(2020-09-23). 48 especies de animales salvadas de la extinción. peoplesworld.org 
Escrito por Fabián Capecchi basado en el artículo original publicado en The Guardian. Los grupos conservacionistas se han apuntado un gran éxito. El esfuerzo coordinado a nivel mundial para preservar la biodiversidad ha logrado salvar 48 especies de animales de la extinción, según un nuevo estudio publicado en la revista Conservation Letters (solo en inglés). …
(2020-09-23). New Report Links Mass Extinction of Animals To Human Activity. mintpressnews.com A new report by the WWF shows that humans are overusing earth's biocapacity by over 50%, rendering over 68% of all the world's animal life extinct.
(2020-09-23). Hoping to Force an Outcome, US Sanctions Opposition Parties in Venezuela Ahead of Elections. mintpressnews.com Sanctions on Venezuela are nothing new. But Secretary of State Pompeo recently took the unusual step of sanctioning leaders of local opposition parties in an attempt to pressure them to pull out of upcoming elections.
(2020-09-23). Clashed Visions at the 2020 UN General Assembly: The Speeches of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. globalresearch.ca The speeches given by Presidents Trump, Putin, and Xi via video during the 2020 UN General Assembly predictably revealed that the American leader's assessment of the contemporary international situation and related vision of the future markedly differ from his Russian …
(2020-09-23). US & allies ignore Colombia political assassinations. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with human rights lawyer Santiago Salinas Miranda about a wave of massacres and political assassinations sweeping Colombia. They discuss the Colombian government's role in the murders and ask why the international community has turned a blind eye to the killings.
(2020-09-23). Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 14. globalresearch.ca Monday was a frustrating day as the Assange Hearing drifted deep into a fantasy land where nobody knows or is allowed to say that people were tortured in Guantanamo Bay and under extraordinary rendition. The willingness of Judge Baraitser to …
(2020-09-23). Former CIA Director Leon Panetta: We Are Prosecuting Assange to Intimidate Others. globalresearch.ca Leon Panetta, who served as director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2009 to 2011, and then as the Obama administration's secretary for defence, has let the cat out of the bag, telling interviewers that the US …
(2020-09-23). Why Are Amnesty International Monitors Not Able to Observe the Assange Hearing? globalresearch.ca Earlier this month, the street outside the Old Bailey criminal court in London, where Julian Assange's extradition hearing has been taking place, was transformed into a carnival. | Inside the Old Bailey, the courtroom has turned into a circus. There have …
(2020-09-23). Assange's Eleventh Day at the Old Bailey: Suicide, Hallucinations and Psychological Torture. globalresearch.ca Today, the prosecutors in the Julian Assange case did their show trial predecessors from other legal traditions proud. The ghosts of such figures as Soviet state prosecutor Andrey Vyshinsky, would have approved of the line of questioning taken by …
(2020-09-23). Venezuela Denounces New Aggressions from the US. globalresearch.ca The Simon Bolivar Great Patriotic Pole (GPPSB) alerted that plans are being made to generate violence in the country, after the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to countries bordering Venezuela. | In a press conference held …
(2020-09-23). What is Covid-19, SARS-2. How is it Tested? How is It Measured? The Fear Campaign Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca The data and concepts have been manipulated with a view to sustaining the fear campaign. The estimates are meaningless. The figures have been hyped to justify the closure of the national economy. Covid-19 is a public health concern but it is NOT a dangerous virus.
(2020-09-23). Two Capitalisms: A Challenge To Democratic Socialists, Social Democrats, Progressives and Welfare State Liberals. counterpunch.org 
[O]n September 24, 1599, in a timbered building off Moorgate Fields, not far from where Shakespeare was struggling to complete Hamlet, a new type of company was founded. [O]wnership of the new firm, called the East India Company, was sliced into tiny pieces to be bought and sold freely…Liberalism's fatal hypocrisy was to celebrate the virtuous
(2020-09-23). Teaching During a Pandemic. counterpunch.org As the summer wore on, the Covid-19 pandemic marched on and on and on. I wondered how I could help with the education of one of my grandchildren. When a curriculum and content text arrived in the mail, I began drawing up a plan for our first lesson together. Since my grandchild will visit over
(2020-09-23). The End Of The 'Rules Based International Order'. popularresistance.org The 'western' countries, i.e. the United States and its 'allies', love to speak of a 'rules based international order' which they say everyone should follow. That 'rules based order' is a way more vague concept than the actual rule of law: | The G7 is united by its shared values and commitment to a rules based international order. That order is being challenged by authoritarianism, serious violations of human rights, exclusion and discrimination, humanitarian and security crises, and the defiance of international law and standards. | As members of the G7, we are convinced that our societies and the world have rea…
(2020-09-23). Ginsburg's Legacy Is Vast, But a Trump Appointee Could Overturn Her Best Rulings. globalresearch.ca When I was sworn in to practice before the Supreme Court in 2007, I sat near the front of the gallery. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the five-foot-tall justice, was barely visible over the bench behind which she sat. On two …
(2020-09-23). Elected Syrian Government, Led by President Assad, Saves Christianity in Syria. globalresearch.ca Since the beginning of the Regime Change war against Syria, Western -supported sectarian terrorists — al Qaeda, ISIS and affiliates — have actively sought to destroy and extinguish Christians and Christianity from Syria. President Assad and the Syrian people have …
(2020-09-23). The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life. Why is the paper so silent? zcomm.org There are conomic forces that need a media elite, just as they do a political elite, to shore up an ideological worldview that keeps those elites in power. Assange threatened to bring that whole edifice crashing down…
(2020-09-23). Facebook Suspends Accounts Associated with Event Targeting Coastal GasLink Pipeline. zcomm.org Hundreds of individual accounts linked to Indigenous, environmental, and social justice organizations were suspended from Facebook because they were co-hosts of an online Facebook event targeting the Coastal GasLink pipeline majority funder.
(2020-09-23). A Most Dire Warning. zcomm.org Failure of the Democrats to have stopped Trump the past four years will likely usher in a basic political party re-alignment in the US as a form of authoritarian government takes hold under Trump…
(2020-09-23). Who Is Amy Barrett? Front-Runner to Replace RBG Is Anti-Abortion Member of Patriarchal Catholic Group. democracynow.org 
We look at President Trump's top pick for a woman to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who is a devout Catholic who has taken conservative stances on abortion, gun rights, immigration and LGBTQ rights. Barrett's involvement with the conservative Catholic group People of Praise, whose members pledge a lifelong loyalty oath to the group, has also raised questions about her ability to rule independently. "There's some real concerns about whether her involvement in there will affect her ability to be impartial a…
(2020-09-23). No Más Bebés: ICE Hysterectomy Scandal Recalls 1970s LA, When a Hospital Sterilized Chicana Patients. democracynow.org 
As immigration authorities say they have stopped sending women to a Georgia gynecologist accused of sterilizing female prisoners without their consent, we continue our look at United States' disturbing history of forced sterilization with the producer and historian behind the 2016 documentary called "No Más Bebés," which tells the story of how a whistleblower doctor spoke out about a large number of tubal ligations performed on mostly Latinx patients at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center some 46 years ago. "Quite often they did not understand the terminology. They did not, in some cases, understand the lan…
(2020-09-23). People of Praise: Former Member of Group Tied to SCOTUS Front-Runner Amy Barrett Calls It a "Cult" democracynow.org 
As President Trump appears poised to announce a nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, we speak with a former member of the secretive Catholic group People of Praise, known for its rigid gender roles and lifelong loyalty oaths, which apparent front-runner Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a member of. "Many call it a community, but I describe it as a cult," says Coral Anika Theill, who was a member of People of Praise from 1979 to 1984 and is now speaking out against the organization.
(2020-09-23). Headlines for September 23, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 200,000, On Track to Double by Year's End, FDA Reportedly Planning Stricter Guidelines for Release of COVID-19 Vaccine, Pentagon Spent $1 Billion of Coronavirus Funds on Military Supplies, Trump Says Coronavirus "Affects Virtually Nobody" as U.S. Death Toll Tops 200,000, U.N. Secretary-General Warns of New Cold War as Trump Attacks China over Coronavirus, Sen. Mitt Romney Backs Rapid Vote on Trump's Supreme Court Nominee, Officer Involved in Breonna Taylor's Killing Defends Actions, Calls Protesters "Thugs", Federal Agents Tapped Cellphones of Portland Protesters, President Trump…
(2020-09-23). 'Confirmed' Has Become a Meaningless Word in Mainstream News Reporting. strategic-culture.org Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Last week Politico published a The claim was nonsensical on its face; the idea that Iran would see the assassination of some random ambassador to an irrelevant country as a proportionate…
(2020-09-23). As Assange Faces Extradition, the State of U.S. Prisons Grows Worse. strategic-culture.org 
John KIRIAKOU | The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is in a state of chaos. Leadership changes, Covid-19, and criminal activity on the part of BOP officers and staff members has plunged the Justice Department's largest and best-funded bureau into a scandal that, while it has not made the mainstream media, has harmed thousands of prisoners. | [The issue was raised last week in the hearing of Julian Assange in London as the state of mental health care for prisoners, cited in a BOP report, came up in witness testimony in the defense's argument against sending Assange to the U.S. to face time in a U.S. prison.] Micha…
(2020-09-23). With Ginsburg's Death Cue the Last Stand of American Marxists. strategic-culture.org For all of the bad things that have happened in 2020 don't for a second believe that 2021 won't be infinitely worse. It has been clear to me for months that the fight for the White House is one for the ages. | While every election is 'the most important one ever' in the minds of the politicos who see the other side for what it is, an existential threat to their power, this election is, I feel, finally one worth that moniker. But, that said, nearly every election truly is one where voters are presented a Hobson's Choice where there is no real difference between the standard bearers of both major parties. | And the…
(2020-09-23). 50+ Progressive Writers and Activists Pen Open Letter Urging Vote for Biden. truthout.org More than 50 progressive writers and activists — including prominent left-wing voices such as Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Cornel West — unveiled an Citing…
(2020-09-23). Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media. thegrayzone.com Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in media outlets from BBC to Al Jazeera, and ran a cadre of journalists. A trove of leaked documents exposes the propaganda network. By Ben Norton Leaked documents show how UK government contractors developed an advanced infrastructure of propaganda to stimulate support in the West for Syria's political and armed opposition. Virtually every aspect of the Syrian opposition was cultivated and marketed by Western government-backed public relations firms, from their …
(2020-09-23). The US Is Using the Guardian to Justify Jailing Assange for Life. Why Is the Paper So Silent? globalresearch.ca Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Assange faces 175 …
(2020-09-23). A Most Dire Warning. The 2020 November Elections. Chaos in America… globalresearch.ca The rumor today is that Romney will reportedly say he'll support Trump's 3rd SCOTUS vote. So there you have it! 2020 election Game Over! | Trump will now get his 3rd Supreme Court nominee accepted by McConnell's Senate—either before Nov. 3 …
(2020-09-23). Reproductive Abuse is Rampant in the Immigration Detention System. aclu.org Last week, a hideous allegation emerged in a
(2020-09-23). Mediterranean Europe Will Continue Dealing with Migrant Crisis Instigated by Germany Despite Alleviation Efforts. globalresearch.ca The European Union has announced a new immigration and asylum policy based on the so-called solidarity of its members. However, this initiative will once again not receive unanimous support from all 27 member states. Since Germany instigated the migrant crisis …
(2020-09-23). Thursday 9/24: Healthcare as Sanctuary: ICE, Birthing People, and Justice for Immigrants. indybay.org Online (FREE)…
(2020-09-23). EU aims at keeping migrants out with new asylum pact. yenisafak.com The European Commission proposed a new Pact on Migration and Asylum, focusing on returns, pre-entry checks, and partnership with third countries to prevent migration flows.The proposal is "a fair balance of responsibility and solidarity among member states," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the press.The new reform package will help the bloc to "move away from ad-hoc solutions" by setting a "predictable and reliable migration scene", according to the top EU official.Under the new system, the national authorities and EU agencies would carry out pre-entry screenings at the bloc's external bor…
(2020-09-23). The Dying Planet Report 2020. counterpunch.org 
The World Wildlife Foundation, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London, recently issued an eye-popping description of the forces of humanity versus life in nature, the Living Planet Report 2020, but the report should really be entitled the Dying Planet Report 2020 because that's what's happening in the real world. Not much remains alive.
(2020-09-23). Arming the Planet: the USA as the World's Leading Weapons Dealer. counterpunch.org 
For the past several decades, the United States has been the world's leading producer of major weapons systems and the leader in global arms sales. More of these sales have taken place in the globe's most volatile region, the Middle East, than in any other region of the world. The so-called peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrein, which were brokered by the United States, were business deals designed to expand U.S. arms sales in the Persian Gulf.
(2020-09-23). Fenway Park expected to be used as voting venue. peoplesworld.org 
BOSTON (AP) — There's the windup, the pitch — and the vote. Election officials in Boston are expected to approve Fenway Park as an early voting venue when they meet Thursday after Red Sox owner John Henry offered the storied ballpark for voters hesitant to cast ballots indoors. City officials toured the park and have …
(2020-09-23). Deutsche Bank money laundering scandal could create greatest economic crisis in history. mronline.org 
The leak of the FinCEN Files over the weekend has rocked global markets and augurs a financial crisis of epic proportions as Deutsche Bank hovers over the precipice.
(2020-09-23). Egypt: Dozens arrested as anti-Sisi protests continue for third day. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Dozens arrested as anti-Sisi protests continue for third day | Egyptian villages in several governorates have witnessed continued protest since Sunday in response to a call by self-exiled activist Mohamed Ali | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 09: 47 | Egyptian protesters shout slogans as they take part in a protest calling for the removal of President Abdelfattah el-Sisi in Cairo's downtown on 20 September, 2019 (AFP…
(2020-09-23). Albuquerque Police, Mayor Ignore CDC Advice, Aggressively Police Unsheltered People During Pandemic. counterpunch.org 
Albuquerque Police Department (APD) and Albuquerque's Department of Family and Community Services (FCS) engage in a pattern and practice of harassing, criminalizing, and displacing unsheltered people living on city streets, parks, or private property, according to sources on the street, a review of 32 criminal complaints filed with the courts in early 2020, and survey data collected by a group of unaffiliated advocates for the homeless.
(2020-09-23). Are Red State Governors Getting Their People Killed to Help Donald Trump's Re-election Chances? counterpunch.org 
This is an incredibly ghoulish question, that it would absurd to ask in normal times. But these are not normal times. We know Donald Trump has staffed the top levels of his administration with people who unhesitatingly put Donald Trump's political prospects above the well-being of the people. It is certainly plausible that Republican governors
(2020-09-23). Whistleblower exposes: ICE abuses detainees. workers.org 
EDITOR'S NOTES: As we go to press, a Sept. 21 press release from Georgia Detention Watch announced that Cipriano Chavez-Alvarez, 61, is the third detainee at the Stewart Detention Center located in Lumpkin, Georgia to die of COVID-19. Press conference on ICE abuse, Ocilla, Ga., Sept. 15. Whistleblower Dawn Wooten . . . |
(2020-09-23). Black people are by far the biggest victims of looting in America. therealnews.com 
The ignored history of violence against Black people & property overshadows a few broken windows and burned buildings today.
(2020-09-23). Senate Democrats want $350 billion to prepare for war with China. mronline.org 
Democrats in the Senate announced September 17 a massive spending bill aimed at stepping up U.S. hostility towards China to the tune of $350 billion.
(2020-09-23). Turkey, Greece agree to 'exploratory' talks over Eastern Mediterranean disputes. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey, Greece agree to 'exploratory' talks over Eastern Mediterranean disputes | Officials say talks will be held 'soon in Istanbul' following German-led efforts to defuse tensions | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 11: 34 | Turkey and Greece agreed to hold talks over disputes in the Mediterranean, following a video conference between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Counc…
(2020-09-23). More than 14 million people internally displaced in first half of 2020: Report. middleeasteye.net 
More than 14 million people internally displaced in first half of 2020: Report | The majority of the displacements were caused by natural disasters across the world, while Syrians were the largest group displaced by conflict | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 19: 50 | Children ride in the back of a truck with furniture, mattresses, and blankets while passing by an internally-displaced persons (IDP) camp west of Aleppo on 16…
(2020-09-23). Much at stake for workers in federal appeals courts. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —If there ever were six months which proved the importance of federal appeals courts to workers, the first half of 2020 was it. Both for, and often against, those judges, especially on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, determined workers' fate, even more so than the U.S. Supreme Court or …
(2020-09-23). Debris from Beirut explosion adds to Lebanon's rubbish crisis. middleeasteye.net 
Debris from Beirut explosion adds to Lebanon's rubbish crisis | The port blast has damaged many waste management facilities, leaving rubbish to pile up again | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 12: 20 | Rubbish has started piling up in streets as the country struggles to deal with the aftermath of the explosion (AFP) | Last month's port blast in Beirut has put further stress on Lebanon's waste management infrastructure,…
(2020-09-23). When Truth Exposes the Unspeakable. counterpunch.org 
I photographed this billboard on September 19, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Three days prior to this, Portland, Oregon had the worst air quality in the world, as a result of raging killer Climate Fires throughout the state. President Donald Trump believes thatGlobal Warming is a hoax. Millions of Americans are directly influenced by his opinions. As you look at
(2020-09-23). Activists in Idaho say: Defund the Police. liberationnews.org 
Boise City Council voted to increase police spending by $1.1 million. Local organizers, activist groups, and community members have been demonstrating with a variety of tactics to oppose Boise's new budget ever since it was first proposed.
(2020-09-23). No socialist paradise: Sweden's COVID-19 response is nothing to envy. mronline.org 
Eleanor Goldfield reports from Stockholm on how COVID-19 has laid bare the U..S-style capitalist reality creeping into Sweden's already struggling socialized programs.
(2020-09-23). A 6-3 court could cement minority Republican rule for decades. therealnews.com 
The Appeal's Daniel Nichanian discusses the consequences of Trump filling the seat of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
(2020-09-23). US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait 'six or seven years' for F-35 jets. middleeasteye.net 
US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait 'six or seven years' for F-35 jets | David Friedman tells Jerusalem Post that Israel's military edge in region is 'matter of law, not a matter of policy' | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 18: 23 | UAE has long voiced interest in F-35 jets and were promised chance to buy them when agreeing to normalise ties with Israel (AFP/File photo) | US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman say…
(2020-09-23). There is a union difference: mortality rates from COVID-19 are lower in unionized nursing homes. mronline.org 
We need strong unions, all of us. Tragically, even during the pandemic, businesses continue to aggressively resist worker attempts at unionization. And recent decisions by the NLRB only add to worker difficulties.
(2020-09-23). The Democrats' immigration agenda. mronline.org 
The immigration plank in this year's Democratic Party platform is a reminder that real immigration reform isn't going to happen without serious grassroots organizing.
(2020-09-23). Review of Jairus Banaji A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism. mronline.org 
For Jairus Banaji, theory and history are tightly interwoven: without history, theory ends up 'bad abstraction'; without theory, the intelligibility of history is doomed to fail.
(2020-09-23). Coronavirus is no excuse for Trump's failing economy: A socialist viewpoint. peoplesworld.org 
The narrative Trump and his Republican allies have been weaving about his managing of the U.S. economy is that he had presided over, if not himself built, the strongest economy in the nation's history and that it was only slowed by the coronavirus outbreak, which was not his fault. He can't be held responsible for …
(2020-09-23). Israeli airliner flies to Bahrain in wake of normalisation deal. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli airliner flies to Bahrain in wake of normalisation deal | Tracking data showed the Israir Airlines jet flew to the Gulf kingdom over Saudi Arabian airspace | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 12: 41 | This picture taken on 9 June 2020 shows an Israir Airlines ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft landing at Cyprus' Larnaca International Airport (AFP) | An Israeli airliner flew to the Gulf kingdom of Bahra…
(2020-09-23). TIME top 100: Waad al-Kateab, Lina Attalah and Yousef al-Otaiba make annual 'most influential' list. middleeasteye.net 
TIME top 100: Waad al-Kateab, Lina Attalah and Yousef al-Otaiba make annual 'most influential' list | Syrian filmmaker and Egyptian journalist are praised for courageous documenting and reporting, while UAE ambassador gets recognition for building ties with US and Israel | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 14: 15 | (Left to right) Waad al-Kateab, Lina Attalah and Yousef al-Otaiba made the list for TIME magazine's 100…
(2020-09-23). Egypt: Dozens arrested as anti-Sisi protests continue for third day. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Dozens arrested as anti-Sisi protests continue for third day | Egyptian villages in several governorates have witnessed continued protest since Sunday in response to a call by self-exiled activist Mohamed Ali | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 09: 47 | A protest against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in al-Warraq Island, Giza, 22 September 2020 (Screengrab/Twitter) | Egyptian security forces detained at least 150 peop…
(2020-09-23). 'Unaltered position': Kuwait denies Trump claim it will back Israel normalisation. middleeasteye.net 
'Unaltered position': Kuwait denies Trump claim it will back Israel normalisation | Cabinet of ministers' statement reflects strong historical relations between the Gulf country and Palestine
| Wed, 09/23/2020 – 14: 21 | Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah accepts the US Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander on behalf of his father the Kuwaiti emir during a ceremony at the…
(2020-09-23). Big Data and the science of manipulating the masses. mronline.org 
With the advance of communications technology, the information society and internet, this knowledge has become so sophisticated that its impact is difficult to estimate.
(2020-09-23). Saudi King Salman delivers scathing attack on Iran in UN speech. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi King Salman delivers scathing attack on Iran in UN speech | Saudi monarch suggests kingdom backs its Gulf neighbours' normalisation deals with Israel on second day of UN General Assembly | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 17: 09 | 'We support the efforts of the current US administration to achieve peace in the Middle East,' Saudi Arabia's Salman says (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia's King Salman delivered a scathing at…
(2020-09-23). American horror story of the 21st century: U.S. immigration detention centers. peoplesworld.org 
Halloween may be fast approaching, but you don't have to wait until Oct. 31 for a truly scary tale. Damning reports and allegations have come out detailing the nightmarish conditions at immigration detention camps in the United States. Things were already bad inside the centers, but the situation is now exacerbated by a deadly global …
(2020-09-23). The new coronavirus rules only work if you're rich. thecanary.co 
Boris Johnson revealed the Tory government's latest coronavirus (Covid-19) measures on Tuesday 22 September. But some of the advice will only work for richer people. And it shows that
(2020-09-23). 'They'll come knocking at your door': NRA says a Biden victory would deprive Americans of 'your AR-15,' sends Twitter into frenzy. rt.com 
Many on Twitter are up in arms over gun control once again, thanks to an NRA post warning Americans that their semi-automatic rifles would be taken away should Joe Biden win the upcoming US presidential vote. | The National Rifle Association has apparently sought to remind Americans about the Democratic Party presidential candidate's stated plans to crack down on gun ownership. However, it appears instead to have reignited the interminable controversy over the future of gun control instead. | "If Joe Biden wins — Mike Bloomberg wins — and Beto O'Rourke will be knocking on your door for your AR-15," t…
(2020-09-23). Pentagon slammed for turning $1 billion 'coronavirus fund' into more military-industrial pork — but what did Congress expect? rt.com 
The Pentagon has defended its decision to repurpose Covid-19 preparedness funds — meant for pandemic response — to prop up weapons contractors as House Democrats slammed its double-dipping. | While the Department of Defense received $1 billion in March's CARES Act stimulus bill specifically to "prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus," it ultimately diverted most of the windfall to defense contractors, the Washington Post revealed on Tuesday. | The pandemic response fund, created under the aegis of the Defense Production Act, was supposed to be used to produce N95 masks, gloves, and other…
(2020-09-23). Florida AG urges FBI to probe Mike Bloomberg's pro-Biden effort to pay fines of 32,000 felons so they can vote. rt.com 
Florida's attorney general has called on the FBI and state law enforcement to probe potential violations of election law after billionaire Michael Bloomberg raised $16 million to help felons in the state become eligible to vote. | State AG Ashley Moody penned a letter to federal and state police agencies on Wednesday, stating that "further investigation is warranted" after a preliminary review of Bloomberg's voting initiative, which helped to fundraise millions to pay off court fines for some 32,000 felons in order to qualify them to vote under Florida law. | "Today, I sent a letter to the Florida Department o…
(2020-09-23). Chlamydia & gonorrhea rates in younger US women SOAR, as health experts raise alarm over drop in tests during pandemic. rt.com 
Rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea have skyrocketed among young women in the US in recent years. Health experts are concerned infections are now going undiagnosed after testing dropped precipitously as a result of the pandemic. | According to the results of a recent study conducted by Quest Diagnostics, The research examined 17 million laboratory samples from women aged 1…
(2020-09-23). Seattle lawmakers successfully override mayor's veto on $3 million police budget cut & 100 officer layoffs. rt.com 
Seattle City Council has voted to overturn Mayor Jenny Durkan's veto on legislation that would slash millions of dollars from the local police budget, a move cheered by activist groups and reviled by some residents. | The council overturned Durkan's veto by a vote of 7-2, securing exactly the number of votes needed to put the legislation into effect. | "In the wake of a racial reckoning, a $300 million budget shortfall, a pandemic, a climate crisis, a homelessness crisis… and a lack of federal leadership, our fundamental duty remains: to balance the city's budget and meet the needs of Seattle's most vulnerab…
(2020-09-23). After getting government paycheck support, Opera Australia institutes mass layoffs. peoplesworld.org 
Imagine an opera house without an opera company to perform in it. It seems incredible, doesn't it? But what if that opera company is so depleted it is no longer able to perform at the world class standard for which it is renowned? That's the bleak scenario faced by opera company workers in Australia. In …
(2020-09-23). The UK's Latest Trick: "Breaking the Law in a Limited And Specific Way" counterpunch.org 
Boris "BoJo" Johnson signed a Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the EU that included state aid rules for Northern Ireland, in order to prevent the unfair dumping of UK goods into the EU, made possible by exploiting a "soft border" between the non-EU Northern Ireland and the EU-member Republic of Ireland.
(2020-09-23). Inner West council takes a stand against uranium. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-09-23). Poor People's Campaign and progressive allies take fight to Mitch McConnell's doorstep. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—On Monday, Sept. 21, just days after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death, organizers from the D.C. Poor People's Campaign and other major local organizations demonstrated by foot and car caravan outside of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house to demand that he not appoint yet another extreme right Supreme Court justice, that …
(2020-09-23). Florida to offer vanity license plates that 'stand with Israel'. middleeasteye.net 
Florida to offer vanity license plates that 'stand with Israel' | Few US officials at state level have as close ties to Israel as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has taken a series of controversial steps in support of the country | Wed, 09/23/2020 – 15: 52 | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a delegation trip to Israel in 2019 (Twitter) | Florida will be…
(2020-09-23). World Alzheimer's month is calling for global action on stigma and misinformation. thecanary.co 
21 September marked What is Alzheimer's disease?: | The NHS describes In the UK, Alzheimer's disease is the most com…
(2020-09-23). Internationalism or Extinction. zcomm.org PI Council Member Noam Chomsky's keynote speech at the Progressive International's inaugural summit.
(2020-09-23). Palestine hails Erdogan's speech to UN. yenisafak.com The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday hailed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech to the United Nations General Assembly. | "We must thank the Turkish president for his insistence on reminding the world of the Palestinian people's suffering as well as their right to freedom and independence and his rejection of any initiative that the Palestinian rejects," the ministry said in a statement. | In his speech, Erdogan said: "Upon rejection of the document of surrender, which was tried to be imposed on Palestine under the name of 'Deal of the Century,' Israel this time accelerated its attempts to 'h…
(2020-09-23). Car caravan rally held in Arlington to protest UAE-Israel relations. fightbacknews.org Arlington, Texas – On September 20, over 50 people gathered at Masjid Dar El Eman, an Islamic center, for a car protest against the United Arab Emirates' and Bahrain's normalization of relations with Israel. The car caravan was organized by the Dallas Palestine Coalition; Palestinian Youth Movement-Dallas, Muslim Democratic Caucus-Texas; American Muslims for Palestine-Texas; Code Pink-Greater Dallas, and Veterans for Peace-Dallas. | After a short prayer, a car caravan drove around South Arlington. Many of the protesters attached Palestinian and American flags to their cars to call for an end to U.S. support…
(2020-09-23). Washington Is Left Isolated as It Passes Renewed Sanctions Against Iran. globalresearch.ca After the US State Department claimed that Tehran did not meet the terms of the "nuclear deal," Washington renewed its anti-Iranian sanctions on Monday. The UN and the EU found the claims made by Washington to be unconvincing and refused …
(2020-09-23). André Vltchek — Remembered. globalresearch.ca André, my good friend and comrade is no more. | We worked on several investigative projects together. André's professional rigor, sharpness of understanding, vision and ability to connecting the dots is exemplary. | We shared some unforgettable moments, when we followed a …
(2020-09-23). Iran — US Sanctions — Unilateralism — Turning the Clock Back to Before the Nuclear Deal. globalresearch.ca Background | Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has slammed US sanctions against his country, saying they are a flagrant violation of the UN charter. | In an address to the UN General Assembly, Rouhani said the Iranian nation successfully withstood the US maximum …
(2020-09-23). TG 87: There is no peace in Trump's Mid East Peace Plan. thealtworld.com Peter Lavelle and George Szamuely gaggle with Philip Giraldi on the topic of Trump's so-called Middle East peace plan.
(2020-09-23). Resist U.S. government repression, build a revolutionary movement. fightbacknews.org Across the country the U.S. government is unleashing a wave of repression attempting to criminalize those who protest against police killings of Black men and other oppressed people. We call on people to resist the repression and to build towards revolution by organizing more mass protests and joining groups like the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. | After the gruesome police strangulation of George Floyd, a mass uprising in Minneapolis, with tens of thousands, led to the fiery destruction of the 3rd Precinct police station. It gave the rich rulers of this country a much needed jolt. | The Floyd rebellion th…
(2020-09-23). Saturday 10/3: Suds Snacks & Socialism: Elections Part 2: Socialist Perspectives on the Presidential Race. indybay.org tinyurl.com/SudsSnacksPresidents…
(2020-09-23). Video: Turkish-based Syrian Militants Prepare to Participate in Azerbaijani-Armenian Conflict. globalresearch.ca 1,000 fighters of the so-called Syrian National Army, a coalition of Turkish-funded militant groups, will be moved to Azerbaijan in September as a part of a 6-month long deployment, Syrian pro-militant media reported. According to reports, Turkish proxies will pass …
(2020-09-23). Navalny Incident a US Plot to Block Nord Stream 2's Completion? globalresearch.ca When completed and operational, Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany will double the amount of natural gas Gazprom will be able to supply the country and other European ones — at around a 30% lower cost than US LNG….
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/23: Recording: Supreme Court Lying in Repose Ceremony for Justice Ginsburg (watch anytime). indybay.org Online recording…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/30: What's At Stake: Gender, Health Care & the Supreme Court w/ Health Care Voter. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Wall Street Reportedly Braces for Market Volatility in Case of US Supreme Court Vote Before Election. sputniknews.com Later this week, President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice for Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on 18 September due to cancer complications. Democrats insist that the new justice should be nominated after the 3 November presidential election.
(2020-09-23). Romney Crowns His Hypocrisy by Backing McConnell's Push to Fill Ginsburg's Seat. truthout.org Mitt Romney — a politician who has made a career of bending hypocrisy into bold new shapes — signaled yesterday that he will support Donald Trump's intention to stuff a new far-right Supreme Court nominee on to the still-warm seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. | Romney's decision to
(2020-09-23). Front-Runner to Replace RBG Is Anti-Abortion Member of Catholic Group. truthout.org We look at President Trump's top pick for a woman to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who is a devout Catholic who has taken conservative stances on abortion, gun rights, immigration and LGBTQ rights. Barrett's involvement with the conservative Catholic group People of Praise, whose members pledge a lifelong loyalty oath to the group, has also raised questions about her ability to rule independen…
(2020-09-23). Protest At Mitch McConnell's House Over Supreme Court Vacancy. popularresistance.org A crowd of protesters swarmed outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Kentucky home after the Republican leader said he would move to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. | About 100 protesters gathered outside McConnell's Louisville home on Saturday after he said he would push for a Senate vote on filling the seat with the presidential election is less than seven weeks away, the Louisville Courier Journal reported. | The demonstrators called out "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Mitch McConnell has got to go," "vote him out" and ditch Mitch."
(2020-09-23). Afghanistan's top peace broker to visit Pakistan. yenisafak.com The top Afghan peace negotiator in talks with the Taliban will travel to Pakistan next week to discuss matters related to the ongoing talks in the Qatari capital, Doha.On Monday, Abdullah Abdullah will go for the first time since 2008 to Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, upon an earlier invitation by the South Asian country's Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to his office, the High Council of National Reconciliation, which is a top-level body designated to broker a peace deal with the insurgents.Addressing the US Council on Foreign Relations think tank on Tuesday, Abdullah said there is a "lot of mistrust, found…
(2020-09-23). Bill Gates' Global Agenda and How We Can Resist His War on Life. zcomm.org When we wage war on the biodiversity of our forests, our farms, and in our guts, we wage war on ourselves…
(2020-09-23). War zone America? nationofchange.org Military families — most so much more than mine — have already suffered for far too long without watching our own country become a new war zone.
(2020-09-23). Mali: Rights expert calls for 'immediate release' of former officials detained during coup. news.un.org An independent UN human rights expert has called on Mali's coup leaders to release former government officials, who have been detained for more than a month.
(2020-09-23). Morgan Stanley announces new climate commitment, first American bank to set target. nationofchange.org The financial institute is the first major American bank to commit to "providing financing, expertise and thought leadership to support the transition to a low-carbon world."
(2020-09-23). The Dying Planet Report 2020. dissidentvoice.org The World Wildlife Foundation, in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London, recently issued an eye-popping description of the forces of humanity versus life in nature, the Living Planet Report 2020, but the report should really be entitled the Dying Planet Report 2020 because that's what's happening in the real world. Not much remains alive. …
(2020-09-23). Guterres advocates for digital world that 'strengthens human rights, advances peace'. news.un.org Amidst a technological era that "beckons with vast opportunity", new risks exist to global peace, stability and development, the UN chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Wednesday, aiming to help ensure access to digital technologies for all.
(2020-09-23). Organizers in Oshkosh, WI demand justice for Isaiah Tucker. fightbacknews.org Oshkosh, WI – On the afternoon of September 19, over 30 people gathered in Menominee Park in Oshkosh to demand justice for Isaiah Tucker. The group came together to protest the violent police killing of Tucker and to demand the officers responsible be held accountable. Tucker was a 28-year-old Black man from Oshkosh, and a father of three, who was murdered at the hands of Oshkosh Police Department officers Aaron Achterberg and Kyler Roberts. | After the demonstrators rallied on a busy street corner with signs and banners that read "Justice for Isaiah Tucker!" and "Police accountability now!" they marched through…
(2020-09-23). Public Health Lessons Learned from Biases in Coronavirus Mortality Overestimation. globalresearch.ca The following is an important article by Dr. Ronald B Brown's focussing on coronavirus mortality overestimation. | This scientific contribution provides and understanding of the Covid crisis and the often misleading estimates provided by our health authorities. | Our thanks to Dr. …
(2020-09-23). Saudi King outlines country's contributions to pandemic response, denounces attack on its oil facilities. news.un.org Saudi Arabia continues to promote global response efforts and help countries reeling under the devastating impact of COVID-19, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud told world leaders, gathered virtually at the United Nations General Assembly.
(2020-09-23). At UN Assembly, Lebanese leader appeals for help to rebuild after Beirut explosion. news.un.org Lebanon will need support from the international community to rebuild in the aftermath of the devastating explosion in the port of its capital, Beirut, the country's President told world leaders, gathered virtually at the United Nations General Assembly.
(2020-09-23). The Critical Importance of Independent Media. globalresearch.ca Never before has the need for independent, honest voices and sources of information been so dire. We are — as a society — inundated with a flood of unrelenting unreliable information. The mainstream media, concentrated in the hands of a …
(2020-09-23). 6 crucial races that will flip the Senate. nationofchange.org Every school board member, state representative, and congressperson you elect can be pushed to enact policies that benefit the people, not just corporate donors.
(2020-09-23). Journalists Need to Be Clear About a Clear Threat to Democracy. scheerpost.com Matt Johnson / CC BY 2.0] By Joshua Cho / FAIR When the president of the United States has: explicitly declared his intentions to withhold federal election funding from states that are trying to make it easier to vote during a pandemic; appointed a major donor to his campaign with conflicts of interest to sabotage the US Postal Service—while stating that he opposes additional funding for…
(2020-09-23). Three Cities Designated As 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' — What That Means. popularresistance.org On Sept. 21, 2020, millions of people in three major U.S. cities awoke to find themselves living in what President Donald Trump and his Justice Department cronies had declared "anarchist jurisdictions." New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle — all of which are led by Democrats — were slapped with the label and, as a result, are now at risk of being defunded by the federal government, even as they grapple with massive budget shortfalls tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The president is playing a political game with those whom he considers to be his enemies, and that list is growing day by day.
(2020-09-23). Hundreds of Kenosha, Wisconsin teachers call in sick to force schools to close. wsws.org Starting Monday, 276 Kenosha teachers engaged in a sickout strike in opposition to increasing COVID-19 outbreaks and deadly conditions in the school district.
(2020-09-23). And Then What? — We Daren't Not Look Into the Abyss. thealtworld.com The election is configured as a 'crusade' against cosmic evil — a devil, or demiurge. The two sides seem to mirror each other in these passions. | Secular Millenarianism — the belief that some transformative catharsis in history has the power to expunge the crimes and follies of the past — has a long and bloody history. The notion originally owes to religion. Theories of human 'Progress' as an upward-trending, linear continuum, inevitably leading to 'a better human end', though clothed today as technological 'miracles', were never empirical hypotheses. They were always concocted myths, answering…
(2020-09-23). Movies Need More Diversity. progressive.org While yes, there is cause for celebration, there's also clearly more work to be done.
(2020-09-23). Democrats Mock the GOP for Denying Climate Science, But They are Still Addicted to Fossil Fuel Funders. counterpunch.org The recent chorus of Democratic Party leaders lining up to denounce President Donald Trump's climate science denial is deafening. As the West Coast of the United States burns relentlessly, taking lives and land, spewing ash and smoke, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidendenounced Trump's refusal to acknowledge climate science, saying in a speech, "If you give
(2020-09-23). For Justice Ginsburg, Abortion Was About Equality. aclu.org Justice Ginsburg is often quoted as having said, "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." She did exactly that when it came to reproductive rights and abortion in particular. Justice Ginsburg fought, she cast decisive votes, and she led in a way to bring others along by speaking the truth about why abortion matters: Abortion rights are about equality, restrictions on abortion about the forever story to treat women as second-class citizens. Her mark is in the jurisprudence, it's on our protest posters, and it's in our hearts., , Writing in dis…
(2020-09-23). In Covering the West Coast Fires, We Can't Ignore People with Chronic Illnesses. progressive.org My autoimmune disease symptoms are flaring uncontrollably from the smoke, and I'm not alone in my plight.
(2020-09-23). Pentagon Used Taxpayer Money Meant for Masks and Swabs to Make Jet Engine Parts and Body Armor. globalresearch.ca Excerpts of article from the Washington Post | "A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country's supplies of medical equipment has instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such …
(2020-09-23). Dangerous Streamlining: Emergencies, Militarisation and Civil Liberties. counterpunch.org Be wary of anyone insistent on using the word "streamline" in the context of policy and planning. It suggests a suspicion of sound procedure, due process and keen scrutiny. The streamliner hates accountability, attacks the world of red tape and suggests that barriers be removed. Cut the tape; free the decision maker. The streamline obsessives
(2020-09-23). The Program to Mask Society is a Grotesque Governmental Manipulation of a Frightened and Confused Public. globalresearch.ca "Anyone who believes anything the US government says is gullible beyond the meaning of the word." — The dramatic reversal in official U.S. policy regarding facial masking is epitomized by, first, the
(2020-09-23). The No-Compromise Texas Republican Party Resolution Telling the Republican Governor to Immediately End His Entire Coronavirus Crackdown. globalresearch.ca The Republican Party of Texas executive committee has taken a heroic action that could serve as an example for Republican and Democratic parties across America. It has adopted, by a 54 to 4 vote, a resolution clearly and emphatically demanding …
(2020-09-23). The CDC retracts its guidance that stipulated the airborne danger of the coronavirus. wsws.org Though the CDC said it had erroneously published the unvetted draft, the political fallout faced by the CDC suggests it was a political maneuver to save face.
(2020-09-23). Put 'people before politics' in Lebanon, urges Guterres, following Beirut disaster. news.un.org It's time that leaders across Lebanon put "people before politics" following last month's explosions in Beirut port, said the UN chief on Wednesday, which must serve as a wake-up call following a year of upheaval and clamour for reform on all fronts.
(2020-09-23). How Police Reform Was Derailed In California. popularresistance.org Sacramento, CA – By the time the sun set at the Capitol on Monday evening, hours from a legal deadline to pass bills for the year, state Sen. Steven Bradford knew his proposal to strip badges from troubled officers was in trouble. | For weeks prior, police reform bills were points of contention — even among Democratic legislators publicly sympathetic to the cause but privately circumspect, often under the pressure of intense lobbying by law enforcement interests. | But then, in the last hours, chaos broke out at the Capitol…
(2020-09-23). COVID19 PCR Tests Are Scientifically Meaningless. globalresearch.ca First published on June 29, 2020 | Lockdowns and hygienic measures around the world are based on numbers of cases and mortality rates created by the so-called SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests used to identify "positive" patients, whereby "positive" is usually equated with …
(2020-09-23). Online Charter Schools Are Not a Solution to Education in a Pandemic. counterpunch.org "Instead of going to school every morning, what if school could come to you?" an ad asks enticingly, promising students "online personalized learning" tailored to their specific needs. It's one of hundreds of active Facebook ads run by K12 Inc., the largest for-profit virtual charter school provider in the United States. As public schools rose to the
(2020-09-23). Why are Indian farmers protesting Modi's agriculture bills? peoplesdispatch.org During this pandemic, the Narendra Modi led BJP government in India has pushed through multiple legislations that are a direct assault on people's rights. The latest among these are three bills on agriculture. The government passed these three bills brazenly flouting parliamentary rules and ignoring the protesting farmers across the country.
(2020-09-23). On Proper Naming: The Reflection of Ancient Asian Philosophy on Modern Society. The Quest for Peace and Livelihood. globalresearch.ca The original article in Chinese will be available on our Chine language page | Throughout human history, no matter in the east or in the west, there would be a chaotic situation taking place every few decades in human society. In …
(2020-09-23). A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand's Constitution. globalresearch.ca An organization calling itself Internet Law Reform Dialogue or "iLaw" has for over a month now been organizing a petition nationwide at literally every anti-government rally — big or small, at every opposition venue or office headquarters, and at every …
(2020-09-23). Iran: US Sanctions Unilateralism. dissidentvoice.org PressTV Interview — slightly enhanced transcript Background Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has slammed U-S sanctions against his country, saying they are a flagrant violation of the UN charter. In an address to the UN General Assembly, Rouhani said the Iranian nation successfully withstood the U-S maximum pressure campaign. He added, Iran even flourished under the …
(2020-09-23). The 1917 Balfour Declaration and the Zionist Origins of Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca Abdel Aziz Ibn Saud's actions during WWI eventually led to the founding of Saudi Arabia. To document a historically accurate account of his role, we examined in
(2020-09-23). US Tells Kenya to Publicly Support Israel or Forget Free Trade Deal. globalresearch.ca The US wants Kenya to support Israel's political and commercial interests, or forget a free trade deal (FTA) with the world's biggest economy. | This is one of a raft of conditions set in the ongoing FTA negotiations between Nairobi and …
(2020-09-23). Hamas and Fatah begin reconciliation talks in Turkey. peoplesdispatch.org The meeting is a follow-up of an earlier meeting in which their general secretaries took part earlier this month. The factions have agreed to adhere to a principle of peaceful transfer of power on the basis of fresh elections…
(2020-09-23). Proposal to reduce MPs in Italy approved in referendum with support of establishment parties. peoplesdispatch.org The proposal to reduce the number of members of both of houses of parliament was opposed by the left parties which said it would decrease democratic representation…
(2020-09-23). US Bully In Last Chance Saloon. popularresistance.org US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced this week the reimposition of international sanctions against Iran. Trouble is nobody is listening to Washington's remonstrations any longer. Not only has the emperor no clothes, he's lost bullying power too. | The Trump administration asserts it has the legal right to invoke "snapback" UN sanctions on Iran over Washington's baseless allegations that Tehran is in breach of the 2015 international nuclear accord. This is in spite of the fact that the American side forfeited its legal rights when it unilaterally quit the nuclear deal in May 2018.
(2020-09-23). Utah police release body cam video of officer shooting unarmed 13-year-old boy. nationofchange.org The district attorney's office is continuing to review the shooting and determine whether the officer was legally justified in firing his weapon at Cameron.
(2020-09-23). Video footage exposes police shooting of 13-year-old autistic boy in Salt Lake City. wsws.org While Linden Cameron somehow survived being shot 11 times, police in the US are still on track to kill nearly 1,000 people, a grim toll they have exacted every year since 2015.
(2020-09-23). Countries urged to act against COVID-19 'infodemic'. news.un.org The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they have described as the "infodemic" that has surfaced in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the real world and online.
(2020-09-23). Colombians rise up against injustice. peoplesdispatch.org Massive demonstrations were carried out in different cities in rejection of police brutality, economic crisis, mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and ceaseless assassination of social leaders.
(2020-09-23). 'We're Facing Some Hard Shit': Performing Artists Are Organizing to Weather the Pandemic. progressive.org With the industry in freefall, the artists who remain are getting radical and getting organized.
(2020-09-23). European unity is an example to the world: Bosnia and Herzegovina Head of State. news.un.org Šefik Džaferović, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Head of State, used his address to the General Debate of the General Assembly on Wednesday to praise the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the help it has given to non-EU countries, such as his own.
(2020-09-23). Twenty Days Of Underground Protests. popularresistance.org Ukraine – "This is not a strike, but a protest action." Yuriy Samoilov, chairperson of the Krivoy Rog (Kryvyi Rih) organization of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, prefers to clarify this point when talking about the underground protest of local miners. Workers of the privatized Krivoy Rog Iron Ore Plant (KZhRK) are afraid to officially call their actions a "strike" because of pressure from the Ukrainian authorities. | Protesters remember the sad experience of striking uranium miners when the leaders of the movement were put on trial.
(2020-09-23). The 1917 Balfour Declaration and the Zionist Origins of Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca Abdel Aziz Ibn Saud's actions during WWI eventually led to the founding of Saudi Arabia. To document a historically accurate account of his role, we examined in Part I three official documents from WWI. In Part II, we will …
(2020-09-23). The End of "Climate Change" counterpunch.org "Climate change" is over. No, not the relentless, catastrophic environmental crisis that's spreading like, well, wildfire around the world. That is definitely real and definitely far from over. What I'm talking about is the anemic, wishy-washy term "climate change," which does such a poor job of communicating the existential threat to the planet. Let's face
(2020-09-23). 'COVID-19 has exposed our past mistakes and failures' says Kazakhstan President. news.un.org The COVID-19 pandemic has been a stress test for the world, and has exposed our past mistakes and failures, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan, told world leaders, during his address to the General Debate of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
(2020-09-23). Libyan Oil Export Agreement Between GNA and LNA the First Step Toward Peace. globalresearch.ca Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Ahmed Maiteeq announced that he had reached a deal on behalf of the Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli and the head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Brigadier General Khalifa …
(2020-09-23). Youth Must Focus This Election on Climate Change — and Push Dems to Confront It. zcomm.org Together, we can transform a burnt, drained, and inequitable world into a green, replenished, and just one for generations to come…
(2020-09-23). McConnell must pass fair COVID-19 relief, end hypocrisy about RBG vacancy. zcomm.org "This is about what kind of world we want to live in, and he does not represent it"
(2020-09-23). Open Letter: Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden. zcomm.org Protestations that Biden is beholden to elites are true but beside the point. The lesser evil is evil, but in this case, the greater evil is simply off the charts…
(2020-09-23). Dems Mock GOP for Denying Climate Science, But Are Still Addicted to Fossil Fuel Funders. zcomm.org The liberal party offers strong rhetoric on climate change but in practice promotes continued fossil fuel production. In the face of our unfolding climate catastrophe, this needs to end now…
(2020-09-23). War Zone America? zcomm.org Perspectives on a Riven Nation from a Worried Military Spouse…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 10/14: What's At Stake: Vital Role of Health Care for Millions of Americans w/ Health Care Voter. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Tax haven USA wants to dry up other tax havens. indybay.org The American government can certainly be accused of double standards in this matter: While the United States refuses to take action against its own tax havens, it wants to get at other tax havens..Two US states Delaware & Nevada lure with lax laws for companies. Constructions such as mailbox companies, which conceal the true owners of companies, are flourishing.
(2020-09-23). Tuesday 9/22: National Voter Registration Day. indybay.org Online at registertovote.ca.gov/ | or at your county's registrar/election office…
(2020-09-23). Monday 10/5: Voting During the COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Townhall for Santa Clara & Alameda Counties. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Friday 9/25: Climate Strike: March 4 Our Future Against Chevron Corporation in Richmond. indybay.org Starting point: Judge George D Carroll Park, cross streets area of South Gardland Ave & E. Richmond Ave. & West Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA 94801…
(2020-09-23). Sunday 9/27: In Conversation! Carla Gannis with Dorothy Santos. indybay.org Streaming live on Twitch! | http: //www.twitch.tv/tttelematiccc…
(2020-09-23). Reunión Mundial de Cineastas y Narradores Indígenas. indybay.org Convocatoria: Reunión Mundial de Cineastas Indígenas y Narradores de Historias…
(2020-09-23). Saturday 9/26: #FreeTheFamilies Vigil for the Women in ICE Custody (Albany). indybay.org Albany Memorial Park, 904 Jackson St, Albany, CA 94706…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 10/28: What's At Stake: America's Newest Pre-Existing Condition of COVID-19 w/ Health Care Voter. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Arrest at Extinction Rebellion Protest. indybay.org "We Want to Live!" "SOUND THE ALARM" | "California Is On Fire!!"
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 10/21: What's At Stake: Millions of Young Americans & Coverage Under the ACA w/ Health Care Voter. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 10/7: What's At Stake: Black Maternal Health & Systemic Inequalities w/ Health Care Voter. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Thursday 10/1: Climate Justice in San Francisco: Racism, Radioactive & Toxic Waste, and Rising Oceans. indybay.org Online (FREE)…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/30: Capitalisms Patriarchal Prison System. indybay.org Zoom. Registration link: bit.ly/32vLSGI…
(2020-09-23). Thursday 9/24: "Capturing The Flag" Award Winning Film Screening & Discussion on Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online screening…
(2020-09-23). Tuesday 9/29: Protect the Altar for Black Lives and Vigil for Tamario Smith. indybay.org Santa Cruz Town Clock, Pacific Avenue & Water Street, Santa Cruz…
(2020-09-23). Saturday 9/26: Climate Strike: #BayAreaShoeStrike Climate Emergency Protest Online & In-person North Bay. indybay.org In-person: Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Ave, Novato, CA 94945 | Online via social media & YouTube…
(2020-09-23). Representation & Power Zine. indybay.org Zine version of "George Floyd Solidarity in the Bay Area: Representation and Power" by Anarchist People of Color.
(2020-09-23). Thursday 10/22: Root Division Announces: 19th Annual Virtual Benefit Art Auction. indybay.org Virtual Platform…
(2020-09-23). Friday 9/25: Climate Emergency Mobilization Summit Bay Area. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Tuesday 9/29: Call to Aciton w/ NARAL CA: SCOTUS, Forced Sterilizations by ICE & 2020 Election. indybay.org Online/virtual…
(2020-09-23). Thursday 10/1: UC Berkeley Cops off Campus Rally. indybay.org Marthin Luther King Jr. Civic Park (2141 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley)…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/23: What's At Stake: The Organized Crime of Big Pharma w/ Health Care Voter. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Zionism, Labor, Privatization, AMED & Public Education With SFSU Professor Rabab Abdulhadi. indybay.org SFSU Professor and AMED Director Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi talks about the latest attack on her and her program AMED by the Zionists and the SFUSD President and executives. She discusses the terror tactics of Zioinists and Nazis and how the University officials have not only refused to protect her and the program but have been accomplices to these attacks.
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/23: Medicare for All Town Hall: Building the Movement for Health Care Justice. indybay.org Online/virtual…
(2020-09-23). Open Letter: Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden. indybay.org Priority is dumping Trump…
(2020-09-23). Saturday 9/26: Zinn Zen Zoo. indybay.org Join Zoom Meeting | zoom.us/j/94031651508?pwd=WE1nOFJXMkc3dlNOV1F0N2ZNNzNYQT09 | Meeting ID: 940 3165 1508 | Passcode: UdrDt3…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/30: Virtual Rally for YES on Prop 15: Schools & Communities First w/ Alicia Garza, Rep. Lee. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-09-23). Wednesday 9/23: YES on Prop 16 South Bay Virtual Rally. indybay.org Online…
(2020-09-23). Sunday 9/27: #FreeTheFamilies Vigil for ICE Detainees in Walnut Creek. indybay.org Civic Park, 1375 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, CA 94596…
(2020-09-23). A deep learning algorithm for detection of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma from photographic images: A retrospective study. thelancet.com Automated detection of OCSCC by deep-learning-powered algorithm is a rapid, non-invasive, low-cost, and convenient method, which yielded comparable performance to that of human specialists and has the potential to be used as a clinical tool for fast screening, earlier detection, and therapeutic efficacy assessment of the cancer.
(2020-09-23). And Then What? — We Daren't Not Look Into the Abyss. strategic-culture.org Secular Millenarianism — the belief that some transformative catharsis in history has the power to expunge the crimes and follies of the past — has a long and bloody history. The notion originally owes to religion. Theories of human 'Progress' as an upward-trending, linear continuum, inevitably leading to 'a better human end', though clothed today as technological 'miracles', were never empirical hypotheses. They were always concocted myths, answering to a human need for meaning, yet manipulated ruthlessly in the interests of power. | But what are such myths doing in a modern U.S. Presidential electio…
(2020-09-23). Two Paradigms Clash: Offers for U.S.-China-Russia Partnership That Won WWII or Hellish Plunge Into WWIII. strategic-culture.org The Pentagon's
(2020-09-23). VIDEO: The Creeping Socialism Republicans Cannot Understand. strategic-culture.org Republicans have double standards when it comes to "Socialism" they are apt to point out the poverty of nations like Venezuela and Cuba but neglect to mention that it was the West who put them under further sanctions. Watch the video and read more in the
(2020-09-23). Inauguration of Holy Defense museums and exhibitions in Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — An exhibition with the theme of Sacred Defense was inaugurated on Wed. with the presence of Parliament's Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Major General Bagheri at the Islamic Revolution & Holy Defense Museum.
(2020-09-23). VIDEO: Blaze at Mt. Wilson comm. towers in LA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — A big fire took place at the communication towers for TV, radio and government agencies on top of Mount Wilson, in Los Angeles County.
(2020-09-23). Iran's qanats symbolize patience, hard work. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — Over the centuries, qanats have served as the main supplier of fresh water in arid regions of Iran, and thus helped harmonize the population distribution across the country.
(2020-09-23). MSTF holds meeting on COVID-19 vaccine development. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — The Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) held a meeting during which prominent scientific figures discussed different vaccines in development by different countries.
(2020-09-23). Iran, Russia seeking to expand scientific cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali met and held talks with the special assistant to the Russian president for science and technology Andrei Fursenko on Wednesday.
(2020-09-23). Tunisia always played a positive role in addressing IW issues. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide for International Affairs said that Tunisia has always played a constructive and positive role in addressing issues of the Islamic World (IW).
(2020-09-23). A bomb explodes on way of US terrorist army in Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iraqi sources on Wednesday said that a column belonging to the US terrorist army has been targeted by a bomb in Iraq's Salah al-Din Governorate.
(2020-09-23). Restoration of Pahlavi one of Saddam's goal to invade Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Anthony Tucker-Jones talked of Saddam's intentions and miscalculations in attacking Iran, including his attempt for the restoration of the royal family, Pahlavi.
(2020-09-23). Trump mistakes United Nations for United States once again. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that Trump mistook the United Nations for the United States once again.
(2020-09-23). Iran, Sweden study avenues to send food, medical aid to yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs and Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen held an online meeting and explored possible avenues for disptaching food and medicine to Yemeni people.
(2020-09-23). Martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Roghayeh (SA) held in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — The ceremony of martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Roghayeh (SA), the youngest daughter of Imam Hussein (PBUH), was held at Imam Hussein Square of Tehran on Tue.
(2020-09-23). 'That night's train' to be screened at Cinekid Festival. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — Iranian movie 'That night's train' by Hamidreza Ghotbi is to be screed at Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam, this October.
(2020-09-23). IRGC Drones Trace US Aircraft Carrier Fleet. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri announced on Wednesday that the US Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier and its escorts were monitored by home-made drones at the entrance of the Persian Gulf.
(2020-09-23). Early treatment for leg ulcers leads to better outcomes for patients. imperial.ac.uk Early surgical treatment of leg ulcers caused by varicose veins improves healing and reduces the risk of the condition coming back,.
(2020-09-23). Podcast: Maths marvel, COVID in children and cooking with hyperfoods. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: A $3m-prizewinning mathematician, a new project into how children transmit COVID-19, and recipes with anti-cancer properties.
(2020-09-23). Battery fires: Industry and research must work together for safer batteries. imperial.ac.uk Fire safety issues with lithium-ion batteries could be addressed with better collaboration across sectors, Imperial College London experts have said.
(2020-09-23). Business School students adapt to 'new normal' as they return to campus. imperial.ac.uk Autumn Term has begun for the students of Imperial College Business School, with health and safety measures and 'multi-mode' delivery in place.
(2020-09-23). 'A War Machine With a Country Attached': US Pandemic Relief Revealed as Diverted to Defense Firms. sputniknews.com A Tuesday Washington Post article revealed the US Congress gave the Pentagon $1 billion in March to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that money has mostly been paid to defense contractors, further growing the US war machine, according to medical doctor Dr. Yolandra Hancock and investigative journalist Daniel Lazare.
(2020-09-23). International Support Group Urges Lebanon's Leaders to Immediately Form New Government. sputniknews.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The members of the International Support Group (ISG) for Lebanon in a joint statement on Wednesday called on the country's leaders to show unity to allow the timely formation of a new government that would be able to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Lebanese people.
(2020-09-23). Innovate, Grow, Win Together: Huawei Unveils 'Five Domains' Plan to Grow Business Amid Global Crises. sputniknews.com The event comes after launching several key technologies amid the ongoing tech war with Washington, who placed the Chinese tech giant along with ZTE and over 70 mainland companies on an Entity List in May last year, citing alleged national security concerns.
(2020-09-23). UN at 75: US Straining Multilateralism but China Not Reliable Leader Either, Say Analysts. sputniknews.com As the 75th edition of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) kicked off in New York on 21 September, foreign affairs analysts opine that the UN-backed multilateral world may well crumble, mainly due to US President Donald Trump's harsh stance on the international organisation.
(2020-09-23). US Drugmaker Launches Final COVID-19 Vaccine Trial With 60,000 People. sputniknews.com US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson launched the final stage of clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine this week.
(2020-09-23). Netherlands Claims Thunderstorms Blocked F-35s From Escorting US B-52s During August Operation. sputniknews.com Amsterdam claims the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) was unable to participate in the US' NATO-inclusive Operation Allied Sky because its US-made F-35 Lightning II aircraft had vulnerable fuel tanks due to pipe damage of unexplained origins, making them unsafe to fly in thunderstorms.
(2020-09-23). France Regrets New Government Not Yet Formed in Lebanon, Foreign Ministry Says. sputniknews.com PARIS (Sputnik) – France regrets that Lebanese officials have not yet been able to form a new government, despite their commitments, a French Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
(2020-09-23). Indian Markets Snap Downward Trend, Sensex Jumps 322 Points in Opening Trade. sputniknews.com India's benchmark stock index, the Sensex, shed almost 16,000 points within weeks after a nationwide lockdown was imposed in India in late March due to COVID-19. From a peak of about 42,000 in early March, the Sensex plunged to 26,000 by the end of the same month and has since recovered almost 50 percent.
(2020-09-23). Low Chance For Pre-Election COVID Vaccine as FDA Readies Tougher Emergency Standards – Report. sputniknews.com The Trump administration has been accused of interfering with federal agencies so as to shape coronavirus-related guidelines to fit with Trump's political agenda and put his COVID-19 response in a good light.
(2020-09-23). Facebook Prepared to 'Restrict' Content Circulation if US Election Descends Into Online Chaos. sputniknews.com Facebook will take an array of measures to "restrict the circulation of content" if the November 3 US presidential election devolves into chaos and unrest, according to a Tuesday report by the Financial Times.
(2020-09-23). Photo: Taiwan Has Cruise Missiles Capable of Reaching China Stationed at Base in Straits. sputniknews.com A recent news report from Taiwan's Makung Air Force Base in the Taiwan Strait revealed Taiwan's air force has stationed air-to-ground cruise missiles within striking distance of the Chinese mainland.
(2020-09-23). Twitter Derides Fox News For Labeling Pence Plane Incident 'Bird Attack'. sputniknews.com Earlier on Tuesday, it was reported that Air Force Two with US Vice President Mike Pence on board had to return to the Manchester airport in New Hampshire, due to a possible "bird strike". Fox News, however, initially reported the story in a different way.
(2020-09-23). Indian Farm Reform Bills: Why Farmers & Opposition Politicians Take a Stand. sputniknews.com Farmers in India and opposition parties have been up in arms against two bills introduced by the federal government to bring farming into "a competitive pricing environment" and "modern trading system".
(2020-09-23). Shared Values? Alibaba Ranks Second in Fortune 500 Change the World List of Responsible Global Firms. sputniknews.com The list ranked firms for their contributions to social and environmental change as well as business strategies, including 28 firms in the United States and Canada, 10 from the Asia-Pacific and Middle East, eight from Europe and three from Africa and Latin America.
(2020-09-23). COVID Reaction is an Eton-Led Mess! sputniknews.com How dare Boris Johnson blame us for the mess he has created? His performance last night resembled a liberal out-of-touch headmaster trying to impose his authority over school uniform rules after some sixth formers have already torched the science block.
(2020-09-23). Ted Cruz Blocks Senate Tribute to RBG Over 'Dying Wish Not to Replace Her Until New POTUS Installed'. sputniknews.com Senate Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer accused Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz of "legal sophistry" for proposing an amendment to remove late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's valedictory wish to only be replaced by "a new president".
(2020-09-23). Photos: Iranian Drone Makes Close Pass Over US Navy's Nimitz Aircraft Carrier in Persian Gulf. sputniknews.com Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released several close-up photos of the US Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and ships from its strike group, which entered the Persian Gulf last week.
(2020-09-23). Voters Want to Use Climate Change Policies to Rebuild the Economy After COVID. truthout.org A majority of U.S. voters want to see corrective climate change policies and the creation of jobs in the clean energy sector as a way to recover from the mismanagement and economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll. | The poll, conducted by VICE Media Group and several partners, found that 54% of Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of the pandemic, while 78% of Americans want to see Congress take a more aggressive stance in stamping out the coronavir…
(2020-09-23). Breonna Taylor Killing: Only One Police Officer Facing Criminal Charges. truthout.org A grand jury has determined that criminal proceedings can move forward against one of the three white police officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency medical technician, in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment in the early morning hours of March 13. | The grand jury's decision, officially released from the office of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, is not a pronouncement of guilt, but rather means that formal prosecutorial charges can be issued against the officers who…
(2020-09-23). Why the Fascists Don't Want Us to Grieve. truthout.org Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Welcome to "Movement Memos," a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I'm your host, Kelly Hayes. | This week we've witnessed a new chapter in Trump's desperation to replace headlines about the massive death toll caused by his bungled response to COVID-19 with headlines about anarchists and unrest. | The Department of Justice on Monday released a list of cities it has deemed "anarchist j…
(2020-09-23). Colleges Reopening Fueled 3,000 COVID Cases a Day, Researchers Say. truthout.org Reopening colleges drove a coronavirus surge of about 3,000 new cases a day in the United States, according to a draft study released Tuesday. | The study, done jointly by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Indiana University, the University of Washington and Davidson College, tracked cellphone data and matched it to reopening schedules at 1,400 schools, along with county infection rates. | "Our study was looking to see whether we could observe increases both in movement and in c…
(2020-09-23). Anthony Fauci Slams Sen. Rand Paul: You Are Not Listening. truthout.org Anthony Fauci, who serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is a member of the White House's coronavirus task force team, rebuked Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) Paul expressed misgivings over Fauci's praise for how New York Gov. Andrew…
(2020-09-23). Trump Keeps Telling Us How He and Republicans Plan to Steal This Election. commondreams.org Trump supporters wearing "make America great again" hats stand together in back of Vice President Mike Pence as he interviews with Fox news following a rally for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign in Gilford, NH on Sept. 22, 2020. (Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-09-23_at_2.55.37_pm.png …
(2020-09-23). At the Polls, Episode 2: How might changes to the Postal Service impact the election? aclu.org Did you know the U.S. Postal Office existed before the Declaration of Independence? The USPS' role in this country is so essential that it was written into the Constitution. This year, it's preparing for an unprecedented task: delivering millions of mail-in ballots for Election Day. , , In this week's episode of
(2020-09-23). Eurasian Integration and the Geopolitics of the Russia-Kazakhstan Relationship. globalresearch.ca The long-standing plan to turn Russia against Kazakhstan, or vice versa, does not go out of the heads of security opponents in the Eurasian space. Current events in Belarus are also heating up this topic. After all, Kazakhstan, geographically, like …
(2020-09-23). UIC strikers turn away UPS deliveries. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On day nine of the strike by 4000 members of the Service Employee International Union Local 73, September 22, picket lines were dispersed to multiple locations across the medical center campus. Workers gathered by the dock entrances of the hospital, the Outpatient Care Center, the College of Medicine Research Building, the dean's office of the College of Medicine, the College of Dentistry, and the Clinical Science Building. | In an act of trade union solidarity, UPS workers who are members of Teamsters Local 705 refused to cross the picket lines. As a result, numerous deliveries were halted, doubtle…
(2020-09-23). UAE signs contracts with Israeli firms on UN blacklist. yenisafak.com Emirati companies have signed contracts with Israeli firms and banks blacklisted by the United Nations for supporting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, an investigation by Anadolu Agency has revealed. | In February, the UN released a database of 112 companies on its blacklist for doing business inside Israeli settlements in the West Bank. | On Aug. 13, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel announced a US-brokered agreement to normalize their relations. The move was followed by a series of announcements on agreements and contracts between companies from both countries. | But Anadolu Agency found t…
(2020-09-23). Turkey's trade minister urges G20 to avoid protectionism. yenisafak.com Turkey's trade minister on Wednesday urged G20 officials to maintain cooperation and avoid protectionism for better implementation of the group's actions."Open, free, fair and rules-based multilateral trading system plays a vital role in promoting predictability and stability for international trade and achieving economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic," Ruhsar Pekcan told a G20 Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting held virtually with the participation of top officials from 26 countries.Pekcan stressed that the pandemic shaped discussions at this year's meeting, focused on tackling the outbreak's fallout o…
(2020-09-23). OPINION: Erdogan becomes beacon of hope to hopeless people of Kashmir. yenisafak.com By Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiThe author is secretary general of the US-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum.The people of the State of Jammu and Kashmir have no words to express their heartfelt thanks to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of the Republic of Turkey, for reiterating one more time his Administrations support for the just cause of Kashmir. His words on Tuesday at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly have become a source of inspiration and given hope to millions of hopeless people of the region. His statement at the General Assembly was the true reflection of the aspirations of the people of…
(2020-09-23). Two Pakistan Army troops killed in Kashmir border clash. yenisafak.com Two Pakistani army soldiers were killed in a clash along the Kashmir border with India, the military said on Wednesday.The clash, the latest in a string of border skirmishes, took place along the Line of Control (LoC) — a de facto border that splits the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir between the two arch rivals."During intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Noor ul Hassan, 29, and Sepoy Waseem Ali, 25 embraced shahadat (martyrdom)," according to a statement."There have been 2,333 cease-fire violations by Indian troops in 2020, " the statement further said.Long-fraught relations between the two South Asian nuclear…
(2020-09-23). Libya: 4 Russian mercenaries killed in helicopter crash. yenisafak.com Four mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group were killed when a helicopter carrying ammunition crashed in central Libya, the Libyan army said on Wednesday."A helicopter carrying Russian mercenaries and ammunition fell in the town of Sukna, in the city of Al-Jufrah," military spokesman Abd al-Hadi Dara told Anadolu Agency."According to preliminary information, the helicopter exploded, killing 4 Russian Wagner mercenaries," he said.The spokesman noted that, "the helicopter was heading towards one of the oil fields used by the mercenaries as an operations room".Eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar uses mercenaries from…
(2020-09-23). Turkish charity sends aid to 5,000 Rohingya families. yenisafak.com The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), a state-run aid body, on Wednesday distributed 5,000 packages of dry food items among Rohingya in Bangladesh's refugee camps."Before the start of winter, we distributed 5,000 packages which included spices, daily use items, and cologne. Those are gifts from the people of Turkey," Ismail Gundogdu, the agency's Bangladesh coordinator, told Anadolu Agency.The food items include potatoes, onions, lentils, pepper, turmeric, salt, garlic and sugar. Gundogdu said: "We started supporting displaced Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh in 2017."Until 2019, TIKA distributed…
(2020-09-23). Seville maritime territory map is illegitimate: Expert. yenisafak.com The so-called Seville Map — a map that Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration try to use to impose maritime borders in the Eastern Mediterranean — was drawn up unilaterally and ignores relevant sections of international law, according to a maritime legal expert."States determine their borders based on the law of the sea. However, especially in semi-closed and closed sea areas, these borders may coincide with the borders of another state," Professor Hakan Karan, director of the Ankara University Research Center of the Sea and the Maritime Law, told Anadolu Agency."The Eastern Mediterranean is such…
(2020-09-23). Archeologists unearth 4,000-year-old textile mill unearthed western Turkey. yenisafak.com Turkish archeologists have unearthed parts of a loom, textile tools and accessories dating back 4,000 years in the country's west."Last year's findings related to textile production had excited us. During this year's excavation works, the remaining parts of the house were unearthed," Esref Abay, head of the excavation team, told Anadolu Agency.The team carried on the excavation and restoration work at the Beycesultan Mound in Denizli province this year."As a result of this work, we have discovered that there is a textile mill dating back 4,000 years. There are also parts of a handloom," Abay said.He said that Bey…
(2020-09-23). Saudi king calls for comprehensive solution on Iran. yenisafak.com He said Iran has exploited a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers "to intensify its expansionist activities, creates its terrorist networks, and use terrorism," adding that this had produced nothing but "chaos, extremism, and sectarianism.""A comprehensive solution and a firm international position are required," he told the 193-member General Assembly in a video statement, pre-recorded due to the coronavirus pandemic.
(2020-09-23). German cabinet approves second-highest net new debt since World War Two in 2021 budget. yenisafak.com The German cabinet on Wednesday approved Finance Minister Olaf Scholz's draft budget for next year which envisages net new debt of 96.2 billion euros ($112.43 billion) to finance further measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis, an official said.The additional borrowing marks the second-highest amount of net new debt in Europe's largest economy since the end of World War Two and comes after the government already took on record high borrowing of some 218 billion euros this year.The budget underlines Scholz's determination to move Germany further away from its former image as Europe's austerity champion and secur…
(2020-09-23). Paris Eiffel tower evacuated: security source. yenisafak.com Paris's Eiffel Tower has been evacuated, a security source told Reuters on Wednesday.The source could not confirm wheth…
(2020-09-23). UK to host 'human challenge' trials for COVID-19 vaccines. yenisafak.com The UK will host clinical trials where volunteers would be deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to assess the effectiveness of experimental vaccines, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people involved in the project.The government-funded project is expected to begin in January at a quarantine facility in London, the report said. (on.ft.com/2G5o0jP)FT reported that volunteers will be first inoculated with a vaccine and later receive a challenge dose of the coronavirus, without naming the vaccine that would be tested in the project.
(2020-09-23). Germany doesn't recognise Lukashenko as Belarus president after swearing in. yenisafak.com Germany still does not recognise Alexander Lukashenko as president of Belarus even after his inauguration on Wednesday, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.Lukashenko was sworn in for a new term on Wednesday in an inauguration denounced as illegitimate by the opposition, which called for more protests against his 26-year rule.A German Foreign Ministry spokesman said Berlin wanted to agree European Union sanctions against Belarus as quickly as possible.
(2020-09-23). Czech Republic reports second highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases. yenisafak.com The Czech Republic recorded 2,394 new infections in its second highest daily rise since the coronavirus pandemic began, Health Ministry data showed on Wednesday.New cases have doubled in September as infections increase at the second fastest rate in Europe, for a tally of 53,158 cases since the Czech Republic's first detections in March.Authorities have reinstated some measures to rein in the virus, such as mask-wearing and, from Thursday, stricter limits on opening hours for bars.
(2020-09-23). Tanker to enter Libya's Hariga port, load 1 million barrels of oil. yenisafak.com The Delta Hellas tanker will enter Libya's Hariga port on Wednesday and load 1 million barrels of oil from the port's storage, the Arabian Gulf Oil Co which operates the port said in a statement.The Unipec tanker Marlin Shikoku is also heading to Hariga according to shipping data and traders.
(2020-09-23). Turkey's fairytale Kas becomes best destination for scuba diving. yenisafak.com Attracting the interest of both domestic and foreign tourists, Turkish tourism capital Antalya's dsitrict of Kas serves as a prominent location for scuba diving tourism. The tourism venue hosts a multitude of artifacts and shipwrecks from ancient and modern times.Among these, the wreck of a WWII era Italian warplane that was shot down during a bombing mission to a British base in the Island of Meis, a replica of 3300 years old Uluburun shipwreck, C-47 military cargo plane wreck that was donated to the town by the Turkish Air Force and a sunken 45 years old M-48 'retired tank' can be found.Divers who can dive arou…
(2020-09-23). Australia Ill-Equipped to Face the Challenges of the Emerging New World Order. dissidentvoice.org The American writer Mark Twain once observed that there were three kinds of lies. Lies, damn lies and statistics. In the 21st century that list might usefully be added to and include lies of omission. The modern mainstream media do not so much write and broadcast actual lies, although it is not difficult to detect …
(2020-09-23). PMQs was a waste of 12 minutes, until the SNP stepped in. thecanary.co If you wanted to waste 12 minutes of your life, you could have watched Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday 23 September. That was until the SNP got involved. | A prime shambles: | Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer were both muddled, to say the least. Although the Labour leader did seem more robust than he has on previous occasions. Probably something to do with Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband's But Starmer still failed to land a…
(2020-09-23). Brexit official — UK/US talks "at the far end of the secrecy spectrum" truepublica.org.uk The information tribunal has ruled that the government failed to disclose important information to campaigners about its post- Brexit trade talks with other countries, including the USA, and has ordered the Department for International Trade to provide campaigners with more details about its trade negotiations. In its ruling, the tribunal painted a critical picture of …
(2020-09-23). Mourn Justice GInsburg, Fight to Close Irwin Detention Center. commondreams.org An overview of Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga. (Photo: Google Maps) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-09-23_at_2.50.45_pm_0.png …
(2020-09-23). Green & Red Podcast: The Ravages of Western Wildfires w/ Joshua Frank. counterpunch.org …
(2020-09-23). Why LeBron James Scares the Racist Right. thenation.com Why LeBron James Scares the Racist Right…
(2020-09-23). Sri Lankan President calls on WHO to facilitate 'universal access' to COVID vaccine. news.un.org The President of Sri Lanka has highlighted the success of his country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the importance of a well-coordinated approach, underpinned by robust local health care system, to contain the disease.
(2020-09-23). 'Schools aren't always able to support young people.' Charity launches inquiry into mental health in education. thecanary.co Mental health charity Mind has launched an The inquiry, 'Educating Mental Health', encourages young people, parents, and staff to speak out about their experience with mental health support in schools. The charity warned that going back to school with little support could have serious long-term effects on young people's mental health. | Vicki Nash, head of policy and campaigns at Mind, said: | The pandemic has alr…
(2020-09-23). There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court. thenation.com There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court…
(2020-09-23). Fascism Is the Core of Trump's Message. thenation.com Fascism Is the Core of Trump's Message…
(2020-09-23). Metaphors From Housing Court. thenation.com Metaphors From Housing Court…
(2020-09-23). A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Climate Apocalypse. thenation.com A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Climate Apocalypse…
(2020-09-23). 'Nobody Gets Left Behind'. thenation.com A New Orleans Plague Pod 'Nobody Gets Left Behind'
(2020-09-23). The Perils of Creativity and Capitalism in 'Tesla'. thenation.com The Perils of Creativity and Capitalism in 'Tesla'
(2020-09-23). Why Are Students Paying for Their Schools' Losses? thenation.com Why Are Students Paying for Their Schools' Losses?
(2020-09-23). The Media's Climate Coverage Is Improving, but Time Is Very Short. thenation.com The Media's Climate Coverage Is Improving, but Time Is Very Short…