purpose of writing them down later. He …
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Chilean protesters demand release of those arrested during October 2019 uprising
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-05
Chilean protesters have been demanding the release of political prisoners who were detained during the October 2019 uprising. The protests last year triggered a movement that led to last month’s historic constitutional referendum…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/05/chilean-p…

Oregon’s Decriminalization Vote Might Be Biggest Step Yet to Ending War on Drugs
Natasha Lennard | zcomm.org | 2020-11-05
Oregon voters’ drug decriminalization applies an anti-carceral logic to more than just weed…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/oregons-decriminal…

Development and validation of multivariable mortality risk-prediction models in older people undergoing an interRAI home-care assessment (RiskOP)
John W Pickering, Rebecca Abey-Nesbit, Heather Allore, Hamish Jamieson | thelancet.com | 2020-11-05
These community-based risk prediction models accurately predict mortality in older people with complex co-morbidities. They may contribute to both forecasting for policy making and clinical decision making regarding an individual’s needs.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30358-8/fulltext?rss=yes

Censorship: US Department of Justice (DOJ) Closes Down Canada’s Independent Media Site AHT. Professor Anthony Hall
Anthony Hall | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-05
Global Research Editor’s Note | . | We stand in firm support of The American Herald Tribune and Professor Anthony Hall, who has the courage to confront the US corporate media. | . | The tendency is towards online media censorship in derogation …
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Live 2020 Elections Update: Biden to Take Wisconsin
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-04
CNN projects Biden wins Michigan; Trump sues to halt Michigan vote count: | According to CNN, Joe Biden his projected to win the state of Micigan, winning its 16 electoral votes and narrowing Trump’s path to victory. With this most recent projection, Biden, who leads Michigan by just over 1%, or less than 70,000 votes, now accrues 264 electoral collge votes, whereas Trump has secured 214 of these votes. The candidates need at least 270 to win the presidency. | CNN projects Biden has won #Michigan, winning its 16 electoral v…
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How Will the U.S. Election Change the Mideast?
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-04
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment If Joe Biden wins the presidency and the Democrats sweep to power in both houses of Congress, it will have a huge impact on domestic policies, on everything from health care to workers’ rights to green energy. But the impact on foreign policy would be equally significant. The biggest foreign loser in such a sea change will be Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is a country… | Source…
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Election Too Close to Call: Biden Underperforms & Trump Stokes Chaos, Claiming False Victory
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-04
President Trump has prematurely declared victory and falsely accused Democrats of “major fraud,” even as millions of ballots continue to be counted across the United States amid an unprecedented wave of mail-in ballots widely believed to favor Democratic challenger Joe Biden. The two campaigns appear neck and neck in several battleground states key to winning the White House, but early results suggest Democrats performed worse than they had hoped, setting up a potential legal fight over uncounted ballots reminiscent of the 2000 election. We spend the hour discussing the results and what comes next, with Ben Jealo…
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Trump Claims Victory and Decries Fraud Without Any Basis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-04
In the early hours of Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared himself the winner of the elections held on Nov. 3, although millions of votes have not yet been counted. | RELATED: | US Elections: Most Expensive Elections in History | “We won, we won by a lot,” Trump said, adding that “we are preparing for a great celebration, we are preparing to celebrate the results that are being phenomenal.” | Continuing with the strategy he has used throughout his campaign, the Republican candid…
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Biden Underperforms and Trump Stokes Chaos by Claiming False Victory
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-04
President Trump has prematurely declared victory and falsely accused Democrats of “major fraud,” even as millions of ballots continue to be counted across the United States amid an unprecedented wave of mail-in ballots widely believed to favor Democratic challenger Joe Biden. The two campaigns appear neck and neck in several battleground states key to winning the White House, but early results suggest Democrats performed worse than they had hoped, setting up a potential legal fight over uncounted ballot…
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Rudy Giuliani Hints Trump Camp May Bring ‘National Lawsuit’ Amid Unsubstantiated Voter Fraud Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-04
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who became US President Donald Trump’s lawyer and adviser, told members of the press in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday the campaign would be filing several lawsuits, possibly even at the national level, to shut down the vote counting in the Keystone State.
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How immigrant communities are confronting COVID challenges
Macollvie J. Neel | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-04
“With Caribbean people in general, we have a way of adapting to situations [that] we’re put into to make the most out of them.”
nationofchange.org/2020/11/04/how-immigr…

Parents’ strike called Thursday in UK against threat from COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
The parents’ strike poses the need for a coordinated network of rank-and-file committees linking parents with teachers, students and broader sections of the working class to defeat the Johnson government’s “herd immunity” agenda.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/pare…

One Thing Very Certain After Election Day: ‘Coronavirus Spreading Like Wildfire’
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-04
The U.S. is “entering the most concerning and most deadly phase of this pandemic… leading to increasing mortality,” warned Dr. Deborah Birx earlier this week. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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In Kashmir, There are No Migrants to Reap the Rice Harvest
Muzamil Bhat | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-04
“This might be the last season for cultivating paddy in my fields if Covid-19 does not go away,” said Abdul Rehman, drinking water which Haleema, his wife, had poured for him in a steel tumbler after a tiring day in the family’s field in Nagbal village of Ganderbal district in Central Kashmir. He was working…
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‘Serious situation’: NHS England moves to highest alert level to stop Covid-19 cases ‘spiralling out of control’ in 2nd wave
rt.com | 2020-11-04
NHS England will move to its highest alert level from midnight tonight as its chief executive warned that strident measures are needed to prevent Covid cases “spiralling out of control” and swamping the health service. | There are currently more than 10,000 Covid-19 patients hospitalized across England, with almost 1,000 on ventilators, according to government data. | Hospitals could handle about 20,000 coronavirus patients before hitting full capacity, according to NHS England on Wednesday. The agency’s chief Sir Simon Stevens explained, however, that the country is currently dealing with “22 hospitals’ worth…
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How COVID-19 reveals inequalities in the U.S. economy
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-11-04
The Trump administration has admitted it has no plan to get COVID-19 under control. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told CNN Oct. 25 that “We are not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas.” . . . | Continue reading How COVID-19 reveals inequalities in the U.S. economy at Workers.org…
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Prison, COVID, and Disabilities
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-11-04
From a talk given at the Oct. 22 Workers World Webinar on “Voter Suppression & COVID & their Impact on Disabled People.” Betsey [Piette] and I are both members of the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party. Every week, we publish 1-2 pages of articles about the struggles . . . | Continue reading Prison, COVID, and Disabilities at Workers.org…
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Amazon Bans Book Exposing US COVID-19 Chaos
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-04
A decision by the Amazon company to block a book focused on a scientific and cooperative approach to COVID-19 amounts to corporate information control operating at a new intensity. This censorship occurs while almost every form of U.S. media permits and promotes racist, unscientific and thoroughly confusing information. | The censored book is “Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S.” This anthology of 55 articles by a broad range of social justice authors discuss the importance of free health care, social distancing, testing, protective equipment, education and social mobilizat…
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J-IDEA symposium: Tony Blair on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-11-04
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the coronavirus pandemic could accelerate social inequality and the wealth gap.
imperial.ac.uk/news/207673/j-idea-symposium-tony-blair-challenges-covid-19

Bipartisan assault on US public education intensifies amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
The further evisceration of state and local budgets for education will have a devastating impact on education workers and public school students alike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/scho…

South Korea Approves New Test to Simultaneously Detect COVID-19, Flu
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-04
Health officials in South Korea have approved a new test that can detect both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza at the same time.
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Coronavirus Mutations Unlikely To Resist Potential Vaccine
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-04
A study from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) confirms that SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations should not affect potential COVID-19 vaccines. | RELATED: | WHO: 184 Countries Join COVAX for a COVID-19 Vaccine | According to the Australian institution, after studying the ‘D614G’ mutation, which was considered “to adversely affect the efficacy of most vaccines,” it was demonstrated that the mutation was not stronger than “virus neutralization assays performed…
telesurenglish.net/news/Coronavirus-Muta…

COVID-19 Tracing Methods: United Nations Special Rapporteur Warns of Danger of “Intrusive Surveillance”
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-04
On October 29, 2020, Joseph Cannataci, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy delivered an address to the General Assembly warning that “Widespread use of contact tracing technology to fight the Covid-19 pandemic has led to almost incessant …
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Australian central bank joins “quantitative easing” as global crash deepens
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
The Reserve Bank of Australia warned of a “downside risk to the outlook” because of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, especially in Europe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/bank…

Protecting citizens from COVID while granting refugee access, can be done: UNHCR
news.un.org | 2020-11-04
It is possible for countries to both protect public health and “ensure access” for vulnerable people forced to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
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New Zealand to legalise euthanasia following referendum
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
The move to legalise euthanasia was championed by the far-right ACT Party amid growing demands among ruling elites for the elderly to be sacrificed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/newz…

Coronavirus infects 8,452, kills 419 in Iran in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-04
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) — The daily count of COVID-19 infections in Iran reached 8,452 on Wednesday, bringing the total cases to 646,164, according to the Health Ministry.
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IMD Path and Quick Test Now Launch Antioch COVID Testing Site
QuickTestNow | indybay.org | 2020-11-04
IMD Path and Quick Test Now launch a COVID testing site in Antioch, California.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/03/1883807…

A Walk in the Woods During a Season of Uncertainty
Maria Margaronis | thenation.com | 2020-11-04
A Walk in the Woods During a Season of Uncertainty…
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Robin Shattock says ‘we could be living with COVID-19 for years to come’
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-11-04
Imperial’s COVID-19 vaccine lead, Professor Robin Shattock, has told MPs we could be living with the virus for years to come.
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Tax the Rich. School the Children. Pay the Teachers
Robert P. Alvarez | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-04
Olivia Pace worked in early childhood education. She loved her job. She loved her kids. Then Covid-19 hit and she was laid off. “I’ve worked in childcare since I was 15 — since I was a child myself,” said Pace, who lives in Oregon’s Multnomah County, the metro area around Portland. Preschool workers like Pace…
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US elections 2020: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar win re-election
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-04
US elections 2020: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar win re-election | Tlaib says Covid-19 relief will be her top priority during second term in Congress and vows to continue pushing for Palestinian human rights | Ali Harb | Wed, 11/04/2020 – 04: 13 | The Republican opponents of Tlaib and Omar had raised staggering amounts of money despite the non-competitive nature of races (AFP/File photo) | Muslim-American Congresswomen Rashi…
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Honduras: Preventable Diseases Impact Heavily on GDP
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-04
The World Food Program (WFP) warned that malnutrition, overweight, and obesity cost Honduras about 10.2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), which has become a significant health problem amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Honduras Remembers Garifuna Men Disappeared 100 Days Ago | Program and Policy Officer of the World Food Program, David Natarén said that this disease’s overall cost is $2.341.4 million and malnutrition is the most expensive since it represents $2.005.1…
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College funds support Imperial community throughout the pandemic
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-11-04
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College has expanded and extended the hardship fund available to its staff and student community.
imperial.ac.uk/news/207354/college-funds-support-imperial-community-throughout

Factors affecting the mortality of patients with COVID-19 undergoing surgery and the safety of medical staff: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Kun Wang, Changshuai Wu, Jian Xu, Baohui Zhang, Xiaowang Zhang, Zhenglian Gao, Zhengyuan Xia | thelancet.com | 2020-11-04
COVID-19 patients, in particular those with severe respiratory complications, may have high postoperative mortality. Medical staff in close contact with infected patients is suggested to take high level personal protective equipment (PPE).
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30356-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Record Number Of Children Infected With COVID-19
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-04
More than 61,000 children in the U.S. were diagnosed with Covid-19 last week — more than in any other week during the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association reported Monday. | In all, 853,635 children have been diagnosed with the virus this year, representing 11.1 percent of all U.S. cases. The percentage of pediatric cases has risen steadily since mid-April, when children accounted for just 2 percent of Covid-19 cases in the country. | “This is a stark reminder of the impact this pandemic is having on everyone…
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Highest one-week increase in US child cases since onset of COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
More than 61,000 children in the US were diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, more than in any other week during the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/covi…

Teachers at Toronto school walk off the job after COVID-19 outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
Acting at the behest of Ontario’s Conservative government, school authorities have rejected out of hand teachers’ demand for the school’s closure or additional safety measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/onte…

Sawing the Sacred: Felling the Djab Wurrung Directions Tree
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-04
“Djab Wurrung women are in an abusive relationship with Victoria’s government.” — Sissy Eileen Austin, The Guardian, Sep 14, 2019 It was a penultimate day in the Australian state of Victoria. The state government had announced that some of harshest coronavirus lockdown restrictions in the developed world would be easing. Melbourne’s restaurants, bars and cafes…
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Regulations in the meat industry weaken as coronavirus pandemic strengthens
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
A suit by Pennsylvania meatpacking workers accuse OSHA of weeks of inaction after a worker filed a safety complaint in April, further demonstrating the collusion of the agency with employers to cover up the spread of infections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/05/meat…

The Vision of Artists Creates Beauty and Industry Damaged by Coronavirus
Martha Stilson | indybay.org | 2020-11-04
Performing arts are part of our lives, and a substantial part of the economy before coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883809…

French police assault students demanding school shutdowns to stop coronavirus spread
wsws.org | 2020-11-04
Yesterday, French riot police tear gassed and broke up protests by high school students calling for the closure of their schools to halt the spread of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/fran…

Election 2020: Don’t Dream It’s Over
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-04
On today’s episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events, including Republicans holding on to the Senate, Joe Biden leading in the polls, Philadelphia voter intimidation, and President Trump announcing legal action in Wisconsin vote counting.
sputniknews.com/radio-the-backstory/2020…

US elections 2020: Trump falsely claims ‘we won’ despite key results still to come
Umar A Farooq | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-04
US elections 2020: Trump falsely claims ‘we won’ despite key results still to come | Outcome in the balance, with decisive results from Pennsylvania and other states not expected for days | Umar A Farooq | Wed, 11/04/2020 – 07: 15 | Major swing states – including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona – were too close to call early on Wednesday (Reuters) | US President Donald Trump appeared to claim victory…
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US elections 2020: Joe Biden ‘on track to win’, campaign manager says
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-04
US elections 2020: Joe Biden ‘on track to win’, campaign manager says | Biden campaign says Democratic candidate will be ‘the next president of the United States’ | Ali Harb | Wed, 11/04/2020 – 15: 50 | Biden should win key swing states Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, his campaign said (AFP/File photo) | Joe Biden’s campaign all but declared victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday, saying the former vice-…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-elections-…

Count Every Ballot, Ignore Trump’s Attempts to Undermine Election
commondreams.org | 2020-11-04
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Saturday 11/7: Stop Trump’s Attempt to Steal the Elections & Violently Impose a Fascist America on World
Rita Akayama | indybay.org | 2020-11-04
Embarcadero Plaza…
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Count all the votes! The struggle has just begun
Editor | workers.org | 2020-11-04
Wednesday, Nov. 4 As of this writing it’s unclear who won the U.S. presidential election. Ballots are still being counted in several “battleground” states. Trump prematurely and illegitimately declared victory early this morning, and will likely challenge a Biden victory by attempting to suppress votes not yet counted. He has . . . | Continue reading Count all the votes! The struggle has just begun at Workers.org…
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Trump questions accuracy of US election results
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-04
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) — Donald Trump questioned the accuracy of the US election results and the counting process on Wednesday.
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These states could decide US presidential election
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-04
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) — The US presidential election will be decided by about a dozen states that could swing to either President Donald Trump, a Republican, or his Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165521/These-states…

US elections 2020: Joe Biden ‘on track to win,’ campaign manager says
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-04
US elections 2020: Joe Biden ‘on track to win,’ campaign manager says | Biden campaign manager says Democratic candidate has ‘clear path to victory’ after nail biting race | Ali Harb | Wed, 11/04/2020 – 15: 50 | Joe Biden’s campaign all but declared victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday, saying the former vice president has a “clear path” to an electoral college majority that will become more apparent during…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-elections-…

Steal this election – Trump falsely claims he won the election
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-11-04
November 3, 2020 Election That The Impeached President Donald J. Trump Falsely Claimed That He Won!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/04/1883808…

Standing United Against Trump’s Threat to Democracy, Protesters From Coast to Coast Urge Officials to ‘Count Every Vote’
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-04
“Right now, election officials are continuing to count millions of votes across the country, Biden is ahead in the Electoral College and the popular vote, and the outcome of this election will be decided by the voters, not Donald Trump.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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