Is there time for system change?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-25
The IPCC Report's warning in October 2018 that the world has twelve years to avoid climate disaster was undoubtedly a major factor in galvanising a global wave of climate change activism, especially in the form of Greta Thunberg and mass school strikes and the Extinction Rebellion movement.
mronline.org/2020/08/25/117515/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=117515

Reports Say the Explosion at Iranian Nuclear Plant Had a Criminal Cause
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
A new focus of tensions and uncertainties appears to be emerging in Iran. Recent reports from the Iranian authorities have concluded that the explosion at the Natanz nuclear plant had a criminal cause, most likely caused by a sabotage operation. …
globalresearch.ca/reports-say-explosion-iranian-nuclear-plant-had-criminal-cause/5722083

Alliance Between Venezuela and Iran Evolves into the Military Sphere
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
The alliance between Venezuela and Iran seems to be taking new directions. The ties between the two countries began to strengthen in an economic sphere when, in the first half of 2020, Tehran started sending oil ships to Venezuela, circumventing …
globalresearch.ca/alliance-between-venezuela-iran-evolves-military-sphere/5722053

Can The US Stop Russia From 'Pulling A Crimea' In Belarus?
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-25
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun is rushing to Moscow from 25-26 August in a desperate attempt to stop Russia from "pulling a Crimea" in Belarus after the ongoing Color Revolution there has thus far failed to depose Lukashenko amid his dangerous saber-rattling with NATO, though it remains to be seen if the US and Russia can succeed in reviving their "New Detente" by reaching a pragmatic "compromise" on a "political solution" to this crisis or whether the situation has already gone so far that its current trajectory of either pro-Western regime change or (re)unification with Russia is irreversible. | Ha…

Can The US Stop Russia From 'Pulling A Crimea' In Belarus?

Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration
Luis Solano, Ellen Moore & Jen Moore | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
Across the Global South, and especially in Latin America, international mining companies have used a combination of disturbing tactics to forcibly open mining operations in places where communities have resisted them.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mining-injustice-through-international-arbitration/

How the U.S. Can Support Developing Countries Fighting COVID… for Almost Nothing
Charles Kwuelum | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
As the world seeks to mitigate economic fallout from the COVID-19 global pandemic and its unprecedented disruptions, the United States has, to date, prioritized its domestic challenges, largely abandoning its traditional role as a provider of humanitarian assistance during times of international crisis. On July 31, the House of Representatives took an important step toward…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/how-the-u-s-can-support-developing-countries-fighting-covid-for-almost-nothing/

UNICEF works to ease suffering of children whose lives have been 'turned upside-down' after Beirut blast
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
Following a deadly explosion earlier this month, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has delivered some 67 tons of critical humanitarian supplies to affected children and families in Beirut.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070982

Minnesota's Line 3 pipeline protests get results
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-25
St. Paul, MN – The Climate Justice Committee organized an action to protest Joe Biden's climate proposal on August 18, as Committee members and climate activists gathered outside the Governor's Mansion here, demanding Governor Walz re-file the state's appeal of the decision to allow the Line 3 oil pipeline to be rebuilt and expanded. The new pipeline would be an environmental disaster and violates federal agreements with indigenous governments. | Both the Climate Justice Committee and members of the Giniw Collective, an indigenous-led group that protested outside the mansion earlier in the day, held the street an…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/25/minnesota-s-line-3-pipeline-protests-get-results

Opening No. Carolina universities threatens COVID-19 explosion
calvin deutschbein | workers.org | 2020-08-25
Chapel Hill, N.C. Aug. 22 — The UNC System of state colleges and universities is the largest employer in the only state in the South where Walmart isn't. It operates six designated minority-serving institutions (MSIs) — five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and UNC Pembroke, which serves the Indigenous . . . | Continue reading Opening No. Carolina universities threatens COVID-19 explosion at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50798/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opening-no-carolina-universities-threatens-covid-19-explosion

Trumpism, Where Does It Go From Here?
Richard Falk | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
During the height of the Cold War when it was viewed as disloyal and compromising to show a sympathetic interest in Marxism or sympathies with Soviet ideology, someone at the U.S. military base at Frankfurt distributed to the soldiers stationed there, a handwritten version of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/trumpism-where-does-it-go-from-here/

Echo Chamber Politics
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
It was hard to stomach. The usual suspects, the usual scripts tatty from overuse. The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a prolonged display of avoidance, evasion and theatrical amnesia. There were moments of formality masquerading as promise: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominating Senator Bernie Sanders for presidential candidate. But it was not to be. The decision…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/echo-chamber-politics/

Hoping to Seize on UAE-Israel Deal, Pompeo and Kushner Head East in Search of New Allies for Israel
Raul Diego | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump adviser Jared Kushner are hitting the road in an attempt to strong-arm more Arab states into normalizing relations with Israel, turning their backs on Palestine and isolating Iran. | *** | U.S. Secretary of …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-kushner-head-east-search-new-allies-israel/5722099

Syria's Face Calamity as Trump's New Sanctions Combine With Surging Coronavirus
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
"If I don't buy masks or medicine, I may die or survive, but if I don't buy bread for the family, we will all die of starvation," says a retired 68-year-old teacher in Damascus, explaining why he does not have masks, sterilisers or medicines. "We need two bundles of loaves every day which costs us at least 600 Syrian pounds (24 US cents), but if we buy masks, they will cost us about 1000 SP (40 cents). The choice is between bread and masks."
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/syrias-face-calamity-as-trumps-new-sanctions-combine-with-surging-coronavirus/

Syria Faces Calamity as Trump's New Sanctions Combine With Surging Coronavirus
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
"If I don't buy masks or medicine, I may die or survive, but if I don't buy bread for the family, we will all die of starvation," says a retired 68-year-old teacher in Damascus, explaining why he does not have masks, sterilisers or medicines. "We need two bundles of loaves every day which costs us at least 600 Syrian pounds (24 US cents), but if we buy masks, they will cost us about 1000 SP (40 cents). The choice is between bread and masks."
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/syrias-face-calamity-as-trumps-new-sanctions-combine-with-surging-coronavirus/

Newly Strengthened Albanian Political Power in North Macedonia Will Not Lead to a Greater Albania
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
North Macedonia conducted elections on July 15 that were originally scheduled for April 12 but were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 18, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) reached …
globalresearch.ca/newly-strengthened-albanian-political-power-north-macedonia-will-not-lead-greater-albania/5722119

Rashomon American Style. Truth Is Somewhere in Between
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Many journalists and op-ed pundits have been observing how the United States has become two nations that are seemingly divided along a red-blue line, each side believing in "facts" that are irreconcilable with those "facts" believed to be true by …
globalresearch.ca/rashomon-american-style-truth-somewhere-between/5722104

Rashomon American Style
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-25
Many journalists and op-ed pundits have been observing how the United States has become two nations that are seemingly divided along a red-blue line, each side believing in "facts" that are irreconcilable with those "facts" believed to be true by the other side. Some are even suggesting that the United States is on the verge of what would be a new civil war. To be sure, each morning it is possible to open Facebook, which is, of course, a managed site that features innuendo, opinion plus outright lies, and immediately see wide divergences in analysis of events that took place the night before. This is particularly…

Rashomon American Style

'People of the Cave': Palestinians Take Their Fight for Justice to the Mountains
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
Palestinians are not going anywhere. This is the gist of seven decades of Palestinian struggle against Zionist colonialism. The proof? The story of Ahmed Amarneh. Amarneh, a 30-year-old civil engineer from the northern West Bank village of Farasin, lives with his family in a cave. For many years, the Amarneh family has attempted to build…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/people-of-the-cave-palestinians-take-their-fight-for-justice-to-the-mountains/

To Capture and Subdue: America's Theft of Syrian Oil Has Very Little To Do With Money
Steven Chovanec | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-25
Years of US support to Al-Qaeda and ISIS and efforts to effect regime change in the country have culminated in the theft of Syria's oil, but is that really America's coup de gras in Syria?
mintpressnews.com/capture-subdue-us-theft-syria-oil-has-little-to-do-with-money/270742/

RNC Opens with Baseless Trump Claims of Rigged Election & Warnings About Socialism and Unions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-25
The Republican National Convention opened in Charlotte, North Carolina, with dire warnings that a Joe Biden presidency could destroy the country. We feature excerpts from President Trump's surprise speech after he was formally nominated for a second term, claiming without evidence that Democrats are planning to steal the election, and other speakers throughout the evening who repeatedly praised Trump's handling of the pandemic even as the U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 177,000.
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/25/rnc_2020_day_1

"A Human Tragedy": Wildfires Reveal California's Reliance on Incarcerated Firefighters
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-25
As climate-fueled wildfires engulf California, tens of thousands of firefighters have been deployed across the state to combat the blazes amid a record heat wave and deadly pandemic. We look at how more than 1,300 incarcerated firefighters — who are annually deployed to the frontlines in California for just $1 an hour — are fighting back the blazes as coronavirus outbreaks in state prisons limit how many are available to fight the fires, and lay bare the state's reliance on prison labor to control its ever-growing wildfire season with an exploitative system many have called slave labor. "What they're…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/25/california_wildfires_incarcerated_firefighters

Trump Is No Aberration: Veteran GOP Strategist Stuart Stevens Says Racism Is Party's "Original Sin"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-25
As party loyalists gather for the Republican National Convention, a group of veteran Republican operatives who want to defeat President Trump have launched a $4 million advertising blitz targeting voters in swing states. The anti-Trump ads are funded by The Lincoln Project, a super PAC that can raise and spend an unlimited amount of money. We speak with longtime Republican political consultant Stuart Stevens, a senior adviser to The Lincoln Project who worked as a strategist on five Republican presidential campaigns, about Trump's takeover of the party and efforts by so-called "Never Trump" Republicans to prevent…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/25/it_was_all_a_lie_stevens

Three Massacres In Colombia In 24 Hours
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Seventeen people have been killed since Friday in the latest string of massacres under the government of Ivan Duque. | The government of Colombia's Nariño department has confirmed a new massacre in the area of La Guayacana, a rural area of the municipality of Tumaco. www.transcend.org/tms/2020/08/china-and-the-decline-of-us-power/…
popularresistance.org/three-massacres-in-colombia-in-24-hours/

'Is this a parody account?' UN ambassador draws ire after claiming US 'will not abandon' people of Iran
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Ambassador Kelly Craft's effort to beautify a US push to trigger the return of UN sanctions on Iran and frame the move in humanitarian terms was met with mockery as observers contrasted her statement with Washington's actions. | "The United States will not abandon the people of Iran or the region," Craft said Tuesday on Twitter, in support of a US request to "snap back" sanctions on Iran. "We will never allow Iran, the world's No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism, to freely buy and sell weapons of war," she said, and accused other UN Security Council members who do not support US efforts of standing "in the compan…
rt.com/usa/499034-us-iran-snapback-reaction/

Nikki Haley fuels speculation of 2024 run with GOP convention speech
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Former US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has sparked rumors that she is eyeing the White House, after using her address to support US President Donald Trump while also laying out her own vision for the country. | Haley accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his party of "blaming America first," and pushed back on the notion that "America is racist." | "That is a lie. America is not a racist country," Haley said. "This is personal for me." | As the daughter of Indian immigrants, Haley argued that she was able to excel despite growing up as a "brown girl in a black and white world." She noted that So…
rt.com/usa/498938-nikki-haley-gop-convention-speech-2024/

Oliver Stone on Challenging Hollywood Convention & Film as a 'Disappearing' Art Form
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-25
Anya PARAMPIL | Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with award-winning screenwriter and director Oliver Stone about his memoir, "Chasing the Light".: | Anya Parampil and Oliver Stone discuss the legendary screenwriter and director's experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War; his films, including "Platoon" and "Scarface"; his work on Latin America; and his views on the demise of Hollywood. | ANYA PARAMPIL: Oliver Stone, welcome to Red Lines. I know I speak on behalf of the entire Grayzone team when I say we're very excited to host you. | OLIVER STONE: Thank you. I love Grazyone. I think it does som…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/25/oliver-stone-on-challenging-hollywood-convention-film-as-disappearing-art-form/

Thanks, Obama: You Lie
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-25
Paul STREET | Record-Setting Absurdity and Mendacity | The malignant fascist sociopath Donald Trump lies so voluminously and absurdly that many Americans will believe he said or Tweeted almost anything, no matter how offensive and ridiculous. Every few months for the last three years I've been making up off-the-wall Trump statements and sending them out on so-called social media to see if people will take them as genuine. Many readers do indeed see them as bona fide Trump comments. Here' a recent example, a spoof I put up on Mindfuck three days ago: "Trump is tweeting that Joe Biden 'faked the death of Beau Biden…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/25/thanks-obama-you-lie/

MSM Is Propaganda: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-25
~ | You know that person in your life who's always telling you what you should do despite the fact that their own life is a shambles and nobody likes them and they continuously make bad decisions for themselves? That's America on the world stage. | ~ | Don't take life advice from miserable people, don't take creative advice from people who don't create, don't join religions that facilitate child rape, don't join political parties that don't help the public, don't give military power to people with a history of bad military decisions. | ~ | When it first rose to power with the Bush administration the neoconservati…

MSM Is Propaganda: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Turkey rescues 68 asylum seekers in Aegean
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
At least 38 asylum seekers were rescued from a dinghy off the coast of Seferihisar in Turkey's western Izmir province, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Separately, another 30 migrants were rescued off Izmir's Foca district.After routine checks, the asylum seekers were taken to the provincial migration authority.Turkey has been a key transit point for asylum seekers aiming to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution.Earlier this year, the country opened the way to irregular migrants seeking to reach Europe, accusing th…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-rescues-68-asylum-seekers-in-aegean-3537640

Not that you'd know from watching the mainstream media, but Israel is bombing Gaza. Again
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-08-25
The Gaza strip has been under attack from Israel since 6 August. And it has been relentless ever since then. This militarised Israeli attack on Palestinian citizens involves the use of F-35 war planes. Israel claims its latest attack on the strip is in response…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/08/25/not-that-youd-know-from-watching-the-mainstream-media-but-israel-is-bombing-gaza-again/

Belarus Opposition, Made in the USA
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Longstanding US plans earmarked Belarus for regime change, wanting pro-Western puppet rule in another nation bordering Russia. | There's nothing spontaneous about mass protests that erupt in nations the US wants transformed into client states. | They're most likely to occur in …
globalresearch.ca/belarus-opposition-made-usa/5722052

With COVID-19 Under Control, Cuba Launches New Economic Battle
Helen Yaffe | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
The exemplary domestic and international response of socialist Cuba to the global SARS-CoV2 pandemic has been recognised worldwide. By late July, authorities had the virus under control; 87 people had died, none of them children or healthcare workers, and Cuba was entering phase three of post-Covid-19 recovery. While Cuba's public health response protected the population,…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/with-covid-19-under-control-cuba-launches-new-economic-battle/

Fight for justice for Jacob Blake! Arrest, charge and convict KPD officers for attempted murder!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-25
A statement by the Kenosha branch of the Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization | On the evening of Sunday, August 23, the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin ignited in protest. A 29-year-old Black father named Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children by a white Kenosha Police officer. | While Blake was fighting for his life in the hospital, a viral video of the attempted murder spurred hundreds of people to gather at the crime scene. The large crowd decided to march to the Kenosha Police Department, where they were attacked by militarized police with riot gear and tear gas. | Garba…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/25/fight-justice-jacob-blake-arrest-charge-and-convict-kpd-officers-attempted-murder

Belarus's Options In The Midst Of A Color Revolution
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
A "color revolution" is a media term for a movement based on legitimate grievances only to be co-opted into a regime-change operation backed by the US and confederates. There have been so many — Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004, Kyrgyzstan in 2005 — that they have run out of colors. Belarus is amidst the "slipper" color revolution. Belarus shows that any small state with a mildly socialist system and independent foreign policy invites subversion by the Yankee hegemon and its collaborators. Even if Belarus had met the highest standards of democracy and efficiency, a western-backed color revolution migh…
popularresistance.org/belaruss-options-in-the-midst-of-a-color-revolution/

Video: Pro-Iranian Forces Attack US Convoys Withdrawing from Largest Base in Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
The US military has been facing increasing pressure from local resistance forces and pro-Iranian groups in Iraq. | On August 21, an improvised explosive device (IED) reportedly struck a vehicle of company working with the U.S.-led coalition in Aweerij, south of …
globalresearch.ca/video-pro-iranian-forces-attack-us-convoys-withdrawing-largest-base-iraq/5722060

Belarusian President Lukashenko Reelected by a 61.7% Majority. Reintegration into Russia?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Despite ruling Belarus with an iron fist, most Belarusians support Alexander Lukashenko. | President since 1994, he was legitimately reelected by a 61.7% majority, according to the pro-Western election monitoring group Golos. | It published "data collected by US-backed civic youth …
globalresearch.ca/belarusian-president-lukashenko-reelected-61-7-majority/5722076

Alexey Navalny Poisoned?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Claims by German doctors that Navalny was poisoned appear greatly exaggerated. See below. | *** | Russian political figure with scant public support, sharp Putin critic, Western media darling Navalny supported by the CIA and NED became ill onboard a flight to …
globalresearch.ca/alexey-navalny-poisoned/5722079

Harrowing investigation into UK pig farm reveals ugly truth about the industry's 'high welfare' claims
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-08-25
The charity Viva! has released harrowing findings from a months-long investigation into a Leicestershire pig farm. The charity's undercover investigators documented shocking conditions and welfare standards which it says occurred at Flat House pig farm in the county. | The food standards scheme Red Tractor terminated the farm's certification following the investigation. The RSPCA has also referred an incident at the farm to Trading Standards. | But these are not the first allegations of neglect, cruelty, and unsanitary conditions to hit the factory farming industry, nor will they be the last. Viva! founder Juliet…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/08/25/harrowing-investigation-into-uk-pig-farm-reveals-ugly-truth-about-the-industrys-high-welfare-claims/

Why Cuban doctors deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-08-25
U.S. allies in Latin America, such as Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador, expelled the Cuban medical missions. This would become a catastrophic decision for these countries as the COVID-19 pandemic developed across Latin America.
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Why Cuban doctors deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-25
Amid continued attacks on Cuban doctors who are on the front-lines of battling COVID-19 across the world, Vijay Prashad makes a case for why they deserve the Nobel Peace Prize…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/25/why-cuban-doctors-deserve-the-nobel-peace-prize/

Hundreds of Thousands of People in Limbo as They Wait for Justice
Manar Waheed | aclu.org | 2020-08-25
Every day, nearly 400,000 people in America with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) wake up wondering whether today will bring news of a court ruling that could effectively end their immigration status and put them at risk for deportation. Perhaps worse is the impact the decision could have on their U.S. citizen children. Thousands of young Americans could face an impossible choice: leave the U.S. to stay with their parents or lose their parents if they choose to stay in the only country they've ever known. They can't have both, at least if the Trump administration has its way., , The court case on which the fat…
aclu.org/news/human-rights/hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-in-limbo-as-they-wait-for-justice

Perspectiva de revolucionaria sur asiática sobre Kamala Harris
Tania Siddiqi | workers.org | 2020-08-25
Tania Siddiqi El presunto candidato presidencial demócrata Joe Biden anunció el 11 de agosto que la senadora de California Kamala Devi Harris, la primera estadounidense del sur de Asia y la segunda mujer africa-americana en servir como senadora de Estados Unidos, será su compañera de fórmula para las elecciones presidenciales . . . | Continue reading Perspectiva de revolucionaria sur asiática sobre Kamala Harris at Workers.org…
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Big tech support for racial justice is more talk than action
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-08-25
In the month following the May 25th death of George Floyd, the largest technology companies collectively pledged more than a billion dollars in support of racial justice. Sounds like a lot of money, but for these companies it is pocket change.
mronline.org/2020/08/25/big-tech-support-for-racial-justice-is-more-talk-than-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-tech-support-for-racial-justice-is-more-talk-than-action

Lung Diseases Affecting US Workers Cost Billions Annually
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
Annual expenditures for US workers totaled $7 billion for asthma care and $5 billion for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care between 2011 and 2015, according to CDC researchers.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769738

China's Growth Strategy To Strengthen the Domestic Market
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-25
China's President Xi Jinping Monday said that his country will face the "turbulent changes" marked by the "increased risks abroad" through an economic growth model based on the strengthening of domestic consumption. | RELATED: | China Defends TikTok's Lawsuit to Protect Its Interests | During a symposium on the five-year economic plan that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will unveil in 2021, Xi assured that his country must prepare for the challenge posed by the "increasing headwinds…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chinas-Growth-Strategy-To-Strengthen-the-Domestic-Market-20200825-0004.html

China: Everything Proceeding According to Plan, Complete Interruption of Relations with US?
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
This article was originally published on Asia Times. | Let's start with the story of an incredibly disappearing summit. | Every August, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) converges to the town of Beidaihe, a seaside resort some two …
globalresearch.ca/china-everything-proceeding-according-plan/5722062

Rights expert denounces lack of investigation into 2017 killing of journalist in South Sudan
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
Lack of investigation into the killing of a journalist three years ago in South Sudan is indicative of a wider climate of hostility towards journalists in the country, an independent UN human rights expert has said.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1071002

Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in a safe, equitable and climate friendly way — UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
Tourism is much more than visiting cultural landmarks or swimming in tropical beaches; it is "one of the world's most important economic sectors", the UN chief said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070902

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)–Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Wiersinga W, Rhodes A, Cheng AC, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This narrative review discusses what is currently known about the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, management, prognosis, and prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769730

COVID-19 reinfection seems not to be a 'regular event', says UN health agency
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with COVID-19, the UN health agency said on Tuesday, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070972

GOP convention speeches: Lies, damned lies and (no) statistics
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-25
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Mark Twain once said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Well, speakers at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., engaged in something worse: Lies, damned lies and no statistics–especially about the coronavirus pandemic. As of 8: 30 a.m. on August 25, 5.742 million people in the U.S. have tested …
peoplesworld.org/article/gop-convention-speeches-lies-damned-lies-and-no-statistics/

Drug Shortages and Group Purchasing Organizations–Reply
Donohue JM, Hernandez I, Hershey T. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
In Reply We agree with Ms Calleja that GPOs play an important role in the supply of health care products, including pharmaceuticals. The need for a high-functioning supply chain for health care products has never been more salient than now, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769714

COVID-19 and the Nakedness of the Corporate University
David Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
The coronavirus pandemic has both changed everything and accelerated trends that were already occurring across the world in business, politics, and how people shop and interact. The same is true with American higher education. As colleges and universities across America are restarting, Covid-19 has laid bare the nakedness of the corporate university, revealing how education and learning have long been displaced as the primary purpose of colleges and universities.
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/covid-19-and-the-nakedness-of-the-corporate-university/

Experts Discuss COVID-19–Remdesivir, Vaccines, and More
jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This JAMA Live Highlights feature provides comments about the coronavirus 2019 pandemic from experts in clinical medicine, public health, and health policy expressed during livestream interviews with JAMA Network Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769717

Attacks on Public Health Officials During COVID-19
Mello MM, Greene JA, Sharfstein JM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This Viewpoint discusses ongoing harassment and threats against US public health officials who propose or take steps to protect communities from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and it proposes possible responses, including a call to elected leaders to implement protection of the officials from illegal harassment, assault, and violence.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769736

Mumbai's Homeless: "Our Masks Floated Away"
Aakanksha | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
Meena did not sleep that night. The rain water had entered her home. The flimsy tarpaulin couldn't hold the downpour and crashed in minutes. Meena and her family ran to take shelter in front of a closed shop. "We sat there the whole night [in early July] until the rain stopped," she says, resting on…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/mumbais-homeless-our-masks-floated-away/

How Low Flows Due to Irrigation are Destroying Oregon's Deschutes River
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
The recent article "Low Flows On Deschutes" highlights why irrigation is a significant threat to our river's ecological integrity. According to the report, flows on a portion of the Deschutes dropped to 60 CFS leaving many parts of the river channel dry. To put this into perspective, historically, before irrigators took our water from us,…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/how-low-flows-due-to-irrigation-are-destroying-oregons-deschutes-river/

The Architecture of Surveillance in Northern Virginia
Steven Salaita | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
Back in November, I had to drop off my bus at one of the county garages for a minor repair. On the way, I radioed dispatch and said I'd need a ride back to the lot where my car was parked. I dallied outside the garage office, on the clock, until my ride ambled along…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/the-architecture-of-surveillance-in-northern-virginia/

A New Republic
Adolf Alzuphar | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
A misuse plagues our republic: the misuse of democracy; instead of building a democratic, and just, society, we simply use democracy to validate and renew the personnel of our oligarchic republic. These days, because the republic is fractured and oligarchic, democracy is being misused to maintain the same republic as the promise of a new…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/a-new-republic/

Why Courts Across the World are Ruling That the Gig Economy is Paving the Road to Serfdom
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
The tech industry buzzword "gig" has distracted society from important questions about the gig economy that are surprisingly traditional: whether a business has employees or contractors, and how it can avoid payroll taxes and legal liability. Countless Silicon Valley business models have been built under the guise of gigs, Uber and Lyft two of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/why-courts-across-the-world-are-ruling-that-the-gig-economy-is-paving-the-road-to-serfdom/

DARPA, Operation Warp Speed, and the Covid-19 Ka-ching Ahead
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
If/When Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca put out a viable Covid-19 solution in October, it won't come as a surprise to DARPA. The Department of Defense agency that 'gifted' the original Internet (ARPANET) to the world back in the 70s, set up the Pandemic Prevention Program (P3) shortly after Donald J. Trump's presidential inauguration in January…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/darpa-operation-warp-speed-and-the-covid-19-ka-ching-ahead/

Masai and the Iceberg of Impunity
Jeff Berg | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
Every report I've seen on the injustice suffered by Masai Ujiri in Oakland last June has talked about the tip and ignored the iceberg. That this could be so at this BLM moment is deeply worrying and shows that our problems go well beyond even systemic racism. For those of you who don't know, bodycam…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/masai-and-the-iceberg-of-impunity/

Halting our descent into tyranny: Defeating the global elite's Covid-19 coup
Robert J. Burrowes | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-25
You can submit to tyranny or you can resist it.
nationofchange.org/2020/08/25/halting-our-descent-into-tyranny-defeating-the-global-elites-covid-19-coup/

The Canadian Response To COVID-19
Detsky AS, Bogoch II. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This Viewpoint summarizes federal, provincial, and regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and explores reasons for differences in pandemic outcomes in Canada and the US.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769734

Using Lessons From Sepsis for Recovery From COVID-19
Prescott HC, Girard TD. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This Viewpoint discusses the possibility that survivors of severe COVID-19 will experience persistent symptoms similar to those of post-sepsis syndrome and reviews best practices for promoting recovery from intensive care illness, including referral to physical and occupational therapy, medication optimization, and structured exercise.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769735

Governments need to boost economies with large fiscal stimulus
Surajit Das | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-25
The world economy is currently facing an acute shortage in demand due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19. Most of the economies are projected to register a negative growth rate and unemployment rates are set to skyrocket. This would further reduce the aggregate demand, pushing economies into a vicious trap of decline in demand leading to lower profits and investment, which in turn would further curtail growth and aggravate unemployment. Rising unemployment and falling wages would further depress the levels of demand in the economy. To get out of this vicious cycle, economies require a big p…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/25/governments-need-to-boost-economies-with-large-fiscal-stimulus/

Patient Information: COVID-19
Wiersinga W, Prescott HC. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This JAMA Patient Page provides an overview of COVID-19 transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, disease course, and treatment.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769727

The Covid Crisis: Governments Are Faking It, and Copying Each Other
Jeffrey A. Tucker | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
A mystery for months is how it is that so many governments in so many different places on earth could have adopted the same or very similar preposterous policies, no matter the threat level of the virus, and without firm …
globalresearch.ca/governments-faking-copying-each-other/5722101

First Person: tourism in Hawaii grounded during pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
Tourism is Hawaii's biggest industry, with some 10 million visitors to the lslands ever year. But that has all changed since the COVID-19 pandemic, and many businesses on the archipelago have been forced to shut down for good, according to a helicopter pilot who flies pleasure trips for tourists.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070942

Paraguayan students and peasants demand greater budget for public education
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-25
In the light of the economic crisis faced by a large number of families due to the COVID-19 pandemic, high school and university students as well as peasants of Paraguay are demanding a greater budget for the public education sector. They are also demanding that the national government pass the bill that prohibits charging tuition fees in public universities and implement it on the national level and on a permanent basis. | On August 24, students and peasants' organizations such as the National Federation of Secondary Students (FENAES), the Coordinator of University Students of the National University of Asuncion…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/25/paraguayan-students-and-peasants-demand-greater-budget-for-public-education/

US to Tighten Venezuela Sanctions after Gasoline Seizure
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
The Trump administration is reportedly considering ending all Venezuela oil sanctions exemptions in October. | "Whatever oil business is left has to be completed (by the deadline)," an anonymous source told Reuters, while a State Department spokesman said Washington continues …
globalresearch.ca/us-tighten-venezuela-sanctions-gasoline-seizure/5722093

The DNC and the Politics of Betrayal. Political and Moral Bankruptcy of the Democratic Party
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
The political and moral bankruptcy of the Democratic Party was on full display last week. First it was the convention of the Democratic Party, where the progressive wing of the party was pushed to the margins while the victorious, neoliberal …
globalresearch.ca/dnc-politics-betrayal/5722057

Appello Ai Leader Dei Nove Stati Con Armi Nucleari (Cina, Francia, India, Israele, Nord Corea, Pakistan, Regno Unito, Russia, Stati Uniti)
Comitato No Nato No Guerra | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Noi, persone di buona volontà di tutti i ceti sociali, di tutti i continenti, di credo e religioni diverse, richiamiamo la vostra attenzione sulla minaccia di una guerra nucleare totale che puà≤ scoppiare molto facilmente a causa di azioni deliberate …
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Global Research: Shedding Light on Complex Issues
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
Dear Readers, | The goal of the Global Research website is to shed light on complex and controversial issues often neglected by the mainstream media. You help this light shine brighter by sharing the information we publish, engaging in research and …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-shedding-light-on-complex-issues/5722128

'Unprecedented and Wrong': Pompeo Slammed for Plans to Address GOP Convention from Jerusalem
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign announced Sunday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address this week's Republican National Convention–news that sparked swift criticism both because it's unprecedented for the nation's top diplomat to participate in this type of political …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-slammed-plans-address-gop-convention-jerusalem/5722096

Tomato Gardeners: The Latest Victim in the Government's War on Drugs
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-25
Merely growing a vegetable garden on your own property, or in a greenhouse on your property, or shopping at a gardening store for gardening supplies–incredibly enough–could set you up for a drug raid sanctioned by the courts.
mintpressnews.com/tomato-gardeners-latest-victim-governments-war-on-drugs/270765/

NBA Players Call For Justice Over Jacob Blake's Murder
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-25
National Basketball Association (NBA) players Monday condemned the systemic racism the U.S. is going through and joined the social unrest erupted over the shooting of unarmed civilian Jacob Blake by policemen in Kenosha, Wisconsin. | RELATED: | US: Protest Erupts After A New Police Brutality Episode | Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell lit the fuse amidst the League playoffs and harshly criticized police brutality. | "Screw the games and playoffs! This is sick and is a real problem, we d…
telesurenglish.net/news/nba-players-call-for-justice-over-jacob-blakes-murder-20200825-0011.html

Outrage in Pittsburgh over police abduction of anti-racism protester
Dominic DeNuzzio | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-25
At a recent march in Pittsburgh organized by the group Black Young & Educated, a peace marshal who was helping protect demonstrators by blocking off the streets was suddenly abducted by armed plain clothes thugs in an unmarked van. On the ground no one was able to verify if it was cops or right wing …
liberationnews.org/outrage-in-pittsburgh-over-police-abduction-of-anti-racism-protester/

Israel's accord with United Arab Emirates an opportunity to unlock progress on wider Middle East peace efforts, UN envoy says
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
The recent agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has the potential to change dynamics across the Middle East, the UN's top envoy in the region told the Security Council on Tuesday, urging Palestinian and Israeli leaders to re-engage in efforts to resolve their protracted conflict.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1071012

Portlanders push back cops and fascists
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-08-25
Portland, Ore. Aug. 24 — For nearly three months, thousands of people in this city have joined nightly protests, marches and demonstrations denouncing racist police brutality. While met with heavy police repression, the crowds have continued to gather undeterred, even in the face of federal officers sent by President Trump . . . | Continue reading Portlanders push back cops and fascists at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50814/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portlanders-push-back-cops-and-fascists

Wisconsin Governor deploys National Guard to Kenosha after protests break out in wake of brutal police shooting
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
Protests against police violence erupted Sunday after an officer was caught on video shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back at point blank range.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/keno-a25.html

India's food delivery workers strike over drastic cuts in pay
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-25
Delivery persons working for Swiggy–one of India's largest online food ordering and delivery platforms–have been on strike in multiple cities of the country over the past week. The scale of this labor action is expanding, as an increasing number of these workers down tools in a protest against the squeeze on their earnings. While the …
peoplesworld.org/article/indias-food-delivery-workers-strike-over-drastic-cuts-in-pay/

Chile Can Hold a Safe Electoral Process, UNDP Assures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-25
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Monday assured that Chile can hold safe elections in October if the authorities take the appropriate health protocols. | RELATED: | Chile Must Drop Criminal Charges Against Feminist Arts Group | "It is possible to hold elections without putting in danger more people. However, this is a complex process that requires a lot of planning," UNDP Assistant Resident Representative Marcela Rios said. | She mentioned that health measures should…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Can-Hold-a-Safe-Electoral-Process-UNDP-Assures-20200825-0013.html

2020: Make It Stop
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-25
Stir Crazy! Episode 81: Today we are joined by political commentator Marcus Ferrell, Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership Neill Franklin, and investigative reporter Stephen Janis. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/2020-make-it-stop

The Comeback of Manufacturing Jobs: MAGA Land and the Real World
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-08-25
We know that Donald Trump has no interest in reality, but just in case anyone might be tempted to take his boasts about bringing back manufacturing jobs seriously, it is worth a quick visit to the actual numbers. In 2016 Trump focused his campaign on a series of Midwestern swing states that had been hard …
cepr.net/the-comeback-of-manufacturing-jobs-maga-land-and-the-real-world/

Midwest Dispatch: A Family Affair
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-08-25
Wisconsin vacation offers no respite from politics.
progressive.org/dispatches/a-family-affair-lahm-200825/

Unlocking the Trauma Shall Set Ye Free
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2020-08-25
New documentary chronicles a restorative justice program at San Quentin State Prison.
progressive.org/dispatches/unlocking-trauma-set-ye-free-rampell-200825/

°Detengan el ataque de Trump a la oficina de correos!
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-08-25
Si 150 millones de personas votan por correo en noviembre, no abrumaría al Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos, que procesa diariamente más de 472 millones de correos. Pero los funcionarios postales, en aparente coordinación con los esfuerzos del presidente Donald Trump para suprimir los derechos de voto, han promulgado . . . | Continue reading °Detengan el ataque de Trump a la oficina de correos! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50786/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=detengan-el-ataque-de-trump-a-la-oficina-de-correos

Open Letter: "Stand with anarchist publishers banned by Facebook"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-25
Announcing a Solidarity Statement from Anarchist Agency…
mronline.org/2020/08/25/open-letter-stand-with-anarchist-publishers-banned-by-facebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-letter-stand-with-anarchist-publishers-banned-by-facebook

Trump, aides embrace fascist Republican candidates
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
At a press briefing last week, the US president delivered an extraordinary thumbs-up to the QAnon online grouping, which justifies violence against his political opponents.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/qano-a25.html

Three years after exodus, Rohingya refugees 'more vulnerable than ever'
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
Three years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, women, men and children — driven from their homes in Myanmar into camps across the border in Bangladesh — are more vulnerable than ever, UN agencies have reported.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070962

Mailing sorting machines still being dismantled despite Postmaster's promises to suspend all radical changes to the USPS
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-25
"We have to fight back to protect the U.S. postal system. This is about our election at the end of the day, and we've got to ensure that every vote gets counted."
nationofchange.org/2020/08/25/mailing-sorting-machines-still-being-dismantled-despite-postmasters-promises-to-suspend-all-radical-changes-to-the-usps/

Houseless resist second eviction effort in Philadelphia
Marie Kelly | workers.org | 2020-08-25
By Marie Kelly Aug. 18 — An encampment of over 100 houseless people sits on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway here, steps away from the iconic art museum of "Rocky" movie fame and under the noses of the Philadelphia bourgeoisie. JTD camp is a self-declared autonomous and cop-free zone providing a . . . | Continue reading Houseless resist second eviction effort in Philadelphia at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50803/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houseless-resist-second-eviction-effort-in-philadelphia

The Triumph of Monopoly Capitalism is Hurting American Workers' Life Expectancy
John Buell | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
Monopoly power and concentrated wealth do immense harm to the bottom third of the wealth spectrum…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-triumph-of-monopoly-capitalism-is-hurting-american-workers-life-expectancy/

Shorter Resident Shifts May Not Improve Patient Safety
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
Residents who worked schedules that eliminated extended shifts made a greater number of serious errors than those who worked schedules with shifts of 24 or more hours, a trial in the New England Journal of Medicine reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769720

Effect of Genotype-Guided Oral P2Y12 Inhibitor Selection vs Clopidogrel on Ischemic Outcomes After PCI
Pereira NL, Farkouh ME, So D, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This open-label randomized trial compares the effect of a genotype-guided oral P2Y12 inhibitor selection strategy vs conventional clopidogrel prescribing on 12-month ischemic outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in CYP2C19*2/CYP2C19*3 loss-of-function allele carriers with acute coronary syndromes and stable cardiovascular disease.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769725

Houseless resist second eviction effort in Philadelphia
Marie Kelly | workers.org | 2020-08-25
Aug. 18 — An encampment of over 100 houseless people sits on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway here, steps away from the iconic art museum of "Rocky" movie fame and under the noses of the Philadelphia bourgeoisie. JTD camp is a self-declared autonomous and cop-free zone providing a safe environment at . . . | Continue reading Houseless resist second eviction effort in Philadelphia at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50803/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houseless-resist-second-eviction-effort-in-philadelphia

Trump warns of a rigged election as he undercuts the post office
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-25
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was grilled by Democrats over his undermining of the U.S. Postal Service's ability to deliver ballots on time.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-warns-rigged-election-undercuts-post-office

"Information has value": The political economy of information capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-25
The "Information Has Value" frame provides a welcome opening to discuss information capitalism, including the commodification of information, information labor, concentration of ownership, and audience data extraction/surveillance.
mronline.org/2020/08/25/information-has-value-the-political-economy-of-information-capitalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=information-has-value-the-political-economy-of-information-capitalism

A Disputed Election, a Constitutional Crisis, Polarisation … Welcome to 1876
Martin Pengelly | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
Eric Foner, the pre-eminent historian of the civil war and Reconstruction, sees parallels with our own time but warns yesterday's solution would be a disaster…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-disputed-election-a-constitutional-crisis-polarisation-welcome-to-1876/

Joint Statement by the Greens of Turkey and Greens of Greece on recent tension in Eastern Mediterranean Sea
GTGG | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
"We, Greek and Turkish Greens, are both deeply concerned about the current build-up of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/joint-statement-by-the-greens-of-turkey-and-greens-of-greece-on-recent-tension-in-eastern-mediterranean-sea/

Forging unity within the working class: an interview with Michael D. Yates
Michael D. Yates | mronline.org | 2020-08-25
The ruling class always tries to divide the working class. We must make certain that the working class is not divided internally and we can draw on the past to find examples of working-class organizations that have actively worked to generate a cohesive and class-conscious membership.
mronline.org/2020/08/25/forging-unity-within-the-working-class-an-interview-with-michael-d-yates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forging-unity-within-the-working-class-an-interview-with-michael-d-yates

Reducing Intraoperative Hypotension Using a Machine Learning–Derived Early Warning System–Reply
Geerts BF, Vlaar AP, Veelo DP. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
In Reply Dr de Tymowski and colleagues suggest that a clinical analysis approach should have been compared with the machine learning approach in our study. This is exactly what was done. The control group was free to use blood pressure trend analysis, which was available on the monitors. Furthermore, it was not the physicians who monitored blood pressure more closely in the intervention group but the machine learning–derived algorithm. Moreover, all conventional parameters such as continuous arterial blood pressure were available in both groups.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769715

Mailings, Phone Calls Increase Post-MI Cardiac Rehabilitation
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
Most patients aren't referred to cardiac rehabilitation after a myocardial infarction (MI), and about half discontinue their medication by 1 year. A scalable intervention designed to promote secondary prevention treatments after MI increased patients' cardiac rehabilitation but not their medication adherence, a trial in the BMJ reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769722

A Song Sung Sweet to Greet the Dead
Colquhoun G. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
for Tybias, Levi, Leon, and their grandmother…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769728

Drug Shortages and Group Purchasing Organizations
Calleja K. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
To the Editor Health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) play an important role in helping to deliver a safe and reliable supply of products to health care clinicians. Unfortunately, a recent Viewpoint on drug shortages misrepresented key aspects regarding GPOs.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769713

Republicans' rabid anti-communism is a sign of their political weakness
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-25
Joe McCarthy would fit right in at this year's Republican National Convention. Denouncing communists–both real and, more often than not, imaginary–was the bread and butter for the 1950s red-baiting senator from Wisconsin. At the dawn of the Cold War, the bogeyman of the Soviet Union was the stick used to beat back a strong labor …
peoplesworld.org/article/republicans-rabid-anti-communism-is-a-sign-of-their-political-weakness/

Hemming and Hawing: A Complicated Day in the Neighborhood
Negin Farsad | progressive.org | 2020-08-25
There are Black and brown and white people who do crime-adjacent things who are not criminals. I want to recognize the institutional forces that have impacted their lives.
progressive.org/magazine/complicated-day-in-neighborhood-farsad/

Aspirin Fails to Prevent Depression in Older Adults
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
Low-dose aspirin did not reduce the risk of depression in healthy older adults, a trial in JAMA Psychiatry reported. Depression is associated with elevated markers of inflammation, which may occur before symptoms arise, particularly in older people.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769719

The Spanish State's "Nationalization" of Clinics Resembles Privatization
Chris Gilbert | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
The pattern of how capitalist countries respond to the crisis — namely, by putting private profit over shared wellbeing and overemphasizing individual responsibility while avoiding controls on profit-making activities that are the key sources of contagion…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-spanish-states-nationalization-of-clinics-resembles-privatization/

Bannon and three others face wire fraud, money laundering charges after allegedly stealing from border wall campaign
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-25
"This case should serve as a warning to other fraudsters that no one is above the law, not even a disabled war veteran or a millionaire political strategist."
nationofchange.org/2020/08/25/bannon-and-three-others-face-wire-fraud-money-laundering-charges-after-allegedly-stealing-from-border-wall-campaign/

Black Kidney Function Matters
Powe NR. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This Viewpoint discusses the practice of using patient race as a variable in algorithms to determine kidney function and suggests that estimating tools be developed that are equally precise but exclude race as a factor.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769732

Black NBA executive abused by white police officer
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-08-25
The Toronto Raptors won their first National Basketball Association championship in Oakland, Calif., in June 2019, when they defeated the Golden State Warriors in a best of seven-game series, four games to two. When the Raptors' president of operations, Masai Ujiri, attempted to make his way onto the winners' platform . . . | Continue reading Black NBA executive abused by white police officer at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50807/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-nba-executive-abused-by-white-police-officer

Republican Convention Takes on the Weighty Task of Boosting Trump's Bruised Ego
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
The "Audience of One" media phenomenon is perhaps the most vivid, daily available evidence of the stranglehold Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/republican-convention-takes-on-the-weighty-task-of-boosting-trumps-bruised-ego/

Surviving at the crossroads of economic and racial intersectionality: Monique
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-25
This is an installment in a series of profiles of workers involved in the Fight for $15 and a Union. Read the other profiles here. ST. LOUIS — We are now talking about the closing of summer here in St. Louis. For many, the thermometer's gradual shift to cooler temperatures leads to cooler heads and …
peoplesworld.org/article/surviving-at-the-crossroads-of-economic-and-racial-intersectionality-monique/

What Is LASIK Eye Surgery?
Kates MM, Tuli S. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This JAMA Patient Page describes LASIK, a type of laser surgery that corrects blurry vision usually treated with eyeglasses, and summarizes who can benefit and the procedure's risks.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769726

Kenosha police shoot Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, eight times
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-25
It is another day in Trump's sycophantic "law and order" view of the United States of America, and another Black American was shot, in a calculated manner, by police. Their name will grace the headlines–honored by some, vilified by others. The public's outrage will spill into the streets, and the viscous blood of lost innocence …
peoplesworld.org/article/kenosha-police-shoot-jacob-blake-an-unarmed-black-man-eight-times/

'Momentous milestone' as Africa eradicates wild poliovirus
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
The wild poliovirus has been eradicated in Africa, health officials announced on Tuesday, calling it a "momentous milestone" for the continent.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1071022

Algeria announces referendum on new constitution in November
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-25
On November 1, 2020, Algeria will hold a referendum on the new constitution, the office of president Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Monday, August 24. The draft of the constitution will be submitted to the parliament before the referendum for debate and approval. | The announcement was made after president Tebboune met with the president of the country's National Electoral Authority on Monday. "During this meeting and, in light of the consultations of the President of the Republic with the parties concerned, it was decided to set the date of November 1, 2020 for the holding of the referendum on the draft revision o…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/25/algeria-announces-referendum-on-new-constitution-in-november/

Breaking: Police shoot man multiple times in the back
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-25
The shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha, WI police has prompted outcry after a video posted to social media raised troubling questions.
therealnews.com/stories/police-shoot-man-multiple-times

Three years on, Rohingya refugees 'more vulnerable than ever'
news.un.org | 2020-08-25
Three years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, women, men and children — driven from their homes in Myanmar into camps across the border in Bangladesh — are more vulnerable than ever, UN agencies have reported.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070962

Should We be More Worried About the Economy?
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
Starting with the one I find most troubling, their source on job posting shows a huge falloff in August. Nationally, we are almost back to the lows reached in May.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/should-we-be-more-worried-about-the-economy/

Elagolix Reduces Fibroid-Related Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Long-term
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
Elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, plus hormonal add-back therapy reduced heavy menstrual bleeding from uterine leiomyomas during up to 12 months of continuous treatment, according to a trial in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769718

Precision Nutrition–the Answer to "What to Eat to Stay Healthy"
Rodgers GP, Collins FS. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
In this Viewpoint directors of the NIH and NIDDK summarize the agency's 2020-2030 Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research, a roadmap to establish a science of nutrition as a means to prevent and treat illness and to develop actionable, evidence-based dietary recommendations across cultures and settings.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769733

Wisconsin Father: "When My Son Was Killed . . . "
Erik Gunn | progressive.org | 2020-08-25
Kenosha shooting feels all too familiar for police reform activist Michael Bell.
progressive.org/dispatches/when-my-son-was-killed-gunn-200825/

Effect of Vitamin D 3 on Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children With Asthma and Low Vitamin D Levels
Forno E, Bacharier LB, Phipatanakul W, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This randomized trial compares the effects of vitamin D3 vs placebo on time to severe exacerbation in children with asthma and low vitamin D levels.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769724

Science is objective–but are all scientists objective?
Karl Grossman | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-25
Science might be objective–but that doesn't mean all scientists are.
nationofchange.org/2020/08/25/science-is-objective-but-are-all-scientists-objective/

President Trump, Child-Trafficker-in-Chief
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-08-25
The administration has been found to be flouting the United States' own anti-trafficking laws by deporting thousands of children and families seeking asylum, practically delivering them into the hands of traffickers across the border in Mexico…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/president-trump-child-trafficker-in-chief/

Accuracy of Plasma P-tau217 for Distinguishing Alzheimer Disease From Other Neurodegenerative Disorders
Palmqvist S, Janelidze S, Quiroz YT, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
This cross-sectional study compares the accuracy of plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 217 (P-tau217) levels vs other plasma-, MRI-, CSF-, and PET-based markers for distinguishing Alzheimer from other neurodegenerative diseases in 3 cohorts in Arizona, Sweden, and Columbia with or at risk for dementia.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769723

The Heat: Belarus protests
Mike Walter | america.cgtn.com | 2020-08-25
Protests continue in Belarus weeks after President Alexander Lukashenko claims a landslide victory in the latest election.
america.cgtn.com/2020/08/25/the-heat-belarus-protests

WINaTALENT research on outsourcing failure
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Research by Technavio predicts that the IT outsourcing market size will grow by $98 billion during 2020-2024, so software outsourcing is definitely on the rise.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162738/WINaTALENT-research-on-outsourcing-failure

5th night of Muharram mourning in Zanjan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
ZANJAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — The mourning ceremonies on the fifth night of Muharram in Zanjan Province, west of Iran, were held preserving the anti-coronavirus health and social-distancing protocols.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/162743/5th-night-of-Muharram-mourning-in-Zanjan

Iran COVID-19 update: 125 deaths, 2,213 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 2,213 COVID-19 infections and 125 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162734/Iran-COVID-19-update-125-deaths-2-213-cases-in-24-hours

UNSC not able to take action on US move against Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — UN Security Council President Dian Triansyah Djani said on Tuesday that he is not in a position to take further action on the attempt by the US to re-impose all UN sanctions on Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162752/UNSC-not-able-to-take-action-on-US-move-against-Iran

US police brutality stems from racist way of thinking: Veep
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iran's First Vice-President on Tue. blasted US police for its brutalities against the American people and said that US' police behavior is the outcome of domination of racist thoughts in that country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162753/US-police-brutality-stems-from-racist-way-of-thinking-Veep

FM Zarif, IAEA chief hold talks in Tehran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister met and held talks with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi on Tuesday afternoon.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162736/FM-Zarif-IAEA-chief-hold-talks-in-Tehran

Jahangiri felicitates Independence Day of Ukraine
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President Es'hagh Jahangiri congratulated the Independence Day of Ukraine on Tuesday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162744/Jahangiri-felicitates-Independence-Day-of-Ukraine

Iran seeks to cooperate with IAEA based on Intl. regulations
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Islamic Republic of Iran seeks to cooperate with IAEA based on international regulations.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162750/Iran-seeks-to-cooperate-with-IAEA-based-on-Intl-regulations

Grossi negotiating IAEA's safeguards verification activities
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — In a tweet on Tuesday, the IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi said during his ongoing visit to Iran, he is seeking to reach an agreement with the Iranian side on IAEA's safeguards verification activities in the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162732/Grossi-negotiating-IAEA-s-safeguards-verification-activities

Rouhani orders implementation of new Iran-India tax laws
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, on Tuesday, ordered the finance ministry to implement a new law of an agreement between Iran an India made on double-taxation avoidance and tax-evasion prevention.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162722/Rouhani-orders-implementation-of-new-Iran-India-tax-laws

Iran-Russia coop. has wide capacities incl. arms trade
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami pointed to the high potential of military cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162731/Iran-Russia-coop-has-wide-capacities-incl-arms-trade

Ehsan Hajsafi to join Greece's Aris Thessaloniki
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — A Greek website has reported that the Iranian midfielder, Ehsan Hajsafi, who plays for Tractor Sazi, will leave his team in case it loses the semi-final match at the Iranian Hazfi Cup.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162742/Ehsan-Hajsafi-to-join-Greece-s-Aris-Thessaloniki

IAEA vows to fulfill obligations responsibly despite pressure
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — The head of the UN nuclear watchdog stressed that his organization will carry out its commitments regrading Iran responsibly and independently, despite some pressures.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162730/IAEA-vows-to-fulfill-obligations-responsibly-despite-pressure

FM Zarif bids farewell to outgoing Chilean envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday received Chilean Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Ignacio Janus at the end of his mission.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162754/FM-Zarif-bids-farewell-to-outgoing-Chilean-envoy

Iran's government not waiting for US election
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei said that Iran's administration will not wait for the result of the upcoming US election.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162740/Iran-s-government-not-waiting-for-US-election

Iranian 'Crab' wins Special Jury Prize at Hiroshima Filmfest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug, 25 (MNA) — Iranian short animation 'Crab' directed by Shiva Sadegh Asadi won the Special Jury Prize in the 18th Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2020.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162735/Iranian-Crab-wins-Special-Jury-Prize-at-Hiroshima-Filmfest

IAEA's reports indicate reduction of Iran's JCPOA commitments
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that IAEA's reports indicate that Iran has taken all the five steps to reduce commitments to JCPOA.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162747/IAEA-s-reports-indicate-reduction-of-Iran-s-JCPOA-commitments

Displaying Ashura narrations using video mapping in Hamedan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
HAMEDAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Since the beginning of the mourning month of Muharram, a "Video Mapping" is performed in Imam Khomeini (RA) Square of Hamedan every night in five turns and in the form of a 5-minute video clip.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/162713/Displaying-Ashura-narrations-using-video-mapping-in-Hamedan

Kish intl. futsal tournament called off
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — An international futsal tournament that was scheduled to take place in September has been called off.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162739/Kish-intl-futsal-tournament-called-off

SP gas condensate production vol. up 87%: CEO
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-25
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Chief Executive of South Pars Gas Company (SPGC) said that the production of gas condensate at South Pars Gas Field (SPGF) has increased more than 87 percent from 2013 to 2020.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162710/SP-gas-condensate-production-vol-up-87-CEO

MBA students receive Imperial's first Sainsbury Management Fellows scholarships
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-08-25
Two incoming MBA students at the Business School have been awarded a prestigious scholarship for engineering graduates worth £50,000 each.
imperial.ac.uk/news/202773/mba-students-receive-imperials-first-sainsbury

Republican Party O.K. with COVID19 Deaths & Economy
By the Company They Keep | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Some 57% of Republicans believe 180,000 American deaths from COVID19 is acceptable and 75% of Republicans believe the USA is better than 4 years ago. This a death cult. See www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-economy-coronavirus-opinion-poll-cbs-news-battleground-tracker/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836076.php

Schools Is In and Education is Back in Tampa Bay
Olga Fajardo | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Despite all the adversity and all the state ordinances to handle these imposed health protocols, placed to create a safe environment during the Coronavirus pandemic.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836110.php

Tuesday 9/1: Bi-Weekly Community Meeting On Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests
Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/23/18836070.php

Thursday 8/27: Protest Trump's Nomination Speech — Trump/Pence Out Now!
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
24th and Mission | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836111.php

Traffic Stopping Protest and March to Save the USPS
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
On August 22, tens of thousands of people took action across America with a message — #SaveUSPS. In Palo Alto, a giant dragon blowup figure dominated the scene … protesters dressed it as a postal worker and posed it at the entrance of the downtown post office.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836087.php

LaDoris Cordell Speaks at Save USPS Rally
Solidarity with Postal Workers | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Movie one minute 34 seconds. On August 22, LaDoris Cordell was the invited speaker at a demonstration calling for the protection of the United States Postal Service. She spoke in Palo Alto, CA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836102.php

Monday 8/24: DA Boudin CA AG Becerra Prosecute UBER CEO Dara Khosrowshahi On Workers Comp
United Public Workers For Action | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
UBER New World Headquarters | 1725 Third St. (in Mission Bay)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/23/18836065.php

Free Radio's Bathrobespierre's Broadsides Show on the Net
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
The regular Free Radio Santa Cruz twice-weekly Bathrobespierre's Broadsides show usually available on the web at freakradio.org is being presented here. Fire evacuation has made normal netcasting unavailable at this time. Here in its place is a 4 hour show.of interviews with folks aside on 8-22-20.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836085.php

Sunday 8/30: Earle Baum Center & Balletto Vineyards' 'Tasting in the Dark'
Earle Baum Center | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Virtual event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836074.php

Saturday 9/12: Introductions 2020
Root Division | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Online.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836108.php

Video: The Narcissism Epidemic, 1 hour
Jean Twenge | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
In this BookTV presentation from May 4, 2009, Jean Twenge explains how narcissism thought to be the ladder of success can lead to anti-social behavior and collective paralysis.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836072.php

Sunday 10/25: When An Afro-Latina Woman Ran For Vice-President And Nobody Knew Her Name
Oakland Greens | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Online ZOOM Event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/23/18836068.php

15 Demands for Anti-Racist Bookstores
BTCEAP | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
We are the Black & Trans Pegasus Affinity Group, made up of current and former employees of Pegasus Books in Berkeley and Oakland, California. We want Pegasus and other bookstores to grapple with their ties to anti-Blackness, and start making material changes. We want bookstore owners and booksellers to implement our demands immediately. We want book shoppers to be critical of their local bookstores and only buy from bookstores that commit to anti-racist practices such as not calling the cops.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836077.php

The Republican convention: Four nights of fascist filth begin
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
While the Democratic Party is running the 2020 election with the same strategy as 2016, Trump has a program–the forcible suppression of social contradictions using fascist methods.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836103.php

Prosecute UBER CEO Dara Khosrawshahi For Failure To Provide Workers Compensation
Steve Zelzter | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Uber Must Provide It's Drivers Required Workers Safety Net NOW – Prosecute UBER CEO. | Despite the passage of AB5, UBER refuses to follow the law and is appealing it in the courts to stall compliance.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836073.php

Battling Economic Crises, Tropical Storm Laura Slams Haiti and Dominican Republic
Zachary Conti | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Over the weekend, Tropical Storm Laura pummeled Haiti and the Dominican Republic leaving at least 13 dead, infrastructure decimated and towns isolated by landslides.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836075.php

LaDoris Cordell Speaks at Save USPS Rally
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
Movie one minute 34 seconds.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836102.php

Rolling Pin Squad Defends USPS in Palo Alto
Roving Reporter | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
On Saturday August 22 activists joined the public outcry to defend the US Post Office from Trump's attacks. They called for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to resign with rolling pins raised in symbolic defense saying, "
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836079.php

HOW NATO GETS RUINED
Jacques Bearden | indybay.org | 2020-08-25
In Brussels, the old political headquarters of NATO is being demolished.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836071.php

Koch Academic Influence Returns To Massachusetts With New Tufts University Think Tank
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
When a new Massachusetts think tank housed at Tufts University launched earlier this year, Boston-based media described it as a "CBO-like center" (referring to the Congressional Budget Office) that would offer an "independent analysis" of proposed state policy and legislation. | But one of the main funders of this think tank, called the Center for State Policy Analysis, is a program tied financially to the petrochemical billionaire Koch family. This apparent Koch-linked funding raises questions about just how independent the center's policy analyses may be. Initial funding for this think tank, as CommonWealth rep…
popularresistance.org/koch-academic-influence-returns-to-massachusetts-with-new-tufts-university-think-tank/

China And The Decline Of US Power
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Constant attacks by some US elites on China will, according to some observers, diminish and disappear once the US presidential election is over in November 2020. This is unlikely to happen. China appears to have moved ahead of the US. Maritime surveillance and lunar geography would be two such sub-fields. Chinese advances in electronics and telecommunications have also been breathtaking. It is because China is at the forefront of cutting edge technology that there is so much anxiety in the US and the West today about China's ascendancy. More than its production of goods and services, it is China's massive global…
popularresistance.org/china-and-the-decline-of-us-power/

The Irresistible Rise Of The Civilization-State
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
A specter is haunting the liberal West: the rise of the "civilization-state". As America's political power wanes and its moral authority collapses, the rising challengers of Eurasia have adopted the model of the civilization-state to distinguish themselves from a paralyzed liberal order, which lurches from crisis to crisis without ever quite dying nor yet birthing a viable successor. Summarising the civilization-state model, the political theorist Adrian Pabst observes that "in China and Russia the ruling classes reject Western liberalism and the expansion of a global market society. They define their countries a…
popularresistance.org/the-irresistible-rise-of-the-civilization-state/

California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
The wildfires that exploded over the past few days in California and Colorado show clear influences of global warming, climate scientists say, and evidence of how a warming and drying climate is increasing the size and severity of fires from the California coast to the high Rocky Mountains. | They may also be the latest examples of climate-driven wildfires around the world burning not only much bigger, hotter and faster, but exploding into landscapes and seasons in which they were previously rare. | For tens of thousands of Californians enduring evacuations, and millions more suffering through smoke that has brou…
popularresistance.org/california-colorado-climate-driven-transformation-of-wildfires/

NAARPR Calls For Justice For Jacob Blake
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Once again the hour of tragedy strikes for another Black family, in another Black community caught in the grip of the pandemic crises of COVID-19 and racism. | First of all, we want to express our solidarity with the traumatized family of Jacob Blake, and the protestors in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sometime after 5pm on Aug. 23, 2020 Jacob was returning to his car, unarmed, after attempting to break up a fight between two women. The police arriving, guns drawn, were pleaded with by bystanders not to shoot, yet they shot Blake 7 times as he was opening his car door.
popularresistance.org/naarpr-calls-for-justice-for-jacob-blake/

How The Pandemic Has Sped Up The Passage To Postcapitalism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Two days ago, something extraordinary happened. Something that has never happened before in the history of capitalism. In Britain, the news came out that the economy had suffered its greatest slump ever — more than 22% down during the first 7 months of 2020. Remarkably, on the same day, the London Stock Exchange, the FTSE100 index, rose by more than 2%. On the same day, during a time America has ground to a halt and is beginning to look like not just as an economy in deep trouble but also, ominously, as a failed state, Wall Street's SP500 index hit an all-time record. | Unable to contain myself, I tweeted t…
popularresistance.org/how-the-pandemic-has-sped-up-the-passage-to-postcapitalism/

US Sanctions Are Starving Syria
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
In June, the US imposed its harshest sanctions on Syria to date, prompting the World Food Programme to warn of "mass starvation or another mass exodus." The US sanctions law known as the Caesar Act openly states that its strategy is to prevent reconstruction in government-held areas where most Syrians live, in which the Syrian government now controls after defeating a decade-long, devastating proxy war waged by the US and its allies. | In a new article for Foreign Affairs, scholar Joshua Landis and former Obama administration official Steve Simon write that the current US sanctions policy, quote, "further immiser…
popularresistance.org/us-sanctions-are-starving-syria/

Are Postal Service Cuts Motivated By Voter Suppression, Privatization Or Both?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Throughout its 245-year history,…
popularresistance.org/are-postal-service-cuts-motivated-by-voter-suppression-privatization-or-both/

Germany Begins A Universal-Basic-Income Trial For Three Years
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Germany is about to become the latest country to trial a universal basic income, starting a three-year study of how it affects the economy and recipients' well-being. | As part of the study, 120 people will receive ‚Ǩ1,200, or about $1,430, each month for three years — an amount just above Germany's poverty line — and researchers will compare their experiences with another group of 1,380 people who will not receive the payments. | The study, conducted by the German Institute for Economic Research, has been funded by 140,000 private donations. | All participants will be asked to compl…
popularresistance.org/germany-begins-a-universal-basic-income-trial-for-three-years/

Who Benefits? The Navalny Case: Usual Suspects, Actual Culprits
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
We are concerned about the recent news relating to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, and believe that it may be another attempt by certain interested parties to worsen the already strained US-Russia relations. | Even those who despise President Putin know that he is not insane. Why would Putin seek 'normal' relations with Europe [and, at the beginning at least, the United States] only to subvert those efforts by having people shot next door to the Kremlin (Nemtsov) or poisoned on airplanes or airports (Navalny)?
popularresistance.org/who-benefits-the-navalny-case-usual-suspects-actual-culprits/

Cuban-born businessman Maximo Alvarez compares Joe Biden to Fidel Castro in RNC address
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Maximo Alvarez, a Cuban-American businessman, told the Republican National Convention that the Democrats were emulating the ideas espoused by the communist government that his family had fled from when he was a boy. | The Florida resident and founder of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of mainly being interested in power for himself, exposing the United States to policies that "destroyed" his native country of Cuba. | "I have seen people like this before. I've seen movements like this before. I've seen ideas like this before. I am here to tell you — we canno…
rt.com/usa/498944-biden-castro-cuba-alvarez-rnc-convention/

'You don't recognize my existence!': Former DNC head Donna Brazile has meltdown on Fox News (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile melted down in spectacular fashion on Fox News, accusing fellow commentator Tammy Bruce of racism and demanding she "recognize my existence." | Discussing Monday night's Republican National Convention on Tuesday morning's Fox & Friends, Brazile accused the GOP of "speaking to the choir" with their unabashedly pro-Trump lineup of speakers. Conservative contributor Tammy Bruce shot back, accusing the Democrats of being out of touch with ordinary Americans, and slamming the left for not speaking out strongly enough against the Black Lives Matter riots…
rt.com/usa/499015-donna-brazile-fox-news/

Fauci argues against potential emergency approval for Covid-19 vaccine, says it'll put other vaccines at disadvantage
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Anthony Fauci, a top federal health expert, has warned that rolling out a coronavirus vaccine under an emergency approval could make testing for other immunizations "impossible," arguing it might rob the trials of participants. | Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Reuters in an interview on Monday that a vaccine should not be given an emergency use authorization (EUA) "before you have a signal of efficacy," saying it could jeopardize the other various vaccines under testing. | "One of the potential dangers if you prematurely let a vaccine out is that it would…
rt.com/usa/498934-fauci-warns-emergency-vaccine/

'Hear me roar!' Trump Jr's girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle steals show at RNC with high-volume speech (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle made a loud impression on viewers of the Republican convention, delivering a high-decibel speech in support of President Donald Trump which was deemed ear-splitting by critics online. | Guilfoyle, former host of Fox's 'The Five' and the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr, took the stage on the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, where she addressed a virtual audience due to coronavirus concerns. | "Don't let the Democrats take you for granted. Don't let them step on you," she boomed to an empty hall, closing the speech with a promise for a second Trum…
rt.com/usa/498936-kimberly-guilfoyle-rnc-speech/

Washington Post does about-face on Covid-19 plasma treatment the moment Trump comes out in favor
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Media coverage of a promising Covid-19 treatment has flipped from supportive to negative, a US health official has revealed, suggesting the president's praise of the treatment might relate to it falling out of favor. | The Washington Post's outlook on using blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients to treat the sick has flipped from optimistic to skeptical following a Sunday announcement from US President Donald Trump that the treatment has received emergency approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The switch in coverage was noted by the spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services on Mo…
rt.com/usa/499007-plasma-treatment-flipflop-hcq-trump/

CBS News whitewashes Kenosha destruction as mostly 'peaceful protests' as city smolders in aftermath
rt.com | 2020-08-25
To some in the mainstream media, the wave of arson and destruction that swept over Kenosha, Wisconsin was nothing more than "peaceful protest" that "gave way to clashes." Don't believe your lying eyes, they may as well have said. | The Wisconsin city of Kenosha burned for a second night in a row on Monday, as rioters defied a police curfew and torched local businesses and law enforcement buildings. Some were armed, and even as Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers called in the National Guard, furniture shops, car lots, correctional facilities, and random vehicles were razed to the ground by the mob. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/499004-kenosha-peaceful-protest-cbs/

'Are you a christian!?' BLM activists harass restaurant patrons who refuse to raise fists and shout slogans (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Disturbing videos have emerged online showing Black Lives Matter demonstrators screaming and yelling at restaurant patrons in Washington DC., demanding that they raise their fists in support of the protest movement. | In one scene which spread like wildfire on Tuesday, a large group of white protesters can be seen crowding around the table of a white woman at a Washington DC restaurant and demanding that she raise her fist to comply. | "Are you a Christian?" one activist repeatedly yells. Others yell slogans including "White Silence is Violence" and "No Justice, No Peace." As no videos have emerged showing the…
rt.com/usa/499037-blm-dc-restaurants-raise-fists/

Pompeo finds himself under investigation after speaking at Republican convention from Israel
rt.com | 2020-08-25
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to record a speech for the Republican National Convention from Jerusalem has angered Democrats and the US foreign policy establishment, who are calling it unethical and maybe illegal. | Pompeo is currently on a tour of the Middle East. He left Israel for Sudan on Tuesday morning, but not before he recorded a message from Jerusalem that is scheduled to be shown at the Republican party convention later in the day. The message is supposed to be in his "personal capacity" but the Democrats and foreign policy think-tanks in Washington, DC aren't buying it. | "He doesn't…
rt.com/usa/499036-pompeo-rnc-speech-outrage/

Vehicles & stores on fire, protesters with guns: Kenosha rioters defy curfew for 2nd night in wake of police shooting (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Another night of rioting and vandalism has rocked Kenosha, Wisconsin, with protesters seen setting stores and cars ablaze and clashing with the National Guard and police, who used crowd control weapons against violent rioters. | Neither the deployment of the National Guard, nor the curfew that took effect at 8 pm on Monday evening deterred protesters, some of them toting guns, from taking to the streets of Kenosha for the second night in a row. | HOLY SH*#: while interviewing this #BLM rioter in Kinosha he pulls out a real pistol and po…
rt.com/usa/498937-kenosha-riots-vandalism-fire-shooting/

'That was really good for CNN!' Trump swaps anger for gratitude as he hails his MSM nemesis for covering RNC
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Not historically a CNN fan, US President Donald Trump suddenly decided to thank the network for reporting on last night's Republican Convention — but…
rt.com/usa/498994-trump-hails-cnn-rnc-coverage/

'Liberals' excuse to say the n-word'? 'Uncle Tom' trending as disaffected RNC viewers fail at mocking convention's speakers
rt.com | 2020-08-25
The first day of the RNC featured a slate of black and female speakers. The party's Twitter critics said these people betrayed their race and gender, calling them "Uncle Tom's" to the dismay of US conservatives. | The Republican National Convention's Monday lineup featured speakers like US Senator Tim Scott, Congressman Vernon Jones and former NFL player Herschel Walker, who are all African Americans and were accused of being "Uncle Tom's". Their critics who use this derogatory term believe that they were betraying the black community by aligning with the Republican party and President Donald Trump. | "Uncle T…
rt.com/usa/498988-uncle-tom-trending-rnc/

'Loch Ness Monster of Swamp': Donald Trump Jr Attacks Biden at RNC as Twitter Wonders If He's 'High'
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
Slamming Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appears to be the main point in the ongoing Republican National Convention, where the incumbent President Donald Trump was re-nominated as GOP presidential candidate for the 2020 November election.
sputniknews.com/viral/202008251080268958-loch-ness-monster-of-swamp-donald-trump-jr-attacks-biden-at-rnc-as-twitter-wonders-if-hes-high/

Nikki Haley Delivers Speech at RNC, Slamming Biden, 'Radical Left'
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
The Republican National Convention is taking place from 24 and 27 August, re-nominating the incumbent President Donald Trump as GOP candidate for the November election to face Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
sputniknews.com/us/202008251080269177-nikki-haley-delivers-speech-at-rnc-slamming-biden-radical-left/

India, China, Pakistan Set to Participate in Wargames in Russia Next Month
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): Russia is set to host at least 18 countries, including member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for the bilateral and multilateral military exercises that were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The participating nations will have to follow COVID-19 protocols during their stay.
sputniknews.com/world/202008251080269637-india-china-pakistan-set-to-participate-in-wargames-in-russia-next-month/

COVID-19 Infects Host Cells Differently Than Other Viruses, Researchers Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are studying the unusual and complex method the COVID-19 novel coronavirus uses to replicate itself and are trying to identify whether the process could potentially be exploited to prevent the virus from reproducing.
sputniknews.com/society/202008251080277508-covid-19-infects-host-cells-differently-than-other-viruses-researchers-say/

Iran Blasts Pompeo for Trying to 'Flood Region With US Weapons' Amid Talk of More Arms for UAE
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, where he promised to "continue to honour" the US commitment to ensure Israel's "qualitative military edge" against its neighbours. Pompeo made the comments amid reports that the US is looking to sell F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008251080271137-iran-blasts-pompeo-for-trying-to-flood-region-with-us-weapons-amid-talk-of-more-arms-for-uae/

Kim Jong-un's Sister Expands Her Power in North Korea, Media Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
The minister of defense for South Korea also reportedly noted that Kim's sister now apparently plays a prominent role in "shaping" her country's policy towards South Korea and the United States.
sputniknews.com/asia/202008251080276343-kim-jong-uns-sister-expands-her-power-in-north-korea-media-claims/

RNC Day 1: Key Highlights of the Evening
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
The first night of the Republican National Convention kicked off Monday with Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence formally renominated as the 2020 Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees during a roll call vote that took place in Charlotte, North Carolina.
sputniknews.com/us/202008251080270633-rnc-day-1-key-highlights-of-the-evening-/

UAE Reportedly Calls Off Trilateral Meeting With US, Israel Over F-35 Sale
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Arab Emirates has reportedly cancelled the planned trilateral meeting with the United States and Israel in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opposition to the US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Abu Dhabi, the Axios news portal reported, citing informed sources.
sputniknews.com/military/202008251080270497-uae-reportedly-calls-off-trilateral-meeting-with-us-israel-over-f-35-sale/

Wisconsin Governor Declares State of Emergency Following Kenosha Protests
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
A wave of violent protests spanned the US city Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the release of a video that quickly went viral on social media showing white police officers shooting an African American man named Jacob Blake.
sputniknews.com/us/202008251080276631-wisconsin-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-following-kenosha-protests/

Vital Aspects Will be Revealed in Bollywood Actor Sushant's Psychological Autopsy, Experts Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): A psychological autopsy basically means a post-mortem of the mind, involving a detailed analysis of every aspect of a person's life that includes his interactions with family and friends, behavioural patterns, mood swings, social media posts, etc.
sputniknews.com/india/202008251080270073-vital-aspects-will-be-revealed-in-bollywood-actor-sushants-psychological-autopsy-experts-say/

Videos: Preparations Underway as Hurricane Laura Likely to Strike US Gulf as Category 3 Storm
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
Widespread storm preparations are underway across the US Gulf Coast Tuesday as national forecasters warn that Hurricane Laura, presently churning in the Gulf of Mexico, is gaining strength and will likely strike the US coastline as a Category 3 cyclone.
sputniknews.com/environment/202008251080276422-videos-preparations-underway-as-hurricane-laura-likely-to-strike-us-gulf-as-category-3-storm/

Video: IDF Says 'Security Incident' Has Unfolded Along Israeli-Lebanese Border
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
Flares were spotted Tuesday around Manara, a kibbutz in northern Israel, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed there was a "security incident" along the country's border with Lebanon.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008251080276871-idf-says-security-incident-has-unfolded-along-israeli-lebanese-border/

Family of Black Man Paralyzed in Police Shooting in Wisconsin to File Lawsuit, Lawyer Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Lawyers for the Kenosha, Wisconsin police shooting victim Jacob Blake said they were filing a civil lawsuit to seek financial remedy for the man that a video clip showed being shot at least seven times from behind by police officers apprehending him.
sputniknews.com/us/202008251080277568-family-of-black-man-paralyzed-in-police-shooting-in-wisconsin-to-file-lawsuit-lawyer-says/

Israeli, US Delegations to Visit UAE Next Week for Normalization Talks – PM's Office
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US and Israeli official delegations will travel to the United Arab Emirates next week to promote a normalization between the two major American allies in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008251080276821-israeli-us-delegations-to-visit-uae-next-week-for-normalization-talks—pms-office/

Crime Meter Running at Twice the Speed: Priyanka Gandhi Slams Uttar Pradesh State Chief
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
New Delhi (New Delhi): Priyanka Gandhi hasn't yet stepped into electoral politics, but she is strategically placed after being the general secretary of east Uttar Pradesh during the 2019 general election. With a striking resemblance to her grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi, she is often portrayed as the future of the Congress party.
sputniknews.com/india/202008251080270586-crime-meter-running-at-twice-the-speed-priyanka-gandhi-slams-uttar-pradesh-state-chief/

Indian Multi-Storey Building Collapse: 15 Missing, Death Toll Rises to 8
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
New Delhi (Sputnik): The building collapsed on Monday evening. According to the police and local authorities, more than 70 people are feared trapped under the debris. Prime Minister Modi has expressed his condolences over the deaths.
sputniknews.com/india/202008251080271853-indian-multi-storey-building-collapse-15-missing-death-toll-rises-to-8/

US Cops Responsible for Jacob Blake Shooting Will Not Have Body Cams Until 2022
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
A closer examination of Wisconsin's Kenosha Police Department has shown that officers, who recently shot 29-year-old father of three Jacob Blake, were not wearing body-mounted recording devices due to a series of delays blocking their implementation in recent years.
sputniknews.com/us/202008251080276598-us-cops-responsible-for-jacob-blake-shooting-will-not-have-body-cams-until-2022/

Streets Outside Charite Hospital in Berlin, Where Alexey Navalny is Being Treated – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
Last week, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny fell ill on a plane heading to Moscow from Tomsk, causing the aircraft to conduct an emergency landing in Omsk, where Navalny was transferred to hospital. Later, he was transported to Berlin to receive treatment in the Charite clinic.
sputniknews.com/europe/202008251080269233-streets-outside-charite-hospital-in-berlin-where-alexey-navalny-is-being-treated—-video/

Ankara Counts on Cooperation With Russia After Large Gas Find in Black Sea
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey counts on cooperation with Russia after the discovery of what is believed to be the country's largest gas field in the Black Sea, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Tuesday.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008251080276457-ankara-counts-on-cooperation-with-russia-after-large-gas-find-in-black-sea/

Man United's Harry Maguire Out of England Squad After Guilty Verdict in Assault on Police
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-25
Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was earlier arrested on Mykonos after he, according to police, punched an officer after Maguire's sister was "stabbed by an Albanian thug". Maguire has denied any wrongdoing.
sputniknews.com/uk/202008251080275825-man-uniteds-harry-maguire-out-of-england-squad-after-guilty-verdict-in-assault-on-police/

White Flight or Fight? Either Way, the American Dream Is Turning Into a Nightmare
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-25
Amid rampant violence, urban decay and racial strife across much of the ultra-Liberal heartland, more and more Whites are migrating to the suburbs and rural areas. However, as disaffection for the pale-face tribe continues to climb, this demographic is facing some unexpected hurdles along the road. | For even the most progressive liberal, the daunting problems plaguing America's inner cities — homelessness, homicide, racial tensions and of course Covid lockdowns — is becoming too much to bear. Now, an increasing number of Americans are pulling up stakes out of Dodge for some semblance of peace and sec…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/25/white-flight-or-fight-either-way-american-dream-is-turning-into-nightmare/

Johnson dismisses rumours he will quit due to ill health as absolute nonsense
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-25
Boris Johnson has dismissed as "absolute nonsense" a suggestion that he will quit early next year.Speculation about the prime minister's future was fuelled after the father-in-law of his senior aide Dominic Cummings reportedly said Johnson was struggling with his health and would leave Number 10 in six months' time.But during a visit to Devon, Johnson, who spent time in intensive care with coronavirus in April, said he was feeling "far better", partly due to losing weight.Prime minister Boris Johnson during his visit to Appledore Shipyard in Devon (Ben Birchall/PA)Johnson was forced to address questions about his…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/08/25/johnson-dismisses-rumours-he-will-quit-due-to-ill-health-as-absolute-nonsense/

In conversation with spoken word artist Potent Whisper about his groundbreaking new audiobook, Lucid Lovers
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-08-25
As musician and spoken word artist Potent Whisper launches Lucid Lovers, his boundary-pushing, genre-defying new audiobook, The Canary spoke with him about his work, the power of art, and making dreams come true. | So I listened to Lucid Lovers, and I was blown away. Congratulations on this beautiful work. If you were to tell people in your own words why they should listen to it, what would you say?: | Imagine I was going to give you a winning lottery ticket that would enrich your life in every way possible. Now imagine that you've had that lottery ticket in yo…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/08/25/in-conversation-with-spoken-word-artist-potent-whisper-about-his-groundbreaking-new-audiobook-lucid-lovers/

British Museum removes bust of its slave-owning founding father
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-25
The British Museum has removed a bust of its founding father, who was a slave owner, and said it wanted to confront its links to colonialism.Hartwig Fischer, the institution's director, revealed the likeness of Hans Sloane has been placed in a secure cabinet alongside artefacts explaining his work in the context of the British Empire.Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Fischer said: "We have pushed him off the pedestal. We must not hide anything. Healing is knowledge."The British Museum has moved a bust of its founding father due to his links to the slave trade (Tim Ireland/PA)The decision had been taken partly as a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/08/25/british-museum-removes-bust-of-its-slave-owning-founding-father/

California's Dependence on Incarcerated Labor Exposed as Wildfires Rage
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-25
As climate-fueled wildfires engulf California, tens of thousands of firefighters have been deployed across the state to combat the blazes amid a record heat wave and deadly pandemic. We look at how more than 1,300 incarcerated firefighters — who are annually deployed to the frontlines in California for just $1 an hour — are fighting back the blazes as coronavirus outbreaks in state prisons limit how many are available to fight the fires, and lay bare the state's reliance on prison labor to…
truthout.org/video/californias-dependence-on-incarcerated-labor-exposed-as-wildfires-rage/

Nursing Homes Will Receive Fast, Cheap COVID Tests — With a Catch
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-25
The Trump administration's latest effort to use COVID-19 rapid tests — touted by one senior official as a "turning point" in arresting the coronavirus's spread within nursing homes — is running into roadblocks likely to limit how widely they'll be used. | Federal officials are distributing point-of-care antigen tests — which are cheaper and faster than tests that must be run by a lab — to 14,000 nursing homes to increase routine screening of residents and staff. The initial distribu…
truthout.org/articles/nursing-homes-will-receive-fast-cheap-covid-tests-with-a-catch/

Trump's Botched Response to COVID Draws High Praise at Virtual RNC
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-25
Much of the commentary emanating from speakers on night one of the Republican National Convention (RNC) either ignored the coronavirus pandemic completely or exaggerated President Donald Trump's handling of it, several observers noted. | "The message coming from the RNC last night was basically, 'Forget everything that you're seeing right now, remember the good times,'" CBS News reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns noted, adding that there wasn…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-botched-response-to-covid-draws-high-praise-at-virtual-rnc/

New Far Right Party Aims to Stoke Fear of BLM Into Organized White Supremacy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-25
The last three years have been a marked and unending period of decline for the organized "alt-right." Ostensibly led into a somewhat cohesive social movement by Richard Spencer, the collection of publications, podcasts, high-profile white nationalists and organizations that made up the alt-right saw their peak in the two days they laid siege on Charlottesville, Virginia. Yet they were shut down afterward as anti-fascist activists confronted them, kicking them off platforms and legally challen…
truthout.org/articles/new-far-right-party-aims-to-stoke-fear-of-blm-into-organized-white-supremacy/

DeJoy Must Step Down — He "Doesn't Know the Basics of His Agency," Lawmaker Says
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-25
Democratic lawmakers ramped up their demands for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to step aside or be removed after the Trump megadonor on Monday demonstrated flippant ignorance of basic U.S. Postal Service operations, refused to cooperate with lawmakers' requests for documents, and declined to commit to reversing policy changes that have impeded the timely del…
truthout.org/articles/dejoy-must-step-down-he-doesnt-know-the-basics-of-his-agency-lawmaker-says/

Half of the US Population Lacks Adequate Protections Against Evictions
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-25
In the aftermath of the 2008 housing market collapse, I spent many months reporting on the "collateral damage" caused by a systemic failure. I remember going into campgrounds in California's Central Valley, where homeless people crowded in the communal bathrooms, prepping for work. I remember huge homeless encampments alongside railway tracks and dotting the sides of freeway embankments. | I also remember going into towns like Stockton and Las Vegas and seeing entire neighborhoods suddenly vacant,…
truthout.org/articles/half-of-the-us-population-lacks-adequate-protections-against-evictions/

National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression calls for justice for Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-25
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 25 statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | Once again, the hour of tragedy strikes for another Black family, in another Black community caught in the grip of the pandemic crises of COVID-19 and racism. | First of all, we want to express our solidarity with the traumatized family of Jacob Blake, and the protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sometime after 5 p.m. on August 23, 2020 Jacob was returning to his car, unarmed, after attempting to break up a fight between two women. The police arriving, guns drawn, were pleade…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/25/national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-repression-calls-justice-jacob-blake-kenosh

Trump crony, Postmaster General DeJoy, lies under oath to Congress
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-25
WASHINGTON — Louis DeJoy, the Trump-named Postmaster General who's ordered his minions to yank out mailboxes and dismantle sorting machines–among other moves–once again denied he's deliberately doing so to curb voting by mail this fall. "The U.S. Postal Service is fully committed to delivering ballots safely and on time," he told the House Oversight Committee …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-crony-postmaster-general-dejoy-lies-under-oath-to-congress/

Growing Pains–Advice to Patients and Physicians About Chronic Illness and Disability
Van Hentenryck M. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-08-25
In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student describes her experience growing up with a leg prosthesis and requiring orthopedic procedures to maintain her limb growth and describes reactions to her disability from uncomprehending peers and mentors in her medical training.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2769729

Turkish Treasury borrows $74M from domestic markets
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
The Turkish Treasury borrowed 547.5 billion Turkish liras ($74 million) from domestic markets through lease certificates on Tuesday.The Treasury and Finance Ministry issued the four-year fixed rent rate lease certificates to the banks through direct sale method in order to increase the domestic savings, broaden the investor base and diversify the borrowing instruments.The 1,456-day lease certificates, with a periodic rent rate (six months) of 6.80%, will be settled on Wednesday, while they will mature on Aug. 21, 2024.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-treasury-borrows-74m-from-domestic-markets-3537634

Turkey reports 1,500-plus coronavirus cases in a day
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Turkey on Tuesday confirmed 1,502 new cases of the novel coronavirus, while the number of tests conducted exceeded 6.5 million.On Twitter, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 887 patients recovered from COVID-19 over the past day, pushing the total count of recoveries to 238,795.Meanwhile, the death toll in the country reached 6,163, as 24 more people lost their lives.Health care professionals run 98,231 more tests to diagnose the disease over the last 24 hours, pushing the tally beyond 6.5 million.Since it originated in China last December, the coronavirus has claimed around 814,500 lives in 188 countries and re…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-reports-1500-plus-coronavirus-cases-in-a-day-3537637

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Patients reinfectedTwo European patients were confirmed to have been re-infected with the coronavirus, according to regional public broadcasters, raising concerns about immunity.The news follows a report this week by researchers in Hong Kong about a man there who had been re-infected four and a half months after recovering.Broadcasters said on Tuesday a patient in the Netherlands and another in Belgium had also been re-infected with the virus.Dutch broadcaster NOS cited virologist Marion Koopmans as saying the patient in the Netherlands was an older per…
yenisafak.com/en/life/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-3537591

In California heatwave, pandemic makes it hard to cool off
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down air-conditioned shopping malls and movie theaters, Debera Diaz and her adult son Joshua could have ducked inside to escape the 109 degree Fahrenheit heat that roasted their town near Sacramento last week.So the pair, who have been living in Debera's Honda Civic since her divorce and eviction a few months ago, were grateful to find a cooling center in city hall, complete with masks and a showing of the Meryl Streep movie "The Devil Wears Prada.""You can't even go to the library," said Diaz, 58. "It was really bad."The coronavirus pandemic presents vexing challenges for offici…
yenisafak.com/en/world/in-california-heatwave-pandemic-makes-it-hard-to-cool-off-3537594

Virus claims 77 more lives in Iraq, 31 in Saudi Arabia
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Health authorities in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait confirmed more fatalities and infections related to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.The Iraqi Health Ministry said 77 people died from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide death toll to 6,596.The virus has also sickened 3,962 more people, bringing the total cases to 211,947, including 153,761 recoveries.In Saudi Arabia, the Health Ministry recorded 31 more deaths and 1,114 new cases over the past day.The kingdom's count now stands at 3,722 deaths and 309,768 infections as well as 283,932 recoveries.Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Health Ministry regis…
yenisafak.com/en/world/virus-claims-77-more-lives-in-iraq-31-in-saudi-arabia-3537632

More than 20 FETàñ suspects get jail terms in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down jail terms to 24 FETàñ suspects in a case related to the infiltration of the armed forces.The sentences range from one-and-a-half years to 15 years. A total of 33 suspects stood trial.Three suspects benefited from the remorse law and their sentence was reduced to three years.Four suspects were acquitted and one was let off without a charge.FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/more-than-20-feto-suspects-get-jail-terms-in-turkey-3537602

Iran, IAEA agree to 'open new chapter of cooperation'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, held wide-ranging talks with Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran on Tuesday and both agreed to open "a new chapter of cooperation". | Grossi arrived in Tehran late on Monday on a two-day visit to discuss the issue of granting IAEA inspectors access to two Iranian nuclear sites. | He is expected to meet with top Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, officials said. | The standoff between the UN nuclear watchdog and Tehran has intensified in recent months after the IAEA…
yenisafak.com/en/news/iran-iaea-agree-to-open-new-chapter-of-cooperation-3537596

Pompeo flies to Sudan on 1st direct flight from Israel
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew from Israel to Sudan on Tuesday, in the first direct flight between Tel Aviv and Khartoum. | "Happy to announce that we are on the FIRST official NONSTOP flight from Israel to Sudan!" Pompeo said on Twitter. | According to The New York Times, the direct flight between Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport and Khartoum came as "Pompeo's plane obtained special permission". | In a statement, US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Pompeo will discuss with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok and Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan "continu…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pompeo-flies-to-sudan-on-1st-direct-flight-from-israel-3537595

Lebanese c.bank says can't use obligatory reserve to finance trade
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
The Lebanese central bank cannot use its obligatory reserve to finance trade once it reaches its minimum threshold, governor Riad Salameh was quoted as saying on Tuesday, after an official source said the central bank could only sustain subsidies on basic goods for three months.In an interview with the French edition of the Saudi-owned Arab News, Salameh also said he supported a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron to send experts from the French central bank, Bank of France, to audit the Lebanese central bank.The Lebanese central bank's intention is for depositors to recuperate their money, Salameh said,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/lebanese-cbank-says-cant-use-obligatory-reserve-to-finance-trade-3537601

Syria's Assad designates Arnous to form a new government, presidency says
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad designated Hussein Arnous to form a new government, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday, following a parliamentary election in July.Hussein Arnous was prime minister in the outgoing government, appointed by Assad in June to replace Imad Khamis as Syria grappled with a major economic crisis and plunging currency.
yenisafak.com/en/world/syrias-assad-designates-arnous-to-form-a-new-government-presidency-says-3537604

Pakistani charity builds school in southeastern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
A Pakistani charity has helped establish a school for Syrian children in southeastern Turkey.The primary school, which opened on Monday in the Gaziantep province near the Syrian border, has been funded by Pakistan's Baitussalam Welfare Trust with the support of Kuwait's Said association, said Ali Sahin, the chairman of Turkey-Pakistan Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group."Thanks for my Pakistani brothers for being in Gaziantep," he tweeted.The project is part of the "100 philanthropists in the 100th year" campaign which marks the centenary of Gaziantep's liberation.Gaziantep Governor Davut Gul said nearly 500,000…
yenisafak.com/en/news/pakistani-charity-builds-school-in-southeastern-turkey-3537633

EU to aid Turkish Cypriot community with $37M
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
The European Commission adopted on Tuesday a ‚Ǩ31.6 million ($37.4 million) aid program for the Turkish community on the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eu-to-aid-turkish-cypriot-community-with-37m-3537605

Trump: Wolf to be nominated to head homeland Security
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that acting Secretary Chad Wolf would be nominated to fill…
yenisafak.com/en/news/trump-wolf-to-be-nominated-to-head-homeland-security-3537638

Germany: Turkey favors dialogue to resolve East Med issues
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Turkey favors dialogue to resolve its tensions with Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean over maritime boundaries and energy exploration, Germany's foreign minister said in Athens on Tuesday.Turkey and Greece are playing with fire in the Eastern Mediterranean and "any spark could lead a disaster," Heiko Maas told a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.Maas said after his visit to Greece he will head to the Turkish capital Ankara to meet with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.This week Turkey and later Greece sent out conflicting alerts on energy exploration and military exercises i…
yenisafak.com/en/world/germany-turkey-favors-dialogue-to-resolve-east-med-issues-3537628

Russia parliament orders probe into possible foreign link to alleged Navalny poisoning
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday ordered one of its committees to probe whether foreign forces were behind the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in a bid to fuel tensions in Russia."The State Duma security committee will be instructed to analyse what happened in order to understand whether this was an attempt on the part of foreign states to harm the health of a Russian citizen to fuel tensions inside Russia, as well as to formulate fresh accusations against our country," speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said in a statement.The Kremlin said earlier on Tuesday it saw no need…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-parliament-orders-probe-into-possible-foreign-link-to-alleged-navalny-poisoning-3537631

US: Black man shot 8 times by police paralyzed
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
The father of a Black man seriously injured in a police shooting in the US state of Wisconsin said his son is paralyzed from the waist down, according to a report published Tuesday.Jacob Blake told the Chicago Sun-Times there are "eight holes" in his son's body and doctors do not know if the paralysis is permanent. His son's name is also Jacob Blake."What justified all those shots?" said the elder Blake. "What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?"The shooting has triggered widespread outrage and made Kenosha the latest flashpoint in the country's continued struggle with racial injusti…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-black-man-shot-8-times-by-police-paralyzed-3537636

Greece says wants dialogue with Turkey but will defend sovereign rights
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-25
Greece is ready for a dialogue to help dissolve tensions with Turkey over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean but the country will also defend its sovereign rights, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.After meeting his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Athens, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias also said that Turkey continues with "provocations" and "violations of international law" despite calls by its neighbours and allies to de-escalate tensions.Dendias said the issue doesn't only concern the two NATO allies but the European Union as a whole.
yenisafak.com/en/world/greece-says-wants-dialogue-with-turkey-but-will-defend-sovereign-rights-3537600

The Australian-United States Relationship is Overdue for a Radical Rethink
James O'Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-25
When one looks at a map of the world, Australia is prominently displayed at the southern end of the great Asian land mass. Then one looks at other statistics and one sees that Asia and China in particular is of huge economic importance to Australia. China, for example, is Australia's largest source of foreign tourists, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/the-australian-united-states-relationship-is-overdue-for-a-radical-rethink/

Free Speech be Damned: Joshua Krook and the Australian Public Service
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
There was very little controversial about it. A featured blog post in the Oxford Political Review, authored in April by Joshua Krook, suggested that COVID-19 had brought a host of benefits for big tech companies. Isolation ushered people towards online …
globalresearch.ca/free-speech-joshua-krook-australian-public-service/5722109

Free Speech Be Damned: Joshua Krook and the Australian Public Service
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-25
There was very little controversial about it. A featured blog post in the Oxford Political Review, authored in April by Joshua Krook, suggested that COVID-19 had brought a host of benefits for big tech companies. Isolation ushered people towards online platforms. Engagement on such platforms had increased dramatically. Names were not mentioned. Krook's then employer, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/free-speech-be-damned-joshua-krook-and-the-australian-public-service/

Issy Wyner: labour movement fighter and pioneer of local government democracy
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-25
Workers & unions James WynerIssue 1278 Australia Open Council Federated Ship Painters and Dockers UnionAugust 25, 2020Unionist, labour organiser and local government represe…
greenleft.org.au/content/issy-wyner-labour-movement-fighter-and-pioneer-local-government-democracy

Public transport group calls for a different transport plan
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-25
Environment Mary MerkenichIssue 1278 Australia North East Link tollway MelbourneAugust 25, 2020The Sustainable Cities community group is calling on the Victorian government to abandon its $1…
greenleft.org.au/content/public-transport-group-calls-different-transport-plan

Right-wing media domination of regional NSW helps conservatives
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-25
Elections Daniel PehlivanIssue 1278 Australia media baronsAugust 25, 2020With such a strong right-wing media bias in regional NSW, is it any wonder that right-leaning parties dominate? | Of the 93 electorates in New South Wales, some 28 of those outside of Greater Sydney…
greenleft.org.au/content/right-wing-media-domination-regional-nsw-helps-conservatives

Trump's Cold War with China is Heating Up
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-25
counterpunch.org/2020/08/25/trumps-cold-war-with-china-is-heating-up/

Democrats Are Winning Their Fight for the States
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
Democrats Are Winning Their Fight for the States…
thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-elections-statehouses/

"Poisoned" Kremlin Critic Flown to Germany as German-Russian Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
The perfectly timed poisoning of unpopular, ineffective Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny and the involvement of Germany comes as Washington sought to place maximum pressure on Berlin to cancel the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline. | *** | Russian opposition figure Alexey …
globalresearch.ca/kremlin-critic-flown-germany-german-russian-nord-stream-2-nears-completion/5722074

Sex-bias in COVID-19-associated illness severity and mortality in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Robin Park, Anusha Chidharla, Kathan Mehta, Weijing Sun, Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield, Anup Kasi | thelancet.com | 2020-08-25
Male sex was associated with a higher risk of severe illness and death attributable to COVID-19. This finding has implications in informing the clinical prognosis and decision making in the care of cancer patients.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30263-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Trump Pro and Con
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-25
Trump is a mixed bag. Unlike the Democrats, Trump is for the working class. Unlike Kamala, he is not anti-white. Unlike Democrats, Trump supports law and order. | But he is opposed to independent governments in Latin America such as Venezuela. Trump should leave Venezuela alone. How can anyone believe he is going to stop Washington and Israel's wars in the Middle East when he is trying to start a war with Venezuela? | Trump should stop causing trouble with China. It was America's own greedy and short-sighted corporations, such as Apple, Nike, and Levi, that gave China the economic advantage over the US by relocat…

Trump Pro and Con

Is the Russian Government as Insouciant as the American People?
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-25
Something is wrong in the Russian government and in the governments of former Soviet Republics. | The president of Ukraine stood aside and disarmed his police and Putin went off to the Olympics, while Washington-financed "Maidan protests" overthrew the Ukrainian government. Now it seems to be happening again in Belarus. | One would think that after Ukraine, Belarus and Russia would clamp down on their traitorous internal oppositions financed and led by Washington. But no. They continue to permit a Washington-funded operation to overthrow themselves. | The Russian and Belarus governments permit oppositions that ar…

Is the Russian Government as Insouciant as the American People?

Selected Articles: COVID-19: Trigger for a New World Order. Economic Stagnation and Social Destruction
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-dnc-politics-betrayal/5722114

Love, displacement and lucid dreaming: why everyone needs to listen to Potent Whisper's incredible new audiobook
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-08-25
It isn't often I come across a work that's quite as special as Lucid Lovers, the new audiobook by musician and spoken word artist Potent Whisper. | While being at its core a story about two lovers, it conveys, interwoven with metaphysical elements, a pure, intense romance — while also being firmly embedded in the world in which we live today. I was moved by its intrinsic beauty as much as I was by the narrative and the experiences of the characters. But having said that, I feel like no amount of words will do it justice. This genre-defying feat of storytelling really must be experienced in order to be appre…
thecanary.co/reviews/2020/08/25/love-displacement-and-lucid-dreaming-why-everyone-needs-to-listen-to-potent-whispers-incredible-new-audiobook/

The Climate Apocalypse Has Arrived
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
The Climate Apocalypse Has Arrived…
thenation.com/article/environment/trump-climate-california-elections/

There Is Power Even Without a Union
P.E. Moskowitz | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
There Is Power Even Without a Union…
thenation.com/article/politics/target-workers-organizing/

The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed
Mary Retta | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed…
thenation.com/article/activism/the-kids-are-getting-pepper-sprayed/

The Problem With NYC's New Women's Rights Monument
Erin Thompson | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
The Problem With NYC's New Women's Rights Monument…
thenation.com/article/society/nyc-suffrage-central-park/

Our Future is Intersectional
Andrea Arroyo | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
Our Future is Intersectional…
thenation.com/article/politics/our-future-is-intersectional/

How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America
Marcia Chatelain | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America…
thenation.com/article/culture/keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-race-for-profit/

How Trump Betrays the Working People Who Elected Him
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
How Trump Betrays the Working People Who Elected Him…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-working-class-election/

At the RNC, Republicans Go All-In on Police Impunity
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
At the RNC, Republicans Go All-In on Police Impunity…
thenation.com/article/politics/rnc-jacob-blake/

Scholars of Poverty and Inequality Face Their Own Racial Reckoning
Nicole Sussner Rodgers, Deadric T. Williams | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
Nicole Sussner Rodgers, Deadric T. Williams Scholars of Poverty and Inequality Face Their Own Racial Reckoning…
thenation.com/article/society/poverty-racial-inequality/

Letters From the September 7/14, 2020, Issue
Our Readers | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
Letters From the September 7/14, 2020, Issue…
thenation.com/article/society/letters-from-the-september-7-14-2020-issue/

First They Came for the Mailboxes
Jen Sorensen | thenation.com | 2020-08-25
First They Came for the Mailboxes…
thenation.com/article/politics/usps-voter-fraud-mailboxes/

New Survey Highlights Effectiveness of Anti-China COVID Rhetoric
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-24
A new YouGov survey reveals the real effects that Anti-China rhetoric is having on shaping public perception and the reality of COVID-19's impact on the world. | MPN– A new survey published today highlights the vast gaps between public perception and the reality of the impact of COVID-19 on the world. The survey, conducted by YouGov across eight Western nations –…

New Survey Highlights Effectiveness of Anti-China COVID Rhetoric

"Paid Vacation" for Kenosha Cops Who Shot Unarmed Jacob Blake in the Back
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
Being in the midst a summer of unprecedented racial and political unrest was apparently not enough to stop Kenosha police from emptying seven rounds into the back of yet another unarmed black man.
mintpressnews.com/paid-vacation-kenosha-cops-who-shot-jacob-blake/270684/

New Survey Highlights Effectiveness of Anti-China COVID Rhetoric
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
A new survey published today highlights the vast gaps between public perception and the reality of the impact of COVID-19 on the world. The survey, conducted by YouGov across eight Western nations — the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Denmark — asked around 10,000 participants to rank the impact that the coronavirus ha…
mintpressnews.com/new-survey-highlights-effectiveness-of-anti-china-covid-rhetoric/270705/

Brazil: Pantanal Fires Threaten Largest Flying Parrot Species
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
In Brazil, wildfires ravaging the Pantanal are destroying the refuge areas of the Hyacinth Macaw (Araras-Azuis), the world's flying largest parrot. | RELATED: | Amazon: Fires Increase During August at an Alarming Pace | "Without mercy, the fires in the Pantanal are devastating San Francisco do Perigara, a wildlife sanctuary that concentrates 15 percent of the free population of this species," local outlet Folha de Sao Paulo reported. | While wildfires in the Amazon grabbed internat…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Pantanal-Fires-Threaten-Largest-Flying-Parrot-Species-20200824-0008.html

Peru's Security Forces Capture Shipment of Cocaine
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Peru's National Police captured on Sunday a shipment of 182kg of cocaine in the region of Vraem, inside the Amazon. | RELATED: | Peru: 13 People Suffocated in Nightclub During Police Raid | Authorities reported that anti-narcotics agents discovered a ton of chemical inputs drug cartels used to process cocaine. This, after a raid in the town of Encarnación, which also unveiled a hidden laboratory where the drug was processed. | The region known as Vraem, which includes Valle de Los R…
telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Security-Forces-Capture-Shipment-of-Cocaine-20200824-0024.html

Did Lukashenko's Gun Stunt Help or Harm His Image?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Color Revolution-beleaguered Belarusian President Lukashenko surprised the world on Sunday after exiting a helicopter that landed on his palace grounds while dressed in body armor and holding an AK -47, which was a risky soft power stunt that could either …
globalresearch.ca/did-lukashenko-gun-stunt-help-harm-image/5721975

US "left" aligns with State Department on China Cold War
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-08-24
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks to Danny Haiphong, a Contributor at the Black Agenda Report, about why some US leftwing media outlets repeat State Department talking points when it comes to China. Danny also dispels some of the most common talking points, including "China is capitalist" and "China has imperialist ambitions".
thegrayzone.com/2020/08/24/42711/

US 'left' aligns with State Department on China Cold War
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-08-24
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks to Danny Haiphong, a Contributor at the Black Agenda Report, about why some US leftwing media outlets repeat State Department talking points when it comes to China. Danny also dispels some of the most common talking points, including "China is capitalist" and "China has imperialist ambitions".
thegrayzone.com/2020/08/24/42711/

Online panel examines what would happen if Assange is extradited to the US
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The expert panelists made clear that Assange would be held in the most draconian conditions, treated as a terrorist and denied due process.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/cour-a24.html

Fund appeal for Assange's legal defence wins significant public support
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The response underscores the international support for Assange among workers and young people which finds no expression in the official political parties or the corporate press.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/assa-a24.html

U.S. Govt-Funded Coda Story Smears American Journalists Who Undermine New Cold War Propaganda
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-24
With backing from the US government's regime-change arm, an Operation Mockingbird-style website called Coda Story is attacking American journalists who have punctured Washington's sensationalist narratives against China. | Ben NORTON | A shadowy neoconservative website called Coda Story has launched a smear campaign against American journalists who challenge new cold war propaganda. But what this publication has not disclosed is that it is funded by the US government, backed by the European Union, linked to the NATO war alliance, and part of a larger network of regime-change outfits that are bankrolled by Western…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/24/u-s-govt-funded-coda-story-smears-american-journalists-who-undermine-new-cold-war-propaganda/

LancetGate: "Scientific Corona Lies" and Big Pharma Corruption. Hydroxychloroquine versus Gilead's Remdesivir
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed "evaluation" published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials.
globalresearch.ca/scientific-corona-lies-and-big-pharma-corruption-hydroxychloroquine-versus-gileads-remdesivir/5717718

"The Damage Has Been Done": Historian Says Trump's Postmaster Has Undermined Faith in 2020 Election
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-24
The battle over the future of the United States Postal Service is intensifying, with a record number of mail-in ballots expected to be cast in the 2020 presidential election, and Democrats and Republicans locked in a fight over the future of the agency. Historian Philip Rubio, who teaches at North Carolina A&T State University and worked as a mail carrier for two decades before that, says decades of political interference have caused a "manufactured crisis" at the U.S. Postal Service. "The damage has been done," Rubio says of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's changes. "I think he's discouraged a lot of voters who…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/24/usps_louis_dejoy_november_election

QAnon: Trump Embraces Far-Right "Deep State" Conspiracy Theory Deemed a Threat by FBI
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-24
As the Republican National Convention gets underway this week, we look at how the party has openly embraced the far-right conspiracy theory known as QAnon, which claims, among other things, that President Trump is secretly at war with a deep state cabal of Satan-worshiping elites who run a child sex trafficking operation. Trump has retweeted messages from supporters of the conspiracy theory and recently spoke publicly about it for the first time, describing QAnon believers as "people that love our country." "At this point, it's reached full spread, that we really can't ignore it anymore," says Angelo Carusone, pr…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/24/qanon_trump

Steve Bannon, Former Trump Adviser, Allegedly Stole Funds for Private Border Wall Plagued by Erosion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-24
President Trump's former campaign CEO and White House adviser, Steve Bannon, is his sixth close associate to face criminal charges by the Department of Justice. Bannon and three others are accused of defrauding donors to We Build the Wall, a private effort to build a wall along the Mexican border, and redirecting funds to fund their own lavish lifestyles. We follow the money and look at how an investigation last month showed a private wall project the funds were used for is already eroding and could be in danger of falling into the river. We speak with Perla Trevizo and Lexi Churchill, two reporters at the ProPub…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/24/steve_bannon_we_build_the_wall

Diana Johnstone's "Circle in the Darkness" Gives an Insider's View Into Media Manipulation
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
A pillar of the antiwar movement, Diana Johnstone provides critical insights from her time working in Associated Press and AFP newsrooms in the US and Europe and much…
mintpressnews.com/book-reivew-diana-johnstone-circle-in-the-darkness-memoirs-of-a-world-watcher/270675/

Pressure On Netanyahu Mounts As Israel Bombs Gaza Again
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-24
Embattled Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been facing pressure at home and abroad amid his government's continued bombing of the Gaza strip. With protests in both Jerusalem and the UK, Israel's bombardment of Gaza has continued. And the Israeli PM is refusing to back down on all fronts. The PA news agency reported that on Saturday 22 August, thousands of protesters marched on Netanyahu's residence in central Jerusalem. They were protesting over his continued tenure as prime minister. The demonstrations came amid a backdrop of a summer of protests, centered around Netanyahu's government's handling of…
popularresistance.org/pressure-on-netanyahu-mounts-as-israel-bombs-gaza-again/

Progressives Call on Democrats to 'Do the Opposite' as Rahm Emanuel Advises Biden to Shun Medicare for All and Green New Deal
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-24
The two policies are popular with the American public, but the Democratic Party refused to embrace them in its 2020 platform. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/getty-m4a_sign.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/08/24/progressives-call-democrats-do-opposite-rahm-emanuel-advises-biden-shun-medicare-all?cd-origin=rss

President Trump, Child-Trafficker-in-Chief
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
President Donald Trump thinks of himself as a champion against human trafficking. He addressed a White House Summit on the issue in January claiming there was a "humanitarian crisis" at the border fomented by criminal organizations and that "traffickers victimize countless women and children." He signed an executive order and diverted $400 million in funding…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/president-trump-child-trafficker-in-chief/

Indigenous warriors evict mining corporation from their land
Ben Cowles | peoplesworld.org | 2020-08-24
peoplesworld.org/article/indigenous-warriors-evict-mining-corporation-from-their-land/

Trump Walks Alone: Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany Join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions
Prof. Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
LeMonde reports that France, Germany and Britain have rejected the Trump administration's attempt to reimpose UN Security Council sanctions on Iran that were revoked in early 2016 with the signing of the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …
globalresearch.ca/former-us-allies-britain-france-germany-join-russia-china-rejecting-trump-iran-sanctions/5721914

Tens of Thousands Protest Netanyahu as Momentum Grows and Gov't Faces Collapse
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-08-24
The rallies disproved the allegation of pro-Netanyahu pundits that the recognition of Israel by the United Arab Emirates would be recognized as a major diplomatic achievement for the prime minister and would cause the demonstrations to fizzle…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/tens-of-thousands-protest-netanyahu-as-momentum-grows-and-govt-faces-collapse/

Responding to Voter Suppression, Understanding Manipulated Elections
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Voter suppression in the 2020 election has become a topic of great concern. In reality, voter suppression has been part of US politics since the founding of the country. The oligarchs who wrote the US Constitution enabled voter suppression by …
globalresearch.ca/responding-voter-suppression-understanding-manipulated-elections/5721932

Maduro Says Can't Reveal Full Extent of Venezuela's Cooperation With Iran
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-24
Iran has recently defied US pressure and provided Caracas with half a dozen cargo ships-worth of fuel, food, medical supplies and spare parts for its flagging oil industry. Washington has resorted to calling the partnership between the two countries an "alliance of pariah states."
sputniknews.com/latam/202008241080266583-maduro-says-cant-reveal-full-extent-of-venezuelas-cooperation-with-iran/

Colombia: New Massacre Leaves Three People Dead in Antioquia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
On Sunday, three people were killed and another one was injured during an armed attack in the Venice municipality, in the Antioquia department. Two of the victims were minors. | RELATED: | Protests Against Duque's Attack on Workers' Rights | The armed group attacked the house where the victims were staying in the Los Alamos neighborhood. The names of the victims have not been revealed yet. | According to Venice's Mayor Oscar Sanchez, the violent events occurred during a dispute over…
telesurenglish.net/news/new-massacre-in-colombia-leaves-three-dead-in-antioquia-20200824-0012.html

Uribe Called To Testify Over Alleged Role In Three Massacres
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-24
Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe is sinking even deeper into legal trouble after the Supreme Court called him to testify over his alleged role in three massacres and a homicide. | The investigation is not directly related to the ongoing fraud and bribery investigation that spurred the Supreme Court to place Uribe under house arrest, but massacres that left between 150 and 200 people dead in his native Antioquia province between 1996 and 1997. | This investigation will however be using testimonies from paramilitary fighters Uribe allegedly tried to bribe ahead of last year's trial in an apparent attempt to…
popularresistance.org/uribe-called-to-testify-over-alleged-role-in-three-massacres/

What's it Like to be in Immigration Lockup During a Pandemic?
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2020-08-24
In the 1980s, fewer than 2,000 people were locked up in an immigration detention facility on an average day in America. , , Since then, that number has skyrocketed, quadrupling from 7,475 to 32,985 people detained by ICE per day between 1995 and 2016. Under the administration of President Donald Trump, the numbers have shot up even higher — at one point last year, a staggering 56,000 people were behind bars each night in an ICE detention facility. When asylum-seekers and other migrants in Cust…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/whats-it-like-to-be-in-immigration-lockup-during-a-pandemic

Wednesday 8/26: Fighting to Include Immigrants in COVID Relief and Defeating White Supremacy webinar
United We Dream | indybay.org | 2020-08-24
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/23/18836059.php

Glitzy Convention Conceals Emerging One-Party Tyranny
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Here are a few takeaways from the Democratic Convention: | The Democrats are running on the same platform they ran on in 2016. | The Democrats put style above substance, flashy optics above ideas or issues. | The Democrats think that hollow tributes | …
globalresearch.ca/glitzy-convention-conceals-emerging-one-party-tyranny/5721954

Hoping to Seize on UAE-Israel Deal, Pompeo and Kushner Head East in Search of New Allies for Israel
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump adviser Jared Kushner are hitting the road in an attempt to strong-arm more Arab states into normalizing relations with Israel, turning their backs on Palestine and isolating Iran.
mintpressnews.com/uae-israel-normalization-pompeo-kushner-search-new-allies-israel/270720/

MN demands 'End aid to Israel' during the DNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-24
Minneapolis, MN – On August 20, activists held banners from five bridges along Interstate 35W to highlight the role the U.S. plays in endorsing and funding the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The protest took place during the Democratic National Convention to draw attention to the need for the Democratic Party to break with the apartheid state of Israel. | Drivers saw banners on the 35th, 36th, 38th and 40th Street bridges on I-35W in South Minneapolis and on a bridge in Lakeville over I-35. The protest was initiated by the MN Anti-War Committee. Many groups signed on and helped make banners and organized their…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/23/mn-demands-end-aid-israel-during-dnc

MN demands 'End aid to Israel' during the DNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-24
Minneapolis, MN – On August 20, activists held banners from five bridges along Interstate 35W to highlight the role the U.S. plays in endorsing and funding the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The protest took place during the Democratic National Convention to draw attention to the need for the Democratic Party to break with the apartheid state of Israel. | Drivers saw banners on the 35th, 36th, 38th and 40th Street bridges on I-35W in South Minneapolis and on a bridge in Lakeville over I-35. The protest was initiated by the MN Anti-War Committee. Many groups signed on and helped make banners and organized their…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/23/mn-demands-end-aid-israel-during-dnc

Despite Threats, the U.S. Will Not Sanction India over Its Relations with Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
After Russia, the U.S. is the second largest arms exporter to India. As a major Washington defense partner, New Delhi signed two $3.5 billion arms purchase agreements earlier this year. However, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Clarke Cooper reiterated Washington's …
globalresearch.ca/us-not-sanction-india-relations-russia/5721965

Thanks, Obama: You Lie
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
Record-Setting Absurdity and Mendacity The malignant fascist sociopath Donald Trump lies so voluminously and absurdly that many Americans will believe he said or Tweeted almost anything, no matter how offensive and ridiculous. Every few months for the last three years I've been making up off-the-wall Trump statements and sending them out on so-called social media…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/thanks-obama-you-lie/

Democratic Convention: New Faces, Similar Policies
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
A national political nominating convention, as the Democrats have just completed, is, to be sure, a mutual admiration event. A steady stream of speakers led to the finale with the acceptance speech by the presidential candidate, Joe Biden. But the Convention has another declared purpose: to show the country what the Democratic Party stands for…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/democratic-convention-new-faces-similar-policies/

Trump's Venezuela Regime Change Alliance Dwindles
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
The Canadian Dimension, a forum for debate on contemporary issues facing the Left, published an analysis of the political situation in Venezuela. The text is presented below: | On December 6, Venezuelans will go to the polls to elect a new …
globalresearch.ca/trump-venezuela-regime-change-alliance-dwindles/5721917

Socialist or Capitalist: What is China's Model, Exactly?
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
Near the end of his life Lenin gave a speech that referred to the USSR as a transitional society. He explained that socialists had taken state power and could thereby take…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/socialist-or-capitalist-what-is-chinas-model-exactly/

NYC 'March Against Billionaire Landlords' hits corporations for housing crisis
Belle Brick | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-24
Liberation Photo Activists ranging from trade unionists, housing justice organizers and socialists to young people new to the struggle, united for a 300-person rally and march in New York City on Aug. 20. They demanded the cancellation of rents and a stop to the upcoming wave of evictions that was ignited by the pandemic. Starting …
liberationnews.org/nyc-march-against-billionaire-landlords-hits-corporations-for-housing-crisis/

Bolivia: De Facto Regime Seeks To Divide Socialists, Evo Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Bolivia's former President Evo Morales assured that the coup-born regime raises false accusations against him to weaken the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) before the October elections. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Electoral Court Bans Añez's Improper Propaganda | "The right-wing cannot divide us. If we allow them to divide us, we will be playing the right wing's game. They want us shattered," Evo said. | Last week, the Justice Ministry filed a complaint against…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-De-Facto-Regime-Seeks-To-Divide-Socialists-Evo-Warns-20200824-0007.html

The Tribulations of Triangulation: Few Options for Belarus Amid a Color Revolution
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
Belarus shows that any small state with a mildly socialist system and independent foreign policy invites subversion by the Yankee hegemon and its collaborators.
mintpressnews.com/tribulations-triangulation-options-belarus-amid-color-revolution/270694/

Class Warfare 101
William Manson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-24
Starting around 1848, socialists flooded the world with pamphlets and manifestos explaining the basics of "wage-labor" vs. "capital." Yet here we are in the 21st century, having to go back to basics — even though one would think that the dire economic situation for most people today "speaks for itself." However, given the recent misguided …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/class-warfare-101/

Video: Syrian Forces Are Hunting Down ISIS Terrorists in Desert
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
The military situation in Syria continued deteriorating in recent days. | On August 21, the Syrian Army and its allies increased their anti-ISIS raids in the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor-Al-Mayadin triangle. According to pro-government sources, these efforts are being actively supported by …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-forces-hunting-down-isis-terrorists-desert/5721900

Growing US Isolation on the World Stage
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Russia's Sergey Lavrov is right about hegemon USA, saying the following on Saturday: | The Trump regime's "intention is to do everything possible in order not to be bound by any international multilateral obligations," adding: | "When the US decides that China | …
globalresearch.ca/us-isolation-world-stage/5721887

Venezuela's Supreme Court Intervenes in Leftwing Parties, Replaces Critical Leadership
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-08-24
Homeland for All (PPT) and Tupamaro party members have criticised the rulings, which weaken the Popular Revolutionary Alternative for December's parliamentary election.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14976

Amid recurring violence, uncertainties around peace talks continue in Afghanistan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-24
Seven civilians lost their lives in Afghanistan hours before the Taliban negotiators arrived in Pakistan to discuss the way forward in the Afghan peace process. The incident took place in the Ghazni province…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/24/amid-recurring-violence-uncertainties-around-peace-talks-continue-in-afghanistan/

Virginia Plans Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Residents
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
As Friday's hospitalization numbers across the Sun Belt appear to confirm CDC head Dr. Robert Redfield's assertion that the American COVID-19 outbreak has peaked and is starting to fade, the State of Virginia is setting a new precedent by …
globalresearch.ca/virginia-plans-mandatory-covid-19-vaccinations-all-residents/5721907

The Biden Campaign Walks Back its Attack on BDS… Sort Of
Kathryn Shihadah | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
The Biden campaign's attack on BDS and activist Linda Sarsour shows that the DNC is not ready to truly embrace the progressive values it claims to represent.
mintpressnews.com/the-biden-campaign-walks-back-its-attack-on-bds-sort-of/270730/

Biden Put Forward an Image of Decorum and Unity
Kris Kodrich | progressive.org | 2020-08-24
Last week's Democratic National Convention encouraged viewers to vote for Joe Biden, if only to regain a sense of humanity.
progressive.org/dispatches/biden-image-of-decorum-unity-kodrich-200824/

As Democrats Hedge on Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Biden Misleads on Plan
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-24
Welcome back to TRNN's Climate Crisis News Roundup. We are in the dog days of summer, with record heat waves and extreme weather events happening throughout the United States and the world. Meanwhile, one of the global oil majors has a professed climate solution: powering its oil drilling with wind and solar energy across the…
therealnews.com/columns/as-democrats-hedge-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-biden-misleads-on-plan

Biden's Speech Stirs Up Sense of Déjà Vu — Same Old Lies Disguised as New Promises, Little More than a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
One speech, well written and read well, does not a president make. At the end of the day, the Democrats are putting forward a wolf in sheep's clothes, who is peddling the same worn-out lies disguised as new promises. | Joe | …
globalresearch.ca/biden-speech-stirs-up-sense-deja-vu-same-old-lies-disguised-new-promises/5721913

Hymn for a Broken Empire: Republican National Security Officials for Biden
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
If fodder is needed for the argument that a Deep State is running wild and determined to depose President Donald J. Trump, this will surely help. In a statement by self-titled "former Republican National Security Officials", a hand-on-heart allegiance …
globalresearch.ca/republican-national-security-officials-biden/5721910

Greenland Had Massive Ice Melting in 2019 Due to Global Warming
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Greenland lost over 580 billion tons of ice in 2019 due to atypical high temperatures, which provoked an irregular sea-level increase according to a study published in Communications Earth & Environment. | RELATED: | Iranian Authorities Confirm Sabotage At Nuclear Plant | "More and more often, we have stable [atmospheric] high-pressure systems over the ice sheet, which favor the influx of warmer air from the midlatitudes, one of the conditions promoting melt," said Alfred Wegener Insti…
telesurenglish.net/news/greenland-had-massive-ice-melting-in-2019-due-to-global-warming–20200824-0021.html

The CumEx fraud in Germany: Organised crime with government support
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The tax authorities, government and judiciary closed their eyes as banks and shareholders helped themselves to €31.8 billion in public funds between 2001 and 2016.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/bank-a24.html

Brazil: President Bolsonaro Threatens to Beat up a Journalist
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday threatened to beat up a journalist who asked about a financial scandal that involves his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, and his son, Flavio Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Brazil: Labor Union Sues Bolsonaro for Crimes Against Humanity | "I can't wait to beat you up," Bolsonaro threatened O Globo's reporter after he asked about alleged illegal payments his wife received from Flavio's former advisor Fabricio Queiroz. | Bolsonaro's reaction came after a…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolsonaro-threatens-to-beat-up-a-brazilian-journalist-20200824-0005.html

Sociopathic Traits Linked to Non-compliance with Mask Guidelines and Other COVID-19 Containment Measures
Eric W. Dolan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
New research from Brazil has found that people who are unconcerned with adhering to measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 tend to display higher levels of traits associated with antisocial personality disorder, also known as sociopathy. The findings have …
globalresearch.ca/sociopathic-traits-linked-non-compliance-mask-guidelines-other-covid-19-containment-measures/5721891

China and the Decline of US Power
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Constant attacks by some US elites on China will, according to some observers, diminish and disappear once the US presidential election is over in November 2020. | This is unlikely to happen for at least two reasons. One, the issues that …
globalresearch.ca/china-decline-us-power/5721920

China Defends TikTok's Lawsuit to Protect Its Interests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
In response to questions concerning the lawsuits that TikTok and some WeChat users have filed against the U.S. government executive order banning TikTok in the United States, Lijian defended their decision, assuring that "China will also continue to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises." | RELATED: | Trump Signs Order to Ban TikTok Operations in the United States | He went on to say that some U.S. politicians are tr…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Defends-TikToks-Lawsuit-to-Protect-Its-Interests-20200824-0022.html

Bomb Attack in the Philippines Kills at Least 14 People
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Two bombs exploded on Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding another 75 in a town southern Philipines. | RELATED: | China Ready to Promote Ties With Philippines to New Levels: Xi | The military forces said they are still investigating the cause of the explosions, but they suspect the bombings are related to militant Islamists linked to the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. | The authorities detailed that each bomb exploded within an hour of each other in Joló, the capital of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bomb-Attack-in-the-Philippines-Kills-at-Least-14-People-20200824-0023.html

The Quiet American Reset
Alastair Crooke | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-24
The great de-coupling is here. The U.S. now has plan a to purge Chinese tech companies fully from America's internet, creating what the Trump administration has dubbed the Clean Network. It mirrors the White House's existing 5G Clean Path initiative to remove all Chinese components from systems 'everywhere', and which now extends it to everything tech on the 'net. | China fears a financial 'Iron Curtain' is about to fall — a complete expulsion from the dollar sphere. In fact, soft capital control is already birthing, with Bloomberg reporting that the U.S. is now asking colleges and universities to divest fr…

The Quiet American Reset

Everything going according to plan in China
Pepe Escobar | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-24
Let's start with the story of an incredibly disappearing summit. | Every August the Chinese Communist Party's leadership converges upon the town of Beidaihe, a seaside resort two hours away from Beijing, to discuss serious policies that then coalesce into key planning strategies to be approved at the CCP Central Committee plenary session in October. | The Beidaihe ritual was established by none other than the Great Helmsman. Mao Zedong couldn't help loving a town where Emperor Qin, unifier of China in the 3rd century BC, had kept a palace. | As 2020 is so far a notorious Year of Living Dangerously, there's no sur…

Everything going according to plan in China

Everything going according to plan in China
Pepe Escobar | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-24
Let's start with the story of an incredibly disappearing summit. | Every August, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) converges to the town of Beidaihe, a seaside resort some two hours away from Beijing, to discuss serious policies that then coalesce into key planning strategies to be approved at the CCP Central Committee plenary session in October. | The Beidaihe ritual was established by none other than Great Helmsman Mao, who loved the town where, not by accident, Emperor Qin, the unifier of China in the 3rdcentury B.C., kept a palace. | 2020 being, so far, a notorious Year of Living Dangerously…

Everything going according to plan in China

President No More? US Moves to Ban Chinese Leader Xi Jinping's Title
wionews | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
US lawmakers have introduced a bill to change the way the federal government refers to the leader of China. | The 'Name the Enemy Act' would require that official US government documents instead refer to the head of state according to …
globalresearch.ca/us-moves-ban-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-title/5721973

At least 13 Peruvian youth killed in police raid on Lima disco
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The tragedy is the direct outcome of the government's police-state enforcement of coronavirus restrictions, even as it grants a free rein to mining and other business interests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/peru-a24.html

The Spanish State's "Nationalization" of Clinics Resembles Privatization
Chris Gilbert | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
We hear it throughout the English-language press, both mainstream and progressive: "The Covid-19 crisis led Spain to nationalize its private clinics!" It would be great if it were true. Moreover, since governments like to say that we are "at war" with the coronavirus, shouldn't a war involve more than just confining people in their houses,…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/the-spanish-states-nationalization-of-clinics-resembles-privatization/

Permitted Unlawfulness: The New Zealand Coronavirus Lockdown
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-08-24
asia-pacificresearch.com/new-zealand-coronavirus-lockdown/5629200

Corbyn was "lectured" by Johnson government on "herd immunity" and said nothing
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
Corbyn was involved in talks with the Tories who told him explicitly that theirs was a murderous policy of allowing the coronavirus to develop unchecked.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/corb-a24.html

The Arithmetic of Avarice
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
How much do America's big-time corporate CEOs make? Such a simple question, right? Not quite. Economist Larry Mishel has been working to get the answer right — for decades. And now Mishel, a former president and currently a distinguished fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, has just released his latest take on the…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/the-arithmetic-of-avarice/

Make Corporate Landlords Pay the Bills During the Pandemic
Sofia Lopez and Sara Myklebust | zcomm.org | 2020-08-24
With fortunes inflated by corporate welfare, wealthy real estate owners can afford to cancel housing-related expenses and debts for millions of struggling American families.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/make-corporate-landlords-pay-the-bills-during-the-pandemic/

Millions in Executive Payouts for Bankrupt California Oil Giant

| globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
A federal judge in Houston late yesterday approved an incentive package worth up to $57 million for top executives as part of bankruptcy proceedings for oil giant California Resources Corporation. | Nine executives with the company, which is California's biggest oil …
globalresearch.ca/judge-ok-millions-executive-payouts-bankrupt-california-oil-giant/5721886

Seattle's High-End Wage Tax and Taxing Stock Returns
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-08-24
Sometimes random events come together in ways that help clarify our thinking. I had such an event last Friday. I was happy that day because Bloomberg ran a column by me on an idea I've toyed with for years: replacing the corporate income tax with a tax on stock returns. The logic is that this …
cepr.net/seattles-high-end-wage-tax-and-taxing-stock-returns/

Should We be More Worried About the Economy?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
We are really in an unprecedented period where the economy is trying to recover from the shutdowns of April and May while being faced with partial shutdowns due to the resurgence of the pandemic in large parts of the country. We are struggling to make sense of data, which often has a substantial lag. We…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/should-we-be-more-worried-about-the-economy/

The Toll of Capitalism
Luke O'Brien | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
While on all sides of the street the harlot, Capitalism, was decked in horrible array of all possible and impossible colours, there was projected from the windows of the SDF a transparency of five feet, giving the statistics of deaths in war, deaths in concentration camps, the numbers of paupers, the number of unemployed in…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/the-toll-of-capitalism/

African Asylum Seekers Jailed in Louisiana Stop Eating in Protest
Frances Madeson | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
In the Mankon language, spoken in northwest Cameroon, mughu is a word for hell. Northwest Cameroon was home to more than a dozen of the 48 African asylum seekers now confined in Louisiana at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center, where COVID has taken a firm grip. Along with men from Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, and Burkino…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/african-asylum-seekers-jailed-in-louisiana-stop-eating-in-protest/

Bidding for Reelection Amid Crisis and Fear
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
President Donald Trump headlines his Republican Party's national convention against a backdrop of a nation in crisis and an older sister who branded him a liar and someone without principles. He plans to take the stage every four nights of the virtual gathering, true to form for the super narcissist, in the face of a…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/bidding-for-reelection-amid-crisis-and-fear/

40 Acres and a Mule: the Plight of Black Farmers
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-24
The most deleterious of the effects of the industrialization of farming in the United States is the drastic decline of the small white family farmers and the near disappearance of the black family farmers. Rise and fall In 1900, there were 746,717 black farmers in the United States. In the next ten years, by 1910,…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/24/40-acres-and-a-mule-the-plight-of-black-farmers/

Bolivia mass mobilizations against U.S.-backed coup continue
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-24
A 12-day national Bolivian blockade led by massive social movements, students, elders, unions and farmworkers ended on Aug. 13. It had paralyzed the entire country, resulting in food/fuel shortages and in the complete instability of the Andean nation itself.
mronline.org/2020/08/24/bolivia-mass-mobilizations-against-u-s-backed-coup-continue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bolivia-mass-mobilizations-against-u-s-backed-coup-continue

Mali: Talks End Without a Deal on a Transitional Government
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
The political dialogue in Mali between coup leaders and West African mediators ended on Monday with no agreement on a transitional government. | RELATED: | Mali Coup: ECOWAS Close Borders, UN Asks Release of Officials | The spokesman for Mali's National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) Ismael Wague told a press conference that "nothing has been decided with the ECOWAS mediation team." The official added that "at no time has there been any talk of a government with…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mali-Talks-End-Without-a-Deal-on-a-Transitional-Government-20200824-0019.html

Inequality Increases Mortality From COVID-19 in Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Mexico's Undersecretary for Health Prevention and Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell said that high mortality from COVID-19 is explained by such factors as social inequality, poor nutrition, limited health capacity, and corruption. | RELATED: | The Pandemic Is Underrepresented in Mexico, WHO Says | "The mortality rate of a country depends a lot on its social reality, and our society's structural inequality has grown exponentially over the past 40 years," Lopez-Gatell sai…
telesurenglish.net/news/Inequality-Increases-Mortality-From-COVID-19-in-Mexico-20200824-0002.html

Private schools in Massachusetts to get rapid COVID-19 testing
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The project is being initiated by the Broad Institute in Cambridge, which is associated with the Broad Foundation, best known for its school privatization efforts around the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/mass-a24.html

Strengthening global cooperation on counter-terrorism must remain a priority during and after pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-08-24
With Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) and other terrorist groups attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for their own ends, the international community must respond with stronger collective action and cooperation, the top UN counter-terrorism official said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070922

Cuba: COVID-19 Vaccine's Clinical Trials Are Underway
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
In Cuba, the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) announced that the country has started the first phase of human trials of the COVID-19 vaccine called "Soberana 01." | RELATED: | COVID-19 Vaccine: Cuba's Among Top 30 Worldwide Candidates | During the first stage of this phase, scientists will adjust technical details before begin recruiting 676 individuals who will be part of the trial. | Authorities stressed that those selected will be completely healthy people between the ages of 19 and…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-covid-19-vaccines-clinical-trials-are-underway-20200824-0014.html

WHO presses for greater investment in global COVID-19 vaccine facility
news.un.org | 2020-08-24
Investing in a mechanism that will guarantee all countries have fair and timely access to a COVID-19 vaccine is the only way out of the global pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1070912

Cuba's vaccine candidate "Sovereign" is all set to enter clinical trials
Peoples Dispatch | mronline.org | 2020-08-24
Cuba's vaccine candidate is the first from the Latin America and the Caribbean region and marks a continuation of its pioneering work in combating COVID-19 across the world.
mronline.org/2020/08/24/cubas-vaccine-candidate-sovereign-is-all-set-to-enter-clinical-trials/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cubas-vaccine-candidate-sovereign-is-all-set-to-enter-clinical-trials

What media moguls don't want you to know: Youtube and Google attack Cuba and Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-24
On Aug. 20, just ahead of programming about the start of clinical trials for Cuba's COVID-19 vaccine, Soberana-01, YouTube management disabled Mesa Redonda's channel. Mesa Redonda (Roundtable) airs Monday through Friday evenings on Cuban national television.
mronline.org/2020/08/24/what-media-moguls-dont-want-you-to-know-youtube-and-google-attack-cuba-and-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-media-moguls-dont-want-you-to-know-youtube-and-google-attack-cuba-and-venezuela

Raging wildfires worsen crisis in California
Aaron Arabian | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-24
Image from Wikimedia.org As of Aug. 24, 650 wildfires are raging across California, with over a million acres having burned in just the last month. Millions have been forced to breathe polluted air, combining with the threat posed by COVID-19 of respiratory damage and other negative health effects. Around 250,000 people have either been evacuated …
liberationnews.org/raging-wildfires-worsen-crisis-in-california/

The origins and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The COVID-19 pandemic is a once in a century event, a trigger event, that has exposed the deep contradictions and terminal decay in the capitalist organization of world resources.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/covi-a24.html

'It's a death trap:' Angola inmate put in isolation for organizing against COVID-19
John McDevitt | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-24
"Because of COVID, you know, many are at risk due to pre-existing conditions…."
liberationnews.org/its-a-death-trap-angola-inmate-put-in-isolation-for-organizing-against-covid-19/

Canada's Liberal government slashes COVID-19 emergency aid
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
By reducing by 20 percent the aid given to workers rendered jobless by the pandemic, the Liberal government is trying to goad them into returning to work under unsafe conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/free-a24.html

COVID-19: Trigger for a New World Order. Economic Stagnation and Social Destruction
Patrick Henningsen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
I can remember them saying that 'everything changed after 9/11'. It did, but certainly not for the better. I think we can all agree on that. I remember how everyone surrendered their rights and key aspects of democracy, all in …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-trigger-new-social-order/5721926

States and counties across US conceal COVID-19 outbreaks at schools
wsws.org | 2020-08-24
The policy of concealing cases has become the modus operandi across industries and serves as a mechanism for implementing the homicidal return-to-work campaign of the ruling class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/24/scho-a24.html

Panama: Nurses on Strike To Demand Wages and Biosecurity
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
The National Association of Nurses of Panama (ANEP) Monday will hold a protest to denounce exhausting work hours, lack of personal protective equipment, and failure to pay salaries to professionals hired during the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | PAHO: COVID-19 Contagions Increase in Central America | The ANAP president Ana Reyes called on citizens to support the peaceful demonstrations that will take place in different health institutions. | "Although we had meetings with the a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panama-Nurses-on-Strike-To-Demand-Wages-and-Biosecurity-20200824-0003.html

Video: Big Anti-Corona Demonstration in Berlin. Example for the Rest of the World
FreiheitsFreund | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
According to confirmation from the police of Berlin, Germany, it has been confirmed that between 500,000 and 1 million peaceful protesters (mostly without masks) demonstrate against the Corona rules. | Watch the video below. | * | Note to readers: please click the …
globalresearch.ca/video-big-anti-corona-demonstration-berlin-example-rest-world/5721935

Belarus and the Lessons from Sudan. Comparative Analysis of "Color Revolutions"
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
The political development unfolding in Minsk, with high possibility to spill over and spread throughout the former Soviet republic of Belarus is sensitive and delicate. | The first information that emerged about opposition rallying against elected President Alexander Lukashenko was worrying …
globalresearch.ca/belarus-lessons-sudan/5721950

Video: The Face Mask Imposed by France's Police State. Breathing is a Fundamental Human Right
Mondialisation | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Numerous scientific studies reveal that the face mask is detrimental to a person's health. | According to Dr. Russell Blaylock: by wearing a face mask, "the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-face-mask-imposed-by-frances-police-state-breathing-is-a-fundamental-human-right/5721999

NATO, Hands Off Belarus!
Vladimir Krsljanin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
When NATO covered Serbia with missiles and bombs, Alexander Lukashenko was the only head of state who visited Belgrade and supported our initiative to join the Union of Russia and Belarus. | We will never forget this. | Recently, the same NATO …
globalresearch.ca/nato-hands-off-belarus/5721970

"Comfortably Numb": Opiods Have Overwhelmed Our Nation
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
Just a little pinprick | There'll be no more, ah | But you may feel a little sick | Can you stand up? | I do believe it's working, good | That'll keep you going through the show | Come on it's time to go | There | …
globalresearch.ca/comfortably-numb-opiods-have-overwhelmed-our-nation/5721984

Lawsuit Claims Merck's Gardasil Papilloma Virus Vaccine Caused Severe Injuries to Teen
Robin McCall | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-24
It is vitally important to acknowledge that the same so-called "experts" in the medical/academic/scientific community, many of whom have serious undisclosed financial conflicts of interest at the NIH, the CDC, the NIAID, the FDA, the WHO, Medical Schools, teaching hospitals …
globalresearch.ca/lawsuit-claims-gardasil-merck-human-papilloma-virus-vaccine-caused-severe-vaccine-induced-injuries-teen/5721944

Tropical Storm Laura Hits Cuba With Heavy Rains and Winds
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
On Sunday night, Tropical Storm Laura reached Cuba with heavy rains and winds after it left 12 people dead in the Hispaniola Island. | RELATED: | Tropical Storm Laura Brings Deaths, Damage to Greater Antilles | "During the early hours of Monday morning, Laura advanced through the Island's southern seas where it has gain strength due to the warm waters," Cuba's Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) reported. | This Monday, the Tropical Storm will continue its course over the central…
telesurenglish.net/news/tropical-storm-laura-hits-cuba-with-heavy-rains-and-winds-20200824-0001.html

Just "Arabs killing Arabs": Israel's Inaction Over Palestinian Murders Gets Frustrated Moms Marching
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-24
In 2019, there were 138 murder cases throughout the state of Israel. Out of those, 93 were Palestinian citizens of Israel, a community that makes up only 20 percent of Israeli citizens.
mintpressnews.com/israel-police-inaction-palestinian-murders-mothers-for-life-movement/270659/

'MN Ain't Fair' protest march to state fairgrounds demands justice for stolen lives
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-24
St. Paul, MN – Over 200 people gathered on a sweltering August 23 in a park here, before marching to the gates of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. This is the fifth year the march on the state fair has been held. | At the park, t-shirts given to attendees. The front of the shirts declared that Black, native, Hmong, brown and stolen lives matter. The back of the shirts had a dizzying list of dozens of names of people who were murdered by cops in the state. | Monique Cullars Doty has been the main organizer of the annual event. Her nephew, Marcus Golden, was murdered by Saint Paul police on January 14, 2015, at the…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/24/mn-ain-t-fair-protest-march-state-fairgrounds-demands-justice-stolen-lives

Family holds 1-year angelversary for David Sullivan in Fullerton
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-24
Fullerton, CA – On August 19, 2019, the Buena Park Police Department killed 19-year-old David Patrick Sullivan after a traffic stop in Fullerton. As body cam footage of this murder shows, Sullivan was unarmed and attempting to flee when BPPD Officers Bobby Colon and Jennifer Tran shot him seven times. In June, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer cleared Officers Colon and Tran, but Sullivan's family is fighting back. | This Wednesday, August 19, the one-year angelversary of his murder, Sullivan's family, Christian Contreras (one of their attorneys), members of Centro CSO, Carlos Montes, and other activis…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/23/family-holds-1-year-angelversary-david-sullivan-fullerton

'MN Ain't Fair' protest march to state fairgrounds demands justice for stolen lives
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-24
St. Paul, MN – Over 200 people gathered on a sweltering August 23 in a park here, before marching to the gates of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. This is the fifth year the march on the state fair has been held. | At the park, t-shirts given to attendees. The front of the shirts declared that Black, native, Hmong, brown and stolen lives matter. The back of the shirts had a dizzying list of dozens of names of people who were murdered by cops in the state. | Monique Cullars Doty has been the main organizer of the annual event. Her nephew, Marcus Golden, was murdered by Saint Paul police on January 14, 2015, at the…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/24/mn-ain-t-fair-protest-march-state-fairgrounds-demands-justice-stolen-lives

Family holds 1-year angelversary for David Sullivan in Fullerton
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-24
Fullerton, CA – On August 19, 2019, the Buena Park Police Department killed 19-year-old David Patrick Sullivan after a traffic stop in Fullerton. As body cam footage of this murder shows, Sullivan was unarmed and attempting to flee when BPPD Officers Bobby Colon and Jennifer Tran shot him seven times. In June, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer cleared Officers Colon and Tran, but Sullivan's family is fighting back. | This Wednesday, August 19, the one-year angelversary of his murder, Sullivan's family, Christian Contreras (one of their attorneys), members of Centro CSO, Carlos Montes, and other activis…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/23/family-holds-1-year-angelversary-david-sullivan-fullerton

UK housing rights group demands end to evictions during pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-24
Housing rights group ACORN said that despite the government's extension of the ban on evictions, landlords can still issue a Section 21 Notice of Possession to their tenants and begin the process of taking over a property…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/24/uk-housing-rights-group-demands-end-to-evictions-during-pandemic/

Mexico: President AMLO Assures TV Classes Are Completely Valid
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Monday said the new school year will begin on television to safeguard the lives of students and teachers. | RELATED: | The Pandemic Is Underrepresented in Mexico, WHO Says | "Today, elementary and high school students begin their new school cycle, which has all the validity as it will be done with professionalism," AMLO said. | He thanked parents for making it possible to restart classes, teachers for guiding c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-President-AMLO-Assures-TV-Classes-Are-Completely-Valid-20200824-0011.html

Smoking Gun: Crisis? What Crisis?
progressive.org | 2020-08-24
A timeline of the pandemic warning signs ignored by the Trump Administration.
progressive.org/magazine/smoking-gun-crisis-timeline-200514/

Episode 103 — Kamala Harris with Robin Andersen
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-08-24
On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon host Fordam University's Robin Andersen. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that provides listeners with…
With no national plan to control the pandemic, nor a coherent program to reopen schools safely, the Trump Administration has trapped school districts in a Sophie's Choice: to open schools…
projectcensored.org/episode-103-kamala-harris-with-robin-andersen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-103-kamala-harris-with-robin-andersen

Ivory Coast: President Ouattara to Run for a Third Term
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara announced on Monday that he would run for a third term in October's general election, despite protesters and opposition claims. | RELATED: | Mali: Talks End Without a Deal on a Transitional Government | "I have a vision for our country. A vision of stability, a vision of security, a vision of peace for all Ivorians," Outtara said in his way out the Independent Election Commission (CEI) in Abidjan after he formally submitted his application…
telesurenglish.net/news/ivory-coast-president-ouattara-to-run-for-a-third-term-20200824-0027.html

Meet the Candidates — Kara Eastman and Mike Siegel
Lilly Dragnev | peaceaction.org | 2020-08-24
Join Kara Eastman and Mike Siegel LIVE Wednesday 8/26 at 8pm Eastern! Meet our peace candidates from Nebraska and Texas. Despite all the unpredictability this year has presented us with, one thing remains certain: this election will be the most important in our lifetime. I invite you to join us in the next of our …
peaceaction.org/2020/08/24/meet-the-candidates-kara-eastman-and-mike-siegel/

Belarus: New Day of Protests Against President Lukashenko
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
On Sunday, citizens took to the streets of Minsk to protest against Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko. | RELATED: | Belarus: Mass Protests Against President Lukashenko Continue | Over 100,000 people gathered at the Independence Square, where the Government House and the Central Electoral Commission headquarters are located. | "The protest was peaceful, and it had no intervention from the police forces that were deployed in the area," journalist Alex Kokcharov tweeted. | T…
telesurenglish.net/news/belarus-faces-a-new-day-of-protest-against-lukashenko-20200824-0010.html

F-35 Bailout Behind 'Peace'
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-24
No sooner had the news broken of a "historic" peace accord between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, then came reports of the Arab country's purchase of the American F-35 stealth combat jet. | The UAE foreign minister Anwar Gargash told reporters last week that the oil-rich Gulf state had now earned the right to buy the F-35 because it was at peace with Israel. "We have legitimate requests… We ought to get them… the whole idea of a state of belligerency or war with Israel no longer exists," said Gargash. | Plans for the purchase were also confirmed by US President Donald Trump who said the UAE was seeking…

F-35 Bailout Behind ‘Peace’

US: Protest Erupts After A New Police Brutality Episode
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
On Sunday, violent protests erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after citizens saw a video in which police officers shot seven times at a black man as he was leaning into his vehicle, from where his three kids witnessed the shooting. | RELATED: | US: Police Continue to Repress BLM Protesters in Portland | The victim was Jacob Blake. As of early Monday morning, he was in serious condition at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. | The Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Crimina…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-protest-erupts-after-a-new-police-brutallity-episode-20200824-0006.html

Episode 103 — Kamala Harris with Robin Andersen
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-08-24
On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon host Fordam University's Robin Andersen. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that provides listeners with…
projectcensored.org/episode-103-kamala-harris-with-robin-andersen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-103-kamala-harris-with-robin-andersen

Hundreds protest shooting of Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Robert Penner | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-24
Liberation News reporting from the frontlines of Kenosha protest.
liberationnews.org/hundreds-protest-shooting-of-black-man-in-kenosha-wisconsin/

Jordanian Teachers' Syndicate leaders and members released after one month in jail
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-24
The union leaders, along with other protesting teachers, were arrested last month while protesting the government's decision to go back on its promise to fulfill their demands on salary hikes and better working conditions…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/24/jordanian-teachers-syndicate-leaders-and-members-released-after-one-month-in-jail/

Tropical Storm Laura Brings Deaths, Damage to Greater Antilles
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Tropical storm Laura has reached the eastern provinces of Cuba, after leaving destruction in Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. | RELATED: | Tropical Storm Laura Heads for Eastern Cuba | Laura left severe floods, landslides, and isolated areas as she passed through Haiti, mainly in the West, Southeast, Artibonite, and Nippes departments. | Haitian President Jovenel Moise took to social media to say he regretted the death of at least seven people as a result of tropical storm Laura. | Me…
telesurenglish.net/news/tropical-storm-laura-brings-deaths-damage-to-greater-antilles-20200823-0011.html

US: A Lot of Damage as Wildfires Keep Burning in California
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Calfire) Sunday revealed that multiple wildfires continue to affect rural and urban areas in Northern California, albeit on a smaller scale. | RELATED: | Thousands of People Are Evacuated As Fires Raze In California | Over the weekend, fire crews made progress bringing the fire cluster called the LNU Lightning Complex up to 21 percent containment, helped by favorable weather conditions. However, even when as of Saturday morning the…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-several-damages-as-wildfires-keep-burning-in-california-20200824-0004.html

Chile Must Drop Criminal Charges Against Feminist Arts Group
telesurenglish.net | 2020-08-24
Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council Monday asked the Chilean state to drop criminal charges against "Las Tesis," a feminist group that is the author of the "A Rapist on Your Way" performance, which has been reenacted by thousands of people around the world. | RELATED: | Chile: Mapuche Woman and Daughter Found Dead in Araucania | "Chile should drop a criminal investigation against a group of human rights defenders whose performance art has inspired women around the worl…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Must-Drop-Criminal-Charges-Against-Feminist-Arts-Group-20200824-0015.html

Memo to the Left: Winning Votes is Not 'Selling Out'
Loris Caruso | zcomm.org | 2020-08-24
We do not have to choose between "winning" or "bearing witness and representing." There is no contradiction. In order to bear witness and represent, people must put themselves forward as candidates for social and political victory…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/memo-to-the-left-winning-votes-is-not-selling-out/

Iran trade with CIS hits over $3.3 bn last year
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) –The value of Iran's foreign trade with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2019 hit more than $3, 298, 61,946 Billion.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162687/Iran-trade-with-CIS-hits-over-3-3-bn-last-year

Muharram mourning in Jami' Mosque of Gorgan under pandemic
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
GORGAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Preserving anti-coronavirus health protocols, people held the mourning ceremonies on the fourth night of Muharram in the Jami' Mosque of Gorgan, the capital of Golestan Province, northeast of Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/162678/Muharram-mourning-in-Jami-Mosque-of-Gorgan-under-pandemic

Iran to mass-produce COVID-19 rapid diagnostic device
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council, Saeed Sarkar said on Monday that Iran will mass-produce a rapid diagnostic device that can be used in public places such as airports.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162686/Iran-to-mass-produce-COVID-19-rapid-diagnostic-device

UAE cannot buy security from Tel Aviv: Zarif
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the UAE has turned to the Zionist regime to buy security, while Israel cannot even ensure its own.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162694/UAE-cannot-buy-security-from-Tel-Aviv-Zarif

Swiss ready to invest in Iran: envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Swiss Ambassador to Iran Marcus Leitner expressed his country's willingness to invest in the Iranian economic sector.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162682/Swiss-ready-to-invest-in-Iran-envoy

Iran welcomes gas trade with Turkmenistan: NIGC head
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — The head of the National Iranian Gas Company Hassan Montazer Torbati expressed Iran's willingness to resume gas trade with Turkmenistan.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162689/Iran-welcomes-gas-trade-with-Turkmenistan-NIGC-head

Iran condemns terrorist attack in southern Philippines
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh condemned the terrorist attack in the southern Philippine on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162696/Iran-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-southern-Philippines

No deal can legitimize the Zionist regime: Khaled al- Qaddumi
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA)– Hamas' Representative in Iran said that the Israeli regime still is in intense need of recognition by minor countries in the region despite support from super powers, the UN secretary-general and Europeans.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162679/No-deal-can-legitimize-the-Zionist-regime-Khaled-al-Qaddumi

Palestinian officials attend a meeting at MNA
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — Representative of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Tehran Khaled al-Qaddumi and the Representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement in Tehran Naser Abousharif attended a meeting At MNA on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/162698/Palestinian-officials-attend-a-meeting-at-MNA

VIDEO:Firefighters extinguish gas pipeline explosion in Syria
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-24
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) — The Syrian Minister of Electricity announced on Monday that the explosion in the gas pipeline in Rif Dimashq province which caused a power outage in the country has been extinguished.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162691/VIDEO-Firefighters-extinguish-gas-pipeline-explosion-in-Syria

Ventilators could be adapted to help two COVID-19 patients at once
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-08-24
New research has shown how ventilators could be adapted to help two patients simultaneously in the event of a shortage.
imperial.ac.uk/news/202733/ventilators-could-adapted-help-covid-19-patients

Imperial artist wins award for combining physics and art
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-08-24
Leverhulme artist-in-residence, Geraldine Cox has won the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Gemant Award.
imperial.ac.uk/news/202673/imperial-artist-wins-award-combining-physics

Republican Party O.K. with COVID19 Deaths & Economy
By the Company They Keep | indybay.org | 2020-08-24
Some 57% of Republicans believe 180,000 American deaths from COVID19 is acceptable and 75% of Republicans believe the USA is better than 4 years ago. This a death cult. See www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-economy-coronavirus-opinion-poll-cbs-news-battleground-tracker/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/24/18836076.php

Monday 8/24: Call to Action: Demand McConnell & Senate Return to Pass COVID Relief, Fund USPS, Voting!
Poor People's Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-08-24
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/22/18836056.php

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