2020-09-08: News Headlines

Global Research News (2020-09-08). Selected Articles: Nord Stream 2 vs. Poisoning of Alexei Navalny. globalresearch.ca By If you asked me to sum up today in a word, that word would undoubtedly be "railroaded". it was all about pushing …

Nauman Sadiq (2020-09-08). Will Trump Pardon Snowden and Assange if Re-elected? globalresearch.ca Speculations about a presidential pardon for the whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked National Security Agency's classified information to the press in 2013, have grown since last month after Donald Trump commented on the case in

Craig Murray (2020-09-08). Your Man in the Public Gallery: the Assange Hearing Day 6. globalresearch.ca I went to the Old Bailey today expecting to be awed by the majesty of the law, and left revolted by the sordid administration of injustice. | There is a romance which attaches to the Old Bailey. The name of course …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-09-08). Sinking Transparency at the Old Bailey: The Assange Extradition Hearing Resumes. globalresearch.ca The fine circus that is British justice resumed at London's Central Criminal Court on September 7, with the continued extradition proceedings against Julian Assange. Judge Vanessa Baraitser

Eric Mann (2020-09-08). Black Led "Defund the Police" Movement Wins Breakthrough in LA. zcomm.org The Los Angeles School Board voted to cut $70 million a year budget of the Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) by $25 million—35%—and move those funds to programs focused on the needs of Black students.

F. William Engdahl (2020-09-08). Gates Foundation is Also Destabilizing Africa's Food Economy. The Restructuring of Global Food Production. globalresearch.ca The same Gates Foundation which is behind every aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic from financing much of the WHO budget, to investing in favored vaccine-makers like Moderna, is engaged in a major project in Africa which is destroying traditional small …

Kevin Zeese (2020-09-08). The US Must Grow Up and Respect Iranian Independence. globalresearch.ca One of the lessons from our recent visit to Iran as a Peace Delegation is that Iran is a mature country. It is 2,500 years old, ten times as old as the United States and one of the world's oldest …

Felicity Arbuthnot (2020-09-08). Kevin Zeese: A Tireless, Towering Voice for Peace and Justice. globalresearch.ca A tireless, towering voice for peace and justice has departed, leaving a hole in many hearts, his unexpected loss also rendering many eloquent fellow travellers lost for words in grief and shock. | Kevin Zeese died early on Sunday 6th September …

Black Alliance for Peace (2020-09-08). °Kevin Zeese, PRESENTÉ! globalresearch.ca The anti-imperialist and anti-war movement suffered a great loss early Sunday morning with the sudden passing of activist Kevin Zeese. | Margaret Flowers, his life partner, captured the sentiments of many of us who knew Kevin and were shocked by …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-09-08). American National Debt Increases and Becomes Unpayable. globalresearch.ca The American national debt situation is reaching an extremely worrying point for the country's stability. Recently, the debt reached its highest point since World War II, and is currently equivalent to the totality of the American economy itself. Debt has …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-09-08). Political Pardon Given by Maduro May Be a Checkmate against Venezuelan Opposition. globalresearch.ca In Venezuela, Juan Guaidó no longer appears to be the leader of the opposition. The forgiveness of 110 opponents by President Nicolás Maduro completely fragmented the political wing opposing the regime, which, in practice, removes from Guaidó the "monopoly" of …

Matt Sedlar (2020-09-08). The OAS Misused Its Own Data to Help Fabricate Its Accusation of Fraud Against Evo Morales. cepr.net Jacobin See article on original site August 20 was a day that shook a small world of scientists that had all but given up — short of legal threats — on getting a glimpse into the data and methods behind the analyses that took down the Bolivian government. Slowed by stonewalling and gaslighting, researchers had …

RT (2020-09-08). Most Americans believe US government is corrupt and unaccountable to the people, poll finds. rt.com Most US citizens believe their government, legislators and courts are corrupt and unaccountable to the public, according to a new poll. Strikingly, both Democrats and Republicans share this opinion. | Seventy-three percent of Americans say that elected officials do not face "serious consequences" for misconduct, according to a new Pew Research Center

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-08). US Wants to Convert QUAD into "Asian NATO" globalresearch.ca Speaking last week at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, US Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Biegun said that the US wants the defence relations with India, Japan and Australia — known as "the QUAD" — to resemble something more closely to …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-09-08). Serbia Normalizes Relations with Kosovo, Serbia's Embassy Moves to Jerusalem… globalresearch.ca Within the agreement on the normalization of economic relations between Belgrade and Pristina, which was signed in Washington last week, it was agreed that Serbia would move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It was this part …

Peter Koenig (2020-09-08). Is the UN Preparing for the "Second Covid Lockdown"? Oppressive Measures Worldwide, Obedience and Acceptance… globalresearch.ca That's the level of fearmongering going on — justifying obliging face masks in public places and shops and closed areas. Also, new emphasis is put on 'social distancing'. People are to be trained and reminded at every corner to stay away from each other.

South Front (2020-09-08). Turkish Military Strikes Syrian Army, Suffers First Casualties Since March. globalresearch.ca Syrian-Turkish tensions have ramped up in the region of Greater Idlib over the past few days. | On September 5, heavy clashes between Syrian troops and Turkish-backed militants broke out near the town of Fleifel and Saraqib in southeastern Idlib, near …

Kuehn BM. (2020-09-08). COVID-19 Precautions Helped Limit Cases Linked to Milwaukee Primary. jamanetwork.com High rates of voting by mail and other prevention strategies during Milwaukee's April primary limited the election-related spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), according to a report by CDC and City of Milwaukee Health Department researchers.

Emanuel EJ. (2020-09-08). Reconfiguring Medical Education—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply My Viewpoint argued that all preclinical medical education courses will be conducted online. I predicted it would take years. Just weeks later, COVID-19 mandated online preclinical education.

Dr. Gregory Sinaisky (2020-09-08). Fabricating a Pandemic — Who Could Organize It and Why. globalresearch.ca It is difficult not to notice something contrived in the currently announced "pandemic" of the Novel Covid-19 virus. Media coverage of this event has all the hallmarks of a coordinated hysterical campaign, namely: | the use of emotions instead of numbers …

Dr. Eric Beeth (2020-09-08). From 9/11 to Covid-19: 19 Years of Media Lies. globalresearch.ca Our media is dutifully reminding us that it was 19 years ago since the traumatic events of 9/11. | Here in Brussels, we usually have a solemn ceremony every Sept 11th in front of a large twisted metal beam from one …

WSWS (2020-09-08). Health disaster and class conflict on horizon as millions of students return to US schools. wsws.org Following the Labor Day holiday, the vast majority of schools have now reopened in the US, sending millions of students and educators back into schools and threatening a massive spread of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the country.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-08). Hungarian students protest loss of autonomy of university. peoplesdispatch.org Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) have been protesting against bids to restrict autonomy of the university. They allege that there is a takeover bid by allies of Viktor Orban.

Nauman Sadiq (2020-09-08). Alexey Navalny, Novichok and Western Psy-ops. globalresearch.ca Novichok must be the most cryptic and deceptive chemical placebo ever developed by the erstwhile super-power that exploded the world's largest 50 megaton Tsar Bomba in its heyday in the 1960s, because victims infected by it create an ephemeral stir …

Connell JM, Niec JA, Sharif KF. (2020-09-08). Reconfiguring Medical Education. jamanetwork.com To the Editor Dr Emanuel's discussion of the inevitable changes to medical education came at a pivotal moment. On March 11, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. Medical schools scrambled to comply with university mandates to discontinue in-person classes, along with government recommendations for "social distancing." This required the rapid deployment of virtual learning modalities to replace the existing preclinical curriculum.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-09-08). Researcher and chef make 'hyperfoods' cookbook with disease-fighting ingredients. imperial.ac.uk An Imperial researcher and a chef have teamed up to create a cookbook of recipes using 'hyperfoods' — ingredients with anti-cancer molecules.

yenisafak (2020-09-08). Turkish first lady marks International Literacy Day. yenisafak.com Turkey's first lady marked the International Literacy Day on Tuesday with a vow to continue efforts for education in the country."The literacy campaign in our country will continue until every individual's world is illuminated by the light of letters. Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay," Emine Erdogan said in a message on Twitter.In the message, which was posted along with a video clip commemorating the day, she also congratulated "all citizens who participated in the literacy campaign."Sept. 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO in 1966 to remind the international community of the importance of lite…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-09-08). 'This Is What It Has Come To': Amid Fears of Politicization at FDA, Big Pharma Pledge to 'Stand With Science' Is Met With Skepticism. commondreams.org "It is simply remarkable and beyond dangerous that President Trump has so politicized the vaccine process to the point that drug corporations—the least trusted industry in America—are now the messengers on vaccine safety." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Steven Singer (2020-09-08). Why Does Trump Hate COVID Testing But Love Standardized Testing? commondreams.org U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-09-08). Il lato oscuro del 5G: l'uso militare. globalresearch.ca La manifestazione del 12 settembre a Roma ´Stop 5G ª si focalizza a ragione sulle possibili conseguenze delle emissioni elettromagnetiche per la salute e l'ambiente, in particolare sul decreto che impedisce ai sindaci di regolamentare l'installazione di antenne 5G sul territorio …

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-07). Serbia's 'Balancing' Act Between West And Russia. Empty Slogan to Disguise Pro-US Policies. De Facto Recognition of Kosovo. globalresearch.ca Serbian President Vucic just discredited his own over-hyped "balancing" act between Russia and the West over the weekend after he de-facto recognized the NATO-occupied Province of Kosovo & Metohija under the cover of "economic normalization" and then committed to moving …

John Pilger (2020-09-07). The "Stalinist" Trial of Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Having reported the long, epic ordeal of Julian Assange, John Pilger gave this address outside the Central Criminal Court in London on September 7 as the WikiLeaks Editor's extradition hearing entered its final stage. | When I first met Julian …

Peter Oborne (2020-09-07). Julian Assange: Future Generations of Journalists Will Not Forgive Us if We Do Not Fight Extradition. globalresearch.ca Let's imagine a foreign dissident was being held in London's Belmarsh Prison charged with supposed espionage offences by the Chinese authorities. | And that his real offence was revealing crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party — including publishing video footage …

Prof. Vijay Prashad (2020-09-07). The U.S. Is Determined to Make Julian Assange Pay for Exposing the Cruelty of Its War on Iraq. globalresearch.ca On

Matt Kennard (2020-09-07). As British Judge Made Rulings Against Julian Assange, Her Husband Was Involved with Right-wing Lobby Group Briefing Against WikiLeaks Founder. globalresearch.ca The husband of the chief magistrate overseeing Julian Assange's extradition case was closely associated with a lobby group publicly criticising the WikiLeaks founder around the time his wife was ruling against Assange, it can be revealed. | *** | Westminster chief magistrate…

William Hogan (2020-09-07). The Ongoing Torture and Medical Neglect of Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Initially published by The Lancet on June 25, 2020. | **** | On Feb 17, 2020, Doctors for Assange demanded an end to the torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange.1 Yet no responsible authority has acted. Nils Melzer, the …

Global Research News (2020-09-07). Selected Articles: COVID-19 Tests and Assange's Extradition Hearing. globalresearch.ca We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2020-09-07). US-Russia Tensions Flare Up on Multiple Fronts. globalresearch.ca Amidst the escalating tensions with China, the United States should have kept the troubled relationship with Russia on an even keel. But the opposite is happening. For the first time since the presidential election in Belarus on August 9, Washington …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-09-07). Video: Confronting the Lies about the Virus: The Fear Campaign Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca Closing down the Global Economy as a means to combating the Virus. That's what they want us to believe. If the public had been informed that Covid-19 is "similar to Influenza", the fear campaign would have fallen flat… The data and concepts have been manipulated.

Eds. (2020-09-07). Remembering comrade and leftist academic David Graeber. mronline.org His death was sudden and a shock to his students and the scores of people influenced by his ideas. In a world where most academics value theorizing over activism and choose to abstain from public protest, Graeber was vocal about his anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist views.

Staff (2020-09-07). Absent Appeals to the Left, Biden Faces Challenge to Win Over Latinx Voters. truthout.org Though she couldn't vote in past elections, Lucia Allain has spent over a decade in direct-action politics, advocating for immigrants and Latinxs. In November, Allain, who was born in Peru, will vote for the first time since becoming a United States citizen. The communications manager for the influential immigrant-rights organization The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), Allain is as passionate about politics as anyone in this country; she's serious about r…

Liberation staff (2020-09-07). NYC teachers, families prepare to fight unsafe school opening. liberationnews.org Frustrated with the agreement and intimidation from politicians, many school workers are now organizing to rally community support and guarantee that schools do not open unless it is safe.

RT (2020-09-07). It's a lift-off: Russia's 'Sputnik V' Covid-19 vaccine LAUNCHED into public circulation. rt.com The first batch of Russia's pioneering coronavirus formula Sputnik V has been approved for public use and has already been placed into circulation, the Ministry of Health in Moscow has announced. | The world's first Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, "has undergone necessary quality tests" and "has entered civilian circulation," the ministry said in a short statement on Tuesday. | More batches are on their way to be distributed across Russian regions, it added. | The announcement marks another milestone in the development of Gam-COVID-Vac, bett…

Resource Center for Nonviolence (2020-09-07). Saturday 9/26: Palestine Justice Coalition Teach-In: Palestinian Future and Israeli Annexation. indybay.org Online Event | http: //bit.ly/pjcteachin…

South Front (2020-09-07). The Israel-Palestine Conflict, Annexation and "Normalization". Towards "Greater Israel" globalresearch.ca As the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on with no end in sight, Israel and the US have launched an all-out push to resolve the conflict once and for all, on Israel's terms. If the manoeuvre is successful, Israel will end up …

Peter Koenig (2020-09-07). Russia — Nord Stream 2 vs. Poisoning of Alexei Navalny. globalresearch.ca The US has for years been objecting voraciously against this pipeline. Trump: "Why should we pay for NATO to defend Germany, when Germany buys gas from Russia and makes herself dependent on Russia?" — He added, "We offer Germany and Europe all the gas and energy they need."

WSWS (2020-09-07). Oppose unsafe school openings! Follow the science, not greed, say Detroit educators. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received an announcement of the formation of the Detroit Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee.

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-07). Trump Regime to Blacklist China's Top Chipmaker? globalresearch.ca Pompeo reinvented China beyond where other US Chinaphobes have ever gone before. | Falsely calling its ruling authorities Washington's greatest foreign threat, he recited a litany of fake news about the country days earlier. | Spending a small fraction on its military …

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-07). US/NATO Preparing for War on Russia? Six Military Exercises at Russia's Doorstep. globalresearch.ca Wars by hot and other means are all about Washington's main strategy to advance its imperium — seeking dominance over other nations, their resources and populations by brute force if other methods don't achieve its objectives. | From inception, the US …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-09-07). Vaccine Nationalism, Big Promises and Warped Speed. globalresearch.ca From sneering dismissiveness of the coronavirus as nothing more than a common cold to a grand promise to find a vaccine, President Donald Trump is all promises. "We remain on track to deliver a vaccine before the end of the …