New survey highlights effectiveness of anti-China COVID rhetoric
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-08-26
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.
mronline.org/2020/08/26/new-survey-highlights-effectiveness-of-anti-china-covid-rhetoric/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-survey-highlights-effectiveness-of-anti-china-covid-rhetoric

Israel bombs Gaza every day since UAE normalization announced
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-08-26
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, about the recent announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates plan to normalize relations. They discuss the conditions which led to the deal as well as what the agreement will mean for Palestinians, particularly those in the besieged Gaza Strip.
thegrayzone.com/2020/08/26/israel-bombs-gaza-every-day-since-uae-normalization-announced/

The China-US Trade Deal, Uncertainty and Instability of the Global Economy
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
Everything is so uncertain around the world that the international community craves some semblance of structural stability around which they can rebuild their economies. China and the US' reaffirmation of their trade deal fulfills this much-needed role, which in turn …
globalresearch.ca/china-us-trade-deal-check-up-reassured-global-economy/5722186

Can the US Stop Russia from 'Pulling a Crimea' in Belarus?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
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 …
globalresearch.ca/can-us-stop-russia-pulling-crimea-belarus/5722070

Comment les États-Unis ont poussé le Liban au bord de l'effondrement
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-08-26
Alors que les médias arguent que la crise du Liban n'a pour cause unique que la corruption, le gouvernement étatsunien a déclenché une campagne de ´pression maximale ª pour pousser au changement de régime et écraser la résistance libanaise par des sanctions et une guerre hybride agressive. You can read this article in English here. Alors …
thegrayzone.com/2020/08/25/etats-unis-liban-sanctions/

"Collective Narcissism" and the "Dark Triad": Those Who Protest against the "Official" Covid-19 Narrative are Categorized as "Psychopaths". Is It A Witch Hunt?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
A diabolical process is underway which consists in "identifying" all those who are opposed to the governments' management of the coronavirus pandemic. According to ongoing psychological studies, these opponents are categorized as anti-social psychopaths. | The unspoken objective is to shunt …
globalresearch.ca/collective-narcissism-and-the-dark-triad-those-who-protest-against-the-official-covid-19-narrative-are-categorized-as-psychopaths-is-it-a-witch-hunt/5722151

China's Growing Agriculture Crisis. Devastating Shocks: Swine Fever, Floods, Droughts
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
For the past months the Peoples' Republic of China has been subject to one after the other devastating shocks to its agriculture sector. A deadly outbreak of African Swine Fever that halved China's huge pig herds in 2019, was followed …
globalresearch.ca/china-growing-agriculture-crisis/5722238

After Beirut blast, Israel revives tales of Hezbollah ammonium nitrate terror plots
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-08-26
Israeli intelligence is polishing off a dubious propaganda campaign to suggest Hezbollah was to blame for the recent catastrophe in Beirut. But the factual record either contradicts Israeli claims or reveals a complete dearth of evidence. By Gareth Porter Israeli officials have exploited the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut this August to revive …
thegrayzone.com/2020/08/26/beirut-blast-israel-hezbollah-ammonium-nitrate-terror-plots/

After Beirut blast, Israel revives tales of Hezbollah ammonium nitrate terror plots
Gareth Porter | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-26
Israeli intelligence is polishing off a dubious propaganda campaign to suggest Hezbollah was to blame for the recent catastrophe in Beirut. But the factual record either contradicts Israeli claims or reveals a complete dearth of evidence. | Israeli officials have exploited the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut this August to revive a dormant propaganda campaign that had accused the Lebanese militia and political party Hezbollah of storing ammonium nitrate in several countries to wage terror attacks on Israelis. | The Israeli intelligence apparatus had planted a series of stories from 2012 to 2019 claiming H…

After Beirut blast, Israel revives tales of Hezbollah ammonium nitrate terror plots

US Elections 2020 and the Corporate Media
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
Irony is dead, or at least one might think so by observing several articles about Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar's recent re-nomination. Article after article references her statement that U.S. officials' support for Israel is "all about the Benjamins", and …
globalresearch.ca/omar-money-media-elections/5722191

As Party of Climate Denial Meets, Wildfires Rage and Hurricanes Target Gulf Coast
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-08-26
The Republican Party cannot solve the climate emergency just as it cannot solve the pandemic. It is about making money for its billionaire clientele, not about delivering better lives to working Americans.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/as-party-of-climate-denial-meets-wildfires-rage-and-hurricanes-target-gulf-coast/

Kerala rejects handing over of airport to Adani Group
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
A massive protest was organized by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian State of Kerala in which 3 million people took part against the anti-people policies of the Central government. The protest also marked the beginning of a campaign against the privatization of Thiruvananthapuram airport.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/kerala-rejects-handing-over-of-airport-to-adani-group/

Is the UN Preparing for the "Second Covid Lockdown"? Oppressive Measures Worldwide, Obedience and Acceptance
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
The Geneva UN Medical Directors (UNMD) group has just issued a CONSENSUS STATEMENT for UN staff in Geneva that is essentially warning UN staff of stricter measures be taken, such as mask wearing in the office when 2-meter distances could | …
globalresearch.ca/is-un-preparing-next-lockdown/5722203

Is the UN Preparing for the "Second Covid Lockdown"? Oppressive Measures Worldwide, Obedience and Acceptance
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
That's the level of fearmongering going on — justifying obliging face masks in public places and shops and closed areas. Also, new emphasis is put on 'social distancing'. People are to be trained and reminded at every corner to stay away from each other.
globalresearch.ca/is-un-preparing-next-lockdown/5722203

Manufacturing Misconceptions About Iran and the Persistent Misguided Decisions of the US Government
Iran-Eurica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
The narrative of "regime change in Iran" has turned into a profitable industry run by those who indoctrinate White House officials with misperceptions about the course of events in Iran, and by doing so, mislead US policies vis-à -vis Tehran. Indeed, …
globalresearch.ca/manufacturing-misconceptions-iran-misguided-decisions-us/5722207

Sanders' Inadequate Pandemic Wealth Tax Proposal
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
Humanity is obviously in the middle of a grave crisis that "socialist" Bernie Sanders understands. In a column recently published in the Guardian with the title "The Pandemic is helping the rich get even richer. It's time to tax their obscene wealth," he characterizes the current conditions as,…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/sanders-inadequate-pandemic-wealth-tax-proposal/

Socialist Cuba: a global leader in the fight against COVID-19
| workers.org | 2020-08-26
By Rosemari Mealy This is a slightly edited talk given at a Workers World Party webinar on Aug. 20 on "COVID can be defeated: Cuba, China, Venezuela and Vietnam lead the way." Cuban doctors battle COVID-19. I would like to thank Workers World for the opportunity to participate in this . . . | Continue reading Socialist Cuba: a global leader in the fight against COVID-19 at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50829/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=socialist-cuba-a-global-leader-in-the-fight-against-covid-19

Protests continue in Kenosha, WI
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-26
Kenosha, WI – Protests demanding justice for Jacob Blake continued here, August 25. Barricades have been erected around the Kenosha County Courthouse, armored vehicles drove through the crowd multiple times, and snipers are on the roof firing pepper-spray projectiles into the crowd. One protester was shot in the head after coming up to bring another protester away from the fencing. There are many reports of people being beaten and abducted by cops. | Members of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Freedom Road Socialist Organization are participating in the protests. | This is a deve…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/26/protests-continue-kenosha-wi

RNC Night 2: Trump Loyalists & Family Members Ignore COVID Death Toll & Flout Election Laws
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-26
At the second night of the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, speakers largely ignored the devastating public health and economic crisis facing the country as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus nears 180,000 and tens of millions of Americans are out of work and struggling to pay for food and housing. We feature excerpts from the night, which included praise for President Trump's actions in the Middle East and more dire warnings about a Joe Biden presidency, as well as several speeches that appear to violate the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from using their office for partisan polit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/26/rnc_2020_night_2

Two Shot Dead in Kenosha as Armed Militias Confront BLM Protests over Police Shooting of Jacob Blake
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-26
Protests continue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where police shot an unarmed Black man in the back seven times as he was getting into his car, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Jacob Blake was reportedly breaking up a fight before police shot him, and the shooting was witnessed by his three young children. On Tuesday, the situation escalated further when at least one white gunman opened fire on a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters. Two people were killed, and a third was injured, as police continued a violent crackdown on protesters demanding justice for Blake. We speak with Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Ma…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/26/kenosha_wisconsin_white_vigilante_shooting_blm

"Hatemonger": Author Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller, Trump's White Nationalist Immigration Henchman
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-08-26
A new book on Stephen Miller, the architect of the Trump administration's unprecedented attack on immigrant communities and the immigration system, describes the White House adviser as a dangerous man bringing white nationalist ideology to the highest levels of government. "This is what shapes the immigration policy," says Jean Guerrero, author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda." Miller, descended from Jewish immigrants, has been obsessed with fighting multiculturalism since his teenage years and has steadily climbed the right-wing political ladder to become one of Don…
www.democracynow.org/2020/8/26/stephen_miller_hatemonger_jean_guerrero

Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
The persecution of the attorney Steven Donziger is a grim illustration of what happens when we confront the real centers of power, masked and unacknowledged by the divisive cant from the Trump White House or the sentimental drivel of the Democratic Party. Those, like Donziger, who name and fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable see the judiciary, the press and the institutions of government unite to crucify them. | "It's been a long battle, 27 years," Donziger said when I reached him by phone in his apartment in Manhattan.
popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-how-corporate-tyranny-works/

Anti-Trump Twitter UNWOKES itself to go after Melania for being an immigrant and a woman following RNC speech
rt.com | 2020-08-26
Anti-Republican partisans online appeared to abandon any pro-women and pro-immigrant rhetoric to mock Melania Trump's accent, appearance and even to doubt her visa following the first lady's RNC speech. | In her address at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, Melania urged to "stop the violence" at the ongoing anti-racism protests, and expressed her sympathies for Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. | The speech's substance was largely ignored by some Twitter users, who went on to ridicule the first lady for b…
rt.com/usa/499110-anti-trump-twitter-unwokes/

US Border Agents Considered Using 'Heat Ray' Against Migrants at Southern Border – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
A new report in the New York Times details that around two weeks before the 2018 midterm elections, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, at the request of US President Donald Trump, suggested deploying a microwave, or "heat ray," weapon at the country's southern border to deter illegal crossings.
sputniknews.com/us/202008261080286639-us-border-agents-considered-using-heat-ray-against-migrants-at-southern-border—-report/

California ski resort changes name over offensive term for Native American women
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
California's popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort will change its name because the word "squaw" is a derogatory term for Native American women, officials have said.The resort hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.The decision was reached after consulting with local Native American groups and extensive research into the etymology and history of the term "squaw", said Ron Cohen, president and COO of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.The word "squaw", derived from the Algonquin language, may have once simply meant "woman". But over generations, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage Indigenous women. | https…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/08/26/california-ski-resort-changes-name-over-offensive-term-for-native-american-women/

California ski resort changes name over offensive term for Native American women
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
California's popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort will change its name because the word "squaw" is a derogatory term for Native American women, officials have said.The resort hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.The decision was reached after consulting with local Native American groups and extensive research into the etymology and history of the term "squaw", said Ron Cohen, president and COO of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.The word "squaw", derived from the Algonquin language, may have once simply meant "woman". But over generations, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage Indigenous women. | Today…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/08/26/california-ski-resort-changes-name-over-offensive-term-for-native-american-women/

Coronavirus outbreak kills 1, sickens 8 in Gaza
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
Health authorities in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Wednesday registered one death and eight cases from the coronavirus pandemic.The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said a 61-year-old Palestinian died from the virus, while eight people were infected, bringing the total number of cases in the enclave since Monday to 15.On Monday, authorities in the enclave imposed a two-day lockdown as part of measures to stem the virus' spread.Previous infections were reported from inside quarantine centers for arrivals to Gaza.*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-outbreak-kills-1-sickens-8-in-gaza-3537703

Displaced Yemenis suffer as aid shortfall closes clinics
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
"Enough is enough now, we can't go on," said administrative worker Mansour, who financially supports his and his deceased brother's family. His salary, while he was still paid, was around $180 a month.Across Yemen health, sanitation and nutrition services that keep millions from starvation and disease are gradually closing amid an acute funding shortage for the world's largest humanitarian crisis.The United Nations said last week 12 of its 38 major programmes have shut or scaled down, and between August and September 20 programmes face further reductions or closure.In the Mahraba displacement camp in Hajjah provi…
yenisafak.com/en/world/displaced-yemenis-suffer-as-aid-shortfall-closes-clinics-3537714

Video: Massive Explosion Rocks Syria's Arab Gas Pipeline. Terrorist Attack
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
A large explosion rocked the Arab Gas Pipeline in Syria on August 24 causing a blackout in the country's capital Damascus and multiple other cities and towns. | The explosion occurred between the towns of Ad Dumayr and Adra the a …
globalresearch.ca/video-iranian-axis-resistance-falls-victim-us-israeli-covert-campaign/5722184

Reminder: The US Empire Tortures Journalists And Whistleblowers
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-26
"He was wearing a yellow armband to indicate his level of prisoner status, and you could see how thin his arms were," Moris told the PA news agency. | "Moris said her partner is still suffering from a frozen shoulder, and had recently sprained his ankle," PA reports. | "He is in a lot of pain," Moris added. | This additional physical pain is just one more piece of information on top of the mountain of evidence we already had that the United States and United Kingdom are t…

Reminder: The US Empire Tortures Journalists And Whistleblowers

Trump's 50 Promises to be Broken
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
All politicians lie. Rare exceptions prove the rule. | Trump elevated dissembling to a whole new level. Take nothing he says seriously. | His serial lying is so extreme that he may no longer be able to distinguish between facts and fiction….
globalresearch.ca/trump-50-promises-broken/5722241

Did Pompeo Breach the Hatch Act and State Department Regulations?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
On Tuesday, Pompeo addressed the Republican National Convention from Jerusalem, his remarks prerecorded. See below on what he said. | *** | Was his unprecedented act by a US secretary of state unlawful? | According to the 1939 Hatch Act, US executive branch …
globalresearch.ca/did-pompeo-breach-hatch-act-state-department-regulations/5722244

The USA: Global Leader in Election Interference Abroad and Now at Home
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
Putin's impact on the election is modest compared to the damage that Trump and Republican legislators throughout the country can inflict. Voter suppression remains a huge problem, particularly in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in 2013 to weaken the Voting Rights Act. The campaign against mail-in voting is creating uncertainty and cynicism throughout the country as is Trump's constant ravings about vote by mail causing a fraudulent election.
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/the-usa-global-leader-in-election-interference-abroad-and-now-at-home/

Revolutionary Black resistance has a long tradition
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-26
As the country faces crisis after crisis–an economic one, on top of a war against Black America all against the backdrop of a global pandemic–a small minority of the rich elite continues to profit off this misery, generating over $308 billion since the start of March.
mronline.org/2020/08/26/revolutionary-black-resistance-has-a-long-tradition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revolutionary-black-resistance-has-a-long-tradition

Beijing's Decades-long Policies in Xinjiang, CIA Interference, Funding of Separatist and Terrorist Groups
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
Central to China's rise as a global power are the attempts to increase its influence over Xinjiang, the country's biggest and most mineral rich region. Xinjiang has been part of Chinese territory since the mid-18th century, longer than the existence …
globalresearch.ca/beijing-decades-long-policies-xinjiang-cia-interference-funding-separatist-terrorist-groups/5722180

How China won the COVID-19 fight and what this means for the world
| workers.org | 2020-08-26
By Lee Siu Hin This Aug. 15, the city of Wuhan in China — the first city to report a COVID-19 outbreak early this year — after 76 days of lockdown to fully contain the virus that had started in early April, kicked off something unimaginable for the rest of . . . | Continue reading How China won the COVID-19 fight and what this means for the world at Workers.org…
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China and the Decline of US Power
Chandra Muzaffar | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
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 underscore the targeting of China are fundamental in nature and go beyond elections and personalities.
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/china-and-the-decline-of-us-power/

COVID can be defeated / Cuba, China, Venezuela and Vietnam lead the way
calvin deutschbein | workers.org | 2020-08-26
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage uncontrollably in the U.S., it must be understood that it doesn't have to be this way. Many countries around the world, especially those building socialism, have been able to effectively combat the pandemic, using the tools of a planned economy and robust national . . . | Continue reading COVID can be defeated / Cuba, China, Venezuela and Vietnam lead the way at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50833/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-can-be-defeated-cuba-china-venezuela-and-vietnam-lead-the-way

Permitted Unlawfulness: The New Zealand Coronavirus Lockdown
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
"Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited." — Lord Acton It is a study both troublesome and perplexing. To what end can a state trample on human rights ostensibly to preserve such objects a public health? The coronavirus lockdowns have become a feature of global politics and…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/permitted-unlawfulness-the-new-zealand-coronavirus-lockdown/

What the President Continues to Say (About The Plague)
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
I have retained Trump's linguistic infelicities in this compendium of his remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic. July 1– "I think we're going to be very good with the coronavirus. I think that, at some point, that's going to sort of disappear, I hope." July 2–…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/what-the-president-continues-to-say-about-the-plague-4/

Can Language Help Us Heal?
Thomas Stephens | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
Crime is increasin' Trigger happy policin' Panic is spreading God knows where we're heading — Marvin Gaye, Inner City Blues We are living thru a deep, intense and multifaceted crisis of civilization. 2020 has come to signify a watershed in many Peoples' minds, and in the endless struggle for a better world. None of us are…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/can-language-help-us-heal/

MIrror, Mirror Politics in Germany
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
"Mirror, mirror on the wall…" Nearly every German knows the story of Snow White. Currently, the question of who is "fairest of them all" faces nearly every German political party or, in modern terms, who can attract more votes in next year's election. The U.S. equivalent question, which will seek and hopefully find answer much…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/mirror-mirror-politics-in-germany/

Could We Slide into the Abyss Like Germany in 1933?
Stephen Brehe — Jim Nelson | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
Will Donald Trump leave office if he loses the election? Many are wondering how he might bend the law to stay in the White House. The president frequently inveighs against "voter fraud" and says his opponents will steal the election with fraudulent mail-in ballots. Further, he refuses to say if he will accept election results.
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/could-we-slide-into-the-abyss-like-germany-in-1933/

Video: Covid-19 Lies: No Masks, No Lockdowns, No Social Distancing! Mass Mobilization in Ireland
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
Ireland is leading a movement. | The Statistics are manipulated. | More people will die as a result of the closing down of the global economy. | No justification for the schools to be closed down. | No justification to wearing a face mask. …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-lies-no-masks-no-lockdowns-no-social-distancing-mass-mobilization-in-ireland/5722278

Anti-corruption protests, health workers' agitations point to depth of Kenya's COVID-19 crisis
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
Very little progress has been made in resolving the issues raised by doctors and nurses in Kenya. Meanwhile, protests have broken out in many cities against alleged misappropriation of funds for COVID-19 equipment…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/anti-corruption-protests-health-workers-agitations-point-to-depth-of-kenyas-covid-19-crisis/

The Dangers of the COVID Operation. Dr. Roberto Petrella
Dr. Roberto Petrella | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
What do we know? | We know that the tests do not work but governments pretend that they do. We also know that some vaccines sterilize people. Warp Speed vaccine preparation almost guarantees vaccine injury, plus it is an entirely new …
globalresearch.ca/dr-petrella-dangers-covid-operation/5722205

Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region: Strategic Cooperation between Indonesia and India
Uriel Araujo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
The Indo-Pacific Region (IPR) is a geopolitical area that comprises parts of the Indian and Pacific oceans. But there is more to it than that. The maritime domain is indeed an important theater for geopolitical competition. The rise of Chinese …
globalresearch.ca/indonesia-india-own-vision-indo-pacific/5722236

Attack of the Tomato Killers: The Police State's War on Weed and Backyard Gardens
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
"They came again this morning at about 8: 00 o'clock. A large cargo-type helicopter flew low over the cabin, shaking it on its very foundations. It shook all of us inside, too. I feel frightened … I see how helpless and …
globalresearch.ca/police-state-war-weed-backyard-gardens/5722202

The CIA Democrats in the 2020 Elections. More Military-Intelligence and FBI Candidates
Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
In the course of the 2018 elections, a large group of former military-intelligence operatives entered capitalist politics as candidates seeking the Democratic Party nomination in 50 congressional seats–nearly half the seats where the Democrats were targeting Republican incumbents or open …
globalresearch.ca/cia-democrats-2020-elections/5722221

Financial Meltdown and the Bailouts: The Role of Speculative Trade. Wall Street Criminality on Display
Anthony Hall | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
The Role of Bailouts and Speculative trade | The elimination of the Glass-Steagall Act in November 1999 was essential to the process of dramatically cutting back the government's role as a protector of the public interest on the financial services sector. …
globalresearch.ca/financial-meltdown-and-the-bailouts-the-role-of-speculative-trade-wall-street-criminality-on-display/5721337

Catholics Against Nukes: Archbishop Wester, the Church and Nuclear Deterrence
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
In what is a turn-up for the books, a senior voice of the Catholic Church made something of an impression this month that did not incite scandal, hot rage, or the commencement of an investigation. It did, however, agitate a …
globalresearch.ca/catholics-against-nukes-archbishop-wester-church-nuclear-deterrence/5722177

Iran Shops for Weapons in Moscow, while the US Is Sidelined
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
The UN arms embargo on Iran will expire in October, and Iran is now shopping for Russian military hardware, including the S-400 . The US suffered a humiliating defeat at the UN on Aug. 14, as they tried to …
globalresearch.ca/iran-shops-weapons-moscow-us-sidelined/5722194

UNSC rejects US demand for snapback sanctions against Iran
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
The admissibility of the notice submitted by Pompeo last week was questioned by 13 out of 15 members of the UNSC. Even US allies have pointed out that having left the deal in 2018, it cannot ask for sanctions…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/unsc-rejects-us-demand-for-snapback-sanctions-against-iran/

The world is going to multipolarity
Leonid Savin | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-26
Leonid Savin, a Russian political analyst, is of the opinion that the world is moving in the direction of "multipolarity" as the world is fed up with unipolar moves by Washington. | "The world is going to multipolarity, and humanity is tired of Washington's dominance and unipolar operations," Savin tells the Tehran Times. | Savin also says Moscow is looking to the East as Russians have bitter memories of the West. | "Russian decision-makers started looking to the East more and more. Because historically, we faced serious threats from the West." | Following is the full text of the interview: | Q: Iran and Russia a…

The world is going to multipolarity

Cyber Command Gets New Surveillance Powers Under Guise of Battling Election Meddling
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-08-26
US Cyber Command and the Pentagon are availing themselves of the Russian meddling narratives and added a few others to justify the creation of a cyberwar army with international and domestic capabilities via the National Guard.
mintpressnews.com/us-cyber-command-to-send-troops-to-gather-data-on-us-allies-and-citizens/270797/

Indian construction workers in Serbia protest demanding salary, food and repatriation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) has expressed solidarity with the Indian workers and demanded proper action from authorities against Nikoliƒá LLC, the company which brought the workers to Serbia…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/indian-construction-workers-in-serbia-protest-demanding-salary-food-and-repatriation/

Abolish the police!
Editor | workers.org | 2020-08-26
The recent Republican convention — led by the white-supremacist-in-chief, current U.S. president and enemy of the people — rallied its troops with racist scare tactics about "civil unrest" by Black Lives Matter protesters and left-wing activists.The Democratic convention offered an alternative, but not a solution. This party nominated for U.S. . . . | Continue reading Abolish the police! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50841/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abolish-the-police-2

Protests Erupt After Wisconsin Police Shoot Unarmed Black Man Seven Times
Chris Walker | zcomm.org | 2020-08-26
Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man from Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot seven times in the back by police officers on Sunday evening as he attempted to enter his own car…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/protests-erupt-after-wisconsin-police-shoot-unarmed-black-man-seven-times/

'We Want Justice': Mass demonstrations and marches erupt Nationwide to protest police shooting of Jacob Blake
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-26
"The video that came out of Kenosha is absolutely horrific. I don't understand how people can watch it and not be here."
mronline.org/2020/08/26/we-want-justice-mass-demonstrations-and-marches-erupt-nationwide-to-protest-police-shooting-of-jacob-blake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-want-justice-mass-demonstrations-and-marches-erupt-nationwide-to-protest-police-shooting-of-jacob-blake

Abolish the police!
Editor | workers.org | 2020-08-26
The recent Republican convention — led by the white-supremacist-in-chief, current U.S. president and enemy of the people — rallied its troops with racist scare tactics about "civil unrest" by Black Lives Matter protesters and left-wing activists. The Democratic convention offered an alternative, but not a solution. This party nominated for . . . | Continue reading Abolish the police! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/08/50841/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abolish-the-police-2

Workers, communities rise to defend the Postal Service
Sunil Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-26
The catchy rhythmic beat of Washington, D.C.'s home-grown Go-Go music was cranked up loud outside U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's home in a protest against actions that weaken…
liberationnews.org/workers-communities-rise-to-defend-the-postal-service/

Three coal miners killed in Orakzai mine blast
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
At least three coal miners, including two brothers, were killed while 11 others were injured in an explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai mine on Sunday, August 23. The miners, hailing from Shangla district, were identified as Umar Zaman, Haji Mohammad and his brother Ibrar. | Coal miners losing lives in explosions inside mines has become a common occurrence in Pakistan. The mine lease owners, along with authorities, continue to pressurize thousands of vulnerable miners to work without proper safety measures. Workers also accuse the mine owners of forcing them to work for over 10 hours a day without adequate s…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/three-coal-miners-killed-in-orakzai-mine-blast/

The Republican Convention Opens With a Night of Fascist Fan Fiction
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-08-26
It's not real, what was portrayed last night, any more than all of the pig-eyed lies Trump has unspooled over these long years were real.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-republican-convention-opens-with-a-night-of-fascist-fan-fiction/

Developers displace Baltimore public housing residents, get tax breaks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-08-26
A multi-year investigation by TRNN reporters reveals how neoliberal policies and public-private partnerships have led to tax-free zones for private interests, while taxpayers foot the bill.
therealnews.com/stories/developers-displace-baltimore-public-housing-residents

Mirror, Mirror Politics in Germany
Victor Grossman | zcomm.org | 2020-08-26
"Mirror, mirror on the wall…" Nearly every German knows the story of Snow White. Currently, the question of who is "fairest of them all" faces nearly every German political party or, in modern terms, who can attract more votes in next year's election. The U.S. equivalent question, which will seek and hopefully find answer much Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mirror-mirror-politics-in-germany/

Trump continues assault on democratic norms at Republican convention
wsws.org | 2020-08-26
The event marks the evolution of one of the two major parties of American capitalism into an instrument for the development of a personalist and authoritarian movement with increasingly fascistic characteristics.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/26/trum-a26-1.html

100 Years of Universal Suffrage, a history of struggle
Nathalie Hrizi | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-26
Reposted from Breaking the Chains magazine Over a hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in Tennessee in a nail-biting vote. After decades of organizing, the question of universal suffrage in the United States lay in the hands of 96 legislators, all men and all white, who filed into the …
liberationnews.org/100-years-of-universal-suffrage-a-history-of-struggle/

Refugees at risk of hunger and malnutrition, as relief hit in Eastern Africa
news.un.org | 2020-08-26
UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce its food and cash assistance for refugees in Eastern Africa by up to 30 per cent, the agency has said, voicing fears that the reductions could worsen in the coming months unless urgent additional funding is received in time.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1071062

Address root causes of the Rohingya refugee crisis, urges UN chief
news.un.org | 2020-08-26
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater attention to the Rohingya refugee crisis — which entered its fourth year — and for addressing the root causes of the conflict.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1071052

Cambodian civil society calls for release of trade union leader
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
Rong Chhun was arrested earlier this month for allegedly inciting international tensions by taking up the matter of loss of land of farmers in the border regions after 2012 demarcation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/cambodian-civil-society-calls-for-release-of-trade-union-leader/

RNC opens with baseless Trump claims of rigged election & warnings about socialism and unions
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-26
The Republican Party has decided not to adopt a new platform this year, a move that ensures there will be no public debate at the convention about the direction of the party under Trump.
nationofchange.org/2020/08/26/rnc-opens-with-baseless-trump-claims-of-rigged-election-warnings-about-socialism-and-unions/

US Media Can't Think How to Fight Fires Without $1-an-Hour Prison Labor
Neil Demause | zcomm.org | 2020-08-26
Trained firefighters being good enough to work for nearly nothing, but ineligible to get real jobs, would seem to represent an even bigger irony — and a more important story — than California having to spend a few million dollars extra to fight two crises at once…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-media-cant-think-how-to-fight-fires-without-1-an-hour-prison-labor/

The Heat: Republican National Convention
Mike Walter | america.cgtn.com | 2020-08-26
The first night of the Republican National Convention was largely all about…. The Democrats. We will take a look at the U.S. Presidential race.
america.cgtn.com/2020/08/26/the-heat-republican-national-convention-2

Flash floods kill at least 25, wound 40 in Afghanistan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — At least 25 people were killed and 40 others wounded in torrential floods in Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province during Tuesday night.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162778/Flash-floods-kill-at-least-25-wound-40-in-Afghanistan

India's sugar consignment to Afghanistan arrives in Chabahar
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — A cargo ship carrying the first sugar consignment of the Indian private sector to Afghanistan has docked at the southern Iranian port of Chabahar.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162769/India-s-sugar-consignment-to-Afghanistan-arrives-in-Chabahar

Iran coronavirus update: 2,243 cases, 119 deaths in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — As of Wednesday, the total number of coronavirus cases in Iran has passed 365,000, of whom 21,020 have lost their lives to the deadly virus.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162790/Iran-coronavirus-update-2-243-cases-119-deaths-in-24-hours

Global COVID-19 infections top 23.9 million
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — According to the latest figures, the COVID-19 has infected more than 23.9 million people across the world.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162788/Global-COVID-19-infections-top-23-9-million

Sidelines of Cabinet Session
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — In the sideline of Iran's Cabinet session, some Iranian Ministers answered some questions proposed by reporters.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/162792/Sidelines-of-Cabinet-Session

Trump's latest move regarding Iran isolates US: Cyr
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) –American Professor believes the US move in the UNSC regarding Iran has isolated the US, adding that the issue of the UN has been a controversial issue in the US domestic policy.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162751/Trump-s-latest-move-regarding-Iran-isolates-US-Cyr

Iranian envoy to UK reacts to UNSC's rejection of US bid
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — The Iranian ambassador to London has reacted to the isolation of the United States at the UN Security Council for the second time and said there is no consensus on US bid to return Iran's sanction.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162773/Iranian-envoy-to-UK-reacts-to-UNSC-s-rejection-of-US-bid

Khaji calls for active role of UN in helping Yemeni people
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant in Special Political Affairs Ali-Asghar Khaji called on the United Nations to play a more active role in helping the Yemeni people.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162813/Khaji-calls-for-active-role-of-UN-in-helping-Yemeni-people

Iranian defense sector independent from foreign countries
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force said on Wednesday that having access to modern equipment, the Iranian defense sector is now standing on its feet independent from any other countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162770/Iranian-defense-sector-independent-from-foreign-countries

Iraq continuing anti-ISIL fight with Iran, Syria & Russia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — The spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji informed that the 'quadruple security center' comprised of Iraq, Iran, Russia and Syria, is continuing its fight against the ISIL.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162789/Iraq-continuing-anti-ISIL-fight-with-Iran-Syria-Russia

US premier violator of JCPOA
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Iran's Presidential Aide for Legal Affairs Laya Joneidi named the US as the 'premier violator of the JCPOA'.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162783/US-premier-violator-of-JCPOA

Relations with Zionist Regime criteria for US terror list
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that relation with the Zionist Regime is a criterion for US State Department's terror list.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162811/Relations-with-Zionist-Regime-criteria-for-US-terror-list

Iranian Animation "H2 Hope" vie at two intl. Film Festivals
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — The short animation "H2 Hope", co-directed by Ashkan Rahgozar and Negin Khajehaei, is accepted at the Bucheon International Fantasy Film Festival and the Comics and Animation Festival in Greece.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162796/Iranian-Animation-H2-Hope-vie-at-two-intl-Film-Festivals

Leader attends 1st night of Muharram mourning ceremony
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) –The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended the first night of mourning ceremony of Muharram, marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), at the Husseiniyeh of Imam Khomeini on Wed.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162817/Leader-attends-1st-night-of-Muharram-mourning-ceremony

Ayatollah Khamenei condoles demise of Hosseinian
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed condolences over the demise of Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162795/Ayatollah-Khamenei-condoles-demise-of-Hosseinian

2 new pharmaceutical factories to be inaugurated next week
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, head of Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that two new pharmaceutical factories are to be inaugurated in the country next week.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162777/2-new-pharmaceutical-factories-to-be-inaugurated-next-week

Hezbollah chief salutes resistance members, their families
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah expressed deep gratitude to those wounded during the resistance against the arrogance.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162818/Hezbollah-chief-salutes-resistance-members-their-families

4 secretaries appointed for 6th intl. art fest. of resistance
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Secretaries of the four sections of the 6th International Art Festival of Resistance have been announced.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162797/4-secretaries-appointed-for-6th-intl-art-fest-of-resistance

The world is going to multipolarity: Russian analyst says
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Leonid Savin, a Russian political analyst, is of the opinion that the world is moving in the direction of "multipolarity" as the world is fed up with unipolar moves by Washington.
en.mehrnews.com/news/162807/The-world-is-going-to-multipolarity-Russian-analyst-says

Muharram mourning ceremonies in Tabriz
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-26
TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Mourning ceremonies in the sixth night of Muharram were held in Tabriz with health protocols in place.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/162816/Muharram-mourning-ceremonies-in-Tabriz

Syrian conflict the focus of redesigned global health degree
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-08-26
Imperial's Global Health BSc focuses on one of the world's worst health crises of recent times, through collaborations with on the ground expertise…
imperial.ac.uk/news/202073/syrian-conflict-focus-redesigned-global-health

Syrian conflict the focus of redesigned global health degree
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-08-26
Collaborations with on-the-ground expertise helped refocus Imperial's Global Health BSc on one of the world's worst health crises of recent times…
imperial.ac.uk/news/202073/syrian-conflict-focus-redesigned-global-health

Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-08-26
New research has highlighted a preventative treatment gap in patients prone to bone fractures who are otherwise healthy.
imperial.ac.uk/news/202974/hip-fracture-risk-linked-nanoscale-bone

Abbi Samuels Letter to City Attorney Condotti Re: Police Harassment of Cooper D'Angelo
posted by Norse | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Activist and ACLU Board member Abbi Samuels posted the following letter asking telling questions about the harassment of Cooper D'Angelo and her partner Russell on the sidewalk outside the Main Post Office last week.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/26/18836144.php

"Don't let them take democracy away from you"
editors | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
"United we can and will overcome the time of darkness in America," he said. After four years of Trump's presidency, the Biden-Harris team wants to reunite the country, overcome the Corona crisis and boost the economy with millions of new jobs. In addition, the challengers want to provide an answer to "racial injustice" and take decisive action against the climate crisis [1].
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/26/18836145.php

Friday 8/28: Online Socialism Forum – Climate Change or System Change!
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Register at bit.ly/planet-not-profits…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/26/18836147.php

Cancel Animal Ag: Demand a Moratorium
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Animal abuse is rampant in California. Companies like Smithfield Foods are torturing animals, brewing disease inside filthy factory farms, and spreading COVID-19 among vulnerable slaughterhouse workers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836141.php

Traffic Stopping Protest and March to Save the USPS
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
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

Friday 8/28: Solidarity Speaker: Building Power for Systemic Change
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
We are proud to host a presentation by East Bay Resistance! | The East Bay Resistance organizes protests and actions for human rights and social justice. Their vision is to develop leaders and build power through their communities to drive systemic change, improve the quality of life for their families, and build the leadership capacity within the undermargenalized communities. Learn more at linktr.ee/eastbayresistance | This is a part of our solidarity speaker series that features activists and organizers from various local organizations helping to make the world a better place! Through these speaker eve…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836140.php

Thursday 8/27: Protest Trump's Nomination Speech — Trump/Pence Out Now!
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
24th and Mission | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836111.php

DeJoy Resign! SF Postal Workers/Supporters Of USPO Protest Privatization & Attacks
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Postal workers from APWU SF and the Mail Handlers as well as supporters of the US Post office rallied in San Francisco against the shutdown of postal sorting machines and the continued privatization of the public services that also threatens a democratic election. | The rally took place on August 25, 2020 as part of a national day of action to protect…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836112.php

SF Postal Workers in "US Mail Not For Sale" Rally
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Nationwide protests called by APWU and NACL in response to Trump's attack on the US postal system.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836119.php

Saturday 9/12: Introductions 2020
Root Division | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Online.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836108.php

Free Radio's Bathrobespierre's Broadsides Show on the Net
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
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

Rolling Pin Squad Defends USPS in Palo Alto
Roving Reporter | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
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

The Republican convention: Four nights of fascist filth begin
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
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

Redwood Gardens senior housing in Berkeley is being sold to Foundation Housing
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Redwood Gardens Senior Housing In Berkeley. Photo by Lydia Gans.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836139.php

Meetup: Stories from the Community
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Everyone we meet has their own unique and incredible story and experience. While we are all united for animal liberation, we all have our own backgrounds and stories to share! Stories From The Community provides us a space for people in the DxE community to learn about and appreciate each other! We know you have a really fascinating pasts to share and we look forward to hearing them! üí&ouml…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/25/18836142.php

LaDoris Cordell Speaks at Save USPS Rally
Solidarity with Postal Workers | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
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

Wednesday 8/26: Petition: Say "NO!" to Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-08-26
Online petition…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/26/18836149.php

Overfunding The Military Drives Climate Crisis And White Supremacist Culture
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
As the U.S. now approaches the third month since protests erupted following the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless Black Americans calls to defund and abolish the police are resonating throughout public consciousness. While the Black Lives Matter movement rightfully pushes for the defunding and abolition of a white supremacist institution, it must be recognized that another institution — U.S. militarism — is also an overfunded structure responsible for violence, oppression, and white supremacy.
popularresistance.org/overfunding-the-military-drives-climate-crisis-and-white-supremacist-culture/

Exxon Booted From Dow As Oil And Gas Falls
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
Spending 92 years doing anything is an accomplishment, so let's cheers to Exxon Mobil Corp., which spent more than nine decades as a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, pillaging the planet, lying about climate change, and making rich people even richer. | Now, those days have come to an end. One of the biggest oil companies on Earth has hemorrhaged money this year, and now it's been booted from the Dow Jones because it just isn't the superpower it once was. I almost feel bad for Big Oil these days. Almost. | The news of Exxon's removal from the Dow Jones comes amid a pandemic that has absolutely crushed…
popularresistance.org/exxon-booted-from-dow-as-oil-and-gas-falls/

Organizing Call: After The DNC And RNC — We Can't Breathe!
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
The Democratic and Republican Conventions are not confronting the crises of our times – the economic collapse, COVID pandemic, lack of access to healthcare, inequality, racism, the cost of education, and never-ending wars and more. | No matter which corporate-funded party wins the election, the people must rule from below. | The national uprising against police violence and the hundreds of wildcat strikes and rent strikes are a few examples among many that show once again that the only way to challenge this racist, militarized system is with the explosive power of people making demands and shutting the system dow…
popularresistance.org/organizing-call-after-the-dnc-and-rnc-we-cant-breathe/

Houseless Resist Second Eviction Effort In Philadelphia
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
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 a time when the COVID pandemic is ravaging the city. A large "Black Lives Matter" banner hangs at the entrance. | The James Talib Dean camp, named to honor an organizer who died shortly after it was established in June, is the latest in a series of camps set up by local activist groups.
popularresistance.org/houseless-resist-second-eviction-effort-in-philadelphia/

Teachers Organize As COVID-19 Outbreaks At Schools Concealed
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
Using the fraudulent pretext of "protecting medical privacy," a growing number of states and school districts across the United States are deliberately concealing information from the public on COVID-19 outbreaks in schools that have reopened. These include the states of Maine, Virginia and Oklahoma, as well as Camden County, Georgia, and Orange County, Florida. In Tennessee, Louisiana, and many other states, the decision is left to each individual county, and an unknown number of county officials are concealing outbreaks in schools from the public.
popularresistance.org/teachers-organize-covid-19-outbreaks-at-schools-concealed/

Doctors Decry 'Less Lethal' Police Munitions
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
A group of doctors from the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, Austin penned a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine to warn of the dangers of police's less-lethal munitions used to subdue Black Lives Matter protesters after treating several patients with severe injuries. | The Associated Press (AP) reports that 12 doctors from Dell Seton said Austin police used bean bag rounds in place of actual bullets to control the protests, but the bean bags still resulted in injuries like bleeding in the brain and a skull fracture.
popularresistance.org/doctors-decry-less-lethal-police-munitions/

Common Ground Collective Teaches Us About Surviving Crisis Together
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
It started in Malik Rahim's kitchen, as the waters from the broken levees continued to flow through New Orleans' lower 9th Ward. A small group of activists from the city and Austin, Texas, including former Black Panthers, began scratching down notes and trying to figure out exactly what they could do to provide support to the neighborhoods obliterated by Hurricane Katrina. | This was in 2005, just days after the storm had battered the city and demolished the levees, overwhelming the surrounding blocks with a toxic water sludge.
popularresistance.org/common-ground-collective-teaches-us-about-surviving-crisis-together/

Rebellions Break Out In Lafayette And Kenosha
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-26
A new round of uprisings has kicked off across the so-called United States following the police killings of Trayford Pellerin, "a 31-year-old Black man who was fatally shot Friday night" in Lafayette, New Orleans and 29-year-old Jacob Blake, also Black, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Pellerin was killed after police were called to the scene of a convenience store after someone called in reports of a man walking around with a knife. Police responded by first tasering Pallerin and then shooting him after he walked toward a gas station door.
popularresistance.org/rebellions-break-out-in-lafayette-and-kenosha/

Doves not in style? CNN & Fox cut Rand Paul's anti-war speech at RNC as he calls out Biden for backing wars in M. East, Serbia
rt.com | 2020-08-26
Senator Rand Paul's (R-Kentucky) speech at the Republican National Convention was butchered by major cable networks, with CNN cutting it completely and Fox replacing the anti-war part with an interview. | Senator Paul, who frequently crossed swords with Donald Trump when both were vying to become the Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 race, admitted during his speech that he did not always agree with the president, but said that Trump's desire to put an end to the "endless wars" far outweighs their differences. | "I'm supporting President Trump because he believes as I do, that a strong America cann…
rt.com/usa/499044-rand-paul-war-biden-convention/

17-year-old arrested and charged after 2 killed during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin
rt.com | 2020-08-26
An Illinois teen has been charged with first-degree murder over the shooting of three protesters — two fatal — amid the ongoing riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Alleged militia member Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested in his home state. | Rittenhouse was accused of fleeing Wisconsin "with intent to avoid prosecution" for the shooting. A public defender has been assigned to Rittenhouse's case. | Rittenhouse is described as a "fugitive from justice" in public court documents obtained by the Daily Dot. | While two people were fatally shot during the third night of violent rioting in Kenosha, a third victim wa…
rt.com/usa/499140-kyle-rittenhouse-arrested-kenosha-riots/

Protester SHOT IN THE HEAD as Kenosha descends into warzone (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-08-26
A man was shot in the head after gunfire broke out during violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Several others were wounded in separate incidents, according to media reports. | Graphic videos posted on social media show a shirtless man lying on the ground with a wound on the side of his head. It's unclear what prompted the shooting, with some eyewitnesses claiming that an armed individual was trying to protect a local business from being looted and burned by rioters. | Bystanders were seen wrapping a shirt around the victim's head, and then carrying him to a nearby vehicle. He was then rushed to the ho…
rt.com/usa/499055-kenosha-shot-head-riots-video/

Two confirmed dead, multiple people injured in Kenosha violence — police
rt.com | 2020-08-26
Two people were killed and a third victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police have confirmed. | The fatal shootings occurred on the third night of protests, rioting and looting in the city in the wake of the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. | UPDATE: Two dead according to #Kenosha police. @PauleenLe has a live report from Kenosha in just minutes on…
rt.com/usa/499075-two-dead-kenosha-protests-shooting/

Two confirmed dead, multiple people injured in Kenosha violence — police
rt.com | 2020-08-26
Two people were killed and a third victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police have confirmed. | The fatal shootings occurred on the third night of protests, rioting and looting in the city in the wake of the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. | #Kenosha police. @PauleenLe has a live report from Kenosha in just minutes on @CBS58. ht…
rt.com/usa/499075-two-dead-kenosha-protests-shooting/

Jacob Blake's family 'disgusted' by Kenosha rioting & violence, his mother issues apology to Trump
rt.com | 2020-08-26
Julia Jackson, the mother of 29-year-old Jacob Blake who was shot seven times by police during an altercation in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says she and her family are disgusted by the rioting and looting in their city. | "My family and I are very hurt and quite frankly disgusted," Jackson said in a televised interview. | "And as his mother, please don't burn up property and cause havoc and tear your own homes down in my son's name. You shouldn't do it. People shouldn't do it anyway, but to use my child or any other mother or father's child, our tragedy to react in that manner is just not acceptable," she added. | Ja…
rt.com/usa/499113-kenosha-jacob-blake-mother-disgusted-violence/

Progressive Twitter icon Shaun King threatens to DOX Kenosha cops after openly supporting violent riots
rt.com | 2020-08-26
Prominent social activist Shaun King has threatened to indiscriminately publish the names of police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin if the city refuses to identify the cop who shot a black man, Jacob Blake. | Twitter users expressed disgust and reported King for harassment after the prominent Black Lives Matter advocate said he would begin targeting members of the Kenosha police force, regardless of whether they were involved in Sunday's shooting. | "If you do not name the officer who brutally shot Jacob Blake on Sunday, we will simply begin naming officers from your department who may or may not be him," King…
rt.com/usa/499095-shaun-king-kenosha-police-blake-dox/

Hurricane Laura to bring 'UNSURVIVABLE' storm surge to US coastline, forecasters warn
rt.com | 2020-08-26
With just hours to go before Hurricane Laura hits the Texas and Louisiana coasts, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned that the storm surge will be "unsurvivable" to anyone who refuses to evacuate. | Hurricane Laura is currently brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to be a Category 4 by the time it makes landfall on Wednesday night local time. A number of coastal cities have ordered residents to evacuate, with Mayor Thurman Bartie of Port Arthur, Texas, saying "if you decide to stay, you're staying on your own." | Though Laura is expected to weaken after it makes landfall, the NHC has wa…
rt.com/usa/499133-hurricane-laura-dangerous-surge/

Explosives from Pakistan, Training in Afghanistan: Indian Sleuths Recreate Kashmir Suicide Bombing
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
In one of the deadliest terror attacks in the Indian region of Kashmir, a suicide bomber in an explosive-laden car rammed a convoy of troops in February 2019, killing 44 soldiers and injuring several more, raising tension with arch-rival Pakistan. India accused Pakistan of supporting terrorists, a charge denied by Islamabad.
sputniknews.com/world/202008261080279676-explosives-from-pakistan-training-in-afghanistan-indian-sleuths-recreate-kashmir-suicide-bombing-/

Russia Ready to Start COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to Brazil in November, RDIF CEO Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday that Russia is ready to start deliveries of the newly registered COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil in November.
sputniknews.com/russia/202008261080286265-russia-ready-to-start-covid-19-vaccine-supplies-to-brazil-in-november-rdif-ceo-says/

Russian COVID Vaccine for Kazakhstan to Be Produced by Partner of Russia's Sovereign Fund
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Wednesday that the production of Russia's coronavirus vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, for Kazakhstan would be carried out by one of its international partners.
sputniknews.com/society/202008261080282747-russian-covid-vaccine-for-kazakhstan-to-be-produced-by-partner-of-russias-sovereign-fund/

Boris Johnson Spotted with Celebrity Personal Trainer in Post-Covid Recovery Run
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
Boris Johnson's turbulent time with coronavirus has seen him take up a new fitness regime, aiming to shed the weight which the Prime Minister claimed was the reason for his drastic reaction to the illness.
sputniknews.com/uk/202008261080284554-boris-johnson-spotted-with-celebrity-personal-trainer-in-post-covid-recovery-run/

Debate on Entrance Exam Rages in India Amid Complaints Over Unfair Competition, Virus Restrictions
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
New Delhi (Sputnik): More than a million medical and engineering students in India are spending days in high anxiety and stress after the government decided to go ahead with entrance exams on 13 September. #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID has been trending on Twitter and students are calling for the prime minister to intervene.
sputniknews.com/india/202008261080280272-debate-on-entrance-exam-rages-in-india-amid-complaints-over-unfair-competition-virus-restrictions/

Russia, Iran, Turkey Issue Joint Statement on Syria Condemning Israeli Attacks, US Theft of Oil
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
The statement was formulated on the sidelines of the meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, a United Nations-facilitated negotiating platform aimed at reconciling the Syrian government and the opposition and establishing an enduring peace in the war-torn country.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008261080285807-russia-iran-turkey-issue-joint-statement-on-syria-condemning-israeli-attacks-us-theft-of-oil/

Two Civilians Killed in Turkish Drone Airstrike in Northern Iraq
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
BAGHDAD (Sputnik) — Two civilians were killed in the result of an airstrike launched by a Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle late on Tuesday on a car in the town of Khana Sor located in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, the official Security Media Cell has said.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008261080279985-two-civilians-killed-in-turkish-drone-airstrike-in-northern-iraq/

Kim Jong-un Appears in Public, Deflating Media Claims of His 'Comatose' State
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
Tabloids, US government-funded media, and a throng of unnamed sources and ex-officials have been speculating about Kim Jong-un's health for months, with the North Korean leader reported missing and presumed dead or gravely ill at least four times in 2020. The rumours vanish each time Kim makes a public appearance, only to surface again soon after.
sputniknews.com/asia/202008261080284697-kim-jong-un-appears-in-public-deflating-media-claims-of-his-comatose-state/

Key Takeaways from Day 2 of Republican National Convention
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
A slew of issues pertaining to the economy, foreign policy and social matters were addressed by a broad lineup of speakers on the second night of the Republican National Convention, that included appearances by First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
sputniknews.com/us/202008261080279694-key-takeaways-from-day-2-of-republican-national-convention/

US Police in Portland Declare Assembly Near City Hall Riot, Demand Immediate Dispersal
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Police Bureau of Portland, a city in the US western Oregon state, warned the people who had gathered near the city hall on the back of incessant George Floyd protests that the law enforcement would use force to disperse them as the assembly was declared a riot.
sputniknews.com/us/202008261080282039-us-police-in-portland-declare-assembly-near-city-hall-riot-demand-immediate-dispersal/

India's Anti Narcotics Body to Probe Drug Angle in Bollywood Actor Sushant's Death
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
New Delhi (Sputnik): Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside his apartment in Mumbai on 14 June. Since his death, people across the country, including actors and politicians, have been demanding a thorough investigation into the case.
sputniknews.com/india/202008261080284608-indias-anti-narcotics-body-to-probe-drug-angle-in-bollywood-actor-sushants-death/

Am I Doin it Right? Wide-Eyed Corgi Pup Attempts Adorable Head Tilts
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
While watching the video, try not to tilt your head along with the pup. This little charmer's moves will steal a piece of your heart.
sputniknews.com/videoclub/202008261080281330-am-i-doin-it-right-wide-eyed-corgi-pup-attempts-adorable-head-tilts/

Photo: US Cops Confess to Vandalizing Cars of Elderly Man Who Filed Administrative Complaint
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
Two New Jersey cops have confessed to vandalizing a pair of cars belonging to a 70-year-old man who filed an internal affairs complaint against them last year.
sputniknews.com/us/202008261080285633-photo-us-cops-confess-to-vandalizing-cars-of-elderly-man-who-filed-administrative-complaint-/

Troops Clash 'Unfortunate', Bilateral Ties Endured Test of Time, says Chinese Envoy to India
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
Indian and Chinese troops clashed in a deadly skirmish in Ladakh on 15 June, leaving 20 Indian soldiers dead. There were Chinese casualties too, but no official figures have been released so far. New Delhi and Beijing have held rounds of talks at the level of military commanders and through diplomatic channels on the disengagement of troops.
sputniknews.com/india/202008261080280124-troops-clash-unfortunate-bilateral-ties-endured-test-of-time-says-chinese-envoy-to-india-/

Videos: Hurricane Laura to Hit US Gulf Coast as Category 4 Storm With 'Unsurvivable' Water Levels
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicated in its latest weather update on Wednesday that Hurricane Laura will strike the US Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm after picking up strength in the Gulf of Mexico.
sputniknews.com/environment/202008261080285897-videos-hurricane-laura-to-hit-us-gulf-coast-as-category-4-storm-with-unsurvivable-water-levels/

US General Milley Holds Phone Talks With Russia's Chief of General Staff
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, held a phone conversation with Russian Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, however, the details of the call will be kept private, a Joint Staff spokesperson, Col. Dede Halfhill, said in a Wednesday statement.
sputniknews.com/us/202008261080286455-us-general-milley-holds-phone-talks-with-russias-chief-of-general-staff/

Users Worldwide See Twitter Embed Problems
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-26
On Wednesday, Twitter users attempting to embed a post around the world faced issues, reporting that the social platform would not allow them to perform the action, or the website would not properly display the contents of the embed.
sputniknews.com/society/202008261080286822-users-worldwide-encounter-problems-with-twitter-embeds/

The Most Cynical Campaign In History
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-26
Peter Van BUREN | With the Democratic convention history and the Republican one lurching forward, excitement among voters ranges from lukewarm to semi-lukewarm. Political cynicism scrapes at the nation like a sleeping man being shaved by a drunk barber. | Both conventions make one thing clear as a slug trail: the Democratic candidate is Not Trump. Just vote for the one named "Trump" or the one named "Not Trump." It's easy. In fact 60 percent of Biden voters say their support is more again…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/26/the-most-cynical-campaign-in-history/

Syria Faces Calamity as Trump's New Sanctions Combine With Surging Coronavirus
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-26
The number of Syrians who are food insecure has risen in the last six months by 1.4 million to 9.3 million, more than half the population, according to the WFP. The Caesar Act and coronavirus do not appear to be weakening Assad, Russia and Iran, but there is every sign they are together plunging ordinary Syrians into a deep and lethal quagmire.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/26/syria-faces-calamity-as-trump-new-sanctions-combine-with-surging-coronavirus/

Trump and Pompeo Craft No-Win Solutions for the World
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-26
You have to hand it to the sociopaths running U.S. foreign policy, they are very adept at creating no-win scenarios for their opponents. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was just handed a major defeat at the United Nations Security Council, who voted down a resolution to extend the arms embargo against Iran. | That embargo is set to expire in October as part of the U.S. unilaterally pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known colloquially as the Iran Nuclear Deal. | But Pompeo and President Trump only wanted that vote, in my opinion, to force out into the open their ability to impose the 's…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/26/trump-and-pompeo-craft-no-win-solutions-for-the-world/

Forcing Environmental Activists and Mapuche Leaders Into Silence in Chile
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-26
In a case that heavily echoes the death of environmental activist Macarena Valdes in 2016, two Mapuche women, a mother and her daughter, were discovered dead in their home in Ercilla, southern Chile. Iris Rosales Quiñilén and Rosa Quintana Rosales were declared to have committed suicide by hanging, in a country where it is becoming a trend to find environmental activists allegedly committing suicide in the same manner and under similar circumstances; that is, resisting the exploitation o…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/26/forcing-environmental-activists-and-mapuche-leaders-into-silence-in-chile/

Devastating flooding in Afghanistan kills at least 100 people
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
Heavy flooding has killed at least 100 people as heavy rain drenched northern and eastern Afghanistan.Annual heavy rain, compounded by mudslides, often threatens remote areas of Afghanistan. Summer often brings heavy rainfall in northern and eastern parts of the country, leading to floods that leave hundreds dead every year.State minister for disaster management Ghulam Bahawudin Jilani said that in northern Parwan province, water inundated the central city of Charikar, where the health ministry said the local hospital was partially destroyed and many of the injured were being transferred to the capital, Kabul.An…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/08/26/devastating-flooding-in-afghanistan-kills-at-least-100-people/

Antarctica ice platform nearly four times size of UK 'at risk of collapse'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
A platform of ice surrounding Antarctica which is nearly four times the size of the UK is at risk of collapse, according to a new study.It suggests that more than 350,000 square miles of floating ice shelves could split if fractures on their surface are submerged due to the effects of climate change. Such a sudden loss of the supportive structures could raise sea levels around the world.A team involving geoscientists from the University of Edinburgh used a process called hydrofracturing to analyse satellite images of the area.A map of Antarctica with the vulnerable areas of ice shelf marked in red (Nature 2020/PA…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/08/26/antarctica-ice-platform-nearly-four-times-size-of-uk-at-risk-of-collapse/

Williamson continues to flounder after yet another government U-turn
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
The education secretary has insisted that the government is following the "best scientific and medical advice" after announcing a U-turn on guidance in England for face coverings in schools.Gavin Williamson said an "extra precautionary measure" had been put in place with the updated guidance — issued on Tuesday evening — which says face coverings should be worn in communal areas of schools in local lockdown areas. | It followed pressure from teaching unions, which urged clarity before pupils return to school next week, and an announcement from Scotland that all secondary pupils there will be required to…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/08/26/williamson-continues-to-flounder-after-yet-another-government-u-turn/

Protests erupt for third night after Black man shot by police left paralysed
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
A Black man shot multiple times by police in the US state of Wisconsin is paralysed, and it would "take a miracle" for him to walk again, his family's lawyer has said.The shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha — apparently in the back, while three of his children looked on — was captured on mobile phone video and ignited new protests over racial injustice in several cities. | It comes just three months after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police triggered a wider reckoning on race in the US and beyond.The Blake family's lawyer Ben Crump called for the officer who opened fi…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/08/26/protests-erupt-for-third-night-after-black-man-shot-by-police-left-paralysed/

Belarus detains more people as protests demanding leader's resignation continue
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
Police in Belarus have detained more than 50 people across the country during protests demanding the resignation of its authoritarian leader.The renewed crackdown on protesters, who have been taking to the streets for over two weeks, comes as authorities crank up pressure on the opposition, jailing several activists, summoning others for questioning and selectively ordering dozens of demonstrators to appear in court.Belarus's Interior Ministry said 51 protesters were detained on 25 August at rallies that spanned across several cities.According to the Viasna human rights group, 15 people were detained in Minsk, th…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/08/26/belarus-detains-more-people-as-protests-demanding-leaders-resignation-continue/

Johnson faces backlash after blaming 'mutant' algorithm for grades debacle
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
Boris Johnson has faced a backlash after he sought to blame the A-level results fiasco on a "mutant algorithm" and effectively sacked the senior civil servant at the Department for Education (DfE).The prime minister acknowledged the stress caused by the situation — which eventually resulted in a U-turn with A-level and GCSE grades in England awarded based on teachers' assessments rather than the algorithm.The DfE announced that its permanent secretary Jonathan Slater will stand down because the prime minister "has concluded that there is a need for fresh official leadership".Prime Minister Boris Johnson visi…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/08/26/johnson-faces-backlash-after-blaming-mutant-algorithm-for-grades-debacle/

Robot Generals Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans…Or Worse?
Michael T. Klare | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
With Covid-19 incapacitating startling numbers of U.S. service members and modern weapons proving increasingly lethal, the American military is relyingever more frequently on intelligent robots to conduct hazardous combat operations. Such devices, known in the military as "autonomous weapons systems," include robotic sentries, battlefield-surveillance drones, and autonomous submarines. So far, in other words, robotic devices…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/robot-generals-will-they-make-better-decisions-than-humans-or-worse/

COVID-19 Changed Work in Germany
Thomas Klikauer — Nadine Campbell | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
Germany is generally known as a high-tech country producing machinery and cars. But a few decades ago, Germany passed the 50% mark, entering the service industry. The 50% mark indicated that more than half of Germany's wealth now comes from the service industry and no longer from making machines like Porsches and Volkswagens. By 2020,…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/covid-19-changed-work-in-germany/

Robot Generals: Will They Make Better Decisions than Humans or Worse?
Michael T. Klare | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
With Covid-19 incapacitating startling numbers of U.S. service members and modern weapons proving increasingly lethal, the American military is relying ever more frequently on intelligent robots to conduct hazardous combat operations. Such devices, known in the military as " autonomous …
globalresearch.ca/robot-generals-make-better-decisions-than-humans-worse/5722228

Biden | campaign says China's treatment of Uighur Muslims is 'genocide'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
A spokesperson for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden issued a statement on Tuesday referring to China's oppression of Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang province as a "genocide," according to the U.S. publication Axios. "Joe Biden stands against it in the strongest terms," the statement reads.The rapid-response director for the Biden campaign, Andrew Bates, issued the statement following a Politico report that claimed the Trump administration is…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bidencampaign-says-chinas-treatment-of-uighur-muslims-is-genocide-3537711

Cambridge university aims for autumn trials of coronavirus vaccine after UK funding
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
The University of Cambridge is aiming to start clinical trials of its possible coronavirus vaccine in the autumn after it received 1.9 million pounds ($2.5 million) in funding from the British government, the university said on Wednesday.The scientists behind the vaccine said their approach, which uses genetic sequences of all known coronaviruses to hone the immune response, could help avoid the adverse effects of a hyper-inflammatory immune response."We're looking for chinks in its armour, crucial pieces of the virus that we can use to construct the vaccine to direct the immune response in the right direction,"
yenisafak.com/en/life/cambridge-university-aims-for-autumn-trials-of-coronavirus-vaccine-after-uk-funding-3537710

Thai police make more arrest of pro-democracy demonstrators
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
Police in Thailand on Wednesday arrested two pro-democracy student protest leaders for taking part in rallies and would charge them with sedition, expanding a crackdown on demonstrators as pressure builds against the government.Tattep Ruangprapaikitseree of the Free Youth Group and his partner Panumas Singprom were arrested at their residence in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok and taken to a police station."We got arrested with many charges, but the most severe one is article 116," Tattep told reporters, referring to the sedition law.He was seen flashing a three-finger salute, a symbol of the move…
yenisafak.com/en/news/thai-police-make-more-arrest-of-pro-democracy-demonstrators-3537700

Protesters rounded up in Belarus; Nobel-winning writer due for questioning
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
Belarusian police have rounded up dozens of protesters heading home from peaceful demonstrations, rights groups said on Wednesday, after days in which the authorities exercised comparative restraint towards mass anti-government rallies.The country's most celebrated writer, Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich, was expected to appear for questioning later on Wednesday in a criminal investigation into an opposition council, two of whose leaders were jailed this week.President Alexander Lukashenko has faced more than two weeks of mass demonstrations against his 26-year rule since an election which his opponents sa…
yenisafak.com/en/news/protesters-rounded-up-in-belarus-nobel-winning-writer-due-for-questioning-3537698

NATO calls for fair Belarus elections, denies military buildup
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that any attempt by the Belarusian government to use the Western alliance as a scapegoat and crackdown on protests was "wrong and unjustified."Speaking in Berlin before a meeting of European Union defence ministers, Stoltenberg also called for free and fair elections in the country after an Aug. 9 election that opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko say was rigged."There is no military NATO buildup in the region, so any attempt by the regime in Belarus to use NATO as an excuse or a pretext to crack down on demonstrators in their own country is absolut…
yenisafak.com/en/world/nato-calls-for-fair-belarus-elections-denies-military-buildup-3537709

Two shot dead during anti-racism protests in US
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
Two people were shot dead and one injured in the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin late Tuesday as protests against the police shooting of a Black man turned violent, said local police. | Police in the city of Kenosha said in a statement Wednesday that they responded to report of shots being fired and multiple gunshot victims around 11.45 p.m. (0445GMT). It said a third gunshot victim was taken to a hospital with "serious but non-life threatening injuries." | Saying the investigation is ongoing, the department did not provide further information about the shooters or the victims. | Julio Rosas, a journalist at th…
yenisafak.com/en/world/two-shot-dead-during-anti-racism-protests-in-us-3537712

'Anything can happen': weather helps California firefighters, for now
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
Over 14,000 firefighters from half a dozen states carved out containment lines around some of the largest wildfires in California history on Tuesday, helped by cooler temperatures.Using bulldozers and hand tools, crews scraped fire breaks into the earth to block flames from around 24 major blazes sparked by dry lightning during a record heat wave.The worst fires, now the second and third largest in state history, burned in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and 136,000 people remained under evacuation orders.Higher humidity and gentler winds helped firefighters get a grip on the fires, but temperatures and winds…
yenisafak.com/en/world/anything-can-happen-weather-helps-california-firefighters-for-now-3537713

France's Macron to travel to Beirut on Sept. 1
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-26
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Beirut in Lebanon on Sept. 1, his office said on Wednesday.Macron was the first foreign leader to visit Beirut after a massive blast destroyed parts of the Lebanese capital in early August.
yenisafak.com/en/world/frances-macron-to-travel-to-beirut-on-sept-1-3537708

Clive Palmer versus the people
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-26
Democracy Jim McIlroyIssue 1278 Australia Green Left Fighting FundAugust 26, 2020Billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer's multiple court actions against the Western Australian Labor government and Premier Mark McGowan over the right of states to impose COVID-19-…
greenleft.org.au/content/clive-palmer-versus-people

Young people face a debt tsunami
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-26
Youth & students Chloe DSIssue 1278 Australia JokKeeper JobSeekerAugust 26, 2020The dire economic impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt, especially in Victoria and Melbourne, which has entered its second phase…
greenleft.org.au/content/young-people-face-debt-tsunami

Young people face a debt tsunami
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-26
Youth & students Chloe DSIssue 1278 Australia JokKeeper JobSeekerAugust 26, 2020The dire economic impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt, especially in Victoria and Melbourne, which has entered its second phase…
greenleft.org.au/content/young-people-face-debt-tsunami

Australian feminists oppose Victoria State's 'gag' law on sexual assault survivors
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-26
Victoria State's law effectively prohibits publishing the details of any sexual assault case where proceedings are on or a guilty verdict has been given, even if it is the survivor who wishes to speak out…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/26/australian-feminists-oppose-victoria-states-gag-law-on-sexual-assault-survivors/

Housing crisis demands vision from councils
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-26
Housing Sarah HathwayIssue 1278 Australia public housing rental stress GeelongAugust 26, 2020The City of Greater Geelong's final report i…
greenleft.org.au/content/housing-crisis-demands-vision-councils

Housing crisis demands vision from councils
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-26
Housing Sarah HathwayIssue 1278 Australia public housing rental stress GeelongAugust 26, 2020The City of Greater Geelong's final report i…
greenleft.org.au/content/housing-crisis-demands-vision-councils

BBC Foreknowledge of 9/11 Collapse of WTC Building Seven: British Man Won Law Suit against BBC for 9/11 Cover Up
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
This article was first posted on Global Research in March 2015. It is of crucial significance. It proves that the collapse of WTC building seven was a "terrorist act". Both CNN and the BBC had foreknowledge of the collapse. | A …
globalresearch.ca/bbc-foreknowledge-of-911-collapse-of-wtc-building-seven-british-man-won-law-suit-against-bbc-for-911-cover-up/5438161

Notes From the Great Democratic Infomercial
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-08-26
I can't say I was surprised that the Democrats led off their four-day Zoom summer jamboree with one of the Desperate Housewives acting as the moderator. On the same day there appeared a newspaper picture of former president Bill Clinton getting a back rub from a young blonde while both were waiting to board pedophile…
counterpunch.org/2020/08/26/notes-from-the-great-democratic-infomercial/

Kamala Harris: The Archetypal Flawed U.S. Political Candidate
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
Joe Biden's selection of U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, was lauded by an editorial opinion in the British Guardian as "a safe and historic appointment". But a cursory examination reveals Harris to be the archetype of …
globalresearch.ca/kamala-harris-archetypal-flawed-us-political-candidate/5722176

Deloitte Accountancy Firm Gets Another Huge COVID Contract — For 'Crazy' Plan to Test Millions Each Day
Adam Ramsay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
The British government had plans to test everyone in the country for coronavirus every week by October — and it's handed most of the work to the global accountancy firm Deloitte, openDemocracy can reveal. Labour MP Clive Lewis has dubbed …
globalresearch.ca/deloitte-gets-huge-covid-contract-plan-test-millions-each-day/5722086

Oliver Stone's Search for the Rosy-Fingered Dawn
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-26
Like the wandering and rascally Odysseus upon whom he models his life, Oliver Stone is "double-minded" in the most profound and illuminating ways. The title of his fantastic new memoir is a case in point. "One of the first basic lessons in filming," he writes, "is chasing the light. Without it, you have nothing — …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/oliver-stones-search-for-the-rosy-fingered-dawn/

Clinical features, diagnostics, and outcomes of patients presenting with acute respiratory illness: A retrospective cohort study of patients with and without COVID-19
Sachin J. Shah, Peter N. Barish, Priya A. Prasad, Amy Kistler, Norma Neff, Jack Kamm, Lucy M. Li, Charles Y. Chiu, Jennifer M. Babik, Margaret C. Fang, Kirsten Neudoerffer Kangelaris, Charles Langelier, Yumiko Abe-Jones, Narges Alipanah, Francisco N. Alvarez, Olga Borisovna Botvinnik, Gloria Castaneda, The CZB CLIAhub Consortium, Rand M. Dadasovich, Jennifer Davis, Xianding Deng, Joseph L. DeRisi, Angela M. Detweiler, Scot Federman, John Haliburton, Samantha Hao, Andrew D. Kerkhoff, G.Renuka Kumar, Katherine B. Malcolm, Sabrina A. Mann, Sandra Martinez, Rupa K. Mary, Eran Mick, Lusajo Mwakibete, Nader Najafi, Michael J. Peluso, Maira Phelps, Angela Oliveira Pisco, Kalani Ratnasiri, Luis A. Rubio, Anna Sellas, Kyla D. Sherwood, Jonathan Sheu, Natasha Spottiswoode, Michelle Tan, Guixia Yu | thelancet.com | 2020-08-26
While we found differences in clinical features of COVID-19 compared to other acute respiratory illnesses, there was significant overlap in presentation and comorbidities. Patients with COVID-19 were more likely to be admitted to the hospital, have longer hospitalizations and develop ARDS, and were unlikely to have co-existent viral infections.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30262-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Is the Russian Government as Insouciant as the American People?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-26
Something is wrong in the Russian government and in the governments of former Soviet Republics. | In 2014, the president of Ukraine stood aside and disarmed his police and Putin went off to the Olympics, while Washington-financed "Maidan protests" overthrew the …
globalresearch.ca/is-russian-government-insouciant-american-people/5722172

Liberal Folly Will Have Unintended Consequences
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-26
In his 1978 book, Bonaparte, Correlli Barnett deconstructs Napoleon so thoroughly that it reads like a carricature of Napoleon's critics. The great general's victories are explained away as the results of the blunders of his opponents. Napoleon was saved time and again by the mistakes of his adversaries. Barnett does not explain how a man who never made a good decision dominated Europe for two decades. If Napoleon prevailed time and again despite his bad decisions, what was the quality of his opponents? | Barnett's Napoleon comes across as an American neoconservative who seeks hegemony via violence and not diplom…

Liberal Folly Will Have Unintended Consequences

Another day and another report dumbs down the root causes of education inequality
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-08-26
A report into how the educational attainment gap between rich and poor pupils is widening has received a lot of attention. But from education experts to the Labour Party, the responses to the analysis have been flaccid at best…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/08/26/another-day-and-another-report-dumbs-down-the-root-causes-of-education-inequality/

Letter From Seoul
Kristin R. Pak | thenation.com | 2020-08-26
Letter From Seoul…
thenation.com/article/world/covid-south-korea-essay/

Masai Ujiri and Police Who Live Above the Law
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-08-26
Masai Ujiri and Police Who Live Above the Law…
thenation.com/article/society/masai-ujiri/

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

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

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

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/

Media Praise Biden's 'Centrist Coalition' for Steering Clear of 'Progressive Demands'
Ari Paul | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
"Coverage of Biden's patriotism tends to center on non-issues," writes Paul, "Saying someone loves their country doesn't outline a real policy proposal or provide a plan to improve conditions for the average voter." (Photo: Matt Rourke / AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joe_2.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/25/media-praise-bidens-centrist-coalition-steering-clear-progressive-demands?cd-origin=rss

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

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/

'Underwhelming and Inadequate': Green Groups Slam New Senate Democrats' Climate Report
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
The Green New Deal is mentioned only once in the 263-page report—in the footnotes. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gnd_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/08/25/underwhelming-and-inadequate-green-groups-slam-new-senate-democrats-climate-report?cd-origin=rss

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/

Two weeks after powerful windstorm, Iowa faces humanitarian crisis
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
As it is with the wildfires in California and the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the criminal nature of the ruling class is revealed in its response to the disaster still unfolding in Iowa.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/iowa-a25.html

'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/

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

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…
www.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

The Only Real Leftist Argument for Voting for Joe Biden in November
Scott Remer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
"If Biden wins the presidency, we will need to pursue an 'inside' and an 'outside' strategy, mobilizing the grassroots to organize and push the Democratic establishment leftwards," writes Remer. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joe_biden_1_0_0_1.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/25/only-real-leftist-argument-voting-joe-biden-november?cd-origin=rss

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/

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/

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/

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

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 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/

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/

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

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/

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/

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

Trotsky's Last Year
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
An appraisal, on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Trotsky's assassination, of the work of the great theoretician and strategist of World Socialist Revolution during the final year of his life.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/trot-a25.html

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/

French NPA's Révolution permanente site hails pro-imperialist coup in Mali
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
This web site, linked to the Socialist Workers Party (PTS) of Argentina, hailed a putsch led by a junta of colonels that has proclaimed its loyalty to the French occupation of Mali.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/npam-a25.html

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

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…
www.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

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/

Poisoning protest leader Navalny 'would not benefit' Moscow, says Russian Foreign Ministry, labels Western allegations 'offensive'
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Moscow does not stand to benefit from the alleged poisoning of anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, noting the haste with which Western media and governments made the insinuation. | The ministry issued a statement on Tuesday evening, following a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, during which the subject of Navalny was raised, among other issues. | Lavrov pointed out the "suspicious haste" with which the narrative about Navalny's alleged poisoning was picked up in Washington and Brussels and instantl…
rt.com/russia/499018-russia-fm-navalny-poisoning-benefit/

"Poisoned" Kremlin Critic Flown to Germany as German-Russian Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 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 Navalny — according to German doctors — was allegedly poisoned but is expected to survive. If Navalny was poisoned and the goal was to assassinate him, it was a poorly conceived, poorly executed, and most of all — poorly timed plan. | Navalny's sudden reappearance across the Western media comes just at the height of US attem…

"Poisoned" Kremlin Critic Flown to Germany as German-Russian Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion

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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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

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.
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Despite COVID-19, French billionaires have tripled their wealth since 2010
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
The accumulation of obscene levels of wealth by a small financial aristocracy is the product of decades of austerity imposed by governments of various political colors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/fran-a25.html

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…
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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

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

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

Coronavirus reproduction rate rises above 1 in UK, as infection cases surge
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
The damning R value data issued by SAGE was totally ignored by the government. This is despite Johnson and his key scientific and medical advisors repeatedly claiming for months that its actions would be determined by the R rate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/rval-a25.html

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/

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.
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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

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

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

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/

US health care workers infected with COVID-19 pressured to return to work
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
The failure of health care facilities and employers to provide adequate paid leave has left health care staff with the cruel "choice" of risking hunger and homelessness by forfeiting their paychecks or becoming transmitters of the coronavirus in their workplaces.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/nurs-a25.html

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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

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

Court rules against Florida governor but schools to remain open
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
The court decision, however, does not guarantee that schools will remain closed and in-person classroom learning will be halted until daily case rates for COVID-19 reach below 5 percent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/flor-a25.html

First week back on campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A US college student's first-hand account
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
Albion College in south-central Michigan promised a safe return, but one student's experience reveals a different picture, one of unsanitary rooms, a lack of sanitization supplies, failing protocols, and a testing regime full of holes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/albi-a25.html

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

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/

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/

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

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.
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'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

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

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

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 …
globalresearch.ca/appello-ai-leader-dei-nove-stati-con-armi-nucleari-cina-francia-india-israele-nord-corea-pakistan-regno-unito-russia-stati-uniti/5722141

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

This Month's Most Popular Articles
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-25
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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…
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Thai protest movement spreads across country's northeast
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
Despite last week's arrests of prominent student leaders, the protests are growing unabated around the country in the lead-up to a major rally planned in September.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/thai-a25.html

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/

US stages military buildup to enforce deal to steal Syria's oil
wsws.org | 2020-08-25
The handing over of Syria's oil fields for exploitation by a US company constitutes a war crime, and has escalated dangerous tensions between American and Russian military forces.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/25/syri-a25.html

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

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/

'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

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…
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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/

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/

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

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/

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

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

°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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

#SaveThePostOffice Call-In Day! Wednesday, August 26
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-25
Since the Coronavirus crisis hit, USPS has become more essential than ever, from delivering life-saving medicine, to sustaining our democracy through mail-in voting. It has also become more endangered than ever, facing a massive budget crisis. Postal workers and the public are united in urging Congress to pass $25 billion in emergency COVID-related relief for USPS. | Through mass public outcry, we've begun to roll back Trump's new appointee Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's most recent plans to reduce service.
popularresistance.org/savethepostoffice-call-in-day-wednesday-august-26/

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/

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/

Money for 'dead souls': In echoes of Gogol-era, Russia's pension fund pays out millions of dollars to deceased citizens every year
rt.com | 2020-08-25
What would Nikolai Gogol make of this? The Pension Fund of Russia is paying out billions of rubles in pensions to the dead, enabling their relatives to withdraw and use the funds, according to the National Accounting Chamber. | In the famous 19th century novel, chronicling the wanderings of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, the plot relies on "dead souls" (or deceased serfs) which are still accounted for in property registers. Now almost two centuries on, something similar continues in modern Russia. | The Chamber revealed that the pension fund is often late to receive notice of a citizen's death, leading to payments…
rt.com/russia/499008-pensions-paid-deceased-citizens/

'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/

As Covid-19 drives the planet batsh*t crazy, Russia to study the feces of its own bat population to look for coronaviruses
rt.com | 2020-08-25
With the world in the grip of a pandemic possibly caused by Chinese bats, Russia wants to make sure its own can't start another. Thus, a new study will check the country's bat population for the presence of coronaviruses. | National health watchdog Roszdravnadzor's Institute of Epidemiology will test nocturnal flying mammals from various regions of the country, including Moscow, Volgograd, and the Black Sea coast, enabling the scientists to determine how common coronaviruses are in different species. | The researchers plan to analyze more than 1,500 individuals by checking fecal samples, using a "high-performa…
rt.com/russia/499006-russia-study-bat-coronavirus/

'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/

Russia's Ministry of Education rejects proposed one-month delay to new school year, after appeal from parliamentary opposition MP
rt.com | 2020-08-25
A Russian MP's proposal to start the school year a month later than normal to minimize the risks from the spread of coronavirus has failed to sway the Ministry of Education, meaning the official start date remains September 1. | Vasily Vlasov, of the nationalist LDPR had suggested that this year's summer break, which traditonally ends on the first day of September, should be extended by one month due to the pandemic. | In his letter to the education minister, seen by news agency RIA Novosti, the lawmaker cited Covid-19 statistics which currently show around 5,000 new confirmed cases every day. | …
rt.com/russia/498976-russian-ministry-rejects-delay/

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/

Push panic button, go to safe room & don't argue: CDC sets guidelines for companies dealing with customer rage over Covid-19 rules
rt.com | 2020-08-25
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged employees in retail and service businesses to avoid confronting customers who refuse to comply with Covid-19 restrictions, such as wearing masks or social distancing. | In its new guidelines, rolled out this week, the CDC has also advised business owners to beef up security, including by installing "panic buttons, cameras, alarms" in light of incidents that have seen customers take out their anger with…
rt.com/usa/499040-cdc-guidlines-masks-violence-argue/

Iranian FM accuses Pompeo of 'lawless bullying' as UNSC president dismisses US push for sanctions 'snapback'
rt.com | 2020-08-25
US efforts to trigger the return of UN sanctions on Iran have been dismissed by the president of the Security Council amid a lack of consensus among the body's 15 members. Iran's foreign minister said it shows the US is isolated. | …
rt.com/news/499014-unsc-iran-us-snapback-sanctions/

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/

Teachers shot by pellet guns during 'active shooter' drills sue Indiana sheriff over physical & psychological distress
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Eight schoolteachers from Meadowlawn Elementary School in Indiana have sued the local sheriff's department after a traumatizing course of "active shooter" training allegedly left them physically and psychologically scarred. | Active shooter training with the White County Sheriff's Department was "one of the most terrifying experiences of [their lives]," the educators alleged in a lawsuit filed last week, claiming they were shot at point-blank range with airsoft guns and otherwise terrorized above and beyond the normal active-shooter drill procedure. They have demanded a jury trial, with some saying the experie…
rt.com/usa/499038-indiana-school-shooting-lawsuit/

Turkey will do what is necessary if Greece escalates Mediterranean conflict, foreign minister warns
rt.com | 2020-08-25
Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country is open to dialogue, but not with Greece's pre-conditions amid the ongoing sea shelf oil drilling dispute. | Turkey's top diplomat discussed the ongoing tensions Tuesday in Ankara during a joint press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. The Turkish representative reiterated that his side would have no hesitation if a conflict with Greece occurs. | In Ankara Maas represented Germany's position and largely the European Union's, saying that the ongoing diplomatic crisis put Turkey's relationship with the EU at a crossroads. | Before his visit to the talks the…
rt.com/news/499025-greece-turkey-mediterranean-necessary/

Despite Western hysteria over Russian hackers, up to 75% of global cyberattacks originate from US soil — top Moscow security chief
rt.com | 2020-08-25
The lion's share of cyberattacks around the world originate from the US — a fact the West avoids mentioning too often. That's according to a high-ranking Russian official, citing research conducted by cybersecurity companies. | Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov said in an interview that the majority of hacks are conducted utilizing American IT infrastructure. | From 2016-19, 40 to 75 percent of all attacks were launched from US territory, while Russia was home to no more than two to seven percent of such cases, Khramov told the newspaper Argumenty i Fakty. This "clearly demons…
rt.com/russia/499005-beware-of-russian-hackers/

'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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

Why the DNC's Platform Will Guarantee a Loss If Democrats Don't Do More
Morris Pearl | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris confer on stage outside the Chase Center after Biden delivered his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/dncbidenharris.jpg …
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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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/25/national-alliance-against-racist-and-political-repression-calls-justice-jacob-blake-kenosh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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/

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

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

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

Don't Be Fooled by a Wolf in Woke Clothing: How the World's Billionaires Are Cashing in on Covid-19
Carl Rhodes | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
President Donald Trump greets BlackRock CEO Larry Fink at the beginning of a policy forum in the State Dining Room at the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_blackrock_coronavirus.jpg …
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Democrat's Climate Report Misses the Mark
commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
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Senate Dems Climate Report: Underwhelming and Inadequate
commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
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'What's Radical Is Doing Nothing': Attacked as an Extremist, Sanders Condemns GOP for Ignoring Climate Crisis at Convention
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
"It would be a moral disgrace if we left to future generations a planet and that was unhealthy, unsafe, and uninhabitable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/getty-sanders-aoc-gnd.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/08/25/whats-radical-doing-nothing-attacked-extremist-sanders-condemns-gop-ignoring-climate?cd-origin=rss

NY Attorney General Files Federal Lawsuit, Demanding Trump and DeJoy Reverse 'Authoritarian' Changes Made to USPS
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
"This USPS slowdown is nothing more than a voter suppression tactic." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/new_york_coronavirus_0_0.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/08/25/ny-attorney-general-files-federal-lawsuit-demanding-trump-and-dejoy-reverse?cd-origin=rss

Report Highlights Reusable Models That Can Instill Confidence During the Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/08/25/report-highlights-reusable-models-can-instill-confidence-during-pandemic?cd-origin=rss

Postal Workers Union Organizes Nationwide Rallies Pressuring Congress to #SaveThePostOffice
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
Protesters carried signs that declared "U.S. Mail Is Not For Sale," "PM DeJoy, Stop Delaying De-Mail," and "Senators: Do the Right Thing." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/indivisible-usps.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/08/25/postal-workers-union-organizes-nationwide-rallies-pressuring-congress?cd-origin=rss

AFT President Randi Weingarten on 2020 PDK Poll Measuring Attitudes Toward Public Schools
commondreams.org | 2020-08-25
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/08/25/aft-president-randi-weingarten-2020-pdk-poll-measuring-attitudes-toward-public?cd-origin=rss

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/

"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

What does UAE stand to gain from peace with Israel?
Marco Carnelos | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-25
Abu Dhabi's crown prince may be surprised to discover that the signing of a peace deal with Netanyahu is not enough to buy Israel's trust | Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (also known as MbZ) is perhaps one of the most powerful rulers in the Middle East. | While it is true that most of his regional "initiatives" have not been fully successful, he, nonetheless, remains committed to "saving" the Arab world from two existential threats: Iran and its Axis of Resistance, and the ol…

What does UAE stand to gain from peace with Israel?

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